Tao Hongyuan carried a watering can and was carefully spraying water on an Eighteen Scholars. These days, the weather has been fine and sunny, but correspondingly, there is a bit more dust on the leaves of this famous camellia.

, but a lot of dust also fell. At this moment, the clear water flow slid through the leaves, first leaving a series of marks on the leaves, and then the entire leaves looked emerald green.

There are many camellias in the garden, but not many famous ones like Eighteen Bachelors.

Butler Tao Zheng came in a hurry, bowed his head and said, "Bachelor, Fu Canjun is here again. He is kneeling outside the mansion. He said that if the bachelor doesn't see him, he will kneel and die outside."

Tao Hongyuan picked up a small shovel and carefully loosened the soil for the camellia without raising his eyes.

"Bachelor?" Tao Zheng called again.

Tao Hongyuan stood up, threw away the shovel, and walked into the house: "If he wants to kneel down, he can kneel down. If he wants to die, it's up to him."

"Bachelor, it doesn't look good for him to kneel outside like this, and if he starts talking nonsense..." Tao Zheng stopped talking.

After hearing what Tao Zheng said, Tao Hongyuan turned back to look at him and sneered: "What does he want to say?"

Tao Zheng's heart shivered and he bowed: "I understand, I will drive him away now."

Back in the study, Tao Hongyuan's face lost the calmness he had just now. He sat in front of the desk, picked up his pen, and wanted to write a few words to calm his still agitated mood. But he picked up the pen, but he didn't know what to write.

What, until a huge ink stain fell on the fine rice paper, like a piece of shit thrown on the beauty's face, and my mood suddenly became worse, and I threw the pen heavily on the table.

I never thought things would turn out like this.

Hu Mao's trip to Yongzhou now seemed to be a failure among failures. I was really lost. How could I agree to let Hu Mao do such a thing?

Didn't you consider the possibility of failure in the first place?

How careless!

One careless move and you lose everything.

Now, that Cen Zhong has opened up his posture and marched all the way to Guizhou without any concealment.

This ambassador, for the first time since taking office, is ready to pay homage to his pacifier.

Presumably his mood at this moment must be very beautiful.

Hu Mao was captured, Ruan Qingzheng was arrested, and the entire Yong Prefecture and Jidi Prefecture were captured by Cen Zhong. He knew very well what these one after another heavy news meant to Tao Hongyuan.

All his affairs have been exposed in front of Cen Zhong.

He came to Guizhou to have a showdown with himself.

What he wants now seems to be clear at a glance.

This is the reality of officialdom.

A few days ago, all the officials on Guangnan West Road were like mice meeting cats when they saw him. But when the news from Yongzhou came, officials at all levels of Guizhou's yamen immediately asked for leave.

, complain about illness, almost half of the chief officers are no longer on duty.

And this is quite polite.

Some of them were not polite, and they had already sent their confidants to meet Cen Zhong halfway.

This is a sure sign that I am going to be completely defeated!

Sighing heavily, Tao Hongyuan knew that he was about to be completely defeated.

But those who think they are going to be unlucky may also be disappointed.

If Cen Zhong really wanted to do something for himself, he would not come to Guizhou with such a big fanfare. He only needed to hand over the things he had in his hands, including Hu Mao, Ruan Qingzheng and others, and he would

Will fall into the abyss.

But he came to Guizhou.

This is about exchanging it with yourself.

Cen Zhong was very clear in his head. He had underestimated him in the past.

If he really wants to hand over these things, it will immediately become a major case that shocks the world. If he wants to investigate this case clearly, he will have to have a minister from the two palaces sit in charge, and the Yushitai will be mobilized.

But in this way, what else can Cen Zhong gain?

As a person involved, he said that he was not allowed to go to Wutai to sleep. As for him, even if he did not enter Wutai, he still had to be in Bianliang and listen to questions from the superiors at any time, right?

This is not what he wants.

That’s why he rushed to Guizhou!

Isn't this posture just for himself? He wants to tell himself that we have something to talk about, but don't break the pot and make everyone's faces look bad.

Now, all we can do is talk!

It’s just that I’m really unwilling to do so!

Leaning back on the back of his chair, with his eyes closed, Tao Hongyuan was thinking about how to get more benefits for himself as much as possible.

Rapid footsteps sounded as Tao Zheng left and returned.

"Bachelor, the army has entered the city, and the Qingyuan Army is back!"

"Huh?" Tao Hongyuan sat up straight. "Qingyuan Army?"

"It's the Qingyuan Army. The leader is a former camp general of the Qingyuan Army named Wang Qinian. The other one is a close subordinate of Cen Zhaoshou named Liu Yiguo. He is a one-eyed dragon. Now the whole city is a little panicked.

, these two men each brought a battalion of soldiers and marched into the city first!" Tao Zheng said tremblingly.

Tao Hongyuan nodded, but stood up.

Yeah, there's nothing to talk about.

Cen Zhong further made his attitude clear to himself.

For myself, some just accept it.

Okay, let's see what conditions Cen Zhong set for himself! This man is a smart man, and he will not delay his big things because of some trivial matters.

Which one is more important or less important should be very clear to the other party.

There was a sentence that Tao Hongyuan didn't say out loud, but he understood it in his heart.

He is already a lost dog. Beating himself up may bring psychological pleasure, but there will be no substantial gain. On the contrary, it will greatly affect what Cen Zhong wants to get next.

"Open the middle gate and ask Dalang to greet the envoy Cen on my behalf!" Tao Hongyuan sighed and said.

"Bachelor, why don't you go and greet me personally?" Tao Zheng asked in a low voice.

Tao Hongyuan shook his head: "I'm sick. I'm seriously ill. Naturally, I can't go to the door to greet you. Dalang will make everything clear to him."

Guards of honor were lined up, gongs were played to clear the way, and warriors were supporting them on the left and right. Amidst the mighty sound of street cleaning, the crowded people on the street hurriedly moved to both sides to avoid, looking in awe at the person in the middle who was hugging each other in purple robes.

of officials.

Wearing a purple robe, it represents a high-ranking official of the third rank or above.

Guizhou is the administrative seat of Guangnan West Road, and it is also a place where high-ranking officials gather. But in normal times, the most seen are officials wearing red robes, and more of them are green robes.

There is only one purple robe, Tao Hongyuan, the pacifier.

For Guangnan West Road, purple-robed Tao Hongyuan is the god of this land.

But now, another person in purple robe has arrived, who is younger than Tao Yaosuo and seems to have more murderous intent.

Look at the warriors surrounding him. They wear helmets and armor. Those armors are not new at all. Some of them are still pitted and some even have cracks. But it is precisely because of this that the cold aura is even more intense.

The place is scary.

I heard that the requisition envoy arrived in Guangnan West Road for one year and then wiped out all the previously unruly Jizhou Prefectures. Very few people went to Yongzhou, but I heard from businessmen that there were a lot of people killed there.

, blood flowed into a river.

And the name Cen Zhong can stop children from crying at night!

Today, although he looks very majestic, he is still very handsome, good-looking, and quite bookish.

With a smile on his face, he looked around and nodded to the people from time to time.

Above the restaurant, a middle-aged man was holding a wine glass and looking at the back of Cen Zhong who had just walked past from the open window, his face full of disappointment.

"Hey, after all the tricks have been exhausted, it still falls into the empty space. On the contrary, it has cost the lives of all the members of the Fu family!"

He tilted his neck and drank the entire glass of wine.

"Brother Zhou, you can't blame us. Mr. Zhao has always been reasonable. We have tried our best, and there should be no problems with the plan. But the key is that the big soldiers are not living up to expectations!" Another person also looked angry.

.

"Mr. Zhao is right. Cen Zhong is indeed colluding with Xiao Cheng. Otherwise, where did he get such excellent soldiers, horses, and armor? Our failure this time will most likely give Cen Zhong the opportunity to

Guangnan West Road has suffered a big loss. Mr. Zhao will not say much, but His Highness the King of Chu is not a generous master."

The two of them sighed.

After a while, one of them whispered: "Brother Zhou, the Fu family is now at the end of its rope. Tao Hongyuan's intention of throwing them out to take the blame is too obvious. Let's set the fire again and let the Fu family send people to assassinate them, just in case they succeed.

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"We haven't sent people to assassinate people before. What happened?" Zhou shook his head and said, "Besides, the Fu family has been targeted for a long time. There is still a chance to send people out again."

"We can send someone to pretend to be a family member."
To be continued...