There were many officials sent by the Ministry of Rites, and a scholar of the Ministry of Rites, Yao Xian, brought a few of his attendants and some officials who could not be named.

But now Yao Xian is sitting next to Li Yuan, baking the stove.

"I said Old Man Yao, you don't go and stand outside, wait for the arrival of the Nanchu mission, come to us to join in the fun. ”

Yao Xianxian and Li Yuan are old friends, as for the reason, of course, they both love to drink, one is an old drunkard in Chang'an City, and the other is a little drunkard in Chang'an City, it is not surprising that they have become friends.

"His Royal Highness said this, I am old, but I can't stand this cold wind. ”

Li Yuan stretched out his hand and touched Prophet Yao's beard, and the angry old man slapped Li Yuan's outstretched hand fiercely.

"Hehe, old man Yao, I heard that some time ago, your old man drank a jar of osmanthus brew in Prime Minister Zhang's study, and you didn't look like an old man at that time. ”

Prophet Yao, who had been exposed, smiled, put his hands close to the stove, and felt the warmth brought by the stove, and Prophet Yao put the matter of the Southern Chu Mission behind him for the time being.

Lu Zhong took a chicken leg handed over by Wang Yi and ate it in a big gulp, completely ignoring his own image.

"Lord Yao seems to be very idle lately, I remember that His Majesty asked for the canonization of Princess Taiping a few days ago, and the plan handed in by the Ministry of Rites was rejected by His Majesty, saying that it was too stingy?"

As the saying goes, hitting people is not slapping in the face, Lu Zhong's words undoubtedly slapped Yao Xian's face, but for an old fritter like Yao Xian, he didn't care at all.

Yao Xian said with a smile: "Lord Lu's words are wrong, but the excerpt handed over by the Ministry of Rites integrates the actual situation of the Ming Dynasty's recent treasury and reduces various expenses. ”

Lu Zhong chuckled lightly and glanced at Wang Yi, who was sitting there not knowing what to think.

"Lord Yao, if there is a shortage of manpower, our Jinyiwei will be happy to help. ”

Yao Xian didn't understand Lu Zhong's true intentions for a while, but looking at Lu Zhong's sinister face, there must be no good thing, but on the surface, he should accept it first.

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say, I won't be polite to Jinyiwei when the time comes, after all, it's all for Your Majesty. ”

Lu Zhong secretly scolded the old fox of Prophet Yao in his heart, and it was really shameless to bring out His Majesty to prevent him from playing conspiracy.

The two of them tacitly agreed, and raised their wine glasses at the same time, and the strong wine went down their stomachs, and the cold on their bodies was dispelled a lot.

After a while, someone came to report that the mission of Nanchu was only ten miles away from here. Lu Zhong and Prophet Yao glanced at each other, and ordered everyone to stand in line, extinguish these furnaces, and put them aside, and everyone was ready to greet the Southern Chu mission at all times.

The heavy snow on the ground had already been swept away by the soldiers guarding the city, Wang Yi stretched his waist, raised his hand, blocked the sun in the sky, and looked into the distance.

I saw that between heaven and earth, a team of people suddenly appeared, led by a person waving a flag, with a gorgeous Chu character on it, and a group of about dozens of people, marching towards this place.

Yao Xian sorted out the official uniform on his body, and after finding that there was nothing wrong, he put his hands in his sleeves and waited for the Southern Chu Mission, Lu Zhong was not as formal as Yao Xian, one hand was on the waist, and the other hand was on the embroidered spring knife on his waist, looking at the Southern Chu Mission on the horizon.

Li Yuan yawned, didn't look at those people, held a pot of wine in his hand, and continued to drink, just a prince and princess, and he was not interested in them, and now he was standing here, completely because of the fish and dragon clothes on his body.

As he spoke, Nan Chu's envoy came to the front.

Yao Prophet

He walked out first and shouted to the sergeant in front of the mission, "Ladies and gentlemen, I don't know where the messenger is?"

When the sergeant of the mission heard this, he hurriedly dismounted, and saluted back to Prophet Yao: "My lord, I will invite the prince of my family to come down." ”

The sergeant said this, and walked to the middle of the mission, where there was a magnificent carriage, and a man slowly walked down from the carriage, and the person who came was dressed in a white brocade robe, and the folding fan in his hand shook gently.

Wang Yi couldn't help but sigh, what a good skin.

Mo Shangren is like jade, and the son is unparalleled in the world.

"Yes, Lord Yao. ”

When Prophet Yao saw this messenger, he lost his mind for a moment, and when he heard the messenger's words, he suddenly woke up.

"I don't know who this messenger is?"

The person who came said softly: "Lord Yao, among the many princes in Southern Chu, he ranks third. ”

Prophet Yao suddenly realized that the prince mentioned in the national book was the three princes in front of him, but he didn't expect it to be like a celestial.

The third prince of Southern Chu, Liu Qingling. He has a lot of rumors, when he was a teenager, he relied on a song "Water Tune Song Head", became famous in the literary circle of Southern Chu, and wrote "Fourteen Policies for Governing the Country" at the age of fifteen, which was praised by the Emperor of Southern Chu as another great Chu Mingjun after a hundred years. But Liu Qingling's reputation and prestige have always stood at the peak of Southern Chu.

"I've seen the weather. ”

Liu Qingling put away the folding fan in his hand, picked up the Ming Dynasty Rite Shangshu, and smiled slightly, "Lord Yao is polite, we are here this time to participate in the birthday of the Ming Emperor, and to express our hearts." ”

Yao Xian nodded, turned sideways, and made a gesture of invitation to Liu Qingling, Liu Qingling looked at the Chang'an City in front of him, which was circulated in the literary circle of Southern Chu, took a deep breath, and then walked into Chang'an City with Yao Xian.

Seeing this, the envoys behind him walked into Chang'an City together under the leadership of the Jinyi guards and the soldiers guarding the city.

Wang Yi glanced at Li Yuan beside him, "Do you want to go and see the princess who hasn't shown up yet?"

Li Yuan pinned the wine jug in his hand to his waist, tilted his head, and thought for a while, "No, it's not interesting." ”

Wang Yi continued: "If you really don't go, look at the appearance of Liu Qingling, that princess should be about the same, you won't be tempted?"

Li Yuan pulled the brocade robe on his body tightly with his hands, and the cold wind just now blew, making Li Yuan feel a little cold.

"What's the use, I'll go home first, I guess my cousin is going to announce the news of my grandfather's death in the next few days, I'm afraid that my mother will be too sad after knowing the news. ”

Wang Yi sighed lightly and waved his hand at Li Yuan, "Go, I'll go to the Honglu Temple Hall in a while, and I'll help you talk to Lord Lu." ”

Li Yuan nodded, turned and left.

Wang Yi turned his head and continued to follow the mission, and suddenly, Wang Yi's sweat and hair exploded, and he felt a little cold on his back. Wang Yi frowned slightly, and looked at his feelings, in the middle of the mission, there was a young man looking at him, and the smile on his face was very strange.

This young man was the Lord Zhou who watched the battle between Wang Yi and Yan Qi with the old man of the Jiang family outside Tiannan Pass, but Lord Zhou recognized Wang Yi, but Wang Yi didn't know anything about it.

Master Zhou found that Wang Yi was looking at him, nodded slightly, and then jumped into the carriage.

Wang Yi forcibly pressed down the doubts and uneasiness in his heart, followed the envoy, and escorted the envoy to the Honglu Temple Hall.

Chang'an City Imperial Study.

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The emperor was sitting on a chair at this time, and a few wisps of cooking smoke rose from the stove beside him, and the room was silent, only Gao Lishi and Emperor Ming.

"Old Gao, tell me what I should do about Gu Kaizhi's going to the sect?"

Gao Lishi put his hands in his sleeves and was full of gray hair, and when he heard Emperor Ming's question, he replied: "Your Majesty, Gu Kaizhi is not to worry. ”

Emperor Ming laughed insolently, slapping the chair under him with both hands, "Lao Gao, Lao Gao, only you can not take Gu Kaizhi in your eyes." ”

Gao Lishi smiled slightly, didn't speak, just quietly watched Emperor Ming himself happy there.

After being happy, Emperor Ming leaned back on the chair alone, feeling a little tired, he was old, he was really old, he used to be able to talk to Xu Tiande about the art of war for a day and a night, and he could continue to go to the early dynasty.

When people are old, they like to remember, and they like to miss the old.

"Lao Gao, how is my grandson doing. ”

Gao Lishi thought for a while, bent down to Emperor Ming and said, "Your Majesty, the emperor and grandson have not yet been enlightened, so they have been living in the East Palace and living with the crown princess." ”

When Emperor Ming thought of that lovely grandson in his mind, the corners of his mouth unconsciously began to rise.

"How old are you this year?"

"Your Majesty, the imperial grandson is four years old this year. ”

Emperor Ming sighed, and then fell silent.

Gao Lishi sighed slightly in his heart, he has followed His Majesty for many years, and he really knows His Majesty too well. Your Majesty is not a little nostalgic for the emperor and grandson, but a little bit doesn't know how to face the fourth prince who quietly came to Chang'an City, Li Mao.

People often say that tiger poison does not eat children, but as a king, it must not be like this, the son kills the father, the brother kills the brother, countless human tragedies have been staged in this imperial city, and they have all happened in reality.

In the Zongfu, Gu Kaizhi stood with his hands in his hands, and in front of him, Wu Yong finished his last punch.

Gu Kaizhi nodded, quite satisfied with Wu Yong's performance.

"Yes, since I have handed over all the boxing techniques to you, then the old man is also leaving. ”

Wu Yong withdrew his fist, came to the old man, knelt on the ground, and kowtowed three times, "Thank you Master for your preaching." ”

Gu Kaizhi didn't dodge, stood in place, and accepted Wu Yong's etiquette, and in the distance, Lord Zongzheng waited with a thinly dressed young man.

Gu Kaizhi helped Wu Yong up, and then whispered to the young man not far away, "Li Mao." This is my apprentice, Wu Yong, and from now on, he will stay by your side and protect your safety. ”

Gu Kaizhi turned around and said to Wu Yong: "Wu Yong, you are the third apprentice I accepted, although I have not taught you boxing for a long time, but today, the master handed over one of his two relatives to you, hoping that you can protect him." ”

Wu Yong was silent, he guessed the identity of the young man in front of him, he was able to enter and leave the sect freely, and the python robe on his body that he didn't know how long he had been wearing, everything fell into Wu Yong's eyes.

"Master, I only said that if Master knew that His Highness was dead one day, then Wu Yong would definitely have died long before His Highness. ”

Wu Yong said, knelt on the ground in front of Li Mao, and said, "Your Highness, Wu Yong swears to follow His Highness." ”

Li Mao stood there, at a loss, but fortunately, Zong Zheng on the side quietly whispered in Li Mao's ear and didn't know what to say, after Li Mao heard it, he hurriedly helped Wu Yong, and stretched out his hand, the slave who knelt on the ground, gently brushed the dust off the hem of his clothes. Wu's lips trembled slightly, and his hands tightly grasped Li Mao's arm.

Gu Kaizhi looked at the two of them, nodded slightly, and then disappeared into the night.