It's already the beginning of April, the weather in Hangzhou is getting warmer, there are more pedestrians on the road, and the atmosphere in the city is gradually relaxing.

While most people still complain about this year's crop plummeting, at least for now, the governor of Zhejiang will not be as noisy as his predecessor.

Of course, unlike the governor's yamen who even had a smile on their faces, several other yamen in Hangzhou City are a little fluctuating, and the reason is very simple, everyone now knows more or less that Wang Chen made a lot of money from Zhang Siwei's house.

But in fact, the servants in the governor's yamen were in a good mood, while Wang Chen himself had been depressed, and it was difficult for him to be sure whether he could get out smoothly, let alone whether the Ming army would suffer a few defeats during this critical period...... It's very possible.

But today, Wang Chen was in a good mood, and even held a banquet with a few henchmen to taste the famous wine brought from Shandong last year.

"The color is pure and the taste is pure, it is really a good wine, but it is easy to get intoxicated." Master Liang praised.

Xingshi couldn't help but mock: "It's not necessarily the bar that is intoxicating. ”

The stingy and lustful Master Liang's cheeks were crimson, and the old-fashioned Wang Chen was smiling, and he also knew that this Huizhou staff had just spent a lot of money to buy a Yangzhou thin horse, and it was said that these nights and nights were spent on spring supper.

After making a few jokes about Master Liang, Xingshi got down to business, "Winning consecutive battles, Dong Weng, it shouldn't be a big problem, does Mr. Liu have a letter back?" ”

Wang Chen nodded slightly, Liu Han had successfully hooked up with Yan Mansion in Beijing, and the letter mentioned that the one-eyed dragon was very satisfied with the gifts, plus Yu Dayou and Lu Bo had won two consecutive games recently, and his hope of escaping from the crater had greatly increased.

In mid-March, Yu Dayou and Lu Bo led their troops to the north, and the former led the navy to sea, which greatly surprised the Japanese invaders, and the Ming army defeated two groups of Japanese invaders at sea in a row, burning more than ten ships, and then Yu Dayou quickly landed in Songjiang and won a victory in Chuansha.

Lu Bo went north from Jiaxing Mansion, although he was ambushed twice in Haiyan and Haining, but a few days ago he also defeated hundreds of Japanese robbers led by Lin Bichuan in his hometown of Tonglu.

Wang Chen held a wine glass and squinted at the flowers and trees outside the hall, if it weren't for the proposal of that Songjiang Xiucai, he would probably only be able to put out fires everywhere in Zhejiang, and the end would be that the fire in Zhejiang could not be extinguished, and the war ignited in Songjiang and Suzhou would also involve itself.

The eldest son, Wang Shizhen, also mentioned in a letter that many people in the court praised Wang Chen's decisive transfer of troops to the north, and Nie Bao, the secretary of the military department, greatly appreciated this move.

Sighing slightly, Wang Chen turned his head to look at Xingshi, "What did the Hangzhou Mansion and the Inspector Department say?" ”

"Zhang Siwei Jin Hong's case?" Xingshi took a drink before saying, "The trial will not be held in public, but they will send someone to observe...... Eighty percent want to drink some soup. ”

"Going to start?" Master Liang suddenly interjected: "There are colleagues from Huizhou's hometown who have come over and want to audit......

"Peers?" Xingshi turned back in surprise, and only reacted after a pause, "Is it the person who sentenced Qian Zheng in Huizhou?" ”

It has been a month since the beginning of March, and Huizhou is not far from Hangzhou, and there is a waterway to connect it, Qian Zheng has already learned the news, so he naturally wants to send someone to the platform.

Wang Chen nodded in response, and asked softly: "You mentioned yesterday that Qian Jiazi went to see Jin Hong in prison a few days ago?" ”

"Well, there's a kid with me." Xingshi's tone became relaxed, "It should be the youngest son of the Jin family." ”

Wang Chen's frowning brows immediately relaxed, after a few back and forth, he no longer regarded Qian Yuan as an ordinary young man, but as a scheming and resourceful peer, and his greatest concern for him was the missing young son of the Jin family.

It doesn't matter whether the child is alive or dead, but this can reflect the bottom line of Qian Yuan's character.

If Qian Yuan really wants to destroy the whole family, even if the Jin family deserves the blame, it will also break the rules.

Slowly drinking the wine in the cup, Wang Chen waved his hand, "Just tomorrow." ”

……

The plaque of Yingxing Sugar Shop is still high, but it is already empty, and the horse steward is at a loss after looking left and right, he went to Huizhou to report the news a month ago, but now it is empty?

I tried to take a few steps inside, pushed open the inner door and looked at it a few times, before the steward turned around and greeted, "Mr. Gu, let's take a rest first, I'll go inside and have a look...... Young Master Yuan, is this moving? ”

Gu Chengzhi, who was tall and thin, entered the door and put down his burden, reached out and touched the table, "The door is open, there is no dust on the table, there should be someone to live in." ”

"Young Master Yuan, Young Master Yuan...... John doe! Steward Ma dragged Li Si, the only one left, back, "What's the matter?" What about Young Master Yuan? ”

"Mr. Gu is here!" Li Si saluted before explaining: "The young master has already moved, let me stay and wait for Steward Ma and Mr. Gu." ”

"Where did you move?"

"Of course it's the Jin family's house." Li Si grinned and said, "The young master bought it for five hundred taels of silver." ”

Steward Ma's eyes were about to pop out, he had been to that mansion, it was a well-known garden in Hangzhou, not to mention the best location in the city, not to mention five hundred taels of silver, five thousand taels of silver may not be able to buy it.

"When you give money...... Aren't you there, steward? Li Si grinned and said, "At that time, the horse steward was not very happy. ”

"I'm ...... too Uh......" Steward Ma swallowed, "just ...... Is that the IOU? ”

Gu Chengzhi on the side laughed lowly, Steward Ma had told Qian Zheng about this before, and he was accusing Qian Yuan of not understanding the world.

In the past few months, although Steward Ma maintained the necessary respect for Qian Yuan, he frequently complained behind his back in private, Li Si, the young master's little scholar, had long wanted to vent his anger for his master, but today there was also Mr. Gu, the young master's teacher back then, and Li Si could only say a few words of sarcasm.

Gu Chengzhi is not only Qian Zheng's staff, his grandfather Gu Qing was a Jinshi during the Hongzhi period, a famous scholar in Songjiang, and Qian Fu and Shen Yue were called the "Three Masters of Huating".

It's just that Gu Chengzhi's father is a concubine, and he is also a concubine, he was separated from the lineage early, although he is talented, his career is not smooth, and he is hired by his friend Qian Zheng to teach the young Qian Yuan, and he followed the recovered Qian Zheng to Huizhou three years ago.

The group went out to the Golden House...... No, now it has been renamed Qian Mansion, as soon as he entered the door, Gu Chengzhi was shocked, not to mention Hangzhou, such a garden, even the Suzhou Mansion with the most famous gardens in the world is not rare, although the scope is not large, but it is small and exquisite, which is very in line with the temperament of readers.

Approaching the door of the hall, before Li Si could report, Zhang San's rough roar came from inside.

"Could the young master be wrong? The surname is Yang, are you itching! ”

"You can't beat me." Yang Wen's lazy voice made people angry when they heard it, "The revenge of killing my father, exiled?" ”

Gu Chengzhi patted Li Si on the shoulder to signal silence, and after listening carefully for a while, he understood that Qian Yuan intended to let the governor yamen sentence Zhang Siwei and Jin Hong's family to exile, and most of the subordinates were indignant, feeling that their young master was too soft-hearted.

Of course, Zhang San, who once disposed of Jin Hong's eldest son Jin Liqun because of Qian Yuan's "gentleman is far away from cooking", will not see it this way.

What are you kidding, the young master is soft-hearted?

Do you think a hungry tiger will play with its prey and then let it go without mouthing?

Gu Chengzhi had the same idea, after arriving in Hangzhou, he had already learned the general process of the incident from Master Liang, and he knew very well that exile was the most fatal punishment.

Qian Yuan's words in the hall also proved this, "Zhang San, give you a task, go back and teach Yang Wen to read and write...... Uh, just take that copy of "Loyal Water Margin" to teach him. ”

"Literacy?"

Zhang Sanhaha, who understood in seconds, laughed and said: "The surname is Yang, teach you to be a good man, there is a place called Wild Boar Forest on the way to exile!" ”

Gu Chengzhi shook his head and walked into the hall with a smile, his eyes fell on the young man who was sitting lazily on the main seat.

Although his appearance has not changed, although his tone is still the same, Gu Chengzhi felt for the first time that Qian Yuan seemed to have changed as if he had changed.

"Teacher." Qian Yuan got up with a smile.

The straight spine, the gentle smile, the sideburns that don't quite fit this era, and the deep darkness in the slightly narrowed eyes all show that this is no longer the stubborn and ignorant young scholar in Gu Chengzhi's impression back then.

Gu Chengzhi was still shaking his head, okay, even his scathing tone has changed, Xu Fan's stick is really not necessarily a bad thing.