Chu Huan followed Gonggong Shui out of the Hall of Light, turned to the side hall, changed into his clothes, and before he left the palace, a little eunuch brought ten gold ingots, which were a hundred taels of gold from His Majesty the Emperor, and the eunuch said: "The hundred horses of silk rewarded by the Holy God will be sent to the Ximen Department when I turn around." ”

Chu Huan accepted it, waited for the eunuch to leave, and saw the father-in-law next to him, took two gold ingots, and there were twenty taels, stuffed them into the hand of the father-in-law, and said with a smile: "I am tired of my father-in-law today, and it is not a respect, please smile." ”

This Shui Gonggong is a general manager around the emperor, although his status is low, but after all, he is a person next to the emperor, it is difficult for him to say good things, but if he talks a few words of nonsense around the emperor, it is very easy, and he takes out two ingots of gold, even if he will not say good things for himself, but he will definitely not say bad things about himself.

Father-in-law Shui was expressionless from beginning to end, but at this time, two ingots of gold were stuffed over, and a smile suddenly appeared on his face, and he excused himself: "No, this is given to you by the Holy Father, how can our family ......!" ”

Chu Huan didn't wait for him to finish, and said with a smile: "Given by the Holy Heaven, it is mine." My father-in-law worked hard for Chu Huan today, and this meant that I just let my father-in-law drink two cups of tea. ”

Grandpa Shui smiled and said, "So, then...... Then our family can only accept it with a cheeky face. Happily, he had a gold ingot, his eyes were full of "his son can be taught", and he said softly: "Chu Huan, do you know why the Holy Lord specially summoned you to the palace?" ”

Chu Huan said: "I don't know. ”

"The Holy Monk cultivates longevity, and there are many state affairs, even if someone makes meritorious contributions, it is rare for the Holy Lord to personally summon and reward him." Gonggong Shui beckoned, motioned for Chu Huan to follow him out of the palace, and said softly as he walked: "Although you have made great achievements, after all, you are only a martial guard, and it stands to reason that the Holy Lord will never summon you." ”

Chu Huan hurriedly said: "What my father-in-law said is that the Holy Lord Longen, Chu Huan is still excited at this time. ”

Father-in-law Shui said with a smile: "Actually, in addition to the saint, you also have to thank His Royal Highness King Qi." When the king of Qi came back from Yunshan Mansion, he immediately asked to see the saint, and in front of the saint, he praised you very much, perhaps it is for this reason that the saint will personally summon you. ”

Chu Huan actually understood this a long time ago, it stands to reason that he is a little Wu Jingwei, even if he really makes a miraculous achievement, the emperor is nothing more than a will to reward him, he doesn't need to be summoned to the palace for an audience, he can enter the palace for a meeting, it seems that the king of Qi is indeed a great praise for himself in front of the emperor, perhaps it is for this reason that the emperor also has a trace of interest in himself, so he is summoned into the palace.

Entering the palace today, the gold and silk were rewarded, but the official position was not lowered, five days later, it was to be assessed in the imperial garden, and Chu Huan didn't know what kind of assessment would be carried out at that time.

The two of them walked one after the other to the outside of the palace, and Chu Huan asked softly: "Father-in-law, the King of Qi has recreated Chu Huan's kindness, but I don't know if I can go to meet the King of Qi and thank you?" ”

Grandpa Shui shook his head and said, "I'm afraid I can't." When the king of Qi came back from Xishan, the queen learned that the king of Qi was almost assassinated, and she was worried and angry, and she had been grounded in the king of Qi. Seeing Chu Huan's slight disappointment, he said softly: "Don't worry, King Qi's grounding will be lifted in a few days, King Qi is so important to you, he will definitely summon you at that time." ”

Chu Huan said: "Thank you father-in-law." ”

Father-in-law Shui took two ingots of gold, and always felt that he had to do something, and said in a low voice: "Chu Huan, our family has a saying, I don't know whether to say it or not!" ”

Chu Huan hurriedly said: "Father-in-law, please speak, Chu Huan listens!" ”

Father-in-law Shui looked around, and then lowered his voice and said: "Today, the Holy Lord wants to give you an official, Zhou Nayan proposed an assessment, and the Holy Lord should approve it, this matter is related to your future, and it is also about the face of the Holy One." ”

"What does my father-in-law mean?"

"The Holy One seems to appreciate you very much." Shui Gong said fairly: "Since the saint should be allowed to pass the assessment, that is, I feel that you can pass the assessment, five days later, if you pass successfully, it will increase the face of the saint, the saint is happy, and will definitely give you a big official, and your future will be bright, but once you can't pass the two martial arts tests, then it will be a big disaster." ”

"Catastrophe is coming?" Chu Huan frowned.

Father-in-law Shui said slowly: "If you are defeated, if you live up to the weight of the saint and lose the face of the saint, the consequences will ...... Weigh it yourself! ”

Chu Huan knew that this Father-in-law Shui was the person beside the emperor, and he knew the emperor's thoughts more or less clearly, he didn't think of this layer just now, but at this moment, Father-in-law Shui made Chu Huan understand that the assessment after five days was not only about his future, but also about the emperor's face.

When he was in the Hall of Light, although Lin Yunfang agreed with the emperor to make him an official, and even argued with Zhou Ting, Chu Huan did not have a good impression of Zhou Ting.

He knew very well that the purpose of Lin Yunfang's argument was of course not because he really wanted to promote him Chu Huan, Lin Yunfang was just echoing the emperor and patting the emperor's horses.

On the contrary, it was Zhou Ting, although he advised the emperor not to rashly seal the official, Chu Huan had a little appreciation for Zhou Ting, and was able to raise objections when the emperor was in high spirits, but Zhou Ting's courage was not small, although the words of opposition were not very intense, but they were quite ingenious, and Zhou Ting also knew that he could not provoke the emperor, and he could admonish him, but he had to master the method, otherwise he would be careless and the consequences would be unimaginable.

Father-in-law Shui's reminder made Chu Huan feel the pressure on his body suddenly increase.

Out of the imperial city, riding back to the Ximen Office, Chu Huan was thinking about the Xiliang people asking for peace, and the Xiliang people suddenly proposed peace, in fact, this is also what Chu Huan never expected.

When he first heard the news in the Guangming Palace, for a moment, Chu Huan, like Zhou Ting, felt that this was not a trick of the Xiliang people, but soon he remembered the analysis that Pei Ji had done with himself at the beginning.

Pei Ji said at the time that the delay in the entry of the Western Liang people was either due to a lack of food, or changes in the Western Liang country, and Pei Ji estimated that it would not take long for the Western Liang people to retreat.

Today's events seem to have fulfilled Pei Ji's words, and the Xiliang people took the initiative to propose peace, which means that they do have internal problems and cannot continue to fight with Daqin.

When I returned to the West Gate Office, the world had already darkened, and there was still some distance from the West Gate Office, so I saw a Wu Jingwei standing outside the door waiting for something, and when he saw Chu Huan coming back, the person was already happy, and turned back to the door and shouted: "Chu Huan is back, back is back!" ”

Soon, more than a dozen people came out of the door, all of them were overjoyed, Chu Huan arrived at the door, someone had already come up to hold the reins of the horse, Wang Fu came up from the crowd, and said with a smile: "Chu Huan, no, no, no, no, ......no, it should be Lord Chu, hahaha, the brothers have been waiting for you." Someone next to him helped Chu Huan get off the horse, someone led the horse down, and the others surrounded Chu Huan and entered the door, all of them looking very affectionate.

"Lord Chu, what kind of official did the imperial court reward?" Someone next to him smiled and asked, "What should you call in the future?" ”

Someone else shouted: "Lord Chu, you walked out from the Ximen Administration, here are all your brothers, if you are developed, don't forget these poor brothers!" ”

"Nonsense, where is Lord Chu like that?" One person said angrily: "Although I have not been with Lord Chu for a long time, everyone should also see that Lord Chu is a good man who takes the lead in righteousness." ”

There was a person next to him, but it was Sun Jingyi, who had gone through life and death with Chu Huan, Sun Jingyi was kicked unconscious that night, but he was not seriously injured, and after recuperating in the past few days, he also recovered, and asked with a smile: "Chu Huan, let's say, you can see the saint?" What kind of official did he do? ”

Chu Huan looked very excited when he saw everyone's eyebrows fluttering, smiled, and said, "Actually...... I really saw the Holy One! ”

Everyone suddenly laughed even brighter.

The emperor is the supreme of the Ninety-Five, in addition to the princes and nobles and important ministers of the court, there are a few people in the whole world who can see His Majesty the Emperor, His Majesty the Emperor sits in the world, and throws out an official at random, which is all scared to death.

Since Chu Huan had seen His Majesty the Emperor, he had naturally been given an official position.

Everyone looked at Chu Huan expectantly, and some were even ready to kneel, as long as Chu Huan said what he had done, he would immediately kneel down to pay homage, and everyone wanted to make a good impression on Chu Huan.

After all, it is already rare for the emperor to summon him, and it is even more rare to reward him in person, after Chu Huan was summoned into the palace, the Wu Jingwei of the Ximen Department had already determined that Chu Huan would definitely come back with a big official hat.

Chu Huan looked at those expectant eyes, shook his head helplessly, and said, "But there is no official in the saint!" ”

There was silence all around.

Some people thought they had heard it wrong, and couldn't help but ask the people around them: "What did Chu Huan say?" What officials have been sealed? ”

The person next to him shook his head, not knowing whether he was disappointed or he didn't hear clearly.

Sun Jingyi finally couldn't help but ask, "You mean, the Holy Lord summoned you, and there was no ...... No rewards? ”

Chu Huan thought for a while and said, "I didn't seal the official, but I rewarded some things." ”

At this time, many people in Wu Jingwei were disappointed, in fact, these people were really looking forward to Chu Huan being able to get an official and a half position in the court, in the Ximen Department, to put it bluntly, they were all people who were relatively downtrodden in Wu Jingwei, and there was no backing behind them, and the chances of getting ahead were very small, I wanted to have a relationship with Chu Huan, Chu Huan was really going to develop, and everyone could get a little light, who knew that Chu Huan came back from the palace, but he didn't even mix up an official and a half position.

Chu Huan has no reward, everyone is not really interested in what to reward, after all, no matter how many rewards, they will not think that Chu Huan will distribute the rewards to everyone, there are already more realistic people who shake their heads and walk away, and then several people are disappointed and sigh, and disperse, that look, it seems that they have not been promoted.

There were still thirteen or fourteen people around just now, and in the blink of an eye, there were only four or five people left.

Wang Fu patted Chu Huan on the shoulder and comforted: "Chu Huan, there is no official this time, don't be disappointed, with your ability, there will still be a great opportunity in the future." I've prepared some food and drinks, so let's eat something first. ”

The rest of the others also said a few words of comfort.

Chu Huan looked at these people and said with a smile: "Brother Wang, do you still have to patrol at night?" ”

Wang Fu said: "The evening's work has been arranged." ”

"That's good." Chu Huan said: "The saint has some rewards, if you are willing, let's find a place to have a few drinks, I don't know what you think?" ”

Sun Jingyi was the first to say, "Okay, let's go out for a drink." Get drunk and relieve a thousand sorrows, Chu Huan, don't be disappointed, after a few glasses of wine, all the unhappiness will disappear. ”

Wang Fu also smiled and said: "Chu Huan has a treat, then dare to be kind, everyone will follow this time, and they will definitely eat poor Chu Huan!" ”

Sun Jingyi hurriedly said, "Where are we going to eat?" ”

A Wu Jingwei replied shyly: "Otherwise...... Let's go to Fengyun Fang? ”

Suddenly, everyone showed an ambiguous color, and Chu Huan was also happy, and said, "Let's go, let's go to Fengyunfang!" He didn't know where it was.