Because Chu Mo didn't trust himself, for the next period of time, Chu Xuan could only silently do the errand of patrolling the imperial city.

Chu Xuan originally thought that this was an idle errand who was waiting for death, it should be very easy, who Cheng wanted to patrol the imperial city harder than he imagined, and the main reason was that the imperial city of Zhou was too big.

Although there are many guards in the imperial city, there are only about a hundred or so people in charge of patrolling. The 100 or so people were divided into five groups, each with a commander, who led each group to take turns patrolling various areas of the imperial city. Chu Xuan still felt that it was hard, he had tried to use the body method instead of walking, but he was clearly told by his commander that the body method was not allowed to be used in the forbidden palace, and he could only walk.

Chu Xuan was very puzzled, what kind of bullshit rule was this? If he was not allowed to use his body method, in case he encountered an assassin while patrolling, and the other party fled, how could he still chase these people?

What distressed Chu Xuan the most was that he patrolled the palace during the day, and when he returned to his mansion at night, he was already exhausted, and he couldn't have the energy to study the mantra of the Book of Heaven. It's been almost half a year, and his realm has almost been stuck in the Earth Yuan Realm, without the slightest sign of breaking through.

However, Chu Xuan did not gain nothing, at least in the days he was a guard, he had figured out the specific locations of the various palaces in the imperial city, and most importantly, he also made a group of guards in the palace who were of relatively low status like himself.

It turns out that the guards in the imperial city are also divided into three, six, nine and so on. After Chu Mo became the Son of Heaven, he divided his guards into five levels according to their cultivation level and trust, and their names were: shadow, wind, thunder, lightning, and rain. The official titles of each rank correspond to the first to the fifth rank.

Originally, according to Chu Xuan's cultivation, even if he was assigned to the first-class shadow guard, it was more than enough, but the shadow guard was Chu Mo's most trusted personal guard, and even Zhen Rumeng was not qualified to join at the beginning, not to mention Chu Xuan, an untrusted and newcomer young man.

Perhaps to sharpen Chu Xuan's temperament, or to punish him for not being honest with him, Chu Mo only made Chu Xuan the lowest-ranking guard in the imperial city-Yuwei. And Yuwei's main task is to patrol the imperial city.

In these days of Yuwei, Chu Xuan had almost no chance to have further contact with Chu Mo, and just when he thought that Chu Mo had probably forgotten about himself, Chu Mo finally remembered to summon him again.

On this day, Chu Xuan and more than a dozen guards finished their patrol and were about to leave the imperial city. Several small yellow doors suddenly sent a holy decree, the holy decree in the middle of the way, promoted Chu Xuan to the deputy commander of Lei Wei, and from now on, he was under the command of Lei Wei, and led a cadre of guards to be on duty in the court.

Inspecting the imperial city and being on duty in the court are two different things. The former is no different from a watchdog, wandering around the imperial city all day, wasting time. The latter acts as the emperor's platoon, following the emperor every day and guarding the court. Although this is also a waste of time, for many guards, it is a very face-saving thing to be able to show their faces in the court.

Chu Xuan didn't know why Chu Mo promoted himself, but he didn't think much about it, and on the second day, he changed into the new official uniform given by Chu Mo and came to the court early to stand guard.

Chu Xuan still knows some of the procedures of the last dynasty, otherwise his identity as the crown prince would be too unreliable. Generally speaking, the early dynasty of the Great Zhou was held in the Fengtian Temple, and the ministers of civil and military affairs routinely arrived before the emperor. When the dynasty was opened, the civil servants were on the left, the military generals were on the right, and the emperor sat on the throne. Guards and eunuchs are lined up on either side of the throne, with distinct armor and royal style.

When Chu Xuan came to the Fengtian Palace, the hall was already full of civil and military officials, and several eunuchs by the throne were afraid that he would not understand the rules, so they personally pointed out to him where the leaders of Lei Wei should stand. Lei Wei has a total of no less than 2,000 members, in addition to one presidential leader, there are also four deputy commanders, and Chu Xuan is one of them.

Chu Xuan found a place to stand up, but saw a familiar figure beside him, this person was also wearing Lei Wei's clothes, but he was masked, and his body exuded an unusual aroma.

"Young Master Lin, are you talking about coincidence? As soon as the slave family restored the status of the Great Commander of Lei Wei, you were promoted to Deputy Commander of Lei Wei. The familiar figure spoke suddenly.

It turned out to be Zhen Rumeng, Chu Xuan immediately reacted, tsk, no wonder Chu Mo wanted to promote himself to an official, it turned out that he still wanted to play this trick with himself.

Seeing the disdain on Chu Xuan's face, Zhen Rumeng knew what the other party was thinking, and immediately explained: "Don't worry, Gongzi Lin, Your Majesty's promotion of you to be the deputy commander of Lei Wei is not a request from the slave family. ”

"Oh, I still hope that Miss Zhen will advise, what is Your Majesty's intention?" Since the other party said so, Chu Xuan was embarrassed to give her another look, and asked respectfully.

Zhen Rumeng said: "Your Majesty's intentions, when the dynasty is dispersed early, Lin Gongzi will naturally know." ”

Chu Xuan looked at her suspiciously, and said in his heart, this woman really has a leg with Chu Mo, otherwise how could she know everything. However, she is also miserable enough, so far she has no name and no money, she can only follow Chu Mo as the commander of the guards, and from time to time she will be betrayed to others by the other party as a tool of seduction.

Since Zhen Rumeng didn't say anything, Chu Xuan didn't ask any more.

...

At the beginning of the early dynasty, Chu Mo slowly came to the throne under the escort of several shadow guards.

Between His Majesty, the civil and military officials bowed three times and knocked nine times, shouting long live, and a set of red tape was over, and it was finally time to discuss politics.

"Wechen has something to do. An old man dressed in an official uniform and holding a jade gui in his hand suddenly walked to the center of the main hall and knelt down.

Chu Xuan looked at the old man who spoke, he really couldn't remember if he had seen this person when he was the prince, could this old man be promoted by Chu Mo later? Thinking of this, he squinted his eyes and looked at the several civil and military generals in the front of the court, and finally found that he didn't know anyone except Su Xintang's father, Su Haochen. Hmm, it seems that after Chu Mo usurped the throne, he had purged the original forces of the imperial court.

On the throne, Chu Mo nodded, and motioned to the kneeling old man to continue.

The old man hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the military department received an urgent report, my Great Zhou Wang Division was at war with the Northern Liang State on the border, and it was about to win, but the Western Qin State suddenly did not declare a war, and launched tens of thousands of troops to assist the Northern Liang Kingdom to attack our army from the side, our army fought hard for several days, but the enemy was strong and I was weak, and finally ended in a fiasco. ”

"What! Deceive people too much! Deceive people too much! This damn Western Qin dares to betray his promise......

Listening to the old man's words, Chu Mo was suddenly angry. He only married his eldest princess to the prince of Western Qin last month, and the emperor of Western Qin also promised him that he would not interfere in the war between Zhou and Beiliang, but he didn't expect the other party to be so despicable, and the princess only took it away for a few days, and then turned her head and bit herself.

"What are the hundreds of thousands of border troops raised by the imperial court for? How can they be defeated! Who is the commander in command of this great battle? I will behead him! There will also be a prison army, and I will also ...... it."

Speaking of this, Chu Mo paused for a moment, he felt that he was a little out of shape. Presiding over this battle was none other than Xue Wuchang, the president of the Shadow Guard sent out by himself. As for the supervising army, it was Chu Dan, the third prince of the Great Zhou. These two men, one of whom was his confidant and the other of his son, could not have been killed?

Hearing the emperor's words, a group of ministers immediately spoke, hoping that the emperor would severely punish Xue Wuchang, but as for the third prince Chu Dan, they did not dare to offend.

The shadow guard is very notorious in the impression of the civil and military officials of the Great Zhou Dynasty. They were not only the emperor's personal guards, but also the institutions used by the emperor to collect intelligence, and at the same time were in charge of prison affairs, and had the right to patrol and arrest. Especially Xue Wuchang, the leader of the Shadow Guard, is even more insidious and vicious, ruthless, and a few years ago, when Chu Mo purged the power of the court, I don't know how many unjust souls died in his hands.

However, now these ministers who are clamoring for severe punishment of Xue Wuchang may not all be disgusted with Xue Wuchang, they are just because they support Chu Mo's eldest son, Chu Bai, the current crown prince of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Chu Mo has three sons and one daughter, the eldest son Chu Bai is the current crown prince, the second prince Chu Di died early, the third prince Chu Dan was sent by him to the border to supervise the war all the year round, and the only daughter has been promised to the prince of Western Qin.

On the issue of the heir to the throne, Xue Wuchang, the president of Yingwei, has always supported the third prince Chu Dan, so he has a relationship with the crown prince Chu Bai, which is a well-known thing in Kyoto. Although Emperor Chu Mo also knew about this, he never showed his attitude, but indulged his two sons to fight openly and secretly, so that the ministers chose to take sides.

It seems that Chu Mo's country is not stable, there are two enemy countries eyeing each other, and two sons are vying for power and profit.