The first staff of the regent, Zhang Shuo, took a deep breath in the regent's study, and did not hide the nervousness in his demeanor at all.

"How?" Li Zhang's eyebrows were not raised, and his eyes were fixed on a place on the bookshelf, "Do you think this is also inappropriate?" ”

Zhang Shuo was silent for a moment and slowly shook his head.

"Now that the throne is within reach, but if Your Majesty leaves earlier than the crown prince, things will indeed be difficult."

As long as the crown prince Li Cong succeeds to the throne, he will take advantage of the situation to suppress himself. It is unknown whether he will be able to survive at that time, let alone have a chance to inherit the throne.

Even if Li Cong gave up the throne to Li Lang, he would not give it to himself.

He thought about this very clearly.

Li Zhang pursed his lips.

A cold glow flashed across his knife-like cheeks.

He had lost so much for the sake of that throne. Now if you don't advance, you will die, and if you retreat, you will die faster.

In a somewhat depressing atmosphere, Zhang Shuo finally said: "Your Highness, you just want to take the opportunity to expel the crown prince from the capital, not to start the war in Dahong, and you don't need to blame yourself." ”

Li Zhang raised his eyes and looked at Zhang Shuo for a moment, and his expression became even heavier.

"You can do it." He said slowly.

It seems that this matter is a last resort, and doing so also makes his heart like a knife.

Zhang Shuo nodded and stepped back.

He no longer lives in the Regent's mansion.

Coming out of Xiangma Street and taking the carriage back to the mansion built for him by the Prince Regent, Zhang Shuo's expression was a little heavy all the way.

After entering the mansion, after the change of washing, the servant put on dinner, Zhang Shuo looked down, his brows furrowed slightly.

The discerning steward hurriedly explained: "This is the first crop of rice in Nandi this year, the rice grains are sweet, and the regent specially sent two stones, saying that they were for the master to taste." ”

The corners of Zhang Shuo's mouth twitched, and he took a bite of the bowl, but put it down again.

"The Lord Regent has good intentions," he smiled, "but I really can't get used to eating this southern thing, so let's change it to something else." ”

The servant hurried to the kitchen and brought bread and noodle soup.

Zhang Shuo gently folded his sleeves and ate happily.

The bowl of rice from the south was on the table, little by little, wafting some aroma.

……

In the southeast of the Dahong Dynasty, four hundred miles away from the coastline, a small island like an oval pearl shows its face in the morning light.

The island is 300 miles wide and 800 miles long from north to south, with dense vegetation and humid air.

Northwest of the island, Flower City.

The newly opened phalaenopsis orchid was swept into the dirt by the winds of transit.

As soon as the rain stopped, outside the Zheng Clan's mansion in the north of Huacheng, an old man in a light cyan robe knocked lightly on the door of the mansion.

In fact, there was no need for him to knock on the door, the bell in front of the carriage pulled by the pair of horses rang, and the porter had already heard it. However, as a sign of respect, he got out of the carriage and knocked on the door every time.

This kind of cautious temperament makes the people who follow him often cautious step by step.

"Mr. Lin," the porter quickly opened the door, and Shi Li said, "It's early today." ”

The old man who was called Mr. Lin nodded, hiding the burning emotions in his eyebrows, and said gently: "Steward Wu has worked hard. ”

is often greeted by people with such a high status, and Steward Wu has long been used to it. He smiled innocently and said, "The chief steward has instructed that last night's wind blew down an acacia tree in the corridor, and the branches smashed down a lot of bricks. Early this morning, the repairers blocked the road in and out. The gentleman's carriage and his entourage are probably going to rest in the corner room next to it. ”

Mr. Lin's expression hesitated for a moment, but the things in his heart obviously made him not care too much, and when he heard this, he nodded and said, "Then I will bother the steward to feed the horses grass." ”

"I know," Steward Wu said with a smile, "Mr. Lin has never been able to bear your 'little brown' being hungry, we all understand." ”

Mr. Lin said no more, and the thin boots on the soles of his feet walked forward quickly, not even bypassing the small puddle on the road.

When I passed by the acacia tree, I did see the tree fall to one side, and many people were trying to saw the trunk and clear the road.

It's all fresh faces.

Mr. Lin said in his heart.

Zheng Gong, the owner of the island, had just eaten breakfast and was stretching in the cleaned yard, and by the way, he punched a set.

Seeing Mr. Lin coming in from the moon gate, his face was a little gray, and he looked even thinner. He smiled gently, "Has Mr. Lin had breakfast?" Today, Yanzi made a Dingbian file and left a bowl for Mr. ”

The swallow in Zheng's mouth is Mrs. Zheng's personal maidservant, because she is good at cooking, she now assists in the kitchen to cook the food.

Mr. Lin had already walked into the corridor, bowed down to thank him, and said, "Is the master free?" The subordinates have important things to return. ”

Zheng bowed and saw that the eyes on Mr. Lin's gray face were full of anxiety that could not be concealed. He nodded, took the towel from the maidservant's hand, wiped his sweat, and motioned for Mr. Lin to go to the pavilion next to him to talk.

As soon as he sat down, Mr. Lin got straight to the point and said, "Second room master, I'm afraid I want to be unfavorable to the master." ”

Zheng Gong's expression sank, and the smile on his face disappeared in an instant.

Mr. Lin slowed down and continued: "The people who sent the young lady back to Beijing this time were all personally selected by the master of the second room. The subordinates kept an eye on it and inserted someone into it. The man arrived in the capital for two months and sent a letter back, saying that according to the requirements of his subordinates, he had investigated the people who accompanied the young lady to Beijing that year. There is a person surnamed Cai in this, and now he is with Her Royal Highness the Queen. ”

And the mansion of the micro county lord is outside the palace, and it is easy to find out that there is one person missing. But it was unusual for that young person to follow the queen.

According to Zheng Gong's requirements, Zheng Shuwei can only rely on the Queen Mother in the capital and cannot participate in party disputes.

Could it be that she was involved in the partisan struggle?

"It's not to participate in the party struggle," Mr. Lin shook his head and said, "That surnamed Cai, whose subordinates have traced it, went out of the second old man's mansion." At the beginning, it was because of his good medical skills that he was selected to accompany the young lady to the capital. She is by the queen's side, which is equivalent to the second room master being by the queen's side. ”

So it is equivalent to saying that the second room is making a deal with the queen privately?

Zheng Gong's expression became even more serious.

Although Zheng Gong is the owner of the island, the affairs on the island, especially the silver taels that involve the annual tribute to Dahong, are all handed over to Zheng Xie, the second master, to be responsible. The Zheng family has managed the island for several generations, all of which have been passed down from generation to generation, and the children of the concubines are acting as assistants.

There's never been a mess yet.

Was he careless?

Mr. Lin continued: "Today's plan is to either ask the second room master directly, maybe his subordinates are too careful. Or a little bit, draw out the soldiers and horses in the hands of the master of the second room. Now half of the guards on the island are managed by the second room, which is inherently risky. Or, find an excuse for the few who can fight under his command to the south to guard the pearl field. If he doesn't think he has enough people under him, let's give him some of his own. ”

Zheng Gong's expression changed for a moment, he paused for a long time, and finally made up his mind: "Just according to what Mr. Lin said, let's take a few of him away first and see his reaction." Although the second child has a bigger temper, I know that he has a very solid heart. ”

Mr. Lin was ordered to stand up.

"Sir is here," the maidservant girl in a cyan dress accompanied Mrs. Zheng to stand outside the corridor, and when she saw him standing up, she greeted him delicately: "Leave something delicious, and the maid will go and give you some heat." ”

She looked seventeen or eighteen years old, with a delicate appearance and a warm and lively look in her eyes. Because of seeing Mr. Lin, his face was slightly red.

After she finished speaking, she turned away, and she didn't see Mr. Lin's expression when he opened his mouth to stop him.

Zheng Gong didn't stop it because he had something on his mind.

Mrs. Zheng was faintly worried in her heart because she saw Zheng bowing her head and thinking about it, and she didn't say anything to stop it.

Mr. Lin gave Mrs. Zheng a salute, Mrs. Zheng hurriedly returned the salute, stood dignified after the salute, and saw that Mr. Lin had turned the corner door and went out.

Outside is the guards' squad room, and beyond is a long corridor.

On a regular basis, there are often two rows of guards standing on both sides of the road. The islanders are simple, because they live a wealthy life, there are very few things to steal, and no one dares to steal to Zheng's mansion. As a result, the guards often just put on a show and didn't do anything serious.

Mr. Lin walked a few steps, only to find that the road was clean today, and there was not a single guard in sight.

Is it the time of the shift change?

It should be, because I didn't hear a single movement.

It would be too much of a fuss to go back and tell the master about this. Thinking so, he couldn't help but walk a little faster. After turning a short wall engraved with "Youfu Tranquility", Mr. Lin suddenly stopped.

More than a dozen people in front of him walked over leisurely.

The leader is Zheng Xie, the second master of the Zheng family.

Mr. Lin's back was soaked all at once.

The horizontal flesh on Zheng Xie's face shook with his steps, with a smile in his eyebrows, and he held two beads in his hand and rubbed them.

Mr. Lin recognized the two beads.

It was the mussel that the lord personally went to the South China Sea to dig back then, and opened two egg-sized pearls. Because I like his younger brother, I gave him a coming-of-age ceremony.

When I heard that the imperial court knew about this, I was quite unhappy. Because this grade of beads should be tributed.

Somehow, seeing the two beads in his hand, Mr. Lin felt a moment of relief in his heart.

Perhaps, I think too much?

Mr. Lin greeted him, and Zheng Xie said, "It turned out to be Mr. Lin, why did you leave so early today?" If I had come late, I would not have seen him. ”

Mr. Lin also smiled and said, "I heard that there were two adjutants fighting in the martial arts training ground the day before yesterday, and they killed one of them when they were heavy. The villain is going to care for his family, so he is in a hurry. I don't know what the second master has to say, so the little one will do it. ”

Zheng Xie laughed out loud and said: "Look at your politeness, let's have tea together another day, I still have a good Tieguanyin there." ”

Mr. Lin nodded yes and bowed down to avoid the side of the road.

Zheng Xie walked a few steps past him slowly, and the entourage beside Zheng Xie also followed him forward.

Suddenly, Zheng Xie turned his head and smiled: "Actually, the taste of that tea is average, if Mr. Lin doesn't dislike it, I will burn it in front of the tomb for you, which is also excellent." ”

Mr. Lin was stunned for a moment, and then fell into the ice cave.

In extreme fear, he opened his mouth to scream. However, Zheng Xie's entourage had already arrived in front of him and lifted his head with both hands.

"Giggle" twice, the voice was very soft, he felt that he didn't move much, and his sight was the back wall.

He understood, and his head spun in circles.

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