Shi Luosheng smiled at Deng Yuanjue slightly apologetically, but Deng Yuanjue said disapprerovingly: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is still too young, if it were His Majesty, he would never send someone to me to find you back, you better go back first and see what is going on." ”

Indeed, as Deng Yuanjue said, no matter how urgent Xiao Daocheng is, he will wait for Shi Luosheng to return to the palace before summoning him, and now Xiao Yan is doing this, which undoubtedly exposes that he keeps an eye on Shi Luosheng's whereabouts when he sends people.

On the way back to the palace, Shi Luosheng said to Liu Zixuan: "What my father-in-law and Mr. Wang said are right, we are in an embarrassing situation now, if we keep standing on the side of Your Majesty and the prince, in the end, whether we win or lose, we will not have any good results." But now even if we are on the side of the family, the ending will not be much better, and if the family loses, we will undoubtedly die. If he wins by luck, no matter which of these three princes ascends the throne in the end, as long as he sits firmly on the throne, he will suppress the family like His Majesty now, because he knows better than His Majesty that the family can help him sit in this position, and can also help others to sit on it, and even pull him down, which is a dead end at all. ”

Liu Zixuan said dejectedly: "Why don't we resign and leave, don't stay in Jianye, let's go back to Xiaocang City to pick up our family and go to Changxing Island." ”

Shi Luosheng shook his head and said: "Not now, Changxing Island does not have the strength to protect itself at present, we still need time to grow, and besides, I promised Teacher Ling to kill Tian Yulong." However, you can send someone to inform Brother Zitong first, and let him take my mother and your family to move to Changxing Island to live, and the next struggle will be even more dangerous, and they can go to Changxing Island so that we have no worries. ”

Liu Zixuan agreed, and after speaking, the two of them had already come to the prince's East Palace. "Your Royal Highness the Prince, I don't know what is the matter with being so anxious to come back to us?"

Xiao Yan explained: "Here's the thing, the Hidden Star Sect of the Chu State is going to hold a World Young Hero Contest next month, and this competition will actually be held every five years. The Hidden Star Sect is the largest gang in the rivers and lakes, and it is even better than the Tianqi Sect of Qi State, and the sect leader Shen Nanxing is the number one master today. In line with the purpose of meeting friends with martial arts, this competition can be participated by any young talent under the age of 25. In addition to rich rewards, the top three in each competition can also receive Shen Nanxing's personal guidance for half a month, so every time, in addition to the disciples sent by the major sects to participate, even the royal families of various countries will also send people to participate. Our Great Song Dynasty has never participated in the war with the Chu State before, and now that the two countries have ceased war, my father has also decided to send people to participate in this competition. ”

As soon as Shi Luosheng heard that Shen Nanxing of the Hidden Star Sect was attentive, he looked at it and asked, "Is Your Majesty planning to send His Highness down?" ”

Xiao Yan smiled a little embarrassedly: "Isn't it clear how many catties and two Taifu I have?" I won't be ashamed, besides, I am the crown prince of the Great Song Dynasty, although now that Song and Chu are truce, it is still inconvenient for me to go to Chu. This time, my father sent the third brother, the third brother is exactly twenty-four years old this year, and his martial arts are from the Divine Eagle Castle, and he is the closed disciple of Yan Chixing, the lord of the Divine Eagle Castle, and his martial arts are the highest among our brothers, and he is just right to go on behalf of the royal family. ”

Shi Luosheng sighed a little and said, "That's a pity, I thought I would be able to get to know His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for a long time." ”

Xiao Yan said with a smile: "Taifu doesn't need to sigh, my father also wants to ask Taifu and Lieutenant Liu to accompany the third brother together, the two are not yet twenty years old, and they can just sign up together to represent the Great Song royal family." ”

Although Shi Luosheng didn't have much interest in the competition, he also wanted to go to Shen Nanxing, who would plot against Zu Qingzhi, so he agreed to participate.

Five days later, the disciples of all the sects who went to the Chu State to compete gathered in Jianye City, and the third prince Xiao Che led the team to the Chu State. Because it was the first time to participate in the competition, Xiao Daocheng also attached great importance to this competition, and specially set up a banquet to entertain everyone. Shi Luosheng saw that the three top sects of the Great Song Dynasty, namely the Heavenly Sword Gate, the Divine Eagle Castle and the Seven Peerless Sects, all sent disciples to participate in the competition, among which the Heavenly Sword Sect sent Zhang Shoucheng, the personal disciple of the head Ding Jiaxuan, and Deng Wenjie, the youngest son of the great general Deng Yuanjue, as well as a disciple who had never met.

Condor Fort is the most mysterious sect in the Great Song Dynasty, it is rumored that the lord of the fort, Yan Chixing, is the first master of the Great Song Dynasty, and his martial arts are even stronger than Ding Jiaxuan, and the overall strength of the Condor Fort is not under the Tiandaomen, but the disciples of the sect rarely move around the rivers and lakes on weekdays, so the title of the first sect of the Great Song Dynasty is the turn of the Tiandaomen. Unexpectedly, Xiao Che was actually Yan Chixing's closed disciple, and it is said that this time the Condor Fort sent two disciples to participate in the competition to see Xiao Che's face.

Although the strength of the Seven Peerless Gates was greatly damaged in the battle of Jeju, the strength of the younger generation was not greatly weakened, and Yin Ruoyang sent this time was also the leader of the younger generation.

Although Xiao Che has seen Shi Luosheng a few times, he has not dealt with it in the real sense. Xiao Che walked up to Shi Luosheng and said: "Shi Taifu, Lieutenant Liu, I have admired the two great names for a long time, but I didn't expect that this time my father and emperor also sent two representatives of the royal family to the Chu State to compete together, and I can just get close to the two of them along the way." ”

Shi Luosheng saw that the third prince took the initiative to greet him, and hurriedly saluted: "The third prince is polite, and the two of them are also fortunate to have the blessing of the third prince, so that they can go to the Chu State to have a long experience and see the young heroes in the world." ”

Xiao Che smiled again and said to Liu Zixuan: "Lieutenant Liu is the personal disciple of the general, and he is invincible among the younger generation of the Heavenly Sword Sect. ”

Liu Zixuan also said politely: "The third prince is the closed disciple of the Lord of Yanbao, how dare Zixuan speak bravely in front of His Royal Highness." ”

Xiao Che burst into laughter, and the three of them complimented each other a few more times, and dispersed. Shi Luosheng said to Liu Zixuan: "I see that although these three princes are young, their eyes are embarrassed, and the temples on both sides are bulging high, obviously because of their deep internal strength, and his martial arts are only afraid that they are not below you, so it can be inferred that the rumors that Yan Chixing's martial arts are higher than Ding Jiaxuan's may be true." ”

Liu Zixuan was a little surprised, and said: "No, the three princes are also so powerful, I thought I could win the first place at first, but then I thought that with you, I guess I will take the second, and now you actually tell me that the three princes are not under me, is it okay for me to win the third place?" ”

Shi Luosheng was amused by Liu Zixuan, and said: "There are so many young talents in the world, if you want to take the top three, you have to work hard, I don't know if the four princes of Qi will go this time, if he goes, the top three will really hang." ”

Liu Zixuan hurriedly said: "Are you talking about that Jiang Huanchu?" How did I miss him, your martial arts are so perverted, he must not be far behind, I don't want to go. No, you still have to see and see how big the gap between yourself and them is, and you can't be a frog at the bottom of the well. ”

Shi Luosheng saw that Liu Zixuan was so entangled, so he changed the topic: "Have you noticed that these major sects also have their own support objects, just like the five great families of the Great Song Dynasty. The general is from the Heavenly Sword Gate, so the Heavenly Sword Gate should also support the eldest son of the emperor, and behind the Seven Absolute Gates is Tian Taiwei, so they should also be on the side of the second prince, and the third prince is from the Divine Eagle Castle, and the Divine Eagle Castle naturally supports the third prince. In addition to the support of the family forces behind these three princes, they also have the shadow of the forces of the rivers and lakes, on the other hand, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has no foreign aid except for His Majesty. ”

Liu Zixuan also said: "Yes, hearing you say this, it's really true, several major sects in the Great Song Dynasty have already stood in line, but none of them support the prince." ”

Shi Luosheng suddenly thought of something: "Let's go, let's go back to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince now." ”

Liu Zixuan was a little confused and asked, "Go now?" Aren't we waiting for the dinner to end? ”

Shi Luosheng shook his head and didn't answer, said hello to the third prince Xiao Che and went straight to the prince's East Palace, Liu Zixuan could only follow behind.