Ji Chengying, that is, the current emperor, secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the talisman on the table.

Ji Chengying looked at Tang Chen, who was kneeling below, and asked, "Why is the talisman of the Southern Expedition army in your hand?" ”

Tang Chen said: "Back to the emperor, it was the great strategist who sent his henchmen to hand over the talisman to Weichen, and let Weichen return it to the saint on his behalf." ”

Ji Chengying nodded and said, "I heard that the Great Strategist is in the Four Seas Inn, and I also heard that there is trouble there, is it true?" ”

Tang Chen replied: "The minister doesn't know the details yet, I will send someone to find out as soon as possible." ”

Ji Chengying yawned and walked up to Tang Chen, squatting down directly, Tang Chen was stunned, but he was used to it, as long as there were few people, the emperor would be so virtuous.

Ji Chengying leaned in and asked, "Tang Chen, if the Four Seas Inn really has a carapace, you can catch one for me, I want to see with my own eyes what it is." ”

Tang Chen immediately said: "Your Majesty, this joke can't be made, that armor is not only powerful, but also contagious." ”

Ji Chengying frowned: "Is it really contagious?" That is, it will turn other people into carapaces as well? I've heard that even if a person becomes a carapace, it's not much different from before, so I don't understand, so what is it? ”

Tang Chen explained: "Your Majesty, the people who become the Deceige will be different from normal people, and the Decei will look for the same kind, and they will also lurk among ordinary people, if it weren't for the fact that they feed on people, the people who are eaten will become dead corpses, I'm afraid we don't know that there will be such a thing as a Dec Armor." ”

Ji Chengying nodded: "In other words, for so many years, you haven't found out for me what that armor is?" So what are you all doing? Just take what you want, don't do anything? ”

Tang Chen immediately said: "The emperor atoned for his sins, the first person to discover the armor was a different way, and I am afraid that only people in the different ways understand what the armor is." ”

"Alien?" Ji Chengying thought for a while and said, "If I'm not mistaken, there is a rule in the Alien Dao, that is, not to cooperate with the imperial court, but anyone who belongs to the imperial court will be regarded as a traitor, but isn't the Great Strategist just a different faction?" There were also some submissive heretics in the court. ”

Tang Chen said: "Although the Great Strategist was born in a different way, it was also because his parents were in a different way, and the Great Strategist was adopted by the previous Great Strategist since he was a child, so he is actually not a real outsider, so even if he knows about the Jia, he may not be completely clear." As for those heretics who have returned to obedience, Weichen is only the commander of the Iron Guard, so it is inconvenient to ask. ”

Ji Chengying got up and stretched: "Okay, flat, you go, there's nothing else." ”

As soon as Tang Chen got up to leave, he heard the attendant outside the door shouting, "The Queen Mother has arrived." ”

Tang Chen had to kneel down immediately, and Ji Chengying saw that the Queen Mother only made a kneeling posture, and then turned around and was about to run.

The Queen Mother directly called Ji Chengying: "Where is the emperor going?" ”

Ji Chengying turned around and smiled: "I'll go to sleep." ”

The queen mother motioned for the palace maid who followed to stay outside, and she slowly walked into the imperial study, glanced at Tang Chen on the ground and said: "Before the emperor rests, he should order Tang Chen to thoroughly investigate the case of the Four Seas Inn, and if this case is not investigated, I will not be able to sleep peacefully." ”

Ji Chengying had no choice but to say: "Tang Chen listens to the order, I now order you to thoroughly investigate the case of the Four Seas Inn as the commander of the Iron Guard, you don't have to play everything, you can act cheaply." ”

Tang Chen immediately said: "The minister's order!" ”

After Tang Chen withdrew from the imperial study, the Queen Mother walked to the position of the table, looked at the indecent books on the table, and naturally raised her eyes and glared at Ji Chengying.

Ji Chengying stepped forward and said, "Mother, don't stare at me, I'm playing for them." ”

The Queen Mother said: "Even if you act, you won't watch this, right?" What kind of system? ”

Ji Chengying said: "Nanrong Qufeng is not an ordinary person, if I don't do this, he won't worry about me." ”

The Queen Mother said coldly: "This is the reason why you have married so many concubines and sealed so many beauties in just a few years since you ascended the throne?" ”

Ji Chengying smiled: "That's purely a personal hobby. ”

The Queen Mother raised her hand to slap her mouth, but held back: "Fortunately, you still know about the last dynasty, if you don't even go to the early court, you just wait to give way to Ji Hanguang." ”

Ji Hanguang is Ji Chengying's twin brother, in fact, Ji Hanguang is the former prince, the crown prince of the Dachang Dynasty, as for why Ji Chengying became the emperor's brother, it was all because of a red dragon gold coin.

Ji Chengying disagreed: "Do you think I am willing to be this emperor?" Every day when I get up early and feel dark, I feel like I'm gambling on luck when I turn over the folds every day, in case the war doesn't go well, or there is a natural or man-made disaster, the court will inevitably mourn, and then those powerful ministers have to jump out and set up a stage to act. ”

The Queen Mother closed her eyes and didn't want to listen anymore, but Ji Chengying walked directly to her side and continued: "If it can't be solved in the end, or if it is not solved well, I have to make an edict to blame me." What kind of logic is this? Heavy rain is not because I wet the bed, dry weather is not because I don't drink water, and wars are frequent because I am not virtuous enough, but because some bastards want to establish themselves as kings. ”

The Queen Mother said calmly: "Son, the emperor is indeed not so easy to sit on, I just don't understand, back then, your father and emperor did not hesitate to kill each other for that dragon chair, but in your generation, you brothers are good, no one wants to be the emperor, before the establishment of the prince, the two of you even went to the temple to pray for the nine heavens not to make yourself the crown prince." ”

Ji Chengying whispered: "That's not because the other obstacles in front of our brother have been cleared by you. ”

The Queen Mother said angrily: "Who am I for? It's not for the sake of you two brothers, if your father's other women give birth to heirs, and over time, cultivate your own power, you two brothers may not live today. ”

The Queen Mother directly called the old emperor's concubines "other women", which shows that in her eyes, those women have no status.

Ji Chengying also knew that her mother tried her best to make those concubines unable to give birth to children in the early years, and even if she gave birth to a son, she had to try her best to let him die of illness, all for him and his younger brother, and to put it nicely, it was to prevent their two brothers from staining their hands with the blood of their relatives.

Ji Chengying knelt down and said: "The queen mother is angry, and the sons will not say anything in the future, and the queen mother will do whatever the sons want." ”

The Queen Mother sighed: "It's not that I tell you to do whatever you want, but you want to use your brain, your father and the emperor died, and those auxiliary ministers died one after another, the world will be in chaos." ”

Ji Chengying said: "Erchen always suspected that the death of those auxiliary ministers had a lot to do with the Nanrong family. ”

The Queen Mother said solemnly: "Don't talk nonsense about this matter, now the government is actually in the hands of Nanrong Qufeng, although it seems that he doesn't have much power, but all the departments of the court obey him, and now there are not many people you can trust." ”

Ji Chengying asked: "Tang Chen should be counted as one, right?" He was the most trusted outside the palace of his father. ”

"People will change," the Queen Mother was full of worry, "Although Tang Chen is loyal, he has always been the son-in-law of the Nanrong family, although he married the daughter of Nanrong Wenjun back then, but the most volatile thing in the world is the people's heart." ”

Ji Chengying smiled bitterly: "If even Tang Chen can't be trusted, then there is no one around me to use." ”

The Queen Mother said coldly: "Really? And what about Xuanbu? ”

Ji Chengying was stunned, because the Xuanbu was secretly established by the old emperor during his reign, and it was not until the old emperor was seriously ill and dying that he told the two brothers Ji Chengying and Ji Hanguang about the existence of the Xuanbu, and told the two brothers that no matter who inherited the throne in the future, the other person would secretly assist the Xuanbu.

However, on that night, Ji Hanguang, who was unwilling to be the emperor, took out a red dragon gold coin and wanted to guess the pros and cons with Ji Chengying.

As a result, Ji Chengying guessed correctly, Ji Hanguang was so excited that he rolled on the ground, and Ji Chengying was stupid with the red dragon gold coin, and almost didn't cry.

Now that I think about it, my father died that night, probably because he was angry because he witnessed this scene, right?

That's right, when the brothers agreed to throw gold coins to set the throne, it was next to the old emperor's bed.

It's good that the queen mother doesn't know about this, otherwise she would have to die of anger. Thinking of this, Ji Chengying grinned at the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother got up and said: "The Xuanbu is left by your father, anyone who knows the existence of the Xuanbu can be trusted, your younger brother is in charge of the Xuanbu, you can rest assured, don't be in a hurry to deal with the Nanrong family now, first find out the case of the Guijia of the Four Seas Inn, I estimate that there is still a cat behind this." ”

Ji Chengying said: "Yes, Erchen knows, the queen mother should go back to rest earlier, it's all four watches." ”

"Don't stay up late," the Queen Mother said, "It's easy to die suddenly!" ”

After the Queen Mother left, Ji Chengying sat there, looked at the Nine Dragons clothes hanging next to him, and began to curse his younger brother Ji Hanguang, because Ji Hanguang did not keep his promise at all, and after letting the crown prince out, he handed over the jurisdiction of the Xuan Department to his brother Ji Chengying.

Why did I guess that in the first place? Ji Chengying put his head on the table and sighed.

The most important thing is that when the emperor can't choose the woman he loves, the queen next to him now is nothing but beauty.

Nine Heavens is on the top, my Ji Chengying is not so superficial, I just want a soul mate!

——

This night was destined to be a sleepless night, the emperor didn't sleep, and Tang Xiaohao, Sang Luo and Liao Yanqi, who were in the inn, naturally didn't sleep either.

Early in the morning, when Tang Xiaohao walked out of the house with dark circles under his eyes, he happened to see Liao Yanqi, who also had dark circles under his eyes, also walked out.

Tang Xiaohao gave a thumbs up and said, "General Liao, I didn't expect you to also like smoky makeup and have taste." ”

Liao Yanqi not only didn't sleep this night, but also because there was a Yueyan girl living next door, and the relationship was about to move all night, and the degree of discomfort increased a hundredfold, so in the face of Tang Xiaohao's ridicule, he just nodded numbly, and prepared to go downstairs for breakfast.

Liao Yanqi went downstairs but happened to meet Sang Luo coming upstairs, Liao Yanqi was just about to salute, but was stopped by Sang Luo: "No, go down to eat." ”

Tang Xiaohao leaned against the railing, holding his chin and looking at Sang Luo: "I thought that only General Liao couldn't sleep, but I didn't expect the great strategist to be unable to sleep, I covered the mouth of the frosty girl last night, you shouldn't hear any sound, right?" ”

Because of the sleepiness, Sang Luo was very irritable, and directly pressed the mechanism on the white paper fan to pop out the short knife.

Tang Xiaohao looked at the tip of the knife that was shining with cold light: "Just kidding, as for being so nervous?" As the saying goes, get up early and smile, she is good to me. ”

Sang Luo said coldly: "What you want to say is to get up early and warp, she is good and I am good, right?" ”

Tang Xiaohao pretended to be shy: "Don't make trouble, it's shameless." ”

Sang Luo couldn't help but be disgusted: "If your father wasn't Tang Chen, you would have been exposed to the wilderness long ago." ”

Tang Xiaohao clenched his fists with both hands: "Accept!" ”

In the face of a dead pig like Tang Xiaohao, who is not afraid of boiling water, even Sang Luo, who is the best in the world, is helpless, not to mention that he clearly knows that it is a cover-up.

Just after the hour, Tang Chen came to the outside of the inn with a large number of ironclad guards. The Iron Armor Guard belongs to the forbidden army sequence, which is naturally different from the Divine Capital Army guarding the Divine Capital City outside the Imperial City, and the black iron armor alone speaks for itself - if ordinary soldiers wear such heavy iron armor, let alone fight, it is difficult to even move.

Each of the Ironclad guards was armed with a longbow and quiver, a long knife at their waists, and every step they took would make the sound of metal colliding, so the surrounding Shendu soldiers knew that the Ironclad Guard had arrived just by hearing the sound.

After Tang Chen turned over and dismounted, he stood outside the fence and grabbed the rope, and just wanted to ring the bell, Sang Luo had already walked out.

Tang Chen immediately knelt down on one knee: "Tang Chen, the commander of the subordinate Royal Iron Guard, pays a visit to the Great Strategist. ”

"General Tang is exempt," Sang Luo deliberately kept his distance from the fence, "Has the talisman been returned to the emperor?" ”

Tang Chen got up and said, "After my subordinates got the talisman last night, they immediately presented it to the emperor, and the emperor then ordered me to investigate the case of the Four Seas Inn. ”

When Sang Luo saw that Tang Chen did not mention the army of the Southern Expedition, he knew that this matter needed to be discussed when he met the emperor in person, which was nothing more than a reward and reward for meritorious deeds, and then placed the 150,000 troops in batches among the armies to avoid further incidents.

Sang Luo told him what had happened since he came here yesterday, and Tang Chen was full of guilt after hearing it.

Tang Chen hugged his fists and said: "It's because my subordinates have no way to teach their sons, and when this case is over, I will definitely ask the Holy Lord to surrender the crime." ”

Sang Luo said: "Tang Gongzi just loves to play, and he is just playing on the face, he doesn't actually do anything, let alone violate the law, how can he say that he is guilty?" ”

Tang Chen knew that there was something in Sang Luo's words, and he also knew that Tang Xiaohao couldn't hide this great strategist by pretending to be crazy and stupid all day long, so he just smiled awkwardly.

However, Tang Chen quickly remembered something, so he asked, "The Great Strategist said that the person you killed was a beggar?" ”

Sang Luo said: "Yes, and it's obviously a member of the beggar gang." ”

Tang Chen immediately thought of what Mu Yinghao had done early yesterday morning, and was hesitating to tell him.

Tang Chen, as the commander of the Iron Guard, is loyal to the current emperor, but he is also the son-in-law of the Nanrong family. Mu Yinghao, the commander of the Shendu Army, is also a retainer of the Nanrong family, and for so many years, he has taken great pains to balance the relationship.

If Mu Yinghao was told about his calculations at this time, what would Sang Luo think?

Sang Luo noticed Tang Chen's embarrassed look on his face, and said bluntly: "What happened yesterday, together with General Mu's invitation to you to the Yamen of the Shendu Army, Ling Gongzi told me. ”

When Tang Chen heard this, he knew that he didn't need to explain anything: "Since the Great Strategist knows, then I will tell my own speculation." I think that the beggar you killed who turned into a carat must have been one of the five beggars the day before yesterday. ”

Sang Luo agreed: "I think so too, and I have roughly deduced a thing based on what Ling Gongzi said......