As soon as Shen Shangshu's words fell to the ground, Chen Shuo immediately broke out in a cold sweat.

This is not over yet, Shen Shangshu stared at him closely, and said: "And I see the reaction of Chen Zhifu...why do you feel that Chen Zhifu seems to be afraid of the Yang family?"

As the local magistrate, Chen Shuo became afraid of a merchant, which is not a good thing.

As the saying goes, when encountering a narrow road, the brave wins. This fear first weakens the momentum by three points. With fear in the heart, it is estimated that there will be a lot of prevarication when doing things in the future, will not be dedicated, and may even directly surrender to the enemy out of fear. went.

"Damn, Shen Shangshu, you can't say that! The next official is an official of Daliang, and he is paid by Daliang's salary. How can he be afraid of that mere Yang family!" He patted his chest, looking like he was not afraid of anything.

Having said that, everyone could hear some reluctance in his tone.

After Chen Shuo laughed out loud, seeing that everyone present was looking at him with strange eyes, his heart suddenly felt guilty.

He coughed, thinking that the people present were all his own people, so he lowered his voice a bit: "Then again, the Yang family is deeply rooted in Yangzhou City, and it's not easy to uproot it. From the official point of view, it is still the best policy to figure it out slowly."

"Picture it slowly?" Shen Shangshu chuckled, "Go and tell His Highness the Second Highness about this."

Chen Shuo stopped talking immediately.

Jing Xing at the side quietly watched the development of the situation in front of him, and couldn't help sighing.

They originally regarded the prefect of Yangzhou as the last way of retreat, but now it seems that this way of retreat is not very reliable.

Shen Shangshu drank another cup of tea, and said slowly: "Chen Zhifu, today, I was ordered to ask you to see His Highness the Second Highness. I know you have an idea. In this way, you go to the Second Highness and talk to the Second Highness. Take your time! Maybe the Second Highness will accept it?"

Go to the second prince and slowly talk about Xu Xutuzhi's plan.

He hadn't seen the Second Highness get angry yet.

Maybe I can open my eyes.

The corner of Chen Shuo's mouth twitched, and he said, "Shen Shangshu, stop joking..."

How dare he hang around in front of the second prince, what if he can't come back?
Shen Shangshu sneered.

It seems that Chen Zhifu also knows that his "slowly figured out" words are nonsense.

Otherwise, why wouldn't you dare to speak in front of the Second Prince?

"Anyway, Second Highness wants to see you, Prefect Chen, will you go by yourself, or should I ask the young people under my command to invite you?" Shen Shangshu said slowly.

When he came out this time, he didn't bring anything, but there were many people.

Still young.

As soon as he finished speaking, many young people were gearing up.

These days, it's not just that the second prince is bumping into walls everywhere, they have suffered much more soft nails, big and small, than the first prince, they are all young and full-blooded, how can they stand such grievances?

"——I..." Chen Shuo's mind was on fire, and he couldn't think of a suitable excuse.

The ministers are already here, and the Second Highness seems to be waiting for him in the inn. It seems that he really has no reason not to go.

But he really didn't want to go.

Shen Shangshu ignored him and just drank another cup of tea leisurely.

Or say that the prefect Chen will enjoy it, the tea leaves in the inn are not ordinary, and the tea he drinks himself is also very good, if it is left here, it will be a waste.

As soon as the tea was finished, a smile appeared on Shen Shangshu's face, and his tone was very gentle: "Prefect Chen has a handicap, you guys, help Prefect Chen."

"—Yes!" Several young and strong officials from the household department who accompanied them all embraced, raised their arms, raised their legs, and one raised their waists, and then struggled under Chen Shuo's roar. In the middle, he directly lifted Chen Shuo above his head.

Although they are just inconspicuous officials in the Ministry of Household Affairs, they are far inferior to the magistrates in terms of official rank, but they are all Beijing officials. Besides, there are many people now, so there is no need to worry about Chen Shuo remembering them.

Can't remember what they look like, who to seek revenge?
Everyone was not in a hurry to leave, but turned their heads to look at Shen Shangshu with great interest.

Shen Shangshu was looking at them speechlessly.

What he meant was to let them surround the person and push him out after a while, but he never thought that this group of daring brats would dare to lift the person up.

Today's young people are really careless.

Shen Shangshu turned around, forcibly suppressed the smile on his lips, then walked slowly out of the mansion.

As he was walking, he would stop and beat his legs from time to time, and then he raised his head and sighed: "Old, old—the legs and feet are really not working—"

Chen Shuo didn't dare to speak for a long time.

Don't even dare to struggle.

I'm afraid that if I make too much noise, it will attract more people to watch, and if I make a little bigger movement, I will be thrown to the ground by this group of unlucky, careless things.

Which magistrate made him like this!

He closed his eyes tightly, silently praying in his heart that there would be no one on the road, so he could not see his embarrassing appearance.

Of course, that's not possible.

As for government offices, it is normal for people to come and go.

Shen Shangshu took him and went out from the main entrance in a fair manner. Fortunately, the inn was very close to the main entrance of the government office, so Chen Shuo's face did not completely fall to the ground.

Chen Shuo only felt that after a century, his feet finally stepped on the ground.

Before he had time to get angry, he met a pair of eyes that contained a hint of majesty as soon as he landed.

His body froze, and he saw that the man was wearing a black robe, his whole body was luxurious and not like ordinary people, so he knew the identity of this man, and he knelt down on the ground with a plop, even his voice was trembling: "Excuse me, My subordinate Chen Shuo, I have seen the Second Highness!"

The second prince did not expect that the prefect Chen's appearance was so unique, he was stunned for a moment, and even forgot to ask him to get up.

It was Shen Shangshu who coughed, and the second prince came back to his senses, and raised his hand to wake Chen Shuo up.

The second prince was quite annoying.

But as soon as this farce was interrupted, the depression in my heart could not help but dissipated a little, and my speech became pleasant again.

Chen Shuo is not stupid, he didn't say anything just because of the second prince's amiable appearance.

He seemed to be practicing Tai Chi, avoiding the most important and taking the lightest. He only said that the Yang family had done almost everything in the local area in the past few years. getting bigger.

After saying a few words, the second prince's face, which had just eased, became ugly again.

Shen Shangshu took a look, and quickly came out to smooth things over: "Second Highness, the Yang family is so powerful now, and the prefect Chen has been suppressed by the Yang family for several years, it is human nature to be unable to stand up for a while, how about... let's go together with the prefect Chen, Think about another countermeasure?"

Seeing that Shen Shangshu took the initiative to rescue him, Chen Shuo was so moved that he almost cried, how could he dare to blame him for what made him lose face just now, it would be good if he didn't kneel down and kowtow to show his gratitude.

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