Shen Lian quietly glanced at Tie Ruthless beside him, who smiled and nodded slightly, implying that he had something to say.

"Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that he should negotiate with the Buddha country first, and if he can't talk about it, he will be scared, and if he can't be scared, he will fight twice, and if he can't do it twice, he will fight three times, and if he fights more times, the Buddha country is naturally afraid of Dayu Tianwei." Shen Lian straightened his waist, his voice was loud and full of confidence.

"Then why don't you just send troops?" The emperor threw out another question.

"War together, 10,000 taels of gold, not only will cause financial losses, but also sacrifice many soldiers, if you can do without a fight and surrender soldiers, wouldn't it be better? The savings can also be used to improve people's livelihoods and build infrastructure. ”

After Shen Lian finished speaking, he saw that the emperor nodded with satisfaction.

Princess Dening on the side was even more shocked: this Shen Lian has something in his stomach, his idea is very good, this son can be of great use!

"Shen Lian, you have done a good job in investigating the case, let's say, what reward do you want?" As soon as the conversation changed, the emperor ended the discussion of the border war.

Shen Lian didn't expect the emperor to ask so directly, and his brain was a little down.

After a long while, he relieved himself, arched his hand, and replied in a loud voice: "It is the duty of a courtier to relieve His Majesty's worries, and he does not ask for a reward." ”

"Hahaha, the imperial court needs a talent like you." The emperor was happy, and immediately looked at Tie Ruthless, and asked, "Ruthless, what do you think?" ”

"Meritorious service should be rewarded, and fault should be punished, Shen Lian has meritorious investigation of the case, and he deserves to be rewarded by His Majesty." Tie ruthlessly did not salute, stood in place and said with his head held high.

A milk compatriot is so hard.

"Hmm." The emperor nodded, looked at Princess Dening beside him, and asked, "Dening, what do you say?" ”

"Nature is rewarded." As Princess Dening spoke, her eyes looked at Shen Lian without blinking, thinking in her heart that she would suggest that her father reward him with something later.

"Shen Lian, you see, Princess Dening and the commander of the Shadow Secret Guard want me to reward you, but I haven't thought about what to reward, so it's better for you to propose it yourself, and I will agree to all of them."

Shen Lian couldn't help but glance at Princess Dening, who was meeting the other party's eyes, and he shrank his neck in fright.

Let's think about the reward, the emperor is waiting for me to answer.

Hehe, promise anything?

I want to be emperor, will you say yes?

Shen Lian complained in his heart.

What kind of reward do you want, this is a science, I already know to ask the commander in advance.

Well, let me think about it.

Shen Lian began to do complex mental activities.

Gold jewelry looks vulgar.

Promotions and knighthoods seem vulgar.

The beauty of Liangtian looks vulgar.

Pregnant!

Shen Lian had a flash of inspiration.

Jin Yuze said before that the weapons of the Shadow Secret Guard are all garbage.

"The minister dared to ask the emperor for a weapon in hand."

As soon as these words came out, Tie was ruthlessly shocked, the eldest princess was stunned, and even the emperor who was sitting firmly on the dragon chair frowned.

Ask me for a weapon?

Interestingly, this is the first time.

"Tell me more, why did I give you a weapon?" The emperor suddenly became interested.

"Back to Your Majesty, in addition to being responsible for the arrest and investigation, the shadow secret guard also has to deal with cases involving demons in the territory, if you can have a magic weapon, Weichen will be able to better share your Majesty's worries and solve problems for the imperial court." Shen Lian replied rhetorically.

Oh, the kid has a future, he is so on the road at a young age, Tie Ruthless said in his heart.

Hmph, little sycophant, Yun Shuiyao was fooled like this, Princess Dening said in her heart.

"Well, in that case, I'll do what you say." The emperor got up from the dragon chair, stepped down from the desk, and came to Shen Lian.

The emperor's coercion made Shen Lian a little breathless, and he bent down and didn't dare to raise his head.

"Tell me, what weapon do you want? Swords, guns, swords, halberds, axes, hooks, forks, etc., I have all of them here. The emperor seemed to be very interested in Shen Lian, and even stretched out a hand and patted him on the shoulder.

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister wants a sword."

This is Shen Lian's casual nonsense under nervousness, he didn't think about what he wanted at all, and he didn't want what the emperor wanted?

"Sword? The reason? The emperor asked.

This......

Beads of sweat oozed from Shen Lian's forehead, but he didn't dare to wipe it.

"The sword is the king of a hundred soldiers, a gentleman among weapons, and the minister wants to be an upright, clean-sleeved, dedicated to the people, loyal to the court, to share worries for His Majesty, and to become a pillar of the court." Shen Lian replied with his head in the face.

"Hahahaha, well said, well said." The emperor laughed, "Come on, take the Changhong Sword that Qin Tianjian paid tribute to a few days ago." ”

Changhong Sword?

Tie Ruthless and the eldest princess were taken aback at the same time, this was built by Jian Zheng himself, it was a rare divine weapon in the world, how could the emperor reward Shen Lian?

After a while, a little eunuch held a rectangular wooden box in both hands and cautiously walked into the imperial study.

The emperor personally opened the wooden box and took out a sword from it.

"Poof."

The sword came out of its sheath with a crisp whisper.

Shen Lian couldn't help but look up, the total length of this sword was about one hundred and twenty centimeters, made of unknown materials, the hilt and scabbard were dark gold, the blade was purple gold, and there were many runes engraved on it, and the connection between the blade and the hilt was sealed with the word Changhong.

The room is well-lit, and the blade of the sword is cold and shining, and if you look closely, you will find that there is a faint layer of purple Qi covering it.

Good sword!

Even if Shen Lian didn't understand the sword, he could tell that this was a divine weapon.

Tie Wuru's eyes showed a rare look of yearning.

There was a trace of doubt in the eldest princess's eyes, and she stared at Shen Lian intently, not knowing what she was thinking in her heart.

"This sword is called Changhong, sharpening iron like clay, I will reward you, in the future, you will serve the court even more, serve me." The emperor put the sword back into its sheath and handed it to Shen Lian.

The latter immediately knelt on the ground, raised his hands and took the Changhong sword, "The minister must live up to the emperor's grace and die with all his might." ”

"Well, stand down."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

After Tie Wuru and Shen Lian left, Princess Dening took off her veil, looked at the emperor, and asked with a puzzled face: "Father, why did you give him the Changhong Sword?" It was built by the supervisor himself, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the first in the world. ”

"Even if he is the first in the world, in my eyes, he is just a utensil, far less valuable than a talent." The emperor looked into the distance, his eyes were complicated.

"Father thinks Shen Lian is a malleable talent?" Princess Dening was full of interest.

"He has made meritorious efforts in investigating the case, and he should have been rewarded, I gave him the Changhong Sword, on the one hand, to let the ministers of the court and the central government see, for the meritorious ministers, I have never been stingy; On the other hand, it is also a protection for Shen Lian, preventing those who have a heart from retaliating against him. ”

The person with a heart here naturally refers to Concubine Xuan.

Rewarding Shen Lian represents an attitude of the emperor: I am very satisfied with him, you have points in your hearts, don't be a moth.

"I heard that Shen Lian has a good relationship with Yun Shuiyao of Qin Tianjian?" The emperor suddenly asked.

"Hmm." Princess Dening didn't know what the emperor was thinking, so she told the truth.

"Then do you think that if one day, Shen Lian is in a desperate situation, will this sect master, who is not involved in court politics, come to the rescue?" The emperor smiled meaningfully.

His expression made Princess Dening frown, and said secretly in her heart: So, my father is going to use Shen Lian to calculate and supervise the correction?