After Yan Xugui left the state office, Sheng Yunyi ordered Huang Zhizhou to continue to be locked in the room, and as for the flower hall, there were all helpless female dependents, just under house arrest.

At this time, the general judge in charge of supervision trembled and dealt with a group of internal guards, and said with fear that whatever His Majesty said was what he said. The room was empty, the cell was overcrowded, and the two acquaintances tore their throats and shouted, laughing at the prisoner next door all morning.

The officials of the fifth grade are thrown into prison without saying hello, and today's style is becoming more and more concise and direct.

Ji Wei came back from tidying up the mansion outside the yamen, and was meeting Li Zhouwei's soldiers stepping on the stone steps with their waist cards.

"Commander, you see their brand is more expensive than ours. A young guard whispered in his ear with some envy.

The waist card of the river drum guard is made of ivory, the upper direct army and the five cities can use gold and jade, the second-class guard uses sour branches and other wood, and the south is popular with ox bones and fish bones. The fish-shaped brand carved by this Li Zhouwei is extremely beautiful, and there is a piece of lustrous jade in the center, and I don't know how it was inlaid.

Ji Wei looked down at his tooth card, which was two inches long and round, as plain as a grinding plate.

"It's better than ours. ”

The internal guard couldn't stop nodding, and he slapped it over: "Then it's better for your kid to stay in Qi Ning and be an errand for Yue Fan!"

The young descendant grinned and touched his head, and said honestly: "Commander, although their state capitals are rich and their soldiers are arrogant, don't they obediently send them to our door? ”

Ji Wei clapped his hands: "Don't talk nonsense! Du Si didn't even send a serious officer, but ran to a Li Zhouwei! Don't look for trouble, squat on the roof." ”

The crystal chess pieces taken out of Zhizhou's room were not as flat as the stones, and they jumped up in the pond several times, and sank after the seventh count.

Sheng Yunyi walked around the garden, finished the water drift, and the people waiting for him also arrived.

Li Zhouwei, who was wearing armor, bowed his hands twice, bent half his knees and hugged his fists and said, "Your Majesty......"

Before he could finish a word, he suddenly felt a pain in his knee and fell to the ground. When I came back to my senses, I found a round chess piece lying in the grass.

Sheng Yunyi withdrew his sleeves and said lightly: "I don't know how to salute, these legs are useless." ”

Li Zhouwei hurriedly crawled and knelt upright, sweating profusely: "The villain is a capital crime!

"In the past three years of Linhui's southern tour of Emperor Hui, he commanded the envoys to kneel twice, but now when he arrives in me, he has changed the number of etiquette?"

The guard touched the ground with his forehead and said in a trembling voice: "The minister is dead, please ask Your Majesty for mercy!"

Sheng Yunyi said in a deep voice: "This is the Zhizhou Mansion, although he is in armor, but it is not a big camp outside the city, I saw your commander, I want to see if he has the backbone of the Linhui Dynasty not to worship!"

The guards only knew Imajo from rumors, and secretly complained at this time. More than half an hour ago, the camp somehow let him come to this Buddha like a hundred households, it was really bad luck!

In fact, I don't blame him for being contemptuous, he also got a special advice before he came - Qianhu told him not to be nervous, as usual, and not to lose Li Zhouwei's face. The military camps in Qi Ning were all courteous to Shangfeng like this, and he was careless, so he didn't think much about it.

“…… Please, please move your majesty, a certain state guard is waiting for your majesty outside the city to read briefly!" he said in his heart, sweating profusely.

Sheng Yunyi coldly hooked the corners of his lips, "The action is really fast." ”

"Someone has prepared a car outside the yamen......"

"Not necessarily. ”

The guard stammered nervously: "Villain, villain......"

"Your Majesty, the horses are ready, at your command!"

Out of the corner of the guard's eye, a figure in a dark robe suddenly appeared by the pond, kneeling on one knee with great solemnity.

Ji Wei's eyes were slightly lowered, his whole body was not moving, and his back leaned forward slightly to show twelve points of respect.

He was startled, if he really got into trouble, it turned out that he was so polite today, which was different from what Qianhu said?

Sheng Yunyi bowed his head and said lightly: "The commander kneels down." Then he walked up to the cloister and walked towards the front yard.

Ji Weinuo still knelt there straight, and didn't get up slowly until he couldn't see Jinshang's back. The wound on his back is not yet complete, he has not knelt like this for a long time, and he is a little sore at this time, and he is embarrassed to beat him twice in front of others.

The guards breathed a sigh of relief, but their scalps tightened again. Ji Wei leaned over and carried the fish card tied around his waist, and seemed to be very interested in saying:

"This thing of your Li Zhouwei is quite chic?"

Out of nowhere, a voice came out again: "With those embroidered pillows, you still want to give us a horse! ”

Ji Wei glanced at the nearby rooftop, and the voice immediately disappeared.

*

The entire courtyard of the Dusi Yamen in the northwest corner of Suiling City was filled with an atmosphere of restlessness.

"What the hell is going on!" The commander Xiao Renzhi pinched the letter that he had read three or four times, and wanted to tear it up and burn it to ashes.

Li Zhouwei's commander frowned, "Lord Huang is afraid that he won't be able to come out, and no one has heard of the secret of His Majesty's coming." According to the lower officials, it is best to obey the holy will, and don't make a big fuss so that His Royal Highness King Yue will not hesitate. ”

Xiao Ren paced back and forth in the room, "Master Xie, are you sure that the people you sent can invite His Majesty to the camp?

Commander Xie replied: "As said in this letter, even if you don't invite you, Your Majesty must also go to the guard." If Qi Ning's shape is not very peaceful, the three battalions can still grow wings from Fanjing and fly thousands of miles away? The spies have not reported that there is an army going south, and once the war starts, it will be our people who will be used. ”

Xiao Ren had a headache like this, and he couldn't help but sigh for the umpteenth time.

The provinces of the South China Sea are far away from Jingshi, and the emperor only visited them once forty years ago. Not to mention the province of Nan'an, even the province bordering the north and Yuanping have a considerable number of guards loyal to the vassal king, and now they have come over quietly, and anyone with a discerning eye can see his plans.

The official documents that Xiao Ren wrote to the Governor's Office of the Five Armies every month were all running accounts, and the military department did not trouble him, as if the imperial court acquiesced to the local two hearts. The governor of Qi Ning, who was sick and about to enter the ground, naturally did not care about anything, and the civil and military generals all pasted the face of the vassal king one by one, and the intertwined connections and power accumulated for a long time were immeasurable. He pinched his fingers, and if it really started...... There were 150,000 native soldiers under the command of King Yue.

These officials, who have been officials for 20 years, are the most knowledgeable about current affairs, but it is very difficult to weigh the pros and cons in this matter. First, he has only been on the throne for six years, and there is no minister who is particularly relied on, and there is no queen to win over the family, and the wings seem to be unfounded; The strong dragon does not suppress the head snake...... The commanders remembered this sentence in the blink of an eye, and if they went to war, they must have a clear position.

Lizhou's position is dangerous, and it will either become the forefront of Fanjing's fight against Nan'an, or it will become Nan'an's sword to counterattack Fanjing.

However, while they were talking, Fanjing's young majesty had already rushed to Suiling and said that he wanted to check the guard.

Xiao Ren didn't want to take this hot potato, and his selfishness was still biased towards King Yue, who had given him many favors, so he threw his hand to Commander Xie and took one step at a time. Commander Xie ordered to investigate Jinshang's heart, cherish his own life and position, and entrusted his subordinates to a thousand households, and named the military attache with the lowest rank to face the saint - anyway, it was a micro-service, and there were enough reasons to justify the inconsiderate hospitality, and he called three thousand households to wait for the holy driver outside the Zhizhou Ya, and he was ready to go to the camp immediately.

"Master Xie, you have to think about it carefully, if you want to get out, take off your official hat and go home now, it's too late to regret it later. ”

Xiao Ren remembered his cousin Xiao You, who was the prefect in Jiaying, and most of the Xiao clan in Guangling were close to Nan'an, so he had to discuss it with the clan as soon as possible.

Commander Xie's always calm face couldn't help showing a hesitant look, he knew that Commander Du would follow the Yue Domain, but since he was going to his camp today, he couldn't be cautious. The current Huang Zhizhou may be his fate in the future.

"Xiaguan is saved. It was not too early, and I was afraid that His Majesty would be suspicious and interrogated, and the lower officials retired first. ”

He said no more, and left the room with a chaotic mind. Xiao Ren couldn't sit still, and didn't dare to follow him directly to see Jinshang, so he called a servant of the third grade to accompany Commander Xie out of the city.

A team of horses galloped out of the city, and in the afternoon the sun was drenched, and the people were panicked.

Bingge belonged to gold, the school field was two or three miles outside Xiaoximen, and 2,500 Lizhou guards were stationed in the outer city, and the barracks occupied a considerable amount of land. There are soldiers and horses from the middle and first two thousand households, but the remaining three thousand households are all in Suiling because they have to listen to the dispatch of the capital division before March every year.

Commander Xie entered the Beiyuan Gate, and Tongzhi immediately greeted him, his face frightened.

"Where is Your Majesty now?"

"Zheng, Zheng came out of the martial arts hall and went to the general's platform. Tongzhi, who is more than half a hundred years old, added with a bitter face: "The king of Fangcai asked His Majesty to personally examine the candidates for the promotion of the hundred households, and this time there have been more than a dozen general flags in the hall!"

Commander Xie scolded secretly, "These embarrassing things!"

With that, the two of them hurried to Jiangtai. All the soldiers in the battalion on the school field were lined up, and thousands of people stood solemnly under the sun, with the smell of sweat in the wind, as if waiting for inspection.

The commander thought that he was here, and it was not good to make the army formation split the way and walk directly to the front of the stage from the middle, so he silently bypassed the last row and approached the high platform from the edge of the school yard inconspicuously.

Halfway through, he suddenly heard an exclamation in front of him, and he couldn't help but speed up his steps, and when he saw Qianhu who fell unconscious under the stage, he even stopped breathing for a moment.

He raised his eyes and saw a famous young man standing on the stage without armor, dressed in black, with his black hair simply standing up, and his eyes as bright as stars.

Tongzhi said in a low voice with a trembling voice: "Again...... Another one, do you have to smash us all over the place! I tell the king not to be reluctant, it's always us who suffer!"

Commander Xie stretched out his hand to stop his complaining without smiling, flicked the dust on the hem of his coat, and suddenly said in a loud voice:

"Chen Li Zhouwei commanded Xie Yu to see His Majesty!"

He took the head of the same acquaintance in a proper manner, and when the guards of Li Zhou saw him kneeling, they also bent down on one knee on the ground in unison, and the shouts resounded through the sky:

"Majesty!"

The man on the stage bowed slightly, looked down at the dense soldiers, and said loudly: "Excuse me." I spent some time in the Western Xinjiang Army a few years ago, and today I come to Lizhouwei, and the camp is the same as it was back then, which makes me feel very close. Lord Xie invited me to take the six-rank officer examination, so gracious, how could I be disrespectful?"

Commander Xie suddenly oozed cold sweat, and now he was going to push all the grievances in the camp onto his head. Wang Yanshi was originally a martial arts test in the palace of the Feng Dynasty, and since he was ordered by the first emperor to enter Lizhou Wei on an errand, the temperament that is above the top is not right with anyone. I thought that he would be able to restrain himself when he entered the camp today, but he dared to cross Tongzhi and provoke Jinshang privately! Is it true that today is one of those pampered sons of Fanjing, and a few heads are not enough to cut off!

He lacked confidence, and his momentum weakened: "The minister is afraid! His Majesty is not far away to Lizhou Wei, but instead of leading the guards to greet him, he also works His Majesty to condescend to practice with these boys, and the ministers are punished by His Majesty!"

Today's clothes flutter in the wind, and his stunning face reflects the golden beams of light leaking from the clouds, making people dare not look at it. He raised his left hand, and a guard with a sword at his waist handed over a longbow, and after taking it, he said to everyone:

"Those who don't know are not guilty, the command and coach are well-organized, and the 2,486 people in this battalion are all the well-being of my great team to protect the family and defend the country. The wounded general banner and the guards have their own imperial doctors to diagnose and treat them, and each person has a bounty of five taels, if there are still those who want to be promoted to a hundred households, they can find the river drum guard or I show their skills before the dusk drum. ”

Commander Xie wiped his forehead and shouted along with Jinshang's words: "You have heard it! Those who are interested will go according to their words and deeds, Your Majesty Shengming, the selected person is the honor of my Li Zhouwei, and I will give another twenty taels of silver!"

Everyone at the bottom was shocked, twenty taels, half a year's income of low-level civil officials on the express delivery, five taels of gold...... That's five thousand taels of silver! I had concerns before, but the reward was too tempting.

The sergeants had eager expressions on their faces, but there was no commotion at all, Commander Xie was a little satisfied, and waved his hands and said:

"Your Majesty, if these people offend the Holy Face, I implore you to bear the consequences alone!"

Imakami smiled and said, "With a commander like this, I can rest assured." ”

Commander Xie swallowed his throat back into his stomach, and just boasted that he had answered well, but suddenly heard a rough and loud voice:

"Chen Lizhou Wei Shi Wang Xuan, voluntarily joined the candidates for the examination, and asked the commander of the River Drum Wei Ji to give advice, and dare to ask His Majesty to agree!"

Commander Xie's eyes darkened.

Ji Wei, who was holding a bunch of weapons to help Jinshang, was stunned, turned his head and said, "Huh?"