Shenwu City is a very well-informed place, and the news that the spirit beast riot outside the town was resisted quickly spread throughout Shenwu City. When the corpses of the two ninth-order spirit beasts were carried to Shenwu City by Yue Fusheng, the residents of Shenwu City were all in a stir.

"Look, look! That's the corpse of the ninth-order spirit beast of this spirit beast riot. The Winged Night Tiger and the Phantom Red Scythe!"

"Ninth-order spirit beast, isn't that a treasure all over your body?"

"Needless to say, the eight legs of the Phantom Red Scythe are very hard, and they are indispensable materials for forging weapons. If you build it for a master blacksmith, you might be able to create a ground-level weapon. ”

"If I can have a ground-level weapon, Your Majesty will definitely make me a general. ”

"Come on, it's just you? Do you think that ground-level weapons are so easy to obtain? This is the trophy of the three princes! Do you see the person who is the leader of the majestic and high-spirited? That is the third prince of my Firmament Empire, the eldest prince is the main general who resisted the spirit beast riot this time, and he actually escaped from the battle, fortunately, His Royal Highness the Third Emperor is in danger and expells the spirit beast, otherwise how many people will die in our Shenwu City!"

"The third prince is really wise and powerful!"

Along the way, Yue Fusheng was praised by the people, and his heart was happy, he really made the right bet, resisted the spirit beast riot, and saved Shenwu City. Today, his popularity among the people and the military has reached its peak.

He walked down the street with great satisfaction, enjoying the worship of the people.

Yue Huairen had already come out of the palace to greet him, he saw the majestic body under the gate of the city at a glance, when he was a hundred meters away, he reined in his horse, turned over, ran to Yue Huairen, knelt in front of him, and said: "The son of the minister guarded the town and returned victoriously, and I specially ask my father for peace!"

Yue Linglong and Yue Huixian also stepped down from the carriage and saluted Yue Huairen.

"Get up!" Yue Huairen stepped forward to help Yue Fusheng up, and then said, "Fusheng, you have done a good job, I will reward you." Say, what do you want?"

Yue Fusheng hurriedly replied modestly: "How can I win, this battle can be won, it all depends on my father and the emperor to send people to help, and at the last moment, the two gentlemen Yu Di and Wei Zhen can fight off the spirit beast, and these two gentlemen should be the first to take the lead!"

Yue Fusheng didn't take all the credit for himself, if he overemphasized his own credit, it would not be beautiful. His merits will definitely not be able to escape, even if he goes out completely, Yue Huairen will definitely give him the reward he deserves.

"You don't have to be modest, when your eldest brother left you and fled, the town was already in danger, and it was you who made a quick decision to win this battle, and I will definitely give you a reasonable reward. Yue Huairen waved his hand, Yue Fusheng's great achievements, no matter what, he had to give some rewards.

Yue Fusheng was happy in his heart, but he could control it well, "Father, the child wants to ask for credit for the two of them." The merits of these two people are so great that they should be rewarded. ”

"Oh, who are the two of them, and you want your dignified three princes to ask me for a reward?" Yue Huairen smiled slightly, a little curious in his heart.

"The first one is General Xue Quexue, when the spirit beast broke through the first and second layers of defense, and the eldest brother fled, he gathered the scattered soldiers, reorganized the defensive line, and immediately made a decision, using the spirit cannon to resist the spirit beast, so that the spirit beast could not break through. At the moment of crisis, he returned to Shenwu City to ask his father for help, which can be described as a person of great loyalty, courage and wisdom, and the person who laid the foundation of this victory. ”

Yue Huairen nodded thoughtfully, Chen Hu had already told him all the details of this battle in detail, so he naturally agreed with Yue Fusheng's words. Then he smiled at Xue Que behind Yue Fusheng, "From now on, Xue Que will be promoted to the Eight Gates Defense Envoy of Shenwu City, with the rank of Imperial General!"

"The last general, thank Your Majesty Longen!" Xue Que immediately knelt down and thanked him loudly, these eight defense envoys were the first people in the imperial capital Shenwu City to manage the eight city gates, and their power was extremely great, and they could even mobilize the garrison troops of Shenwu City.

Yue Fusheng's face was happy, although he knew that Xue Que was the same as his uncle Xue Ding, he was Yue Chenglong's person, but after this battle, he didn't think that Xue Que would still be loyal to Yue Chenglong.

"General Xue, please get up. Yue Huairen motioned for Xue Que to get up, and then turned to look at Yue Fusheng, "This Xue Que gave a reward, I don't know who the second person you want to ask for credit is?"

"This second person is Zhan Qingxiao, who my father has also seen, and ...... this time"

"Where did Zhan Qingxiao come from?" Yue Huairen interrupted him, his face instantly became a little unhappy, at the beginning of his birthday banquet, Zhan Qingxiao wanted to forcibly take away Qiwei, and even the Nine Dragons Arch Emperor Array couldn't stop him, and the palace was also destroyed a lot, and he got out. This made him very annoyed, although he later learned that Bai Zhi was not Qiwei, but after all, Zhan Qingxiao was an impact on the palace, and the face of the royal family of the dignified Dome Empire was lost.

Yue Fusheng naturally couldn't say that Zhan Qingxiao was hiding in the Shenwu Academy and came with him, so he had to say: "He happened to pass by the town, so he came to help, and it was because of him that he blocked several ninth-order spirit beasts, and even these two ninth-order spirit beasts were killed by him." ”

"Fusheng, do you know that Zhan Qingxiao is a wanted criminal in my Celestial Empire?"

"Father, son, ......"

"Needless to say, where is he now?" Yue Huairen asked in a deep voice.

"He ......" Yue Fusheng turned around and looked, searching for Zhan Qingxiao's figure, but he didn't see it, and even the other people around Zhan Qingxiao were gone. No, no

I felt very embarrassed, "It seems...... Let's go. ”

"Gone?" Yue Huairen was puzzled, and muttered again: "It's okay to go, I don't know how to deal with his affairs!"

"Uh......" Yue Fusheng was a little uncomfortable, at that time, Zhan Qingxiao told himself on the way that he had something to leave, but in fact, he didn't want to see Yue Huairen, and he also told him that he would definitely make sure he was okay, let him not leave, and get the reward of his father, after all, Zhan Qingxiao had made a great contribution, and he would definitely be rewarded.

He really hoped that Zhan Qingxiao could stay by his side to help him, and if possible, he could also swear with him as a brother.

But Zhan Qingxiao didn't say goodbye, which made him feel a little uncomfortable, even if he wanted to leave, at least he had to say goodbye, right?

"Go back to the palace first! Father has prepared a celebration banquet for you in the palace. Seeing his lost look, Yue Huairen didn't say anything more about Zhan Qingxiao.

Back in the palace, no matter how fragrant the wine is, no matter how beautiful the dancing women are, Yue Fusheng did not have a trace of interest. The ministers and families all toasted and courted themselves, and they all knew that Yue Fusheng was heavily rewarded, and Yue Chenglong and Yue Shixing were punished. In the struggle between several princes, Yue Fusheng's winning chance is even greater.

Yue Fusheng naturally clinked glasses with them perfunctorily, and his thoughts were no longer in the banquet.

Although Yue Chenglong and Yue Shixing were ordered to be locked up in Qingyoufang to meditate on themselves, they still participated in this palace banquet.

At this time, Yue Chenglong watched those ministers go to toast to Yue Fusheng one by one, and the villain's face was undoubtedly revealed. I think that at the beginning, when they were in power, they also had such a flattering face. At this time, he felt that these people were very hateful, and his heart was very hateful.

And the other protagonist of the banquet is Xue Que, Xue Que has become the new defense envoy of the Eight Gates, and he has great power, so naturally many people went to toast. However, Xue Que was not good at communicating, so he seemed a little embarrassed, those people came over one by one, Xue Que was annoyed, so he simply stopped paying attention to it, and pretended to be cold.

"Xue Ding, your nephew doesn't seem to be very suitable for such a scene. Yue Chenglong whispered to Xue Ding beside him.

Xue Ding drank a glass of stuffy wine, he was naturally not very happy in his heart, he didn't expect that his nephew would soar into the sky, and his official position surpassed himself.

"His Royal Highness the Great Prince is as discerning as a torch, my nephew is usually only more handy with things in the army, and most of this kind of scene can't be handled. ”

The corners of Yue Chenglong's mouth flashed a chuckle, and said: "Go and see, do you still recognize you as an uncle? If he still recognizes you as an uncle, then the matter of Bamen will be much simpler; if he doesn't admit it, he will still have to suffer some hardships in Bamen." ”

He felt that even if Xue Que was promoted to an official position, he had a lot of his henchmen in the Eight Gates of Shenwu City, and if he could get Xue Que's support, then he would become the biggest winner this time;

Xue Ding held a pot of wine, pushed away the ministers next to him, and then sat next to Xue Que.

Yue Fusheng noticed this scene, but he didn't make a move, but he was thinking in his heart: "It's still quite fast! But, big brother, big brother! If you let you cut off your beard like this this time, then why should the prince ask for credit for Xue Que? Although your wishful thinking is good, but you are pretending to be smart!"

"Uncle!" Xue Que got up immediately and was about to salute.

Xue Ding pressed his body, and then poured the wine from his own wine jug into Xue Que's wine glass, "You have now been promoted to the Eight Defense Envoys, and your official position is higher than that of your uncle, so you don't have to salute me anymore." ”

"Come, let's have a drink first. Xue Ding raised his wine glass and looked at Xue Que expectantly. The latter picked up the wine glass and clinked glasses with Xue Ding and drank it all.

"Okay!" Xue Ding put down his wine glass and showed a look of guilt, "At that time, it was really dangerous in the town, and my uncle thought that you would evacuate with everyone." It's also that my uncle only cares about protecting the eldest prince and the ninth prince to leave, so he ignored you, you must have an opinion about your uncle, right?"

"How could it be? Uncle has his responsibilities, how can he ignore the two princes for the sake of missing children?" Xue Que hurriedly said, but he was sneering in his heart.

"This incident is my uncle's fault after all, and my uncle wants to apologize to you. Xue Ding said very sincerely.

"You don't have to be like this! Since the death of the parents of the missing child, you and your aunt have taken a lot of care of the missing child, and our uncle and nephew should not care about such a trivial matter. ”

"Alas, my hard-working third brother, if they knew that you could achieve such an achievement today, they would surely be blinded!" Xue Ding pretended to be sad, and drank another glass of sullen wine as he spoke.

Xue Que watched him acting, but did not speak, co-authoring because he planned to be a lobbyist for the eldest prince and play the emotional card for himself. As soon as he came up, he presented himself as a pass, and he looked very guilty. I'd like to see how long you play this play?

"At that time, when you went back to Shenwu City to ask for help, my uncle didn't believe you, but he didn't believe that the third prince really resisted the spirit beast. So...... You won't mind, will you?" Xue Ding said again.

"No! Fortunately, His Majesty finally believed in the lack of children. Xue Que smiled slightly and said.

"Actually, when there is a lack of children, my uncle came over because he had something to do

I'll talk to you. Xue Ding said again, Xue Que secretly said that the topic was coming, and he looked at Xue Ding with a hint of confusion, waiting for him to speak.

Seeing Xue Que's puzzled expression, Xue Ding opened his mouth and said: "You have just been promoted to the Eight Gates Defense Envoy, but there are many people who are not convinced! The Eight Gates are intricately intertwined, and you did not have your own team in the past, so it must be difficult. ”

Xue Que nodded slightly, he naturally knew what Xue Ding meant by saying this to himself, Yue Fusheng had already been vaccinated with him. At that moment, he continued to accompany Xue Ding to act, and said: "Uncle, I haven't considered the problem you said, if this is the case, then it will be difficult to do? Uncle has been in the army for many years, but what is the way to deal with it?"

"The eldest prince has always felt that you are a talent, and he wanted to promote you when he was in Yunshan Camp, but it was my uncle who felt that your experience was not enough and kept pressing, but the eldest prince also repeatedly discussed with his uncle many times. This time, you can be the Eight Gate Defense Envoy, and His Royal Highness the Grand Prince is very happy for you. He can't bear to face such a complicated situation when you take office, so he plans to help you build your own team among the eight sects, so that you can take power smoothly. ”

"Ah, did the eldest prince really say that?" Xue Que said with a surprised face, but in fact, he sneered in his heart: "The eldest prince will take a fancy to me, and he will deliberately promote me, and you, the master of the Yunshan Battalion, are just a small man in his eyes, and he still coaxes me!"

Although Xue Que is not strong in communication, he is not stupid.

"Hmm. Our Yunshan Camp itself is in charge of the Great Prince, so you and I are both subordinates of the Great Prince. The eldest prince is very concerned about his subordinates. Although you left the Yunshan Camp and went to the Eight Gates this time, the Great Prince still treats you as a subordinate, and he cares so much!"

"Missing children are naturally loyal to His Royal Highness the Great Prince!"

Waiting for your words, Xue Ding smiled, and then said, "It's loyal to the Firmament Empire." ”

"Yes, yes, yes!"

Since Xue Ding got the result he wanted, he didn't stay long, so he returned to Yue Chenglong's side.

"How is it? This prince saw that your uncle and nephew were talking very happily. Yue Chenglong had been paying attention to the situation over there, and after seeing Xue Ding come back, he asked with a faint smile.

"Your Highness, my nephew still recognizes me as an uncle, after all, they all have the same blood!" Xue Ding smiled slightly, and happily drank the wine handed over by Yue Chenglong.

"Then does he accept his kindness to this prince?"

"Naturally, he is grateful for the kindness of the eldest prince!"

"That's good!" Yue Chenglong drank the wine in his glass.

At this time, there was an inner servant who walked over to Yue Chenglong, which was a faint inner servant in his house.

The chamberlain whispered something to Yue Chenglong. Yue Chenglong's originally smiling face collapsed instantly, his fists clenched, and he stood up on the ground, smashing the wine glass in his hand to the ground.

The sound of the wine glass being smashed interrupted the harmonious atmosphere above the banquet, Yue Huairen looked at Yue Chenglong with a dark face, and asked, "Chenglong! What are you crazy about, don't you know what kind of occasion this is?"

"Father, Zhan Qingxiao has kidnapped Bai Zhi!" Yue Chenglong said angrily.

"What?" Yue Huairen heard the news, the muscles on his face trembled, obviously very angry. "This exhibition is too lawless! At the beginning, he made a big disturbance in the palace and forcibly took Bai Zhi away, and also destroyed the Nine Dragons Arch Emperor Array in the palace. I considered that he had made a contribution to guarding the town this time, and I didn't intend to pursue him, but I didn't expect him to change his mind and kidnap Bai Zhi again!"

"What should I do, Father, Bai Zhi wants to ...... for you," Yue Chenglong asked anxiously.

"Chenglong, Linglong, you two will go to the inner hall with me to discuss matters, and the others will continue to stay in the banquet. Yue Huairen interrupted him, Bai Zhi's matter was not suitable to be talked about in such a large public.

Yue Fusheng saw Yue Chenglong and Yue Linglong follow in, and guessed in his heart what Yue Chenglong's words meant.

He knew that Bai Zhi must have something to do with what Yue Huairen was planning, otherwise Yue Huairen would not care too much about a woman's whereabouts. And what he wanted, Yue Chenglong and Yue Linglong must have known, otherwise they would not have discussed it with the two of them when Zhan Qingxiao took Bai Zhi away. It's just that I don't know about it.

Yue Chenglong and Yue Linglong followed to the inner hall, and Yue Huairen sat on the dragon chair, looking a little haggard. He opened his mouth and said, "Linglong, have you found out the relationship between Zhan Qingxiao and Bai Zhi?"

"Father, it seems that when Bai Zhi was in Maohai City before, he was rescued by a member of the Luo family, and at that time, the two brothers Zhan Qingxiao and Zhan Qingyun were the Luo family's guards. The relationship between them is simply uncertain. Yue Linglong replied.

"What about you, do you know why Zhan Qingxiao suddenly showed his prominence and became so strong after the great change in the Zhan family?" Yue Huairen looked at Yue Chenglong again and asked.

"Father, it's not clear. Why is Zhan Qingxiao so strong, I've been trying to find any clues these days, but I haven't found anything. ”

Yue Huairen pursed his lips and thought for a while before saying, "It seems that I can't wait for that time." Chenglong, you and Linglong are ready. ”

"What are you going to prepare?" asked Yue Chenglong with a puzzled expression.

"Prepare for a long trip between you two and you. ”