Black Fairy, the master is a female ghost

After Lu Xunhuan was appointed as the commander of the Imperial Guard, he had to attend court every day.

But when he attended court, he usually did not speak.

Others made memorials, and the king and Yanbei asked about government affairs.

He just listened and never expressed his opinion.

His mission is to protect the palace and the king.

The Imperial Guards are not short of supplies now, so there is really nothing to report.

On the contrary, Jia Shangshu and others from the Ministry of War were the most active all day long, doing a lot of things here and there.

In fact, what role did Shangshu Jia, as the Minister of War, play in the several wars faced by Dongyan?

Apart from helping to urge for food and military supplies, he did not play much of a role.

But the army's victory is his victory.

Judging from his appearance, his contribution is second only to praising Crown Prince Yan Bei highly.

He didn't go to the battlefield in person, so he didn't know how big a role Lu Xunhuan played on the battlefield.

In addition, when the Second Prince reported Lu Xunhuan's merits to His Majesty, his words were a bit vague.

Therefore, he thought that the great writer Lu Chenglong was just a talent recruited by Yanbei.

He thought the rumors in the army, saying that Lu Chenglong was a great fighter, were exaggerated.

It was the literary giant's brilliance that affected the soldiers' true judgment of Lu Chenglong, which was all exaggerated.

Even though Lu Xunhuan is now the commander of the Imperial Guard, he still looks down on him.

A poor scholar with no background and no roots in Longzhou City, who relied entirely on Yan Bei for promotion, also attached himself to the daughter of the Third Prince with ulterior motives.

Are you planning to live off your wife?

Lu Xunhuan didn't agree with many of the things that Minister Jia and the others said in the court.

But he was too lazy to speak out.

His main task was to protect the palace.

Or, he secretly coveted the dragon bones collected in the palace, so what did the discussions in the court have to do with him?

Today, everyone argued for a long time about how East Yan should develop after the war and whether it should attack other countries again.

For the moment, there is no conclusion.

There are two opinions in the court.

One faction, led by Minister Jia, suggested taking advantage of the division between the north and the south of Zhou State to cross the Tongmu Pass, destroy the rebels on the Zhou State side, and take over the two southern states of Zhou State.

The other faction, headed by Prime Minister Wen, suggested recuperating and recuperating, and then seeking hegemony after the country became stronger.

Prime Minister Wen is Yan Bei’s teacher.

When Lord Sun wrote a letter to Longzhou City recommending Lu Xunhuan, it was addressed to Prime Minister Wen.

The two factions were arguing, and Yan Bei looked at Lu Xunhuan, calling his name for the first time in the court.

"Lu Chenglong, you've been in court for a while now, and you never speak. So, tell me today. Which of their two opinions do you lean towards?"

Lu Xun Huan stepped forward and saluted, "Your Majesty, Your Highness, I am only here to protect the palace and the safety of Your Majesty and Your Highness."

Yan Bei said, "As a great writer like you, it's impossible that you don't have any ideas. Just tell us what you think and let us hear it."

Lu Xunhuan turned his head to look at Minister Jia and saw the disdain on the corner of his mouth.

He looked at Prime Minister Wen again and saw encouragement in his eyes.

However, that encouragement was meant to hint to Lu Xunhuan and support his statement.

Lu Xun Huan bowed to His Majesty and the Crown Prince again and said, "Your Majesty, Your Highness, I will say a few words. If I don't say them well, please don't laugh at me."

Yan Bei nodded: "Go ahead."

Lu Xun Huan said, "There's a saying, 'Make friends with those far away and attack those near.' I wonder if you've heard of it."

There were voices of discussion in the hall.

After a while, Minister Jia said, "What the great writer means is that we should make friends with Western Chu, and we should also attack the Zhou Dynasty, Southern Liang, and Northern Barbarians that share our borders."

He turned to look at Lu Xunhuan: "Great writer, is this what you mean?"

Lu Xun Huan said, "Among the five kingdoms in the world, the most chaotic last week. After seeing the chaotic situation in Zhou Kingdom, the four surrounding kingdoms are probably ready to make a move."

He saluted Shangshu Jia and said, "Sir, I support your suggestion to attack the Zhou Kingdom."

Minister Jia looked pleased and stroked his beard.

Lu Xun Huan then said to His Majesty and Yan Bei, "But, Your Majesty, Your Highness, if we move, other countries will definitely move."

"The country is like a pie. If we grab it, others will rush to grab it, wanting to grab more."

"Once we destroy the Zhou Kingdom, I'm afraid we'll go to war with each other."

He then said to Prime Minister Wen, "I also agree with Prime Minister Wen's proposal to rest and recuperate."

"To be honest, our national strength is probably only slightly better than it was last week."

"Western Chu is powerful, there is no doubt about that. Southern Liang is thriving, and its national strength and resources are probably already superior to ours."

He then said to His Majesty and Yanbei: "Therefore, my humble servant advocates making friends with distant countries and attacking nearby ones. This means sending envoys to Western Chu and Southern Liang to discuss with them the division of the land."

"If we hadn't taken action, the pie would have been taken away by others last week, and we wouldn't have been happy about that."

"If we don't discuss this in advance, and we fight with Southern Liang and Western Chu, it will seriously affect our domestic development."

After he finished speaking, Yan Bei asked, "Why didn't you mention the Northern Barbarians?"

Lu Xunhuan said, "The Northern Barbarians don't need to get involved in last week's territory."

"But when we discuss this with Nanliang and Xichu, we must make it clear first."

"I suggest that Nanliang take the two southern states of Zhou State, and we take the two eastern states of Zhou State."

"The remaining three states in the west and north should be given to Western Chu. This will allow Western Chu to occupy one more state to face the Northern Barbarians."

After hearing this, Yan Bei asked the king, "Father, what do you think?"

His Majesty the King thought for a moment and said, "Then let's send envoys to Nanliang and Xichu to have a talk."

After the court was dismissed, the ministers dispersed.

But Lu Xunhuan could not leave the palace yet. His duty was to protect the palace, so naturally he had to stay in the palace more time to be on guard.

He walked out of the Golden Palace and went on patrol as usual with two captains.

Due to the requirements of his position, there is no place in the palace where he cannot go.

He could inspect any part of the palace on the pretext of security.

Since taking office, he has visited many places in the palace.

But he has not been to the warehouse where the dragon bones are kept until now.

This is to avoid arousing suspicion.

Today, he finally decided to go and have a look.

He said to the two captains, "Let's go to the warehouse and check, firstly, to see if there are any dangerous things hidden there, and secondly, to see if there are any useful things."

One of the captains said, "Warehouses are mostly filled with useless things. We've seen them before."

Lu Xun Huan said, "I haven't read it since I took office. If I don't, I'll be derelict in my duty."

The three of them hurried through the palace and passed by the palaces of many concubines.

Finally, we arrived at a separate courtyard in the corner of the palace.

This is the warehouse where miscellaneous items are usually stored in the palace.

The guards on duty at the warehouse saw the three commanders coming and saluted hurriedly: "Greetings, Commander."

Lu Xunhuan asked, "Is there anyone inside?"

The soldier looked a little embarrassed: "Well... Xiang Fei said to go in and find something..."

Lu Xun Huan said, "Isn't it normal for Xiang Fei to look for something? Why are you hesitating?"

After saying this, he pushed open the gate.

There are houses on three sides of the courtyard, and each room is a warehouse.

After Lu Xunhuan entered, he did not see Xiang Fei and did not know which room she was in.

He said to the two captains, "You two stay in the yard while I go check on them one by one."

After saying that, he turned left and pushed open the door of the first room.

The room is quite large and contains a lot of things.

But fortunately, all the items were stored neatly.

Lu Xunhuan went in to take a look and found that most of the things were useless.

For example, which concubine used a broken chair, or which prince wore old clothes.

There are also some people in the palace who have passed away and their belongings were not completely thrown away, and some of them are also kept here.

After a quick look in the first room, he left and went to the second room.

After pushing open the door, he heard a slight sound coming from a corner.

He remained silent and closed the door.

Then, he walked and looked, heading towards that corner.

In the corner, squatting was a woman about twenty-three or twenty-four years old.

She raised her eyes and looked at Lu Xunhuan, her face slightly red and her eyes a little panicked.

Lu Xunhuan looked at her and didn't say anything for the time being.

Behind the woman, there was a relatively large bundle of cloth.

Judging from the traces left by the cloth bag, someone must have hurriedly climbed over and hid behind it.

After the cloth was wrapped, a little bit of the hem of the clothes was exposed, obviously hiding someone.

The woman looked at Lu Xunhuan for a moment, then stood up. "Well... great writer, your masterpiece... I admire it very much."

Lu Xunhuan smiled and said, "Thank you for the compliment, Concubine Xiang. Are you coming in to look for something?"

Xiang Fei also smiled, but her smile was somewhat awkward: "Yes, I am making a dress and I am short of fabric. Come in and look for it."

Lu Xun Huan asked, "Are all the fabrics in this room?"

Xiang Fei said, "There are also some in other rooms."

Lu Xun Huan turned around and said, "Most of the fabrics here are quite old, and none of them seem to be of good quality."

Concubine Xiang came out from the corner and said, "Yes, yes, I was just about to go to another room to take a look."

Lu Xunhuan took a step and walked out.

"Then let's go to another room."

"There are so many fabrics piled here, it's a huge safety hazard. If someone turns on a light at night and comes looking for something, it could cause a fire if they're not careful."

Xiang Fei followed him and said, "Yes, yes, it's quite unsafe."

After leaving this room, Lu Xunhuan walked into the third room.

There are also some fabrics in this room.

He said to Xiang Fei, "There is also cloth here."

Concubine Xiang pretended to be actively looking for fabrics and said, "Great writer, please come and give me some advice."

She held up a piece of fabric and asked, "Does this look good?"

Lu Xunhuan walked up to her, touched the cloth, and then lowered his voice: "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone."

Xiang Fei's face turned red all of a sudden.

She lowered her head and whispered, "Thank you, great writer. I will reward you handsomely later."

Lu Xun Huan said, "I'll go check in another room. You go tell that guy to hide. Wait until I'm gone and then leave. Pretend I don't know."

Xiang Fei nodded: "Okay."

Lu Xunhuan then turned around and left, searching each room one by one.

When he found the seventh room, he finally saw the dragon bones.

There are many large baskets in this room, and inside the baskets are many bones.

Lu Xunhuan estimated that there were at least tens of thousands of yuan.

Among so many dragon bones, are there any divine bones among them?

He walked up to the first basket, grabbed it, and was about to pour the bones onto the ground.

But at this moment, he suddenly heard a captain in the courtyard say, "Meet the princess."