After the incident of Qujian Gorge, the forbidden army and Jiang Nanwei were obviously much more cautious, but fortunately, there were no incidents along the way, and everyone rushed to Pingjiang Mansion safely. At noon, at the dock of Pingjiang Mansion, many officials and families had been waiting here for the arrival of the Seventh Prince, and Wang Jiangshuo, the right attendant of the household department, and Cui Xiaolian, the supervisor of the Yushitai, also rushed over early, but the officials of Jiangnan Province looked at the two of them, and they were obviously a little unkind.

Under the gaze of the officials, the five big ships slowly sailed into the port, and the moment they saw the Seventh Prince, Chu Haoyu, get off the ship, all the officials knelt down in unison and said, "Knock on His Royal Highness the Lord Chitose Chitose Chitose." ”

Looking at the black head below, Chu Haoyu's face was calm and he couldn't see any emotion, but if someone who was familiar with Chu Haoyu was here, he could find that he was in a bad mood, and said lightly: "No courtesy." ”

The voice was not loud, but it clearly reached everyone's ears, and the officials immediately bowed: "Thank you, Your Royal Highness." After all, many people's heads are hanging in the hands of this lord, and some well-informed people have learned that on the way to Pingjiang Mansion, they were ambushed by thieves and caused everyone's lives to hang by a thread.

Glancing at all the officials, Chu Haoyu opened his mouth and said: "This time, this king sent Jiangnan to rectify the rule of Jiangnan officials by the holy decree, but as soon as he entered Jiangnan, he heard that the people of Qi'an, especially the defeat of Qi'an, was a humiliation for my Great Chu and a humiliation for you. In Chu Haoyu's cold voice, many officials knelt down again, kowtowing their heads to the ground one by one, but most of them couldn't guess why the Seventh Prince mentioned the Qi'an Min Change, and couldn't figure out what the Seventh Prince meant, only some quick-witted people vaguely guessed Chu Haoyu's intentions, and a light flashed in their eyes.

At this moment, Chu Haoyu continued: "Fortunately, the soldiers of the Divine Captain are brave and good at fighting, and they leveled the city of Qi'an overnight, and the king is very pleased. ”

Hearing Chu Haoyu say this, many people seemed to have guessed Chu Haoyu's intentions, and their faces became unnatural. Although the Qi'an civil rebellion was deliberately carried out by people with intentions, if it were not for the rampant corruption of corrupt officials, how could the people be forced to rebel? And the divine captain in Chu Haoyu's mouth swept down Qi'an City overnight, the warning meaning is very strong, Qi'an City has still been broken overnight, no matter how strong one person is, it is a combination of many officials, how can he compete with the army? At this moment, some people were already trembling, beads of sweat the size of beans appeared on their heads, but some people liked and some people were worried, how could Wang Jiangshuo not hear the meaning of the Seventh Prince, and a smile appeared on his face, there were Seventh Princes sitting in Pingjiang Mansion, and he no longer had any worries to boldly rectify the rule of Jiangnan officials.

Although the officials lowered their heads, Chu Haoyu seemed to see through what they were thinking, shook his head and sighed, and then said: "My Great Chu can have today's prosperity, Jiangnan is indispensable, and all of you are also meritorious people on the official side, therefore, this king expects everyone to work hard to ensure the safety of one party and protect my Great Chu." ”

When Chu Haoyu's words fell, Jiangnan Provincial Governor Shi Han Bocai immediately shouted: "Xiaguan is sincerely afraid, and I am willing to protect the great Chu Jiangshan for the rest of my life." ”

With Han Bocai's words, many officials bowed in unison: "The lower officials are willing to protect the great Chu rivers and mountains for the rest of their lives." ”

In the shouts of the officials, Chu Haoyu showed a smile on his face, but he couldn't tell it clearly, and opened his mouth to say, "No courtesy." After finishing speaking, he looked at the three of the Metropolitan Governors, Shen Lan, and said with a smile: "Lord Shen, Chen Shilang, Li Shangshu, please." ”

Without any hesitation, the three of them waved their hands at the same time and said, "Seventh Prince, please." ”

Changshi Han Bocai and Pingjiang Taishou Zheng Yu had already prepared a banquet to invite Chu Haoyu, the prince, Chen Baihan and Li Tiannian, the two of them, and Shen Lan, who was added as a landlord, and the two of them were also considered to live and die together, and the banquet was full of toasts and laughter, and the harmonious atmosphere seemed to really make people forget all the disputes, but the discerning people understood that after this banquet, they didn't know how many laughed and how many cried.

After the banquet, Chu Haoyu declined everyone's invitation to return to the palace, and he was accompanied by his father-in-law Chen Baihan. Chen Baihan drank a lot of wine, his face turned red, but his eyes became clearer and clearer, and he smiled at Chu Haoyu: "It's good to be young, the prince has drunk so much, and he looks like a nobody." ”

Chu Haoyu smiled without an interface, and seemed to know Chen Baihan's intentions, and asked with a smile: "Uncle Yue, what do you think of this situation in Jiangnan?" ”

Hearing Chu Haoyu take the initiative to mention it, Chen Baihan's eyes suddenly burst out with a fine light, stared at Chu Haoyu for a moment and laughed, opened his mouth and said: "After so many years, your kid is still the same as before, playing tricks. ”

The reason why Chen Baihan dared to say this about Chu Haoyu was that he was Chu Haoyu's father-in-law, and because he was familiar with Chu Haoyu's character, but he couldn't do it again. Soon, Chen Baihan dissipated the smile on his face and said slowly: "Jiangnan officials have been treating erosion for a long time, hehe, even from ancient times to the present. At that time, the Xie family sat on the rich family in Jiangnan, with hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers, and Xie Cheng's talent was roughly imposing, many people thought that the Xie family could win the world and attracted many strategists to surrender to Cheng, but after all, they were defeated by the wealth of Jiangnan. ”

When Chu Haoyu heard this statement for the first time, he showed an interesting look on his face, and opened his mouth to say, "I want to hear it in detail." ”

Chen Baihan, as the head of the Chen family and a member of the imperial court, once thought deeply about this problem, and talked about the Tao, saying: "Jiangnan is rich and there are many literati and writers in the world, and many clans are attached to the wind and live a life of drunken dreams and death, the Xie family believes in Buddhism, and there are 1,800 temples in the Southern Dynasty. The great foundation of the Xie family was corrupted by the wealth of the south of the Yangtze River, and finally defeated Stone City. Speaking of this, after a pause, Chen Baihan turned his mouth and said: "Seventh Prince, you don't want to ask about the rights and wrongs of the court over the years, you don't know a lot, and now the Jiangnan officials are corrupted to the point of shocking, but no one talks about it. ”

Speaking of this, Chen Baihan glanced at Chu Haoyu meaningfully, and then said: "After the founding of the Great Chu Dynasty, the first emperor should have had some kind of agreement with Old Man Qian, which is why the Qian family has prospered in the past few decades, and the Holy Lord has never touched the Qian family, which should also be related to this, and the news that Old Man Qian is critically ill is the fuse of everything." Lord Seven, haven't you been looking for a shadow? Old Man Qian is critically ill, the Qi'an Mutiny, the Qian family's mutiny, and the Qujian Gorge incident are enough to confirm that the shadow is familiar with the affairs of the court, and knows a lot. ”

Hearing Chen Baihan mention the shadow, two cold lights suddenly erupted in Chu Haoyu's eyes. When Chu Kun was in charge of Tianwei, he bluntly told Chu Haoyu that the shadow must be in the capital or even above the court, but Chu Kun tried his best to find the trace of the shadow, and at this moment, Chen Baihan warned himself that the shadow was hidden in the capital, and Chu Haoyu knew that he had a guess, but he didn't want to tell himself. Perhaps, he is just guessing, perhaps, he also has some kind of bitterness. However, as the head of the Chen family, Chen Baihan definitely knows a lot of things.

After a moment of silence, Chu Haoyu didn't ask, and said calmly: "Xiao Qi knows." ”

Listening to Chu Haoyu's uneven tone, Chen Baihan immediately diverged and said: "Following what I just said, the world has been leveled and entered a prosperous era in recent years, so it is the result of the hard work of the first emperor and His Majesty, and it has also vigorously used the wealth of Jiangnan, or rather, with the help of many clans in Jiangnan, and these clans have long been inseparable from Jiangnan officialdom. ”

Looking at Chen Baihan, Chu Haoyu said with an unchanged expression: "My Chu family's country, there must always be someone to be the wicked. ”

When Chu Haoyu's words fell, Chen Baihan and Chu Haoyu looked at each other for a moment and suddenly burst out laughing, and said: "It's the old man who is a villain, the heart of the seventh prince is pure, and the old man admires it." Speaking of this, Chen Baihan couldn't help but think of the rumor, before Chu Haoyu burned Emut, he said that my Chu family's country has its own Chu family male to take responsibility, and now it seems that the rumors are true.

Soon, Chen Baihan put away all his emotions and opened his mouth to say: "The court disputes are different from the battles in the rivers and lakes and the battlefield, and the emphasis is on moisturizing things silently, but the Seventh Prince, you are brave and strategic, and you can grasp this degree well." ”

Chu Haoyu understood what Chen Baihan meant, the Jiangnan clan has been connected with the Jiangnan officialdom, and the rectification of Jiangnan officials is almost the rectification of the Jiangnan clan, and the Jiangnan clan has a great impact on the world, Chu Haoyu must grasp this degree, both rectify the rule of officials and not affect the overall situation, but what Chu Haoyu failed to guess is that he is admonishing himself, or interceding for someone, or both. Although he had thoughts in his heart, Chu Haoyu's expression did not change at all, and he nodded and said, "Xiao Qi remembers." ”

Seeing Chu Haoyu's expression, Chen Baihan laughed and stopped discussing this topic, but chatted with Chu Haoyu about Chu Ruotong's little naughtiness, and when he mentioned his beloved daughter Chu Ruotong, Chu Haoyu's face finally smiled.

It didn't take long for the two of them to rush to the palace, and when they got out of the carriage, they saw Chu Ruotong, a little naughty. Seeing Chu Haoyu, Chu Ruotong immediately jumped up to meet him and shouted, "Father, I want to die." In the shouting, Chu Ruotong had jumped into Chu Haoyu's arms, and then said: "Today, the mother concubine didn't let Tong'er go to greet her father, but Tong'er went secretly, and she saw that her father was very majestic, but when Tong'er waved to you, you couldn't see it, hum!" ”

Pursing the corners of her mouth, Chu Ruotong put her eyes on her grandfather Chen Baihan again, and said with a smile: "Grandfather, you are here too, Tongtong hug." While speaking, Chu Ruotong seemed to want to jump into Chen Baihan's arms, but Chu Haoyu held him down, Chen Baihan had old arms and legs, and he was afraid that he couldn't withstand Chu Ruotong's toss. Glaring at Chu Ruotong, Chu Haoyu put his beloved daughter on the ground and shouted, "Don't give your grandfather a salute yet." ”

Hearing what his father said, Chu Ruotong was very obedient and said goodbye, "Tong'er has seen my grandfather." After finishing speaking, without waiting for Chen Baihan to finish speaking, Chu Ruotong had already straightened up and said with a smile: "However, I don't like these false etiquettes when I think my grandfather, grandfather, do you say?" ”

Looking at Chu Ruotong with a smile, Chen Baihan opened his mouth and said: "Tong'er is right, grandfather doesn't want these false courtesies, as long as Tong'er is happy." While speaking, Chen Baihan raised his hand and touched Chu Ruotong's little head with pity, and at this moment, Chen Fangfei, who was standing on one side, stepped forward and bowed to the two: "I've seen the prince, I've seen many fathers." ”

Before Chu Haoyu and the two opened their mouths, Chu Ruotong shouted as if dissatisfied: "Mother, didn't you say that you don't like these false courtesies, why do you still worship?" ”

With a snort, Chen Baihan couldn't help laughing anymore, it was Chu Haoyu and Chen Fangfei, who also had a smile on their faces, and they were happy.