Suzhou City is located in the hinterland of Great Xia, only four or five days away from Shengjing, the bustling and lively Suzhou City rarely has trouble, and there are no bandits around.

Guo Taishou's first 100-mile urgent letter was used in the family letter, and the friction between him and Gu Qingchu was explained in great detail, he was afraid that something would be missed and cause losses to the Guo family, so he read it carefully twice after writing.

The letter arrived at Guo's house the next night.

Seeing the contents of the letter, Guo's father was angry, slapped the table and scolded him for being stupid.

Not only did he not please Ning Lianghou, but he offended others, Guo's father didn't eat that night, thinking about countermeasures, and finally hesitated again and again, taking advantage of the night to take a sedan chair to the prime minister's mansion.

Fan Shangshu is the prime minister's faction, Shengjing has long been spread, Fan Shangshu and Ning Lianghou had a conflict with Ning Lianghou during the song, seeing Fan Shangshu mention Ning Lianghou's gritted teeth, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a feud.

Although the prime minister did not express his attitude, but if Ning Lianghou returned to Shengjing, the prime minister's interests will be affected, and rumors from the palace said that the emperor intends to let Ning Lianghou be the chief examiner of next year's imperial examination!

This is also the reason why Fan Shangshu is obsessed with Ning Lianghou, you must know that the scientific examination of Great Xia every three years has always been in charge of the Ministry of Rites, and in recent years, the chief examiner has been appointed by the emperor to the prime minister.

As soon as Ning Lianghou came back, he was going to rob the prime minister of a penny.

Although it is just a rumor, it is impossible to think about it carefully, and it is estimated that eight or nine are not far from ten. However, the emperor has not yet issued an order, so those officials led by Fan Shangshu who oppose Ning Lianghou as the chief examiner cannot express their position.

The most they can say is probably Ning Lianghou's identity as a woman, although Ning Lianghou is famous for his military exploits, but his literary talent is not weak, and at the birthday banquet of the emperor, he was good at writing poems and paintings.

Therefore, Fan Shangshu and others objected, and they could only use the reason that the woman was not allowed to invigilate the teacher of the protégé on the same day, so it was a sure thing to offend Ning Lianghou.

The two are also destined to be enemies.

The Guo family has been keeping a low profile in the past few years, if it is involved in a dispute between the two parties, is it beneficial? Now that he has offended Ning Lianghou, he can only show favor to the prime minister first.

Under the trade-off, instead of trying to please Ning Lianghou, who is uncertain about his temper, it is better to choose a stable prime minister, and the most important thing is that Ning Lianghou is weak as written by Guo Zijun in the letter.

Guo's father was very worried, they chose Ning Lianghou to oppose Zai, and in the end, Ning Lianghou couldn't hold on and died, and their Guo family was miserable.

I wanted the two to bottom out together, but after careful consideration, Father Guo felt that he couldn't afford to gamble, and Ning Lianghou was not sure that there were too many reasons.

So Guo's father went to the Prime Minister's Mansion and said that Ning Lianghou had arrived in Suzhou City, and told the Prime Minister the news he knew, such as Ning Lianghou was not restored as Fan Shangshu said, but in fact he was weak, etc., to take the lead in selling it.

After returning from the Prime Minister's Mansion, Guo's father was slightly settled and sent a letter to Guo Zijun, so that he didn't have to think about it too much, just let it be.

The letter arrived in Guo Zijun's hands after another day and night, and Gu Qingchu had already left Suzhou City at that time.

Gu Qingchu, who left early in the morning, made Guo Zijun, who rushed to see him off, pounced, and felt that he seemed to have completely offended Ning Lianghou, and later saw the letter from his father, so he was relieved.

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After two days' journey, Gu Qingchu and his entourage arrived at Xuzhou, the Lincheng city of Shengjing, which is Zhou Ran's home.

Staring at the two big characters of Xuzhou written on the gate of the city, Zhou Ran let out a long breath, which is right and which is wrong will be revealed soon.

Wang Sandou walked over with a dog's tail in his mouth, spit it out, and then patted Zhou Ran on the shoulder and said, "Brother Zhou, our lord is definitely not the kind of person in your mouth, you are ready to do it." ”

Wang Sandou was at the scene of the Qingzhou Battle that year, and he knew the truth, but Zhou Ran was stubborn, so he had to say that he lied in order to favor the lord.

Young people are easy to be unable to stand up to when they encounter problems, and he is really worried that Brother Zhou will not be able to think about it. From his words on weekdays, he could tell how much Brother Zhou admired his uncle.

Wang Sandou really likes Zhou Ran, a junior.

Zhou Ran lowered his eyes and didn't speak, these days he seems to firmly believe that he is right, but in fact, his heart has long been shaken.

In the days when Chaoge returned to Shengjing, he found that Ning Lianghou was not the treacherous villain he imagined.

She has never been an official who waits for the people, and she is different from those high-ranking adults, those who are three, six, nine and so on, her attitude is no different.

and the old man at the wonton stall on the street, they were able to talk very happily. The sincerity and natural demeanor in Ning Lianghou's eyes could not be pretended, Zhou Ran could see that the other party was acting from the heart, and the civilians in her eyes were not grassy.

At the same time, she also has a decisive side, and when she encounters extremely vicious bandits on the road, she can order not to leave her mouth alive without blinking her eyes.

She is very lenient to the people, merciless to the wicked, and never makes any disguises on her indifferent side, will such a Ning Lianghou be a hypocritical villain who deliberately sends soldiers to death to fulfill her reputation?

Along the way, Zhou Ran wanted to know the truth quickly, and looked forward to a longer road. Now that he has arrived in Xuzhou, he has a sense of homesickness.

"It's finally here, Xuzhou." Gu Qingchu came out of the carriage, swept Zhou Ran who was in a daze in front of him, and explained that the jade bracelet asked Wang Sandou to enter the city to find a place to live. After everything is settled, I will visit the Zhou Mansion again.

"Don't let Zhou Ran go home first, let him go with us."

Zhou Ran went back first and couldn't help but explain everything, let the housekeeper find a chance to run away, wouldn't she be able to take this black pot.

"You're looking forward to it." Yuan Jinpei slowly opened his eyes, and said to Gu Qingchu, who had returned to the carriage and sat down.

Gu Qingchu smiled, took off his hat and towel, picked up a piece of pastry and put it in his mouth, and after eating the second piece and taking a sip of tea, he replied, "Hmm." ”

Yuan Jinpei's indifferent eyes turned slightly, no matter how many times he looked at it, he couldn't connect the woman with a hint of childishness in his eyebrows and eyes in front of him and Ning Lianghou who was strategizing on the battlefield.

This contrast is really ...... It's kind of charming.

The tip of Yuan Jinpei's tongue touched his teeth, he became more and more curious about Ning Lianghou, Gu Qingchu's precautions against him these days, Yuan Jinpei saw it in his eyes, the more he didn't let him see through, he just wanted to see through.

"I'm looking forward to it, too." Yuan Jinpei squinted his eyes and smiled gently.

Gu Qingchu was stunned, how could the aura on this person's body suddenly feel like a wave.

She is looking forward to the huge reversal of the mystery, the affairs of the Zhou family are related to her, what can Yuan Jinpei look forward to.

She didn't know Yuan Jinpei's temperament, and she didn't blame everyone for saying that Yuan Jinpei was difficult to please, these days of getting along, she didn't find out that Yuan Jinpei had any special preferences, and she was indifferent to everything.

Gu Qingchu no longer wasted his energy thinking about this, the carriage moved forward, and they were about to enter Xuzhou.