Chu Huan can see from Wei Wuji's speech and demeanor that this person may really have some talent in his stomach, but with a sense of resentment that he has never met, Wei Wuji is spitting here, Chu Huan is only afraid that he will say more unbearable words, it doesn't matter if he listens to it, but if he really wants to cause trouble because of Wei Wuji's words, it is not good after all, he gave Wang Fu a look at him, Wang Fu is not a stupid person, he understands what Chu Huan means, and immediately picked up the wine glass and pulled Wei Wuji to drink.

After a few glasses of wine, Chu Huan asked with a smile: "The way of governing the country of the prince of Wuji, I don't know what is the best strategy?" ”

"Governing the officials and the people!" As soon as Wei Wuji heard about the national policy, he suddenly came to his senses: "In my opinion, the country is unstable, and the reason for it is nothing more than the official is not the official, the people are not for the people, and if you want to make the country stable and strong, it is nothing more than the four words of governing the officials and securing the people, and this governing the officials and the people is divided into several steps, and the first step is ......!" ”

Chu Huan thought that he had something else to say, but when he said this, he seemed to have something unbearable, so he hurriedly took a cup and said, "Come, Wuji Gongzi, drink!" ”

Fortunately, Miss Ziying packed up her things quickly, since she was free, she naturally didn't want to stay in this Fengyunfang for a while, and packed up the things she could take away, so she came over, Chu Huan asked Wei Wuji where she lived, fortunately, although this Wei Wuji didn't have any money, but she had already rented a place to live before, Ziying got a free body, there was no other place to go, and she also decided on Wei Wuji, Wei Wuji naturally took her back to her residence, and when she was leaving, Wei Wuji and Ziying had to thank her again, The proprietress of Fengyunfang personally sent Ziying out, and she had to pretend to shed a few tears.

Chu Huan and the others were staggered, and they were really not drunk, after the three of them were drunk, they stopped, Wang Fu was worried that Chu Huan would suffer a loss, so he asked the proprietress to come over to settle the accounts, good wine and good food, and in the end it only cost more than forty taels of silver, which was already a lot of money, Chu Huan gave a piece of gold, which was worth more than one hundred taels of silver, Wang Fu personally calculated with the proprietress, and finally took back seventy taels of silver and stuffed it into Chu Huan's arms, the proprietress was dissatisfied with Wang Fu, but she didn't dare to offend.

In the next few days, Chu Huan was waiting for the assessment to come, and he didn't tell the people of the Ximen Department in advance, some of the people who wanted to hug Chu Huan's thighs before saw that Chu Huan was not promoted, so they thought that there was no more chance, so they were a lot more unfamiliar, but the few people that Chu Huan invited to the banquet that night were very familiar with Chu Huan.

The five days passed in an instant, and on this day, Shui Lian, the general secretary, came to the Ximen Office again, and brought over the hundred silk horses given by the emperor before, Wang Fu hurriedly asked people to help bring the silk into the door, and Shui Lian brought the emperor's message, so that Chu Huan would enter the palace immediately and accept the assessment.

He announced in public, and the Ximen Department did not know why, but after all, they were not stupid, and they brought silk to Chu Huan again, and everyone knew that things were not simple, Wu Jingwei, who was already a little rusty, suddenly became enthusiastic again, when Chu Huan went out, he hugged each other, it was very spectacular, that is, Chu Huan went far, and many people waved to Chu Huan frequently, just like the little daughter-in-law looking at her man on the battlefield.

This time, it was a familiar way into the palace, but instead of going to the Hall of Light, but going straight to the back garden, when it was noon, the sun was shining, and the wind was warm, and the sun shone on the red walls and yellow glazed tiles, which was even more brilliant.

Along the stone road of the palace to the imperial garden, Shui Lian instructed: "Chu Huan, today the saint has summoned a lot of important ministers to come, one is to assess you, and the other is that the saint wants to take the queen mother to relax in the back garden, your assessment today, one is for your future, and the other is for you to relieve your boredom, what to do, you must know in your heart." ”

Chu Huan said solemnly: "It's clear below." ”

Shui Lian said with a smile: "It's good to be clear." It's still the same sentence, it's about the face of the saint, if you win today, you will rise to the face of the saint, you will definitely rise to prominence, if you lose, hehe......! He didn't continue, but the meaning was obvious, if he was really defeated today, it was very likely that he would not be able to leave the palace alive.

The Imperial Garden is also a huge project in the Imperial City, the area is very huge, it is the warm spring, the fragrance of flowers is full of gardens, there are countless strange flowers and plants, the flowers are clustered, the green trees are shady, there is not only a special flower and grass area, but also another rare birds and beasts area, it is a combination of a zoo and a botanical garden, in addition, there is a relatively open martial arts field, this is the place where His Majesty the Emperor once practiced martial arts.

His Majesty the Emperor established the country with martial arts, born in the iron-blooded field, and after the founding of the country, he built a martial arts arena in the Imperial Garden, which is the place where he usually rides horses and shoots arrows.

This martial arts arena was personally inscribed by His Majesty the Emperor as "Iron Blood Garden".

It's just that over the years, His Majesty the Emperor has participated in the cultivation of Taoism and gradually alienated himself from martial arts, so the Iron Blood Garden has not been lively for a long time, but today's Iron Blood Garden has begun to be lively after a long time.

The hunting banner flutters in the wind, the flag-holding soldiers stand still, the guards are neatly guarded in the four directions of the Iron Blood Garden, all kinds of flags are fluttering, the armor is juxtaposed, under the two canopies, there are His Majesty the Emperor in casual clothes and the queen in formal clothes.

The queen is much younger than His Majesty the Emperor, but in her early forties, she is very well maintained, her phoenix eyes are gentle, although she does not wear too much jewelry, but she looks graceful and precious, and she has the majesty and demeanor of the mother of a country.

The empress's demeanor looked very peaceful, sitting upright, while the old emperor leaned back in his chair, his expression calm, and his gaze swept over the crowd on both sides from time to time.

There are already dozens of officials on the left and right, and Zhou Ting, the provincial secretary of the department, is naturally in the list, and Lin Yuanfang, the secretary of the ministry, is also in it, in addition, close to the nearest place to the queen, Qi Wang Yingren actually appeared in the Iron Blood Garden.

There was a chair under the emperor's head, and a courtier who looked older than His Majesty the Emperor suddenly sat on the chair, this old courtier was dressed in a wide robe, and there were many courtiers present, but he was the only one sitting on the chair, looking very weak, his face was a little pale, and he coughed twice from time to time, which made people worry that he would die at any time.

His Majesty the Emperor heard the old minister cough for a while, and said slowly: "An Guogong, I didn't know that you were so sick, if I had known about this, I shouldn't have passed you over." I just want you to come out to relax, breathe, Tinglang has already gone, don't be too sad yourself, take care of your body. Fortunately, the murderer of Tinglang has been killed, Liu Yao is ambushed, don't be too sad. ”

Huang Ju, the Duke of Anguo, hurriedly said: "The old minister is blessed by the saint, and he can't repay his death." Today, I heard that the saint selected materials, and summoned the old minister to the palace to watch, although the old minister is not in good health, but he wants to accompany the saint to see the successors of my Daqin. ”

The emperor smiled: "An Guogong may already know that the one who killed Liu Yao was Chu Huan, who took the exam today, and he avenged the horse." ”

An Guo said: "The old minister only hopes that he can show his talent and successfully pass the assessment, so there is one more capable minister in the saint!" ”

The Emperor laughed and didn't say much.

At this moment, the eunuch's voice sounded: "Wu Jingwei Chu Huan brought!" ”

In fact, when these court officials were summoned today, they didn't know what was going on, and when they arrived at the Imperial Garden, they learned that His Majesty the Emperor wanted to evaluate talents.

Although some of them already know what is going on, but there are still some people who do not know who to assess, at this time they heard the words "Wu Jingwei Chu Huan", but they are all confused, Wu Jingwei is very familiar to everyone, the number one person is naturally the commander Huang Tiandu, and the general flag of the four cities under it is not called Chu Huan, but Chu Huan doesn't know who it is?

When Chu Huan followed Shui Lian to appear in the martial arts arena, many people frowned, Chu Huan was dressed as Wu Jingwei, but he was just the lowest soldier armor of Wu Jingwei, no one would have thought that His Majesty the Emperor would be assessed today was such a character.

King Yingren of Qi has been looking left and right, seeing Chu Huan appear, he suddenly showed excitement, Chu Huan walked over to the emperor's side, and naturally saw King Qi, he entered Kyoto for almost a month, and he didn't see this lord until today, but suddenly he felt as if there was a cold light looking directly at him, and he glanced to the side quietly, but found a familiar face, that person was the Captain Gao Ya of the Guards who was defeated by Chu Huan in the Ximen Office with one move.

Gao Ya's eyes were like knives, staring at Chu Huan coldly, and his expression was as if he had seen the enemy who killed his father.

Chu Huan ignored him, glanced back, stepped forward, and met His Majesty the Emperor and the Empress, the Emperor raised his hand to let Chu Huan get up, and asked lazily: "Chu Huan, I am going to evaluate you in front of all the officials in the Iron Blood Garden today, are you ready?" ”

Chu Huan didn't even know what the specific content of the assessment was at this time, and naturally he couldn't talk about being ready, so he could only be a soldier to cover up the water, and said stubbornly: "The villain should do his best to live up to the expectations of the saint!" ”

The emperor nodded with satisfaction, cast his eyes at Zhou Ting, and asked, "Zhou Aiqing, the assessment was proposed by you, and I also asked you to prepare the assessment matters, how are you going to test Chu Huan?" ”

Zhou Ting had already come out of the queue and said respectfully: "Qiqi Sheng, the minister has already come up with the assessment items in the past few days, and has also made arrangements to prepare for the assessment of Chu Huan on both sides. ”

"How to take the test?" The emperor stroked his beard and said with a smile: "How can you take the martial arts test?" ”

Zhou Ting arched his hand, turned his head, pointed at Chu Huan and said to the officials: "Everyone, Chu Huan is from Xishan Road, maybe some people don't know that when Chu Huan was in Xishan Road, he once wrote forty-five poems in a row, and thirty-nine of them were flowered, which can be said to be a sensation. ”

All the officials immediately whispered, many people looked at Chu Huan, seeing that Chu Huan was very young, they were very suspicious of Zhou Ting's words, and even some officials had sneered in a low voice: "There are more and more things that are spread by the people, and he can also compose forty-five poems in a row?" Is it ridiculous? ”

"Forty-five poems in a row are not necessarily ridiculous." Someone next to him said softly: "If you write a few lines of words, some people will say that it is poetry, and that may be said, but thirty-nine poems win flowers, which is an exaggeration." ”

Many people's sarcastic words came into Chu Huan's ears, but Chu Huan was calm and calm, unmoving, but King Qi heard that many people were suspicious, and almost wanted to stand up for Chu Huan to prove that Chu Huan wrote the lyrics that day, and he was on the spot, but he also knew that if he came out to testify, it also showed that he was also in the Qinglou that day, and it was not good to do this without self-confession.

Zhou Ting was actually very skeptical of this, he didn't believe that Chu Huan could really compose forty-five poems in a row, he just thought it was a fame and reputation, but he had the heart to try it in public, if he really had that kind of talent, it was certainly a good talk, otherwise he could tear off Chu Huan's fake reputation in public, and respectfully said to the emperor: "Shengshang, no matter whether the rumors are true or not, Chu Huan is here today, it is better for the Shengshang to personally propose and let Chu Huan compose poems in public, if he really has that ability, it can be regarded as a blessing for my Great Qin Altar!" ”