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After the huge crisis of foreign relatives' dictatorship was lifted, some corrupt officials in the court who had colluded with Zhu Xun in private were also wiped out together with thunderous force, and the government of the Great Zhou Dynasty ushered in a truly clear state.

The envoys of the Rong nationality left the imperial capital three days before Zhu Xun's execution and returned to the northwest.

On the day the envoys asked the emperor to resign, Qingming said to them:

"Since you've left Dazhou, it's best not to come here again, so as not to leave your life here next time. It's not that I don't know about some things, but I just don't want to mention them. Next time, I won't be so easy to talk about."

"Go back and tell your master, don't Xiao think about things that don't belong to you, stay in your own place, and it's up to you to make troubles, but don't provoke Da Zhou, you can't afford the consequences."

When he said these words, Qingming smiled like the warm sun in spring and March, but his eyes were as cold as knives in the twelfth lunar month of winter. In addition, the emperor's majesty when he spoke, made people in the charcoal fire extremely hot. The envoys in the palace were sitting on pins and needles, dripping with cold sweat.

After the envoy of the Rong tribe left, he belatedly remembered why Qingming granted them a seat after they entered.

If they were standing, after hearing Qing Ming's words, their knees would have been trembling, and they would have knelt on the ground unconsciously.

Think about it, the envoys of the Rong tribe were afraid for a while, and quickly evacuated the imperial capital without stopping, and at the same time took away the subordinates who stayed in the imperial capital.

When Qing Ming received the news, he smiled with satisfaction.

The people of the Rong tribe left, but for some reason, the envoys of the Gudan Kingdom did not intend to leave for a long time. They insisted on staying in the imperial capital for nearly twenty days in the name of enjoying the scenery.

On the days when Mu Fei stayed in the imperial capital, he specified that he was accompanied by Han Tuo and the prime minister's son Lu Yunshu, saying that they were similar in age and had something to talk about.

At that time, Qing Ming specifically asked Han Tuo and Lu Yunshu for their opinions, and they both agreed.

Han Tuo was open-minded and talkative, with a wide range of knowledge, and dutifully took them to and from various places in the imperial capital; Lu Yunshu was a bit cautious, studying the art of war at home all the year round, and rarely went out to meet people, and only had something to say about the art of war, so it was naturally not as good as Han Tuo is naturally casual and often forgotten.

At the beginning, Lu Yunshu was still reserved, and insisted on being with him even if he couldn't get in the way. Even if he didn't understand the content of their conversation at all, he didn't get distracted; He couldn't break the appointment, so he simply brought the ancient book on the art of war that he just got, and took it out to look through it if it wasn't his business.

The ancient book was brought by Mu Fei, and he had read it countless times before presenting it to Da Zhou, and there was no secret at all, so it doesn't matter if he read it openly.

Mu Fei doesn't like too many entourages to follow, and only takes one entourage with him every time he goes out. Han Tuo originally wanted to bring more people, but Mu Fei said: "I heard that the imperial capital city is very safe. It doesn't close its doors at night, doesn't pick up lost things on the road, and there are very few villains. There won't be any danger, besides, even if there is any danger, Major General Han is so skilled in martial arts, are you afraid that he won't be able to protect a single person?"

"In that case, follow the envoy's wishes." Han Tuo thought for a while, and agreed, but still let the monkeys pretend to be passers-by, and always be vigilant about their surroundings.

Just like that, Mu Fei and his entourage, plus Han Tuo and Lu Yunshu, a total of four people were playing in the imperial capital.

It was Mu Fei and Han Tuo who had a happy conversation, the one who couldn't interrupt at will was the follower, and the one who couldn't interrupt was Lu Yunshu.

One day at lunch, Mu Fei and Han Tuo chatted and ate. After eating for a long time, Lu Yunshu, who finished eating first, sat aside, flipping through ancient books, and at the same time unconsciously wrote and drew with his fingers on the table.

Unknowingly, two hours passed, and Mu Fei finally remembered that it was time to leave here and go to the next place. Han Tuo was about to remind Lu Yunshu, but was stopped by Mu Fei.

"Hey~ Young General Han, you don't need to call Mr. Lu. Asking him to accompany you is a difficult task for Mu Fei. Since Mr. Lu has no intention, let him wait here. Let's play by ourselves. Anyway, there is a young general to accompany you. Mu Fei And never got bored."

"It's... why not let..." Han Tuo wanted to say that it's better to let Lu Yunshu go back.

"Why don't you just let my follower stay, so that you won't panic when Mr. Lu comes back to his senses and finds that everyone is gone. What does the Major General think?" Mu Fei took a step ahead and intercepted Han Tuo's words.

A trace of doubt flashed in Han Tuo's black eyes, he looked at it carefully and found nothing unusual, so he agreed.

Therefore, the four of them were divided into two groups, leaving only Lu Yunshu and his attendants in the box.

Lu Yunshu, who was completely immersed in the art of war, didn't notice at all that two people had already left first. While muttering in low voices, they unconsciously wrote and drew with their hands, without taking their eyes off the ancient book for a moment.

Also staying in the box, the tall and rough Gudanuo entourage casually pulled up a chair, sat beside Lu Yunshu, and quietly stared at the focused person.

An hour later, Lu Yunshu finally raised his head, let out a long breath, and bumped into the eyes that had been staring at him unpreparedly.

Stretching halfway, as if he suddenly discovered something interesting, he slowly approached him.

The attendant didn't look away, a dark light flashed in his eyes, and he let him approach him.

In the end, Lu Yunshu stopped at the distance of two fingers in front of his face, blinked, and said blankly: "So your eyes are light brown, lighter than the pupils of the third prince. It's pretty, like my mother's amber stone bracelet."

"Heh~" The man chuckled lightly.

Lu Yunshu suddenly opened his eyes wide, stood up straight, and suddenly realized that he had disregarded etiquette and suddenly approached him, and commented on his pupils in a serious manner, not to mention that he was from Gudan, even if he was from Dazhou. , are greatly disrespected.

Lu Yunshu blushed and apologized awkwardly: "I'm sorry, I hope I didn't offend you just now."

"It doesn't matter, the little one is just a follower, not so particular, and there is no need for Mr. Lu to apologize." The man stood up and bowed his head slightly, and said respectfully, his voice was deep and rough, with a sense of vicissitudes, which is unique to an adult man. voice.

"Well, you don't need to be so respectful. I don't have an official position, and I'm just a commoner after all. Although you are a follower, judging from the way the envoy treats you, you can tell that you are a popular person around him. Let's talk about it , I am afraid that his status is higher than mine, so there is no need for this." Lu Yunshu hurriedly stepped forward to help him.

The man straightened up and said with a smile: "Young master Lu is informal, he should be quite considerate of servants!"

"Haha~" Lu Yunshu touched his head and smirked twice, "No, the servants in my yard are all spoiled by me, and they are not afraid of me at all! By the way, where are those two people?"

"They saw that Mr. Lu was too fascinated by reading, so they didn't call you, and the two of them left first."

"Then why are you still here?"

"Master ordered the little one to accompany you here, so that Mr. Lu won't be too panicked when he recovers." He answered truthfully.

"That's it, I'm being rude, and I have to apologize to the envoy tomorrow." Lu Yunshu apologized.

"Master Lu doesn't have to be like this, the master doesn't mind if he thinks about it."

"That's good." Lu Yunshu felt relieved.

"Did Mr. Lu draw illustrations of the art of war in an ancient book on the table just now? It seems that you did this at the emperor's birthday dinner before?" He glanced at the wet stains on the table and asked.

Lu Yunshu rubbed his nose, and said embarrassedly: "I have had this habit since before. When I was fascinated by reading books, or thinking about the art of war, I would unconsciously scribble. It's okay if I have a pen and paper. If I don't have a pen and paper, I will Paint on the table with water, and draw on the ground with sharp stones or branches without water. Parents have corrected it many times, but they have not corrected it. Until now, it makes you laugh. But, listen to what you mean, Is it possible that you can understand the diagrams I drew on the art of war? You also understand the art of war?" After he spoke, his voice rose unconsciously, obviously very happy.

"Slightly superficial." He replied.

"It's okay, as long as you understand, if you don't understand, I'll explain it to you. You have nothing to do anyway. Instead of staying here, why don't you chat with me about the art of war? What do you think?" Lu Yunshu pulled him to rejoice said.

He glanced at his tugged sleeve indiscriminately, and said with a smile, "It's my honor to be able to discuss the art of war with Mr. Lu."

"You don't need to be so polite, just call me Yunshu. By the way, what's your name?"

"Yu Tian."

"Okay, Yu Tian, ​​from now on, in private, we will address each other by name, there is no need to be rigid."

"it is good."

After finishing speaking, the two pulled up chairs and sat on both sides of the table. On the table, ancient books were spread out between them. They read and discussed while talking happily.

After talking for a while, Lu Yunshu realized that his answer just now was clearly modest, not just a superficial understanding, he clearly understood the tactics and tactics very well, and could even be called proficient, not inferior to Han Tuo and Old General Han.

He also just thought about it casually, without thinking deeply, and then concentrated on the art of war.

If it was Han Tuo or Qing Ming, he would probably realize immediately that his identity must be more than just a follower!

In the next ten days or so, four people would go out together, but in the end, two people would go out to play, and the two would stay indoors to discuss the art of war.

One day, while discussing the art of war, Lu Yunshu couldn't help but let out a sigh.

"Why is Yun Shu troubled? It's better to share your worries with Yu Tian." Yu Tian looked at him and asked.

Lu Yunshu looked up at him, with regret in his eyes, and his tone was low, "Why can't I meet a follower who is as knowledgeable as you? Most of the followers in my yard are illiterate, let alone understand the art of war. Si, only Old General Han can ask for advice. If you weren’t from Gudan Kingdom, I really want to ask you to come over and arrange with me, so that I have someone to discuss the art of war at any time!” After finishing speaking, he shook his head and sighed.

Yu Tian's eyes flickered, but he didn't say a word after all.

Soon, it was the day to leave.

Different from the contempt towards the envoys of the Rong nationality, Qing Ming sent them off in person in a grand manner.

Of course, Qing Ming just used this as an excuse to go out for a walk.

Qili Pavilion outside the city, simple and polite, after saying the scene, Mu Fei turned around and was about to get in the car, but the people around him didn't follow, and turned around in doubt: "Yu Tian, ​​are you still leaving?"

Yu Tian nodded, with a gloomy and regretful expression.

Mu Fei walked into the carriage, and he immediately sat on the shaft outside the carriage, gave a soft drink, and the carriage moved forward slowly.

Seeing that they had left, Qingming naturally wanted to go back. Suddenly, a man rushed over on horseback, "Yun Shu?"

"Your Majesty, has the envoy Gudan left?"

"Just left, you want..." Before he finished asking, Lu Yunshu had already whipped his horse and chased after him.

Qing Ming frowned slightly, "Forget it, I'll ask him when he comes back." He turned and went back to the palace.

Over there, Lu Yunshu quickly caught up with the carriage that hadn't gone far.

"Yu Tian~"

Hearing the sound, Yu Tian reined in the reins, and Lu Yunshu also reined in and stopped beside the carriage.

"Fortunately, I caught up~" He panted, and hurriedly took out half a piece of jade from his sleeve pocket. Half of the jade had a smooth edge, and the other half had jagged gaps, which was obviously a piece of broken jade.

"This is?" Yu Tian took it over, looked at it, and asked with his eyes.

"This is the auspicious pendant that my parents specially asked a craftsman to carve for me during the hundredth day. Unfortunately, I broke it into two pieces. I have nothing to give you, so I will give you half of it as a proof of my confidant. I will keep the remaining piece for myself, and when you come to the Imperial Capital in the future, you can bring that half piece of jade to me at any time.” He said, and took out the other half piece of jade from his body.

"Okay, I'll take it." Yu Tian smiled happily, and stuffed the jade into his arms.

Seeing that he accepted it, Lu Yunshu felt inexplicably relieved, "I won't waste your time, and have a good trip!"

"Take care too!" Yu Tian took a deep look at him and set off again.

Lu Yunshu waved his hand and watched them leave.

Not long after leaving the range of the imperial capital, Yu Tian sat in the carriage, and an attendant filled the space he vacated. As the carriage shook, a hand stretched out from the window, and a thin diaper in his hand disappeared into the wind. In the middle, when I retracted my hand, the moment the car curtain was opened, a wild and deep face was revealed, with light brown eyes, a high nose bridge, and thin lips, resolute and sharp-edged. Wanton, domineering temperament.

Although it was just a fleeting face, almost everyone in Gudan Kingdom recognized it.

The eldest prince of Gudan - Mu Lei.