"Jiang Yao?" Shen Lie stood up in surprise and joy and looked at the door: "Why are you here?" ”

Li Jiangyao walked into the room and responded with a smile: "Do you say it's a coincidence? I just arrived yesterday. I just heard from my subordinates that you are here, and I still wondered, why did Brother Shen run to see Xu Youchang first? Is their relationship so good? ”

Xu Youchang explained to Shen Lie on the side: "The troops are about to crusade against Jiangnan, so Daduhu has decided to use this place as a base for crossing the river, and the soldiers and horses of the Zhenjiang Army are gathering in Luzhou one after another. ”

Shen Lie smiled bitterly: "You guy, you didn't tell Shen just now, Jiang Yao is also here at this time." ”

Xu Youchang laughed and said, "Your brother didn't ask where Jiang Yao was." Didn't I suddenly see you and forget about it? ”

Li Jiangyao smiled and beckoned the two to sit down, and asked, "Brother Shen, are you going to go to the imperial capital?" ”

Shen Lie bowed slightly: "Yes, the emperor suddenly summoned him." I thought, anyway, it's a stopper, so I might as well meet you first. Jiang Yao, Youchang, you defeated the foreign enemies who invaded the Holy Tang Dynasty, recovered the capital of the dynasty, and avenged the dead soldiers and people. Shen admires you and is even more grateful to you! ”

Li Jiangyao said solemnly: "Brother Shen, the glory of victory belongs to each of us. Not only the Zhenjiang army, but all those who fought against the Turks were worthy of the Holy Tang and the first emperor. Especially you, in the complicated chaos, it is not easy to assist the emperor to succeed to the throne and keep the hinterland of the Central Plains, without letting the Turks advance another half a step. ”

Shen Lie waved his hand: "Hey, that's not my credit. I'm just fulfilling the last order of the first emperor, and nothing else. ”

Xu Youchang sighed on the side: "What Lord Changshi has done for Shengtang, all of us know in our hearts. The only one who didn't count was Li Bing! Ungrateful, jealous and jealous! ”

Hearing him say this, Shen Lie couldn't help but be slightly stunned. Xu Youchang's tone of speech showed his dissatisfaction with Li Bing, and he did not hide it at all. You must know that he is not an ordinary person, but the deputy commander of the Zhenjiang Army and a new generation of famous generals with hundreds of thousands of invincible elites. Xu Youchang was able to say what he said just now, which was by no means a good sign for the Holy Tang Emperor.

Li Jiangyao saw Shen Lie's worries and smiled: "Brother Shen, don't take it to heart. Youchang has a straightforward temperament.,It's always been what you want to say.,Don't care.。 ”

Shen Lie nodded in understanding: "Shen only wants to have a clear conscience in doing things, and he doesn't care what others think, let alone any merits and rewards. Emperor he has his thoughts, it doesn't matter! Isn't it good right now? Those who are free and free can concentrate on avenging my master, wife and children. ”

Li Jiangyao glanced at him meaningfully, and said lightly: "The emperor gave you the title before, and removed your authority as the head of the Reverse Scale Division, and let you go to the Longtan Tiger's Den alone. Murong Xue, Dong Tianxing, and Zhou Xing were all in a hurry, and sent me several letters in a row, asking me to find a way to help you. For such a long time, both the emperor and the court have always ignored you. Now that a sudden decree has been summoned, I'm afraid it's not a good thing, right? ”

Shen Lie smiled faintly: "Hey, even if it's nothing good, it won't be anything bad." Shen is loyal to the Holy Tang Dynasty and the imperial court, and has never done anything to be sorry for the dynasty, even if it is the emperor, he can't blame him for no reason. I estimate that most of them are old things that are against the scales, and I want to ask Shen. ”

Li Jiangyao looked at Xu Youchang, and then said to Shen Lie: "Brother Shen, the emperor will not condemn him, but those traitorous ministers in the court may not be willing to stop, so they must be guarded." ”

"Haha, why has Shen ever been afraid of traitors?" Shen Lie laughed loudly: "It should be that they are afraid of me!" ”

Xu Youchang shook his head: "You can't say that. We all know that Lord Changshi is a good man with iron bones, and he has never taken those young people in his eyes. However, now that you have no official status, and lack the support of the emperor and the Reverse Scale Division, many of the enemies you offended at the beginning want you to die. Jiang Yao and I are most worried about this. ”

Li Jiang looked at Shen Lie from afar and tried to ask, "Why don't we make an individual choice?" ”

"What choice?" Shen Lie was a little curious.

Xu Youchang said: "Go to the Western Xinjiang, don't go back to the imperial capital." Your revenge, we will avenge you, capture Lao Jianhua alive, and then hand it over to you to dispose of, how about it? ”

Shen Lie silently looked at the two young best friends in front of him, he knew in his heart that Li Jiangyao and Xu Youchang were really thinking about themselves, and they were worried that he would encounter some big trouble when he went to the imperial capital.

If Shen Lie was just an ordinary court official, and he was summoned by the emperor's decree again after leaving office, it would not only be not a bad thing, but also a special honor. However, as a royal private soldier, the head of the top secret agents of the Holy Tang Dynasty, and the nemesis of countless corrupt officials and traitors, he was suddenly called back to the court, which is really unpredictable.

Li Jiangyao was out of concern for himself, so he proposed not to go to the imperial capital.

Thinking of this, Shen Lie smiled and said: "I entered the Northern Ya Reverse Scale Division at the age of nineteen, and I was decisive and ruthless, and I was jokingly called the Living Yama King by the government and the opposition, and everyone talked about it and changed color. Especially after the master, wife and children were killed by Lao Jianhua, the whole person's temperament changed greatly. I thought that I would never have any more feelings and friends in this life. ”

He paused, and his voice was slightly choked: "Unexpectedly, God did not completely abandon Shen Lie, and in the end, he still gave me a good friend and good brother who knew my life." Jiang Yao, Friend Chang, I have received all your wishes, and I am very grateful. ”

"Don't just be grateful," Li Jiangyao said, "Do you listen to us?" ”

Shen Lie smiled faintly: "Listening is listening, but I can't do what you say." Jiang Yao, no matter whether the road ahead is smooth or bumpy, I must face it bravely. Escape is not Shen Lie's style. ”

Li Jiangyao also knew that with Shen Lie's character, I am afraid it would be difficult to persuade, and instead of talking hard and chattering, it was better to solve some practical problems. He thought for a moment and said, "Brother Shen, since you have made your choice, then we will stop talking nonsense. As you said, the eldest husband stands up to the sky and is fearless, even if it is a mountain of swords and a sea of fire, what does it matter? It's good to fuck it. However, if you really regard us as friends, then give me and your friend a thorough explanation, why the emperor suddenly wants to see you this time, we know a rough idea, and we can be prepared. ”

Shen Lie nodded, pondered for a moment, and suddenly asked, "At the beginning, Tanli was captured by you, and in order to save his life, he provided three pieces of information. Is this clear to you? ”

Xu Youchang responded: "Jiang Yao has told me everything. One is the real murderer who assassinated Commander He, the other is the object of Lao Jianhua's allegiance, and the other is about Li Bing's life experience. How? Is it related to this? ”

Shen Lie said: "I estimate that eight or nine is not far from ten." Back then, my master Qin Zhu served as the head of the Reverse Scale Division, and he had a special investigation into this matter, and he had a lot of evidence, so he sealed it in the secret file of the Reverse Scale Division. ”

"What about the secret file?" Xu Youchang asked curiously.

"In my hands." Shen Lie said lightly: "After I stepped down as Changshi, I took the secret file away from the Reverse Scale Division. ”

Li Jiangyao bowed slightly: "No wonder." In my opinion, the emperor is looking for you most likely to track down the secret file. ”

Shen Lie continued: "I have always believed that the contents of that secret file are a potential scourge, and if they are mastered by Tian Mu or others, it will definitely cause an unpredictable crisis. ”

Xu You said: "Since it's a scourge, why don't you just destroy it?" Clean and crisp, all in one! ”

When Shen Lie heard this, he couldn't help but sigh softly: "Alas, I have had the idea of destroying the secret file several times. But the Reverse Scale Division has the rules of the Reverse Scale Division, and I can't do it without scruples. ”

"Then are you going to hand him over to the Emperor?" Li Jiangyao asked curiously.

"I'm going to see how it goes." Shen Lie said: "To be honest, whether the emperor is the blood of the first emperor or the descendant of the king of Jin is actually not important, and it cannot be completely determined. The important question is whether he is a good emperor or not. ”

Li Jiangyao understood what Shen Lie meant, and nodded: "Actually, I have similar thoughts as you. Blood can only prove a person's origin and origin, but it cannot influence his concept and character. Whether he is a good person or a good emperor does not depend on who his biological parents are, but whether he has Jiangshan Sheji and the people of Li in his heart, and whether he is willing to take responsibility for it. ”

Xu Youchang didn't understand what they meant for a while, and couldn't help asking: "You said let's look at the situation, what is the situation?" ”

Shen Lie smiled mysteriously, "I can't tell you yet, because I don't know what it is." When I feel that I should take out the secret file, I will naturally take it out. ”

"But what if Li Bing forces you to hand it over now?" Xu Youchang was a little worried.

"Then I'll play tricks on him," Shen Lie spread his hands: "The matter of the secret file is nothing, it is purely made up by good deeds, where can I conjure it up for him?" ”

Li Jiangyao couldn't help but laugh dumbly: "Brother Shen, we are really temperamental, if it were me, I would be so bad." However, if you blindly don't admit it, I'm afraid you won't be able to get through it in the end, so you have to make a few more preparations. ”

Shen Lie agreed: "That's right, I'll think about the situation a little more, and then I'll improvise." ”

Li Jiangyao suddenly felt an uncomfortable feeling in his heart, and said solemnly: "Brother Shen, you have gone through countless storms and waves, and you are a real hero. However, this time the opponent is different from any previous one, and more dangerous than any before. The trip to the imperial capital is cherished. ”