It seemed that just that overnight, the situation in Jiangnan Road suddenly changed.

However, such changes are always in the dark.

Those high-ranking officials may have keen perceptions, but for the people in Jiangnan, they still live their lives without knowing anything.

The whole Jiangnan is still immersed in the joyful atmosphere of the New Year.

Most of the people talked about the current regent of Ning State, but most of them talked about his poems.

As for government affairs... they sneered at the beautiful-sounding constitution because it was unrealistic.

The regent is young!

That's certainly a good idea.

But it is simply impossible to implement it.

They were extremely concerned about his subsequent treatment of court officials, but the thunder was loud in Kyoto, and the rainstorm was indeed powerful in Kyoto, but in the end it did not fall anywhere outside Kyoto.

He was afraid that it was a trap, but after all, he didn't do anything to Jiangnan Road.

This would inevitably disappoint the people of Jiangnan.

They dare to be angry but dare not speak out against these officials in Jiangnan Province.

They hoped that the regent could clean up Jiangnan's officialdom, but now they felt that this was almost impossible.

The regent killed Jitai, and he stood at the top of the Ningguo temple, holding the highest authority. For him, his goal had been achieved.

As for the corrupt officials below, he would probably turn a blind eye.

As long as they obey.

As long as they make him their king.

This is enough.

As for the common people, they will be the same as they were in the past, and they will be the same in the future...

Since ancient times, officials have been protecting each other, but these people have no hope of retribution.

The sky was still dark. I thought that the regent would be a light to Ningguo, but this light seemed to have been extinguished.

This is what the people think.

But Shang is different.

Someone from the Shang family was an official in Jiangnan.

The Shang family was very familiar with many high-ranking officials in Jiangnan officialdom.

Even in Kyoto, the Shang family still has eyes and ears.

Shang Chunqiu had a very busy year.

The Shang family's canals were supposed to be docked at the port for repairs during this New Year's Day, but more than ten of them left the dock.

This matter is not a trivial matter.

Especially after Shang Chunqiu learned that Wen Boyu had become the chief minister of Ning Guo's cabinet, he knew that the situation was not good.

So those ships carried away not only some important members of the Shang clan, but also a large amount of gold and silver treasures.

Of course, Shang Chunqiu did hand over five million taels of silver to Yu Wanzhi——

After all, we are all on the same boat.

If Yu Wanzhi really accomplished this... this would obviously be a great good thing for the Shang family.

If Yu Wanzhi loses... Shang must leave a way out for himself in advance.

Fortunately, this escape route was paved more than ten years ago.

Shang Chunqiu did not leave.

He is old.

How he wants the play to end up playing out.

Sitting in the warm study room, Shang Chunqiu took a comfortable sip of tea and raised his eyes to his chief butler Yu Qinglun, "Lao Yu,"

Yu Qinglun bowed and said casually: "I'm here, old slave!"

"You old guy, you've been here in my house for just a blink of an eye... seven or eight years, right?"

"You, you, are still so cautious."

"This is the biggest difference between you and Wen Boiyu... When he was the butler in my house, he didn't care about these etiquette at all."

Shang Chunqiu put down the tea cup and said: "He will sit directly opposite me, and I will have to pour him a cup of tea!"

Yu Qinglun chuckled, bowed again, and said casually: "This is so humble... He doesn't abide by it, but this old slave knows the rules."

Shang Chunqiu laughed and raised his finger to point at Yu Qinglun, "So if he can become the chief minister of a country, you can only be a peaceful butler in my house."

"I'm satisfied. I can't manage a country. I just want to be able to manage this merchant house so that you can feel at ease. This means that I have fulfilled my duty."

Shang Chunqiu glanced at Yu Qinglun, and after a moment he suddenly asked:

"Do you think it is possible to achieve such a big thing by gathering the strength of Jiangnan?"

Yu Qinglun was shocked, "This... Li Chenan is a cunning guy!"

"He dared to cross the Yangtze River with only a hundred guards. I'm worried that there is some fraud!"

"Well, he made this for others. The kid from the Imperial City Division had already traveled to various places in the south of the Yangtze River before he left Kyoto."

"It's just that I'm still confused. Even if all seven people from the Imperial City Division come to Jiangnan...these people are good at inquiring about information or secretly assassinating people. But if we say that they are among the tens of thousands of people from all over Jiangnan gathered in one place...

A battle..."

"Even if the three thousand wind-controlling guards from the Imperial City Division come here, they are no match for us!"

"But that guy Li Chenan didn't mobilize any troops..."

"Besides, people from the Jianghu will also gather in Jiangnan. Even if Li Chenan is protected by experts and can escape from the encirclement of tens of thousands of soldiers... he will not be able to escape the pursuit of those heroes."

Shang Chunqiu stood up and walked a few steps in the study with his hands behind his back, his eyebrows slightly furrowed and his eyes showing confusion.

"Who gave him the courage?"

"If Wen Boyu had not become the chief minister of the cabinet, I would not have sent the children and grandchildren of the Shang family out of Jiangnan."

"I'm afraid you don't know much about Wen Boiyu. Since Li Chenan dares to come, Wen Boiyu must be able to protect him!"

"It's just that I can't figure out how to protect him, so I just want to stay and see for myself."

He stood in front of the window, looking at the snow outside, "The imperial troops secretly dispatched by Governor Song Shiming are far away in the north of the Yangtze River and should have already set off."

"It's hard to hide this from the eyes of those brats in the Imperial City Division... If the move to mobilize troops falls into the ears of Li Chenan..."

Shang Chunqiu turned around and faced Yu Qinglun, "Do you think he will turn around and return to Beijing?"

Yu Qinglun pondered for a moment and replied: "That is the best way."

"If he runs back to Kyoto and mobilizes troops again, Jiangnan will be in chaos!"

But Shang Chunqiu shook his head: "He will not return to Beijing!"

Yu Qinglun was startled, "Why?"

"In chaos in the south of the Yangtze River, the country of Ning will be in danger!"

"If he wants chaos in Jiangnan, he doesn't need to go this far. What he should do is... transfer the Shenwu Army from Dingguo Hou Mansion to Jiangnan!"

"But he didn't do this...how on earth would he deal with this inevitable situation?"

…

…

Shang Chunqiu couldn't understand.

Many high-ranking officials and people from prominent families in Jiangnan also couldn't understand.

Since you can’t figure it out, let’s do this earth-shattering event!

As soldiers from various places in the south of the Yangtze River were mobilized, the fourth princess Ning Chuchu, who had arrived in the Jingning Mountains in the north of the Yangtze River, received the news that Li Chenan had left Kyoto for Shuzhou.

She is leading her army of five hundred women in the snow-capped Jingning Mountains!

The team did not move forward. Ning Chuchu looked at Kaiyang in surprise and asked:

"Guangling City where he left on the third day of junior high school?"

"Back to Your Highness, that's right!"

"How old are you today?"

"The seventh day of the lunar month."

"Ah...it's been four days...you think he's in danger?"

"My subordinates have also heard that since he killed the officials of Ji Tai's line, almost all the officials in the Jiangnan area are the cronies that Ji Tai had installed. If he passes through Jiangnan... he is probably doing it on his own.
To be continued...