Chu Huan and Ximen Yi didn't wait too long, and soon after dinner, someone came over to invite Chu Huan and Ximen Yi to the hall.

Under the night, the palace was quiet, Chu Huan and the two came to the hall, they saw the brilliant lights in the hall, the ironclad guard in front of the door looked cold, when they entered the hall, they only saw Xu Chang wearing a yellow brocade robe, wearing a gold crown, in the golden palace hall, it was even more luxurious, in addition to Xu Chang, there were two rows of people standing on the left and right in the hall.

The row on the left is full of officials in official robes, and the row on the right is the military generals in armor, this palace hall is extremely wide, and there are no less than thirty or forty civil and military officials.

Chu Huan frowned, Ximen Yi was in front, Chu Huan followed him, and when he entered the hall, everyone's eyes were projected, before Ximen Yi spoke, Xu Chang had already said lightly: "Lord Ximen, wait a moment." He said in a deep voice, "Let them in!" ”

Chu Huan and Ximen Yi glanced at each other, but they didn't know who Xu Chang let in, but they had already guessed in their hearts that Xu Chang had said that he wanted to let someone see before, which seemed to have something to do with it.

Soon, they heard the sound of footsteps, Chu Huan and Ximen Yi both turned around and looked out of the hall door, only to see that not far away, two soldiers each carried a lantern over, and behind the two, followed by a few figures.

When the two soldiers arrived at the door, they stopped, separated from the left and right, and immediately saw three people walking towards the hall, one of them wearing an official robe, followed by two people on the left and right, both holding boxes in their hands.

At this time, everyone's eyes in the hall looked at those people, Xu Chang's eyes were sharp, and he didn't get up, just sat on the chair and looked at it from afar.

Chu Huan glanced at it, his face changed slightly, but at this time, he had already recognized that the person who was wearing an official robe first suddenly turned out to be his old acquaintance, Xue Huai'an, the secretary of the Qin State Rite Department.

He has not been in the officialdom of the capital for a long time, and there are not many officials he knows, and there are even fewer who have a friendship with him.

When the two went to Xiliang together, they could be regarded as having experienced life and death together, but they had a lot of friendship.

Chu Huan actually thought that since he came to woo Xu Chang, then Hexi would never let go of the opportunity, and sooner or later he would send someone to Hexi to woo him, but he didn't expect the Hexi envoy to come so quickly, let alone Hexi actually sent Xue Huai'an.

Xue Huai'an didn't look at Chu Huan at this time, just looked at Xu Chang, Chu Huan was already a little apprehensive in his heart, although Xu Chang didn't know himself, but Xue Huai'an was very familiar with himself, and now Xue Huai'an was Dingwu's courtier, and he came to negotiate with Xu Chang on behalf of the Qin State, if he saw himself, he was likely to reveal his identity in public.

If Xu Chang knew that this Li Yin in front of him was the king of Northwest Chu, eight out of ten would have another thought, thinking of this, Chu Huan couldn't help but clench his fists with both hands.

At this time, there were many Chinese officers and military generals in the hall, and all the generals in Jinling were wearing weapons, Xu Chang obviously wanted to put on such a posture, give Xue Huai'an a dismount, and show his momentum.

Chu Huan is unarmed, there is still some distance from Xu Chang, once he is in trouble, these generals will inevitably rush up, and if he can't succeed in one blow, the elite soldiers in the palace will pour in in an instant, in this situation, although Chu Huan is strong in martial arts, under the siege of heavy soldiers, he may not be able to retreat with his whole body.

Xue Huai'an also looked calm, although he was a civil official, but he had also gone through a big battle, and the battle that Maha hid in the Xiliang Sun Palace was much bigger than now.

Walking into the hall, Xue Huai'an didn't squint, and he didn't look at Ximen Yi and Chu Huan who were standing next to him, but just said loudly: "Emperor Qin sent a messenger Xue Huai'an, who was ordered to pass the decree on the ship, and Xu Chang of Jinling didn't hurry up to accept the decree!" ”

Xu Chang just stared at Xue Huai'an, a slight smile appeared on his lips, and the civil and military officials on both sides looked at each other, and then heard a person reprimand in a deep voice: "Bold Xue Huai'an, since he is an envoy, he still doesn't kneel down to King Ren!" ”

"Envoy?" Xue Huai'an said lightly: "This official is a messenger, not an envoy, only the two countries have envoys, General Xu is a courtier of Great Qin, the emperor ordered a decree, how can there be an envoy?" And only officials have always bowed down to the Holy Decree, so how can the Holy Decree bow down to the courtiers? ”

Chu Huan heard it on the side, thinking that although Xue Huai'an was a literati, he still had the courage, and he was in the tiger's den, but he didn't have any fear.

"Lord Xue is so courageous." Xu Chang finally spoke: "But I don't know which emperor made your will?" ”

Xue Huai'an was stunned, immediately put his hands over his shoulders, and arched his hands: "Of course, it's Emperor Dingwu of Great Qin!" ”

"Emperor Dingwu?" Xu Chang leaned back in the chair, spread his legs, shook his head, and said, "This king only heard that the saint died, but he didn't know that there was a new Dingwu Emperor. ”

Xue Huai'an frowned and said: "The first emperor died, the crown prince obeyed the will of heaven and the people, ascended the throne and succeeded to the throne, the year name was Dingwu, General Xu really didn't know?" ”

"Oh? It turned out that it was the crown prince who ascended the throne. Xu Chang sneered: "Why did he let you come?" ”

Xu Chang looked very unpolite, and he had no respect for this Qin messenger sent by the Qin State.

Seeing this, Xue Huai'an's face was even more unsightly, and he couldn't help but look left and right, and saw that the civil and military officials on both sides were staring at him, his eyes swept over, and he suddenly turned back, and finally saw Chu Huan standing beside Ximen Yi.

Chu Huan knew that he was in the same hall, unless he was good at stealth, it was impossible for Xue Huai'an to turn a blind eye, and when he saw Xue Huai'an looking over, he sighed in his heart, knowing that his identity was going to be exposed.

Sure enough, Xue Huai'an let out a "huh", and said in a lost voice: "It's you?" ”

The lights in the hall were brilliant, Xue Huai'an looked at Chu Huan, and everyone could see it clearly, seeing Xue Huai'an talking, they immediately understood that Xue Huai'an seemed to know the guard beside Ximen Yi.

Chu Huan smiled bitterly and said, "Lord Xue, has you always been good?" ”

Xue Huai'an's face was full of surprise, Xu Chang leaned forward and asked in a deep voice, "Do you know him?" He first stared at Xue Huai'an, and then looked at Chu Huan.

Xue Huai'an's look of surprise didn't last long, and he quickly regained his composure and sneered: "How can you not know each other, this person is an old acquaintance of this official." ”

"Oh?" Xu Chang smiled faintly: "He is the entourage of the envoy of the King of Chu, you don't know the envoy of the King of Chu, but you know this guard?" ”

Xue Huai'an said coldly: "This person has turned his back on the empire, he is a traitor!" Staring at Chu Huan and said: "At the beginning, this official sent an envoy to Xiliang to select guards from the Royal Guards, and this person was one of them, and later Chu Huan went to the northwest to take up his post, and Xuanyuan Sheng brought two hundred Royal Guards to follow the guards, and this person was also one of them!" ”

Chu Huan was a little surprised when he heard Xue Huai'an say this, he thought that Xue Huai'an was going to expose his identity, but he didn't want Xue Huai'an to seem to say that he was just a soldier of the Royal Guard.

"Little guard, how do you know each other?" Xu Chang said in a deep voice.

Xue Huai'an sighed and said: "When I first went to Xiliang, there were many bumps on the way, this person can be regarded as brave, and when he encountered sand bandits, this person also did his best to protect his own official." Chu Huan went to the northwest to take up his post, the official went out of the city to see him off, and he also saw this person, the saint was very kind to the emperor of the Guards, who thought that this person was the same as Xuanyuan Shengcai, when he arrived in the northwest, he didn't want to serve the court, but became an eagle dog under Chu Huan! Don't turn your face, you look angry, but you don't seem to want to see Chu Huan.

Chu Huan heard Xue Huai'an say this, but he was quite grateful in his heart, Xue Huai'an lost his voice, everyone knew that Xue Huai'an knew Chu Huan, which was naturally Xue Huai'an's unintentional exposure, but Xue Huai'an obviously also knew that if Chu Huan's identity was exposed in public, Chu Huan would immediately be in trouble, so he explained it separately.

When Xu Chang heard this, he already smiled and said: "This can only show that the Qin State is tyrannical, the people's hearts are turned back, and the talented and virtuous people are unwilling to be loyal to the Qin State." ”

"General Xu, how dare you say rebellious words?" Xue Huaian said angrily.

Xu Chang sneered: "Xue Huai'an, this king asks you, what the Divine Yiwei did in Jinling can be related to you?" ”

"Divine Guard?" Xue Huai'an was stunned and frowned, but the corner of his entourage jumped slightly, and he glanced up at Xu Chang.

Xu Chang said coldly: "Xu Yu was killed, and in just a few hours, you came to Weiling, which is too coincidental." He clenched his fists, his eyes were like knives, and he said coldly: "Say, did you instruct Shen Yiwei to kill Xu Yu?" ”

Xue Huai'an's face showed a look of horror, and then he said: "This official is just a messenger, you should know that the Divine Clothes Guard has never been bound by the various divisions and yamen, how can this official instruct the Divine Clothes Guard?" ”

Xu Chang leaned back on the chair, glanced at it, and said slowly: "Ximen Yi has just arrived on the front foot for a day, and you have followed the back foot, this king has to suspect that both of you already know each other's whereabouts." He sneered: "Xu Yu was killed, it seems that he has nothing to do with other forces, and he can only regard one of you as the perpetrator." ”

Ximen Yi frowned, and was about to speak, Xu Chang had already said coldly: "You don't have to explain, this king said before, introduce you to this person, this king thinks you will be surprised, but now this king wants to understand, you already know each other's whereabouts, and you won't be surprised when you think about it." Staring at Ximen Yi and Chu Huan, he said lightly: "What you said to this king today is also the same thing, if Xue Huai'an didn't appear at this time, this king really thinks you are reasonable!" Murderous intent suddenly appeared in his eyes: "But now it seems that you are all suspected of attacking, and the purpose is, of course, to sow discord." ”

Chu Huan sighed: "Nioh thinks we are still suspicious? ”

"You know that the envoys of the Qin State are coming, of course you can guess their intentions of coming." Xu Chang said slowly: "Take advantage of Xu Yu to go to the post house, poison and kill, and then, as you did later, justify to this king, and put the responsibility on the body of Shenyiwei, so that this king and the Qin state are incompatible, is it not possible?" He looked at Xue Huai'an again and said coldly: "If it is done by the Divine Guard, it is naturally the same purpose." ”

Chu Huan said: "In this way, in the heart of King Ren, it is not the god Yiwei who killed the prince, but us?" ”

"This king will investigate in detail." Xu Chang said lightly: "This king will not wronged people, but if any of you are the murderer, this king promises to make him regret coming to Jinling." He said in a deep voice: "Come on, bring them all back to the post house, strictly guard, before the matter is settled, without the order of this king, if anyone dares to step out of the door and kill him!" ”R1058