Around three o'clock, Xie An finally met Li Cheng, the king of Anling, and met the fifth son of the emperor who had a very tangled and complicated relationship with him.

I remember that Xie An once felt that there are no pure evil people in the world, no matter how arrogant and domineering and evil-doers he looks, there is always a gentle and kind side in his heart, and the former prince Li Wei and Anling King Li Cheng, these two brothers are the best examples.

Compared with the former crown prince Li Wei, Xie An's hatred for Li Cheng was more pure and direct, after all, Li Cheng had used many assassins and adopted orphans in Jinling as hostages to force Jin Ling'er to assassinate the ministers of the court, almost causing Jin Ling'er to become an unforgivable murderer in the Jijing court.

Thinking of that incident, Xie An still has palpitations, after all, the number of officials assassinated by Jin Ling'er was really numb, this stupid woman was forced by the emperor's fifth son Li Cheng, assassinated one hundred and thirty-eight officials above the seventh grade in Jijing in just three days, and single-handedly disturbed the entire Jijing, so that Xie An, who was the Shaoqing of the Great Prison Temple at that time, could be called a rat trap, for fear that one day he would interrogate Jin Ling'er, the beloved woman who had committed a great crime.

Because of this, Xie An hated Li Cheng, who threatened Jin Ling'er, and wanted to kill this despicable and shameless fifth prince with a knife, he once thought that Li Cheng, the fifth son of the emperor, may be the most vicious of all the princes, until on the night of the palace forcing incident, the behavior of the fifth son Li Cheng had to change Xie An's opinion of him.

It is undeniable that the fifth son of the emperor, Li Cheng, is not inferior to the third son of the emperor, Li Shen, and the viciousness of his heart is not inferior to his brother Li Wei, the former crown prince, but on the other hand, His Royal Highness the prince is also quite a bachelor, after understanding his brother Li Wei's kindness to him, he resolutely gave up the throne at his fingertips, and took all the sins in this matter in the prison of the Great Prison Temple, and attributed all the faults to himself.

That's why. Jin Ling'er was able to escape the catastrophe, otherwise, with her crime of assassinating more than 100 officials in the DPRK and China, even Xie An today may not be able to protect her, let alone Xie An, who was only the Shaoqing of the Great Prison Temple back then?

Therefore, Xie An always felt that he owed Li Cheng a favor, therefore. During the state funeral, Xie Anli overrode public opinion and rashly invited the imperial court, and finally let Li Cheng meet his father and former emperor Li Ji, his mother Empress Chen, and his brother Li Wei, the former crown prince Li Wei for the last time.

Xie An remembers. When he told Li Cheng, who was still in the prison of the Great Prison Temple at the time, Li Chengna was so ecstatic that he bowed to Xie An three times, which made Xie An a little flattered. This is not the end, when Li Cheng was reduced to a commoner and demoted to the imperial mausoleum to guard the tomb, he gave his mansion to Xie An as a thank you gift, which is now the Shangshu Ling Xie Mansion of the Criminal Department.

It stands to reason. As Xie An, he was not allowed to live in a house of such specifications, but because it was a gift from Li Cheng, the fifth son of the emperor, the Jijing Imperial Court also turned a blind eye, and even the honest imperial historians in Yushitai did not come to trouble Xie An.

After all, it was a mansion with the specifications of a prince and a prince, and the degree of luxury was far higher than any mansion in Jijing except for the imperial palace. Even the mansion of the eldest grandson of the former prime minister of Duke Yin is difficult to compare with it, in terms of the facilities, decorations and the accompanying gift of Mei Ji, who is good at singing and dancing, its value can even be compared with Xie An's nominal hometown of Guangling County, which can be said to be priceless. I remember that the vase in the mansion alone as a decoration is enough to pay Xie An's fortune for several years, not to mention others.

It is precisely because of this that Xie An has always been indebted to Li Cheng. After all, he just said a few words in the court and persuaded some stubborn ministers in the court, but Li Cheng gave him such an amazing reward, therefore. Later, when the Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty took care of the old feelings and issued a decree to enshrine Li Cheng, who had been demoted to the imperial tomb at that time, as the king of Anling, Xie An was the first to stand up and support, after all, he was originally a person who repaid grievances with grievances and repaid virtue with virtue.

In Xie An's view, among the sons of the former prince Li Ji, only Li Xian, the eighth son of the emperor and the king of the eight sages, can be called a gentleman and a national scholar. But when it comes to heroes, the first person to jump out of Xie An'an is definitely not the overlord of Northern Xinjiang who has 100,000 male soldiers in his hands, so that Wairong does not dare to easily enter the Great Zhou, the fourth son of the emperor, Yanwang Li Mao; It is not Li Shen, the third son of the emperor, who has been obscure and forbearant for many years, and has great ambitions; It's the fifth son of the emperor and Li Cheng, the king of Anling!

After all, not everyone can do it when the throne is within reach, but because of his brother's kindness, he abandons the throne without hesitation, and is willing to be demoted to the common people and relegated to the imperial tomb to guard the tomb, in a sense, the fifth son of the emperor Li Cheng is the most chic of the princes, because he took the initiative to give up the throne and gave up the opportunity to become the monarch of a country.

This is a man who perfectly interprets what it means to pull back from the precipice with his actions!

"Fifth Highness Antai!"

At the south gate of the Great Zhou military camp, Xie An, who had been waiting there for a long time, took the initiative to salute Li Cheng, the fifth son of the emperor. In order to show his respect for Li Cheng, Xie An summoned hundreds of generals in the army to greet Li Cheng at the south gate of the camp, which made Li Cheng surprised and flattered.

Yes, Li Cheng was surprised.

Don't look at him now holding the title of King Anling, in fact, it is just an empty knight, and it can't bring him any substantial benefits, but now Xie An is a real member of the court and the central government of the Criminal Department. To put it mildly, even if Xie An waited for Li Cheng in the handsome tent, Li Cheng couldn't find any thorns, after all, the status of the two of them now is definitely not the same as back then.

But what Li Cheng didn't expect was that Xie An treated him so politely Li Cheng summoned more than 100 generals in the whole battalion, and waited for him in Yuanmen for a long time in the cold wind.

"Long time no see, Xie Shaoqing...... Oh no, now you should call it Xie Shangshu! Li Cheng smiled and returned the salute to Xie An.

After three years of absence, Li Cheng's appearance has not changed much, but his temperament has changed too much, His Royal Highness the prince who dominated the palace forcing the palace incident back then, after the tempering of the imperial tomb, has become more stable and mature, very personal charm, gestures, giving people a kind of majesty of the king. Even. Its momentum is actually stable and above the Eight Sages King Li Xian.

"His Royal Highness said seriously...... It's windy here, I can't wait to talk about it in detail, please! ”

"Good! - Please! ”

After a few words, Xie An invited Li Cheng and his party to the commander's tent in the army, and as for the more than 4,000 imperial tomb dragon slave guards, they were led by Fei Guo, the chief general of the Jizhou army, and Liang Cheng, the chief general of the Great Liang army, and took them to the empty house that had been vacated in the camp to rest.

Fei Guo and Liang Cheng did not dare to slack off. After all, they had already learned from Xie An that these Imperial Tomb Dragon Slave Guards were all the bloodline of the Li clan of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and they were definitely not something they could easily provoke.

In fact, there is no need for Xie An to remind you at all, just by looking at the carvings on the armor on those dragon slave guards, you can understand, after all. Not everyone can wear armor with a four-clawed black python, looking at the more than 100,000 people in the Great Zhou army here, only Xie An has this qualification.

Not to mention that Fei Guo and Liang Cheng entertained the 4,000 soldiers of the Li royal family of the Great Zhou Dynasty who could not afford to offend, not to mention that Fei Guo and Liang Cheng personally welcomed Li Cheng and his party to the commander's tent in the army.

Because of his respect for Li Cheng and others, Xie An did not sit on the main seat of the head, but sat opposite Li Cheng and others, starting from the first place on the left. He sat at the same table with the military advisor Liu Qing, and under him, in addition to Fei Guo and Liang Cheng, who entertained Long Nuwei, Ma Dan, Tang Hao, Liao Li, Wang Huai and many other generals sat down in order.

"Let me introduce you first......"

As the host, Xie An stood up and introduced the generals of his side one by one.

"Fei Guo, the commander of the Jizhou Army, and Liang Cheng, the commander of the Great Liang Army, have also met under the Fifth Palace...... Ma Dan. One of the deputy marshals of the Jizhou soldiers, as famous as Fei Guo, is the deputy general of the lower official, and is the other of the two sharp blades of the lower official...... Tang Hao, who is also the deputy marshal of the Jizhou Army, has both civil and military skills...... Liao Li, a rare fierce general in our army......"

On the occasion of Xie An's introduction one by one. Li Chengyi, the king of Anling, nodded his head and signaled, the right should be a salute, and his impression of these Zhou generals was still very good. After all, it was these warlike generals who assisted Xie An and forced his enemy Li Shen, the king of Qin, whom Li swore to kill, to the point where he is now. Thinking that Li Shen, the king of Qin who had swept south a few months ago, was now forced by Xie An to retreat to Xiangyang, Li Cheng, the king of Anling, was very happy in his heart, and his good impression of Xie An and the generals of the Zhou army suddenly rose a few points.

After Xie An's introduction, Li Cheng stood up and said with a smile, "I am very happy to see all the generals who are good at fighting!" ――As early as when he was in Yuzhou, Cheng heard that there were many fierce generals under Xie Shangshu's strong army, who killed Li Yan, the king of Chu, and Li Xiao, the king of Han, defeated the Taiping army, and then forced Li Shen, the king of Qin, to such a field, hahahaha, happy! ”

Listening to Li Cheng's words of praise, the generals in the tent looked at each other, they really didn't expect that Li Cheng, the king of Anling, was such a talkative master. You must know that in their minds, Li Cheng, the king of Anling, should be an extremely murderous murderer, just look at the heinous things that this person did in Yuzhou, in the face of his uncle's relatives, he actually did not recognize the six relatives, killed all the doors, and hung his head in the country to warn those vassal kings who helped Li Shen, the king of Qin.

[Is this really Li Cheng, the king of Anling, who broke six feudal kingdoms before and after and killed all six royal families?] ]

The generals in the tent will look at me, I will look at you, I can't believe it, after all, Li Cheng, the king of Anling in front of them, is quite similar to Li Xian, the king of the eight sages, in terms of bearing.

"And who is this?"

Li Cheng's eyes looked at Liu Qing, who was sitting at the same table as Xie An, and there was a slight smile between his eyebrows that could easily make people misunderstand, and he said with a chuckle, "Xiao Wang remembers that when he left Jijing, he gave it to Xie Shaoqing...... No, Xie Shangshu is a beautiful girl who is good at singing and dancing, and he didn't want to be lucky enough to return to Jijing a while ago, but he found that those dozens of beautiful women were as good as ever......" As he spoke, he looked up and down at Liu Qing's figure that was more sad than that of the eldest grandson Xiangyu, and suddenly muttered with realization, "It turns out that Lord Xie is so good, I knew it was like this, and there are still many virgins over there in the music workshop......"

"Ahem, ahem!" Xie An held his breath in his throat and coughed repeatedly.

And Liu Qing, who was beside him, was already ashamed and angry, her little face was flushed, and her shoulders trembled angrily.

"No, isn't it ......" Xie An hurriedly explained, after all, Liu Qing's temper can be said to be the worst to some extent, because she is still just a child, in case she annoys her, it is not a joke.

"Oh? Isn't it? Li Cheng was stunned, because Xie An had never introduced Liu Qing, so he subconsciously thought that this little woman with a decent appearance but a rather chilling body was Xie An's forbidden love, but he didn't want to be like that.

It's no wonder, because Liu Qing's identity is too sensitive, after all, she was the leader of the Taiping Army. He was also an ally of Li Shen, the king of Qin, and as we all know, Li Cheng, the king of Anling, hated Li Shen, the king of Qin, and wanted to kill everyone related to Li Shen.

In desperation. Xie An had no choice but to introduce Liu Qing, and emphasized that the reason why the Zhou army was able to force Li Shen, the king of Qin, to such a field was all due to Liu Qing's strategy.

I have to say that Xie An's consideration was correct, and when he heard the word Taiping Army, Li Cheng, the king of Anling, suddenly sank. Looking at Liu Qing's eyes, there was also a hint of murderous intent, after all, the matter of Li Shen, the king of Qin, colluding with the Taiping army to trap Li Xian, the king of the eight sages, had already spread throughout the country, so how could Li Cheng not know?

It wasn't until he heard Xie An's words that the appearance of His Royal Highness the Fifth Prince, who was thirsty for murder, improved a lot.

"I see...... Knowing that mistakes can be corrected, good is great! Li Cheng commented lightly. didn't go too deep, after all, his mind was full of Qin King Li Shen right now, and he didn't care about other people at all.

It's just that this sentence is very awkward in Xie An's ears, after all, among all the people here, only Xie An knows best what kind of things Li Cheng, the king of Anling, did when he was in Jijing earlier.

Perhaps noticing Xie An's strange expression, Li Cheng was also a little embarrassed on his face, after all, he was really not qualified to talk about others, and coughed. He diverted the topic and began to introduce the Imperial Tomb Dragon Slave Guards around him.

"Li Yan, the eldest son of my father's brother, that is, Cheng's cousin......"

Just the first one, it made Xie An and the others almost gasp in shock. After all, the other party's origin is too big, if the former emperor Li Ji did not succeed in seizing the throne, but let this father be the emperor, then. This royal child named Li Yan is understandably the prince of a country.

Listening to Li Cheng slowly introduce the other one, Xie An and the others couldn't help but shrink their heads, after all, the identities of these people are too amazing. They are all cousins of Li Cheng within three generations, but they were relegated to the imperial mausoleum because their father and ancestor failed to compete for the throne, in other words, these are all real royal children with the blood of the Li family of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and Li Jing's simple surname Li Wanquan is not the same.

Seeing that Xie An and the others had different expressions, beside Li Cheng, Li Yan chuckled and said, "I'm just a sinner, don't worry about it...... In fact, I have seen Lord Xie in the early years of the next year, I wonder if Lord Xie still has an impression? ”

Xie An was greatly surprised when he heard this, and it wasn't until Li Yan opened his mouth to explain that he was relieved, it turned out that Li Yan was one of the dragon slave guards who went from the imperial mausoleum to Jijing to escort Li Cheng during the state funeral, and it was the leader of the team who knocked Li Cheng unconscious.

[No wonder he had the courage to stun the fifth son of the emperor, Li Cheng, at that time, and he didn't take it seriously at all......]

Xie An nodded suddenly in realization.

"Ahem!" Seeing his cousin Li Yan and Xie An chatting about his past troubles, Li Cheng couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, coughed and diverted the topic, "By the way, Lord Xie, the current situation of the enemy and me, and Lord Xie for Xiao Wang's advice!" ”

At this time, the wine and food had been served one after another, Xie An wanted to take the wind for Li Cheng first, and then talk about it in detail later, but seeing Li Cheng's insistence, he couldn't refuse, after all, when Li Cheng swore to kill Li Shen, Xie An was next to him, and he heard it clearly.

I haven't seen him for three years, and this Fifth Highness is more generous than before, but this hatred is also better than before......

"That's right," licking his lips, Xie An said in a deep voice, "Right now, Li Shen, the king of Qin, has entered Xiangyang, relying on the fortified city of Xiangyang to confront our army, and in terms of troops, Li Shen still has 50,000 Baishui troops under his command, all of which are not inferior to the elite of the Jizhou soldiers and the Great Liang army, and in addition, there are 30,000 vassal kings led by Li Bo, the son of the king of Qiuyang......"

"King Qiuyang? The son of Li Yi, the king of Qiuyang? Li Bo? A hint of discoloration flashed in Li Yan's eyes.

"Your Highness Yan doesn't think there's anything wrong?" Xie An asked cautiously, because Li Yan's identity was also quite unusual, so he also used His Royal Highness to address this man who could have become the crown prince.

"Oh, no!" Seeing Xie An asking, Li Yan smiled and said, "Lord Xie, don't care, I just feel it......" As he spoke, he licked his lips and said with a chuckle, "Hey, this is really ......"

[Feeling it?] ]

Xie An was stunned, and suddenly, he seemed to understand something.

[Wait, if Li Yan is Li Cheng's cousin, in other words, Li Yan's father is a brother to the former emperor Li Ji, and Li Yi, the king of Qiuyang, is also Li Ji's brother, so to speak......]

"Do you want to avenge your uncle's revenge?" Li Cheng turned his head and looked at his cousin Li Yan with a chuckle, after all, as far as he knew, the reason why Li Ji was able to ascend to the throne back then was that King Qiuyang also helped a lot, in other words, for Li Yan, he and King Qiuyang also had a grudge relationship that was difficult to get rid of.

"Forget it!" Li Yan pursed his lips and said with a smile, "My brother is different from you, and I still want to be buried in the imperial mausoleum after death!" - Of course, if Li Bo crashes into the hands of his brother, he won't dare to kill him......"

"That's it, then ......" Li Cheng chuckled, suddenly turned his head to look at Xie An, and said, "The previous war, hard work Xie Shangshu, the future war, can you ask Lord Xie to be the main Xiao Wang?" - Please! ”

[Huh?] Do you plan to lead the war here when you just arrived? ]

Xie An was stunned, but looking at Li Cheng's sincere pleading face, he really couldn't refuse.

"Are you sure, Fifth Highness? - Li Shen is extremely cunning! ”

"Humph!" Li Cheng chuckled lightly when he heard this, licked his lips, and said fiercely, "Xie Shangshu, don't worry, this king is here to pull this guy back to the yin!" ”

[What a conceited tone, but...... Why does it sound wrong? ]

Looking at the hatred in Li Cheng's eyes, Xie An couldn't help but swallow his saliva.