Secluded courtyard.

In the restaurant, a middle-aged man with a calm bearing was eating bread slowly, and he always liked to taste Western things.

"My lord, I still haven't heard." A steward in a robe at the door said with some trepidation, and after waiting for a while, seeing that the lord's house did not speak, he slowly retreated.

In his heart, he really pinched a cold sweat, he knew how dangerous what he was doing, he wanted to inquire, inquire about the regent's residence, and his legs were weak when he thought about it, Prince Qian, these three words represent the supreme authority in the Southern Dynasty, not to mention him, even if he is the master of his family, the regent wants him to live and die.

And inquire about the residence of the regent, no matter what the reason, if it is leaked out, I am afraid that he will be beheaded for the capital crime, and now the law of the Southern Dynasty is gradually abolished, otherwise, I am afraid that he will be decapitated.

However, his master instructed him to inquire about the residence of the regent, because he was a fellow villager and friend of a palace guard who was on duty at the Xiyin Academy, so this extremely difficult errand fell on his head.

He also knows why the main family is in such a hurry, the government affairs yuan out of the absence of two vice prime ministers, the southern dynasty these big guys who have always been on an equal footing, finally have to divide the upper and lower levels, a reshuffle of the power of the southern dynasty, the government affairs yuan, set up two vice prime ministers, four to five ministers of parliament, to assist the regent in the vertical management of the ministries and yamen and local governors, the power structure of the southern dynasty is close to completion, this is the final sprint.

And whoever can ascend to the position of deputy prime minister undoubtedly represents the right hand of the regent, the glory of ten thousand people under one person, and the laggards, I am afraid that there is nothing to say.

The master of his family is one of the most popular ministers before the regent, Li Hongzhang Li, who is called "Three Li Duxiu" by the regent Chrysostom, and one of the powerful ministers who are most likely to ascend to the throne of the vice prime minister, how can he not exert his strength at this time?

The master inquired about the regent's residence, and he didn't know what it was for, perhaps, he was also worried about guessing the regent's thoughts, as if he couldn't guess the thoughts of his master's family, how could he see through the regent?

After taking a deep look at the restaurant covered by the bright osmanthus trees, Steward Liu sighed deeply, he has his own troubles, the main family has the troubles of the main family, what about the regent? He should be the least troubled old man, at least, he doesn't have to try his best to guess other people's thoughts, only others guess his part.

Ye Zhao, what's the trouble?

When Li Hongzhang was eating bread slowly, Ye Zhao and Zhu Sisi had just walked out of the marble room, and in the carriage, Ye Zhao knew how unbearable his image in Zhu Sisi's mind was, shaking the fan, quite helpless.

However, I like the feeling of getting along with Zhu Sisi very much, and being despised by my wife from head to toe is also quite interesting, I don't know if knowing her identity will make her nose crooked when she marries her.

I wanted to find an opportunity to tell her in the next two days that it would be good, but now I am not in a hurry, and she is angry.

Moreover, seeing her cute appearance that seems to be fierce but actually cares about herself very much, there is a different kind of happiness.

Eating seafood noodles in the noodle restaurant, Ye Zhaozi loved Zhu Sisi very much, and carefully helped Zhu Sisi peel off the shrimp shells, but it reminded Zhu Sisi of the night she was sick, Ye Zhao cooked porridge with his own hands and fed her porridge with a spoon and spoon, and his heart was sweet.

Back in the cloth shop, Zhu Sisi also knew that she couldn't run, so she automatically and consciously went back to the room with Ye Zhao, otherwise, this pervert would definitely drag himself into his room, but let the tenants in the courtyard watch the excitement.

Ye Zhao took out a dozen picture scrolls from the dresser drawer in the back room and said, "Show you something good." ”

Zhu Sisi's face turned red all of a sudden, and she glared at Ye Zhao: "I don't look at it." "I thought that this pervert wanted to show himself the picture of the spring palace.

Ye Zhao was inexplicable and said, "Don't you like it?" It's all oil paintings, and there are some photos, all of which are scenic spots around the world, which are very beautiful. He was about to put it away, but was taken by Zhu Sisi.

These are all the collections that Ye Zhao has collected over the years, especially the photographs, many of which Torwells bought from explorers in London, and even African scenery.

Nowadays, color photographs have just been born in the Guangzhou Optical Laboratory, one or two years earlier than the previous life, in fact, it is a kind of negative coloring technology, which cannot present the original appearance of the scenery in its original form, but it looks much more beautiful than black and white.

Zhu Sisi looked at it, Ye Zhao was explaining on the side, and said with a smile that African lions are matriarchal societies, and many female lions in the lion group are dominant.

Zhu Sisi rolled her eyes and said, "I know that you are referring to Sang scolding Huai, saying that I am a lioness and a tigress." ”

Ye Zhao smiled: "Am I wronged?" He hugged Zhu Sisi into his arms and said, "Sisi, even if you are a lion, you are also the cutest and most beautiful lion cub." She gently kissed her on the cheek.

Zhu Sisi remained silent and continued to look at the pictures. Ye Zhao's face was close to her delicate little face, smelling the fresh breath, watching it with her, it was warm and infinite.

At this moment, there were footsteps outside, followed by Sister-in-law Chen's voice: "Sir, are you at home?" ”

Ye Zhao hurriedly let go of Zhu Sisi and said, "Here, come in." ”

Sister-in-law Chen stomped her feet at the door a few times, then opened the door and walked in in a restrained manner, holding the apron with both hands, her face was flushed, there were tears in her eyes, and she wanted to speak.

Ye Zhao said: "Sister-in-law Chen, what's wrong?" If you have something, just say it. ”

Sister-in-law Chen knelt down with a puff, kowtowed, and cried: "Sir, you are gracious, save my family, sir, please, please." ”

Ye Zhao frowned slightly and said, "What's wrong?" ”

Zhu Sisi was not used to being bowed down to, so she hurriedly walked over, wanting to pull up Sister-in-law Chen, but Sister-in-law Chen didn't get up, wiped her tears and said: "That bastard in my family, he was caught by someone for deceiving people outside, and they just asked someone to send a letter, and they asked for ten silver dollars before they were released, otherwise, they said, they would throw him into the Yangtze River, sir, you should have pity on me, and pay me a few months' wages first, okay?" Sir, I know it's not reasonable, but I don't open my mouth to you, I can't find anyone, sir, please......" said with tears pouring down tears.

Ye Zhao took out ten pieces of silver from the small bag that Zhu Sisi had won, walked over and handed it to Sister-in-law Chen, and said, "I asked someone to accompany you, but this money is borrowed by your husband, and I will ask him to write an IOU when I go back." "In fact, Li Plucking is also a talent, and he has a set of fooling people, and it is not bad to do some outermost intelligence investigation work for the Internal Affairs Office.

"Yes, thank you sir, thank you sir." Sister-in-law Chen was very grateful, Ye Zhao went out and called Chang Sui to come in and helped her go. Looking back at Zhu Sisi, Ye Zhao smiled: "I think about it, when one day my family business is ruined and I am used as a meat ticket, you will definitely save me like Sister-in-law Chen, regardless of whether this person is worth saving or not, whether it is good for her or not." ”

Zhu Sisi rolled her eyes and said, "The ghost saved you!" ”

Ye Zhao smirked, Zhu Sisi glanced at him again, but saw Ye Zhao coming over with a smile and said, "Wife, let's take a bath and sleep." ”

Zhu Sisi blushed, glared at Ye Zhao, and walked to the bathroom.

When Zhu Sisi came out of the bath, she didn't wear the pajamas prepared by Ye Zhao, but the gorgeous picture of a beautiful woman in a light blue uniform, with snow-white little feet pulling pink embroidered slippers, made Ye Zhao become a big bad wolf again, and looked Zhu Sisi up and down, Zhu Sisi blushed and slipped into the house.

Ye Zhao took a bath and entered the inner room with a bath towel, Zhu Sisi's face was like an eggplant, and she sat far away from the bottom of the big bed, not daring to look at him at all.

Ye Zhao got on the bed with a smile, reached out and grabbed Zhu Sisi's tender little feet, and said, "Wife, you look so good everywhere." ”

Zhu Sisi hurriedly retracted her feet and covered them with a thread blanket again.

Ye Zhao laughed, followed along, sat next to Zhu Sisi, hugged Zhu Sisi's delicate waist, and said with a smile: "Do you take it off yourself or will I help you take it off?" ”

Zhu Sisi turned her face sideways and did not squeak.

Ye Zhao smiled: "Then I'm here." Stretching out her hand, Zhu Sisi shrank back again, but she couldn't avoid it, and she knew that her strength was not as strong as Ye Zhao's, so she reached out and grabbed Ye Zhao's claws, and whispered with a red face: "You, you turn around." ”

Ye Zhao smiled, turned around, and listened to the sound of Zhu Sisi fading away from her shirt, Ye Zhao smiled and said, "Wife, you took off your own clothes today, you can't blame me." ”

Zhu Sisi was ashamed and angry, untying the small belt, and regretting that she knew that it was better to wear the pajamas he had prepared, so that she could take off her clothes, as if she was not ashamed, and then listened to Ye Zhao's ridicule, she couldn't help but reach over and pinch Ye Zhao's back.

Ye Zhao screamed in pain, turned around, and saw Zhu Sisi's face blushing, and the cute appearance of her delicate little hands on her belt unbuttoning, she couldn't help it anymore, so she hugged her...... The big bed shook slightly. Zhu Sisi stepped on the red brocade quilt with a pair of snow-white little feet, and her cute toes hooked the sheets hard, enduring the impact of the moment............ The next day, Ye Zhao was naturally refreshed, it seemed that he was going to live a fairy-like cohabitation with Sisi, although it was somewhat forced, and Zhu Sisi was very passive and silent, but she no longer resisted hard, and fell asleep with this stubborn girl, she felt very happy, even if she thought she was a pervert and a very obscene person, she was so good to herself, how many girls like this could there be?

Shen Baozhen wrote a letter, Ye Zhao didn't read it, and directly wrote a line on the envelope and approved it back to him, "Lu Yao knows the horsepower, and he has seen the hearts of the people for a long time", a simple sentence, but he will gradually understand it in the future.

During Shen Baozhen's house arrest, newspapers and magazines were read, and he should be able to understand the changes in the Southern Dynasty bit by bit through the newspapers, and a few days ago, he sent someone to see him reveal that the regent wanted to reactivate him, Shen Baozhen did not vehemently oppose it, and this is why he was appointed to the magistrate of Yuan County.

This letter, thinking about it, he has a lot of confusion and a lot of questions, but he has to find the answers to these questions slowly. Although he may still have the heart to deal with the northern country, Ye Zhao doesn't care, he is now a humble official, and under the nose of Nanjing, he can't set off the wind and waves, and after getting used to the political and economic atmosphere of the Southern Dynasties, with his ability to accept new ideas, he is afraid that when he returns to the north, it will be difficult to endure the conservative and backward system.

If he had served as a magistrate in the Southern Dynasty for a period of time, and then fled back to the northern kingdom and was reused, it might have been a good thing.

pondering, flipping through the folds on the table, Ye Zhao was happy again.

What I just said yesterday, someone handed the fold early in the morning, but it was Zhao Qishan, the commander of the Sixth Town Protector Army, that is, the actual commander of the Gongwei Nanjing Armed Forces, who said that the new military uniforms and braids were quite cumbersome, which affected the operation, so please ask the special arms to cut the braids.

Without saying a word, Ye Zhao naturally wanted to reply and scold him, but this voice gradually appeared, and it came naturally one day.

By next year at the latest, Ye Zhao hopes to solve the problem of braids in the new army, at least, special troops can partially cut off braids, such as the Flying Tiger Battalion Rifles.

Tasting tea and looking at other folds, the guards reported in front of the door that Master Li of Li Xiaocun had arrived.

Looking at Li Xiaocun, Ye Zhao was also a little in a trance, in a blink of an eye, Li Xiaocun's sideburns had turned white, this former first master of the General's Mansion had become a real power figure in the Southern Dynasty who stomped his feet and trembled in all directions, and followed him the earliest, among the civilian officials, with his relationship network being the most complex and large, and even the commanders of the Pingyuan Army had a good relationship with him, Han Jinchun even formed a family with his sons and daughters, even if he wanted to move him, I was afraid that he would have to think about an excuse.

Eyes saw that on the table, it was the excerpt of Zhang Juzuo of the Nanjing Patrol Bureau, which was a secret report in Nanjing City, someone had taken great pains to explore the residence of the regent, and the person behind the scenes was the steward of the Du Boxuan Mansion of Fengsheng Xingxiang.

Ye Zhao naturally knew who this Du Boxuan was, the wife and brother of the Minister of Agriculture Li Hongzhang and Lord Li, although not many people knew about the relationship between the two, they would know it after a check.

Originally, Zhang Juzuo could not directly hand over the excerpt to the regent, but if the matter was important, it would be fine, Ye Zhao did not want to lose the channel of contact with the grassroots yamen, and the various yamen at the prefecture level, in case of a major situation, could still directly send the excerpt to Prince Qian's mansion.

Director Zhang Jinfeng, Ye Zhao didn't have much impression in his mind, although Zhang Jinfeng kept the city of Nanjing safe, but there were palace guards, Yulin guards, and Nanjing Zuo was stationed in the elite town of the Pingyuan Army, which was equivalent to the position of the director of the Beijing Public Security Bureau in later generations, but it was far less important than that of later generations.

However, although Ye Zhao has never seen this person, Rui Si has already washed his bottom clearly, when he was in Guangzhou, he was a helper of the first battalion of the garrison, and then entered the patrol system, and when he was in Guangzhou, he worshipped a certain staff member in Li Xiaocun's mansion, but few people knew.

Slowly closing this recital, Ye Zhao took a sip of tea and said lightly: "Zhang Jinfeng, do you know this person?" ”

Li Xiaocun was slightly stunned, bowed down and said: "Yes, the director of the Nanjing City Patrol Bureau, His Majesty has had a few encounters with him. ”

"A couple of faces." Ye Zhao nodded, stopped talking about it, and asked about the implementation of Li Xiaocun's business law in various provinces.

Li Xiaocun secretly glanced at Ye Zhao's face from time to time, but his forehead was gradually sweating, and he was afraid that he was already sweating by the time he said goodbye.

(To be continued)