Just when Guanglu Temple Qing Wenqin reported the development of the day to the crown prince Li Wei, Ji Hong, a confidant of the eighth prince Li Xian, was also thinking about the situation outside Zhengyang Gate that Li Xian had reported.

When he heard that Xie An had set up a trap to let the Hanlin Academy drill and force Zhang Zhi and the other three scholars to be in a dilemma, Li Xian's eyes showed a deep look of surprise.

"Good means...... From this point of view, the reason why Xie An was able to gain a firm foothold under the suppression of the second brother of this king before was not entirely dependent on the power and status of his wife's Liangqiu clan...... Mr. Ji is stealing chickens this time! ”

Ji Hong smiled bitterly when he heard this, shook his head and sighed, and said, "This time it is indeed a miscalculation, I thought that this kind of layout could bring out the evil spirit of His Royal Highness a few days ago, and force the prince of the East Palace to submit, but I didn't want to, and I killed that Xie An halfway......

"Humph!" Snorting lightly, Li Xian said with a calm expression, "Although Xie An is the Shaoqing of the Great Prison Temple, according to rumors in the court, Lord Kong Wenkong, the secretary of the Great Prison Temple, no longer asks about official business, and all the affairs in the Great Prison Temple are subject to Xie An's decision...... That Xie An's name is Shaoqing, but in fact, he is no different from Zhengqing, he is the court lieutenant of the three lieutenants of Gyeonggi, Mr. Ji makes such a big incident, it will naturally alarm the three lieutenants of Gyeonggi......" As he spoke, he sighed slightly, shook his head and said, "When Xie An persuaded him with good words before, Mr. Ji should have stopped!" - Although it is so disgraceful, it is better than calling the entire Hanlin Academy to ride a tiger right now, and being laughed at by the second brother of this king! ”

"......" Ji Hong nodded, and after thinking for a while, he frowned and said, "The reason why His Majesty refused, is just because he feels unworthy for His Highness." His Royal Highness is in Jiangnan all the year round, working hard in the community, so he neglected Miss Changsun, unexpectedly, Xie An took the opportunity to snatch love, it is really not a gentleman's act! ”

Li Xian opened his mouth when he heard this, looked at the huge [Li] character mural on the wall, and said wistfully, "This is a private matter of this king, and it is not appropriate to confuse it with official affairs...... It seems that Mr. Ji's move. But I'm pushing that Xie An to the king's second brother! - Mr. Ji must know that the power behind Xie An is not small, and his wife's family, the Liangqiu clan of the Donggong Mansion, not only holds the powerful hole card of the Eastern Army in her hand. It also controls the power of 30% of our Great Zhou military...... Liangqiu Wu, who should have become the fourth sister-in-law of this king, is the leading general of my Great Zhou, a few years ago in the northern Hebei war, the world became famous, except for the fourth brother of this king, Li Mao, no one can keep pace with her...... If it weren't for that, how could the second brother of this king be so jealous of that Xie An? ”

"What does Your Highness mean?"

Glancing at Ji Hong, Li Xian sighed and said, "If there is no incident about Sister Xiangyu, this king really intends to win over that Xie An." After all, this man has done the king a great favor...... [Xiang Wang] Li Mao. [Yanhu Ji] Liangqiu Dance, these two have unrivaled prestige in my Great Zhou military, if the fourth brother marries Liangqiu Dance, then even if the king has the support of the eldest grandson's family, I am afraid it will be difficult to compete...... I just didn't expect it. Then Xie An still has such means, not only did he capture Liang Qiu Wu, but even Sister Xiangyu fell into his hands......"

"Your Highness is worried that the eldest grandson's family may throw themselves into that Xie An?"

"Worried?" Li Xian smiled. Shaking his head and saying, "Then Xie An is not the brother of this king, and this king is still afraid that he will compete with this king for the throne?" ”

Seeing Li Xian laughing, Ji Hong Zhengse said, "Your Highness, don't forget, then Xie An and [King Anping] Li Shou are brothers, and they are his confidants......

"Xiao Jiu?" Li Xian shook his head and said lightly, "Xiao Jiu is fledgling, and his background is embarrassing, even if there is Xie An to advise him, the possibility of becoming a fierce rival of this king in the future is quite low...... But you're right, you need to be careful! ——At present, although the king has the support of the eldest grandson's family, the attitude of Duke Yin and his student, Ruan Shaozhou, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, is a bit playful...... If he can't completely get the support of the eldest grandson's family, this king really can't compete with the fourth brother! ”

Ji Hong's heart moved when he heard this, and he said in surprise, "Your Highness, isn't it still planning to marry Miss Eldest Sun as the princess?" - Your Highness should know that Miss Eldest Sun has ......"

"Enough!" Li Xian snapped Ji Hong's words, and then, after glancing at Ji Hong apologetically, he said wistfully, "So, this matter has become quite difficult to handle right now...... If this king does nothing, it will be difficult to compete with the fourth brother in the future; On the other hand, if this king marries Xiangyu's sister, although he can get the support of the eldest grandson's family, then Xie An will regard this king as an enemy...... Troublesome! Looking at the meaning of the father, it is clear that he wants to promote that Xie An, so he is called to temporarily replace the post of the criminal department of Shangshu, if nothing else, in the future, the criminal department, one of the six departments of Shangshu Province, together with the two official offices of Weiwei Temple and Dajiao Temple, have become the things in Xie An's bag, coupled with the strength and power of his wife Liang Qiu Wu, no matter which brother he and his wife devote themselves to, their momentum is immeasurable...... Fortunately, this king can assert that if the fourth brother learns that Xie An is marrying Liang Qiuwu, he will definitely not be able to tolerate him, otherwise, this game will definitely be lost......"

"What does Your Highness mean, then Xie An may throw himself into the East Palace Prince?"

"It's hard to say...... Li Xian shook his head, frowned and said, "According to rumors, Xie An has a gap with the second child, but as the so-called world is impermanent, who can be sure that guy won't do this?" ”

"Listening to the meaning of His Highness's words, it seems that he intends to give Miss Eldest Sun to that Xie An, in exchange for Xie An's support for His Highness?" Ji Hong's expression became a little strange.

"Is a gentleman an adult beautiful?" A look of pain flashed in Li Xian's eyes, and after being silent for a long time, he suddenly changed the topic and said, "That's it, in short, this matter is not in a hurry...... At the moment, the top priority is still the prince of the East Palace! - If he does not abolish the position of the crown prince, whether it is the fourth brother or the king, there is no hope of winning the throne! Speaking of this, his heart moved, and he said, "But I don't know, a few days ago, more than ten ministers of the DPRK and China were killed, so what happened to Xie An's investigation?" ”

"This ......" Ji Hong looked hesitant, shook his head and said, "Within the third lieutenant, there is no confidant of our side, and it is difficult to find out the specific ......."

"Then find a way to find out the specifics of this case! - Since this matter is not our doing, there is naturally no need to be afraid of leaking it...... According to this king, this matter is either done by the second child or the third child, no matter what the result is, it will be beneficial to us and others! ”

"Find a way...... Your Highness said it easily! Ji Hong smiled bitterly. Shaking his head and saying, "We have offended Na Xie An, and with this person's [the grace of a meal will be repaid, and the grievances of the eyes will be repaid], I'm afraid I won't give me a good look ......."

"Then find someone around him, for example, your third-generation commander of the Taiping Army, Chen Bei! ——According to what Mr. Ji said a few days ago, the commander of your Taiping Army is lurking beside Xie An for some reason, isn't it? ”

"......" heard this. Ji Hong gasped, stared at Li Xian with wide eyes, and said in disbelief, "Li Xian." Are you crazy? - You actually want me to go to Chen Shuai to ask about this? You should know that if Chen Shuai learns that I have joined your command and paved the way for you to win the throne with the help of the Taiping Army, you and I will definitely die! - That man's loyalty to the Taiping Army, you will never think of it! You have no idea how terrible that man really is...... A few years ago, I happened to teach martial arts in a martial arts hall in Daliang, and there were two masters with similar martial arts skills to me in the martial arts hall. He asked us to join the Taiping Army. At that time, I noticed that there was a little murderous intent in his eyes, so I didn't refuse it face-to-face, but only said that I would think about it, and the other two masters disdained it, and even. I want to arrest that man and ask the government for questioning, but what is the outcome? Within three moves, the man killed two masters in a row and subdued me...... That's not what a human being can have. It's not an exaggeration to say that he is a martial god! - I have never experienced such despair in all these years!"

Seeing Ji Hong's face full of fear, Li Xian hurriedly said, "Mr. Ji, Mr. Ji, Xiao Wang didn't ask Mr. Ji to fight with the commander of the Taiping Army, but just asked Mr. to talk about it, come to think of it, this person is lurking beside Xie An, and he should know some important things!" ”

"This ......" Looking at the pleading look in Li Xian's eyes, Ji Hong nodded hesitantly, and said unconfidently, "Okay, let's do our best, Your Highness don't have too much hope!" ”

Seeing this, Li Xian arched his hand and said with a smile, "In this way, it will trouble Mr. Ji!" As he spoke, he seemed to suddenly think of something, and asked in a low voice, "Since this morning, then Xie Anke has also been to Zhengyangmen?" ”

Ji Hong shook his head, frowned and said, "I've been observing the movements of all parties in Zhengyangmen below...... Never! ”

Li Xian nodded when he heard this, and said with a sigh, "It seems that Xie An really doesn't care that the scholars of the Hanlin Academy may die because of him...... Mr. Ji, you will inform Zhang Taishi Ling later, tell him not to be rash, let the bachelors and students disperse, although it is so much to damage the face of the Hanlin Academy, it is better than losing his life in vain......"

Ji Hong's face turned red, after all, this matter was his idea, and he had not informed Li Xian before, and after hesitating, he nodded.

"Stare at that

Xie An, it is best to be able to buy off the officials and head catchers next to him, Xiao Wang must know the detailed process of Xie An's adjudication of this case! ”

"Hmm!" Ji Hong nodded.

At the same time, Xie An, whom Li Xian and Ji Hong were talking about, was eating wine and dinner with Wei Wei Siqing Xun Zheng, as well as Su Xin, Li Jing, Fei Guo, Qi Hao, Liao Li, Ma Dan and other confidants in a restaurant called [Huixianju] on Chaoyang Street.

In these days in Jijing, when it comes to eating and drinking, only [Huixianju] and [Baihualou] are the two places that Xie An remembers the most, the former is delicious and intoxicating, and the latter is the enthusiasm of the beauty who accompanies the wine, which makes people linger.

It's a pity that because Liang Qiuwu already knew Xie An's temperament, he didn't say anything from time to time, and even threatened and intimidated, and repeatedly mentioned the word family law, which made Xie An put away his fancy intestines and never dared to set foot in the land of flowers and snow in the capital of Hebei.

Otherwise, Xie An and Xiang Qing were frequent visitors there, and even Li Shou, the king of Anping, had been pulled by Xie An several times.

Since Liang Qiuwu was not there, and the people present were all familiar people, therefore, where would Xie An and the others care about anything, a few jars of fine wine were in their stomachs, and their faces were already drunk.

"I heard that the Duke of Nanguo and the Southern Army are about to return to Jijing?" Holding the wine cup, Xun Zheng said casually.

"Oh?" Xie An was stunned, and then suddenly realized.

You must know that after all, the southern army is a heavy infantry, and besides, it has to escort 16 million taels of stolen silver for military expenses, so the itinerary is naturally not as good as that of the eastern army.

Sixteen million taels of silver......

Thinking of the sixteen million taels of silver in the camp of the Eastern Army, as well as the eight million taels of silver belonging to the eldest grandson Xiangyu, Xie Anxin itched.

Good fellow, for 40 million taels of silver, he only got 50 taels. Although His Majesty rewarded 500,000 taels of silver and 5,000 taels of gold, what is it compared to the 20 million taels that should have belonged to him?

Xun Zheng knew that Xie An was secretly feeling heartache for those silver taels, seeing that he was silent, he sighed and said, "This time, the Lu family of Nangong Mansion has suffered heavy losses, and his son Lu Fan obviously married such a beautiful woman, but he didn't want to die on the battlefield...... Take pity on that delicate beauty. As soon as she married into the Lu family, she became a widow......"

"......" Hearing this, Xie An's right hand holding the wine cup trembled slightly, and immediately changed the topic, turned his head and said to Liao Li and Ma Dan. By the way, Liao Li, Tang Hao, Zhang Dong, do you have any news? ”

Liao Li shook his head, and then said with a smile, "The adults are anxious, the families of several generals are all in Xiliang, and it will take at least one or two months to make a round trip." How can it be so fast? ”

In fact, Xie An just asked casually. After all, Xun Zheng's unintentional words made him feel very uncomfortable.

"Speaking of which, I don't know what happened to Daliang......" Ma Dan chuckled and said with a chuckle, "Count the days, those brothers who are stationed in Daliang." I think I have received a forgiveness document from the imperial court...... It's all thanks to your kindness! ”

"Huh!" Xie An smiled, I have to say that it feels quite good to be treated as a benefactor by as many as 200,000 people as a benefactor.

See the topic turns to this aspect. Su Xin pondered and said, "By the way, Wang Bao, Qin Wei and others have already been convicted and beheaded by the Criminal Department a few days ago, right?" ”

"Hmm!" Xie An nodded, he knew about this matter, but he didn't pay attention to it, after all, in his opinion, it seemed that rebel generals such as Wang Bao and Qin Wei were just a gun instigated by the Taiping Army.

In a word, if it weren't for Chen Bei, the third-generation commander of the Taiping Army, who pretended to be a rebel general and personally sat in Hangu Pass, those rebels would have been wiped out by Lu Fan a long time ago, how could it be Xie An and Li Shou's turn to lead this great achievement?

At that time, the matter of the Western Expedition was extremely dangerous, but now that I think about it, Xie An feels a little lucky, not only got closer to the eldest grandson Xiangyu, but also became a relative with Chen Bei, who can be called the world's number one fierce general.

Thinking of this, Xie Anxin sighed secretly, now he is afraid that the only thing he can do is to entrust someone to take care of the widows of those generals.

Putting aside the troubles in their hearts, Xie An and his party chatted all over the world, and competed with each other to toast, so that when Liang Qiuwu returned from the eldest grandson's house to find Xie An, almost all the people at this table were almost drunk.

Except, of course, Xie An, after all, he didn't want to see Liang Qiuwu's angry look.

Sure enough, when Liang Qiuwu walked into the wing room and saw a table of drunks, her expression was quite unswerving, but when she noticed that Xie An was still awake, her eyes showed a little relief, and she didn't say anything to scold.

"Ann, you want an answer!" Walking to Xie An's side, Liang Qiuwu handed Xie An a thick letter in his hand.

Seeing this, Su Xin, who was on Xie An's left, hurriedly got up and gave up his seat to Liang Qiuwu with a smile.

"The last general will give way to the mistress!"

Liang Qiuwu's face was slightly red, but his posture was quite decent, he glanced at Su Xin appreciatively, sat in the seat on Xie An's left, and then said to Xie An, "An, that woman said that the answer is in this letter!" ”

"This epistle? - I'll take a look......" opened the envelope, Xie An looked at the thick stack of letters in surprise, and counted them roughly, I am afraid that there are about twenty of them.

[Brother An's Gui'an, the slave family respectfully: Thanks to Brother An's Shangyuan Festival night, the slave family has contracted the wind and cold for the past two days, and is sick in bed, so depressed, and Brother An does not come to visit, which is very affectionate......]

Good guy, the first sentence is to ask the teacher to ask for sin?

Xie An laughed bitterly.

Please, you had to do that kind of thing naked in that kind of place that day, and now you have a cold and come to blame me, is there any reason for heaven?

Why don't you visit, can I go to the Changsun Mansion now?

When you come to visit, you can't be beaten out with a stick by your father?

[…… Brother An's probably making excuses, hum! How could I come to the slave's boudoir a few days ago to have a private meeting with the slave? Hum! Didn't you take the body of the slave family, so you felt that the slave family was insignificant, right? Lack of affection! ]

What trouble, this woman......

Rubbing his head, Xie An continued to read.

[…… Everything has been fine in the slave family for the past two days, but the body is still a little weak, and the private parts are still faintly painful......]

Hey, hey, hey, do you want to even write about it?

Sneaking a glance at Liang Qiuwu, Xie An hurriedly turned the letter to the last page, in his opinion, the eldest grandson Xiangyu would probably write about Yu He at the end, but when he saw the last page, he was dumbfounded.

[…… Hum! Are you impatient with the slave's broken thoughts? Planning to go straight to the last page? Hum! The slave family deliberately didn't write it at the end, and he was angry with you! Let's turn it over again, the answer that Brother An wants is hidden in the slave's letter......]

"......" Under Liang Qiuwu's surprised gaze, Xie An sighed helplessly, and re-read the letter helplessly.

[…… It's boring, it's boring, it's boring, and so is the little peach, can't you climb to the roof to drive away the nasty magpie bird for the slave family, let it croak, annoy! ]

Ahh

Looking at the whole half page of [annoying], Xie An almost went crazy, and he couldn't wait to rush to the eldest grandson's mansion, put the little girl who teased him on his lap, and smacked her unbelievable buttocks fiercely.

Holding back the impatience in his heart, Xie Anzai carefully read the letter until he saw the penultimate page.

[…… Hehe, Sister Fang Caiwu came to the slave family, saying that Brother An had a problem? Stupid! Yu He tore off his sleeves, the focus was not on anything else, but on the sleeves he tore, was it like a bottomless bag at both ends? That's called a wreck! "Shuowen" wrote: Small and bottomless, big and bottomless. [bag] is the original word for [east], which means to nail the luggage to the wood. Therefore, the clue that Yu He wanted to leave before he died was [Dong]! Hee-hee, I didn't expect the slave family to write about this in the penultimate sheet, right? In fact, Brother An only needs to turn the page forward, and he will be able to find the answer in advance! Hehe, Brother An probably saw what the slave family wrote on the last page, so he obediently read it again, hehe...... Brother An, Gui'an, the slave family worships. ]

This troublesome essence ......

Seeing this, Xie An couldn't say a word angrily, and he had to admit that the eldest grandson Xiangyu's ability to figure out people's hearts is really rare in the world.

Shaking his head helplessly, Xie An gradually put away the smile on his face.

East......

What does Yu He want to express?