Seeing that his eldest brother spoke so politely, Gao Yun was dissatisfied and said: "Brother, how can you speak so politely? If you have anything to say, just say it. I will definitely be pissed off."
After speaking, Lu Zuo cupped his hands and whispered: "If there is any trouble in Kyoto these days, you must inform me."
"Is it that simple?" Gao Yun looked at him curiously.
"Can my dear brother do it?"
Gao Yun disapproved and said: "Hey! What do I think is such a big deal! This matter is all on me. From now on, eldest brother, you will be my emperor. If you say go east, I will never go west. Everything All at your command!"
Lu Zuo smiled, "Don't talk nonsense!"
Seeing that the night was getting deeper, Lu Zuo persuaded Gao Yun to sleep here.
The next morning, the songbirds that had been noisy all night seemed to rest in the early morning, so the courtyard of Tao Mansion was clean at this moment, and occasionally there were a few birds singing crisply on the tops of the locust trees. Gao Jun got up early to wash up, then said goodbye to Lu Zuo and Yin Ji, saying that he was going on business.
Lu and Yin saw Gao Yun to the door of the mansion before saying goodbye. Seeing Gao Yun disappear into the crowd, Lu Zuo couldn't help but worry. Why hasn't he come yet? He should have come by the time? Did something go wrong along the way? Or was he caught? Impossible. If they were really caught by officials and they were so eye-catching, Gao Yun should have reported it to me.
Yin Ji called Master twice, but when he saw no response, he tugged on Master's sleeves, and then Lu Zuo came back to his senses. Yin Ji asked doubtfully: "Master, what's wrong with you? Why are you always so distracted?"
Lu Zuo said solemnly: "Master, I'm thinking why our distinguished guest hasn't arrived yet!"
"Dignified guest? What kind of distinguished guest is this?"
"You'll know when they come!"
"Them?" Yin Ji was even more puzzled, "So there is more than one distinguished guest?"
Lu Zuo smiled and turned back home.
In the majestic Prince's Mansion, due to the summer fires that had been engulfed the past few days, Prince Liu Yan specifically asked his men to transplant a century-old camphor tree into the courtyard in order to provide shade and coolness. In order to move the big tree into the mansion, he did not hesitate to demolish the western wall. .
Therefore, whenever the sun comes out in the past few days, Liu Yan will get up very early, ask his servants to bring a deck chair, and then rest in the shade of a tree to enjoy the flowers. Liu Yan got another treasure in the past few days, so he was in a particularly light mood, so he sang a ditty in the courtyard.
After Liu Yan finished singing, a soft call came to his ears: "Your Highness..."
Liu Yan suddenly raised his head, and it turned out to be Deng Zhuo, the commander of his guards, "Silent! What's wrong? What's the news about that old fox Liu Xun?"
"Reporting to Your Highness, according to the people sent by my subordinates, Liu Xun has been..."
Before Liu Yan could finish Deng Zhuo's words, his laughter turned into anger and he cursed: "Asshole, are you allowed to call Liu Xun too?"
Deng Zhuo seemed to have lost his soul and said tremblingly: "I know my mistake!"
"What's the matter?"
"My subordinates have found out that Prince Ning seems to have visited the same place many times recently!"
Liu Yan straightened up immediately as if he was shocked by electricity, "Where?"
"Kuchi Temple!"
"Kuji Temple? Aren't there just a few monks living in Kuji Temple? Why did he go there?" Liu Yan murmured to himself, and then asked, "Have you gone in to see it?"
Deng Zhuo quickly clasped his fists and bowed, "During the day, our people pretended to be pilgrims and went in to investigate, but their backyard was tightly guarded, so there was no chance. We wanted to spy at night, but the monks in Kuji Temple all had special skills. One of our brothers almost killed It was discovered, so... my subordinates are incompetent."
"Trash..." Liu Yan cursed, then lay down with his eyes closed again, and said coldly, "Go down! Don't bother me until you find out anything."
Deng Zhuo cupped his fists and bowed again before retreating. After a while, the housekeeper came again and whispered: "Your Highness, General Xun wants to see you!"
Liu Yan opened his eyes slightly and said coldly: "Let him come in!"
Shaoqing, there was a rush of footsteps outside the courtyard. Xun Mou was walking quickly to the prince. Seeing the prince closing his eyes and enjoying the coolness on the recliner, he knelt down and saluted, and whispered: "See you, Xun Mou." Pass His Highness the Crown Prince!"
Liu Yan opened his eyes slowly and did not stand up to help him. He knew Xun Mou's intention, "General Xun, there is no need for you and me to be polite! Excuse me!"
"Thank you, Your Highness!" Xun Mou stood up slowly. Although he felt a lot of dissatisfaction in his heart, what could he do? After all, his defeat this time not only made the emperor lose his trust, but also the prince would probably have doubts about his ability at this moment. So now we must return to the trust of the Holy Emperor, so that we can gain even more trust from the Crown Prince.
Liu Yan still said calmly: "Come to my house so early, what do you want to talk about?"
Xun Mou knew that if he wanted the prince to be obedient to him, he would have to resort to extraordinary means, so he pretended to smile deeply and said, "Is this official here to help your highness?"
Liu Yan glanced at Xun Mou disapprovingly, "General Xun, are you kidding me? Are you here to help me or yourself?"
"None of this is important..." Xun Mou smiled slightly, "What is important is that I know and want to do my best to help His Highness, so that I can help myself."
Liu Yan also knew that Xun Mou was by no means an ordinary person, and he would never lose his complete trust because of this failure, so he also laughed and said, "General Xun's loyalty, I will always keep it in my heart. What does General Xun have?" Let’s talk about the difficulty!”
After the two of them went around in circles, Xun Mou knew that he could speak frankly now, so he smiled and said: "Now I have suffered a defeat for the first time. The Holy Lord must be jealous of me, so I want to regain the Holy Lord's trust as soon as possible. I can only lower my official position." It is only in your favor, Prince, that you have gained the trust of the Holy One!"
When he heard the last sentence, Liu Yan couldn't help but nod. He was right. If Xun Mou lost his trust and lost his status in the army, it would not be a good thing for him, not to mention that Xun Mou was on his own. Grasshopper, after the old marshal Zhou Zhongwang, it seems that there is no other suitable candidate except Xun Mou. With this situation, the Holy Emperor is likely to let An Shiqing take command after the Autumn. If An Shiqing is defeated and returns, it is easy to say, but if If he really won a great victory, it would be even more difficult for Xun Mou to take advantage of the opportunity to regain his position in the army. Liu Yan then asked curiously: "What should we do?"
"Xiaguan has already thought about it. His Majesty will be appointed commander again after autumn comes and regain Shanzhou. Therefore, Xiaguan's master, Marshal Zhou, must be allowed to come out again this time. Only in this way can I be defeated by me again. Master, only if you listen to me will you be able to make meritorious deeds again."
After hearing this, Liu Yan frowned and nodded, "But as far as I know, His Majesty intends to cultivate new people this time and wants to change his old man's mind. I'm afraid I can't persuade him with just a few words, right?"
