What made the guards even more jaw-dropping was that the Governor personally greeted him, hugged the young man's shoulders affectionately, and laughed: "Humble words, you can make the old man wait for a long time. ”

Not to mention those soldiers who watched the excitement, even Shen Mo was quite uncomfortable by this sudden enthusiasm, so he had to put on a flattered face, bowed to the end and said: "The lord of the ministry is going to kill the lower officials." ”

Zhang Jing stretched out his hand to hold him up, and said with a smile: "Humble words don't have to be like this, you are a saint and a messenger, you should maintain your dignity for Your Majesty." ”

Shen Mo had no choice but to get up obediently, and under the unusually warm welcome of Governor Zhang, he followed him to the door of the front hall.

There was still a distance of two or three zhang from the hall door, and the four closed middle hall doors slowly opened silently, and a fragrant warm air rushed to his face, making Shen Mo's eyes squint involuntarily.

Zhang Jing smiled: "Please come in." ”

"Ministry, please." Shen Mo hurriedly turned sideways and gave way.

"Then let's go in together." Zhang Jing laughed, took silent arms, and walked into the hall side by side.

I saw that this hall was very open, and when I looked up, I first saw a big plaque with a blue background, with four gilded characters on the book, and a line of small characters at the end: "In September of the 33rd year of Jiajing, the book was given to Zhang Jing, the governor of the southeast", and there was the seal of "the treasure of the emperor of all saints", which was actually written by the Jiajing Emperor.

Under the plaque is the big red sandalwood carved case, the ground is two slips of sixteen Nanmu chairs, in the middle is a precious cashmere carpet. As for the decorations, they are all precious and inexplicable, so there is no need to repeat them. However, the four smoke cages placed in the four corners of the room made Shen Mo look at it twice...... I saw that in the three-foot-high bronze hollow smoke cage, the red charcoal fire was burning silently, neither smoking, nor smelling, making people only feel warm like spring, and there was no choking fireworks atmosphere of ordinary charcoal stoves.

The graceful maid served tea to the two adults, and then retreated silently.

"Ming Qian Longjing." Picking up the tea cup as thin as a cicada's wings, gently lifting the lid of the cup, and greedily sniffing the fragrant taste, Zhang Butang smiled and said: "Please use the humble words, this is the treasures of this official." ”

Shen Mo picked up the teacup, took a sip of fragrant tea, and praised his head: "At the beginning of the product, it was fresh and mellow, sipping it carefully, fragrant Ruolan, and after drinking it, it was already full of mouth." He praised sincerely: "Although Xia Guan loves the tea ceremony, he has never drunk such a treasure." ”

Listening to his admiration from the bottom of his heart, Zhang Jing actually smiled like an old naughty boy: "This is not an ordinary pre-rain, but it is born on the oldest tea trees in Shifeng." Even the old man had to beg Li Tianpet pitifully to get such a few taels, and I was reluctant to take it out when ordinary people came. ”

"My lord, which one are you singing this for?" The so-called 'Corporal Lixian, there must be something to ask for', if you are silent and pretend to be stupid, then you have to be regarded as a fool by Zhang Jing, so he simply put down the teacup and asked bluntly: "There is no one else here, you can tell the students and me directly, otherwise I can't taste the good tea in my heart." ”

Zhang Jingyan's complexion changed, he drank a few sips of tea, put down the teacup, and when he raised his head again, he had already recovered the bearing that the head of the court should have, and he sighed and said: "Young is good, newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, sharp." ”

Shen said in a silent and respectful voice: "The adults misunderstood, the student didn't mean to offend, but he just felt that he was shallow and weak, and he couldn't stand your kindness." ”

Zhang Jing shook his head slowly, his eyes were fixed on Shen Mo like an awl, and said in a deep voice: "You deserve it...... The old man's net worth and surname, and my great cause of fighting against Japanese in the southeast are all in your thoughts. ”

Silent and stunned, he reluctantly smiled: "Adults are not joking, right?" Xiaguan ......"

"The old man is not joking." Zhang Jing stroked his gray beard and said softly: "I ask for a humble word, please agree." ”

Shen Moxin said that I only have that report to the emperor, and I can enter the eyes of your Zhang Butang, so I didn't dare to take a bite, but just got up and arched my hand and said, "Please make it clear." ”

Seeing that he didn't agree as much as he imagined, Zhang Jing's heart sank slightly, gritted his teeth, and even stood up, his straight waist bent slightly, and he also bowed his hand to Shen Mo: "Please be humble and be sure to wait for the old man to finish the next battle, and then present your report to Your Majesty." ”

Shen Mo dared to accept his salute, quickly turned sideways, and said softly: "The twenty-fourth day of the lunar month at the latest." ”

"Is there less than twenty days left?" Zhang Jing muttered, "Can't it be any later?" ”

"The holy decree is limited to me to report before the year, that is, to deliver it on the twenty-seventh day of the lunar month at the latest. In this season, it will take four days to rush eight hundred miles," said silently: "That is to say, at the latest, on the morning of the twenty-fourth day of the lunar month, the report of the lower officials must be issued." ”

A look of disappointment flashed, Zhang Jing fell into deep thought, and after a long time, he bowed his head slightly and said: "Twenty-four is twenty-four, you can't let clumsy words be too difficult to do, right?" ”

When the two sides sat down again, Shen Mo gave the letter he wrote Qi Jiguang to copy with both hands to Zhang Butang and said: "When the students passed by Longshanwei, General Qi Yuanjing was about to go to the Ministry of Justice, and the lower officials brought it to him by the way, and presented it to the Lord of the Ministry Hall. ”

Zhang Jing took the letter, tore open the seal, read it in front of him, and said with a playful smile: "Presumably there is also a clumsy effort in this, right?" ”

Shen Mo has lived in Longshanwei for more than half a month, which no one can hide, so it is better to admit it generously, so he nodded and smiled shyly: "The student asked General Qi for advice, and he felt that it was not all nonsense, so he added some of the student's views. ”

Zhang Jing smiled and said: "Humble words, you are still too young, you were used as a gun by other people's Qi Shenrong, don't do such a thankless thing in the future." ”

Silent in his heart like a mirror...... This letter was brought by himself, and he had his own ideas on it, which undoubtedly put on his face as Shen Inspector, making it difficult for Zhang Butang, who happened to be asking for him, to refuse, which was precisely the purpose of his initiative to send a letter to Qi Jiguang...... It doesn't matter if you are a minister or a handsome, if you want me to do something, you have to do something for me.

But Zhang Jing will not be angry about this, but will be relieved because of this...... Zhang Butang will feel that since you Shen Shuyan has asked me, he will naturally do his best to help me. In fact, in essence, it is the same as silently accepting Qi Jiguang's gold and silver.

After completing a deal that did not need to be spoken, Zhang Jing was really relieved, but he also lost the interest in talking. Patiently asked a few words of silence about what he had seen along the way, and finally waited for the housekeeper to come in and reported softly: "Master, you can eat." ”

Governor Zhang got up and said with a smile: "Let's go, humble words, accompany the old man to dinner." ”

At the dinner table, a few glasses of wine were eaten, and the embarrassment between the two disappeared, as if the status was not so different, and they were much closer emotionally, which shows that eating and drinking is indeed the only magic weapon to enhance friendship.

Zhang Butang is a native of Fuzhou, and the meals in the house are naturally based on elegant and tender Fujian cuisine, especially the dishes cooked with various seafood, which occupy the dominant position on the table, so a table of dishes pays special attention to a "fresh" word, what chrysanthemum sea bass, Taiji prawns, braised shark fin, light snail slices, steamed afterburner fish, etc., all reflect this, and the Shaoxing cuisine with the distinctive characteristics of "mold", "sauce" and "drunk", just form two extremes.

Although he will never admit that the food in his hometown is not as good as others, almost as soon as he eats it, he is silently poured into the fresh fragrance of Fuzhou cuisine, and he almost ignores the fact that he has always maintained a good eating appearance.

Seeing that he was full of praise, Zhang Butang was quite proud, and personally instructed various ways to eat hometown dishes. When a plate of chicken soup and sea mussels was served, Zhang Butang introduced it to him: "This is a kind of sea mussel that we specialize in Fuzhou Zhanggang, cut into thin slices, boil in a pot of boiling water until six are ripe, and then marinate them for a while with your Shaoxing wine." When eating, pour boiling chicken broth and eat it freshly. He said with an intoxicated face: "You see that the chicken soup is crystal clear, and the mussel meat is like a hibiscus in water, it is a great pleasure to look at it...... It tastes extremely sweet and fresh, with a long aftertaste, just like tasting a beautiful woman's fragrant tongue. As he spoke, he suddenly smiled: "You Shaoxing people don't eat this dish." ”

Shen Mo wondered: "Why can't Shaoxing people eat it?" ”

Mr. Zhang, who is in his sixties, smiled and said: "Because this kind of mussel has a small piece of snow-white and translucent red meat, which often sticks out of the shell, just like the fragrant tongue of a beauty, it has an elegant name called Shih Tzu tongue...... For the sake of the fellows, it's better to stay away. Xi Shi is a native of Zhuji, Shaoxing, and Zhang Jing joked about his silent origin.

Even Xu Wei couldn't take advantage of Shen Mo, Zhang Butang obviously found the wrong opponent, only to hear Shen Mo first arch his hand towards the plate of 'Xi Shi tongue' with a solemn face, and said seriously: "Xi Shi girl, since the destruction of Wu War, people have never seen you again, I thought you had been sleeping by the Huansha Creek, but who knew that you were still drifting on the bottom of the sea in Fujian, thousands of years have passed, you must be very homesick." He said with a look of compassion: "Now please enter Xiaosheng's Five Organs Temple to live temporarily, and after a few days, I will take you back to your hometown." ”

Zhang Jing smiled and leaned back, so he had to ask Shen Mo to enjoy this plate of chicken soup and sea mussels alone.

While enjoying this extremely crisp and fresh Xi Shi tongue, Shen Mo asked curiously: "There are many beauties in ancient times, why don't you call Zhaojun, Guifei, and Diao Chan, just say that it is our Xi Shi?" ”

(To be continued)