"Chen Xu, you have to hold on to Chen Xu firmly, maybe only he can save you, or even save our Gao family!" Gao Yan said slowly.

"For ...... Why? Gao Yao's head was completely muddy.

"In the past, I only knew that Jiang Beiting was optimistic about Chen Xu, otherwise he would not spare any effort to introduce Chen Xu to Ma Boyuan twice, and also cover up Zhao Zhe's affairs, but you just talked about Wang Qian's guards, let me understand some of the reasons for this, behind this Chen Xu, I am afraid it is not only the Jiang family." Gao Yan tugged at his beard and said in contemplation.

"And General Wang Qian!" Gao Yao added.

"Hmph, Wang Jian is old and useless, even if his son Wang Ben, although he is a marquis of Tongwu, but he is just idle at home, what they think in their hearts, everyone in the Manchu Dynasty knows about the civil and military affairs, so we only tried to intercede with him last time, otherwise a real prince and prince came to inspect Nanyang, that matter can not be hidden in any way, the father and son of the Wang family are unwilling to get involved in the affairs of the court, and they don't want to be involved, so they hide it from us, and now Wang Jian is seriously ill, even if this matter is poked out, His Majesty will definitely not blame him, and the court officials can't say anything, but there are still many inside stories about Zhao Zhe that you don't know. Gao Yan looked at his son and said.

"What the inside story?" Gao Yao asked blankly.

"This matter is extremely bizarre and weird, even after I heard about it, I couldn't believe the intricacies at all, that Zhao Zhe originally had a marriage partner, it was Jiang Chuyue, the daughter of Jiangbei Pavilion, that is, the little lady you saw in Ma Boyuan's Mansion on the Winter Clothes Festival, smart and clever and well-behaved, and the Jiang family and the Zhao family have agreed to the marriage matching, and the three books and six ceremonies have been prepared, just waiting for the good time to get married, but who knows that Zuo Xiang Li Si didn't know what to say to His Majesty suddenly, and then His Majesty gave marriage to Zhao Zhe and Wang Qingsleeve, the third daughter of the Marquis of Tongwu, you have also seen this woman, it is the very tall little lady who entered Ma Boyuan's mansion last time to look for Ma Teng......"

"Ah, is that her?" Gao Yao's legs and stomach were a little tendon-turning.

"Yes, do you know why she is in Wancheng?" Gao Yan asked.

"Didn't she come to find Ma Teng? Although I don't know what she's doing with Ma Teng......"

Gao Yao's words were interrupted by his father before he finished speaking, Gao Yan sighed a few times and said: "You only know how to eat, drink and have fun all day long, and one day you will die stupidly, this Wang Qingsleeve is the daughter of Wang Ben, the Marquis of Tongwu, and the granddaughter of the general Wang Qian, who has been pampered by Wang Jian since she was a child, and I heard that she has a reputation in Xianyang, and His Majesty personally promised her to marry Zhao Zhe, but Zhao Zhe was injured by Chen Xu's guards in the mountain bandit den and became a eunuch, so this marriage naturally can't be done. This Wang Qingsleeve went to Nanyang accompanied by several of Wang Qian's guards, and went to Qinghe Town for more than a month, it can be seen that Chen Xu and Wang Qingsleeve knew each other, and even became very familiar, and the last time Wang Jian toured Nanyang, he also killed a tiger and more than a dozen wild wolves in Qinghe Town, and Chen Xu must have had a lot of intersections, and the most incredible thing is that after this Wang Qingsleeve returned to Xianyang from Wancheng last time, he was given the surname Ying by His Majesty and canonized as Princess Qingning......"

"Princess Qingning?" Gao Yao exclaimed again.

"Yes, it can be seen from this that His Majesty is indeed favored by the Wang family, but it is also very likely to compensate for the changes after the last marriage, and once Wang Qingsleeve becomes a princess, plus the relationship between Chen Xu and Wang Jian and Wang Qingsleeve, and there is also a Jiang clan mixed in there, even if Zhao Gao wants to deal with Chen Xu in the future, he needs to be cautious, according to what you just said, Chen Xu has been accompanied by several guards from the Tongwu Marquis Mansion, I have a very bold guess, that is...... Maybe Wang Jian wants to marry his precious granddaughter to Chen Xu! ”

Gao Xuan nodded a few times when he said this, touched his beard and was silent for a while: "If this is really the case, Zhao Gao will be more and more afraid to blatantly deal with Chen Xu, and can only continue to endure it, and once Wang Qingsleeve really marries Chen Xu in the future, Chen Xu's identity will also become a relative of the emperor, Zhao Gao will not dare to touch him at all, so as I said before, since you know Chen Xu, you will be more close to him on weekdays, and maybe Zhao Gao will not dare to touch our Ma family if he is afraid of Chen Xu in the future!" Although this matter is not very clear now, as long as there is a slight shadow, according to Zhao Gao's villainous nature, he will definitely not act easily! Do you understand now? ”

Gao Yan looked at his son.

"I see, Dad, I see!" Gao Yao nodded repeatedly.

"Well, it's good that you know about this matter, and you don't reveal everything about Chen Xu, Ma Boyuan and Cao Kun don't know the intricacies of this yet, so let them be in the dark for the time being!" Gao Yan told his son.

"By the way, Dad, just now I met Cao Kun's son Cao Jian in Chen Xu's Qinghe store, and he seems to want to force Qinghe wine!" Gao Yao remembered this matter and hurriedly said.

"You have to help Chen Xu resolve this matter, Chen Xu doesn't know Wancheng, this is a good way for you to get close to him, and Chen Xu was favored by Jiangbei Pavilion at a young age, which shows that this son is very unusual, and the outside world has been rumored that there are immortal disciples in Funiu Mountain, this Qinghe wine is hard to find in Xianyang, but he blatantly sells it in the foot house, there is only one reason, that is, this wine is brewed by him, maybe it has something to do with the immortal disciple!" Gao Yan looked at his son with a serious expression and said.

"Dad, you...... Are you saying that Chen Xu is the legendary disciple of the Immortal Family? Gao Yao was completely numb, and his face became extremely frightened.

"It's just a guess, there is not much basis, and the immortal disciple is not necessarily him, it is possible that he has been in contact with the immortal disciple, otherwise why would there be so many unbelievable things in Qinghe Town one after another, threshers, zigzag plows, and rakes, even this warm couch I heard that it also came from Qinghe Town......" Gao Yan stopped after saying this, waved his hand and said, "You go out first, be stable and don't get into trouble everywhere, remember what I just said!" ”

"Yes, the boy is gone!" Gao Yao hurriedly exited the room, then wiped the sweat from his forehead and left in a hurry.

In the past, when Ma Teng was here, he was the first brother in the Wancheng world, and Gao Yao and Cao Yao, the second generation of officials of the same age and had nothing to do, could only honestly condescend to them, so even if Gao Yao and Cao Jian were not used to each other, they were still very easy to get along with, at least they would not turn their faces.

But as soon as Ma Teng left, the top spot was vacant.

The county lieutenant Gao Yan and the county captain Cao Kun have similar status, they are both Ma Boyuan's assistants, one is in charge of public security and the other is in charge of civil affairs, so the sons of the two are naturally not willing to succumb to each other, and they have always wanted to suppress the power vacuum after the other party replaced Ma Teng and left.

However, after Ma Teng said some words to Gao Yao before leaving, Gao Yao was a little restrained, and he hadn't been very high-profile in the past two months, so Cao Yi gradually began to become high-profile.

If Gao Yao wants to save his life from being gently crushed to death by Zhao Gao, he must listen to his father's words and hold on to Chen Xu, the life-saving straw.

He's a fool, but he's not stupid.

All the gentlemen are not stupid, but because of their status, they will naturally ignore many things, just like the nobles left over from the Six Kingdoms, no matter what they say or do, they will directly ignore the feelings and thoughts of ordinary people, those people are used to bully and despise, this is an inevitable attribute of different classes, and it has little to do with character.

And in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, character and morality are very different from the concepts after the rise of Confucianism in later generations, people in this era are basically more violent to solve problems, almost all of the hundred schools of thought are like this, the reason why Qin Law was criticized by later generations is because it is too violent and bloody, and the Mohists, who have always emphasized equality for all, advocate force, and will draw their swords to each other if they disagree, and hack to death opponents who do not agree with their own ideas, even if they are Confucian disciples, they are all waist across the sword, emphasizing direct revenge, and direct scolding for unreasonable, using force to tell him that Lao Tzu is not very reasonable, as for those who bully their mothers, Confucius directly told his disciples: You go and kill his whole family. It can be seen that the sages were not good birds.

And the Taoist disciples who pursue the way of heaven are not to mention, they pay attention to the natural way of Taoism, and only pursue the peace of their hearts, as long as they can cultivate the immortal way, how can they care about his floods, such as the disciples of Liezi Yu Wuya and Yi Shengjia, and even including Shui Qingrou, a woman who looks like a heavenly immortal and seems to be weak, she will not be soft at all when she kills people.

It can be seen that violence is the simplest and most direct way to solve problems today.

Therefore, Gao Yao's understanding is that his father wants him to completely suppress Cao Xu by force, and he is just convinced that he will not let him have anything to do to harass Chen Xu, so that he can be a qualified little brother.

"Ma Boyuan, Ma Boyuan, that Jiangbei Pavilion introduced Chen Xu to you twice, you were indifferent, whether you pretended not to know or couldn't swallow this breath, but this is fine, when Zhao Gao's evil breath is born, someone will have to bear it, you and Cao Kun will enjoy it slowly!"

In the room, Gao Yan was stunned for a while as if talking to himself, and then said to the door, "Call the housekeeper!" ”

"Whoa!" The answer of the guards sounded outside the door, and it didn't take long for a middle-aged man in a fur robe to hurry in.

"Master, what do you call me?" The middle-aged man bowed.

"There are three pieces of fine porcelain here, you quickly arrange for someone to send them to General Li Xin's mansion in Xianyang, and ask him to present them to the emperor!" The matter ...... You might as well make a trip yourself, and bring a letter to General Li at the same time! ”

"Yes, sir!" The middle-aged man looked at the three exquisite pieces of porcelain on the desk, and was naturally fascinated, but he didn't ask too much, and after Gao Yan wrote a silk book, he left the room cautiously with the three pieces of porcelain.

"Chen Xu, since you gave me three such exquisite utensils, I can't turn a blind eye to your kindness, the Jiang family can help you, the Wang family can help you, and my Gao family can also help you, in the end, it's just a matter of taking what you need, I hope you don't let me down!" Gao Yan muttered to himself and picked up the military book on the kang, leaned on the kang head again and began to close his eyes and recuperate.