"Zhaoran brother need not be polite." Mu Hanzhang went forward to help Qin Zhaoran, asked him to sit freely, "After the Qionglin Banquet, I have not seen you again, I did not expect to go to Heron Island to do the governor."
Qin Zhaoran lowered his eyes: "The relationship in the capital is complicated, I don't want to get into that muddy water."
"This is true," Mu Hanzhang smiled, "the king is also this consideration, then did not force." At that time, Jing Shao heard that they are the same classmate, completely in the face of their own Wangfei ready to invite the scholar to drink in the house, and then Gu Qin Zhaoran did not come Jing Shao did not care much. This kind of rhetoric, just Mu Hanzhang habitual good things are pushed to Jing Shao only.
Hearing this, Qin Zhaoran sighed: "Zhaoran is not right, failed the king's good intentions." He can come to the heron island this kind of affluent place, is also completely JingShao specially accounted for people to take care of the result, this point he is very clear, so also have no position to say anything.
Mu Hanyang smiled, the two were studying together when they were young, even if they hadn't seen each other for a few years, they still felt close in their hearts, so they asked about his situation after he left from the Mu family school.
"We agreed to study for another three years and then take the examination together, but I didn't realize that you had already married someone." Qin Zhaoran lowered his eyes, hiding the melancholy in his eyes.
Mu Hanyang smiled without responding, picked up the tea and took a sip, this new mansion attracted a living spring water, brewed tea flavor extraordinarily fragrant: "How do you know that I have arrived in Pingjiang?"
Speaking of this matter, Qin Zhaoran's face instantly became serious as he looked around.
Seeing that he had something to say, Mu Hanzhang waved his hand for his subordinates to retreat, and one of the guards that Jing Shao had left behind for him was unwilling to leave, and was glared at before he dawdled and stood outside the door.
"You should not go to Heron Island for these few days first." Qin Zhaoran frowned, looking a little frightened.
"Why is that?" Mu Hanzhang put down his tea, and his expression became solemn.
"Someone threatened my career and asked me to arrest you." Qin Zhaoran said slowly.
Mu Hanzhang instantly tensed his body, and his right hand subconsciously pressed on the hilt of the Hanzhang Treasure Sword.
"You do not fear," Qin Zhaoran naturally saw Mu Huanzhang's defensive movements, the corners of his lips spread a bitter smile, "I'm just a scholar, not to mention that this place is heavily guarded by the King of Cheng, if I want to harm you, how would I personally run to ...... "Speaking later, his voice couldn't help but lower.
Only then did Mu Hanzhang come back to his senses and look at Qin Zhaoran with a slight apology, "Having stayed on the battlefield with His Highness for a long time, there are some habits that can't be changed at a moment's notice, so brother Zhaoran is not to be blamed."
Jing Shao returned to see the guards themselves standing pathetically outside the door.
"Yo, why are you standing here by yourself?" The right guard behind Jing Shao scurried over with a smile and asked the guard.
"The Marquis and the Governor of Heron Island are having a secret talk inside and are not allowed to allow their subordinates to stand in the house." The guard commiserated.
"Bastard thing!" Jing Shao kicked the guard, a thousand instructions to protect the princess, now the princess and other men locked in a house even do not care, thinking about this, just in the battlefield fighting pain dissipated, but instead of a head full of anger. As soon as he pushed open the door of the main hall, he saw Mu Hanzhang sitting very close to a well-dressed young man, looking like they were having a good conversation!
Mu Hanyang turned his head to see the angry Jing Shao, could not help but be a little stunned, it was just lunchtime, how come Jing Shao was done fighting?
This look just looked like obvious weakness to Jing Shao, who grabbed his wrist and asked, "Who is this man?"
"My humble servant Qin Zhaoran, I have met His Highness King Cheng." Qin Zhaoran saw that Mu Hanzhang's wrist was clenched a little white by Jing Shao, and he couldn't help but frown.
Jing Shao frowned and surveyed for a moment, which reminded him of this new scholar.
"Why are you back at this moment?" Mu Hanzhang was clutched with some pain and twisted his wrist to yank it out of Jing Shao's hands.
"Come back for dinner." Jing Shao said rightfully.
"Zhaoran brother stay and have lunch together." Mu Hanzhang got up and explained that his subordinates would go to add a few dishes, he originally thought that he would be the only one to eat, but now that Jing Shao had returned, along with the two left and right guards outside the face who had obviously come to rub their noses in the food, it was definitely not enough to eat.
Qin Zhaoran did not agree, because he was running on his back, must hurry back, Mu Hanzhang did not force to stay.
Seat Jing Shao's face has not been good, he knows Qin Zhaoran and his own princess was a classmate when he was a child, and then won the Scholarship to see his own princess is not very on the heart of the relationship between the two of them on the general, they did not care, and now it is how to see how wrong.
The Right Guard poked the Left Guard's itchy flesh and said quietly, "Is the King jealous?"
The Left Guard gave him a look and shoved the chicken leg he had just picked up into the Right Guard's mouth, "Eat."
"Well ......," the Right Guardian was gagged and had to honestly gnaw on a chicken leg.
Mu Hanzhang saw Jing Shao unhappy, thinking that today's battle didn't go well, so he gave him some of his favorite dishes and told him what Qin Zhaoran had said in the meantime.
Jing Shao ate the dishes that his own Wangfei clamped over, his face eased, after hearing his words he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, fortunately he didn't let Jun Qing go by himself, "I will let Lu Zhanpeng go to check on this matter, lately you don't go out."
For the next few days, Jing Shao went out every day to fight with Gu Huaiqing, while Mu Hanzhang summoned a few of the officials that Emperor Hongzheng had previously sent to Heron Island to Pingjiang. The first order of business was to revise the statutes according to the local conditions, as well as repairing the docks. Jing Shao had left the right and left guards at his beck and call, so the matter of repairing the wharf was left to these two.
"Governor of Jiangzhou?" Mu Hanzhang frowned as he looked at the several pieces of paper Lu Zhanpeng handed over, something Lu Zhanpeng had found out based on the clues Qin Zhaoran had mentioned.
Pingjiang and Luzhou belong to the same Jiangzhou, so this Jiangzhou governor is Qin Zhaoran's top boss, and it is this person who wants to arrest Mu Huanzhang.
"Heron Island is originally a seaport, there have always been the ships of the fannish people docked, the fannish people sell goods in Jiangnan, these officials will take a cut from it," Lu Zhanpeng coldly smiled, "I think this Jiangzhou governor did not make a lot of money."
Mu hanzhang knit his brows, he did not expect this matter to touch the interests of the local officials, now he wants to set up a commercial port in heron island, it is like taking away these people's rations, no wonder it will push them to think of such underhanded means. However, that person knows his identity still dare to so blatantly threaten Qin Zhaoran to do things for them, there must be someone behind them, and, Qin Zhaoran since they can be threatened, then the sea merchant's drawbacks he will not also be involved in the past?
The situation on the battlefield outside of Jiangzhou is still tense, but the people of Jiangnan have heard that King Cheng has come, and these days they are all quite relieved, and the generals of Jiangnan are also very demoralized.
Jing Shao told his soldiers and generals to be at ease and rushed to the front of the line with his lance.
The Huainan army slowly made way, and Gu Huaiqing drove his horse and slowly walked out, "Your Highness King Cheng personally went into battle, I am truly flattered."
"This king doesn't have the patience to dilly-dally with you today," Jing Shao slung his spearhead casually over his shoulder, "Why don't we make a bet."
Gu Huaiqing hooked his lips and turned the long knife in his hand, "How do you bet?"
"The two of us will fight, if I win you will retreat ten miles and fight again tomorrow." Jing Shao took the lance off his shoulder, the tip slowly pointing towards Gu Huaiqing.
Gu Huaiqing raised an eyebrow, "If Your Highness is willing to reward me with a fight, I would naturally be more than happy to do so." As he said the second half of his sentence, the long knife in his hand was already out, slashing towards Jing Shao at a tricky angle.
Jing Shao sidestepped his spear, picking off the blade that was forcing its way to his body, making a deft maneuver to stagger the long blade, and aiming straight for Gu Huaiqing's eyes.
For a while, the two commanders on the battlefield fought with swords and shadows. Several generals looked at each other in dismay, not knowing how there could still be this kind of fight, obviously attacking and defending a city, how did it become a commander-in-chief competition?
"What are you in a hurry for today?" Gu Huaiqing pinned Jing Shao's silver spear and whispered.
"In a hurry to get home for dinner." Jing Shao glanced at him and backhanded him with the hilt of his gun.
"Well ......," Gu Huaiqing was jerked in the ribs by the silver spear shaft and smoothly clamped his arm around it, "I'll go too."
"None for you!" Jing Shao didn't seem to be in a good mood, and his hands became harder and harder.
The new mansion in Pingjiang City was named Ruoshui Garden by Mu Huanzhang, which means "good water is like water", but Jing Shao insisted that his own princess was praising his deep love for "taking only one dipper of the three thousand weak waters".
Jing Shao came back on time every day for dinner, but except for the first day, he never came back for lunch again, presumably because he felt it was a bit uncharacteristic to come home for every meal.
Today, Qin Zhaoran came to deliver the account books and case files of Heron Island, and it just so happened that Mu Huanzhang wanted to ask about the matter of seafarer's commission, so he stayed in Ruoshui Garden to have lunch.
The two had similar interests, and they talked at great length.
"The piece of ink you gave me last time was very good." Mu Hanzhang smiled lightly and said to Qin Zhaoran.
"What I promised you some years ago, I have always remembered." Qin Zhaoran heard him mention the ink stone and thought of how they studied together when they were young, a smile could not help but float on his face.
Mu Hanzhang smiled without saying anything and personally refilled his glass of wine. He remembered that Qin Zhaoran's drinking was not good, and according to Jing Shao, getting drunk was a good way to set up a conversation.
"Have you ...... had a good time these years?" Qin Zhaoran looked at the glistening jade-like hand on the wine pot, and finally couldn't help but ask.
"Good or bad, Zhaoran brother did not see it all?" Mu Hanzhang added a cup for himself, squeezing it between his fingers and shaking it but not drinking it.
"I did not expect, you that first mother will be so cruel," Qin Zhaoran tilted his head and drank the wine, and then filled himself, and even filled a few cups before stopping, looking at Mu Huanzhang near at hand handsome face, sighed heavily, "I've been waiting for you to win the news of the first prize, but do not want to, waiting for is that you married the The bad news ......" This said, Qin Zhaoran crouched on the table, seemingly crying like a smile and hummed a few times.
Mu Hanzhang froze, looking down at the cup in his hand, "I thought you would take the test first."
"Hahaha," Qin Zhaoran seems to be a little drunk, "I know that first mother of yours will not let you marry a woman, and has been still delusional ......"
Mu Hanzhang stood up with a totter, "Brother Qin, you're drunk."
"Containing the chapter ......," Qin Zhaoran murmured and whispered, falling asleep on the table.
Outside the window, Jing Shao, who had been standing there for who knows how long, gradually clenched his fists.
No wonder the talent of Mu Han Zhang seventeen years old in the examination, eighteen years old, but did not participate in the spring exams, but it turned out that they are waiting for each other in the scholar, so as to marry each other? This can be really talented ten years, good people but married another sad words of the book! Then what is he Jing Shao, the bully who beat up the lovebirds?