"What should the two chiefs be called?" Ye Yongjia pulled the two of them and asked.

"A certain surname is Zhang," said the officer from the palace, "and the surname is Yan." ”

"This official is here to talk about the sentry, I think you two know it," Ye Yongjia saluted, "Let's go in and say." ”

"You've got twenty-five soldiers, aren't you?" Ye Yongjia asked.

"That's right." The two replied in unison.

"Okay, plus the people in the Inspection Division, how much land can you control?"

Officer Yan couldn't speak, and he hesitated for a long time before he said, "One gate and one street are enough." ”

Ye Yongjia raised his eyelids in surprise, surprised why he only wanted to inspect this little place; After thinking about it, he was Lu Fangxuan's subordinate, and it was useless to talk too much, just let it go. He said, "Yes." That...... What did this person from the palace say? ”

When Officer Zhang saw that he said this, he didn't dare to cause trouble, so he nodded and said, "One street is enough." ”

"Where do you want to stand sentry?" Ye Yongjia asked.

Officer Yan didn't reply, but went to the wall and dragged out a map, spread it on the table, and smiled: "It's convenient to find it according to the shape." ”

Officer Zhang searched the route of the map with his fingers, his eyes quickly stopped at a place, pressed there and said: "There are many people here, and thieves are infested at night, so you must not worry about it." Zhang wants to set up a sentry here to guard against it. ”

Ye Yongjia looked down and saw that it was an entire boundary of the Confucius Temple.

He was silent on the surface, but in his heart he knew very well that Wan Heshun wanted to make a little advantage for himself in this happy peace alliance. The cheapness lies in the final merit: the Confucius Temple is such a populated place, if the night of Chinese New Year's Eve is safe and sound, the sentry team will account for the greatest credit.

Despite this, such a result will not cause the Lu Party to suffer the slightest loss, and can only create mutual unhappiness. Wan Heshun's mind is very simple, and he wants to make such an unpleasant thing to show that he is not soft on Lu Fangxuan.

Through a few short words from Officer Zhang, Ye Yongjia completely figured out the intention of King Wanjun. Even though he had done many 'good deeds' for Wan Heshun, now that he was facing the safety of the whole of Nanjing, he was unwilling to cooperate with Wan Dang again.

"In my opinion, only the Confucius Temple must be vigilant, and the others have nothing to worry about......"

Officer Zhang looked at him expectantly, his eyes blazing; Officer Yan was bleaker—he felt that the matter was probably a foregone conclusion.

"Therefore, you and General Yan should be ordered to take turns to guard it, so that it can be effective." After observing the expressions of the two, Ye Yongjia said with a good fortune.

Officer Zhang's hand poked hard at the map, and the paper was almost stabbed by him.

"What?" His gaze was filled with anger and puzzlement.

Ye Yongjia only rubbed his eyebrows, and didn't look at his expression at all: "If you take turns to hand over, the two of you can reduce your fatigue a little, and at the same time you can get this great achievement, why not do it?" Officer Zhang, don't you want to be idle? ”

"Wow! You can say that again! Officer Yan didn't wait for the surname Zhang to reply, so he praised and applauded.

Officer Zhang was helpless, so he only held back his temper and muttered, "Lord Xie Zhifu ......"

The two sides negotiated a satisfactory result, and Ye Yongjia left the Inspection Division and returned to the Yamen on horseback. Officer Zhang was full of interest when he came, and when he returned, he couldn't figure out when Ye Yongjia straightened his waist and became backbone. Because of this, Officer Zhang paced a few times in the room.

Before the sorrow was dissipated, a soldier suddenly entered the tent and reported: "The soldiers of the Inspection Department have been sent back to the Yamen by the thieves of the Lu Party!" ”

Officer Zhang was taken aback and almost jumped up: "The surname Yan is crazy?!" ”

"You...... You ......," Officer Zhang felt the fire rising out, "you go and ask him, what the is going on!" ”

"Yes!"

"Talk softly to that guy!" Officer Zhang hurriedly gave an order, and when he saw that the soldier was gone, he sat on a chair and waited anxiously.

After a while, his people re-entered the tent, knelt on the ground and said: "General, according to the thief, he was entrusted by Wei Chong's Wei Shu's office to send officers and soldiers back to the office, I don't know if it's true or not." ”

Wei Chong...... Wei Chong ......"

Officer Zhang muttered for a while, then slammed his fist on the table: "Let them make trouble, we will not interfere...... Just enough to make Ye Yongjia suffer a little! ”

The night of Chinese New Year's Eve seems to come slowly. The notice of 'open curfew' has been posted for a day, and the people naturally welcome it, and the haze since the Wanlu Party dispute no longer seems to be enveloping Nanjing.

Gongs and drums were everywhere, lanterns were hung along the long street, and the orange-red light was bright and dazzling, shining directly into the two mansions of Wanlu. Lu Fangxuan's side was a banquet with Qi Zhi and others, staggered, and noisy the hall; Wan Heshun was there, but he simply prepared a few dishes, ate melons and fruits with his family, and quietly watched Cai Xianqing sing.

Mr. Wei, whom Cai Xianqing admired, was not idle, but walked to Huaiqing Bridge, revisited Xia Yuanlong's hometown, and played chess.

Still in the tea shop, the tea owner happily came over with tea and saw him play against each other.

As in those days, the people still formed a wall, and the crowd on the inner and outer three floors crossed their feet to watch the two 'wise men' play chess.

"How?" Xia Yuanlong smiled, "Is my idea good?" Haven't you been here in a long time? ”

Wei Huai looked around, and his tone was a little indifferent: "Okay." ”

"Hemin, Brother Zhong Fang and we have met here, today can be regarded as a worship." Xia Yuanlong smiled bitterly.

"But our momentum is getting stronger," he added, "and the party has no control over us, and it seems that reform and saving the people are just around the corner." It's enough to comfort Zhong Fang's spirit in the sky! ”

"Do you really think so?" Wei Huai asked.

"Isn't it?" Yuan Long's tone seemed unquestionable, "The academies in Suzhou are taken care of by Zhu Che decently, and there are academies as far as Jingzhou, isn't it as good as what I said?" ”

Wei Huai sighed: "Suzhou is not very satisfied with me. ”

"This is ......" Xia Yuanlong leaned over, Wei Huai whispered a few words to him, but unfortunately he was all drowned in the crowd.

After hearing this, Yuan Long persuaded: "It's normal to have different opinions, but they are all people who are interested in reform, and they won't ignore the overall situation and make too much trouble, don't worry." ”

Speaking of this, the soldiers standing guard in the distance quietly changed a group of people.

With a sly smile, Wei Chong hurriedly ran into the study, kowtowed to Ye Yongjia, and saw that he was gesturing something on the map, with a serious face.

"You went to see it?" Ye Yongjia asked.

"I went to see it, and there seems to be something unclear about Huaiqing Bridge." Wei Chong covered his smiling face with his sleeve and said.

"There are obviously not enough people there, that's what Officer Zhang said."

When Ye Yongjia heard Officer Zhang's name, he began to have a headache - this may be because he made a stumbling block for himself, the prefect.