Yan Fan's gaze was firmly fixed on Xu Shuxuan's face, he never shy away from looking at people, nor did he give people a chance to dodge, his gaze was not only like a poisonous snake but also like a mirror, through the eyes of the other party to the bottom of people's hearts, no matter how many secrets you have, there must be nothing to hide under his gaze.

Yan Fan has always been very confident that he has such a ability, and no one in the world can deceive him!

However, he still couldn't see anything from Xu Shuxuan's eyes, such a pair of black eyes that were pure and waveless, except for the beauty of the water, there was no other trace of uneasy feelings in them.

Yan Fan stared at him for a long time, convinced that he was not guilty, so he smiled and said: "Yesterday, there was a murder in the alley of Zhenwu Temple, seven warriors, all died of a sword to seal their throats, this kind of clean and neat technique, it is rare in the rivers and lakes, as far as I know, there are no more than three people who can use this kind of swordsmanship, and one of them is Nan Chu, who was once known as the first sword in the south of the Yangtze River. ”

"Six years ago, I asked for talents with 10,000 gold, and I wanted to accept Nan Chu as a guest in my house, but I didn't expect to be flatly rejected by him, and later I learned that he took refuge in you and became your guard."

"Donglou wants to say that those seven warriors were killed by Nan Chu, and this murder was instigated by me?" Xu Shuxuan looked at Yan Fan and asked with a smile.

Seeing that he was smiling indifferently, Yan Fan also smiled and asked, "Is it your master?" ”

Did you do it? It's a psychological challenge, and whoever is afraid to back down will lose!

And at this time, you can't avoid answering, and you can't make any gestures to cover it up.

Disguise is also a kind of expression that wants to cover up!

Therefore, Xu Shuxuan also calmly faced Yan Fan's gaze, he smiled slightly, and asked rhetorically: "It's just a case of vendetta in the rivers and lakes, why does the East Building attach so much importance to it?" ”

When he asked this question, there was a sound of a sword unsheathed.

The voice came from the corridor outside the door, and Nan Chu was guarding the corridor.

Xu Shuxuan now completely understands Yan Fan's intention to invite him to this trip, and the doubts in his heart have also been verified at this moment-

Those Dongying warriors were really put into the capital by Yan Clan! As far as the feudal clan is concerned, it is really colluding with the Japanese Kou!

Last night, he asked Nan Chu to send a message to Yang Yiqing, the first assistant of the cabinet, which roughly meant to imply that Yang Yiqing had gathered loyal people in the court and the central government to talk to the father and son.

Committing rebellion and colluding with the emperor is the most intolerable thing for the emperor, as long as there is evidence, Yan Xiang's father and son will definitely lose trust in the emperor's heart! Originally, it was just a fictitious move, as long as the emperor could suspect Yan Xiang's father and son, the suspicious emperor would definitely think that the Yang family's unjust case might have something to do with Yan Xiang's father and son's plan!

After all, the Yang family army is a powerful army that the Japanese invaders hate the most! If Yan Xiang's father and son are in harmony, then he has a very clear reason to frame Yang Jiajun!

If Yan Fan hadn't invited him to the Sakura Pavilion today, these would have been just his guesses, and he hadn't thought about it......

Xu Shuxuan couldn't help but sneer in his heart, however, no matter how turbulent his heart was, his face was still as indifferent as a cloud, soft as a spring breeze, and he couldn't see how much his feelings had changed.

Sometimes even he himself is surprised, when did this habit of concealing love develop?

Maybe...... It starts from the moment my sister dies!

"Brother, never let the enemy see your fear and weakness, our Xu family will not bow to anyone, so my sister would rather choose to die than bow to these villains!"

"I'd rather fly with the bird, not with the yellow bird!"

Thinking of the words his sister said to him before she died, his heart suddenly ached, and there was only a trace of imperceptible sadness in his eyes.

Yan Fan looked at the warm smile on his face and the fleeting sadness, and seemed to be unbearable in his heart, and replied with a smile: "The emperor ordered me to be in charge of Ye'an in the capital, and I can't ignore this kind of night murder." ”

Xu Shuxuan paused, managing the daily smelting of the capital is the matter of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, and the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division is subordinate to the Ministry of War, Yan Fan said so, could it be that the emperor even handed over part of the power of the Ministry of War to him?

However, after thinking about it, he still didn't break it, but smiled: "Then it's hard to work in the East Building!" ”

"Eating the king's fortune and worrying about the king is just a matter for the ministers." Yan Fan suddenly beckoned a small servant, and after saying a word in his ear, the little servant nodded and left. He smiled again and asked Xu Shuxuan, "Shu Xuan, in this capital, you and I are called talented and talented, but the world says that you are a talent, and I am a ghost, I would like to know what is the difference between your talent and my ghost talent on the same matter." ”

After a pause, he took a sip of tea, moistened his voice and said: "I heard that Yang Yiqing, that is, my father's nemesis, has now gathered a group of so-called honest and honest officials who want to go up and redress their grievances for an unjust case. When he said this, he specially watched Xu Shuxuan's expression, but seeing that his face was still unwavering, he smiled and continued, "The unjust case they said was also approved by me, and it has been three years since then, it is Yang Jisheng's case, if they really overturn the case, it will definitely be unfavorable to my words, how does Shu Xuan think the East Building should deal with this matter?" ”

The whistling sound of the sword outside the door continued, and occasionally the sound of Nan Chu shouting could be heard, unless Nan Chu did not come out of the sword, he would die if he took out the sword!

It seems that until now, Nan Chu has not unsheathed his sword, but he can also deal with the person who tempted him with his bare hands.

Xu Shuxuan breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, but the smile on his face was indifferent, and he replied: "Why do you have to deal with the East Building, they are killing themselves!" ”

Yan Fan was slightly stunned, but a smile appeared on his face, and he asked, "How do you say this?" ”

At this time, the little guy who had been sent out by Yan Fan had pushed the door back, and he also brought a Mei Ji behind him, and the Mei Ji walked in front of Yan Fan with a Jiao Ye Qin in her arms, bowed her body, and whispered in an extremely soft voice: "Yan Gongzi." ”

Yan Fan's voice paused, and he chuckled, he didn't look up at Na Meiji, but raised his hand to signal her to sit aside and stroke the piano.

The beauty Ji responded to the order, glanced at Xu Shuxuan, her eyes were sparkling, full of charm, she deliberately chose a position closer to Xu Shuxuan, sat on the ground, hugged the banana leaf qin in front of her knees, a pair of slender hands stroked on the shining silver strings, and a beautiful and beautiful piano sound flowed out.

Na Mei Ji is still singing, still singing "Midsummer snow, light on the clouds." Drifting and accumulating in the north window. Thinking of Jun in the middle of the night, tossing and turning. Weeping like rain, wet my skirt. ”

Xu Shuxuan didn't look at Na Meiji carefully, he didn't know what Yan Fan's move meant? So he also remained silent and did not speak again.

As if he didn't care at all that someone was listening, he smiled at Xu Shuxuan: "What is Shu Xuan thinking, why don't you keep talking?" ”

Xu Shuxuan raised his eyes slightly, slightly surprised, he paused for a moment, and then only said one sentence: "Only because of this case is also approved by the emperor!" ”

How Yang Jisheng's case was concluded is unknown to the world, but he knows it in his heart. The emperor did not intend to kill him, but Yan Xiang quietly mixed the facts of his case into a batch of emergency handling twists and turns, and the emperor approved hundreds of thousands of folds day and night, and without careful review, he ticked off the decision to Yang Jisheng's death sentence.

Although it was a mistake, Emperor Jingxi was an emperor who loved face and refused to admit his mistakes, no matter who overturned the case for Yang Jisheng, he would touch his scales and kill himself.

However, why did Yang Yiqing think of overturning the case for Yang Jisheng? Or is there a sound outside the strings, deliberately misleading him with this statement?

At this point, Xu Shuxuan didn't need to explain any further, he knew that Yi Yanfan's mind would definitely understand what he meant, and Xiang Fan really showed an appreciative look after being stunned, and then laughed out loud, raised a cup and said, "Sure enough, Huixin is wise!" ”

He poured Xu Shuxuan another glass of wine and asked jokingly: "If I ask my father to recommend to the emperor and invite you to come out, will you write me a brilliant letter of renunciation like Uncle Ji did in the night?" ”

Shan Tao, one of the seven sages of the bamboo forest, appreciated Uncle Ji's talent very much, and said that he would rather give up his position than let Uncle Ye be an official in the court and show his talents, but who knew that Uncle Ye did not appreciate it, but wrote a long "Breaking Friendship with Shan Juyuan", its wording is sharp and sharp, and the writing is vigorous, with "crows and rotten rats are delicacies, but the phoenix is disdainful" to satirize the Sima court, and its handsome temperament can not be described as arrogant!

But comes at a price!

Yan Fan deliberately led to the deeds of Uncle Ji's night, and the sound outside the strings is self-evident!

Xu Shuxuan replied with a smile: "Where does Shu Xuan have the literary brilliance of an uncle?" ”

"The ancient gentleman will never make ugly words, I think you and Uncle Ji have a similar temperament!" Yan Fan drank a glass of wine and gestured an empty cup to Xu Shuxuan.

Xu Shuxuan glanced at the slightly green wine, which was slightly rippling and mellow, and he also raised his head and drank the full cup of wine.

"Shu Xuan, in the entire capital, I only regard you as a friend, so I don't want you and me to break up one day, let alone ...... Your life will end with me! When he said this, he deliberately put his face in front of Xu Shuxuan's eyes, wanting to plunder even the slightest imperceptible change in Xu Shuxuan's eyes to the bottom of his eyes, but in the face of such a bright moon, color like a delicate flower, and an inviolable temperament like the snow of the mountains, a thought shamelessly flashed in his mind: This young man is really more beautiful than the dozens of concubines in his house, so I feel sorry for me, and people can't bear to hurt it! No, how can those vulgar fans compare with this teenager!

Xu Shuxuan faced this poisonous sticky gaze, but still only smiled and said one word: "But!" ”

At this time, the sound of fighting outside the door had stopped, and another servant pushed the door in, ran to Yan Fan's ear and whispered again.

Yan Fan suddenly raised his eyebrows, stood up straight, and smiled at Xu Shuxuan: "I'm sorry, I'm suspicious!" ”

He sat down again, and then Shi Shiran looked at the beautiful girl who was playing and singing with a confused gaze, and introduced to Xu Shuxuan, "This woman's name is Zhuo Ji, and she is a qin Ji carefully trained by the lark fairy in my house. ”

Xu Shuxuan also glanced at Na Meiji.

When Na Meiji saw his gaze, she immediately smiled like a flower, her sandalwood mouth opened lightly, the pearl and jade sound, whirling gracefully, and her fingers plucked the strings to tell the charm of the spring girl's dream.

Xu Shuxuan smiled softly: "It's not bad, musician, and yes, as long as the strings are harmonious, it is a superior sound." ”

"And what about this Kotohime?" Yan Fan lowered his voice and looked at him, with a strange flirtatious hint in his tone.

Xu Shuxuan suddenly understood Yan Fan's intention to summon this Meiji, it turned out that he wanted to insert an inside line around him.

After a long pause, he replied: "With bright eyes and bright teeth, skin is better than snow, you can be called a beauty!" ”

"How about the East Building send this beauty to Shu Xuan?" Yan Fan smiled, "Don't worry, since it's a gift, I will give it completely!" Although this Zhuo Ji was raised by the concubine in my house, she was not born as a cheap slave, she was originally a young lady from an official eunuch family, but her father was convicted and was raided and sold to my house as a slave, this Ji has just turned fifteen, just at the right age! You can be in the room, either as a room or as a maidservant! ”

Xu Shuxuan interrupted with a smile: "Donglou should know that I never need maidservants to serve by my side. ”

Yan Fan's face changed slightly, and after half a sound, he smiled again: "Shu Xuan has also tied his hair and become an adult, how can there be no woman around him, I was already a group of concubines when I was your age." ”

Xu Shuxuan still shook his head.

Yan Fan looked at Xu Shuxuan for a long time, and finally said with regret and coldness: "That's a pity, if you don't want to accept her, then she won't have any value to me!" ”

"Zheng" sounded, and the sound of string breaking came steeply.

Zhuo Ji's face turned pale with fright, and she walked to Xu Shuxuan, and pleaded softly: "Zhuo Ji doesn't want to be Xu Shizi's concubine, as long as Xu Shizi is willing to take him in, Zhuo Ji is willing to be a cow and a horse for the prince." ”