After leaving Yuhang County, he visited the assassins of each county one by one, communicated with them with a modest attitude, and solved their doubts with a sincere attitude, and finally won the support of the counties of Chuzhou, which was extremely important for consolidating his rear in Chuzhou.

But what Wu Jin wants is not only taxes, silver and grain, but also the recognition of the counties of Chuzhou for his actual control of Chuzhou, and so far, his ambition has been demonstrated, and everyone understands that he is only nominally loyal to Huangfu Heng, but in fact he is self-reliant, and the counties of Chuzhou will transport tax silver and grain to him, that is, they will tacitly support his secession.

Of course, not all the counties really supported him, and many were afraid of his power and force and had to give in.

At the beginning of June, Wujin returned to Jiangning Mansion, at this time it was already a hot summer, the weather was extremely hot, and the whole Jiangning City was stuffy like a steamer.

There are always things going on in the Liangwang Mansion, Wujin's eldest son Huangfu Xiao has been a month and a half, lively and cute, and Su Han has been nine months, and there is less than a month to give birth, and at this time Qi Fengwu is also pregnant, which makes the Liangwang Mansion a mess.

A few days ago, sister-in-law Qi Xinlan and a pair of nephews and nieces also came to Liangwangfu from Weiyang County to visit relatives, and the arrival of a pair of naughty elves and ghosts also brought endless fun to Liangwangfu.

That afternoon, I knew that I was screaming desperately in the big tree outside the window, and the scorching heat seemed to make the earth burn.

But the study of Huangfu Wujin is very cool, thanks to the structure of the wall in his room, the big families in Jiangning Mansion will build a wall, which is mainly convenient for placing ice cubes in summer, many large families have ice cellars or ice wells, store ice in winter, take it in summer, there are also underground ice cellars in the palace, when the weather is the hottest, cut the ice into pieces and place them in the wall, the room will become very cool.

Of course, not every room has this kind of cold enjoyment, in addition to the study of Wujin, and the bedrooms of the wives and concubines, there is also the room where the sister-in-law Qi Xinlan lives, and the next person provides iced mung bean porridge, which can be drunk at will to relieve the heat, which is also a benefit in the Wujin Mansion.

Wu Jin just came back two days, he was very tired, he was resting at home for the past two days, yesterday he received a letter from the capital, the imperial grandmother actually wanted to come to Jiangning Mansion, which made Wu Jin worry and joy, worried that Jiangning Mansion was too hot, the age of the imperial grandmother, so far away, can the body withstand it?

And Huanxi is that the imperial grandmother came to Chuzhou, so that she could take a look at her great-grandson, her granddaughter-in-law, and the birth of Su Han's child, so that the children could be touched by the blessings of the great-grandmother.

Today he has another day off, and tomorrow he will get up and go to the Huai River to welcome the arrival of the imperial grandmother.

When he was thinking about it, he suddenly heard the voice of Si Suo Suo behind him, and when he turned around, he saw two little heads quietly poking into the door, which were his pair of naughty nephews and nieces, Luo Luo and Duoduo.

"You two, what are you doing here?" Wu Jin asked with a smile.

Duoduo clasped his palms together and begged: "Second uncle, you are so cool here, let us escape the heat here, please!" ”

Wu Jin was stunned for a moment, "That's weird, isn't there ice in your room?" ”

Luo Luo scratched the back of his head embarrassedly, and said with a smile: "Yes, there is ice, but my mother is also there, she wants us to write." ”

Wu Jin saw that each of them was holding a book in his hand, and he immediately understood that these two little guys didn't want to study, so they hid here to read books.

He smiled and said, "Yes, you can come in!" Be quiet, don't lure your mother in. ”

The two little guys were about to cheer, but when they heard the last words of the second uncle, they were immediately frightened and did not dare to make a sound, and stretched out their index fingers face to face, "Shhhhhh With a sound, he crept in.

"What kind of books are you reading, show them to the second uncle!"

Duoduo handed the book to Wu Jin, Wu Jin looked at it, it was actually "The Legend of the Bull Demon King", he couldn't help but laugh dumbly, since Su Han's "Havoc in the Heavenly Palace" sold well, there have been many follow-up novels, and so has this Legend of the Bull Demon King.

"Duoduo, second uncle will test you, there was a Bull Demon King in the section of the Heavenly Palace?"

"I know!"

Luo Luo immediately rushed to say: "Among the six brothers that Sun Wukong has befriended, there is the Bull Demon King. ”

"Do you know who the other five are?" Duoduo immediately asked unconvinced.

"This.... I kind of forgot. ”

"Humph! I know that you don't know, and when the second uncle asks me in the future, don't interject! ”

"And you know what?"

"Of course I know, so I'm not going to tell you."

"That's it! All right! Don't argue. ”

Wu Jin stood up, touched their little heads and smiled: "Read here obediently, don't flip through the second uncle's things, you know?" ”

"Hmmm! We know. ”

The two little ones sat on the soft chair, and they concentrated on reading the book, and there was nothing to do, so they left the study and walked to the front yard, he was going to go to the Baoxiang Temple in the west to talk to the host, he planned to temporarily open a small door from the house to go to the Baoxiang Temple, after all, the imperial grandmother was coming, and he wanted to find a place to visit the Buddha.

As soon as Huangfu Wujin walked to the front yard, a family member walked in quickly, and hurriedly said, "Master, Zhou Changshi is here!" ”

Zhou Xin often came to find Wujin, and everyone in the house knew him.

"Invite him to my study!"

Wu Jin turned around and walked to the outer study, and after a while, Zhou Xin also walked in, he was wearing a thin silk shirt, holding a fan, and he was sweating profusely from the heat.

"This weather.... Hell, it's never been this hot before! ”

Zhou Xin shook the placket on his chest and kept complaining, Wu Jin smiled, and hurriedly ordered his subordinates to add ice bricks to the wall, the two sat down, Wu Jin smiled: "On such a hot day, I thought you would stay in the yamen, how did you think of coming to me?" ”

At this time, the door opened, and A Luo came in with two cups of iced sour plum soup, and now she was there to serve Wu Jin, Zhou Xin hurriedly clapped his hands and thanked: "Great, it's just timely rain!" ”

A Luo pursed his lips and smiled, and said to Wu Jin: "Childe, just now the Qi Mansion sent fifty baskets of high-grade plums from Linhai County. ”

"Good! Later, I will arrange someone to send twenty baskets to the Zhou Changshi Mansion. ”

"Huh! Don't forget me next time there is such a good thing, I like the crab in autumn. ”

"No problem, I'll send you a hundred baskets of Pingjiang County blue crabs in the fall."

The two talked and laughed for a while, and Zhou Xin said while drinking sour plum soup: "I heard that the Empress Dowager is coming to Jiangning Mansion?" ”

"That's right, you should have already left, what, do you have any ideas?" Wu Jin asked him with a smile.

Zhou Xin nodded and said in a low voice: "I had an idea just now, the Empress Dowager is coming, is it time for us to disclose our true identity?" ”

Wu Jin held the cup and pondered silently, he understood Zhou Xin's thoughts, the arrival of the Empress Dowager also brought a huge political advantage, how to make good use of this political advantage is indeed something that he needs to think about.

He groaned and said, "I received information from Luo Jing yesterday, and my background has been spread in Luo Jing, I wonder who leaked it?" ”

"I've also heard a little bit about this, and I think someone is deliberately publicizing it."

"That's right!" Wu Jin also nodded affirmatively and said, "Someone is doing this, this is very similar to Uncle Shen's style." ”

"Uncle Shen! How could he have known this secret? ”

"Have you forgotten? Chen Qi's life and death are still unknown, will he fall into the hands of Uncle Shen? ”

"Hmmm! Most likely, it's just that why did Uncle Shen do this? ”

"Humph!" Wu Jin sneered, "He is just trying to provoke the relationship between Huang Fu Heng and me, after the battle of Jinzhou, Yongjing and King Qi have formed a high-pressure clamp against Huang Fu Heng, how can Huang Fu Heng not want to ask me for help, so Uncle Shen Guo released the truth of my life experience at this critical moment, with Huang Fu Heng's suspicion, he will inevitably be entangled, so that I and Huang Fu Heng can not cooperate, but unfortunately, Uncle Shen still underestimates Huang Fu Heng." ”

"Does Your Highness mean that Huangfu Heng still wants to come for help?"

"I think it should be, otherwise, Huang Fuheng will never let the political advantage of the Empress Dowager come to Chuzhou, he will weigh the pros and cons, I think the Empress Dowager will help him."

In the past two days, Huangfu Wujin is actually considering the current situation, after Jinzhou was taken away by Yongjing, Huangfu Heng is in a great strategic disadvantage, if once Yongjing and Qizhou alliance, jointly attack Huang Fuheng, Huang Fuheng will be defeated, and if he participates in the war, the situation will be different, Huang Fuheng also knows this, so there will be the Empress Dowager's trip to Chuzhou.

Zhou Xin's thinking is not as broad as Wu Jin's, he repeatedly thinks about Wu Jin's true identity, whether he can use this opportunity to make it public, he thinks this is the best opportunity.

"Your Royal Highness, since Huang Fu Heng has a request for you, then I will ask for the surname to make a condition, let Huang Fu Heng issue a decree to recognize that you are the grandson of Emperor Jin'an, or ask the Empress Dowager to make an order, I think the name can be right, you fight for the world as the King of Liang, after all, many people don't know the holy decree in the past, it will seem that your name is not right, it is not good for us, it is better to disclose your identity, let the world know, you are the grandson of Emperor Jin'an, the son of Prince Tianfeng, you can justifiably win the world."

"You have a point, this is indeed an opportunity, but we don't need to rush this matter, we have to wait for the best time to get the greatest benefits."

Zhou Xin saw that Wu Jin also had this thought, he put down his heart, he thought about it and asked: "How big does Your Highness think is the possible surname of the alliance between King Qi and Yongjing." ”

Wu Jin smiled slightly, "This, I think there is a seventy percent possibility, distant friendship and close attack, King Qi will definitely not form an alliance with Huang Fu Heng, unless Huang Fu Heng sends heavy troops to help King Qi attack Jinzhou, and finally give Jinzhou to King Qi, but Huang Fu Heng will not do it, more importantly, King Qi is dreaming of taking Huang Fu Heng and replacing him, so in the end, it depends on whether Uncle Shen can agree to Huang Fu Heng's conditions, and now the four countries are wrestling, and each side is thinking about how to get the greatest benefits." ”

(To be continued)