Chapter 12: The Imperial Crown Prince Persian Minister
Wouldn't it be immediately exposed when I met with Xiao Guifei? Could it be that Xiao Guifei hadn't seen Song Cheng The question was very idiotic, and he also felt that his IQ was a hard injury, and Zhuo Li didn't say it under the subconscious effect.
"I haven't seen you for a few days, it's even more stupid!" Prince Yi's face was slightly gloomy: "Concubine Xiao Guifei is a smart person, she can weigh the truth between borrowing soldiers and the prince." I won't be able to pick it out in public, at least not at this time. ”
"Really?"
The prince asked with a smug face, "In the past month, King Yas has summoned you to see you?"
"No, but ......"
"Nothing!" the prince flicked his whip, and the neighing of the horse carried the prince away. Stay a little longer, and Lao Tzu will have to be affected by this fool in his noble wisdom.
Sure enough, Xiao Guifei not only did not pick out the imposter Ming Zhuoli, but also cooked dishes to entertain the two of them. The royal courtyard, the craftsmanship of the concubine, is only as beautiful as the clouds.
When the maid served the first course, Zhuo Li didn't have time to be 'beautiful'. The swamp ordeal and Matthew's militarized training had already exhausted Zhuo Li's stomach with oil and water, and it was incumbent on him to take the food first, and he flew to the table like a tiger grabbing food.
The prince did not show weakness, and the first time he smelled a stream of braised pork knuckle, his nose twitched slightly and his eyes flashed green, and he tried his best to intercept it in the air at the moment when the maid placed the plate.
A vicious tiger and a greedy wolf gathered at the dining table, and the scene can be imagined: the dishes and bowls full of dishes were licked up as soon as they arrived on the table......
Maybe I won't have to wash the dishes today!, the maid who was stunned by the two foodies thought.
There are fewer meat wolves and more wolves, and naturally there is no shortage of contention, and for a while, all kinds of vague words mixed with chewing sounds resounded all over the huge living room:
I took one less bite of the pig's trotters, and both the chicken thighs were mine!
You have eaten an extra piece of Dongpo meat, and the chicken thighs are still ......
You have an extra spoonful of soup......
The soup doesn't count!
You don't respect the old!
You don't love small!
It can really be said: there is no father and son in front of the gambling table, and there is no prince and prince at the dinner table......
The hard-working concubine wiped the fragrant sweat on her forehead, walked in tiredly, looked at a table of clean dishes and dishes, two starving ghosts who were full of food and drink and burped, and a group of donkeys ran in her mind......
said dignifiedly: "You can eat so ...... Cleanliness is the greatest respect for me. That one...... Cui'e, bring the pastries on the table, the palace will use them. ”
And pastries! Being stared at by the eyes radiating green light, Xiao Guifei was extremely nervous, as if the two people in front of her would eat themselves together and not spit out their bones...... And this kind of nervousness, Xiao Guifei asked herself, she only felt it when she was serving the emperor for the first time......
When the pastry was put on the table, the dignified concubine stretched out her jade hand to grab it, but there was only a sesame seed stuck back to her fingertips. Touching my hungry belly: if there is another piece of pastry in front of me, I will put down my dignity and snatch it.
"Cui'e, but there is still ......" forget the palace and go by yourself.
At this time, a maid walked in. Salute to Zhuo Li: "Prince, there is a Persian summons outside the door, saying that King Yas is in a hurry to summon the prince to protect the lord......"
Zhuo Li looked at Prince Yi.
"I am inconvenient to summon you. Go on your own, pay attention to etiquette, and be careful what you say. ”
Persia did not have eunuchs, and the heralds were mostly men and women who rode horses in the army. It was a beautiful woman who was summoned this time, and when she saw Zhuo Li coming out, she hurriedly greeted her and saluted: "Herald Xia greets the guardian of the Holy Driver, King Yas has urgently summoned him, and he has been waiting for the Holy Driver for a long time, so please go with the lower official quickly." ”
Old Yas knew that when I wanted to see him, he excused himself in every possible way, and he was summoned today to be dismissed. So I sent a female summons officer, so I couldn't refuse. is scheming, but he doesn't know that teasing and revenge are the most hateful things to do in person?
Zhuo Li did not shirk and got into the carriage directly. The wheels are moving, and the carriage is jolting and swaying. Zhuo Liming, who had just been full, was asleep......
"Guardian Lord...... Guardian ......" was woken up by a pleasant female voice. Zhuo Li is a marrow cleansing body, and this month he has practiced some brute strength, and he has just woken up from a big dream. Stretching his waist and stretching his arms hard, the wall of the poorly carved carriage was knocked off. The entire roof of the car fell on Zhuo Li's head, and after being broken by the helmet, it hung around his neck.
It turned out that the helmet was used to defend the roof of the carriage, Zhuo Li, who was not yet fully conscious, thought.
King Yas summoned Zhuo Li in the study, which was quite the imperial study of the Qing Kingdom. Only the king's close ministers, favored ministers, and powerful ministers can get this honor to meet King Yas alone in the study, Zhuo Li did not feel any honor, yawned and complained that his good dreams were disturbed, and followed the herald to the depths of the imperial city.
The two of them bypassed the court hall and passed through the council hall before entering the king's study.
King Yas treated them well, and the two sat across from each other. King Yas spoke first: "The emperor's nephew is visiting thousands of miles, and he should have met as soon as possible, but there are so many state affairs that he really can't take a break." ”
The Qing State had a marriage with the Persian royal family, and he was called Song Cheng's uncle, and he was also passable. However, my cheap imperial uncle didn't summon me a long time ago, and he wanted me to wear the Aries Holy Armor to swagger through the market. There must be more eyeliner in the Imperial City, and it must be these eyeliner in return: I have the inheritance of Instructor Matthew. I'll deal with it, and I'll see what he thinks.
Seeing that Zhuo Li didn't say anything, Yas no longer bent down: "Matthew guards the title of duke in the court, holds the power of the soldiers and horses in the court, and guards with 100,000 gold armor." These are all the results of his great and meritorious contributions.
The emperor's nephew first came to have no merit and social success, and secondly, he had no prestige to command the army and horses. Therefore, it is better to ask the imperial nephew to temporarily put down the authority in his hands and concentrate on learning. After he made meritorious contributions, he returned the power to his virtuous nephew. I don't know what to do?"
Going around and around is nothing more than cutting power, and the reason for cutting power is simply that I am not a Persian. I remember Matthew said that I would inherit everything from him, but if I inherited the title and the right to the army. So where does Matthew go?
"Of course, I will arrange other positions for the imperial nephew to study. For example: guarding the barony, the staff of the military department, the imperial guard, the courtier's court, the council hall, ......" Yas has taken out a series of official titles, but they all have common characteristics: either they have no power, or they have high positions and light power......
Zhuo Li was in no mood to pay attention to this, he was wondering where Matthew had gone. simply didn't calculate: "I want to learn something in all aspects, it's better for me to have these positions!" "The power is small, but there are many official positions, and the combined power is not small, right?"
King Yas hesitated slightly: "Then I will depend on the emperor's nephew, tomorrow all the officials will go to court, and you will also come." I'll make a decree!"
It's time to give the order to evict the guests! Zhuo Li asked the most important question to herself: "Where is Instructor Matthew now, and where will he go?"
"It should be taken care of in the Duke's Palace, waiting for you to sign for it. Looking at Zhuo Li's doubts, King Yas explained: "Persia is different from the Qing Dynasty, and the mansions of the courtiers are all public property. When the predecessor leaves, he will be taken over. Only fiefdom estates were private property. ”
After finishing speaking, I heard a muffled sound, and Zhuo Li's figure was gone. Only a large hole in the study window was left open. Looking at the open door, wouldn't it be easier to walk through the door?
The female herald waiting outside the door also jumped: she had just broken the carriage and broke the window of King Yas's study. Is this guy the King of Destruction?
The two of them were undecided, and the muffled sound came again. Another window was damaged, and this time Zhuo Li went in.
"That ......" Zhuo Li scratched his head embarrassedly: "I don't know how to get to the Duke's Palace, borrow your herald to use ......"
As King Yas expected, with the same muffled sound, Zhuo Li slammed open the window and went to the main entrance, pulling the herald who was still considering whether to add the word invincible in front of the king of destruction, and walked away......
He spared the main gate! He did it on purpose! King Yas's beard danced, do you dare to be more daring?
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The Guardian Duke's Palace is not far from the Imperial City, and you can see it by walking through the stone statue street outside the Imperial City Gate.
There are not many people in the house, and it should be that the news of Matthew's departure has not yet spread. Or, with Matthew's personality he just wasn't ready to spread. Zhuo Li saw him alone at first sight, and Matthew also spotted him. Look at each other for a long time......
"You...... "It's not a problem, everyone can see it.
Matthew nodded.
"Can you not leave?" Although a month is short, it is enough to form a complex and simple friendship with an instructor, comrade-in-arms, and brother in Zhuo Li's heart.
Matthew shook his head.
"Why?"
Matthew took a deep breath, didn't answer, and continued to salute.
Zhuo Li hated, he hated Matthew's speechlessness, he hated himself for abolishing Matthew's cultivation, and he hated Matthew's silence about himself without regrets......
When he went on a rampage, his behavior was restricted, and his memory was still fresh: the two knives were against each other, and the war knives full of faith and divine power were about to break off the war knives in Zhuo Li's hands. But at that moment, Matthew gave up. He is fully capable of protecting himself, and the price of this is to kill himself, a soldier who has only known him for less than half a month......
It is the soldier's responsibility to leave the chance of survival to the weak!
Giving one's life to one's comrades, this is the trust of soldiers!
And so you gave it up?
Zhuo Li stopped Matthew: "You can't go, I'm the successor of the guard." I'm not going to let you go!"
Anger attacks the heart and touches the true element. Matthew, who only had no strength left, couldn't break free from Zhuo Li at all, so he simply gave up and let Zhuo Li pull him towards the main hall of the Duke's Palace.
There were counting staff in the hall, and they didn't dare to speak when they saw Zhuo Li's momentum.
"Get out of here!" a roar, and the counting officials hurriedly dispersed. Seeing the officials' clothes and hats, official seals and other things on the table, he couldn't help but throw them all out.
"Why bother, I'm just a wreck," Matthew finally spoke.
"But you said that we are comrades-in-arms and brothers, we will never leave each other, live and die together!" Zhuo Li faced Matthew: "You are just cultivating to waste, but people are fine." We can figure out a way, like me, I used to be blind, but now I can see things, don't I?
Yes, find Prince Yi, he must have a way! My eyes are the way he thinks!"
"It's useless!" came from outside the door, and it was very inappropriate. The person who came was Prince Yi himself: "None of the meridians in his body are intact, even if someone is willing to exhaust his cultivation and connect the veins for him, it can only prolong his life for a few years." ”
Get a creed from the Prince's words: "Matthew is going to die!"
The prince nodded: "It's a miracle that he's still alive and acting naturally." I think it's the way Duke Natasha came up with it. Boy, you and I can't be smarter or more knowledgeable than that woman. ”
Zhuo Li fell silent, and stood still.
"If you can't keep a person's heart, the person who is left behind will have to leave sooner or later. If you want to open up, you can still have a chance to meet if you are not too embarrassed by each other. ”
Instead, he said to Matthew, "I heard that you are from the church of the goddess of Athens. ”
Matthew nodded.
"It just so happens that I have some dealings with Pope Crowley in the outer city. If you're not picky, you can arrange it for you to ring the bell or something. ”
The dying will love a quiet retreat.
"But I am the knight of the emperor" There are two kinds of knights in the church, the emperor is a royal training knight, and once he is awarded a medal. He was not allowed to enter the relevant institutions of the Holy See. Even if it is the flexibility of doing chores and ringing the bell, this is not in accordance with the rules.
"Forget the damn rules! rules are meant to be broken, and there are traditions!"
"Why are you helping me?" the two had only had the opportunity to meet, but they didn't speak, let alone make friends.
"He!" the prince pointed to the silent Zhuo Li, "I admire this stupid boy." He's a lot like an old man, more like me now. So, I don't like to look at him as a young man! Also, I respect the soldiers, who have a tragic life. For the sake of the people guarded, life was spared. But he had to be deceived by the wrong regime, and he was shrouded in horse leather and died in a foreign land......" patted Zhuo Li on the shoulder: "The goddess of Athens is in the outer city of the imperial city, and the knight of Matthew will be in Persia for a few years of life." It's not far away, and it's just a matter of talking. ”
Zhuo Li looked at the prince gratefully, but the prince was startled by this look.
"Don't look at me with such touching eyes, it will affect my appetite!"
The three of them looked at each other and smiled.
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