"I'll definitely catch up on old times, but that's probably all." Yan Lu pretended to be relaxed and replied with a shrug, "Zifang has always been the most prudent in doing things, so I don't think you need to worry too much."

"Did he say when he would be back?"

"this……"

Just as Yan Lu was about to reply, Zhang Liang's gentle voice with a faint smile rang out:

"You two senior brothers haven't rested yet?"

While Zhang Liang was talking, he walked up to the terrace and stood on the other side of Fu Nian.

Yan Lu seemed surprised and asked, "Zifang, are you back after meeting your friends? How was the business chat?"

Zhang Liang understood immediately after hearing this, nodded and replied, "Everything went smoothly."

"In order to help a friend, I spent a lot of yellow and white things. I just waited for this opportunity to make up for it."

Hearing this, Yan Lu got ahead of Fu Nian and said with a smile, "I only made up a few points, but it seems it's still not enough."

Zhang Liang pretended to sigh and explained lightly, "After all, we are friends who have friendships. When discussing business, we just do it casually. We can't force too much. It's good to make up for it a little."

Fu Nian ignored the nonsense the two brothers said to each other, turned to look at Zhang Liang, and asked seriously, "Just went to see friends?"

Zhang Liang didn't feel guilty, and immediately nodded and replied, "I just met a friend. I have known him for many years, but we have had less communication in the past."

Fu Nian was noncommittal to Zhang Liang's answer. He stared at him for a while before vaguely seeing something, and then warned:

"Songhai is in a troubled time now. If nothing is necessary, you should stay away from the villa for the next two days. The library is undergoing renovations. Please help."

Fu Nian didn't know what Zhang Liang did tonight. Even if he knew, he could not change the reality.

So what he has to do now is to ensure that Zhang Liang doesn't do any tricks behind his back in the next period of time.

The emperor will be arriving soon, so it would be better for Xiaoshengxian Manor to be more stable.

Naturally, Yan Lu and Zhang Liang had no objections to Fu Nian's arrangement and readily agreed.

Yan Lu said it was because he really didn't plan to do anything, so there was no harm in going to the library to help count the books.

Zhang Liang has done everything he needs to do, and there is nothing left to do next.

Looking at the two junior brothers with well-behaved faces, Fu Nian's plain and simple face showed no emotion. He just sighed secretly in his heart and finally left a sentence in the night wind:

"It's very late. Let's go to bed early."

………………

The next morning, ten miles outside Songhai City, a large group of local Songhai officials were waiting here early.

Some time after receiving news of the emperor's attack last night asking for help, they received another instruction from the General's Mansion - leaving the city to greet the emperor had been advanced, and Zhang Han, the commander of the Shadow Secret Guard, was not coming.

Take them with you.

This is certainly not a good thing for local officials in Songhai.

Zhang Han, a close official of the emperor, personally came out to welcome the emperor into the city, which could serve as a buffer for them and reduce their contact with the emperor.

The less they communicate with the emperor, the less likely they are to expose their problems.

And even if they put aside the issues of pros and cons and just consider their mood, they are not willing to come into contact with the emperor who is said to have a moody temper and act domineeringly and decisively.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! But no matter how bad this thing is for them, they have no room for rejection. They can only prepare everything honestly and come to greet the emperor.

And it is not without benefits for these officials, at least it allows them to confirm the emperor's condition as soon as possible.

From the time when the turmoil in the Eastern Patrol Team began to subside until dawn, only half a night passed, and the news about the emperor's attack had already begun to spread widely.

Of course, what is being passed on is all so-called 'gossip' and 'top-secret information', containing a large number of unfounded conjectures and all kinds of dangerous and sensational conspiracy theories.

But what spread the most, and what people were most concerned about, was the emperor's own safety.

The Eastern Patrol Team did not report the latest situation to Songhai City immediately, so even these local officials were curious about what happened to Ying Zheng.

The person may not be dead, but is he injured? If he is injured, is the injury serious?

This is all valuable and important information.

As Songhai officials waited with varying emotions, Gu Xun drove a carriage slowly into their eyes from the other end of the road.

Last night, there was a rapid and not particularly long-lasting heavy rain on the Xixiang Valley Road. Part of the road was washed into mud pits. Gu Xun drove the carriage all the way, and at this time, the body of the carriage was also covered with mud spots.

However, it has not rained here in Songhai. Last night, only dark clouds covered the moon, the stars and moon were dim, and the ground was completely dry, which did not affect the movement of the carriage at all.

The appearance of a single carriage made the local officials in Songhai a little stunned.

This is obviously inconsistent with etiquette!

Is His Majesty the Emperor really sitting in the car? Or is he just someone who came to make contact first?
Chapter completed!