Zhu Liye quickly adjusted his mentality.

After all, he is the dragon and phoenix among people, the lord of all peoples, and he has already achieved joy and anger, he squinted and asked, "Where is Zhao Qing from?"

Zhao Lanjiang was shocked.

It seems that he asked for a warm sentence, but there is something in the words, especially after Yuwen Tianlu's study made a discovery, he was also thinking, did the emperor find anything?

Before Zhao Lanjiang joined the Western Army, he had wandered in Chenliu for many years, and his household registration was also Chenliu County, which must have been recorded. As for Dingzhou's identity, except for a very few people, few people knew about it, and he decided to rot it in his heart.

"Echoing Your Majesty, the minister is Chen Liuren, his parents are Orion in the mountains, his parents died when he was a child, until he had the opportunity to join the Western Army and serve His Majesty, so that he has today. ”

Zhu Liye sighed and remained silent, "Unexpectedly, Chen Liu is still the land of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, I heard that the cows over there taste good, I don't know if you have tasted it?"

Zhao Lanjiang felt a chill in his back when he heard this.

In the Dingzhou dialect, Niu and Liu have the same sound, Xiao Jinyan also made fun of him because of this incident, and later Zhao Bajiang made some effort to change this sound, the emperor's words, it seems to be idle chat, but in fact he is exploring his details.

Thinking of this, he said respectfully, "The courtier's family is poor and has never drunk milk. ”

Zhu Liye pricked up his ears, distinguished for a moment, and no longer pursued it, but the later recital seemed a little careless, and he no longer asked him about the retirement of Shenxian Gou, and said a few more words, and said a few words to Gao Gong, "Declare the decree." ”

Gonggong Gao stepped forward and announced His Majesty's holy decree in a screaming voice. It is nothing more than Zhao Lanjiang repelled the Northern Zhou and Western Chu coalition forces, with great achievements, and a few words of admonition, because he is already a prince with a different surname, so he was crowned the post of a soldier in the army, and his wife Yang Xiaoxiao and son Zhao Tianci also gave their own rewards, especially Zhao Tianci, who was named the Marquis of Heaven. In addition, they also rewarded the palace of the king in Beijing and so on.

The hundreds of officials present almost listened to the decree with a look of surprise on their faces. Those young officials, their eyes were full of envy, they were only in their twenties, and they were already crowned kings, and they were still from the top of the third rank, and they were the big officials of the frontier. The King of the Hidden Sun will have a bright future in the future, and it seems that he will have to move around well in the future.

However, some older officials who have experienced more than ten years of officialdom have heard a different flavor from the rewards.

He is only in his twenties, and he is already like this, where is the room for growth in the future? When he wins two more battles, how will he be rewarded? If he holds it too high now, he is afraid that it will fall even worse in the future.

As for the few old men in the officialdom, the courtiers who had experienced the previous dynasty expressed their incomprehension at the sudden rise of Zhao Lanjiang, especially after seeing his appearance, they inevitably muttered in their hearts, but secretly kept in mind that they must keep a distance from this Zhao Lanjiang.

Zhao Lanjiang didn't expect that there would be a reward, but the Ministry of Rites had already explained that he must not go against his will, so he had to kowtow to receive the order.

Zhu Liye said again, "Now that the war in Western Xinjiang has been decided, what strategy does Zhao Qing think should be adopted for the border defense of Western Xinjiang?"

Zhao Lanjiang said, "In the battle of Hengduan Mountain, the vitality of Western Chu was greatly damaged, especially the Emperor of Western Chu succeeded to the throne, and the foundation was unstable, so he should not be able to start a war with my Ming Dynasty." But the wolf's ambition is not good, and the minister thinks that when the border trade is opened, Yixi Chu war horses such as tea silk are used to equip the border defense. ”

Zhu Liye raised his voice, "What if the other party insists on going to war?"

"There are many forces and factions in Western Chu, and we can use the hand of trade to support the forces on both sides, attack each other, and let them fall into civil strife, or protect Western Xinjiang for ten years. ”

"Ten years from now?"

Zhao Lanjiang replied, "Everything is decided by Your Majesty." ”

Zhu Liye pondered for a moment, and then asked, "I want to appoint you as the governor of the Western Army, I don't know what Zhao Qing wants?"

The ministers were in an uproar.

After Yuwen Tianlu's "death", the position of the governor of the Western Army has been managed by Xue Huai, and the imperial court has also planned to be transferred from the Pingnan Army, just waiting for His Majesty to issue an order, who expected that His Majesty proposed to let Zhao Lanjiang serve today, which is not child's play.

Zhao Lanjiang knelt on the ground and excused himself: "The minister doesn't dare." ”

"Why?"

"The minister's qualifications are still shallow, inexperienced, and his ability is limited, I am afraid that it will be difficult to take on this great responsibility, and please think twice about Your Majesty. ”

Zhu Liye originally just tested him, but when he saw him refusing, he didn't mention the matter.

In the next court meeting, the emperor seemed careless, and when he was about to retire from the court, he said, "In a few days, it will be my 60th birthday, you can bring your wife and children with you." ”

After that, Gonggong Gao retreated, and Zhu Liye left the Taiji Palace. Zhao Lanjiang stood in the hall, and hundreds of officials came to say hello to him, but these people, he only heard their names, and they couldn't match the number at all.

Some of these people came to say goodbye, and some came to the close, and by the way, they invited them to have a chance to gather, but there were a few old ministers who whispered outside the palace gate, and they didn't know what to talk about.

However, no one noticed that not long after the court meeting, two groups of fast horses left the capital, one to Chenliu County, and the other to Dingzhou City.

......

Xiao Jinyan did not hesitate, and before the boulder pestle fell, he instantly came to the stone pit, released the string force, and punched the boulder with his right hand.

Bang.

The boulder fell to the side under the force, breaking the wooden frames on both sides and rolling out. This punch was extremely powerful, and the boulder pestle knocked down more than a dozen wooden poles in the courtyard, and for a time the entire backyard was tumbling and in a mess.

Seeing this, the flute, who was standing not far away, waved his double hammer and stabbed Xiao Jinyan in the back.

When Xiao Jinyan entered the field, the string force had already locked the flute, and he was no longer familiar with the method of the flute, and when he was about to make contact, Xiao Jinyan palmed horizontally, holding the wrist of the flute, and before another stab came, the cat's waist stepped and hit his back, sending out an internal force.

Chuan Xiao's body shook, and a strong internal force entered his body, and he withdrew three or four zhang in succession, and inserted the double gong into the ground before stopping the decline.

Taking advantage of this effort, Xiao Jinyan had already rescued Chuanjian out of the stone pit.

Chuanxiao was defeated in a battle, knowing that he had encountered a strong enemy.

He has always relied on his height, among the four major guards of Shujian Mountain, he has the highest martial arts, followed by passing books and passing swords, as for Chuanqin, because he failed to catch the creation at the beginning of the year, he is still hovering in the upper realm of Zhixuanzhong.

Chuan Xiao is confident, with his skills, even in the rivers and lakes, he can enter the top ten on the list, but this person in front of him has only only entered the Tongxiang Realm for a long time, but the strength he shows is far above him.

What shocked him even more was that the other party seemed to know his double trick very well, and actually took his full force with his bare hands.

The alarm sounded.

Countless masters from all over the Dengwen Courtyard poured into the backyard one after another.

Xiao Jinyan knew that the strength of Dengwen Academy, and after Vancouver took power, it also brought many secretly cultivated masters, and it was important to save people at this moment, if the fight continued, the situation might not be favorable.

He was ready to run away.

Chuan Xiao has adjusted his internal breath, and if he is willing to let him go, as long as he delays for a moment, he can leave this trespasser of the Dengwen Academy behind.

What's more, he suffered a secret loss with that trick just now, and he must get back face.

Double stabs.

Xiao Jinyan dragged the sword, and when he saw that the other party was menacing, he didn't hide it, and the string force caused the true yuan to surge, and he directly blasted out a five-headed shot.

At a distance of three feet, it seems that it has encountered an invisible wall of qi, and it is impossible to enter an inch. Immediately, a huge force poured out from the opponent's fist.

But that's not what scares Chuan Xiao the most.

Because he recognized the punch.

Dean Li's unparalleled divine fist, and in the world, except for Li Chuntie, there is only one person who can use this set of boxing techniques.

Xiao Jinyan.

Although Xiao Jinyan is wearing a human mask, his boxing skills are not deceiving. When he was learning art in the past, Xiao Jinyan often competed with the four guards, and although the realm was low at that time, the move routines had not changed.

No wonder he broke his trick as soon as he made a move. Xiao Jinyan's understanding of Chuanxiao's martial arts is the same as his understanding of Xiao Jinyan.

When I was in a trance, the fist and the mace had touched.

The double mace was forced, and it was bent!

Xiao Jinyan vomited his internal strength, and the flute only had to retreat. But he couldn't back off, and as soon as he got out of the way, there was a courtyard wall on the other side, and he fled before the crowd arrived.

Chuan Xiaoqiang gritted his teeth and shouted, "Break!"

Countless True Qi poured into the double fist, almost releasing the law space, but under Xiao Jinyan's oppression, he was almost powerless to fight back.

Rumble!

The whole person slammed into the wall in the backyard.

Crash.

The back wall of Dengwenyuan fell down, revealing a gap of many types. Xiao Jinyan carried the sword and fled out.

When I turned around, I saw that Vancouver had come to the backyard surrounded by several guards.

More than ten crossbow arrows were aimed at Xiao Jinyan.

The crossbow arrows of Dengwenyuan are different from the crossbow arrows in the army, which are made of black iron, and can be fired three times in a row, and there is a black arrow among them, which is coated with severe poison and seals the throat with blood.

Xiao Jinyan is not afraid of poison, but if he rubs even a little bit of flesh and skin against the sword, it means that Doctor Xue is here, and he is also lacking in skills.

"Xiao Jinyan!"

Vancouver recognized him.

Masks may be a thing that can fool you in front of the living, but in front of acquaintances or opponents who know you well, there is no concealment at all. Some things can't be changed, body shape, voice, smell, moves, and even the way the true element runs, all of which will give people a fixed pattern.

Xiao Jinyan was called to reveal his identity, and he was not in a hurry to escape, and said slowly, "Lord Wen, I thought you died in Suzhou, and I felt sorry for you for a long time. ”

Vancouver didn't answer, but said, "I thought you would hide outside and not dare to come back, but the official has been worried for a long time." ”

Xiao Jinyan looked around, except for the pipe, almost all of these people were fresh-faced, and they couldn't name them, and those who could be called were already hanging on the wooden poles.

It is conceivable that when Li Chuntie was liquidated, the old men of the old department of Dengwen Yuan were also baptized in blood.

His heart was desolate.

"You killed all these people?"

Vancouver said, "Dean Li is rebelling, these people are all in the same party, how can they stay?"

Xiao Jinyan pointed to a person's head and asked in a vicious voice, "Fourth Uncle Zhao, he is also an old man in the courtyard, he is only responsible for sweeping the floor and ringing the bell every day, I remember that you sometimes go to his side to rub wine and food, and he is also a rebel?"

A look of shame appeared on Vancouver's gentle and elegant face, which was immediately replaced by a ruthless meaning, "He didn't deserve to die, but that night, he opened the backyard gate and let go of several people, not me killed him, it was he who looked for death." ”

"Have you ever thought that maybe he just didn't want to see his colleagues kill each other? ”

Vancouver said, "I do things according to orders, and I don't talk about colleagues." ”

Xiao Jinyan let out a long roar.

There was a whistling with anger and sadness. Factional struggles, power struggles, and too many dirty things in the world have caused some innocent people to lose their lives in vain, and in the eyes of those in power, human life is like a mustard.

Vancouver still hasn't changed its face,?" If you put down the sword, tie your hands and arrest it, and hand it over to Your Majesty, there may be a glimmer of life. ”

Xiao Jinyan didn't laugh angrily, "Vancouver, are you a fool?"

As soon as Vancouver waved his hand, the crossbowmen everywhere, dozens of masters had already formed a circle, as long as an order was given, the two of them could not escape.

Xiao Jinyan said, "Lord Wen, your head will be sent to the item for the time being, wash it at night, and tonight, Xiao Jinyan will come to pick it up in person!"

Vancouver sneered, "You get out of this yard first." Shoot the arrows!"

Whoosh!

Dozens of crossbow arrows, each firing three, indiscriminately saturated the attack, shooting at the two of them.

The crossbow arrows were fired, and everyone abandoned their crossbows and swords, and came at the two of them together.

A sneer appeared at the corner of Xiao Jinyan's mouth.

The tinkling sound is endless.

By the time everyone attacked, Xiao Jinyan had disappeared in front of everyone. Chuan Xiao was shocked, "How can this be?"

He is only through the initial realm, and he can form a law space, but he has to move out of the space instantaneously, at least through the middle and upper realms to reach it.

At this moment, in the sky, an arrow burst through the sky. When Xiao Jinyan changed his form and left, he shot out an air arrow that had already been stored and rushed straight towards Vancouver.

Vancouver was a weak scholar and did not understand martial arts.

The only person around him who could save him was Chuanxiao. But this arrow is too sudden and too powerful, unless the flute is blocked in front of Vancouver and fights with his own realm, Vancouver has no chance of surviving at all.

However, at this critical moment, Chuan Xiao hesitated.

It is true that Vancouver is his superior, but in order to save him, it is not worth his own life.

So, he took a step to the side and dodged the air arrows.

Vancouver was so frightened that his face was pale, and a breath of death rose from his heart, like a person standing on a bamboo pole in the abyss, falling at any moment.

He stood there cold, motionless, and the thought flashed through his mind, "My life is over." ”

However, this air arrow, just as it was about to penetrate Vancouver's forehead, suddenly changed direction and shot towards the place where the flute landed.

Chuan Xiao was horrified in his heart, it happened too suddenly, and his desire to survive drove him to swing his double gong and stake almost all his true yuan to catch the air arrow.

Burst!

The arrow was invisible, passing through his twin wedges, making a dull sound. The sound was like a knife cutting through the silk, dull and heavy.

Vancouver opened his eyes.

"You're not dead?"

He was a little happy, and immediately thought of the action that Chuan Xiao had avoided just now, and he couldn't help but be angry in his heart, and was about to open his mouth to scold, but he saw Chuan Xiao standing there motionless.

At the center of the eyebrows, there is a hole the size of a thumb

Blood gurgling.

Chuan Xiao's eyes were as wide as copper bells, and it seemed that before he died, he couldn't believe that the air arrow when Xiao Jinyan retreated was so powerful.

The flute falls on his back.

The masters from all over the place chased after each other.

Vancouver was soaked, his legs trembled uncontrollably, and thinking of what Xiao Jinyan had said before leaving, he ordered all the pursuers to withdraw.

"I ordered all the masters of the Dengwen Academy in Beijing to be transferred back to the courtyard to standby, and no one was allowed to go out without my order. ”

An arrow shot into the sky.

It exploded in mid-air, and the black smoke filled the air, and the people within ten miles of the capital could see it really clearly.

This is the order for the Dengwen Yuan to enter the first level of combat readiness, which means that the Dengwen Yuan faces the most serious enemy.

In the twenty years since the establishment of Dengwenyuan, because of Li Chuntie sitting in the capital, except for the Battle of Jingyan, after attacking the capital, it has never issued a first-level combat readiness order, but this time it is different.

Because Xiao Jinyan let go, tonight, he came to take Vancouver's life.

In the capital, countless black-clothed people and secret agents of Dengwen Academy lurking in the shadows all put down their work and walked quickly towards the location of Dengwen Academy.

The Praetorian Guard, the Five Cities Terracotta Division, and the three major battalions also saw this warning and understood the meaning of this firework.

In the entire capital, only the dean of the Dengwen Academy, as well as His Majesty the Emperor, have the right to issue this warning. And they didn't receive the will of the palace, and it was obvious that it was the Dengwenin Temple that had suffered a change.

Several major yamen gathered in the cabinet one after another to inquire about the news. The news reached the palace, and it is strange that His Majesty remained silent about it.

Everyone speculated and speculated, but the Sacred Heart was unpredictable.

Panic and rumors spread throughout the capital.

Xue Huai, the king of Dingbei, saw the fireworks as a warning, instructed the housekeeper to close the door of the house, and ordered that no one should go out of the house.

No one noticed that that night, Mr. Ping left the palace, dressed in civilian clothes and carrying a long sword on his back, and entered the temple temple.