When Xi Yuanxiu pushed the door out, Xu Lai's eyes were still staring at Xue Luping and others, his expression was calm, and he couldn't see what he was thinking at all.

Xi Yuanxiu looked at the silver-gray banner held high outside the yagong wall of Yangzhou Mansion, and the footsteps that resounded in the sky from afar, he knew that he didn't have to climb out of the dog hole he had studied earlier.

Other people also noticed the flag printed with the white tiger pattern, especially the general of the Yangzhou army, who actually trotted all the way to the main gate of the Yangzhou Mansion.

Wang Shichang handed the big knife in his hand to Ah Qu, limped out of the crowd with Ah Qu, looked around, picked a fairly clean place and sat down, and then kept looking at the flag waving in the wind.

Xue Luping was not as arrogant as he was just now, and he and Xiao Ye also followed in the footsteps of the previous general and ran towards the front hall.

However, before the two of them could take two steps, they saw a black shadow slamming heavily at their feet.

It was the general who had just run to the front yard.

A strong, emotionless voice came from the front yard, and it became clearer and clearer.

"Who let the Yangzhou army come to this Yangzhou city without authorization?"

"Ah Ping, is that you?"

The man who spoke gradually came into the eyes of the crowd, and this man was dressed in the color of his robe, which was the same silver-gray as the fluttering flag.

The majestic body seemed to cover the sun in the sky.

Looking at this person's face again, except for the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, he can see his approximate age, otherwise he will definitely think of this person as a newly crowned teenager.

And this man was followed by the prince, who had not been seen for many days, like a student serving the teacher, with a handkerchief in his hand, ready to be handed to this man at any time.

Xue Luping saw this person shouting his name, and saw the fate of the general just now, so he hurriedly stepped forward and saluted and said, "Xue Luping, the prefect of Yangzhou, Xiaguan, see Lord Hou!" ”

The people around him also followed Xue Luping's movements, and echoed in unison, see Hou Ye!

The snow-capped mountain bones, loyal and brave and stable!

After the first war, he was a marquis and retired to Jiangnan, but those who wanted to follow this marquis were countless.

Even the literati and writers of Jingguo wanted to fight with this marquis, which can be seen from the prestige and status of the Marquis in Jingguo.

"You don't need to be polite, Lord Xue, Benhou wants to know if you, the Yangzhou Mansion, are you going to move to a new home?"

An Dinghou looked at Xue Luping with a compelling gaze and said.

Xue Luping lowered his head and said, "Xia Guan didn't mean that. ”

"If you don't have this intention, then what are these soldiers in the Yangzhou army here for, they can't be here to clean the courtyard for you, the Yangzhou prefect, right?"

The soldiers of the Yangzhou Army, who had been a little disgraced just now, didn't know what to do with his words, everyone looked at Xue Luping, then at each other, and silently lowered their heads.

Xue Luping pointed to the few people in front of the prison door, and said righteously: "The lower officials went to ask the Yangzhou military to assist me because they wanted to arrest these salt dealer leaders, and there was no personal investigation!" ”

As soon as the prince entered the door, he saw the seven people at the door of the prison, he knelt down in the ear of the Marquis of Anding, and said: "Lord Hou, it is indeed a matter of private salt to be contaminated with the king, otherwise it is impossible for me to allow the Xue Governor's Mansion to do something that damages the royal face!" ”

An Dinghou was silent, he saw Xu Lai holding a sword, Wang Shichang staring at the flag outside, and Xi Yuanxiu, who had been watching him!

He waved his hand and motioned for Xi Yuanxiu to come over.

Xi Yuanxiu pointed at the soldiers and servants, and shook his head with a smile.

An Dinghou looked at the servants and soldiers holding weapons and asked, "Lord Xue, do you mean that Zhou Shilang and Xi Zhixian are also accomplices in the salt case?" ”

Xue Luping looked back, and then replied respectfully: "Back to the Hou Ye, the lower officials thought that these two people and His Royal Highness Xianwang were accomplices in this salt case, first found the waist card of Xianwang's Mansion in prison, and then found that Xianwang and Xi Yuanxiu of Na Huangcheng County had many private meetings, and Zhou Shilang was friendly with that Xi Yuanxiu, presumably these two people are also inseparable!" ”

Then Xue Luping completely retold the events of the past few days to An Dinghou, of course, some of them were covered up by him.

Xi Yuanxiu and the others did not stand up to refute his words, because except for the words that were covered up by Xue Luping, they were indeed true.

The waist card of the Xianwang Mansion was indeed found in prison, Xi Yuanxiu did have a good personal relationship with these two, and it was indeed Xu Lai who came to rob the prison today, everything seems very reasonable.

But Marquis Anding was not invited by the crown prince to escort these people back to Beijing, but Xi Yuanxiu invited him, because he needed a big man who stood above everyone to come here to solve today's dead end.

Andinghou slowly walked down the steps, and then in the eyes of outsiders, he only took two steps and came to the front of the prison, Xu Lai was about to rise to fight, Xi Yuanxiu suppressed his hand.

"Xu Lai, Benhou is not here to ask about the sin, His Royal Highness the King, what do you have to say?"

An Dinghou leisurely walked across the line and stood in front of Li Yuanhuan.

Xu Lai's expression was a little gloomy, but when he saw the movements in Song Hong's sleeves, that gloomy look disappeared again.

Xianwang watched Andinghou walk slowly towards him, looked at him with a firm expression, and replied calmly: "Hou Ye, this king has never done those things that are big because of small losses, and the waist card of Xianwang's mansion left in prison may be someone secretly planting blame, if Hou Ye doesn't believe it, you can go to this king's mansion to check at will after returning to Beijing!" ”

An Dinghou looked at King Xian's unwavering eyes, and seemed to have believed his words.

Because according to the requirements of the Jingguo royal family, Jingguo craftsmen make waist cards for the royal family and the palace attendants, which can be less than much, so as not to have a waist card left outside, which is obtained by people with ulterior motives.

And all those who hold waist cards are recorded, and it is impossible for anyone to be opportunistic and claim for others.

But how did that waist card end up in prison?

Who knows about all these people who have their own evil intentions?

The silence in the backyard of the Yangzhou Mansion lasted for a moment.

"His Royal Highness the King, do you still have a hard mouth when you die, the Hou Ye is here today, Your Highness should be careful when you speak!"

Although Xue Luping's words were said to Li Yuanhuan, his eyes were looking at An Dinghou in front of Li Yuanhuan.

Xue Luping now really wants to send this immortal who came here for some reason away, although the two had a very good personal relationship in the army, but today, it is not a day to drink and talk.

Xi Yuanxiu pinned the soft sword back to his waist, walked in front of Andinghou, waved his hand and saluted, and said respectfully: "Xiaguan Xi Yuanxiu has seen Andinghou!" ”

An Dinghou looked at Xi Yuanxiu with a rare smile and said, "Virtuous nephew doesn't have to be formal, since you are also here, you must also know something about it!" ”

Xi Yuanxiu looked at Xue Luping, who had a solemn look in his eyes, and said slowly: "Back to the Hou Ye, the lower officials just think that Lord Xue's memory is not very good, I don't know if he was in the army back then, was it the same?" ”

"Oh, Ben Hou remembers that Lord Xue can be regarded as an unforgettable sight, what is needed in the army, as long as he has a glance, he can remember a seven, seven, eighty, eight, eight, eight, eight, eight,

An Dinghou looked at Xue Luping's hands rubbing back and forth, and asked with some doubts.

Xi Yuanxiu said with a smile: "Then why did Lord Xue forget to tell Master Hou what happened on the Guangxing Tower that day!" ”

"What?"

"Xiaguan once found that the Xinghuayuan under the rule of Huangcheng has signs of salt dealers, and there are traces of carrying smuggled salt, when Xiaguan asked the two highnesses and Xue Zhifu to send troops to encircle and suppress them, they were rejected by Lord Xue, and it was also on the same day that His Royal Highness Xianwang and Xiaguan were convicted of selling illicit salt!"

Xue Luping didn't expect Xi Yuanxiu to directly say what he said, which made him have to prepare early.

An Dinghou turned his back and asked in a cold voice, "Ah Ping, is there such a thing?" ”

Xue Luping was not impatient, he replied in an orderly manner: "Hui Hou Ye, there is indeed such a thing, but the lower official thinks that if he is too anxious, it will inevitably startle the snake, so he hopes to discuss this matter again after a while, but Xi Zhixian mentioned this matter three times and twice, and in the eyes of the lower official, he clearly wanted to confuse the public, and wanted to lead this case to other places, so that the private salt gang he organized would evacuate Yangzhou as soon as possible!" ”

While he was talking, Jia Daya and Cao Cheng, who were lying on the ground, were removed as carefully as possible by the two officials, but they were still discovered by Andinghou.

"Tiger Guard!"

Although An Dinghou's voice was not loud, everyone felt that this sentence had reached their ears.

The prince standing on the steps felt that the guards in silver-gray armor behind him suddenly burst out with momentum, making him a little untenable.

Forty Houfu Huwei took over the entire backyard of the mansion.

Those officials looked at these tiger guards who were not angry and arrogant, and involuntarily threw the weapons in their hands on the ground, like those defeated generals who were scattered by the tiger guards on the battlefield.

Xue Luping cursed these tiger guards who never showed their true faces in his heart.

Andinghou turned his body a little sideways, and the two tiger guards understood what he meant, and directly carried the two people who were paralyzed on the ground to Andinghou.

After Cao Cheng was untied from the rope, he stood respectfully in front of An Dinghou.

And Jia Daya was still lying on the ground stiffly, Andinghou saw that he was being clicked on the acupoint, and then kicked it with his foot at will, and Jia Daya was able to move.

Xi Yuanxiu looked at An Dinghou's amazing kung fu, and he couldn't help but feel a little envious in his heart.

Jia Daya was held for too long, so that as soon as he got up, his whole body was sore and weak, and he sat down on the ground before he could stand firmly.

An Dinghou looked at Cao Cheng in front of him and asked, "Who are you?" ”

Cao Cheng replied: "Hou Ye, the little one is the leader of the Qingzhou Yishui Gang, Cao Cheng." ”

Andinghou said contemptuously: "It turned out to be a salt seller. ”

"What about you?"

Jia Daya saw that An Dinghou asked about him, and he didn't care about the discomfort on his body, stood up, and replied respectfully: "Back to the Hou Ye, the small one is a miscellaneous work in the Xinghua Courtyard in Huangcheng." ”

Xi Yuanxiu walked up to Jia Daya, tugged at the corner of his clothes and asked, "Jia Daya, don't you have anything else to do except do chores?" ”

Jia Daya looked at these people around him, gritted his teeth and said, "The small ones are also selling salt!" “