Running wildly all the way, I don't know how much the carriage has changed, and finally arrived in Jinling within a month.

To the south of the Yangtze River without entering Jinling, the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River is equivalent to not seeing, which is for the general tourists. For Zhang Ru, going to Jiangnan and not entering Jinling is unreasonable for the old marquis named Xu Li in Tianfu.

Xu Li's reception specifications still adopted the specifications of the marquis, and even the old and strong Duke Wei personally greeted the side door.

"Hahaha, brother, long time no see." Xu Li gave Zhang Ru a bear hug, patted him the back, and said with a smile.

Zhang Ru also smiled: "Yes! It's been a long time since I saw him, how is my brother doing lately? ”

Xu Li took Zhang Ru's hand and said as he walked forward: "With the old man's body, it is absolutely no problem to live for another twenty years." It's you, kid, you've lost a lot! Is it too annoying to do things in Beijing, I told you a long time ago that there is no place for you in the capital, and I will have a place for you in the Wei Mansion in Nanjing.

What do you do every day, and you have time to come to Nanjing to accompany me to fish and enjoy the flowers. ”

Zhang Ru smiled bitterly and said: "Wen Xuan is not born to be a rich idler, this different war has just ended, so I will run to Nanjing non-stop!" ”

"Okay, I've prepared a family banquet in the house, and the two of us will talk while eating. I have heard a lot about the situation in Nanjing, and I am worried that I don't know the truth. "Xu Li's small river.

Zhang Ru teased: "Brother also likes to inquire about these parents, Wen Xuan doesn't like to talk about these things, if you want to hear it, you can find a few mothers-in-law to tell your brother." ”

Xu Li punched Zhang Ru: "Why is your kid's mouth so damaged!" I'm just curious, how the hell do you do it. The civil official group clearly hates you to the bone, Qiu Jun, who has a little conscience, doesn't help you speak, Xie Qian's guy is even more upright, and what he hates the most is party strife, and my brother is curious about how you can survive. ”

Zhang Ru pointed at Xu Li and said, "If there is not a kind person like my brother, Wen Xuan has been able to get out of the tiger's mouth." After the incident came out, Bao Guogong recommended it many times, but His Majesty did not respond due to emotion.

After that, several governors of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies also stood up to intercede for Wen Xuan, and even brother, you wrote letters and admonishments all the way, Your Majesty was annoyed by you, so you had to regain me. ”

Xu Li said: "You kid don't compliment my brother, my brother's letters won't work at all." In that place in Datong, my old bones are not very suitable for the past. There are so many northern troops, if the danger of Datong still needs the southern army to break the siege, the faces of the northern army and Zhu Yong's old puppet will be lost.

Above the court, there are not many people who can sit in Datong, Zhu Yong is barely one, but he is old, not to mention that he is covered in injuries, and he himself is unwilling to go.

The other generals are either brave or short-sighted, and it is difficult for them to be the overall commander. If you do the math, it's just a good kid for you. ”

Zhang Ru snorted and said: "Brother's words made Wen Xuan a little surprised, and the elder brother himself said not to compliment, how did he come to Wen Xuan, but the elder brother complimented him!" Some things have already passed, so there is nothing to say. ”

"Okay, okay, let's not talk, let's drink." Xu Li smiled and patted Zhang Ru's arm, and pulled Zhang Ru into the Wei Mansion.

At the end of a banquet, the two walked around the courtyard with their cheeks slightly red and hugged each other.

A few generals who had been following Xu Li for a long time couldn't help but bow their heads and whispered: "It's been a long time since I've seen my grandfather so happy, this adult is like having magic power, and every time he comes, he can make his grandfather laugh." ”

"You don't look at what kind of character or identity people are, I heard that according to a person who can become a marquis in his twenties, and he has so many military achievements that he can scare you to death."

"If that kid in my family has the climate of Hou Ye, my life will be worth it."

"Get Lao Li, that kid in your family is also the life of a Qiu Ba. Follow behind Grandma's granddaughter's ass like an elm pimple every day, what can you do. ”

"Don't be complacent, old wish, you say like you have a kid in your family. Lao Tzu's kid is no longer a weapon, he is also a man with a handle, your girl is a new instrument, but she is just a girl. ”

"You"

Seeing that the two of them had a real fire because of chatting, the others hurriedly pulled the two apart, and the leisure and elegance that Grandpa Bei had so hard to have was destroyed by these vulgar martial artists.

The two of them walked in the courtyard and chatted until late before they went back to rest.

Early the next morning, Zhang Ru was about to say goodbye and leave, although he had already sent Meng Fu and Xiao Anu to Fuzhou first, he still felt a little uneasy.

Fan Tong is not a person who does not know how to measure, when he never recovered in the capital, Fan Tong was still able to achieve a letter every three days, but now he has been in Datong for several months, but there is only one letter, which makes him feel a little unstable.

When the sleepy-eyed Xu Li heard that he was leaving, his face was full of unhappiness: "Wen Xuan, if you leave like this, you will be slapping my brother in the face." Naturally, there will be people to do things in Fuzhou, so you, just stay in Nanjing for me. We haven't seen each other for a while, so take advantage of this time to catch up on the old days. ”

Zhang Ru said helplessly: "Brother, it's not that Wenxuan doesn't want to stay and catch up with you, it's really that there is a brother who has not heard from me in Fuzhou for several months, and I always feel unstable in my heart."

They are all brothers who were born and died with Wen Xuan, if there is really something long and two short, Wen Xuan is afraid that he will regret it at that time.

After catching up with my brother, there is time, and I am not in a hurry for this time. ”

Xu Li's eyes widened: "Wenxuan, your brother is in Fuzhou, I can understand if you don't worry, I will send someone to investigate." But you have to stay in Nanjing. It's hard for the two of us to meet each other, if I let you go like this, I don't know when we'll see each other again. ”

Zhang Ru looked a little impatient and sighed: "Alas, brother is not embarrassed, Wen Xuancheng is not, everyone is not a child anymore, why is my brother still so childish!" ”

Xu Li raised his eyebrows and said, "I really have to be unreasonable today." Anyway, if you just leave, you won't say that you have me as an old brother in the future. I will support the matter of the imperial court opening the sea ban, but the Wenxuan is in the south of the Yangtze River, and it will be difficult to move an inch. ”

Zhang Ru felt that something was not right, this Xu Li's style was not quite like a guest, but as if he was afraid that he would know something.

What can Fuzhou be afraid of knowing?

Open the sea ban!

Fan Tong!

Only these two things are the most important to me, if it is not the matter of opening the sea ban that has been obstructed, it is that Fan Tong has an accident in Fuzhou.

He immediately grabbed Xu Li's sleeve: "Brother, tell me the truth, is there something wrong in Fuzhou?" ”

Xu Li's smile froze on his face, he was stunned, and he immediately smiled: "Where did you start with this, rest assured, nothing happened in Fuzhou, everything is going on in an orderly manner." If you don't believe it, you can write to Fuzhou Lei Yuan, he is your person, and you can't always stand on my brother's side.

I just want to keep you here to have a good gathering, and I don't mean anything else. ”

Zhang Ru's eyes were gloomy, and his face was cloudy: "Brother is not a person who doesn't know the general situation, and suddenly he gave Zhang someone such a cold breath, Zhang is really a little unbearable." If the elder brother doesn't tell what happened today, I'm afraid that even if Wenxuan stays, this meal won't be delicious. ”

Xu Li said: "Wenxuan, you can't trust my brother like this?" ”

Zhang Ru said: "Brother touched his conscience and asked himself, is it really worthy of Wenxuan's trust?" ”

Since the rift has already been created in the heart, it is not at all possible to repair such a rift in one sentence or two sentences, it may take a long time, maybe, a lifetime.

Xu Li sighed lightly, and stretched out his hand in the air, but in the end he didn't pat it on Zhang Ru's shoulder. The hand froze in the air for a while and then retracted it, and touched the gray beard under his chin very unnaturally: "I don't want to hide it, but I can't help it." Fuzhou is fine, but something happened to your people, and this matter has something to do with the people in my house.

Originally, I planned to keep you in Jinling for a few more days, and then tell you after your men's injuries healed, but now it seems that it is impossible not to say it.

Huaiyuan's kid did something he shouldn't have done, and your people came to the door and was broken by Huaiyuan.

People are recuperating in my house now, and there is no big problem for the time being, and there will be no sequelae. But if a person dies, your heart knot can't be untied, and the Wei Mansion can't give any explanation for the time being. ”

"What happened to Fan Tong? And who are the dead? Zhang Ru's face remained unchanged, and he said very calmly.

Since Fan Tong is fine, he can put the rest aside.

"Your subordinate named Fan Tong has a good friend named Shen Honglian, Huaiyuan fell in love with her, and she committed suicide. Fan Tong came to the door, and Huaiyuan broke one of his legs. Xu Li tried her best to suppress herself and not let herself have too many emotional fluctuations.

At this time, the more obvious his feelings for Xu Huaiyuan are, the more Zhang Ru will be in a dilemma.

In this life, there are few young people who can really make Xu Li look up to him, and there are few young people who really make him have the heart to make friends. And Zhang Ru, who is good at dying, is the best one among these few people.

He knew what Zhang Ru was going to do, so he didn't want Zhang Ru to hate the Wei Mansion.

It can be said that once what Zhang Ru wants to do is successful, Zhang Ru may be a supreme minister in the future, and he may also be treated like a bird. Xu Li couldn't afford to gamble, and neither could the Wei Mansion.

"What if I had to give an explanation!" Zhang Ru's face suddenly turned cold, and he squeezed out a few words from between his teeth.

Now, what he is worried about is not Fan Tong and the others, but Su Qiqi.

Shen Honglian is Su Qiqi's maid, if Su Qiqi knew that something had happened to Shen Honglian, with her character, she would never give up.

As for why Su Qiqi has been in Jiangnan for so long and there has been no movement, he doesn't know.