Although there was a Taiping army in the Five Tigers in Northern Xinjiang who acted as a class enemy, so that Li Mao, Li Xian, and Xie An could temporarily put aside their prejudices against each other and prepare to join forces in private to find out the Taiping army's fine work, but when the three of them sat in the seat, they still felt so embarrassed and uncomfortable.

It's no wonder, after all, the three represent different camps.

Xie An is undoubtedly a royalist party, behind him, there is the trust of Li Shou, the son of heaven, and the strong support of famous families such as the Liangqiu family, the eldest grandson family, and the Lu family, just like the original crown prince Li Wei, occupying more than fifty percent of the power in Jijing.

Among the six yamen of the imperial court, it has been supported by the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Ministry of Rites, even in the Ministry of Officials led by Li Xian, there is also Wang Dan who holds the position of the Ministry of Officials, sharing the functions and powers of the Ministry of Officials, and more importantly, like the Great Prison Temple, Weiwei Temple, the Six Gates of the Fusi of Nanzhen, and the Jinyiwei of the Fusi of the North Town, almost all the yamen in Jijing who have the right to take people on the spot are almost under the control of Xie An.

Compared with Xie An, Li Xian is the representative of the Li royal family in Jijing and the thirty-one branches of the Li royal family, holding the household department, the Ministry of Industry, the Imperial Historical Observatory and most of the officials, although he is inferior to Xie An in terms of authority, but he has the household department and the Ministry of Industry, which are two important yamen involved in the treasury of the Great Zhou Dynasty, as well as the Imperial Historical Observatory, a supervisory agency that can dominate public opinion.

I remember that when Li Xian first ascended the throne of prime minister, Xie An and Li Shou tried every possible way to plan to receive the household department to their side, however, Li Xian stubbornly bit the household department, in his words, the household department is the most important six yamen to maintain the stability of the people in the entire Great Zhou Dynasty, how can it be handed over to a new emperor who doesn't know anything, and a powerful minister in the court who is famous in Jijing for greed for money?

After a series of arguments, Li Xian handed over half of the rights of the ministry in exchange for supporting Xie An and Li Shou's old confidant Wang Dan as the servant of the ministry. In exchange for Xie An and Li Shou's promise that they would never get involved in the household department.

As soon as he mentioned this matter, Xie An'an was full of resentment, after all, Li Xian's gaze was very strange at that time, as if Xie An would remove all the gold and silver in the treasury after controlling the household department.

It's exciting!

When I Xie An is someone? As the so-called gentleman loves money and takes it in the right way, don't I know that the treasury is the root of maintaining the stability of the Great Zhou? Besides, there are so many treasures in the treasury, should I move the land? Ahem, no...... I'll just appreciate what is called a mountain of gold and a mountain of silver, but this can't be done?

But it's a pity. Li Xian didn't buy Xie An's account at all, although he handed over almost most of the law enforcement yamen in Jijing to Xie An and Li Shou, but he didn't let go of anything about Guoyin, and wanted to come. This patriotic and patriotic descendant of the Li royal family is most likely afraid that Li Shou and Xie An will lose the savings left by their ancestors and fathers after taking office.

If it is said that in terms of manpower, Xie Bao'an and his party occupy the absolute upper hand, then Li Xian can be said to be the lifeblood of controlling the financial resources of the Great Zhou, and in terms of power, it is like Li Shen, the third son of the emperor, although he is no match for the crown prince Li Wei. But it can also be called the other party's rat trap.

In general, in today's Jijing, Xie An and Li Shou account for five points, and Li Xian accounts for three points. The last two are neutral, and the most well-known of them is undoubtedly the home of one of the [Four Towns of Jijing], and its current leader. Guanglu Temple Qingqin.

In general, Xie An and Li Xian have some political contradictions. But they also belong to the big camp of the Jijing Imperial Court, and Li Mao, the king of Yan, is different, originally Li Mao was quite famous in the military department of the six yamen of Jijing, and Liangqiu Wu, the junior sister of the same family, echoed with him, but since Xie An married Liangqiu Wu and the eldest grandson Xiangyu, the forces of both the Liangqiu family and the eldest grandson family in the military department were under the command of Xie An, which made Li Mao completely lose the power to gain a foothold in Jijing, but even so, neither Li Xian nor Xie An dared to underestimate His Royal Highness the King of Yan, After all, Li Mao's real power is in northern Xinjiang, and if he is annoyed, the existing military strength in Jijing alone may not be able to defeat Li Mao.

Xie An, the representative of the royalist party, Li Xian, the representative of the Li royal family in Jijing and the thirty-one Li royal family, and Li Mao, the representative of the northern Xinjiang camp, when these three people were in the same room, it was not difficult to imagine how awkward and tense the atmosphere in the room was.

What makes this phenomenon even more obvious is the placement of seats for three people.

It looks a little funny, Xie An, Li Mao, and Li Xian's cases are roughly triangular, and to some extent, this also indicates that they are in different power camps within the Great Zhou.

Behind Li Mao, the five tigers of Northern Xinjiang sat in turn as courtiers, in terms of the number of people, this side is the most, in terms of strength, it is undoubtedly the most powerful on this side, after all, the five tigers of Northern Xinjiang are enough to compare with Fei Guo, Ji Hong, Geng Nan and other six god generals, among them, the arrogant guy who fights is even much stronger than Fei Guo, not to mention that there is also Li Mao, the king of Yan, who has not shown the slightest force so far.

If Liang Qiuwu and Jin Ling'er weren't around, Xie An wouldn't dare to stay with these guys for a long time.

And Li Xian's courtiers are naturally his confidant Ji Hong, and there is no doubt that sometimes, Xie An really wonders, is the relationship between these two men a little too much? After all, as far as he knew, even after Ji Hong took up the position of secretary of the ministry, he still did not move out of Li Xian's Xianwang Mansion, and Li Xian did not include the princess even after he knew that there was no hope for pursuing the eldest grandson Xiangyu, which inevitably made people think a little wrong.

As for Xie An's side, his courtiers are undoubtedly the three daughters of Liang Qiu Wu, the eldest grandson Xiangyu and Jin Ling'er, among them, Liang Qiu Wu and Jin Ling'er are worried about whether Li Mao's existence will pose a threat to their husband and sit next to them, as for the eldest grandson Xiangyu, this strange woman is purely just to see a good show, after all, she is quite interested in the [Six Divine Generals] and other members of the Infernal Affairs within the Great Zhou.

Of course, what interests her the most is undoubtedly the person who thought of using this method to dismantle Da Zhou from within, the woman who made her feel that she would become a fierce rival in the future, and whose wisdom was on par with her, although she had not yet found out that woman was the third of the [Four Ji], [Heavenly Ji] Liu Qing.

The wine was drunk round and round, but the words spoken by Xie An, Li Mao, and Li Xian during the period added up to less than ten sentences, and more time was silent silence. Not to mention normal people, even a fool can see that the atmosphere in the house is very wrong.

Xie An was very dissatisfied with this, after all, his eldest wife Liang Qiuwu was being watched directly by Li Mao at the moment, and what about his second wife, Sun Xiangyu......

Li Xian, you stinky boy, don't think that I didn't see you when you sneak a glance from time to time!

And what made Xie An feel even more unhappy was that this time even Jin Ling'er could not escape, and was stared at by several of the Five Tigers in Northern Xinjiang in a daze.

It's no wonder, after all, Jin Ling'er is many years older than Liang Qiuwu and eldest grandson Xiangyu. As a woman, it is in the golden age of great maturity, in comparison, whether it is Liangqiu Dance, Yiyi, or the eldest grandson Xiangyu, they are all a little green now. How to talk about it for the time being in the future, at least for now, the four wives in Xie An's family are the charm of Jin Ling'er's most mature women.

Although women are born beautiful, and men also feel bright on their faces, Xie An still feels very unhappy when he makes others stare at him unscrupulously like this.

Raise your glass and turn her head silently. Xie An glared at Li Xian fiercely, and motioned with his eyes to make some changes to the current situation, after all, this time it was Li Xian and the others who came uninvited.

As if noticing Xie An's gaze, Li Xian coughed. Secretly suppressed a little nostalgia for the eldest grandson Xiangyu in his heart, and raised his glass with an exaggerated smile on his face, "I never thought that Lord Xie's mansion would have such a fine wine." Let Xiao Wang and the others almost indulge in this kind of wine......"

I have to say that Li Xian is worthy of being enough to be the prime minister. In one sentence, he and Li Mao's gaffe were exposed, and he also praised the fine wine in Xie An's mansion by the way, no wonder this guy took the old power of the former crown prince Li Wei and the fifth son of the emperor Li Cheng under his command without much effort, and even said that he moved the thirty-one Li royal family divisions in the Great Zhou Dynasty as a backing.

Li Xian took the lead in opening his mouth to break the frozen atmosphere, Xie An was also much more relaxed, and followed his words and said, "Your Royal Highness Xian likes it, this wine comes from a restaurant on Guangqu Street in the city, the name [Huixian Ju], in the mansion, it is not inferior to the palace tribute wine." ”

Li Xian smiled slightly, nodded and said, "Hui Xianju...... Good name, good size! - To be so highly regarded by Lord Xie, Xiao Wang will also go to see it in the future......" As he spoke, he turned his head to look at Li Mao and said with a smile, "What does the imperial brother think?" ”

You must know that although Li Mao's personality is a little impulsive and reckless, he is not stupid, where would he not guess the intentions of Li Xian and Xie An, after secretly sighing for his gaffe, he said with a flat face, "It's okay!" ——It's not true that the sweet and refreshing taste is not true, but it is not as hot and boring as the [fire shochu] in my northern Xinjiang! - It's quite appropriate for a woman to drink......"

This guy ......

Xie An gritted his teeth secretly, how could he not hear that Li Mao was scolding him by turning a corner, a trace of displeasure flashed in his eyes when he heard this, and he deliberately said, "It is worthy of His Royal Highness King Yan, it is really heroic!" ——A man as a true hero like His Royal Highness, there is no shortage of excellent women to admire, which really makes Xie jealous...... By the way, this time His Royal Highness King Yan came to Jijing, didn't he bring the princess? Speaking of this, Xie An deliberately showed a puzzled expression.

As soon as the words fell, Li Mao's face suddenly sank, his face turned red, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he stared at Xie An, as if he wanted to swallow Xie An whole.

Return the princess...... Haven't you been the first to marry the princess?!

Just when Li Mao was furious in his heart, a female voice that didn't fit the atmosphere sounded in the room.

"Princess?" Glancing at Li Mao suspiciously, Liang Qiuwu asked with a little surprise, "Isn't the Fourth Highness married?" ”

Liang Qiuwu's words were vaguely joyful.

Although she didn't know Li Mao's feelings for her earlier, with the admonition and reminder of her eldest grandson Xiangyu, she gradually understood, it turned out that Li Mao, who she regarded as a brother, had been admiring herself a few years ago, which made Liang Qiu Wu a little embarrassed.

To tell the truth, Liang Qiu Wulai has a relatively light view of the relationship between men and women, rather than finding a suitable husband, she is more inclined to be angry and revitalize the Liang Qiu family, if it were not for the original design of the eldest grandson Xiangyu, so that she Yu Xie An, had to marry, maybe she can't remember that she will marry someone one day.

Then under the hint and admonition of the eldest grandson Xiangyu, Liang Qiuwu gradually understood the embarrassing relationship between Li Mao, Xie An and her, although five days ago, she had already made a statement on the palace hall, and she was very firmly on the side of her husband Xie An, intending to draw a line with Li Mao, who was practicing martial arts in the same school, but in the final analysis. This incident also made her quite uncomfortable, after all, Li Mao was an existence that she regarded as a brother.

And now hearing Xie An say this, Liang Qiuwu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, after all, Xie An said it very bluntly, how could a hero like Li Mao lack the admiration of an excellent woman? Maybe he had already married the woman he admired in Northern Xinjiang, so, in her opinion, between Li Mao and her husband. There is no such thing as a fundamental contradiction.

Where could she guess that it was her husband Xie An who was uneasy and kind, and deliberately said this to retaliate against Li Mao's previous ridicule.

Looking at Liang Qiuwu's gaze that seemed to be a little expectant, Li Mao opened his mouth and was speechless. Like the current scene, how can he be so cheeky to say that he is waiting for her before he marries the main room?

"Uh...... Yes, yes......" couldn't resist Liang Qiuwu's expectant gaze, Li Mao reluctantly smiled a little, endured the pain in his heart, and nodded, after all, Liangqiu Wu is now married to a wife. It's too late to say anything.

"Huh?" Seeing that Li Mao's reaction was not as he thought, Liang Qiuwu's face showed a little puzzlement, and he was about to speak, when he suddenly heard a burst of "giggle" laughter in the room.

"What are you laughing at?" Liang Qiuwu looked at the eldest grandson Xiangyu, who covered his face with a fan and couldn't look up with a smile.

Laugh at how stupid you are. was used as a gun by Brother An to play that Li Mao, and he was still in the dark......

Glancing at Xie An, who frequently hinted with his eyes that he didn't want to talk much, the eldest grandson Xiangyu didn't reply to Liang Qiuwu, the roommate, but just opened his mouth towards Xie An and made a lip shape.

Poisonous tongue......

Is there one?

I clearly saw the mouth shape made by the eldest grandson Xiangyu. Xie An was very embarrassed.

robbed the knife to snatch the sweetheart of his lover's family, and finally used this incident to ridicule others. This is indeed a bit cheap, but well, who told Li Mao that guy to make a mockery first?

Thinking of this, Xie An seemed quite at ease, although he also knew that if it wasn't for the Taiping Army's efforts that might be lurking in the Five Tigers, if it wasn't for the presence of Liang Qiu Wu, then Li Mao would most likely flip the table on the spot.

Generally speaking, the communication between Li Mao and Xie An is not too optimistic, but from a certain point of view, the tense atmosphere between the two is the most in line with the current state of affairs, so as not to make the Taiping army lurking in the Five Tigers sense that something is wrong.

I don't know how long it took, Li Xian seemed to suddenly think of something, turned his head to Xie An and asked, "By the way, Lord Xie, the cook in your kitchen, do you know how to bake a whole fat sheep?" ”

Is it finally about to begin?

Xie Anxin tightened, accompanied Li Xian to act, touched his chin, and pretended to be puzzled and said, "Isn't it good to be roasted?" ”

As soon as the words fell, he saw Li Xian sit up straight as if he had been stepped on by someone's tail, and said anxiously, "Which is so simple?" As far as Xiao Wang knows, there are dozens of procedures in the baking process...... Lord Xie, you are really, if you don't know about this matter, just say it, you have wasted the high-grade fat sheep selected by Xiao Wang in vain......"

"How do you know ......?"

"That's it, it's also Xiao Wang's inconsiderate ......" Shaking his head with a pretended sigh, Li Xian turned his head to look at the five tigers behind Li Mao, and said urgently, "The five generals have lived in the northern frontier for a long time, and they know how to roast fat sheep, right?" - Please also go to the kitchen for guidance, so as not to spoil the food by the chef in Lord Xie's house! ”

"This ......" the five tigers looked at each other.

If you invite someone to dinner, you have to go to the kitchen to guide you on how to cook the food? This Xie Fu is also unusual......

Thinking of this, the Five Tigers turned their heads to look at Li Mao.

Li Mao nodded and said, "The right should be as a reward for Xie Shangshu to invite me to the banquet, so that he can also taste the delicious food of my northern Xinjiang...... Youdou, forget if you are injured, a few of you, who will go to the kitchen! ”

Is it excluded from Yoodou?

Li Xian and Xie An glanced at each other quietly, and had already made a judgment in their hearts about Li Mao's approach: Li Mao would not be negligent in this kind of thing, since he ruled out the arrogant Youdou, there must be a reason for him.

In other words, there are four other people besides Youdou......

Zhang Qi, Cao Da, Le Xu, Wu Heng......

"Let's go with the last general!" The Five Tigers' Le Xu stood up.

Seeing this, Xie An glanced at Jin Ling'er beside him, Jin Ling'er understood, stood up, and said with a smile, "In that case, let's lead the way for the general......

"......" Le Xu glanced at Jin Ling'er suspiciously, firstly, he had already taken the kitchen once, and he didn't need Jin Ling'er to lead the way, and secondly, judging by the clothes on Jin Ling'er's body, it was not difficult for Le Xu to guess that this woman was Xie An's wife and concubine, and such a noble woman took the initiative to lead the way for him, which couldn't help but make him a little puzzled.

As if seeing the doubts in Le Xu's eyes, Jin Ling'er smiled slightly, and explained in the words that Xie An taught him, "The concubine is not strong enough to drink, and if you want to go back to the house to rest and rest, you can lead the way for the general by the way......"

Hearing this, Le Xu suddenly realized, nodded and clenched his fists and said, "So there is Madame Rauchet......"

"Don't dare to ......" Jin Ling'er saluted and walked towards the inner room, looking at her beautiful appearance at the moment, it was hard to imagine that this weak-looking woman would be the top assassin of the Great Zhou who was famous in the Jiangnan underworld.

It is worth mentioning that shortly after Le Xu and Jin Linger left the table, Zhang Qi, You Dou, Cao Da and Wu Heng also left the seat in the name of going to the toilet.

Looking at the empty seats of the Five Tigers, Li Mao, Li Xian and Xie An glanced at each other very tacitly.

As far as the current form is concerned, the best way to assassinate Li Mao and blame Xie An is to drug the drinks and dishes that will be served later.

You must know that the reason why Li Xian deliberately asked the Five Tigers to carry the two fat sheep to the kitchen was precisely to let these people know the location of the kitchen in Xie An's mansion, and the reason why Li Xian and Xie An were pretentious was also to create an opportunity for the six gods of the Taiping Army who were lurking in the Five Tigers to take medicine, and because of this, Xie An asked Jin Ling'er, who was proficient in pharmacology, to leave the table and secretly monitor the kitchen.

It can be said that Li Xian has arranged the best opportunity for the six gods to get drugged, and the rest depends on whether the six gods will have the courage to bite this incense bait and take this opportunity to drugged and eradicate Li Mao......

As Li Xian said before, the bait has been cast, and he is waiting for the fish to take the bait!