Chapter 17: Mao Sui self-recommendation

After Zhuge Hanqing put away the token, under the guidance of a guard, he walked through the corridor, went around the rockery, crossed the fish pond, turned to the Zhu Pavilion, and finally came to the grass hermitage in the northeast corner of the Huai'an Palace.

"Prince Zhuge Gong, please wait in the house for a while, our King Huai'an is having breakfast, and we will come to see you in a quarter of an hour." The guard said this before leaving.

Zhuge Hanqing walked into the hermitage and found that the layout of the interior was very simple and elegant, and the furniture was as much as possible to retain the original form of wood, and then polished and polished the conformal furniture, which was very natural and simple. In the middle of the cottage room, there is a low wooden table with two futons, which are obviously set up for the guest of the host. There is a plate of seasonal fruits on the desk, on the entrance wall of the north of the grass house, there are four four four seasons landscape paintings, the color of the painting is mainly ink, the color is supplemented, it is very interesting, he also saw that the seal in the upper left corner is "the master of the grass hermitage". There is a small tall table under the Four Seasons painting, on which a bronze incense burner is placed, and there is a cigarette smoke in the furnace, which is refreshing for people to smell it. On the east side of the cottage is a reading area, with a bookshelf on the wall with slightly old books, and a conformal desk under the shelf. The west area of the cottage is a small fish pond, and around the fish pond are various bonsai of various colors. When people see it, they feel more agile.

Zhuge Hanqing was in the middle of the grass house, his body and mind suddenly felt elegant and clear, and the outside world seemed to be isolated.

Just as he was intoxicated by the isolation of the world, he suddenly walked into a man with fair skin, plump cheeks, graceful temperament, and a golden crown from outside the house, and he was followed by two powerful generals. Zhuge Hanqing saw it at a glance and knew that this person was the current third prince --- King Huai'an. Pei Tianlang waved his hand and asked the two generals to stay outside the house to guard.

"Grass people Zhuge Hanqing, pay homage to His Royal Highness King Huai'an." Zhuge Hanqing stood on one side, clasped his palms at the comer, and bowed slightly.

After Pei Tianlang walked into the Luzhong, his back was north and south, and he looked sideways, and the guest in the Lu in front of him found the other party, with an elegant appearance, handsome and starful, a long body, and an extraordinary atmosphere.

"The worship post said that you are the widow of the old minister of Shu, and you are willing to offer advice to me for Yuhua, but this king has also read a lot of books and worshiped famous Confucians, how have you ever heard that there is a Shu country on the continent of Yunjinli, are you not a warlock who travels all over the world and cheats for a living?" Pei Tianlang's eyes are gloomy, and he gets straight to the point.

People say that the second prince is upright and upright, and it is true when I see it today.

"Your Highness doesn't know that in the Huaxia Wanghai Sea, which is seven hundred miles away, there is a Central Plains Continent, and every three hundred years, the Central Plains Continent will be engulfed by the sea, and the previous dynasty will be destroyed. When the sea recedes, those who survive will build a new kingdom on the old ruins. Shu was one of the last three kingdoms before the sea poured in, while the other two were Wei and Wu. At that time, Wei and Wu were strong, Shu was weak, they often wanted to annex my Shu, how could my ancestors do their best, and after death, they helped my lord to secure the outside and the inside, and the crisis was difficult for more than 300 years. However, the sea water came again as scheduled, and the Central Plains Continent was completely submerged by the sea. When the sea receded, some of the people who survived were tired of the catastrophe of the heavens and began to drift overseas, while others were nostalgic for their homeland and still stayed at the old site. My ancestors were lucky to survive, but because the Shu Kingdom was submerged, under the grief, they have been adrift overseas since then, and have not returned to the old site. However, the legacy of Xiangguo Sajun in our family has never been extinguished due to the ups and downs of fate. Now the grass people are born in the Yuhua country, growing up in the prosperous era, and now the neighboring countries are at war, the beacon fires are in the sky, the smoke of gunpowder is filled, the border is turbulent, the people are panicked, the court is uneasy, how can the grass people stand by and watch, and they are ignored. Zhuge Hanqing spoke sincerely.

Pei Tianlang listened to the other party's tirade, half skeptical, half believing. So I want to explore the other party's real talent, after all, no matter how good a person's background is, if there is no real talent, it is just a skin. If a person's life is bad, if he is really talented, the person who selects the best should also have the courage to be promoted.

"Since you said that you have the ambition of Xiangguo Zuojun, then you should talk about it, how to prevent the war from reaching my Yuhua border, and let the court and the people put their hearts in their stomachs?" Pei Tianlang put his hands behind his back, like a teacher questioning a student.

"Your Highness, if you want to settle the border, you must first settle inside, and if you are uncertain inside, you will be chaotic outside." Zhuge Hanqing said in a low voice.

Pei Tianlang knew that the other party had something to say, turned around and took the guard generals outside the door away, turned around and asked, "What do you mean by this?" ”

Zhuge Hanqing saw the other party's actions and knew that he was reckless and recommended himself, and finally touched the other party, and he felt relieved.

"In today's border crisis, the infantry commander Yamen not only did not mobilize troops from all over Kyoto to improve the garrison of the outer city of Kyoto, but instead increased the troops to various prefectures and yamen, which greatly weakened the garrison of the outer city of Kyoto.

"How could this happen? On the court newspaper of the imperial court, it was clearly written that the government offices everywhere had increased troops and infantry patrols. ”

"In addition, the Ruijian Battalion in Sashu, which guards Kyoto, and the Higashiyama Battalion in Toyosu, secretly purchase a large number of armor-piercing arrows from Gangnam Province, and the leaders of the two battalions will be temporarily replaced."

"Temporary change? In a short period of time, will the new generals be familiar with defense? Can he deter the people below? Who would give such a stupid appoint? Pei Tianlang's muscles bulged, he was angry, and asked again and again, after a while, he felt that he was out of shape, and then calmed down again, "By the way, you have no official position, how do you know these things?" ”

"It doesn't matter how the grass people know these inside information, as long as Your Highness sends a trustworthy person to secretly investigate, the truth of the matter will naturally be known." The corners of Zhuge Hanqing's mouth were slightly invisible.

Pei Tianlang didn't know the identity of the person in front of him, and he also didn't know the truth of what he just said, so he secretly decided to temporarily put him under house arrest and not let him leave the hermitage until the truth was found out, and then make a follow-up choice.

"Regardless of whether the matter is true or not, Mr. Zhuge is bothered to stay here for a while, this king will send someone to investigate immediately, if it is true as Mr. said, Tianlang is willing to make amends." Pei Tianlang clasped his palms slightly, and then turned to leave, while the guard general outside the house was still standing in place.

Zhuge Hanqing had already expected this, and he was not depressed because of this, but instead lived happily in the hermitage. Sometimes I read a book, sometimes I feed the fish, sometimes I taste the paintings, and sometimes I enjoy the flowers.

If you weren't an emperor and a general, I'd really like to be your best friend... Zhuge Hanqing felt that King Huai'an should be a person who did not seek fame and fortune in his bones, otherwise he would not have built such a grass house in the most secluded corner of the palace that could make people forget about mundane things.