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At this time, in the living room of the Shen Mansion, Shen Changmao, the first assistant, was receiving guests. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

This guest is a young scholar, handsome and elegant, with a lofty temperament, but he is young, only in his twenties, and in Shen Changmao's eyes, he belongs to the list of "young and ignorant and unreliable", so Shen Changmao's eyes are full of scrutiny and criticism.

Shen Changmao has always had a cold personality and makes people fearful, and now he is the first assistant above ten thousand people under one person, under Shen Changmao's scrutiny, even if he is an experienced and middle-aged official who has been honed for many years, he will be frightened and overwhelmed, but this young scholar is still calm and calm.

After examining it for a long time, even if he had a cold temperament like Shen Changmao, a trace of appreciation flashed in his eyes.

Speaking of which, after this young scholar came to Shen Mansion to ask to see Shen Changmao, Shen Changmao did not receive him immediately, but first hung him outside the mansion for more than half an hour, and when Shen Changmao finally received him, he neither sat nor served tea, but just let this person stand awkwardly at the bottom of the living room, and even after this person saluted and greeted him, Shen Changmao did not say anything, just looked at him coldly.

If it is an ordinary person, when encountering such a situation, he will either be annoyed and angry, or he will be sincerely afraid, or he will be discouraged, but this young scholar is self-controlled, and in the face of Shen Changmao's deliberate humiliation and neglect, his expression is still calm, but he is neither humble nor arrogant and looks at Shen Changmao.

Seeing the young man's performance like this, even Shen Changmao couldn't help but appreciate it in his heart - among the young heroes from top to bottom, except for Zhao Junchen, perhaps only the person in front of him could have such a city.

In addition to appreciation, Shen Changmao's attitude was also a little polite, and finally stopped being silent and scrutinized, and slowly said: "Since you are here, let's sit down and talk." ”

However, although the young scholar was seated, Shen Changmao still did not let someone serve tea to the young scholar, and the intention of neglect was still undisguised.

"Thank you, shousuke-sama, students."

After hearing Shen Changmao's statement, the young scholar showed due respect, bowed again, and sat down at the end of the guest seat.

Shen Changmao looked at this person a few times again, and asked: "Speaking of which, I heard that after you were dismissed from your fame and official position by Your Majesty because of your private separation from the Southern Patrol team, you lived in the Prince's East Palace, became a guest of the Prince, and was valued by His Royal Highness the Prince, and was regarded by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince as his right-hand man and the head of the guests, and he has been very busy, how can you have time to visit the old man today?" But what does His Royal Highness the Crown Prince mean? ”

It turned out that the guest who came to visit Shen Changmao turned out to be Zhao Shancai!

Shen Changmao also had some understanding of Zhao Shancai's origin and intelligence, so he deliberately humiliated and neglected before, just to test Zhao Shancai's roots, but he didn't expect that Zhao Shancai's city government far exceeded the estimate, and did not show any flaws, but it seemed that Shen Changmao was narrow-minded.

At this time, after hearing Shen Changmao's inquiry, Zhao Shan smiled lightly and replied, "If the student is coming on behalf of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, how can you let the student wait outside the mansion for more than half an hour?" The student's request to see Lord Shoufu this time is only the student's personal idea, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince does not know about it. ”

Shen Changmao snorted lightly, didn't care about Zhao Shancai's vague sarcasm, just said slowly: "If that's the case, the old man and you don't seem to have anything to talk about." ”

Zhao Shancai shook his head lightly and said, "Not necessarily, Lord Shoufu, you also said just now, the student is now responsible for giving advice to His Royal Highness the Prince, and is deeply trusted by His Royal Highness the Prince, and many of His Royal Highness's decisions are also deeply influenced by the students, so in some matters, the student can still cooperate with Lord Shoufu." ”

"Oh? Something? What exactly does it mean? Shen Changmao's eyes flashed with a gleam and asked.

Zhao Shancai smiled lightly again and said, "For example, deal with Zhao Junchen!" After all, Zhao Junchen is the common enemy of Lord Shoufu and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and you and I have the same interests in this matter. ”

"Oh?" Shen Changmao looked noncommittal, and asked rhetorically: "Since the interests are the same, why do you want to bypass His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and contact the old man alone?" ”

Zhao Shancai's expression was calm, and he sighed: "Lord Shoufu, you also know His Royal Highness the Prince's temperament, his heart is too decent, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has always resisted and disdained many conspiracies!" But things in this world are the most complicated, and many times you have to compromise on all means to achieve your goals......"

Speaking of this, Zhao Shancai shook his head slightly, then raised his eyes to look directly at Shen Changmao, and continued: "Now, the students have a plan in their hearts, which can greatly thwart Zhao Junchen's development momentum, but in this plan, there are many things that require the cooperation of Lord Shousuke, so students have come to Lord Shoufu for help!" Of course, this plan is by no means a lone struggle for Lord Shousuke, and the students will also secretly influence His Royal Highness the Prince's mind, so that His Royal Highness the Prince will actively cooperate and take the initiative to participate, but there are many conspiracies in this plan, but it is inconvenient for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to know, otherwise His Royal Highness the Prince may not be willing to cooperate, so the students think that the core part of this plan is to bypass His Royal Highness the Prince, and it is good for Lord Shoufu to discuss with the students. ”

After hearing Zhao Shancai's explanation, Shen Changmao sneered: "As the prince's cronies, you want to hide from the prince and use the prince, hehe, it's rare for the prince to trust you so much...... Also, the prince has always been famous, and you don't want to damage the prince's reputation, so you have to deal with some dirty and shady things with the help of the old man, but is this? In this way, the crown prince does not have to worry about the damage to his reputation, he only needs to sit back and enjoy the benefits, which is really a good calculation."

Regarding Shen Changmao's rhetorical question, Zhao Shancai did not explain, but he did not refute either, it seemed that he acquiesced.

Indeed, Zhao Shancai bypassed the crown prince Zhu and Yu to contact Shen Changmao alone, in addition to worrying that the prince Zhu and Yu would not be able to accept his plan, but also for the sake of the reputation of the prince Zhu and Yu, which can be described as well-intentioned, and Shen Changmao is a scheming and spicy person after all, but he saw through Zhao Shancai's thoughts at a glance.

In fact, Zhao Shancai did not deliberately hide his true thoughts, because Zhao Shancai knew very well that Shen Changmao only paid attention to practical interests, and did not pay so much attention to his reputation.

Sure enough, after seeing Zhao Shancai's acquiescence, Shen Changmao didn't care much, but became interested in the "plan" that Zhao Shancai said.

So, Shen Changmao finally stopped snubbing Zhao Shancai, and instructed the people around him: "Give Zhao Gongzi tea!" ”

After speaking, Shen Changmao's gaze turned to Zhao Shancai, and said slowly: "Now, the old man will give you a cup of tea, let's talk about your plan." ”

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…… (To be continued.) )