The palace is located in the south of the Jialing River, and the sound of the murmuring river and the sound of the fisherman collecting the net can still be heard in the palace. Standing on the watchtower in the north of the city, Jiameng City is surrounded by mountains on all sides, facing the river and back cliffs, what a dangerous place!

Jiameng City is hidden in the vastness, it is difficult for non-Shu people to find, no wonder King Qin Huiwen does not dare to attack at will, this wayfinding alone can make his head dizzy!

"Hehe, Lao Tzu is so big, he has never been to the palace!"

The invincible look of Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden, touching the light red wall for a while, and looking at the soldiers standing on the side for a while, I felt extremely strange.

Several other people also looked like they had never seen the world, touching here and looking there, only immeasurably did not forget to pat the horses: "The boss is powerful, it won't take long to worship as the secretary, hehe!" There will be many good days in the future! ”

"That's it, the boss is mighty!"

"Shhhh

"Yes, yes, Shangqing, Lord Shangqing!"

The soldiers guarding the palace on the side looked at a few hillbillies shouting, they couldn't see it, and shouted: "In the palace, no noise!" ”

How do you know that the brothers have changed their previous flattering appearance, especially Wuliang, who was buried miserably by the soldiers at the door before, this time they stared directly at the soldier and said coldly: "Who are you?" This is the current Shangqing, and he dares to shout! Is it because it doesn't last long enough? ”

Boundless said: "That's it! Apologize to me and spare you from dying! ”

The soldier glanced at them and sighed lightly, is this Tho country going to end? Any splash can drill into the palace!

"You two get the hell out of here!"

Zhaoyun shouted angrily, which directly overshadowed the arrogant laughter of the boundless two, and the two of them were suffocated by laughter, so they had to walk back in a gloomy manner. The soldier sneered, after all, they were just two loyal dogs!

As soon as the two of them came back, Zhaoyun scolded: "You two don't make trouble outside for me!" We entered the palace for a serious matter, not for you to come to the fox and fake the tiger! And Hou Hou has not worshiped me as a secretary yet, so I don't show up outside! ”

"Do you understand?" Wushuang followed behind and shouted.

"Promise......" The two of them reluctantly agreed.

Wu Jia, who led the way in front, looked at these people speechlessly, Zhaoyun was fine, but these few were ...... How did they get involved with Zhaoyun?

I hope you don't miss a big deal!

"Childe, please, Hou Hou has been waiting for a long time!"

Wu Jia was wearing a strong suit, quite energetic, and he was even more smiling in the face of Zhaoyun, without the slightest appearance of the previous ferocity. He is Du Cheng's loyal guard, no matter what political affairs, as long as he is a person that Du Cheng respects, he also respects.

"There's General Law."

Zhaoyun returned the salute and was about to step into the bland room in front of him, but was suddenly stopped. Zhaoyun was puzzled, and it wasn't until Wu Jia pointed to the saber at his waist that he suddenly realized, and then he unloaded the saber and drove straight in.

The invincible few people behind him followed proudly, but Wu Jia didn't give face at all, pushed back the four of them, and shouted: "This is the important place in the palace, how can you four go in casually?" ”

Boundless puffed up and scolded: "Hey! Don't think you're ...... Don't think it's great to have a knife on your body, our boss goes in, why can't we go in? ”

"Hou Hou is about to worship him as Shangqing!" Wu Jia looked at the boundless with cold eyes, "Before that, except for Hou Hou's personal guards, no trespassing!" ”

Wubian was not convinced, and wanted to argue, but fortunately, Wushu realized the seriousness of the matter, and quickly lost his smile, pulled his ignorant brother down, and scolded in a low voice: "Don't mess around, if you embarrass the boss, you and I will not escape death!" ”

The four brothers stopped at this moment, standing outside the door and quietly waiting for Zhaoyun to come out.

……

However, it is said that Zhaoyun strode forward all the way, passing through a slender corridor, and a huge palace stood in front of him; The red bricks and black tiles of the palace are not as domineering as the Shu Palace, but they are unique and elegant. Led by the maid, Zhaoyun slowly walked towards the palace gate.

"Great Marquis, since the founding of the first marquis, my country has never had a throne on the grounds of subordination! Now the Marquis of Tho is going to set up another secretary, if the Shu capital knows, he will definitely crusade against the marquis on the charge of treason! ”

As soon as I entered the door, I heard an old voice speak bluntly; It was an old man of about sixty years old, with dry and untidy hair, dry as dead wood, trembling and holding a bamboo slip, as if he had written a recital book all night last night.

The slightly younger middle-aged man next to the old man said kindly: "What the old military marquis said is only one of them, the marquis wants to worship a stranger as the secretary, just because he only says a few words, which is too hasty; I'm afraid the people will not accept it! ”

His Royal Highness and four or five people bowed together: "Please think twice!" ”

Du Cheng sat in the middle, as if he was thinking about their advice, but in fact, he didn't listen to a word. Suddenly, his eyes lit up, and he shouted outside the main gate: "When did Zhao Aiqing come, why didn't you report it?" Please come in! ”

As soon as Du Cheng drank this, everyone looked towards the door and couldn't help but be surprised-this...... I only heard that Du Cheng wanted to take a stranger as his secretary, but I had never heard of such a young child!

Under everyone's hot eyes, Zhaoyun walked into the hall sluggishly. He was indeed very nervous, and the first time he entered such a place, he was watched by a group of old ministers, and his gaze was obviously about to kill himself, as if he was a traitor who had misled the country and the people.

"This kid...... Is it the Shangqing that the Marquis wants to worship? ”

“…… It's unlikely, among the courtiers of the Manchu Dynasty, Gong Lao is the oldest qualified, he has been an official for 40 years, and he has made outstanding achievements! Even he couldn't be made an exception by the marquis, how could he get a little child? ”

"It can't be a slanderer, right?"

Everyone has their own arguments, but in any case, they don't believe that a teenage doll can worship as a secretary, if this is known to the outside, they can't laugh out loud and say that there is no one in my country?

"Meet the Marquis!"

Zhaoyun bowed in a proper manner, but because he was not a eunuch, he didn't have to be too respectful. Du Cheng stood up with a smile and said, "Zhao Aiqing, please get up quickly, come here, sit down!" ”

After a while, a little eunuch came up with a cushion, and these old ministers behind him began to mumble again, saying that he was so old that he didn't see the favor of the marquis, why did this little boy sit as soon as he came up?

Zhaoyun listened harshly, and arched his hand: "The marquis, the ministers are all old ministers of the Tho country, and they are still uneasy when they see the marquis, how can the villain sit steadily?" ”

As soon as this sentence came out, neither side was offended; If it is said that the ministers are still standing, and Du Cheng only gives himself a position, isn't that blaming Du Cheng in disguise?

"It's acquaintance."

"The number of rituals is complete, but I don't know if there are real materials."

The ministers began to nod, but they only nodded to Zhaoyun Li, but did not recognize his strength.

Du Cheng chuckled, dismissed the little eunuch, and said indifferently: "Okay, inviting Zhao Aiqing to come today is to worship the secretary in front of all the ministers!" ”

As soon as the words fell, someone knelt down again: "Dahou, don't do it!" ”

"If the marquis worships this person as the secretary, the sky laughs at me and there is no one in the country!"

"If you let that old guy know about Tho Fu, I'm afraid that in January, the generals of the Shu army will come to my Jiameng City!"

"Dahou thinks twice!"

Du Cheng's smile gradually converged, sat down slowly, quietly looked at the ministers kneeling on the ground, and shook his head in annoyance, why don't these so-called ministers of the humerus understand what they mean?

If you don't worship this person as the secretary, I am afraid that if you go to the Qin State, you will not be looked down upon!

However, the ministers worshipped, only the old man in the sixtieth armor did not kneel for a long time, as if he was hesitating, Du Cheng saw this, as if he had been saved, and hurriedly asked: "Old Gong, do you have anything to say?" ”

Gong Lao's original name was Gong Panlong, and he was the head of the Panlong tribe outside Jiameng City. I saw him trembling and holding up the bamboo slip, and asked in a deep voice: "The old man dared to ask the marquis, and the king ignored the advice of the ministers and insisted on appointing this son as the secretary...... For the country? For selfishness? ”

Du Cheng was silent, as if he was pondering, and after a while, he raised his hand and asked, "What does Old Gong think?" ”

Gong Panlong shook his head: "The old man watched the marquis grow up, and he knew that the marquis was not a person who acted willfully, and he also knew the ambition of the marquis. At the beginning, the old man was afraid that the marquis would be bewitched, so he admonished; But now you can see this...... I'm guessing the Marquis's intentions. ”

Zhaoyun looked at the old man with a pleasing eye, and asked with a smile: "What did the old gentleman guess?" ”

Gong Panlong shook his head: "I'm old, my brain is not bright, and I can't think of it...... The old man thinks that this palace may not be suitable for me......"

Du Cheng's smile stopped abruptly, and before the ministers could react, he shouted: "What does Gong Lao mean by this? ”

"Old body...... He resigned and returned to his hometown, and in the future, he studied the number of techniques behind closed doors, and no longer paid attention to the affairs of the court! ”

Du Cheng's body trembled, he thought that there was finally someone who understood him, but he didn't expect that this was a desire to escape! actually used resignation as a threat to force himself to give up this decision!

But will he just stop there?

He had been thinking about Zhaoyun's plan for a long time, and now there was no other plan! How could he let go of this opportunity?

The trembling corners of his lips curled slightly, as if he was laughing, but the smile was poignant, more like anger!

Du Cheng waved his hand, his sleeves danced in a brilliant arc in the air, and he said coldly: "I have made up my mind, Gong Laoxiu wants to use this to threaten!" If Gong Lao really has the intention of resigning, I will definitely settle the old man well, so as to protect Gong Lao's heart for the country for 40 years! ”

Seeing that such a threat still couldn't change Du Cheng's determination, Gong Panlong was indignant in his heart, and finally bowed respectfully, as if bidding farewell to the stage of forty years of struggle.

"Alas! Lao Chen...... Retirement. ”

He brushed his sleeves away, leaving no cloud behind. Maybe he's just angry, but maybe he's really tired; He didn't care about the so-called Shangqing's name, he just felt that after worshipping this Shangqing, the country of Tho was not far from death!

"Gong Lao, Gong Lao!"

As soon as Gong Panlong lifted his front foot out of the palace gate, the minister behind him hurriedly shouted, but he didn't see him turn around. Now these courtiers have no idea at all, Gong Panlong is the pillar of a country, if he chooses to give in, what can the rest of these people do?

“…… As soon as Gong Lao leaves, who else can stop Dahou? ”

"Alas! I just hope that the Marquis really has an idea! ”

Zhaoyun kept looking at the direction of Gong Panlong's departure, for some reason, he felt that the back was familiar, but he couldn't remember why it was familiar......

"Everyone's Aiqing...... Do you still have objections? ”

Du Cheng snorted in a muffled voice, he was extremely angry at Gong Panlong's coercion! It can be hindered by bad feelings. The minister saw that his marquis's words were no longer peaceful, so how could he dare to humiliate himself? I could only bow down reluctantly, and respond in unison-

"Ministers...... Granted! ”