Chapter 489: Corrupt Officials' Banquet

"The guards of our Zhizhou Mansion are also all strong and highly skilled, so there is no need to worry about what will happen to Lord Wang in our Mansion. Favorite┏┛"

Hearing this, Chu Nian had a certain number in his heart, so he nodded with reassurance, "That's good, when we adults traveled last time, we met the people who ate the bear's heart and leopard and wanted to do it, fortunately, there is no danger, since the defense of the Zhizhou Mansion is so strict, we are also relieved, and we have to worry about the adults to take care of it these days." ”

Seemingly very satisfied with Chu Nian's flattery, Wang Si raised his head and smiled, "That's natural." ”

As he spoke, he took the lead and walked outside, with Chu Nian and the others following behind, followed by the remaining two maids, who looked like they had been left behind to take care of Chu Nian and Ming Xiu.

Not long after, in front of the two wings, Wang Si was about to leave, but Chu Nian pulled his sleeves, he turned his eyes, and smiled at Chu Nian's slightly flattering face, and seemed to be a little impatient: "What else do you have to do?" ”

This Fang Chu Nian smiled and took out a tael of silver from his arms, and stuffed it into Wang Si's hand again, seeing that Wang Si's face softened a little, she smiled and said: "I'm still a little worried about my family, this party wants to ask Lord Wang, when will you all arrive?" ”

Wang Si thought for a while, "Lord Wang has arrived, Lord Lucheng Lu has already arrived a few days ago, and now there is Lord Binyuan Chenggou and Lord Chunluo Chengyue, why will it be tomorrow, what, are you worried that the other three adults will be unfavorable to your family?" ”

This Fang Chu Nian smiled embarrassedly, "It's the first time we've done this, and we're always worried that the adults in the family will hurt a single hair." ”

"You're doing your best." Wang Si thought for a while, "That's it, when the other two adults come, they will naturally want to meet, and you will know when the time comes, but don't worry, your family has always had no quarrel with others, and the Lord Zhizhou has always been quite partial to your family, and none of the adults next to him dare to bully your family in front of the Lord Zhizhou." ”

Hearing this, Chu Nian breathed a long sigh of relief, "It's so good, thank you for mentioning it." ”

Wang Si took the other few taels of silver from Chu Nian's hand with a bright smile in his eyes, and turned away with a lingering attitude, and when Wang Si walked away, Chu Nian looked sideways at the two maids, "Two sisters, I didn't stutter on the bumpy road today, and I bothered the two sisters to find some food to fill their stomachs." ”

The two raised their eyes and saw the young man in front of them, and they couldn't help but turn red, but they didn't answer the silver two handed over by Chu Nian, and said shyly: "Yes, the two adults will rest first, and the slaves and maids will come when they go." ”

Saying that, the two left hand in hand, and on the way away, they didn't forget to look back with a red face, and saw that Chu Nian was still smiling sweetly, and the two fled in shame and disappeared around the corner.

Chu Nian frowned, turned around and walked into Ming Xiu's room, this stall, Ming Xiu took out the broken blade from his arms, carefully obtained the sword body that wiped the broken blade, a pair of narrow eyes flashed with a faint light, I don't know what I was thinking.

"Your Highness, shall we go out to fish later?"

Ming Xiu raised his head, and there was a little uncertainty written in his eyes, and he saw Chu Nian snorting, "Look at your stupid appearance, didn't Wang Si say that there are still a lot of guards here?" ”

When these words fell, Ming Xiu's eyes flashed with a flash, and he nodded lightly, "Whatever you want." ”

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At night, the lights on the Zhizhou Mansion were bright, and I heard that the other two adults had also arrived, Chu Nian and the two of them went around the Zhizhou Mansion for an afternoon, and the four good kings had greeted in advance so that no one stopped them, and when it was time for the banquet, the two were summoned to enter the main hall, but thinking that Lu Cheng had already seen Ming Xiu, this time Ming Xiu did not follow.

At this moment, there are five people sitting in the main hall, the top is Zhizhou Wang Bimeng, the side is Wang Dazhu, and the opposite Wang Dazhu is sitting Lu Cheng, Lu Cheng is sitting under Lu Cheng There is a young man with a handsome face but a luxurious dress, but this young man has a little reluctance written on his face, as if someone is pressing him to sit here.

Sitting beside Wang Dazhu was an old man looking at an old man, with gray hair and beard, and a pair of old eyes full of calculations.

When Chu Nian entered, there was already a banquet, and several adults were standing behind them with a few flower-like maids to serve, and the same was true behind Wang Dazhu, seeing Chu Nian coming, Wang Dazhu raised his eyes to say hello, and saw Chu Nian standing still beside him, making a guard look like he should be.

Wang Bimeng on top was holding up the wine cup, "We haven't been together like this for a long time, we must not get drunk tonight, but before the two of you came, I had a drink with Lord Lu and Lord Wang, and you two will have to punish yourself for a few glasses if you are late." ”

Although the face of the young man was still reluctant, he also raised the wine cup obediently and said: "There are some things delayed on the road, I hope the adults will forgive me, and the lower official will punish himself with three glasses." ”

Speaking, he took the lead in drying the glass of wine, and the maid on the side was also quick to pour it full, he killed it again, and so on, when he put down the wine cup, the young man's face was already slightly drunk, and it was convenient to see the old man stroked his beard and said: "In the end, it is a young man, Lord Qiyu, the road to the next official is far away, plus the age, it is not easy to sit here now, so I will bring wine with tea, and I hope the adults will forgive me." ”

Wang Bimeng didn't speak, his face seemed to be a little dissatisfied and looked at the old man in front of him, but the old man didn't care about Wang Bimeng's complexion at all, took three sips of the teacup, put down the teacup, and his face was still calm.

Chu Nianzheng was puzzled, and saw Wang Dazhu explain in a low voice: "This is Lord Gou from Binyuan City, he reached the age of returning to his hometown a few years ago, and there is no news from the ministry, it seems that there is someone in the ministry, and my cousin also wants to give him a few thin noodles, and he has benefited from the salt farmers, and it is this old man who takes the lion's share." ”

Hearing this, Chu Nian looked at Lord Gou, with a hint of meaning in his eyes, the other young man should be Lord Yue of Chunluo City?

Seeing that Chu Nian moved his gaze to the young man, Wang Dazhu hurriedly said: "Lord Yue was assigned here by the imperial court a few years ago, he is a little young and vigorous, he doesn't get close to us on weekdays, and it is easy to offend people when he speaks, and he opposed my cousin's decision at the beginning, but he seems to be a little honest this time, and what my cousin says will be done." ”

Chu Nian raised his eyebrows slightly, and saw that the young man seemed to notice Chu Nian's gaze, and in the blink of an eye, Chu Nian had already lowered his head, leaving Wang Dazhu to hold the wine cup and face him from a distance.

I saw that he seemed to be extremely honored to get up, pick up the wine cup, and drink with Wang Dazhu in the air.

After a while, Wang Bimeng's voice came from above, "I summoned everyone here today, not for anything else, mainly because of the sudden appearance of the crown prince Ming Xiu in our Beihai, although Lord Wang had inquired about his meaning earlier, he seems to be not planning to meddle in the affairs of Beihai, but in the end, we must be vigilant." ”

The person below fell into deep thought, and after a while, he saw Lu Cheng looking at Wang Dazhu with an inquiring face, "Didn't Lord Wang say ...... before?"

Wang Dazhu shook his head and said: "Although Ming Xiu is now firmly seated as the crown prince, there are still various princes eyeing him, and now that the barbarian army is pressing the border, the battle between him and the princes can be eased, but if the war at the border subsides, doesn't he still need connections?" ”

Lu Cheng looked at Wang Dazhu suspiciously, "Ming Xiuzhen's attitude? ”

Lu Cheng left that night, and he didn't know what happened next, but Ming Xiu's vague attitude at that time really had such a possibility.

The four eyes in the hall gathered on Wang Dazhu's body, and they saw that Wang Dazhu nodded calmly, and continued to follow the lines that Chu Nian had arranged for him a long time ago: "After Lord Lu left me, I was honestly afraid, so I went to Ming Xiu's place again, this time I brought the little girl, but I didn't expect that Ming Xiu seemed to be extremely interested in the little girl, and his attitude changed a little. ”

The suspicion in Lu Cheng's eyes disappeared, and he breathed a sigh of relief slightly, "Your daughter's words are possible." ”

This made Chu Nian take advantage of the loophole, after all, Ming Xiu stood up that day because of the small stone, and the mountain is high and the emperor is far away, these people don't even know what Ming Xiu looks like, and the appearance of the small stone is also quite individual, if it means that Xiu has taken a fancy to the small stone, it is not impossible.

At this point, seeing that Lu Cheng and others who had seen Ming Xiu believed Wang Dazhu's words, and the rest of the people had no reason not to believe it, Wang Bimeng, who was at the top, breathed a sigh of relief a little, and then looked at Wang Dazhu, "Did Ming Xiu say anything else?" ”

Wang Dazhu thought for a while, "Hmm...... Probably telling us to be more restrained? He also said that if he really encountered any trouble, he could ask him for help. ”

Wang Bimeng, who was at the top of the house, completely believed Wang Dazhu's words, so he nodded and said, "This is very good," he turned his eyes to Wang Dazhu meaningfully, "It seems that in the future, I will have to rely on my cousin to support him." ”

Wang Dazhu glanced back at Chu Nian, and saw that Chu Nian's face was as usual, this party breathed a sigh of relief, and turned his eyes to look at Wang Bimeng, "My cousin laughed, my cousin has always taken care of me, besides, isn't my daughter still my cousin's niece?" It's just that now that I'm older, maybe I'll be a little different, and if I come back next time, I'll definitely call her to get to know her own uncle, isn't it-"

Whether Wang Dazhu lost a son or a daughter, Wang Bimeng has never delved into it, after all, it has been a long time, and when he heard Wang Dazhu say that he was a daughter, whether it was a daughter or a son, he didn't bother to care, so he nodded without thinking, and grinned: "I also hugged her when I was a child?" Now that she can be found, my cousin is also blessed. ”

Wang Dazhu seemed to blush, and after a while, he nodded slightly, "Yes, that girl is indeed blessed." ”

The atmosphere seemed to be indulged for a while, and then Wang Bimeng, who was at the top, spoke: "It's time to talk about some serious things, by the way, cousin, I heard a few days ago that the salt farmers on your side of Binhai City are not very stable, has there been anything unusual recently?" ”

Wang Dazhu remembered what Chu Nian had told him, and then raised his head and said, "There are indeed some, but it's probably because I can't live a life, so there are a few new salt fields that have a lot of things to do, and they just sell illegal salt." ”

Hearing this, Wang Bimeng nodded and said: "It's just that it's still tolerable, anyway, we have got a lot of benefits, lest the pressure is too great to cause them to resist again, but it will go to the imperial court, and our faces will not look good." ”

At this time, a crisp female voice suddenly came from outside the door, "Daddy." ”