In the evening, the lightning flew, the thunder roared, the sky was pouring rain again, a carriage was bumping on the muddy road, Xun Mou sat in the carriage with a solemn expression, kept shaking with the carriage, while thinking, while frowning.

Xun Mou lifted the bamboo curtain of the carriage, and the raindrops splashed into the car in an instant, and the sky outside was getting dark, and the rain was falling, and the raindrops "crackled" on the roof of the car. Xun Mou put down the bamboo curtain, breathed a long sigh of relief, and after making up his mind, he shouted to the coachman outside the carriage: "Old Marshal Zhou's mansion." ”

"Yes!" The coachman whipped the sluggish horse and shouted, "......

The carriage gradually disappeared into the lightning and thunder, rain and fog.

"Hoo ......" the coachman grabbed the reins and snapped, and then shouted to the slave in front of the marshal's mansion, "Go and tell the old marshal, General Xun asks to see you." ”

"Okay!" One of them replied with a smile, then turned and went into the courtyard.

Another doorman in front of the door opened a big umbrella, rushed into the rain, came to the carriage, and said with a smile: "General Xun, it's here, you can get off the car, it's raining outside, you should be careful." ”

The coachman lifted the curtain, and a strong wind blew in his face, Xun Mou couldn't help but shiver, and in the heavy rain, he cautiously jumped out of the carriage. Menzi hurriedly held up an umbrella for Xun Mou, and walked to the gatehouse with General Xun in three or two steps.

Xun Mou shook some of the raindrops on his body, and smiled at the doorman of the gatehouse: "It's raining so hard, when will the old marshal come back?" ”

Menzi smiled and said: "I arrived home before it rained, I should be lucky, and it will rain after I come back." ”

Xun Mou smiled, "Yes, it seems that Master and his old man must have had good luck recently!" ”

At this time, the housekeeper behind him came up and shouted, "General Xun Xiao......"

Xun Mou looked back, it turned out to be the old housekeeper Zhou who had followed the master for most of his life, the old housekeeper can be said to be the same as the old marshal, he grew up watching Xun Mou grow up, so Xun Mou was also extremely respectful to him, so he also bowed down and said with a smile: "The old housekeeper is good!" ”

"The master is waiting for you in the hall! Let's go! ”

Xun Mou clenched his fists again, "It's hard work!" ”

Steward Zhou smiled kindly: "Little general, go find the master yourself, I'll prepare wine and food for you, the master said, I want you to stay and eat wine tonight!" ”

"Oh? Really? Xun Mou smiled with some surprise, "It seems that Master is in a good mood today." ”

Steward Zhou didn't answer, only smiled and turned around to go to the kitchen. Xun Mou walked alone towards the verandah, came to the front of the hall, saw that the door of the hall was closed, and was about to raise his hand to knock on the door, when a voice in the house shouted: "Come in!" ”

Xun Mou pushed open the door and saw that the master was still reading, so he closed the door again, and then slowly walked to the master to salute and say goodbye.

"Mou'er, it's raining so hard, you're at a loss!"

"Master is joking, this rain doesn't matter!" Xun Mou saw that the room was dim and the master was reading again, so he asked, "Master, why don't you light the lamp?" It's getting dark this day, and reading a book hurts my eyes! ”

Zhou Zhongwang smiled kindly, "Hehe...... I'm used to being a teacher, and my house has rules, and I'm not allowed to light the lamp until the unitary. I've asked my subordinates to prepare food and drinks, so you'll eat here tonight! ”

"That disciple is better to be respectful than to obey his fate." Xun Mou nodded, "The apprentice has another important matter to discuss with the master today!" ”

"It's for the sake of the competition to choose a coach!" Zhou Zhongwang slowly put the book on the desk, "As a teacher, I know that you will definitely come today!" ”

Xun Mou did not shy away from it, and said with a smile: "Master is really clever, it is for this time." What do you think of the method proposed by Lu Zuo at the court meeting today, Master? ”

Zhou Zhongwang sneered: "Lu Zuo's method is not impossible, if he really competes with Gao Yun for this handsome position, who will the emperor choose?" ”

Xun Mou frowned and said, "But Master, the apprentice doesn't understand why he made this suggestion. Originally, Gao Yun faced only you, and their odds of winning were not low. Why is it proposed to compete for a coach at this time? In addition, after Lu Zuo was picked off by me, his martial arts were all wasted, so with Gao Yun, I'm afraid it will be difficult to win against you and me! ”

Zhou Zhongwang shook his head, "Otherwise! When Lu Zuo competed with you at the beginning, it can be said that there is no distinction between high and low, and now this Gao Yun's martial arts have also been heard of as a teacher. It is said that he is also very strong, superb swordsmanship, even the Dragon Tiger Guard General Changsun Chongwei praised him, it seems that he must not be vulgar, you and I must not be careless to underestimate the enemy! ”

"What Master has taught you is!" Xun Mou smiled, "Even so, the apprentice doesn't quite understand, what is his chance of winning, and he wants to compete in martial arts?" ”

"yes!" Zhou Zhongwang sighed and thought, "I want to break my head for the teacher, and I don't understand what Lu Zuo means by using this method!" ”

Xun Mou asked, "Master, do you think Lu Zuo has any conspiracy?" ”

"Definitely!"

"Since Lu Zuo reappeared, Tu'er has a sense of unease, and now he is slowly walking up to the court, and the closer he is to the emperor, the more Tu'er feels that he is very dangerous. This time, he seems to be a different person. The more Xun Mou said, the more panicked his heart became, Lu Zuo was too dangerous, and now he had to find a way to get rid of him, but he was just starting out, and he really couldn't find out what he had to do, what should he do? How do you get rid of him? In the past few days, this idea has been haunting Xun Mou's heart, so that he can't sleep until midnight these nights, Lu Zuo is like a nightmare, waiting for himself to fall asleep all the time, strangling himself.

Zhou Zhongwang pondered: "Mou'er, do you say that Lu Zuo and Gao Yun will have anything to do with it?" ”

Xun Mou hesitated: "This ...... It's also possible! But in this case, when the emperor asked him in the morning, why didn't he recommend Gao Yun? ”

"Could it be a cover-up?"

Xun Mou was silent for a while, "This ...... The disciple heard His Royal Highness the Crown Prince say that Gao Yun's brother Gao Han is his person, and Gao Yun listens to his brother's words very much, since this is the case, Gao Yun should also be on the side of the prince. ”

"Whose person is Gao Yun?" Zhou Zhongwang was also confused.

Xun Mou suddenly realized: "By the way, Master, did you say that Lu Zuo knew that Gao Yun and you were both related to the prince, so he thought of such a way as a competition to select a commander, so as to let the people around him also participate in the selection of the commander?" ”

Zhou Zhongwang got up from the case, as if he had just woken up from a dream, and sneered: "Yes, yes, you can't be wrong!" We have always thought wrongly, thinking of Gao Yun as our opposite, but we don't know that Lu Zuo, the fox, wants to let his people participate in the selection of coaches! ”