Sun Desheng glanced at the slender general in front of him, dressed in bright silver armor, and raised his eyes to look at the square-faced general who was still standing in front of the door, carrying a pair of sledgehammers and a fierce face, with a smile on his face: "Our family came here to deliver something to Mr. Shi!"

Saying that, no one paid attention to it, only turned to Shi Nanting, took out a folded piece of paper from his arms, handed it to Shi Nanting, who was full of doubts, and said with a smile: "Mr. Shi is in a hurry, but he forgot this important thing!"

Shi Nanting opened it and saw that it was an edict stamped with the emperor's seal, naturally it was not the jade seal of the country that was "ordered by the sky, and the longevity of Yongchang", but the emperor's private seal.

But what surprised him was not this seal, but the words on the paper, in addition to writing Xu Bo's real name, there was also a description of his height and appearance, and what was even more strange was that it even had the name and appearance of Xu Chen, a student of Xu Xiang!

Of course, these words could not have been written by the emperor, and at such a juncture, the emperor could not have the time and energy to care about such trivial matters.

Then here's the problem!

Who and when did they write such a detailed edict, if they had been hastily written after receiving a notification from the Suzaku Gate defenders, but if someone had already known when someone was going to enter the palace before that, then this ...... It's terrifying!

Shi Nanting can't afford not to think about it, but at a time like this, here in the palace, every move affects the situation in the entire Chang'an and even the whole world.

Shi Nanting raised his head and looked at the eunuch in front of him who had met a few times in the Prime Minister's Mansion but was not familiar, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

"Mr. Shi, let's hurry up! Sheng Shang and Xu Xiang are still waiting!" Sun Desheng smiled and urged.

Glancing at him deeply, Shi Nanting silently handed the edict to the silver-armored guard.

The silver-armored guard took the order and walked quickly in front of the square-faced general, raised his hand, and chuckled, "General Qin, it's time to open the door, right?"

The square-faced general took the edict with a straight face, and after a careful inspection, he turned around and walked towards the palace gate.

Sun Desheng felt Shi Nanting's gaze that had not yet been removed, raised his arm and pointed at the square-faced general who was busy opening the door and the colleague who was standing behind him for a long time, and still smiled: "Look at them, it may not be difficult to stop you, and it may not be really good to you to flatter you, everyone has it, it's messy!"

"Hehe!" Shi Nanting laughed, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he asked unintentionally: "What about Sun Shanggong?

Sun Desheng was still smiling, and replied calmly: "Under the whole world, it is not the king's land, of course our family is a saint! Isn't Mr. Shi?"

Shi Nanting just smiled, and his eyes moved to the palace gate that had been slowly opened.

"You two can enter, they can't!" the square-faced general pointed to the young men beside Xu Chen and said indifferently.

Xu Chen smiled, turned around and said, "Then you guys just wait here!

The gate is strictly controlled, although there is only one palace wall, there are several doors apart, and the vermilion gate reflects the towering high wall, revealing the royal majesty.

Uncle Xu turned his head to look at Xu Chen, who was looking around, turned his head, pointed to his face, and asked stupidly, "Should I show a little shocked expression?"

"Stay there!" Xu Bo's eyes twitched and he scolded angrily.

"Okay!" Xu Chen nodded and obediently walked two steps away.

……

"Hello senior brother, don't come here unharmed, senior brother?" As soon as Xu Chen entered the palace, he saw Sun Desheng, and he came up to him.

Sun Desheng paused for a moment, swept his afterglow around, frowned slightly and stretched for a moment, and then greeted him cordially.

"Senior brother, it's been more than a year since Yu Zhang's farewell, but I want to die as a brother!"

Because Xu Chen opened his hands as soon as he came up, Sun Desheng had no choice but to hug them together with the same open hands.

After getting closer, Sun Desheng whispered in Xu Chen's ear: "What are you doing?

Xu Chen's smile did not change, and he replied in a low voice: "After today, our relationship can't be hidden, just pick it up, the teacher's status will only be more stable in the future, as long as it is still there, the more transparent our relationship is, the better!"

"That's not going to work!" Sun Desheng looked anxious: "You came to Chang'an to take the entrance examination and take the road of civil officials, and as soon as you come, you will be involved with me, a eunuch, what will people think of you? How can you still blend into the circle of literati?"

This time it was Xu Chen's turn to be slightly stunned, and after separation, seeing that the expression on Sun Desheng's face did not seem to be fake, Xu Chen's heart warmed.

"It's okay, I came to Chang'an to be a good official, but it doesn't matter if it's literary or martial, even if it's a favorite minister!"

"Nonsense!" Sun Desheng's face actually showed a trace of anger that hated iron and steel: "You are talented, and you have the ability to help the world, to be a flattering favored minister, how can you be worthy of the teacher's teaching?"

The corners of Xu Chen's mouth twitched slightly, and his old face turned red: "This ...... Senior brother, you praise me so much, I'm embarrassed!"

“……”

Uncle Xu shook his head slightly and stepped forward: "Don't consume it, let's go, the master is still waiting!"

Along the way, Shi Nanting was observing Xu Chen.

This young man who was constantly mentioned and praised by Xu Bo and Xu Fan also had a good understanding, and he learned well, especially poetry and writing.

I heard that when he was in Yuzhang, he had offered a plan to exterminate a group of water bandits, and later went to Shengzhou, and when he rebelled in the south, he relied on local regimental training to defend Shengzhou City, and then was transferred to the south by Wang Zhonghei, and there were war reports from time to time, but the frequency of the name Xu Chen was not high.

Speaking of which, it can be regarded as being able to write and martial arts, commanding thousands of troops is a joke, but at such an age, he can write a good hand of poetry and writing, and he can lead a group of regiments to practice on the battlefield, even if it is just beating the side drum, it is rare among today's fat powder teenagers!

But there are more things he doesn't know, Shi Nanting himself can't understand it, even Xu Fan's information is not much, of course he doesn't know that Xu Fan deliberately hid this information, but even Xu Fan himself doesn't know much about this student.

But what he knew was that Monk Ming Xuan never came back after going to the south, and he naturally asked Xu Fan more than once, but Xu Fan's rhetoric was the same, which only showed that Monk Xuan felt that he had not done a good job, and he had no shame to return to the Prime Minister's Mansion again, and he had traveled all over the world.

Such a statement was very much in line with Ming Xuan's proud character, so Shi Nanting tried his best to convince himself to believe this.

However, his intuition told him that the young man in front of him must be inextricably linked to Mingxuan's disappearance, but it was just ...... He wanted to know, but he was afraid to know.

Xu Fan is no longer in Xingqing Palace, he has returned to the political hall, and he has to arrange all kinds of things, and the emperor is still staying in the Xingqing Palace under heavy guards, and he is afraid that no one will believe it at this moment.

In fact, in such a situation, there is very little room left for Xu Fan, a civil minister, to exert himself, although there are still people in the various yamen of the imperial court, almost all of them are closed, waiting for news.

This time it was not a sudden coup d'état, it had been brewing for an unprecedented period of time, and no one could help anyone to let this strange stalemate last so long.

Before the rebellion in the south, Wang Zhonghei had troops outside, and the prince won the support of a large number of courtiers, and the emperor did not dare to act without permission.

After the rebellion was put down, around the distribution of military merits and the emperor's disposal of Wang Zhonghei, the two sides began to compete openly and secretly, and also to leave enough time for each to deploy reinforcements.

Now that the arrow has been issued, the following is a real collision of force, and all Xu Fan, a civil servant, can do is to mobilize the power that he can mobilize to create a relatively favorable situation for the emperor.

It's like a carpenter who has collected black money and saved his selfish intentions, and buried some back hands when building the ring. It's a bit bleak to say, but even the dignified son of heaven can't control the forbidden army at his doorstep, what can he, a prime minister from a literati background, do to resist those barbaric Qiu Ba?

So he really couldn't understand why Xu Chen had to come to the palace to see him at such a time, he didn't believe that this stinky boy was because he hadn't seen the teacher for too long, and he didn't want to wait one more day.

With doubts, Xu Fan finally waited for his unconscious student.

"Teacher, I've seen you, I miss you to death!"

As soon as Xu Chen entered the door, he rushed up, looking like he wanted to give Xu Fan a bear hug.

Xu Fan frowned, and immediately reprimanded: "Don't give me this set! Do you think pretending to be crazy and stupid can settle the good things you did in the south?

"Now I have something to say, and I don't have time to talk nonsense with you!"

Xu Chen didn't hug it, his expression was a little resentful, and he pouted and said, "It's true, it's still a teacher!

Xu Fan's forehead darkened, and he said with a straight face: "Do you say it?

"Okay, good! I said, I said it can't be done!" Xu Chen lowered his head and muttered: "Not only is it rude, but my patience is gone......

Shi Nanting watched coldly, naturally he would not be so superficial as to be deceived by this cute trick, but his evaluation of Xu Chen in his heart inevitably dropped a few points.

"Okay, I won't play with you anymore!" Xu Chen put away his cynical appearance and began to get serious.

Xu Fan also immediately cheered up, although he may not be able to reverse the situation, but this disciple who has always been magical still gave Xu Fan some expectations.

"To solve today's matter, we must first figure out three points!" Xu Chen put three fingers and put on a blockbuster look.

"Which three points?" Xu Fan naturally asked.

Xu Chen replied slowly: "First of all, what does the Holy One want...... The second is what does the prince want...... And then there's ...... What do we want!"