In the evening, it was the sunset in the West Mountain, the bright clouds were like blood, and the geese that returned late flew out of the sky.

After entering Luzhou City, the road became gentle, and the chariot walked much more smoothly. Shu Jin opened the curtain slightly, Luzhou was as prosperous as before, and it was also very lively until the twilight, with people coming and going, and the traffic was busy. People talk and laugh a lot, as if there has never been a bloody massacre here, maybe they have lived in Luzhou for a long time, and people are not alarmed by the war every once in a while.

"With a good tenacious temperament, he deserves to be a person in the imperial capital."

Shu Jin said to himself, admiring the integrity of the people of Lucheng.

Wang Yang led the two prime ministers and 5,000 soldiers and horses to receive them at the palace gate, and the pomp was grand. Such treatment Wei Ya was unexpected, but Shu Jin looked down on it a lot.

The prime minister presented the evidence to Wang Yang, and Shu Jin and his ministers traveled to Lauren and rested in the palace for one night, preparing to go to court the next day.

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"Thanks to the grace of heaven, Prince Li's slave is benevolent and filial, virtuous, and lost and regained is the blessing of Jin Li.

Shu Jin bowed respectfully to Cangluan, took the holy decree handed by the eunuch and said, "Long live my emperor." ”

Cangluan looked at Shu Jin carefully - a person he offended when he was a child, and now he looks very different from when he was a child, but that temperament remains the same. However, the impression of him in my mind does not seem to be as long as fifteen years, as if I met him two or three years ago, but where is it?

Cangluan fell into deep thought, the court was silent, and the ministers were waiting for him to be flattened.

The eunuch approached Cangluan, bowed down and reminded, "Your Majesty... 陛xià? ”

Cangluan was called back to his gods, and immediately said, "King Li, please get up." ”

"Thank you."

Shu Jin got up, raised his eyes to look at Cangluan, and saw a puzzled look on his face. Shu Jin didn't know what he was thinking, pretended to rub his eyes, raised his hand to cover half of his face, and then returned to the group of ministers.

Shu Jin cautiously glanced at Wang Yang opposite, but he never expected that Wang Yang was staring at him, his eyes were clearly watching, and he did not evade it.

Shu Jin stiffly bowed to Wang Yang, and Wang Yang turned his head to look at Cangluan.

Wang Yang was suspicious, he did not deny Shu Jin's identity, but after seeing Shu Jin's face, he suddenly suspected the death of the fake Li Wang. The cleaner the face, the more Wang Yang felt that it was not simple.

Wang Yang walked to the center of the hall and said: "Your Majesty accidentally mistook the fake King Li at the beginning, it was Your Majesty's mistake and should be punished. ”

"What the gentleman said is very true, I have set up a state banquet to celebrate King Li, and I will punish him with ten cups of drink to compensate King Li for three more years of suffering." Cangluan raised his hand to signal the little eunuch, and the little eunuch walked up to Shu Jin with a beautiful gift box.

"The jade seal of the former Li Kingdom was □□ valuable, and it was destroyed when the Emperor Xing destroyed it, which can be described as a major deficiency of Jin Li. Fortunately, at the beginning of the year, the Western Regions paid tribute to a piece of the same rare jade, and I specially ordered someone to make this jade seal of Jin Li and give it to King Li. ”

Shu Jin wanted to hold up a polite smile, but the texture on his face did not move, so he had to answer indifferently: "Thank you, Lord Longen." ”

After hearing this, the ministers sighed a lot, bowed their heads, and exclaimed: "Your Majesty is wise." ”

Cangluan smiled and glanced at Wang Yang, who nodded silently and expressed satisfaction with Cangluan's expression.

At the banquet in the future, the fragrance of wine wafted all over the court, and the music of the Quartet reminded me that Mei Ji was singing and dancing lightly on the dance floor, and the swirling colored silk swayed, like a brilliant rainbow on the horizon, falling to the ground arbitrarily and on the table of the ministers. The hall was full of laughter and laughter, and everyone had fun as they pleased, without restraint or dogma. Except for Wang Yang's birthday, the court has rarely been so happy.

After Cangluan drank ten glasses of wine, he was overwhelmed by the wine, and returned to the dormitory to rest with the support of the eunuch.

"Ten glasses of wine." Shu Jin muttered to himself in a low voice, turned the wine glass in his hand, and then got up and left the table.

Wang Yang saw that Shu Jin was wrong, and quietly said to the attendant beside him: "Keep an eye on King Li, if he sees His Majesty and says something, report to me truthfully." ”

"Yes, sir."

Shu Jin walked out of the hall with a hint of conjecture, walking purposefully but without a goal, looking left and right.

Walking into a quiet walkway, the trees in the distance swayed from time to time, Shu Jin calmed down, and expected that there was someone there, who must be a young man sent by Wang Yang.

Wang Yang was really careful as dust, step by step, Shu Jin was ashamed, a little lost, and planned to return to the banquet.

Shu Jin just turned around to leave, when he was suddenly covered by a slap in the face, and was instantly taken into the pavilion beside him.

The man in the dark let go and put Shu Jin down on the ground, then walked unhurriedly to the side of the table and sat down, drank a small cup of tea, his voice was small but not magnetic, and asked gloomily, "Do you have anything to say to me?" ”

Shu Jin heard that it was Cangluan's voice, and he was a little happy in his heart, so he stood up steadily and saluted Cangluan. The guess was right, he was not drunk.

"Your Majesty is wise."

Wang Yang sometimes doesn't want to say it plainly, and Cangluan doesn't bother to ask. Although Wang Yang didn't say anything, Cangluan could sense that he didn't want to talk to Shu Jin by himself, maybe what kind of person Shu Jin was, he didn't have a conclusion in his heart.

"Are you Shu Jin?"

Facing up early, the moment Shu Jin covered half of his face, Cangluan suddenly remembered who he was, he was a white-faced young student who talked about the current situation at the big wedding. Cangluan originally had no intention of seeing him, but after knowing that Shu Jin was from the Ru camp, his nerves became sensitive. It is not easy for someone who can "hook up" himself silently under Wang Yang's nose, which shows that this Shu Jin is not a mediocre person.

"It's rare that His Majesty still remembers Weichen."

"Tell me, what's the matter?"

Shu Jin walked to Cangluan's side and sat down, thought for a while, and asked, "I want to ask Your Majesty how you feel about living in the Criminal Palace for many years?" ”

After hearing this, Cangluan felt very uncomfortable in his heart, turned his face to look at Shu Jin sternly, and there was a warning in his tone: "King Li, I heard that you can speak sensibly?" Why is this sentence so ugly, this is Yan Huang Palace. ”

In the night, no one could see anyone's face clearly, but Shu Jin knew Cangluan's expression, if he could see it clearly, his red eyes must be burning angrily.

"No, this is the Imperial Palace."

Cang Luan slapped the table with one palm, almost furious, but after thinking about it, the person in front of him also had the guts. "Jin Nu, you are not ashamed to speak up."

Shu Jin dared to say this, because he already understood Cangluan's heart, and Cangluan has always admired people who dare to say and do, and are brave and martial.

Shu Jin puffed up the confidence and said: "The Emperor of Punishment destroyed the Seven Kingdoms to dominate the world, built the capital of Luzhou, the city wall is three zhang, and the Chentian Temple is twelve zhang, which is the most palace in the world, the scale is huge, unprecedented, and all of them declare that the Emperor of Punishment is domineering and unparalleled. The emperor who lives in the palace is not only the lord of the world, but also the emperor who does not leave the princes. ”

Cangluan was hit by Shu Jinhui's heart, and he wanted to slap his mouth, but his words were not unreasonable. Cangluan endured, and the angry hands in the night crushed the cup bent.

"You're saying that I don't deserve to live in this palace, do you think I don't dare to kill your little Jin Li?"

Feeling Cangluan's anger, Shu Jin's goal was achieved.

"The minister doesn't mean this, the minister means that compared to the Emperor Xing, His Majesty's ambition is smaller."

It was the first time in his life that Cangluan had heard that he was inferior to others, and it was said from such a weak illness as Shu Jin, which made him feel sarcastic. I'm afraid that without him, I would never have heard such cruel words in my life.

"I like to hear what you say, but do you think I'm a faint king like the Emperor of Punishment!"

"Your Majesty misunderstood, the Emperor of Punishment when he ruled the world was not a faint monarch, and the Emperor of Punishment after dominating the world was a faint monarch."

"King Li, do you know what you're talking about, you're instigating me to exterminate the princes, and for that alone, I can punish you with death."

"Your Majesty misunderstood the ministers, there are Xiongnu, Fuyu, Beifang, and Wuhuan in the north of the Central Plains, Cheshi, Loulan, and Qiang in the west, and mourning in the south. Instead of angering the princes, His Majesty should expand his territory outward to show his might. The Central Plains is just a corner of the earth, and His Majesty is a rare genius in a hundred years. What Emperor Xing can do has already been done, and what Emperor Xing can't do, His Majesty can also do. ”

"You're bold."

……

At the banquet, the attendants sent by Wang Yang had not returned, but Shu Jin came back first. Wang Yang felt unbelievable, got up and left the hall, found the attendant and asked, "You lost King Li?" ”

"Please also ask the gentleman to punish him. When I was following King Li, I suddenly saw a figure flying behind the bushes, and when I turned back, King Li was gone. I searched the neighborhood but couldn't find it. It wasn't until I heard from the palace maid that King Li returned to the banquet that I rushed back. ”

Wang Yang said carefully: "Have you seen any dazzles?" ”

The attendant carefully recalled the scene at that time, could not be sure, and shook his head.

"Where's your majesty?"

"Your Majesty is bathing, ready for bed."

Wang Yang helplessly looked back at Shu Jin who didn't eat or drink in the hall, his complexion was pale, and there was a little haggard between his eyebrows, it seemed that he was a short-lived person, he would return to Jin Li in two days, maybe he didn't have to look at him closely, he was worried. "That's it."