After the banquet dispersed, local officials in Zhejiang rushed to talk to Gu Yunji, surrounding him.

"Master Gu has such an achievement at a young age, he is worthy of being a first-class tanhualang, and he was indeed born extraordinary. One day, if Lord Gu returns to the capital and is reused by His Majesty, don't forget our colleagues who fought side by side with you in Zhejiang!"

"I'll just say, Master Gu is definitely not a thing in the pool, how can Master Jinshi, who came out of the Hanlin Academy, be compared to us junior officials who are waiting for office? Look, this opportunity is not here now!"

"Lord Gu, Lord Gu! Do you remember? Like you, I am also the experience of Zhejiang Dusi, last year you came to the Dusi Yamen to hand over official business, we have also seen! But your experience is part-time, and that's how my life is, I can't compare to Lord Gu's great future, hahaha......

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Gu Yunji wore a perfunctory smirk, neither too enthusiastic nor too indifferent, his face was about to stiffen. Finally sent these people away, and as soon as he breathed a sigh of relief, he saw the political envoy Ning Yuan come over with a meaningful face: "Yo-Master Gu, is this going to soar?"

Ning Yuan is Gu Zhengde's former protégé, Gu Yunji has been an official in Zhejiang in the past two years, and he has some friendship with him, and he smiled bitterly when he heard this: "Lord Ning, don't be sarcastic, where did I come from?"

"It's still pretending." Ning Yuan looked at the direction where Li Jinze left, squeezed his eyebrows and said, "I have seen it all just now, so many magistrates, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is the only one who is warm to you, and he deliberately sits with you when he eats, isn't this a flying sky?"

Gu Yunji had a headache when he heard this, and said helplessly: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is very kind to me, Lord Kening, do you think this is really a good thing for me?" Now that I'm in Zhejiang far away from the capital, the turmoil still affects me, and I really don't want to wade into this troubled water."

It is self-evident which muddy water this trip is.

The battle for succession has always been dangerous, the winner is the king and the loser is Kou, and if he wins, he is from the dragon hero, and infinite glory is added to the body; If you lose, you will not be able to die in the abyss, and the family will end miserably.

However, Li Jinze, as the crown prince and the rightful heir to the throne, is currently quite obvious in the eyes of hundreds of officials. Of course, Ning Yuan understood Gu Yunji's concerns, and comforted:

"It is said that good and bad depend on each other, and it seems that danger is also an opportunity, and you must know that this is a glory that many people can't ask for. Don't be too reluctant about it, think about it, maybe it's a rare opportunity."

With that, Ning Yuan patted him on the shoulder and turned to leave.

Gu Yunji sighed, looked back, and found that all the people in the inner hall were gone, and only Cheng Yan was still sitting in place, looking like he was watching the excitement.

Gu Yunji was instantly angry, walked over and sat next to him, and said angrily, "I'm all anxious, you don't care?"

Cheng Yan raised his eyebrows and looked at him: "What do I do?"

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is the person you brought, and as your companion, Your Majesty must have given you the right to supervise and advise, can't you persuade His Royal Highness the Prince?"

"You also said that it was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and I was just an escort, and the relationship between me and him was essentially a monarch and a minister, and I could not trespass."

Cheng Yan shook his fan, and his tone was careless: "Not to mention that I don't have the power to control him, and the key people haven't done anything out of the ordinary, but they are closer to Master Gu, which is normal, even if the official wants to make a small report to His Majesty, he doesn't have to fight."

"Alright, don't give me this set!" Gu Yunji was just when he was worried, and when he saw Cheng Yan pretending, he became angry, "What does it mean for the prince to show favor to me, do you know? Cheng Yan, this is a succession, one mistake is a broken bone, I don't want to wade into this troubled water."

"You have been in the capital all the time, and you have won the trust of Your Majesty, and you must have seen the situation between the DPRK and China much more thoroughly than I do. Mrs. Zhou just passed away last month, and the prince has no biggest backer, and he is in a hurry to find his next home, but it just so happens that I was chosen, do you think it is a good thing for me at this juncture?"

Cheng Yan restrained his casual expression when he heard this, and said with a straight face: "Since you see the benefits and disadvantages of this clearly, I won't go around the bend with you. Not long after the death of Taifu Zhou, there was a shortage of Dinghai in the East Palace team

If you are a god-like person, if you throw yourself under the Prince's door at this time, it will be very easy to gain the trust of the Prince, and it will be a great opportunity for you."

Seeing that Gu Yunji kept his face tight and didn't speak, Cheng Yan said again: "Yunji, I know what you're hesitating about, you just want to protect yourself, do things in a down-to-earth manner, and don't participate in any disputes. But if you think about it carefully, based on your background and the current situation in the DPRK and China, can you do it?"

"Sooner or later, the DPRK and China will be divided into three factions, one is the princeling, the second is the princeling, the second is the prince's party, and the third is the imperial party. It's not that there are no neutrals, but most of them are either civil officials or poor and rotten Confucians, to put it bluntly, these people are low-ranking and low-powered, and in order not to be cannon fodder, they can only choose neutrality."

After hearing this, Gu Yunji slowly exhaled: "I understand what you said, but the stakes are very high, and one mistake is to lose my life, I need to think about it."

Cheng Yan smiled: "Then think slowly, at least from now until you return to Beijing, you can think about it." In short, Yunji, remember, no matter what you choose, I will help you."

Gu Yunji felt a burst of relief inexplicably, and also showed a smile at him: "Okay."

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Li Jinze came suddenly, and the officials in Zhejiang did not prepare in advance, and the accommodation was arranged in a bit of a hurry. At least in terms of security, it is still far from the standard of security that a prince should have.

After all, he is the prince, if there is a mistake, the officials of the entire Zhejiang Province will not want to live. Gu Yunji was a little uneasy, and after everyone rested, he took a few officials to check all the surroundings of the prince's residence.

After a brief inspection, there was nothing abnormal, Gu Yunji was a little relieved, and was about to turn around and leave, when he saw a black shadow suddenly jump out in front of him.

He was startled, and instantly became alert: "Who!"

The shadow did not seem to be afraid of them, and yawned unhurriedly, and the voice sounded familiar; "Master Gu, why are you here if you don't sleep so late?"

Gu Yunji's eyes narrowed: "Do you know my identity? Who are you? What the hell are you doing here?"

"Am I sneaky?" The black shadow snorted softly, as if he had heard something funny, "I feel that I have been loyal and dutiful to my night guard, and I have become sneaky? Master Gu, do you want to keep your eyes open and take a good look at who I am?"

Gu Yunji cautiously took two steps forward and took a closer look, only to find that this person was dressed in a dark robe, the clothes were well-made, and the cuffs and hem were embroidered with dark gold flying fish patterns.

Seeing the other party's face clearly through the light of the lantern, Gu Yunji said with some uncertainty, "Are you ...... Zhao Fan?!"