Zhou Sheng came to the middle hall and waited for a long time, watching waves of officials come out of the middle hall, although he was anxious in his heart, but the surface was still unfazed, at this time, an old man in black walked slowly in the direction of Zhou Sheng, seeing this, Zhou Sheng immediately bowed to the old man and said, "A certain general Zhou Sheng visited the middle." ”

Wang Zhongping looked at Zhou Sheng briefly and then said, "Come with me." ”

When Wang Zhongping stared at it, the cold sweat on Zhou Sheng's back couldn't stop coming out, his eyes were as sharp as an eagle's falcon, and as insidious as a poisonous snake, Zhou Sheng had heard his father talk about this Chinese man in the early years, when his sister was going to marry the Seventh Prince, the emperor specially summoned Zhou Qing to the palace to discuss, it stands to reason that a less important prince can be married and handed over to the following to do, but Xiao Jing is very concerned about this, and the whole wedding is concerned, and he will not decide on some important links without authorization, but will discuss with the Zhou family. In Xiao Jing's view, everyone is a family in the future, and they naturally need to respect each other.

At that time, Zhou Qing happily entered the palace after getting the news, and when he saw Wang Zhongping, he still wanted to set a close, but Wang Zhongping's expression of not being close to him made him retreat, and then Wang Zhongping's words made him frightened, Wang Zhongping saw Zhou Qing leaning on Zhou Qing's ear and whispered, "Lord Zhou, there is a difference between monarchs and ministers, and it is not good to cross the thunder pool." As soon as these words came out, the smile on Wang Zhongping's face instantly froze, and he shuddered when he recalled what he was thinking about just now, yes, no matter how much he respected himself, he would always be the emperor's courtier, and if he got carried away, it would only end up worse. Zhou Qing is also a smart person, so he naturally knows that Wang Zhongping is mentioning himself, so he said to Wang Zhongping gratefully, "Thank you for mentioning it, the lower officials are grateful." ”

Wang Zhongping waved his hand and replied lightly, "Lord Zhou doesn't need to be like this, in the future, as long as you are a royal prince, you will be able to enjoy glory and wealth for generations as long as you do not violate the interests of the country." ”

At the beginning, I heard my father talk about how imposing Zhou Sheng didn't believe it, but now when he saw that he was really oppressive, he didn't want to think too much, hurriedly followed Wang Zhongping's footsteps, and entered the middle hall Zhou Sheng always lowered his head and didn't dare to look directly at Tianyan, slowly came to the high platform, knelt on one knee, beat his chest with his left hand, and gave a military salute, "A certain general, Zhou Sheng, see Your Majesty." Zhou Sheng knew that today's saints didn't like the kneeling ceremony of military attachés and civil officials, so he chose to pay a military salute.

Sure enough, Xiao Jing smiled lightly and said in an approving tone, "This is a good man for my big beam, and young people should be like this." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty! A certain general will fight bravely to kill the enemy in the future, so as to show the demeanor of my Liang man. ”

"Hahahaha." Xiao Jing hadn't heard such vigorous words for a long time, the hundreds of officials in the court were all conformist and only knew how to calculate each other, and only a young talent like Zhou Sheng could make Xiao Jing recall his youth, Xiao Jing was in a good mood after listening to it, and because the Zhou family and himself were in-laws, they felt that this Zhou Sheng looked at it for a while, "Zhou Sheng, I heard that you brought back a lot of prisoners this time?" ”

"Your Majesty, 80,000 enemies were killed and 40,000 were captured in this battle."

"You fought very well, defeated the northerners in the first battle, and raised the prestige of our country, Li Congyi is a veteran, it is not uncommon to fight such a battle, but you, it is rare to be able to be in danger at the age of thirty, I may not be as good as you when I am your age."

"The minister doesn't dare, Your Majesty's heroism is unique in the world, if there is no Your Majesty's divine martial arts, how can the world be stable." Zhou Sheng will not be fluttering because the emperor praised you for two sentences, the emperor praised you for lifting you, the emperor's kindness to you can only show that he has a good impression of you at this moment, if you are pampered and arrogant, the emperor can turn his head and cut you off, and Zhou Sheng knows that no one doesn't like to listen to good words, even saints are no exception, and there is no problem with what he said, just repeating the facts.

Xiao Jing is more satisfied with Zhou Sheng's performance of being young and not arrogant or impatient, but still having a pure heart in the city, now what Daliang lacks is such a young talent, most of the army are old people, one by one only knows how to mess with the mud, and there is no sharpness of the year, after the joy, it is replaced by sadness and loneliness, thinking that he was so heroic back then, it is really ruthless.

Zhou Sheng was nervous when he saw Xiao Jing's suddenly disappearing smile, he thought that he had said something wrong, Xiao Jing saw Zhou Sheng's nervousness flashing and said with a smile, "You don't have to worry, I just feel sad when I think of what happened when I was a teenager." ”

"Your Majesty will live longer than the sky if you have the favor of heaven."

"You, you, how can anyone live longer than Qi Tian, I am already content to live to such an age. Okay, okay, you're still young, don't talk about this, speaking of which, this time thanks to your persuasion of Li Congyi, plus you have made great contributions to this battle, let's say, what reward do you want? ”

"Your Majesty, a certain general still doesn't want a reward, and a certain general is willing to go north to conquer the barbarians again, please ask Your Majesty for permission."

Xiao Jing was very pleased that Zhou Sheng refused to reward and was willing to continue the Northern Expedition, so he agreed to Zhou Sheng on the spot, "Okay, I will allow you to continue the Northern Expedition, the previous Chinese army attendants are not very suitable, I named you the general of the Second Route Army, Li Congyi is from Jindi, I want you to come out of Liaodi, in addition to the Northern Expedition barbarians, I also want you to review the Liaodi soldiers, especially the Meng family, do you understand?" ”

"A certain general understands!"

"I'm still the same sentence, you're still young, you're still long, do it well, if you have nothing to do, you can step down." After speaking, Xiao Jing closed his eyes and recuperated.

"A certain general will abide by His Majesty's high hopes, and a certain general will retire."

After Zhou Sheng left, Xiao Jing asked, "What do you think of this person?" ”

"A rare talent."

Xiao Jing sighed when he heard this and said, "Yes, a rare talent, it's a pity that the Zhou family's power is too weak." Xiao Jing pondered for a while after speaking, and then said, "In the future, you don't need to interfere with Zhou Sheng's friendship with the forces in the palace, on the contrary, you have to help him." ”

"The old slave understands."

In fact, the chamberlain in the palace, Chang Shi will report to Wang Zhongping every time he accepts his property, because there is an unwritten rule in the palace that anyone who takes money privately and does not report it will be killed with a cane, you can take it, but I don't know if there is a life flower, those few servants who took Zhou Sheng's money naturally did not dare to hide it privately and immediately reported it to Chang Shi, and Chang Shi also told Wang Zhongping about this matter, originally the collusion between relatives and palace people was the most taboo thing for the emperor, but out of trade-off, Xiao Jing chose to add fuel to the fire and help the Zhou family. As for whether the Zhou family can grasp it, it's up to them......

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Five people in the cave in the deep mountains of Liaodong are trembling and kowtowing vigorously to a stone statue, and their mouths keep chanting words such as Niangniang's life, the stone statue is the appearance of a woman, with a mediocre appearance, only a pair of soul-scaring eyes are the most prominent, "Enough!" Shut up! The sharp sound of the stone statue shook the five people and the seven orifices began to bleed, but they still did not stop and continued to kowtow, and some of the weaker cultivation spirits outside the cave burst open and turned into blood mist at the moment when the sound sounded.

"Niangniang, it's not that the five of us don't bother to look for it, it's all because Meng Zhang has been delayed here for too long before we haven't found any trace of that songtu, please Niangniang Mingjian."

"Humph! Bunch of shit, I'll give you another three months, and if you don't bring that beast here, I'll throw you all into a pool of blood, remember, my patience is limited. After saying that, the stone statue turned back into an ordinary stone and stood in place.

"Big brother, where are we going to find this Songtu?"

"How do I know? You ask me, who do I ask? Old Five, is there anything you can do? ”

The man called Lao Wu said with a somewhat ugly face, "There is a way, but there are some risks." ”

"When is it? Just say it. The other four looked at the fifth child with expectant faces, after all, this is a life-threatening matter.

"My solution is ......"

After the fifth child finished speaking, the expressions of the other four people were also a little difficult to look at, the way was good but a little too ..... A few people struggled for a while and then made up their minds and did so.