The gate of Qingzhou Mansion was opened, and the carriages, horses and people were bustling with each other.

Since Guan Yu, the king of the north of Great Chuding, signed an agreement with the Great Khan of the grassland, this place has finally been far away from the baptism of war and has become increasingly prosperous and lively.

A horse galloped to the city gate, and the man on the horse was covered with a black veil and a hat, and his posture was graceful. It's just that the shoulders and sleeves are covered with dust, apparently from a long journey.

After entering the city gate, the man turned over and dismounted, led the horse, dragged his slightly tired body, first found a tea stall and asked for a bowl of tea, and drank it with a bang.

"Uncle, may I ask how to go to the Qingzhou Mansion?" The girl asked softly as she wiped the sweat from her forehead. The voice was crisp and pleasant, like a pearl falling on a jade plate.

"Report to General Xuanwu, there is a girl outside the door who asks to see you. asked her name, but she refused to say, only said that when she met the general, she naturally knew. ”

Xuanwu General Zhang Baiqian frowned slightly, slowly raised his head, thought for a moment, and ordered: "Then invite her in." ”

After a moment's effort, a slight sound of footsteps came, and it stopped not far in front of the table.

The visitor did not kneel down to salute, but raised his hand and slowly removed the hat on his head, and gently removed the black veil covering his face.

When Zhang Baiqian saw the appearance of the person who came, he couldn't help but widen his eyes and blurted out: "Miss Chen, how did you get here?" ”。

Chen Ling'er smiled slightly, and replied: "I first went to the capital of the capital, and I heard that the king of Dingbei led a large army to help the border fortress, so I rushed here. What, isn't he with you? Besides, whether General Zhang can hold back left and right first, I have something I want to say to you alone. ”

Zhang Baiqian hurriedly waved his sleeves and motioned for the others to retreat. He walked around from behind the table and politely asked Miss Ling'er to sit down first.

Miss Ling'er waved her hand lightly, and as soon as she spoke, she almost fainted General Xuanwu on the spot: "General Zhang hasn't known yet, right?" The Great Chu Emperor Liu Qian died. ”

Zhang Baiqian swallowed a few mouthfuls of spit, and asked in a trembling voice, "How did the girl know?" General Guan has returned to the capital with his triumphant army, haven't you met him on the way? On the battlefield, I have heard General Guan mention that he has sent people to look for you many times, where did you go? ”。

Chen Ling'er's beautiful eyes revealed a little loss, and she sighed lightly: "It's just that I was too anxious to find him, and I didn't take the official road, I think I missed it!" As for Liu Qian's death, I saw it with my own eyes. ”

Zhang Baiqian was stunned again, only to feel that his scalp was numb and his eyelids were jumping. He tried to calm his chaotic thoughts, looked around and asked in a low voice, "Could it be that Miss Chen sneaked into the palace without permission?" The death of the saint is such a big thing, why does Qingzhou Mansion not know about it at all, and it has not explored the slightest disturbance? ”。

Chen Ling'er's eyes suddenly flashed a cold light, then relaxed, smiled slightly, and replied calmly: "That's right, this girl sneaked into the palace late at night, and wanted to slaughter that guy with her own hands." But when I saw him, he was out of breath! ”。

Zhang Baiqian's body shook slightly, and he obviously felt that his toes were sweating out. Hurriedly raised his hand to stop: "Miss Chen, Hugh is talking nonsense!" This is not a place to talk, please follow me to the back hall. ”

Guan Yu's subordinate brigade finally arrived at the foot of the capital, and Guan Yu ordered them to temporarily garrison outside the city to protect the safety of the capital.

Before his men and horses arrived in the capital, Liu Qian's two sons and nephews, Liu Yong and Liu Neng, had already stepped up their horses and led their subordinates to return to the garrison honestly. never mention the strong longing for the saint.

Seeing that he had stabilized his position, Shi Dazai immediately announced to the world: the first emperor has passed away, and a new monarch has been established. He was succeeded by Liu Qian's eldest son Liu Huan, with the year name Kangle.

So, first, the whole country mourned, and the civil and military officials wept bitterly; Immediately afterwards, the new emperor ascended the throne, and before the civil and military officials had time to wipe away their tears, they smiled happily. Before the chaos was over, he received a military report from King Pingnan.

In Dazai's mansion, Shi Dazai's face was pale, and he looked at the military intelligence report spread out on the table in front of him a little blankly.

"It's still my little brother, I'll personally lead the soldiers to go for a trip!" Guan Yu, the king of Dingbei on the side, took the initiative to hug his fist.

Shi Dazai's eyebrows moved, and he sighed: "The sixth brother's subordinates are strong and strong, and they are all overcome, it would be great if you could personally help the fifth brother!" After completely exterminating the remnants of the Ma family's army, there will be no strong enemies around my Dachu, and the people of the world can truly live and work in peace and contentment. ”

"It's just ......" Speaking of this, Shi Dazai paused slightly, peeked at Guan Yu and said: "The new monarch has just succeeded to the throne, I am worried that there will be people who are ready to move, and the capital still needs to strengthen its vigilance." Moreover, Du Zhongnian was rewarded by the new emperor and promoted to the rank of White Tiger General, which should have been the ...... alone".

Guan Yu waved his hand and said: "The second brother's meaning Guan knows it. On this expedition, General Baihu led his troops to stay in the capital. If Dazai still can't rest assured, he can secretly dispatch General Xuanwu of Qingzhou to bring a small number of men and horses to the capital to assist in the defense, and these two people can be of great use! Little brother, I only took 30,000 fine horses with me, and it was enough to rush to the outside of Yanmen Pass. ”

Shi Dazai was overjoyed when he heard this, and muttered, "That's very good! The sixth brother must remember: cut the grass and eradicate the roots, and never be soft-hearted."

Guan Yu lowered his head, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, grinned, bowed and retreated.

Looking at the back of Guan Yu leaving in a hurry, Shi Tiangong squinted his eyes slightly, stroked his long hair in his hands, and thought thoughtfully.

After Guan Yu left, a fat eunuch with a round body held the floating dust in his hand and entered to announce the summons.

Shi Dazai hurriedly entered the palace by order to meet the new emperor.

After the ceremony of the monarch and ministers, the original queen and the current queen mother retreated, slowly stood up, and took Liu Huan's little hand and walked in front of Shi Dazai.

Shi Dazai, who was sitting there, was slightly stunned, not knowing what the Queen Mother wanted.

The Queen Mother turned her head and whispered to Liu Huan: "Emperor, you are still young, ignorant and ignorant, and you will reign in the world in the future." This Shi Dazai is not only the sworn brother of the first emperor, but also the minister of my Great Chu humerus! From now on, all our orphans and widows will rely on him, and we will bow down to him with our mothers. As he spoke, he made a gesture to lean down.

The frightened Shi Dazai jumped up, quickly knelt on the ground, and said with tears streaming down his eyes while kowtowing: "Holy Lord, Queen Mother, you can't do it!" It's a bad deal! The first emperor had the grace of knowing the old minister, and even if the old minister was full of liver and brain, he could not repay him. ”

The Queen Mother smiled slightly, hurriedly raised her hand to hold each other, and comforted: "Dazai-sama should be humble. What the mourning family said is the truth, and in the future, we will not have to rely on the support of Dazai-sama for everything. ”

Shi Dazai stood up tremblingly, leaned over and saluted again: "The queen mother looks up to the old minister so much, and the old minister should do his best to assist the new monarch, bow to the end, and die!" ”。

After re-seating, the Queen Mother beckoned the palace ladies and eunuchs to re-enter and serve tea to Dazai. He said with a smile: "The emperor is young, and the mourning family doesn't know much about the affairs above the court, so Dazai-sama will have to work more in the future." ”

Shi Dazai hurriedly left his seat and said: "It is incumbent, fortunately, the grassland barbarians outside the gate have finally stopped." If we can completely exterminate the remnants of the Ma family's army, my Dachu can rest easy. It's just that...... The first emperor has always had a heart disease, and he has mentioned it to Weichen more than once. At this point he stopped, reached out and took out something from the sleeves of his robe, raised his hands above his head, and presented it to the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother stretched out her hand to take it and looked at it curiously, but it was a long strip of golden cloth with a string of small characters in regular script written on it.

Shi Dazai slowly lowered his eyes, brushed his beard and said, "This silk can also be regarded as the edict of the first emperor. It is not difficult to do this matter, but after the rebellion in the northwest is quelled, we hope that the Holy Lord and the Queen Mother will support it. ”

The Queen Mother nodded slightly and said: "The first emperor can trust you, and our mother can trust you even more, Lord Dazai just looks at the arrangement, in short, it is for the sake of my great Chu for thousands of generations." ”

"Huh-" Cui Dakui reined in his war horse, raised his horsewhip and pointed to Guan Yu and said, "General Guan, the front is Yanmen Pass." Not far from Yanmen Pass, it was the territory of Ma Jiajun back then! ”

Guan Yu also took advantage of the situation to hold the reins of the "Black Panther", and nodded slightly in a complicated mood.

Suddenly, from the direction of Yanmen Pass, a fast horse galloped over, and a road of dust and smoke rose behind him.

While everyone was wondering, the horse had rushed closer, and the man on the horse was dressed in armor and looked low and stocky.

"Boom", the man on the horse hurriedly rolled the saddle and dismounted, and in the hurry, he actually landed on the ground with his face first.

When the other party raised his head to salute, Guan Yu saw a dirty big face. In the middle of his face, there is a big red nose, and two lines of crystal clear noses hang under the two huge nostrils.

"The last general is late, please forgive the prince! Little damn it! The guard clenched his fists in shame.

Guan Yu swept his eyes, and said with a deliberately straight face: "My good man, can this general give me some guidance on how to practice riding skills on weekdays?" General Ben thinks that his riding skills are good, and he has never dared to dismount like you! ”。

The short and stocky general's face turned even redder, and he lowered his head and hugged his fists and said: "Liu Gaoqi, the general guarding at Xiayanmen, because he has not received the news that you want to come, he did not go out to greet him until he saw the banner of the prince in the city, so he was flustered, please punish the prince heavily!" ”。

Guan Yu couldn't help laughing, and said lightly: "The punishment will be waived, and after entering the customs for a while, you will ask me to wait for drinking." ”

The general Liu raised his head and secretly glanced at the soldiers, but did not answer, with a embarrassed expression.

Guan Yu leaned down on the horse and said strangely: "What? Don't want to? Can't bear your private wine? ”。

General Liu puffed out his cheeks and stopped talking.

Cui Dakui, who was on the side, was a little impatient, and said: "If there is any difficulty, my general Guan is by no means an unreasonable person. Look at your hard work! ”。

General Liu finally raised his head and said in a loud voice: "Back to the Northern Prince, once you come to the pass, it is too small to accommodate these people." Secondly...... Second, ......". At this point he paused again.

Under the gaze of everyone, General Liu gritted his teeth, stomped his feet, raised his hand and wiped a handful of snot under the big red nose, puffed up his chest and said loudly: "It's okay for the last general to invite the generals to drink, but if you want to find some singing and dancing beauty to cheer up, it's absolutely impossible!" Not a single one! ”。

Guan Yu's eyes widened, he looked at him a few times strangely, and then looked back at the soldiers behind him who were also confused, and finally couldn't hold it back, and took the lead in looking up to the sky and laughing.

In the laughter of everyone, General Liu, who didn't know why, also grinned and laughed dryly, and he felt that it was inappropriate, so he quickly resumed his serious expression.

Guan Yu smiled and waved his hand: "Get up, General Liu, lead the way before getting on the horse." General Ben is just playing a little joke on you! I don't mean to blame you at all. Tonight's wine, the Sprinkler family invites you to drink! ”。