The reward in the palace has already been sent by the inner prison, but the edict has not yet arrived.

At present, the Shangyuan Festival has not yet passed, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty are still resting, and the three provinces have not yet reached the time to take office.

Zhongshu Province drafted the edict, and after the review of the subordinate province, it was handed over to Xiao Daocheng for review, and Xiao Daocheng then sent the edict to Shangshu Province...... It took a while to go through these processes alone, and it was not until the evening of the next day that the edict was sent to the prince's mansion and the prince's mansion by two servants from Shangshu Province.

Gu Xun and Kong Xiuzhi got the edict, and the two walked together in the direction of leaving the palace, on the way they were discussing who would go to the prince's mansion and who would go to the Hou mansion, Gu Xun took the edict passed to Xie Zheng, and wanted to exchange it with Kong Xiuzhi, he seemed to be a little embarrassed, and said to Kong Xiuzhi with a twist: "Brother Kong, can this edict be exchanged with you, you go to the Hou Mansion, I will go to the Prince's Mansion." ”

Kong Xiuzhi was surprised, "I have heard that Zigeng and you are not in harmony with the prince, why do you want to go to the prince's mansion to deliver the decree?" ”

Gu Xun's face darkened, it was not that he wanted to go to the Prince's Mansion, but that he didn't want to go to the Hou Mansion, no, he didn't want to......

He replied: "No, it's because the prince's mansion is closer to my house, and it's not early, so I went over this time to pass the decree, and I arrived home not long to the north." ”

Kong Xiuzhi was obviously reluctant, he smiled and said: "Eh, it's not proper, it's not proper, I have a lot of dealings with the county lord of Shanyin, and I'm familiar with it, it's not good to pass on the decree in the past, it's more appropriate for you to go Zigeng." ”

Gu Xun wondered, "Isn't it better to be familiar with her?" ”

"As soon as she was happy, why didn't she force me to eat and drink there? I swore I wouldn't drink! But you, I don't know her, I passed the decree in the past, she thanked you at most, and let you go," Kong Xiuzhi said, and said with Gu Xun with a smile: "Brother Xian, you and I have been colleagues for three years, brother, but I have never asked you for anything." ”

Compared with the Prince's Mansion, the Hou Mansion is indeed more remote, Gu Xun said that he wanted to go home after passing the decree, why didn't Kong Xiuzhi have this thought? Saying that you want to quit drinking, this is all nonsense made up to coax Gu Xun.

Kong Xiu's words have been said to this point, Gu Xun is not good to say more, he had to go to the Hou Mansion with the edict, but when he arrived at the Hou Mansion, he refused to go forward to inform the concierge of the rumor, but wandered outside the gate, and it took a long time to enter.

At that time, Xie Zheng and Huan Ling didn't know that Gu Xun came to pass the decree, both of them were in the backyard, Gu Xun came here, and the maid in the house was busy and went to pass the message: "An envoy came from outside, claiming to be from Shangshu Province, and was ordered to come to issue an edict." ”

When the two of them heard this, they went to the front yard, Gu Xun was waiting in the front yard, he had no face to see Xie Zheng, and he was particularly worried in his heart, so he paced back and forth in the courtyard.

Xie Zheng came to this point, the two saw each other, one frowned slightly, his eyes were full of affection, and he wanted to speak; One was surprised, his eyes were blank, and his expression was bleak.

As soon as Huan Ling came, he noticed the subtle change in the expression on Gu Xun's face, and saw Xie Zheng's dodgy gaze, so he couldn't help but think about it, the person at the top of Xie Zheng's heart was Gu Langjun, and this was also Gu Langjun in front of him, could it be ...... Huan Ling seemed to have guessed something.

When Gu Xun saw that the two of them had come to this, he unfolded the edict in his hand and said vaguely: "Xie Deyin, take the decree ......"

Xie Zheng and Huan Ling knelt on the ground one after another, Gu Xun held the edict in his hand, but his eyes looked at Xie Zheng from time to time, and he had no intention of reading the edict at all.

Seeing him like this, Huan Ling was suddenly dissatisfied, he gritted his teeth, but still held back the anger in his stomach, and only coughed lightly as a reminder.

Gu Xun really came back to his senses, but he closed the edict again, presented it to Xie Zheng with trembling hands, and said: "The lower official occasionally feels cold and unwell, I am afraid that it is inconvenient to read the edict, and I ask the lord of Shanyin County to forgive me." ”

Xie Zheng looked up at him, and hesitated for a long time before raising his hands and taking the edict, but he forgot to thank him.

Huan Ling really couldn't see the two of them like this, so he got up on his own, and walked to help Xie Zheng up, he said to himself: "Deyin's body is weak, it is not suitable to kneel for a long time, and please don't be surprised by Gu Fu's shooting." ”

Xie Zheng stood up, spoke for a long time, and said to Gu Xun: "There is a Lao Gu servant shooting, the weather is cold, Gu Servant shooting please go back." ”

Gu Xun frowned, he bowed to Xie Zheng, saluted, and said, "The official is leaving." With that, he left without looking back.

Seeing that Gu Xun had gone away, Huan Ling also asked with a cold face: "It turns out that he is the Gu Langjun you have in mind?" ”

Xie Zheng was silent and silent, Huan Ling knew that she had acquiesced, so he asked: "A weak scholar who has no power to restrain the chicken, what do you think of him!" ”

"Don't read it," Xie Zheng sneered at himself, "I won't read it again." ”

Xie Zheng said that, and left in a reluctant manner, Huan Ling looked at her and walked away, knowing that something unpleasant must have happened between her and Gu Xun, otherwise the two would not be so depressed when they met.

Naturally, he couldn't ask anything from Xie Zheng's mouth, but Yuzhi could inquire about it.

Huan Rang stood under the cloister, looking at everything in his eyes, he knew that Xie Zheng was on the side of the prince, and although Huan Ling's position was unclear, he must also support Xie Zheng, but now he had an errand on King Wuling's side, which obviously conflicted with the position of the two of them.

Wait a minute! Why must he have been in conflict with the two of them? Can't it be the two of them who conflict with him?

Huan Rang comforted himself like this, and now his heart is much more comfortable.

At that time, in the palace of Wuling Palace, Princess Xiao Yifu of Yixing was visiting her little nephew here, Princess Liu of Wuling held her son in her arms, and Xiao Ye sat aside.

Liu Fang hurriedly entered the house and reported to Xiao Ye: "Your Highness, the news came from Shicai, saying that Your Majesty has named Xie Zheng as the lord of Shanyin County, and he has a thousand households in the city, and he ...... it."

Before Liu Fang finished speaking, Xiao Yifu interrupted his words and said, "The county lord of Shanyin? Her father actually named her the county lord! Only the daughter of the county king can be named the county lord, what is she Xie Zheng, and her father is too partial! ”

Liu Shi also sneered, and said: "Thousands of households in Shiyi, they are all about to catch up with Jiuqing, it seems that this Xie Zheng is really an unusual woman." ”

"Unusual?" Xiao Yifu laughed and said, "Except for the face she was born with, what else is out of the ordinary?" ”

Xiao Ye, who was sitting on the side, heard Xiao Yifu complaining like this, Xiao Ye's temper was not bad, he was still sitting in front of the bookcase, fiddling with his precious jade, and said disdainfully: "What about the county lord?" It's just a county lord, can she still go to heaven? ”

Unexpectedly, Liu Fang then said: "The prince has also received a reward, and I heard that the food has increased by another thousand, and now it is 9,000." ”

As soon as Xiao Ye heard this, he couldn't sit still at the moment, but he pretended to be calm and sneered: "Nine thousand households are nine thousand households, what's the big deal, then Hou Huanling of Yongxiu County is still the Hou of ten thousand households!" ”

After he said that, he got up and walked out, until he reached the outside, and then his face was darkened, he clenched his fists, slammed it on the wall, and gritted his teeth and said, "Nine thousand households? Oh, that's amazing! ”

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