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In the main hall of the Hou Mansion, Zhou Chen called Gu Qianfan to sit down, and the servants quickly served tea.

"When I was in Qiantang before, I saw the arrest warrant for Commander Gu, but at that time I had to return to Beijing before Qingming, so I didn't go to support Commander Gu. Don't blame Commander Gu."

"Master Hou is serious. This is my own business. It has nothing to do with Master Hou. I am extremely grateful that Master Hou can save my life."

Gu Qianfan was very humble. Although the Imperial City Division is a powerful institution in Tokyo and its status is not low, it also depends on who it is compared with.

Not to mention that he is just a commander of the Imperial City Division, even the highest-ranking company in their Imperial City Division has to lower his posture in the face of Zhou Chen, a loyal and brave lord.

After all, Zhou Chen is not the kind of honorable person who waits to die. He is only in the filial piety period. With Zhou Chen's qualifications, as soon as the filial piety period is over, he will definitely be valued by the officials and entrusted with important duties. The future is bright, far from They can compare.

"You came to the Hou Mansion to find me today, or because of that matter?"

Gu Qianfan looked around, Zhou Chen knew what he meant, waved his hand, and told everyone in the hall to go out, leaving him and Gu Qianfan alone.

"Master Hou, last time you said that the night banquet picture was in the hands of Xinke Tanhua Ouyang Xu, and now this Ouyang Xu is going to marry Gao Guan's daughter, even if it is our Imperial City Secretary, it is not easy to offend Gao Guan."

Gao Guan is a third-rank official, a few ranks higher than their company, and it is really not easy to offend.

"I sent someone to infiltrate Ouyang Xu's ancestral house, but I didn't find the picture of the night banquet. Lord Hou, I didn't question you. This matter involves a lot. Can you really be sure that the picture of the night banquet is in Ouyang Xu's hands?"

The importance of the night banquet picture is self-evident. It is related to the empress's reputation. If it does not appear, everything will be fine, but if it is used by others, it will be in big trouble.

His duty is to find the night banquet map and hand it over to the company. As for how the company handles it, it's none of his business.

Zhou Chen said: "Ye Yan Tu was indeed in Ouyang Xu before, it's true, but now he is no longer in his hands. In order to please Ke Xianggong, he gave Ke Xianggong a lot of calligraphy and painting gifts, and Ye Ban Tu is among them."

"In Ke Xianggong's hands?"

Gu Qianfan's face was shocked. Ke Xianggong is the leader of Qingliu, the head of the world's literati, and is highly respected by scholars. Although he is no longer the prime minister and is about to be demoted, he still has a strong prestige.

If it was in Ouyang Xu's hands, he could still think of a way, but if it was in Ke Xianggong's hands, it would be impossible for them to get the night banquet map from Ke Xianggong without revealing the truth about it.

Countless thoughts flashed through his mind, and he quickly made a decision not to care about the night banquet.

"Master Hou, I owe you my life. If Master Hou needs me in the future, I will never delay."

He is a person with clear grievances and grievances. No matter what purpose Zhou Chen has, he saved his life anyway, and he will remember this kindness.

"Commander Gu is serious. We are Jinshi in the same period. We didn't have the opportunity before, but we can get closer in the future. However, the Imperial City Division is a place to offend people. Commander Gu has to take care of himself."

Gu Qianfan understood what Zhou Chen meant. He had worked in the Imperial City Division for so many years, and from his nickname of 'Living Yan Luo', he knew how bad his reputation was.

"Thank you, Lord Hou, for your reminder. I still have something to do in the department. I will take my leave first."

Gu Qianfan got up to leave, but Zhou Chen stayed behind and said, "Commander Gu, it's almost noon now, why don't you leave after eating?"

Gu Qianfan did not stay, and after thanking him repeatedly, he left the Hou Mansion.

After meeting Gu Qianfan a few times, Zhou Chen could feel that this was a person whose personality was trustworthy, but unfortunately, he had always been unkind to others.

First, Qi Mu, who was regarded as his father, and later, Xiao Qinyan, who was his own father, none of them treated him sincerely, they just treated him as a pawn.

Sadly.

But it is precisely because of his ability that he is valued by all parties. Even the company of Huangcheng Division, who is obviously afraid of him to death, has no choice but to reuse him.

In the afternoon, Zhou Chen rested for a while, and then began to practice. The progress of Chunyang Jue was slow, but he continued to practice unremittingly every day.

Without superb martial arts talent, he can only rely on hard work to make up for it, accumulating little, accumulating over time, he does not seek to reach the realm of the Langya Bang world, as long as continuous progress is enough.

"Dong dong dong..."

Suddenly, Zhou Chen was awakened by a hasty knock on the door. He frowned slightly, and before he could speak, Zhou Huai's voice sounded.

"Master Hou, the official's inner eunuch came to the Hou's mansion, saying that it was the official's order."

"Squeak!"

Zhou Chen opened the door: "Where is the person?"

"We have already reached the central hall."

Zhou Chen didn't speak any more, and immediately set off for the central hall.

"The official orders, Xuan Zhongyong Hou Zhouchen enters the palace to have an audience."

Seeing Zhou Chen's arrival, the inner eunuch immediately conveyed the official's order, and then Zhou Chen asked Yan Bo to quietly deliver the things, and then went to the palace with the inner eunuch.

On the way, Zhou Chen asked the inner eunuch for details. The inner eunuch was very respectful, but he didn't know why the officials announced Zhou Chen's entry into the palace, so naturally he couldn't answer Zhou Chen.

The imperial palace of the Song Dynasty was rather special, running through the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. It was definitely incomparable to the Forbidden City and the like, but it was still tall, majestic and majestic.

Traveling to this world, this is the second time for Zhou Chen to enter the palace. The last time was when he returned to Beijing to return to his command. Afterwards, he was in the period of filial piety, so he didn't have to go to court, so this is the second time.

The main hall of the imperial palace is called the Daqing Hall, which is the place where grand ceremonies are held. On the north side of the Daqing Hall is the Zichen Hall, which is the front hall for the emperor to look at the court. held.

Under the leadership of the eunuch, Zhou Chen came to the Wende Hall in the northwest direction. Usually, the emperor would rest in this hall after finishing the early court.

Standing outside the hall, Zhou Chen patiently waited for the eunuch to report, after a while.

"Xuan, Marquis Zhongyong! See you."

After Zhou Chen heard it, he straightened his purple robe immediately, and slowly walked into Wende Hall under the leadership of the eunuch.

Walking to the center of the hall, Zhou Chen bowed to meet him.

"Weichen Zhouchen, pay homage to the official family, long live the official family, long live the official family."

"Please, Zhou Qing."

Zhou Chen got up and looked up, facing the official Zhao Heng. Zhao Heng's face was not old, he was dressed in luxurious clothes, and he was sitting upright, looking a bit ethereal.

Zhou Chen knew very well that at this time, the life of the official Zhao Heng had entered a countdown, and it was precisely because of this that at this point in time, he would especially respect Taoism and seek Taoism wholeheartedly, causing chaos in the government and the opposition, and various forces intrigued and fought against each other. criticize.

But it is undeniable that the successive emperors of the Northern Song Dynasty were very tolerant to their courtiers, especially scholars. Unless it was a serious crime, they would be exiled at most and would not endanger their lives.

Zhao Heng's generation was nothing but the next generation of Emperor Renzong, who was even more formidable. He was so lenient that he couldn't even keep his own prince. This could no longer be called lenient, but cowardice.

The emperor who was bullied by civil servants has never seen many emperors in all dynasties.

Before the case, Zhao Heng asked: "Zhou Qing, I called you here this time because I want to hear your advice. The Dingnan Army in Xiazhou has recently recovered. You once defeated the Dingnan Army. With you In my opinion, who should be sent to guard the Xiazhou border?"

Zhou Chen was surprised. You must know that he defeated the Dingnan Army led by Li Deming a few years ago, and almost took down Xiazhou. If it wasn't for the lack of food and grass supplies, he would have killed Li Deming.

It's only been a few years, and the Dingnan Army has revived again?The vitality is so tenacious?
"Officials, I feel that the Dingnan Army has colluded with the Liao Ting all the year round. The best choice is to use troops to destroy them in one fell swoop. Otherwise, they will be like weeds, endlessly. If the officials want to use troops against Xiazhou, I am willing to act as a vanguard general."

"I understand Zhou Qing's thoughts, but if he mobilizes troops against the Dingnan army, the Liao court will not sit idly by. The Chanyuan alliance has only passed for more than ten years, so it is not appropriate to raise troops again."

Zhou Chen was not surprised by Zhao Heng's words. If Zhao Heng had ambitions, he would not delay until now, not to mention that he is now in his later years, so he is more likely to mobilize troops.

"Officials, the Li family of the Dingnan Army is as cunning as a fox, and the border must be guarded. I feel that we should send an old, prudent and experienced general to guard it."

"What do you think of Meng Cong? I remember that he seems to be your uncle, right?" Zhao Heng asked suddenly.

"Back to the official's house, Mr. Meng is the eighth uncle of this minister, so I don't want to talk too much."

Zhao Heng laughed loudly and said, "You are not very old, but you are mature. You don't avoid relatives if you are worthy. Forget it, let's just talk about Meng Cong."

He obviously had already thought about it a long time ago, and calling Zhou Chen over was just a routine question.

"Zhou Qing, I remember your filial piety is coming to an end, right?"

"Going back to the official's house, there are still two months left for the humble official to end his filial piety."

The three-year filial piety period is actually only 27 months.

Zhao Heng nodded and said, "Well, you are the young general of our Great Song Dynasty, you can't just stay at home like this, you have to hurry up and serve the court."

"My minister thanked the official."

Zhao Heng chatted with Zhou Chen for a while before letting Zhou Chen out of the palace.

After leaving the palace, Zhou Chen thought to himself, Zhao Heng called him here today, although he talked a lot, but basically it was not nutritious, as if he was chatting with him, this should be because his filial piety is about to At the end, to appease him and win him over in advance is also to remind him. After the filial piety period is over, he must be reused.

This is a good time for him. It is very rare for officials after Ding You to return to their original posts, and it is even rarer for them to be reused by the Central Committee.

This is also the biggest reason why many officials, for the sake of their official careers, deceived their superiors and concealed the death of their parents and relatives.

It's just that the Song Dynasty ruled the country with filial piety, and not many people dared to touch the perfect Dingyou system.

From the chat with Zhao Heng, Zhou Chen could also feel that this emperor's temperament was definitely much stronger than that of Emperor Liang in the world of Langya List, in terms of being generous to others.

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"Miss Zhao, what are they doing recently?"

After Zhou Chen pointed out a group of guards, he asked Qin Yi. He had always asked Qin Yi to arrange someone to protect Zhao Pan'er, but Zhao Pan'er and the others didn't know about it.

Qin Yi replied: "Ms. Zhao and the others had a quarrel with Ouyang Xu recently. I don't know why, and they blocked the door of Ouyang Xu's ancestral house. It caused a lot of commotion around."

"Really?"

Zhou Chen was surprised. He knew that this scene happened in the plot, but at that time, Zhao Pan'er wanted Ouyang Xu to return the night banquet picture.

But because of his appearance, although Zhao Pan'er already knew about the Ye Ban Tu, but had no interaction with Gu Qianfan, it stands to reason that he shouldn't be so fanfare.

"Is it really for the divorce letter?"

Zhou Chen had some guesses in his mind, but he didn't delay his actions.

"Let Zhou Huai prepare the carriage and go out for a trip."

"Yes, Lord Hou."

Zhou Chen came to the inn where Zhao Pan'er and the others lived in a carriage. As soon as he entered the inn, he found that the inn was very lively, full of voices, and many people crowded in.

Under Zhou Chen's signal, Zhou Huai held one person back and asked the reason curiously.

"It's the famous Thirteenth Shaochi Ya Nei in Tokyo City. He is competing with someone. I heard that the other party is some young ladies from other places."

"I heard that there will be three matches, but now there have been two matches, one win and one loss, and it will be the last match."

When Zhou Chen heard it, he immediately became interested. It turned out to be this matter.

"Let's go and have a look."

Zhou Chen followed the crowd and came to the corridor inside the inn. There was a gazebo in the center of the lake, and many people gathered there.

It was the two parties in the fight, Chi Yanei and Zhao Pan'er and his daughters.

Not surprisingly, Zhao Pan'er and Chi Pan, Chi Yanei, competed with each other by throwing dice.

Zhao Pan'er is really good at both civil and military skills, even in casino dice, she is very good at it. Finally, relying on tricks, she rolled 37 points and won Chi Pan's 36 points.

The angry Chi Pan screamed again and again, but under the watchful eyes of everyone, he had to admit defeat again, and finally reluctantly took people out of the inn.

Zhou Huai was stunned and his eyes lit up: "Ms. Zhao is too amazing. If I have Mrs. Zhao's level, I will definitely win all the money from Blind Wang and the others. I want to worship Mrs. Zhao as my teacher. "

"Go away, this is promising."

Zhou Chen pressed Zhou Huai's head, pushed him aside, and walked towards the gazebo.

Because the competition was over and Chi Pan had already left, Zhao Pan'er and his daughters received a lot of applause, but the audience left one after another seeing that there was no excitement.

Zhao Pan'er and the three daughters sat down in the gazebo, while the maid Yin Ping served them and poured wine for them.

Song Yinzhang took a sip of the wine, and said in surprise: "It's the first time I drink alcohol from Tokyo. The wine in the Central Plains is really different from the wine in Jiangnan."

Sun Sanniang said happily: "Today we won against Chi Ya Nei, it's really a pleasure."

Zhao Pan'er smiled and was about to talk about something.

"It's really fun. When I first arrived in Tokyo, I was in the limelight. As expected, I read it right, Mrs. Zhao, you are really suitable for Tokyo."

"Master Zhou!"

Song Yinzhang was the first to stand up, shouting excitedly, Zhao Pan'er and Sun Sanniang also got up together.

Zhou Chen raised his finger: "You don't need to call me that when you're away from home. It's still the same as before, just call me Zhou Guanren."

The three women looked at each other, and in the end it was Zhao Pan'er who called out first, "Mr. Zhou, why are you free to come here today?"

Zhou Chen sat down opposite Zhao Pan'er, and said: "I heard that you guys are causing trouble at the door of Ouyang Xu's house recently, and I was worried that you would cause trouble, so I came here to take a look. I didn't expect to encounter such a wonderful scene when I came here. Qiantang Mrs. Zhao, you are indeed the person who would be afraid of a casino overlord."

Showing this ability in front of Zhou Chen made even Zhao Pan'er feel extremely embarrassed.

"Don't make fun of me, officials Zhou."

"This is not a joke, but a compliment. There is no distinction between abilities. No matter what the ability is, it might be useful someday. Just like today, if you don't have superb gambling skills, how can you win Chi Yanei? ?”

When Zhou Chen was young, he had often seen the God of Gamblers, and was once obsessed with it, but his talent was limited, and he had no achievements in gambling.