Because Xiao Luan was hiding in Weiguo, Zhang Qigong did not dare to make any independent decisions, so he took Bei Gongyu to the palace and asked the Prince of the East Palace for instructions.

Taking a carriage to the palace, Zhang Qigong and Bei Gongyu passed through the layers of guards of the Imperial Guard with the token of "Captain of the Prince's Palace" in their hands, and finally arrived at the East Palace.

The East Palace is located on the east side of the entire palace. It is a collective name that includes a whole group of palaces and palaces. In fact, there is no palace directly called the main hall of the East Palace complex. The plaque engraved on it is "

The word "Evergreen" means "Evergreen", so the exact name should be "Evergreen Hall".

It is worth mentioning that in the main hall of the Evergreen Hall, there is also a calligraphy and painting painted by the King of Wei several generations ago, which uses the evergreen pines in the mountains as a symbol of long-lasting hope for the Wei Kingdom. At the same time,

It was also inspired by the princes and princes of the past dynasties who lived in this palace.

But it is a pity that the calligraphy and painting today has been carefully collected by the Zongfu as a treasure, because a certain prince did not like the painting, even the paper was yellowed, and thought it was too old-fashioned. So he replaced this one.

The "Evergreen Mountain Pine" is the latest map of Wei State's territory, including the Hetao area, Sanchuan, and Shangdang.

In the center of the map, there is a huge word "Wei" written by the current prince Zhao Run himself. It can be called a golden hook and iron painting, extremely powerful and domineering.

When Zhang Qigong and Bei Gongyu arrived at the entrance of Changqing Hall, Prince Zhao Run was sitting on the main seat in the main hall, giving orders to about seven or eight civil servants below the steps.

"...Developing the Hetao is the highest priority for the government, and the Hetao area belongs to Shuofang, Yinchuan, and Yunzhong. The three places are the most critical. The Ministry of Industry and Engineering is building fortifications in the three places as soon as possible..."

Just as he was talking, Zhao Hongrun caught a glimpse of Zhang Qigong and Bei Gongyu who were walking into the hall. Although he was a little surprised by their arrival, he did not say hello to them at this time. He raised his finger and pointed to the seats in the hall to signal them to be there.

Waiting, he continued to give instructions to the clerks.

Seeing this, Zhang Qigong and Bei Gongyu didn't dare to disturb them, and just sat in the banquet and waited.

Unlike Zhang Qigong who was quite familiar with the architecture of the East Palace, this was the first time for Bei Gongyu to come to the prince's palace. He was inevitably curious, so he looked around.

What surprised him slightly was that although the Evergreen Palace bore the name of East Palace, the furnishings inside were actually quite ordinary and not as luxurious as Bei Gongyu had originally guessed.

The most eye-catching thing in the entire hall is the map of Wei hanging on the wall behind Prince Zhao Run's seat.

Perhaps it was a change in his mood. Looking at the lost Shangdang County and Sanchuan County on this map of the Wei State, as well as the Hetao area that the Wei people had never occupied, even Beigong Yu couldn't help but feel a little inexplicable excitement in his heart.

At this time, he realized firsthand how powerful the Wei State was now.

Suddenly, Bei Gongyu caught a glimpse of two calligraphy and paintings hanging on both sides of the map of Wei State. One of them said "worry for raw fish" and the other said "peace for dead fish".

"...Raw fish? Dead fish?"

Bei Gongyu touched his chin, puzzled.

It wasn't until he asked Zhang Qigong in a low voice and Zhang Qigong replaced the two fishes with the correct words that Bei Gongyu suddenly realized: it turned out to be "born in sorrow and died in happiness."

"Why did His Highness the Crown Prince write it as a living fish or a dead fish?" Bei Gongyu asked puzzledly.

Zhang Qigong glanced at Bei Gongyu and said secretly in his heart: Who should I ask if you ask me?

At this time, Prince Zhao Hongrun was still making decisions on government affairs. He was waving a brush in his hand, speaking fluently, and listening to the reports of the civil servants. At the same time, he wrote down one edict after another, focusing on the task without any distinction.

What a mistake.

Seeing this scene, Bei Gongyu's eyes widened in disbelief.

In just one stick of incense, the seven or eight civil servants praised the talented and powerful Crown Prince in front of them from the bottom of their hearts, and then left each with a stack of edicts.

Not to mention Beigong Yu, even Zhang Qigong was amazed.

After waiting for the civil servants to leave, Zhang Qigong and Bei Gongyu stood up from their seats, came to the center of the palace, bowed their hands and said, "Your Majesty, Zhang Qigong (Beigong Yu), pays homage to His Highness the Crown Prince."

At this time, Zhao Hongrun picked up the already cool tea and took a sip. After putting it down with a frown, he asked Zhang Qigong and Beigong Yudao: "Qigong, Beigong, you two got up this time, what's the important thing?

What?"

"Exactly." Zhang Qigong nodded and said seriously: "About Xiao Ni, I will ask His Highness the Crown Prince for instructions on anything."

Zhao Hongrun thought for a moment and stood up: "Follow me to the side hall."

"yes!"

Following His Royal Highness, Zhang Qigong and Bei Gongyu turned around the inner door and came to the side hall.

At this time, in the side hall, there was a beautiful woman in luxurious clothes sitting at the table. When she saw Zhang Qigong and Bei Gongyu behind Zhao Hongrun, her eyes showed a little surprise.

Zhang Qigong recognized this woman and quickly saluted: "Zhang Qigong, I have met Mrs. Que."

From the side, Beigong Yu also saluted quickly.

It turns out that this beautiful woman is Zhao Hongrun's beloved concubine Zhao Que.

"You two adults are very polite." Zhao Que smiled and nodded in return.

At this time, Zhao Hongrun had already walked to the Kang couch by the window, casually threw off his boots, got into the warm quilt, and lay down lazily.

Compared with Zhang Qigong's expression of not being surprised, Bei Gongyu's expression at this moment seemed as if he had seen a ghost in the daytime.

He simply couldn't recognize the lazy guy in front of His Royal Highness. Is he really the wise and powerful prince just now?

Hey, hey, these two people are completely different!

"..."

Bei Gongyu blinked, feeling a little hard to accept.

At this time, Zhang Qigong had told Zhao Hongrun everything about Xiao Luan hiding in Wei.

After hearing the news, even Zhao Hongrun, who was lying sideways on the kang in a lazy posture, had his face replaced by solemnity. He frowned and asked: "Weiguo? General?... Is this true? Bei

Gong Yu?"

At this time, Bei Gongyu was still struggling with the two completely different lives and work attitudes of the Crown Prince in front of him. Leng Buding was shocked when he heard the question, and quickly added and explained: "Yes... yes, His Royal Highness. The first two

In 2008, after the Korean army withdrew from Wei State, Wei Gong Ziyu urgently needed a sum of money to rebuild the city destroyed by the Korean army. At that time, Xiao Luan considered himself a guard and a merchant who had been doing business in Qi State all year round, so he donated a sum of money

In the past two years, Xiao Luan has opened up his joints and expanded his soldiers at the same time. According to my estimation, he already has an army of no less than 4,000 troops."

"An army of four thousand...is indeed almost worthy of being called a general."

Zhao Hongrun frowned and murmured.

To be fair, a mere four thousand troops is nothing in front of the Wei State. After all, the latter now has at least 400,000 soldiers and horses that can be used for war. The problem lies in the identity of the "defensive general".

Unless the Wei State provides conclusive evidence to expose Xiao Luan's false identity, asking the Wei State to hand over one of its generals for no reason is no longer enough to be described as "humiliating".

What's more important is that Bei Gongyu still doesn't know Xiao Luan's alias in Weiguo and his exact military position. He has only heard Xiao Luan mention it sporadically in the past.

"I guess it should be in the area of ​​Dunqiu and Pingyi. In the past two years, most of the money raised by me has been sent to Dunqiu and Pingyi by fate." Bei Gongyu guessed.

Zhao Hongrun held his chin in thought.

To be honest, it is not difficult to find Xiao Luan following the clues provided by Bei Gongyu. The problem is that if Xiao Luan is in a guard camp at this time and is also a general in the army, then,

How can he capture Xiao Luan? Is it possible to just break into the military camp and take someone away?

This is a very unfriendly behavior towards Weiguo.

"What do you two think about this?" Zhao Hongrun asked.

Zhang Qigong cupped his hands and said in a deep voice: "Your Royal Highness, I suggest that Lord Beigong escort Gao Xianhou Lu Xin's several ships filled with money to Weiguo, and invite Xiao Luan to come and take over in person. During this period, he took the opportunity to

His uniform was taken back to Daliang."

Hearing this, Zhao Hongrun turned to look at Bei Gongyu and asked, "Are you willing to lure Xiao Luan out for me?"

"I'll do my best."

Bei Gongyu cupped his hands and said.

"Okay." Zhao Hongrun nodded and said seriously: "Then do this. I will ask the Green Crows to assist you. Remember, try...try not to cause too much noise in Weiguo."

"I obey!" Zhang Qigong accepted the order with his hands in hand. After saying that, seeing that Zhao Hongrun seemed to be wrapped in a blanket and retracting into the quilt, he quickly said: "Your Highness, there is one more thing... His Highness, the Prince still remembers "Chu Envoy Xiong Fen"

"In the attack at Yongqiu, more than a hundred Fenxing soldiers were killed"?

Zhao Hongrun was stunned for a moment, then said with a half-smile: "This is about my first time leading troops on an expedition. How could I forget about it? Why?"

Zhang Qigong cupped his hands and said seriously: "Master Beigong said that among the Fenxing army, there may be a Xiao Ni who is more powerful than the deputy general of the Nanyan army, Ai He. Perhaps this person came forward to intercept and kill the Chu envoy Xiong Fen.

.”

After hearing this, Zhao Hongrun's face suddenly darkened: "Seriously?"

"I'm 50% sure about this, but I don't know who it is." Bei Gongyu replied.

"Around June of the 16th year of Hongde..." Zhao Hongrun frowned and ordered: "Look back and find a way to find out who among the generals of the Fenxing Army took leave during this period, or took a leave of absence.

The mission... this matter is placed after the arrest of Xiao Luan, and currently the capture of Xiao Luan is the top priority."

"I sincerely obey the orders of His Highness the Crown Prince." Zhang Qigong and Bei Gongyu said while cupping their hands.

"Go ahead, I'll take a nap." Zhao Hongrun waved his hand and said.

From beginning to end, Zhao Que listened to the conversation between her husband and his ministers without saying a word. At this moment, when he saw Zhang Qigong and Bei Gongyu leaving, he came to the Kang couch and gently reminded: "Your Highness, today

We still have to host the morning court, so don’t delay.”

Wrapping up the blanket, Zhao Hongrun said reluctantly: "The weather is too cold, I am not happy to go to the morning... Gao Li."

"My slave is here." The young eunuch Gao Li stepped forward and bowed his head in salute.

"Send someone to the Xuanzheng Palace and tell the Prime Minister that I am unfortunately contracted by a disease that says "if you hold an early morning court in winter, you will die", and ask him to send someone to inform the ministers that the early morning court in Chenshi will be temporarily cancelled. At least

...At least wait until the snow stops." Zhao Hongrun waved his hand and said.
To be continued...