Author: The endless journey of cultivating immortality

Xing You breathed a sigh of relief and left happily.

Fang Yuanzhi secretly admired Xing You's speaking skills. He said the unimportant things first, giving the emperor a chance to deny them, and finally said the most important matters, because if he denied them earlier, he would lose face if he denied them.

So Xing You made two requests during his first meeting with the emperor. He may have already concluded that one of them will definitely be approved, which can be regarded as a meeting gift from the emperor.

If the emperor gives permission to attend an official and business banquet, and someone makes a request at the banquet, will the emperor agree or not? The situation may be more complicated.

Moreover, the emperor originally went to Jiangnan privately. If he attended the banquet with great fanfare, what would be the point of privately serving?

However, when we met for the first time, the request he made was to exempt money and food from taxes. This Magistrate Xing can be regarded as loyal to the people.

After a while, Cai Yongzhi came in to meet the saint alone.

Commander Cai came from a military background, and his speech was much simpler and more direct, just expressing his loyalty.

Commander Cai even asked all soldiers from the Suzhou Guard to escort him.

The emperor did not agree, but asked: "I heard that my uncle serves under Commander Cai?"

Cai Yongzhi was shocked, hadn’t he heard? Who was it?

He even looked at Fang Yuanzhi who was beside the emperor, hoping that she would give him a hint.

Fang Yuanzhi blinked, but Cai Yongzhi still didn't understand.

Liang Fang coughed lightly: "The direct wife of Mr. Fang Li of Qianhu is the cousin of the Queen Mother."

Cai Yongzhi's mind was in confusion: "Isn't Fang Li's wife's surname Jiang? When will the Queen Mother's cousin appear as his wife?"

However, he quickly recovered his senses: "Master Fang is hardworking, loyal and upright. He is worthy of being the descendant of Marquis Nanhe and coming from a family of generals!"

Zhu Jianshen said: "Then let Master Fang lead the troops to accompany you."

"The final general's decree!"

Fang Yuanzhi was shocked. His father was also involved?

If the emperor made a mistake, would his whole family still be alive?

She just wanted to cry without tears!

Zhu Jianshen said a few more words of encouragement and praise for Cai Yongzhi, and then asked him to retreat.

Zhu Jianshen signaled Liang Fang to step back.

Seeing that Fang Yuanzhi was a little uneasy, he simply stood up, faced Fang Yuanzhi, and said seriously: "Yuanzhi, I want to see the person behind you!"

Fang Yuanzhi was startled and quickly looked up at Zhu Jianshen. Seeing him staring at her deeply, Fang Yuanzhi did not dare to look at him and quickly avoided her eyes.

Behind her is Xu Chun.

But Xu Chun is only an important executor at best. Behind Xu Chun is the entire Xu family. The head of the Xu family... Xu Lin, who was sitting in a wheelchair and talking and laughing with a blanket on her legs, suddenly appeared in front of Fang Yuan.

In Zhi's mind.

Would Xu Lin want to see the emperor?

He must have thought about it, otherwise why would Zhu Jianshen be placed in Suzhou City?

Fang Yuanzhi thought for a moment and then said: "I'll give it a try."

She wanted to ask Xu Chun first.

Fang Yuanzhi went directly to Mu Liang.

Mu Liang frowned: "Third Master is very busy these days and has no time to come over."

Fang Yuanzhi pondered for a long time before making up his mind: "Can you ask Xu Lin, the eldest master of the Xu family, if someone wants to see him."

Mu Liang was slightly startled, then nodded: "I'll make arrangements."

Mu Liang quickly replied: "The eldest son of the Xu family welcomes Yuan Zhi to visit him with his friends."

Fang Yuanzhi chewed this sentence over and over again.

She was actually a little worried about Zhu Jianshen.

He followed her to Suzhou with nothing to rely on. What if Xu Lin made some excessive demands and completely turned him into a puppet?

On the surface, he seemed to be the supreme emperor, but in Fang Yuanzhi's view, he was a pitiful man who could not succeed even if he wanted to die.

When she first met him, he was dying of poison. She used medicine to save him, but she had no confidence that she would be able to save him. He suffered from vomiting and diarrhea, which made him even more miserable. Later, he was shot and fell into the water...

After getting along day and night these days, in her opinion, Zhu Jianshen is just a fussy big boy, sometimes naive, often quiet, not annoying. Maybe she even has some feelings for him because of some blood relationship.

Some feelings of pity.

It's just like when people save poor little animals, they always pay attention to them occasionally to see if the little animals are thriving as they expect.

Fang Yuanzhi went to report Zhu Jianshen with great concern.

Zhu Jianshen didn't have so many ideas, he just hoped to arrange a meeting as soon as possible.

"Then after lunch, shall we visit Xu Lin?" Fang Yuanzhi asked tentatively.

"Okay." Zhu Jianshen nodded carefully.

Fang Yuanzhi's heart was heavy.

After thinking again and again, she told her what she knew about the Xu family's situation, which made Zhu Jianshen feel confident.

"The great talent of this dynasty, Mr. Shang Renge, who won three yuan in succession, his eldest son married a girl from the Xu family.

Xu Youzhen, a martial arts uncle who supported the late emperor's restoration, was a descendant of the Xu family.

Yu Qian Yu Shaobao, who was beheaded by the late emperor, and his sister married into the Xu family..."

Zhu Jianshen didn't speak, but his eyes became darker.

"Also," Fang Yuanzhi originally wanted to say that the Sun family of Huichang Hou and Li Xiange's family were going to marry the Xu family, but she didn't know the specific progress and didn't dare to talk nonsense, so the topic changed: "In comparison,

Come on, our Fang family, as well as my maternal grandfather’s Jiang family, are just like little shrimps. As for how to deal with it when the time comes, you have to know what to do."

Zhu Jian was silent for a moment and asked: "Xu Pu from Zuo Chunfang is..."

"He is Xu Lin's eldest son."

Zhu Jianshen looked at Fang Yuanzhi's serious face, a little worried, and smiled: "You are worried about me..."

After all, Fang Yuanzhi was not from the Xu family. Although she had a close relationship with Xu Chun and trusted her, she only met Xu Lin once. Instead, she felt that the Zhu Jianshen in front of her was more cordial.

"The Xu family has spent a lot of money, and the goal is certainly not small. I'm afraid that the wolf will be sent away, and the tiger will be welcomed again."

The corners of Zhu Jianshen's lips curled up slightly: "There are already a bunch of tigers and wolves, and there's nothing to worry about if there's one more. Maybe we can get away with one punch to avoid hundreds of punches."

"Then should we postpone our meeting for a few days?" Make preparations to be more confident and targeted.

"No need, let's meet and chat first, and then we can talk about the funeral."

In the afternoon, Zhu Jianshen and Fang Yuanzhi both changed into the blue t-shirts worn by ordinary scholars and went to the mansion of Xu's family.

Xu Lin still received them in a simple courtyard.

The afternoon sun was shining brightly, the creeping vines in the corner had sprouted many new leaves along the wall, moss was green in the cracks of the floor tiles, and the small teapot on the stone table was bubbling on the charcoal stove.

Xu Lin was still sitting in a wheelchair, with a blanket covering her legs and a warm smile.

"Yuanzhi pays homage to uncle and grandpa." Fang Yuanzhi bowed his hands.

Zhu Jianshen saluted like Fang Yuanzhi and called himself junior Zhang Ze.

Xu Lin smiled and nodded and asked the two of them to take their seats.

Seeing that the water was boiling, Fang Yuanzhi took the initiative to make tea, but Xu Lin stopped her: "It turns out that we are guests. Xu is an elder, and I would like to treat him with a cup of tea."

Xu Lin picked up a pot and made tea by herself. Xu Lin acted calmly and calmly, showing a certain grace and grace.

The tea soup is orange-yellow, has a sharp and long-lasting aroma, a unique aroma and a rich taste.

"Good tea." Zhu Jianshen said after taking a sip.
Chapter completed!