"Master Hou. In the inner hall of the Yanping Marquis Mansion, Xing Peng's father and son were sitting opposite each other, until the staff who hurriedly entered called out a voice from the Hou Ye to break the silence between the two.

"What's the matter?" Xing Peng's face has been gloomy since Xuanxi left, and at this time, the light in his eyes turned around, but it was even more gloomy.

"The Guiyuan Marquis Mansion broke into the Gaoyang County Shoufu in the first half of the night and seized Gaoyang County Shou Zhang Qi. The person who came to report the news was one of the staff of the Yanping Marquis Mansion, holding the news, and his face was also solemn at this time, his brows were furrowed, obviously still shocked by the news.

"Where did the news come from?" Xing Tao asked one step ahead of his father, his voice was low, but he couldn't tell what his mood was at this time.

"Hui Shizi, this news was sent by our spies in the Guiyuan Marquis Mansion. When people came back, Guiyuan Hou did not deliberately conceal this matter, nor did he avoid people's eyes and ears, and straightforwardly carried the county guard Zhang Qi back to the mansion with a carriage, which was the Hou Mansion and opened the main gate. ”

"Since it was a car driver who greeted each other and treated each other politely, and he didn't make Zhang Qi suffer, how could he detain the county guard?" Xing Peng's father and son glanced at each other, and it was still Xing Tao who asked the staff.

"The house is under martial law, and the eldest lady has also been ordered not to enter and leave the guest house at will, and it is our people who have gone to great lengths to send the news out. I ordered someone to investigate, and the post station fifty miles away reported that the person who returned to the Yuanhou Mansion and sent the letter to us has also arrived here. ”

In this way, what Li Jiangyuan's attitude towards Zhang Qi is the key to this matter. The lights in the room were not bright, and Xing Tao's expression on his face was difficult to distinguish, but it was not difficult for people who were usually close to him to hear from his tone that he was already quite worried at this time, "If he really detains Zhang Qi, he will not give the court half face, and it will be impossible for the court to make a big deal small." This Longxi, I'm afraid it's not going to be peaceful. ”

Perhaps, he Li Jiangyuan is softening, using Zhang Qi as a bridge to show weakness to Changping. Xing Peng sighed and said slowly, but his tone sounded unbelievable.

"The subordinates are courageous, and there is a word to say to the lord. The staff member also frowned, and when he saw Xing Peng nodding, he said slowly, "At this time, the lord must not be lucky. What kind of person is Guiyuan Hou, since he killed Xie Wei without shying away from it, he didn't have the intention of showing weakness to Changping from the beginning. And what kind of person is Mrs. Hui'an beside him, how can she bow her head to Changping at this time. Regardless of these two people, they only talk about Guiyuanhou's behavior, if he shows weakness, why do he have to let Zhang Qi enter the mansion? Gao Yang under his rule is a monolith, worried about Zhang Qi's safety, this is not a joke, except for the people from Guiyuanhou's mansion, who dares to make a mistake in Gaoyang?"

"What the gentleman said is true. Xing Tao nodded, his gaze swept over the faces of his father and staff, and then said slowly, "Even if you admit it, you can't be at this time." This brother-in-law of mine has always been proud, and he hasn't dealt with the court yet, so where can he stop it?"

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The East Guest House of the Marquis of Yanping, in the second half of the day, was also lit with bean-sized lights, and in Zheng Duo's inner room, it was dim at this time, and the faint light shone on Xuanxi's face, which was mottled.

"This Li Jiangyuan is really bold, acting so without taboos, but he underestimated him. Zheng Duo's tone was still calm, but his voice was already dyed with a layer of anger. A politician like him is already a man of few swords, but he hates such a method that does not follow the rules of the game.

"Uncle thinks what he will do next?" Xuan Xi weighed the thin piece of paper in his hand repeatedly, and the corner of the paper was stained with dried dark red blood, and it was still emitting a smell of blood when it was picked up by the fire.

"How?" Zheng Duo sneered, "At this point, he took a stupid move, I want to see how he does it." I'm afraid that at this time he already feels that it is difficult to ride a tiger. ”

"Uncle thinks so?" Xuan Xi sighed, "Xi thinks he dares to do this, there must be a reason for doing so." ”

Li Jiangyuan started with Xie Wei, he made a stupid move, and no matter how he left, he had already lost all opportunities. Now the situation can no longer be left to him. ”

"Uncle is right, it's just that Uncle is looking at this matter from the perspective of you and me. If we are in the position of returning to the Yuanhou Mansion, we must be thinking of bringing power to the court and negotiating a deal that is satisfactory to both parties, whether this is hidden or not, it is not very important, as long as it does not damage my own core interests. Xuan Xi glanced at Zheng Duo before continuing, "But Li Jiangyuan never thought of talking to the imperial court, what he did was not to let him do anything! If he made up his mind not to give up a single point from the beginning, what he did was to let the imperial court know how much strength he had, and if the imperial court did not dare to do anything to him, he wanted to humiliate Qingyuan fiercely, so that Qingyuan was extremely jealous of him, but because of jealousy, he couldn't attack him!"

"So, his next step must be you, uncle. He wants to force you to bow your head and force you to cover up what he has done for him. He didn't care what the consequences of Xie Wei's death were. In his opinion, as long as we hold and hold Zhang Qi, we will have to settle this matter for him. At that time, he watched us try our best to make up stories for him, and laughed beside him, I don't know how happy. That's what he thought. ”

Xuanxi's voice fell, Zheng Duo's expression was already ugly, Xuanxi's words sounded ridiculous at first, but after turning around in his mind, he realized that it was more and more reasonable, after all, in his own opinion, Li Jiangyuan's move of killing Xie Wei was already crazy, and he couldn't get half of the benefits. However, Xuanxi's explanation has already explained this move reasonably, and the more he thinks about it, the more terrifying he feels. What is the difference between this practice of excluding dissidents and clearing the wilderness with a strong wall and being a local emperor in this Longxi place?

"When you left Beijing, Changting, you and I met with Su Lan. Su Lan said to me at that time, there are two ways to use strength in this world, the elegant one is our usual transaction, but there are also people who only believe in it, and they will reduce ten times with one force. ”

"No, Ah Xi, maybe there is an explanation. At the moment when the dim lights went out, Zheng Duo suddenly sighed in a low voice, "He may have killed Xie Wei with one force, but he attacked Zhang Qi for other reasons. ”

"What reason?"

"He was really pinched by Zhang Qi. ”

"Isn't that Zhang Qi dangerous?" Xuan Xi frowned, and was about to pick up the fire fold on the table and light the candle again, but suddenly heard a sound outside the door, and by the moonlight, he looked at Zheng Duo, and the look on Zheng Duo's face was also heavy, obviously sensing something like him.

"It's the movement in my room. Xuanxi spoke silently, and his other hand was already holding the long sword at his waist.

Between the lightning and flint, Xuan Xi suddenly pulled out the long sword, and with a crisp sound of "ding", a dagger was knocked to the ground, and on the bluestone floor, there was a cold silver light, he stood with his sword, and his eyes were also cold and fierce in this dark room. Immediately after that, the entire courtyard was filled with an unconcealed smell of blood, but it was quiet, without even a trace of groaning.

The expression on Xuanxi's face was as cold as frost, it was already a cold day at this time, and Zheng Duo's face at the table was still stable, and the hand holding the candlestick was also white.

However, this room is still silent.