"How did you find my house?" Lao Zhu asked strangely, Li Hualong laughed and said, I don't know other people's homes and don't you know your family? You Zhu Yidao is really famous in Beijing, even the sister-in-law who sells vegetables on the street knows it!

It turned out that in order to find Zhu's Mansion, he asked in the vegetable market with the most people, and how did he know that a group of people suddenly gathered around, all with hideous faces, thinking that this person wanted to do something wrong. Someone even quietly found a familiar spy, and Li Hualong had to reveal his identity, saying that he was working with Lao Zhu in Zhejiang, and that he had come to Beijing to discuss important matters this time. Only then did the spies "escort" all the way to Zhu's mansion in disbelief. The porter heard that he was looking for his master, and he didn't look like a wicked person, so he hurried to report.

Zhu Yidao also asked the porter to pay a dozen taels of silver from the account room, sent it to the spies who were still waiting at the door, and asked him to send them to him one by one. Only then did he quickly let Li Hualong sit down and pour him tea in a panic.

"But then again, why are you thinking of having a drink with me now?" Looking at Li Hualong's smiling face, Lao Zhu asked curiously.

“…… Didn't you send someone to tell me that I would come to your mansion today to visit, and then we would go to Taoranju to eat and drink together? Li Hualong was stunned, and then asked rhetorically.

"No! Do I need to send someone to inform you? We've been together for so long, don't you know me? If I really want you to eat and drink, I'll come to the door directly! Lao Zhu didn't drink a sip of tea, and almost choked.

In fact, this is also Shen has always been in the position, they don't know Zhu Yidao too much, thinking that Lao Zhu will be forced to go out for the sake of face, although he has doubts in his heart, but when Li Hualong proposed to let him have a treat and drink, he will definitely not deny his face. Who would have thought that Lao Zhu's arrogance was far beyond their expectations.

"Who told you?!" When Zhu Yidao heard this, this is worth it, and someone dares to pretend to be my Zhu Yidao?

"I don't know about this, the post guard of the Xian Liang Temple said that it was a subordinate who was dressed like a big family to inform him, what, is it ......" Li Hualong also realized something.

"Zhang Fei!" Lao Zhu's face changed abruptly, and he shouted at the door, Zhang Fei ran out of the side in a panic, still holding half a chicken leg in his hand.

"Send someone from the yamen to investigate immediately! Find out who this person is, follow this line, but don't alarm him! Lao Zhu gave an order with a calm face, Zhang Fei didn't even reply, threw the chicken leg and ran out.

Li Hualong sat there angry and remorseful, he didn't expect that he would be put on a show when he arrived in Beijing, Lao Zhu also pondered, who dared to be so bold and openly take Li Hualong to his own house, is there anything wrong with this? It didn't take long for the porter to report that someone claiming to be Shen had always brought someone to talk about something.

Who has Shen always been? Lao Zhu became more and more confused. Li Hualong's face showed joy, and he said to the porter: "Hurry up, please!" ”

When the arrivals entered the lobby, Li Hualong greeted him with a smile: "How did Brother Shen find here?" If there's anything going on, just let me go straight to your house! Why bother! The person who came was Shen Zhengyi, but the eyes of the man dressed as a subordinate emitted a fine light from time to time, and he glanced at Lao Zhu with blazing eyes, which made Lao Zhu a little vigilant. When he was still in Liaodong, Li Hualong had a deep friendship with Shen Yiyi, but after the imperial court transferred him to Banzhou, he didn't contact him again because he was busy with things, and today Shen Yiyi suddenly found Lao Zhu's mansion, which really surprised him.

"This is Zhu Qianhu, right? Look up for a long time, look up for a long time! Shen always said to Lao Zhu with a smile, "Let me introduce you, this is Gao Qihua, a cabinet member and a household servant!" ”

"Haven't heard of it! The tall man can come, this ugly room is really full of splendor! Come on, serve tea! "Lao Zhu has always had no good impression of the court officials, even that Shen has always been the same, if it weren't for seeing him have an old relationship with Li Hualong, he wouldn't give him any face. What's more, what does it mean to be in such a high position but dressed as a subordinate?

Gao Qihua and Li Hualong were both stunned. Why did Zhu Yidao talk like that? Doesn't he have any prejudices against the ministers of the DPRK and China? Shen always knew that Lao Zhu was suspicious of Gao Qihua's dress, and quickly explained: "Zhu Qianhu doesn't need to be nervous, it's really that the emperor wants to summon Li Hualong and Lord Li these days, and it is inconvenient for me to talk in public, so I have to ......."

It turned out that Shen always wanted to invite Li Hualong to Zhu Yidao's mansion by deceit, and then meet them at Tao Ranju for dinner. How did you know that Gao Qihua was furious when he came back, saying that Shen has always had such a bad idea? So who is Zhu Qianhu, and how can he not know the key to this? Confused! So the two hurriedly changed their clothes and rushed to Lao Zhu's house, and finally saw the two.

Explaining this, Shen Yi's face was also a little red, he was also helpless, he had to see Li Hualong and figure out the details of the Zhejiang incident in order to judge the emperor's thoughts. Lao Zhu looked at the two of them coldly, only feeling that these people's struggle for power and profit had reached their bones, and they did not miss any opportunity to attack political opponents, and did not hesitate to use any means.

After spending a long time, Shen Cheng finally apologized and made amends, hoping that Zhu Yidao would understand. After all, Lao Zhu is the emperor's person, except for Li Hualong, none of them have dealt with Zhu Yidao, and they can't judge a person normally by hearsay. Therefore, Li Hualong was a little uneasy in his heart, after all, taking this risk was a last resort.

"Sit down and talk!" After listening to his tirade, Lao Zhu pointed to the stool in the lobby, "Someone!" ”

A sergeant immediately appeared in front of everyone, only to hear Lao Zhu say lightly: "Inform Zhang Fei immediately and withdraw all the people sent by the Yamen!" Don't be busy. ”

“…… Be! The sergeant was a little strange, but he quickly carried out the order.

Sweat oozed from Shen's head. On this cold day, he felt that cold sweat was constantly breaking out on his body. What does Zhu Qianhu mean by this, could it be that he is actually following himself?

"You talk about your affairs slowly, the contemptible people still have some things to do, please take care of yourself!" With that, Lao Zhu stood up and turned around and walked out of the lobby.

Shen Zhengyi, Gao Qihua and Li Hualong couldn't help but look at each other.

"Who said that Zhu Qianhu was a vulgar martial artist? This person is very scheming......" Gao Qihua looked at the empty lobby door and muttered to himself.

Zhong Ming Ding Food House, not to mention the Prime Minister's Mansion, has a report overnight. At this time, the sound of reporting the first shift came from the front yard, and Zhao Zhigao, who had been lying on the recliner, suddenly opened his eyes and said, "Is it a report?" ”

*, who was letting his subordinates pack things lightly, replied softly: "Yes, it's the first shift." Ge Lao, you better rest early! Don't wait any longer, it's been two days since I came back, and Channing hasn't come to see you yet, he won't come. ”

Zhao Zhigao's eyes dimmed suddenly, he looked at the sky, took a deep breath, and exhaled slowly: "Unexpected, really unexpected...... You said that day, "What does the human heart seem to come from?" ”

"The human heart is like water." * Slowly covers the blanket he was wearing again.

Zhao Zhigao shook his head and said: "No, this water always goes down, but people's hearts are always high and want to be higher......"

* was stunned, and then said: "It's already late at night, and you will enter the palace tomorrow, so you better rest early!" So saying, I was going to help him.

"Don't sleep, just squint here for a while, sit and wait......" Zhao Zhigao slowly closed his eyes.

He was not the only one who sat in the court, Qian Ningyin left the Xianliang Temple and went to the palace gate and waited in the courtroom. He couldn't sleep, he couldn't sleep all night since he came back, the differences between himself and Chen Yubi had become irreconcilable, and he couldn't see Zhao Zhigao, so he was not a person inside and outside in the future, and it was difficult to do anything. Originally, there were two of them to back up for themselves, and some things were still free, but in this way, it would be embarrassing to go back to Zhejiang. What is the way forward? His heart struggled. At the beginning of the day, the Jingyang bell rang, and he was the first to go to the court room of the Xiyuan Forbidden Palace, where he waited for Zhao Zhigao and Zhang Wei.

Far away, the two lifts approached.

Qian Ning's blank eyes once again showed a complicated and painful gaze, one was Zhao Zhigao, who wanted to see Zhao Zhigao who couldn't meet but had to meet, and the other was Zhang Wei, who had always been optimistic about himself, but he had never expressed anything.

The two sedan chairs stopped, and Qian Ning knelt down respectfully to Zhao Zhigao according to the etiquette system: "Student Qian Ning knocked to see the elder." ”

Zhao Zhigao only responded flatly: "No need." Meet the Emperor! ”

He turned the other direction again: "Subordinate Qian Ning knocks to see your lord." Zhang Wei replied with a smile: "You have worked hard! Get up and go to the emperor together. ”

When he stood up, the two of them had already entered the court room of the Xiyuan Forbidden Palace, so he could only follow behind and walked in, and the moment he stood up, he had mixed feelings.

Wanli walked to the sandalwood box with some sleepy eyes, put his hand on the ice and stroked it carefully, then pressed it his face to wake up, took a deep breath, picked up the towel inlaid with gold wire on one side, wiped his hands slowly, and then walked leisurely into the lobby.

Everyone knelt down.

"A four-grade prefect, a four-grade river superintendent, and two prefects on the right path of Kejia, you will kill them if you raise your hand. What a spirit! Looking at the few adults who were still kneeling below, Wanli was silent for a long time before saying to Qian Ning, who was kneeling in the middle.

"Back to the emperor, according to the law of the Ming Dynasty, the official who supervised the repair of the river embankment fell into disrepair and caused a disaster, which was equivalent to abandoning the city and land. As the political envoy of Zhejiang and the governor of Zhejiang, the minister was ordered by the king to correct the law on the spot. Qian Ning straightened up and replied slowly.

"Can you invite the court first, and then follow the law?" Wanli asked expressionlessly.

“…… Back to the emperor, of course, you can. There was a pause before Channing answered.