A cloisonné Boshan furnace engraved with a fierce pattern is spitting out the smoke of sandalwood, and the faint fragrance waftings in the room. On the wall of this room hangs a pair of authentic works of the early Song Dynasty "Spring Journey on the Mountain Path", and on the wall stands a pineapple bookshelf full of wire-bound books, and next to the bookshelf is a large rosewood desk, on which are neatly arranged with lake pens, Hui ink, rice paper, and inkstones.

Shen Mo sat on the large and comfortable Taishi chair, his slender fingers lightly knocking on the table, staring at an open invitation card on the table...... This is the iron pillar to go to the door to retrieve it, it is the Zhejiang patrol Hu Zongxian, who invited him to take a boat on the broken bridge tonight, to catch the wind and wash the dust for him, in order to say goodbye.

Silently recalled that he and Na Hu Xunji had only had a one-sided relationship with Xu Wei's family, and it seemed that the relationship between them had not reached the point where they needed to catch up...... Of course, he knew that Hu was 'Xiang Zhuang Dancing Sword Ambition Pei Gong', and he must have other plans.

"I didn't expect that my little patrol would be so valued by all the adults." He smiled silently and self-deprecatingly, and continued to think about his thoughts...... Although he has been patrolling the front line for several months, through chatting with many civil and military officials, he has also heard about the officialdom grievances in Zhejiang.

In fact, the relationship between the governor Zhang Jing and the governor Li Tianzhong is still good, in the face of the serious rebellion of the Japanese invaders, the two of them tried their best, and they were diligent at night, but they did not hear of any intrigue. Since the two giants have the same heart, Zhejiang's officialdom was monolithic at the beginning, and there were basically no waves.

But after Zhao Wenhua came to Zhejiang to worship the sea, the situation quietly changed. At first, everyone felt that this guy should return to Beijing to resume his life after sacrificing to the sea, and he couldn't offend Zhang Butang in order to slap him, so they were very cold to Zhao Shilang, and hoped that he would get out as soon as possible.

But Zhao Shilang also has self-esteem, and he feels that as the son of his godfather, no one takes him seriously, which is a great shame! Okay, you dare to bully me, I'm ...... Find a godfather to sue! wrote down Zhang Jing, Li Tianzhong and others how they looked down on him, how they didn't put Daddy in their eyes, wrote down a handful of snot and tears, and sent it to Yanjing City.

Who knew that not long after his father replied: 'If you are not completely sure, don't mess with Zhang Jing. Because Yan Song knew that the emperor's expectations for Zhang Jing were at the peak, if he didn't know how to bite the governor of the six provinces at this time, he would definitely lose two front teeth.

Just when Zhao Wenhua was about to give up and was about to bring some souvenirs back to Beijing to reunite with his father, I agreed to join the Kou, Yanjing was besieged, and Xu Jie's rise without warning overtook Yan Ge Lao, who performed badly, for a while! This made Mr. Yan very annoyed, and immediately promoted dealing with Xu Jie to the first priority...... Well, if you beat me in the north, I'll have to get it back in the south!

Once the policy changed, Father Yan felt that Zhao's son was ignored by cats and dogs in the south, and it was really difficult to complete the task, so he asked the staff in the palace to write a copy of "Six Policies for Peace" with Zhao Wenhua and present it to His Majesty. On the side, he praised him greatly, saying, "Wenhua has worked hard, and he has such a deep understanding of the situation in the southeast in a few months, and he is really a loyal and hard-working talent." ’

Jiajing also felt that the writing was good, and his evaluation of Zhao Shilang improved a lot, so he agreed to Yan Ge's invitation and let Zhao Wenhua stay in the southeast to supervise the army...... Of course, the more important reason is the suspicion and balance in the emperor's bones, he really doesn't worry about the powerful Governor Zhang.

So Zhao Shilang was stationed in Zhejiang, and took out the enthusiasm of picking bones in eggs and devoted himself to the work of supervising the army, wanting to find a place where Zhang Jing could be overthrown.

Governor Zhang has been in officialdom for a long time and knows that this is the emperor who is not worried about him, so he has placed an eyeliner next to him. But he is not an easy person, so he sent a special person to follow Zhao Jianjun around the clock, nominally to protect his safety, but in fact, to monitor his movements, restrict his freedom, and clearly tell Zhao Jianjun: 'Boy, be smart, this is my territory!' ’

Zhao Wenhua is also a little ruthless, even if he is so unpopular, he will never give up easily. If you don't let me see it, I still have to stare at you all day! Anyway, he is the emperor's Qincha, and he has the support of his godfather, and Zhang Jing doesn't dare to do anything to him. In fact, compared with Zhang Jing's old fox, his level is still far behind, even Governor Zhang followed him to the thatched house, and he couldn't find any flaws in others.

It's not right to say that he got nothing, at least he made a friend named Hu Zongxian, it is said that the status of the two is very different, if it is changed in Beijing, Zhao Shilang will not pay attention to a small seven-rank official, but now he is full of white eyes, all over the cold, naturally he attaches great importance to this friendship in the snow, the relationship between the two quickly warmed up, and soon called him a brother, so good that he was like a person.

Since then, the situation has gradually changed...... I don't know if Zhao Shilang suddenly opened his mind, or if there was a master behind him, anyway, he found Zhang Jing's weakness at once - don't look at Governor Zhang who is busy all day long, transferring troops everywhere, but he has been actively deploying for several months, and he has fought a lot of battles, but he has not taken the initiative to attack!

Therefore, the arrogance of the Japanese not only did not take effect, but became more and more arrogant, and they dared to go deep into the interior casually, as if they were in a no-man's land. But all this was covered up by Zhang Jing's Haiyan victory today and Taizhou victory tomorrow, and no one has been aware of it. Zhao Wenhua admitted that those victories were real, but they were just defensive battles, which gave him room to attack.

The overjoyed Zhao Shilang reported the situation to his father, and Yan Ge Lao also noticed that the emperor was frustrated by the siege of Yanjing, and he was becoming more and more impatient with the situation in the southeast, so he arranged for his henchmen to follow Zhao Wenhua to the letter, and participated in his 'fear of the enemy's cowardice, self-respect, sitting and watching the rebellion, and plotting against him'.

The emperor asked Yan Song what he thought, and Yan Song had already prepared his words and waited for the emperor to ask this. He first complained to the emperor with tears in his eyes about the misery of the people, saying that 'there is no rooster crowing for thousands of miles, and the white bones are exposed in the wild', which made Emperor Jiajing tremble with anger. Only then did he reveal the stinger, saying that when there was no governor of the six provinces, the guards of the provinces and provinces were still able to fight bravely to protect the people, why did they not dare to attack after setting up this powerful governor?

Emperor Jiajing said: "Didn't you still win some battles? At least in the past few months, there has been no tragedy in which the city has been breached. ”

"It makes him even more hateful!" Yan Song said bitterly: "Obviously he has the strength to defeat the Japanese Kou, but he doesn't attack, what does he want to do?" ”

Jiajing's anger was uncontrollable all of a sudden, and this was the scene when he angrily screamed at Xu Jie, and ordered Zhang Jing to be arrested and returned to Beijing for questioning.

And Zhang Jing's reaction was very strange, with his connections and status in the court, Zhao Wenhua and others got the news as soon as they wrote the book, but he neither went to the book to defend himself, nor did he settle accounts with Zhao Wenhua, except for drinking too much and occasionally scratching, as if nothing had happened.

But even the most abrupt officials are aware that the confrontation between the two forces has reached the last moment, just waiting for the moment of decisive battle!

A storm of destruction is about to take shape in this picturesque city of Hangzhou.

Some of these situations are silently known, but most of them are not, so it is really impossible to judge who will win this wrestling.

But at such a juncture, he was forced to stay in the governor's office, and Hu Zongxian sent an invitation again. Now is the time for him to show his attitude - to stay in the mansion honestly, and follow Zhang Butang all the way to the dark; Or go to the broken bridge to meet Hu Zongxian, at least don't offend the Yan Party?

Judging from the current situation, Zhejiang is Zhang Butang's world, and he occupies an absolute advantage, while Zhao Wenhua seems to have no choice for him and Hu Zongxian, two difficult brothers.

But Shen Mo knew that Zhang Jing was a gentleman and Zhao Wenhua was a villain, and he would rather offend a gentleman than a villain. So he decided to go again, because he knew very well in his heart that if he refused the invitation, Zhao Wenhua would regard himself as Zhang Jing's party, and once Zhang Jing was defeated, he would never let him go.

"Zhang Butang shouldn't embarrass me," said silently, "He still has something to ask me." Then he stood up, slowly walked out of the study, and said to Rou Niang, who was wiping the tables and chairs outside: "Change clothes, I want to go out." ”

The two maids hurriedly stopped what they were doing and came over to help the young adult change into the winter clothes he had gone out. Just as he was about to go out, the steward of the front yard asked to see him outside the door.

Shen Mo let him in, and saw the old steward holding a luxurious sable fur coat, and said respectfully: "Lord Mintang said that it is snowing outside, if you go out, put this coat on." ”

Shen Mo arched his hand in the direction of the front yard and said, "Thank you for your generous gift, and the students will be inscribed in the five." The old steward thought that he would not go out because of the grace of the governor, but he saw that the young man did not seem to be affected in the slightest. couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, before he gently put on a big coat for him, and asked respectfully, "My lord, how many cars do you need to prepare?" ”

"Two are enough." Shen Mo said softly: "Trouble the old man." ”

Rou Niang stepped forward to tie the belt of the big sword for silence, and saw a noble son standing in front of her, she couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, quickly suppressed the cranky thoughts in her heart, and stepped back to stand aside.

When Shen Mo went out, a faint snowflake had already drifted in the sky, falling on his pure black cloud, and then turning into water droplets and sliding to the ground.

The two carriages stopped at the door, He Xinyin and Shen An left and right, escorted him into the latter carriage, and Tie Zhu took seven or eight guards to the first carriage, and the two carriages went out of the gate of the Governor's Mansion one after the other, driving on the long Su Causeway.

(To be continued)