In the evening, Hangzhou General Military Mansion, prefect Wang Shizhen came in civilian clothes, Qi Jiguang personally greeted him, and went straight to his study with his arm.

sat down to serve tea, and without waiting for Wang Shizhen to speak, Qi Jiguang hurriedly said: "Don't talk about it, did Zicheng send someone to contact you?" ”

Wang Shizhen smiled bitterly: "I still want to ask you, didn't the young general send someone to ask for help, so many elite soldiers and strong generals were sent out, but they didn't find any clues at all?" ”

The two have been friends for many years, and they are not polite when they speak.

"The dog later sent someone to pass the message, saying what Zicheng said, let me continue to be pretentious, but I haven't believed it for more than half a month, I'm really a little worried about them," Qi Jiguang said and smiled bitterly again, and asked, "Tell me, what kind of medicine is sold in this kid's gourd?" What are the plans, can't you ventilate? These days, my heart is up and down, it's really not a taste. ”

"I heard that the heads of those big families rushed to Songjiang to see Xu Ge Lao, I speculate that Zicheng and they must not be in danger, as for why they don't show up, that kid is a ghost and a ghost, who knows what he wants to do."

At this point, the two of them smiled bitterly and fell silent at the same time.

After a while, Wang Shizhen first broke the dullness: "If you want me to say, let's not speculate here, since he doesn't want to show up, there must be a reason why he doesn't want to show up, what about you, continue to send people to look for it, and at the same time, secretly pay attention to the movements of the Four Seas Gang, it is a good dog raised by the old Xu family, and they do all the dirty work, if Xu Jie really wants to be unfavorable to Zicheng, he will definitely use them." In addition, he sent someone to inform Xing Shangzhi and issued an order in the name of the Nanjing garrison eunuch, ordering Jiangnan officialdom to search for Zhang You's whereabouts. ”

"Cheng, I went to Jinling in person, and I happened to ask Wen Chang's opinion, maybe Zicheng contacted them...... You say, will Zicheng sneak into Beijing with Kong Xiang? Speaking of the back, Qi Jiguang suddenly asked.

Wang Shizhen raised his head slightly, and said: "Don't say it, there is really this possibility, but the road into Beijing is now guarded by people from major families, and I heard that even the ships of Cao Yun have to be searched one by one, although it is not in the name of looking for Zicheng, but I think I am also worried that they will enter Beijing to see them." Saying that, he changed his words, and said: "It's a pity that now is the time of Caoyun, Hangzhou is the top priority, I really don't have the skills, otherwise, I have to run with you Jinling ......."

"You are busy with you, just pay attention to Zicheng's movements, don't sleep at night, don't really Zicheng ask for help, but I can't find you."

Wang Shizhen glanced at Qi Jiguang: "Don't worry, not only don't you want that kid to have an accident, but do you want me to do it?" I'm still waiting to see what he said about the prosperous era of the Ming Dynasty. ”

Qi Jiguang tugged at the corners of his mouth: "Isn't it messy if I don't care!" ”

Ouchi, Kunning Palace.

The spring festival has just ended, the results of the palace examination, Hui Yuanfang won the champion from Zhe unexpectedly, and then Li Tingji explored the flowers, Zhu Guozuo was on the list, Zhang Ruoxuan's students won the top three in one fell swoop, and there were two people in the second class, namely Ye Xianggao and Mei Guozhen, and the rest were all in the top three, and the ranking was also very high, becoming the biggest winner of Jinke.

After the Luming banquet, Zhang Ruoxuan held a banquet to celebrate these disciples of his own, not only Zhang Juzheng personally attended, but also invited Shen Shixing, Zhang Xueyan, Pan Jitao and Daming Newspaper Li Zhen, Shen Wan'er, Gu Xiancheng, and Gewu Institute Guo Zaoqing, Xu Guangqi, Zhao Shizhen, Zhao Zhenyu, etc., except for Xu Wei, who has rushed back to Jinling, all of them are now well-known figures in Beijing, and even Zhu Yijun personally appointed Li Wenjin to the banquet.

"I heard that the emperor also rewarded Ruoxuan's girl for the position of a Zuo Chunfang Zuo concubine? Aren't you afraid that those civil servants and clear streams will make a lot of noise? Listening to Zhu Yijun talk about the grand occasion of the Zhang family yesterday, Li Caifeng asked with a smile.

Zhu Yijun smiled and said: "Isn't Concubine Rong's master already a thousand households of the Jinyi Weibei Division, and one more Ruoxuan is nothing, in addition, it is nominal, she doesn't need to sit in class, her disciples are angry, except for a few science and Taoist officials who mentioned it in a book, other officials didn't say anything." As he spoke, he added: "Shen Shixing and they are all gone, even if he can't eat the ancients...... It's just that Yu Youding was wronged, the main examiner of the first world, but I didn't expect to make a wedding dress for Ruoxuan in vain. It was funny when he said it, and he couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"You, you were really damaged by Zicheng's kid," Li Caifeng glanced at Zhu Yijun: "Those people said that they were Ruoxuan's students, but to put it bluntly, didn't they all become Zicheng's people?" Aren't you afraid that one day in the future he will not lose his tail and have a different heart? ”

As she spoke, she couldn't help but recall the absurdity of that afternoon, and her heart suddenly had mixed feelings, and she couldn't tell what it was.

Zhu Yijun didn't know what his wife was thinking, and said with a smile: "If you don't hide it from your mother, the child is sometimes really worried, but I don't think he is the kind of ungrateful person, then again, even if he really has other thoughts, now is not the time when Taizu raised the army in the past, he has no name and no points, and even Chengzu and his old man have worked hard, not to mention that he has a different surname." ”

"The more you talk about it, the more unpleasant it becomes, can you talk about the affairs of your ancestors casually?"

"Yes!" Zhu Yijun nodded and was taught, but he was a little disapproving.

Li Caifeng actually just said it casually, and didn't really blame Zhu Yijun, and said: "Actually, the mourning family also thinks that Zicheng is not that kind of person, but it's just to remind you." ”

"The child understands," Zhu Yijun said, and said: "Actually, I came here today, first, to ask the queen mother for your peace, and secondly, I came to tell the queen mother one thing, Zicheng is missing." ”

"What?" Li Caifeng was taken aback: "Are you still laughing?" What the hell is going on? ”

"It's not that the child has a big heart, but I really know that kid, and if you don't keep your hands, you won't be able to do anything big...... Well, he left in a hurry, wasn't it because of the affairs of Dongting County, after arriving in Dongting, he happened to encounter a stroke in the county, and he was rescued by him, the county Cheng is still a key person, and he has a lot of evidence of Shangguan's corruption and perversion of the law, probably for fear of killing people, he fled from Dongting with the county overnight, and then the world evaporated, and now people all over Jiangnan are looking for him, this is the news that Xing Shangzhi sent back in an urgent hurry for 600 miles eight days ago, and now it is unknown whether he finds it or not. ”

Li Caifeng's expression softened: "You say, will he take a detour back to Beijing?" ”

Both mother and son have an understanding of the situation in Jiangnan, and Zhu Yijun nodded: "The child thinks the same way." ”