In the back hall of the mansion, Xu Zengshou, who had just been squatting by the river with Gu Huai to watch the scenery, lifted the teacup and took a sip, frowning and spitting out some scattered tea leaves.

It's fucking too picky... Are the tea leaves so bad?

But he also brought it on himself... Isn't it good to go back to Mochou Lake to fish? Do you have to follow the government to care about that Gu Huai?

As soon as he thought of that guy, Xu Zengshou had some fire between his eyebrows... But I can't blame him, my sister who has been raised for more than ten years may not be poured some ecstasy soup by this guy, and my brother-in-law still looks like he doesn't want to care, which is no better than him for anyone.

But it's also thanks to the fact that I quietly went to see my brother-in-law before and learned the ins and outs of this matter, otherwise I don't know how Gu Huai died today.

And I can't let my eldest brother know about it... As far as his temperament is concerned, the court said that he would never say two, and now his brother-in-law's family is so difficult to do, Miaojin will be furious when he goes to Beiping, if he knows that Miaojin has run away from home and hid next to Ying Tianfu and refuses to go home, and he is not clear with a son-in-law who works for his brother-in-law...

He frowned and looked at the guards on the side: "Why haven't you come yet?" ”

Wang Hongzhen, who had just walked into the back hall, happened to hear this, but in the face of Xu Zengshou's impatience, he didn't dare to have the slightest dissatisfaction, and his face was long and long: "Oh, the little grandfather is here, and the official is entangled in official business, and he has missed the distance, the adults forgive the sins, forgive the sins!" ”

That's an interesting name... As the third son of Xu Da, the king of Zhongshan, Xu Zengshou did not attack the lord, General Xu Da was posthumously called the king of Zhongshan, and the eldest son Xu Hui was the ancestor of the Duke of Wei, he was the governor of the left capital in the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and he was the Beijing official of the first product, and Ying Tianfu Yin was the fourth product, this "lower official" is worthy of the name, but the title of the little grandfather is inevitably a little close to flattery.

Xu Zengshou nodded, stretched out his hand and invited Wang Hongzhen to take a seat: "Lord Wang doesn't have to be polite, in response to the busy official affairs of the Tianfu Ya, this official has taken the liberty of bothering, has it delayed Lord Wang's trial?" ”

"The little grandfather is polite, so polite!" Lord Wang sat down with a smile, looking at the teacup pushed by Xu Zengshou and flattered, "It should be the lower officials' poor hospitality." ”

He pondered his tone and spoke: "I heard the little grandfather say, I came to the government to find someone called... Someone who cares about it? ”

"I came to look for him, and I invited him to go fishing together in the Zhongshan Palace, but he said that he wanted to come to the palace to be tried, so the official wanted to come to visit Lord Wang, and by the way, ask him what he had done," Xu Zengshou was careless, revealing the breath of the gentleman's disciple, "If it is inconvenient to inform, then the official will not ask, it is not good to embarrass Lord Wang..."

Wang Hongzhen's heart jumped, and he secretly looked at Xu Zengshou's face, a little unsure of the doorway, and spoke carefully: "Oh... It turns out that this is the case, it's not a big deal, but let the officials take the liberty of it, this care... What is the relationship with the little grandfather? ”

These words can be regarded as giving Xu Zengshou another knife, his heroic eyebrows twitched, and he glanced at Wang Hongzhen.

What relationship? His mother wants to be his brother-in-law, what does it matter.

"Just friends."

"I see..."Wang Hongzhen nodded, and then felt a little embarrassed: "The little grandfather doesn't know, between this Gu Huai and his clan..."

Xu Zengshou put down the teacup: "I heard Gu Huai say this, isn't it just a trivial matter of rotten sesame seeds?" He is a good person, and he knows that it is impossible to be like those Gu clan people say, besides, this matter is not under the control of Qing'an, how did he come to your Lord Wang? Ying Tianfu Yin Rili has all the opportunities, how can there be such a trivial matter as leisure and leisure? ”

"A small matter is indeed a trivial matter, and the sentence depends only on the impact..."Wang Hongzhen said with a wry smile, "But all the more than 20 households of the clan have filed a complaint, if they are not handled, I am afraid that the clans around Yingtian are..."

"Since that's the case, then Lord Wang will look at it," Xu Zengshou looked away and got up, "It's not good for this official to meddle in this matter, since Gu Huai is going to be tried today, then the Japanese official will invite him to go boating on Mochou Lake again." ”

Saying this, Wang Hongzhen didn't believe Xu Zengshou didn't know that he had just been sentenced to detention, and he would go to the lake tomorrow... If he, Wang Hongzhen, looks at the verdict, who will Xu Zengshou go with?

But can he afford to provoke the behemoth of Zhongshan Wangfu? Xu Zengshou didn't say a word to excuse Gu Huai, but every sentence was hinting to him Wang Hongzhen, if he didn't have any vision to be an official in Jinling, it would be better to go home and farm.

Seeing that Xu Zengshou was really ready to leave it alone, and everyone was about to arrive at the door, Wang Hongzhen slammed and cried with a sad face: "Little grandfather stay, little grandfather stay!" It's the official who is reckless, the official didn't understand the truth of this case clearly, so he hastily pronounced the verdict, which is really a bit dereliction of duty, if it wasn't for the little grandfather's reminder, I'm afraid it would have been a bitter fruit, it's just that the little grandfather... This case was personally inquired into by Fang Shiyu, and it is not good for the lower officials to investigate it too closely..."

Xu Zengshou stopped, his brows slowly furrowed: "Fang Waiter? ”

Hanlin reading is a noble position, although the grade is not high, but to draft an edict for the emperor, explain the scriptures, almost all of them are very close to the trust of the people, the future is destined to soar, and now there is a great role in the Hanlin waiter, it just so happens that the person is also surnamed Fang...

Xu Zengshou was puzzled, how did Gu Huai provoke Fang Xiaoru?

It's no wonder that Wang Hongzhen is so embarrassed, it stands to reason that he doesn't have to ask about this kind of small case in person, and Xu Zengshou has come out to settle the matter, he still refuses to let go, it turns out that Fang Xiaoru is also involved...

Seeing Xu Zengshou's face change, Wang Hongzhen knew that he understood his embarrassment, and his face became even more bitter: "It's better to be like this... Xia Guan really needs some time to find out about this case, I'm afraid that there are hidden secrets in it, and it's not good to sentence rashly, so I will press it for the time being, let the two sides prepare again, and try it again tomorrow, what does the little grandfather think? ”

Xu Zengshou turned around, met Wang Hongzhen's gaze, and understood: "Since Lord Wang thinks this is appropriate, then just do it, this official does not understand government affairs, and only uses armor to prepare the army, where can I have any opinions?" ”

Wang Hongzhen smiled slightly and said goodbye: "Little grandfather walks slowly." ”

When he straightened up again, Xu Zengshou's figure was no longer visible, Wang Hongzhen sat back in his chair, slowly took a sip of cold tea, and his eyes flickered.

On one side is the popular emperor, on the other side is the Zhongshan Palace, both sides are not easy to offend, and they dare not offend, that is the best way... It is when a hollow reed falls on both sides.

Give you time, each of you will set up the ring to show your might, and when the time comes, whoever overpowers whom, you will see the dishes of others.

After all, it's still not transparent... Come to think of it, Fang Shiyu has appeared, can this matter be so simple? I took it so rashly, I can't make such a mistake next time.

He smiled faintly, beckoned to a servant, and ordered: "Go to the court, release the two groups of people, let them rewrite the complaint, and the official will start the trial tomorrow." ”

The official took the order, Wang Hongzhen raised Erlang's legs, and sighed faintly:

"Jinlingju, it's not easy..."