The Yamen of the Political Secretary, in the compound.

"I've usually seen Wang Gong!"

Hu Niu was dressed as a girl, standing in the blue brick open space slightly away from the gate, and when she saw Wang Bai coming out of the second gate, she immediately took the initiative to come forward and salute respectfully.

As she grew older, and over the years of knowledge and teaching, she also learned some etiquette. Now that she is coming on behalf of her brother, she naturally wants to be polite.

Wang Bai also hadn't seen the tiger girl for more than a year, and seeing that the tiger girl had obviously grown up a lot, he seemed to invite kindly: "Lord Qincha, you are polite, please inside!" ”

Although he is the political envoy of Zuobu from the second grade, Hu Niu is a Qincha, so naturally he is not allowed to make a mistake. Now that Hu Niu is celebrating his birthday, he naturally regards Hu Niu as a guest.

"Wang Gong, I didn't come as a messenger this time, I came to congratulate you on your birthday on behalf of my brother!" Tiger Niu stood in place and corrected seriously.

Hey?

Wang Bai was slightly stunned, but he couldn't help but turn his head to look at the tiger girl.

Hu Niu's face showed her signature "don't lie to you" expression, and pointed to the congratulatory gift in the hand of the rice jar and said: "When you left Beijing, my brother prepared a birthday gift for you, and asked me to bring it back for you!" ”

The rice bowl opened the long wooden box, and inside was a scroll.

"Lin Fuyin can still remember the old man's birthday, seriously...... What a flattering thing! Wang Bai felt a deep emotion in his heart, looking at the scroll and saying sincerely.

In the past, Lin Haoran, who was the prefect of Guangzhou at the time, gave him a congratulatory gift, which could not be regarded as anything. Now Lin Haoran is already the Shuntian Mansion Yin of the third grade, and he can still remember his 60th birthday, and he even sent back the congratulatory gift through the tiger girl, which is undoubtedly a love.

At this moment, he felt that the two sides were no longer friends in the officialdom, but a heavy friendship.

"Huh...... I really envy Wang Gong! The old man's 70th birthday is not far away, but I don't know if Lin Fuyin can still remember the old man and send a congratulatory gift to the old man! Huang Hui's eyes were full of envy, but he said half-jokingly.

Lei Changjiang and Zhang Yue's faces couldn't help but show a wry smile, it is also a person of Huang Hui's temperament who would say these words, who in this world would be cheeky to ask for a congratulatory gift.

Lin Haoran sent a congratulatory gift to Wang Bai through the tiger girl this time, which really put Wang Bai in his heart, but this Huang Hui lost the reserve of a scholar, and even asked for it in advance.

Hu Niu is not a little girl who didn't know anything in the past, and she has a good concept of Huang Hui, so she immediately answered: "My brother must remember!" If my brother really doesn't remember, then I prepared a congratulatory gift for you at that time, and I hope you can't dislike it! ”

"Huh...... If there is a congratulatory gift from Miss Lin, then the old man is also satisfied! Huang Hui immediately laughed heartily, stroked his beard and responded happily.

Wang Bai saw that the atmosphere was good, so he invited everyone back to the living room to taste tea.

With the arrival of the tiger girl, especially the tiger girl came on behalf of Lin Hao, the haze just now seems to have dissipated a lot, and she is no longer so sad about Zhang Zhen's affairs.

A little later, a soldier rode his horse on the official road with Di Bao on his back, and he rushed to enter the city of Guangzhou after the north gate was closed.

As night fell, the Guangdong Fuyuan was lit up.

Due to the intensification of the situation in Fujian, Zhang Zhen, the governor of Liangguang and the governor of Guangdong, was reappointed as the governor of Fujian and Guangzhou. In order to solve the problem of the Japanese plague more effectively, he was naturally not suitable to live in the Liangguang Governor's Mansion in Wuzhou, and instead lived in the Fuyuan in Guangzhou City.

It's just that the imperial court's battle plan for Fujian has not yet been officially finalized, and he is happy to enjoy comfort. Due to the recent acceptance of the eighth concubine, it is also widely invited to invite local officials in Guangzhou to come to the banquet.

Zhang Zhen is a Jinshi in Jiajing for five years, and now he is nearly seventy years old, but today he is dressed as a groom's festive dress. The whole person seems to be in good spirits, which makes him feel like he is a teenager younger.

"Congratulations, Lord Governor!"

"Congratulations to the Governor on returning with a beautiful woman!"

"The Governor is old and strong, and he is really envious of the lower officials!"

……

Huang Kun, the deputy envoy of Guangdong, Xiao Baipeng, and Yan Dayong, the governor of Guangdong, went to the study and congratulated Zhang Zhen, who was dressed as a groom's official.

"It is a great honour for you to be able to come to the feast!" Zhang Zhen watched the three of them coming, and he was sincerely happy in his heart, these people who were already going to take refuge in him were enthusiastically surrendered.

"Your Excellency, you're welcome!"

Huang Kun, the deputy envoy of Guangdong, Xiao Baipeng, and Yan Dayong, the same governor of Guangdong, looked at Zhang Zhen and seemed to attach great importance to them, and they also thanked them one after another.

When Zhang Zhen invited the three of them to sit down, he also looked up at the sky outside without a trace, knowing that these three people were already the most influential officials who had taken refuge in him.

Although he was a little disappointed in his heart, thinking that Lin Haoran and Wang Bai had been operating in Guangdong for so long, it was not easy for him to win over these three influential officials at once.

After Zhang Zhen watched the three of them sit down, he pretended to be casual and said: "After this wedding banquet, the governor will leave for Fujian. Xu Ge Lao recently wrote a letter, saying that the matter of the Japanese Invaders had aroused Long Yan's anger, and asked the lower officials to clear out the gang of Japanese Invaders as soon as possible. ”

Although Zhang Zhen said that he was a widow, no one was a fool, and even if he captured a more important signal.

Huang Kun, the deputy envoy of Guangdong, Xiao Baipeng, and the Guangdong Duwei exchanged glances with Yan Dayong, and couldn't help but feel a burst of ecstasy in their hearts, and found that this bet was right.

No matter how powerful the local officials are, their fate has always been controlled by the bigwigs of the court, and their official positions depend entirely on the court. Like the former governor of Zhejiang, he was undoubtedly a figure who covered the sky with one hand in the locality, but he was escorted back to the capital with a paper order.

Now, if they can get the strong support of the first assistant of the current dynasty, not to mention the direct dismantling of Wang Bai's group of officials, I am afraid that they will soon be able to firmly control the entire Guangdong region.

"Your Excellency the Governor, this trip will be a success!"

"Elder Xu Ge is so important to the governor, and the future of the lord is limitless!"

"Those gangsters are just a rabble, and your lordship will scare them out of their way this time!"

……

Huang Kun, the envoy of Guangdong, Xiao Baipeng, the deputy envoy of Guangdong, and Yan Dayong, the governor of Guangdong, couldn't help but feel too good when they learned that Zhang Zhen had a correspondence with Xu Jie, and they complimented each other.

Because of the tacit understanding of some kind of cooperation, the four seemed to talk happily.

The servant guarding the door came in and whispered, "Sir, the time has come for the feast!" ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, don't let the guests outside wait too long, let's go outside and eat and chat!" Zhang Zhen nodded lightly, and warmly invited the trio.

"It's better to obey than to dare!"

Huang Kun and others stood up one after another, and followed Zhang Zhen to the compound, intending to make an official appearance as the core personnel of Guangdong's new forces.

It's just that when they came to the compound, the smiles on the faces of the four suddenly froze.

Among the more than 20 tables, except for a few wealthy businessmen in outer costumes, there was not a single person wearing official uniforms, and the atmosphere was filled with an incomparably strange atmosphere.

Zhang Zhen looked at this scene and asked in a deep voice to the butler of Zhang Luo's banquet: "What about people?" ”

"Back to the master, they have all been seated just now, but they suddenly left the table and ran to the Yamen of the Political Secretary!" The butler stepped forward and reported carefully.

At this moment, a night breeze blew, and a stack of papers rolled up from a wine table, one of which was soft enough to cover the face of Zhang Zhen, who was dressed in the groom's clothes.