If the prefect of Zhenjiang followed the path of the Lin family to find this fat shortage, and he also had the background of the official eunuchs in the capital, then when the Lin family was in the limelight in the first two years, he must have been calling for wind and rain in Zhenjiang Mansion and being domineering, right?

However, this year, the situation of the second prince and the Lin family is not so good. Not only did the emperor begin to taboo and suppress, but even the Cao family, who had just come out of filial piety, also began to fight back, and there may be people from the Three Princes' faction who are making waves in it.

This Zhenjiang prefect, if he is honestly his official and does not make any big news, he can still keep safe for the time being, after all, he was able to vote for the Lin family yesterday, and he may not be able to change to someone else today.

But if he does something, has a small pigtail, and has a very close relationship with the Lin family, and even still holds the Lin family's thighs, the prefect of Zhenjiang Mansion, which is less than two hundred miles away from Beijing, is simply a good tool for the Cao family to snipe at the Lin family, once he knows it, he has no reason to let it go!

Song said slowly: "If this is the case, it is no wonder that the sister of the Yu family would say that those people would not dare to be unfavorable to their mother and son." Zhenjiang is so close to the capital, and the Qipin Tuiguan is not an ordinary person, if there are three long and two short, it will definitely alarm outsiders. Although the Tao family is not as prominent as before, it also has a few relatives and friends, and it is not a small family with no roots and no foundation. But if there is a little rumor in Beijing, and the Cao family hears the wind, the prefect of Zhenjiang will naturally not end well. Now that the Lin family is also taking care of themselves, where can they still protect him? ”

Xie Jinzhi had some different opinions: "If things are really that simple, that's it." The prefect of Zhenjiang and other officials under him are now watching the Tao family day and night, but it doesn't seem like they are willing to live in peace. Either Lord Tao has something that can threaten the life and future of the prefect of Zhenjiang, or the prefect's group is very wary of Lord Tao's family. Will this vigilance turn into hostility and force them to be unfavorable to the Tao family? No one can say. Lord Tao's family is too sure that the other party won't do it, so it's too big-hearted. ”

Xie Mulin also said: "Yes, it is better for grandmother to remind Mrs. Tao more in private." Now that our family and his family are going to meet twice, and then we are going to Beijing, God knows if the prefect of Zhenjiang will suspect something because of this? Our family is the family of a high-ranking official of the third grade, and he brought a lot of entourage, and he made a lot of fanfare all along the way, and there were nobles in Beijing who knew that we were coming, so the prefect of Zhenjiang probably didn't dare to do anything to us. But it's hard to say about the potters. I still have to figure out, what did the Zhenjiang prefect do? What evidence does Master Tao have of him? Will the risk be so great that the prefect of Zhenjiang will take a risk? None of this should be left unguarded! ”

Song pondered for a moment, and then said: "I have been away from officialdom for a long time, and I am not sure about these things. In this case, Jin Zhiming'er will find a way to find out a thing or two from the Tao family, and Huizhi can also help inquire about the news, if he can figure out the details of the matter, it would be great. I will also try to persuade my sister Yu to bring her daughter-in-law and grandniece to go to Beijing with our family to relax. Tao Jiong's child has responsibilities and can't leave Zhenjiang easily, but his family is safe, and those people in the Zhenjiang prefect want to be unfavorable to him, and they have to worry about three points. ”

Xie Jinzhi and Xie Huizhi responded, and immediately retreated from the ship, and each tried to find a way to inquire about the news. Xie Mulin also wanted to help, but was stopped by the Song family: "Don't get involved in your little girl's family." Ming'er met the Tao family and helped me ask the girl in his family. I'll leave it to your brothers this time. I would also like to take this opportunity to see how their brothers have been training over the years. Can people cope with the world? ”

Dare to love the Song family, and want to take the opportunity to test Xie Jinzhi and Xie Huizhi? Then why don't you count Xie Xianzhi and Yang Chun? But Shemulin thought of the temperament of the latter two...... Well, forget it, this kind of heart-to-heart thing with others, don't be embarrassed for the good of these two little brothers.

Because he didn't live in a boat, Xie Mulin didn't know what Xie Jinzhi and Xie Huizhi had heard, but he only knew that after dark, there were fewer pedestrians near the dock, and the Xie family's small servants and servants walked back and forth, until it was close to the second watch, and it was quiet until it was close to the second watch. I got up early the next morning, and it was just dawn when another servant of the Xie family got off the boat and went to the dock.

Xie Mulin hurriedly freshened up and dressed, and together with his sisters and aunts, he had breakfast with Mrs. Xie, and went to Song's place to say goodbye. Because Xie Meijun's mother and son were there, the Song family didn't seem to want to mention more about the Tao family, and everyone only chatted about family matters. When it was close to noon, everyone got off the boat and landed on the shore, took a car to the city, and went to the private room of the restaurant, which is said to be the best restaurant in Zhenjiang Mansion, to make an east banquet for the Tao family.

As soon as he arrived at the restaurant, before he got out of the car, Xie Mulin lifted a corner of the curtain and noticed that something was wrong.

Since this restaurant is the best in Zhenjiang Mansion, it should be like a cloud of customers and prosperous business, so why do some people seem to be missing today? The private room is on the second floor, and there are only three or five tables in the lobby on the first floor, and their expressions are a little unnatural, and from time to time they look at their group of guests, staring at the tall and uniformly dressed male servants, with unpredictable expressions on their faces. Xie Mulin also heard that a young man in the restaurant with a particularly flattering expression but a very rusty skill at hand accosted Xie Huizhi and asked them what their origins were. Xie Huizhi's clever ghost said very proudly that he was a high-ranking official of the third grade, and he was about to go to Beiping, and his father was very valued by His Royal Highness King Yan, Yunyun......

Hearing that their group was going north to Peking to reunite with the family members of high-ranking officials, the guests at several tables in the lobby all showed relieved expressions.

Xie Mulin saw through the veil of the hat, and he knew it in his heart. Fortunately, the Song family has always told people that their group is going to Beiping, and they have not emphasized that they will go to the capital to repair first, even if Mrs. Tao and Tao Tuiguan know the truth, they will not talk nonsense to others. If the prefect of Zhenjiang knew that the Xie family was going to continue to go north, and there was the support of the Yan Wangfu behind them, then he would not dare to do anything to the Xie family. As for whether the Xie family's fleet left Zhenjiang, whether it would continue to travel north or go around west into Beijing...... What's the matter with him? Can he still stop other people's boats on the Yangtze River? The Yangtze River shipping is not under his control.

Not long after the Xie family sat down in the private room, the Tao family arrived. Xie Mulin followed behind the elders and greeted the Tao family with a group of sisters.

Mrs. Tao is a petite old lady, she looks older than Song, and her head is full of white hair, but she often has a smile on her face and speaks very funny, and she is really a pleasant character. She praised the Xie Mulin sisters one by one with a smile, and even Xie Yingrong, who had no good expression on her face, got a good word from her, and a smile involuntarily appeared on her face, which shows how good she is at being a person.

After Tao Tuiguan hurriedly met the ceremony, he sat down with the Xie brothers and Yang Chun. Through the screen, Xie Mulin could only vaguely hear them talking about poetry and papers, talking about the customs of Zhenjiang and the towns along the road.

Mrs. Tao is a Sven woman, she doesn't talk much, she always sits beside her mother-in-law, takes care of her food, and is very careful and thoughtful, but unfortunately she doesn't like to talk much. Xie Meijun wanted to talk to her, but she only talked about poetry or family routines, as for what trouble Tao Tuiguan had encountered in official affairs...... She didn't know anything, it all depended on her mother-in-law's eyes.

The little girl Tao Ying was also steady, pursed her lips and smiled and talked to the Xie family sisters. Yang Yuan was very interested in her, and had the heart to pull her to chat, but she only talked about poetry and local customs. Xie Mulin asked more about other things, and at most she talked about her past experience in Fujian, and nothing else.

Xie Mulin was worried, and suddenly heard a commotion outside the door.