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"I am about to return to the capital, and I will take this memorial to the capital on the way. I will certainly commend County Magistrate Yang in front of His Majesty. You can just wait for His Majesty's commendation."
After the person who assassinated Qin Chi was arrested.
Qin Chi then told others that he was lucky enough to have met a great doctor, his condition had improved, and he would be back in Beijing soon.
Ever since Qin Chi gave him the credit, County Magistrate Yang has been thanking Qin Chi profusely. He naturally didn't mind handing the memorial that was originally to be sent to the capital to Qin Chi, and even politely asked him to help polish it.
County Magistrate Yang asked, "How is it? Is there anything wrong?"
After reading it, Qin Chi actually gave some pointers, "Your opening praise for His Majesty was too deliberate. You should say it in a more obscure way. His Majesty hears too many compliments every day. This statement is old-fashioned. You should do this..."
After Qin Chi’s guidance.
County Magistrate Yang suddenly understood.
I wish I could go back and rewrite the memorial immediately.
Qin Chi pointed to the back again and said, "Remove the word 'suspected'. We have evidence. That person is from the Yuan family. We have his testimony. If you use the word 'suspected' again, it will mislead Your Majesty and make Your Majesty think that you are in a hurry to report it before you have investigated it clearly."
"Your Excellency is right."
County Magistrate Yang made another change.
Qin Chi returned the memorial to him and said, "When you have revised it, bring it to me for review."
"Of course, of course. Thank you for your advice, sir." County Magistrate Yang smiled flatteringly on his greasy face, "Sir, on the day you leave for Beijing, I will arrange for the people to send you the Ten Thousand People Umbrella."
"Then Qin thanks you."
Qin Chi bowed with both hands, then raised his hand to signal County Magistrate Yang to come over, and whispered, "You should also think of a way to praise Your Majesty, compose a ballad or have the people write a letter to express their gratitude for Your Majesty's kindness. I will bring it back to the capital to make Your Majesty happy. Then it will be much easier for me to ask for merit on your behalf. Remember, you are a county magistrate here, you don't seek to be meritorious but you must be blameless."
After saying this, he patted Magistrate Yang on the shoulder, raised his eyebrows, and gave him a look that said, "You understand."
County Magistrate Yang is not good at handling cases.
I have a lot of experience in navigating small paths, so I understood it immediately.
So on the day Qin Chi set out to return to Beijing.
Countless people outside the city came to see them off, and a representative presented an umbrella of the people. In addition, a ballad praising Emperor Mingcheng was sung, and Qin Chi was mentioned in one or two sentences. The general idea was to praise Emperor Mingcheng for his ability to select the right people and to send honest officials to provide disaster relief.
The letters of gratitude that the people wrote to Emperor Mingcheng were written on long pieces of silk.
This was of course done by County Magistrate Yang who sent someone to do it secretly.
The signature is real.
A householder's signature could get him one kilogram of grain. Who wouldn't be willing to sign? Even those who couldn't write could just put their fingerprints on it.
Qin Chi stood on the carriage and waved goodbye to the people behind him.
"Sir, these people are so enthusiastic." Old Huo said cheerfully, "I don't want to leave."
Qin Ba smiled and said, "I hope you won't leave, not that you won't leave. So save your energy."
Qin Chi lowered his head and got into the car.
The driver was still Old Li.
With so many people leaving Beijing, it was almost the same to go back. But the convoy behind was empty, the supplies were gone, and the speed was much faster than when they left.
In fact, the reason why we say they are almost the same is that there is an additional group of Jinyiwei among the escort personnel.
If there were no Jinyiwei, it would be like Emperor Mingcheng had spies around him. Qin Chi would not have wasted half a month trying to drag the Yang family behind County Magistrate Yang into the water. Wouldn't it be time-consuming and laborious to do it in a logical way without leaving any traces or handles? Jinyiwei's mission is to protect Qin Chi. Although it is slightly inconvenient for Qin Chi to act, Jinyiwei does not interfere with his decision-making on disaster relief. For this trip, the benefits outweigh the disadvantages.
Qin Chi used the great reputation of the Jinyiwei to make the local officials respect him and complete the assigned tasks quickly and well. Without the drag, the disaster relief work went extraordinarily smoothly.
The Jinyiwei also cleared the way for them on their way back.
Everything went smoothly along the way, without even a single mouse.
It's getting dark.
The group settled down at the post station.
Qin Chi suddenly received a message from the capital saying that Song Jin learned that he was critically ill and was so frightened that the fetus was unstable that she wanted to find a doctor. Qin Chi was very anxious and he sent someone to return to the capital overnight.
"Master Qin, what's wrong?"
Captain Chen was woken up again just after he fell asleep. He thought something had happened to Qin Chi, but when he rushed over, he saw Qin Chi's followers packing their bags.
Qin Chi stood quietly under the eaves, looking up in the direction of the capital, and said apologetically: "Sorry, I disturbed Captain Chen's rest."
Captain Chen asked, "Master Qin, can you tell me what this means?"
He pointed at the man loading the empty truck.
Qin Chi said with a worried look on his face, "I just received a letter from the capital saying that my wife was shocked to learn that I was critically ill earlier and had a miscarriage. I was anxious and wanted to return to the capital as soon as possible."
Chen Qianhu took advantage of the night light.
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Looking at Qin Chi's face in the backlight, it was flickering and not very clear.
Captain Chen made the decision immediately and said to a Jinyiwei behind him: "We are ordered to protect the safety of Lord Qin. Since Lord Qin has decided to set off overnight, let the brothers who are resting get up and set off in a quarter of an hour."
"Thank you for your understanding, Mr. Chen."
Qin Chi said gratefully.
In fact, Qin Chi was the most influential person in this group. No matter how much others complained, they had to obey his orders. At the same time, Qin Chi ordered people to send the letter of safety back to the capital by flying slaves.
The day before Fei Nu arrived in Beijing.
The news from Taihu Lake was transmitted back to the capital earlier.
Among the powerful families in the capital, the Qin family and Song Jin's group were not the only ones who had spies. There were also people from other forces who used flying slaves to send messages.
When Song Jin learned that Qin Chi's condition had improved, he felt relieved.
Earlier there was news that Qin Chi was critically ill.
From time to time, someone would come to the Qin family, using the excuse of visiting Song Jin, but actually coming to gather information.
Song Jin said he was not feeling well and refused to see any visitors.
Without knowing whether Qin Chi's illness was true or not, Song Jin really had no intention of dealing with other people.
"The young master sent a message via flying slave, saying that he will be back to the capital soon." Qin Qixi came over to report with a serious expression.
Song Jin also swept away the previous haze, smiled and said: "Cook a few more dishes today and tell everyone that the young master will be back soon."
"Then I would like to thank the lady on behalf of everyone."
This group of people not only refers to the people in the open, but also the people who are protecting here secretly.
Mu Ting folded the clothes and put them into the box. "Boss, can we have more food from Brother Wei Yuan's place?"
"Add! Take a hundred taels and let everyone have a good meal."
Song Jin is in a good mood today.
As the fetus was older and the baby was not feeling well, she bought a maid to take care of her. However, the new maid had not been trained and was not very useful, so she was sent to help in the kitchen.
Afterwards, Mu Ting was transferred to work by his side.
This decision gave Qin Qi some clues.