Zhao Jue was going to cry in front of the door of the second room, pretending to be pitiful and win some sympathy from public opinion, but he was helpless to be no match for Zhao Xiu's sharp mouth in the second room, and the onlookers did not cooperate, so he had to throw off the cruel words and take the entourage away. He just learned that his son didn't live in the sect room, and now it's right to ask his son for a lesson first.

The crowd in front of the door dispersed, but the discussion continued, presumably today's episode will soon spread throughout the county and become the gossip material in people's mouths. The Zhao family has just gained a good reputation for doing good, and they don't want to be affected by Zhao Jue's scoundrel immediately, even if they act right and sit right, their good reputation will definitely be discounted. Zhao Jing looked at Zhao Wei and Zhao Xiu brother and sister worriedly, and stopped talking, but in the end, he couldn't say anything, so he could only persuade them: "He's a bastard, don't care what he says." No matter what the prince is, he will never blame his uncle and grandmother and your brothers and sisters for a despicable villain like him. ”

Zhao Wei was very calm: "It's okay, let's not worry, Brother Jing and go back, and discuss with Uncle Yu what to do in the future." Uncle Yu drove Zhao Ze out, and Zhao Jue will definitely not give up. Besides, if he wants to return to the clan, he will have to harass the clan and the clansmen again. ”

Zhao Jing thought about it, so he hurriedly quit Zhao Wei's brothers and sisters, and hurriedly went home. Zhao Wei took his sister back to the house, asked the porter to close the door, and his face sank: "How can His Royal Highness the Crown Prince value Zhao Jue?" That's impossible! "His Royal Highness the Prince's brother, King Guangping, in order to maintain the second room of the Zhao family, has long had a feud with Zhao Jue, and Zhao Jue is not an outstanding talent, so many people in the capital can be sent. Why did you want to send Zhao Jue?

Zhao Xiu also felt so, but she was more concerned about other things: "Isn't the prince going south until the beginning of spring next year?" Need to send someone to do it so early? ”

Zhao Wei frowned, and also felt that there was a problem. So he went with his sister to find his grandmother Zhang and told her everything that had just happened.

After hearing this, Zhang glared at Zhao Xiu first: "You said that you went to help your brother scold, but you really scolded?" is still scolding in front of so many people at the gate, and he is not afraid of other people's jokes! Even if you are reasonable, let people listen to you, you will inevitably think that you are too powerful and strong. You're a girl from everyone's background. Why quarrel with that kind of person, you don't gain or lose your identity?! ”

Zhao Xiu wanted to laugh a little, feeling that Zhang's words were blaming her. But she hated Zhao Jue even more than she scolded before, it seemed that Zhao Jue didn't even have the qualifications to quarrel with her. She obediently admitted her mistake: "The granddaughter knew that she was wrong, and she heard what the man said so badly, so she couldn't help but interject." If he had to continue acting in front of the door. I don't know how many good shows I have to ask the onlookers to watch. ”

The Zhang family sighed: "Fortunately, the clan meeting was held early and they were expelled from the room, otherwise he would have sung and fought in public like this, what face would our Zhao family have in Fengxian?" Do they really think that this is the countryside, and the neighbors are less knowledgeable and easy to fool? ”

She said to Zhao Wei again: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is going south, it should be next spring, even if you have to send someone to deal with it in advance, you should be a confidant." If it is not good, it must be an official of the imperial court. I came here by the emperor's order. No matter how you look at it, it doesn't seem like it will be Zhao Jue's turn, there may be something inside. You don't have to worry, King Guangping knows that Zhao Jue is meticulous and will not reuse him, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will naturally not look at him pleasing to the eye. Maybe his rank is too low, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince only knows who the person in charge is, so he doesn't pay much attention to the pawns below. Zhao Jue came over in advance to make a point, maybe he wanted to take advantage of the fact that we didn't know the inside story, and he wanted to take advantage of the strength of His Royal Highness the Prince. ”

Although Zhang's words are just speculation, in hindsight, they are really a bit reliable. Since that day, Zhao Jue has been constantly appearing on the streets where the Zhao clan lives, going to the sect room today, going to the third room tomorrow, and ...... the day after tomorrow I have visited almost every room except the second room, of course, only for the head of the family. There is only one reason for him to come to the door, that is, to revoke the resolution to expel his house from the clan two years ago, and let his family restore the identity of the head of the second room, which is a coercion and temptation for the clansmen, and a two-pronged approach.

If he was looking for those clansmen from the end of the side branches, maybe there would really be people who would be tempted, but all the descendants and branches of the house were decent and wealthy, so they were a little arrogant, and they were already very unhappy with him and the Niu clan because of the return of the clan property, and the two sides almost tore their faces, and now they say that they are not to blame for the past, and they think they are really willing to bow their heads? If Zhao Jue had a knighthood, everyone might still give in, but a six-rank military attache who relied on his relationship to take the position, who would take him seriously? In the past few years, there have been children in each room to study for the imperial examination, and there are two people who have lifted them, and they have only been showing off for several years, and they have a good future, and they will not worry about having no official to do in the future, and they all have a good relationship with the second room, who is impatient to deal with a self-righteous Zhao Jue with a shelf?

Bullying? Where is Zhao Jue's power? Although he kept saying that he was valued by the prince, he finally let everyone see the prince's attitude.

Inducements? Needless to say, the outer six rooms hug the thighs of the second room in business, and you can earn thousands of taels a year, and there are a lot of other rooms that are stained, and many people still owe the silver of the second room, interest-free! Zhao Jue really wants to be tempted, and he must be able to come up with a profit that can overshadow the benefits of the second room. Just talking, but making a stingy shot, who still lacks that bit of silver?

Zhao Jue only felt that these clansmen were about to die if they didn't eat hard and soft. In the past, when his grandfather Zhao Jungong was still there, these clansmen only had to stutter when they saw him, he was impatient to socialize, and they had to come forward to flatter, which was really annoying, and now when he saw that his family had no title, he changed his face, and he was extremely snobbish! Now that he can use them, he is willing to put down his body and talk to them, and when he gains power in the future, see how he teaches this group of snobs a lesson!

He went to find Tao Cheng in Fengxian Zhi County, clarified his identity, and asked Tao Cheng to embarrass those Zhao clansmen who didn't know what to do, and also hinted that as long as Tao Cheng cooperated well, he would definitely say more good things for Tao Cheng in front of the nobles. The word "nobleman", he said vaguely, and did not clearly say which nobleman, but people who don't know the inside story will think that he is referring to the newly crowned prince.

Tao Cheng is a scholar's temper, and he has always been a cabinet minister seedling who has been trained in a key way, how could he be moved by Zhao Jue's three or two sentences? On the contrary, he said very unceremoniously that he was the chief official of Fengxian County. There is a difference between civil and military, even if Zhao Jue came to do things on the orders of the emperor, he should not interfere in local affairs. As for promotions. Tao Cheng said: "This official is confident in his ability and political achievements, so he doesn't have to worry about Lord Zhao." After speaking, he served tea and sent it off.

When Zhao Jue walked out of the county office, his face was black. Zhao Ze, who was waiting in the carriage outside, saw it, shrunk his neck in fear, and then boldly said: "Father, my son has already persuaded you, and Master Tao will not buy it." You ......"

"Shut up!" Zhao Jue glared at his son fiercely, "What do I do, do I still need you to teach me?!" ”

Zhao Ze was stunned. I only felt a dull pain on my back and buttocks where I had just been beaten.

Zhao Jue thought about it with a calm face, and then ordered: "You go back to the place where you live, I will go to the prefect's yamen!" He turned around and got on his horse and walked away, and walked with a line of his followers. Zhao Ze looked at his father's distant back. Open your mouth. The face drooped.

His girl jumped out of the carriage, carefully helped him back into the car, and asked, "Brother, the rented house is about to expire, and you want to ask a doctor for treatment, but the uncle has no money left, what should we do?" ”

Zhao Ze sighed: "There is no way, so I have to quietly go to find Aunt Liu." Ask her to borrow a little first. When my father finishes his business, he will naturally take us with him. ”

This little episode that happened in the county office. Mrs. Tao quickly told Zhang, and said to her: "Look at the whereabouts of that Lord Zhao today, it seems that he has gone to the mansion, and I don't know if there is a backhand." Our lord is not at ease, let me send a letter, the old lady must be careful. He dared to go up to the yamen to support our master, he must have a little confidence, but he didn't know which one he was fighting against. ”

Seeing that Mrs. Tao's eyebrows were vaguely worried, Zhang knew what she was worried about, and smiled: "You don't have to worry, although I don't know whose family he is fighting against, but it can't be His Royal Highness the Prince." He doesn't know what path he took to get this mission, but there must be Shangguan at the top, otherwise with his qualifications and talents, where can he afford such a heavy responsibility? ”

Mrs. Tao only knew a little about the affairs in the court, but she knew that the second room of the Zhao family had the title of county duke, and she must have been connected with Jingzhong. Our lord only heard that this time His Royal Highness the Crown Prince went south, and the person in charge of the escort was General Hong, whose rank and qualifications were not the same as that of Lord Zhao, presumably Lord Zhao was just one of the people who did the work. As long as our master doesn't go on a business trip, it will offend him, and it will be fine. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is benevolent and virtuous, and naturally can distinguish who is right from wrong. ”

"General Hong?" Zhang thought for a moment, "Why don't I remember which general in the court is surnamed Hong?" Is it a rising star in the military? ”

Mrs. Tao was surprised: "It's a general Hong Wencheng, I heard that it is still the old department of the old county cemetery, and he wants to go to the old county cemetery to worship, so he robbed this errand and came down, and the old lady didn't recognize it?" ”

"Hong Wencheng? It turned out to be his ......" Zhang's heart moved, remembering that Hong Wencheng has always been closer to Zhao Jiong, Zhao Jue's father and son, that year she notified Zhao Jiong's brother of the deceased husband's old department, and occasionally exchanged letters with those people afterwards, including the old ministry still stationed in Liaodong to tell her, Zhao Jue is in Jinzhou, often taken care of by Hong Wencheng, and even he has been promoted several levels in a short period of time, and Hong Wencheng is inseparable, in contrast, Hong Wencheng is very cold to Fengxian, every year for the New Year, there is not even a post to ask for peace. Although the Zhang family didn't know if this Hong Wencheng had anything to do with Ying Wangfu, they also knew that he must be biased towards Zhao Jiong's lineage, and he was also an enemy.

Such a person actually became the commander of the prince's escort to Shanghai this time......

Zhang's face was gloomy, and Mrs. Tao didn't know what she was thinking, and she was a little dazed. Zhao Xiu, who had been sitting honestly on the side and not speaking, asked her: "Mrs. Tao, isn't the prince coming next spring?" He's here to inspect the rebuilt waterfront dam, right? But now, due to heavy rains and disaster relief, the dam repair work has been delayed for more than a month before it has been restarted, and it is far from being completed. ”

Mrs. Tao said busily: "The prince has indeed advanced the trip, although the date has not yet been decided, but I heard that the latest month of Layue will come." This time, I did not come to inspect the reconstruction of the dam, but for the sake of a notebook handed over by the prefect of Shanghai some time ago, saying that there was a problem with the construction of the seaside dam in those years, and that Shanghai had been plagued by rain for many years, and the dam not only could not intercept the seawater, but also had many cracks, so that as soon as the rain rained, the seawater poured into the farmland, and the disaster was the most serious this year, and the people were not able to make a living, and the people sold their children and daughters, and the people died of hunger. At that time, the dam was inspected by the king of Guangping and said that there was no problem, and the prefect went up to this book, and the court inevitably investigated the king of Guangping for dereliction of duty. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asked for his brother's life, so he decided to go south in advance, find out the matter, and return His Royal Highness King Guangping to his innocence. ”

Zhang was shocked and angry: "What? Is there such a thing?! ”

Zhao Xiu was also very annoyed in his heart: "What is this called?!" Who changed the child and ate it? Who starved to death? Why haven't we locals heard of it? The dam was built eight or nine years ago, and this year it has been clearly stated that it needs to be repaired, so why is it that there are cracks in the dam and it has become the crime of the king of Guangping? Also, is the situation of seawater backflow very strict? Obviously, it was the poor drainage that caused the rain and waterlogging. We have done a good job of drainage in Fengxian, the flood has receded quickly, and there are rich households who give porridge and rice, compared with two years ago, the disaster situation is not strict. The prefect's notebook is too alarmist, isn't it?! ”

Mrs. Tao also sighed: "Our lord also said the same, and other prefects also discussed it in private, but the prefect first cut and then played, and insisted on going his own way, and we only learned afterwards, and we couldn't stop it." can only wait for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to come down, and then tell the truth. ”

Zhao Xiu frowned, thinking of the relationship between the Shanghai prefect and Zhu Lifei and the Six Princes, could it be that they had other plans? (To be continued......)