Early the next morning, after breakfast, Shen Ling took Lu Sheng to the Nanling Palace. Shen Ling was very silent along the way, Lu Sheng didn't speak, he was almost at the door, Shen Ling couldn't hold it back.

"I said, why are you so calm? Don't you ask the old man what he is looking for you along the way?"

"Is it necessary to ask? You don't know. Lu Sheng gave Shen Ling a look that you are an idiot.

"Why are you ...... Wait, did you guess something?"

"What?" Lu Sheng looked at Shen Ling suspiciously.

"You must have guessed it, didn't you? Otherwise, how could you be wearing such an orthodox official uniform, wearing a jade crown...... You don't usually dress so formally. yes, did you guess?"

"It's the first time I've seen a driver...... Formal ...... that you need to wear."

Lu Sheng's words instantly pierced Shen Ling's remaining illusions, revealing a slightly aggrieved expression, "Isn't it that I don't act like it at all?"

"Did you hide it? Didn't you deliberately hint at all this to me?" Lu Sheng's words stabbed Shen Ling in the chest again.

Entering the palace, in Lu Sheng's perception, there were at least ten masters looking at the corners of the palace. can be called a master by Lu Sheng, it is definitely a master among masters. This level of defense is absolutely different from the empty palace before.

followed Shen Ling around and around, and finally the two stopped at an archway. Shen Ling straightened his expression, gave Lu Sheng a look, and then entered the arch.

In the courtyard, Shen Ruoxu, the king of Nanling, was playing chess with a middle-aged man. You don't have to guess that Lu Sheng also knows that this ordinary man is the master of the Dayu Empire, the most noble man under the sky.

A rage can turn into thunder, and a wave of his hand can ambush the corpse of the emperor Yu Zheng.

Although he participated in the palace examination that year, Lu Sheng met the emperor. But at that time, the emperor was the examiner of the papers, and there was a curtain so Lu Sheng didn't see his face.

"Minister Shen Ling see the emperor!"

"Minister Lu Sheng see the emperor!"

Lu Sheng bowed slightly and clenched his fists, but did not fall to the ground with a snap like in the court scene, and then kowtowed. This kind of thing, Lu Sheng can't do it. Of course, no one in this era would let him do that.

There is a saying among the people that a man has gold under his knees, and he kneels to the sky and his parents. Even a man on the emperor's throne can't make an adult man kneel.

Of course, if you are a prince, you have to kneel, who makes him your father. When ordinary courtiers see it, they just need to bow down.

"Hmm-" Ji Zheng said in a low voice, but he seemed to be caught in a chess game and couldn't extricate himself. He held the sunspot in his hand, but he couldn't fall for a long time.

Ji Zheng stared at the chess game, motionless like a sculpture.

Lu Sheng and Shen Ling also stood patiently and waited, he was the boss, he was the biggest. Lu Sheng comforted himself so much from the bottom of his heart.

"Huh-" Ji Zheng suddenly exhaled a breath of turbidity, stretched out his hand and beckoned, "You two come here, help me see, where should I go next?"

"Your Majesty, you are a foul, we are playing, how can you ask for foreign aid?"

"You and I are not evenly matched. I am the emperor of Dayu, and the people of Dayu help me, but you don't. As long as I invite the people of Dayu, it is not considered foreign aid. ”

"......" Shen Ruoxu looked at Ji Zheng in a daze, and he may have scolded the old rascal in his heart.

"Shen Ling, what do you think I should do next to win your father?"

Shen Ling was about to speak, but the moment he spoke, there was an ominous premonition in his darkness. The corners of his eyes skimmed, and he found a glittering look of essence shining through.

The meaning of the eyes is clear and straightforward. If you dare to talk too much, Lao Tzu will beat you!

There was a chill on his back, and Shen Ling suddenly shivered. A squeezed out a smile on his face, "Your Majesty, your and my father's chess strength is too high, and the minister is trapped in it with just one glance and it is difficult to break free." Now there are no other thoughts in my mind other than shock. ”

Shen Ruoxu's face improved slightly, and Ji Zheng's face showed pity.

"I know I can't count on you, so I'll go away. ”

"Gotcha!" Shen Ling secretly wiped the sweat from his forehead, and he escaped a catastrophe.

The corners of Lu Sheng's mouth twitched slightly, and at the moment of entering the arch, Lu Sheng vaguely heard someone whispering, two stinky chess baskets. I don't know if it's Shen Ling who said this?

Lu Sheng's afterglow swept across the chessboard, and the entire chess game instantly came into mind.

In the midst of this calcium carbide fireworks, Lu Sheng not only knew the entire chess game, but even reversed how this chess game was played to this extent.

Shen Ling's evaluation is still very fair.

Both of them are stinky chess baskets. If it is placed in Lu Sheng's previous life, it is also at the level of the third stage of the juvenile class. It is no exaggeration to say that Lu Sheng has nine ways to crack this chess game.

"Lu Sheng, tell me, where should I go next?"

Lu Sheng ignored Shen Ruoxu's warning, and with a hook of his fingers, a sunspot seemed to be pulled by an invisible hand, and obediently fell to an empty place on the chessboard.

"Huh?" Shen Ling glanced at Lu Sheng in surprise, "Your method of controlling things is similar to the old man's swordsmanship?"

"The prince has an overreputation, but it is just an ordinary art of controlling things, and it is not worth mentioning compared to the hundred-mile flying sword of the Nanling Palace. This exercise is called the Dragon Control Crane Gong. ”

"Capture the dragon and control the crane? Yes, yes, yes, but Lu Sheng, don't you know how to play chess?" said Ji Zheng with a smile and a folding fan.

"Back to the emperor, the minister understands a little. ”

"Aren't you here to be self-defeating? When this son lands, the dragon is gone!"

"Hey, hey, the emperor has no regrets. Shen Ruo proudly took the sunspot on the chessboard.

"The mountains and rivers are exhausted, and there is no way out, and the willows and flowers are bright and another village. This is to be put to death and then to be born. As he spoke, Lu Sheng fell again in the empty space in the distance.

"Good sentence!" Ji Zheng suddenly exclaimed, Lu Sheng's casual two lines of poetry, seemingly simple but carefully savored, but full of impermanence in life, deep philosophy.

"Then the king will see how you have come to death and come back to life. Shen Ruoxu saw Lu Sheng starting a new stove in an irrelevant place in the distance, and hurriedly chased and killed the sunspot who was encircled.

When Shen Ruoxu cleared the sunspot and was about to take advantage of the victory to pursue, the white son who was suddenly hanging in the air had nowhere to fall.

Suddenly, black and white sons actually formed a situation of opposing each other, and there were a few sunspots that had become nails buried in their abdomen, which could not be pulled out, but they were like mangs on their backs.

A good downwind turned out to be a sudden reversal of form in the fall.

"Hahaha...... Okay, good!" Ji Zheng laughed proudly, "I can't play chess, but I have a lot of talent. I can't beat you, someone can save the situation for me. If you want, you'll lose. ”

"Minister...... It's better to be ashamed!" Shen Ruoxu was not ashamed, stroked his chin and put down the chess pieces freely, "It is reasonable to be defeated in the hands of Lu Sheng." Lu Da is a genius who can not be obtained in the world. ”

Shen Ruoxu deliberately accentuated the words that were unavailable in the world, intending to tell Lu Sheng that I already knew that you were not from the world. But Lu Sheng's expression was indifferent, as if he hadn't heard the meaning at all.

"The prince has won the award, and the kid just luckily saw the flaws in this game. ”

"There are so many lucks in the world, and luck requires real skills to rely on. I'm an unsuccessful son, that's a fluke. Over the years, I haven't done much, but the credit has not been less, and it is all stained with your light. ”

This is my father, absolutely.

Shen Ling on the side twitched the corners of his mouth.

"Lu Qing!" Suddenly, Ji Zheng closed the folding fan and called faintly.

"The minister is here!" Lu Sheng immediately bowed in response.

"It's been a year and a half since you came out of the scientific examination, right?"

"One year and seven months. ”

"Yes, it's only been more than a year, but the case you solved and the immortal feats you made were beyond the reach of others in their lifetimes. I've been holding down your reward, but I can't hold it down.

From the beginning of your Suzhou case, to Shanghai's mansion, to Jinling City, to Jiangbei Province, those big and important cases are all major events that can shake the country and shock the government and the opposition.

Without you to stop this, I wouldn't dare to think about what my country would have become.

Speaking from my heart, the officials I have promoted you and the knights I have given you are all lower. However, I can't give a big reward, because I'm afraid that the reward will be heavy, and you won't know how to reward it if you make meritorious deeds in the future. Do you understand?"

"These are the duties of the minister, and the minister is afraid. Lu Sheng replied lightly according to the script.

"You should, I remember that I won't pay my debts. I will depend on you for a lot in the future...... Speaking of which, this country belongs to me, but why is it not yours? The world is alive, supporting the blue sky together, and the thousand-year catastrophe is close at hand, I hope that you and I can work together to overcome this catastrophe. ”

"Your Majesty, the minister has the courage to say that the statement of this thousand-year-old catastrophe is probably false. A drink and a peck have their own cause and effect. The fate of the thousand-year-old dynasty is not in the sky, not on the earth, but in the hearts of the people.

When the people's hearts are scattered, Xiaoxiao thinks that cholera can be born. But if the people's hearts return, the world will be as stable as a rock. What the people care about is nothing more than food, clothing, shelter and transportation. If you can eat and clothe yourself, who would think of rebellion?

Your Majesty, Dayu has been a country for thousands of years, but although there have been natural and man-made disasters in the past thousand years, the people are generally still living and working in peace and contentment. There is no land annexation, and the displacement is rising, and this thousand-year-old catastrophe is afraid that I will scare myself. ”

"Didn't you already see the appearance of the demon?" asked Ji Zheng solemnly looking at Lu Sheng.

"The minister doesn't even know what the demon is, how can he know it? The minister doesn't dare to disbelieve or believe the demon. Is the demon really born of heaven and earth? Or is it the cause of man? All the mysteries can only be concluded when we really touch the core.

The minister did not persuade the emperor to ignore it, but hoped that the emperor would not mess up because of unknowable things. ”

"I remembered your words, but the expansion of Xuantian Mansion was ready to be released. Before, I still had hidden worries, and it was not worth it to change the pattern of the court for a thousand-year catastrophe for some unknown reason.

But the actions of Jinling Xuantian Mansion have allowed me to regain my confidence. The expansion of Xuantianfu is imperative. It is not for the thousand-year catastrophe, but to firmly grasp the hearts of the people, listen to the people's hearts and opinions, and solve problems for the people. ”

"For the people of the world, thank the emperor for his kindness. Lu Sheng patted the ass at the right time.

"There are nineteen states in the world, there must be nineteen Xuantian Mansion general governments, and the nineteen states have different regions, different folk customs, and different predicaments and difficulties.

So I decided to hand over Chuzhou to Lu Qing. ”

"Chuzhou?" Lu Sheng raised his head violently, his eyes flashing with disbelief.

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