"Yi Gongzi, it's me, do you remember me?" Since it was an old man, Chu Xuan jumped off the sail and walked towards the pavilion where the other party was.

"Lin Xuanlin Gongzi, why are you here?" Fortunately, although it has been many days, that Yi Gongzi has not forgotten him.

Chu Xuan walked to the pavilion, found a stone bench and sat down, and said in a deep voice: "It's a long story, I originally planned to take a boat to the Northern Yuan Liang Kingdom, but I was robbed by the enemy halfway, and I almost lost my life." ”

"Oh, what kind of person is it, so bold that even the Dao Sect of Chongsheng dares to offend?" Yi Gongzi said, picked up a jade cup from the table, poured it full of wine, and let the beautiful maid playing the flute beside him hold it to Chu Xuan.

Chu Xuan took the jade cup, raised his neck and drank it without the slightest hesitation, and said in a loud voice: "Good wine, good wine, what kind of elixir and jade liquid is this?

The beautiful maid who was warming the wine on the side interjected: "This is the medicinal wine made by my son-in-law himself, I don't know how many excellent elixirs have been used, and there are probably no palms in this world who can be lucky enough to drink this wine." ”

"Really? Then Lin is indeed fortunate to have three lives. Chu Xuan deliberately made a flattered look.

Yi Gongzi smiled and asked: "You and I have also had a relationship, aren't you afraid that I will poison the wine?"

Chu Xuan also smiled and said lightly: "Actually, we don't even have a one-sided relationship, after all, when we met twice, Yi Gongzi was wearing a veil, which is probably a real person who doesn't show up." However, my intuition tells me that Yi Gongzi should not be a bad person. ”

"Shouldn't you be a bad person? Heh, you're really funny to talk about. Yi Gongzi drank a glass of wine, and said while drinking: "Since Lin Gongzi was chased and killed by the enemy, and he happened to be met by me, a nosy little idler, naturally we can't sit idly by, our boat is also going to Liang Kingdom, and it happens to take Lin Gongzi on the way." ”

"In this way, Lin is here to thank Yi Gongzi. Chu Xuan hurriedly got up and made a gesture to the other party, which was exactly the result he wanted.

For the next ten days, Chu Xuan ate and lived on Yi Gongzi's boat. Yi Gongzi took good care of him, had everything he needed for food and clothing, and arranged the most luxurious ones for him. The other party even asked him if he needed a few servants to serve, but Chu Xuan refused.

This Yi Gongzi made such a generous move, Chu Xuan couldn't help but secretly speculate about his identity. As far as Chu Xuan knows, the royal family of Wei is surnamed Yi, this Yi Gongzi, who is extraordinary in speech and demeanor, and is so particular about food, clothing, housing and transportation, must be one of the royal families of Wei State, this time it should be entrusted by the emperor to envoy Liang State, which is no coincidence that it will appear here.

The two of them were on the boat, drinking from time to time, playing chess, or discussing spiritual knowledge, and they both felt very close to each other. The days passed quickly, and before they knew it, the group arrived in the Northern Yuan Liang Kingdom.

When he arrived in Liang, Chu Xuan was going to Kyoto to defect to Luo Lan, and Yi Gongzi happened to be going to Kyoto to meet the Emperor of Liang, so Chu Xuan went down the road to the end, and rubbed everyone's carriages and horses all the way to Kyoto.

"Brother Yi, Lin has said goodbye, and I have been taken care of along the way, and I hope we will meet again. When he arrived in Kyoto and got out of the carriage, Chu Xuan bent down and bowed to Yi Gongzi and said gratefully.

Yi Gongzi also bowed back to him, and said with some reluctance: "Brother Lin, I remember that I told you last time that I live in Zhuyue Villa on the outskirts of Wei Kingdom, and if Brother Lin has time for him, he can go there to find me." ”

"I must visit when I have time, Lin will say goodbye!"

"Take care. ”

...

After bidding farewell to Yi Gongzi, Chu Xuan followed the address given to him by Luo Lan on the boat when he left Chongsheng, searched all the way in Kyoto, Liang Kingdom, took countless detours, asked countless pedestrians, and finally found a wealthy mansion.

Raise your head and look up, but see a huge plaque hanging in front of the tall mansion, with five gilded characters on it: "Edict to build the palace of the king".

"What's the situation? Am I in the wrong place?"

Chu Xuan scratched his head and stood at a loss for what to do under the steps of the house. Because according to the address given to him by Luo Lan before, the plaque at this gate should be written "Build the Five Princes' Mansion".

"Well, who's standing down there? Sneaky at the gate of Dingwang's Mansion, what do you want to do?"

He was hesitating to go over, but several guards in front of the palace noticed him first, and shouted as they walked towards him.

Chu Xuan couldn't, so he had to bite the bullet and ask: "A few old men, this is the first time to come to Kyoto, how to get to the Five Princes' Mansion?"

"Well, who are you, and why are you there?" a guard asked, looking at him warily.

Chu Xuan thought about it, so he had to take out the handwritten letter that Luo Lan had given him earlier, handed it to the guard, and said: "Looking at your behavior, you must all eat imperial food, you don't know who the fifth prince is, this is his introduction to me, I am his guest, and I came to Kyoto to find him." ”

The guard took the quote and looked at it again and again, unsure of its authenticity, turned to a few companions and said, "You are watching him here, and I will go and tell the prince." ”

Chu Xuan couldn't, so he had to wait patiently at the door.

After a long time, the previous guard finally came back, and he spoke a lot more politely, and said respectfully: "Lin Gongzi, you have been offended a lot, the villain has apologized to you, please follow the villain to the main hall to sit for a while, and my prince will arrive later." ”

Chu Xuan didn't blame him, and while following behind the other party, he asked: "Strange, according to the introduction given to me by the Five Princes, shouldn't this be the Five Princes' Mansion?

When the guard heard this, he said a little proudly: "Lin Gongzi doesn't know that the throne of my prince was only sealed by His Majesty the Emperor a few days ago. In the past, it was really called the Five Princes' Mansion?"

"Yes, why is that?" Chu Xuan was puzzled.

The guard continued: "That's the case, our Great Liang and the Jin Kingdom in the south have been at war for several years, the Liang and Jin Kingdoms are fighting, and the Yan Kingdom in the west is the most powerful foreign aid. A few days ago, the prince of my family sent an envoy to the Yan Kingdom and successfully persuaded the Emperor of the Yan Kingdom to support our Daliang. In order to commend the merits of the prince, His Majesty crowned him as the king, tsk, according to the current situation, maybe His Majesty will pass on the crown prince's position to him. ”

Chu Xuan nodded, and he already knew it in his heart. In fact, why Luo Lan wanted to recruit himself, Chu Xuan knew it.

The current emperor of Liang is named Luo Nan, a bad old man who is half cut into the ground, and he is almost one hundred and fifty years old, and he may die at any time.

Luo Nan had four sons and three daughters, the eldest son Luo Lang died early, and the second son Luo Bo was the crown prince for more than 50 years. The eldest daughter is married to the current Emperor of Wei, and she is almost forty years old. The fourth son is Luo Lan's elder brother Luo Yuan, the second prince of Daliang today, and the fifth son is Luo Lan, the two brothers are about the same age, both in their early twenties. The remaining two princesses were still young and omitted.

The relationship between Luo Lan and Luo Yuan has been very poor since childhood, this is because both of them know that they will fight for the throne of the Great Liang Kingdom with themselves in the future, and they must be the other party.

And the reason why Luo Lan wanted to recruit a powerful helper like Chu Xuan was because of the future ownership of the throne of Great Liang.