——April 9, the first year of Jingzhi of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Xie Mansion Partial Hall——

At the time of day, if it was in the past, Xie An should be in charge of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, dealing with some criminal files submitted by the subordinate Criminal Department, but today is more special, because there is a special guest in the house.

One of the six generals of the second generation of the Taiping Army, [Tianshu Divine General] withered sheep.

To be honest, given that the kid had sneaked into his house two days ago, Xie An thought that this kid would sneak in his house and rescue his sister Yiyi, who was grounded in the Xie Mansion because he had done something wrong, but Xie An never expected that this kid would have the courage to visit him openly.

"I am the six god generals you are looking for, Geng Nan died at my hands, if you want to kill it, you have to listen to it...... Let my sister go! The first moment he saw Xie An, the withered sheep explained the purpose of his trip.

For this young and vigorous brother-in-law, Xie An also couldn't cry or laugh, after thinking about it, he took the withered sheep to a side hall in the front yard, and ordered the people in the kitchen to cook a few dishes.

"Withered Sheep...... Right? Glancing at the withered sheep sitting across from him, Xie An smiled and said, "Two days ago, I saw you spying on the movements of my house from time to time, and I thought you were going to do something...... Hehehe, it's really unexpected......"

When Xie An was talking, Jin Ling'er beside him poured wine for her husband on the side, and then glanced at the withered sheep with deep meaning, you know, these days she has been specially preventing the withered sheep from sneaking into her Xie Mansion, who would have thought that people would come to visit in a grand manner, which was really a bit unexpected to her.

At the same time that Jin Ling'er secretly withered sheep. The withered sheep also secretly looked at the woman who seemed to be dressed as a noble lady, and when she heard Xie An's words, she laughed at herself in a somewhat bitter tone, "[Yanhu Ji] and [Ghost Ji], they want to snatch out the family sister in these two hands, and the withered sheep has never been arrogant to such an extent......"

"Huh?" Jin Ling'er was stunned when she heard this, and asked a little puzzled, "Where did you hear about Yu?" ”

It's no wonder that she is so puzzled, after all, since marrying Xie An. Jin Ling'er has always been very low-key, it is undeniable that she has made many killings in Jijing before, but those killings were borne by Li Chengyi, the fifth son of the emperor who deeply blamed himself for the death of his brother. Therefore, although Jin Ling'er was forced by Li Cheng to assassinate hundreds of court officials, she did not have any prestige in Jijing, because others only knew that it was an assassin under Li Cheng at that time, but they did not know who the assassin was, and only a few people like Li Shou, Li Xian, Xie An, Liang Qiu Gong, Yin Gong, etc., knew the inside story.

Even. To this day, some people with good deeds in Jijing City are still speculating, speculating why Xie An, the dignified secretary of the Criminal Department, would marry a woman who disfigured her appearance as the third lady of the house.

Because of this. Jin Ling'er was really curious about the withered sheep revealing his identity.

"Did you listen to your sister?" Xie An asked with a smile, which was a disguised way to sweep away the confusion in Jin Ling'er's heart.

Hearing this, the withered sheep glanced at Xie An deeply and nodded silently. His actions made Jin Ling'er suddenly realize.

Also. If it weren't for that, I'm afraid that outsiders would only know that among Xie An's wives, there was a Liangqiu dance with superb martial arts, but it would be difficult to know, and there was also a woman who was not inferior to [Yanhu Ji] in the slightest.

"Anyway, what are you going to do when you come here?" After drinking half a glass of wine, Xie An looked at the withered sheep and said slowly.

Hearing this, the withered sheep raised his head, looked directly into Xie An's eyes, and said, "I just said this...... The person who killed Geng Nan a few days ago was me, and the person who broke into the prison of the Great Prison Temple to rescue Wei Hu and Wei Xuan was also me, and it had nothing to do with my sister...... I am the second-generation Tianshu God General, and if you catch me, it is enough for you to ask the court for credit! ”

"Credit?" Xie An was stunned when he heard this, and couldn't help but shake his head.

"What are you laughing at?" The withered sheep said displeasedly.

"Laugh at you for thinking too highly of yourself," ignoring the withered sheep's vaguely annoyed expression, Xie An said lightly, "If I want to arrest you, if you were sneaking around outside my mansion two days ago, I can ask Ling'er to take you down, the reason why I let you spy on my mansion is just to see what you want to do......" The Ling'er in his mouth refers to Jin Ling'er, after all, in front of unfamiliar people, Xie An naturally doesn't use Sister Jin to call his wife.

However, this bell made Jin Ling'er's heart flutter, and her eyes couldn't help revealing a little joy and sweetness, maybe compared to Sister Jin, Ling'er's title was more intimate.

Subconsciously glanced at Jin Ling'er, and the withered sheep silently raised his glass and took a sip of wine, after all, he was also born in Jinling, how could he not know that Jin Ling'er, a big man who was famous in the underworld near Jinling ten years ago.

To put it bluntly, if it weren't for their third-generation coach Chen Bei being a little machismo and despising the female generation, I am afraid that he would have tried to pull Jin Ling'er into the ranks of the six gods of the Taiping Army a few years ago, where would it be the turn of Fei Guo, Geng Nan, and Ji Hong.

Seeing that the withered sheep was silent and did not speak, which made the atmosphere between the two seem a little sluggish, Xie An deliberately diverted the topic, after all, what the other party said was also his brother-in-law, why make both parties unhappy, but there were some things that Xie An had to say.

"Do you know what you've done?"

Facing Xie An's serious questioning, the withered sheep hesitated for a moment and said, "Killed the court officials and robbed the important criminals from the Great Prison Temple......"

"That's not what I mean!" Raising his hand to interrupt the withered sheep's words, under his stunned gaze, Xie An frowned and said, "Do you know, Wu'er...... That is, the [Yan Hu Ji] in your mouth, she and your sister Yi Yinai have been sisters for more than ten years, although they are not related by blood, but their feelings are better than their own sisters, but now? The two of them couldn't speak more than ten sentences a day, and they couldn't even sit down and have a good chat as usual...... What do you think is the reason for this? ”

The withered sheep opened its mouth and remained silent.

"Maybe in your opinion, you are Yiyi's real relative, because you are her own brother, but in my opinion, Wu'er has been with Yiyi for more than ten years, isn't it her relative? - Because of the appearance of your brother, who has been known for less than ten days. but caused her to lose a sister who had been with her for more than ten years...... What are you doing in Jijing?! In the last sentence, Xie An was obviously a little angry, after all, the appearance of the withered sheep almost destroyed the relationship between Liang Qiu Wu and Yi Yi for many years.

If it had been two days ago, the withered sheep might have said something like [how the daughter of the ram family can be kind to the enemy], but after he experienced his own sister helping him rescue his companion from the prison of the Great Prison Temple at the risk of being reprimanded by her husband and the court, he was obviously unable to complain.

After all, although they are sisters and brothers, the two have never met, but Yiyi can do this for him. That's a real rarity.

"Husband......" Jin Ling'er gently tugged at Xie An's sleeve and reminded Xie An to calm the anger in her heart, because she knew that the reason why her husband met with the withered sheep was not to accuse him or arrest him.

Reminded by Jin Ling'er. Xie An nodded, took a deep breath to calm down, and then looked at the withered sheep and said, "That's it, it's over, it's useless for me to say anything about you, Ling'er ......" He glanced at the woman beside him.

Jin Ling'er will understand. He took out a sword and three jade plaques from a wooden box behind him and placed them on the table.

The withered sheep was stunned, because he recognized that the sword was the one he had before. As for the three jade plates, they are the jade plates that represent the positions of the six gods of the Taiping Army, [Tianshu], [Tianji], and [Tianquan].

"This is ......," the withered sheep looked at Xie An puzzled.

Pointing to the three jade plaques on the table, Xie An said lightly, "You wait for this trip to Jijing." Isn't it just these three jade plates? Since it's your Taiping Army's thing, isn't it good to return it to its original owner? - You can return the sign to you. But don't think about it......"

To be honest, for the ownership of the three jade plates, Xie An personally didn't think that this thing had any effect.

Take Fei Guo as an example, his defection to the Great Zhou Dynasty has obviously been known by the Taiping army, in other words, even if Fei Guo holds the jade plate of [Tianji Divine General], he can no longer order the 10,000 Taiping troops under his original hand, on the contrary, keeping this jade plate is in danger of his life, it is better to take this opportunity to return it to the Taiping army, and save the Taiping army from sending someone to assassinate Fei Guo, you know, Fei Guo is the talent of the general that Xie An values, and he doesn't want this general to die because of a small jade card.

In the same way, Xie An looked for Li Xian afterwards and told him again, Li Xian is always a wise person who focuses on the overall situation, and feels that it is not the time to officially start a war with the Taiping Army, so he asked Ji Hong to hand over the jade plate that belongs to him.

As for Geng Nan, Xie An and Li Xian skipped it very tacitly, because when Xie An told Li Xian the news that the eldest grandson Xiangyu had successfully rebelled against Wei Xuan, Li Xian readily agreed to let Wei Hu, Wei Xuan and others go, after all, compared to a dead original six god generals, Wei Xuan's value is obviously higher, as long as he can succeed in becoming the six god generals, it is undoubtedly the best internal response of the Great Zhou court, and the court can use him to control all the internal plans of the Taiping army, so as to defeat it in one fell swoop.

Even, Li Xian also issued a task to Xie An, that is, to use the relationship between the withered sheep and Yiyi's brother, to ask Xie Ance to oppose the withered sheep, another second-generation god general of the Taiping army, so that the Great Zhou court would be more sure to deal with the Taiping army, but in Xie An's opinion, it is really not easy to counter the withered sheep.

It is undeniable that the withered sheep is brave and strategic, and he once killed Geng Nan, who was superior to him in martial arts alone, if he can return to the imperial court, even if he does not rely on the power of his brother-in-law Xie An, he can also shine in the imperial court, but the problem is that compared to Yiyi, the withered sheep is quite concerned about the tragedy of his ram being killed by Li Ji, the former emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and even moved his anger to the Liangqiu family, to smooth out this grievance, it is not easy, look at the unnatural phenomenon when Liangqiu dance and Yiyi get along at the moment.

But no matter what, Xie An still plans to try, after all, this is what he promised Li Xian, if he can persuade the withered sheep, or at least maintain a certain good relationship with the withered sheep, so as to rebel against him in the future, then, Li Xian's side does not care about Yiyi's assistance to the Taiping Army to rob the important criminals from the prison of the Great Prison Temple, after all, this time Yiyi did violate the criminal law of the Great Zhou, and it was also thanks to her husband Xie An, who was powerful in Jijing, otherwise, this matter was not so simple.

"These three jade plaques...... Returned it seriously? The withered sheep looked at Xie An in disbelief, after all, he was mentally prepared to be in a cage when he came, but he didn't expect it. The peak turned around, Xie An not only did not arrest him, but even returned the three jade plaques representing the positions of the six gods of the Taiping Army, which was really a bit unexpected by the withered sheep.

"Isn't it good?" With a chuckle, Xie An said lightly, "It stands to reason that I, as the secretary of the Criminal Department of the Great Zhou Imperial Court, should arrest you and others, but for Yiyi's sake." I'll spare you once...... Since [Tianshu] is already in your pocket, then the remaining two jade plates will be distributed to your companions, take this thing, you wait for a cadre to leave Jijing for me, and he will come back one day. It's not so polite! ”

Xie An intentionally or unintentionally pointed out the matter of calling the withered sheep [distributing the remaining two jade plates to his companions], in order to let Wei Xuan get one of them, so that he could secretly serve the Great Zhou court in the future, but Xie An was not easy to say directly, after all, according to the current situation, it seems that the withered sheep is loyal to the Taiping army, if it is revealed that his companion Wei Crepe has become the eyeliner of the Great Zhou court in the Taiping army, I am afraid that the previous plans of the eldest grandson Xiangyu will be completely ruined. In other words, what happens in the end of this matter can only be fought for by Wei Xuan himself, otherwise. Li Xian is not so good, but the eldest grandson Xiangyu will give up this useless chess piece in her opinion.

Under Xie An's gaze, the withered sheep silently took the three jade plates, and after looking at the sword and thinking for a moment. Looking up at Xie An, he whispered in a slightly pleading tone. "Seventeen years ago, when Uncle Guan, a loyal servant of my ram family, escaped from Jinling with me as an infant, he took my father's sword as a token in his study," he said, pushing the sword in front ......of Xie An.

"Do you want me to pass this sword to Yi Yi so that she can have a thought?"

"Yes! - Please! ”

Looking at the withered sheep's sincere expression, Xie An took the sword, pulled out the sword with a bang, looked at it a few times, nodded slowly, and said, "Not bad...... It's a good sword! - Didn't you think about handing it over to Yi in person? ”

The withered sheep smiled bitterly and shook his head slowly, implying that he undoubtedly felt ashamed of his sister and had no shame to see her.

After taking a deep look at the withered sheep, Xie An handed the sword in his hand to Jin Ling'er, and said in a low voice, "Actually, Yi Yi really hopes that you can stay in Jijing's ......."

"I will never defect to the imperial court......" The withered sheep glanced at Xie An coldly.

Hey, this kid is really a smart person, and his intuition is really sharp......

Smacking his lips, Xie An frowned and asked, "Why do you insist on joining the ranks of the Taiping Army?" Is it just to avenge the hatred of the former ram family to the imperial court? Or do you plan to take revenge on the Liang Qiu family? - If it's the latter, it's not me saying that you really don't have much hope in this life......"

It's not that Xie An looks down on the withered sheep, the problem is that the only twelfth generation of the Liangqiu family, Chen Bei and Liangqiu Wu, the two cousins, are too powerful, and the force can almost be said to be completely above the world, and it is not something that the withered sheep can deal with, after all, this kid can't even beat Fei Guo, and Fei Guo is powerless in front of Chen Bei and Liang Qiuwu, ah, the grade is too far away.

Although Xie An's words did not mean mockery, the withered sheep still felt a little annoyed, but he also knew that what Xie An said was the truth.

After thinking about it, the withered sheep Zhengse said, "For the sake of the Liangqiu family who has taken care of their sister for many years and regards them as their own daughters, the grievances between the Liangqiu family and the Ram family in the past have been written off!" ”

"Huh?" Xie An looked at the withered sheep in surprise, he didn't expect the withered sheep to be so generous, but after thinking about it, he immediately understood that it was not the withered sheep's generosity, and he planned to forget the grievances of the two families, but he felt that he owed his sister Yiyi, and he didn't want Yiyi to struggle in the grievances of the two families anymore.

In the final analysis, although he can leave, Yiyi can't go, she is married to Xie An, in other words, she will inevitably have to get along with Liang Qiuwu in the future, and it is because she knows this matter that the withered sheep said this sentence against her will.

Thinking of this, Xie An suddenly had a good impression of the withered sheep, and asked again, "Since that's the case, why not ......"

As if he had guessed Xie An's thoughts, the withered sheep raised his hand to interrupt Xie An's words, and Zhengse said, "Even if the grievances between the Liangqiu family and the Ram family are resolved, I will not take refuge in the imperial court, just as my sister's destination is in Jijing Xie Mansion, and my destination is in the Taiping Army...... The court is violent, and the people of Jiangnan have been put into fire and water many times, Jinling has been slaughtered, ten rooms and nine are empty, and when the eunuchs of Jijing are drunk and drunk, how do you know that there is still hunger in the south of the Yangtze River? ”

Jin Ling'er was silent when she heard this, after all, she is also from Jiangnan, and the words of the withered sheep tell her suffering, as a victim, she has no good impression of the court until today, and even Li Shou, Li Xian and others, who are now more familiar, are closer to the withered sheep who are also Jiangnan people.

"Is the court violent?" Xie An laughed, shook his head slightly, and did not comment on the words of the withered sheep, after all, he had seen it with his own eyes, Li Shou and Li Xian stayed up late at night in order to deal with state affairs, and they did their best and did their best, and then they were like Ruan Shaozhou, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Sun Jing, the secretary of the Ministry of War, Ji Hong, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, Wang Dan, the servant of the Ministry of Justice, Xun Zheng, the imperial historian Meng Rang, etc., etc., who dares to say that these kingstones are not loyal to state affairs every day?

In Xie An's view, the biggest hatred of Jiangnan people for the Great Zhou lies in their prejudice against the imperial court, it is undeniable that the previous emperor Li Ji did cause many killings in Jiangnan, but that was more than ten years ago, in the last seven or eight years, why did the imperial court not treat the counties of Jiangnan well? If it insists on involving how many people in Jiangnan can't get enough to eat, isn't there one in Jijing? Xie An, the secretary of his criminal department, almost starved to death in the capital of Jijing two years ago.

"It's good to walk more...... Look with your own eyes, and don't trust the words of others! - Let's see if the court is as unbearable as rumored! Xie An said to the withered sheep in the most serious tone, and in his heart, he paid more attention to the hidden dangers in Jiangnan.

Because Li Xian is right, the hidden danger in Jiangnan is no longer a matter of how much compensation the imperial court allocates and what policies can be improved, and the hatred of Jiangnan people for Da Zhou has penetrated into their bones.

Freezing three feet, not a day's cold......

ps: In another chapter or two, let's write the fifth volume, three years later, Xie An secretly visited Jiangnan, the rebellion of the three kings of [Qin], [Chu], and [Han], and the rebellion of the Taiping army.

Guangling assassin appeared, except for the heavenly Ji Liu Qing, the last person of the four Ji appeared, and then tried to step on the bloody plot, well, writing this is actually very bad.