"I don't know what the fourth prince of Xiao is doing when he comes to patrol the Division?" Because the time had passed, Qu Tugai really couldn't figure out why this prince of the family visited late at night.

"Come and give credit to Lord Qu Tu! I just watched the sky at night, pinched my fingers and counted, and found that the white tiger would be bright, and it happened to stop at the west gate early tomorrow morning, and I came to inform the general that there might be a sword and soldier tomorrow morning. ”

Qu Tugai was a little angry when he heard Xiao Zhuo's remarks, and teased: "Fourth Prince Xiao, it seems that you have achieved success in cultivating over the years!" For your father's sake, I don't care about you in general, if you are okay, go home and go to sleep, don't entertain me here! Yuan Tiangang, I can't help him, if you are so ghostly, I can still clean it up! Seeing that Qu Tutong was about to call someone in to drive him out, Xiao Zhuo hurriedly said, "General Qu Tu! Don't don't, don't! Let's put it this way, did my father go to Brother Ling's mansion this morning to find General Qu Tutong? ”

"So what?" Qu Tugai heard Xiao Zhuo ask about this, and he had to be cautious. He was also present when Xiao Yu went to find Qu Tutong this morning, and when he heard that Xiao Yu was preparing to join hundreds of officials for the tenth time, he sincerely admired Xiao Yu's integrity. However, he knows better that Yu Wenhua and the powerful ministers led by him will definitely try their best to stop it, and when the time comes, it will definitely be all kinds of verbal criticism and verbal criticism.

"Since my father went to Brother Ling, did the general know about the discussion between my father and Brother Ling?"

"Does Xiao Gongzi have any opinion on that incident?" Seeing Xiao Zhuo mention the matter of admonishment, Qu Tugai also followed with vague words. It's not that he is suspicious, but Xiao Zhuo's behavior really makes him uneasy, throughout the ages, there are not a few things where father and son have different hearts and relatives turn against each other, and Xiao Zhuo is good friends with Yuwen Cheng, and he doesn't appear on weekdays, but he came to him at this stall, and he talked as if he was talking to him, how could he rest assured.

However, Xiao Zhuo didn't answer him, but walked over to the table and sat down, and asked, "Has General Qu Tu ever heard about Chu Xiuyuan?" As soon as the words came out, Xiao Zhuo felt that something was wrong, so he changed his words again: "It's the matter of the person in charge forcibly recruiting the people's women to exploit the rich!" ”

"I've heard a little!" Qu Tugai didn't understand why Xiao Zhuo suddenly mentioned this. "But there is nothing the official can do about this, the official is only responsible for the security of the capital. Moreover, the matter of the draft is done by the people in the palace, and the official has no right to be held accountable, and the people should also go to Luoyang to order if they complain, and the official has no right to interfere! ”

"What the general said is true. But has the general ever thought that the person in charge of the matter is doing illegal things in the imperial city, but why no one reports to the imperial court? Obviously, someone secretly colluded with them, they colluded with each other inside and outside, and acted in embarrassment, which caused the road to heaven to be blocked, and who else is there in the court who has this right, except for Yu Wenhua? If we alarm the Holy Beings with this, will we not be able to increase our chances of success! ”

At this time, although he finally knew Xiao Zhuo's intention, Qu Tugai's heart couldn't help but sigh that Xiao Zhuo thought things too simply! "Xiao Gongzi, we haven't thought about this matter, but before Yu Wenhua and himself became Xiangguo, he dredged the inside and outside very well, and the squire in the middle of the court and the six departments, as small as the Luoyang Order, were all accepted as party henchmen, even if someone is willing to ask for this matter, it may not be able to send it to His Majesty. And your father is now only focused on the matter of the Eastern Crusade, which has provoked Long Yan's anger, and no one dares to mention this matter for the time being. ”

"Then what if someone loots Chu Xiuyuan tomorrow? General, you should be able to take care of it, right? ”

"Is that true?" Qu Tugai stood up excitedly, looked at Xiao Zhuo carefully, and secretly sighed that Xiao Zhuo was worthy of being Xiao Yu's son, and he did not hesitate to risk his life to achieve this great righteousness. But the next moment, his face was sad again, "But even if the official arrests someone, he can only hand it over to the Criminal Department for disposal, and when the deal is finished, three or five days have passed, and it will be too late tomorrow!" ”

"Then what if this person is the little marquis of Beiping Mansion?"

"Huh?" Qu Tugai looked out of the door in embarrassment, and then he knew that the person Xiao Zhuo said about robbing Chu Xiuyuan turned out to be not himself. "I'm afraid it won't work, Master Cui of the Criminal Department has always been upright, not to mention the little marquis of Beiping Mansion, even if he is a relative of the emperor, he may not have priority in the trial."

"General Qu Tu has misunderstood! I mean, if the little marquis of Beiping Mansion plundered Chu Xiuyuan, with the general's ability, I'm afraid he wouldn't be his opponent at all! ”

Qu Tugai sat down slowly when he heard Xiao Zhuo's words, he admitted that Xiao Zhuo was right, he had seen the confrontation between Luo Yi and the backer Yang Lin with his own eyes. And he believes that even now, he may not be able to go through ten moves under Luo Yi, let alone the son of Luo Yi, who has won Luo Yi's true inheritance.

"And as far as I know, early tomorrow morning, General Tianbao will return home on duty, as long as the general can delay for a while and a half, let General Tianbao arrest people, with General Tianbao's style, I'm afraid he won't send people to the Criminal Department, right?"

Xiao Zhuo was drinking, while thinking about the situation of visiting Qu Tugai last night, and beside him, Qu Tugai was drinking with Su Dingfang, the two of them praised that heroic, that praised this bravery, they really cherished each other, and they hated each other, completely forgetting that the two were fighting each other just a moment ago!

The matter of the Eastern Crusade has come to an end, and above the court, although the saint used the imperial power to suppress the opinions of the ministers, but in the end he was interrupted by Luo Cheng's plundering of Chu Xiuyuan, and after asking the reason, the saint was even more furious, and directly removed Yu Wenhua and the prime minister. Xiao Zhuo knew that what the saint hated at that time was actually not Yu Wenhua and forming a party for personal gain, but hating things that were already a foregone conclusion, but he had to push back the matter of the Eastern Crusade because he had to give an answer to the courtiers on his father's side. But it's only been a year back! At the beginning of spring next year, the land of Liaodong will rekindle the flames of war. In the time before the start of the war, because of the holy order to conscript, the soldiers and horses of the whole country will gather in Beiping Mansion, and at the same time, in the land of Liaodong, tens of thousands of laborers will be recruited to build warships for the next year's battle to cross the sea.

And his father's Ten Advice on the Expedition seemed to be a success on the surface, but only Xiao Zhuo himself knew that it was a complete failure, but the ending came a little later, but it was even more ferocious! And isn't he himself to blame? Originally, if the Eastern Expedition to Goguryeo started a war this year, the Holy Lord would definitely not be able to gather too many troops in a hurry, at best, only four or five hundred thousand, and even if it was defeated, it would still have the strength that a great power should have. But now that there is an extra year of preparation time, I am afraid that Beiping Mansion will gather no less than a million troops next year, and what will be the outcome of these million troops? Xiao Zhuo couldn't figure out why this million-strong army failed, and he couldn't figure out how it failed! Is it just because of Destiny? Millions of soldiers! Even with the advantage of numbers, you can flatten Goguryeo! When he entered Luoyang, he was thinking about whether he could save the fortunes of the Great Sui Dynasty, especially after seeing his father, but he didn't expect that what he did would accelerate its demise!

"Come on! Brother Xiao, drink! Su Dingfang shook the wine bowl to touch the bowl with Xiao Zhuo, "Brother Xiao, today you told me outside the palace that I and the little marquis must be fine in the palace, I didn't believe it, but I didn't expect the emperor to really let us go." Tomorrow I will go back to Beiping Mansion with the little marquis, today we will not get drunk and not return, come! ”

"I said Brother Su! The Holy Lord let you go, it is because you are from Beiping Mansion, if the Holy Lord wants to go on a smooth eastward expedition next year, Beiping Mansion is the best place to garrison troops, how can the Holy Lord make Jingbian Marquis unhappy at this time! "Although Qu Tugai did not follow into the palace, his brother, as the general who led the troops, had analyzed how to deploy troops and how to fight as early as when the saint had just proposed the Eastern Crusade, and at this time, he took advantage of the strength of the wine to express his guess." Ay! By the way, what about your little marquis? Why didn't he come and drink together? ”

"Little Marquis, he ......" Su Dingfang looked at Xiao Zhuo, and didn't know what to say. Because he himself is an old acquaintance with Xiao Zhuo, even if he misunderstood that Xiao Zhuo betrayed him before, but after Xiao Zhuo explained the reason outside the palace, he was relieved, and he took care of state and private affairs. But Luo Cheng, as the little marquis of Beiping Mansion, how could he bear to be used like this, and it would be quite face-saving to allow him to come!

"Okay, Brother Dingfang, I understand! Come! Drink. In fact, Xiao Zhuo was also worried about how to see Luo Cheng, because he had invited Yuwen Chengdu to come over before, but Yuwen Chengdu refused because he had been on duty for a day and a night, and he had a fierce battle with Luo Cheng and Su Dingfang for a while, which caused his body to be even more tired. If the two really met, Xiao Zhuo believed that Yu Wencheng could face it calmly, but Luo Cheng really didn't dare to guarantee it.

The three of them drank two more jars of wine before they each swayed back home. Seeing Qu Tugai and Su Dingfang walking away, Xiao Zhuo also embarked on the road to Shangqingguan. Approaching the gate, Li Chunfeng watched Xiao Zhuo staggering in, hurriedly went over to support him, and sent him step by step to Yuan Tiangang's place, before slowly exiting the door.

"Chunfeng, go cook some sobering soup for your uncle." Yuan Tiangang commanded.

"Yes! Master! ”

Yuan Tiangang looked at the figure of the young man who was far away, and then looked at the junior brother who was a little chaotic under his feet, and his eyebrows were a little more puzzled. "Senior brother, what are you doing this for? For filial piety? For righteousness? Or are you unwilling to obey the mandate of heaven like this? But because of your small move, more than a dozen families in Beiping Mansion will die in the hands of Yuwen Chengdu, your best friend will almost die in Huangquan, tens of thousands of laborers will enter the disaster again, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers will also die on the battlefield next year! You want to save the world, but you hurt the people! Which is more important than your filial piety compared to the death of all people? Yuan Tiangang sighed softly, and Xiao Zhuo's curled up body also moved at this time.

"Senior brother! Have you ever done anything to be 'spirited'? Xiao Zhuo slowly sat up straight, and when he raised his head, there seemed to be infinite pain and vicissitudes in his eyes. Time flies, what kind of state of mind do you have to have to ignore the death of hundreds of thousands of living beings due to their own mistakes, no wonder Xiao Zhuo can't let go.

"Yes." Yuan Tiangang replied softly.

"What's the matter?" Xiao Zhuo has always felt that Yuan Tiangang is like a master in the world, and he is even more immovable when he encounters problems, but he never thought that his senior brother would also have qi and blood.

"Kill the king!"

"What!" Xiao Zhuo was also frightened by Yuan Tiangang's words. Because according to what Yuan Tiangang said, what Yuan Tiangang did was to kill the king, but now the saint is still alive, which means that Yuan Tiangang has failed. And the consequences of the failure of this matter are not even more serious than yourself!

"I used to make a candle out of demon grease, and then light it when His Majesty came here, and the demonic power in the candle wandered indoors, and I would find a place to hide because of the spiritual power of the Sanqing Holy Ancestor. And the best place to hide is the human body, but I can't hide from it, and the demonic power can only hide in His Majesty. Sure enough, after returning to the palace, His Majesty was in a daze, and the imperial doctors were helpless, and when they saw that they were about to die, they suddenly recovered, and I lost three percent of my cultivation because of this. So much so that even though I know that the current queen is a demon, I can't help but hold back before you come. ”

"Senior brother, when you lured demonic power into Your Majesty's body, didn't you know the identity of the queen, and you still dared to do this?" Xiao Zhuo is very puzzled by this, although His Majesty's demonic power has entered the body, the queen who is also a demon clan must be aware of it unless she does not contact Her Majesty, and once it is discovered by the queen, it is not difficult to get rid of this demonic power.

"I know!" Although the matter has long passed, Yuan Tiangang still seems to remember it vividly. "However, on the way back to His Majesty, the demonic power has invaded the limbs and hundreds of remains, and I will use the puppet stand-in technique to seal the qi pockets of His Majesty's whole body with a spirit needle, if the queen wants to get rid of the demonic power, she must win me first! But what I never expected was that in addition to the demon clan of the queen by His Majesty's side, there was also a spirit clan, and this spirit clan used its own flesh and blood as a guide to break through my blockade with spiritual power, causing what I did to finally end in failure. ”

"Eldar? Who is it? What a spirit."

"Qingfangyuan concubine Zhu Gui'er! I haven't seen her, I don't know what kind of spirit she is, but she can coexist with the queen, so she must also be from the cat clan! ”