Chapter 227 3/4

Qi Jun knew who Gou Tongzhi was.

This person was just a Jinshi, originally quite ordinary, but because of some connections with the Yue family, he was able to become the county magistrate of Chongcheng County.

Later, many things happened in Hexing Prefecture, and Governor Zhang was promoted to governor… At that time, Governor Zhang strongly recommended him, wanting him to become the prefect of Hexing Prefecture.

At that time, many people were eyeing the position of prefect of Hexing Prefecture. In addition, since he knew that Governor Zhang was not actually a person of Lu Qingxi, he simply promoted Magistrate Gou to allow him to manage Hexing Prefecture as a magistrate.

It turns out that Gou Tongzhi is so good at handling cases!

Li Qingzhi wrote several books for him, and he had talked to Li Qingzhi about past matters, and Li Qingzhi was also very close to Magistrate Gou Tongzhi in his words.

This year, Magistrate Gou Tongzhi has achieved a lot. Because he was misunderstood to be a person of Lu Qingxi, he was also assassinated…

Qi Jun had a very good impression of Magistrate Gou Tongzhi, so he immediately found someone to draft an edict, deciding to promote Magistrate Gou Tongzhi and appoint him as a prefect.

The promotion of officials follows a set process, but he is the emperor and can promote officials out of sequence.

There have been cases in the past where an emperor talked very happily with a county magistrate and felt that the other party was very capable, so he directly appointed him as a governor!

After finishing writing the edict, Qi Jun thought for a moment, then wrote another letter to Governor Zhang, discussing the matter of the “true and false governor.”

After listening to the books written by Li Qingzhi, he especially wanted to talk to the parties involved.

After finishing writing the letter, Qi Jun told Lu Qingxi, asking him to find someone to proclaim the edict in Jiang’an Province and deliver the letter at the same time.

Lu Qingxi: “…” The emperor has changed! He wouldn’t casually promote officials like this before!

Qi Jun used to always be low on energy, but now he is completely different.

One evening after dinner, he even went to talk to Lu Mingshan again. He kept talking about his own son: “My son must be very clever and outstanding in appearance…”

Lu Mingshan listened and broke out in a cold sweat, but also felt quite capable of deceiving the emperor!

He casually said a few words, and the emperor actually believed him!

Next, should the fake prince appear? I don’t know who Lu Qingzhi and Li Zhu are up to.

Forget it, he won’t worry about anything and just be a wise man.

The next day, before dawn, Qi Jun quietly left the palace and headed straight to Qingshi Lane.

Unfortunately, this time it wasn’t Li Qingzhi who opened the door for him, but Zhang Zao. However, it didn’t matter. He soon saw Li Qingzhi.

At this meeting… it was still a familiar warmth!

Qi Jun liked Li Qingzhi more and more!

Li Qingzhi said to Qi Jun, “Mr. Liu, the children want to have breakfast outside today. Are you coming with us?”

Qi Jun thought about it and agreed.

Li Qingzhi saw him agree, found a hat for him to wear, and a scarf to wrap around him.

There are officials living on the side of Qingshi Lane, and Qi Jun can be easily recognized if he doesn’t cover up. That wouldn’t be good. But with a hat and a scarf, no one should be able to recognize him.

Few officials in the palace dare to look directly at the emperor when he goes to court. Qi Jun rarely attends court due to his perennial illness.

Taking Qi Jun out was to get him to move more and see the people and customs of the capital.

Li Qingzhi took Qi Jun, three children, Zhang Zao, and two guards out together.

As for others, someone will buy breakfast for them.

As soon as they left, they met the neighbors of Qingshi Lane, who greeted Li Qingzhi one after another: “Mr. Li, you haven’t been out much these days!”

“Mr. Li, where are you going?”

“Mr. Li, have you heard about Master Lu’s matter? Someone said the emperor invited him into the palace!”

“Mr. Li, the braised food made by your wife’s Juewei Zhai is really extraordinary!”

…

These people smiled and talked to Li Qingzhi, who smiled back.

On the way, when he met a child, he gave him dates.

It’s clear that the people of Qingshi Lane really like Li Qingzhi.

Qi Jun inexplicably felt proud – his son is indeed extraordinary!

Just walking, they met Lord Ping.

Sure enough, Lord Ping didn’t recognize Qi Jun and smiled and talked to Li Qingzhi, “Zixiao, have you prepared your New Year’s goods?”

“Not yet,” Li Qingzhi said.

Lord Ping said, “You can start preparing. Let me tell you, when you prepare for New Year’s goods, remember to go to the grocery store on the west side, not the one on the east side. The one on the east side likes to pass off inferior goods as good…”

The two talked for a while, and then Lord Ping went to the Hanlin Academy for duty.

The group finally stopped at the door of a shop selling lamb cakes.

The shop wasn’t big, and the decorations inside were also old. Officials in the capital basically wouldn’t come here to eat, but their lamb cakes tasted really good!

After Li Qingzhi took everyone inside, he ordered ten lamb cakes and some wonton soy milk.

“Mr. Liu, the wontons here taste good. You can try them. As for the lamb cakes, I’ll give you a piece to try.” Li Qingzhi broke off a piece of lamb cake for Qi Jun and gave him a little more meat filling.

Qi Jun couldn’t eat too much, so eating like this was enough.

The lamb cakes here are quite large. Even Zhang Zao, who is half-grown, can eat one bowl of wontons and one lamb cake.

Zhao Xiaodou and Li Damao could only eat half a lamb cake and drink some soy milk.

He is an exception, he can eat a few more!

With hot wonton soy milk complemented by freshly baked lamb cakes filled with large green onion lamb filling, Li Qingzhi ate them one by one.

Qi Jun couldn’t help but sigh – his son has a really good appetite!

How nice! He likes children who can eat!

The lamb cakes here are also delicious. It’s the first time he’s had such delicious lamb cakes!

Many years ago, Qi Jun’s days were generally unremarkable.

He lived the same life day after day, often a year passed, looking back, he could only recall what happened in Daqi this year, but couldn’t remember what he did.

He lies down every day, can’t do anything.

He even felt that time passed very quickly, almost blinked, and several years passed.

But these few days… Every day he felt very fresh and happy!

This shop selling lamb cakes is very dilapidated, but he inexplicably likes it.

After returning, the bath for soaking medicinal herbs was ready. Qi Jun had sweated a lot after walking and eating lamb cakes for a while, so he took a comfortable bath.

Today he didn’t wash his hair. After washing, he sat on the heated brick bed and watched Li Qingzhi teach the children.

Thinking like this, after Li Damao and Li Ermao had finished their lessons with Li Qingzhi, Qi Jun asked them, “Do you want to play chess with Grandpa?” He had seen these two children playing chess.

“Okay! Grandpa, do you know how to play Gomoku?” Li Damao asked.

Qi Jun had never heard of Gomoku, but after Li Damao talked about it, he knew how to play Gomoku, so he played with Li Damao.

However… after a while, he lost.

Qi Jun didn’t believe it and continued to play, and then he lost again…

He fought repeatedly, sometimes with Li Damao, sometimes with Li Ermao, and lost ten games in a row.

Realizing that he couldn’t beat the two children, Qi Jun coughed lightly, “Damao, Ermao, do you know how to play Go?”