The front gate was closed, Xu Xun personally sat in the front yard, and Shen Yue in the back yard was also calm in front of the maid and servant, but he couldn't help but feel a little uneasy in his heart. Although she has always had confidence in Xu Xun, this time it was the prefect of Baoding and the magistrate of Qingyuan who jointly wrote that Zhang Zong said that the three of them had fallen into thieves, and if this court official dared to talk nonsense, it would be too bold. Therefore, when she heard that the eldest princess Renhe, who had come to the door, had retreated, she finally breathed a sigh of relief, and after settling down, she called Zhu Ying and ordered: "Quickly send someone to the Shouning Marquis Mansion to investigate, is the master there now?" ”

In the chaotic situation just now, he was not in the house! Just half a month ago, he sued the position of Beijing camp management exercise with his old age, and he became a leisure rich man all day long, walking around here and there, Shouning Hou Mansion and Jianchang Hou Mansion are all guests, if the mouth was in Shouning Hou Mansion before, then I don't know what will happen! Therefore, as early as when Xu Xun ordered someone to close the doors of the house, she ordered Jin Liu to investigate, and it was naturally inevitable to send someone again at this time.

When Zhu Ying left, she stared at her daughter who was sleeping sweetly in swaddling clothes, couldn't help but kiss her lightly on the cheek, and then whispered: "Ning'er, I hope you will bless your grandfather to be safe and sound...... He's usually the most precious to your granddaughter, don't let anything happen, don't ,......"

She was muttering softly, when she saw that the door curtain was suddenly knocked open, followed by Ruyi rushing in: "Miss, Miss, the master is back, the master is back!" ”

Ruyi was so excited that she took out all the old names of the year, which naturally showed the emotions in her heart. Although there is still a plaque of the Xing'an Marquis Mansion hanging in front of the Xu family, everyone knows that the real decision is Xu Xun's son, and the hereditary Xing'an Hou's father is just leaving his hands in charge of the shopkeeper.

However, for Shen Yue and Ruyi, the masters and servants who came out of Jinling, the significance is not in the parents but in the relatives. And Ruyi even saw Shen Yue jump in the Qinhuai River with his own eyes, and then jumped into the water after Xu Xun to touch people, and finally he found the whereabouts of his young lady. Going in and out on weekdays, not only does she treat Shen Yue as if she is her own daughter, but she also smiles at her like her own juniors, how can she not remember it?

Shen Yue was overjoyed when she heard this, and hurriedly rushed out with Xu Ning in her arms in three steps and two steps, and just after she came out of the hall in front of the house, she saw Xu Xun walking in with the father and son in her arms.

Seeing Shen Yue hurrying out with the child in his arms, his face was surprised and happy, Xu Xun glanced at the person next to him and said, "Dad, have you seen it, if you don't come back, your daughter-in-law should let me inform Shuntianfu of the city!" I told you, I haven't been to the Shouning Marquis Mansion and the Jianchang Marquis Mansion recently, but you just went to the Shouning Marquis Mansion to play chess with others. When the news came before, in case Shou Ning Hou or Mrs. Shou Ning Hou couldn't hold their breath......"

"I'm just afraid that they won't be able to hold their breath and make jokes for others to see, so I just sat there and said calmly, if your son is really bad, I am here, and I will give him his life. Otherwise, how can you think that Mrs. Shouninghou's impatient temperament would run slower than Ren and the eldest princess? Said with a smile, seeing that Shen Yue's eyes were red for a while, he stepped forward to take the child in her hand, and saw that the little girl had woken up in a daze, and opened her little eyes as if she recognized him as a grandfather, and the corners of her mouth were grinning as if she was laughing, so that he couldn't help but reach out and poke the delicate cheeks.

"Even if it's for the granddaughter I just picked up, I won't throw this life away easily!" …,

Xu Xun was stunned for a moment when he heard his father actually say this, and then stepped forward. Knowing that his father didn't like to listen to certain words, he simply pulled Shen Yue with one hand, and put the other hand on his shoulder, and then said with a smile: "I just saw the eldest princess Renhe in front, and I felt strange that it was thanks to my father who stopped Shou Ninghou." After all, the eldest princess is a widow, and the emperor will always be lenient, but if the emperor is annoyed by Shou Ninghou because of a momentary mistake, those efforts in the past will be in vain, but fortunately he was not stupid.

Dad didn't suffer in vain in his house, if he didn't come to the door with a generous gift, Dad wouldn't have to pay attention to him in the future! Tsk, I don't know what the situation is like before the emperor at this time, and I don't know what the situation is for those who are ready to start writing about the impeachment of me! ”

"The person who impeached you guy is out of luck!" Shen Yue interjected beside her angrily, seeing Xu Ning's eyes wandering around, as if looking for herself, she hurriedly squeezed Xu Xun forward and stepped forward, and then said, "I just don't know if someone will move quickly and hand it over, then it will directly hit the emperor's spearhead, and it won't be able to take it back." ”

"At this time, Gonggong Liu is also thinking about how to take it back, this time no one's movements should be as fast as him!"

When Xu Xun said this, Liu Jin was indeed facing a sudden crisis of confidence. After Zhu Houzhao angrily threw Luo Mingjian's Luo Wenhui's joint fold to the ground, he glared at Liu Jin and said: "Everyone else is the same cloud, and you are also the same as the people!" It's not been a day or two since you've followed me, and it's not a day or two since you've known Xu Xun, and you don't know the way he looks at people! Whether it was Shenying, who went into battle for the first time and picked the troops, Qian Ning, who took the head of the thousands of troops, and Yang Yiqing, who passed through the three towns of Shaanxi, or the few civil officials he recommended to use...... Didn't you recommend Zhang Cai to me two days ago! It's Zhang Zong who said that kid, although I didn't look down on him in the past, but this time he didn't disgrace me! ”

As he spoke, Zhu Houzhao remembered that at that time, Zhang Heling, the Marquis of Shouning, was sent to prison because of the military malpractice case, but Zhang Zong said that the blood qi had just hit the East Factory, not to mention Xu Yanche and Qi Jiliang, Liu Jian and others forced him to eradicate the Eight Tigers, and he let Ruisheng stay in the palace to get through the tricks, and he quietly went out of the palace to the 12th regiment camp, and those two boys were there to pick up Xu Xun and sneak into the military camp to transfer troops, which shows that he is not a gentleman who indulges in lust! Thinking of this, he finally stood up, flicked his sleeves and strode out.

And Liu Jin was initially reprimanded by the little emperor's words, and when he came back to his senses, he saw that the huge room was empty, and for a while, even though it was a summer day, he still felt a deep chill.

Although Zhu Houzhao didn't mention where he went when he left, he knew in his heart that he must be to appease Xu Xun, who had been hit by the eldest princess Renhe. If it was usual, he would naturally go with him and try to mend his relationship with Xu Xun. But this time, he couldn't help but feel that even if he went, it would be in vain. After robbing Zhang Cai and seizing the position of the secretary of the Ministry before, the layer of friendship between him and Xu Xun has also existed in name only.

However, when he returned to the Yamen of the Celebrant with a gloomy face, he saw a Fengyu rushing up with three steps and two steps, and after saluting, he said in a low voice: "Father-in-law, just now the cabinet Jiao Ge Lao, the Ministry of Officials Liu Shangshu and the Ministry of War Cao Shangshu have sent people to send letters. ”

Liu Jin was in a temper at the moment, and took the three simple letters angrily, and when he returned to his director's office, he opened it and looked at it one after another, and immediately crumpled it into a ball and threw it on the ground in a hurry, and then he was still angry, and swept all the precious pen holders and paperweights on the table to the ground, listening to the chaotic sound of ping-pong, his depressed mood was slightly relieved. After a long time, he asked coldly: "Didn't Zhang Shilang of the Ministry send a letter?" ”…,

"Back to my father-in-law, no."

Liu Jin frowned for a while, and then he ordered regardless of it: "Prepare a stool and a pestle, our family is going to the ministry!" ”

Although Liu Yu was transferred from the secretary of the military department to the ministry of officials, because Liu Jin's previous attitude towards Zhang Cai was greatly appreciated, since Liu Yu took office, let alone involved in the election, few subordinate officials from top to bottom have taken him seriously. And Zhang Cai appeased those subordinate officials who were very dissatisfied with him for joining Liu Jin, and simply said that he would continue to be in charge of the election in the future, and soon suppressed those who he personally picked into the ministry. As a result, although Liu Yu has been in charge of the Ministry for more than half a month, he has almost obeyed orders, and it is almost inseparable from the humanoid stamp.

Therefore, at this moment, when he heard that Liu Jin suddenly came to Liu Yu, who was bored, he was immediately excited, and immediately hurried out. However, when he arrived outside the yamen, he respectfully accompanied Liu Jin and talked for a while, but found that Zhang Cai, who belonged to the same group as him, did not even have a shadow. When he heard the word come out, saying that Zhang Cai was seeing the two Langzhong of the Wenxuan Division and the Examination Division, at this time, he finally couldn't help it, and gave Zhang Cai some eye medicine in front of Liu Jin, and then poured bitter water again, and after a long time, he saw Zhang Cai, who was late, going out unhurriedly.

"Zhang Shilang actually made Gonggong Liu wait for so long, it's too much!"

Zhang Cai glanced at Liu Yu, as if he hadn't heard what he said, he waved his hand at Liu Jin, and then said with a smile: "I didn't expect the guild to come, and there are some things at hand that will be solved immediately, and it will inevitably be delayed for a while, especially Yang Ting and a few protégés who were transferred to Guangxi took some effort." ”

Liu Jin was really angry, but when he heard Zhang Cai say this, he immediately turned his anger into joy. This foreign official also has to be divided into regions, among them, Guangxi, Guizhou and other barbarian places are places where no one wants to go, Zhang Cai's measures are undoubtedly more satisfactory to him than those sycophants. So, he also left Liu Yu's complaints just now, nodded and said to Liu Yu: "Come on, let's talk a few words to Xilu, you can go back!" ”

Although Liu Jin's attitude of coming and going when called was extremely angry, Liu Yu didn't dare to put on a stand like Zhang Cai, so he secretly gritted his teeth and returned to the yamen after saluting respectfully. At this time, Liu Jin ordered someone to look at the left and near of the road, and then looked at Zhang Cai and said: "Today's incident, Jiao Fang, Liu Yu, and Cao Yuan all sent letters to our family, so that our family can temporarily endure the anger for a while, and go to Xu Xun's mansion to reconcile with him, but you don't say anything about it, why is this?" ”

Facing Liu Jin's sharp scrutinizing gaze, Zhang Cai's face was full of casualness: "My father-in-law has already made up his mind, so why bother to ask me?" ”

"Oh, how do you know we have a plan?"

"Father-in-law must have accused Pingbei Hou in front of the emperor, right?" Zhang Cai saw that Liu Jin neither nodded nor shook his head, knowing that he had acquiesced, so he snorted and said, "If the father-in-law listened to them, wouldn't he tell the emperor that what you said before was indeed wrong?" Seeing that Liu Jin's eyes lit up for a while, he arched his hand casually, "If the father-in-law doesn't go, as long as he punishes those two nonsense officials afterwards, it will be selfless, and the emperor will be angry, and the father-in-law will explain it clearly." It is okay for Xu Mansion to go tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, but today is to make people laugh. ”

"Yes, yes, yes!"

Liu Jin only felt that there was finally a person in this world who understood him, and for a while he only felt that his heart was full of joy, so he actually took Zhang Cai's hand and nodded again and again: "Listening to your words is better than reading for ten years...... It's no wonder that I can't look down on those who came to take refuge one by one, but it turned out that it was because you were caught in your hands by Xu Xun in the west at the beginning! Cheng, our family will all listen to you! ”…,

"Then the father-in-law should not go straight back to the celebrant at this time." Zhang Cai retracted his hand with a smile, and said solemnly, "Since I deliberately found the official department, in order to prevent others from gossiping, my father-in-law might as well go to the military department, and then go to Wenyuan Pavilion to sit, so that no one dares to question the four words of selflessness." ”

"Okay, we'll listen to you!"

Seeing Liu Jin's group go straight to the north, bypassing the Zongren Mansion and gradually disappearing, it was obvious that they had listened to their own advice to go to the military department, Zhang Cai smiled slightly, and said in an inaudible voice: "Those who are plotters can't even know the intentions of the above, it's really stupid!" ”

The Marquis of Xing'an's Mansion, in the face of the little emperor who suddenly came to the door, was fully prepared up and down. Without waiting for Zhu Houzhao to say a few words of sincerity to Xu Xun, Jin Liu's voice came from outside the door: "Your Majesty, young master, outside...... Wai Ren and the eldest princess came, saying that they wanted to compensate the young master in person! ”

"Let the young grandmother accompany her, and tell her directly that the emperor is coming, and I can't leave it now." For this eldest princess, who has never been very shrewd, Xu Xun didn't even move his buttocks, and then looked at Zhu Houzhao with a smile and said, "The emperor doesn't mind the minister's fox pretending to be a tiger, right?" ”

"What do I have to do with you, do I care about this?" Seeing that Xu Xun didn't mean to be annoyed by the previous incident, Zhu Houzhao was a little uncomfortable, and hesitated for a long time before sighing and said, "I now understand what it means that the three of them have become a tiger and participated in the murder, I originally didn't believe Zhang Zong's saying that the three of them would fall into the thieves, but today Liu Jin said it in a few words, and he almost believed it...... He's the same as everyone, and I'm a little dizzy! ”。 ）