C3590 Safe Passage (2/2)
Li Tuo stopped his friend at the corner of the steps in the Center Palace, looking around to see if anyone had come to ask.
”Old Wang, what happened?” ”You don't look too good. Could it be that there was a change in the capital's public opinion last night?”
Old Wang lowered his voice and said, ”The capital is fine. He spent the entire night discussing the case of Salonga, and of course, your promotion …”
”This morning, the news of the Stellar Gorge's great victory has been spread. The people of the capital are all happy about this …”
Li Tuo asked in puzzlement: ”Then why are the two princes' faces so ugly?”
”Hey …” Don't mention it. I received a message from Xi'an at around 3 o'clock this morning. ”Guess what?”
”No one would have thought that the His Majesty would actually send out his own batch of Expedition s … And it was the British Gordon who led the team over from Pamir's side … ”
”They came here from the old setae and the territory of the rebel army. ”They actually managed to bypass the rebel army's territory …”
”I've been rescued from the snow by the cavalry of Zathaktu Khan. They're heading south straight for the Guizhou …” I think he will be reunited with Zuo Zongtang in less than ten days! ”
”He's gone, he's gone, let's not talk anymore …” I still need to go back to the telegraph office and wait for news.
Li Tuo blinked his eyes, thinking that things were not looking good. His Majesty did not have a personal authority, so he sent out ambassadors to comfort the Chinese warlord, who had the authority of the army.
Go, go, go home and hide for two days, anyway today is my vacation!
Of course, Li Tuo knew about the various channels in the court. It was better not to ask too much about the two Princes' relationship, as it had already been enough for the past two days.
Li Tuo returned to duty room to pack his things, and turned his head to leave without saying goodbye to his other colleagues!
When Li Tuo returned to the new mansion in the elephant nose pit, he realized that Li Lianying was not lying to him.
The butler outside the palanquin quickly lowered his palanquin and said softly, ”Master …” The front door is all waiting to see you.
”The gifts are already over a foot high …” Will you see me? ”
”I saw his grandmother... They were all mediocre officials, and seeing that there were no benefits would only bring them trouble. They quickly took a detour around the back door to return home … Remember, don't accept any gifts from these officials! ”
”You don't know anything at all. Do you know how to give gifts?”
What Li Tuo said was not wrong at all. If the real officials did not say that he was the one who came to see them with the gift slip, then they would have to make their own stewards or brokers show themselves.
When the gifts were sent, the broker had to explain the situation clearly. Furthermore, the giver and the giver couldn't be political enemies. They had to give each other a chance to think.
That was what people called being a gatekeeper. When they met today, they were the idle officials of the capital. They had no gatekeeper, and even borrowed money to send him off.
Such a person's silver was stained with feces. Whoever touched him would stink all over!
Li Tuo, who had returned to his study from the back door, comfortably brewed a cup of tea and chased away the maid who was serving him.
In the end, he took out a stack of Xuan paper from the bottom layer of the cage.
Flipping open the first page, a clear line of large ink words, ”Official Records”, appeared before his eyes!
Li Tuo began to quickly write with all his might, ”…” It wasn't strange for government officials to give away women or men … ”If we want to send him off, we'll have to send away a weird man like Lao Ai …”
He really did not expect that Li Tuo was actually a literary person, who was secretly recording everything that happened in the official field of late Qing, and then secretly composing it into a book!