Lu Chuan and others left Shaolin Temple all the way safe, and soon arrived at Jinling, picked up Wang Shouren, and the seven brothers got on the cargo ship of Lenglongling, and went straight up along the river, and came to Nanchang Mansion on this day. abandoned the ship and landed ashore, first found Leng Longling to live in Nanchang County, and told Ke Juxian, Tong Yinhuai, Jiang Qiusheng, Yan Jiading, and Wang Shouzhang to stay in the room honestly to protect Wang Shouren, and he set off himself.

When I arrived at the gate of King Ning's Mansion, I saw it, good guy, it was really magnificent, it was simply a small palace. There are two teams of guards standing on the left and right in front of the door, these people are all nine feet hanging zero, generally tall and short, and the selection is also a sturdy man from the age of twenty to twenty and twenty-five, holding a big gun, a saber at the waist, bright armor, not angry and arrogant, so magnificent. Ordinary people didn't dare to look at it when they passed by in front of King Ning's mansion.

But these also frightened ordinary people, Lu Chuan was a person who had seen it, and the palace dared to break in, where do you care about this?

The guards on both sides didn't speak, and the acquaintance in front of the door came over, blocked the way, looked at Lu Chuan and said: "I said that you guy, you look like a dog, you don't have long eyes! Can't see the three big characters of Ning Wangfu on this? Hurry up and get out of me! If not, be careful of your head!"

Lu Chuan was not angry and not angry, stood up, stood up with his hands in his hands, and said loudly: "Go in and report to King Ning Chitose, and say that Lu Chuan, the main village of Lenglongling, Liangzhou, asks to see you." ”

It's really the shadow of a famous tree, as soon as Lu Chuan signed up, the governor had no temper at that time, and hurriedly laughed and said: "Ouch, it turned out that the master of Liuzhai arrived, and the villain has eyes and does not know Mount Tai, and he begs the master of Liuzhai for forgiveness, eh...... The small ones will go in to deliver the letter, and the lord of the six villages will wait. After saying that, he turned around and left.

Lu Chuan waited and waited, but no one came out, so he had the heart to go, but he couldn't go. I waited for about an hour, and it was almost noon, and the governor came out.

"Ouch, the Lord of Liuzhai has been waiting for a long time. The prince is invited. ”

Lu Chuan didn't speak, followed the governor all the way to the Yin'an Palace, the governor retreated, Lu Chuan stepped into the main hall, raised his eyes and looked, only to see a middle-aged man sitting on the throne, with a crown dress to the sky, a red robe and a jade belt, looking at the age is estimated to be in his thirties, the heavenly court is full, the head is upright, the four characters are wide, the teeth are white and the lips are red, the face is like a crown of jade, the chin is slightly black, the face is rich, and it looks quite good. You don't need to ask to know that this must be the fifth grandson of Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, the fourth generation of Ning King Zhu Chenhao.

didn't wait for Lu Chuan to look at it, and heard a eunuch speak, "Bold Lu Chuan, when I saw Ning Wang Chitose, I dared to stand up and not kneel, come here, quickly take down this madman!"

At this time, I heard Zhu Chenhao cough and said: "Lu Shaoxia is a person in the rivers and lakes, he doesn't know the number of courtesies, and those who don't know are not to blame, this king gave him to avoid kneeling, you can retreat." ”

The warriors and eunuchs retreated, and Lu Chuan hugged his fist at Zhu Chenhao, "Lu Chuan, the master of the six villages of the grass people Leng Longling, has seen King Ning Chitose." ”

King Ning laughed, walked down from the high seat, walked all the way to Lu Chuan, took Lu Chuan's hand and said with a smile: "Lu Shaoxia, this king has heard of the name for a long time, and he has been looking forward to it, today I finally waited for you, come on, hurry up and sit down and speak." As he spoke, he asked Lu Chuan to sit down, and he sat next to Lu Chuan.

Not to mention, Lu Chuan is really moved by this. You must know that even if it is a small county master, he has to kneel when he says that he has a white body, let alone a prince. Don't look at the lack of authority, the identity is there, and the officials at all levels across the country have to kneel when they see him? But such a noble person looks at himself differently and does not have the slightest arrogance, so it can be seen that this person is a virtuous corporal, but a wise man.

Thinking of this, Lu Chuan was a little closer to King Ning from the bottom of his heart, and just wanted to speak, but saw King Ning frowning, "Lu Shaoxia, why are you so red? Isn't it that you have been out in the sun for a long time, and you have some heat stroke?

King Ning saw it accurately, Lu Chuan stood under the big sun for almost an hour, and he was indeed not very well, thanks to his strong martial arts, he could still withstand it, otherwise he would have fallen down early. However, this is uncomfortable with King Ning's words, and it will be fine, Lu Chuan is now in favor of King Ning in his heart, and he is really moved, so he quickly stood up and bowed and said: "Thank you for the love of the prince, the grass people are in good health, I don't think there is any need to bother." ”

King Ning helped Luchuan to sit down again, and complained: "This king is more generous on weekdays, and he has spoiled these subordinates, how can people be allowed to bask under the sun in such a hot weather? Not to mention you, Shaoxia! Alas...... Also blame the king, in the past two years I don't know why, Nanchang Mansion under the bandits for trouble, from time to time there are people suffering, last night and heard that there are bandits near the left, this king sent people to the level, sit and listen to the letter on the late sleep, the princess can't bear it, no one is allowed to call me, so I just woke up. Packing up slowly still made the young man wait for so long, and this king can't pay for it. As he spoke, he got up and bowed and swept the floor.

This repaid it, and Lu Chuan was so moved that his tears almost didn't fall, and he got up and confessed his guilt again and again. The two sat down again, King Ning ordered people to look at the tea, there was not much time, there was a eunuch holding the plate to the palace, put the tea bowl on the wooden table, as soon as the lid was lifted, Lu Chuan was frowning, don't look at the tea is served together, but it is two kinds of tea, this cup of tea in front of Lu Chuan is snow tea, there should be royal jelly in it, there are a few ice cubes floating on it, you can smell the aroma from a distance, and look at it to relieve the heat. Look at the tea in King Ning's hand, the color is darker, at first glance, it is the camellia of Wuyi Mountain, don't look at it and it's not cheap, and this bowl of snow tea can't be compared.

After being stunned for a moment, Lu Chuan handed the tea bowl forward, "Lord Wang, did this father-in-law make a mistake about the tea just now?"

King Ning laughed, "That's right, this is the king specially ordered someone to soak the young man to relieve the heat, the young man drink it quickly, otherwise it will taste bad when the ice melts." ”

"That prince Chitose ......"

"Me, haha...... Don't hide from Shaoxia that this bowl of iced tea is not simple, the tea is the snow tea on the top of the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, in order to cover the bitterness of the snow tea, Korean royal jelly is also added to it, and the price of this bowl alone is worthy of a table of banquets outside. Don't look at this king as the prince, there are not many of these two things in my palace, they are all for the princess, and this king still prefers to drink tea from Wuyi Mountain. "Don't look at King Ning's euphemism, in fact, to put it bluntly, he can't afford to drink.

At this point, Lu Chuan also understood, and took a sip of snow tea, his heart was warm.

After chatting for a while, Lu Chuan smiled and said, "Lord Wang, don't you ask why the grass people are here today?"

King Ning asked with a smile on his face: "I have heard for a long time that Shaoxia has been doing the way for heaven since he was born, eliminating violence and peace, isn't this time coming to sweep away the bandits for this king?"

Lu Chuan shook his head, "No, the grass people came to ask Wang Chitose to ask for guilt this time." ”

King Ning was stunned when he heard this, and said puzzledly: "I don't know what Xiao Wang did wrong, please ask Shaoxia for advice." ”

"What did you do wrong? The prince oppressed the people, amassed money, excluded dissidents, framed local officials, curry favor with Long live, bribed Liu Jin as a barrier, raised the dead soldiers in the rivers and lakes, recruited soldiers and horses, and built soldiers, he had already had the heart of disobedience, did he ...... Isn't it wrong?"

Lu Chuan's voice didn't fall, only to hear a snap, the tea bowl in King Ning's hand fell to the ground and shattered, and then looked at King Ning, his face changed greatly, and he said in a trembling voice: "Shaoxia, these...... Who are you listening to?"

Lu Chuan smiled slightly, "Don't worry, Lord Wang, the grass people are all listening to Mr. Cai Qingcai." ”

As soon as King Ning heard Cai Qing's name, he stood up, looked out of the door, and beat his chest, "Cai Qing, Cai Qing, this king just ate wine and got drunk before the banquet and said a few jokes, how can you slander this king everywhere, you ...... But I've made this king miserable!"

Lu Chuan laughed when he saw this, and King Ning asked with a bitter face, "Young Xia, why are you laughing?"

Lu Chuan said with a smile: "Don't worry, Wang Chitose, he Cai Qing has a saying, and the grass people have heard it, as for whether it is true or not, the grass people still have to investigate it themselves, right? ”

"What about the young man's investigation?"

Lu Chuan shook his head, "To be honest, when the grass people first arrived here, they didn't have time to investigate. However, the grass people sent others to investigate, and they said that Wang Jia Chitose was a rare Ming Jun. At first, I was skeptical, but when I saw it today, I felt that what they said was true. Lord, since this is the case, I'll tell you the truth, Zhu Houzhao is dizzy, and he has a deep blood feud with me! Therefore, I want to overthrow Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao and set up another Ming Jun. Originally, I thought that the selection of the new master was a problem, and when I saw the prince today, it was really a nowhere to find the iron shoes without effort, the prince, and it was not the surname Lu to say a big word, we can recruit tens of thousands of habitual fighters in Lenglongling, all of them are full of martial arts, and there are hundreds of bravery! As long as the prince agrees, an order, this team of iron horsemen can set foot in the capital! Not only that, Lu has a lot of friends in the rivers and lakes, Lu is willing to travel all over the three mountains and five mountains, and bring another team of tigers and wolves to the prince, destroy the village in the mountains, and help the prince dominate the world!

He looked at King Ning after his shocking words, he was so frightened that he trembled and trembled, looking left and right, restless, "Lu Shaoxia, you don't dare to say this, if it reaches the capital, you and I will be wiped out by the nine clans, and the whole house will be beheaded." ”

Lu Chuan is relaxed and natural, "Lord Wang, as the saying goes, the world is the world of everyone, not the world of one person and one surname, the virtuous live in it, and the unvirtuous retreat." Again, the monarch is not upright, the minister is not loyal, the minister is not to go to foreign countries, the father is not kind, the son is not filial, and they go to other places. Zhu Houzhao is dizzy, unworthy of being the emperor, you are a descendant of the Zhu family, it is only natural for you to replace you, don't hesitate, prince, on the contrary. ”

Lu Chuan persuaded him again and again, but King Ning insisted on refusing, and finally Lu Chuan said, "Lord Wang, anyway, the time is not ripe yet, you still have time to think about it." However, whether you are for the people of the world or just for the people of Nanchang Mansion, you have to do your best to recruit troops and build armor. ”

King Ning nodded yes, and ordered people to arrange a wine banquet, and there were many people in front of the banquet, but Lu Chuan didn't say anything. After finishing the meal, the remnants of the table were removed, and King Ning invited Lu Chuan to the study, retreated left and right, and bowed to the ground, "Please teach me." ”

Lu Chuan was stunned, "What does this mean, prince?"

King Ning cried: "Just in the main hall, Xiao Wang didn't dare to say, in fact, Xiao Wang is very disapproving of what he is doing today, he favors the Eight Tigers, reuses Liu Jin, frames Zhongliang, fish and meat people, sooner or later one day the Ming Dynasty will be destroyed in his hands, Xiao Wang thinks of this and eats tastelessly, and can't sleep at night." To tell the truth, Xiao Wang's hesitation is not greedy for life and fear of death, but his subordinates have no unscrupulous generals to attack and kill, and there are no virtuous ministers to give advice, Xiao Wang is lonely, and he is dull by nature, I don't know how to deal with it, so I ask Mr. to teach me. ”

Lu Chuan nodded frequently when he heard this, and when he finished speaking, Lu Chuan said: "I am a reckless man in the rivers and lakes, not as good as Zhang Liang Han Xin, let alone a sleeping dragon and phoenix, I can't think of a good strategy for governing the country and the world, but there are a few suggestions that can be discussed in detail with Wang Jia Chitose." ”

"Sir, please speak, Xiao Wang listens. ”

"First of all, let me ask Wang Chitose, do you have any permission from the guards in Tuntian?"

"Yes, in the past two years, Nanchang Mansion has been plagued by bandits, and I have begged for it. ”

"That's good, with the permission of the guards tuntian, the rest will be easy. In the name of catching thieves and thieves, you have to put up notices and recruit soldiers. However, the imperial court could not know the actual number of recruits, so the king drove Chitose to start construction, create a world under the palace, train soldiers, build weapons and armor, and siege equipment. In order to hide people's eyes, it is best to build another music workshop next to the palace, and the sound will not be heard. Accumulate strength internally, but also have a good relationship outside, you can't offend the celebrities in front of the car, and you can't be enemies with local officials, like the governor of Jiangxi, the Jiangxi according to the inspector and others, you must win over, if you can't win over, it's best to find a way to replace it. If you want to start an incident, the rear must be peaceful, since there are bandits as a problem, you might as well take this as a name by the way, and the large and small cottages in Jiangxi are neatly organized. When these things are done, presumably the power of the prince will be enough, and when the time comes, the brothers of Longling will steal into Shuntian Mansion, occupy Zhuozhou, and garrison Fangshan, and attack it to be saved. Wang drove a thousand years old and then led a heavy army down the river to fight Nanjing, go to Xuzhou, and go north to smash Huanglong, and the big thing can be done. But just like you said, there is no conscience outside to attack and kill the war guard, and there is no virtuous minister inside to make a plan, I recommend a few people to the prince, one is my senior brother Wang Shouren, who was the director of the military selection department of the Ministry of War, and later because of his discord with Liu Jin, he was demoted to Guizhou Longchang Yicheng, this person has the world in mind, has a good plan in the belly, and can be the son of the prince; the second is my eldest brother, Yang Mu, the master of the cold dragon mountain village, the star picker, this person is familiar with the book of soldiers, strong in martial arts, attacking and killing, fighting and ambushing, can lead thousands of troops and horses, and has the talent of a great handsome; Fourth, my second brother Fengxian rescued Yan Luo Ding Yu Ding Zhijian, this person is talented, intelligent, and quick-witted, and can be a military advisor; the fifth is my fourth brother's poetry, wine, qin, chess, and jade sword, Tan Heming, Tan Jiutian, this person is very good at spying on military intelligence. ”

"Then the position of the pioneer officer of the front department, do you have a recommendation?"

Lu Chuan smiled but did not answer.

The two talked in detail for a long time, and after waiting for the palm lamp, Lu Chuan got up to say goodbye, and King Ning couldn't keep it, so he personally sent him out of the palace and thanked him repeatedly.

When Lu Chuan left, King Ning returned to the study, pulled the golden unicorn on the bookshelf, the secret door opened, and a person walked out of it.

"Lord, how is it, what I said is true, right?"

"Oh, Xiao Wang is really convinced, all of your brothers are dragons and phoenixes among people, and the sixth brother has such insight at such an age, it is really a blessing for Xiao Wang and the world. ”

This person is not an outsider, it is Yang Mu, the uncle of Leng Longling.

Yang Mu smiled and said: "Lord Wang, my sixth brother is not only knowledgeable, why don't you say who can be qualified for the position of the pioneer officer of the front department?"

"Oh, Xiao Wang is having doubts, I don't know why?"

Yang Muhaha laughed, "Because the most competent person is himself." My sixth brother's grandfather is the old hero of Yao Wei Yao, who painted the halberd in Sensen Town, and his ancestors have a halberd, which can be called the leader of the horse. My sixth brother has been deeply inherited from two generations since he was a child, don't look at the step can be called a chivalrous man, and he will immediately be a brave and invincible general. In addition, he is familiar with the way of soldiers, opening roads in the mountains and building bridges when encountering water, without much effort. Is there a better candidate than him, you say?"

King Ning stroked his palms and laughed, how the two discussed it didn't mention it for the time being, but said that Lu Chuan, when he returned to his residence, he didn't say what he was doing, chatted with a few brothers for a while, returned to his room, stood on the pile and practiced, and didn't say anything all night.

The next day, he got up at dawn and went straight to Yuanzhou on seven fast horses.

Under the rule of Yuanzhou Mansion, there are Yichun, Fenyi, Wanzai and Pingxiang, Lu Chuan and others said that they wanted to go to Yuanzhou Mansion, but they actually wanted to go not to Yichun, but Fenyi County.

The seven brothers got off the horse and entered the county seat, and were walking along the street, and saw a group of people surrounded not far in front, Lu Chuan didn't know what was going on, so he sent Wang Shouzhang to check, but Wang Shouzhang came back, and said with a smile: "Brother Shi, it's nothing, it's just a gambler, and he owes money and is being beaten on the ground by the people of the treasure bureau." ”

Lu Chuan was stunned when he heard this, and hurriedly asked, "Is this person a tall and strong man?"

"I don't know the age, I didn't look at the face, but the body is quite strong, and it looks like a big bear. ”

Lu Chuan glanced at Wang Shouren, the two looked at each other and smiled, handed over the horse to Jiang Qiusheng and Yan Jiading respectively, and the two squeezed into the crowd with one step. Go in and take a look, ouch, four or five people are cleaning up one person, so do you have to do it? Lu Chuan snapped, "The official is handling the case, and the idle people are waiting to retreat quickly!"

How deep is his internal strength? This voice overpowered the sound of the entire street, and after a short silence, the onlookers dispersed in a hurry, and only these few people in the treasure bureau were left. Don't look at gambling This thing is also illegal, but most of the people who open the treasure bureau are hooked up with the government, so they are not afraid of seeing the official errand. I saw that the leader greeted him with a smile, "Ladies and gentlemen, I don't know what to do." ”

Lu Chuan glared, "What are you talking about?"

"Master, the villain opened the treasure bureau but the official allowed to file a case, I don't know what kind of mistake you are catching and what kind of case you are handling?"

Lu Chuanxin spoke, look, gambling money has been banned in the past dynasties, and the light is fined, and the heavy punishment is beheaded, and it will become an official to file a case here? No need to ask, the local dog officials have no shortage of money!

However, people said that the official approved the case, and he was not angry, so he said: "Isn't it illegal to open a treasure bureau, and it's not illegal to beat someone?"

This kid owes us money, and when we beat him, we showed him mercy, if we don't send him to the government, can we still have him? Why do you blame us for this?"

Before the words fell, Lu Chuan gave him a mouthful with a snap, and hit the man twice, almost not lying on the ground, and the blood from the corner of his mouth flowed down.

"You...... How do you hit someone?"

"Beat you, how are you beaten? You should sue first! Don't think that it is safe to give you a gift to the magistrate of Fenyi County, who is the magistrate of Fenyi County? Lao Tzu wants to pull his tendons and pick his skin!" Lu Chuan exclaimed.

But don't look at him fiercely, secretly look at Wang Shouren, Wang Shouren is so smart, he knows what Lu Chuan is singing at a glance, and hurriedly stops and persuades, "Brother, don't don't, can you make trouble with these people? Let's still do our business, keep the rules! Don't take down Xiong Binan!"

Wang Shouzhang also understood the matter, went up without saying a word, dragged Xiong Huanan up from the ground, and took it down by the neck.

Lu Chuan also watched the performance almost, glared at everyone in the treasure bureau fiercely, and waved his hand, "Let's go, go back to Beijing!"

When he left, everyone in the treasure bureau was frightened, and when they were muttering in their hearts, they saw Wang Shouren coming over.

"I said what's your name?"

"Villain...... The villain's surname is Ren, ranked second, and everyone calls me Feng Er. ”

"Oh, Feng Er. I said Feng Er, what do you have to do with this Xiong Bi Nan?"

"No, no, no, the villain has nothing to do with him. ”

"It's okay, it's better, or you'll have to go to court. This Xiong Bi Nan is an important criminal of the imperial court, and we are secretly arresting him, and we must not leak the news. Now that you've seen ......"

"The villain also rotted in his stomach when he saw it, and he didn't dare to say it when he was killed. ”

"Well, you understand things. I hope you are the same in your heart, if not, watch your whole family's head!"

Say goodbye and leave.

When he got out of the city gate and arrived in the woods, Wang Shouzhang opened his music, looked at Lu Wang and said with a smile: "I said big brother, big brother Lu, you two have a good cooperation, staring and talking nonsense, singing and harmonizing, and look at those people are scared, so they pee their pants." I've learned it, and I'll try it when I get the chance. ”

Wang Shouren glared at him fiercely, "What have you learned? Who have you fooled these two times? A bottle is less than half a bottle." As he spoke, he told everyone how he, Lu Chuan, and Jiang Bin pretended to be Jinyiwei in Quzhou, how they fooled officials at all levels in Quzhou, and how they played against the real Jinyiwei.

However, Lu Chuan didn't speak, and Lehehe came to Xiong Binan. Xiong Bi Nan had already recognized him, but because he was in the city and it was not so convenient to speak, he didn't recognize him. At this time, seeing Lu Chuan walking towards him, he was happy, grinned widely, and just wanted to speak, he snapped twice, and slapped his left and right cheeks.