Early in the morning of the second day, Meng Bochang came to invite Yang Hao to visit Zhang Qingliang, the governor of Xiasuijie.

Qing'er, Xiaoyu and Lu Rui didn't fall asleep until dawn because of the fright last night. They were all asleep until dawn. Yang Hao didn't call them, and left the Changhe Inn alone with Meng Bochang. Zhang Qingliang is a third-rank Hengdao in Baoli Society. Because he is nearly 60 years old, he is about to take off his armor and return to Chang'an to retire after retirement. Zhang Qingliang is a civil servant. The so-called taking off his armor means resigning from his actual position. Returning to Chang'an to take a false position in the court and receive a salary to enjoy his old age.

As the governor, Zhang Qingliang refused to live in the Yakuza Department, and his private house was not even in Yakuza City. There is a small lake in the southwest of Xiazhou City, called Yandang. According to legend, geese from the north and south of Yinshan Mountains have to rest here every year when they move south. Zhang Qingliang's private house is on the shore of Yandang Lake, with several thatched cottages, bamboo fences, and the city is facing the lake and back. The scenery is very quiet. When Yang Hao and Meng Bochang arrived, Zhang Qingliang was wearing a linen coat and watering vegetables in the vegetable garden. He was enjoying it. He didn't appear until the two of them came in the courtyard gate.

Zhang Qingliang held Yang Hao's hand and smiled cheerfully, "I've heard of Daming for a long time. When I saw him today, I was indeed a young talent." Yang Hao said, "The Grand Marshal is too praised, and Yang Hao can't bear it." Zhang Qingliang said, "If you don't call him Daming, call him Daming, call him Daming, and call him Daming, you're kind." Zhang Qingliang's old wife Wu walked out of the kitchen after hearing the sound. The same coarse cloth clothes were covered with wind and frost. If Zhang Qingliang hadn't called her as his wife, Yang Hao would have thought he was his cook.

On this day, the weather was sunny, and Zhang Qingliang placed the tea table next to the well in the vegetable garden. The tea set was made of pottery and porcelain, but the tea was authentic and good tea. After a while, Yang Hao and him became familiar with each other.

While Meng Bochang went to change the water, Zhang Qingliang asked Yang Hao in a low voice: "Is it a promotion or a promotion this time?" On the way here, Meng Bochang had already told Yang Hao that after Zhang Qingliang left, he would officially take over Xia Sui as the governor. However, in the Spurs Camp, he was still a third-rank renminbi and did not receive any promotion.

Yang Hao answered truthfully: "I've been promoted, but I haven't promoted."

Zhang Qingliang sighed casually and said, "When I was as old as you, I was just a minor official in Chang'an County. I was in a daze and had no peace. I was nearly forty years old and I was the ninth-rank halberd. At that time, I never thought about being a military governor who could be the governor of the country. I never thought about it. But you see, I really did it now. Life is like a dream, and Zhang Qingliang's life is just like this."

Meng Bochang came back with a teapot and said to him when he heard this sentence: "It's over, so don't complain. You are in good health and don't lack money. You are still in a good mood with your sister-in-law. Go back to Chang'an to buy a house, raise all kinds of flowers and raise birds, and then ask a few friends to drink and chat. How free and happy is not better than to endure hardship in this small town on the border."

Zhang Qingliang just smiled bitterly when he heard this.

Yang Hao asked him: "Brother has a few young men, why don't there even be a tea serving by his side?"

Zhang Qingliang stretched out five fingers: "Three men and two women, five. Those who are married and those who are officials have all run away. In the end, I, the only one is left."

"Don't you still have your sister-in-law with you? Even if your children are by your side, you will not be as good as your wife's "Jiang and Zhire." Yang Hao comforted.

Zhang Qingliang shook his head again and sighed. At this time, Wu came out of the kitchen and stood there timidly, wiping his hands while looking at it. Yang Hao stood up, Wu smiled shyly and asked Zhang Qingliang: "Can you have dinner now?"

Zhang Qingliang stood up and greeted, "It's better to go to the house to eat. It's windy here, and the food will be cold in a while."

Zhang Qingliang's several thatched huts were not conspicuous from the outside, and the layout inside was not shabby. All furniture and utensils were better than those of well-off families. However, as soon as autumn came, a floor furnace was born in the house, which was a little warm. Zhang Qingliang explained: "Old arms and legs are afraid of the cold, so he started the floor furnace early." He shouted to Wu, "Remove the fire and don't heat him up." Wu was setting up a table and chair, and he hurriedly came to remove the fire when he heard this, but was stopped by Yang Hao.

Although the food was served, although they were all home-cooked dishes, their cooking skills were first-class, which made Yang Hao interested in Wu. Zhang Qingliang came from a family of officials and had been an official all his life. In terms of his family background, the one who could marry him should be a wealthy family. Judging from Wu's demeanor, he did have a kind of ladylike style. It is extremely rare for everyone to cook and fry in person. Wu's craftsmanship is so authentic. Could this be brought from the womb?

After drinking a few glasses of wine, Zhang Qingliang's face turned red and he started to talk too much. He said to Yang Hao, "I listen to my advice. It's better to be careful in everything in the past two years. There will be big moves on it." Yang Hao immediately became interested and said, "Brother, what advice do you have? I will listen carefully." Zhang Qingliang drank a cup of wine and said in a daze, "Do you know, the chief manager is going to replace people."

Yang Hao frowned and said, "No, the chief executive has just inspected Xia Sui. If he wants to replace someone, what's the reason for doing this?" Yang Hao had already heard this meaning from Li Chen's voice, and deliberately pretended not to know, just to lure Zhang Qingliang to continue to talk. Sure enough, Zhang Qingliang became energetic and said with a smile: "This is his cleverness. When he is about to step down, he will give favors. Those who have grudges will forget his evil, and those who have no grudges will remember his goodness. Feng Shui will take turns, and maybe in three or five years, they will make a comeback."

Yang Hao suddenly interrupted and asked: "How many years have your Highness King Guang been the chief executive?"

Zhang Qingliang calculated with his fingers and said, "It's only been more than a year. He took over as the chief executive after the transformation of Ganlu Palace." Yang Hao was shocked and asked anxiously: "Who was the chief executive of Baoli Society before?" Zhang Qingliang was about to answer, but Meng Bochang coughed and blamed Yang Hao, "Don't ask too much about things that shouldn't be asked."

Zhang Qingliang blushed and said, "Hey, he should know these things sooner or later. What's the difference between talking sooner or later?" He turned his head to Yang Hao and smiled, "Brother Meng is good at everything, but he is too old-fashioned. Brother Yang is not an outsider, so what's the point of saying?"

Meng Bochang snorted, without answering. Zhang Qingliang and Yang Hao cried a glass of wine like Hu, drank it all in one drink, and said, "Since today, there are only two great housekeepers in Baoli Society. You have been for two years, and I have been for two years, and I have never been a third person. The two great managers, one is the current emperor's uncle, His Highness, King Guang, Li Chen, and the other is the emperor's brother, His Highness, King Ying, Li Yan. At first, the two nobles were you for two years, and I have been for two years, and I have taken turns to serve as a banker. But before and after the change of the Daming Palace, it was a revolving lantern. If you work for two days, I will work for two days, and if I work for two days, you will work for two more days, and who will be the banker will be based on your words. November of the ninth year of Everbright, the month when the palace was born, our society's chief manager changed three times. At the beginning of the month, it was His Highness, King Ying, and in the middle of the month, he was His Highness, King Ying, and in the late month, he was His Highness, King Guang."

Speaking of Zhang Qingliang, he suddenly asked Meng Bochang: "Bochang, who was the chief executive on the day the palace was born?"

Meng Bochang thought for a while: "It was His Highness Ying King when he got up early, but when the Gong Bian was born, he changed it to His Highness Guang King. After the Gong Bian failed, His Highness Guang left Beijing to avoid disaster and was represented by His Highness Ying for a few days. After Han asked them to be beaten up in Zhenzhu Town, His Highness Guang suddenly returned to the capital and took over the scepter of the general manager from His Highness Ying King. He has been in charge of the overall situation since then."

"So, was it His Highness King Guang during the faceless meeting in Yongfeng?" Yang Hao interrupted.

"Who dares to use you except him in the world?" Zhang Qingliang said with a smile.

"Who is in charge of the Baoli Society before the Dragon Boat Festival in the ninth year of Yamato?"

Yang Hao’s question was a bit abrupt. Zhang Qingliang and Meng Bochang thought for a while and replied in unison: “It’s Li Xun.” Yang Hao said: “Li Xun has also been the chief manager of Baoli Society?”

"That's not, but his status at that time was equivalent to that of the chief executive." Zhang Qingliang recalled, "At that time, His Majesty was determined to overthrow Wang Shoucheng and ordered all the associations to be dispatched by the Yamato Society. Isn't the one who really in power in the Yamato Society?" Speaking of this, Zhang Qingliang suddenly asked Meng Bochang: "Bochang, you said that if the fourth association after overthrow Wang Shoucheng, he still listened to Li Xun's dispatch alone, can the tragic change of Ganlu be avoided?"

Meng Bochang shook his head: "It's impossible! The reason why the change in the polo court was successful was not because of Li Xun's credit, but because Wang Shoucheng had exhausted his energy. In fact, our plan was full of loopholes and the dispatch was chaotic when the change was changed, which was really dangerous. If Wang Shoucheng had listened to Guo Qin's words at that time, or was a little cautious, no one would think of sitting here to have a drink today."

Although Yang Hao personally participated in the coup in the polo court where Wang Shoucheng was overthrown in front of Hanguang Palace, he had never really sorted out the whole story. In his opinion, it was already a very distant thing. He really didn't want to be obsessed with the details. He just wanted to figure out one thing now.

"I led people to arrest Guo Qin that day. Who later protected him from His Majesty? King Guang or King Ying?"

Meng Bochang sniffed and asked vigilantly: "What are you asking about this?"

Yang Hao pretended to be relaxed and smiled: "Is there anything wrong?"

Zhang Qingliang, who has always been careless, suddenly became cautious at this moment. He seriously advised Yang Hao: "This matter is of great importance, so it is better not to mention it."

"So, you two are both insiders. You are talking to your mouth and into my ears. Are you still afraid that I will say it?"

The two remained silent. Yang Hao snorted from his nose and said emotionally: "If you don't say it, I can guess it's King Ying Li Yan, right? If he killed Guo Qin according to Li Xun's wishes, Lin Tongwei and destroyed Xiao Qingyi, perhaps the entire history of the Tang Dynasty would be rewritten. It was because of his own intelligence that the blood of tens of thousands of people dyed Chang'an City red!"

Thinking of Qi Yu, Yue Gu, Yan Hua, and many people killed by Xiao Qingyi, Yang Hao felt a burst of pain in his heart. He drank several glasses of wine on his own, and his heart became more and more confused as he drank.

"It's time and time. His Highness Ying King also had his own difficulties in protecting Guo Qin that day. The bad thing was Li Xun, who was the treacherous villain who forced Guo Qin to rebel, and eventually ruined the big thing." Zhang Qingliang began to defend Li Yan.

Yang Hao sneered: "He should have known what kind of person Li Xun was that day. Isn't it equivalent to treating the lives of tens of thousands of people as a joke?"

"Okay, even if Your Highness Ying has made mistakes, it's not your turn to criticize him. What you have to remember is that you can do today depends on his recommendation and protection! Now he is your immediate boss again. If you fight against him again, you will be using your life as a joke!" Meng Bochang's words woke Yang Hao up. The right and wrong in the Daming Palace had disappeared, and even the emperor had the ambition to let Li Yan come back. Why should he blame him? Now he has become his immediate boss. If the relationship between them is not handled well, it is not only himself who is unlucky, but he will inevitably involve many people.

"Come on, drink, drink." Zhang Qingliang saw that the two of them were about to blush and hurried to smooth things over.

The wine became as light as water after drinking it, and finally it ended in disagreement.

On that day, Shen Shi Yang Hao and Qing'er, Xiaoyu and Lu Rui left Xiazhou.
Chapter completed!