The moon stars are scarce.

The cold moonlight fell on the head of Jinling City, and the soldiers on duty looked at the official road not far away like eagles and falcons, and the sound of horses' hooves from their ears became clearer and clearer, until more than ten cavalry gradually appeared in the field of vision.

"His Royal Highness King Jing will return to Beijing at this time."

"I want to come here to witness the results of the Nihuang County Lord's son-in-law selection conference."

At this son-in-law selection conference, even the ordinary guards in Jinling City paid special attention.

The Nihuang County Lord can be said to be a bright banner in the Great Liang Army, this banner has stood in the Mu Wangfu in the south of the Great Liang for more than ten years, so that Nan Chu has not dared to raise troops to invade my territory over the years, so that the female general is of course the existence of all the soldiers in their hearts.

King Jing was tall and tall, wearing armor, and his unsmiling face was full of exhaustion.

"Your Highness."

"We wore the stars and the moon all the way, and finally rushed back before the county lord's literary exam."

The group hurriedly entered Beijing.

At the same time, the news of King Jing's entry into Beijing was sent to the palace of the crown prince and King Yu.

Emperor Liang is under his knees, in fact, there are not few heirs.

Now that the crown prince and King Yu are fighting, most of the other princes have expressed absolute obedience to one of them, but Xiao Jingyan, the king of Jing, who is leading the army outside, has a straightforward and stubborn temperament, and he has a close relationship with the Chiyan Forest Mansion back then, so life has not been easy these years.

Lu Ze also learned the news of His Royal Highness King Jing's return to Beijing the next day.

Come to think of it, the Qilin genius who was in the Ningguo Marquis Mansion also had to find an opportunity to choose the master.

Liu Qiushuang has a little appreciation for King Jing: "It's a pity that I was born in the emperor's family, and with King Jing's temperament, I am more suitable to be a general who leads troops to fight, and now the situation in Jinling City is so complicated, but I returned to Kyoto at this time." ”

"What an eventful time."

Lu Ze agreed with his mother's opinion.

In the original book, Mei Changsu's words to describe Xiao Jingyan were very prepared to describe King Jing's temperament.

Affectionate and righteous... It's just brainless.

Lu Ze never felt that King Jing was the most suitable candidate for the prince, this King Jing was completely pushed to that position by Mei Changsu behind him, plus there was a god-assisted mother in the harem, Xiao Jingrui became the new monarch of Daliang by various coincidences.

The human heart is divided into good and bad, good and evil.

But in a place like the court, in the final analysis, it is still a collection of interests.

There is no insight into the fire, a combination of rigidity and softness, and a touch of compassion in the bones.

Among the heirs of Emperor Liang, Lu Ze agrees with the public.

His Royal Highness King Yu is in a way the most suitable person.

It's just a pity that King Yu has half of the slippery blood in his bones, and he is destined to miss the throne.

As for the dead His Royal Highness King Qi...

People are gone.

This certainly proves that King Qi is not suitable.

.......

"Flystream."

"You go to bed first."

The young man in blue looked at the uncle who appeared under the tree not far away, turned his head and nodded to Brother Su, and returned to the wing room obediently.

Mei Changsu slowly got up and entered the main house where he lived every day.

The uninvited commander of Meng Da appeared in the snow house of the Marquis of Ning Guo's mansion at this time.

"I'm a little tired today, so Brother Meng is in trouble to help me change the fire."

Mei Changsu called the first master of the beam, and on the other hand, he went directly to the warm couch and covered his legs with a thick blanket.

Meng Zhi closed the window and door, turned the fire, and stared deeply at the pale face on the bed: "The county lord will take the literary test in front of the palace tomorrow, and King Jing also returned to Jinling yesterday, you are now able to tell me about me, what do you want to do?" ”

Mei Changsu had an inexplicable look on his face: "I just want Nihuang to be able to go along with it." ”

Meng Zhi's eyes looked at the cheeks that were completely different from those in his memory, the young marshal of the Red Flame Army back then was like a small fire man, who could march quickly for a hundred miles on a snowy night without shrinking, but now it is only early autumn, and a fire has to be lit in the house to keep warm.

The Grand Commander said softly: "Among the ten people who entered the literary examination this time, the only one I can't see through is that Bailiqi, and Hou Ye Lu. ”

Mei Changsu smiled leisurely: "Brother Meng is the number one master of the Great Liang, how can there be someone you can't see through?" ”

I saw Meng Zhi's tense shoulders relaxed, and he said in a deep voice: "Sure enough, Bailiqi is your person." ”

The fact that the commander of the Mongolian army can become the helmsman of the forbidden army and be trusted by His Majesty to guard Gyeonggi is certainly not as simple-minded as it seems on the surface.

Mei Changsu rubbed his cold hands, put them to his mouth and took a sip of hot air, which was considered to be an answer.

"I wanted to come forward to stir up this son-in-law selection conference."

"But now it seems that there is no need for this, Nihuang should have reached an agreement with Lu Hou's side, and this conference is just a formality, but unfortunately His Majesty the Emperor's mind is still in vain."

Meng Zhi wanted to speak and stopped: "Lu Hou's side..."

Mei Changsu covered his mouth and coughed lightly: "Although I don't know what Lu Hou is planning, no matter how big I want to be, it is just for power, fame, wealth... Or is his heart bigger and he wants to change the dynasty? ”

Meng Zhi lost his voice and said, "How is this possible? ”

Mei Changsu smiled and did not delve into this matter further.

"After the conference, I will find a chance to meet Jing Yan."

"The bloody case in Meiling back then has now come to open up the snow injustice."

......

It's finally the day of the exam.

There was a cool breeze in the morning, and the people of Jinling were looking forward to the final results of today's literary examination, but it was a pity that this literary examination was held in the palace hall, and the emperor set up a banquet hall to invite the Dayu and Beiyan delegations and the ten people selected this time.

Lu Ze took the carriage of the Hou Mansion early and came to the side gate of the palace.

After verifying his identity, Lu Ze changed into a Qingluo sedan chair specially prepared in the palace, entered the Zhengyi Gate, and then got off the sedan chair and walked.

By car, by car, on foot.

The rules in the imperial city are quite cumbersome.

The father-in-law who led the way in front was the little father-in-law Gao Tu who Lu Ze had brought when he first arrived in Kyoto.

Xiao Gao's father-in-law had a kind smile on his face: "Lu Hou, when you walk through the Wuying Hall in front, you will arrive at the place, the Nihuang County Lord and Prince Mu are here, and His Royal Highness King Jing is also there." ”

As soon as I walked to the corner of the temple, I happened to meet another group of people turning out of the side corridor.

It is the people of King Mu's mansion.

After the Nihuang County Lord saw Lu Ze, he walked over with a leisurely gait: "Lu Hou looks good today, I want to be able to be selected for the Wen Test, and I hope that Lu Hou's subordinates will be merciful when he fights with Nihuang at that time." ”

Mu Qing didn't talk to him stupidly.

Why is my sister so polite, everyone has seen it so many times.

Could it be because His Royal Highness King Jing is also here?

King Jing Xiao Jingyan strode over, and as soon as Lu Ze made contact with King Jing's gaze, he bowed slightly: "I've seen His Royal Highness King Jing." ”

King Jing was overjoyed with the previous victory in the West.

It's just that he can't help but think of the Red Flame Army that guarded the western border back then, and Lu Ze's purpose in participating in the son-in-law selection conference this time is to marry the Nihuang County Lord who had a marriage contract with his friend Lin Shu, which makes King Jing's heart extremely complicated.

King Jing is not a person who talks much, but he just said a polite word to the author, and then stood silently.

The Nihuang County Lord intended to introduce the two of them to get to know each other well, but listening to the excitement behind her, she smiled lightly: "These two are acting in unison." ”

Lu Ze didn't need to look back, he knew who Nihuang was talking about.

In an instant, the laughter of the crown prince and King Yu was heard in turn, and the two brothers seemed to be comparing to play the role of generosity and grace, and greeted everyone at the foot of the hall very kindly.

At this time, the 'scholar' at the foot of the palace was enough to make the prince and King Yu more amiable than each other.

The status of these two highnesses is noble, and everyone stepped forward to salute.

Lu Ze chatted with King Yu and the prince without stage fright, and at the same time chatted with Lord Nihuang and Mu Qing, His Royal Highness King Yu looked at Lu Houye's posture in front of the two brothers, and couldn't help but show a trace of disgust in his heart.

Lu Ze may be the only one who feels the change in His Royal Highness King Jing's mood.

This Xiao Jingyan... Sure enough, I haven't learned to be false and wrong.

After the king and the prince came, everyone entered the palace together, and the palace had already set up wine, food, fruits and vegetables, and arranged a banquet.

Lu Ze was supposed to be with the ten people in the entrance examination, but his identity was special, and he walked through the side door and came directly to the venue in advance.

About a quarter of an hour later, the golden chime outside the hall sounded softly.

"The emperor has arrived!"

The hall was suddenly silent, and everyone stood according to the etiquette.

After the yellow-robed figure sat down in the hall, Lu Ze bowed down with everyone.

His Majesty the Emperor added the dragon robe, compared with the previous meeting in Yingfeng Tower, it was more majestic and majestic, with white temples and wrinkles on the face, but the majesty was still there.

There were not many people in the temple.

Emperor Liang saw Lu Ze at the back at a glance, and the emperor chuckled and said, "Lu Hou is standing close to Nihuang, which makes the rest of the nine people who entered the literary examination think more about it after seeing it." ”

Everyone's eyes converged on Lu Ze.

Everyone is speculating whether there is more meaning in His Majesty's words and jokes.

Even the Nihuang County Lord frowned slightly.

Lu Ze stood up directly and bowed down to say goodbye: "The people who participated in the competition this time in Dayu and Beiyan are just the foils of my Liang, and the county lord of Nihuang is a Liang person, who has fought for the country for many years. ”

Emperor Liang laughed heartily, stretched out his hand to Lu Ze, shook his head with a smile, and said, "You really underestimated this son-in-law selection conference, I will see later that you can overwhelm the crowd." ”

The Nihuang County Lord also came out to respond to Lu Ze's joke.

Emperor Liang's eyes showed a look of love at this moment, and he said to Nihuang: "What Lu Hou said is also reasonable. How could I be willing to let you work so hard? This time, Qing'er has inherited the title, as long as I choose a good son-in-law for you, I will be able to completely put my mind at ease. ”

The crown prince and King Yu listened to the tone of their father's words, and their hearts moved slightly.

Didn't Father Mo really want to match Lu Hou and the Nihuang County Lord?

King Yu's expression is normal.

Then His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who realized it later, couldn't help but hesitate when he thought about it.

Emperor Liang laughed heartily, and the atmosphere in the hall was much more relaxed.

Soon after, the commander of the forbidden army appeared at the gate of the palace, Meng Zhi was a close minister in front of the car, and he didn't need to be reported, he went straight to the palace, and said to him: "Back to Your Majesty, the envoys of the two countries of Dayu and Northern Yan and the nine shortlisted winners have all entered the palace and are waiting for the decree outside the palace." ”

Meng Zhi turned his head and glanced at Lu Ze.

Just now, the people outside were still discussing why only nine people were present, and it turned out that Lu Houye had entered the hall early.

The envoys of the Great Yu Beiyan went to the hall with the festival and sat down.

Then came the winner of the son-in-law selection conference, and several people had obvious nervousness on their faces, after all, this is the palace of the Great Liang, even if the momentum on the battle platform is surging, it is still difficult to calm down after arriving at the main hall.

In contrast, Xiao Jingrui and Yan Yujin, who are accustomed to entering the palace, are of course much more relaxed, and as soon as the brothers entered, they wandered around the palace.

After seeing the Nihuang County Lord, although he didn't dare to say hello, he still showed a kind smile.

Yan Yujin found Lu Ze's figure and muttered in a low voice: "Is it true that we are all here to accompany Lu Hou?" ”

Xiao Jingrui glared at his friend angrily: "Palace Hall, be cautious!" ”

After everyone sat down, Emperor Liang ordered the palace maids to pour wine for each table, and raised a glass to drink: "This event is full of heroes, masters are like a forest, everyone can win in the end, it can be seen that they are all young heroes." Today's banquet before the literary examination is really an encouragement, if you are interested in joining my beam after the conference, just stay and serve for my beam. ”

As soon as these words came out, the faces of the Dayu Mission and the Beiyan Mission all changed.

Lu Ze had a strange expression.

Emperor, are you engaged in boSS direct recruitment?

The people of the two envoys politely expressed their refusal, and Emperor Liang just drank the wine in the cup and did not say anything more.

But the words just now obviously planted a seed in the hearts of the people present, even if they failed to marry the county lord in the end, with the promise of the emperor, they would definitely be able to get a good job in Daliang.

At this time, King Yu and the crown prince also stood up to speak, causing His Majesty the Emperor to smile even more.

Only His Royal Highness King Jing, who was sitting in the corner, looked coldly at everything that happened in the hall.

Emperor Liang didn't say slowly until both sides had temporarily subsided: "Everyone is a talented person and has a great future. It's a pity that I am busy with politics and have never watched every competition, and I am still very unfamiliar with these warriors. ”

"Erchen has a suggestion."

King Yu is the most clever by nature, coupled with sensitive information, he already knew what his father meant, and said directly: "It's better to take advantage of today's banquet and let these ten selected candidates have a discussion, which is also a good conversation." ”

Emperor Liang groaned slightly, and then said, "I don't know, what do you mean?" ”

Although the martial arts test is over, there is a very tricky Bailiqi among the ten selected candidates.

Emperor Liang set up a son-in-law selection conference for the county lord of Nihuang, and his original intention was to let the county lord marry the person he chose, definitely not to marry someone other than the Liang country.

The charter of the challenge was quickly set.

Emperor Liang's gaze casually looked in the direction where the Dayu mission was located.

Just when the Golden Eagle Chai Ming was about to take the lead in the challenge, Lu Ze had already stood up.

The gaze he looked at was also the location of the Dayu Mission.

"That golden eagle, I heard that you don't accept Ben Hou?"