In the early morning, Jiangdu Mansion was shrouded in thick fog, coupled with dark clouds that covered the sky, the sky and the earth were dark, just like the current mood of the officials. Today, the minister of the Qin mission was about to rush to Jiangdu, and Changshi Lu Liangwei led a group of officials from Huainan Province to the dock early, but it should have been dyed by the dark clouds in the sky, most of them had gloomy faces, and there was silence, coupled with rows of silver-armored guards who were on guard, the atmosphere seemed to be full of Xiao Killing.

In the silence, a thousand-stone ship slowly sailed under the gaze of the officials, seeing this, even if they had all kinds of thoughts in their hearts, the officials still put away all their emotions and revealed a respectful face. Soon, the big ship had already docked, and a team of black-armored guards galloped out to occupy the key points of the dock, and at this moment, a piercing shout sounded, saying, "Lord Qincha has arrived!" ”

Hearing the loud shouting, the officials of Huainan Province immediately knelt down and shouted: "The minister knocks to see Your Majesty's Sheng'an, and knocks to see Lord Li." ”

Standing on a high place and looking at the dense human heads, Li Huairen suddenly felt proud that he had never been proud. I think he is quite conceited in his life, and thanks to the trust of the first emperor, Jing Zhaoyin, who has become a fourth-grade at a young age, doesn't want to sit in Jing Zhaoyin, a seemingly prominent but walking on thin ice, for more than ten years, grinding off all his sharpness and becoming extremely sleek. Originally, Li Huairen thought that it would be enough to be able to live safely in this position, and he didn't want to follow the Seventh Prince to Jiangnan by chance, and he had the promise of the Seventh Prince that as long as the Huainan Provincial officials were rectified, he would be allowed a metropolitan governor. What is the Grand Duke? The feudal officials who hold the power of the territory, who are in charge of a piece of land and millions of people, are real important ministers of the court. Now, even if it is only a temporary governor, Li Huairen is absolutely confident that he will remove this temporary governor.

Although he was excited in his heart, Li Huairen put away all his emotions, the current Huainan Road officialdom is complicated, and he still has a lot of things to do. Glancing at everyone condescendingly, Li Huairen showed a smile on his face, and said slowly: "Thanks to Your Majesty's love and the trust of the Seventh Prince, this official temporarily takes the position of Metropolitan Governor, and patrols Huainan Road with the sword of Shang Fang!" ”

Hearing Li Huairen's words, many people took a breath of cold air and were shocked by these two news. The Seven Princes inspected Jiangnan and Huainan on behalf of the saints, and selected senior members from the Imperial History Terrace, the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Households, and the Criminal Department to accompany them, this is the news they all know, but they don't want Li Huairen to temporarily take the position of Metropolitan Governor, everyone is an old official, and he doesn't know the meaning of the temporary generation? Not to mention that he also holds the sword of Shang Fang. What does the Shang Fang Sword mean? It means that the Holy Majesty is here in person, and the officials below the third grade can dispose of it at will, first for the time being. For a while, the atmosphere was a little complicated, especially Long Shi Lu Liangwei, and a wry smile appeared in his heart.

Although he had all kinds of thoughts in his heart, when he looked up and saw two black-armored guards holding a bright yellow carved dragon sword, the officials did not dare to hesitate, and bowed again: "Long live your majesty, long live, long live!" ”

Looking at the respectful faces of the officials, Li Huairen could sense the change in the atmosphere, and opened his mouth to say: "Everyone, please get up, this official has to rely on you vigorously, and return me to Huainan Province a bright and clear Qiankun, and give the Seventh Prince an explanation to His Majesty." While speaking, Li Huairen walked to the big boat, helped Lu Liangwei up with his own hands, and then said with a smile: "Lu Changshi, we haven't seen each other for a few years, why is Brother Lu so old, the old brother doesn't dare to recognize each other." ”

The official hat in charge of the Ministry of Officials, even if the feudal officials and the long history are personally appointed by the Holy Lord, they have to accept the assessment of the Ministry of Officials, and Li Huairen, as the left servant of the Ministry of Officials, is the second person in the Ministry of Officials, and is familiar with most officials.

Looking at Li Huairen who was proud of the spring breeze, Lu Liangwei had mixed tastes in his heart, but he still had to squeeze out a smile and said: "Lord Li is polite, it's really not long, two years?" However, after two years of not seeing him, Lord Li was about to be removed and became a feudal official, which is enviable. The last sentence is Lu Liangwei's sincere words, from the second grade and the second grade, it seems to be a word difference, but it is like a trench, the vast majority of officials stop here for life, because the officials have achieved this point, they are all talented and powerful, and what they lack is not luck, this luck may be a sentence.

Li Huairen couldn't help laughing, but he opened his mouth and said: "It's just that thanks to the trust of Your Majesty and the Seventh Prince, this official is honestly afraid!" ”

Speaking of the Seventh Prince, Lu Liangwei opened his mouth and asked, "Lord Li, did the Seventh Prince go to Jiangnan Province?" ”

Suddenly, the smile on Li Huairen's face had already dissipated, and he said in a deep voice: "The Seventh Prince originally intended to go to Pingjiang Mansion, but when he learned of the Qi'an civil uprising, he had led thousands of men and horses from the Pengcheng camp to Qi'an. ”

Hearing the change in Qi Anmin, Lu Liangwei showed a trace of embarrassment on his face. The civil uprising in Huainan Province has a lot to do with Yang Linggong, the governor of the capital, but now Yang Linggong commits suicide in fear of crime, and Zhang Baiyang is nowhere to be found. Thinking of this, Lu Liangwei sighed again in his heart, and he was a little interested for a while, but he didn't speak, and someone stepped forward to answer Li Huairen.

He hugged his fists and saluted Li Huairen, and an elegant-looking middle-aged man opened his mouth and said, "Xiaguan Jiangdu is too guarded by Guo Jinsong to see Master Li. ”

As soon as Guo Jinsongfu spoke, several officials immediately surrounded him and greeted Li Huairen, looking at this scene, Lu Liangwei didn't even have the heart to laugh at himself. The Metropolitan Governor committed suicide, the commander disappeared, his long history was destined to be punished, and it was normal for the officials to go to curry favor with Li Huairen, the future Metropolitan Governor, not to mention, behind this Metropolitan Governor stood the Holy Lord and the Seven Princes with deep roots. At this moment, Lu Liangwei's expression became more and more depressed, with a face full of wrinkles, he looked like an old man who was about to die, which could really be described as a few joys and sorrows.

Just when the officials were showing favor to Li Huairen, a sudden hurried call sounded, saying: "Qi'an urgent, Qi'an urgent!" ”

Suddenly, the dock that had just been lively was silent in an instant, and everyone stared straight at the speeding post guards. Beating the horse and galloping in front of the officials, the post guard knelt on the ground and bowed: "Your Excellency, Wei Jiangtao, the deputy general of Huainan Lieutenant, and Huang Wei, the partial general, defected to the battle, and Qi'an was defeated, with countless casualties. ”

In the quiet, death-like silence, the breathing of the officials gradually became rapid, as if they couldn't believe that Wei Jiangtao had rebelled, and they couldn't believe that the imperial army had suffered a defeat, and finally looked at Li Huairen.

Li Huairen didn't expect that he would get this kind of news as soon as he arrived in Jiangdu, as disgusting as if he had eaten a fly when he was proud. After a moment of silence, Li Huairen said with a cold face: "Go to the Governor's Mansion." In the midst of the loud cheers, Li Huairen left first, and the officials who watched looked at each other, but Lu Liangwei didn't know why, there was a trace of pleasure in his heart, and he seemed to be a little willing to watch Li Huairen touch the nail.

Pingjiang Mansion, after waiting for many days, Shen Lan finally ushered in the court errand, but when he saw that the errand was Wang Jiangshuo, many people seemed to have eaten flies and felt disgusted. A few years ago, it was they who teamed up to force Wang Jiangshuo out of Pingjiang, forcing him to flee back to the capital in embarrassment.

Wang Jiangshuo saw the expression on the face of the old enemy, his eyes narrowed slightly, and his face that seemed to be smiling but not smiling, seemed to be telling the pride in his heart, and said in his heart that you forced Lao Tzu to be extremely embarrassed, this time, if Lao Tzu didn't have a good time with you, Lao Tzu would really lose the big hat of inspecting Jiangnan Road by the Holy Decree. He sneered in his heart, but in the face of Shen Lan, the high-powered governor and the saint's henchman, Wang Jiangshuo did not dare to be presumptuous, this is a person who makes the fifth prince Chu Haoyuan respect, and he hugged his fists and said: "I have seen Shen Dadudu, I haven't seen him for a few years, and Shen Dudu's demeanor is still the same!" ”

Shen Lan is familiar with Wang Jiangshuo's personality, which is why he knew that Wang Jiangshuo was the fifth prince, but he acquiesced in the officials of Pingjiang Mansion to force Wang Jiangshuo away, but it was a little interesting for the saint to let Wang Jiangshuo inspect Jiangnan Province this time. It was funny in his heart, but Shen Lan returned the salute with a fist and said with a smile: "Lord Wang is polite." However, Lord Wang only left Pingjiang Mansion a few years ago, and now when he returns again, he is already a holy mission, which is embarrassing! ”

Shen Lan's words, many officials in Huainan Province who listened to them changed their colors, even Wang Jiangshuo, and they couldn't guess what Shen Lan meant, and thought that he was sarcastic about himself, and his face turned cold. Shen Lan didn't explain, and then said: "Lord Wang, Han Changshi, Zheng Taishou, you are all old acquaintances, and the governor of Bendu will not be introduced, but the commander of General Yao has not been in Jiangnan Province for a long time, Lord Wang is not familiar with it, but he misses the rebellion of Qi Anmin, General Yao led Jiangnan Lieutenant to quell the rebellion, and when he returns, the governor of Bendu will let him meet Lord Wang again." ”

Hearing that Jiang Nanwei went to Qi'an to quell the rebellion, Wang Jiangshuo guessed that Shen Shu had not been transferred by the imperial court, and a cold light flashed in his eyes, but he smiled and said: "Shen Dudu is worried that the imperial court is dedicated to the country, and he is a model for my generation, and this official admires and admires!" After a pause at this, Wang Jiangshuo pointed to Cui Xiaolian beside him and said, "The Imperial History Observatory supervises Master Cui, and you are all old acquaintances. This time, this official and Master Cui were entrusted by the Holy Lord and the Seven Princes to inspect Gangnam Province to rectify the rule of officials, and I hope that you will take a lot of pain. At the end of the words, Wang Jiangshuo's gaze deliberately swept over the faces of his old opponents, and they lowered their heads one by one and did not dare to look at him. Seeing this, Wang Jiangshuo sneered again in his heart, he couldn't know more than the people of them, all they lacked was evidence, but evidence, as long as they had the power, was not easy to capture.

Cui Xiaolian, as the supervisor of the imperial history of the Imperial History Observatory, has inspected Jiangnan Province many times, knows most officials, and clasped his fists and said: "I have seen the Metropolitan Governor, Han Changshi, Zheng Taishou, and all my lords!" ”

Shen Lan had a good impression of Cui Xiaolian, smiled at Cui Xiaolian, and said: "Lord Wang and Lord Cui inspected Jiangnan by the holy decree, and the governor of Pontus welcomed it, but if he asked for something, he told the governor of Pontus that it was." At the same time, the governor of Pontus also hoped that the two lords would live up to the grace of the saint and strictly investigate the rule of Jiangnan officials. Speaking of this, he glanced at Wang Jiangshuo meaningfully, and Shen Lan smiled again: "The governor of Pontus has prepared a banquet for the two adults, please!" ”

Wang Jiangshuo understood what Shen Lan meant, but he came to strictly investigate the rule of Jiangnan officials by the holy decree, so he naturally had to obey the orders of the saint and strictly investigate. With a chuckle, Wang Jiangshuo opened his mouth and said, "The governor has a heart, please!" ”