Daming Lake is surrounded by lotus flowers, the sky is red, and willow trees line the embankment. Every spring and early summer, the lotus breeze gently blows the willows, and the water surface ripples. The scenery of the north is completely different from the mountains and rivers of the south of the Yangtze River. It certainly has a different taste.
Although it is the depth of winter now, the remaining lotuses and willows are reflected against the backdrop of the water and the sky. The mirror-like surface of the lake reflects a few remaining lotuses. It is a depressing scene, just like a piece of ink painting. Although it is lifeless, it is different. With aesthetic feeling.
It was rare for Gao Xi to relax here. Dai Zuwei on the side took a sip of tea and said: "That's right! After finally getting out of that big power field, why don't you relax and relax? The case is not solved in just one or two days, Beijing News comes from time to time, didn’t Jia Jing of the Jia family of Ning State successfully lead his troops to suppress the rebellion? The subsequent investigation cases are just the finishing touches, what are you in such a hurry for?"
Gao Xi sighed and said: "Guangzong, you don't know that the situation in the capital is serious. The chief assistant and the others are already in great difficulty. If I don't say anything, I rush back, I'm afraid they won't be able to withstand it..."
Dai Zuwei said: "Not at this moment! Relaxation is the right way. It's not the solution for you to be so tense all the time. Okay, okay, don't talk about those annoying things when you go out to play. In such a beautiful scene And you can’t forget about the documents? Don’t mention this, don’t mention this!”
Gao Xi shook his head helplessly, and Dai Zuwei smiled and said: "Look at this scenery, how beautiful it is! If you hadn't pushed me to this position, I would have wished to stay here in Jinan Mansion all my life."
Gao Xi hummed and laughed twice when he heard this. Dai Zuwei poured tea for Gao Xi and said with a smile: "This Daming Lake has been a wonder since ancient times." Dai Zuwei turned around and said with a smile: "It is recorded in the Licheng County Chronicle that it is, The lake is out of the city and inside the strange world. The difference is that it never rises due to constant rain or dry up after long droughts. There are no snakes and no frogs croaking. I couldn't help but marvel at it when I first saw it!"
Gao Xi smiled and said: "Why do you still have such leisure..." Dai Zuwei waved his hand and said: "I don't want to compare with you. In the whole of Shandong, except for that family, no one dares to follow me in Shandong. The Chief Minister made the decision, I only have a headache with that family, and you big shots in the capital will naturally have a headache with countless families!"
Gao Xi said seriously: "Is that... still honest?" Dai Zuwei snorted twice: "Honest! That's too honest! As long as I don't push the New Deal to Qufu, they are more honest than anyone else. !”
Dai Zuwei's face darkened slightly and he said, "Humph! If it weren't for the venerable master, I would have scolded your mother! I wouldn't even look at what bastard things they did!"
Gao Xi sighed and said: "This family alone is more difficult than countless families... You have too many things to consider. You must be careful and careful." Dai Zuwei sighed and said: "I know. , This is also the reason why I have never been to Qufu until now, the water there is very deep!"
Gao Xi encouraged: "It's hard to gnaw bones, but you have to gnaw them! It's not only about the new law and the plan, but also about the livelihood of hundreds of millions of people in Shandong. With your majesty's grace and the high hopes of countless people, Guangzong, you should work hard."
Dai Zuwei pursed his lips and remained silent. At this moment, a boy came forward and said, "Sir, there is a young scholar outside who wants to come in and have a rest."
Dai Zuwei and Gao Xi looked at each other. Dai Zuwei waved his hand casually and said, "We are just out for fun today. We don't have any official business. Why are we stopping him? Can we still monopolize Daming Lake? Just ask him to come in."
The boy took the order and left. Gao Xi and Dai Zuwei were just out for fun today, so they didn't wear official robes. However, they only wore such low-key casual clothes, and their long-standing official power and temperament could not be concealed. However, the scholar who came in seemed
He had no intention of talking to them either.
The scholar was only wearing the most ordinary burlap scribe's robe, a square turban on his head and cloth shoes. After he came in, he just gave a slight salute to the two of them, and then turned his head to enjoy the lake view.
This attracted the interest of Gao Xi and Dai Zuwei. After all, no one would think they were ordinary people when they saw them like this, so Dai Zuwei smiled and said, "Young man, where are you from?"
The scholar just came back to his senses, turned around and saluted: "The students are here from the capital." Dai Zuwei and Gao Xi looked at each other, Dai Zuwei said "oh" and then said: "I heard that the capital was attacked a few days ago.
Have you rescued the victims?"
The scholar nodded silently, and Dai Zuwei asked again: "Is everything okay now?" The scholar sighed: "It's okay... Jingwu Bo Jia Jing led his troops to defeat."
Dai Zuwei and Gao Xi looked at each other again, and Gao Xi asked: "Then why are you here? Study tour? Or visit friends?" The scholar was silent for a moment, then raised his head seriously, cupped his hands and said: "I'll see two
You are not an ordinary person, so I have a question." The two of them were stunned for a moment, and Dai Zuwei said: "Please tell me!"
The scholar said: "May I ask you two elders, do the people of Shandong prefer the imperial court or the White Lotus Sect?" The two were startled, and then Dai Zuwei said: "Young people, the White Lotus Sect, don't talk casually."
The scholar looked determined and said: "Please speak frankly!" Dai Zuwei couldn't help but become more interested, so he said: "The people's hearts do not support anyone, and the people's hearts have their own justice."
The scholar pondered for a moment, and then said: "In other words, the Shandong White Lotus Sect is actually a rootless duckweed! They are not that terrible. As long as I can help the people live a good life, the destruction of the White Lotus gangsters will be easy!"
Dai Zuwei smiled and said: "Although I missed it, it's not far off! It's just...young man, who are you? Do you have any grudge against the White Lotus Sect?"
The scholar's eyes turned blood red instantly. He looked at the lake view in the distance, gritted his teeth and said word by word: "A blood feud! A mortal enemy!"
After finishing speaking, the scholar bowed and strode out of the pavilion. Gao Xi twirled his beard and looked at Dai Zuwei. Dai Zuwei said behind him: "Go and find out where this person came from."
The man took the order, but he didn't know how long it took before he came back and said, "Sir, we've checked it out." Dai Zuwei nodded, and the man said, "This man is the newly appointed magistrate of Jinan Prefecture." Dai Zuwei's eyes widened casually.
Eyes said: "How come the magistrate of Jinan Prefecture has been replaced, but I don't know about it?"
The man said: "My lord, it's a leapfrog transfer. This person was transferred here by a big shot in the capital and did not go through the Shandong Chief Envoy."
Dai Zuwei chuckled and said: "Transfer to a higher level? A big shot? Such a big thing in Jinan Prefecture does not go through my own official? Or is such a young person serving as the prefect? Which big shot above you would like to tell me!"
The man pondered for a moment, and then said: "Although there seem to be shadows of Jingwu Bo Jia Jing and Jingzhao Mansion Yin Zhou Ji behind them, it doesn't seem to be the operation of the two..."
Dai Zuwei was silent. It definitely couldn't have been run by the two of them! Jia Jingyijie Wu Xun was so smart that he dared to reach out to the civil servants' arrangements? Although Zhou Ji is indeed a young man with a promising future, he has the energy to make arrangements directly now.
A Jinan prefect is nonsense, so who can use them as a shield to secretly mobilize officials?
Who dares to use a person who is obviously going to join the cabinet in the future and may even become the youngest cabinet elder as a shield from a person who has already become the youngest uncle?
Dai Zuwei pondered for a moment and said: "Is there anything outstanding about this person?" The man shook his head and said: "It seems that he had a good relationship with Jingwu Bo Jia Jing before. He was just a low-level official in the nursing home before. I don't know why.
...it suddenly rose."
Dai Zuwei sighed, nodded and said: "I know, let's go down..." The man took the order and left. Gao Xi smiled and said: "How is it?" Dai Zuwei smiled bitterly and said: "What else can we do? We've already come...
…”
Gao Xi smiled and said: "Since you are all optimistic about him, just keep it. Maybe it is someone who can really give you an unexpected surprise?" Dai Zuwei sneered: "I will be satisfied if I can calm down for a while! You didn't see it.
That energy? He’s obviously here to cause trouble!”
Gao Xi smiled and said nothing, and Dai Zuwei sighed and said: "That's all, Shandong's territory is already chaotic enough anyway. It doesn't matter if another one comes. I'll just take it all! When will you return to Beijing?" Gao Xi heard this and took it.
He slowly took a sip of tea, narrowed his eyes and said, "It's almost, it's almost..."
Jia Jing listened to the screams outside the door with a sullen face. Youshi on the side opened her mouth uneasily, but in the end she didn't dare to say anything. However, Jia Jing noticed her, so she turned her head and said slightly reproachfully: "Sister-in-law
Since you have difficulties in life, why don't you tell me?"
Youshi lowered her head slightly and did not dare to speak. Jia Jing said in a deep voice: "I am busy with military affairs and cannot take care of my sister-in-law in many places. If there is anything wrong with my sister-in-law, she should take the initiative to come to me and tell me. Am I still going to embarrass my sister-in-law?"
Youshi nodded, and Jia Jing continued: "Even if you don't come to me, it's the same if you go to Qingwen to go to Wang Fuzhong. How dare Wang Fuzhong prevaricate you? Even though the eldest brother is gone, the eldest sister-in-law is still the grandma of Ningguo Mansion.
Who dares to disrespect you?"
Youshi smiled bitterly, "Who has ever respected me... When Jia Zhen was here, no one took me seriously. Now that I'm gone, and the house is still full of your people, who will take me seriously?"
Jia Jing snorted and said: "My sister-in-law, the dignified grandma of Ningguo Mansion, actually wants to wash her own clothes. Isn't this the most ridiculous thing in the world? If I say it, I will lose my sister-in-law's face alone. I'm afraid the world will poke me.
of the backbone!”
Hearing this, Youshi was shocked and said: "I, I didn't mean that! I didn't mean to blame my second brother..." Jia Jing said impatiently: "The world won't think like this! They will only call me Jia Jing.
You treated me so harshly! I told my sister-in-law that everything should be done as she wants, so why do you do this? Just tell me what's wrong. Could it be that you are trying to harm me?"
Youshi was startled and stood up quickly. But before she could speak, she heard a sudden shout from the back room!