Leaving the flower hall, Li An breathed a sigh of relief and glanced at Xia Jinyi, if it weren't for this subordinate, he really didn't want to give up, and he didn't want to turn his face with Xiao Lan and Li Hanyou, besides, these two people didn't care about their own face, it was really hateful, if they really let them kill Xia Jinyi, wouldn't they become an incompetent person who couldn't even be blessed by his subordinates, it seems that Lu Jingzhong said it well, Fengyimen must take good precautions, otherwise I am afraid that one day I will become a puppet in the hands of others, a puppet emperor. Thinking of this, he said gently: "Jin Yi, you go and summon Young Master Lu over, Lone has something to ask him, let your senior brother guard tonight, you might as well go out and relax, it is also a shock to suppress." ”

Xia Jinyi said gratefully: "Thank you Your Highness for your kindness, your subordinates are willing to serve Your Highness." ”

Li An smiled: "Don't worry, I won't have time tonight, you have almost never left an inch in the past year, you must be very tired, today's matter, there is no way to compensate you, just give you a day off, go out to relax, and bring a few more subordinates, lest someone take the opportunity to plot." ”

Xia Jinyi hurriedly thanked him and said, "Thank you Your Highness for your grace, my subordinates will go and invite Young Master Lu." ”

Li An waved his hand and said, "You go, there are some things that you can't do alone, and you don't have to worry about it." Xia Jinyi's eyes moved, and he said in a low voice: "The subordinate is humble, and life and death are small, but the honor of His Royal Highness has been trampled underfoot, which is bearable, which is unbearable." Li An's expression changed slightly: "That's it, don't say more, go to the crown princess to see her first, you go and invite Young Master Lu." Xia Jinyi respectfully retreated, his lowered eyes full of pride.

Sitting in the study that he hadn't entered for a long time, Li quietly looked at Lu Jingzhong, who was sitting opposite, and after a long time, he said lightly: "Do you also want to advise this king to kill Xia Jinyi?" ”

Lu Jingzhong said respectfully: "Xia Jinyi's life and death ministers don't care, but if Fengyimen and His Highness are separated from this matter, it will outweigh the losses, if His Highness is willing, the ministers naturally hope that His Highness will not offend Fengyimen because of this." ”

Li An said angrily: "Fengyimen doesn't take Lone too seriously, Xia Jinyi is just a fortunate minister, neither can he harm the great cause of King Lone, nor do they have the capital to compete with them for power, they are too arrogant." ”

Lu Jingzhong said with a smile: "This is also anger, Your Highness, some of the things you did are just a matter of grace to the ministers, but for them it is intolerable, but they can't blame Your Highness, so they have to find Xia Guards to vent their anger, Your Highness has now saved face, and then you should appease them, now the situation is not very favorable to us, Your Highness can't destroy the Great Wall." ”

Li An nodded and said, "The young master is polite, who did you say killed Liang Jinqian that day, and it was difficult to argue?" ”

Lu Jingzhong frowned and said: "Speaking of this, the minister has also thought about it, and after thinking about it, in addition to King Yong, there are two other people who are the most suspicious. ”

Li An said with interest: "I asked you last time, you said that King Yong was the most suspicious, just because he killed Liang Jinqian, and the one who benefited the most was King Yong, but now you said that there are two more people, who is this person?" ”

Lu Jingzhong said lightly: "Li Xian, the king of Qi, and Li Kang, the king of Qing, are all possible. ”

Li An was stunned for a moment and said: "Although King Qing has a grudge against Fengyimen, he is respectful to Lone, how could he do such a thing, and King Qi, he and Lone are people in the same boat, how can it be like this." ”

Lu Jingzhong sneered: "Said that King Qing is suspicious, it is the minister who found out that King Qing has placed a lot of people in the capital in recent years, he is the flesh and blood of the heavenly family, but because of the people of Fengyimen and far away from Dongchuan, although Yizhou is rich, but it is comparable to the prosperity of Chang'an, besides, the hatred of killing his mother is not the same as the sky, and now Fengyimen protects His Royal Highness, he naturally has to go against His Royal Highness, when Fengyimen was biased towards King Yong, he was not embarrassed by King Yong everywhere. The minister recently captured King Qing's spies, and under severe torture, he learned that when Liang Jinqian was killed, Ye Tianxiu, the first master under King Qing, was in the capital, if it wasn't for fishing in troubled waters, how could he let this bodyguard leave his side. ”

Li An's expression moved, and he said coldly: "If it is really him, what do you think should be done with him, do you want me to say a few words in front of my father and dispose of him?" ”

Lu Jingzhong shook his head and said: "Your Royal Highness can't, King Qing has no possibility of inheriting the unification, so His Royal Highness should be used as a helper, not to mention that in the future, His Royal Highness will rely on King Qing to balance Fengyi Gate, how can he deal with him, and there is no real evidence to prove that King Qing did it, but His Royal Highness should also be careful these days, these days, King Qing's people are becoming more and more arrogant in Chang'an." ”

Li An nodded and said, "Then how could the young master think of King Qi again?" ”

Lu Jingzhong said: "His Royal Highness King Qi was originally His Royal Highness's right-hand man, but in recent years, His Royal Highness can't help but be a little cold to him, in fact, it is no wonder that His Royal Highness, although King Qi is always the enemy of His Royal Highness King Yong, but he has never been willing to do too much, his subordinates always leave a little affection, His Royal Highness suspects King Qi is also a matter of course, this year, King Qi has asked to guard the border pass several times, but you have refused, in the eyes of King Qi, His Royal Highness is deliberately obstructing his meritorious service, and in His Royal Highness's view, King Qi wants to avoid the scene of-for-tat confrontation with King Yong, In fact, the minister feels that His Royal Highness and King Qi are not wrong, although King Qi does not say it, but he is indeed a little jealous of King Yong, and His Royal Highness does not allow him to go on the expedition, and he does not want him to be more prestigious, His Royal Highness also guards against King Qi, after all, the two tigers fight, there must be an injury, this is how Concubine Lan persuaded you, right? ”

Li An said abruptly: "I also think that Concubine Lan is right, and King Qi is too arrogant, this king always feels that he is a little disrespectful." ”

Lu Jingzhong stroked his beard and said: "Well, what His Royal Highness did is not wrong, but it would be better if he could comfort King Qi well, after all, King Qi is your general who protects the sky, you can't offend him, if there is no army of King Qi, I am afraid that King Yong would have rebelled long ago." ”

Li An thought so, and said: "You are right, I will invite the sixth brother to come over in a few days, persuade him well, let him stay in the capital with peace of mind, and I am afraid that there will be no war in the future." ”

Lu Jingzhong said meaningfully: "Actually, there is another person, His Highness should also think of ways to win him over." ”

Li An looked at Lu Jingzhong, and Lu Jingzhong smiled: "Xiahou Yuanfeng." ”

Li An smiled and said: "Xiahou has long been the king's person, don't you know that their father and son have already taken refuge in this king?" ”

Lu Jingzhong sneered: "Your Highness now has most of the power in your hands from Fengyi Gate, the people of Fengyi Gate can listen to the orders of the door master Fan Huiyao, today the Fengyi Gate Master supports you, they will help you, tomorrow the Fengyi Gate Master supports the King of Qi or King Qing, they will also change their ways, His Royal Highness has secretly recruited a lot of outlaws this year, isn't it just to establish his own force, Xiahou Yuanfeng has strong martial arts, and is favored by the emperor, if His Royal Highness can make him sincerely obey, then he is a sharp blade in His Highness's hands, Now Pei Yun, the commander of the northern camp of the Praetorian Guard, is already a person of King Yong, although he still respects King Qi so much, but he has no good impression of His Royal Highness, Xiahou Yuanfeng once defeated Pei Yun, His Royal Highness did not accept him under his command, but it would be a pity, as long as you are Corporal Lixian and drag Xiahou Yuanfeng onto our ship, then there will be one more martial arts strong and scheming good hand, and you don't need to go through Fengyi Gate to command him. But His Highness is so far away from him, and it would be a pity if he let this person go. ”

Li An was a little uneasy, and it was inconvenient for him to say that he had some rejection of Xiahou Yuanfeng in his heart, just because this person was always very mysterious and couldn't see through it. He said, "Say, how am I going to win him over?" ”

Lu Jingzhong's eyes drooped, and said: "I heard that His Royal Highness recently got a soft sword, which is very precious, Xiahou Yuanfeng likes soft swords the most, and it is said that he once sent people to search for them in various places." ”

Li An smiled: "What kind of treasure am I, it turns out to be just a soft sword, although this soft sword is precious, but it is just a plaything for this king, I will let someone send it tomorrow." ”

Lu Jingzhong saluted and said: "Your Highness is like a stream, and the ministers are grateful. ”

Li An smiled: "Okay, this year, Lone has endured enough, you should also think of a way to let Lone out of this evil breath." ”

Lu Jingzhong said with a smile: "What's so difficult about this, now that things have changed, it's a good time for us to fight back, if Your Highness feels that there is no obstacle, start with Pei Yun." ”

Li An frowned and said: "What role can a small Praetorian Guard commander do, my father also admires him very much, I think it's better to change someone." ”

Lu Jingzhong said: "Choose Pei Yun, first, he is now very close to King Yong, and if he attacks him, he will also make an example of him, and second, this person has made Fengyimen lose face, we can attack him through Fengyimen, so that Fengyimen and Shaolin will take over the deep feud, and His Royal Highness can better control Fengyimen, and His Royal Highness King Qi is also very appreciative of Pei Yun, just to warn King Qi that if King Qi intercedes for him, His Royal Highness can sell his favor to King Qi, anyway, His Royal Highness just wants to go to his official position, His life doesn't matter. ”

Li An nodded and said, "So where do we start?" ”

Lu Jingzhong smiled slightly, approached Li An's ear, and whispered a few words, Li Anxi smiled, and said: "You tell Xiahou that if it is successful, Gu will definitely be rewarded, and he will never be treated badly." The two looked at each other and laughed, and there was no end to the cruelty in their laughter.

The moonlit night is a good night, the beauty is on the side, Xia Jinyi is sad, lying on the soft gum of teeth, he looked at the roof in a daze, today he took a few guards to this famous green building, and after the banquet with everyone, he was drunk and helped a stunning prostitute into the embroidery room, but after entering the room, he sobered up, after a cloud and rain, the famous prostitute snuggled beside him softly, but Xia Jinyi's heart was empty, in his opinion, he wanted to sleep well in the prince's mansion with Xiuchun, However, he also knew that since the prince had something to say, he still came out well, but today's life and death horror made him still have lingering palpitations, and at this moment he was even more eager to see Jiang Zhe, otherwise he didn't know what to do next. While he was thinking wildly, someone suddenly knocked on the door.

Xia Jinyi was startled, looked back and saw that the prostitute was already asleep, but she was still not at ease, she gently clicked her acupoint, and then walked to the door, stood behind the door, and gently opened the door, only to see a little maid in Tsing Yi walking in with a pot of tea bowed her head. The little maid glanced at the bed with the curtain hanging low, put the hot tea on the table, and then seemed to be about to turn around and go out, but her eyes saw Xia Jinyi looking at her coldly, she seemed to be frightened and covered her heart.

Xia Jinyi smiled apologetically and let go of the door. The little maid was about to get out of the way, the little maid suddenly took out a sleeve arrow from her sleeve and pointed it at Xia Jinyi, Xia Jinyi's body was shocked, he knew that it was a sleeve arrow that could easily penetrate the light armor within thirty steps, and now the distance between the two was only three steps, and he couldn't force it to dodge even if he wanted to. But since this little maid didn't make a move, it means that there is still room for turnaround. Xia Jinyi looked at this little maid calmly, she had already raised her head and looked at him with a smile.

Xia Jinyi was stunned, it turned out that this little maid was actually a person he recognized, one of Jiang Zhe's entourage, Chi Ji, Chi Ji's appearance was originally delicate and handsome, and his figure was not high, pretending to be a maid was actually very similar, Xia Jinyi breathed a sigh of relief and said in a low voice: "Brother Chiji, you scared me to death." Then he said excitedly, "What, do you want to see me?" ”

Chiji smiled and said, "Gongzi is waiting next door, please ask Gongzi Xia to come over." ”

Xia Jinyi looked at his body, how could he see people like this, but if it was cleansed, it would inevitably arouse the suspicion of the prostitute tomorrow. After thinking about it, he picked up his robe, put it on his body, followed Chi Ji out of the door, and quickly stepped into a side room next to him. After entering, I saw Jiang Zhe wearing a cyan silk robe, sitting on a chair, looking at a chessboard on the table with a leisurely attitude, and next to him, a young man in Tsing Yi stood and played chess with him.

As soon as Xia Jinyi saw the two of them, he stepped forward and bowed down and said, "Xia Jinyi knocked to see Lord Jin'an." ”

I stood up, stepped forward and stretched out my hand to hug each other and said, "Young Master Xia doesn't need to be polite, Jiang can't afford it." ”

Xia Jinyi stood up respectfully, as if a servant was subordinate, I couldn't help but be happy in my heart, originally I thought that he might not be willing to obey my orders, so I prepared a way to threaten and persecute, I didn't expect him to know each other so well, it seems that I don't have to force it.

After motioning for him to sit down, I smiled and said, "For more than a year, Prince Xia has been deeply favored by His Royal Highness the Prince, and I can't imagine that I still remember the old man." ”

Xia Jinyi stood up and said: "After saying goodbye to the adult last time, Jin Yi longed for goodbye day and night, this year, Jin Yi tried his best to maneuver, only hoping to be able to help the son, if the adult can realize Jin Yi's wish, then Jin Yi is willing to break his bones to repay the adult's kindness." ”

I looked at Xia Jinyi thoughtfully, this has the answer, in the past I forced him to serve, this year, he is very honored, but still does not forget the Old Testament, I was a little strange, but listening to his words I have a spectrum in my heart, if not the heart of the request, how can it be.

I was not in a hurry, and said slowly: "Please ask Mr. Xia to explain in detail, if there is a request, Jiang will definitely consider it carefully." ”

Xia Jinyi bowed down and kowtowed: "If the adult can help Jin Yi to make the princess of Jingjiang ruined and imprisoned, no matter what the adult commands, Jin Yi will obey it." ”

I was slightly stunned and said: "Xia Jinyi, you were originally the prodigal son of the rivers and lakes, but Li Hanyou is the lord of the clan, and now he is the princess, and when it comes to the status of the rivers and lakes, he is the senior brother of Fengyimen, how can he have an enmity with you." ”

Xia Jinyi's eyes flashed with resentment, and he said miserably: "What kind of clan lord, princess respect, Li Hanyou is just a pheasant pretending to be a phoenix, although his feathers are gorgeous, he is a vicious, ungrateful, and alliance-bearer." ”

I was shocked in my heart and said, "You tell me in detail, if it is true, Jiang will definitely be the master for you." ”

Xia Jinyi's expression became very cool, and he said slowly: "Xia's original name was Xia Quan, three generations of the family is a single lineage, although the blood is thin, but the family is happy, the hometown is remote, and the Central Plains campaign did not affect the cold township, so the family shares the joy of family, because they are worried about the blood being cut off, so when Jin Yi was five years old, his parents adopted a girl, and I let us get married as soon as I became an adult, this girl's parents are also fellow villagers, but the family is poor, and they gave birth to six or seven daughters in a row, and they are unable to raise them, So my family has an extra child daughter-in-law, I was young at the time, only as an extra sister, this girl is beautiful, extraordinary, but also smart, first parents are very loved, let her and me study together, she is recited, a glance and ten lines, I am also ashamed, at the age of twelve, I will meet by fate, follow a Kongtong Taoist to learn martial arts, parents also know that it is now a troubled time, if I learn some martial arts can defend myself, so very happy, she was only seven years old at the time, and pulled me to go home often to see her. ”

"Learn martial arts in the mountains, I don't know the years of Jiazi, and when I just achieved something, I finally got the master's permission to go home to visit relatives, that year I was sixteen years old, she was eleven years old, although she was young, but she already knew the personnel, that time, because my mother was sick, in order to be happy, I married her under the auspices of my parents, although because I still have to practice martial arts, she is still young, there is no round house, but we have become a husband and wife in name, soon after the marriage, I returned to Kongtong again, but although we are young, but also made a white head covenant. Who expected that in less than two months, I received a letter from the clan, saying that my parents had died, I rushed home in a daze, and asked the clan to know, not long after I left, one day some women with swords passed by our village, it is said that because they went the wrong way, my father was the patriarch, so they were hospitable, who expected them to see my wife, said that she had unparalleled qualifications, and wanted to take her away, my parents naturally refused, but they said that my wife moved, I don't know what they said, but in the end my wife willingly followed them, I left only a few hundred taels of silver that they forcibly left, saying that they were redeeming my wife. My mother died of grief, and not long after my father fell ill and died. I examined my father's injuries, but someone injured the meridians with his yin hand. I also want to take revenge, but I'm not stupid, I asked about the outfits of those women, and I knew their identities, in addition to Fengyimen, where are there so many women who make swords, but Kongtong has an alliance with Fengyimen, I just practice martial arts no matter how good I practice, what can I do, I can't take revenge with Ben. So I was disheartened, and I was depressed from then on, and I was expelled from the school in less than half a year. Drifting on rivers and lakes for many years. Speaking of this, Xia Jinyi was already in tears.

I said solemnly: "You mean that Li Hanyou is your wife, do you have any evidence?" ”

Xia Jinyi raised his head and said: "It won't be wrong, although her temperament has changed greatly, but I will never admit it, she is my wife Qiao Cuiyun, although she is now noble and noble, but I grew up with her since childhood, her appearance still leaves traces of the past, and I will not admit some of her small actions, if the adults don't believe it, the villain still knows that she has a red hemorrhoid around her waist." ”

I was really stunned, I couldn't imagine that Li Hanyou was not from the clan, so how could she become the lord of Jingjiang?