Lin Jian and Zhou Pu took their horses and followed Yang Shi to the Gu Mansion.

Compared with a few days ago, there were a few more guards with knives in military uniforms in the gatehouse in the front yard of the Gu family, Yang Shi called the leading colonel and said to him: "This is Lin Juren...... introduced, without saying anything, he led Lin Ju to the house, and Zhou Pu led the horse to wait in the front yard.

Yang Shi caught a mother-in-law halfway and asked Gu Wuchen if he was in the garden, so he took Lin Jian to the direction of the back house, and Lin Jian knew that the garden was the small garden in the back house of the Gu family, and Gu Wuchen gave an elegant name. Lin Jian entered the garden from the moon gate, a few plum trees were in front of him, and he heard the call from behind: "Dad, I will return the book you want to read......

Lin Jian stood up strangely and glanced back, but saw Gu Junxun carrying the corner of the skirt, revealing the embroidered shoes and flower pants under the skirt, running over happily, and holding a few books in the crook of the other arm.

Gu Junxun saw Lin Tie turn around, only to find that he had called the wrong person, his little face was flushed, he had no face to greet Lin Tie, he lowered his head to grab Lin Tie in front of the garden, tripped over the doorway under his feet, almost fell, and lost the book, she finally helped Shu Jian to stand, and was even more embarrassed and embarrassed to look at Lin Tie, her face was so red that she was dripping blood, and her ears were all delicate red, she looked at the book at Lin Tie's feet, and watched Lin Tie bend down to pick up the book, she was not embarrassed to go over to pick it up, she only mustered up the courage to whisper: " These books are what my father wants to read......" turned around and ran out of the garden.

Lin Jian smiled dumbly, he had never met such a shy girl after a thousand years, and he picked up a few books, but it was "Notes on the Seven Classics of Martial Arts". This does not refer to the writings on the art of fist and foot fighting, but the compilation of the works of the predecessors on the art of war, which was compiled and annotated by Su Jinshu, the founder of this dynasty, can be said to be the culmination of contemporary military works. This set of books, the folk bookstore is forbidden to print and sell, Lin Jian wants to ask for a set at a high price but can't, but it's not surprising that Gu Mansion has this kind of book, Gu Wuchen has been exiled in the army for ten years, and it is normal to be interested in the military art of war, I didn't expect Gu Junxun to borrow this set of books from his father to read, is it possible that such a shy girl still dreams of being a female general?

Yang Shi took the book from Lin Lian's hand and said, "Miss really shouts nonsense without looking at people...... Compared with the past, she was much more polite to Lin Lian in her words.

Lin Jian smiled, looked at the thick copies of the "Seven Classics of Martial Arts Commentary", and was touched in his heart, and followed Yang Shi to the garden.

There is a warm pavilion in the corner of the garden, Gu Wuchen and his son Gu Siyuan are sitting in it to eat, Gu Wuchen saw Lin Lian coming, and greeted: "Come, come, come, sit down and drink a bowl of porridge without breakfast......"

Lin Jian didn't have any points, sat down and asked the mother-in-law waiting on the side to help serve a bowl of corn porridge and eat it.

"Si Yuan said that you invited Zhang Yubo of the Jiangning Terracotta Division to have a drink in the domain last night?" Gu Wuchen asked.

"Well," Lin Jian guessed that Gu Wuchen called himself over early in the morning mostly for this matter, thinking that if Gu Siyuan didn't say it, Gu Wuchen would also hear about it from other people's mouths, he said, "Zhang Yubo served as the governor of the Inspectorate for three years before joining the army, and Lin Yu was afraid that he would follow the adults to the Inspectorate and not know the rules, so he asked Zhang Yubo to come out to meet. In addition, the Dongyang Township Party, Lin Jian was very impressed by Zhang Yubo, and Jiyun Society wanted to gain a foothold in Jiangning, and also hoped to use Zhang Yubo more...... Yesterday we saw each other very happily, after leaving the domain, I also found a deep alley hotel with Zhang Yubo, I heard that the lamb eyelid meat in that hotel is a must, but I didn't eat it yesterday, but the smoldering mutton is good, when the adults have leisure, Lin Jian invited the adults to drink and eat mutton. "There is no need to talk about the affairs of the domain, and I will talk a little about the affairs of Zhang Yubo.

"......" Gu Wuchen was a little worried just now, but when he heard Lin Jian say this, he laughed and said, "Okay, it's the most suitable weather to eat mutton to ward off the cold, you go back next time, remember to call me." ”

Gu Siyuan sat on the side and saw that Lin Jian didn't mention that he threatened the young master of the domain building in the domain building last night and caused trouble, so he said: "I didn't expect you to have such idleness, I came back last night and told my father, and my father also asked Uncle Yang to take someone to Donghuamen Street to go out to find you......"

Lin Tie put down the dishes and chopsticks and said to Gu Wuchen: "The adults care so much, Lin Tie can't repay it. "Stand up and bow.

"Sit down, it's me who is too worried...... Gu Wuchen said, let Lin Jian sit down and continue to drink porridge, and then revealed the matter without mentioning it.

Gu Siyuan was depressed in his heart, thinking that his father called Lin Jian early in the morning, didn't he want to warn Lin Jian not to be too arrogant and domineering in Jiangning in the future? After all, judging from the discussion I heard in the domain building yesterday, Jiang Ning Lin Lian has already been labeled as a Gu family at this moment.

Gu Siyuan had breakfast, he was a student of Guozi, after following Gu Wuchen to Jiangning, he transferred to Jiangning Guozi School, and after taking the Guozi University Examination in the coming year and getting the top grades, he could go to the Yamen to see the vacancy of the alternate official, and at this time he still had to go to Guozixue honestly to accept teaching.

"I'll leave first after eating." Gu Siyuan put down the dishes and chopsticks and prepared to get up and leave.

"When you first arrived in Jiangning, I think you still put more of your mind on Wen Shu." Gu Wuchen instructed Gu Siyuan to let him leave, and after a while, he said to Lin Lian, "It was Yang Pu who came back to tell me last night, and I found out that Siyuan led Yuan Jinsheng to the feudal mansion last night to meet with the young master of the feudal mansion and the son of Wang Fu Yin, and this kid can't share my worries after all......"

"The adults are too worried, Shaojun is very smart and has a sense of proportion, which is beyond Lin Lian's reach." Lin Jian said.

"Don't say good things for him," Gu Wuchen said, "The relationship between the feudal mansion and the Yongchang Marquis Mansion is not ordinary, you heard about it before last night, right?" ”

"Well," Lin Jian nodded, "Thinking that in the future, I will never be a person from the same family, so there is really no need to swallow my anger and make compromises, I didn't expect to let the adults worry about it......"

Lin Jian thought that Gu Wuchen, as a new upstart of the Chu Party, would not come to Jiangning to serve as the deputy envoy of the Inspectorate, and he would not simply want to be an official and make a fortune, and it would be impossible for him to be at peace with the original forces in Jiangning, and those Chu Party officials who sent Gu Wuchen to Jiangdong to serve as the deputy envoy of the Inspectorate would not want to see Gu Wuchen come to Jiangning to get along with the snakes in Jiangning. However, Gu Wuchen has Gu Wuchen's difficulties, first of all, the Chu Party has not yet fully gained power in the court, and the other is that Jiangning high-ranking officials are everywhere, that is, Jiangning Mansion Yin is also a dignified third-grade official, and it is difficult for Gu Wuchen to control the situation when he is only a fourth-grade official.

Gu Wuchen is in a dilemma, if he wants to gain a firm foothold in Jiangning, he must maintain a harmonious atmosphere on the surface of the Jiangning land snakes, and he can't mess up the relationship all at once, he must have enough time to form a gang in Jiangning and form Gu Wuchen's own circle of influence, but he also has to show some fangs so that the Chu party officials who are far away in the capital can see that he will not compromise with the Jiangning head snake.

It's just that Gu Siyuan, as Gu Wuchen's son, doesn't understand these truths.

As for what the feudal mansion has to do with the Yongchang Hou Mansion, what is the intention of the Yongchang Hou Mansion to hide in secret to support the feudal family, this question really can't be investigated at this time.

Gu Wuchen's eyes looked at the tip of the silver-inlaid chopsticks, and he thought to himself that except for Lin Lian's poor writing, there was nothing else that was unsatisfactory. If the conflict between him and the young master of the feudal mansion yesterday was just a moment of righteous indignation, then it was really nothing, just a reckless young man, it was rare that he completely recognized the situation, and his scheming and courage were no worse than others.

Gu Wuchen is not afraid that young people are better and more scheming than him, if he wants to grasp the situation in Jiangning, he can't succeed by relying on those mediocre talents, Gu Wuchen is quite satisfied with Lin Bin's performance during this time, and multiple relationships also make him willing to treat Lin Jian as his own. Gu Wuchen thought in his heart: Jiang Ning is the southern capital of the Great Yue Dynasty, in addition to the normal Tang newspaper system to transmit the military and civilian situation, the center must have another eye to stare at Jiang Ning, I am afraid that everything that happened in the domain last night has been written into a document on the way to Jingshi, and he should also make it clearer to let the Chu Party colleagues who stayed in Jingshi and stared at Jiang Ning know: Lin Jian is his person.

Even if it is on Jiang Ning's side, I have to let those local snakes know that I, Gu Wuchen, am not a bone to gnaw on, thinking of this, Gu Wuchen looked at Lin Jian sideways and asked, "Have you thought about what I told you a few days ago?" ”

"Well, I've always been thinking about how to serve the adults more diligently," Lin Lian was thinking about how to persuade Gu Wuchen to agree to him to go to Jiangdao Prison to be a cell leader, and said, "Lin Lian dared to guess that the adults had the ambition to clean up the government and clean up the military equipment in Jiangning......

"Hmm......" Gu Wuchen snorted softly noncommittally, motioning for Lin Jian to continue.

"In the matter of the rule of officials, Lin has a little fame, and it is difficult to squeeze into the clear stream, I am afraid that it will not help the adults much; Lin Jian encountered bandits in Baisha County this autumn, which was a big disaster in his life, and he hated the bandits on the river since then; To tell the truth, Lin Jian also complained in his heart that the local bandits were so arrogant due to the slack of military equipment, and he hated to carry a gun and a horse to sway Kou Shuzhi. Lin Jian didn't dare to hope that he would be able to govern the army and supervise the army in his life; When he first arrived in Jiangning, he passed through the Jinchuan estuary and saw the Jiangdao prison according to the inspection department, looking at the situation on Jiangdao, Lin Jian actually had some delusions: Jiangdao prison is just swinging towards the sky for a hundred miles, and it has always been a place where Jiangning hides bandits...... It is also called the 30,000 Jiangning garrison army that is in a blazing nest to watch, how the three or five hundred elites refuse to bandits abroad! ”

Yang Shi, who was standing on the side, heard Lin Jian say this, raised his eyebrows, and had a lot of disdain in his heart, he and his father had followed Gu Wuchen to the army for ten years, grew up in the military camp since childhood, and had some understanding of military affairs, but he didn't think that Lin Lian, a Confucian who thought he had read a few pages of military books, knew what military affairs were.

Gu Wuchen was very interested, and said: "Come, come, come, even if we talk on paper, you can talk about it, how to defend Jiangdao Prison with only three or five hundred elites, and prevent Jiang bandits from disturbing Jiangning from the mouth of the Jinchuan River......"