Gongsun Ruyun said with a smile: "Today is the birthday of the virtuous brother, how can the foolish brother be embarrassed to accept your gift?" Yuan Qi smiled and said: "The sword is given to the hero! The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info "Gongsun Zhuyun was not hypocritical, and laughed and said: "Okay! Brotherly friendship, the foolish brother has written it down!"

Yuan Qi smiled and nodded, and then turned his head to the three brothers of Taishan and said: "A few days ago, I didn't know that the three brothers of Taishan Gong came, so I didn't prepare any gifts. ”

Taishan looked at Gongsun Ruyun, then at Yuan Qi, and was about to speak, but Zhang Wu shouted urgently: "Big brother, since it was sent by Brother Yuanqi, we will accept it, and it is not an outsider." ”

Yuan Qi laughed and said, "It's still General Zhang's refreshment!"

Taishan had no choice but to give up his hand and say, "Then thank you General Huwei for the wine." ”

Subsequently, Gongsun Ruyun and several people turned on their horses, and after saying goodbye to Yuan Qi, they rode away.

After sending off Gongsun Ruyun, Yuan Qi returned to the hall, at this time there were not many guests left in the hall, after Yuan Qi said goodbye one by one, he breathed a sigh of relief, and then came to the back hall, ready to visit the angel.

Entering the back room, Yuan Qi was surprised to see that the angel, who was originally drunk, actually looked very sober and sat in the room, without any drunkenness.

Seeing Yuan Qi enter the room, he smiled and said, "I expected the general to come a long time ago, and I have been waiting for a long time. Yuan Qi asked in surprise, "How did Ling Jun know that a certain meeting would come?"

The angel twisted his beard and said, "I know that the general is a person who values love and righteousness, so I deliberately pretended to be drunk in the hall to test whether the general will come to visit you." ”

Yuan Qi was even more puzzled: "Could it be that Ling Jun pretended to be drunk just to test how a certain person is?"

The angel's face gradually became serious, and he whispered, "Definitely." A previous temptation was really out of helplessness. ”

The doubts on his face did not decrease but increased, but Yuan Qi did not interject, but looked at him quietly,

"General," "Nowadays, in order to seize power, Chinese and foreign relatives and eunuchs are fighting more and more fiercely, and the saint has the heart to eradicate these disasters, but he is unable to do so, it is really a dilemma, so the saint intends to select a group of loyal royal relatives and reuse them to suppress foreign companies and eunuchs. These people must not only be born in the royal orthodoxy, but also have outstanding talents, so the first candidate appointed by the Holy Lord is you, the general. ”

Listening to the words that came out, Yuan Qi couldn't help but have various thoughts in his heart. First, Yuan Qi's purpose is to unify the world, not to be loyal to a certain person, and now it is a bit difficult to make him loyal to Emperor Yuan Hong. Second, he didn't expect that although Yuan Hong was ridiculous, it was not useless, at least, in addition to being absurd, Yuan Hong also knew that he would think about the Jiangshan Sheji a little, which couldn't help but make Yuan Qi look at Yuan Hong differently; third, he only had 20,000 soldiers now, and he didn't have enough ability to turn things around, let alone suppress his relatives and eunuchs, it would be good if he wasn't suppressed by them; fourth, his base was in Youzhou and Beiping, once he left Youzhou, it would be equivalent to Longyou Shoal, no matter how much he tossed, I am afraid he would not be able to turn over a few waves。

With these questions running at high speed in his mind, but his face was expressionless, Yuan Qi lowered his head and thought for a while, then suddenly raised his head and asked Wu Xu: "What is the purpose of the saint summoning someone to enter Beijing?"

The angel kept paying attention to Yuan Qi's expression, trying to see through Yuan Qi's thoughts, and finally had to admit that he had failed, and Yuan Qi's face was ancient from beginning to end. Hearing Yuan Qi's question, he was a little relieved, because Yuan Qi's words and inquiries were equivalent to promising to go to the capital to meet the saint, otherwise there would be no need to do more.

It seems that Yuan Qi is still loyal to the royal family. "No one knows what the saint means, but when he came this time, the saint asked him to bring a sentence to the general, and the saint said that with the general's intelligence, he should be able to understand the meaning of this sentence. ”

Yuan Qi asked curiously, "What words?"

"The original words of the saint are: The prince Yuan Xie is talented and intelligent, and he can watch the sea with the emperor's nephew. After a pause, he continued: "Actually, on the way here, a certain pair of saints thought about this sentence, and they didn't understand it, dare to ask the general if he understands?"

Yuan Qi lowered his head and pondered. What does it mean to look at the sea together? Could it be that Yuan Hong wants to let himself assist Yuan Xie and jointly govern the government?

After thinking for a while, Yuan Qi basically determined what Emperor Yuan Hong meant. It seems that Yuan Hong also knew that the first half of his life was too absurd, resulting in chaos in the Yuan family, and now he intends to rectify the dynasty, but he found that he has lost a lot of power, and there is not enough strength to suppress relatives and eunuchs, so he wants to maintain the status quo while promoting talented civil and military generals to the next Son of Heaven Yuan Xie, so that one day in the future, he can clear the rebellion of relatives and eunuchs and revitalize the dynasty.

Raising his head, Yuan Qi said very seriously: "The meaning of the saint has been understood. Without further ado, tomorrow he will return to the capital with Ling Jun and meet the saint. ”

The angel finally breathed a sigh of relief, and a smile appeared on his face: "The Holy One really didn't look at the wrong person. ”

At night, in the study of the state pastor's mansion, Yuan Ying's father and son were talking secretly.

"Are you sure that's what the Holy Lord meant?" asked Yuan Ying, curling his beard.

Yuan Qi nodded: "It shouldn't be wrong." ”

Yuan Ying continued to twist his beard as he thought. As I thought about it deeply, I got harder and harder on my hands, and I didn't even realize that I had pulled off a few beards.

Finally, I made up my mind. Yuan Ying's deep voice sounded: "Qi'er, our father and son are not only royal relatives, but also courtiers of the king's house, even if they are crushed, they must protect the Yuan family." This time, you have to go, but once you arrive in the capital, you must be careful of the plots of all kinds of traitors, I am afraid that now the saint does not have enough strength to protect your thoughtfulness, alas, I didn't expect that the dignified son of heaven has been hollowed out of most of his power, which is really distressing. ”

Yuan Qi comforted his father: "Father, freezing three feet is not a day's cold, it is unrealistic to want to solve all problems once and for all, we can only take our time, little by little to get rid of the stubborn diseases of the imperial court, one day, the Yuan family will regain its glory." ”

Yuan Ying sighed and said, "Okay, tomorrow you pack up and go to Beijing first, and before you get married, your mother and I will go to the capital to find you." ”

Early the next morning, Yuan Qi selected ten elites from the Tiangui camp, led by Zhao Hu, and accompanied Yuan Qi to the capital.

Without saying a word all the way, a group of more than 20 people arrived at the administrative center of the empire - the capital after half a month's trek.

Looking at the majestic capital, Yuan Qi couldn't help but sigh the wisdom of the ancients, in this era when there were no excavators, no training in Lanxiang, no trucks and other tools, with their own wisdom and hands, completely relying on manpower to build such a majestic city, really magnificent!

There are twelve gates in the capital, two on the north, four on the south, and three on the east and west. Yuan Qi and the others came from Youzhou in the north, and naturally entered the city from the north gate. Entering the city, Yuan Qi sighed again. The layout of the whole capital city is reasonable, the twenty-four roads in the city divide the whole capital city into dozens of areas, except for the imperial palace and the north and south two palaces, in the center of the whole capital city, the rest of the area is different in size, scattered in the city.

There is also a saying that the roads in the capital city are 30 to 40 steps wide, and can accommodate ten horse-drawn carriages running side by side, for the ministers to walk, and on both sides of each road are paved two auxiliary roads, which are the roads for the common people to walk.

Throughout the whole city of Beijing, the prosperity is extreme, majestic and magnificent, and it is a masterpiece of majestic and simple atmosphere.

Not long after the group entered the city, a person dressed as a small servant ran over quickly, came to Yuan Qi's horse and stopped, and asked: "Dare to ask Gongzi is General Huwei and General Hou Yuan?" Zhao Hu rode his horse to Yuan's side, sat on the horse and held the hilt of the sword, and stared at the little guy who came with a pair of tiger eyes. His duty is to protect Yuan Qi, even though Yuan Qi's martial arts are still above him. The ten elites of the Heavenly Return Camp behind Yuan Qi also secretly adjusted their positions, faintly centering on Yuan Qi and Zhao Hu, forming two plum blossom arrays.

Although the angel on the side couldn't understand the formation of the elites of the Heavenly Return Camp, he could also feel that the ten elites were faintly exuding a murderous aura.

Reaching out and patting Zhao Hu's shoulder, Yuan Qi signaled that he didn't have to worry, and then asked the little guy with a pleasant face, "Who are you?

Although that little guy is a subordinate, his eyesight is not bad, otherwise it would be impossible to recognize Yuan Qi at a glance. Seeing the elite formation of the Tiangui camp, my heart was cold, and I was trembling for a long time and couldn't speak, until Yuan Qi opened his mouth to ask, he barely calmed down, and replied: "The villain is a small guy in the Jin Lang Mansion, in recent days, the Lang estimated that his uncle was about to arrive in the capital, so he ordered the villain to come to the north gate every day to wait, and today he was finally waited by the villain, and the villain ordered the villain to ask the uncle to live in the house temporarily." ”

It turned out to be sent by his father-in-law, Jin Shang. Hearing this, Zhao Hu slowly let go of the hand holding the hilt of the sword, but he still did not order the elite of the Tiangui Camp to withdraw from the formation, just in case.

After listening to the conversation between the two sides, the angel said with a smile: "Hehe, it must be Jin Yilang who is anxious to see his son-in-law, so he sent someone to wait." On the contrary, it will take a few days to see the saint, so the general will first go to the Lang Mansion to stay temporarily, and once the saint has an order, he will go to invite the general again. ”

Yuan Qi arched his hand and said, "It's okay, then it's arranged like this for the time being." ”

Xiang Yuanqi arched his hand, and the angel led his attendants to turn around and go into the city.

After sending the angel away, Yuan Qi smiled and said to the little servant, "I'm sorry for you to lead the way." ”

The little guy didn't expect Yuan Qi to be so kind at all, so he hurriedly stretched out his hand and pointed forward, and said, "Jinfu is over there, please come with me." ”

Yuan Qi smiled and nodded, beckoned Zhao Hu and the others to follow behind the little guy and walked towards Jinfu.