The three of them deliberately slowed down the process, but in fact they quietly arrived in Jinling City after nearly half a month behind the "brigade" of the Zhou Palace, and in order to conceal the purpose of the secret visit, they naturally did not live at this time, and now there is only the residence of the family members temporarily, that is, the official residence designated by the imperial court, they live in the famous Kyushu guest post in Nanjing, because there are many followers, and they also generously chartered the courtyard of the Kyushu guest station.

But this is not eye-catching, Kyushu Keyi has opened 20 branches in the four provinces of Jiangnan, and the reception is the first-class high-rollers of the powerful and rich.

However, Lan Ting used to call on the accustomed manpower, and most of them did not go with him at this time, so "dispatching troops" required an order from King Zhou.

King Zhou waved his hand: "Listen well, in the future, Deputy Envoy Zhao's instructions will be the same as my instructions, and you must not disobey the orders." ”

A smiling face followed and then rushed to Lan Ting.

Lan Ting ignored it, and only ordered to one of the guards dressed as a family member: "There is a Confucian student in the Jiuhui Xiang, about thirty years old, wearing a black and thin kudzu white robe, wearing a white jade with a chrysanthemum pattern on his waist, an inconspicuous brown mole on the left side of his nose, and a shallow scratch on the back of his right hand near the middle knuckle that has not yet healed. ”

King Zhou didn't show too much in front of his entourage, and only stepped forward after retreating, "Don't you really care about this person so much?" ”

Lan Ting raised his eyes slightly, but got up and saluted: "Your Highness sits down first." ”

King Zhou hurriedly grabbed his arm: "You also said that you are not angry!" I said earlier that I don't need to be so polite, we are away from home, and now it is a private visit, and we agreed to be commensurate with brothers......"

"Etiquette is not to be abolished, and this is not a private visit." Lan Ting insisted.

In the end, when King Zhou sat down, he sat down with Chungui.

The three of them were in the main hall of this courtyard at this time, although it was not large, the tables and chairs were placed but also divided into primary and secondary, King Zhou had to sit according to the insistence of Lan Ting, facing the door and the patio, Lan Ting sat on the lower left side, and Chun Gui sat on the left side of Lan Ting, she actually thought about avoiding suspicion when Lan Ting said "Etiquette can not be abolished", but she got Lan Ting's signal, so she stayed to listen to an ear.

At this time, Chungui was still in the "self-examination" - earlier she did look at the "back white face" a lot, but she didn't leave any observations on the two characteristics of this person's mole under the nose and a wound on the back of the right hand.

On the other hand, I listened to Lan Ting say: "Just as His Highness judged, the person who slandered the current government and His Highness in front and the Confucian student behind him are not accomplices, according to the two of them, I guess that the person in front should be the Qi Wang Party, although it is aimed at His Highness, listen carefully, and even pull Xu Ge Lao, what he is attacking is the new policy, and it is not limited to the dispute over the storage position, most of them are at the mercy of Yuan Ji." Attacking the new policy is tantamount to slandering the holy will, and of course His Royal Highness does not need to care about this remark for the time being, but only when he can practice good governance in the future, the slander will naturally be self-defeating, and then he only needs to submit the truth to the emperor to punish those with ill intentions. ”

Chungui listened to it again and again, she knew very little about the political disputes in the court, but on the way to Jinling, she often listened to the discussions between King Zhou and Lan Ting, and thought that she had received a lot of "evil supplements", but she still couldn't judge the camp of the "former white face" from a movement in the restaurant today, until Lan Ting's analysis was clear, and at this time, she inexplicably felt a little more confident - King Qi's mother family, Wanjia, and the courtiers headed by Yuan Ji were his right-hand men; Zheng Xiu, the Duke of Wei, who assisted the King of Qin, although it seems

Half-hearted, but there is no doubt that Zheng Xiu will definitely not be his ally; Although King Zhou's side has the Empress Dowager Shengde and Ning Guogong sweeping the formation in the rear, the only one in front of the charge is Lan Ting, a young man who has not yet reached the crown, although he is regarded by the emperor and Xu Ge Lao and others as rising stars and future pillars of the country, but don't say that others, even the spring return also has the idea that Lan Ting still needs to be sharpened to really be in charge.

After all, in the current situation, Lan Ting is directly fighting with old schemers like Yuan Ji and Zheng Xiu, and it is still uncertain whether they can fight in court, for example, many strategists under the command of King Zhou have proposed to spread slander to Lingnan and Fujian, but such a proposal was unswervingly vetoed by Lan Ting.

The battle for storage positions must not cause local turmoil, this is the bottom line of Lanting.

But their opponents don't seem to abide by such rules, and the king of Zhou has not done anything since he went down to the south of the Yangtze River, and rumors of tyranny/politics must be carried out in order to seek the throne are all over Jinling City.

Lan Ting's enthusiasm and the principles he adhered to all these led to the situation that King Zhou was reduced to a passive situation as soon as the battle began.

Of course, Chungui would not deny Lan Ting's proposition because of this, but he was indeed worried that he would not be able to make a proper response in the face of the opponent's conspiracy, and now after listening to Lan Ting's strategy, he regained his confidence.

This battle, whether it is the King of Zhou or the Taishi Mansion, cannot be lost.

King Zhou has been slightly sideways, listening carefully to Lan Ting's words, so he can pay attention to the look of Chun Gui without a trace, seeing her look of deep thought while bowing her head, but her eyes gradually reveal a glow, but the two eyes that seem to be getting brighter and brighter are only locked on Lan Ting's side face, as if that side face is the ultimate of her sight, not a single wisp spreads to him, the unwillingness in King Zhou's heart is surging again, he knows that this emotion is extremely dangerous and unwise, but he is distressed that he can't contain it, In an instant, he could barely resist Lan Ting's inference, but fortunately he was not completely dazed.

I just swallowed the spicy and bitter spicy and bitter that suddenly grew between my lips and teeth.

Lan Ting saw that King Zhou seemed to have something to say: "Your Highness has other opinions? ”

"No, you go on." King Zhou looked away and stared at his fingers, but his mind suddenly had a trance.

Some memories are buried for a long, long time.

At that time, he was really naïve, and he had not yet become a prince, one of the many emperors and grandsons of the first emperor. It was the most dangerous time for the East Palace, which could be called before dawn, but he did not understand these hardships at that time, and for him, the eldest brother, who was greatly loved and relied on by his father, was like the ancient tree in his mother's courtyard that always blocked the sun, which annoyed him and disgusted him.

Except for the eldest brother, the father does not seem to look at the rest of the sons even a single glance, no matter how hard they try to show their strengths, all they get is a perfunctory smile.

He was jealous of his eldest brother, and this jealousy could no longer be concealed.

Discovered by his imperial grandmother.

It was the imperial grandmother who expelled the gloom in his heart, and the gentle words relieved him of those resentful and unwilling thoughts, and from then on he began to face up to the excellence of his eldest brother, and began to understand why his father had high hopes for this eldest son, who originally thought that as he grew older, with the gradual understanding of affairs, he would no longer be troubled by the dangerous desires that seemed to be born with his childishness.

But now, he seems to be back in the same predicament as he was back then, and he wants to plunder what should not belong to him at all, but he desperately longs for it.

Anxious and dark desires are budding.

But now his mood seems to be right

The imperial grandmother couldn't even speak.

In King Zhou's sight, his fingertips could no longer be pressed and began to twitch.

But his ears still did not slacken, and Lan Ting's clear voice came in word by word, colliding in the confusion full of trance.

"Today, we went to Jiuhuixiang because of a sudden interest, accidental move, the opponent can not be predicted, Yuan Ji's party members are one step ahead of us, which shows that our whereabouts are at least hidden from the Qi Wang Party, they do not guard against us will detect the conspiracy to spread slander in time, or the King of Qi does not care whether we are aware of it at all, their purpose is only to increase obstacles for us, so that the new policy can not be smoothly implemented in the four provinces south of the Yangtze River.

However, the appearance of the Confucian scholar at the back is not accidental, he is cleanly dressed, his body is not stained with wind and dust, it does not seem to pass through Jinling, but it seems that he has been in the city for a while, this alone seems unreasonable, because Jiuhuixiang is located near the dock in the outer city, and most of the diners are travelers, unless the Confucian scholar at the back also chose this market as a place to spread slander, but in my opinion, he should have already learned that the Qi Wang Party had carried out a conspiracy in this market first, so why did he bother? ”

King Zhou was no longer able to concentrate on psychoanalyzing the battle situation at the moment, but he heard Chun Gui interject like an initiation.

"I understand, don't think that the Confucian scholar behind him knows our whereabouts, and deliberately went to Jiuhuixiang to post that remark, he deliberately attracted our attention."

Lan Ting Chongchun returned to his chin: "The words of the latter seem to have a more obvious meaning of separation. ”

"Discord?" King Zhou raised his eyebrows.

Lan Ting looked at King Zhou and smiled slightly: "The latter mastermind behind him obviously knows about my relationship with Mu Mo, and guessed that His Royal Highness did not explain the matter of bringing Mu Mo to Jinling in advance, so he explained it in Jiuhui Xiang, and my reaction to leaving should make the Confucian firm that I already have a problem in my heart, as for whether my inference is correct or not, it depends on the news that His Royal Highness's guards have followed this person." ”

After speaking, Lan Ting had already Shi Shiran got up: "After running for this period of time, it is easy to be down-to-earth, and His Royal Highness also needs to take a rest, so the minister and the inner son will retire first." ”

King Zhou didn't jump up from the chair until he realized that he was watching a pair of backs go out, and stepped forward in three or two steps to twist Lan Ting's arm again: "Don't worry about it, what do you need to rest and recuperate, I still have something to say to you......"

This time, Lan Ting did not refuse King Zhou again, and finally stood still.

But in fact, he can't wait to "rest" - although this trip, there is such a picky lord as King Zhou, renting a big ship, naturally has not experienced the hardships of eating and sleeping in the open, but when he goes out and is on the boat, there is much inconvenience in bathing, and he can only scrub at will every day, but the weather is hot day by day, and the comfortable fragrant soup bath has been longed for by Deputy Envoy Zhao for a long time, not to mention to be cleaned up, he also wants to take the spring back to have a good visit to Jinling City.

So when he heard King Zhou mention Mu Mo again, Deputy Envoy Zhao frowned somewhat impatiently.

"Don't, I really persuaded Mu Mo a lot of times with both hard and soft, but she just didn't want to believe that you didn't have a relationship with her, this time I wanted to come to Jinling, I also knew that she was still not dead, I shouldn't have agreed, but after thinking about it, ......"

King Zhou lowered his voice: "Mu Mo said that she is willing to help us, and her identity and fame are indeed convenient for collecting and inquiring about news, which is the original intention I promised to let her come to Jinling City." ”