The Lu brothers followed the two personal soldiers onto Zhang Xuan's boat. They both seemed a little nervous. They knew that this was the time to determine their fate.

In the past two days, they also felt the hatred of the Sui army soldiers towards their brothers. This feeling made them feel uncomfortable. They may not care about the hostility of the soldiers, but they cannot help but worry about Zhang Xuan's attitude. If Zhang Xuan abandons them like a broken shoe, what should they do?

However, they had no choice. In Lu Fei's words, it would be better to know earlier than to have a knot and a knot in his heart.

Soon, they came to Zhang Xuan's cabin, and their personal soldiers signaled them to wait outside and report themselves. Soon, the personal soldiers came out and said, "Master General, please come in!"

The two looked at each other and walked into the cabin together. Zhang Xuan was sitting at the table reviewing the memorials. Next to them, two civil servants were sorting out various memorials piled up like hills. The two brothers looked at each other and knelt on one knee together, "I am not good at ease, see the general!"

"Thank you two generals, please sit down!"

Zhang Xuan smiled and pointed to the seat next to him, "Wait for me for a while, and it will be fine soon."

Zhang Xuan's kind attitude made the two feel a little relieved. At this time, two personal soldiers came in to serve tea. Soon, Zhang Xuan finished the memorial in front of him and handed it to the two civil servants together with more than a dozen memorials beside him, asking them to send someone to Zhongdu immediately.

The two civil officials bowed and left. Zhang Xuan put down his pen and smiled, "Let you wait for a long time."

The two brothers hurriedly bowed, "I dare not be humble!"

Zhang Xuan pondered for a moment and said, "This time, the two generals made great contributions to the extermination of Lin Shihong's army. According to my previous promise, I officially granted the two generals the county marquis, each with 500 taels of gold and 100 hectares of land."

The two brothers were overjoyed and knelt down to thank each other. Zhang Xuan smiled and said, "The title can be passed on to his descendants. It can be regarded as a big tree planted by the two generals for their descendants. In addition, I will grant the positions of two generals as Huya Lang."

The Lu brothers were really moved. The King of Qi did not have prejudice because of their previous actions. They also had many titles and official titles and officials. This is the real person who does great things.

At this time, Zhang Xuan asked again: "I heard that the two generals did not get along well with other colleagues. Is this the case?"

Lu Ping sighed and said, "It was our actions that made everyone misunderstand. We can understand everyone's mood and don't want to defend ourselves."

Zhang Xuan nodded, "I have also explained to everyone that you are the undercover agents I sent. Your actions are for the benefit of the Sui army. If you need you to bear the responsibility for the death of Lin Shihong, who will the millions of innocent people killed by Lin Shihong denounce morality to? His killing by his son is entirely his own retribution, it is God's condemnation, and it has nothing to do with you!"

The Lu brothers all knelt down in tears and choked and said, "We cannot repay your highness for your kindness of knowing each other. Please accept our worship!"

The two brothers respectfully gave a big gift. Zhang Xuan waved his hand and said, "No need to be polite. I have considered your specific position. I decided to let General Lu Fei join the fifth guard of the Sui Army, that is, to follow General Li Jing. His army is currently resting in Min County, Jian'an County. I am about to send a fleet to transport supplies. You can also follow the fleet!"

Lu Fei bowed quickly, "Abide by the orders with humble duties!"

"You go to find Jia Sima first, and he will arrange the specific transportation. I will talk to General Lu Ping."

When Lu Fei knew that his brother had another appointment, he stood up and bowed, and left first.

At this time, Fang Xuanling also rushed over. Lu Ping quickly stood up to greet the military advisor. Fang Xuanling smiled and said, "We will have a lot of time to deal with each other in the future, so there is no need to be polite."

Lu Ping was puzzled. What did Mr. Fang mean? Could it be that he would change his position as a civil servant?

Zhang Xuan smiled at Lu Ping and said, "Mr. Fang is also in charge of our Northern Sui Intelligence Office. This is a very mysterious yamen. Everyone knows it exists, but they don't know where it is?"

"What the Grand Marshal means is to let Hu Zi join the Intelligence Agency?"

Zhang Xuan nodded, "I think this is more suitable for your talent."

Zhang Xuan said lightly again: "Of course, you can choose yourself. If you don't want to join the Intelligence Agency, I can also arrange you into the army like your brother."

As soon as Zhang Xuan finished speaking, Lu Ping immediately stated: "Of course I am willing to join the Intelligence Agency and accept all the arrangements of Your Highness!"

Lu Ping knew in his heart that if he entered the army, his life would not be better in the future. He could only spend a mediocre life until the end of the war. If he entered the intelligence agency, he had nothing to do with the army and would start his new life. This was actually the deliberate promotion and reuse of himself by the King of Qi.

Zhang Xuan was very satisfied with his attitude and smiled and said, "Chang'an's Intelligence Agency is currently operating very well, but Luoyang's Intelligence Agency is still relatively weak, which makes me not very satisfied. So I decided to let you serve as Hou Zheng of Luoyang and General Lu, you shoulder the heavy responsibility!"

Lu Ping said without hesitation: "I will do my best to collect information for Your Highness."

At this time, Fang Xuanling said slowly: "I believe you also know that this time the Tang army and Wang Shichong reached a secret agreement, betrayed Xiangyang to the Tang army, causing the Tang army to successfully attack Xiangyang, and then occupied the entire northern part of Jingzhou. More importantly, it captured the Jiangxia mining area, which made us very passive.

Although Wang Shichong betrayed us, the lack of timely information also made us unaware of the civil rebellion in Xiangyang. Luoyang Intelligence Agency has a great responsibility. Your Highness has dismissed Hou Zheng of Luoyang. Now you are in charge of Luoyang Intelligence Agency. I want to know, where are you planning to start?"

"This humble position has not been considered yet."

Lu Ping's frankness made Fang Xuanling more satisfied. He nodded and smiled: "I will give you a direction, you might as well start with Wang Shiyun."

Lu Ping followed Fang Xuanling and retreated. At this time, Lu Han, a military officer, walked into the cabin with dozens of melodies. "This is a batch of melodies sent by Mr. Du, who just sent him, and they are all waiting for review by His Highness."

Zhang Xuan frowned, "It seems that I won't let me go to bed at night."

At this time, Zhang Xuan remembered something again and said to Lu Han: "Put down the memorial first, I have something to say to you."

Lu Han put down the memorial and stood with his hands down. He is currently the one who works for Du Ruhui and is responsible for sorting out documents for Zhang Xuan. Zhang Xuan smiled and said, "You performed very well in the army. Du Chengjun admires you very much. Do you decide to do this?"

Lu Han didn't understand what Zhang Xuan meant, so hesitated and said, "I am very comfortable doing here."

Zhang Xuan nodded, "I can understand, but a person's pursuit cannot be just to comfort things. On the contrary, difficulties can better hone their will, and you should have higher goals."

Speaking of this, Zhang Xuan took out a letter, "This is a letter written by your aunt to me. She hopes you will go back to the capital to participate in the imperial examination."

Lu Han’s aunt was Princess Qi Lu Qing. Lu Han didn’t say anything for a while, and Zhang Xuan continued: “Your aunt said that you were originally the second place in the imperial examination last year and had a good foundation. If you just gave up the imperial examination like this, it would be a pity and it would also become a regret for your life.”

"If Your Highness wants to participate in a low position, he will definitely obey his duties!"

Zhang Xuan smiled gently and said, "You still don't understand what I mean. This is your own life and you should decide for yourself. But I can remind you that in the court, fifth-rank officials are a threshold. Whether you can cross this threshold depends on fame and fortune. Those with fame can rank qualifications, and they will naturally rise after a certain number of years.

But if you don’t have fame, you can only look at special contributions. For example, Fang Junshi and Du Junjun have special contributions, and they can even become prime ministers. If you don’t have fame and special contributions, it will be difficult to cross the threshold of the fifth rank. The person who came with you is still an official, but you are promoted to joining the army. Have you ever thought about the reason for this?"

Lu Han's face was flushed. Of course he understood that because he was a child of the Lu family and his aunt was a princess, he was specially promoted. He immediately understood Zhang Xuan's hint that his preferential treatment could not continue.

Lu Han said ashamed: "I decided to go to the imperial examination!"

Zhang Xuan smiled slightly and said, "There is still one month before the imperial examination. From now on, you should hurry up and review it. If you don't have any books, you can go to Fengcheng County to find Lin Zhengtai to borrow temporarily. There are a group of scholars here who are also going to Zhongdu to participate in the imperial examination. Jia Sima arranged a boat to send them to Beijing, so you can go to Zhongdu with them!"

"Abide by the orders!"

Zhang Xuan smiled and patted his shoulder, "It doesn't matter if you don't pass the exam, just come back and continue working."

"Thank you for your care."

"Go! I'm going to start a big fight."
Chapter completed!