"The Emperor's men want to see me?" Chu He was also quite surprised.

Hearing that the men were going to talk about business, Liang Yi stood up with some difficulty and was about to go back to his inner courtyard.

She gave the servants around her a look, and suddenly the maids understood and quietly withdrew.

Seeing that Yan Chen was also going to follow him back to the house, Liang Yi frowned and said, "Why are you following me?" Aren't you going to talk about things? ”

Yan Chen smiled shyly: "I don't care about them, let's go back to the house and rest, I'll read a few more stories to my girl." ”

Liang Yi glared at him, "How did you know it was a girl?" Besides, other people's families read poems and lyrics to their children, and if you're concerned, you want to tell some ghost story, and then frighten the children. ”

The two of them talked and helped each other back to the inner courtyard.

Now there are only two people left, Chu He and Jiang Wuxi, outside.

"Who do you know who you want to see me?" Chu He asked.

"Of course, it's a guy named Zhu Gong, although he doesn't have an official body, but he is indeed a member of the royal family."

Chu He was a little puzzled, "The emperor's people don't have an official body yet?" ”

Jiang Wuxian nodded, "Yes, I have already checked, this Zhu Gong has been the prince's companion for a while, and then he resigned from the wilderness, and there is no news." Now it seems that he should have been assigned to Liangzhou to secretly observe the movements of our Liang army. ”

"Then since he has been the prince's companion, is it possible that he is not the emperor's person, but sent by the prince?"

Jiang Wuxian suddenly shook his head and said, "There is no way, the prince will not have such courage, let alone be so stupid." Sending someone to monitor the Liang army is not only a provocation to the general, but also an overstepping of the rules, and he will also feel that his hand is too long. The emperor can manage the affairs of the Liang army, but the crown prince is not qualified enough. ”

"This Zhu Gong sees me, what can he do?"

"It must have been replied to Cui Qingshan's resignation and recommendation letter before. If the court does not agree, then of course there is no need for them to inform you privately. Then there is only one possibility, the position of the chief soldier of Liangzhou is already in your pocket, Brother Chu. ”

In fact, this was also expected by Chu He, who was not too excited, but asked thoughtfully: "Then what is the meaning of what they told me in private?" ”

Jiang Wuxian smiled, "Of course, it's to please you." ”

Chu He was stunned when he heard this, "Please me?" Such a small person as me deserves to be curried favor by the imperial court? ”

Jiang Wuxian said helplessly: "My brother Chu, you are not a small person for a long time." ”

"That's not going to please me, is it?"

"How not? According to my inference, the imperial court must have decided to support you to succeed the general. ”

Chu He raised his eyebrows, walked to the stone bench in the courtyard and sat down, and did not speak.

Jiang Wuxian sat next to him and whispered, "Actually, this is also expected. ”

"How?"

At that time, Lao Yan did not make it clear that he would not take over, and the imperial court was afraid that the Liang army would completely become their old Chen family's private army, so they repeatedly set up obstacles in this matter. And if Xu Conghu takes over, it will be a bigger blow to them, with the character of our General Xu, I can't say which time I was unhappy, so I rebelled directly. Therefore, in the past two or three years, the imperial court has been delaying the retirement of the general, just to wait for variables. ”

"Now I'm that variable?"

"Exactly."

"Since the imperial court doesn't like these people so much, why don't you just transfer someone from the outside to take over? Nuo is a big country, how many should be capable and qualified, right? ”

"Of course there are people, but none of them can take Liangjun's stall."

"How?"

"Outsiders are in charge of the Liang Army, not only will the new faction led by Xu Conghu not do it, but the old people like Cui Qingshan and Wang Minglun will not agree, and even react more violently. Because in their opinion, the rivers and mountains of Liangzhou were beaten down by their elder brother with a knife and a punch, and it is absolutely unacceptable to give it to outsiders. If the imperial court really did this, there would only be one consequence, and that was a mutiny in the whole army. ”

The logical relationship between this, Chu He has completely figured it out, that is to say, now he is the best person that the imperial court can choose, even if they don't know what kind of person this Chu Sizuo is, it doesn't matter, even if he is a fool, he is much stronger than Yan Chen or Xu Conghu to take over.

And this also directly reflects the fact that the influence of the imperial court on the Liang army is extremely limited, which is also the fundamental reason why they are afraid of Chen Shi.

Chu He touched his chin, "Then go to see the prince to read, is there anything you should pay attention to?" ”

"There is indeed one point, that is, Brother Chu, you must behave in front of him without being humble or arrogant, but also with a hint of humility."

"What?"

"That is to say, to make the court feel that you are a controllable person, even if you are in power, the threat is much smaller than that of Xu Conghu."

"Then why do you have to be neither humble nor arrogant? Isn't it that the more humble they are, the more they trust? ”

"Brother Chu, you are now the most promising successor of the Liang Army, you just designed to kill Gu Qingshan and Si Tao, how can such a heroic figure look like a villain. If you really act groveling, it will make the court suspicious, thinking that your mind is too heavy to control. ”

When Chu He heard that it was so troublesome, he immediately sighed, "This scale is difficult to grasp." ”

"I believe that with Brother Chu's ability, he will definitely be able to deal with such a trivial matter."

"And when are we going to see him?"

"Tonight."

Chu He was shocked when he heard this, "So urgent? ”

Jiang Wuxian nodded and said: "It is necessary to be so anxious to show that we urgently need the support of the imperial court, so that they feel that as long as Brother Chu becomes a general, the imperial court will have a chance to regain control of the Liang army." ”

Chu He looked at Jiang Wuxian, who was confident, and couldn't say anything anymore, he could only sigh in his heart, he didn't know how this person's head was long, how could he come up with so many ways no matter how big or small.

In the evening, an ordinary house in Tai Chung Pass.

Chu He and Jiang Wuxian took advantage of the night to visit, and the host family was not surprised and warmly invited them in.

In this small courtyard, only Zhu Gong lived alone, very simple, Chu He noticed that there were more than ten fresh cabbages piled up under the wall, and a bunch of dried red peppers were tied under the eaves.

This former crown prince's companion Zhu Gong is slightly chubby and has a kind face, and he can't be associated with being sent by the emperor to spy on the Liang army.

And his eyes didn't seem to be too good, when he first saw Chu He, he squinted his eyes and stretched his neck and looked at it for a long time.

Zhu Gong didn't let them stay in the courtyard longer, but directly invited the two into the house.

As soon as he entered the house, Chu He saw a room full of books, on the kang, on the table, and on the ground. Some are stacked neatly on top of each other, while others are scattered and thrown in the corners.

"Zhu Gong, a grass man, has seen the chief soldier."