"Brother Lin, don't come to harm, right? Luo Mou thought about it all night, and finally looked forward to you. Come, please take a seat, drink a cup of tea to moisten your throat, Brother Lin has been tired all the way, I have asked the kitchen to prepare a dinner, and I will give Brother Lin a good time later. ”

Under the main hall of the palace, Luo Yuan was wearing a splendid regular dress, as if he was a rich son. While greeting Chu Xuan warmly, he got up and led him to sit down, as if the two were old friends who hadn't seen each other for many years.

Regardless of whether Luo Lan pretended to be or not, at least this attitude convinced Chu Xuan, and the little grievances he had with the other party in the past were also relieved at this time, and he also smiled and said: "The prince is too polite, Lin Xuan is clothy, how can he deserve such hospitality from the prince." ”

Luo Lan picked up a cup of tea, signaled to Chu Xuan, and then said: "I have learned Brother Lin's skills, you can come to our Liang, it must be the honor of our Liang, I am afraid that my father does not understand Brother Lin, and he may not give Brother Lin too much official position at once, and I hope that Brother Lin will not think that it is good to be condescending." ”

Chu Xuan also picked up the teacup, took a sip, and replied: "I don't mind if the official is big or small, but there is one thing I want to say, I am only a military general, not a civilian official, and the military general I want to be is the kind that can go to the battlefield, in a word, I want to fight the Jin Kingdom." ”

"What's the matter? Brother Lin has an enmity with the Jin Kingdom?" Luo Lan put down the teacup and asked with a smile, "Brother Lin is not from the Southern Yuan Dynasty, how can he have an enmity with the Jin Kingdom?"

Chu Xuan hesitated for a moment, feeling that there was no need to hide the other party's affairs until now, so he said: "Yes, I do have an enmity with the Jin Kingdom, especially the Nine Emperor Princes of the Jin Kingdom, Xia Xing, I have a common enmity with him, and I can't wait to kill him with my own hands!"

Then, he completely recounted his wrong background, his experience in Nanjianmen, how he regained the throne, and how he was destroyed by the summer to kill his wife. Of course, he naturally ignored the paragraph about getting the book of peeping at the sky in Xuanhuang Mountain.

"Unexpectedly, Brother Lin, no, it should be called Brother Chu. I can't imagine that Brother Chu's life experience is so bumpy and tortuous, which is really embarrassing. Listening to his narration, Luo Lan sighed and said slowly: "Such an experience doesn't seem to be true, but it looks like the person who made up the story." ”

Chu Xuan said with a straight face: "Brother Luo, I won't call you the prince anymore, I, Chu Xuan, can say these heartfelt words to you, but I know that I really regard Brother Luo as a friend, I just hope that Brother Luo will not treat me as a friend." ”

Luo Lan hurriedly said: "Where Chu Xuan said, throw it into the peach, repay it with Li, how can I, Luo Lan, not know." From today onwards, as long as there are no outsiders, how about you and I being brothers? I am twenty-four years old this year, what about you, Brother Chu?"

"Well, I'm nineteen. ”

"Okay, I'll take care of you in the future and call you Brother Chu Xian, how about it?"

The two were originally commensurate with each other, but now they are suddenly about to be demoted, Chu Xuan was faintly unhappy in his heart, but he didn't want to distract the other party's interest, so he had to pretend to be happy and replied: "In this way, Chu Xuan will call you Brother Luo in the future." ”

Chu Xuan finished the dinner in the Dingwang Mansion, and it was not early, so he had to freshen up and take a bath, and rested in the mansion for another night.

On the morning of the second day, Luo Lan ordered someone to prepare new clothes for him to wear, and ordered someone to briefly explain to him the etiquette of meeting the emperor, and then took him into the palace to meet Luo Nan, the emperor of Daliang.

Although the scale and prosperity of Kyoto in the Liang Kingdom are much inferior to the Kyoto of the Wei Kingdom, it is still a behemoth compared to the Kyoto of the Southern Yuan Dynasty, and the imperial city in Kyoto is naturally not far behind.

Chu Xuan sat in the carriage with Luo Lan, his eyes glanced at the imperial city outside the carriage from time to time, and he couldn't help but exclaim: "Brother Luo, your imperial city is really magnificent and magnificent, many times bigger than my one in the Zhou Kingdom. ”

Luo Lan shook his head and said: "Brother Chu Xian, this imperial city has always been owned by the emperor alone, and there is no such thing as your family and my family." If it really becomes mine one day, I must invite Brother Chu Xian to come over from time to time. ”

"Haha, I hope Brother Luo gets what he wants. ”

The two looked at each other and smiled, and said no more.

After a short time, the carriage traveled outside the court, and Chu Xuan got out of the carriage and entered the emperor's palace with Luo Lan.

At this time, the hall was already full of civil and military officials, all of whom wore beams and crowns, dressed in official uniforms, and lined up on both sides in an orderly manner. Only Chu Xuan was out of place with everyone, wearing a scarlet regular uniform, standing beside Luo Lan in a daze, looking nondescript.

"Your Majesty has arrived!"

After a chanting, Emperor Luo Nan of the Great Liang Dynasty finally entered from the apse slowly and sat down in front of the throne, surrounded by a group of chamberlains and palace maids.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

His Majesty immediately heard a neat mountain call, and all the civil and military officials bowed down three times and bowed nine times, and Chu Xuan also learned well.

"Flatten. On the throne, Luo Nan yawned and said lightly, "Everyone, Aiqing, if there is anything important, play it as soon as possible, if there is no major matter, just retire quickly, those things that are not painful can be written into a notebook and handed to the prime minister, and he will be dealt with." ”

Luo Lan hurriedly held Yugui in his hand, knelt down and said, "Father, the son has something to play." ”

"Oh, it's Lan'er, get up and say, what's the matter with you?" Seeing that it was his youngest son, Luo Nan's tone was much more cordial, in fact, the old man was very fond of his two sons.

Luo Lan got up and said: "Father, now that our Great Liang is at war with the Jin Kingdom in the south for many years, it is the time to select talents and talents, do you think what Erchen said is right?"

"Well, that makes sense. Luo Nan nodded.

Luo Lan liked it in his heart, and continued: "Therefore, Erchen wants to promote a rare talent, and hopes that his father will give him an official and a half-post and allow him to be appointed in the army, so that he can do his best for our Liang." ”

"Oh, what kind of person is it, and deserves such a reputation from Lan'er?" Luo Nan asked with interest.

Seeing this, Chu Xuan did not wait for the summons, so he came out of the column and saluted, and said respectfully: "Back to Your Majesty, Chu Xuan, the grass people, is the person who the prince wants to protect." ”

"Bold fanatic, Your Majesty has not yet summoned him, why did you come out on your own?" the ministers on both sides saw him so rude, and reprimanded him one after another.

Luo Nan on the throne didn't mind, waved his hand, and said: "It's okay, it's okay, I have never cared about these red tapes, this Chu Xuan has a straightforward personality, but he has an appetite for me." ”

Since the emperor said so, the ministers of civil and military affairs had to shut up stupidly.

Luo Nan continued: "The audience is called Chu Xuan, right? You tell me, what are your skills, do you want me to allow you to hold an official position?

Chu Xuan shook his head and said: "My cultivation is not very high, and my strategy is actually average, the reason why I dare to ask His Majesty for an official position is only because of my loyalty and enthusiasm." ”

When the ministers on both sides heard this, they all sneered and said:

"Heh, what kind of skill is this? Such a good person dares to deceive high-ranking officials Houlu, where is my Great Liang Imperial Court?"

"Among the princes here, which one is not ranked as a minister by virtue of real talent and learning, a person who is full of big words, does not look at the big responsibility. ”

Unexpectedly, Emperor Luo Nan actually spoke: "Okay! I will be your official! Of course, I don't believe in your loyalty and blood, I just believe that Lan'er's vision will not be wrong." ”

"This ......"

When the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty heard this, they were all shocked and speechless.