As soon as this remark came out, everyone was in an uproar, and after a while, an old man got up: "This is a big matter, I have never been involved in such disputes, and Deacon Zhengnan's proposal thinks that it needs to be considered in the long run." This person is Sun Fuhu's younger brother Sun Baohu, the oldest among the deacons in Huaiwu, he specially called Sun Rong "Zhengnan Deacon", obviously implying that he is not the dock master, don't put on a boss posture. There were several people in the hall who had the same opinion as Sun Baohu, and when they saw him coming out, they all echoed him.

Sun Rong: "The second uncle's words reminded me that Confucius said that if the name is not right, the word will not be good, and if the word is not good, the thing will not be done." Father and eldest brother suffered a succession, Huaiwu group of dragons without a leader, if any of you ask yourself more suitable to sit in the position of the dock master than in the next, you can stand up, if it is proved that this is indeed the case, in the next must let the virtuous. ”

Everyone was silent, Sun Fuhu only had two sons, him and Sun Tai, and Sun Tai had no heirs left, so he really couldn't find a more legitimate candidate for the dock owner than him.

Sun Rong deliberately asked Sun Baohu: "Second uncle, do you have a suitable candidate?" Sun Baohu couldn't answer, so he had to snort coldly.

Seeing that no one objected again, Sun Rong continued: "Since you have no objection to the matter of succeeding the dock master, then you will continue to preside over the discussion. Huaiwu has always had a head and face in the rivers and lakes, and now two consecutive dock owners have died with hatred, but my generation does not want to take revenge, just ask how to raise your head and be a man in the future! ”

A person next to Sun Baohu interrupted Sun Rong: "Of course, revenge must be avenged, but it needs to be strategic, I Huaiwu men, women, and children are all counted as 3,000 people, how to deal with the army?" ”

Sun Rong: "The tree wants to be quiet but the wind does not stop, and my father's death is the best proof that if we don't act, we can only sit and wait for death." I have decided that there is no need for deacons who disagree with the dock master. The second uncle and Deacon Xu have done their best for Huaiwu for many years, and it is time to enjoy the blessings. ”

When Sun Baohu heard this, he suddenly jumped like thunder, pointed at Sun Rong's nose and scolded: "Sun Rong Xiao'er, when your father and I were in the rivers and lakes, your hair hadn't grown yet, and now you actually exempted me from the post of deacon, I am your second uncle!" ”

Deacon Xu, who was dismissed for saying a word, sighed: "If you are stubborn and self-serving, my Huaiwu will be destroyed by your hands sooner or later." ”

Seeing that the two of them were angry and complaining, Sun Rong immediately raised his voice and shouted outward: "You dare to talk nonsense here!" Come! Get them both out! Four big men appeared at the door in response, and walked towards Sun Baohu and Deacon Xu with unkind expressions.

Sun Baohu flicked his sleeves angrily: "We will go by ourselves!" The two of them walked out of the hall with Deacon Xu.

Sun Rong looked around: "Who else has the same opinion as them?" Seeing that he still had no mercy for his own uncle, how dare they oppose it, and they were silent one by one.

Sun Rong deliberately found someone in the crowd: "Sun Xiu, what do you think?" This Sun Xiu is the son of Sun Baohu, and the father and son serve as the chief and deputy deacons of the Southeast Hall respectively. Unaffected by his father, Sun Xiu replied loudly: "Only the master of the dock is the head of the horse!" ”

Sun Rong nodded: "Very good, everyone agrees, then it will be easy to do." From now on, Sun Wei, deputy deacon of Zhengnan Church, was promoted to deacon, and Sun Wannian, the third deacon, was promoted to deputy deacon; Sun Xiu, deputy deacon of Southeast Church, was promoted to deacon, and Zhao Zuoche was promoted to deputy deacon; Sun He, deputy deacon of Zhengxi Church, was promoted to deacon, and the three seats were promoted to vice deacon. Each church will send additional personnel to patrol and strengthen the fortifications from tomorrow. All men over the age of 12 and under the age of 60 in the dock must participate in the drill and prepare for battle, and the non-combatants are responsible for making arrows, and the matter is handed over to Deacon Sun Zhao and Deputy Deacon Lu Zhongqing of Zhengbei Hall. "Because the north hall is close to the mountains in the north, there is no defensive pressure, so all kinds of miscellaneous things are mostly borne by it.

Sun Rong was assigned some tasks one after another. Yuan Rui knew in his heart that Sun Rong's invitation to him was actually to show his loyalty to the imperial court and let Yuan Rui understand his Sun Rong's position. Since everything that should be seen has been seen, and he can't stand the oppressive atmosphere in the hall, Yuan Rui said goodbye to Sun Rong and went out to relax.

Yuan Rui walked along, unconsciously coming to the river. The river is much smoother than the top of the mountain, and the water keeps lapping against the stones on the bank, making a "popping" sound, which sets off the tranquility of this place. Looking at the large meadows and clusters of unknown wildflowers by the river, as well as the small fish that were clearly visible in the river, Yuan Rui swept away the boring air brought by the martial arts hall, and took two deep breaths, as if the air by the river was also sweet.

was intoxicated by the beautiful scenery here, and found that the young man named Rebirth not far away was practicing boxing, so he stepped forward to talk to him. Regeneration didn't know Yuan Rui's identity, and talking to him didn't have as many scruples as Sun Rong and them, and the two chatted very speculatively. It turned out that he was abandoned by his parents since he was a child, and Sun Tai saw that he was pitiful, so he took him to Huaiwu and named him Rebirth, which means to be reborn. Because of his cleverness and good skills, he became a member of the Wind Shadow Team that specialized in gathering intelligence. The news of Shen Kun's haunt in Eagle Yang was brought back to Huaiwu by their Wind Shadow Team.

Seeing that it was not too early, Regeneration led Yuan Rui back to the guest room. When he arrived at the door of Huazidu's room, Sun Qian happened to come out of the room, and he should have just visited him. Seeing Yuan Rui come out, he asked a little strangely, "The discussion is over?" ”

Yuan Rui: "Not yet, I'll slip away first!" ”

Sun Qian thought thoughtfully: "That's right, the second brother's words should be very boring, right?" ”

Yuan Rui just smiled slightly, but did not answer. Sun Qian seemed to suddenly remember something, and then asked, "By the way, I just met the second uncle, and he can't stand the second brother slipping away in advance?" But he seemed to be very angry, and he didn't pay attention to me when he greeted him, what the hell was going on inside? ”

Yuan Rui said in his heart, of course he was angry, and it would be good if he didn't vent at you. But he said, "You'll know what happened soon." ”

Sun Qian looked at him like a monster: "Why did you all become so strange one by one after you came out of the martial arts hall." ”

Yuan Rui was reluctant to talk about this depressing topic, so he pulled away and said: "Don't talk about this, I will leave for Luoyang tomorrow, and the butterfly will ask you." ”

Sun Qian: "Oh......, don't worry......"

Yuan Rui saw that he wanted to speak and stopped, and understood that she was reluctant to herself: "Don't worry, I'll be back soon." ”

Sun Qian just hummed softly, then lowered her head and didn't speak again.

Yuan Rui saw that her delicate appearance was really cute, and gently pulled her into his arms. Feeling her rapid breathing, I couldn't help but bow my head and kiss the two red lips. Sun Qian hurriedly closed her eyes and lips in panic, but in a moment, her teeth were pried open by Yuan Rui's warm tongue, and she immediately reveled in this beautiful feeling and responded fiercely to Yuan Rui. After a long time, her lips parted, Sun Qian was shy and didn't dare to look at Yuan Rui, so she covered her face and ran away in a panic.

Early the next morning, Yuan Rui said goodbye to everyone and went on the road alone, all the way to Luoyang, and went straight to the palace to see the emperor without even caring about his own palace. After waiting at the palace gate for a while, a eunuch came out and said, "Your Highness has been waiting for a long time, Your Majesty is invited!" After speaking, he led Yuan Rui into the palace to meet the emperor. This person is Xu Yicheng, the eunuch next to the emperor, and he is also an old acquaintance of Yuan Rui, in fact, he doesn't need him to lead the way, Yuan Rui also knows where the emperor will meet him. The emperor's name was Yuan Yao, and he was only ten days older than Yuan Rui. When the two brothers were children, they often frolicked in a small bamboo forest called Bifeng Forest behind the Taiji Palace, and later Yuan Rui had his own mansion outside the palace, and Bifeng Forest became a secret base for them to meet in private.

Sure enough, after a round of turns, Xu Yicheng took Yuan Rui to Bifeng Forest. As soon as he stepped into the bamboo forest, he saw a wooden sword being thrown head-on, Yuan Rui didn't pay attention for a moment and shrank back in fright, and the wooden sword fell at his feet. When Yuan Rui picked up the wooden sword, the person who threw the sword shouted, "Look at the move!" Dancing with a wooden sword, he attacked Yuan Rui. This person is the Great Wei Emperor Yuan Yao, seeing that Yuan Rui was tired of parrying, he provoked: "The level has dropped slightly, and I can't even catch the sword." ”

Yuan Rui argued: "The imperial brother is attacking, and the younger brother is not ready yet!" ”

Yuan Yao: "When the two countries are fighting, do they have to notify each other in advance before they can send troops?" "There was no hesitation in the sword move in his hand.

Yuan Rui cheered up, held his breath, and only allowed the sword in Yuan Yao's hand in his eyes, and then gradually regained his disadvantage. The two are of the same age, and their strength is also comparable, and you have fought back and forth. Yuan Rui made a move of the spirit snake out of the hole and attacked Yuan Yao's chest, Yuan Yao dodged to the side, and at the same time grabbed the flaw, and slapped a sword to Yuan Rui's waist. Yuan Rui threw away the wooden sword: "It's still the emperor's brother, and the courtier's brother is convinced!" ”

Yuan Yao: "You kid shouldn't deliberately let me, right?" ”

Yuan Rui: "How dare you, I'm afraid that in the future, my brother will never be able to enter this Bifeng Forest to learn martial arts with the imperial brother!" ”

The two looked at each other and laughed together. The two brothers lay comfortably on the grass, looking up at the sky through the sparse bamboo leaves, everything seemed so beautiful, Yuan Rui couldn't even bear to mention what happened to Yingyang, although this was the reason why he was so anxious to meet the emperor.

"You just returned to Luoyang, haven't you heard of it? I'm going to accept it. But it was Yuan Yao who spoke first.

"Oh?" Yuan Rui's expression had already answered for him, and then he said with a straight face: "Then I really want to congratulate the imperial brother." I don't know which lady the queen is from? ”

Yuan Yao's tone was indifferent: "It is still in the process of selection, Qinghe Cui's family, Taiyuan Wang family, Bohai Gao family, and Hongnong Yang family are all possible." ”

Yuan Rui: "Brother Huang doesn't seem to have any expectations for the future queen candidate?" ”

Yuan Yao: "Political marriage, what are the expectations? ”

Yuan Rui quipped: "Isn't the imperial brother worried about choosing an aunt?" "This Aunt He is the maid next to the Queen Mother, and it is said that the Queen Mother has been served by her before entering the palace, and she has never changed it for decades. To say that this He Gu is also at the upper middle level, but an old face is covered with seven or eight scars of different lengths, the longest one from the forehead through the right eye and nose to the chin, the scar color is dark red, very scary. When Yuan Rui was a child, he didn't dare to look up at her, and he didn't know how the Queen Mother had endured it for so many years.

Yuan Yao: "That's impossible! The election of officials still pays attention to the selection of people, let alone after the election. Those crooked melons and cracked dates can't even pass the first level. Don't talk about this, I am glad that the Queen Mother had promised me that once I accept it, I will let me govern in person. Let's ask if there has been an emperor in the past who has not yet accepted the queen at my age, and in the past few years, hundreds of civil and military officials have been neglected for this matter, even the queen mother finally can't stand it. ”

Yuan Rui: "The Queen Mother is the biological mother of the imperial brother, and it is only a matter of time before she returns to the imperial brother." ”

Yuan Yao: "When you want to be an official, just speak, you and my brothers will govern this great Wei Jiangshan together!" Thinking of the imminent display of his strength, Yuan Yao couldn't help but be arrogant.

Yuan Rui said: "The imperial brother knows that his courtiers have always longed for an unrestrained life, and he really doesn't dare to govern the country. However, if someone wants to be detrimental to the emperor's brother, the younger brother will vowed to deal with him to the end even if he is full of liver and brains! ”

Yuan Yao was obviously moved, and held Yuan Rui's hand tightly: "Good brother! ”

Taking advantage of this atmosphere, Yuan Rui finally mentioned the matter of Yingyang: "In fact, the younger brother is anxious to see the imperial brother this time, because he wants to explain something important to the imperial brother. ”

Yuan Yao: "What's the matter?" ”

Yuan Rui: "To put it simply, the younger brother inadvertently learned that the town general Lian Dayong raised troops to rebel in Yingyang Town, and after the younger brother revealed his identity, Lian Dayong actually sent someone to chase and kill the younger brother, and Captain Hanako was seriously injured and had to recuperate halfway. ”

Yuan Yao was taken aback: "There is such a thing!" Why didn't you say it earlier? Go, follow me to see the Queen Mother! After that, he picked up Yuan Rui and left.