Fei Yi's guess was correct. After Li Dui was ordered to investigate the matter, he just followed the procedures in a straightforward manner. In fact, the so-called personal evidence provided by Gongzicheng was full of loopholes, and after a little consideration, he could not stand it. However, Li Du turned a blind eye and turned a blind eye, clearly not wanting to offend Gongzicheng.

Within a few days, rumors had spread, and news came from court officials that Zhao He was about to be dismissed. However, Zhao He, the person involved, still did his own thing, went to court as usual every day, and after leaving court, he buried his head in the office, and all rumors were turned a deaf ear.

After dinner this day, Zhao Xinxin absent-mindedly squeezing the corn in the bowl. Yu Guang looked at his father from time to time, wanting to speak but stopping, and from time to time to look at Li again.

Naturally, his son's little move could not be hidden from Zhao He. He gently put down his bowl and chopsticks, turned to look at Zhao Xin, and said calmly, "If you have anything to say, just say it, don't look hesitant."

"Yeah." Zhao Xin responded, put down his bowl and chopsticks and lowered his head, "Father, I have heard about the affairs in the court. It was the child who was ignorant and caused such a big disaster for you."

Zhao He glared at Li unhappily, and complained that she told her son about these things. He turned his head and looked at his son calmly and said, "You can't blame you for this matter. Gao Ming has been following me since I was young and has always been loyal to our family, but now he has died tragically by others. Not to mention you, even if I was present at the time, I would probably draw my sword to avenge him. So I have never blamed you for this matter, you don't need to blame yourself."

After hearing this, Zhao Xin not only did not relax, but showed a look of shame on his face and said, "But Gongzi Cheng took his anger on you, my father, and now he is in a difficult situation..."

Zhao He smiled, feeling much more relieved for his son's sensibility, and said, "I believe in me, you don't have to worry about this matter, there will naturally be a way for your father."

Li couldn't help but interrupt, "What can you do?"

Zhao He said seriously, "At worst, take off this official robe and let the young master succeed. Can he still kill us? Zhao State has the law of Zhao State, and it is not punishable by the doctor. This has been the case since ancient times. All he wants is to fight for face."

"Madam, don't you often complain that the life in Handan is too boring and miss the pastoral life. Now, it's good that we have removed all the vulgarity and returned to the pastoral landscape. Men farmed and women weaved, took care of their husbands and children, and ignored the miscellaneous affairs at this time. Isn't it great to hide in the mountains and forests like Zhuangzhou?"

When Zhao He said this, he gently stroked his beard and looked leisurely and intoxicated, but he could not hide the loneliness in his eyes. How could Li and his husband and wife who had been with him for more than ten years not hear the frustration and unwillingness hidden in his words? Even Zhao Xin could see that his father was insincere, and he obviously said it easily to comfort his mother and him.

Zhao He was born in a poor family and studied hard since childhood. When he became an adult, he devoted himself to the officialdom just to show his talent. Fortunately, he met a king like his father who dared to boldly promote his poor family and the help of the Li clan. He was less than 40 years old and had already reached the high position of the Inner History. At this time, he was young and strong, undoubtedly wanted to achieve great things, but because of this matter, he wanted to end his political life. How could he not feel sad?

Li hesitated for a moment and whispered, "Or why I beg my brother, he is the magistrate of this time. If he intends to help you clear your crime, the young master will not do anything to us even if he succeeds. Even if he is the magistrate uncle, the magistrate father will not let him do whatever he wants."

Zhao He shook his head apart and smiled bitterly, "Don't you understand your brother yet? Brother Li is a man with a strong sense of fame and ambitions throughout his life are in power. He finally reached his current position. If he leans against me, he will inevitably offend Gongzicheng and the entire family behind Gongzicheng. Why should we make things difficult for him? It's better to be more tactful and give in to yourself."

Li clasped his pink fist, clenched his silver teeth, and said unwillingly, "Are we really going to swallow our anger and let the young master bully others? This time, it was obviously not our fault. His son just broke his legs, but our letter almost lost his life. He was right and aggressive. How could this reason be in the world? I, Li Zhi, are the first to dissatisfied!"

Zhao He said with a sad expression, full of guilt, "Madam, it's useless to be a father, I've been wronged. When I married you, I promised you that I would never let you suffer any grievances in this life, but now I don't have the ability to do it."

Seeing Zhao He's expression was depressed, Li stepped forward and gently held his hand, and smiled cleverly, "What are you saying? Did I regret it one day when I married Li Zhi? If you don't become an official, you're not an official. It's better if you don't serve as an angry bird official. If you don't serve as an angry bird, we will be as indulging in the mountains and rivers as we used to back then. And now we have a letter, it's great that the family of three is happy, and we will never pay attention to these right and wrong again."

Zhao He was moved and held Li in his arms with a little force. He felt much more indifferent, thinking that he would be like this in this life. He had no regrets.

Zhao Xin kept his head down, full of regret and annoyance on his face, suddenly raised his head and said loudly, "Father, what Mr. Cheng wants is nothing more than face. You might as well tie me up and send him to his mansion to take care of him. He is a great uncle Zhao, and I am just a junior of his tribe. He will never hurt my life if he takes into account his face. At most I apologize and then beat him up."

"It's impossible." Zhao He gently pushed Li away, looked at Zhao Xin with a serious expression, and said flatly.

"If you make a mistake in this matter first, your father will never tolerate evil spirits, and you will definitely send you to the young master for treatment. But the fault is not yours, but you will bow your head and admit it. I, Zhao He, cannot do it! Although we are from poor backgrounds, we are also a descendant of Xiangzi. We should be upright as a scholar and a minister. We should be upright, and we can match the heaven, earth, ghosts and gods above and the right ancestors and ancestors below. We are just a dress of official robes, so it's better not to do it!"

Zhao Xin said anxiously: "But, father, what you have been asking for in your life at this time. You have been studying hard for decades and have been cautious all your life, but now you have to be for my recklessness..."

"Okay, this matter has been decided, you don't need to say anything more." Zhao He waved his sleeves and said firmly. He turned to look at Li again and said softly, "Madam, you have been selling the homeland equipment in your home these days. I have been an official for more than ten years. Although I have not saved much, I think it's enough for half a lifetime of simple life."

After saying that, Zhao He waved his sleeves and left with great strides.

"Yeah." Li was confused, Qi Ran reluctantly smiled and responded, then turned around and left. The only one left Zhao Xin lowered his head and thought silently in his heart: This matter arises because of me. I must not let my father be tired of me, and I have worked hard for decades!

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The heavy rain poured down, and there seemed to be countless continuous cotton threads connected between the sky and the earth. As the cold wind continued to sway, the fog was everywhere.

Under the high stone steps, the accumulated rain flowed rapidly along the stone steps, gradually gathering into a small river, flowing through the lowest layer of the stone steps, but dividing under the feet of the kneeling boy.

The young man's thin body kept trembling in the cold wind, and his whole body was soaked, as if he would faint at any time.

It was already early winter, and there was a hint of chill in the wind. Even the man who was kneeling in the rain could not bear it, let alone a thin boy who had just recovered from injury.

Zhao Xin secretly left home at dawn and came to Gongzi Cheng's mansion to apologize, but Gongzi Cheng refused to see him and clearly refused to give up. Zhao Xin ignored the obstruction of the servant's door and forcibly broke into the gate, and knelt down on the stone steps in the heavy rain.

He had been kneeling under the stone steps for four hours, but Young Master Cheng still refused to come forward. The cold rain continued to flow into his neck along his hair bun, and the side was blurred before his eyes, and there was no dry place on his body. Zhao Xin only felt cold all over, fighting his teeth, his limbs had already lost their intuition, and there was a scorching pain on the wound that had just healed on his chest and abdomen, and blood had already flowed out, which forced him to bend down to press the wound.

Although he was not from a wealthy family, he had suffered such a hardship under the care of his parents. At this moment, he felt that his trembling body no longer belonged to him, so he only relied on a stubborn and forced himself to hold on without falling down.

Hold on, hold on! Zhao Xin kept repeating this sentence to himself in his heart. He knew that the young master Cheng wanted was nothing more than this result. He wanted everyone in the world to know that no one who offended him would end up well.

"Zhao Xin is here to apologize." He roared with his mouth open and his strength, trembling voices kept ringing, and every shout seemed to have exhausted all his strength.

At the door not far away, several servants looked at the stubborn boy kneeling on the ground through the rain, and their eyes were filled with unbearable feelings.

A young general looked at the old man beside him and whispered: "You said it was so cold and it was raining. This child had been kneeling in the rain for four hours. If this continues, he will definitely die. What is the Lord thinking?"

The elderly shook his head, looked at Zhao Xin with some sympathy in his eyes, and said, "Don't you know the character of the Lord? This time the young master's legs were broken by someone. How could he bear it according to his character? In addition, Zhao He was a stinky and hard stone, and he refused to bow his head to admit his mistakes. Now, things are getting bigger. The Lord has used a lot of connections to exert his anger. He is determined to win the sword. It's not so easy to stop. I think even if the Lord is moved by the child's perseverance, he will not stop there. It's a pity that this child, alas."

The elder sighed and said nothing more. However, a younger general couldn't help but say it; "The Lord is too unkind. This child is still his junior, no matter how he says he is. If he kneels to death in his mansion..."

The elderly man glared at him and said angrily, "How can we servants, the Lord, discuss it? How many times have I said it? You should change your verbal temperament, otherwise sooner or later, will you hear the disaster?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a person appearing behind him. He turned his head and looked at him. He was stunned. He immediately smiled and said, "Li Siko, when did you come? I will go to the master to communicate with you now."

"No need, I'll go in by myself." Li Dui held up the umbrella that was still dripping with water, his face was as calm as water. He silently looked at Zhao Xin in the rain, reached out to stop the general, and after saying that, he stepped into the rain.

"Zhao Xin comes to apologize." Zhao Xin shivered, held his strength and shouted desperately. Suddenly, he felt that the rain had stopped on his head, and raised his head in a daze.

The rain flowed down his forehead, blurring his gaze. He finally recognized that it was Li Du's familiar face.

"Uncle...uncle."

Li Dui put down his umbrella, took off his cloak and wrapped it in Zhao Xin.

"Xiner, be obedient, go home with me. This is a matter between us, and you don't have to participate in it."

"I won't go back." Zhao Xin stubbornly raised his head, his lips were frozen blue and white, but there was no trace of surrender in his eyes.

"This happened because of me, and I was involved in my father. I am a manly man, and I work with each other. My father's lifelong ideals are in Handan, and I can't let him give up for me."

Li Dui's movement suddenly froze, and his hand, which was dressed in his clothes, slowly stopped. His face hesitated for a long time, seemed to have made a great decision before speaking; "Don't worry, my uncle has a way to save your father, I'll go see Gongzicheng now."

"Take it seriously?" Zhao Xin said with a look of surprise.

"When did I lied to you?"

"Okay." Zhao Xin nodded repeatedly, his pale little face full of surprise, and he said with some concern: "Uncle, go first, I'm still kneeling here. Anyway, I've been kneeling for so long, so it's not a short while."

Li Dui didn't say anything for a long time, but just quietly stroked Zhao Xin's head with his hand, looked up at the high stone steps above, suddenly shook the umbrella and took a few steps forward, turned around and looked at Zhao Xin and said, "Xin'er, look, life is like this stone steps. There are always people who are high above, and there are always people who are humbly crawling under the stone steps. If you want your destiny not to be dominated by others, you have to climb up step by step, climb to the highest point, and let everyone crawl at your feet. Only then can you truly grasp your own destiny, and only your own destiny! Do you understand?"
Chapter completed!