It was May 29 when a group of ten people arrived in Chengdu.

After the ceremony, Baili Wuji and his party were arranged to rest in the Welcome Garden, waiting for the palace to meet tomorrow morning.

For the sake of secrecy, the audience was arranged in the side hall, after the court meeting.

It said it was morning, but it was past noon.

Baili Wuji and Xu Shouren had been waiting in the side room for more than an hour.

Finally, a eunuch came to inform that the emperor was ready to summon Baili Wuji.

Let Xu Shouren wait in the side room.

Baili Wuji went with the eunuch to meet him.

From the outer side room of the palace to the side hall of the palace, Baili Wuji walked for more than a quarter of an hour.

The glazed tile heavy eaves roof, the vermilion lacquer door, and the same pedestal, have tied up many kings of the past dynasties. led to the overthrow of the dynasty, the people were displaced, and the world changed to his surname.

Afterwards, Baili Wuji sighed that he had seen the palace of the king of Nanping, and he already felt very luxurious, but now compared with the palace of Shu Kingdom, it is not even a side hall.

After climbing hundreds of steps, I finally came to the door of the side hall.

The eunuch went to report himself, and after a short rest, he heard a eunuch shouting inside: "Xuan Baili has no taboo to see." ”

Baili Wuji straightened his face and strode inside.

As soon as you enter the temple door, the light is slightly dimmed, the hall pillars that are five or six zhang high, double hugging, and the depth of the side hall of more than ten zhang naturally form an invisible pressure, plus more than a dozen pairs of eyes or with hostility or contempt or envy swept over together.

If you are an ordinary person, you are afraid that your feet will already be weak when you come here, and you will lie down with a weak heart.

In fact, it has nothing to do with human courage, only with insight.

No matter how timid a person is, he will naturally not be afraid if he sees too much.

But seeing Baili Wuji snorting slightly, he strode forward with his head held high, and stopped three feet in front of the hall.

On the throne of the golden lacquer carved dragon in the hall, there is the emperor who looks down on the world. The sandalwood lit on the pedestal was smoky.

At this time, the power of vision has been restored, and Baili Wuji can clearly see the person on the dragon chair in the palace, the legendary Queen of Shu.

Meng Chang, twenty-one years old, has a delicate face, slightly fat, and half-squinted eyes reveal a sharp edge unique to the superior, but what Baili Wuji pays attention to is the eye bags that appear after the eyes sink into the wine.

After a slight glance left and right, I really saw a few acquaintances.

Familiar people.

There are former captives An Siqian and Wang Chuhui, as well as former defeated generals Han Jixun, naturally, on the city of Chungju, you can only see the outline of Han Shixun at that time, but this kind of enemy can be identified at a glance.

This kind of person has a smell on his body, and this smell is called "hostility".

Don't wait to think about it, Baili Wuji pushed the gold mountain, poured the jade pillar, bent his knees, and fell to the ground.

He shouted loudly: "Minister, Baili Wuji will meet Your Majesty." ”

Meng Chang was also looking at Baili Wuji carefully, and suddenly saw Baili Wuji kneeling down to greet him, so he said kindly: "Baili Aiqing has worked hard all the way, and he got up to talk." ”

Meng Chang likes Baili Wuji a little.

Or should I say appreciation.

It's a first impression between people.

It can also be said that it feels more likely.

Or rather, Meng Chang felt that Baili Wuji could become his henchman and could be used.

It is also possible that when I saw the youth of Baili Wuji, I felt a sense of pity in my heart.

In a word.

Meng Chang was very satisfied.

Satisfied with the bowing of Baili Wuji.

Renjun naturally likes to conquer the strong.

Watching the strong fall to their knees at their feet is undoubtedly the greatest glory.

Baili Wuji is naturally a strong man.

If those who can capture the land of the three states of Shu in ten days cannot be regarded as strong, there may be no strong people in this world.

Therefore, Meng Chang is kind to Baili Wuji.

"Your Majesty." Baili Wuji got up in response.

He took out the map of Gyeongju from his bosom, held it in both hands, raised it above his head, and said loudly: "The minister brought the land of Gyeongju into Shu and dedicated it to His Majesty." ”

The eunuch on the side stepped forward to take the map and presented it to Meng Chang.

Meng Chang's eyes swept slightly, then put it aside, and said: "Baili Aiqing is loyal, and I have my own reward." ”

At this time, a person on the right side of Baili Wuji stood up and said to Meng Chang: "Your Majesty, the minister has a few questions that I want to ask Baili Wuji, and I hope Your Majesty will give you permission." ”

"Exactly. Baili Aiqing, this is Xu Jiliang, the court's commonplace and subordinate servant, and Tongping Zhangshi. ”

This person turned around and faced Baili Wuji.

A thin face, more than half a hundred years old, with eyes full of energy, like a sharp sword, approaching Baili Wuji.

Baili Wuji said politely: "Zhao Xiang is polite, I don't know what Zhao Xiang asked about something?" ”

Zhao Jiliang took a few steps forward and came to Baili Wuji.

"Baili Wuji, you dare to scorn my majesty?"

"Why did Zhao Xiang say this?"

"You sent troops to attack Shu Kui, Zhong, and Wansanzhou, how many soldiers did you kill me? His Majesty is generous and not very self-conscious, and after the armistice, he sent Han Baozhen to persuade you to surrender, but you refused at that time, why do you take the initiative to surrender now? ”

Baili Wuji chuckled and said: "Zhao Xiangyan is serious, first, a certain person came to Shu to admire His Majesty and surrender to Shu, not to surrender." Second, at that time, the battle with the Shu army was over, and both sides had injuries, how could they say surrender lightly? ”

"Then why are you here now?"

Baili Wuji clearly heard that the descending word in Zhao Jiliang's words had been changed to an additional word.

"Zhao Xiang, you should have heard about the refusal of the Holy Decree of the Jin Kingdom to canonize a certain as the envoy of the Ningjiang Festival, right? A disdain to be a traitor to the thief, this is the reason why he is attached to His Majesty today, although he rejected the holy decree of the Jin State, but he is still under the command of the King of Nanping, and the King of Nanping is attached to the Jin State, and in the final analysis, he is still the minister of the Jin State, so he is not reconciled, and he has been admonished by the King of Nanping several times to change his course, but the king does not listen, and he can only turn to Shu in desperation. ”

Baili Wuji's resistance to the holy decree of the Jin Kingdom is known to the whole world.

Zhao Jiliang couldn't find a flaw in Baili Wuji's answer, groaned slightly, and asked: "Since you are sincere, why do you want to declare whether you listen to the announcement or not?" ”

This sentence is what Meng Chang really wants to ask.

Baili Wuji said in his heart.

Turning his head to Meng Chang, he said: "Your Majesty, the minister wants to tell the truth, and I hope that Your Majesty will forgive a certain vulgar word." ”

"It's okay, Baili Aiqing said it directly."

With permission, Baili Wuji turned his head again and said to Zhao Jiliang: "Zhao Xiang, a certain person is attached to the Shu State, and His Majesty canonizes a certain as the king of Ningjiang, you are willing to do it." A certain intellectually said that you don't trust me, and I actually don't trust you either. This is like a kind of transaction, I exchange the land of Gyeongju for the false title of a king, Shu has no loss, if I break the contract, my reputation will be ruined, if I don't break the contract, Shu will recover the lost land, how glorious is it? I thought that after getting along for a while, His Majesty would find out the loyalty of XX, so I listened to Xuan and didn't listen to the tune, just to let XX and the tens of thousands of tigers under his command have a guarantee, otherwise, if something is wrong, wouldn't XX die without a place to be buried? ”