Around midnight in the evening, Xie An went to the mansion of the fifth prince Li Cheng for a banquet as scheduled.

Originally, Xie An wanted to ask his eldest brother Chen Cheng to be the escort of this trip, after all, it was not clear whether the fifth prince Li Cheng invited him to the banquet this time This is a Hongmen banquet, with his eldest brother Chen Bei by his side, Xie An is naturally bold.

However, to Xie An's surprise, when he sent someone to his house to invite his eldest brother Chen Bei, he found that Chen Bei was not in the mansion.

According to the people in the house, the eldest brother Chen Bei has been sitting in the side hall of the mansion since noon, waiting for someone, and in the evening, he left the mansion and did not know where to go, which made Xie An, who wanted to ask him to act as a guard, stunned and felt a little regretful.

Among the people Xie An is familiar with, it is nothing more than Chen Bei's martial arts is the highest, followed by his Xie An's wife Liang Qiu Wu, but the problem is that this time he went to the Fifth Prince Li Cheng's Mansion to ask for Jin Ling'er, Liang Qiu Wu is really inconvenient to come forward, in the final analysis, Xie An has not yet figured out how to confess to Liang Qiu Wu about Jin Ling'er.

After the Liangqiu Dance, the martial arts can be the only ones who belong to Fei Guo and the four heroes of Dongling, Di Bu, Gou Gong, and Mo Fei of the Hongshan Four Hidden Knives, especially Gou Gong, although this person's martial arts are the last of the four, but he is also as good at medicine as Jin Ling'er, and even, he is not like Jin Ling'er, who basically only uses anesthetics, and Gou Gong, who is good at using poison, in a specific environment, the lethality is far greater than that of the other three.

It's a pity that the five princes Li admitted that the Dongling people, and moreover, the Dongling people also resented the five princes Li Cheng, once they met, most of them were not good, so Xie An had to bring Fei Guo, Ma Dan, and Liao Li as guards.

took Fei Guo and the other three people to the fifth prince Li Cheng's mansion in a carriage, and as soon as he got off the carriage, Xie An saw from a distance that at the gate of the mansion, there was a scribe in a Confucian shirt who was already waiting here. Seeing Xie An step out of the carriage, he greeted him with his hand, and said with a smile, "Xie Shaoqing, in Xia Wu Mian, on the orders of His Royal Highness, is waiting here!" - Please! ”

"......" Xie An frowned slightly, a little puzzled in his heart.

And at this moment, Wu Mian smiled slightly. He arched his hand and said, "Xie Shaoqing was a little surprised by Zaixia...... Could it be that Xie Shaoqing thinks that this is a Hongmen banquet? ”

Xie An's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he looked at Wu Mian's smiling expression with some astonishment, after all, the latter broke through the care in his heart.

Person...... It's very similar to Brother Wang......

"Isn't it?" Sneered. Xie An looked at Wu Mian quietly, he felt that this scribe named Wu Mian was restrained and sharp, and his temperament was similar to Wang Dan, a staff member in Li Shou's mansion.

Could this person be sent by Li Cheng to test his mind?

Thinking of this, Xie An secretly had an idea, after all, the eldest grandson Xiangyu had told him before. told him to create a sign that he had to get Jin Ling'er back, and the more he showed his intention to recapture Jin Ling'er, the less Li Cheng would worry about his plan being exposed, and the more safe Jin Ling'er became.

Therefore. When Xie An stepped out of the carriage, he deliberately pretended to be angry.

Seeing Xie An's cold expression, Wu Mian didn't think it was a pestle at all, and still said with a smile on his face. "No, no, this time His Royal Highness invited Xie Shaoqing to a banquet. I want to be close to Xie Shaoqing! ”

Xie An snorted lightly when he heard this, looked at Wu Mian and said coldly, "Do you guess I believe it?" ”

"Uh," Wu Mian was stunned, with a smile on his face, and said, "I thought that Lord Shaoqing believed it......"

"Guess again!" Xie An said expressionlessly.

As soon as the words fell, Fei Guo, Liao Li, and Ma Dan behind Xie An couldn't help but chuckle, and then they felt inappropriate when they thought about it, coughed lightly, and straightened their faces.

Glancing at Fei Guo and the other three who were snickering, Wu Mian, who had eaten a soft nail here at Xie An's place, looked somewhat embarrassed, and arched his hand and said, "Whether Lord Shaoqing believes it or not, His Royal Highness my family invited Xie Shaoqing to the banquet this time, and it is indeed just to make Xie Shaoqing a friend...... Such a good thing can't be asked for by outsiders! ――Even if it is below, I am happy for Xie Shaoqing! ”

I use you to be happy for me?

Xie Anxin sneered, the so-called hatred of the house and Wu, because of Jin Ling'er's relationship, he hated the fifth prince Li Cheng in his heart, and even hated the people around him, even if this Wu Mian said it wildly, I am afraid that Xie An would not look at it with his eyes.

"How is Mr. Wu's eyesight?"

"......" Seeing Xie An suddenly burst out of nowhere, Wu Mian was a little puzzled in his heart, thought for a while, nodded and said, "Although it is not as good as a person who practices martial arts, but ...... It's okay, I don't know why Xie Shaoqing asked this question? ”

Seeing this, Xie An raised his right hand and pointed at his face, and said lightly, "In that case, Mr. Wu can naturally see this mansion?" ”

Although Wu Mian was also a well-educated person who was not inferior to Wang Dan, he didn't understand the meaning of Xie An's move, so he nodded inexplicably and said, "Naturally, I really ...... it."

"That's good, I'm afraid that Mr. Wu won't see it really!" Glancing at Wu Mian, Xie An said coldly, "In that case, in Mr. Wu's opinion, can there be the slightest [happy] look on the face of this mansion?" ”

"......" Wu Mian opened his mouth, speechless, and looked at Xie An blankly, with a lot of thoughts in his heart.

Sure enough, he is a well-known person, I heard earlier that this Xie An is articulate and good at sophistry, and when I see it today, it is really difficult to deal with......

No wonder His Royal Highness the Crown Prince once had a few talented scholars folded under this person's lips and tongue, which was really sharper than a sword!

Thinking of this, Wu Mian lowered his head and coughed, in order to resolve the embarrassment on his face, and after glancing at Fei Guo and the other three who were secretly snickering, he reluctantly put up a few smiles, and said with a haha, "Actually, my eyesight is not very good...... Xie Shaoqing, please! ”

"Humph!" With a cold snort, Xie An raised his foot and stepped into the door of the mansion, and when he passed Wu Mian, he glanced at Wu Mian's gaze quietly.

To tell the truth, Xie An ridiculed Wu Mian like that, just to provoke this person and show his Xie An's [very unhappy] heart at the moment, but what surprised Xie An was that this scribe named Wu Mian was sleek and far above Wang Dan, and after being sneered at by Xie An, he did not show the slightest resentment, which made Xie An's vigilance against this person in his heart a little higher.

The staff of the fifth prince Li Cheng beside him, Wu Mian......

Secretly muttering this name in his heart, Xie An strode into Li Cheng's mansion and followed Wu Mian's guidance. All the way to the main mansion of the mansion.

From a distance, Xie An saw the fifth prince Li Chengzheng standing at the door of the main mansion, with his hands behind his back, looking at him with a smile.

With a sneer in his heart, Xie An walked over, arched his hand perfunctorily, and said lightly, "This mansion came to the banquet as scheduled, and His Royal Highness Lao Wu is here to respond." I dare not be ashamed! ”

In normal times, seeing Xie An being so disrespectful to himself, the fifth prince Li Cheng was probably already furious, but right now, I don't know why. Li Cheng didn't have the slightest anger on his face, on the contrary, there was a little relief and a smile in his eyes.

"Where is it, Xie Shaoqing is my great Zhou Shaozhuang hero, the pillar of the court, His Royal Highness should be waiting here! - Please! With that, Li Cheng invited Xie An into the main hall and sat down.

As soon as you step into the hall. Xie An was really startled, and he was shocked to see that there was a row of beautiful maids standing in the room, a full twenty or thirty people. I saw that these women were roughly eighteen to twenty-five years old, with charming looks and good figures, although they were not as good as the eldest grandson Xiangyu, the first beauty in Jijing, but they were also rare beautiful stunners in the world. In contrast, even Xie An's beloved concubine Yi Yi in the Donggong Mansion has become ordinary.

"Xie Shaoqing......" The warblers and Yanyan snorted. It seems that the hundred spirits are crisp, which makes people itch, fortunately, Xie An has been tested for a long time in the eldest grandson Xiangyu, otherwise, maybe he will make a fool of himself on the spot.

Good guy, this Li Cheng really knows how to enjoy it......

There are so many beauties in the house, damn it, don't you know that the ratio of men and women in the Great Zhou is unbalanced?!

Hmm, it seems that Da Zhou is more boys and girls...... No matter! Capital crime!

Xie An gritted his teeth hatefully.

Maybe he noticed Xie An's expression, the expression of the fifth prince Li Cheng was a little strange, although he invited Xie An to the mansion for a banquet this time was indeed uneasy and kind, but he was also a prince who had been taught a good lesson, and he knew the etiquette, so he arranged for the beautiful maids in the house to accompany him to serve the wine, but what made him wonder was that when he saw these beauties, Xie An's expression seemed to become more and more angry, which made Li Cheng puzzled.

In the final analysis, Li Cheng doesn't understand Xie An after all, in all fairness, Xie An really doesn't care about fame and status, but for silver and beauty, Xie An has an inexplicable paranoia, to put it mildly, it is a flower heart, otherwise, why should Liang Qiuwu and the eldest grandson Xiangyu always be on guard against Xie An's old illness and go in and out of those stormy places in Jijing?

In a word, Xie An is right by nature

Beauty and gold and silver lack a certain degree of resistance, if before coming here, eighty percent of the displeasure on Xie An's face was pretended, then now, he is simply gritting his teeth with hatred towards Li Cheng.

Or rather...... Is it jealousy?

Cough!

Holding back the impatience in his heart, looking at those beautiful maids pouring wine for him with a straight face, Xie An took a slight breath, calmed down, raised his eyes to look at the fifth prince Li Cheng, and said unhappily, "His Royal Highness Cheng invited this mansion to the banquet, and this mansion came as promised...... It's time to let them go, right? ”

Perhaps it was the anger in Xie An's heart that added a little to his anger, and Li Cheng, who was sitting opposite, obviously also felt the resentment that seemed to be substantial, and was relieved in his heart, so he pretended not to know and said, "His Royal Highness Xie Shaoqing doesn't understand what he said...... Xie Shaoqing is the Shaoqing of the Great Prison Temple, presiding over all the things of the Great Prison Temple, only others begged Xie Shaoqing to release him, how could Xie Shaoqing ask His Highness to ask for people? ――I don't know who Xie Shaoqing wants His Royal Highness to release? ”

"A woman named Jin Ling'er!" Xie An said coldly.

"Jin Ling'er? This name seems to be a little familiar......" Glancing at Xie An, Li Cheng said with a smile, "Why does Xie Shaoqing think that His Royal Highness wants to arrest that woman named Jin Ling'er?" ――There are many beautiful maids in His Royal Highness's house, how can he care about a single woman? ”

"Really?" Xie An asked coldly.

As the eldest grandson Xiangyu expected before, the more aggressive Xie An was, the more the fifth prince Li Cheng smiled, only to see Li Cheng looking at Xie An with a smile, shaking his head, and saying with a smile, "Xie Shaoqing misunderstood, how could His Royal Highness privately detain the woman Xie Shaoqing fancies?" I don't know where Xie Shaoqing learned that this woman is in His Royal Highness's mansion? ”

"Is His Highness going to quibble to the end?" With a sneer, Xie An looked at His Royal Highness Li Cheng and said coldly, "Who is Jin Ling'er, His Highness won't know it, right?" ――Do you want this mansion to sort out His Highness's thoughts? ”

Wu Mian, the strategist beside Li Cheng, frowned when he heard this, and said in a low voice, "Your Highness, don't make extraneous branches...... However, before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Li Cheng.

Raising his hand to stop Wu Mian's words, Li Cheng looked at Xie An intently. said with a smile, "What kind of woman is Jin Ling'er, Xie Shaoqing might as well tell me bluntly!" ”

"......" Under Li Cheng's silent gaze, Xie An glanced at the beautiful maids who were waiting for the wine on the side, opened his mouth, was speechless, picked up the wine cup on the small table and poured a glass, which surprised Fei Guo and the others behind him, how could they see Xie An suffer like this?

Playing this with His Highness?

looked at Xie An's expression of anger. Li Chengxin secretly sneered, and while sneering, he also had great confidence in threatening Xie An with Jin Ling'er.

I have to say that before this, Li Cheng really had no confidence in this matter. After all, in his opinion as a prince, unless it is a woman with noble status such as Liang Qiu Wu and Changsun Xiangyu, a woman with beauty alone is just an item that can be traded, and it belongs to the same column as gold and silver treasures, even. Even in the Great Zhou, there are not a few people who think like this.

However, now, seeing that Xie An was deflated in front of him in order to protect Jin Ling'er, Li Cheng was overjoyed in his heart.

Li Cheng can be sure. Xie An would never dare to tell the truth, otherwise, as long as he Li Cheng handed over the golden bell to the imperial court, even though Xie An had all the ability. It was also difficult to save the woman's life.

I have to say that Li Cheng's guess is quite accurate. It's a pity that behind Xie An is the eldest grandson Xiangyu, a resourceful woman comparable to a demon......

[…… Brother An might as well speak out about the name of Jin Ling'er when the time comes, Li Cheng is arrogant and will not compromise easily, when the time comes, Brother An may as well give in a few points for the time being, so as to fuel Li Cheng's arrogance......]

Recalling the words of the eldest grandson Xiangyu in his mind, Xie An was secretly speechless in his heart while drinking, although he had seen this woman's ability more than once, Xie An still felt inexplicably shocked, and was shocked that this woman had estimated people's hearts to such a point.

As if noticing the forbearant anger on Xie An's face, a smug smile flashed in Li Cheng's eyes, and he calmed his tone incredibly, and said comfortingly, "Xie Shaoqing, His Royal Highness thinks that most of it is Xie Shaoqing who has misunderstood, and His Royal Highness wants to make Xie Shaoqing a friend, how can he privately detain Xie Shaoqing's favorite woman?" - In this way, His Royal Highness knows that Xie Shaoqing is obsessed with beauties, and now there are beauties in the house, if a few can enter Xie Shaoqing's eyes, Xie Shaoqing might as well take them back to the house, even if His Royal Highness wants to make Xie Shaoqing's friend's sincerity, how about it? - Xie Shaoqing rest assured, these beauties have not been in the house for a short time, after being trained in etiquette and music, good at singing and dancing, they are all versatile women, even His Royal Highness is not willing to touch them, Xie Shaoqing can rest assured! ”

As soon as these words came out, the women in the house suddenly lost their faces, and said tremblingly, "Your Highness is so ruthless, do you want to give away the slave family and others?" ”

Maybe he felt that the reaction of the women had lost his face, Li Cheng's eyes narrowed, and he reprimanded in displeasure, "Shut up!" ――Ignorant and ignorant, do you know the identity of this Lord Xie? Although Lord Xie is the Shaoqing of the Great Prison Temple, he is no different from Zhengqing, and now he is temporarily acting as the secretary of the Criminal Department, and in time, he is one of the six Shangshu, the Shangshu of the Criminal Department, and I am a member of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and I can climb the high branch of Xie Shaoqing, which is your blessing! ”

The beautiful maids in the house were taken aback when they heard this, and they all looked at Xie An with shocked eyes.

It's no wonder they reacted like this, after all, although they just called Xie An Xie Shaoqing according to Li Cheng's instructions, they didn't know Xie An's true identity, and only thought that they were the confidants of their Royal Highness, and now when they heard Li Cheng say this, they were naturally very surprised.

To put it mildly, the reason why these women are willing to go to Li Cheng's mansion as maids and concubines is nothing more than because Li Chengnai is the prince of the dynasty and has a noble status. In the final analysis, women like Liangqiu Wu, Changsun Xiangyu, Jin Ling'er, etc., who can stand on their own without relying on men, are a minority in the Great Zhou.

Just when the women secretly looked at Xie An, the future secretary of the Criminal Department, with surprised eyes, the first thing that flashed in Xie An's mind was the words of the previous eldest grandson Xiangyu.

[…… Brother An rest assured, what Li Cheng cares about most at the moment is nothing more than not wanting Brother An to pay attention to what he is planning in private, even if Brother An retreats, he will never gain an inch, so as not to anger Brother An, thus sabotaging his private plan, on the contrary, he will be kind enough to appease Brother An, and even maybe give the beauty of the house to Brother An...... If I dare to accept you, try it! ]

Recalling the sharp and threatening look in the eyes of the eldest grandson Xiangyu when he said the last sentence, Xie Anxin had palpitations.

I was told by that woman again......

Muttering to himself in his heart, Xie An raised his head and looked at Li Cheng.

"I don't know which one Xie Shaoqing likes? - If Xie Shaoqing wants to go to all of them, it is not impossible, His Royal Highness really hopes to make Xie Shaoqing a friend! Li Cheng looked at Xie An with a smile on his face.

Turning his head and glancing at the women in the house, seeing that those women were looking forward to each other, Xie Anxin was a little nervous, but unfortunately, the eldest grandson Xiangyu had already figured out his character and warned him in advance.

Also, the eldest grandson Xiangyu can even understand Li Cheng's temperament, how can he not understand Xie An, the lover by the pillow?

It is not difficult to guess that if Xie An dares to bring one of these women back, when the time comes, I am afraid that the eldest grandson Xiangyu will not only not help him intercede with Liang Qiu Wu because of Jin Ling'er, but will also defect to Liang Qiu Wu's side, and even, this is not the worst, the worst thing is that Xie An has to start thinking about whether the eldest grandson Xiangyu will hate him because of love and hate, and find an opportunity to kill him, after all, the eldest grandson Xiangyu always has a mustard in his heart in terms of feelings, for fear that he will also follow in the footsteps of his biological mother Wang and be abandoned by his beloved. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a heart disease.

In the end, Xie An still rejected Li Cheng's kindness, and after drinking a few glasses of wine, he took Fei Guo and the others to leave.

Personally sent Xie An and his party to the gate of the mansion, Li Cheng watched Xie An get into the carriage and leave, and then the corners of his mouth raised a sneer.

"I really can't imagine that this Xie An still has such a hobby, preferring ugly women like Jin Ling'er...... But it's okay, in this way, His Highness can rest assured......"

"He's not going to give up!" Staff member Wu Mian reminded on the side.

"Isn't that just right?" Li Cheng sneered and said lightly, "Tell him to search all over the city, as long as that golden bell is still in my hands one day, he won't dare to make a mistake!" - Wait until the end of the month...... Hum! ”

"Your Highness is wise!"

"Huh! Don't underestimate her, that woman, but she alone has stirred up the entire Jingshi into a storm...... His Royal Highness finally understood why the imperial brother valued her so much, but it was a pity...... Send someone to watch that woman, and never let her run away! ”

"Yes, Your Highness!"