It was almost three minutes before Xie An got out of the hands of those palace ladies in the palace and returned to his mansion.

It's not that those all kinds of palace maids don't meet Xie An's aesthetics, in fact, there are many women in it who are quite beautiful, the problem is...... See, the person who followed Xie An half of his body, pretending to be a personal soldier and guard, this person's identity is amazing, that is the third lady in Xie An's mansion, the head of the former Jinling Dangerous Building Assassin Inn, [Ghost Queen] Jin Ling'er.

Since Xie An recommended Fei Guo and other generals to Li Shou and recommended them to serve as generals in the Jizhou Army, the task of protecting his Xie An's safety was taken over by Jin Ling'er...... Cough!

Come to think of it, looking at the whole world, if someone wants to hurt Xie An in front of this woman, it will be as difficult as heaven.

Of course, because of this, Xie An's freedom was quite impacted, for example, when he was in the palace, he wanted to tease those palace maids, but seeing this [personal guard] quietly watching, he was embarrassed.

Perhaps, this is the real purpose of the women, in the name of asking Jin Ling'er to escort Xie An for twelve hours, in private, I am afraid that I want to spy on their husband, who really does not let them worry, don't look at Liang Qiuwu's recent contradictions with the eldest grandson Xiangyu and Jin Ling'er, but in this regard, the women are the same enemy and unanimous to the outside world.

After getting out of the carriage, Xie An and his [personal guard] walked through the gate of the Xie family's mansion.

I have to say that Xie An's current mansion is unusual, after all, this is the mansion of Li Cheng, the fifth son of the former emperor, located in the prosperous area of Zhengyang Street, and the luxury of the mansion is enough to cover any palace in Jijing, even the Anping Mansion before Li Shou, I am afraid it is not as good as here.

"Huh......" followed behind Xie An. Jin Ling'er tore off the human skin mask on her face, put it in her arms, and said with a smile, "Little thief, sure enough, Sister Xiangyu is right." You're really not worrying......"

Xie An, who was walking in front, stopped when he heard this. Scratching his head and saying, "What is Sister Jin referring to?"

"Less garlic for the old lady!" Seeing that there were no people from the house at both ends of the corridor, Jin Ling'er grabbed Xie An's shirt and gritted her teeth. Snorted and said, "What's the matter with the palace just now?--don't think the old lady didn't see it!" - Seeing those little girls who are very itchy, aren't they? Hmph, the old lady thought you were a rare gentleman in the world, but she didn't want to, no different from those big officials......"

"Why did Sister Jin say this?" Xie An smiled wryly. Shouting that you are wronged.

"The old lady wronged you?" Snorting coldly, Jin Ling'er pouted and said, "When the old lady was in Jinling, she was used to seeing those so-called sanctimonious government officials, who were law-abiding on the surface, but in private, they took bribes on a large scale, thousands of taels at a time, and now you are good." Tens of thousands of taels are collected at one time...... Tar someone with the same brush! ”

Xie An smiled dumbly when he heard this, and when he saw that there was no one left and right, he reached out and hugged Jin Ling'er in his arms, and whispered softly in her ear, "For the husband, this raccoon dog." But Sister Kim's husband who shares the same bed......"

Jin Ling'er's face was slightly red when she heard this, she glanced at Xie An shyly, pretended to struggle for a moment, and gritted her teeth. hummed and said, "The old lady was deceived by you." I thought my mother had met some kind of good person......"

"Hehe," Xie An smiled even more when he heard this, and said with a smile on his eyebrows, "Knowing that she was deceived, Sister Jin had no choice but to acquiesce...... Ah! Speaking of this, Xie An gasped in pain, it turned out that it was Jin Ling'er who was angry but he was so light on her, and twisted his waist with his jade fingers.

"Corrupt officials!" Jin Ling'er snorted heavily, but there was a bit of guilt in her eyes, perhaps seeing Xie An's gasping was too realistic, which made her a little worried about whether she was too heavy.

Hearing the word corrupt official, Xie An couldn't help laughing, and then he understood what Jin Ling'er meant.

It turned out that a few days ago, in the usurpation of the palace by the crown prince Li Wei, there were many young people from the Jijing family, who also followed the fifth prince Li Cheng to commit the unforgivable crime, and were arrested and sent to the Great Prison Temple to wait for the fall.

Xie An didn't feel any problem with this matter, after all, those accomplices were to be released anyway, and they could squeeze some money from them, which was tantamount to a windfall from the sky, but now seeing Jin Ling'er's face, he thought that Jin Ling'er had always hated this kind of thing.

Xie An knew that Jin Ling'er, who was born in Jinling, had a strong resistance to the Great Zhou, mainly because Li Ji, the son of heaven, had issued an imperial order to slaughter the city in Jinling more than 20 years ago, and slaughtered all the people who were suspected of being rebellious against the Taiping Army, as well as the people who secretly helped the remnants of the Taiping Army, and even killed the people who were treacherous about the spiritual position of the former Tang Emperor Liu at home, so that Jinling, an important city in the south of the Yangtze River with a population of more than 200,000 at that time, had a population of more than 70% in a few days.

This is not counting, after the son of heaven Li Ji led the army back to Jijing, the officials who served as local officials in Jiangnan did not stop the search and arrest of the Taiping army, in order to get promoted and make a fortune, these officials caught wind and caught shadows, implicated many innocent people in Jiangnan, and this is especially obvious in Jinling, the [criminals] in Jinling City, as long as they say the wrong word, they may cause death, and Jin Ling'er's parents died in this turmoil, think about it, you know how disgusted Jin Linger is for Da Zhou.

As for the later Jinling local officials' deduction of the money allocated by Li Ji, the former son of heaven, to orphans and refugees in Jinling and other places, and filled their private pockets, Jin Ling'er hated the officials of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

It is precisely because of this that Jin Ling'er is extremely dissatisfied with her current husband Xie An's acceptance of bribes, after all, in her opinion, most of the property owned by the family is squeezed and demanded from people like her, and Xie An accepted the silver of the family's filial piety, isn't it tantamount to squeezing hard-earned money from the people?

Thinking of this, Xie An hugged the concubine in his arms tightly, and said with an exaggerated face, "Wronged! - Mrs. Mingjian. The husband never dared to obey the law, but the court had issued a pardon document, except for the emperor's fifth son, Li Cheng, who would not be held accountable for the crime, therefore. Only for the husband did he dare to accept the silver sent by those families...... Madame, think about it. Isn't it right for the family to do all the bad things, and to squeeze money from them for the sake of the husband, isn't it for the people of the world to be angry?" When he spoke, he secretly said in his heart to the Jijing family such as the Changsun family, the Liangqiu family, and the Lu family.

Jin Ling'er was stunned when she heard this. She couldn't turn a corner, and she felt that although what the little man next to her said was true, she always felt that something was wrong.

Looking at Jin Ling'er's thoughtful appearance, Xie An secretly wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, and was very happy in his heart. Not all women are as smart as the eldest grandson Xiangyu, and there are still a few who are stupid, such as Liangqiu Dance, such as Jin Linger......

"Little thief, you are to blame...... "Rubbing the soft flesh on Xie An's waist, Jin Ling'er said with a lot of guilt, "Well, you're right, the so-called family and officials." If you don't do good deeds, how can the thieves be in the same league with them?--The money you squeezed from them, the little thief, must be used to support the poor orphans and the suffering people, right?"

Seeing Jin Ling'er's expectant gaze, Xie An opened his mouth. I wanted to speak and stopped, and my expression was very embarrassed.

"Isn't it?" Perhaps noticing Xie An's expression, Jin Ling'er showed a little suspicion in her eyes.

"When...... Of course! "It's come to this, what else can Xie An say. Hurriedly patted his chest, with a look of promise.

"Sure enough, it's the man Yu fancies......" Jin Ling'er smiled with relief. Then he put his arms around Xie An's neck and said softly, "Little thief, then would you prepare a sum of money for Yu?" - you don't allow Yu to return to his old business and be an assassin to kill people to earn a reward, but there are still hundreds of orphaned children without a father or mother in that village...... With the monthly money from the imperial court issued by Ding Qiu, can they not afford it...... The imperial court is also too stingy, Ding Qiu serves as the commander of the Beizhen Fu Si Jinyi Guard, and the monthly salary is less than two hundred taels, and the old lady used to borrow a murder list casually, and it was ten thousand taels of silver......"

I have to say that Jin Ling'er is worthy of being the assassin leader who has been immersed in the rivers and lakes for a long time, and his black words in the rivers and lakes scared Xie An, he is really afraid that his concubine in the family will be burdened by money and embarrassment, and he will go out of the mountain to be an assassin again, you must know that Jin Ling'er's previous crimes were all borne by the crown prince Li Wei and the fifth prince Li Cheng brothers, in other words, if Jin Ling'er does something murderous, then Xie Anke will be in big trouble.

"Shhhhhh......h

"Got it!" Tearing away Xie An's right hand covering his mouth, Jin Ling'er said angrily, "The old lady doesn't like to kill people!" ”

"Not for the money!" After admonishing again, Xie An thought about it and said quite heartbrokenly, "In this way, there are about 300,000 taels of silver for the husband...... Sister Jin used the ...... first"

"300,000 taels......" Jin Ling'er nodded, thinking about it and said, "Well, it's enough for the village to support the year, but if there are more people in the future, I'm afraid it won't be enough ......."

"Day...... There will be more people in the future?" Xie An obviously heard the words in Jin Ling'er's words that made his face change greatly, and said strangely, "What does Sister Jin mean?"

"Doesn't the thief know, Jinling, and many of my brothers in the dangerous building, a few days ago, Yu has sent a letter to them, asking them to bring the orphans around Jinling to the village built by Yu in Jijing, Yu was weak and helpless earlier, and now he is ......" said, the jade finger of her right hand caressed Xie An's face, and said with relief, "Right now, Yu's man is an important minister in the court, and he is in the ...... of the criminal department."

Listening to Jin Ling'er's extremely dependent words, Xie An'an couldn't help but feel an emotion called man's responsibility, and subconsciously held Jin Ling'er's hand, he could feel that Jin Ling'er's fingers were not as delicate as her delicate body, they looked quite rough, and they were covered with strangulation marks, thinking that this was related to her used blades, not to mention that it was not as good as the pampered eldest grandson Xiangyu, and even Liangqiu Dance was not comparable, which made Xie An feel a little sad.

As far as he knows, the Jinling Weilou Assassin Pavilion earns millions of taels of silver from killing people every year, but ninety percent of them are used to open up official relationships, as well as to open up righteous houses, and to subsidize refugees and orphans in the Jinling area free of charge. Jin Ling'er, one of the four dignified concubines, doesn't have a piece of jewelry that her daughter's family should have?

"Leave it to your husband, Sister Jin just needs to be my Xie family's daughter-in-law......"

"Hmmm......"

The two hugged each other for a moment, and Jin Ling'er seemed to think of something, and raised her head from Xie An's chest. Looking at the flower garden in the courtyard on the left. Puzzled, he said, "Little thief, Yu still can't figure it out, haven't you always had a bad relationship with the Fifth Prince, Li Cheng?"

Xie An smiled slightly. Holding Jin Ling'er and looking at the precious flowers and trees in the courtyard, he couldn't help but think of the scene when he met the fifth prince Li Cheng in the Great Prison Temple more than ten years ago.

It was after the former emperor Li Ji sent the edict to the Great Prison Temple, and the edict was used to pardon the five princes Li Cheng's rebellion and capital crime......

The day after Chen Guifei's visit to the second son of the fifth prince Li Cheng, Xie An held the edict sent from the palace to the Great Prison Temple in his right hand, and came to the stone prison where the fifth prince Li Cheng was imprisoned with a very sad expression. Behind Xie An, there were four Dongling people in charge of the prison of the Great Prison Temple, two of whom each held a large jar of fine wine, and two of them carried a basket full of dishes.

"It's you...... Is Xie Shaoqing okay when you're idle?" The fifth prince, Li Cheng, turned his head and glanced at Xie An, and said with a smile, with a bit of sarcasm in his words.

He...... I don't know that his biological mother, Chen Guifei, has committed suicide by drinking poisoned wine......

Xie An sighed secretly, standing on the inside of the iron gate of the stone prison and looking at the fifth prince Li Cheng in front of him.

I have to say that at this moment, the fifth prince Li Cheng seems to have seen life and death. It seems quite calm, and his bearing is quite similar to the crown prince Li Wei that Xie An saw in the confinement room of Zongzheng Temple.

"Just put it here...... Wait out! - By the way, give me the key! Raising his hand to ask the four Dongling people to place the wine and dishes on the small table in front of Li Cheng, Xie An waved his hand and told them to leave.

"Yes, Lord Shaoqing!" The four Dongling jailers clenched their fists and took the order. One of them respectfully handed the key to the iron shackles on the hands and feet of the fifth prince Li Cheng to Xie An.

Watching the four Dongling jailers exit the stone prison, Xie An casually threw the key to Li Cheng.

"......" Li Cheng raised his hand to catch it, and glanced at Xie An suspiciously, he naturally would not think that the imperial court had pardoned his capital crime.

"......I see," he said, glancing at the holy decree in Xie An's right hand. Li Shou seemed to have thought of something, and said with a smile. "As the last meal of His Royal Highness's life, doesn't Xie Shaoqing feel a little shabby?"

"......" Xie An was silent.

"That's it, it's better than nothing," Li Cheng used the key to open the iron shackles in his hand, Li Cheng didn't even pay attention to the shackles on his feet, casually threw the key on the grass pile on the side, picked up the wine bowl, and scooped a bowl of wine in the wine jar.

It can be seen that Li Cheng at this moment has indeed put life and death out of the way, otherwise, how could he just untie the iron shackles in his hands and only facilitate his own use of wine?

"When?" After drinking three bowls of wine in a row, Li Cheng's face was drunk for a while, and he said lightly.

"What?" Xie An, who was sitting across from Li Cheng, didn't seem to hear clearly, and asked suspiciously.

"What else?" Pointing to the holy decree that Xie An placed beside Xiao Ji, Li Cheng smiled and said, "Naturally, when will this highness be beheaded!" ”

To Li Cheng's surprise, Xie An didn't say anything when he heard this, just drank silently, until Li Cheng asked again impatiently, Xie An hesitated and said, "Around the time of yesterday, Your Majesty died......

Li Cheng was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then laughed heartlessly, holding his stomach and laughing, "What is His Highness talking about?" My father still wants to go down to accompany my brother after all, but I don't want to, it's faster than His Royal Highness, hahahaha......"

Before the words fell, Xie An licked his lips and said in a low voice, "Before that, Chen Guifei committed suicide by drinking poisoned wine in Jingren Palace......

"Bang dang!" The wine bowl in Li Cheng's hand shattered on the ground, he looked at Xie An blankly, and said in disbelief, "What did you say?" Xie An, what did you just say?"

Licking his lips, Xie An repeated, "Chen Guifei committed suicide by drinking poisonous wine in Jingren Palace......"

As soon as the words fell, Li Cheng stood up suddenly, crawled on the pile of grass in the corner of the wall, and looked for the key that he had just discarded with a look of anger.

"Keys, keys! - Xie An, the key! You still have a spare key to the Great Prison Temple, right? Bring it to Your Highness! ”

looked at Li Cheng's angry appearance. Xie An sighed secretly, and said in a deep voice, "Your Highness Cheng should be impatient, His Highness Cheng should know, even if His Highness unshackles his hands and feet." Nor can the Mansion ask His Highness to leave this prison...... Again. Even if His Highness can get out of my Great Prison Temple, he will not be able to enter the palace......"

Hearing this, Li Cheng was shocked, and silently returned to Fang Cai's seat and sat down. After pouring a few bowls of wine, he said bitterly, "Ah, Your Highness is a heinous rebellion right now!" - Well, it won't be long anyway. His Royal Highness can also meet with the concubine underground......"

Handing the holy decree placed on Xiao Ji's side to Li Cheng, Xie An said in a low voice, "In fact, I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint Your Highness......

Li Cheng was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then as if he realized something, he snatched the holy decree and took a cursory look at it, and then his eyes were suddenly soaked with tears.

Looking at the fifth prince Li Cheng, he burst into tears and couldn't cry. Xie An sighed secretly, took another wine bowl, and filled it for Li Shou.

"Xie An, give His Highness a knife!" Li Cheng said expressionlessly.

"No!" Xie An shook his head and flatly refused.

"Why?"

"Is His Highness planning to use this to kill himself? Forgive this house for being difficult to obey! ”

"Why?" Li Cheng was furious when he heard this. He said angrily, "Don't you wish that Your Highness would die?" - Give Your Highness a sword, and Your Highness will fulfill your wish! ”

Looking at Li Cheng's angry look, Xie An sighed slightly. He said in a deep voice, "Your Highness." Yes, this mansion did wish for the early death of His Royal Highness's two brothers before, but now, it is ...... Your Highness has to think clearly, Your Highness's life is the exchange of the lives of His Highness's brother and His Highness's mother......"

Li Cheng was shocked when he heard this, his face changed greatly, he opened his mouth, and said forcibly, "So what? It's not about you! ”

"It's true that it has nothing to do with this mansion, it's just that this mansion feels ......," said Xie An, shaking his head and saying lightly, "Death is very simple, but it is difficult to live...... This government just wants to remind His Highness, well, Your Highness can miss his brother and mother?"

"Nonsense!" With a sneer, Li Cheng said bitterly, "This matter is all because of me, my brother and concubine all died because of me......"

"In this case, Your Highness needs to remember that if His Royal Highness dies, he can't even miss his brother and his biological mother......" Glancing at Li Cheng, whose face changed greatly, Xie An Zhengse said, "As soon as a person dies, everything is empty, Your Highness imagines, even though His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Chen Guifei were noble during their lifetimes, but now that the two of them have passed away, after a while, how many people will remember them?" How many people in the whole world will remember them?--Does Your Highness know what is the saddest thing? That is, people live for a lifetime, but leave nothing, as if they never appeared...... Does Your Highness want that? Or is it that even if you are burdened with the heavy sin of killing your brother and mother, you must survive as much as possible, so that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Chen Guifei will always live in the memory of His Royal Highness?"

"......" From beginning to end, the fifth prince Li Cheng was speechless and looked at Xie An blankly.

After a long time, Li Chengchang let out a long breath, nodded and said, "Xie An, the prince's brother said earlier that you are not an ordinary person and quite talented...... Although His Highness was not very reluctant, I have to admit that your words made His Highness suddenly ......"

"His Royal Highness Cheng has a good reputation, this mansion is ashamed, this mansion just thinks from a slightly different angle from ordinary people......" Xie An humbly arched his hand, and then deliberately asked, "Does Your Highness still need a knife?"

Glancing at the somewhat bantering look in Xie An's eyes, Li Cheng's face sank, and he said coldly, "Keep it for yourself!" -- Your Highness has heard that it is really foolish for your master and servant to make the third, sixth, and seventh children kings! ――Do you think the third child will obediently be a rich prince? Amusing! Although His Royal Highness doesn't want to admit it, but the third child, he is a prince who is not inferior to the prince's elder brother...... If you don't kill him, you still have to make him king...... Stupidity! - I can't even see through this kind of thing, Li Shou is not worthy of being the emperor of the Great Zhou! ”

"Hehe......" Xie An smiled bitterly, after all, even he felt that it was not a good idea to crown the third prince Li Shen and the other three princes as kings.

"Why don't His Highness wait for you to finish him?" A hint of fierceness flashed in his eyes, and Li Cheng said with a gloomy face, "Bring the third child here, and then give His Royal Highness a knife, Li Shou can sit back and be his emperor without worry!" ”

Xie An heard that the wry smile on his face was even stronger, he knew that after Li Cheng learned that he had been pardoned for capital crimes, he should have aroused the killing intent of the third prince Li Shen in his heart, and the reason was not so much because the third prince Li Shen ruined the good deeds of his two brothers, but rather that it was Li Shen who killed the crown prince Li Wei and killed Li Cheng's most respected brother, and then involved Chen Guifei, the mother of the two brothers, to take responsibility for her youngest son and commit suicide by drinking poison and wine.

"Shh Seeing that Xie An couldn't help shaking his head and smiling bitterly, Li Cheng snorted coldly, then took the wine cup in his hand, and muttered, "Hey, Xie An, His Royal Highness doesn't have any friends in Jijing, are you willing to accompany His Highness to get drunk and rest?" ”

"Dare to disobey?"

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