Song Zhiqiu and Meng Qing had not yet reached the Lu Mansion, but they saw that the entrance of the Lu Mansion was already full of chariots, blocking the street at the entrance of the Mansion, and there were even soldiers from the Lu Mansion standing at the interface of the street to prevent pedestrians who were not guests of the banquet tonight from passing through.

Song Zhiqiu said to Meng Yi: "See, Xiangguo Mansion is really magnificent." ”

Song Zhiqiu nodded, and then followed his brother's words and said: "It's really magnificent, even if I came out with the king, I didn't act like this, I didn't think that a Xiangguo could be so strong, it can be seen how terrible Lu Buwei's power is now." ”

Song Zhiqiu looked at the magnificent Xiangguo Mansion in the distance coldly, did not speak, and walked over, and Meng Tian also followed behind him and walked towards the Xiangguo Mansion.

At this time, in Xiangguo's mansion, in a brightly lit courtyard in the mansion, Lu Buwei was walking back and forth in the room, and a few steps beside him knelt a young man in gorgeous costumes, it was Liu Xiaoye, who was making trouble at the Hu people's caravan not long ago.

As soon as Liu Xiaoye returned to Lu Mansion, someone told Lu Buwei about the Hu people, and Lu Buwei heard that the people in his family had provoked the two brothers of the Meng family, and they originally held a banquet in the front yard, but after hearing the news, they left the front yard and went straight to this courtyard.

"Dong'er, didn't I tell you that when you leave this Xiangguo Mansion and in this Xianyang City, you have to learn to be a man with your tail between your legs. Although your father and I am now the prime minister of the Qin State, one person is above 10,000 people, but you can't continue to bully the market in front of the Meng family, if other people are good, it is better to say, for the father to spend money and make some rights to cover up at this time, now the two brothers of the Meng family are about the same age as you, but the two of them are not only related to His Royal Highness the King of Qin, but also the cronies of the King of Qin, even the father is not good to clash with their faction of generals, you are good, come to Xianyang for a few days, you tell me how much trouble you caused me？”

Liu Xiaoye knelt on the ground, his head was not raised, and after listening to Lu Buwei's words, he raised his head and said: "Father, why are you so afraid of those generals, they will only fight and kill on the battlefield, is it possible that in the court, my father, as the prime minister of Great Qin, still has to whisper to these martial artists? Besides, wasn't that Chang'an Hou Chengcheng the king's own brother a few days ago, didn't he also leave in disgrace after hearing his father's name, and didn't even dare to say a cruel word to me when he left." ”

After hearing this, Lu Buwei wanted to raise his palm to give Liu Xiaoye a slap, but after thinking about it, he didn't do it, then sat down on the chair and said, "Dong'er, you are still too young, and you don't understand some things." That Cheng Cheng was originally one of the chess pieces buried for his father for the future, in addition to being the younger brother of the current king in the Qin State, no, he and the king are only half-brothers, and he has no other identity, so he will be so tolerant to you after knowing that you are my person. But Meng Tian and Meng Yi are different, not to mention their relationship with the king, now the only thing that is afraid of the father in the Qin State is the general Wang Qian, who is in charge of all the soldiers and horses of the Qin State, and has won the trust of the king. ”

"Why is that? Could it be that there are still things that can't be done with gold and silver?" Young Master Liu asked his father, Lu Buwei. ”

Lu Buwei shook his head, "To say that you are young is young, since the death of Wu Anjunbai, Wang Jian has been running the army all these years, and I have tried to arrange people to go in several times, but Wang Jian refused to the king." ”

Lu Buwei asked Liu Xiaoye to stand up first, and then continued: "Today's matter will wait for Meng Tian to enter the mansion, I will take you to personally compensate him, I think he will sell me this face, wait a minute, just lower your posture for me, don't put on a look like a gentleman, do you understand?"

Liu Xiaoye nodded and said, "The child understands, everything is up to the father." ”

As soon as Liu Xiaoye finished speaking, the voice of the subordinate came in at the door, Lu Buwei asked him to come in, and the subordinate who came in said that Meng Tian and Meng Yi brothers came together, so they asked the subordinate to welcome the Meng family brothers in, and then he arrived. After the subordinates left, Lu Buwei asked Liu Xiaoye to change his clothes first, and then followed him to the front to receive the guests.

The subordinates of the Lu Mansion welcomed Meng Tian and Meng Yi, who walked to the door, into the mansion, and the ministers of the Qin State who came to the Xiangguo Mansion for the banquet saw that the main object of Lu Xiangye's banquet tonight came, and they all came forward to greet the two brothers of the Meng family. Meng Tian and Meng Yi saw that all the ministers of the Qin State who came to the Mengfu for the banquet were all ministers of the Qin State, but they were all civil ministers, and there was not a single general.

At this time, Lu Buwei walked into the front yard, saw that everyone was talking to the two Meng Tian brothers, and stepped forward, "General Meng Shao is here, it is really an honor for the old man, and please forgive the old man for the crime of being unwelcome." ”

Meng Tian saw Lu Buwei coming over, and hurriedly said: "What did Lord Xiangguo say, tonight is Lord Xiangguo celebrating the last general, and the young general Xie Xiangguo is too late, how can you blame Lord Xiangguo." ”

Meng Yi continued beside him: "Lord Xiangguo, I took the liberty to come with my brother today, Lord Xiangguo won't mind, right?"

Lu Buwei laughed and said: "Lord Meng Yi said that it was funny, you and I are both people who work for the king by the king's side, and I don't see you when I bow my head every day, I have long wanted to invite you to come to the mansion to eat and drink, I'm not afraid that you won't have time." It just so happens that both of you brothers are here today, that's the face of the old man, we won't talk about state affairs tonight, what do you two think?"

"That's great, thank you to Sangkoku-sama. Meng Tian clenched his fists and said to Lu Buwei.

Lu Buwei said to the guests around him: "Since the protagonist of today's banquet has arrived, then everyone should take a seat." Someone came to serve wine, called the dancing girl who was trained in her own appearance, and presented singing and dancing for all the adults. ”

Everyone chose a seat to sit down, and Meng Tian and Meng Yi arranged on either side of Lü Buwei's seat. Originally, there were only two sets of table cases on the main seat, and after learning that Meng Yi was also coming, Lu Buwei ordered someone to add a table case. After everyone was seated, Lu Buwei slapped his palms twice, and then the next person began to serve delicious food and wine to the table in front of everyone. After a while, a group of women in red gauze clothes came to the open space in the middle, and then a musician played an instrument, and the dancers in the center of the field began to dance.

Everyone present praised the dancing girls in the audience, Meng Yi raised his wine glass and toasted to Lu Buwei, and asked: "The dancing girls in the Xiangguo Mansion are really good dancers, compared to the dancing girls in the palace that I watched in the palace and the king." ”

Lu Buwei drank a glass of wine and said: "No, no, no, Lord Meng laughed, the old man is not very interested in the dances that these dancing girls dance, but there are some musicians in the house who are good at choreographing, and the old man has always seen them after they have choreographed, and the old man has not seen this dance before." As for comparing himself with the dancing girls in the palace, the old man still has some confidence. The choreographers and musicians in the palace are all old men, and the choreographers are some clichés in order to cater to the king, and the dancing queens in the palace rarely perform, unless there is a happy event of the country, or the king and the queen mother's birthday will come out to perform, there is nothing new in the long past, and it is naturally not as good as the dancing queen in my house. ”

Meng Tian said beside him: "I'm a martial artist, I don't know this, but this dance does look good." ”

Lu Buwei looked at Meng Tian and said, "If the young general likes it, it is better to come to the old man's house often, the old man will definitely let the young general enjoy a different dance every time." ”

Meng Tian saw that Lu Buwei's words had the intention of soliciting himself, and he glanced at his younger brother Meng Yi, and then said: "Xiangye is kind, the last general has a heart, but the last general is only afraid that he will rarely stay in Xianyang City in the future, and he will take on the responsibility of guarding the territory of my Qin State for His Majesty, so I am afraid that I will not have the opportunity to come to the Xiangguo Mansion again in the future." Meng Tian is right, this is the first time he has come to Xiangguo's Mansion, and it is also the penultimate time he has come to Xiangguo's Mansion, and the next time he comes to Xiangguo's Mansion, he will come to inspect Xiangguo's Mansion with soldiers and horses.

Seeing that Meng Tian was unmoved by his solicitation, Lu Buwei still had a smile on his face, and said: "It doesn't matter, the military generals who are outside will have the opportunity to come to Xianyang every year to report on their work, and when the young general comes back, he will definitely come to the old man's mansion as a guest." ”

"Okay, thank you for your kindness, come, the last general will give you a drink. Meng Tian picked up the wine glass in front of him and drank it all.

"Major General, please. Lu Buwei also picked up the wine glass that had just reached the full in front of him and drank it all.

Meng Yi saw that between his brother and Lu Buwei's words, he pushed Lu Buwei's solicitation out, didn't say anything, and after the two of them finished drinking, he said to Lu Buwei: "By the way, Lord Xiangguo, I don't know if you have heard that there is a character named Liu Xiaoye in Xianyang City recently, who is very arrogant and domineering, today on our way here, we wanted to choose a gift for Lord Xiangguo, and took over the bullying and domination of this person, but in the end, this person seems to know the identity of me and my eldest brother, and he was not fought with us." I think Lord Xiangguo should know everything about things in Xianyang City, I wonder if Lord Xiangguo knows about this person?"

Lu Buwei waved his hand and said, "It's okay, no one knows about this matter in Xianyang City, since Lord Meng Yi asked, then the old man will tell the truth to the two of you." Liu Xiaoye is the son of one of my deceased, his real name is Liu Zhendong, and later my deceased died of illness, in the early years, this deceased had a life-saving grace for me, in order to repay him, I adopted his only son to my name.