I go to the ancient imperial examinations

Chapter 359 Take a step back

Rao Zhan Feiyu didn't expect that Pang Tongzhi was an official who had connections with the palace, and Zhang Zhifu revealed the news because he knew in his heart that Conglong Zhigong was not so easy to establish.

Furthermore, although the Holy Majesty knows the age of destiny, he is physically strong, and he is estimated to live another 30 to [-] years. At this time, he is involved with the prince in the palace, and it is too risky. It is better to stay in Longyou safely. He said, climbing up step by step, it would be more secure if he could catch up with Gu Xueshi's path.

After leaving Buzhuang, Zhan Feiyu got into the carriage directly.

"These are the three pieces of fabric that just arrived." The shopkeeper of the cloth shop walked over quickly, and handed the three pieces of fabric in his hand to He Sheng.

Passers-by on the street glanced at it, and felt that the owner in this carriage was not short of money. Ordinary people bought fabrics by a few feet, and only those rich families would buy them back in bundles.

He Sheng took the cloth without hesitation, and performed a full set of plays. Prefect Zhang really acted cautiously.

The sound of horseshoes sounded, and through the window, Zhang Zhifu squinted his eyes and watched the carriage in the distance, until there were footsteps outside the door again, and the closed door was pushed open again.

"Father." The voice clearly belonged to Zhang Minxian, but his facial features were a little different from before, presumably he made a disguise to deceive others.

Zhang Zhifu turned around and looked at the eldest son who had high hopes, "Sit down and talk."

On the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, barbarians raided Xiangwu County. Years later, Qiu Zongzhang and Qiu Feng brought people to Xiangwu County to pick up Qiu Jinyu's coffin, but they massacred in Qiu Zongxi's mansion, killing and injuring dozens of people.

Among them, the general's mansion was revived, and the town's border marquis' mansion fell. With all these incidents, the father and son have been busy from years ago to the end of the year. As long as they exchange letters, this is the first time they have met each other this year.

"What should be said has been said before. As an old man, the Zhang family will be handed over to you in the future. Min Xian, it is up to you to decide whether to advance or retreat." Zhang Zhifu's old face showed a bit of fatigue, The situation in the Right Dao is changing and unpredictable, and he is indeed old and somewhat powerless.

Zhang Minxian nodded understandingly, his eyes stayed on the teacup on the table, and finally said after a long time: "The Holy Majesty is the most taboo of forming a party for personal gain. The General's Mansion and Gu Xueshi already have this kind of relationship. Feiyu, I'm afraid Gu Xueshi won't agree."

For the sake of a small Zhang family, he violated the taboo of the Holy Majesty, not to mention that Gu Xueshi could not agree, even if Zhang Minxian lived in a different place, he would not agree.

"Wealth and wealth are in danger. If the Holy Majesty is weak and sick, the Zhang family can give it a go. Now that the Holy Majesty has not even established a crown prince, it is too risky to seek refuge with the prince in the palace." Zhang Zhifu sighed, and outsiders thought the Zhang family was the family of officials. Noble and powerful.

But in fact, the Zhang family has a certain right to speak in Longyou Dao, and they have only a half-knowledge of the situation in the capital, and they have no idea of ​​the holy will. Among the grown-up princes in the palace, Prefect Zhang has no idea who the Holy Majesty prefers. Not to mention the candidates for the crown prince.

Even this time is the same, although he has a relationship with the palace, but the other party is in a high-ranking posture, and he keeps saying that he is his master, without revealing the identity of his master at all, Zhang Zhifu doesn't even know if the other party is the prince of the palace.

In such a situation where he asked three questions and didn't know anything, how could prefect Zhang dare to take the risk of taking refuge in the other party.

But if he doesn't find a backer as soon as possible, once Zhang Zhifu resigns, the situation of the Zhang family will only become more and more dangerous, and they may be uprooted at any time.

Hearing his father's sigh like a trapped beast, Zhang Minxian clenched his hands tightly, no matter how unwilling he was, he just bowed his head at the moment, "Father, if we leave the green hills without worrying about firewood, why don't we retreat for now, Wait until the situation stabilizes in a few years before looking for the future!"

Zhang Zhifu was stunned for a moment, there was indeed no way to survive by cutting off the tail. If the Zhang family retreated and handed over all the rights in their hands, there would be no value for use, but it would be safer.

As for the enemies the Zhang family has forged over the years, the old in-laws of the Zhang family are still there, and no matter what, the Zhang family can be regarded as Yang Xu's natal family. Now the relationship between the two in-laws is almost broken, but who can guarantee that in five or ten years? Afterwards, Yang Xu will not think about the Zhang family, Zhang Minxian is his real uncle after all.

Looking at the eldest son who had made up his mind, Zhang Zhifu finally showed a smile on his wrinkled old face, "In this case, you should go back to Linzhou Mansion to prepare immediately, and leave the rest to the father."

"Yes." Zhang Minxian responded, and the father and son quickly discussed the follow-up issues.

Time passed little by little, until the market was quiet, and the candles placed on the corner of the table were almost burned out, and the conversation lasted all night.

At the darkest hour before dawn, a few figures walked out from the back door of the cloth house, blending into the night in an instant, and two quarters of an hour later, the horse galloped on the official road, heading towards Linzhou Mansion.

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In the morning, the inn.

The rain that had stopped for a few days began to fall again, the temperature dropped suddenly, and the cold wind blew in through the gaps in the windows, making people shiver from the cold.

"Ah Nuan, I'll eat after I take a bath..." Zhan Feiyu paused while writing, and then remembered that He Nuan was still imprisoned in the prison in Suzhou Prefecture, and Pang Tongzhi would be promoted again tomorrow.

"Miss." Outside the room, He Sheng heard voices from the room, and brought in a bucket of hot water, "The news just came back that Qiu Jingyuan left Suzhou Mansion with someone, but Dong Yan stayed. Madam Qian will be here soon."

Qiu Jingyuan may have thought about it. After meeting Zhan Feiyu in the teahouse yesterday, she took Dong Yan and the guards to several bodyguard bureaus in Suzhou Prefecture, and hired twenty bodyguards with a lot of money. They packed up and prepared all night. Early in the morning, when the city gate opened, we set off in the rain.

Putting down his pen, Zhan Feiyu turned his head and glanced out the window. It was raining heavily. It was indeed a pain to travel in such a day, but it was good for Qiu Jingyuan to leave.

After half an hour.

After Zhan Feiyu washed and bathed, He Sheng had already served breakfast.

He Nuan wasn't there, the breakfast was made by Chef Huang at the inn, the taste was pretty good, but the delicacy was missing, and Zhan Feiyu wasn't that particular, so he asked while eating, "Are you sure Mrs. Qian can arrive at noon?"

Although Mrs. Qian came here just for Qian Shipeng, after she arrived in Suzhou Mansion, she would come to Zhan Feiyu as soon as she wanted to come.

"I guess we can get there." He Sheng estimated the time of Mrs. Qian's trip, and hurried over almost as fast as he could.

Zhan Feiyu had only eaten half of his breakfast here, when there was a sound of footsteps on the stairs, Zhan Feiyu put down his chopsticks, while He Sheng also walked towards the door.

"Miss, something happened." It was the coachman standing at the door, with a somewhat anxious expression at the moment.

Zhan Feiyu was startled, "What happened to Ah Nuan?"

"No, something happened to Zhifu Zhang." No wonder the coachman was so eager, the incident happened so suddenly, no one thought that something would happen to Zhifu Zhang.

The coachman explained in detail the news he had just received, "Prefect Zhang died in the Yamen. Before he died, he had a dispute with Pang Tongzhi. At that time, the two were in the study with the doors and windows closed. I heard the quarrel, and it was too late when I felt something was wrong."

"What?" Zhan Feiyu stood up, Zhang Zhifu was dead, and he died in the hands of Pang Tongzhi?
He Sheng also frowned, presumably the Forbidden Dragon Guard was already inquiring about the news, but it was Zhang Zhifu who died, and the murderer was Pang Tongzhi, so the current government office may be temporarily taken over by Zhao Tongzhi.

"Let's go and have a look." Zhan Feiyu also thought of this, but after hearing that Zhao Tongzhi was upright, Zhan Feiyu decided to take the token of Forbidden Dragon Guard with him, otherwise he would not be able to enter the murder scene.

Although the government office wanted to block the news, when Zhan Feiyu arrived at the side door of the government office in a carriage, even though it was raining heavily, many people stood outside the office building with umbrellas, each one stretching their necks to look inside. This ups and downs can't stop everyone's curiosity to watch the fun.

"Immediately avoid the idlers!" the policeman yelled loudly to drive away the people around him.

Zhan Feiyu first opened the curtain of the carriage and took a look outside. Not only was there a policeman guarding the side door, but there was also a policeman guarding the fence at a distance of one foot.

The one who died was the biggest parent official in Suzhou Prefecture. It is estimated that Zhao Tongzhi had sent someone to inform the chief envoy, Mr. Yao, that the entire government office would be in such a state of martial law until the chief envoy gave no specific order.

The policeman strode over, probably recognizing He Sheng, and his attitude was not that bad, "You can't stay here."

Just as He Sheng was about to reveal the token of the Forbidden Dragon Guard, he heard the sound of horseshoes behind him.

The policeman looked at the person who got off the carriage and couldn't help but startled, "Mr. Zhao, why are you here?"

Zhao Yi, Liu Xiaowu and others who came down from the carriage are awesome. He Nuan's case will be tried again tomorrow. , there will be nothing later.

But even if they were tricked by Qian Shipeng, they were annoyed and had nothing to do. Who told Qian Shipeng to hide in Pang Tongzhi's mansion, it was obvious that he was protected by Pang Tongzhi.

Pang Tongzhi has always followed the example of Zhang Zhifu, and Zhao Yi and the others dare not offend Zhang Zhifu no matter how dandy they are, who knows that before they have discussed a countermeasure, they heard the shocking news, Zhao Yi and the others changed their faces on the spot and rushed over in a hurry.

Ignoring the policemen on the side, Zhao Yi bowed his hands to He Sheng, "Miss Zhan is well."

"Please trouble Mr. Zhao to make it easier," Zhan Feiyu said, and He Sheng also took out the token.

Seeing the words Jinlongwei, the faces of Zhao Yi and the others suddenly changed. It doesn't need their convenience. Whoever dares to stop the people of Jinlongwei will have a long life!
The catcher didn't dare to stop him any more, He Sheng held up an umbrella, and Zhan Feiyu followed Zhao Yi and the others and walked towards the mansion's house familiarly.

Hu Butou didn't care about the rain falling on his face. He was suffering from a headache. Out of the corner of his eye, he spotted Zhao Yi and the others walking over, and hurried forward with a frown, "My little ancestors, don't come here to cause trouble. , let's go, let's go!"

(End of this chapter)