So he just went back to his hometown, not to other places, although it was Longtan Tiger's Den, but it was also the place that was most familiar with him.

Along the way, because Xiao Ce had just recovered from a serious illness, this was the first time in his life that he had sat in a carriage with the army, and Song Heng was very knowledgeable about current affairs, so he specially picked the largest carriage in Chang'an City, which could accommodate two people and a whole table at most.

The guards on the side said to Li Hanning: "General, get into the carriage quickly." ”

When Li Hanning heard this, he frowned and glanced at him:

"Since you call me general, you know my identity, I am for His Royal Highness, for the people who led the troops to fight in Luoyang, why did I take the carriage? Go and lead my horse. ”

Xiao Ce took the carriage because he had just recovered from a serious illness, but she was a general, just like other soldiers, there was no exception, this time she returned to Luoyang with the army, naturally she had to ride a horse.

The guard hesitated for a moment, and when he heard Li Hanning's words on this, he naturally didn't dare to slack off:

"It's the general, I'm going to lead the general's horse over, I was negligent just now."

They immediately brought over the white horse that Li Hanning had left outside Chang'an City at that time, and the white horse had been in their barracks for the past few days, and it seemed that no one except Li Haining was convinced, and no one else was allowed to ride, and this time it happened to be returned to its original owner.

Li Hanning stepped forward and reached out and touched the white horse, this was the last time she left Chang'an City, Xiao Ce gave it to her in front of the soldiers of the three armies, at that time she insisted on entering Chang'an, at that time she felt that life and death were unpredictable, so she released its reins and let it go free, but she didn't expect it to go, but went around and returned to her side, this horse seemed to be exceptionally docile in front of her, she touched the white horse in front of her, and then turned around and walked sideways cleanly and turned over on the horse, With a pull on the reins, he glanced at the guard who was still standing in place, and said in a deep voice:

"Pass the order and leave for Luoyang on the same day."

"Yes."

They also carried more than 20,000 soldiers and horses with them, which were originally the Praetorian Guards of Luoyang for the prince Xiao Sheng to drive, but now they have also become Xiao Ce's people by mistake, and Li Hanning's horses are walking almost side by side next to Xiao Ce's carriage.

She quietly glanced at the carriage on the side, as if she could see Xiao Ce who was resting inside with those things, and now their Highness was going back safe and sound, and she didn't have to think about it to probably know that now those people in Luoyang City with ulterior motives should not be able to sit still.

She was also looking forward to the moment when those people saw them return to Luoyang.

*

In Luoyang City, the streets are prosperous, people come and go endlessly, but the magnificent and majestic prince's mansion isolates all the fireworks on the street, and now the news of King Ming's return to Luoyang is spreading, and the people are looking forward to it, but the atmosphere here in the East Palace is not good.

The people waiting in the East Palace could obviously see that their Highness was not happy with the news that Xiao Ce had replied uninvited, so no one dared to come forward to serve and touch this bad head.

As soon as Xiao Sheng slapped the table, the bookcase in front of him was shaken, and he said in a low voice:

"How can this be true? Who brought him back? didn't say hello, and with so many soldiers and horses, is there still my brother in his eyes, and is there a father or the emperor! ”

The crown princess on the side just poured a cup of hot tea on his bookcase, Xiao Sheng saw the steaming tea in a blink of an eye, and he originally felt that his heart was on fire, but now he was even more angry, and with a wave of his clothes, he knocked over the teacup on the ground, and the hot tea immediately splashed on the ground, almost splashing on Xue Ning's skirt, which frightened her a few steps back a few steps rudely.

Xiao Sheng immediately glanced at the flustered crown princess: "What are you afraid of." ”

The implication is that he is measured, even if he was angry just now, he was angry with his good brother, the tea couldn't splash on her head, and he couldn't blame her for being the crown princess, she really didn't need to be scared like this.

Xue Ning seemed to know that her reaction just now was a bit rude, so she immediately said:

"What His Royal Highness said is that it was the concubine who scared herself, and the concubine, as the crown princess, should not be rude at any time."

Xiao Sheng may have known that what he said just now was a bit heavy, but in fact, he didn't care about the annoyance, nor the affairs of the person in front of him, so he stepped forward and grabbed her hand and comforted:

"Don't worry, no matter what happens, no matter when, I am your husband, I will always treat you well, and I will not spill my anger on you, just now I was just angry with my brother who is not angry."

Because she is not only the lovely Xue Ning, but also the daughter of the Xue family, a Luoyang nobleman, the Xue family is reused by his father, so the Xue family is a force that must be encircled by Xiao Sheng.

Speaking of this, Xiao Sheng seemed to suddenly think of something, lowered his head and said gently: "Speaking of which, I haven't seen your brother in the past few days, where has he been these days?" ”

Xue Ning heard her brother's name, so she had to say: "A few days ago, my brother had a temper with my father, and my father temporarily sent him to Luoyang, saying that he was going out to practice for a period of time to investigate the case of a Jiangnan cargo ship. ”

No wonder I haven't seen him for a few days. It turned out that there was such a thing, but the family is not a big deal, and it sounds like his father-in-law just hates iron and steel at most.

Xiao Sheng also knows the situation of the Xue family, her brother is also the only sister-in-law of the Xue family after all, but he has been pampered since he was a child, and he is upright, and he has some discord with his father, but the quarrels between father and son in this world are like this, and after a few days it gets better, so he simply comforts the humanity in front of him:

"Don't worry, people are young and vigorous when they are young, I don't know that most of the people outside are sinister like this, and you will understand when you go out to practice for a while, don't worry, the princess can rest assured, when he is angry another day, I will also go to persuade my father-in-law."

It's just that they also have a nephew Xue Huai who is now Xue Xiang next to the door, Xiao Sheng received the news before, that Li Hanning relied on the fact that he had a gold medal in his hand to avoid death, and killed him with a sword in the military camp outside Chang'an City, so that Xue Xiang's younger brother sent a black-haired person at such an age, and he was naturally uncomfortable, and he might be able to make a fuss about it.

*

The Chaoyang Hall was silent, Zhang Jaw knelt alone on the main hall, and the other Wenchen generals had already dispersed, and he was the only one who was left behind.

Xiao An, the king of Luoyang, was sitting on the dragon chair and asked condescendingly:

"Do you know why I kept you?"

And he was the only one left.

Zhang Jaw probably knew what was going on in his heart, but he didn't dare to say it on his face, so he just knelt on the ground and said:

"I don't know."

"You know."

Xiao An retreated left and right today, and the people who were guarding outside didn't dare to listen to them at all, and now there were only two of them in the entire empty hall.

His Royal Highness's kneeling jaw is the same age as Xiao Ce, and Xue Xiang's eldest son is the champion and first in the same year, perhaps because he and Xiao An have been similar since childhood, and Emperor Xiao has always treated him as a son when he was in Luoyang.

Zhang Jaw didn't talk, and he had to say after a while:

"The minister knows, but please forgive Your Majesty, Your Majesty asked a question, and the minister really didn't dare to say it."

Xiao An sighed, he, the local of Dali Temple, can be regarded as cautious.

"Those ministers outside, what they want to say, what they want to think in their hearts, I know and know it clearly, there are no outsiders here, I allow you to say that my crown prince and the king of Ming, who is more suitable for this position, and who are you willing to be loyal to in the future."

The emperor asked so clearly, but he didn't dare to answer, he didn't quite understand, whether this was a test of his mind or some other reason.

Zhang Jaw knelt on the ground and kowtowed one after another: "The minister really can't answer." ”

Emperor Xiao snorted coldly: "I just want you to answer, I want to hear what you have in your heart, if you don't want to say it, I can kill you before choosing the two of them." ”

Above the main hall, there was silence, and after a long time, he raised his head and said to the person sitting on the dragon chair:

"Then please ask Your Highness to give the dead minister."

Those eyes were still bright even in the hall that seemed a little gray, and their eyes were like torches, like the moonlight pouring down at night, firm and clean.

These ministers all over the land are either vain and unrestrained, or have been high-ranking officials for many years, and Emperor Xiao rarely sees such eyes and loyal ministers similar to them in the court.

Emperor Xiao sighed softly and said, "That's it, I'm not trying to embarrass you, I just want to hear the opinions of others." ”

But he has long forgotten that he is no longer the king of Luoyang, he is now the emperor, which emperor in this world is not a loner? Who but him would really dare to answer such a question?

Emperor Xiao said again: "You get up, go back." ”

Zhang Jaw thanked him, and when he turned around to leave, he suddenly felt that the person on the dragon chair seemed to be not as high-spirited as a few years ago, and now Emperor Xiao is obviously only in his early forties, but his figure is already a little rickety.

After all, he is Emperor Xiao, but he eats the king's fortune, but he doesn't dare to worry about the king.

He flicked his jaw and said: "Your Highness, please forgive the minister's next words are not guilty, the minister's words are just what he thinks in his heart, and it may not be correct, Your Highness can listen to it." ”

"In the eyes of our ordinary courtiers, if the world has always been Luoyang's, if the Great Zhou is the former Liang, then the current prince is doing very well, and the prince's imperial mental skills can be unmatched among the younger generation, but most of the country under this world is beaten down by Xiao Ce, the king of the Ming Dynasty, and now there is a small town in the north Hou Yunyan with nearly 300,000 troops, and there is King Yan Weixing in the south, and Chang'an has an epidemic, and our Great Zhou is about to come in a storm."

Zhang Jaw pondered the words and paused: "If it is in peacetime, the prince is indeed the most suitable candidate, but in the current situation, the minister thinks that King Xiao Ce is indeed more suitable." ”