While the court was still discussing how to deal with Bian Xuedao, Li Ling had returned to the office of the Ministry of Revenue, because the tax bank in southern Yunnan was finally delivered this year. As the head of the Qing Lishu Department in southern Yunnan, he was working hard to promote this matter, so he naturally needed to arrange and deal with it throughout the process.

Originally, although these colleagues from the Ministry of Revenue were afraid of Li Ling, they did not recognize his abilities. After all, in their opinion, the fight against the Bian Shigong only showed that Li Ling had a very poor method and a deep background. However, in terms of qualifications and credit, this young man who had only been in office for more than a year and had been in the ministry for more than half a year was really not worth mentioning.

But now, after seeing that southern Yunnan actually handed over several times the silver ounces far exceeding the previous years to enter Beijing, these officials' views on Li Ling have undergone a fundamental change. It turns out that Li Wenzhong is really capable, and in the past six months after leaving Beijing and going to the southwest, he has really done something that his predecessors have never done before.

For a time, not only the clerks and servants, but also the officials, officials at the level of doctors, also changed their attitude towards Li Ling quickly, and they were really convinced by this young man.

Li Ling did not seem very proud of this. He was still doing what he should do in the yamen, and also focused on this year's tax warehousing and related accounts. After all, this was what he agreed to help the Imperial City Department to keep an eye on.

However, after the fall of the Minister of State Bian and many subordinates who were closely related to him were convicted one after another, the atmosphere in the Ministry of Revenue was more rigorous than before, so naturally no one would dare to act using power for personal gain, which made him much easier.

There are many things that are worthy of happiness. Because of his previous performance, Lu You has been attracted by Shen Zhuohui, who holds the power of the Ministry of Revenue, and has become a true power figure in the Qing officials' department. Xiang Daxing, who was arbitrarily punished to go home, came back after the Bian Xuedao case and was entrusted with important tasks.

However, as the central figure in this matter, although Mr. Shen had called him to encourage him twice, he was more just a verbal praise and did not mean to win him further. I don’t know if he was concerned about his background and did not dare to do it too much.

Li Ling felt a little strange at first, but soon, he threw things behind his mind because of his busy official duties. Just when he thought everything would be back on track, an invitation made him know that the matter was not over yet.

Similar to Zuo Xiang Lu Zhen, who had just returned to Beijing, the invitational was also quite high-ranking - Prince Huai Sun Pu, the younger brother of the current emperor, is known as the King of Xiaoyao Xian, who runs Guihaiju and is also a big figure in the capital who is a partner with Li Ling.

Even though he and Sun Pu were somewhat in love, Li Ling knew very well that the status between him and the other party was too disparate. Logically speaking, it was impossible to surrender to the nobles as King Huai to invite him to meet him, but the invitation in front of him was clearly written, which made him go to the middle of Guihai the next afternoon, and tomorrow it was just a matter of rest, so he couldn't even give him the reason for refusing.

But why did the other party suddenly want to see him and what he was about to say? Li Ling was unable to grasp the responsibility for the article he had published in Zongheng Newspaper before? After all, now speaking, Sun Pu is one of the owners of Zongheng Bookstore, and almost shut down the bookstore. This responsibility is naturally not light.

After thinking about it all day, Li Ling arrived at Guihaiju the next day, because he was the only one on the invitation, so he didn't even call Wanlang this time.

When he arrived at the place and revealed his identity, Li Ling was immediately led by the shopkeeper who was guarding outside through the side door, and went straight up from a rather hidden staircase to the fourth floor of Guihaiju and came to a rather grand and quiet house. As soon as Li Ling looked at it, he knew that this room should be the most special existence in this restaurant. It would definitely not be open to the public on weekdays, and perhaps it was the private room of King Huai.

Just as he was thinking, the shopkeeper who led him up had come forward and knocked on the door to report. After a moment, the door opened and a half-old man with grace and noble temperament came out, looking at him with a smile: "Li Wenzhong, I have long admired your reputation, but I have not met until today."

Without the shopkeeper's recommendation, Li Ling guessed the identity of this person and hurriedly bent down to salute: "The lower-ranking official Li Ling has met King Huai."

"No need to be polite. Since it is in my restaurant, you and I are friends and partners. If you are the prince, please leave it to another place to talk." Sun Pu seemed quite enthusiastic, helped Li Ling up, and then pulled him into the door, "You just call me a layman Guihai."

Li Ling was not a rigid person either, so he smiled and said, "Since that's the case, it's better to obey your orders than to be respectful."

"Haha, it's just that, it's a bit like a famous writer who can write two wonderful books, Fengshen and Bao Gong Case. By the way, I'm going to tell you, I'm quite fascinated by these two books, especially the two volumes of Bao Gong Case. The case was so amazing that people read it, and I read it three times, but I didn't feel bored."

After introducing Li Ling into the house and letting him sit, Sun Pu smiled and said, completely missing the airs that the prince should have. Instead, he was like an enthusiastic reader who was sought after the novel. Within a few words, his pursuit began: "Talk Xiaoyaozi, it's almost half a year since you finished writing the two volumes of Bao Gong's case. When will you get another volume?"

"This..." Li Ling twisted his body unexpectedly. He really didn't expect that his novel would have so many readers with extraordinary status to follow the update. He was Zuo Xiang Lu Zhen, and now he is Prince Huai Sun Pu. In addition to the current emperor, is there any person who has higher status to pursue the update in person than these two?

Thinking to himself, he could only reply: "That... Actually, I want to write more novels, but I didn't have all kinds of official duties before? I went to the southwest, so I was delayed. But recently I have started writing and can be published in newspapers around the Chinese New Year."

"Oh? It's good. Is it a Bao Gong case?" King Huai was immediately happy. Seeing Li Ling nodded, he was even more happy and rubbed his hands, "Then can you tell me first, what is the case this time?" This is still a person who is not afraid of spoilers.

Li Ling felt a little strange at this time. King Huai called him, but kept talking about something about novels with him. It didn't look like he had something to talk about or was asking for guilt.

However, it is too unreasonable to say that the other party invites him to Guihaiju to pursue the new book. Even if he is approachable, he must do this. If you really want to ask yourself about the new book, you can send your subordinates to inform him, and can you ignore it?

Although he had doubts in his heart, Li Ling still had to deal with it: "This case is called the beheading of the prince consort."

"Oh? This is exciting!" When King Huai heard this, his eyes suddenly shone with a strong interest: "Tell me specifically."

Li Ling no longer kept in touch, so he revealed the content of his own conceived and reorganized the case of the Criminal of the Criminal of the Beauty.

As a classic plot in many later operas, the dramatic conflicts and characters are naturally quite good. Li Ling adapted and upgraded the story this time, making the story more and more thrilling, and the wisdom of the princess princess was also improved. Those methods were used, and they were not under the Bao Gong Iron Triangle. In addition, their identities naturally became a more thrilling story than the previous two cases.

Li Ling just told the general storyline, and King Huai was amazed and clapped his hands with anticipation: "This case is indeed interesting, and I wish I could finish it immediately."

"This... I'm afraid it's a bit difficult. I've only written less than half of it, and I have to wait until before the twelfth lunar month to finish the manuscript as soon as possible. Of course, if the prince really wants to read it, I can hand over the finished manuscript to you first..." The other party called himself the king, so Li Ling changed it to this title.

At this time, Sun Pu didn't care about these details. He first wanted to nod his head with excitement, but soon, he sighed and shook his head: "I feel even more uncomfortable when I read it halfway. Forget it, after you finish writing it, I will give me a reading of the manuscript. This is better than chasing it in the newspaper."

"Yes." Li Ling replied with a smile. With this person's identity, he naturally would not disclose the content of the novel to the outside world in advance.

Sun Pu smiled happily at first, then raised his eyebrows again: "I remembered something. Why does this case look so like the unethical thing that Bian Xuedao did?" Although he ignored the affairs of the court, the case of Bian Xuedao was a hot topic this time, and he naturally knew the inside story.

Isn't this a coincidence? Perhaps the behavior of some guys who are heartless are actually interoperable, and in a certain situation, they will naturally make the same choice. Li Ling answered in his heart, but said in his mouth: "I'm not hiding it from the prince, in fact, this story is derived from this. It was Bian Xuedao's actions that gave me some inspiration." As for the reason...

"So..." Sun Pu suddenly thought of something and looked at Li Ling with a smile, "What is the name of this prince consort?"

"Uh... learning Taoism on the side." Li Ling replied awkwardly. He is not a generous person. It is far from enough to just pull him down by learning Taoism on the side. He has to let him be infatuated for thousands of years and take the blame for Chen Shimei for a thousand years. Although for him, this is not a big deal, because this is what he did, and the situation is getting better. At least the story of "learning Taoism on the side" did not really kill his wife and children, but only killed many innocent people.

When Sun Pu heard this, he laughed and then he took a moment to get a little Li Ling: "You, Li Wenzhong is really a master who will take revenge. This trick is really powerful. I am afraid that in the future, everyone in the world, even dozens or hundreds of years later, will know that there is such a heartless person named Bian Xuedao!"

Li Ling smiled, yes, this is his purpose.
Chapter completed!