Winter is coming, and there is heavy snow in Chenghua Mansion as in previous years.

Shenwuwei is headquartered in Xiao Yuan in Dongcheng, where Jiang Chengfeng now has a quiet room dedicated to him.

"The wind in the north broke the door, and the silver makeup of the imperial city reported auspiciousness. ”

Huo Fu stretched out his warm jacket, took out the wine jug that was warm on the stove, and poured himself a glass.

"Don't patronize it, do you think of the next two sentences?"

Jiang Chengfeng was in a hurry, and said that he would finish a poem with a glass of wine, but his valuable Qujie flower brew was almost drunk by Huo Fu.

"This unfortunate thing has come to trick me into drinking. He cursed in his heart.

"No hurry, no hurry. Huo Fu drank it in one gulp, and he was still a little unsatisfied: "Good wine with good poetry, I can't rush it." ”

"Think about it......"

At this time, the door was pushed open, and Wu Xiaoyu walked in with the snow behind him, and said with a smile: "The two senior brothers didn't even call me when they were drinking, it's not kind." ”

"The third junior brother is here, my inspiration is here!"

Huo Fu got up from his seat and said, "The brocade robe is evil, the copper furnace is cold, and the cloth clothes laugh and talk about the warmth of the firewood." ”

"Fuck you," Jiang Chengfeng rolled his eyes, and said angrily: "Waste Lao Tzu's good wine and make a bullshit limerick poem." ”

Huo Fu was not happy, and said with a disgusted face: "You vulgar martial artist, how do you know this elegant thing, this poem was made in a hurry, it is not a famous article, but it is more than enough to give it to the emperor as a meeting gift." ”

"People are the emperor anyway, so you take this thing to perfunctory? Huo Fu, Huo Fu, the master hasn't stepped down and let you sit in the position of prime minister, you are so bullying the king, how many heads do you have enough to cut off?"

"My poem, the artistic conception is greater than the literary brilliance! This is to remind the emperor to experience the suffering of the people, what do you know?"

Wu Xiaoyu, who was on the side, saw that the two brothers were arguing again, so he had no choice but to step forward and separate the two.

"Okay, okay, this is not a big deal, you guys quickly pack up and go to the enthronement ceremony. ”

The two of them, who were arguing non-stop just now, quickly stopped, their eyes collided strangely, and they seemed to have reached a consensus.

Huo Fu said: "We won't go to the enthronement ceremony, and the master will let us guard our respective posts to prevent emergencies." ”

Wu Xiaoyu nodded, Han Hui's arrangement was indeed leaky, and before Zhang Tianxi's comrades in the city confirmed a thorough investigation, these key positions were guaranteed to be safe for them, the most trustworthy people.

"Then junior brother, I'll go first, and you should hurry up and go to your posts, let the master know that you are idle here, and it will inevitably be another training. ”

Wu Xiaoyu was about to leave after explaining, but was stopped by Jiang Chengfeng.

"Third Senior Brother, after thinking about it, I still have to give you a reminder, your second senior brother knows these things best, let him tell you about it. ”

"Oh?" Wu Xiaoyu looked at Huo Fu when he heard this.

"Third junior brother. Huo Fu said slowly: "We are four senior brothers, usually headed by you, you are broad-minded, and you can take care of the overall situation, you are better than me in the paper, and you are even better than the senior brother in martial arts, and you will have a world in Zhongxing Dayue in the future, but as senior brothers, we have to say something to you." ”

"Please give me advice. ”

Wu Xiaoyu knows his two senior brothers too well, these two brothers usually fight and make trouble, but they are both people who are very deep in the city, especially Jiang Chengfeng, who seems to be five big and three coarse, they are so solemn, it is definitely not without purpose.

"You just said that my poem is not important, and this is the root of your problem. ”

Huo Fu became unusually serious, and said: "A few of our senior brothers drink and compose poems behind closed doors, and they are happy, and they can taste and comment at will, just for fun, but once these things are presented to the emperor, it is different. ”

"Whether this poem is given to the emperor or not, we haven't decided, and it was just me laughing with my senior brother before, which doesn't mean anything. ”

Wu Xiaoyu is so smart, he already roughly understands what Huo Fu means.

"The current emperor, we haven't officially met yet, but the junior brother is now in charge of the position of supervisor in the palace, and he has already spread the news about him. Jiang Chengfeng said: "Although Your Majesty is young, we must not be contemptuous. ”

"Third Senior Brother, you have been lingering in the rivers and lakes all the year round, and your second senior brother and I have been in the officialdom all these years, and you don't know enough about the darkness in it, let alone facing Your Majesty. ”

Wu Xiaoyu thanked him and said, "Thank you for the teachings of the two senior brothers, you have benefited a lot." ”

"But," he said, "My heart is not in the temple, and I entered Chenghua Mansion to repay the kindness of my master's upbringing, and I am not like the two senior brothers and junior brothers who shoulder public duties. ”

"In terms of identity, I am a disciple of the prime minister of Dayue Kingdom, helping the master share worries, it is my internal business, facing the emperor, I am just a grass people, I should not do and do not deserve to do what I want, and the saint can only speak bluntly in the future. ”

"In the future, you will be arranged by the master to serve as important ministers of the state, and you must stand on the court, and it is inevitable that everything will be inconvenient. ”

"Maintain the monarch and ministers, the cultural and martial arts are handed over to you, go straight to the heavens, and offend Long Yan, I will carry it for you, junior brother. ”

After some words, Jiang Chengfeng and Huo Wu looked at each other, and when they looked again, Wu Xiaoyu had already pushed the door and left, leaving only the wind and snow blowing in through the crack in the door.

"Third junior brother, the great man of chivalry. ”

For a long time, Jiang Chengfeng sighed.

"I always feel that the third junior brother will drift away from us in the future. ”

Huo Wu's clear eyes were full of worry.

......

In the central area of the imperial city, in front of a circle building with nine golden dragons, Zhang Yuntao's enthronement ceremony is being held.

The name here is Tenghuang Pavilion, it is built by Emperor Taizu in the early years of Dayue, it was originally used as its palace, later because the amount of construction work is too large to cause more than ten people to die, Taizu blamed himself, set up an ancestral motto, set up an altar in front of Tenghuang Pavilion for sacrificial purposes, and every year one-thirtieth of the tax of the treasury and countless treasures of tribute from all over the country were collected into Tenghuang Pavilion, and nine pavilion guards were specially set up, even the emperors of the past dynasties were not allowed to enter, and the money and wealth could only be used when the field invaded Chenghua Mansion, as the purpose of recovering the country.

When the faint monarch Zhang Yue indulged in wine, it was not enough, so he started the idea of Tenghuang Pavilion, who knew that the nine pavilion guards were passed down from generation to generation, only obeyed the instructions of Taizu, not obeyed the king's order, Zhang Yue was angry and sent Zeng Xulou to break into the pavilion, who knew that he returned in vain, and the matter was finally over.

Zhang Yunlan crusaded against the faint monarch back then, and after entering the imperial city, the guards of the Tenghuang Pavilion did not show up to participate in this struggle, their requirements were very simple, as long as this Dayue was still the world of the Zhang family, it was impossible for this Tenghuang Pavilion to be opened, as for the factional overturning, the battle between the palace and the palace had nothing to do with them.

As for why this enthronement ceremony was chosen here, it was ten years ago when Zhang Yunlan entered the imperial city and saw the majestic atmosphere here, and insisted on holding the enthronement ceremony here.

In front of the Tenghuang Pavilion, on a majestic platform made of pure gold, Zhang Yuntao was dressed in a black dragon robe, wearing twelve crowns, holding the sword of Shang Fang and the jade seal of the country in his left and right hands, standing in front of an incense platform, the youth on his face had long been replaced by majesty, and his eyes proudly glanced at the ministers under the stage.

The ministers of the following ministries, headed by Han Hui, knelt neatly according to the size of their official positions, forming a phalanx, which was magnificent.

Han Hui, who was kneeling, secretly rejoiced in his heart: "Yun Tao has only been in the palace for a few days, and he has adapted to the identity of the emperor, and he can become a generation of heroes in the future." ”

The ceremony of worshiping the ancestors of heaven and earth was carried out earlier, which means that Zhang Yuntao has officially ascended the throne at this moment.

Out of the palace gate on the periphery of Tenghuang Pavilion, Qin Richang, the commander of the Southern Imperial Forest Army, led a group of brothers to set up defenses, and mixed in this group of soldiers, there was also Wu Xiaoyu.

He didn't have an official position, and he didn't have to come, but he wanted to take a look, so he walked around the palace unhindered with the waist card given to him by Han Hui.

Until the gate of this palace, he was no longer allowed to enter, and he did not force it, so he mingled with the guards who stopped him.

"This lord, you can't see the enthronement ceremony inside here, why don't you go back first, if there is anything, the end will inform the prime minister. ”

Qin Richang looked at the strange young man in front of him, and his head was also big for a while, he kept saying what to see the enthronement ceremony, and held the waist card representing the prime minister, he didn't dare to offend, but according to the rules, he couldn't let him in, the palace walls here were numerous, and he couldn't see the high platform in front of Tenghuang Pavilion, and he didn't know what the point was for him to stay here.

"No hurry, I can see it. Wu Xiaoyu said.

Qin Richang was speechless, if it weren't for the prime minister's waist card, he really wanted to scold, isn't this kid crazy?

"Look, here's the big play. Wu Xiaoyu said and looked, but his eyes were closed, but his tone didn't seem to be made up.

In front of the Tenghuang Pavilion, the ministers knelt down and bowed, and Han Hui took out a fold.

"The country has been decided, the new monarch has ascended the throne, and the name of the year is revealed!"

"However, Your Majesty is extremely powerful, but there is a danger of national thieves, please ask Your Majesty to judge the national thieves!"

On the high platform, Zhang Yuntao, the Emperor of the Manifest Gods, naturally knew what Han Hui was referring to, and in addition to ascending the throne today, he also had to stand up for power.

"What the prime minister said, I will play it accurately!"

"Bring the national thief!"

Escorted by dozens of royal forest soldiers, a prisoner car slowly drove from the direction of the side hall.

In that iron cage, the person with the flail was Liu Bin, who was once the general of the Five Tigers.

After being captured, he had long lost his majesty and domineering, his whole body had lost a lot of weight, his whole body was covered with blood, and there was even a smell of feces and urine.

Seeing Liu Bin's tragic situation, Han Hui couldn't help frowning.

When he first took Liu Bin, although Han Hui sent people to interrogate him every day, he did not torture him, although it was not a courtesy, but Liu Bin was an iron-blooded soldier, and Han Hui still gave him the most basic dignity.

But Liu Bin's current appearance can be determined that he must have been tortured.

Han Hui had never given such an order, and those officials of the Criminal Department obviously did not dare to cross the prime minister's execution, and there was only one person in the palace who was in power and suspected of this.

The newly appointed palace inspector and general director of the Intelligence Department, Wen Jin.

As the master who single-handedly brought him up, Han Hui knew very well what a very hot heart his closed disciple hid under his harmless appearance.

He once commented on his four disciples: "Jiang Chengfeng is a fierce horse, and it is not a problem to travel thousands of miles a day, but it must be tamed in a suitable way to shoulder the heavy responsibility, otherwise it is a wild horse; ”

"Wu Xiaoyu is a peerless divine sword, his ability is the crown of the four, the edge is too compelling, although he has learned to hide, but his nature is difficult to change. ”

"Wen Jin is the most inconspicuous one, if a general has both a divine horse as a mount, a solid shield, and a peerless sword, then no one will pay attention to the dagger hidden in his arms, and Wen Jin is this dagger, secretive, vicious, but one blow will die, see blood to seal the throat. ”

Recalling his evaluation of Wen Jin, Han Hui couldn't help but wonder if it was correct for him to let Wen Jin set up a monitoring organization headed by his private, Jiang Chengfeng and Huo Fu had concerns about this matter that day, and now that they think about it, maybe they were too anxious?

Now that Wen Jin has just grasped the authority, he is eager to make meritorious contributions, presumably in order to force Liu Bin to ask more information about the anti-thief Zhang Tianxi and his entourage before Zhang Yuntao ascends the throne.

Han Hui knew Wen Jin too well, and the truth was almost exactly what he guessed.

But now is not the time to think about that.

The prisoner car came to a stop in front of the stage, and Han Hui arched his hand and said loudly: "Minister Han Hui, I respectfully ask Your Majesty to issue an edict, behead the national thief, and raise the prestige of our country!"