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Although Su Changzhen was a little curious about who Zhao Junchen was waiting for, and he would postpone the ceremony of recognizing his ancestors and returning to his ancestors for this reason, after seeing Zhao Junchen's inquiring eyes, he still suppressed the doubts in his heart and explained in detail: "It's also strange to say, these days, the factory guards have been moving around and arresting many officials in Suzhou, most of whom are cronies of Zhou Suhai, the prefect of Suzhou, and they are obviously targeting Zhou Suhai...... Even the adult behind Zhou Suhai, but Zhou Suhai not only did not worry about being afraid, but acted in a much more high-profile manner, and the guests of the banquet for many days in a row actually had the meaning of singing every night, as if they were in the chest, which made people feel a little strange. ”

Speaking of this, Su Changyi's expression became more and more confused.

According to Su Changyi's thoughts, if this matter is spread on himself, I am afraid that he will be nervous and flustered, and he will lose sleep all night, and maybe he will be scared half to death, not to mention the guests of the big banquet and singing every night, so Su Changzhen can't understand Zhou Suhai's approach at all.

Up to now, if Zhou Suhai still doesn't see the seriousness of the matter, and thinks that he will be fine with the protection of the first assistant Zhou Shangjing, but he can't say it - Su Changzhen and Zhou Suhai have been officials in the same place for many years, and they also know Zhou Suhai's character very well - in Su Changhai's eyes, Zhou Suhai has extremely high requirements for himself, and he has tried his best to imitate his grandfather Zhou Shangjing in every move over the years.

What's more, even Zhou Suhai can't see the seriousness of the matter. Can't Zhou Shangjing see it either? Now, with the change of the situation in Suzhou, many discerning people have seen it. This is Emperor Deqing is going to fight with Zhou Shangjing again, and the situation between the government and the opposition will inevitably undergo many changes. Moreover, the breakthrough that Emperor Deqing found this time was Zhou Shangjing's eldest grandson, Zhou Suhai, the prefect of Suzhou! With Zhou Shangjing's old scheming, how could there be no prevention and counterattack?

Because of this, Su Changyi became more and more unable to see through Zhou Suhai's purpose.

To be precise, what Su Changyi couldn't see through was Zhou Shangjing standing behind Zhou Suhai, and he didn't understand what Zhou Shangjing was planning now!

However, long before the Southern Tour. Zhao Junchen had already predicted the current change, and he had made a lot of deductions in his heart, so although Su Changyi couldn't understand Zhou Shangjing's plan. But Zhao Junchen was able to guess a little.

So, after Zhao Junchen pondered for a moment, he asked again, "Oh? I don't know who the guests Zhou Suhai has been entertaining these days? ”

After thinking about it, Su Changyi replied, "There are no important people." Most of them were prestigious Confucian scholars. There are also some guests who are the leading figures in Jiangnan businessmen, but they are rare in the officialdom. ”

And so it was!

After hearing Su Changyi's answer, Zhao Junchen's eyes narrowed slightly, and then he suddenly smiled and complimented Su Changjian: "Master Su is worthy of being the governor of Nanzhili, and now although he is in Yangzhou and accompanies His Majesty, he still knows everything about the wind and grass in Suzhou...... Today, I got a lot of news from Master Su and benefited a lot. I only hope that Master Su will give more advice in the future...... As Zuo Shangshu said, the current temple situation. Unpredictable and turbulent, although we are staying out of the matter, we can't be aware of it later, otherwise once we are implicated, we will be at a loss and at a loss. However, in the territory of Nanzhili, I really don't have much business, and I can't help but be a little slow when collecting news, so I hope that Lord Su will help me a lot in the future. ”

Su Changyi is now desperately hoping to marry Zhao Junchen, and naturally he will not refuse Zhao Junchen's request, but agrees with a smile, only feeling that his relationship with Zhao Junchen is closer.

Next, in view of the current temple situation, Zhao Junchen, Su Changyi, and Zuo Lanshan discussed a lot, but they each had reservations, and none of them revealed their true intentions.

Among them, Zuo Lanshan's concern about this matter only stems from the sensitive instinct of politicians to changes in the political situation, and may also want to fish in troubled waters and take the opportunity to reap some benefits, and there are many hints and encouragements to Zhao Junchen between words, but Zhao Junchen has not responded for a long time.

And Su Changyi has the most profound understanding of the inside story of this matter, and even he himself is one of the parties involved, but after he got some assurances from Emperor Deqing, he now has other plans, pinning all his hopes on his marriage with Zhao Junchen, but there are some things that do not concern him and indifferently watch from the sidelines.

As for Zhao Junchen, he hid his mind the deepest, on the surface, Zhao Junchen was just interested and watching the excitement at this time, but no one could guess what his real thoughts were.

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Between the three of them chatting, half an hour had passed unconsciously.

According to the time, this ceremony should have started a long time ago, but Zhao Junchen was still waiting for someone, but he didn't mean to get up for a long time, and still chatted with Su and Zuo.

The vestibule of the ancestral house of the Zhao family is the venue for the ceremony of returning to the ancestors, and the guests have been waiting here for a long time, but the celebration has not started for a long time, and Zhao Junchen has not appeared for a long time.

Although the people of the Zhao family were anxious, they did not dare to urge Zhao Junchen, but tried their best to appease the emotions of the guests.

At this moment, an ordinary-looking carriage slowly drove to the door of the Zhao family's ancestral house, and then two men, an old man and a young man, walked down from the carriage.

Not long after, Xiao Wenxuan hurriedly came to the hall where Zhao Junchen, Zuo Lanshan, and Su Changzhen were, and bowed to Zhao Junchen and reported: "My lord, he is here." ”

"Oh? They finally arrived? Fortunately, it didn't take too much time. After hearing Xiao Wenxuan's report, Zhao Junchen raised his eyebrows, finally stopped the conversation, stood up, and turned to Su Changyi and Zuo Lanshan and asked, "I'm going to greet a distinguished guest, are the two adults willing to go to greet them together?" ”

Hearing Zhao Junchen's invitation, Su Changyi and Zuo Lanshan were both curious, not knowing which distinguished guest it was, not only did Zhao Junchen deliberately postpone the start of the ceremony for him, but also solemnly went out to greet him in person!

It stands to reason that unless Emperor Deqing is there in person, even the first assistant Zhou Shangjing will not have such a big face!

But in any case, since Zhao Junchen values it so much, it means that the identity of this distinguished guest is definitely extraordinary, Su Changyi and Zuo Lanshan naturally did not want to miss the opportunity, so they said in unison: "Since this distinguished guest can be valued by Lord Zhao so much, we will naturally go to greet it together." ”

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…… (To be continued......)