Pictures, which were either blurry or clear, kept flashing in Li Ling's mind—

When she was in her teens, her sister took care of herself and her sister. She often gave herself all the good things, but she looked disgusted and even spoke ill of malice. But at that time, her sister always smiled gently...

Later, when I grew up, I only focused on studying with my father. Almost all the family affairs were managed by my sister, but I still took it for granted. But my sister never complained about it, until she finally got married in another county.

That night, my sister held her and her sister's hands and finally started crying, saying that she couldn't bear to leave them and this family, but at that time she was indifferent, and instead felt a sense of relief...

These memories that did not belong to Li Ling now all appeared vaguely, making him feel a burst of heart tightening and regretful. Finally, there was a clear picture. In that new home, my sister took care of everyone in the family as always. Although she grew up, she was still the ignorant brother in her eyes.

"Sister, just put this clothes there and I'll wash it myself..." Seeing my sister pick up the underwear she had changed, Li Ling blushed a little and wanted to stop it.

But what I received was my sister's gentle chuckling: "Brother Ling, you are already a scholar, and you will be a juren in the future and be a master. How can you do such heavy things? Why, you are shy? My sister has been helping you wash these things since you were a child. No matter how old you are, you are still my sister's younger brother."

Li Ling had no choice but to accept his sister's insistence, and during the days when he was preparing for the provincial exam, his family was so happy to stay together, and time passed the fastest. His sister's gentle face was always engraved in his heart, making him feel warm when he thinks about it.

But who expected that when I really passed the imperial examination and went home, I got the bad news! My sister was kidnapped by the Wei family and the soldiers in the army, and it was impossible to rescue her again!

Li Ling thought that as long as he kept climbing upward, he would be able to bring his sister back quickly - in fact, he had this idea earlier, after all, he was no longer a scholar at that time. But because of some concerns, he still felt that it would be better to ask the Wei family for another year or two when he was promoted again, and he would be more confident when he was more confident!

But who would have thought that when she waited, she would have such a result. Her sister, she was actually harmed by others. He would never see the gentle woman again. She would never laugh at her and help her do some housework!

The regretful emotions kept biting Li Ling's heart like a poisonous insect, making his heart ache to the extreme, and he hated him!

He hated himself for not preparing early and took his sister back to him earlier; he hated the Wei family's unscrupulousness, and forcibly abducted his sister and locked up in the ancestral hall because he wanted to protect his ridiculous "Jianyi Family" archway; he hated the Huaibei Army Governor who helped the Wei family support him and made them unscrupulous. It can be said that he was the initiator!

Countless regrets kept clashing back and forth in Li Ling's mind, making him feel his breathing rapid, and then it was spinning. After a while of a swelling, a mouthful of blood was spurted out by him as he opened his mouth, and it was spraying on the tables in front of him. Everyone around was so scared that they exclaimed and scattered.

It was not until this time that Li Ling came to his senses and found that he had returned to his own public housing in the Ministry of Revenue at some time.

"Wen...Wen Zhong, are you okay?" a colleague stepped forward and asked in fear.

Just now, they saw him running out like crazy, and then came back in dismay, sitting there silently, with a distorted face twisting. Before they could think about asking, Li Ling suddenly spit out an old blood, which was too horrible.

Li Ling, who came to his senses, pulled his thigh hard, forced himself to calm down quickly, and at the same time wiped off the blood from the corner of his mouth, and replied: "I... just got angry, there should be no problem."

"Or you might as well go back early and find a doctor." Several other colleagues were really worried that he would have something to do, so they quickly suggested.

Li Ling was about to refuse, but he came to the front of the room. When he saw Li Ling at first sight, he called out: "Mr. Li, I'll come here to invite you to come over and talk to you at your order."

"Hmm?" Li Ling looked at the visitor with a little surprise. The man dressed in a servant but had an extraordinary temperament felt very strange. He didn't remember having any contacts before: "Who is your master?"

But this person smiled: "Mr. Li will know when he comes out."

Although Li Ling was even more confused, he still stood up and followed him outside, and then heard him say, "The villain was ordered to invite you to go to Luyang Villa to meet your master."

When Li Ling heard the four words "Green Yang Villa", he immediately understood that it was the emperor who wanted to see him!

Even though he was in a state of turmoil because he learned that something happened to his sister, he could only obey his order: "Will we go now?"

"That's right, the carriage is already waiting outside."

...

When he came to this royal family garden again, Li Ling no longer had the tension he had when he first encountered. As he went along the way, his mood finally calmed down a lot. Although his sister's accident made him regret it, he could only accept it.

At the same time, he also learned from this matter. In the future, he must not look back and forth as he does this time, and feel that he dare not act before he is 100% sure. In fact, how many things in this world are really something that can be accomplished? Isn’t it just a gamble?

From this we can see that my previous hesitation about whether to go to southern Yunnan was also wrong. Since this is my only chance to advance at this time, I cannot miss it!

Li Ling, who made up his mind, also knew what to say when he met the emperor next.

This time the emperor did not see him by the lotus pond, but instead moved to a quiet small study. After Li Ling knelt down and stood up after bowing down, the emperor saw something wrong with his situation and asked, "What, have you encountered any changes today?"

"I dare not hide it from Your Majesty. I just learned a bad news. My sister was killed by thieves during the Luotian Sect Rebellion in Huaibei..." Li Ling did not hide it and said directly. When talking about this, his eyes turned red and his body trembled slightly.

The emperor was obviously stunned. Unexpectedly, Li Ling had just received such bad news. Then he sighed: "This is the day when I picked the wrong one to see you. Let's be sad."

"Thank you for your concern. I will not be distracted by this. I will still do my job well."

"Well, don't worry, these rebels cannot become a climate. They have been killed one after another by local government troops, and now they have even scattered birds and beasts. The next day, I will take the bandit leader who is in trouble, and I will let you watch him being sentenced to Ming Zhengdian with your own eyes."

Li Ling thanked him again, but he did not continue to say the relevant matters in depth. Because such a quelling rebellion had nothing to do with him, an official from the Ministry of Revenue, the emperor could not discuss with him how to quell the rebellion just because he was a victim.

After pondering for a moment, the emperor looked at Li Ling: "I asked you to come here today, just to praise you. Li Ling, you have made great contributions to being able to get things done successfully this time, especially convincing Zhang Hefeng to suddenly change his words, which solved a big problem for me.

"I know that because of some of the previous things, you didn't have a good life in the Ministry of Revenue, especially the current chief of the Qing Lishu Department in southern Yunnan, which is the most difficult job. How about it? Do you have any ideas? Do you want me to promote you to the Political Affairs Hall, or continue to be an official in the Ministry of Revenue, but be promoted to a higher level, at least get rid of this job?"

Li Ling didn't expect the emperor to make such arrangements for him, and he felt moved. If it were a few days ago, after hearing these words, he would have made any considerations and might have agreed.

But now, Li Ling knelt down again: "Your Majesty forgives your crime, I don't want to accept such an arrangement."

"Well? Why is this?"

"Your Majesty also asks you to forgive me for your unscrupulous crimes before I dare to speak out."

"Say it, I forgive you for not guilty. No matter what you said today." The emperor was a little curious and promised immediately.

Li Ling looked up at him and said, "I am determined to be an official in the court and want to be a pillar of the country, so I don't want to be a lucky minister who will be rejected by my colleagues! I would also like to forgive you. I am naturally loyal to Your Majesty, but I don't want to receive special care from Your Majesty because of this, which is far beyond the treatment of ordinary officials..."

A strange look flashed in the emperor's eyes, and then he laughed: "So that's it. Your concern is not a big mistake. Although I can forcibly promote you this time, it may not be a good thing for you. There may be consequences of storing and forcing growth."

After pausing for a moment, he frowned slightly: "But in this case, how should you solve the current predicament? I already know that the tax on southern Yunnan this year was set early in the morning, but it was more than three times that of previous years. If you don't leave, you won't be able to do your job, so it's hard to explain, right?"

"So today I dare to ask Your Majesty to allow me to leave Beijing and go to southern Yunnan to handle local tax matters."

"This... do you want to go to southern Yunnan and personally ask about tax matters, so as to impose an extra tax of more than 200,000 taels of silver for the court?"

"That's right. Your Majesty, as far as I know, southern Yunnan was originally a country. No matter how poor there was, how could it be that even hundreds of thousands of silver a year? I am willing to be a pawn for the court and completely solve the troubles that have been troubled for many years."

The emperor pondered again, and after a moment, he said: "Do you know that the local forces in southern Yunnan are chaotic, even the officials in the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of Dingxi, he could only ensure that the local area was peaceful and could not collect any taxes. Do you really dare to take risks?"
Chapter completed!