The more Xun Yu thought about it, the more strange he felt, so he asked Xun Mou: "Now the sentence 'Xun Mou Lu Zuo, the world can get it' can be said to be well known." Even the crown prince and King Ning are vying to get him, do you think all this is a coincidence? ”

"It's hard to say, but the kid thinks it's a deliberate arrangement." Xun Mouchang breathed a sigh of relief, "Now what I'm worried about is not Lu Zuo's origin!" ”

"So what are you worried about?"

"What I'm worried about is whether this Lu Zuo is friend or foe!" When Xun Mou spoke, there was a trace of hesitation in his eyes, "And whether that book really exists!" ”

"Oh?" Xun Yu was surprised, "You're talking about the recently rumored "Ghost Valley Vertical and Horizontal Theory", are you sure there is such a book?" ”

Xun Mou looked at his father's surprised eyes, and he was puzzled, "The child is also strange, even my master and his old man don't know if this book really exists." But such a book can't always be groundless, right? ”

"Could it be that your master secretly passed it on to the old Zen master, and then he passed it on to Lu Zuo?"

"If this book really exists, and it is in Lu Zuo's hands, it will be our biggest threat!" Xun Mou's always arrogant eyes suddenly showed a trace of fear.

"What then?"

Xun Meng's face sank like water, and after thinking for a long time, he gritted his teeth, and said with a fierce light in his eyes: "That can only make Lu Zuo not exist!" Since we have the sincerity to give advice to the prince, we have to see if the prince really has the integrity to endure the pain this time! ”

Xun Yu laughed, "When the time comes, it will kill two birds with one stone!" ”

The night was dark, and after Lu Zuo and the others came to Jingshi, they finally had their own shelter, but they didn't expect the mansion of Tao Jilin, the former squire of the military department, to be so big.

The mansion that has been abandoned for a long time, barren grass, cobwebs, and dark knots, fortunately, in the afternoon, the prince sent dozens of family members to clean the house, and Lu Zuo and the three were able to live so quickly.

Because the yard was too big, Yin Ji didn't dare to sleep alone, so Lu Zuo simply arranged a large wing room, made three beds, and the three of them shared a room.

After the three of them had dinner, Lu Renxiang and Yin Ji lit candles in the room, put Go on the table, and started to play against each other, but Lu Zuo was in a daze around the charcoal stove.

"Master, you've been in a daze all afternoon, come and help me, the second brother is superb in chess, I'm not his opponent." Yin Ji's coquettish pleading interrupted Lu Zuo's thinking.

"You two still have the heart to play!" Lu Zuo smiled faintly.

"What's wrong with my brother? Why don't you just play chess? Lu Renxiang said proudly.

Lu Zuo slowly stood up, walked up to them, and then put the chess pieces on the chessboard into the Nanmu chess piece one by one, "It's time to put it away." Ji'er, you go to the kettle water. ”

"What are you boiling water for? Haven't you already washed up? Yin Ji stared at Lu Zuo with innocent eyes.

Lu Zuo held the chess piece in his hand and gently knocked on Yin Ji's head twice, and then said with a smile: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will be here in a while, don't say hello!" ”

Lu Renxiang and Yin Ji looked at Lu Zuo with questioning eyes, Lu Zuo has been clever several times recently, and they are all very accurate, so now the two of them are not surprised, but every time the prince Liu Yan comes to greet him regardless of time and occasion, the two of them are really unbearable, so they almost said impatiently in unison: "Come again!" ”

"What? Not welcome? Lu Zuo looked at his two funny expressions and couldn't help but smile.

Yin Ji pouted, "It's just not welcome, I come to bother you every day!" ”

"It's not that we are not welcome, it's that he has sent people around us every day recently, and we feel like we are under house arrest!" The reason why Lu Renxiang was not welcome was completely different from Yin Ji's thoughts.

"Who told us to send people under the fence?" After Lu Zuo finished packing up the chess pieces, he urged Yin Ji to go and boil the water.

Yin Ji had to get up and put on a cloak and put a clay pot on the stove to boil water.

Lu Zuo took the opportunity to sit in the position where Yin Ji had sit, and told Lu Renxiang in a serious tone: "The next test is coming soon, maybe the top three in this department will depend on you!" ”

"Why?" Lu Renxiang didn't know what to do, "Isn't this that the exam hasn't started yet?" ”

"Master, there's a knock on the door! Did you hear that? Yin Ji interrupted their conversation.

"Your ears are so powerful that everyone in the courtyard of the house can hear a knock on the door!" Lu Zuo quipped, beckoning Yin Ji to open the door, "Second brother, let's go out together to greet you!" ”

Although Lu Renxiang believed that what his brother might say was right, he couldn't help but ask: "Brother, why are you so sure that it is His Royal Highness the Prince?" ”

Lu Zuo put on a cloak for Lu Renxiang, and replied in a low voice: "After the morning today, I ran over to ask for countermeasures, it's so late, I guess what I said has come true!" ”

At this time, outside the eaves of the porch, there were bursts of hearty laughter in the distance, shouting while laughing: "Mr. Lu, Mr. Lu!" ”

As soon as Lu Zuo walked to the door, he saw the prince walking like a fly, and said: "Mr. Lu is really clever, this palace has done what you say!" ”

"Your Highness slip carefully, let's go into the house!" Lu Zuo bowed and saluted, letting the prince walk in front, and several people rushed into the house behind the prince, leaving only a few of the prince's entourage to guard outside the door.

Lu Zuo and the prince knelt around the fireplace, and Lu Renxiang and Yin Ji served tea beside them.

After the prince took the tea, he took a sip of his breath, and put the teacup on the tray next to the cushion, "Mr. Lu, this time I really convince you." I didn't expect that this Xun family, which has always been neutral, would now be loyal to me. Now with the support of Wei Guo Gong Xun Yu and General Xun, this palace is simply like a tiger with wings! Now King Ning and King Wei are so good! ”

When the prince spoke, the smug look on his face overflowed, and he held Lu Zuo's hand and thanked him a thousand times.

Lu Zuo just smiled politely, and didn't react much.

"Mr. Lu, how are you sure that Xun Yu will be loyal to me?" Seeing Lu Zuo's expressionless face, the prince felt that he was a little carried away, so he asked such a question to resolve the embarrassment.

"The reason why Wei Guogong Xun Yu's position has always been ambiguous is half because the strength of the party struggle is not obvious, and half of the reason is because the crown prince and King Ning did not promise the result he wanted."

The crown prince Liu Yan was obviously deeply impressed, and arched his hand and said: "It's a clever calculation." ”

"Did Xun Mou tell you something?" Lu Zuo squinted his eyes, and carefully observed the prince's expression in the corner of his eye.

The prince was stunned for a long time, not knowing how to answer, "um" for a long time before he replied: "No...... Didn't say anything! ”

Lu Zuo saw that Liu Yan looked nervous, and he had already guessed seven or eight points in his heart, so he stopped talking.

After the atmosphere in the room was solemn for a while, the crown prince Liu Yan saw that it was not early, so he got up and prepared to leave.

"Please forgive me for disturbing me sir so late. It's starting to get cold again these days, and I'll ask someone to send a few more boxes of charcoal tomorrow. When the prince was leaving, he instructed, "By the way, such a large courtyard is empty, and tomorrow I will send a few more people to serve the living of the gentleman, and you will not send it." ”

As soon as Lu Zuo wanted to say no, the crown prince Liu Yan turned around and got into the carriage and left. Looking at the back of the prince's frame in the distance, Lu Zuo faintly felt that the crisis was coming, and when he thought about it, he couldn't help but feel a chill in the back of his head.

"Brother, this door just happens to be the outlet, don't be stunned, let's go into the house!" Lu Renxiang didn't know when he took a cloak in his hand and put it on Lu Zuo.

"It seems that this cold winter is still very long!" Lu Zuo let out a long sigh and turned around and went back to the house.