Gao Yun saw that the eldest brother spoke so politely, and said dissatisfiedly: "Big brother, why do you speak so politely, even if you have something to say, the younger brother is absolutely stupid." ”

Lu Zuo arched his hand and said in a low voice: "If there is any disturbance in Kyoto these days, you must inform me." ”

"It's as simple as that?" Gao Yun looked at him curiously.

"Can the virtuous brother do it?"

Gao Yun said disapprerovingly: "Hey! What a big deal I should do! This matter is on me, in the future, big brother, you will be my emperor, you said that I will never go west to the east, everything is at your command! ”

Lu Zuo smiled, "Hugh is talking nonsense!" ”

Seeing that the night was getting deeper, Lu Zuo kept Gao Yun to sleep here.

In the early morning of the next day, the noisy chirping insects all night seemed to rest in the early morning, so at this moment, the courtyard of Taofu was clean, and there were occasionally a few birds singing up and down on the locust treetops. And Gao Yun got up early to wash, and then said goodbye to Lu Zuo and Yin Ji that he was going on a business trip.

Lu and Yin sent Gao Yun to the door of the mansion before saying goodbye. Seeing Gao Yun disappear into the crowd, Lu Zuo couldn't help but be a little worried, why hasn't the person come yet, should have come according to the time? Did you run into something wrong along the way? Or was it caught? It's impossible, if they were really caught by the officials, they were so eye-catching, Gao Yun should report to me.

Yin Ji called Master twice, and when he saw that he didn't respond, he pulled Master's sleeve again, and then Lu Zuo came back to his senses. Yin Ji asked suspiciously, "Master, what's wrong with you?" Why do you always lose your soul? ”

Lu Zuo said solemnly: "I'm thinking about it, why hasn't our distinguished guest arrived yet!" ”

"Distinguished guests? What kind of guest is it? ”

"You'll know when they come!"

"Them?" Yin Ji was even more puzzled, "So there is more than one distinguished guest?" ”

Lu Zuo smiled but turned around and went home.

In the majestic and tall prince's mansion, because of the summer fire a few days ago, in order to be able to shade and enjoy the coolness, the prince Liu Yan specially asked his subordinates to transplant a century-old camphor tree into the courtyard, and in order to let the big tree move into the mansion, he did not hesitate to tear down the west wall.

Therefore, as long as the sun comes out these days, Liu Yan will get up very early, let his subordinates bring the reclining chairs, and then rest in the shade of the trees to enjoy the flowers. In the past few days, Liu Yan has obtained another treasure, so he is in a very light mood, so he sang a little song in the compound.

As soon as Liu Yan finished singing, a soft call came from his ears: "Your Highness......"

Liu Yan raised his head suddenly, it turned out to be Deng Zhuo, the commander of his guards, "Silent!" What's wrong? What news did Liu ask that old fox? ”

"Back to His Royal Highness, according to the people sent by his subordinates, Liu Xun has ...... in the past few days."

Before Liu Yan could finish speaking, he turned from laughter to anger and scolded: "Bastard, can you call Liu Xun too?" ”

Deng Zhuo trembled as if he had lost his soul: "My subordinates know that I am wrong!" ”

"What's the matter?"

"My subordinates have found out that King Ning seems to have been in the same place many times recently!"

Liu Yan immediately straightened up as if he had been shocked, "Where is it?" ”

"Kuji Temple!"

"Kuji Temple? Aren't there a few monks living in Kuji Temple? What was he doing there? Liu Yan muttered to himself, and then asked, "Have you gone in and seen it?" ”

Deng Zhuo hurriedly clenched his fists and bowed, "During the day, our people pretended to be pilgrims to go in to investigate, but their backyard was tightly guarded, so they had no chance at all. We wanted to spy at night, but the monks of Kuji Temple were all stunts, and one of our brothers was almost discovered, so ...... Subordinates are incompetent. ”

"Waste ......" Liu Yan scolded, then lay down with his eyes closed, and said coldly, "Go down!" If you don't find anything, don't bother me. ”

Deng Zhuo clenched his fists again and bowed down. After a while, the housekeeper came to whisper again: "Your Highness, General Xun asks to see you!" ”

Liu Yan opened his eyes slightly, and said coldly: "Let him come in!" ”

Less leaning, there was a rush of footsteps outside the courtyard, Xun Mou was walking briskly to the prince, and saw that the prince was enjoying the cool on the recliner with his eyes closed, so he knelt down and saluted, and said in a low voice: "Xiaguan Xun Mou has seen His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

Liu Yan opened his eyes slowly, and didn't get up to help, he knew Xun Mou's intentions, "General Xun, you and I don't have to be polite!" Excuse me! ”

"Your Highness!" Xun Mou got up slowly, although there were thousands of doubts in his heart, but what could he do, after all, he lost the battle this time, not only made the emperor lose his trust, but even the prince estimated that he would have doubts about his ability at the moment, so now he must return to the trust of the saint, so as to gain the trust of the prince even more.

Liu Yan still said unhurriedly: "Come to the palace so early, what do you say?" ”

Xun Mou knew that if he wanted the prince to be obedient to him, he had to use extraordinary means, so he pretended to smile deeply and said, "The lower official is here to help His Highness?" ”

Liu Yan glanced at Xun Mou disapprehantly, "General Xun, you're laughing!" Are you here to help me or your own? ”

"It's not important...... Xun Mou smiled slightly, "The important thing is that the lower officials know and want to try their best to help Your Highness, so that they can help themselves." ”

Liu Yan also knew that Xun Mou was by no means an ordinary person, and it was impossible for him to lose complete trust because of this failure, so he also smiled, "General Xun's loyalty has always been remembered by this palace. General Xun has any difficulties, let's talk about it! ”

After the two of them finished going around in circles, Xun Mou knew that he could say it bluntly now, so he smiled and said: "Now that I have suffered a defeat for the first time, the Holy Lord must be jealous of me, so I want to regain the trust of the Holy Lord as soon as possible, only if the lower official gets the trust of the Holy Lord, this will be beneficial to you, the prince!" ”

When he heard the last sentence, Liu Yan couldn't help nodding, he was right, if Xun Mou lost his trust and lost his position in the army, it would not be a good thing for him, not to mention that Xun Mou was a grasshopper on his own rope, and after Zhou Zhongwang Old Marshal, it seems that there is no other suitable candidate except Xun Mou, and at present, this situation is likely to let An Shiqing take command after the autumn, if An Shiqing loses the battle and returns, it is easy to say, but if he really wins a big battle, then Xun Mou wants to take advantage of the opportunity to regain his position in the army, It's only going to get harder. Liu Yan asked curiously: "What should I do?" ”

"Xiaguan has already thought about it, after the Shengshang waits for the autumn, he will be reappointed as the commander and then recover Shanzhou, so this time I must let Xiaguan's master, Marshal Zhou, go out of the mountain again, only in this way can I be listened to by my master again, and I can make meritorious contributions again."

Liu Yan frowned and nodded after hearing this, "But as far as I know, the Holy Lord intends to cultivate a newcomer this time, and wants to change his old man's mind, I'm afraid it can't be persuaded by this palace in a few words, right?" ”