In the Heart Cultivation Palace, Liu Xuan sat at the desk, looking at Gonggong Zhuang who was standing aside.

"Xiao Zhuangzi, do you know kung fu?" He only learned this secret today, and the guards selected by Gonggong Zhuang to leave the palace did not seem to be ordinary people, and their martial arts foundation was very good.

"Back to the emperor, the slave is a bit of a three-legged cat kung fu, when the emperor was alive, the slave's master Li Gonggong taught some." Xiao Zhuangzi said respectfully, "Gonggong Li was recognized as the first master of Da Nei back then, loyal to the emperor, and the emperor also trusted the master very much, until the death of the emperor, Gonggong Li took the initiative to retire to the mausoleum. ”

"Oh?" He also knows a little about Gonggong Li's reputation, he was inseparable from the emperor back then, he was a big celebrity around the emperor, in charge of all the eunuchs in the palace, and he was also very low-key and friendly, and won the trust of the emperor.

But Liu Xuan also knew that eunuchs also had examples of arbitrariness and dictatorship, and the influence of imperial power also happened from time to time in history, so the provision that eunuchs could not participate in politics came from this.

This Gonggong Li took the initiative to retire after the death of the first emperor, and let his apprentice Xiao Zhuangzi become the chief eunuch, although on the surface it seems to be benevolent and low-key, but in fact, he secretly controls the line of apprentices.

He didn't expect that this Gonggong Li turned out to be a person with profound skills, and after thinking about it, Liu Xuan said, "Take me to the imperial mausoleum tomorrow." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Xiao Zhuangzi was stunned for a moment, bowed and replied.

Early the next morning, I went to the morning court.

Recently, Kyoto's literati have gathered to be bustling, and the ministers are also watching to take the exam, hoping to select useful talents from among them.

After the imperial examination, there is the annual princes coming to the court, and at that time it is the real big event, and the ministers are also preparing to welcome the matter, and the most positive is the prime minister Li De.

Li De is in charge of most of the power of the nine capitals, and the princes outside are most concerned about Li De's power, and they contain each other

After the dispersal of the dynasty, Liu Xuan wore civilian clothes, and under the guidance of Xiao Zhuangzi, drove towards the east of the palace.

The imperial tomb is thirty miles away from the east of the palace, covering an area of 100 miles, and is guarded by heavy troops all the year round, and at noon, the carriage arrives.

When he arrived at the gate of the imperial mausoleum, Liu Xuan got out of the car, and several generals at the gate immediately bowed down and knelt down, shouting long live.

Liu Xuan's eyes turned to the imperial mausoleum, the ancient trees are standing, dense and deep, stride in, here are buried are the royal nobles of the past dynasties, of course, there are also emperors of the previous dynasties, there is a large-scale mausoleum standing in it every few miles.

Continue to walk inside, about half an hour later, through a bamboo forest, a mausoleum full of flowers appears in front of you, and there is a stone tablet in the middle - the tomb of Liu Xuanzhi, Emperor Xuande.

There was a small tiled house in the distance, and at this moment, a figure walked out of it, and when he saw Liu Xuan and Xiao Zhuangzi, his face was shocked, and he hurriedly bowed and trotted over.

"The old slave didn't know that the emperor had arrived, he was sincerely afraid, and he deserved to die!" Running closer, the half-old man was prostrate on the ground in plain clothes, and his voice was slightly hoarse.

He is Gonggong Li beside the emperor.

Liu Xuan glanced at him a few times and said, "Gonggong Li has been waiting for the emperor here, what a crime, get up quickly." ”

"Your Majesty." Gonggong Li said respectfully, slowly got up, and showed a slightly vicissitudes of life.

Although Gonggong Li is over sixty years old, he walks with a steady pace, a vigorous body, and even and powerful breathing.

Following Gonggong Li to the mausoleum, Liu Xuan knelt in front of the tombstone, his expression was a little complicated, and he didn't have much impression of this emperor in his heart, when Liu Xuan was not the prince, he rarely saw the first emperor, until the eldest prince went out to Da Luo and died of injury, and his only male bloodline in the royal family was taken seriously.

But Liu Xuan was not favored by anyone back then, he had no royal prestige, he was as timid as a mouse, and he was not doing his job, he was kind, and the most important thing was that he was afraid of his wife.

With Liu Xuan's personality, before he crossed over, his ambition was extremely simple, he was a peaceful and stable prince, with food and drink, and a few little ladies, he was satisfied, and the world just let him be the eldest brother, so he would not care about those so-called national affairs.

Fortunately, he is a small prince, if there are more princes, with his incompetence, he may not be able to turn to be the crown prince of the sixth prince in his life.

After the death of the first emperor, Liu Xuan was forced to ascend to the throne.

The family is managed by the hot queen, and the prime minister Li De is in power, and there are princes secretly coveted outside, and there are four countries around.

Now he is almost a fire, if he has no one left, he may let the princes of the Nine Shadows rise up in the next moment, divide the world, and annex the four columns.

Now that he is no longer the incompetent little prince he used to be, looking at the tombstone in front of him, his expression is complicated, since he has taken possession of your son's body, he will inevitably do something to make your old man shine.

After kowtowing three times in a row, Liu Xuan stood up, and Gonggong Li hurriedly greeted him and said, "The emperor is so sincere, the emperor has a spirit in the sky, and he will definitely protect the prosperity of Jiuyou." ”

Liu Xuan smiled lightly and said, "Gonggong Li is a celebrity around the emperor, and I came here to pay tribute to the emperor, but also to see Gonggong Li." ”

"The emperor can torture the old slave, how can the old slave He De make the emperor so worried." Gonggong Li's face was stunned, and he hurriedly said.

"Now that the civil strife in the Nine Shadows is imminent, the princes are rising, and the four kingdoms are disturbing, every time I think about this, I am very worried, my emperor is just a showman." Liu Xuan smiled noncommittally.

"The emperor can't say that, with all due respect, the whole world is not the king's land, even if the princes have the heart of rebellion, it is still the emperor's world, the emperor's people, how can it be a show." Gonggong Li replied respectfully, "If the emperor doesn't dislike it, if you can use the place of the old slave, the old slave will definitely die." ”

"Gonggong Li has not asked about the world since the death of the first emperor, and he is in a neutral posture, and now I am the only person I feel can be trusted, and Gonggong Li is one of them." Liu Xuan said directly without going around the corner.

"To get such praise from the emperor, it's not a pity for the old slave to die." A hint of haze flashed in Gonggong Li's cloudy eyes, he bent over, and his voice trembled a little, "But the old slave has served the emperor for many years, and he does not have the slightest power in the court, so I am afraid that he will not meet the emperor's expectations." ”

Liu Xuan fixed his gaze and said, "I don't know how many kung fu Gong Li could rank in back then?" ”

As soon as he heard this, Gonggong Li was stunned, he didn't know what Liu Xuan meant by this, he hesitated for a moment, and then replied, "The old slave's kung fu is now less than one-tenth of what it was back then. ”

Wu Anping, now in his forties, didn't expect to be able to compete with Li Gonggong, the number one master in Ouchi, it was really not simple.

After a moment of silence, Liu Xuan said, "So, I wonder if Gonggong Li can train a group of killers like you did back then?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Gonggong Li and Xiao Zhuangzi were shocked