In all fairness, Xie An is actually a very down-to-earth person, he knows what kind of character he is, so on the surface, he will not pretend to be like a saint who has no desires, deliberately flaunting to the world that he does not love money, does not love sex, and does not care about the virtues of fame, fortune and status.

In his view, people are a collection of people, people live a lifetime, to be worthy of themselves, how to be worthy of themselves?

Wake up and hold the murderous sword, get drunk and lie on the knees of beautiful women, eat the most beautiful food, drink the most beautiful wine, and sleep with the most beautiful women.

Although this concept will most likely make Liang Qiuwu frown, and teach her husband Xie An morality.

To tell the truth, in terms of character, in fact, since Xie An served as the Shaoqing of the Great Prison Temple, the imperial court supervision institutions dominated by the Imperial History Observatory have not come to Xie An for trouble, of course, it does not refer to malicious serious injury, slander or framing, but out of some kind of reminder and admonition.

It's no wonder, after all, Xie An's character sometimes loses his majesty as a court official, and the dignified Shaoqing of the Great Prison Temple is nostalgic for the place of wind and snow, playing with the wine ladies who accompany the wine in the Qinglou, is this what an important minister of the court should do?

In this regard, Xie An scoffed, in his opinion, everyone has their own way of living, why do you have to ask others to live like you?

Well, Xie An has always thought so, even if he was severely warned by Liang Qiuwu and eldest grandson Xiangyu later, prohibiting him from entering and leaving that unbearable place again.

The whole Ji Kyoto knows that Xie An, the new secretary of the Criminal Department, is a greedy and lustful guy, and Xie An doesn't mind this, on the contrary, he quite hopes that the son of the wealthy family will send him a few talented beauties in order to please him, of course. It was without alarming the two wives in his family.

However, some of Ji Jing's things about the bad temper and difficulty of getting along with this Shangshu Xie of the Criminal Department are difficult for Xie An to understand, and he is quite angry, you must know that as his official position is getting higher and higher, Xie An's self-cultivation has also improved a lot, even if he encounters a guy who is not long-eyed on the road and asks him to give way, Xie An will politely let the barking dog ...... Ahem, it's not. Asked this hurried passer-by to go first, unless someone went too far and completely provoked Xie Anxin's anger.

For example, a few days ago, the four children of the Li royal family led by Li Bo, the king of Qiuyang, had not robbed Su Wan if they hadn't been so daring. Xie An didn't stir up the crowd, and in the end he almost killed the four royal children and threw them away.

Speaking of the four royal children, Xie An was really puzzled at that time, how could the royal family of a small feudal country have the courage to go wild in Jijing, the country of the Great Zhou? How can you have the audacity to be so arrogant?

I have to say that that night, Xie An finally saw what arrogance is. What is called arrogance.

But now, when he saw the fourth son of the emperor [King Yan] Li Mao, Xie An was stunned and felt that those royal sons of the Li family were arrogant and arrogant a few days ago. That root is not a problem.

What does it mean to be truly arrogant? What does it mean to be truly invincible? Just look at Li Mao, the king of Yan in front of you.

You must know that His Royal Highness King Yan only brought five generals to act as guards and entourage, and came to the inner court of the palace during the banquet. looked at others like others, and did not take Li Shou and the hundred officials of the DPRK and China in his eyes at all.

In the eyes of His Royal Highness King Yan. There was only the old enemy who competed with him for the throne at the beginning, Li Xian, the eighth son of the emperor......

Oh, and he's Xie An......

The reason is that Liang Qiuwu is kneeling on Xie An's right hand side at this moment, sitting with him as his husband.

"......" silently watched the Liang Qiu dance in the hall across the table, and the man beside her, Yan King Li Mao's face had completely sunk, and he drank more than ten cups of tribute wine in a row, but he still didn't say a word, which made the atmosphere in the hall seem extremely tense.

Shangshu of the Criminal Department, Xie An......

Li Mao's tiger eyes stared at the damn guy who took away the woman he admired, and his expression became colder and colder.

And Xie An seems to be quite comfortable, after all, he is sitting on his right side with his beloved wife Liang Qiu Wu, since he entered the hall, Liang Qiu Wu went straight to the seat of his husband Xie An, and sat in the position of his right courtier, isn't this a statement?

Moreover, in the position of half of Xie An's left hand, his other wife Jin Ling'er played the role of pouring wine, plus Xie An was in the middle of the banquet, Di Bu, Fei Guo, Mo Fei, Gou Gong, Su Xin, Li Jing, and so on.

In order not to be weaker than Li Mao, the king of Yan, Xie An called his retainers, generals, and even, even the four generals of the Eastern Army also played the role of silently cheering for Xie An, sitting in the subordinate seat behind Xie An and Liang Qiu Wu, which made the seat decoration in the entire hall look very strange.

I saw that on the left side of the main hall near the Dragon Court of the Son of Heaven, Li Mao, the king of Yan, sat alone in the chief, and the five generals behind him sat in the second seat.

On the right side of the main hall, the chief is Prime Minister Li Xian, and the accompanying minister is Ji Hong, the official of the central government, and behind him, there are a few guys who feel the face of Xie Abe, according to Mo Fei's whisper, it seems that they are people from the Weidi Assassin Pavilion.

On the right first seat, sitting is Xie An's teacher who failed to compete for the position of prime minister, Ruan Shaozhou, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Xie An's father-in-law, and Sun Jing, the chief secretary of the military department, sat on the right side as a courtier, and the servants behind the two of them, the courtiers of the criminal department, Xun Zheng, the secretary of the temple, Wang Dan, and other courtiers of Xie An and the eldest grandson sat in the seat, there is no doubt that these positions are the most solid backing for Xie An and Li Shou.

And Xie An sits in the third seat on the right side of the main hall, and the people sitting in this circle are understandably Xie An's closest family members, or the most trusted subordinates, in a sense, it seems that Fei Guo, Di Bu, Mo Fei, Gou Gong and others are actually Xie An's retainers and generals, and there is no difference in quality from the four generals of the Eastern Army under the name of the Liangqiu family in the Donggong Mansion.

"It's really incredible, how dare you even forgive Your Majesty today......" Seeing that Li Mao sat down, he only stared at Xie An's direction and drank in a muffled voice, and Li Shouhang, the great Zhou Tianzi who was going to toast in the future, was on the side, Su Xin muttered to himself.

"But this guy's courage is admirable......" After taking Su Xin's words, Gou Gong lowered his voice and sneered, "Just five people dare to go to the palace to drink, isn't he afraid that the imperial court will poison him with a cup of poisonous wine?" - It just so happens that I have a dose of medicine in hand, and I keep it and seal my throat with blood! ”

"Shut up! - Don't look at any place! Hugh wants to cause trouble for adults! Dibu frowned and glared at Gougon. After all, he was the boss of the Dongling people, and a glance made Gou Gong shut his mouth.

Laughing and shaking his head, Xie An raised his head, his gaze met Li Mao's line of sight, and after looking at him for a few breaths, he turned to look at the five great generals behind Li Mao.

"Fei Guo, where ...... Is there anyone you know? ”

Of course, Fei Guo knew what Xie An was referring to by this sentence [people he knew], and when he heard this, he raised his head and looked behind Li Mao, and then shook his head. He lowered his voice and said, "Maybe after a long time, the last general's former friend...... The last general won't recognize it......"

Obviously, Fei Guo was vaguely telling Xie An that he didn't know about the five people behind Li Mao, the king of Yan. Whether it is such as the [Six Divine Generals] and other high-level works of the Taiping Army.

But Su Xin, Li Jing and the others didn't know what was inside, and looked at Fei Guo with a puzzled face when they heard this.

"Fei Guo, do you still have old acquaintances in Northern Xinjiang?"

"Huh...... Isn't it......" Fei Guo showed a little embarrassment on his face, and lowered his head and drank a glass of wine, using it as a cover.

And at this moment, Li Xian's chuckle sounded in the hall.

"Speaking of which, northern Xinjiang has been stable over the years. Thanks to the four emperor brothers sitting in Yuyang, the grassland outside Rong did not dare to invade the border city again, so that the people of Youzhou could live and work in peace and contentment, and the four emperor brothers made great contributions! ——The foolish brother is here to give the four emperor brothers a cup! ”

"Humph!" Snorted. Li Mao didn't get up, he only raised the wine cup in his hand, and he deserved Li Xian's toast.

It can be seen that for Li Xian, a strong opponent who once competed for the position of emperor. Li Mao still gave him some face, so that he would not turn a blind eye to Li Shou.

may be because Li Mao accepted Li Xian's toast. The atmosphere in the hall was much more relaxed, but in the final analysis, those whispers still came from their respective circles, and in comparison, Li Mao's small circle of six people still seemed unusually quiet and dull.

Not only that, even a fool can feel the tense posture between Li Mao, the king of Yan, and Xie An, the secretary of the criminal department.

You're looking at me......

Still looking at me......

This guy is sick, isn't he?

Holding the wine cup, Xie An looked at Li Mao's eyes, and there was a faint hint of displeasure.

If it was Xie An a year ago, he would probably be overwhelmed by Li Mao's powerful momentum like Mount Tai, but now, how could Li Mao scare him Xie An?

Joke!

On the momentum is better than the dance? On being ruthless and spicy, it is better than Xiangyu?

With a cold snort in his heart, Xie An faced Li Mao's gaze directly, neither arrogant nor humble, neither deliberately provoking Li Mao, but also never weakened his momentum.

But despite this, Li Mao, who noticed this, still had a little anger in his eyes.

You must know that although Xie An did not mean to deliberately provoke, Li Mao didn't think so, especially when Liang Qiu Wuzheng was sitting on Xie An's right side without saying a word, like a well-behaved little daughter-in-law, to say something that was no exaggeration, no matter what Xie An did, Li Mao would think it was a provocation to him.

No, it was obviously a wine cup made of bronze, and it had gradually become a little distorted in Li Mao's right hand......

Shh

Li Xian, who noticed this, was annoyed in his heart, pursed his lips secretly, and suddenly said with a smile, "Isn't it boring to drink alone?" Where are the musicians? ”

The musician who was waiting on the side of the hall hurriedly clapped his hands when he heard this, and suddenly, Yingying, the court dancer who had been waiting on both sides of the hall for a long time, appeared on the stage, lined up in the center of the hall, singing and dancing, so that this boring reception banquet suddenly became a little happy.

But for Li Xian, the most fundamental purpose is probably nothing more than to block the tense eye collision between Li Mao and Xie An.

[Patience!] - Now is not the time to deal with Li Mao! ]

Taking advantage of the opportunity when Li Mao's sight was blocked by many dancing girls, Li Xian couldn't stop glancing at Xie An.

To be honest, the appearance of Li Mao and Xie An really made Li Xian feel a little bad.

After all, in his opinion, Xie An's personality is somewhat similar to Li Mao's in a sense, and they are both stubborn people who will not look back once they make up their minds, even if they hit the ground on the south wall and break the blood, if the two of them really face each other, with Li Xian's current influence in Jijing, he is really a little worried that he can't control the situation.

You must know that in his Li Xian's plan, now is not the time to completely tear his face with Li Mao, after all, Da Zhou is the most deep-rooted tumor. Not in the northern frontier, but in the Taiping army in the south of the Yangtze River!

At present, tearing his face with Li Mao and forcing the northern Xinjiang to rebel is not of much benefit to Jijing and the current Da Zhou.

And what made Li Xian secretly relieved was that Xie An seemed to notice his eye signal, laughed, and raised his glass to him.

Xie An's side is easy to handle, but Li Mao's side is ......

"......" When Li Xian turned his head to look at Li Mao, Li Mao seemed to sense something. Turning his head to meet Li Xian's eyes, at that moment, Li Xian seemed to see a somewhat strange look in Li Mao's eyes, as if Li Mao was aware of the reason why Li Xian called the dancing girl to dance.

Slightly stunned, the surprise on Li Xian's face gradually receded. Thinking about it, he didn't think that this kind of small action could hide it from Li Mao, the fourth emperor brother, after all, the latter was not a brave and unscrupulous reckless man, but sometimes he was too conceited and his personality was too impulsive and irritable.

It seems that he doesn't plan to tear his face with the court right now......

That party just outside the city......

Is it to test Li Shou's strength? Or is it a test of the court's bottom line of tolerance?

Quietly looking at Li Mao, the fourth emperor brother who had been separated for several years, Li Xian secretly guessed.

But then again, the lingering anger in Li Mao's eyes for a long time still made Li Xian a little concerned.

No, it should be said. After Liang Qiu Wu showed that attitude, this Li Mao could still sit firmly in the seat, which was a rare thing.

In the entire Jijing, who doesn't know that Li Mao is the most domineering of the princes. As long as it is something he likes, even if it belongs to the prince Li Wei at the time, Li Mao has to find a way to take it into his hands, and now. The overlord of the north was robbed of his beloved woman, and he has not turned his face yet. On the contrary, it seems strange.

After thinking about it carefully, Li Xian found the reason, that is, Liangqiu Dance.

From the moment she walked into the main hall and sat next to her husband, Liang Qiuwu's right hand was always on the scabbard of the eight-foot [wolf slash] treasure knife leaning on the side of the desk, as if she was closing her eyes to recuperate, but the powerful momentum on her body, which was not inferior to Li Mao, never weakened in the slightest.

Thinking about it, this is Liang Qiuwu hinting at Li Mao, a companion from the battlefield in northern Hebei, for example, don't attack my husband?

In any case, with Liang Qiu Wu in charge, plus Jin Ling'er, and some other martial arts generals and retainers of Xie An, Li Xian felt a lot more at ease, after all, no matter how bad it was, even if Li Mao's anger blinded his mind and attacked on the spot, the Jijing Imperial Court would not have the strength to deal with it.

After singing and dancing, all the dancing girls saluted to Ying Ying, the powerful people in the court, and then slowly retreated to both sides of the main hall, which made Li Mao look at Xie An's gaze without any hindrance.

But what made Li Mao feel extremely unhappy was that Xie An didn't seem to take him seriously at all, and only cared about talking and laughing with the ugly-faced wine lady who poured wine next to him......

I have to say, fortunately, Li Mao just thought in his heart, if he dared to say it in front of everyone, then what he had to guard against was not only Liang Qiu Wu, but also a top female assassin known as [Ghost Ji].

"Humph!" Glancing in Xie An's direction, Li Mao dropped the newly replaced bronze wine cup in his hand on the desk.

I don't know if this is a signal, Li Mao glanced at the five people in the banquet behind him, and then stood up and said with a smile, "Although Jijing's singing and dancing are good, they can't compare to the sword dance during my northern Xinjiang banquet...... It's boring to drink alone, why don't you make an ugly show off the last general and show me the sword dance during the banquet in my northern Xinjiang? Speaking of this, he turned to face Li Shou on the Dragon Court, and clasped his fists with his hands, looking very respectful.

Li Shou did not doubt that he had him, in order not to make these people from northern Xinjiang lose face, he said with a smile, "The general will not allow him to contribute to the wine, how can I not allow it?" - I don't know what this general is called? ”

I saw that the general hugged his fists and said with a smile, "The last general is under the command of His Royal Highness the Fourth, [Five Tigers of Northern Xinjiang], Zhang Qi!" ”

"......" Liang Qiuwu, who was beside Xie An, opened his eyes slightly and glanced at the man, showing a little displeasure in his eyes.

"It turned out to be General Zhang Qi...... In this way, General Lao Zhang offered us a piece of sword dance skills in northern Xinjiang! ”

Zhang Qi showed a look of embarrassment when he heard this, shrugged his shoulders and said, "It's not good to show a single person at the end of the general......

"Why is that?" Li Shou asked suspiciously.

I saw that Zhang Qi licked his lips and said word by word, "Just because of my swordsmanship in the northern Xinjiang, it is a murderous swordsmanship...... Speaking of this, he glanced around at the hundreds of military officials in the hall, and said with a smile, "Jijing is the capital of my Great Zhou Kingdom, there must be no shortage of people who are good at swordsmanship, I don't know who is willing to appreciate face?" ”

Is it a blatant provocation?

Man Chaowu's face changed slightly, and he subconsciously looked at Li Mao, but saw that he drank as if he hadn't heard anything, ignoring the blatant provocation of his subordinates.

"What? The great Beijing Master, isn't there anyone willing to appreciate his face? In Zhang Qi's laughter, there was a faint hint of contempt and disdain.

As soon as the words fell, only to hear the movement of the sword out of the sheath, Guanglu Temple Qingqin stood up, carried the three-foot Hanmang sword, slowly walked to the center of the main hall, looked at Zhang Qi expressionlessly, and said coldly, "This is the Jijing Imperial Palace, but it is not your presumptuous place from Beiyi, a barbaric land!" ”

In an instant, that Qi face sank, after all, in the Great Zhou, even Xie An knew that it was not a nice word to be a barbarian, a barbarian, a man, a Rong, etc., and its meaning was an uncivilized savage, which was almost equivalent to insulting the other party in front of a pig, a dog, or a beast.

It is not difficult to guess that although Qin did not really return to his heart and threw himself into Li Shou, Li Mao's previous behavior when he was outside the city had obviously angered one of the [Four Towns of Jijing].

"What a gut...... a trace of anger flashed in his eyes, Zhang Qi licked his lips, slowly raised the sword in his hand, pursed his lips, and said with a smile, "Your Excellencies, you can take a good look, this is my sword in the northern frontier...... Technique! ”

When he said the last word, his expression suddenly froze, and he stepped forward in a few steps, and the sharp sword in his hand pierced the Qinmian Gate, his pace and move were so fast that even Liang Qiu Wu and Jin Ling'er were moved.

"It's so fast......"

Ji Hong, who was once known as the [Quick Sword], showed a little horror in his eyes, because he found that the guy named Zhang Qi was even faster than him as a [Six Divine General].

ps: The first issue of the [You Ask Me Answer] column has ended~ Several doubts from readers have been answered, posted in the front of the information column, I hope that readers who ask questions and do not ask questions can watch it, maybe the questions you raised will be answered there.

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