Seven days later, the Su family arrived at the place of Chaoge, which is the capital of the Southern Commercial Kingdom, and it is very prosperous.

However, under these laughter, for the Su family, it is a kind of contrast, entering the land of Chaoge like this, but life and death are uncertain, and if you don't pay attention to it, you are afraid that you will be executed by the emperor of Nanshang in this place of Chaoge.

"The Divine Decree has arrived!"

Just as the Su clan had just entered the 'gate' of Chaoge City, they could hear one person shouting.

Su Hu looked fixedly, but saw a team of guards standing in front of the Su clan at this moment, shouting towards the Su clan.

As soon as Su Hu saw this kind of person, there were two people in his heart who understood that these people must be the 'attendants' of the Nanshang Imperial City, but when they heard the 'attendant' guards led by them shouting the holy decree, the Su clan knelt down on their knees and bowed their heads to listen to the holy will.

"The minister Jizhou Hou Su Hu received the order, long live the emperor, long live, long live. ”

Su Hu immediately shouted

"Zhuo Ming: As soon as Hou Suhu of Jizhou entered the court song, he immediately went to the imperial city to see the driver, and there must be no mistake. Chin!"

When the leader of the 'attendant' guard saw the people of the Su family kneeling down, he opened the holy decree and shouted loudly.

The holy decree was just a few words, but it made Su Hu not have the slightest doubt.

After the 'attendant' guard finished reading it, he said to Na Su Hu: "Marquis of Jizhou, please come with us to the imperial city to face the saint." ”

Su Hu stood up tremblingly, but he took the holy decree, looked at the head of the 'attendant' guard, and smiled bitterly, as soon as he entered the court, he came to this holy decree, it can be seen that this emperor is always keeping a concern for his Su family, which means that the emperor Prince Xin is wary of his Su family.

"There is Lao to lead the way. ”

Su Hu said politely at this moment, although the imperial city's 'guard' is not as big as his official title of the Marquis of Jizhou, but Su Hu is a person who knows the depth of officialdom, although he Su Hu is a marquis, but it is far away in Jizhou, this moment is not his fiefdom Jizhou, but the imperial capital of Chaoge, in this place of Chaoge, but they are all people who are either rich or noble, and they all have some real power with each other, in this place, if you don't pay attention to it, I am afraid that you will offend some people, even if it is in front of you. Guards are also not allowed, and besides, this person is coming with a holy decree, which is equivalent to the emperor's order, and if he is offended, if it reaches the ears of the emperor, he is afraid that he will cause a big disaster.

Seeing Su Hu's expression, the 'guard' also had a slight look, and he naturally didn't know the details, but after staying in the imperial city for so many years, in the face of such a situation, he could still guess a thing or two.

"Marquis of Jizhou, during this period of Chaoge, the emperor has already arranged a residence for your Su clan, and I will send someone to lead your Su clan up and down to the residence. ”

The 'squire' guard was about to turn around and lead the way, but suddenly turned around and said to Su Hu.

"That's great. ”

Su Hu was miserable now, but he had to say so, the emperor had found a place for their Su family, so it can be seen that it is not easy for the Su family to leave this dynasty easily.

The land of the Imperial City of Chaoge, which is located in the center of Chaoge, there is a moat around the imperial city, and at this moment, Su Hu followed the 'squire' guard to ride a fast horse along the lower suspension bridge into the strict imperial city.

Seeing the guards of the imperial city, Su Hu was startled, this city wall was covered with 'guards', although this Su Hu is a cultivator of fighting spirit, but seeing such a strictness, it is still inevitable to be like this, and although Su Hu thinks that his cultivation is not low, but in the land of the imperial city, it is a place where masters gather, that is, I heard that the emperor Prince Xin is also a master of cultivation.

"Jizhou Hou, please wait a moment. ”

The 'squire' guard led Su Hu around for a long time at this moment, but suddenly turned around and said to Su Hu.

When Su Hu heard this, he was stunned for a while, but then he responded in a continuous voice.

The 'guard' left at this moment, and disappeared from Su Hu's sight, Su Hu's eyes were turning, and his eyes were full of the strict 'guards' in the imperial city, and he was a little out of breath at this moment.

But after waiting here for a long time, he still didn't see the 'squire' guard come back, and now Su Hu muttered in his heart.

I thought that this 'attendant' guard was going to inform the emperor, but even if this place was far away from the emperor's place, he should come back, but there was still no news for so long.

Su Hu thought in his heart, and looked at the 'guards' standing guard around him again, but his heart suddenly jumped.

"Could it be that this emperor wants to kill himself here?"

In the periphery of the imperial city, it was heavily guarded, but now it has followed the 'guard' for a long time and entered the inner heavy imperial city, which is still so strict, this seems to be unreasonable, and furthermore, the place where he is now should not be a place guarded by heavy soldiers, and now he is in a place where he should be in the imperial city's 'flower' garden, so it is even more inconsistent with the strict 'guard'.

"But if the emperor really wants to kill me, he should do it immediately, why hasn't he done it yet?"

Su Hu muttered in his heart again.

"Gee, the weather is really nice today. ”

Just when Su Hu was muttering in his heart, he suddenly heard a man's voice sound.

When Su Hu heard this, his first thought was that the emperor was dominating, and he was about to turn around and bow down, but under his eyes, he saw a man who was about twenty-seven or eighteen years old, dressed in coarse cloth clothes, obviously the person who served in the imperial city, and was definitely not the emperor of Nanshang, and what he saw from this man at this moment did not have the slightest imperial majesty, but a little bit of superficial 'color'.

However, although he saw that this was not the emperor himself, Su Hu still didn't dare to take it lightly, seeing that the man's face was full of joy, he walked towards him, but his eyes looked at himself from time to time.

At this moment, Su Hu saw this person walk in, and an idea came to his heart.

"This little brother. ”

Su Hu's words were very angry.

The man seemed to have never been called so politely by others in this imperial city, and he was immediately stunned for a moment.

"What do you want to ask the little ones?"

The man saw that Su was dressed in clothes, and he must be a nobleman, and he could haunt the imperial city, and the people who came out of the 'guards' and miscellaneous people were all powerful people, so he immediately asked politely.

Seeing the man's tone, Su Hu smiled bitterly.

"Little brother, do you know where the emperor is now?"

Su Hu asked

When the man saw that Su Hu was actually asking about the emperor, he immediately came to be vigilant.

"Didn't your lord be declared by the emperor?"

The imperial city is a royal important place, generally the early dynasty officials can enter, and those who have been announced by the emperor can enter, and other idle people are absolutely impossible to enter the imperial city, but the person in front of him actually entered, but judging from his words, it is not the emperor's announcement.

"Little brother misunderstood what I meant, I was indeed announced by the emperor, but I stared here for a long time, but I didn't wait for the emperor's summons, I don't know what the emperor means?"

"In this way, the emperor has to be busy with state affairs every day, and he should be dealing with state affairs at the moment, and the lord can only wait again now, and once the emperor is done, he will summon the lord. When the man heard Su Hu say this, he explained.

"I see. Hearing this, Su Hu couldn't help but feel relieved, but then he became suspicious again and looked at the man again at this moment.

"Isn't the little brother 'serving' the emperor?"

For this man to be able to know the emperor's actions so well, then the relationship between this man and the emperor is not estranged.

The man was stunned for a moment, hesitated slightly, and then smiled and said.

"My lord guessed exactly, I was the one who served' the emperor, and before the early dynasty, I still served' the emperor to change clothes, and at this moment the early dynasty should have just passed, and the emperor should immediately summon you. ”

The man said that he wanted to 'withdraw' away, but at this moment, the man's performance was not as relaxed as before.

However, what Su Hu was concerned about now was the emperor's summons, but where did he notice the man's actions, but when he heard the man start to talk about leaving, he just responded a few times and ignored it.

It had been more than half an hour since the man left, but the order summoned by the emperor still did not reach Su Hu's ears, and Su Hu felt uneasy again in his heart at this moment, from the near city to now, it was almost a day later, what kind of 'medicine' was sold in this emperor's gourd, Su Hu really didn't understand the reason.

"Jizhou Hou, I've kept you waiting. ”

Just when Su Hu's heart was becoming more and more anxious and worried, he heard a voice, wasn't it the 'squire' guard who had been away for nearly a day.

Su Hu heard this voice, and couldn't help but exhale, fortunately, Su Hu's cultivation was not bad, but after such a day, he didn't feel tired about his body, but his body was not working, and his mind was tortured enough.

"The Emperor summoned me?"

Su Hu was the first to ask.

"Exactly. ”

The 'squire' guard smiled slightly when he saw Su Hu's expression, and then sorted out his expression a little and said.

"Then you will lead the way. ”

Now Su Hu is very anxious, and he wants to 'figure' out what kind of thoughts this emperor has.

"Then Jizhou Hou is here, please. ”

The 'squire' guard was immediately in front of him, but he was also leading the way.

The size of the imperial city is really a little beyond Su Hu's imagination, since this hereditary title, it is the first time to enter this imperial city, naturally the face of the emperor has not been seen, and after following this 'squire' guard in the imperial city for half an hour, he finally saw the 'squire' guard stop again.

"The emperor is in the imperial study, the emperor has ordered, the Marquis of Jizhou doesn't need to listen to the announcement now, just go in directly. ”

The 'squire' guard pointed to a big house in front of him at this moment.

Su Hu looked at it and couldn't help but nodded, but at this time, his heart became inexplicably nervous, this was the first time Su Hu was so nervous. Perhaps, the title of Imperial Monarch makes everyone's hearts involuntarily panic and nervous.

"Jizhou Hou, come in. ”

Just when Su Hu was close to the big 'door' of the imperial study, he heard a majestic voice coming from inside, but as soon as this voice came out, Su Hu frowned, but when he saw the voice coming from inside, he didn't dare to have the slightest hesitation, so he pushed the big 'door' open, stepped inside, and had a higher judgment on the emperor's cultivation in his heart.

"Jizhou Hou Su Hu see the emperor, long live the emperor, long live the emperor. ”

Su Hu entered the imperial study, but he didn't have time to look at the emperor, so he knelt down.

At this moment, there is a young man sitting in front of a large square table in the main hall of the imperial study, seeing Su Hu kneeling and shouting at this moment, this man is still the same face, without the slightest change, and this man is the emperor of the Nanshang Empire, Zi Xin, but seeing Zi Xin's handsome face, under the thick eyebrows, his eyes are blazing, and his eyes are showing the emperor's wind at a glance at this moment, but under closer inspection, it is a little strange, this Nanshang emperor, isn't it the young man who talked to Su Hu before.

"Get up. ”

Zixin said in a deep voice at this moment.

"Emperor Xie. ”

When Su Hu heard this, he shouted again, and he got up from the ground.

"Jizhou Hou, do you know why I urgently summoned you to the court?"

Zi Xin stood up when he saw Su Hu at this moment, but he opened the 'door' and said.

Su Hu only raised his eyes at this time, and immediately opened his mouth wide, but he couldn't close it for a long time.

"The emperor atoned for his sins, Su Hu had eyes and didn't know the emperor's demeanor, and he loved the emperor. ”

When Su Hu saw Zi Xin's face at this moment, he immediately knelt down again.

Seeing Su Hu like this, Zi Xin sneered, but said.

"What is the crime of Jizhou Hou, you and I don't know each other, but I deliberately pretended to appear like that, it is reasonable that you can't recognize me, but today I am not talking to you about this matter, get up now. ”

Zixin still said in a deep voice at this moment, and his tone at this time was no longer the same as that young man.

"Emperor Xie. ”

Su Hu's heart trembled at this moment, he really didn't understand, what was the purpose of this Zi Xin's previous behavior? Temptation? But he didn't say anything to test himself.

"Jizhou Hou, now you can answer my question. ”

Seeing Su Hu's expression, Zixin said again.

"Ahh Su Hu was thinking about it in his heart, and at this moment, he heard Zi Xin's words again, and was slightly stunned, but then he realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly said, "Please atone for the emperor's sins, Su Hu doesn't know." ”

Now in such a situation, Su Hu knows that if he understands the purpose of Zi Xin's announcement of himself this time, he is afraid that it will be unfavorable to himself, then it will not show that although his strength in the court is not good, those officials who are deep-rooted in the court, but they still have eyeliner power, doesn't this make Zixin even more suspicious.

"I don't know, hmph, I don't know, Su Hu, are you still pretending to be unconscious for me?"

As soon as Zixin heard Su Hu's words, his face immediately changed greatly, and he struggled to send the caseboard, and then got up, and suddenly set off a strong wind that hit Su Hu's body.

"The emperor is aware of it, Su Hu really doesn't know what kind of thing the emperor urgently summoned my Su clan to come to the court this time?"

Su Hu is now pretending to be the end with one heart, and he will not admit it if he is killed.

Zi Xin saw that Su Hu still refused to admit it, but he was silent, but a pair of terrifying eyes were staring at Su Hu's body.

After a long time, there was silence between the two, and the atmosphere suddenly stiffened.

"Well, I'd like to believe you don't know, so I'll tell you now. ”

Zixin returned to his actions again and said in a cold voice.

"Please also ask the emperor to make it clear. ”

Su Hu said again.

"I heard that your Su clan is very rich now, with strong soldiers and horses, and a huge force. ”

Zixin entered the whole at this moment, and asked in a deep voice.

"Emperor, when my Su ancestors followed the Chengtang Emperor to fight the world, but they were deeply favored by the emperor, became the Marquis of Jizhou, and blessed my Su family from generation to generation, these hundreds of years, my Su family does not seek disputes, and I am grateful for the emperor's grace for generations, and the land of Jizhou is rich, all of which is to carry the emperor's grace, not the power of my Su family, although my Su family has soldiers and horses, but those are all Jizhou protective troops owned by this imperial decree, and it is just a little auxiliary for my Su family to govern the land of Jizhou, but it is written down in this year, the Southern Shang Empire is peaceful and prosperous, and those Jizhou troops have already alienated the blades, and they can't lift the swords, although the horses'Fat', but they did not have the slightest combat ability, far inferior to the war horse soldiers of the regular army of the empire. ”

As soon as Su Hu heard this, he said the words that he had prepared all the way, and he said it with tears in his eyes.

But that Zi Xin listened to the second middle school, but his face was still 'pale'.

"Su Hu, at this moment, you are still quibbling, look at these, they are all the twists and turns of the court and the central government talking about your Jizhou Marquis, the empty 'hole' is not for nothing, is it because those ministers of the DPRK and China covet the interests of your Jizhou Marquis?"

Zixin has been the monarch of Nanshang for so many years, so naturally he will not settle it with these few words of Su Hu, and immediately shook the stack of music on the table and said.

When Su Hu saw it, his face changed greatly.

"Emperor, why do those ministers want to impeach me, Su Hu doesn't know, but Su Hu definitely doesn't 'privately' hide the soldiers and horses, this emperor can be clear, my Su Hu's head is here, if there is something to say, the emperor can take my Su Hu's head at any time. ”

Su Hu shouted loudly at this moment.

"Take your head? Hmph, I'm afraid you'll be the one who will take my head then, right?"

Zixin still said in such a cold voice.

"Emperor, if you still trust what Su Hu said, you can collect my Su Hu's title at this moment, and the Jizhou fief will also be collected, my Su Hu will never complain, but please also ask the emperor to give me justice, my Su Hu is worthy of the Nanshang Empire, and I am worthy of the ancestral training of my Su family to be loyal to the empire for generations. ”

Su Hu knew at this moment, if he didn't say that, Zixin would definitely not give up, and after a circle, Su Hu also knew that the reason why Zixin was unwilling to give up must be waiting for his words.

"It's easy to say, your Su clan is the handwritten edict of Emperor Chengtang in the era, how dare I, a descendant of the monarch, touch your Su clan?"

Zixin still said in a deep voice at this moment, it can be seen that Zixin's purpose is not just waiting for Su Hu's words.

"This. ”

When Su Hu heard it, he was more than capable at this time, this edict of Emperor Chengtang was the life talisman of his Su clan, once the quilt Zixin was confiscated, he would really recognize the emperor in the future.

"Why?

As soon as Zixin saw Su Hu hesitating, he asked loudly.

"Emperor, if Su Hu hands over the edict given to me by Emperor Chengtang to the Su clan to the emperor, then Su Hu will definitely not wait to hand it over. ”

Su Hu thought in his heart, if he didn't let Zixin get what he wanted today, he would definitely not be able to leave this imperial city, and at this time, Su Hu was terrified that this Zixin could have such a scheming at such an age.