I'm not Murong Chong

Duan Ye's abacus was crackling, but Liang Zhongyong and his men did not intercept Fu Jian and his party.After inquiring again, I found out that it was the eldest son Lu Shao who had welcomed him into the palace one step earlier, and while secretly regretting in his heart, he quickly dressed up and entered the palace to face the saint.

Since the Zhang family of Qianliang first occupied Liangzhou, they built the imperial palace in Guzang City, named "Mingguang Palace", which means "golden jade steps, bright day and night".At this time, there was an uncharacteristically oppressive and dull atmosphere in the huge palace, especially in the main hall, Mingguang Hall, where everyone was solemn and silent.The man in Chinese clothes sitting high above the main seat was sitting upright, but he couldn't hide his anxiety. He didn't lift the folds of his trousers suddenly until he called out his name outside the palace gate. The lacquered sarong crowns nearly fell off.He raised his head and looked up, when the tall figure finally caught his eyes first, he came down the stage with big strides just now, his knees softened, and he knelt down on the ground, kowtowed three times in a row, before crying. Liu: "... Heavenly King!"

Ren Zhen was taken aback, thinking that the other party was acting impromptu in a drama—seeing Fu Jian personally leaning over to lift up the middle-aged man who was actually the lord of Liangzhou, the eldest son Lu Shao was beside him. After a few words of persuasion, Lu Guang still wiped away his tears. Seeing that he was deeply affectionate and thought of the Lord very much, it seemed that he was really different from his peacock son.After Lu Guang confessed his deep love and slight worry for Fu Jian during this period, he took Fu Jian's hand and decided to enshrine him on the throne and knelt down to tell the story himself.Fu Jian tried to comfort him again and again, but they avoided the ceremony, and they sat side by side. Lu Guang only dared to lean on the mattress with half of his buttocks in the air, and answered Fu Jian's questions cautiously.

Ren Zhen knew that Lu Guang had met Murong Chong back then. Although Murong Chong was still young at the time and looked like a pretty girl, his physical appearance has changed a lot now, but in order not to recognize him, he still disguised himself and put a thin smear on his lips. Xu, it seems that he has matured a lot.Now he is watching with cold eyes, seeing that Lu Guang's words and deeds do not seem to be fake at all, but it seems that he really respects, loves and fears Fu Jian. Thinking about the previous Dou Chong's fight against Fu Jian, he also died in battle and never betrayed him, and he was loyal all his life It seems that it is said that Fu Jian was too tolerant to the surrendered generals of other races, causing them to surrender and rebel, but his heart for the beloved generals of the same race—such as Dou Chong and Lu Guang—was more than that. It can be regarded as deep as the sea.Otherwise, Dou Chong and Lu Guang would not have fought to the death in the court for more than ten years, but they had never had a single heart for Fu Jian, who was at the top. rare.

He was thinking in a mess, when suddenly he felt that Tuobagui who was beside him lightly punched his waist, and then he came back to his senses, raised his head, and met the eyes of Lu Guang who was looking at him. "This is the envoy of Yan." Lu Guang didn't seem to expect that Murong Chong would send such an unknown young general to take on this important task, but when he opened his mouth, he regained his former majesty and self-restraint.

Ren Zhen secretly swallowed his saliva, and did not answer—anyone would be too scared to speak when stared at by such eyes: Lu Guang's slightly gray eyeballs stared at him like a snake for a moment, and the other pupil below But turned slightly, but still seemed to be waiting for his response.Tuobagui suddenly understood that this Lu Guang was born with "one eye and two eyes" - a sign of a sage, called double pupils - there have been double pupils from ancient times to the present, but Yu Shun, Xiang Yu and others are few Counting people, all of them are extremely honorable, extremely human ministers, and even replace them to win the world.

Ren Zhen wondered in his heart, Lu Guang is also a majestic and famous general in the world, why did he suffer from cataracts~ On the face, he handed over his hands without being humble or arrogant: "The last general, Ren Zhen, was ordered by Lord Yan to send the King of Heaven back to Long !"

But Lu Guang didn't answer, looked down at him condescendingly and said with a smile: "It turns out that Murong's desire to form an alliance with me in Houliang is all fake, otherwise, how can you speak with such a straight back when you come to my main palace in Houliang? "At that moment, all the people in the hall understood that Lu Guang was scolding him for not bowing down and kneeling. It should be known that although Lu Guang was not proclaimed emperor, he was actually the king of Liangzhou. The reason - but Ren Zhen has been the Emperor of Yan since he came here, and he has encountered no matter how embarrassing or difficult the situation is, but he has never bent his knees to anyone. How can Fu Jian and Tuoba Gui not know this? ?Fu Jian coughed softly on the floor, and was about to speak out when he saw Ren Zhen step back half a step, lifted his clothes and knelt down, sincerely and frightenedly said: "The last general, a country warrior, is disrespectful to the court, and he has failed my lord ——" The conversation turned and said again, "Gain has never had two days in the court, and the general suddenly saw the spectacle of two juxtapositions, and panicked. I hope Lord Jiuquan will forgive me!" Everyone was silent for a while, and Tuobagui naturally didn't know that Ren Zhen didn't feel any humiliation at all. After all, he was no better than the ancients, and his status and dignity were higher than the sky. There is gold under each knee, which must not be broken.It's just that Ren Zhen judged the situation and was capable of bending and stretching, so he secretly applauded in his heart-in this way, the things that Lu Guang had been trying to cover up were exposed again-since Lu Guang wanted to welcome Fu Jian back, he could only go north. , There is no two saints coexisting with the principle of the best of both worlds.

Fu Jian lowered his head to hide the admiring smile on his lips—Ren Zhen, this kid, is really cunning and bold enough to say anything, Lu Guang, who chokes in public, is about to fail.Hearing that Lu Guangcheng was about to explain again in fear, he quickly raised his hand and said softly, "Shiming doesn't have to be like this. You and I are called monarchs and ministers, but we are actually brothers. If I really doubt you, I am now Given the current situation, I would not dare to come to Liangzhou to meet you." With a light and delicate sentence, he showed that he treated people with sincerity, pointed out the disadvantages of the current situation, and solved Lu Guang's worries and fears straight to the point.

Ren Zhen lowered his head and curled his lips, and had to admit that Jiang was still old and spicy.In his mouth, he continued: "My lord has a book, and I will present it when I meet Jiuquan Gong at the end of my life."

Embarrassed, Lu Guangzheng was eager to mention it, so naturally he didn't want to bring up the old story again to embarrass this difficult envoy who was not at all like the "country warrior" he called, so he hurriedly ordered someone to come down to take it.

What was written in the letter was naturally about the two countries repairing the alliance and jointly sending troops to attack Yao, but it was written by Ren Zhen impromptu when he first entered Guzang City last night, and at the end he even took out his personal seal on the red tile wall It rubbed against it, and stamped a bright red stamp squarely on the top.Lu Guang looked at the ten lines at a glance, and was about to speak, when he heard the order of singing from outside the palace gate.

Duan Yeyuan was also an important minister of the former Qin Dynasty. Although he was not from Di, his family had served Qin for generations. Fu Jian believed in him at first, so when he sent Lu Guangping to the Western Regions, he was assigned to join the army.After seeing the old master during this period of business, after crying and worshiping as usual, he angrily raised his sleeves at Lu Guang and said: "At the beginning, Jiuquan Gong said that half of the emperor's ceremonial ceremony sent the king of heaven back to Long, and he personally sent the eldest son to Dazhen Pass. Greetings—why is it that Wang Bailong Yufu just arrived in Guzang City today, and the eldest son has not been seen yet?!" Lu Guang frowned slightly when he heard the words—he was a little apprehensive because of this, but now he He hesitated for a while and couldn't answer the question. In fact, he sent several inquiries on the way, and Lu Zuan said that everything was fine. Who would have thought that the Tianshui prefect suddenly said that "rebellion and collaborating with the enemy" said that Fu Jian was not only "ill" on the road I almost have to hand over my life to this remnant of mountains and rivers. Although the rebel father and son were finally put to death, it is hard to explain to others the behavior of my eldest son who sits idly by - not to mention that he is still dissatisfied with him And Duan Ye, who is quite powerful.While planning to speak, there was another roll call outside the hall, but it happened that Lu Zuan was also returning to court at this time.At that moment, Lu Zuan climbed up the steps and stepped into the Highness, but his face was pale and his steps were sloppy and his feet were haggard and sick. He even gave up the beautiful clothes and crowns that he always loved. When he saw everyone, he staggered and knelt down, weeping He pleaded guilty on his own, saying that he was lingering in a sick bed due to the epidemic, so that he was stuck in Longguan and could not move. Day and night, he rushed back to Guzang to plead guilty to Yunyun, and blamed the attack on Tianshui on the dead father and son of the prefect, and even claimed that they must have been instigated by others to destroy the Yanliang Alliance.

The words were eloquent and well-founded, justified and justified. The eldest son Lu Shao was originally recommended by himself as the governor of the water that day. Seeing that his unrepentant elder brother poured dirty water on his head again, he had no choice but to defend himself aloud: "Brother, you might as well say it clearly, but who ordered them?" Lu Zuan didn't even look at his younger brother, but sincerely told Lu Guang, who was in charge: "Now Xiyan Yang Ding has entered Chen Xiaoguan, Yao Qin's master Yao What Xing Tianran hopes most is that His Majesty the Heavenly King will have a right or wrong, then Yan Liang will definitely go to war, and he can profit from it—how could he know that he never colluded with my people in the court to secretly assassinate him?"

Lu Shao said angrily: "The governor of Tianshui was originally a civil servant, and he has never had anything to do with people from other races. How could he collude with Yao Xing?! I heard that the Tianshui rebellion had something to do with it. How could it be so easily revealed that both of them were killed overnight? Then the elder brother immediately sent someone to take over the Tianshui city defense, and he reported it to Gu Zang afterwards, but why!"

Lu Zuan got up abruptly and glared at his younger brother angrily. Before he could speak, his body shook and he vomited a mouthful of blood, dripping on his chest. He repeated his voice to announce the imperial physician.Duan Ye stood by and watched for a long while, then sneered at this moment: "If you can't answer it, you can't answer it. Why are you so angry~ It's just that my nephew is sick and still worried about my aunt's situation, so he rushes back day and night. Appearing at the right time, it really makes people feel ashamed~”

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Duan Ye relied on his high status, and it would be a pity not to be called the eldest son. He went further and called him a "good nephew", which actually put himself in the position of brother-in-law with Lu Guang-in his opinion, Lu Guang and They are both under Fu Jian, and there is nothing presumptuous about being brothers to each other.Although Lu Guang was born as a military general, he couldn't tell, but he still said calmly on his face: "Lu Zuan was negligent first, so he had to be punished, but now that he is so ill, he still doesn't forget the king of heaven. After all, his ambition is commendable. I have mercy on you."

Duan Ye came here to find fault, so he would not be afraid of his face, so he made it clear immediately: "Mr. Jiuquan's love for his son is absolutely true, but this matter must be resolved!"

After all, Lu Guang was the Lord of Houliang, and when he saw Duan Ye's subordinates being so aggressive, he was displeased and said, "If Shang Shuling didn't ask about his crimes, can we wait for him to recover?" Fu Jian coughed softly and interrupted. The whole room was full of swords and swords: "The attack was accidental and sudden, and no one could have foreseen it." He also briefly talked about the night attack in Longshan, and decided that it was the infiltration of Yao Qin's spies. The young master has nothing to do with it, let alone the eldest son Shao who stays in Guzang City and doesn't know it at all.At the end, he said: "Since I have arrived safely and the rebels have been wiped out, there is no need to ask about the rest."

When Fu Jian spoke, Duan Ye naturally couldn't force him to ask any more questions—what's more, the treason incident of Tianshui County Governor had something to do with Lu Shao and Lu Zuan successively.Had to give up resentfully.Lu Zuan managed to hold back a mouthful of blood and vomit again to confuse the question. At this moment, his chin was dripping, as if his heart and lungs were about to be coughed up, and he wanted to "kneel and thank the king of heaven" coughing and wheezing.Naturally, Fu Jian was spared, and Lu Guang heaved a sigh of relief and hurriedly ordered someone to send him to a good doctor for medical treatment without mentioning it.

In addition, Duan Ye went back to the mansion angrily when he entered the palace to make trouble. Someone had already reported that "a guest has arrived". Duan Ye went into the study and saw that it was Juqu Mengxun who came, and now he leaned over to admire Duobaoge. Those antiques on display that do not distinguish between authenticity and falsehood jumped up like a monkey when they heard the sound of footsteps, and turned around and shouted: "Teacher!" Unexpectedly, the movement was too big, and a gold-plated reclining Buddha statue on the shelf was swept away by an elbow. When he arrived, he knocked to the ground and broke into a five-horse corpse.

Duan Ye's distressed face changed, and he swung his sleeves and scolded angrily: "You kid is always making trouble like a hozen, and you can't calm down. Fortunately, Nancheng is very different from you!" Meng Xun smiled like a naughty boy: "So the boy Cheng is the head of the family, and I'm a rich and idle person—Nan Cheng guards Longguan and can't leave easily, unlike me, I miss you in my heart, and flew into Guzang City to visit the teacher like a puff of smoke." He spoke sweetly. Slippery, making Duan Ye turn his anger into joy—he had taught the Juqu brothers some literary strategies in the early years, and the time was not long. On the contrary, they have been called "teacher" both openly and secretly, and they have never let go. On the surface, they seem to have become a faction.He pointed at Meng Xun: "Forget it. At least you, a monkey, wrote to tell the old man that Lu Zuan was so bold that he actually dared to order someone to intercept and kill the king of heaven, and then sent someone to kill the father and son of the Tianshui county guard! ——It's a pity that Lu Zuan pretended Illness, Lu Guang protects the shortcomings, and the king of heaven does not want to pursue it, so he failed to overthrow him." Meng Xun stepped forward and helped Duan Ye sit down on a bed with a brocade soft mattress. He is as well-behaved as a filial son: There is no need to rush things. My brother and I are of the same mind with the teacher——hope that the son will ascend the throne..."

Duan Ye let out a breath from his nostrils: "Naturally! If Lu Zuan came to power in the end, he has always been domineering and loves to exercise power, so how can you and I have good fruit!" Meng Xun naturally apologized and said yes with a smile—— Qu Nancheng has always been tactful in life, and the most important thing in his life is the reputation and wealth accumulated by the family for generations, so he secretly made friends with Lu Zuan, and on the surface, he was commensurate with Duan Ye's mentor and apprentice who supported Shi Zishao, and got along well-so that no matter where in the future If one side gains power, the Juqu Clan can stand firm.When Duan Ye said this, he suddenly gave him a squinting look: "It's just why you entered the palace with Lu Zuan at the same time? Think about it, Lu Zuan won't come back sooner or later, but it's just that the king of heaven stepped into Gu Zang with his back foot. I followed in—it’s just a coincidence.” Juqu Mengxun had been prepared for a long time, and at this moment he sighed quietly: “I’m afraid the teacher doesn’t know how domineering the eldest son is in Longshan! He doesn’t know where he got it from. The news knew that the king of heaven had arrived in Guzang, so he rushed back day and night in a hurry - several horses ran away and died! And my brother ordered me to follow Lu Zuan from Longshan back to Beijing to enter the palace, also in order to stay by his side Find out more about it—" He paused, lowered his voice and said mysteriously, "Lu Zuan complained of illness in Longshan and refused to send the Heavenly King west. He is very healthy!"

Duan Ye was furious: "Zhuzi dares to deceive the king!" Meng Xun hurriedly persuaded: "It won't help the teacher to make a statement after the incident~ He pretended to be sick to use Jiuquan's love to get rid of his guilt Now, even the Heavenly King has spoken out and will not be held accountable, and the teacher has nothing to do with him, so the matter of the Heavenly King’s attack has to be let go, and we will discuss it in the future——Lu Zuan is bound to win the position of the crown prince and even the crown prince, so are you afraid that he will not show his feet in the future?"

On this side, Juqu Mengxun stupefied Duan Ye for a moment, but on the other side, in the Mingguang Palace, dark waves were raging.Lv Guang was the master, and the two sons under his knees each occupied the top of the mountain. Now there was a lofty and embarrassing Fu Jian, and there were four real masters in the palace at once.At night, Lu Guang held a reception banquet in the Mingguang Hall, the main hall, and there was a lot of hustle and bustle inside and outside the palace.When Lu Guang held a banquet to pick him up, Fu Jian was determined to let Fu Jian take the seat, but Fu Jian took Lu Guang's hand and sat side by side at the table - this already meant that the country should be shared.Although Lu Guang has actually firmly controlled the six counties of Longxi, but because of his father's loyalty to Fu Jian since childhood, although he has always wanted to occupy the country and advance one step further, but now that the king is not dead, let him face it. Fu Jian committed rebellion and assumed the title of emperor, but he still didn't dare—so he just dared to sit sideways in vain as a sign of respect.

Ren Zhen was the envoy of Xiyan, so he took the first seat, Tuobagui sat with him for a while, the second seat was the eldest son Lu Shao and his concubine Zhang, and on the opposite side sat the eldest son Lu Zuan and his wife Yang—Na Yang The family is very beautiful, and she is the daughter of a famous local family married by Lu Zuan after entering Guzang.Lu Zuan still had a sick look on his face because of his "hemoptysis" earlier, and he slumped on his seat weakly, and he didn't talk much.

The rest of the guards could only wait in the hall in a respectful and respectful manner, but Maha, who had already changed into Liangjun uniforms, couldn't help but look around, stunned—although he came from a family of eunuchs, he had never seen such splendor before. In the inner courtyard of the imperial palace, since he entered the palace, he has seen things that he has never seen in his life. He wanted to ask a few questions, but he didn't dare-he didn't know any of the fierce warriors around him, and the two who used to be called brothers, one was Yan Emperor Murong Chong, and the other is His Majesty the legendary Heavenly King Fu Jian who once ruled the world!Thinking about how he once rushed to Murong... He wished he could slap himself to death with a brick.His eyes were looking around aimlessly, but he suddenly met Tuobagui who had turned his head. Instigated by his gloomy gaze, he immediately shrank his neck and forgot all his thoughts— —Of course he still remembered that this person was going to kill him to silence him, but fortunately Fu Jian refused, Ren Zhi... no, Murong Chong asked him if he would go with them?He is not stupid, so he naturally knew what the result of his unwillingness would be. Murong Chong mixed him with the bodyguards to keep an eye on him, and he was not afraid of him leaking the secrets—it was to give Fu Jian face and let him go.It's just that the two people still supported each other in the mountains, and they had a very good understanding. Why did they feel like strangers once they set off on the road, and if it wasn't necessary, they wouldn't even say a word, but now, given him ten guts, he doesn't have the courage to go again Just ask his aloof "Brother Fu" and "Brother Ren".

Ren Zhen looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar palace full of pearls and emeralds, and listened to the unfamiliar and familiar diplomatic words—if nothing unexpected happens, Lu Guang should form an alliance with Yan as soon as possible, Yang Ding has taken over as the commander-in-chief of the three armies, and Murong Yong worked so hard to establish an alliance. The arrogant cavalry army is no longer just covering the sky with his hands. As long as Hou Liang sends troops to attack, it will not be difficult for Hou Qin to take it down. Everything is exactly as he expected.He drank a few glasses of wine in silence, and almost felt a bit of boredom and lethargy for no reason - obviously before he came to Guzang, he was so full of ambition.

Liangzhou has produced mellow wine since ancient times, even though Ren Zhen has a good capacity for alcohol, he is also smoky now.After the singing and dancing stopped for a while, I heard Lu Guang condescendingly say: "The Heavenly King arrived in Beijing safely, the general has contributed a lot, I am so grateful for it, and want to have a drink with the general, okay?" Tuobagui frowned, just about to While speaking, Ren Zhen suddenly held down his hand, stood up straight up with the drunkenness, walked all the way to the front of the steps through the flowers and willows, bowed to the two superiors, and raised the empty wine glass and said "It's better to be respectful than to follow orders!" Lu Guang was also slightly drunk, and said with a smile: "Gu most appreciates good wine men, come here and give me wine! Gu and the general drank three hundred cups!"

Ren Zhen scolded his mother in his heart, and hurriedly waved his hands and said, "Why are the three hundred cups so long-winded! The last general heard that there is a kind of sea bowl for drinking in the Liangzhou army. Be sure to drink, but there are?" Anyway, it can't be avoided, it's better to drink it to the end.

Lu Guang turned his head to Fu Jian and laughed loudly: "General Ren is indeed a hero!" As expected, he ordered someone to fetch the "horse bottle" unique to Liangzhou, when the waiter came up with a large red lacquer plate, on which there was not only a There are twelve "immediate bottles" of the same shape and different proportions in the sea bowl, from small to large.Lu Guang smiled and pointed: "General Ren knows one thing but doesn't know the other. As soon as the bottle is on the table, he will drink the whole set. There is no reason to eat only one bottle." Ren Zhen was slightly stunned, and immediately understood Here it comes—this Lu Guang is revenge for his sarcasm and ridicule before the report day. After drinking so much sea yellow soup, the dead will almost be brought back to life.

Lu Guang didn't urge him, but just waited with a slight smile - as long as this Ren Zhen still remembered the mission he had come to, he must finish drinking the wine he rewarded, otherwise he would be rude and lose his position, which would hurt Murong Chong's reputation is damaged.As soon as Ren Zhen gritted his teeth, he suddenly picked up the biggest sea bowl, and suddenly a hand pressed his wrist, and then a familiar and warm breath sounded on top of him: "Liangzhou wine is as strong as fire!" , this way of drinking, do you want to kill yourself?!"

Ren Zhen raised his head and approached that handsome and masculine face. When his eyes met, he heard himself seem to sneer: "Jiuquan Lord gave wine, how dare the general refuse to drink it, to live up to his kindness?" Fu Jian turned his head in disbelief. Looking at him, he only said to Lu Guang: "If you have to drink, I will replace him.