Chen Huamian led Yongchang Hou Yuan Guizheng and Yuan Jinsheng father and son to Lin Tie to wait in the outer wing of the Shoujing Hall in the study of the East Ya.

"My lord is discussing in the front hall, and I also ask the Marquis of Yongchang and the young marquis to wait here for a while......" Chen Huamian ordered someone to make tea, and he also sat here to accompany him - Lin Tie's daily handling of official affairs in the study, although Lin Tie had just returned from eastern Zhejiang and had not yet stepped into the study half a step, but there were guests here, and the chief of the guard on duty would not leave for a while.

Yuan Guizheng's sideburns are already gray, and he is already old at the age of fifty years - Chen Hua has a clumsy face, and when he greets, he keeps silent, and Yuan Guizheng and his son Yuan Jinsheng are also inconvenient to talk, so they look at the furnishings in the wing.

The inner wing room is the study room of Lin Bin's daily office, which is really simple and very small, only three steps square, with a wood-colored long case in the center, full of books, and a little messy. There are no common four treasures of the study on the long case, and a porcelain tube is inserted with several charcoal from Huaidong. There is a small cabinet against the wall, it is still a small couch with a variety of files, there is a small couch for guests to talk to, a low table is placed on the couch, a corner table is placed on the corner of the wall, a curved neck celadon vase is placed, and a few newly picked osmanthus branches are inserted to hang buds.

The laurel trees in Chongzhou have already budded?

It has been two days since Yuan Guizheng arrived in Chongzhou, but he did not notice these details.

Listening to the sound of a piece of armor outside, I looked at it, but it was Lin Jian and two guards who came to the courtyard, Yuan Guizheng and his son Yuan Jinsheng stood up and walked to the eaves of the corridor to greet each other.

"It happened that I was in the front hall to discuss the matter, so I waited for Hou Ye for a long time," Lin Jian stood in the courtyard and bowed, and asked Chen Hua's face, "Have you prepared tea for Hou Ye and waited......"

"Don't dare to be lazy, I just bothered Miss Xiaolan to make tea, and you came." Chen Huamian said.

This study is actually connected to the small courtyard where Song Jia lives alone next to the East Ya, Lin is bound in Chongzhou, and Song Jia always helps to dispose of official letters, and the study is also taken care of by the people in Song Jia's courtyard on weekdays.

"Chongzhou visited the Queen Mother, but he didn't inform Marquis Lin, which was very rude; I was going to go back to Jiangning tomorrow, so I rushed over tonight to visit the old man. Yuan Guizheng said.

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say......" Lin Jian said with a smile, as if he didn't mind coming to Chongzhou without telling Yuan Guizheng.

In the Shicai side hall, some people were dissatisfied with the fact that Yuan Guizheng had come to Chongzhou and the Military Intelligence Department was unaware, but Lin Jian didn't care.

The existence of the Military Intelligence Department is to use it as a staff organization, focusing on the military, rather than a special agency for monitoring places; The Military Intelligence Division mainly trains military attachés and staff officers with tactical and strategic thinking, rather than special agents.

Although the Military Intelligence Department has a special service office, the investment in personnel and resources is very limited, and it is mainly used for intelligence collection in the areas controlled by Zhejiang, Fujian and Yanhu. The changes in the situation in Jiangning controlled by the military division mainly relied on Sun Wenbing and others, and Chongzhou's daily life of Empress Dowager Liang and Hailing King Yuan Jianhai was not closely monitored - Yuan Guizheng really wanted to sneak to Chongzhou to meet with Empress Dowager Liang, and Chongzhou could not know, and it was normal.

Lin Jian invited Yuan Guizheng and Yuan Jinsheng to sit down in the study, and said: "After Su Mei arrived in Chongzhou, he opened a teahouse, and often thought about Hou Ye's kindness, if it wasn't late, I would like to invite Hou Ye and Brother Jinsheng to sit in Su Mei's teahouse and talk about the old relationship......

"Then don't bother, I will come to Chongzhou to meet Marquis Lin and ......Miss Su Mei in the future," Yuan Guizheng said.

Once upon a time, Yuan Guizheng regarded Su Mei as the most important piece of chess, and this chess piece is no longer in the hands of Yuan Guizheng - under the jurisdiction of Jiang Ning, Lin Bin's military power is the heaviest, Lin Xuwen, Huang Jinnian and others are attached to Huaidong, even if he pokes out the Sumen case at this time, the court will only calm the matter and dare not anger Huaidong; And Huaidong and Jiang Ning have long been inseparable, and they are not bad at using the Sumen case to sow discord.

A few days ago, an official in Jiangning asked the Empress Dowager Liang to return to the court, and Lin Jian thought that Yuan returned to politics and sneaked to Chongzhou, probably for this matter. However, Yuan Guizheng didn't say anything, he also patiently didn't mention it, gossiped, and asked: "Lord Hou came to Chongzhou, why didn't the prince of the vassal accompany him?" ”

Lin Jian had seen Yuan Guizheng a few times in Jiangning, and the feudal clan was accompanied by him, but he was not seen this time.

"Xie Chaozhong bought the mansion, and the fan Ding had a sudden illness and was bedridden, otherwise he would have come to Chongzhou to visit the old man." Yuan Guizheng said.

"Oh, the feudal mansions have changed hands?" Lin Jian remembered the old scenery of the feudal building, and was quite emotional, and asked, "When is it?" ”

"Just last month." Yuan Guizheng replied, a little desolate between his words.

On the surface, the feudal building is the property of the feudal family, but it actually represents the glory of the Marquis of Yongchang in Jiangning City.

Although Emperor Yongxing did not hold everyone accountable for the crime afterwards and gently removed the matter of supporting the establishment, but with Gu Wuchen forced to leave Jiangning and King Lu demoted and renamed King Hailing, the Marquis of Yongchang was also doomed to decline in Jiangning. In the past, the guests in the Yongchang Marquis Mansion were now afraid of being involved with Yuan Guizheng and making the new emperor suspicious.

Once the Marquis of Yongchang lost power, the huge industry under its jurisdiction naturally became the object of competition for food among the newly rising magnates in Jiangning - Xie Chaozhong bought the mansion of Rijin Doujin, probably didn't spend much silver, right? Fan Ding was suddenly ill and bedridden, probably angry, right?

Thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi, the Yongchang Marquis Mansion and the feudal family can get today's retribution, and they also deserve it - Yuan Guizheng may be able to defect to the Liang family, but at this time, the Yanhu army is running on the eastern front, and the Liang family is also difficult to protect.

Lin Jian chuckled and said: "Xie Chaozhong is a saint, I didn't expect that I still have the heart to run a restaurant, and the feudal lord has worked hard all his life, so it's good to rest." ”

Yuan Guizheng peeked at Lin Lian's face, he also knew that since the Marquis of Yongchang had some friendship with Huaidong, he was completely buried due to the support of the establishment, not to mention that Lin Lian and the father and son of Fan Ding also had a deep grudge, and he didn't expect Lin Lian to sympathize with their feudal mansion and give Xie Chao Zhonghao a forcible seizure; What he wants to see is Lin Lian's attitude towards Xie Chaozhong: Lin Lian and the Huaidong Army still want to go further, Xie Chaozhong and the Imperial Camp Army are destined to be an obstacle - unfortunately, in Lin Lian's eyes, Yuan Guizheng can't see his vigilance against Xie Chaozhong.

Yuan Guizheng thought about it and was relieved, Xie Chaozhong was just a nouveau riche, because he was favored by the new emperor, he was able to take charge of the imperial camp army and become a powerful person in the dynasty.

Yuan Guizheng was also full of emotion in his heart, thinking that Lin Jian was just a fierce little character in Jiangning back then, how could he ever look at him? And now that things have changed, it is my turn to speak in a low voice in front of him - it makes people feel that this feng shui is turning too fast.

The gossip has been going on for a long time, and no one has gotten to the point.

When Yuan Guizheng and Yuan Jinsheng got up to say goodbye, Lin Liancai pretended to remember and asked: "I have been leading troops to fight in eastern Zhejiang for many days, and I haven't asked the Queen Mother for many days; Hou Ye just came from the Queen Mother, has the Queen Mother's condition ever improved? ”

Yuan Guizheng smiled in his heart: Lin Jian imprisoned the Queen Mother and King Hailing in Chongzhou, and never showed up again, what does it have to do with the fact that he can't lead the troops to fight in eastern Zhejiang?

Yuan Guizheng said: "The spirit is only slightly better, but the wind blows and I have a headache, please ask the imperial doctor to prescribe two more pairs of medicines, maybe it will be better......"

Behind Lin Lian's hands, he muttered: "There are also good doctors in Chongzhou, I will go to the Queen Mother tomorrow to ask for peace, and let the doctors in Chongzhou also diagnose and treat the Queen Mother, I am afraid that it will not be ......in accordance with the rules."

"Marquis Lin is thinking about the Queen Mother's illness, what is there to ...... that is not in order" Yuan Guizheng said, saying that Lin Jian would go to the Queen Mother tomorrow to ask for peace, and he and his son Yuan Jinsheng said goodbye and left.

Lin Jian returned to the inner courtyard and drove Song Jia back from the northern foothills.

"I heard that the Marquis of Yongchang just came?" Song Jia asked.

"After playing dumb riddles for a long time, it's very boring...... Lin Jian said.

Song Jia speculated: "The Liang family did not have the courage to fight to the death with Yanhu, did not give up the plains and Jinan, and was worried that the whole army would die on both sides of the Yellow River, but once they gave up the plains and Jinan, they became the dogs of the lost family - after the fall of Linzi, the situation of the Liang family was even more embarrassing." Yuan Guizheng happened to be in Chongzhou, and Empress Dowager Liang may have driven him to test his attitude here? ”

If the Liang family abandons Jinan and retreats south, it will be next to the two Huai - the Liang family has lost Jinan and the plain, and it is difficult to be independent, and it is necessary to get the support of Jiangning or Huaidong in order to gain a firm foothold in southwest Lu - in the past, the Liang family was not so eager, Linzi fell, and the flanks of Jinan and the plain were exposed to the attack range of Yanhu's soldiers and horses, and the current situation was also life and death for the Liang family.

"How should Huaidong respond?" Lin Jian muttered to himself.

"In any case, Huaidong should firmly ask the Liang family to send troops to aid Yangxin, otherwise Madame will not feel good." Song Jia said softly.

No matter how slim the hope is, the Liang family is the last reliance on the siege of Xie Yangxin. If Huaidong supports the Liang family's retreat to the south, it will undoubtedly give up Yangxin completely, which is emotionally difficult for Gu Junxun to accept.

Lin Jian frowned, and Song Jia said again: "The father and son of the Liang family didn't even dare to fight in the face of Hu Lu, so if they were allowed to retreat to southwest Lu, how could they rely on them?" That old witch, if you want to go back to Jiangning, it's better to let her go......"

"That's right," Lin Jian heard Song Jia say this, and his heart hesitated a little, took her hand, pulled her to his side, and said with a smile, "You are really my good woman......

"Is that really all I have?" Song Jiayan asked, thinking that there was ambiguity in what she said, her face was slightly red, and she pushed Lin Lian's body and said, "The four ladies can all look at you over, and I will pass the word in the past, as if they are going to eat me......"

"Nonsense, how are the four ladies?" Lin Jian scolded with a smile.

"I haven't included the teahouse and the sixth lady yet," Song Jia teased him, helped him open his umbrella, pushed him out, and said, "You go over quickly...... It's been a long time since I've seen the moon. Back then, I told Yu Feihu that I wanted to give you Mingyue and give you a smile, and then I heard him jokingly say that he would give Mingyue to Qin Zitan - Qin Zitan can also attract women's minds, Mingyue didn't say anything in her mouth, she had a little thought, who would have thought that so many things would happen later? Qin Zitan actually died by hanging from the beam...... "Speaking of this, Song Jia didn't say anything, called Chen Huamian and waited for the guards to come in, and escorted Lin Jian to the northern foot of the Jingshe to reunite with Gu Junxun and them.