The courtyard of Zhang's house in Qingshi Hutong looks a little messy. Zhang Wen is going to go out of Beijing again, Cao An is arranging people to make preparations, things that should be put away should be put away, things that should be taken away should be packed and arranged for carriages and horses, so it is inevitable to disrupt the daily arrangements, and the things and people in the yard look much more chaotic than usual.

A courtyard is like a small society, where people of various identities do what they should do. Now that he is going to travel, Zhang Wen should make preparations, it will not be to pack his luggage, he is talking to Huang Renzhi and others to understand the current personnel situation in Zhejiang; No one has no money or food, only the Holy Decree, and it is still a complicated matter to serve as the governor and prime minister of Zhejiang and the military affairs of the southeast.

Zhejiang's current key personnel have changed somewhat compared with last year.

The new political envoy is Qian Yiqian, a member of the Donglin Party, Qian Yiqian originally tried Zhejiang, last year Emperor Tianqi ascended the Donglin Party and turned over, suppressed the Zhejiang Party, Qian Yiqian actively participated in it, so he was recommended by the Donglin Party as the political envoy of Zhejiang; According to the inspection envoy, he is still Yang Luo, Yang Hao's cousin, the former Zhejiang party, his cousin Yang Hao has long fallen, he is still in the position of the Zhejiang inspection envoy for a year, I don't know whether to say that he has a little energy, or whether to say that he is lucky; He was also a pro-Donglin Party member.

In addition, the eunuch guarding the town is Sun Long, needless to say, Wei Zhongxian gained power in the palace, and Sun Long naturally defected to Wei Zhongxian; Fujian's trusted governor and military squire, named He Shijin, is also a person from Donglin, but now Fujian is in chaos, and the bandits of the White Lotus Sect are cholera, and He Shijin's title of governor is just a hat, without any achievements, if it weren't for Donglin in power, he would have been escorted to Beijing for questioning.

Huang Renzhi learned about Zhejiang through some connections, and Zhang Wen obtained this information from Huang Renzhi. The two talked for a long time and discussed how to form the governor's yamen and other issues. At this time, Shen Jing walked in and said that the old knowledge of Liaodong had come.

Zhang Wenxin said that it was a fiasco in Liaodong, and the ruling Donglin Party investigated a large number of dissidents and took the blame, and Zhang Zhao couldn't get mixed up, so he came to Beijing to defect.

The formation of the governor's yamen requires a large number of loyal and capable people, Zhang Wen heard that the old people came to vote, and his heart was immediately happy, but Zhang Zhao was many levels lower than himself, and he was also accepted as a subordinate in the future, so it was inconvenient to behave too hotly, so he said: "Cao An, you brought him to the living room, it just so happened that Mr. Huang and Mr. Shen were also acquaintances, and they reminisced together." ”

Cao An responded and went out to greet Zhang Zhao, and after a while, he brought people over. Zhang Zhao had dark skin and a sturdy figure, and was wearing a gray robe at this time, dressed like a commoner. There was also a young man who came in with him, with thick black eyebrows, a cold face, eight feet long, and also wearing a cloth robe, but this person Zhang Wen did not know.

Zhang Zhao walked into the house, and the young man next to him only bowed down slightly, his attitude was a little cold, and there was a faint anger on his face. Zhang Wen swept his eyes and guessed what Zhang Zhao was thinking about, he remained silent, only smiled and pointed to the young man next to him and asked, "Why didn't this person brought by Heaven introduce us to us?" ”

Zhang Zhao said absentmindedly: "He is Ye Qingcheng, it turned out to be a thousand households of the Liaodong Army, and when the adults asked the brothers to write the testimony of the Battle of Suzihe, they also praised his article. ”

"Oh, I remember." Zhang Wen glanced at Zhang Zhao, then looked at the young man Ye Qingcheng, and said, "Sure enough, the appearance is dignified and good-looking. ”

Ye Qingcheng said again: "The last general will see the Governor." ”

Zhang Wen nodded, picked up the teacup, made a gesture, and asked Huang Renzhi for tea. The two old men accompanied each other for a moment without speaking, and they also saw the unhappy expression on Zhang Zhao's face.

At this time, Zhang Zhao looked left and right, there were no outsiders, and finally couldn't help but cut to the chase and said: "My lord, Xia Guan came back from Liaodong, and I heard that you voted for Wei Gelding, but is it true?" ”

Zhang asked that he called himself a "lower official" instead of calling himself a student, and remained silent and noncommittal for the time being. Zhang Zhao said again: "Do you know that now everyone on the streets and alleys scolds you for being a eunuch?" ”

"I know...... Zhang Wen said calmly, "Yes, this official voted for Wei Zhongxian." ”

Zhang Zhao was angry and puzzled: "My lord is a relative of the emperor, why do you want to vote for Wei Eunuch and mistake your reputation and future?" But it made the brothers of those respectful people in Liaodong feel cold. ”

Zhang Wenxin said that if he only relied on the emperor's use, why should I be busy with these things? If you don't vote for Wei Zhongxian, do you want to vote for the Donglin Party? Recently, there is another Donglin Party's imperial history room can be strong, I heard that it will be beheaded in the next two days, where is the life of the Donglin Party.

He was silent for a while, looked at Zhang Zhao and said, "There is a fierce tiger in a mountain, which often attacks the villagers below the mountain, and people and animals suffer greatly. At this time, a strong man came, wanting to go to the mountains to fight tigers to eliminate harm for the people. He has two methods: one is to use cattle and sheep bait, traps, tools and other means that can be used to kill tigers, the advantage of this method is that it is easy to succeed, but it is not a strong man's demeanor; The second is to directly raise the stick and swagger up to fight with the tiger, but in doing so, it is easy to be eaten by the tiger. Heavens, if you were that strong man, which method would you use? ”

Zhang Zhao lowered his head in contemplation and was silent.

Seeing this, Zhang Wen stood up again, paced back and forth in the room for a few steps, looked up at the window and sighed: "The road is long, I will go up and down and seek......" He sighed, and then turned back and said earnestly, "Detian, now that the four directions are in flames, the country is in trouble, how can you tie your hands and feet for the sake of your own reputation?" Or in order to gain a clear name, what is the benefit of the country to hit the head with a stone? ”

Zhang Zhao pondered for a long time, his expression was complicated, he looked at Zhang with wide eyes and asked, "My lord...... Student ......"

Zhang Wen raised his hand to stop him and said, "If you believe me, go to Zhejiang with me, if you don't believe me, you don't need to say more, please leave." ”

"Plop!" At this time, Ye Qingcheng, who was next to Zhang Zhao, suddenly knelt on the ground and said: "The last general believes in the adult, if the adult does not give up, the last general is willing to follow the adult to serve the dogs and horses." ”

Seeing this, Zhang Zhao also knelt on the ground, knocked his head a few times and bowed: "Students and others remember what the adults said today, and they are willing to go to Zhejiang with the adults." ”

Zhang Wen hurriedly helped the two of them up, patted Zhang Zhao on the shoulders of the two and said, "The husband should make meritorious contributions, don't look at the front of him." ”

As soon as the words came out, even Huang Renzhi and Shen Jing, who were sitting next to him, had their eyes lit up, and they were very useful. Because since the people below follow Zhang Wen to do things, they will always hope that he can achieve something, or follow him to become famous and rich, no one wants to follow a master who is not motivated.

In fact, Zhang Zhao and Ye Qingcheng are now down like this, except for going to Zhang Wen, I really don't know where else to come out. But Zhang Zhao accused Zhang Wen of not being able to do it as soon as he came, it was to raise his own value and get rid of the embarrassment of being cornered, and at the same time, it also showed that the relationship with Zhang Wen was hard, and if the relationship did not reach a certain point, how could he be qualified to confront Zhang Wen?

And Zhang Wen also patiently explained and enlightened, showing that he attached great importance to Zhang Zhao and others, because he was indeed lacking reliable people now, and at the same time, he revealed his great ambition to make contributions between his words, so that everyone had a hope.

So the disagreement and argument at the beginning were all happy after a while. Zhang Wen called for Zhang Zhao and Ye Qingcheng to settle down temporarily.

It took Zhang Wen a day or two to deal with the affairs of his family, the official documents and other things. On February 18, when the zodiac was auspicious, the favorable travel, and the southeast direction was auspicious, Zhang asked about the resignation, so he prepared a car and other pomp, and waited for a cadre with guards.

Passing through the entrance of the vegetable market, the sedan chair suddenly stopped, and Zhang Wen asked, "Why did the sedan chair stop?" ”

The guard outside the sedan chair said: "My lord, there is an execution at the entrance of the vegetable market, there are too many onlookers, the street is congested, and the brothers are cleaning the road." ”

There were voices of guards scolding and expelling from the front, and the surroundings were very noisy. Zhang Wen opened the sedan curtain and saw that Xuan Yue wearing a hat was on the horse, so Zhang Wen asked, "The person who killed is the imperial history room?" ”

Xuan Yue glanced at the vegetable market a few times and said, "It seems to be the history of Fang Yu." ”

"Oh." Zhang Wen answered in a deep voice, and was about to put down the sedan curtain, when suddenly there was a "whoosh", and he felt a cold wind on the front door, and vaguely saw a black shadow galloping over. Zhang Wen was taken aback in his heart, and subconsciously felt that something was wrong, and it was impossible for him to have time to react between the lightning and flint.

"Smack!" In an instant, an arrow was stuck in the wood above the sedan chair, and right in front of Zhang Wen's eyes, he could even clearly see that the tail of the arrow was buzzing and trembling.

"There are assassins! Protect your adults! Xuanyue immediately shouted, pulled out the scimitar at his waist, and rushed to the side of the sedan chair. The surroundings suddenly boiled, the guards pulled out bright real knives and guns, and surrounded Zhang Wen's sedan chair, such a battle shocked the people on the street to watch the execution, and it was chaotic for a while, screams were endless, and in the midst of the noise, Zhang Wen even heard someone shouting: "Someone has robbed the law field, there is a good show." ”

Zhang Wen hurriedly retracted his head back into the sedan chair, searched around, and finally found the Shang Fang sword given by the emperor. He grabbed the hilt of the sword in his hand, and then he felt a little more at ease, which was completely psychological. Only then did he realize that in a short period of time, his palms were already wet with sweat.

The cold arrow just now almost cost Zhang Wen's life. Zhang asked and scolded secretly, what is the auspicious day of the zodiac, there is a bloody disaster just after going out.

A moment later, the sound of firecrackers sounded outside the sedan chair, and someone lit the firecrackers and threw them into the crowd, which made it even more chaotic. It was not easy to hurt people when the artillery exploded, but the loud noise around the feet was also terrifying.

Zhang Wen wiped the cold sweat on his forehead with his sleeve, and secretly gasped for cold air, listening to the chaos outside, he thought that it would be safer to stay in the sedan chair, so as not to be cold. There were chairs in the sedan chair, and Zhang Wen felt the urge to get under the seats, but he also knew that it was useless to do so.