Tonight's Fanyang is destined to be a city that never sleeps, tomorrow is the birthday of Old Lady Lu, after preparing for so long, even the rainstorm in the sky has not been able to stop a big day is finally coming. Outside the city of Fanyang, the rooftops of the whole city kept the rainstorm high in the sky, and the whole city was lit with red candles. All the guests holding the invitation, whether it was silver or bronze, looked up at the project in mid-air, and secretly sighed in their hearts that Fan Yang Lu's family really lived up to its name, and such a magnificent project was completed in such a short time.

However, the project that amazes many people is insignificant in the hearts of some people. The inner city of Lu Mansion, which is inhabited by the real rulers of this era, is different from those in the outer city, although these people will also stay awake all night, but not because of excitement, but nervousness, and even fear.

Lu Hanlin is responsible for the venue layout of tomorrow's birthday banquet, and he didn't have time to come to the West Chamber to find Shen Wansan until nightfall, and he took Lu Hanqing, who had disappeared for a long time.

"Master of the Shen family, Han Qing is back, and he also brought the Wuxing Shen family's government army and the things you asked us to take."

Lu Hanlin handed a dark blue book to Shen Wansan, who opened it and looked at it, with a smile on his face.

"It's finally here!"

What is recorded in this book is the evidence of the crime of Totokh and the Yellow River disaster relief funds, and with it in hand, Tokhtoku will not dare to do any tricks.

Sleepless nights always pass, and when people are vaguely awakened from their sleep by a noisy sound of firecrackers, it means that a new day has begun.

Mrs. Lu's birthday has been prepared for so long, and at the beginning it was a big scene of gongs and drums and firecrackers. The firecrackers surrounding Fan Yang City were lit at the same time, and the crackling sound was deafening, as if it was about to shatter people's eardrums.

As soon as the sky was bright, Lu Qingtian got up early, stood by the window with his hands in his hands, and looked at the people who got up earlier than him to prepare for his birthday. There was no joy or sorrow in his eyes, and his face was calm, but the clenched fists behind him revealed his nervous mood.

Li Ye also didn't sleep all night, and came to Qingtian Courtyard early. Lu Qingtian saw Li Ye walking slowly through the window, approached the door and pushed the door open.

"Master Li, it's really early." Lu Qingtian greeted lightly.

Li Ye also responded with a smile, "Isn't Brother Lu the same?" ”

The two looked at each other and smiled, and the tension in their hearts was invisibly relieved.

"How?"

Lu Qingtian introduced Li Ye into the door, closed the door casually and asked.

"Everything is ready, just wait for Brother Lu's order." Li Ye gave up his hand, full of confidence.

"Chen Youliang's people are ready?" Lu Qingtian was still not at ease, so he asked again.

"Hmm." Li Ye nodded, "Just stand outside the city." ”

Lu Qingtian raised his head and sighed, was silent for a long time, and finally breathed a sigh of relief and said, "This day is finally coming!" ”

"yes, it's finally coming." Li Ye also had a complicated expression, with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

......

In Qingshan Courtyard, Lu Qingshan washed unhurriedly in front of the basin. The dripping hand towel carefully wiped every inch of skin on the face, and then took the hand towel handed by the next person and dried it carefully.

"Master, the people of Qingtian Courtyard have already figured out the people who have been placed around us." The butler stepped forward and whispered to Lu Qingshan.

Lu Qingshan put down the handkerchief and said lightly: "Well, I know." Let them be there, and when the day is over, they will all be killed. ”

The butler bowed respectfully and replied, "Yes." ”

At the same time, in the Qingtian Courtyard, Lu Qingtian and Li Yantang sat opposite each other in the hall, looking at each other speechlessly.

"Nephew, are you really sure you want to do this?" Lu Qingyun looked worried and said with concern.

Li Yantang's expression remained unchanged, but he agreed categorically, "I'm sure." The revenge of killing my father is not shared, and if this revenge is not avenged, how can I have the face of the Li family in Longxi. If the head of the family is intercepted and killed, and he is unable to take revenge, then it is pointless to keep such a family. ”

Lu Qingyun sighed, his face was full of regret, but if he looked closely, he could find that a smug smile flashed in his eyes.

Li Yantang was silent for a moment and said, "I am determined to help you with the power of the entire Longxi clan, just because our current enemies are the same. I only hope that if it happens, you can hand over Chen Youliang's guy to me, and let me kill him with my own hands to avenge my father. ”

Lu Qingyun nodded seriously, "Definitely." ”

Li Yantang got up and said goodbye to Lu Qingyun, "Since that's the case, then I'll go down and arrange it first." Today's events cannot be targeted. ”

Lu Qingyun nodded and sent Li Yantang out of Qingyun Courtyard.

......

Outside the city, Chen Youliang and his troops quietly approached Fanyang City from a pre-designed route. The army went around to the side of Fanyang City and found a clearing and stationed there.

Chen Youliang was wearing battle armor, holding the blade at his waist with his right hand, standing on a mountain bag with a wide field of vision, looking at Fanyang City not far away. The winding walls lay as quietly as a dragon on the earth, and the morning drizzle hit the moss growing on the walls, as if coating the dragon with a layer of blue scales.

The breeze carried the drizzle across Chen Youliang's face, and the rain hit his eye sockets, making him squint unconsciously.

"Fan Yang City, Fan Yang Lu Clan, heh, the four families."

Chen Youliang muttered, but the corners of his mouth set up a mocking arc, "After today, I, Chen Youliang, will not be subject to anyone!" ”

Looking at the city not far away, Chen Youliang's eyes were long, as if he could see the so-called nobles inside through the thick city wall. It is those so-called nobles who use him as a tool. Chen Youliang is a high-minded and arrogant person, and he has refused to accept anyone's discipline since he was a child. Since he played a world in Jiangxi, he was recruited by the Longxing Li family, and then asked him to pretend to defect to Longxi, so that he could help the Longxing Li family make a good move at a critical time.

Those so-called nobles of the family have never consulted Chen Youliang's opinion. They only think that their status is noble, so everyone must listen to their arrangement. Chen Youliang was not convinced, but he had to temporarily succumb because his strength was not strong enough. For Chen Youliang, all the families he has defected to are stepping stones on his road to success, and I wish him the other side of the road to victory. Whether it is the Longxi Li family or the Longxing Li family, it is the same.

Ever since he learned from Li Ye about the plan of Longxing Li and Fan Yang Lu Qingtian to form a family alliance, he had a bold idea in his heart. In Chen Youliang's opinion, the children of their family are not more noble than anyone else. Since the alliance is to be formed, it is necessary to have a capable person to manage the alliance. Chen Youliang believes that in today's world, there is no one more suitable for the position of the leader of the alliance than him.

Li Ye thought that he could completely control Chen Youliang, but he never imagined that he might have cultivated a white-eyed wolf.

The streets of Fanyang City are gradually becoming lively, and it is raining in the sky, but the streets of the outer city are full of wine tables. Because of the rooftops of the city, even if it rains, there is no need to be afraid of not being able to accommodate so many tables of banquets.

The inner city, Lufu, and Longxing Street are still empty. All the shops are closed because everyone here is eligible to attend the birthday feast outside the Lord's House.

In the head of the house, a huge round table was placed in the courtyard, covered with a red cloth, and a large plate of longevity peaches had been placed on the tablecloth.

There are not many people who can get on this table, except for Old Lady Lu and the head of the Lu family, only the three masters of the Fan Yang Lu family, Lu Qingshan, Lu Qingyun and Lu Qingtian have this qualification. Among the other guests, the heads of the four great families were eligible to attend, and the left prime minister, Muren Gedatan, and the right prime minister, Toto, naturally also had this qualification.

The subordinates of the head of the house have been busy, and even the head of the Lu family, who has never liked to show his face, changed into formal clothes early on this special day, looking at the roofs of the whole city in the sky, and his thin face was full of waves.

"What a city-wide roof, what a spectacular project!" The head of the Lu family watched silently, his lips moving slightly.

The project of roofing the whole city was ordered by Lu Qingshan in his name and was built without his consent. The power of the Fan Yang Lu clan had been in his hands for decades, and there had never been a time when he felt so powerless. The three sons continued to encroach on his power, so much so that he no longer needed his consent to start such a huge project as the roof of the city.

In the distance, he heard the sound of rain coming from the rooftops, ticking, as if every drop was dripping in his heart. He knew that his three sons were very capable, but he thought that he could still manage the Lu family, so he was reluctant to let go of power. He thought he was clever enough to let his three sons check and balance each other, but he didn't expect to raise three people in power who could threaten his position. is still too underestimated the ability and skill of the three sons, the sister of the head of the Lu family felt very regretful when she thought of this, and regretted that she should not let go of the power little by little and hand it over to the three sons.

When the head of the Lu family knew about the cooperation between Lu Qingtian and the Longxing Li family, he had some suspicions. The competition between the three sons is not uncommon, but Lu Qingtian's son is extremely courageous, and I am afraid that he will not be willing to fight for only one acre and three points of land in Fan Yang.

"Like, like!" The head of the Lu family shook his head and sighed.

As soon as he thinks of this youngest son Lu Qingyun, the head of the Lu family will think of his grandfather, who is the protagonist of today's birthday banquet, the last head of the Lu family, the oldest backup among the four major families, Mrs. Lu. This pair of ancestors and grandchildren are too similar, they both know how to forbear, but they always show their fangs at critical moments and choose people to eat. They are all so ambitious, always wanting to do things that no one else could do before.

But will the ending be the same for both grandparents and grandchildren? The head of the Lu family thought so.

If you want to do something extraordinary, you have to be extraordinary. Whether it is Lu Qingtian or the old lady Lu back then, although they are both amazing and glamorous, they also can't do it in the past and the present. If you want to achieve a feat that is unparalleled in the past and the present, I am afraid that it is still a little bit worse.

The head of the Lu family thought so, and slowly felt an unprecedented tiredness. He was a little tired, and he was also thinking, why don't he just hand over the power of the Lu family.

The head of the Lu family shook his head, his sallow face was covered with tiredness, and he staggered into the hall with his hands in his hands.

......

The time soon came to noon, and the guests in the outer city of Fanyang had all known each other for a few days, and now three or five acquaintances had found a table and sat down at random in groups. They were not received, and they couldn't even see today's old birthday star, but they all talked about today's birthday with great interest.

In the inner city, a group of officials and people from various families were in the Lu Mansion, and there was a huge banquet hall next to the mansion of the head of the family. Except for the left prime minister, Muren Gedatan, and the right prime minister, Toto, as well as the heads of the major families, everyone else dined in this banquet hall. When the birthday banquet is in progress, the head of the Lu family, including the three masters of the Lu family, will come here to toast.

And in the house of the head of the family, Muren Gedatan arrived early and sat down for a banquet. Totoku followed Shen Wansan and came, and then the heads of the major families arrived one after another. Everyone is familiar with each other, and they can talk to each other, and for a while, there was laughter and laughter on the wine table. But the laughter froze as soon as one walked through the door.

Li Yantang, after Li Shicheng's death, officially took over the position of the lord of the Li clan in Longxi, and in his current capacity, he is certainly qualified to sit at the same table with these people. No one was surprised that Li Yantang was sitting next to them, but because after Li Yantang entered the door, the first person to say hello with a smile was ...... Li Ye.

Since Li Shicheng was intercepted and killed, it is no secret that Longxing Li and Chen Youliang designed to intercept and kill the head of the main family. Li Shicheng's death is inseparable from Li Ye, and if you want to count it, you can be regarded as one of Li Yantang's father-killing enemies. That day, Li Yantang took two hundred Qingyun Wei to remove Fan Yang City, but in the end he returned in vain. Just when everyone was laughing at this young man, thinking that he would lose his mind because of the revenge of killing his father, this young man took the power of the Li clan in Longxi in the shortest possible time with the strongest wrist.

Li Yantang did not directly bring the government army to Fanyang to seek revenge on Li Ye, but endured humiliation during his father's funeral. Everyone knew that he was looking for an opportunity to find Li Ye to avenge his father, but they didn't expect that it would be such a scene when these two enemies met.

"Uncle Cousin has been managing the Longxing family, but is it still smooth?" Li Yantang held Li Ye's hand and asked with a smile.

Li Ye also smiled, "Don't bother with your nephew, my Longxing Li family is very good." ”

Li Yantang let go of his hand and said, "That's very good." If there is anything that goes wrong, even if it is said, the little nephew is now in charge of the affairs of the family, and the uncle of the cousin still has the authority to be an elder in the Hui clan. ”

Li Ye narrowed his eyes and smiled: "No need, the old man is very good to stay in Longxing." ”

Li Yantang smiled softly, turned around and walked to an empty seat and sat down, without looking at Li Ye again.

Everyone here is a human spirit, and there is no smell of gunpowder between the two. Although the words are all said with a smile, they poke the heart every word, and there is a knife hidden in the smile. Li Ye was so angry that his liver hurt, but he could only press it deeply in his heart and couldn't show it.

This Li Yantang, I'm afraid it's really not a simple character.

The little guy who reported at the door shouted loudly: "The head of the Taiyuan Wang family, Wang Yuan has arrived!" ”

The atmosphere at the banquet table in the head of the family's mansion that had finally calmed down suddenly became noisy again, and the Taiyuan Wang family was forced into seclusion by the emperor back then, even the heads of the families present had not heard of Wang Yuan for more than ten years. Wang Yuan's appearance in Fanyang Lu was not surprising to them, after all, the news that the Taiyuan Wang family helped Lu Qingshan was already a well-known secret, but they still couldn't understand why Wang Yuan did this? Aren't you afraid that the reborn Taiyuan Wang clan will completely anger the original emperor?

Wang Yuan is a energetic old man, not young, his head is more than half white, and the white beard on his chin can also flutter in the wind. After all the heads of the family saw Wang Yuan walk in, they all stood up to greet each other.

"The head of the Wang family, I haven't seen him for many years, but he is still so majestic, and he walks vigorously." Li Ye greeted him first.

Wang Yuan looked at Li Ye carefully, and then suddenly said, "You are Li Ye of Longxing!" I haven't seen you for so many years, and I can't remember what you look like. ”

Li Ye laughed, and the two approached the banquet enthusiastically.

Wang Yuan looked around at the people in the banquet, saw a huge figure, suddenly his eyes lit up, and he took the initiative to walk over to say hello, "Ah, this figure, the old man will definitely not admit his mistake." Wu Xing Shen Wansan, right. ”

Shen Wansan got up from the banquet, nodded with a smile that was neither humble nor arrogant, and said, "The master of the Wang family has good eyesight, it is Wansan." ”

Wang Yuan waved his hand and smiled, "Where is the good eyesight, but your body is too special, I just can't recognize it." ”

During the banquet, everyone was amused by this unintentional ridicule, and even Shen Wansan himself laughed and said: "What the head of the Wang family said is that Wansan's bloated body is afraid that it will be like this until death." ”

Wang Yuan saw Shen Wansan sitting next to him again, frowned and thought for a while, "Who is this?" The old man looked a little familiar, but he just couldn't think of it. ”

Shen Wansan sat down and looked away. Totoku got up slowly, and replied with his hand: "The original phase is to face the right prime minister, Totoku." The head of the Wang family has not been out for many years, and his health is still healthy. ”

Wang Yuan thought about it carefully, and then suddenly patted his head and shouted: "Ah! The old man remembered. I think back then, you were just a little waiter in Shangshu Province, and in the blink of an eye, you became the right prime minister of Zhongshu Province. ”

Wang Yuan shook his head and sighed: "This world is changing so fast, if I come out a few years late, I'm afraid I won't be able to recognize this world." ”

Tokhtar smiled and didn't speak.

Wang Yuan shook his head again and smiled: "That's right, because of the matter between Mrs. Lu and our Taiyuan Wang family back then, you also made great contributions, and now you can sit in the position of the right prime minister, and the old man can be regarded as having a contribution." ”

Wang Yuan patted his shoulder, laughed and raised his glass: "Come, for the sake of my honor to be able to make a contribution on the road to the promotion of the right minister, the old man respects you." ”