Replaced the city guards that originally belonged to Jingzhao Mansion, guarding the gate of this city, and the people who did this kind of inaccessible inspection work quietly became the most famous in Da Liang, but the most mysterious, the most hidden, and even until the end of this southland melee, it was not enabled to the guard, it seems that the imperial court now attaches great importance to the security of the capital, since this is the case, then they can't rely on their own power to break in, not to mention that Liangguo has always been regardless of the identity of these second ancestors, just say that whoever dares to make trouble at this time, it will hit the knife edge, and no one knows what the consequences will be。

At this city gate, there are at least thousands of defenders, extremely heavily guarded, the head of the man stretched out his hand, took the thing, while lowering his head, seriously looking at the customs clearance document in his hand, carefully checking every detail, while asking the Ma brothers in a deep voice: "You came from Youzhou?"

It was the first time in their lives to come to this Gyeonggi important place, and it was the first time to see such a majestic city, and it was the first time to see such an imposing city guard.

As soon as they arrived in front of the other party, they were interrogated like this, and their momentum was weaker by more than one point, and the whole person looked a little shrunken, and his body was much stiffer.

Seeing this situation, Jinglong hurriedly took the initiative to step forward and explained to each other for the two of us: "We were originally from the capital, but we went to Youzhou later, and we wanted to come back early, but wasn't it a war a few days ago, so we were trapped there, and now that we have won the victory of Daliang, we have been able to return home." ”

Although Jinglong is indeed from Youzhou, he has been in the capital for 20 years, and his accent in Gyeonggi is very standard.

When the man heard this standard Beijing accent, he subconsciously raised his head and glanced at Jinglong, then his pupils shrank slightly, and his expression changed a little, thinking that he should have seen something.

I think this Xiao Cavalry Guard and the Fox Guard are colleagues, but they are just one inside the main and one outside, and there is not much competition between the two, on the contrary, in order to better protect the safety of the capital and the royal family, there is often cooperation, such as the annual routine autumn hunt, a large part of the people will be dispatched on both sides, and it is normal for some familiar faces to know each other.

Moreover, Jinglong is one of the more famous, although he is just an ordinary cavalry guard, and has no higher official position, but he was favored by His Majesty, and given a name, this is already a great grace, which is also known as a prestige in the army, if the other party recognizes him, it is not strange, not to mention that the soldier has a special temperament, others may not notice, but between each other, it is still easy to see, but I don't know whether the other party recognizes his military identity, or really recognizes him as a person

Although the man looked like he recognized something, his tone did not change much, and he still routinely shouted: "No matter where you come from or what your identity is, but here, the rules of the court are heaven!

Gu Xuan and the others naturally obediently obeyed the order, and then went to the queuing place separately to be inspected, in fact, there must be no problem with their customs clearance documents and identity certificates, the biggest problem is still in Morobetti's body, such a "person" with a very different appearance and skin color from their Liangguo people, it is impossible not to interrogate him well, and in the end he can only say that he is a slave bought by Gu Xuan, and after a good inspection, he was able to successfully clear the customs.

There was no danger, and they finally succeeded in entering the city, but they didn't expect that when they had just walked through the long road, they saw Ye Zhihuai, who was wearing a low-key and elegant bachelor's uniform, was waiting on the edge of the city wall with a servant and a carriage.

"You're finally back!"

Ye Zhihuai almost didn't recognize him at first glance, but he was a minister, he had been an official for many years, he had excellent cultivation, and the city government was very deep, and there was no surprise or doubt on this face, but it became more and more like a spring breeze, I didn't know, I thought it was an old friend who had met for many years.

Seeing this, Gu Xuan raised his eyebrows slightly, obviously very surprised, because he and the others were already so low-key, how could Ye Zhihuai still be able to wait here "justly", this can only be said that his every move is actually watched by others.

In other words, the people in this capital should already know that they are back, this is really not good news, thinking so, but Gu Xuan still walked up very calmly, after all, in this capital, for the time being, Ye Zhihuai is still close to himself, and other people, that is completely unfriendly, rather than dealing with other strangers, Gu Xuan is more willing to talk to this night master who he has always hated and rejected.

Ye Zhihuai was not hypocritical, he did not make that inappropriate gift in front of the public, but then stretched out his hand, first opened the curtain of the carriage, and then walked into the carriage with Gu Xuan, and then closed the curtain.

The three brothers of the Ma family and Morobeti, who were the most unaware of the situation, looked at each other, not knowing what was going on, as for the other two, one already knew Ye Zhihuai, and the other had already cultivated without being surprised, and there was no surprise at all, he was still so handsome, which attracted many women to look sideways.

In the carriage, the two sat opposite each other, and without waiting for the other party to salute him, Gu Xuan asked bluntly, "Ye Shangshu, is something wrong?"

Gu Xuan is already completely different from the previous self who didn't dare to fight at all in terms of mentality, and now he no longer chooses to reject this Shangshu lord's initiative to show favor and help, because he knows that he really needs the help of the other party, and he must not delay the second brother's final business because of personal likes and dislikes.

He knew that since the other party would change into ordinary casual clothes, dress up deliberately, and wait here, there must be something, and this kind of place is not a place for long-term chat, so he went straight to the point and asked directly.

Ye Zhihuai didn't answer directly, but asked another question in turn, and said, "Lord Wang, do you know that you have now become a new generation of people in the capital?"

Gu Xuan's face replied without changing his face: "What's the explanation?"

Ye Zhihuai cleared his throat before explaining: " Xiaguan Dou Dare to count your merits for you first, this governance of a county does not need to be said, the book of the Ministry of Officials are remembered, let's only talk about the war exploits for the time being, you first came forward on behalf of my Liangguo, and successfully persuaded the entire Rakshasa clan who repeatedly violated the border of Youzhou, and won the desert enclave in one fell swoop, when the war in Yanzhou in Youzhou was in danger, you did not choose to retreat to the safe rear, but stayed in place, sent people to Yanzhou to snipe the grain transportation team of the Weijin coalition army, and beheaded the general Hu Yanshi, the victory of the battle of Liangzhou, you must also have a great credit in it, as for Youzhou, you borrowed a group of soldiers and horses from Lu Dengyun to fight the Shu army, and subdued a lot of soldiers and horses in the original Youzhou, although Xu Jintang's matter has not yet been decided by the imperial court, but the world has its own plans in their hearts, and then you personally led the troops into the hinterland of the two countries of Wei and Jin, and took the capitals of the two countries, forcing them to surrender, and completely wiped out the two countries of Wei and Jin.

Gu Xuan didn't think about this, he was just thinking about whether the news of the imperial court was really too well-informed, or whether the second brother had arranged it a long time ago, but he was not too surprised or vigilant, because since he would come back, he knew that he would always have to face this.

"Oh, Lord Night is the Book of Officials, this matter of rewarding meritorious deeds, Lord Night is the clearest, but the king does not know, and I hope that Lord Shangshu can solve the doubts for this king. ”

Ye Zhihuai's heart was a little embarrassed, knowing that this kid was still the same as before, always guarding himself for no reason, but it didn't matter, he knew that he would soon be able to win the trust of the other party, so he changed the topic and continued: "How big the credit is, regardless of it for the time being, in short, it is enough to make anyone blush." ”

Ye Zhihuai quickly recovered his state and said eloquently: " Xiaguan first dared to say some rebellious words, among His Majesty's six princes, the second prince, that is, the crown prince, and the eldest prince and the fourth prince did not say that this battle did not make an inch, they can not be implicated by the He family afterwards, as for the third prince, they have already been implicated by the Xu family, and even the lady in the harem has completely lost power, leaving only one sixth prince, talent, merit, not outstanding, how can I compete with you, not to mention that His Majesty has always been very cold to him, in other words, if there is no accident, you are the next prince candidate, the future princeBut you have no foundation in the capital, you are a newcomer, you are in power, what is the benefit to everyone, and there are many people, who have already been tied too deeply with several others, if you don't hurt your muscles and bones, you can't untie it, you can't do it before, but now it's not easy to move you, so Xia Guan came today, just to give you a head up. ”

These words are all truths, and they are also the true words of Ye Zhihuai, although they are ministers, they should not talk about the emperor's family affairs like this, especially the seizure of the heir has always been the emperor's rebellion, and he will die if he touches it, let alone discuss it publicly, but some words, with smart people, there is no need to hide them, they don't have this mind with each other, and they won't meet today.

When Gu Xuan heard this, he couldn't help but smile slightly, and teased: "Then you still take such a big risk to come to see me?" You know, you and I are no strangers to this capital, the peddlers and pawns on the street can't be someone else's eyeliner, no matter how well you disguise yourself, you will still be known." ”

Ye Zhihuai listened, his heart was relieved, and his smile revealed a strong self-confidence, and said: "So what? Xia Guan has been in the officialdom for half his life, and he can get to this day, is it all because of others?" This disguise is for them to see, but also for His Majesty, Xia Guan can't always swagger to see you, besides, who doesn't know, Xia Guan is the first person to bet on you, even if Xia Guan wants to deny it, others have to believe it, since this is the case, then why hide it, I met with the prince today, and when I was separated for a while, I will bother the prince and Xia Guan to behave, so that outsiders know that the relationship between you and me has not changed, Xia Guan can naturally represent you and go to all parties to replace you Kan Xuan, after all, there are many people who want to change the court to follow you。 ”

Although Gu Xuan was smiling on his face, the coldness in his heart was getting more and more sufficient, because he suddenly remembered what Gu Cang had said before, and he had to guard against Ye Zhihuai.

He squinted his eyes and stared at Ye Zhihuai, but the latter still smiled, without any flaws, after a while, Gu Xuancai finally stretched out his hand and said: "This king really needs you now, Lord Ye, although this king doesn't know what you are planning, and I don't know whether you contacted this king, the most useless five princes, early in order to continue to maintain neutrality, or really have a long-term vision, and value this king very early, in short, this king doesn't care, just say that right now, this king is willing to make a friend of Lord Ye." ”

Ye Zhihuai didn't shake hands with Gu Xuan, but hurriedly bowed down, and said respectfully: "Don't dare, don't dare! The prince trusts Ye so much, Ye has nothing to repay, after knowing Huai, only you are the first to look forward!"

Gu Xuan didn't say much, but lifted the curtain, bent over, bowed and walked out, Ye Zhihuai followed, as soon as he came out, the expressions on the faces of the two immediately became very enthusiastic, greeting each other, it really seemed that they were very familiar friends, Ye Zhihuai took advantage of the situation to come to Gu Xuan's ear, and whispered: "Lord Wang, be careful of the post house." ”

Gu Xuan's heart froze, but he still responded as usual: "Thank you Lord Ye for reminding me, you and I will talk about it another day." ”

Ye Zhihuai took a step back, returned to his position, and arched his hand: "It should be, it should be, take care of the prince!"

The two sides did not procrastinate, so they parted, seeing that the carriage was going away, Morobetti finally couldn't help but step forward and asked in a low voice: "Is he someone you know, Lord Wang?"

Gu Xuan turned his face and looked at him and the Ma family brothers who were a little curious, but this time he smiled sincerely, and then explained casually: "Don't look at the simplicity that he wears today, the carriage is also old, this is my Da Liang Ministry Shangshu, the three of you have all studied with Mr. Lu, and you should know what kind of official this Ministry of Officials is." ”

The Ministry of Officials is the head of the six departments, although the official has done this, basically even if it is the end, the Ministry of Officials has never been promoted, but the power of the Ministry of Officials is wide, the weight, the energy of the Ministry of Officials, it is really unimaginable, I really want to toss up, I don't know how many people are bowing their heads, no wonder the rest of the people before are so eager to win over the night Zhihuai.

When the three of them heard this, Morobeti and the Ma family brothers were so frightened that they all grew their mouths together, but Lu Yi looked as usual, and just said: "I didn't expect that the first person I saw after returning to Beijing was a Shangshu lord, and he came here to report the news for you, this trip looks not easy to walk." ”

Gu Xuan also sighed with emotion: "Yes, these bends and curves are much more laborious and laborious than fighting on the battlefield, but to tell everyone what this king said when he left the capital, every mountain is opened, and a bridge is built when the water is encountered, and the soldiers will block it, and the water will cover it." ”