Time was spent in Xia Ren's constant preparations, and in the blink of an eye, another period of time passed.

It's already May, and it's been more than four months since the last time Emperor Xia told Xia Ren that time is running out, but there is still no news from the imperial court, which makes Xia Ren a little anxious.

Just when Xia Ren was anxious, a decree from the imperial court arrived.

Hearing this news, Xia Ren was taken aback and hurriedly went out to receive the order.

This time the one who came to announce the decree was the father-in-law who brought Xia Ren into the palace last time, and he was waiting in the hall of the City Lord's Mansion at this time, and when he saw Xia Ren coming in, he hurriedly stepped forward and said with a smile: "His Royal Highness King Ren is well, the slave is here to read the holy decree this time on the order of His Majesty." ”

This father-in-law is also a shrewd person, since Emperor Xia's retreat, he has been serving, so many years, Xia Ren is the first prince to be received by Emperor Xia, so he also has a stammering mind.

When Xia Ren saw that it was an acquaintance, he immediately smiled and said: "It turned out to be Father-in-law Dou! ”

Gonggong Dou didn't dare to shout, and then his face turned straight and he said, "King Ren listens to the order." ”

Xia Ren's face suddenly turned pale, and he clenched his fists and bowed, waiting for the holy decree.

"Fengtian carried the emperor, and the edict said: King Ren Xia Ren, since the opening of the palace, diligent and hardworking, kind to the people, I am very relieved, so I specially Xuan Ren King Xia Ren returned to the palace within ten days to see him. ”

"The minister took the order. ”

Xia Ren received the holy decree from Gonggong Dou and arranged for someone to take him down to receive the reward.

Although the content of this holy decree was very short, and it didn't say anything specific, Xia Ren knew that this should be to summon all the princes back to the palace and prepare to discuss the assessment.

"Come, get ready for business. ”

After Father-in-law Dou left, Xia Ren was ready to convene everyone to discuss the matter.

After a while, everyone gathered in the hall of the City Lord's Mansion.

Xia Ren sat on the first seat, looked at the people below, and slowly spoke: "Ladies and gentlemen, just now this king received a holy decree, asking this king to rush back to the summer capital within ten days to meet his father, so this king guesses that it should be preparing for the Xia Emperor assessment, so this king has gathered you and prepared to make some arrangements." ”

When everyone below heard this, they immediately sat upright, ready to wait for Xia Ren's orders.

"Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui. ”

"The subordinates are here. ”

"Although this king is going to participate in the assessment of winning the heir, but Donghai Prefecture is the base of this king, there are many secrets of this king, so there can be no mistakes, this time I will order the two of you to stay in Donghai Prefecture, for this king to be optimistic about Donghai Prefecture, if you have difficulties, you can seek help from the marquis of Donghai Prefecture, it is really not possible, you can also go to find Tingyu Pavilion for help. ”

Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui suddenly turned pale, and said in unison: "Obey Your Highness's orders, your subordinates will definitely guard Donghai Prefecture, just wait for Your Highness to return victorious." ”

"Hmm. ”

Xia Ren nodded, and then looked at Liu Bowen and said: "This time I will go back to the summer capital, Liu Bowen will go with this king, and this king does not know the specific content of the assessment, so I need you to help this king plan at that time." ”

Liu Bowen smiled and saluted: "Obey the orders of His Highness." ”

After instructing Liu Bowen, Xia Ren instructed Yue Buqun, Huang Yaoshi and the others: "Yue Buqun, you wait to stay in Haiyuan City first, wait for Meng Tian's Tianwu Army to arrive, and then set off with the Tianwu Army, go to the junction of Donghai Prefecture and Zhongxia Prefecture, temporarily find a place to station, and wait for the king's next order."

Yue Buqun and the others clasped their fists and said, "Obey." ”

After speaking, he said to Fang Xuanling: "Fang Xuanling, you will send a message to Meng Tian later, let him take the Tianwu Army and set off and go straight to the border of Donghai Prefecture, remember not to make too much noise, you can ask the marquis to help cover along the way." ”

Then he sent a letter to Zhou Tai, asking him to dispatch the entire Wei Navy to patrol the East China Sea and the deep sea at all times, and make sure that there should be no disturbance. ”

"Yes. ”

After instructing everyone, Xia Ren thought about it, and it seemed that there was nothing missing, so he asked everyone to go down and prepare, and he also had to prepare to return to the summer capital.

Not long after Xia Ren received the holy decree, the six marquis of Donghai Prefecture, including Tingyu Pavilion, received the news, this is not a secret after all, and the imperial court issued a holy decree to let the four kings return to the dynasty and did not hide everyone.

Qian Miaocai and the others also rushed to Haiyuan City as soon as they received the news, and several Hou Ye were all holy fetal cultivators, and the speed was completely beyond the comprehension of ordinary people.

Even Qian Miaocai, who was the farthest away, rushed to Haiyuan City that night.

In the backyard of the City Lord's Mansion, Xia Ren received several marquis with a smile, and Dugu stood silently aside with a sword on his back.

"Haha, you guys are really here! This king just wanted to send someone to invite you, but I didn't expect several marquis to come together. ”

Qian Miaocai also replied with a smile: "Since a few of us received a holy decree from the imperial court to send it to the prince, a few of us immediately rushed over. ”

After speaking, he looked around and said in surprise: "Hey, why didn't you see that guy Li Tianfu?"

Yuan Dongqing next to him said quietly: "Maybe it's too fat, I can't catch the road, I'm still running!"

As soon as he finished speaking, someone came in to report that a man named Li Tianfu had to ask to see him outside.

Xia Ren immediately asked people to invite him over.

After a while, Li Tianfu and an old man walked in, the old man was listening to He Feng, the great elder of the Yu Pavilion, and several marquis saw He Feng, they all frowned and did not speak.

There must be some discord between the six major families of Donghai Prefecture and Tingyu Pavilion, one side is the imperial court, and the other side is a sect, so there is naturally some discord, plus Tingyu Pavilion has been pressing them, so now I see He Feng and I don't say hello, although I am afraid of him, but there is no need to pay attention to him, this is what several Hou Ye think.

"Haha, Lord Wang, several Hou Masters, Li is late, forgive your sins. ”

As soon as Li Tianfu arrived, he apologized to several people.

He Feng also smiled faintly on the side: "He has seen His Royal Highness King Ren, and I have seen you. ”

Xia Ren smiled and asked them to take a seat, and then Yuan Dongqing said lightly: "The Li family master is the closest to here, but he is the slowest, is it because he is too fat to walk?"

Li Tianfu's face turned dark, and he didn't say anything, this Yuan Dongqing was always aimed at him, and he only occasionally cheated him on some of the Yuan family's money, and I remember it until now.

But then he said with a smile on his face: "Master Hou, forgive me, Li's strength is insufficient, so hurry slowly, if you hadn't met Elder He on the road, you might not be able to get there now." ”

He Feng smiled slightly beside him.

At this time, Xia Ren coughed and didn't let them continue, he could see that these marquis might not have a good impression of He Feng, and if they continued to talk, they might quarrel.

"You must have come here because of the Holy Decree, right?"

Qian Miaocai nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, Your Highness, is that holy decree to summon His Highness back to the summer capital and prepare to start the throne assessment?"

Xia Ren suddenly said: "Indeed, the holy decree is to let this king return to the palace within ten days to face the saint, if it is not bad, it should be ready to start the assessment of the throne." ”

Everyone's faces also became solemn, since they were on Xia Ren's side, then they also attached great importance to Xia Ren's throne assessment, because it was related to the rise and fall of their respective forces in the future.

After a while, Qian Miaocai said in a deep voice: "What is Your Highness going to let us do?"

Xia Ren shook his head and said: "Because the specific content of the assessment is not known to this king, so it is not easy for this king to let you do anything, you can wait for news in Donghai Prefecture first, or you can go to the summer capital with this king." ”

After speaking, he continued: "But there is something that may need to trouble you, that is, after a while, this king may have a little army to rush to the edge of Donghai Prefecture, waiting for the king's order, and then ask a few marquis to help cover it up, don't let too many people know." ”

Qian Miaocai and the others pondered for a while, and then said slowly: "In this way, I will follow His Royal Highness to the Xia Capital with the Marquis of Dongming, and the other three Marquis will stay in Donghai Prefecture in case His Highness has other needs." ”

At this time, Yuan Dongqing next to him said with a smile: "That's okay, I just haven't seen Ping Chaohou for a while, I have to ask his son how to teach, and try to lie to my Yuan family." ”

Li Tianfu bowed his head and didn't say anything, just go for you, as long as you don't get fooled and lame at that time.

After listening to Qian Miaocai's words, Xia Ren also nodded and said: "That's okay, then the Marquis of Hefeng and the Marquis of Dongming will enter the Xia capital with this king, and the other three marquis are still in trouble waiting for news in Donghai Prefecture." ”

After speaking, he looked at He Feng and asked, "I don't know how much effort I heard Yu Pavilion is going to do to assist this king this time?"

He Feng said with a smile: "We heard that the Yu Pavilion is not suitable for large-scale participation, so we are ready to give His Highness the greatest requirement in the logistics supply, as long as His Highness needs any equipment or materials, you can tell the old man, and the old man will definitely let the Yu Pavilion send it." ”

"In addition, His Highness may have to fight against the Chu army at that time, we heard that the Rain Pavilion does not have an army, but we can dispatch four Holy Fetal Masters to assist His Highness, including a Supreme Elder who I listen to the Rain Pavilion. ”

After hearing this, Xia Ren frowned a little and said, "This king will have the royal family to worship and protect at that time, it is a little unnecessary for you to listen to the rain pavilion to do this, right?"

He Feng chuckled and said: "Your Highness may not know that the royal family worship will only secretly protect the safety of Your Highness, and will not interfere in the assessment, but I heard that the Supreme Elder of the Rain Pavilion can take action for His Highness, but not frequently, otherwise it will be easy to provoke the dissatisfaction of the royal family, thinking that we are listening to the Rain Pavilion manipulating the assessment." ”

"Hmm. ”

Xia Ren nodded with satisfaction, this support is actually good, listening to the three Taishang in the Yuge, more than ten Holy Fetuses, this time it is estimated that a third of the power was dispatched to help him, although the Supreme Elder could not act at will, but he could help Xia Ren do something he couldn't do at a critical moment.

But the only pity is that there are not many opportunities to shoot, and it is better to shoot only once, otherwise it may cause dissatisfaction in the royal family.

Because the royal family wants to assess your comprehensive military ability, not a single ability, the Great Xia Dynasty has no shortage of masters, especially the royal family, but it is relatively a commander who can recruit good soldiers, so individual strength cannot be used as a conventional means in the assessment, but can only be used as a special means.

After chatting for a while, discussing the details, they dispersed.

Xia Ren was going to leave for the summer capital the day after tomorrow, and let the two marquis follow him when the time came.

As for Tingyu Pavilion, Xia Ren asked them for a batch of Lingjin equipment, and when the time came, after the Tianwu Army arrived in Donghai Prefecture, he would hand it over to them and improve the equipment of the Tianwu Army.

Lingjin equipment can be much stronger than ordinary equipment, the price is still expensive, and there is no market, only the Li family in Donghai Prefecture is doing this business, but the Li family's equipment storage can't satisfy Xia Ren at all, so he can only ask for it from Tingyu Pavilion.

I just heard that Yu Ge didn't say that he could fully support Xia Ren's logistics.

Hearing Xia Ren's request, He Feng didn't say much, just said that he would prepare when he went back, and let Xia Ren send someone to get it when the time came.

Xia Ren instructed Fang Xuanling, and when the time came, remember to go to the Listening Rain Pavilion to get the equipment, and then hand it over to the Tianwu Army.

After everything was ready, Xia Ren waited to return to the summer capital to see what the requirements of this throne assessment were.