Just as he personally sent him back to the Prime Minister's Mansion at the beginning, Wang Yuqian, the left attendant of the military department today, also came to greet Xu Yuan in person.

In normal times, such visits between the court officials would be very eye-catching, but now that the triennial official examination of the Zhengyan Dynasty is taking place, the daily flow of people in the Prime Minister's Mansion is extremely huge, and the arrival of the left attendant of the military department has not attracted anyone's attention.

At least, not on the surface.

After the carriage left the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion, it drove straight towards the headquarters of the Tian'an Chamber of Commerce.

The curtains were wide open, and the biting winter wind poured into the carriage with the high-speed movement of the beast cart.

Sitting by the window blowing the cold wind, basking in the warm winter sun, the two sides of the animal walk quickly retreat and the bustling city scenery can be seen at a glance.

The Tian'an Chamber of Commerce in Di'an City is located on the outskirts of the southern part of the inner city, and even if you travel by animal cart, it will take half an hour.

During this time, Xu Yuan naturally chatted with Wang Yuqian, an old minister of the Prime Minister's Mansion, about some political affairs.

There are six departments in the court, and although the military department has no military power, it has the right to raise armaments.

And Wang Yuqian, as the left squire of the military department, he can even know some special military situations one step ahead of the Prime Minister's Mansion, so Xu Yuan learned a lot of new war information along the way.

Not only in the north, but also in the desert in the northwest and the Wanxing Mountains in the southwest, and even the Japanese in the southeast coast.

The war on the desert side is scorching, but with Zhenxi Hou in charge, the situation is quite controllable.

The area around the Wanxing Mountains is a little crumbling, compared to the tide of monsters that will only come in spring in previous years, after the winter this year, the monsters over there have already moved a little.

Last month, more than 10,000 large-scale demon beast attacks were even launched.

Along the 100,000-mile Wanxing Mountain Range, the information for help from the military camps and walled cities from all over the country flew into the military headquarters like snowflakes.

"Alas, the Wanxing Mountains are asking for money, food, and ordnance everywhere, but the center of gravity of the emperor and Lord Xiangguo is now in the north, and it is difficult for the military department and the household department to come up with excess money and food to supply there."

The little old man with white hair and beard looked very tired, with a hint of sigh: "This winter, if Gu Yuan really launches a large-scale demon beast tide, I'm afraid the New Year in the Wanxing Mountains will be very sad." ”

Xu Yuan listened carefully, and Shengshan County subconsciously appeared in his mind, and said with a little worry:

"Those demon clans really caught it on time."

The wrinkles on Wang Yuqian's face trembled, and he shook his head:

"The third prince doesn't have to rest assured of Xiao Lao'er's words, we have already made an assessment at the internal staff meeting of the Ministry of War, although the 100,000-mile defense line in the southwest may be partially broken through some border cities, but on the whole, there will be no major problems.

"As long as the war in the north subsides next year and the imperial court can pull out its hand, everything will be fine."

“.”

Regarding Wang Yuqian's words, Xu Yuan was inexplicably a little uneasy in his heart:

"The demon clan shouldn't miss this point in time."

Wang Yuqian's old face showed a touch of disdain:

"Although the sect over there is unwilling to contribute, it is impossible to completely sit idly by, the border line has moved back, the internal counties have been slaughtered, and what has been lost is their own things."

"I hope so." Xu Yuan.

Wang Yuqian smiled slightly, and then said:

"But in addition to these bad news, on the whole, there are still some good things, the Japanese on the southeast coast seem to be calm this year because of the war in their homeland, and the military expenditure is directly discounted in half compared with previous years, but it saves a lot of thinking about the little old man."

"Elder Wang has worked hard for the country and the people." Xu Yuan was not stingy with praise.

"The third prince is serious."

The worry on Wang Yuqian's face disappeared, and he turned to a touch of thought: "By the way, Third Prince, it may be because of your secret meeting with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince some time ago, after the end of the dynasty this morning, His Royal Highness personally found Xiao Lao'er." ”

Xu Yuan's eyes instantly froze when he heard this:

"What did you say?"

"Xiao Lao'er has not reported this matter to Xiangguo."

Before saying the content of the conversation, Wang Yuqian first came to this sentence, and then said softly:

"Your Highness, he expressed his admiration for your talent, and also revealed some solicitation to Xiao Lao'er."

Xu Yuan ignored the meaning of standing in line in the other party's words, and a trace of doubt rose in his heart, and he said:

"Is the prince's solicitation for you, or for me?"

"To me, little old man." Wang Yuqian bowed his head.

"It doesn't make sense." Xu Yuan muttered subconsciously.

Wang Yuqian echoed and said:

"It really doesn't make sense, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has been in prison for so long, it is impossible not to know that the object of my loyalty is Lord Xiangguo, and such a simple solicitation will inevitably be truthfully reported by Xiao Lao'er."

Speaking of which,

Wang Yuqian lowered his voice slightly, and said softly:

"Third prince, I have been thinking about it for a long time, and I suspect that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants to contact Lord Xiangguo through Xiao Lao'er and me."

“.”

The prince contacts Xiangguofu?

Xu Yuan frowned, but he thought about it in his heart, and said in a low voice: "The Holy Lord allowed Li Zhaoyuan to openly fall to the sect and do nothing, and the pressure that Li Zhaoyuan has created on the crown prince in the past few months has made him want to choose to fall to the Prime Minister's Mansion?" ”

Wang Yuqian rubbed his rough fingers:

"Little Lao'er thinks so, otherwise His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has no reason to contact me."

Xu Yuan took a deep breath and said slowly:

"Now we can't help but be presumptuous to make these speculations, Wang Lao, you will continue to do business as usual for the time being, if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince really has this intention, there will always be a clear signal."

"Yes." Wang Yuqian replied respectfully.

Xu Yuan nodded, then did not speak again, quietly leaned on the soft couch and closed his eyes to recuperate, and after about half an hour, he suddenly said softly:

"By the way, Elder Wang,

"You should report this matter to my father first."

“.”

The rickety old man's body trembled slightly, glanced at Xu Yuan cautiously, and hurriedly lowered his head:

"It's the little old man who knows."

Xu Yuan bowed his head slightly, closed his eyes and began to take a nap.

He didn't care about Wang Yuqian's careful thoughts.

This little old man is not a high-level member of the inner circle of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and he doesn't know the real situation in their family, so it is understandable to regard their family as a place for the royal family to raise Gu.

And with the available information, it was a natural move for him to choose to take sides.

After all, all signs are showing his identity as Xu Yuan, the "prince of Xiangfu", and after a hundred years of Xiangguo, this little old man will naturally have the "skill from the dragon" directly.

But in fact, according to the father's meaning, it is understandable for him to accept the other party's side.

But Xu Yuan didn't want to mess with this mess for the time being.

Without him, now that there is Daddy on top, he doesn't want to care at all, isn't it more attractive to hide in the shade of Daddy's big tree and keep fishing?

(End of chapter)