Zhou Zhun sent someone to pretend to be a hawker, carried two shoulders, and stood and squatted at the door of Zhan Shifu, while doing business, he saw clearly what Meng Zhaoyan was talking about.

Sure enough, an hour passed, and two horsemen came from the direction of the palace, the leader of the man wore a black brocade robe, with a dark pattern and a buckle, which was the uniform attire of the palace guards, and the cloak was raised backwards with the wind, and he held the yellow scroll in one hand until he reached the gate of Zhan Shifu, and dismounted from the rope.

The person under the gate is a person who can recognize people, and when he saw that the people and horses arrived, he hurriedly opened the Zhu door, and the three-character plaque of Zhan Shifu was dim, which seemed to be an omen.

Zhan Shifu, the young man of Zhan Shifu, was instructing people to do things in the front hall of the mansion, and when he saw more than a dozen Praetorian Guards coming, he quickly broke off the conversation and got up to greet him.

The man at the head opened the scroll in his hand, "The Divine Decree has arrived!" ”

Everyone in the hall knelt down one after another, and the man read: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor edict said, Zhan Shi Zhan Shi Meng Lianfeng of Zhan Shifu connived at his subordinates to do many injustices, and disciplined his subordinates ineffectively, so that the deacon of Zhan Shifu was not strict, and he had a negative grace, and he was specially deposed as the fifth prince Meng Lianfeng Zhan Shi. The post of Zhan Shi of Zhan Shifu is vacant, and the young Zhan Shi of Zhan Shifu will be promoted to Zhan Shifu Zhan Shi, and he will do it from now on. Chin this. ”

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

Shao Zhan Shi took the holy decree, everyone got up, and Shao Zhan Shi asked, "Where is Zhou Jinxing?" ”

That Shao Zhan said with a straight face: "The minister is here." ”

"Your Majesty's dictation, ordering Zhou to act strictly, to act fairly, and to dismiss and deal with those who commit adultery, Lord Zhou will be favored, and I hope that Lord Zhou will be as his name suggests, and be cautious in his words and deeds."

"Naturally, the minister must do his best."

The man nodded, and the wind and fire came, and the wind and fire left.

As soon as the people left, the people around Zhou Jinxing came to say goodbye, he responded one by one, and when the people dispersed, Fang tightened his hand holding the scroll, the touch was real, he looked at the Zhu door where only the figure skimmed, his face was calm, but his eyes were foggy and dazed.

The door was wide open and fell into the eyes of the hawker who had been observing for a long time. The vendor made the last business, smiled and said, "Close, close", and then went back the way with his shoulders.

Zhou Zhun was still waiting in the palace, and his subordinates crossed the front yard of the palace, saw Meng Zhaoyan, who started fishing again after feeding, and said, "I've seen the prince, I've seen the adult." ”

Zhou Zhun was already impatient, and hurriedly said, "Get up, what's wrong?" ”

"Lord Hui," the brows of the visitor were full of joy, "The people below reported that the former Zhan Shi Mansion Zhan Shi had just been dismissed from his post today, and the young Zhan Shi Zhou Jinxing took the position of Zhan Shi. ”

"Zhan Shifu Zhan Shi?" Zhou Zhun smiled at the person who came up, and a name popped up in his mind, "Isn't that the fifth prince?" Just dismissed? ”

Meng Zhaoyan said at this time, "Exactly." ”

He turned his head and said to the visitor, "Go down." ”

The man bowed and retreated, and Zhou Zhunfang asked, "Xia Guan knows that the prince has always been like a god, how did he know this time?" Please also ask the prince for some advice. ”

The pole in his hand moved, Meng Zhaoyan put a finger to his mouth, and Zhou Zhun was immediately silenced.

As soon as he raised his hand to collect the rod, he caught it in front of him, it was a red and white koi, which had just been fed by Meng Zhaoyan, and was spitting bubbles alive at this time. Meng Zhaoyan raised his eyebrows and smiled, and said, "Give it to the kitchen, the princess likes to eat fish, and she will have another meal tonight." ”

Zhou Zhun reluctantly took it, put it in the bucket, handed the handkerchief over, and asked Meng Zhaoyan to wipe his hands.

Meng Zhaoyan continued to raise the pole and threw it into the water, but this time he didn't put the bait, and said: "The ministers came to see and pointed out that Meng Lianfeng's faction is not, although Meng Lianfeng can avoid the disaster, but he has been seen through by a clear-eyed person, the emperor is mediocre, whether he is blind or not, this thing is understood." ”

There was no wave on the water for a while, and Meng Zhaoyan said again: "The latter, the table full of thousands of people is angry, referring to the Zhan Mansion, Meng Lianfeng is a third-grade court official, wearing purple clothes and gold crowns, stepping on people, and the top is bound to press people, this time it is impossible to get out of the side." ”

"Emperor," Meng Zhaoyan said two words.

He read these two words a lot, and the "father" who called one by one when he was a teenager didn't know which river he had lost his years.

He turned his head to look at Zhou Zhun, his gaze was as light as if he didn't have it, "Emperor, no matter how much you love him, you have to ask the ministers if he is still qualified to protect him, who is arrogant and stupid, the fifth prince." ”

"Lifting his black gauze hat, everyone expects it, and he can't cut a few catties of Meng Lianfeng's meat, the best of both worlds, both outside and inside."

Meng Zhaoyan looked at the lake again, the rod in his hand moved again, and the breeze blew in gusts, with the unique softness of spring, blowing away the rare smile between his eyebrows, "This king has fed him fat, he naturally wants to return this king a meal." ”

"Zhou Zhun?"

"The lower official is here."

"You say, isn't that the reason?"

What he didn't say was that the emperor did this, and it was also a temptation, to test whether the fifth prince Meng Lianfeng could sit still in his Honghe Hall after this encounter, and whether he could sit still or not was another matter.

Zhou Zhun was stunned and listened, but in the end he didn't react for a while, Meng Zhaoyan didn't wait for his answer, his hand raised the rod again, and the fish biting the string jumped in the air, with a melodious posture, and finally fell into Meng Zhaoyan's hand.

He carried the weight in his hand, smiled even more, and said, "This, set up a pool for me in the Huiyan Pavilion, specially raised, I want to see how long he can live." ”

He wanted to see how long this stupid fish who had been fed quite fat by him a few days ago, and now he was talking to himself and making a good show of losing money, biting the string he didn't hook, would live.

No matter how stupid Zhou Zhun was, he couldn't be stupid, he understood what he meant in an instant, and he hurriedly took it over, and he answered.

He thought for a moment and asked, "What about Zhou's practice?" Does the prince know who he is? ”

Meng Zhaoyan nodded as if he remembered something, and said: "Naturally, Zhou Duzhen, the former prime minister, left his wife, Zhou Nian, in the year he entered the dynasty, he changed his name to Zhou Jinxing, which means to be cautious in words and deeds. ”

Former Zuo Xiang, Zhou Duzhen.

In the eighth year of the emperor's reign, Zhou Duzhen's mansion confiscated a number of letters exchanged with neighboring countries, and was convicted overnight, colluding with other countries, disrupting the dynasty, and sentenced to be beheaded and punished. Zhou Duzhen was more than 70 years old, and he kowtowed in front of the Taihe Hall for three days before he received the emperor's grace and saved his old son Zhou Nian from dying.

The Zhou family was loyal and good, and he became infamous in his later years.

Zhou Jinxing is reluctant to do anything, so he calls for caution in words and deeds.

Zhou Du Zhenxing's position as Taifu was Meng Zhaoyan's teacher in his early years, and his teacher's kindness was as important as Mount Tai, and Zhou Zhun heard Meng Zhaoyan mention the past for the first time.

"Zhou Jinxing is like his father, he has been in the dynasty for six years, and his sleeves are honest, but he was sent to Zhan Shifu to do an idle job, which is really buried, and the emperor remembers the old love of the teacher, and he should be promoted by the trend."

Zhou Zhun was puzzled, "If this is the case, the prince can accept the last wish of the prince and help one or two, why has he only ...... it so far?"

Meng Zhaoyan shook his head first, "Zhou Jinxing is resolute and unwilling to accept favors easily, this king also approached him back then, but he was rejected." ”

"Ahem...... "The prince can be rejected, this Zhou Jinxing is really ......

"Since the prince guessed that the emperor was going to promote Zhou Jinxing, did he want to pull him under his wings?"

"Exactly."

"But how can others be of little help and have a murder case?"

Meng Zhaoyan shook his head, his eyes were unfathomable, "You look at it, since the emperor has his eyes on him, he is soft-spoken, just talking." ”