"By my temperament, I'll catch one by one. Tang Jian said indignantly.

"Don't worry, Lord Tang, there must be a place for you. Xie Huchen smiled and said.

At this moment, a personal soldier walked in.

"Lord Tang, Lord Zhuang of Jiangzhou asks to see. The soldier said.

"It's really what you want to do. Xie Huchen closed his fan and said.

"The two of you will rest for a while, and I'll go to meet Zhuang Menglong for a while. After Tang Jian finished speaking, he left with his own soldiers.

"Huchen, guess how Chen Jing will reply. Yu Zhong asked.

"We'll find out in a moment, don't be in a hurry, this tea is good. Xie Huchen took a sip of tea and said unhurriedly.

After a while, Tang Jian came back angrily, seeing him like this, there was probably a number in the rest of his heart, and there should be no good news.

"Chen Jing, the old fox, actually asked Zhuang Menglong to bring a message, saying that as long as I am willing to invest in his disciples, the secret account on the left side of the Jiangnan Road will still be managed by me, and I will be divided into five accounts, and at the same time guarantee that I will be promoted to the rank of lieutenant within a year. Tang Jian said.

When Xie Huchen heard this, he was not in a hurry at all, as if he had already expected this result.

"It's all in my expectation, after all, he is the imperial master, how can he be easily coerced by others, I guess if Lord Tang doesn't agree to him, there will be two results, one is that Zhuang Menglong directly skips you, contacts other states and counties, and reformulates the reconciliation process, and the other is to send someone to replace you, in my opinion, it is very likely to be the latter. Xie Huchen said.

"But if Lord Tang agrees to him and is promoted to the rank of lieutenant, it is very likely that the vacancy on the left side of Jiangnan will still be filled by Chen Jing's people. Yu Zhong continued.

"That's right, so this dark account of the left side of Jiangnan, Chen Jing is actually bound to win, if Lord Tang doesn't agree to his cooperation, I'm afraid he won't leave Lord Tang's timed ** in the key position of controlling the left side of Jiangnan. Xie Huchen said.

After Tang Jian heard these words, a few drops of sweat couldn't help but flow from his forehead, he knew that Xie Huchen was not alarmist, with Chen Jing's power, if he wanted to frame him, I was afraid that his identity as a concubine would not be able to protect himself.

"In this way, our plan will not be in vain. He said.

"That's not necessarily, Lord Tang only needs to pretend to agree to Chen Jing's cooperation first, but Lord Tang can ask him that all the reconciliation and write-off work this year must be carried out in Hongchang Mansion, only in this way can you ensure your personal safety, Lord Tang. Xie Huchen said.

"Xie Zhixian is reasonable, but how can we get Chen Jing to agree to my request. Tang Jian asked suspiciously.

"We need to have a reason he can't refuse. Xie Huchen glanced at Yu Zhong and nodded.

Yu Zhong comprehended, smiled mysteriously, and said: "Lord Tang, before we set off to Hongchang, we have already sent a letter to Lord Gui, the commander of the Imperial Dragon Guard in Beijing, and he has already reported this matter to the emperor, I believe that soon you will know what this reason is." ”

Tang Jian looked dazed, although he didn't understand it very well, but he was willing to believe these two young people, because they had already made him have too many surprises.

Tang Jian didn't wait too long, two days later, he knew what the reason was.

He received a holy decree that the prince was about to leave Beijing to patrol the military and political affairs of the Eighteenth Route on behalf of the sky, and the first stop was to visit Hongchang Mansion, and at the same time ordered all the important people to accompany him to discuss military and political affairs.

Tang Jian was secretly happy in his heart, he just pushed the boat down the river and put forward his request to Chen Jing.

He immediately summoned Zhuang Menglong and expressed his willingness to cooperate, Zhuang Menglong was overjoyed and hurriedly returned his meaning to Chen Jing.

The emperor sent people to inspect all kinds of military and political affairs, once every three years, this is a common practice, Chen Jing did not doubt, and finally agreed to Tang Jian's request, so that the heads of all the hidden accounts took this opportunity to gather in Hongchang Mansion to reconcile the accounts.

After all, most of the people in charge of all walks of life are in important positions, and suddenly leaving their posts will also make people suspicious, and this trick is dark, which is also in line with Chen Jing's intentions, because sometimes the most dangerous place is also the safest place.

Xie Huchen knew that as soon as the person in charge of the secret accounts arrived in Hongchang Mansion, Tang Jian's identity would be immediately exposed, after all, Pei Zhi, who was really in charge of the secret accounts, had been secretly detained by him, and they had to plan all the details in order to get a hit and eradicate the moths of these countries.

But the only thing he was worried about was that the emperor did not order Chen Jing to accompany him, which meant that the emperor was not determined to completely eradicate Chen Jing's forces.

Xie Huchen can also understand this, after all, Chen Jing has been in the dynasty for 30 years, and his forces are intertwined in the court, and if he is not completely sure, the emperor will not move him.

It's just this matter of dark accounts, even if he is investigated, he can shirk the responsibility in the name of investigating the case, this is not the best opportunity to bring down Chen Jing, but at least he can cut off his wings through this matter, just tearing his face with Chen Jing openly like this, Xie Huchen's career in the future will be somewhat affected.

But he doesn't care about this, he is an official for the people, for the country, even if he is a county magistrate for the rest of his life, he is willing.

Seeing that there was still some time before the days of the prince's southern tour, Xie Huchen and Yu Zhong temporarily bid farewell to Tang Jian and returned to Yixian.

As soon as he entered the gate of the county office, he saw Wang Zhiyuan surrounded by a group of people, and he was noisy and shouting.

As soon as Wang Zhiyuan saw Xie Huchen coming back, it was like seeing a savior, breaking through the crowd and hiding behind him.

"Lord Xie is back, you have something to tell Lord Xie. After speaking, Wang Zhiyuan quietly muttered to Xie Huchen again: "My lord, you are back, I've been busy these days, look at it, so many people have things, I can't do it, you can watch it." ”

As soon as the words fell, before Xie Huchen could speak, Wang Zhiyuan ran away without a trace, he had already grown up one head and two years old, how could he still manage the etiquette of his superiors at this time, and if he stayed, he felt that his head was going to explode.

Xie Huchen smiled helplessly, and said loudly: "Folks, be quiet, if you have anything to say, let me go and change my clothes first, and then we will talk in the hall." ”

When the people saw that he had returned, they were at last quiet and no longer made any noise.

But it's not a way to let the people wait like this, Xie Huchen had an idea, and ordered someone to write a bunch of number plates, which were sent to the people in order, and after a while, they would deal with things in the order of the numbers.

Xie Huchen went back to the house to change into his official uniform, and hurriedly ascended to the court, and a group of people took turns to go to the court, all of which were trivial things, either the old Zhang family rode a horse and killed the chicken that Lao Li's family ran out of the courtyard gate, or the fruit tree of the old Wang family grew outside the wall and was picked and eaten by Lao Zhao, or the pig of the old Chen family arched the cabbage in the old Zhou field.

He finally understood why Wang Zhiyuan ran away like running for his life, these things are not big, but it is indeed a bit nerve-wracking to huddle together.

Xie Huchen looked at Yu Chong for help, Yu Chong spread his hands, and couldn't stop snickering, meaning that he couldn't help.

"Hey, who made me such a parent official......" Xie Huchen sighed secretly in his heart, so he had to deal with it step by step.

When he finished everything and returned to the inner hall, it was already evening, and he saw Yu Zhong munching on chicken legs and drinking wine in the inner hall, and he was very happy.

"Brother Yu, you are really my good brother......" Xie Huchen said.

Yu Zhong was also thick-skinned, and listened to the rhetoric, chewing the chicken leg in his mouth, and replied vaguely: "Of course, I will keep the wine and meat for you, otherwise I would have eaten it all." ”

Xie Huchen snorted and laughed, shook his head, and sat down helplessly, after being hungry for a day, he couldn't care about being poor with Yu Zhong, so he would fill his stomach first.

"By the way, Zhiyuan just handed in a letter, it seems that it was sent to you from Zhongjing when we were away. Yu Zhong licked his oily hands and pulled out a letter from his bosom.

Xie Huchen put his finger in his finger with a slightly disgusted expression, and when he saw the payment on the envelope, he was immediately overjoyed.

"Look at you, in a blink of an eye, you have changed your face, and from the truth, is this Jun the dream lover you have missed for a long time, the little girl from the Taiyi Bureau. Yu Zhong asked.

Xie Huchen couldn't care about him, and hurriedly opened the letterhead and looked at it.

Yu Zhong glanced at the side secretly, and saw that the letter began with a poem.

"Affectionate parting since ancient times, even more Nakan, snubbing the Qingqiu Festival. Where to wake up tonight? Willow bank, the wind and the waning moon. This past year should be a good day and a good time. Even though there are a thousand kinds of styles, who can you tell them about?"

"Hey, you literati, you like sour, and writing a letter will make my teeth sore. Yu Zhong deliberately pretended to cover his cheeks and said.

"What do you know about this playboy, Wen Jun is also going to come to Hongchang Mansion with the prince this time, it's great. Xie Huchen said happily.

"Hey, tell me who's the dude. Yu Zhong choked.

Xie Huchen ignored him completely, jumped up happily, and rushed out of the room dancing.

"You mean, who's the playboy......" Yu Zhong chased after him reluctantly, still holding a chicken leg in his hand.

Zhongjing, the residence of the second prince.

"Hmph, I didn't expect my father to appoint my eldest brother to patrol the hunt on behalf of the sky. Ji Lie slapped his palm on the table in annoyance.

"Why should the second prince be annoyed, the crown prince will take at least a few months to come back when he goes out of Beijing this time, which may not be a good thing for you. A man who looked like a civil servant next to him said.

"Oh, what is Taishi Chen's opinion?" asked Ji Lie.

"Taishi Chen asked his subordinates to bring a message to the second prince, this time the prince went out of Beijing, this is a godsend for the second prince, with the cooperation of the prince, you have a lot to do in the palace. "It turned out that this Wenchen was actually a messenger sent by Chen Jing.

"I always thought that Master Taishi was more optimistic about my eldest brother, so why did he send you to contact me. Ji Lie asked.