The subordinate gathered up the pen and ink and set up the chessboard. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 After a while, King Lu and Li Shuo suddenly remembered something: "I heard that there is a person in the Hanlin Academy who has excellent chess skills, can he come today?" ”

"The prince is talking about Du Xian and Du Xiu, although the prince is only asking about the court now, but the Du family's holy family is strong, and the prince has probably heard a lot."

King Lu nodded: "This king entered the palace to meet him, but it is common for the noble concubine to wait by the side." ”

"Today's such an elegant thing, Du Xiu didn't arrive, and he was probably summoned into the palace to play chess by the official family again. It seems that the official family is quite fond of this Du Gongzi, and the Mid-Autumn Festival Palace banquet even gave him a wine service, which must be very well-behaved. ”

"As an edict, you are not as good as a person who does not participate in government affairs, no wonder you also serve in the Hanlin Academy, and you still need the word 'want to come'," King Lu lowered his eyes and played with the glass chess pieces, and interrupted him lightly.

Li Shuo was speechless, and he was busy shutting down.

King Law looked at the full plate of chess pieces, sighed lightly, and reached out to carry Li Shuo's dead son and put it on the jade plate: "What should Zikuan do next?" But do you want this king to mention something? ”

The emperor dropped the fold in his hand, moved his shoulders, glanced at a few chrysanthemums in front of the hall and said with a smile: "Uncle Huang is happy and happy, but I don't have such a good life." ”

The Marquis of Nanjiang, who was accompanying him, saw it in his eyes, and his heart was like a mirror, King Lu relied on the grace of the Empress Dowager to make friends with the scribes, and the emperor was very dissatisfied in his heart, and it was inconvenient to show it, so he stepped forward to pick up the fold and said with a smile: "The official family has been sitting for a long time, so it is better to accompany the official family to the school to evacuate and evacuate." ”

"Okay," the emperor waved his sleeve as he looked at the stack of pieces that he hadn't finished, "Cao Derang, tell them to put these away first, and you can also go to the school with me." ”

Since his accession to the throne today, a martial spirit has risen inside and outside the palace, and the long-abandoned school grounds outside the Lize Gate have also been renovated, and the forbidden army captains who are not on duty practice here all day long. At this time, seeing the emperor coming, he was busy standing on both sides of the school yard.

"I heard that Gonggong Cao worked very the bow horse," Nanjiang Hou accompanied the emperor around the school yard, pointing to the arrow target and smiling.

"Since the Marquis of Nanjiang is interested, you can show it to the Marquis," the emperor glanced at the personal eunuch who followed him.

"Hou Ye said with a smile, how dare you get an axe in front of Hou Ye," Cao Derang said humbly, but he was not inferior to the military ministers from the bow and horse, and he was overjoyed to have this opportunity. After finishing his clothes, he instructed the head of the sect to take the bow and arrows used by Su Ri, pulled the bow and got on the horse, urged the horse to run twice, and shot five arrows in a row while galloping, but he hit one by one, and won a round of applause.

The emperor nodded with satisfaction, and ordered Cao Derang's bow to be fetched: "Mingzhao, look at it, how is this bow?" ”

Nan Jianghou took it and weighed it in his hand, tried to pull the bowstring again, and praised: "Good bow, I'm afraid that it will be on top of a stone, the material of this bowstring is already very valuable, and Ben Hou is also very greedy." ”

Cao Derang was embarrassed when he heard this, and was about to distinguish it, but he saw the emperor draw a longbow from the hand of the Marquis of Nanjiang, and said with a smile: "Why do you make fun of him, if you think that the training light given to you last time is not good enough, I will also reward you with my cross-cloud." ”

"The minister doesn't dare," the Marquis of Nanjiang said with a smile, "The official family wants to take the cross-cloud and let the minister open his eyes?" ”

The emperor waved his hand and said: "I don't have this interest today, besides, you are dressed so well, I'm afraid it's inconvenient, so let's change the day." ”

"Then let the colonels practice, please take a look," Cao Derang stepped forward to ask.

"Well, let them practice as usual."

The heads of each class worked hard to compete for the jackpot in front of the officials, and the captains all showed their housekeeping skills, and the school field was suddenly very lively, and the cheers came one after another.

The emperor was quite satisfied, and felt that the stuffiness in his chest had been relieved a lot, and ordered someone to reward a few lieutenants with outstanding martial arts.

"Cao Derang, which army is on duty here?"

"The official family, this is the Tianwu Xiang Army."

"The Tianwu Xiang Army has such a neat and unworthy Dragon Guard," the emperor carefully looked at the more than ten guards, "Tell the heads of this class to come to see me." ”

Cao Derang was about to receive the order to summon him, when he suddenly heard the emperor drink: "Wait a minute." ”

"Does the official family see some clues?" The Marquis of Nanjiang was in a good mood, and he was not afraid of offending Tianwei, so he actually got a little closer to the emperor.

The emperor sighed lightly: "When I was in the northern frontier, I only knew that the snow was deep in the winter moon, and the wild horses that could not find food would mix into the herd of horses to find forage to eat. ”

"The official family is really good eyesight."

"Don't say that the Tianwu Xiang Army is the Western Army under Liu Zizhong, and who can cover the wildness of this horse."

As soon as the words fell, one of the guards knelt down far away and kowtowed forcefully: "Weichen Xiao Yuan, knock to see Your Majesty." ”

"How long have you been here?"

"Seven days."

"In just seven days, the Tianwu Xiang Army can be trained like this," the emperor nodded approvingly: "I am tired after standing here for a while, you get up and follow me to Kunyu Pavilion to reply." ”

Kunyu Pavilion is a two-storey small building with a hexagonal spire on the side of Yan Pond, the emperor rested on the ground floor, and ordered Cao Derang to take the eunuchs to wait outside the pavilion.

Seeing the little eunuch cover the door and go out, the emperor finally couldn't help laughing, turned around and pointed at the Marquis of Nanjiang and shouted: "Yang Mingzhao, you even dare to tease me, don't help him up quickly." ”

The Marquis of Nanjiang had already gone over and pulled Xiao Yuan's arm and dragged it up: "Yan Ran entered Beijing on the following day, and when he saw that the official family was working hard for days and was not seen, he was bored and made a bet with the minister, saying that he would train the minister's Tianwu Army military posture to support the Japanese army. But the official family is only like the Dragon Guard, which shows that it is still a step behind. ”

"Because he is only a lieutenant from the fifth rank in his name, those palace people refuse to tell me, and you don't tell me Mingzhao, but you are deceiving the king," the emperor twisted the plum blossom cake and glanced at him angrily.

"The official family should not favor Yan Ran, only say that the minister made a bet with him, the official family Chrysostom only mentions Long Weijun, Yan Ran, can you admit defeat?"

Xiao Yuan sighed and said: "In a word, it is difficult to chase the horse, and the minister admits defeat, but the identity of the Hou Ye is different now, can you not call the minister in front of the holy car." ”

"I haven't listened to you two bickering for a few days," the emperor looked at the two courtiers for a long time, "Xiao Qing said come and listen, what did you two gamble on?" ”

"The minister's purple cloud horse and the marquis's light training bow."

The emperor smiled: "Ming Zhao got a good fortune today. However, I have a little doubt, since Xiao Qing can purge the Tianwu Army in only seven days, has the Marquis of Nanjiang indulged a little? ”

Yang Mingzhao hurriedly knelt down on one knee and arched his hand: "The ministers are not strict in governing the army, please punish the officials." ”

The emperor raised his hand and said: "I also know a little bit about the shortcomings of the Xiang army, Xiao Qing's methods are fierce medicines, which cannot be used for a long time, to get rid of these drawbacks, although they should be slowly planned, but they can't be too lenient." ”

"Ministers should do their best."

"Get up, even you are like this now, I really can't get used to it."

"If Yan Ran is willing to return to Beijing, the affairs at hand will be able to live a lot......"

The emperor glanced at Xiao Yuan and said lightly: "I'm tired of Mingzhao taking his wife into the palace, and tonight I will hold a banquet in Kunyu Pavilion and drink a few glasses quietly." ”

The Marquis of Nanjiang knew that the emperor was using a banquet with his wife to catch Xiao Yuan's wind, otherwise the emperor would set up a banquet in the palace for an official from the fifth grade, and tomorrow the capital would be discussed, and he would take the order and leave.

After the Marquis of Nanjiang left, the emperor's eyes slowly fell on the old cowhide bracer on Xiao Yuan's left wrist, and said, "What happened back then, Xiao Qing still can't let go?" ”

Xiao Yuan said with a smile: "Forgive the ministers for being disrespectful, the matter of SF Express for seven years, can the official family be relieved?" ”

The emperor took a deep breath: "You still dare to mention this matter in the court." It's just the season of autumn hunting, and Sun Mi is willing to send you. ”

"First, you don't need to see the ministers, and second, you don't need to meet the Beijing officials, why don't you do it."

The emperor nodded and smiled: "Ming Zhao is too cautious after all, and your temperament is too wild." ”

"In order not to embarrass the officials, the ministers asked to release themselves to northern Xinjiang."

The emperor moved his sitting posture slightly, leaned forward slightly, and said, "How does Xiao Qing think about Gao Dexing?" ”

Xiao Yuan's heart turned, and he only replied: "Gao Shuai has just made a great achievement, and it is the time when he wants to establish his authority with the martial artists, I am afraid that he will have to think in the long run." ”

"In the past few days, do you know that someone assassinated Gao Dexing in the market?"

"I've heard a little."

The emperor carefully looked at the expression of the person kneeling in front of him, and slowly leaned back in his chair: "He is just arrogant because of Baicheng's achievements, how can he wait for his wings to be full." After you escort the military rations back to Yongding, don't delay, turn back immediately, I have important things to plan. ”

The red glow is all over the sky, the autumn breeze is getting cooler, the emperor arranged for the concubine to accompany the lady to eat at the bottom of the Kunyu Pavilion, and he and the Marquis of Nanjiang watched the scenery and drank on the second floor, and only ordered a few eunuchs to serve at the bottom floor, and they were not allowed to go upstairs to disturb without a holy order. The Marquis of Nanjiang has a strong family, has the merit of saving the driver, and usually takes his wife into the palace for a banquet, and the Forbidden City does not care, but this time there is one more captain around him, and he is only regarded as a newly promoted guard, although it is a little strange, but these close servants who have been serving the official family for a long time will naturally not discuss casually.

The only thing that was a little unexpected was that the official family summoned Lord Shangshu Du of the Household Department at night and personally inquired about the delay of Wuding Suici. Not every day, the food, money and wine are all available, and the handover with the Wuding army general outside the Xihua Gate has been completed, and a team of people and horses will rush on the road on the sunny weather.

Xiao Yuan rode on the horse, silently counting the grain carts one by one, and was about to urge the horse forward, when he suddenly saw a familiar figure standing by the city gate, making a farewell gift from a distance, and was slightly surprised in his heart. simply turned the horse's head and said with a smile: "Xiao and Du Gongzi nodded to each other, how dare you work Gongzi." ”

Du Shuyan smiled in his heart: "The design is close five times, and now it is said that the nodding friend is really light." He raised his hand and bowed, "The general doesn't have to dismount, he has to get acquainted, and he just has a little heart." ”

"After many days of harassment, Brother Du is tired."

"The general is gone, I don't know when I will return, Du recited a song to know each other......"

"In the end, it's hard to settle." Xiao Yuan laughed deeply.

Du Shuyan was stunned for a moment, Xiao Yuan had already bowed his hand to say goodbye, rode his horse north with the grain team, stood for a long time, and said with a smile, "It's hard to calm down." (To be continued.) (To be continued.) )