Chapter 220 Report Letter

The next day the sky was still clear. The icicles hanging from the eaves were melting and many of them were about to fall off.

The door curtain was lifted and Li Hu walked out. The weather was so bright that it was difficult to open one’s eyes.

With a loud rustling sound, icicles fell to the ground, and ice chips flew everywhere!

Li Hu took a deep breath, exhaled slowly, then walked into the yard and slowly began to practice Tai Chi.

At this time, Amber came out holding Li Hu’s changed clothes.

A few icicles fell, and the sound they made startled her.

Amber looked at the icicles, turned around and called out, “Xiangling, Xiangling.”

“Hey!” Xiangling ran out of the house.

Amber: “Get a stick.” She pointed, “Sweep all these icicles down!”

Xiangling said “hmm” and ran out of the yard like the wind.

Li Hu: “Slow down, be careful not to plant your teeth.”

“Got it.” Xiangling ran out like a gust of wind.

Li Hu continued to practice Tai Chi while Amber entered the side room holding clothes.

After a while, Xiangling came back with a stick in her hand, which was long and straight!

Li Hu saw it out of the corner of his eye. No man can resist the temptation of a stick, especially a long and straight one.

After finishing the move, Li Hu turned and looked at Xiangling.

Xiangling took the stick and walked to the eaves, then raised her hand and swept away the icicles.

“Wait!” Li Hu hurried to stop him, but it was too late.

With a loud crash, the icicles all fell to the ground, ice chips bursting and mud and water splashing everywhere, splashing Xiangling’s clothes with ice chips and mud!

Xiangling was shocked!
Li Hu walked over and took a look, then smiled and shook his head, what a silly girl.

“what happened?”

Amber hurried out of the room with water on her hands. When she saw Xiangling, she couldn’t help laughing and took out her handkerchief to wipe Xiangling’s face.

Xiangling finally came to her senses, looked at the mud all over her body, and then looked at Amber pitifully.

“What a silly girl!”

Amber poked her forehead with her finger and pulled her to the side room.

Li Hu: “Wait a moment.”

The two stopped and looked at Li Hu together.

Li Hu coughed and said to Xiang Ling: “Give me that stick.”

Xiangling said “Oh” and handed the stick in her hand to Li Hu.

Li Hu took the stick and made a rough sword flower. He was suddenly stunned. How could I make a sword flower? Could it be that I opened up the Ren and Du meridians in an instant? Then he used the stick to perform a set of sword techniques. The sword energy swept across the icicles, and fragments and ice chips flew everywhere and scattered around.

“what happened again?!”

Hearing the noise, Amber came out of the side room again. The courtyard, the eaves, the doors and windows were in a mess.

She was stunned at first, then looked at Li Hu with a reproachful look: “Second Master!”

Li Hu finally woke up, shook off the ice chips and water drops on the wooden stick, and said calmly: “Let someone clean it up.” After that, he strode out of the yard with the stick in his hand, looking domineering and cool.

As soon as he stepped out of the courtyard, Li Hu ran away. Hubo looked at Li Hu’s disappearing back, smiled bitterly and shook her head, then shouted to the west wing: “Wipe the doors and windows.”

Several maids on duty in the west wing came out.
Instead of going to Lin Daiyu’s place, Li Hu picked up the stick and walked towards the study room to see if there were any official reports delivered.

“Second Master!”

As soon as he walked out of the second door, Li San came towards him with a stack of official newspapers in his hand.

Li Hu went over to meet him.

Li San: “This is the newly delivered newspaper.” He handed the newspaper to Li Hu and took the stick with his other hand.

Li Hu dodged and ignored the surprised Li San, picking up the stack of official newspapers and looking through them.

The court bulletins were specially used to convey the court’s documents and political intelligence, and were then delivered by couriers riding fast horses through the post roads to the provincial governor’s offices.

Li Hu flipped open a court bulletin and smiled strangely at first glance. This kid Kong Qingxiang was really cruel and ruthless. He actually published the crimes committed by the servants in the mansions of powerful officials whom he had arrested in the court bulletin. This was definitely a public execution!
Hey, didn’t they say that Mei Hanlin’s son was also arrested? Why isn’t he listed here?!
Li Hu took a careful look and found that they were all servants, without a single son of a powerful official. Tsk, isn’t this just selectivity?

Thinking of this, Li Hu opened another official bulletin.

As he was watching, a manager came hurriedly over.

The manager said, “Second Master, Captain Kong from the Southern Pacification Division is here. He said that this is a very important matter and he wants to see you immediately.”

Li Hu was startled: “Oh? Where is he now?”

The manager said, “I’m waiting in the front hall.”

Li Hu handed the stack of official newspapers to Li San, and walked quickly towards the front hall with the stick in hand.

As soon as he saw Li Hu coming out from the back hall, Kong Qingxiang hurried over to greet him.

Looking at his expression, I knew it was not a good thing, so I stared at him.

Kong Qingxiang whispered, “Someone reported the Rongguo Mansion to the Southern Pacification Office, saying that the wife of Shandong Provincial Education Commissioner Jia Zheng lent money at high interest. The letter of complaint was sent directly to me.” As he spoke, he handed the letter of complaint to Li Hu and took the stick with his other hand.

Li Hu dodged subconsciously, took the letter and read it.

Kong Qingxiang looked at the stick and then at Li Hu, and then said, “The emperor lives in the palace, and Jia Zheng’s wife is an official’s wife. If there is a quarrel, Jia Zheng will be implicated. If someone’s life is involved, Rongguo Mansion will also be implicated! There are people in the Kong family who lend money at high interest, but that is Qufu, and the emperor is far away. She is too bold!”

After a pause, he said, “Someone is deliberately trying to mess with the Rongguo Mansion! I asked a few old Jinyiwei and they said that many officials’ wives are doing the same thing.”

Li Hu nodded.

Kong Qingxiang: “This kind of thing cannot be covered up. There are too many victims! The only way is to let them push out one or two trusted slaves to take the blame!”

Li Hu thought for a moment and said, “You also said that someone is deliberately trying to mess with Rongguo Mansion. No, it’s the second branch of Rongguo Mansion!”

Kong Qingxiang was startled: “There are still people lending money at high interest in Rongguo Mansion?!”

Li Hu didn’t say anything, handed the letter back to him, and then said: “There are some things I can’t tell you, just handle it impartially.”

Kong Qingxiang hesitated, “Well, if Rongguo Mansion is implicated, the power of the Lord will also be damaged.”

Li Hu raised his hand and said, “Since the person behind the scenes sent you the report letter, he must have enough evidence. Maybe you are also part of his plan.”

Kong Qingxiang took a breath.

Li Hu suddenly remembered: “Have you reported this matter to the palace?”

Kong Qingxiang: “Forget it, forget it.”

Li Hu was speechless. “Go quickly. If Chief Dai asks me about it, just reply ‘handle the case impartially’.”

Kong Qingxiang replied, “Yes.” He turned around and walked out quickly.

Looking at his back, Li Hu’s eyes flashed. Could it be the emperor’s son? Would the emperor save Jia Zheng and Wang Furen?
He suddenly thought of Wang Xifeng, and strode out with the stick in his hand. He could not care about the life and death of Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang, but nothing could happen to Jia Lian, otherwise all his and the prince’s investment would be wasted!
(End of this chapter)