――Time goes back to the sixteenth day of the first month of the twenty-third year of Hongwu of the Great Zhou Dynasty――

According to Xie An and Li Shou Chinese New Year's Eve half a month has passed since they beat each other in an alley at night, and although the chūn couplets on the left and right sides of the doors of each house in the capital of Hebei have not yet been removed, the festive atmosphere of the New Year has gradually disappeared unconsciously.

As the winter sun rises, the air gradually warms up, and the streets in the capital of Hebei slowly gather a large number of people, from the dignitaries to the poor people, who have started a new day of busyness.

Of course, there are some heartless guys among them, but they are still lying on the couch in the morning......

For example, Xie An.

Anle Wangfu is really a huge and magnificent mansion, the outer courtyard, the inner courtyard, the high-rise building, the pavilion, the bamboo forest, the rockery, all of them are complete, and there are many precious tail fish in the courtyard pond, there is no doubt that even in Jijing, the capital of this country, I am afraid that I can't find a few such magnificent and magnificent houses.

After all, the owner of this mansion is the ninth son of the emperor Li Ji of the current dynasty, King Anle, Li Shou.

"The first son of Yixi, there is a trip to the chūn.

Chetz is stubborn and proud.

Forests and mountains, the vast plains.

The sky is full of fog, and the condensation spring is scattered. ”

Early in the morning, Li Shoulanglang's reading sound came from the study in the palace, and listening to the voice, the old housekeeper Fu Bo nodded with satisfaction.

Li Shou is only one year older than Xie An, to be precise, it should be one and a half years old, but compared to Xie An, who has a yellow face and thin muscles, Li Shou can be said to be a talent, full of heaven, round of the earth, and has a rich and noble appearance.

Today, he is wearing a light green sè gold-trimmed dress, embroidered with splendid flowers and birds, faintly setting off his gentle and elegant temperament.

"Fauber, what's the matter?" Seeing the old man walk into the study, Li Shou lowered the scroll in his hand and asked softly.

Fauber in his mouth. It is an old man from the Anle Palace, who used to work in the Zongren Mansion and take care of the daily life of the royal family, and his official position is not big, but it is not small.

back then. Received the holy decree of the Son of Heaven Li Ji. Fu Bo took the infant Li Shou out of the palace and lived in the mansion prepared by the emperor of the dynasty, which was nearly 20 years.

In these nearly two decades. Fu Bo took care of Li Shou's daily life meticulously, and it was precisely because of this that Li Shou regarded Fu Bo as his own relative, and his trust in him was far above that of his biological father, that is, his son Li Ji.

The old butler Fauber arched his hand. Said respectfully, "The old decay has disturbed His Highness...... The hour is not early, Your Highness, let's have breakfast first, it is naturally good to be diligent and hardworking, but if you are tired because of this, it will be greatly worthless......"

"Heh, is it so late? - What time is it, Fauber? Li Shou smiled with relief and put down the scroll in his hand. He slowly stood up and stretched his arms.

"It's hour." Fauber replied with a smile, and suddenly, as if noticing something, he glanced left and right in the study. frowned and asked, "Your Highness, where is Xie An?" ”

Li Shou's face was vaguely unnatural when he heard this, at this moment. Having not yet established a deep friendship with Xie An, it was hard for him to imagine. Fu Bo not only carried Xie An, who was unconscious in the snow, back to the palace, but also asked Xie An to be his scholar.

Thinking that he still had two dark circles under his eyes in the first two days, Li Shou was angry, smiled strangely when he heard the words, and said lightly, "Maybe I'm still asleep!" ”

"What?" Fu Bo frowned when he heard this, a little anger faintly appeared on his face, and he said in a low voice, "It's still ...... at this time That stinky boy! After that, he glanced at Li Shou with a little embarrassment, and said apologetically, "There are still some things to do, Your Highness will go to the front hall first......

"Don't be busy, don't be busy, Fubo will take care of himself!" Li Shou raised his hand with a smile and walked straight out of the study.

Turning the corridor, Li Shou came to the front hall, and at this moment, the maid of the house had already brought the prepared meal to the table.

Holding the chopsticks to grab the first bite of the dish, Li Shou heard a scream similar to killing a pig from the front yard.

"Heaven is forgivable, but you cannot live...... Alas! Although it was a long sigh, Li Shou's face was full of schadenfreude.

Not long after, a man dressed in the clothes of the house walked into the hall from the front yard with his head drooping, there is no doubt that this is Xie An who has been in the palace for more than half a month.

As soon as he saw this Xie An, Li Shou felt that his whole body was aching, and what made him feel even more uncomfortable was that Fu Bo actually handed over the account expenses of the house to this Xie An to take care of.

It's okay to ask this guy to be a housekeeper in the house and reward him with food, but he actually handed over such an important matter to him, Li Shou felt that it was unreasonable.

Gritting his teeth hatefully, Li Shouqiang endured the anger in his heart and said slowly, "It was very pleasant to count gold and silver yesterday, huh?" - Hey, are you Pixiu? ”

Li Shou spoke with mockery, Xie An naturally would not be polite, he rolled his eyes when he heard this, and said with a sneer, "Turning around and scolding people, right?" - Don't think I can't hear it!"

Pixiu, the legendary Rui beast that can attract wealth and treasure and gather blessings, but this Rui beast has another saying, that is, it is a fierce and easy to swallow treasure, and it only swallows but does not pull, only enters and does not exit.

As the name suggests, Li Shou's sentence has the meaning of irony that Xie An is a miser.

Ever since they knew that the owner of this palace was Li Shou, the two of them began this kind of cold war like a child's trick, creating topics from time to time and sneering at each other.

In Li Shou's opinion at this time, if it weren't for Fu Bo, he would have kicked Xie An out of the palace a long time ago, and for Xie An, if it wasn't for Fu Bo's kindness to him, taking him in the palace, and having nowhere to go, how could he stay in this palace and be blinded by Li Shou?

"What's wrong with counting gold? If you don't count, how do you know if the Zongren Mansion has deducted it from it? You don't know, my principle is ......"

"That's a nice thing to say, who knows if you ...... from it" Li Shou was about to make sarcastic remarks, when he was suddenly stunned and said in surprise, "Your principles, aren't they?" ”

"Hmm, that's ...... too" After thinking about it, Xie An said as a matter of course.

Li Shou shook his head disdainfully.

At this time, there was a faint sound of footsteps outside the hall, unhurried and in unison, and Li Shou clearly noticed it. Xie An's ears twitched, and then, the whole person quickly jumped up, put his hands on his sleeves, and stood beside him with a respectful look.

Not. It should be Fauber who is here......

Li Shou secretly guessed.

Sure enough. After just a few breaths, Fu Bo, the old housekeeper of the house, walked into the hall with his legs, and when he raised his eyes, he saw Xie Anzheng standing respectfully aside, secretly relieved. He nodded with a smile.

Do you want this king to denounce your rudeness?

Li Shou winked at Xie An playfully.

Xie An immediately rolled his eyes.

This kid!

Li Shou secretly gritted his teeth, thought about it, and still dismissed the plan to tell the whistleblower, after all, this is a bit of a villain.

Shook his head. Li Shou chuckled and asked, "Fu Bo, what's the matter?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Fu Bo, who was watching Xie An standing, reacted, took out an invitation from his cuff, bent down and respectfully handed it to Li Shou, and said in a low voice, "Your Highness, someone sent an invitation from outside the door. He said that he invited His Highness to the banquet......"

"To a feast?" Li Shou was stunned, stretched out his hand to take the invitation, and when he looked at the payment on it, he suddenly frowned and muttered. "King Qiuyang? Uncle Six Emperors? ”

"Your Highness doesn't know? It is said that the king of Qiuyang encountered a snowstorm on the way to Jijing, so he could not reach the ...... before the end of the year."

"I've heard a little about it...... Li Shou nodded, took out the paper in the invitation, and looked at it roughly. Then he frowned and sighed softly.

"How?" Fauber asked, confused.

I saw Li Shou put the piece of paper back in the invitation, and then frowned and said. "Uncle Six Emperors arrived in Beijing yesterday, and my father was unwell, so he asked the prince to set up a banquet to entertain Uncle Liuhuang on his behalf......" As he said, he glanced at the invitation card in his hand and sighed slightly, "If you can, this king really doesn't want to go......"

"Your Highness......" The old butler Fu Bo looked at Li Shou and stopped.

"I know," as if he had seen through Fu Bo's thoughts, Li Shou nodded and said with a wry smile, "Even if I don't want to go, I have to go, who told me that Li Shou was born in this cage?" As he spoke, he suddenly seemed to remember something, and said softly, "Fauber, you don't have to go with me to suffer this time......

"This ......," Fauber hesitated with a look on his face.

Seeing this, Li Shou persuaded softly, "Fu Bo, you have taken care of this king for more than ten years, and now that you are old, if you suffer from the wind and cold on the way back and forth, this king really can't help it...... So decided! ”

For the first time, Li Shou used an almost commanding tone.

Fu Bo's old face trembled slightly, and he could see that he was very moved, but even so, he still shook his head and said, "Thank you for Your Highness's compassion, however, Your Highness still needs to have someone to call by his side, so that outsiders don't underestimate my Anle Palace...... Speaking of this, he raised his head and saw Li Shou thoughtful, a little strange look appeared on his face, and he said in a low voice, "Your Highness doesn't plan to go there secretly, right?" What he was referring to was naturally the birthday banquet of Han Hong, the prince of the West Kingdom, some time ago.

"This ......" Li Shou smiled bitterly, and suddenly, he saw Xie An standing aside, his heart moved, and he said with a smile, "By the way, Fu Bo, since you value this kid so much, then this time, let this kid accompany this king to go with him!" ”

"He? ......I don't know why, Fu Bo's face showed a little hesitation, and he was about to speak, but he saw Li Shou's eyes become solemn.

"Ben Wang...... The mind is set! ”

"How...... What's going on? Xie An looked at Li Shou incomprehensibly.

He naturally knew that he and Li Shou looked at each other unpleasantly, and they wanted each other to disappear from his sight, but right now, this Li Shou actually asked him Xie An to accompany him to the banquet?

There is a trick!

Thinking of this, Xie An asked tentatively, "Is it an order?" ”

Li Shou glanced at Fu Bo when he heard this, shook his head, and said with a smile, "It's not ......"

"That's not going!" Xie An's refusal was unusually crisp.

"Hehehe, that's really ......" Li Shou approached Xie An with a smile and whispered in his ear, "Aren't you grateful to Fu Bo for saving your life?" Now, it's time for you to repay the favor! ”

"......" Xie An looked at Li Shou suspiciously, frowned slightly, and then nodded slowly.

At dusk that day, Li Shou and Xie An rode in a carriage to the mansion of the Great Si Nong Sect.

Until now, Xie An still doesn't understand the meaning of Li Shou's words.

Accompanying Li Shou to someone else's mansion for a meal is considered to be a gratitude?

To be honest, Xie An was reluctant to take the initiative to talk to Li Shou, but based on this doubt, he had been bothered for a long time, so he couldn't help but speak up.

"You...... It seems that you don't want Fuber to accompany you to the banquet? ”

When Fu Bo was not present, Li Shou was much more cold than usual. Since getting into the carriage, he didn't take the initiative to say a word to Xie An, he glanced at Xie An when he heard this, and said lightly, "Yes!" ”

"......," Xie An nodded angrily. Reluctantly asked. "Why?"

"When the time comes, you'll understand......"

Xie An frowned puzzled, he could see that Li Shou didn't seem to want to talk about this topic too much.

"Shhhh -- It's a free meal! - Don't go, don't go, don't go! ”

The carriage grunted forward. It took a little half an hour to walk through the streets and alleys before stopping in front of a huge and magnificent mansion.

Zongfu, one of the nine kings of the dynasty, the residence of the great Si Nong sect.

The moment he jumped out of the carriage, Xie An really didn't know how to describe what he saw.

Xie An at this time. It has been about two months since I came to Jijing, but I have never seen so many magnificent carriages, as if all the dignitaries and nobles in Jijing have gathered here, and there are Jijing celebrities dressed in gorgeous costumes everywhere, blocking this originally spacious courtyard alley.

Even in front of the Nangong Mansion, it is not so spectacular.

"King Anle, here!"

Following behind Li Shou, at the moment of stepping into the door of the mansion, he made an announcement with the family outside the door. All the people present and their eyes looked here, which made Xie An vaguely have the illusion of a sharp edge.

In those eyes, there are contempt, disdain, and disgust. There are shameful laughers, and so on.

What's going on?

Xie An frowned slightly.

Perhaps noticing Xie An's puzzled expression, Li Shou glanced at him and said lightly. "Got it?"

"......" Xie An frowned slightly, he suddenly remembered some rumors about Li Shou.

Worst......

It seems that this meal was eaten for nothing. Probably not so pleasant......

With a dark sigh, Xie An helplessly followed Li Shou into the door of the mansion and came to the hall in the front yard.

Suddenly, Xie An's eyes widened.

Following his gaze, he saw that the main hall of the mansion was full of young women coming and going, with heavy makeup and thin clothes, I have to say that these extraordinary Yingying Yanyan really made Xie An a little dumbfounded.

"As rumored," frowning and glancing at the lobby, Li Shou lowered his voice and said, "It is rumored that the Great Si Nong Sect is good at raising his family, and when I see it today, it is like ...... rumor."

As he spoke, he vaguely heard Xie An beside him muttering something, so he asked suspiciously, "What did you say?" ”

I saw Xie An staring at the thinly clothed young women in the hall with wide eyes, swallowed his saliva, and said in shock, "Isn't this illegal in Da Zhou?" ”

"Breaking the law? Raising a home? Li Shou looked inexplicable, and after being stunned for a moment, he shook his head and said, "As long as you have enough wealth!" - I remember that there was a prince in the previous dynasty who had kept hundreds of jì families in the mansion......" At this, his voice stopped abruptly, because he noticed that Xie An was looking at him intently.

"What do you want to say?" Li Shou had a playful expression on his face, with a bit of contempt in it.

Xie An, who noticed this look, shook his head wryly.

As he spoke, a clansman with so thin clothes that she almost made Xie An stare out of her eyes came over, leading Li Shou and Xie An to a table in the corner and sat down, her beautiful face, fair skin, bright red lips, and as if she could hold her waist, made Xie An breathless.

"Humph!" Li Shou, who clearly noticed Xie An's ugliness, secretly sneered, with a little anger, and said coldly, "Don't lose the face of this king!" ”

"You want to care?" Rolled his eyes angrily at Li Shou.

"You!" Li Shou glared at Xie An hatefully, but there was nothing he could do about him.

followed that Mei Ji to the seat, looking at the two mattresses behind the table, Xie An couldn't help muttering bitterly.

"Isn't it? Sit on your knees? ”

In the Great Zhou, it is not that there are no tables and chairs in Xie An's memory, but most of them are used as furniture in the house, or they are often used as daily living, but all formal banquets are basically small cases like coffee tables and a few mattresses that are not thick or thin, after all, the Great Zhou is also a relatively conservative feudal country.

And for Xie An, he really can't stand kneeling, it is simply torture for him, even if it is just a short stick of incense. It will make his legs sore as if he is paralyzed, in other words, even after becoming the Shaoqing of the Great Prison Temple, Xie An is still difficult to get used to.

Of course, when sitting on the right side of Li Shou. From time to time, he sneaked a glance at the chest of the beautiful man who was waiting for the two of them to drink. He seemed to forget the discomfort in his knees and ankles for a while.

I have to say that this woman, who is preliminarily estimated to be twenty-five or six years old, is really the woman Xie An has seen and can be listed in the top ten, at least the so-called stars in Xie An's memory. I'm afraid there are few who can surpass the woman in front of me.

"What do you call this sister?" While Li Shou shook his head and sighed, Xie An was shy and almost.

"Giggles," the beautiful family jì chuckled, as if ashamed and coquettish, "the slave family's surname is Chen ......."

"It turned out to be Sister Chen......"

Listen to the conversation that comes from me. Li Shou almost turned his back on his anger angrily, and took advantage of the opportunity when the family surnamed Chen went to fetch wine and serve food, lowered his voice, and said with a little annoyance, "I said Xie An, do you want this king to come forward and ask Dasi Nong to give you that beauty?" ”

"Not quite right, right?" Xie An smiled and rubbed his hands, as if he was a little moved.

"You!" Li Shou was angry and funny when he heard this, and couldn't help but scold in a low voice. "Can't you hear that this king is sarcastic about you?"

"What a coincidence!" Xie An raised his head, glanced at Li Shou, and said lightly with a bit of banter, "Lord Wang, you didn't hear that the little one was playing you!" ”

"You dare to be hard-mouthed. This king obviously saw that you were almost drooling just now......" Speaking of this, Li Shou was suddenly stunned because he noticed. Xie An's eyes are still so clear, how can he be fascinated by beauty at all?

Are you really playing this king?

Wrong!

This king was actually tricked by this kid in turn?

Figured this out. Li Shou was furious in his heart, but he was really a little curious about Xie An's reaction, after all, in his opinion, the most talked about topic in Xie Anping was nothing more than power, money, status, beauty, and unspeakable vulgarity.

And for now......

Could it be that this kid suddenly turned xìng?

Thinking of this, Li Shou asked in surprise, "Isn't that woman beautiful?" How do you feel like you don't care? ”

"Well, it's beautiful, but ,......," Xie An said lightly.

"What?"

I saw Xie An raise his glass and drink the wine in the cup, deliberately pretending to be a little heartbroken, and said in a low voice, "You think, such a beautiful beauty, it is impossible not to be touched by that big Si Nong, maybe many times......"

"......I see," Li Shou suddenly realized, pursed his lips and mocked, "Do you think she is not perfect?" Hey! It's just a lowly servant.,Shouldn't you think.,Just play around? When he said this, a bit of deep pain flashed in his eyes, and it flashed away.

At this time, Xie An had not yet figured out Li Shou's embarrassing identity, nor did he notice the unnatural look when he spoke, he frowned when he heard this, and said unhappily, "Just play? - Don't think that if you are the prince, I will not dare to beat you! ”

Obviously, Li Shou at this time has not yet ended, although Xie An is very good, but he has his principles in this regard.

Take 10,000 steps back for an example, if the Great Si Nong Sect really gave the Meiji surnamed Chen to Xie An, Xie An would not accept it, not so much because he disliked that the woman was not perfect, but because he was afraid that he might dislike the woman after he was not perfect, so he snubbed her.

Rather than snub the other party in the end and let her grow old in loneliness and loneliness, it is better not to get involved in it from the beginning, this is not a matter of principle, but a moral issue.

It is undeniable that Xie An is very good, but he has his own unique considerations when it comes to choosing a woman, if he ruins a woman just for a momentary pleasure, he can't do this kind of thing.

This can be seen from the rì that Liangqiu Dance was framed by the crown prince Li Wei and mistakenly drank wine mixed with chūn medicine, Xie An, who was fascinated by Liangqiu Dance Sè, was just thinking about it at first, how could he have thought that the beautiful woman on the couch was actually a female tiger full of wild xìng power, and pulled him onto the bed without saying anything.

Really thinking about it, in fact, it was not Xie An who danced on Liangqiu, but Liangqiu who was confused by drugs and danced on him.

As for Xie An's concubine Yiyi, Xie An just wanted to tease that little girl a little at first, and what he did was at most just pinch her face, of course. Just before he learned that Yi Rì would definitely become his concubine.

To get back to the point, when Li Shou heard Xie An's tone, I have to say that he was a little surprised.

"It seems that you are not hungry enough...... By other words, you have already beaten this king. Impudent! ”

"Humph!" Xie An pursed his lips. With a look of disdain, Li Shou was so angry that he was secretly annoyed in his heart.

At this time, the whole lobby gradually increased the number of people, so that there were more laughter. But only Li Shou's seat was unattended, and even many people obviously deliberately bypassed this seat.

Noticing all this, Xie An said with a bit of mockery, "Oops. Excluded, Your Highness! ”

"Shut up!" Li Shougu drank his wine, and it was not difficult to predict that he was in a very bad mood at the moment.

After a while, Xie An noticed a bit of commotion coming from a corner of the hall, and when he raised his head, he found that a man with a somewhat similar appearance to Li Shou was walking out of the inner room.

To Xie An's puzzlement, when the man appeared in the lobby, a large number of people stood up from their seats and saluted him. Among them, many people even greeted it at the first moment.

At this time, Li Shou did not know that this person was the crown prince Li Wei, who was the number one mortal enemy of his queen and Li Shou, and he glanced at Li Shou when he saw this. Frowning and asking, "Who is that?" ”

I saw Li Shou glancing at the wine cup, and said lightly in a low voice, "Be the crown prince." Li Wei! ”

"He's your second brother?" Xie An showed a little surprise in his eyes and looked at Li Wei carefully.

According to his visual inspection. The second son of the Great Zhou Emperor and the crown prince Li Wei is estimated to be about twenty-seven or eight years old, wearing a gold and jade crown, wearing a set of pale yellow sè with gold trim, and a piece of beautiful jade the size of a palm is tied to the jade belt around his waist.

The fly in the ointment is that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince seems to be the kind of person who thinks highly of himself, and he only nods in the face of the compliments of the court officials, although this can be regarded as not being surprised and calm, but it always makes people feel a kind of indifference from above.

"Looks arrogant, your second brother!" Xie An said lightly with a look of concern for himself.

"Forgivable circumstances, prince!" Li Shou said expressionlessly, and it was not difficult to hear a bit of ridicule in his words.

When Xie An heard this, he asked curiously, "You seem to be very dissatisfied with him?" ”

Li Shou didn't speak, Gu Zi poured himself a glass of wine, and then looked at the wine in the cup and said lightly, "Since the death of the eldest brother a few years ago, Li Wei has inherited the position of the prince...... It's just taking advantage of the ancestral teachings! ”

"Big brother? Could it be that the eldest prince is rumored to have died early? ”

Li Shou nodded, lowered his voice and said, "My eldest brother is famous and brave, both civil and military, wise and brave, and filial piety, treating brothers and relatives, and the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty are all happy to surrender to him, in fact, he is a good lord of the Ming Dynasty, but it is a pity that God does not bless people, when he returned to Beijing from the northern Xinjiang eight years ago, he died of illness on the ......way because he was too hardworking" He sighed, and his eyes faintly showed a little sadness.

"That's a shame...... Condolences change! Although Xie An and Li Shou did not have a good relationship at this moment, he still comforted him with good words, because he could see that Li Shou respected that brother very much.

"If the eldest brother is still alive, the crown prince will not be able to take the turn of Li Wei at all...... That's it, that's it! -- The matter has come to this point, and it is useless to say more! Saying that, Li Shou was a little disheartened and drank another cup of himself.

At this time, the crown prince Li Wei seemed to see Li Shou, and came to the table of Li Shou and Xie An with a playful face with a wine cup, and greeted him in an exaggerated tone.

"Wow, wow, wow, isn't this the ninth brother? Why are you sitting here drinking alone? ”

Listening to the tone full of ridicule, Li Shou stood up silently, barely showing a smile on his face, and arched his hand and said, "Xiao Wang has seen His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

Li Wei snorted lightly, then pretended to be a little dissatisfied on his face, and said deliberately, "I said Xiao Jiu, why are you so angry?" You and I are still brothers, call the second brother, can you still insult you? ”

"No, don't dare," Li Shou hurriedly shook his head and explained, "Although they are brothers, His Royal Highness is the prince and prince, and the etiquette cannot be abolished!" ”

"Oh. That's ......," Prince Li Wei said lightly.

At this moment, a scribe walked out behind him and said with a smirk, "Your Highness, a joke suddenly came to mind......

Glancing at Li Shou. Li Wei said lightly. "Don't look when! His Royal Highness is chatting with the emperor's brother, how can I have time to listen to you! ”

"But His Royal Highness the Prince, this matter is really funny!" The scribe arched his hand and said.

"That's it, let's hear about it......" Li Weishen said indifferently. But a glimmer of jīng light flashed in his eyes but did not hide from Xie An's eyes.

"Yes! -- The villain once rode a mule and happened to pass by a village, and the people of the village did not know what a mule was, so the villain explained that it was born of the mating of a horse and a donkey. Isn't that? ”

"Hahaha!" As if the rehearsal had been completed, the staff behind the crown prince Li Wei burst into laughter, and the ministers in the hall also looked at each other and laughed.

From beginning to end, Li Shou's face was expressionless, but judging from the movements of his clenched fists, it was not difficult to imagine that he was trying his best to suppress the anger in his heart.

These guys...... It's on purpose!

Xie An frowned, and it was only at this moment that he finally understood. Why didn't Li Shou want Fu Bo to come with him?

Thinking of this, Xie An glanced at Li Shou.

This kid......

For some reason, looking at Li Shou's body that trembled slightly with anger, and the god who dared to be angry but didn't dare to speak, Xie An only felt an inexplicable throbbing in his heart. Without thinking about it, he stood up, pointed at the scribe, and shouted. "You are so bold, you dare to point at Sang and scold Huai. Insult to the Holy Ones of today! ”

As soon as these words came out, the entire hall was silent, including the crown prince Li Wei, and everyone's smiles froze on their faces.

The Ninth Emperor Li Shou was born to the emperor and a lowly servant girl in the palace, and this matter has become almost everyone in Jijing.

But knowing it, I don't think there are many people who dare to insult the Nine Emperor Prince Li Shou in person with this matter, unless, there is someone behind this person, and the person who instructed him is extremely powerful.

That's the crown prince Li Wei!

In fact, the ministers of the court and the central government also knew very well that this farce was mostly the meaning of the crown prince Li Wei, after all, His Royal Highness the crown prince had always looked down on the bad background of the Nine Emperor Princes, but no one would be stupid enough to say this.

Yes, who would be stupid enough to offend His Royal Highness the most powerful prince of the dynasty for the sake of a prince who has fallen out of favor?

Perhaps, this is the voice of almost everyone in the hall, but at least, Xie An is not included among these people.

To be honest, Xie An at this moment did not have a good impression of Li Shou, but after understanding the reason why Li Shou was reluctant to call the old housekeeper Fu Bo to come with him, he had a good impression of Li Shou.

After all, Fu Bo is also his Xie An's benefactor, if it wasn't for Fu Bo's kindness to take him in, he Xie An would have frozen to death on the street.

In this case, how could Xie An watch Li Shou be humiliated in public?

Helping Li Shou at this time is to repay Fu Bo, Xie An thinks so, so he wants to stand up for Li Shou, and while everyone is laughing, he preemptively strikes and puts a big hat on the scribe who insults the saint.

You must know that if this sin is confirmed, it is a great sin of the Nine Clans, and it is no wonder that the scribe's face has changed drastically.

"I ...... When did I accuse Sang of scolding Huai and insulting His Majesty? ”

"Isn't it?" Under the dumbfounded gaze of everyone in the hall, Xie An shouted menacingly, "Red mouth and white teeth, everyone here has heard it clearly, how can you allow you to quibble?" -- You say that my Highness is a mule, and what is the biological father of my Highness, the saint today? - Tut-tut, you're so daring! ”

may have been frightened by Xie An's preemptive voice, and for a while, the scribe was covered with cold sweat and said in a trembling voice, "I...... I'm not talking about the ...... of His Highness the Nine."

"Oh, oh," to everyone's surprise, Xie An's tone suddenly softened, and he nodded as if he suddenly realized, "Oh, yes, speaking of which, you really didn't say it to my Royal Highness, because you said," As he spoke, he deliberately glanced at the crown prince Li Wei, revealing a regretful expression.

Although he understood that this was Xie An's deliberate doing, the crown prince Li Wei still couldn't help frowning, and turned his head to glance at the scribe, which made the latter fall to his knees in fright, and said in a loud voice, "Your Royal Highness the prince, the little one never had that meaning......

"Rì guard against night defense, it's hard to guard against thieves......" Xie An showed a playful smile, fanning the flames on the side, and when the crown prince Li Wei looked at him, he changed his previous playful smile. Showing a heartbroken look.

"You!" The scribe was furious.

"What am I?" Looking at the scribe pretending to be puzzled, Xie An said suspiciously, "Could it be that I misunderstood?" Your Excellency just casually said......"

The scribe was confused by Xie An, and when he saw Xie An suddenly turn around to help him, he didn't have time to think about it. The face is a joy. Nodding again and again, "Yes, yes, yes, I'm just casually talking about ......"

As soon as the words fell, I saw Xie An's face change. shouted loudly, "Talk about it casually? If you talk about it casually, you will insult the two highnesses, and insult the current saints, and the sin will be increased by one degree! ”

"You!" The scribe was completely dumbfounded, and pointed at Xie An with trembling fingers. Speechless in anger.

Seeing this, Xie An sneered, showed a faint smile, and said slowly with righteous words, "You can eat indiscriminately, you can't talk nonsense, Your Excellency has lived so many years, don't you even understand such a simple truth?" ”

"You...... I ......" The scribe was speechless by Xie An's anger.

The entire lobby was still silent. All the people in the hall were paying attention here, if Fang Cai just wanted to see Li Shou make a fool of himself, then right now, they might want to know how this matter would end in the end.

"Go down. Shameful stuff! Under the gaze of hundreds of pairs of eyes, the crown prince Li Wei kicked the scribe to the ground with one kick, and ran out of the hall after watching the latter coldly. Only then did he look up at Xie An and said with a chuckle. "When did Xiao Jiu have such a well-spoken figure by his side? Why don't you introduce to the second brother? ”

In fact, Li Shou was also dumbfounded, he never imagined that Xie An, the greedy and good family Ding Xie An next to him, would have such eloquence and courage, and he didn't expect Xie An to help him, so that it wasn't until Li Wei opened his mouth to ask that he reacted, bowed down and said, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince forgives his sins, this person is a scholar who has just been recruited into the mansion by the younger brother, called Xie An, where he is offended, please ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Haihan!" ”

"Xie An......" Li Wei nodded slightly, then looked at Xie An and said with a chuckle, "Seeing that you are so young, you have such a good ability to argue, and I think you have read some books, so why don't you learn a thing or two with my staff?" ”

All the courtiers in the hall glanced at each other, all of them were like mirrors, it was obvious that it was this kid named Xie An who made His Royal Highness the Crown Prince lose face, so the prince who couldn't stand it was in a hurry to get back this face, and used this to humiliate Xie An and Li Shou.

If this is not the case, this kind of competition is not necessary at all, you must know that the staff scribes in the palace of the crown prince Li Wei are all well-educated people, familiar with the learning of hundreds of schools, how can they not even win a child of fifteen or sixteen years old?

Not to mention the people in the hall, in fact, Li Shou was also secretly retreating in his heart.

For Xie An, Li Shou knows too well, although this kid has a belly full of ghost ideas, and occasionally says one or two blockbuster words, as if giving people the illusion of reading poetry and books, but in the end, that kid still can't even write his own name, and how to talk about competing with the staff of His Royal Highness the Prince's mansion, isn't that self-inflicted?

"This ......"

"How?" It may be that seeing Li Shou's face unpleasant, Prince Li Wei's face sank instantly, and he said angrily, "Xiao Jiu doesn't give face? The threatening tone of his words could be heard even by a fool.

"Don't dare to ......" Li Shou shook his head, then turned his head to look at Xie An, and motioned Xie An to do what the crown prince Li Wei said, so as not to make the situation that had become very bad even worse.

Although Li Shou at this time had not yet established such a deep friendship with Xie An, for the sake of Xie An's righteous help to him, he didn't want this kid to give his life because of this.

On the contrary, Xie An seemed to be calm for a long time, and after taking a slight breath, he looked at the crown prince Li Wei and bowed, and asked, "I don't know what His Royal Highness the crown prince wants to try?" ”

"Whatever!" With a light snort, the crown prince Li Wei sat down in the empty seat beside him, with a calm and fearless look, obviously believing that the staff next to him would not lose to a lowly scholar.

At the same time, among the staff behind him, another scribe walked out, looked at Xie An arrogantly, gave his hand perfunctorily, and said with a sneer, "Under Wu Rui!" - Excuse me, boy! ”

Xie An tilted his head and looked at the scribe silently, and suddenly chuckled and said, "Your Excellency looks confident? ”

"Humph!" Wu Rui snorted coldly and said quite conceitedly, "I, Wu Rui, have been studying poetry and books since I was a child, and I have mastered the art of a hundred schools. How can you be compared to a mere scholar? ”

Xie An couldn't help frowning when he heard this, to be honest, although he was disgusted with the domineering prince Li Wei when they first met, this did not mean that Xie Anxin was not afraid of Li Wei, on the contrary. Xie An was very jealous of the status of the crown prince Li Wei. Therefore, try to be respectful so as not to be hated by the prince.

It's one thing to give Li Shou a head, but it's another thing to offend the crown prince Li Wei. Xie An still knows this very clearly, in the final analysis, he is not the kind of stupid person who will hit a stone with an egg, besides. There has not yet been an incident that made Xie An and Li Shou swear to kill the crown prince Li Wei.

But this does not mean that Xie An will also be afraid of the scribe named Wu Rui in front of him.

"I see, a well-educated man......" Looking at Wu Rui's arrogant face, Xie An nodded with relief, and then suddenly sneered, "I don't know how it is compared to the one who just got out?" ”

Wu Rui's face changed slightly when he heard this, and after glancing at the crown prince Li Wei, he gritted his teeth and said. "Naturally, it's better than him!"

"Is it the way to roll?" Xie An said with a smile.

There was a faint chuckle in the hall, but when Prince Li Wei's unswerving eyes swept away, those chuckles suddenly disappeared without a trace.

"Hugh must be brave with his tongue!" Wu Rui, who was flushed by the air, took a deep breath and said angrily, "Boy. Hurry up and get the questions out! - Who killed the deer, it is not yet known! ――Who is it who is rolling out, maybe I don't know! ”

"No, it has to be you!" Xie An said jokingly. Then he groaned and said in a deep voice. "You said that you are in the art of a hundred schools, so let's try arithmetic, right? How is it? ”

"What did you think it was...... Insect carving skills! Wu Rui smiled contemptuously and said lightly, "Just come!" ”

Xie An chuckled lightly and didn't speak, but just asked the family in the hall to fetch eight pieces of bamboo, and then asked Li Shou to write four words 、、、on the eight pieces of bamboo, two pieces for each word, which made everyone present a little confused.

In front of everyone's eyes, Xie An put the eight pieces of bamboo with numbers written on them on the back on the table, and then turned his head to Wu Rui and said, "Take every two pieces of bamboo with the same words written on them as a group, and stipulate that you can only turn one piece of bamboo at a time to see the words written on the back of it, if you turn to the same word, you can take these two pieces out of it, now I ask you, under the premise that the conditions are sufficient, you can't deliberately repeat the number of failures, to separate these mixed bamboo pieces according to the word, you need to turn it several times at the earliest, How many times do you need to flip the slowest? - Oh, by the way, you can't really flip through these signs! ”

"Huh? It's strange to come up with such a question...... "The owner of this mansion, when the Great Si Nong Sect came over, looked at Xie An in surprise, and then looked at Wu Rui.

In his opinion, the staff raised by the crown prince Li Wei's mansion were first-class well-educated people and Wang Zuozhi's talents, and it stands to reason that they would not be stumped, but unexpectedly, the scribe named Wu Rui was dumb-eyed and stunned, not to mention solving the riddle, he didn't even seem to be able to understand the riddle.

On the contrary, those ministers of the DPRK and China gathered around with great curiosity and discussed in private.

"Eight pieces of bamboo......

"Every two pieces of the same word are a group, and only one piece can be turned at a time......"

"How many times is the fastest, how many times is the slowest...... This? ”

"Wang Shilang, your Ministry of Industry has always been in the art of unified arithmetic, so you may be able to solve this problem?"

"This ......"

"Where's Lord Li?"

"Well, Xia Guan has never heard of such a puzzle......"

Unbelievable! It's unbelievable!

Seeing that the ministers of the court and the wise men of the country were all stumped by this question, shaking their heads and thinking hard but never came up with an answer, Li Shou was extremely shocked in his heart.

You must know that those who appear here are all wise men and talents in the court of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and they are important ministers of the court entrusted by the Son of Heaven, however, these ministers of governance are stumped by the puzzle of one of their own scholars, which is simply appalling.

As if noticing Wu Rui's sluggish expression, Xie Anxin secretly sneered.

No way......

Get out of the ground!