The night was already dark, the moonlight was bright, sprinkling a thin layer of silver on the back garden, and on the stone path where the dirt was wiped away, Wu Jin took Su Han's hand and walked in the garden, this was the first time they came to the back garden.

The garden is quiet at night, and the insects are happily playing concerts, one after another, occasionally stopping to greet the new guests.

"Husband, do you think we are guests or hosts to these little bugs?"

Su Han was full of interest, strolling under the dense shade of the trees, she was more concerned about these little ones who were still energetic in the early winter.

"We should be guests! For them. ”

Wu Jin smiled, "And it's still an impolite guy who broke in without knocking on the door." ”

Walking out of the densely shaded woods, the water rippled in the distance, a bright moon reflected in the water, a thin layer of white mist drifting in the woods, like a fairyland, Su Han was intoxicated, intoxicated in this fantastic world of two people, she stretched out her slender arm, wrapped her arms around Wu Jin's neck, kissed him lightly on his stubble chin, gently snuggled her face to his chest, and whispered intoxicatedly: "Husband, this is our home, I like it so much." ”

Wu Jin held her gently in his arms and said with a smile: "I also like these hundred-year-old trees, it is rare that there are so many in a house, it is like a forest, if it is possible, I want to buy this house." ”

At this time, there was a sound of hurried footsteps in the distance, which frightened Su Han and hurriedly left Wujin, only to see a maid named Xiao Tao running over and saluting: "Erniang said that someone sent an urgent letter to Gongzi and asked Gongzi to go back." ”

"I see!"

Wu Jin turned around and nodded to Su Han, and the two held hands and went back to the inner house.

When Wu Jin came to the meeting room, he saw a man in black anxiously pacing back and forth with his hands behind his back, he walked in the door and asked, "Who are you sending a letter for?" ”

The man in black hurriedly knelt down on one knee and saluted, "See Prince Xining, is the humble duty to deliver a letter to the crown prince?" ”

"You're from the capital?"

Wu Jin felt from his words and gestures that he should be the prince's guard, but the black clothes replied: "The humble position is in Jiangning Mansion, and the prince sent a pigeon letter!" ”

After speaking, he presented a tube of pigeon letters to Wu Jin, Wu Jin took the pigeon letters, but did not rush to open them, but carefully glanced at the black cloth, capable, concise, and standard movements, this is a soldier, he immediately deduced that the prince has an intelligence agency in Jiangning Mansion.

This is a discovery, I thought that the prince only relied on Su Hanzhen and other officials to intervene in Chuzhou, but he didn't expect that he actually had an intelligence agency in Chuzhou, so not only Chuzhou, but other states should also have his intelligence agency, and he should have set up an intelligence network in the whole country.

This discovery made Wu Jin begin to reassess the strength of the prince again, he slowly opened the pigeon letter, but the content of the pigeon letter surprised him, the prince's Donggong Liulu Mansion army was actually taken away by the emperor in disguise, and the purpose of the prince's letter was to create a crisis for the Chu royal family in Jiangning Mansion and relieve his pressure in the capital.

This pigeon messenger Wu Jin felt the prince's anxiety, and he also knew what the 20,000 troops of the East Palace meant to the prince, which was like a heavily armed soldier who was suddenly disarmed and stripped of his armor and clothes in the fierce battlefield.

It's just that this letter should be sent to Su Hanzhen of Donghai County or Yang Tingan of Yuhang County, and he and he are just loose alliances, he actually wants to help him do things by himself like giving a task, he believes that the prince also understands this, which can only show that the panic in the prince's heart has reached the point of starvation.

"Does His Royal Highness the Crown Prince need me to reply?" Wu Jin asked lightly.

"His Royal Highness didn't say, if Prince Si Ning has a reply, please hand it over to the humble post."

Wu Jin nodded, "Then please write back to His Highness, and say that I will seriously consider it." ”

The man in black saluted, got up and left, but after taking two steps, he turned back and said: "There is another piece of information, I can send it to the prince of Sining, the king of Qi has sent an envoy to Chuzhou, but we don't know the intention." ”

．．．．．．．．． In the night, more than a dozen guards with knives left and right protected a small sedan chair from the street briskly, the sedan chair stopped in front of an official mansion, which is the back door of the Jiangning Mansion and the mansion of Yin Yuyaojiang of Jiangning Mansion.

In the sedan chair sat the Jiangning Mansion Shao Yin Shenyuan, and the north generally takes a carriage is different, the officials in the south prefer to sit in the sedan chair, which is related to the inconvenience of raising horses in the south, at this time Shen Yuan seems to be a little worried, he has heard all about the situation of the court, he also feels that the Shen family has gradually come to a critical moment, if the king of Chu succeeds in seizing the heir, the Shen family will go to heaven, if the crown prince ascends the throne, then the Shen family will go to hell, this kind of pressure that the family will perish if it does not prosper, so that his mood during this time is always heavy.

At this time, Yu Yaojiang was already waiting at the door, and when the sedan car stopped, Yu Yaojiang hurriedly greeted him, "Brother Xian is finally here!" ”

Although on the surface, Yu Yaojiang is Fu Yin and Shen Yuan's boss, but in private, he doesn't dare to put on the boss's stand, and he still has to listen to Shen Yuan, Shen Yuan is the real head of Jiangning Mansion.

Shen Yuan came out of the sedan chair and said with a smile: "My lord is in such a hurry to find me, is there anything wrong?" ”

Yu Yaojiang stepped forward and whispered a few words to him, Shen Yuan then understood, he nodded, "When did the person arrive?" ”

"Just arrived in Jiangning Mansion, come on! He waited in my study. ”

Shen Yuan picked up his robe and went up the steps, and as he walked, he whispered to Yu Yaojiang: "The arrival of Huangfu Wujin, that Zhang Rong seems to be very happy, has the adult felt it?" ”

"I know, they should have known each other in Weiyang County, but one army, one government, even if the emperor has no heart, he can't help him."

The two soon came to Yu Yaojiang's outer study, the door was not closed tightly, and when they looked through the crack in the door, they saw a person sitting in the study, holding a teacup and laughing with the maid next to him.

Yu Yaojiang was suddenly a little unhappy in his heart, he hadn't seen it yet, there was actually a guest talking to the maid, he pushed the door open, and the man immediately got up and smiled: "Lord Yu, is Shen Shaoyin here?" ”

Shen Yuan walked into the room, and when he saw that this person was about thirty-five or sixteen years old, with an eagle hooked nose and a rather gloomy gaze, he asked, "I am Shen Yuan, may I ask your honorable surname?" ”

When he got off the sedan chair just now, Yu Yaojiang told him that an envoy from King Qi had come, which made Shen Yuan quite suspicious in his heart, what did King Qi send an envoy to do?

The person who came hurriedly arched his hand and smiled: "Liu Sijun is a person from the side of His Royal Highness the King of Qi, and he made a special trip from Qizhou on the order of the King of Qi. ”

As he spoke, he took out a gourd-shaped gold medal and put it on the table, which was a unique gold medal for King Qi and only King Qi's henchmen had.

"I have already told Master Yu a little bit just now, and I am willing to talk to Shen Shaoyin again."

"Then please take a seat!"

The three of them sat down again, the maid served tea again, and Yu Yaojiang waved her hand to let her retreat.

This Liu Sijun was the second senior brother of Wujin back then, and he has always been the confidant of the King of Qi, and this time he made a special trip from Qizhou on the order of the King of Qi to do something in Chuzhou on behalf of the King of Qi.

Although he misjudged Huangfu Wujin several times, it was not his problem, Huangfu Wujin was indeed a fool when he was with him, and he could never have imagined that Huangfu Wujin suddenly became extremely smart.

King Qi trusts him because he is indeed a shrewd and capable person, he just talked to Yu Yaojiang for a while, but Yu Yaojiang said that he wanted Shen Yuan to come, at this time he observed the seats of the two, although Yu Yaojiang was the master and the mansion Yin, but at this time, the main seat was Shen Yuan sitting, but he himself sat aside, Liu Sijun understood in his heart, it seems that Shen Yuan is the real principal.

He smiled and said: "I came all the way from Qizhou, I won't say much if I am polite and tentative, just confess to the two of you!" I am on the orders of the King of Qi, hoping that the two families of Qi and Chu can cooperate in Chuzhou. ”

Yu Yaojiang already knew about this just now, but he didn't know what to cooperate with, he and Shen Yuan glanced at each other, and Shen Yuan slowly swallowed: "I don't know what King Qi wants to cooperate with us?" ”

Liu Sijun said slowly: "King Qi wants to deal with Qi Ruifu Commercial Bank, he hopes that Qi Ruifu Commercial Bank will completely collapse!" ”

It turned out to be this matter, although Shen Yuan didn't have a good impression of Qi Ruifu, but he felt that the Chuzhou government and the King of Qi joined forces to deal with a businessman, a bit of a feeling of killing chickens with a cattle slaughtering knife, and the fall of Qi Ruifu would not be good for them, but would affect local taxes, Qi Ruifu Commercial Bank was not only the largest taxpayer of the imperial court, but also made a great contribution to Jiangning Mansion, Shen Yuan was in charge of finance and taxation, and he knew very well in his heart, on the contrary, although the scale of Qi Wang Donglai Commercial Bank was also very large, it was an iron rooster and did not pay taxes at all, Now that the iron rooster wants to kill the laying hens, Shen Yuan is of course a little uncomfortable in his heart, but he doesn't show it on his face.

He took a sip of tea slowly, and said lukewarmly: "Kill Qi Ruifu, Jiangning Mansion will lose a large piece of tax, and those of us who are parents and officials will be tight, so is Donglai Commercial Bank willing to make up this hole?" ”

Liu Sijun saw that they avoided the truth and made it false, it was the King of Qi who came to cooperate with Uncle Shen, this is a political matter, but what kind of taxes are they talking about, it is obvious that they do not trust the King of Qi, but this is also in his expectation, there is no benefit, how can they easily agree?

Liu Sijun smiled and continued: "Of course, His Royal Highness the King of Qi will not let you suffer, in return, we will do our best to help you get rid of Zhang Rong, how about it?" ”

Shen Yuan didn't say anything, getting rid of Zhang Rong was of course what they were looking forward to, this was much more important than a Qi Ruifu, but the King of Qi came to help, which sounded a bit unbelievable, and it always made people feel very awkward in their hearts, in the final analysis, it was because this matter was too abrupt.

The King of Chu and the King of Qi were originally competitors, and the relationship was not good before, the last time the Donghai County Hu Cao was in charge, the King of Qi also stabbed him from behind, and the pain was still there, this King of Qi came to cooperate with them again, this kind of two-faced and three-faced person, how could they easily agree.

But then again, Shen Yuan also knows that now that the struggle in the imperial court has gradually entered a white heat, if the king of Qi can join forces with the king of Chu, it is not impossible to overthrow the crown prince, and it is also a good thing for Chu and Qi to join forces, but this matter is very important, and he must report to his brother.

Thinking of this, he asked again: "I want to ask more, what ability does King Qi have to help us in Chuzhou?" ”

Liu Sijun knew that he would ask like this, so he smiled and said, "Wu Huaming, the general of the King of Chu's embroidered clothes, has already taken office!" ”

Shen Yuan nodded, yes, he almost forgot about this matter, Wu Huaming, the general of the King of Chu's embroidered clothes, had just taken office three days ago, and this person was King Qi's confidant, which was a very useful force.

"So be it! The Qi-Chu alliance is very important, it is not for me and Lord Yu to decide, we will immediately report to Shen Xiangguo, if Shen Xiangguo agrees, then the two of us can cooperate. ”

Liu Sijun thought for a while, and then asked: "How much time does it take, I hope to cooperate as soon as possible." ”

"Seven days at the earliest!"

"Well, I'll visit you two in seven days."

(To be continued)