Having said that, Shen Xilin and his party followed Lin Xi, after all, sitting down a thousand miles of horses, with a tall and strong cultivation, it was just a day's work to cross the mountains and mountains to reach Tianyue City, which was hundreds of miles away, with the sunset, the rising sun in the east, and a new day was coming, Shen Xilin and his party were under the walls of Tianyue City.

Standing under the city wall, Lin Xi raised his eyes and looked up, and suddenly raised his breath and shouted: "Lin Xi, the general of the right guard, was ordered to escort General Shen Xilin to Tianyue City, and please open the city gate." ”

When the words fell, Shen Xilin and the four of them glanced at each other, and then saw that the city gate slowly opened, and a figure walked out faintly, and took a closer look, this person was dressed magnificently, although he was not covered in silk and satin, gold silk soft armor, but it was by no means an ordinary coarse linen coat, holding a pole to whisk the dust, his face was not exposed by the spring breeze, and his body was as light as snow and like the wind.

As soon as Lin Xi saw this person, he hurriedly clasped his fists and saluted in an orderly manner, and said respectfully: "The head of the high ceremony is above, and the last general is Lin Xi." ”

When the visitor heard this, he seemed to be flattered, and hurriedly saluted Lin Xi and said: "General Lin Xi, our family is just the head of internal affairs of the fifth grade, where can we afford such a big gift from the general." ”

After that, the chief steward named Gao Li carefully looked at Shen Xilin and the others, and finally stopped his eyes on Shen Xilin, bowed respectfully, and said with a smile: "General Shen, our family is polite here, the lord has been waiting for a long time, please enter the palace with me quickly." ”

When the words fell, the four of them replied in unison, and then followed Gao Li and Lin Xi to the direction of the Tianyue City Palace, but after walking for half an hour, they saw the mighty palace from a distance, and the three of them were stunned, and they couldn't come back to their senses for a long time.

Let's look at the palace, Shu is originally in the mountains, Tianyue City is naturally in the mountains, and the palace sits on the peak. It is the Pinggaoling, build the imperial palace, cover 300 miles, look at the sky, cover the sky and the sun, five steps on the first floor, ten steps and a pavilion, the corridor waist and the manhui, the eaves and teeth are pecked high, the long bridge lies on the waves, the clouds are not cloudy, the dragon is empty, the road is empty, the sun is not cloudy, the high and low are confused, I don't know the west and the east, the song platform is warm, the spring is melting, the dance hall is cold, the wind and rain are sad.

When Shen Xilin and the four of them were distracted, before the four of them came back to their senses, they only heard Gao Li's voice suddenly whispering in their ears: "General Shen, the imperial study has arrived, and it is inconvenient for our family to enter, so please go to the four of them by themselves immediately, and our family will retire." ”

Shen Xilin and the four of them listened, then came back to their senses, and hurriedly thanked Gao Li, after a slight pause, finally accompanied by a heavy sound of "squeak", the four of them gently pushed open the door of the imperial study, and what came into their eyes was countless books, how high as mountains, as wide as the bookshelves of the city wall.

The four of them looked at each other again, looked at each other for a moment, and finally nodded in unison, as if they had made some kind of agreement, and walked in together, bypassing the labyrinth-like bookshelf walkway, and slowly came to the deepest part of the imperial study.

When they came to the deepest part, the four of them only saw a middle-aged man, wearing a purple and gold crown with a bundle of hair and inlaid treasures on his head, and a two-dragon pearl gold wipe on his forehead; wearing a two-color gold hundred butterflies wearing big red arrow sleeves, and a long spike palace silk with colorful silk knots, covered with a stone blue and flowered eight groups of satin tassel gowns; wearing a small court boot with a blue satin foundation, holding an ancient yellow jade-inlaid book and periodical in his hand, and a few big characters were printed on the writing: Sun Wu's Art of War. The face is like a crown of jade, the skin is like condensed fat, obviously only thirty, but he is already full of snow hair, and his face is very haggard. At a cursory glance, it looks like the Oriental Yanyun of an emperor's house.

Shen Xilin naturally knew that this person was the old man back then, the king of Shu: Yan Tian. So Shen Xilin hurriedly took the three brothers to kneel down and bow in unison: "Shen Xilin knocked to see King Yan." ”

When Yan Tian heard the sound, he looked at the kneeling person again, and he was so frightened that he hurriedly threw down the military book, quickly stepped forward to help Shen Xilin and the three of them, and said in a loud voice: "The benefactor is invited to get up quickly, the great grace of the past, Yan Tian is unforgettable, there is not a day that he does not miss the benefactor, looking forward to the arrival of the benefactor, and today he finally got his wish." ”

Seeing this, Shen Xilin took a quick look at Shen Xihe and the others, and then quickly turned his gaze, only to see him sigh deeply, look at Yan Tian with concern on his face, and say sadly: "King Yan, over the years, you have lost a lot of weight and become a lot haggard." ”

Yan Tian smiled when he heard this, and said: "The empire is in turmoil, Yan Tian is also the lord of the land, so it is inevitable that he will be haggard, but his benefactor has traveled day and night, and he has suffered a long time." ”

When Shen Xilin heard this, his face was suddenly full of sadness, his eyes were full of sorrow, he shook his head from time to time, sighed and said, "I can't hide it." My Shen family, the reason why this is the case, is only because the empire does not allow it, the traitors in the empire are in charge, and frame my family for collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country, fortunately, my Shen family still has some sources in the court, and escaped overnight to escape the catastrophe, otherwise, hey, ......"

Speaking of this, all the people present in the imperial study room bowed their heads and sighed.

"In that case," Yan Tian sighed, took Shen Xilin's hand again, and said deeply, "Isn't it a waste that the general is so talented? If the general does not give up, he can go to my Shu court, and Xiao Wang is willing to give him the position of the general, just ask the general to help Xiao Wang and seek peace in this turbulent Sky Eagle Empire." ”

When Shen Xihe heard this, his eyebrows were full of joy, and they all looked at Shen Xilin expectantly, but what they saw was that Shen Xilin's brows were slightly furrowed, and he seemed to have some worries, only to see him think for a moment, then took a step back slightly, and bowed his hand and thanked: "Thank you King Yan for your kindness, but now I don't have the intention of entering the office, if King Yan still remembers the grace of dripping water back then, I will only ask for two acres of fertile land, and I will have to live for the rest of my life in peace." ”

When Yan Tian heard this, his face was obviously full of loss, only to see him bow his head faintly, and sighed deeply: "That's the case, that's really a pity, the general is so eloquent." ”

Hearing this, Shen Xilin raised his eyes and glanced at Yan Tian, who was full of loss, and Shen Xihe, who was also lost on the side, lowered his head again and pondered for a moment, and finally exhaled softly, and arched his hand: "Although I don't have the heart to enter the office, but I have also received the great grace of King Yan, so I can protect the vitality of my Shen family, and I don't repay the kindness of people, if my three brothers King Yan can see it, it can also help King Yan." ”

When Yan Tian heard this, he looked at Shen Xihe and the others, and then at Shen Xilin, who was smiling lightly, and suddenly the loss on his face was swept away, and he took Shen Xilin's hand again, and said happily: "It's so good, but I don't know what the three brothers of the benefactor have?"

Shen Xilin smiled when he heard this, raised his eyes to signal the three talents, and Shen Xihe and the three of them were also full of smiles when they saw this, looked at each other, and stepped forward one after another and said:

"Hui Yan Wang, in the lower Shen Xihe, since childhood to study the collection of sub-history scriptures, not to mention the knowledge of astronomy and geography, strategizing and fighting a hundred battles, at least can also govern the country and politics, and win the three armies. ”

"Hui Yan Wang, in Xia Shen Ximu, since he was a child, he studied Sun Wu's art of war, arranged troops, led troops to fight, and it is not difficult to sit in the three armies. ”

"Back to King Yan, in Xia Shen Xijiang, I don't have the ability of my two elder brothers, but I have also studied martial arts since I was a child, and now I am also a Qingjing cultivator. ”

Yan Tian heard this, and immediately laughed three times: "Okay, good, Xiao Wang immediately drafted a decree, with Shen Xijiang as the general holding the halberd, protecting Xiao Wang and the left and right, Shen Xihe as the post of Shangqing, the chief of a hundred officials, and Shen Ximu as the general." ”

When the three of them heard this, they immediately knelt down and shouted, "Thank you King Yan." ”

Yan Tianfeng stopped, turned his head to look at Shen Xilin, and said kindly: "Since the benefactor refuses to be an official, Xiao Wang is not easy to be a strong man, so he has to be allowed to use the title of duke to seal the city of Los Angeles, do you think it's good?"

Shen Xilin was stunned when he heard this, and then he was inexplicably happy in his heart, and said loudly: "Thank you King Yan." ”

After thanking him, Shen Xilin and Yan Tian had a rough greeting, and then took Shen Xihe and the three of them to retreat, leaving only Yan Tian standing in place, watching the backs of Shen Xilin and the four of them gradually leave, until they exited the imperial study and closed the door softly, and a figure slowly walked out from behind a bookshelf.

Yan Tian glanced at the man faintly, and then picked up the book of Sun Wu's Art of War, and said with a light smile while looking at it: "Guo Fu, you have already heard it, right? What do you think, can these four people believe it?"

Guo Fu still lightly slapped the paper fan, saluted respectfully, and said indifferently: "Believe it or not, is there anything else to say? When the lord conferred their titles and official positions, there was no need to discuss them. It's just that there is one thing that the minister still can't figure out. ”

Yan Tian still smiled lightly and asked, "Say." ”

Guo Fu bowed again and said indifferently: "Looking at the situation of those four people, it is obvious that they are just like the lord, they believe in the lord's character, and those three people also accept the lord's good intentions, but why didn't Shen Xilin accept the lord's official position?"

When Yan Tian heard this, he actually laughed, laughed, put down the military book in his hand, and said: "Do you think the four of them trust me? Shen Xilin is not an official, just to see my next attitude, leaving Shen Xihe and the three of them just to see the situation clearly, otherwise, why didn't Shen Xilin just bring his son Shen Lingfeng with him?"

"In that case, why do you ......?"

Yan Tian smiled slightly, and said indifferently: "I don't care about the other three, I just want to make Shen Xilin feel at ease and keep him, I will be of great use soon." ”

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