After accompanying his mother at home for a few days, Shi Luosheng followed Liu Zixuan to Jianye City, the capital of the Great Song Dynasty. This is the first time Shi Luosheng has come to Jianye, although it is the national capital, but in addition to the city is larger, the prosperity is not much stronger than Kokura City. After all, since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, there have been continuous wars for many years, and even Jianye has been exposed to the iron hooves of the Chu army several times.

The two came to the General's Mansion, Liu Zixuan was Deng Yuanjue's apprentice, and he didn't need to pass it on when he entered the mansion, he directly took Shi Luosheng to the door of Deng Yuanjue's study, and shouted loudly: "Master, look who has come to see you." ”

Deng Yuanjue had long known the news that Shi Luosheng was still alive from Wu Teng's letter, and now when he heard Liu Zixuan shouting like this, he guessed that it was Shi Luosheng who came, Deng Yuanjue was also overjoyed, and put aside the military book in his hand and laughed: "It's Luosheng?" Come on, come on, let General Ben take a good look at you, it's good to be alive, haha. ”

Shi Luosheng hurriedly came to Deng Yuanjue and saluted: "Luosheng see the general, the general is okay?" ”

Deng Yuanjue said with a smile: "Okay, good, everything is fine, it's better to see you alive now, this time Song and Chu quit the army, you are the first to take credit." Tomorrow you will enter the palace with me, and I will give you a good reward to the Holy One. ”

Shi Luosheng said: "The general's words are serious, Luosheng doesn't dare to take credit, last time it was thanks to His Majesty's grace and the general's strategy, plus Elder Lin and their help, that they were able to get away with completing the task, but Jiang Huanchu is still alive now." ”

Deng Yuanjue said: "Whether Jiang Huan Chu is dead or alive now can no longer affect the overall situation, and the Chu State does not dare to attack us at present, we have to take advantage of this period of peace to restore the domestic economy." By the way, I have already accepted Zixuan as an apprentice, and tomorrow morning after the court, you will go to the Heavenly Sword Gate with me, and wait for me to explain to the head of the sect, and accept you as a formal disciple, and you will also worship under my door, and you and Zixuan will be senior brothers again. ”

Shi Luosheng thought secretly: "I have already joined the Tianluo Sect, but I can't join the Heavenly Sword Gate again, besides, the martial arts of the Heavenly Sword Gate are not suitable for me at all, and now the general is happy and can't shirk it, and he will find an excuse to resign when he arrives at the Heavenly Sword Gate tomorrow." ”

Thinking of this, Shi Luosheng said: "General Xie cultivates, Luosheng is actually not very interested in martial arts, but I just hope to do my part for Your Majesty and the general." ”

Deng Yuanjue said with a smile: "It's good if you have this heart, you will live in the mansion tonight, Zixuan, you will arrange a place for Luosheng to live, and by the way, I will also talk about some etiquette in the palace, don't be rude in front of Your Majesty tomorrow." ”

The next morning, Emperor Xiao Daocheng summoned Shi Luosheng in the palace, Xiao Daocheng saw that Shi Luosheng was young and dignified, and he had a little more good impression of this young man: "You are Shi Luosheng, I didn't expect to be so young, last time I heard that you were killed in Wuling Mountain, I often sigh, my Great Song Dynasty has one less young talent, this morning the general told me that you are still alive, and I am very happy in my heart." ”

Shi Luosheng said: "Thanks to Your Majesty's blessing, Luosheng survived." was just trapped in the valley and unable to contact the outside world, and then escaped by luck, so he immediately rushed back to his hometown to report his mother's safety, and then returned to Jianye to report to the general. ”

Xiao Daocheng praised: "Okay, it's rare that you still have such filial piety." This time Song and Chu quit the army, you have made great contributions, and everyone else has been rewarded, but you still have nothing, tell me what you want? I will do my best to satisfy you. ”

Shi Luosheng said: "Luosheng is ashamed and doesn't dare to take credit, thanks to His Majesty's heavenly grace, Luosheng doesn't want a reward, just hopes to have a chance to serve the country." ”

Xiao Daocheng smiled, turned around and asked Deng Yuanjue, who was standing on the side, "It's rare to be proud of your achievements at a young age, general, how to reward him?" ”

Deng Yuanjue said: "Shi Luosheng's current official position is the centurion of the forward battalion, and Liu Zixuan, who carried out the mission with Shi Luosheng last time, was awarded the title of General of the Five Ranks, and the minister suggested that Shi Luosheng should also be promoted to the General of the Five Ranks." ”

Xiao Daocheng thought for a while and said, "Okay, just follow the general, Shi Luosheng stepped forward to listen to the seal." ”

Shi Luosheng stepped forward to bow down, and Xiao Daocheng said: "Shi Luosheng, I will crown you as General Wupin Yingyang." ”

Shi Luosheng thanked him, Xiao Daocheng seemed to be really full of affection for the young man in front of him, and asked Shi Luosheng about Shi Luosheng's family affairs and military experience seemingly casually, and Shi Luosheng also answered truthfully one by one.

After leaving the palace, Deng Yuanjue took Shi Luo to Tiandaomen, Tiandaomen is the first major sect of the Great Song Dynasty, the Great Song Dynasty at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China and later many wars against Chu, Tiandaomen have made a lot of efforts, so the emperors of the Great Song Dynasty also attach great importance to the relationship with Tiandaomen, many generals in the army are from Tiandaomen, the best of which is the current general Deng Yuanjue, Deng Yuanjue is also the current head of Tiandaomen Ding Jiaxuan's senior brother, if it is not for Deng Yuanjue has a military position, the current head is also Deng Yuanjue's.

The headquarters of most sects in the martial arts are established in some famous mountains and rivers, and the headquarters of few sects will be built in cities. Because it is built in the city, it is convenient but also brings a lot of inconvenience, such as the change of dynasty, or offending a certain magnate, people directly put the city gate and lead the troops to surround it, and there is no place to escape and buffer time, and the entire sect is directly wiped out. And in the mountains, how can there be a buffer time for people to choose whether to fight or escape, even if the time is really too late, people go to the depths of the mountains to hide, it is still very difficult to catch all the people, although the sect has encountered great difficulties, but there is always some fire left, and there is hope for a resurgence.

The headquarters of Tiandaomen is not only built in the city, but also in the capital of the country, which also shows that the relationship between Tiandaomen and the royal family is not ordinary. The official disciples of the Great Song Dynasty Tiandaomen are also directly supported by the imperial court, and they enjoy different grades of income according to their positions in the sect, which is also the reason why although there are many registered disciples of the Tiandaomen, it is extremely difficult to become official disciples. The selection of formal disciples must go through layers of tests, and finally get the consent of the head of the sect before they can be regarded as official disciples. Otherwise, even if it is like Deng Yuanjue's status in the sect, he can't arbitrarily include any registered disciple as an official disciple.

As soon as the two of them arrived at the gate of the Heavenly Sword Gate, a disciple immediately came out to greet them: "The disciple pays a visit to Shi Bozu, the head is now in the house, please have tea in the hall of Shi Bozu, and the disciple will go to invite the master." ”

Deng Yuanjue nodded and walked into the hall with Shi Luosheng. Shi Luosheng looked at it while walking, this day the knife gate is really magnificent, compared to the palace, it is not much better, and the area is second only to the palace in Jianye City.

"Senior Brother Deng hasn't been here for a few days, how are you doing lately?" A voice came out of the inner hall, the person who came was a scarf cloth robe, soap silk black shoes, it was Ding Jiaxuan, the head of the Heavenly Sword Gate, and the person who followed Ding Jiaxuan was also Lin Wenying, whom Shi Luosheng knew.

Deng Yuanjue said with a smile: "Everything is fine, the foolish brother is busy with military affairs, and there is less time to move around, don't be surprised." I came this time to accept a disciple, he used to learn art with Ling Zhen, and he can be regarded as a registered disciple of the Heavenly Sword Sect, this time I want to ask the senior disciple of the head of the sect to include him in the sequence of official disciples. Luosheng, come, I've seen Master Ding. ”

Shi Luosheng stepped forward and saluted, "Disciple to meet the head of the sect and meet Elder Lin." ”

"Oh?" Ding Jiaxuan looked Shi Luosheng up and down and said: "This is the Shi Luosheng who went to Chu State with Senior Brother Lin last time to assassinate Jiang Huan Chu, the fourth prince of Qi State, I have heard Senior Brother Lin mention it many times, and he is indeed a young talent." But his personality doesn't seem to be suitable for our Heavenly Sword Sect's martial arts, so I'm worried that accepting him will delay him. ”

Deng Yuanjue thought secretly in his heart: "I once pointed out Shi Luosheng's martial arts in the army, of course I know his problems, just from the perspective of martial arts, Luosheng is indeed not suitable for the kung fu of Tiandaomen, but junior brother, you are confused, where I accepted him as an apprentice is to teach him martial arts, this son is good at strategy, and his military level is also first-class, bringing such a person to his side, whether it is for my Deng family or Tiandaomen, it is a great help, why don't you understand my mind." ”

What Ding Jiaxuan thought in his heart was: "It stands to reason that Senior Brother has opened his mouth, this face must be given, but Senior Brother Guanju General, I don't know a lot of things, I heard Senior Brother Lin say that this son is quite ruthless, and he will do whatever it takes to achieve his goal, what to sprinkle lime powder, coerce other people's mothers to force people to comply, these three indiscriminate means have been done, such people join our sect, in case we do something like this in the future, how can we gain a foothold in the rivers and lakes, the signboard of the first sect of the Great Song Dynasty has to be smashed in the hands of this kid." ”

Shi Luosheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart: "Ding Jiaxuan refuses to accept himself as the best, so there is no need to find another excuse to refuse, I am already a member of the Tianluo Sect, although the Tianluo Sect is not famous now, but if I rebuild the Tianluo Sect in the future, others will mistakenly think that the Tianluo Sect is from the Heavenly Sword Sect, how can this work." But why doesn't this Ding Jiaxuan accept me? I haven't dealt with him again, by the way, it must be Lin Wenying who said a lot of bad things about me, I saved his life several times, he didn't appreciate it, and he slandered me behind my back, hum, I don't want to join this kind of sect if I beg me to join. ”

Deng Yuanjue still wanted to insist, hinting at Ding Jiaxuan: "Senior brother, martial arts is just a trivial matter, it is not suitable now but the opportunity has not arrived, and in the future, maybe you will break through this psychological defense line when you fall into the ascension." Besides, Luosheng is handsome, what he wants to do is to strategize and win a thousand miles, and he doesn't need to charge into battle. In addition, the fighting on the rivers and lakes also has the brothers of the Heavenly Sword Sect, and he doesn't need to do it himself, junior brother, do you have anything else to embarrass about? ”

Ding Jiaxuan thought of a compromise solution: "That's it, senior brother, you can teach Shi Luosheng martial arts first, if one day Shi Luosheng can make a breakthrough and forget life and death when he comes out of the sword, then it will not be too late for me to accept him as a formal disciple." What do you think, brother? In Ding Jiaxuan's opinion, a person like Shi Luosheng is greedy for life and afraid of death, and it is impossible for him to comprehend the essence of the Heavenly Sword Technique.

Deng Yuanjue saw that the words had already been said about this, and it was difficult to insist anymore, so he had to say: "Then we will make a decision, and the junior brother will not break his word when the time comes." ”