The Lu brothers followed the two soldiers onto Jang Xuan's ship, and they all looked a little nervous, they knew that this was the moment to decide their fate. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the past two days, they have also felt the hatred of the Sui soldiers towards their brothers, this feeling makes them very uncomfortable, they can not care about the hostility of the soldiers, but they can't help but worry about Zhang Xuan's attitude, if Zhang Xuan abandons them like a broken track, then what should they do?

However, they have no choice, in Lu Fei's words, stretching out their heads and shrinking their heads is also a knife, it is better to know earlier, and they will have a knot in their hearts.

After a while, they came to Zhang Xuan's cabin, and the soldiers signaled them to wait outside and go in to report. ”

The two glanced at each other and walked into the cabin together, in the cabin Zhang Xuan was sitting at the table to review the papers, and there were two civil officials next to them who were sorting out the various papers that were piled up like a hill, and the two brothers glanced at each other, and knelt down on one knee together, "See the handsome for your humble duties!" ”

"Thank you two generals for your hard work, please take a seat!"

Zhang Xuan smiled and pointed to the seat next to him with a pen, "Wait for me for a while, and it will be right away." ”

Zhang Xuan's kind attitude made the two of them feel a little at ease, at this time, two personal soldiers came in to serve tea, and after a while, Zhang Xuan finished the manuscript in front of him, and handed it to the two civil officials together with a dozen batches of the notebook beside him, and instructed them to send someone to Zhongdu immediately.

The two civil officials bowed and retreated, and Zhang Xuan put down his pen and said with a smile: "Let the two of you wait for a long time." ”

The two brothers hurriedly bowed, "Don't dare to be humble!" ”

Zhang Xuan groaned and said: "This time to exterminate Lin Shihong's army, the two generals have made great contributions, according to my previous promise, I officially named the two generals as county marquis, each rewarded with five hundred taels of gold, and one hundred hectares of land." ”

The two brothers were overjoyed, knelt down together to thank him, Zhang Xuan smiled and said: "The title can be passed on to the children and grandchildren, and it can be regarded as a big tree planted by the two generals for the descendants of the shadow, and I will award the two generals with the military position." ”

The Lu brothers were really moved in their hearts, King Qi was not prejudiced because of what they had done before, and they were rewarded with the same number of knighthoods and officials, this is the person who really does great things.

At this time, Zhang Xuan asked again: "I heard that the two generals and other colleagues don't get along well, is there such a thing?" ”

Lu Ping sighed and said: "It was some of our actions that caused everyone to misunderstand, and we can understand everyone's feelings, and we don't want to defend ourselves." ”

Zhang Xuan nodded, "I have also explained to everyone, you are the undercover agents I sent, everything you do is for the benefit of the Sui army, if Lin Shihong's death requires you to take responsibility, then who will the thousands of innocent people who were killed by Lin Shihong go to denounce morality?" His murder by his son was entirely his own retribution, a condemnation from heaven, and had nothing to do with you! ”

The Lu brothers all knelt down with tears streaming down their faces, choked up and said: "We can't repay Your Highness's kindness, please accept our worship!" ”

The two brothers bowed respectfully, Zhang Xuan waved his hand and said: "No need to be polite, I have considered your specific positions, I decided to let General Lu Fei join the fifth guard of the Sui army, that is, to follow General Li Jing, at present, his army is resting in Min County, Jian'an County, I am about to send a fleet to transport supplies, you also go with the fleet!" ”

Lu Fei hurriedly bowed, "Obey the order!" ”

"You go to Jia Sima first, and he will arrange the specific transportation, and then I will talk to General Lu Ping."

Lu Fei knew that his brother had another appointment, so he got up and saluted and retreated first.

At this time, Fang Xuanling also hurried over, Lu Ping hurriedly got up and saluted the military advisor, Fang Xuanling smiled: "We will have a lot of time to deal with each other in the future, so you don't have to be polite." ”

Lu Ping was puzzled, what did Fang Junshi mean by this, could he not let himself be reappointed to a civilian position?

Zhang Xuan smiled at Lu Ping and said, "Master Fang is also in charge of our intelligence bureau in Northern Sui, which is a very mysterious yamen, everyone knows that it exists, but they don't know where it is?" ”

"What does the marshal mean, let the lowly enter the Intelligence Bureau?"

Jang Hyun nodded, "I think this is more suitable for using your talents." ”

Zhang Xuan said lightly: "Of course, you can choose for yourself, if you don't want to enter the intelligence agency, I can also arrange you into the army like your brother." ”

As soon as Zhang Xuan's words fell, Lu Ping immediately said: "Of course, I am willing to enter the Intelligence Bureau, and I am willing to accept all the arrangements of His Highness!" ”

Lu Ping knew in his heart that if he entered the army, he would not have a good time in the future, and he could only mix mediocre until the end of the war, and when he entered the intelligence department, he would have nothing to do with the army, and he would start his new life, which was actually the promotion and reuse of King Qi deliberately for himself.

Zhang Xuan was very satisfied with his attitude, and said with a smile: "Chang'an's intelligence agency is currently operating very well, but Luoyang's intelligence agency is still relatively weak, which makes me not very satisfied, so I decided to let you be the Marquis of Luoyang, General Lu, you have a heavy responsibility!" ”

Lu Ping said without hesitation: "I will definitely do my best to collect information for His Highness." ”

At this time, Fang Xuanling said slowly: "You must also know that this time the Tang army and Wang Shichong reached a secret agreement to betray Xiangyang to the Tang army, so that the Tang army raided Xiangyang successfully, and then occupied the entire northern part of Jingzhou, and more importantly, seized the Jiangxia mining area, which made us very passive."

Although this is Wang Shichong betrayed us, but the untimely intelligence also made us not know about the Xiangyang civil uprising, the Luoyang Intelligence Agency has a great responsibility, His Royal Highness has deposed Luoyang Hou Zheng, and now you are in charge of the Luoyang Intelligence Agency, I want to know, where do you plan to start? ”

"This.... Humiliation has not yet been considered. ”

Lu Ping's frankness satisfied Fang Xuanling, he nodded and smiled: "I'll show you a direction, you might as well start with Wang Shiyun." ”

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Lu Ping followed Fang Xuanling to retreat, and at this time, Lu Han, who joined the army, walked into the cabin with dozens of scrolls, "This is a batch of scrolls just sent by the Du Army, all of which are waiting for His Highness to approve them." ”

Zhang Xuan frowned, "It seems that I won't be allowed to sleep at night." ”

At this time, Zhang Xuan remembered something again, and said to Lu Han: "You put down the scroll first, I have something to say to you." ”

Lu Han put down the scroll and stood with his hands down, he is currently engaged in Du Ruhui, responsible for sorting out the documents for Zhang Xuan, Zhang Xuan smiled and said: "You performed very well in the army, Du joined the army and admired you very much, did you decide to do this?" ”

Lu Han didn't understand what Zhang Xuan meant, and hesitated and said, "It's very comfortable to do a good job here. ”

Zhang Xuan nodded, "I can understand, but a person's pursuit is not just for the sake of doing things comfortably, on the contrary, predicament can hone the will more, and you should have higher goals." ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Xuan took out a letter, "This is a letter written to me by your aunt, and she wants you to return to the capital to participate in the imperial examination." ”

Lu Han's aunt is none other than Princess Qi Lu Qing, Lu Han didn't speak for a while, and Zhang Xuan continued: "Your aunt said that you were originally the second place in the imperial examination last year and had a good foundation, if you give up the imperial examination like this, it will be a pity, and it will become a regret for your life." ”

"If His Highness wants to participate in the lowly position, the lowly position will definitely obey the order!"

Zhang Xuan smiled gently: "You still don't understand what I mean, this is your own life, you should decide for yourself, but I can give you a reminder, in the imperial court, the five-grade official is a threshold, whether you can cross this threshold, first of all, it depends on the fame, those who have merit can be ranked, and they will naturally go up after a certain number of years."

But if there is no fame, then you can only look at special contributions, such as Fang Junshi, Du joined the army, they are special contributions, and can even do Xiangguo, if there is no fame and special contributions, then it is difficult to cross the threshold of five products, and the people who came with you are still officials, and you have been promoted to join the army, have you thought about the reason for this? ”

Lu Han's face was swollen and red, of course he understood, because he was a child of the Lu family and his aunt was a princess, so he was specially promoted, and he immediately understood Zhang Xuan's hint that his preferential treatment could not be continued forever.

Lu Han said ashamedly: "I decided to participate in the imperial examination!" ”

Zhang Xuan smiled slightly: "There is still a month before the imperial examination, from now on, you will seize all the time to study, if you don't have a book, you can go to Huancheng County to find Lin Zhengtai to borrow it temporarily, it just so happens that a group of scholars here are also going to Zhongdu to participate in the imperial examination, Jia Sima arranged a boat to send them to Beijing, you can go to Zhongdu with them!" ”

"Obey the order!"

Zhang Xuan smiled and patted him on the shoulder, "It doesn't matter if you don't pass the test, just come back and continue to do it." ”

"Thank you, Your Highness, for taking care of you."

"Go ahead! I'm going to start a big job. ”

Zhang Xuan looked at the piled up several baskets of scrolls, and couldn't help but feel a big head, I don't know how many accumulated documents are waiting for him when he returns to Zhongdu. (To be continued.) )