-- June 7, 24th year of Hongwu of the Great Zhou Dynasty, two o'clock in the morning--

In the Great Zhou Dynasty, two o'clock is the hour of curfew, and if you convert the time, it is probably around ten o'clock in the future.

For the era of Da Zhou, which has almost no night entertainment, it is already late at night, and there are almost no pedestrians on the streets of Jijing at this moment, and even if there are, it is just the guards of the Weiwei Mansion who are routinely patrolling, and even some families have already blown out the lights and slept peacefully.

In the hazy starlight, on Chaoyang Street in Jijing, Chen Bei and Xie An supported each other and stumbled over.

"Big ...... Uncle, little ...... Little brother is enough...... Meaning, right? ”

"Didn't say it...... Yes, brother...... Brother is enough...... Righteous enough! ”

"Hah...... Hahaha......"

"Brother...... Brother laughs...... What the? ”

"Uh, I don't know......"

"Huh? Haha, hahaha......"

The eldest brother smiled...... What to laugh at? ”

"No...... I don't know...... Haha......"

"Hahaha......"

One was an uncle and the other was an uncle, and the two who were only drunk and drunk walked on the road with each other's arms, laughing out loud for some reason.

Their inexplicable laughter, in this silent night, seemed even more harsh, making Liao Li and Ma Dan Er, who were following them, smile bitterly.

"There are more than a dozen altars for this meal, right?" Liao Li turned his head and asked Ma Dan.

Ma Danyan showed a strange expression on his face when he heard this, shook his head and said, "I'm afraid there are more than twenty altar ......," he said, and he looked at Xie An, who was barely able to walk normally not far away, with a little admiration.

If martial artists like Liao Li and Ma Dan admire a person, there is no need to say much about the strength of martial arts, and the amount of alcohol is also an extremely important factor, in all fairness, Chen Bei has a good amount of wine, Ma Dan is not surprised at all, after all, in their opinion, all martial artists, the amount of alcohol is relatively good, there are few people who are both superb in martial arts but do not know how to drink, but Xie An, a civil official, is also so good, which is really a bit unexpected by Ma Dan.

Speaking of which, Ma Dan and Liao Li had drunk with Xie An several times, once in Guangping in the Chinese New Year's Eve last year, and once in Li Shoufu after returning to Jijing, but these two times, Xie An drank to a certain extent, and he stopped drinking until he was six or seven points drunk, but this time it was terrible, Xie An almost couldn't walk the aisle, if it wasn't for Chen Bei's hold, I am afraid he would have fallen to the ground.

And what is funny is that Chen Bei, a peerless warrior, is also drunk at this time, Ma Dan and Liao Li have no doubt that the two of them will be able to win this unparalleled general without difficulty at this time.

It's no wonder, after all, Chen Bei and Xie An drank a full twenty jars, from three o'clock in the afternoon to one o'clock in the morning, drinking for nearly five hours, and the two of them can still stumble down the aisle, which is a great miracle in the eyes of Liao Li and Ma Dan.

"Ahh Under the surprised gaze of Liao Li and Ma Dan, Chen Bei laughed three times, looked up to the sky and roared, and then hooked up with Xie An's shoulder, and couldn't stop laughing, obviously, this hero, who can be called the world's number one fierce general, is probably already delirious at this time.

"Okay, good ......" Xie An clapped his hands in confusion, and after a wine burp, he sang a little song.

“…… There is a righteous way in the world, the years have changed, I don't want to be famous through the ages, I just want to be worthy of a hundred years......" sang and sang, Xie An was silent, looking at the confusion on his face when he tilted his head, obviously, this guy forgot the words.

But even so, Chen Bei clapped his hands and shouted loudly, trying not to know if he heard Xie An's vague lyrics clearly, at least Ma Dan and Liao Li couldn't hear what Xie An was singing, the words were vague and didn't say, and the tune was quite powerful.

Seeing that Chen Bei and Xie An, the eldest brother-in-law and uncle, were getting more and more interested in drinking, Ma Dan and Liao Li glanced at each other, and secretly screamed in their hearts.

After all, Xie An had encountered an assassin last night, a lesson from the previous car, and a division from the rear, and now they are Xie An's generals, one is prosperous and the other is lost, and the two of them can't make the object of their allegiance die on the street inexplicably.

However, what made the two of them feel a little relieved was that the road was calm, and there was nothing else to do during the process, except for bumping into a few teams of guards from the Guard Department who were routinely patrolling.

I have to say that when the guards of the Guard Department found out that these two crazy people who were still crying and howling on the street after the curfew, one of them was Xie An, the young secretary of the Great Prison Temple, the expressions of those guards were very strange.

It stands to reason that staying on the street after the curfew is a crime that violates the criminal law of the Great Zhou, whether it is light or not, whether it is serious or not, if those guards are caught, it will be at least twenty boards, but this time, they don't dare.

After all, Xie Ana is the Shaoqing of the Great Prison Temple, and usually those guards who catch people who ignore the curfew have to submit an official document to the Great Prison Temple, and the Great Prison Temple will interrogate and adjudicate, after all, the Guard Office is only responsible for maintaining public order and city defense in Gyeonggi, and does not have the authority to interrogate prisoners and punish people, otherwise it is an abuse of lynching.

To put it bluntly, even if they arrested Xie An, they would have to hand him over to the Great Prison Temple, and after dawn, he would open three halls by Xie An, the young secretary of the Great Prison Temple, to interrogate himself for the crime of ignoring the curfew law......

Thinking of this, those guards turned a blind eye to Xie An's group of people with the mentality that more things are better than less things.

Otherwise, at the feet of the prince of Jijing, how could two drunken madmen cry wolves on the street in the middle of the night?

After all, their top boss, Wei Wei Xun, was humbly called a subordinate official in front of Xie An, not to mention their guards.

As he walked, Liao Li suddenly felt that something was wrong, stopped and looked around in surprise.

Seeing this, Ma Dan's expression was grim, and he thought that Liao Li had sensed the crisis, so he lowered his voice and asked, "Liao Li, what's the matter?" ”

I saw Liao Li looking around with a strange expression, and muttered, "This ...... Wrong, right? I remember Donggongfu, it doesn't seem to be in this direction......"

"Are you sure?" Ma Dan asked hesitantly.

It's no wonder he is so hesitant, after all, the two of them have just entered Jijing, and their impression of the location of Donggong Mansion only stops at the time when they followed Xie An to the mansion during the day, and they are really not familiar with the road.

Seeing Ma Dan's question, Liao Li frowned and looked around for a while, then nodded and said, "Most of the adults have gone the wrong way......

Ma Dan couldn't cry or laugh when he heard this, you know, just now he and Liao Li only cared about taking care of Xie An and Chen Bei, but they forgot about it, but it's no wonder that the two of them, after all, who would have thought that Xie An, who had been in and out of Donggong Mansion hundreds of times, would take the wrong path?

Thinking of this, Ma Dan hurriedly walked up and said repeatedly, "My lord, my lord, isn't this a mistake?" ”

At this time, Xie An was still hooking shoulders with Chen Bei, I don't know what he was talking about, he looked at Ma Dan in a daze when he heard this, and in desperation, Ma Dan had to repeat it.

"Let's go...... Gone wrong? With a wine burp, Xie An looked around in a daze, and after half a sound, he patted Chen Bei on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Ah, I did go wrong, and I went to the right ...... Zhengyang Street, hahahaha......"

"......" Ma Dan looked at Xie An dumbfounded, he really couldn't understand what was so funny about taking the wrong road.

Seeing this, Liao Li also walked over, clasped his fists and said, "Don't laugh anymore, adults...... It's really not early at the moment, so late at night, there may be an accident in the end, so you should go back to Donggong Mansion quickly! ”

"Hmm, hmm......" Xie An nodded drunkenly, then looked at Chen Bei, and said indistinctly, "Eldest brother, you go back to Donggong Mansion with your junior brother...... Luckily? ”

Chen Bei shook his head, forced his tired eyes open, and said vaguely, "No, brother...... Feel free to ...... for your brother Just find a place to rest! As he spoke, he raised his right hand, drunkenly pointed to the distance of Zhengyang Street, and asked with a smile, "It's still brightly lit...... Where? ”

Xie An squinted his eyes, looked in the direction pointed by Chen Bei's right hand for a long time, and said with relief, "There is the palace, since ...... Naturally, the lights are lit up all night long! ”

"The Emperor...... Palace? Hearing this, Chen Bei's face showed a little inexplicable interest, and said with a smile, "Okay, okay, I'll go there for my brother today...... Shop around ......" he patted Xie An on the shoulder and walked drunkenly towards the distance of Zhengyang Street.

Seeing that Chen Bei actually said that he was going to the palace, Xie An was amused and said, "Little brother knows...... Knowing the martial arts of the eldest brother, there is no match in the world, but the palace is ...... It's not easy to get in and out...... Land! ”

"Hey, hey!" Chen Bei didn't know what he was happy about, laughed twice, and said, "Then I'll go see my brother...... Check it out! Say

He stumbled away, but within a few steps, he hit his head on the trunk of a tree and fell to the ground with a thud.

"Ha, haha......" Looking at Chen Bei's embarrassed appearance, Xie An laughed, and his body staggered, if it wasn't for Ma Dan and Liao Li hurriedly holding on, I'm afraid they would have fallen to the ground.

At this time, Chen Bei also struggled to stand up, and when he saw Xie An laughing, he couldn't help laughing, and then waved his hand to Xie An and walked in the direction of the palace.

Glancing at the back of Chen Bei's departure, Liao Li and Ma Dan helped Xie An to go to the Donggong Mansion.

Not to mention that Chen Bei walked to the palace drunk, and said that Xie An returned to the Donggong Mansion with the support of Liao Li and Ma Dan, and at this time, the door of the Donggong Mansion had long been closed.

Seeing this, Xie An walked out of the door in a daze, slammed the door, and shouted at the house with his throat in his voice, "Open...... Open the door! ”

A moment later, the door of the mansion creaked open, and Ma Dan and Liao Li were about to help Xie An into the mansion, and when they saw the lord who opened the door, they were almost half frightened to death.

The one who came to open the door turned out to be [Yan Hu Ji] Liangqiu Dance!

Seeing Liang Qiuwu looking at Xie An with a drunken face full of anger, his silver teeth were biting secretly, and his face was pale, Liao Li and Ma Dan shrank their heads, and secretly screamed in their hearts, hesitated, and whispered, "Madam......"

At this time, Liang Qiuwu was angry in her heart, you must know that as early as yesterday, Xie An made an appointment with her and her eldest grandson Xiangyu and others, and today they would go to the gold shop in Jijing to see the jewelry, but as a result, she waited in the house for a long time with joy in her heart, and there was no trace of Xie An.

Putting this aside for now, what day is it?

Today is her grandfather, the first day of Liang Qiugong's return to Jijing, she hoped that Xie An could leave a good impression on her grandfather, for this reason, she specially asked Yi Yi to prepare a sumptuous family banquet, the result was good, Xie An did not come, she sent people to Xie An's house several times to urge, but the people in the house said that Xie An had not returned to the house, and then she sent people to the Great Prison Temple to urge, but the officials of the Great Prison Temple said that Xie An had left at noon.

At that time, she was still very anxious because Xie An was in trouble, so she even waited for news in the mansion in person, and now, when she saw Xie An getting drunk, where would she not understand?

After all, in front of outsiders, Liang Qiuwu took a deep breath, suppressed the anger in his heart, and said coldly to Liao Li and Ma Dan, "Help your adults in!" ”

Although Liao Li and Ma Dan had seen the Liangqiu Dance a few times earlier, it was not until now that they realized how terrifying the [Yan Hu Ji] under the anger was, and the persecuting momentum on her body was so terrifying that the second general didn't even dare to breathe.

“…… Be! ”

Shrinking their heads, Liao Li and Ma Dan helped Xie An to the main hall of the front yard.

During this period, Xie An was in a state of confusion, until the second general helped him to sit down on a chair in the hall, and then he realized that he was shocked, as if he had just woken up from a big dream, and looked around blankly.

I saw that on the chief chair on the left side of the hall, Liang Qiugong was sipping a cup of tea, and from time to time looked at Xie An, who was full of wine, with a slightly surprised and puzzled gaze.

Beside him, Yi Yi hugged a small wooden disc around his chest, and looked at Xie An with a gaze full of worry and a hint of blame.

"Huh? The old man is also there? Xie An, who had just woken up from a big dream, said hello to Liang Qiugong.

"Huh!" Liang Qiugong smiled slightly, and was about to speak, when he suddenly saw his granddaughter Liang Qiuwu walking into the hall with an iron face, with a strange smile on her face.

Liang Qiu Wu didn't know that Xie An had already talked to Liang Qiu Gong today, seeing Xie An in front of her grandfather Liang Qiu Gong such a gaffe, she was angry and disappointed in her heart, and after taking a deep look at Xie An, she said in a deep voice, "Yi Yi, pour him a cup of tea to sober up!" ”

"Yes......" Yi Yi nodded and poured a cup of tea for Xie An, and taking advantage of this opportunity, Liao Li and Ma Dan took the opportunity to retire, after all, fools can see that the next thing is someone else's housework.

"Come on, the two generals of Laima and Liao will go to the wing room of the West Courtyard to rest!"

"Thank you, ma'am...... Liang Qiu Gong, the last general will retire for the time being! With that, Liao Li and Ma Dan left the hall as if fleeing for their lives, leaving Xie An here alone.

Glancing at the back of the second general's departure, Liang Qiuwu took a deep breath, barely showed a smile, and said to Liang Qiugong, "Grandfather, he is the Xie An mentioned in his grandson's letter......"

In fact, Liang Qiugong had already seen Xie An, but because he had seen Chen Bei at that time, it was difficult to mention it to his granddaughter, so he pretended not to know, just nodded and didn't say anything.

However, Liang Qiu Wu was wrong, and because his grandfather was angry that Xie An had not come to the family banquet, he couldn't help but glared at Xie An fiercely.

It may be that he drank a cup of tea and woke up the wine, or he may have been awakened by the compelling momentum of Liang Qiu Wu, Xie An was a little sober, and when he saw Liang Qiu Wu glaring at him fiercely, he felt a little weak for no reason, and he beat his spirits and shouted, "Dance ......"

Seeing that Xie An seemed to be a little sober, Liang Qiuwu's face turned cold, and he asked coldly, "An, what did you do this afternoon?" ”

Looking at Liang Qiuwu's angry gaze, Xie Anxin was stunned for a moment, and then couldn't help but feel a little panicked, until now he remembered that he had an appointment with Liang Qiuwu, the eldest grandson Xiangyu, and Yiyi's three daughters today.

Scratching his head, Xie An said in a sneer, "With a friend...... Drinking went to ......"

Liang Qiuwu's eyes narrowed when he heard this, and he asked in a deep voice, "With whom?" Whence? ”

"This ......"

"What? Can't you say? The anger in Liang Qiuwu's eyes became stronger and stronger.

Looking at her expression, Xie An didn't understand that this little girl had misunderstood, and hurriedly explained, "Don't worry, I definitely didn't go to that kind of place this time, just a restaurant on Chaoyang Street, which seems to be called ...... Hui Xianju? - Well, that's probably what it's called! ”

Hearing this, the anger in Liang Qiuwu's heart receded a little, to be honest, she was really afraid that Xie An would go to that kind of fireworks place again, not that she was jealous, but she simply couldn't get used to that kind of weathered place.

"With whom?"

"A Friend ......"

"What's it called?"

"Well...... this" After hesitating for a while, Xie An said, "It's just a friend......

Seeing Xie An talking in a slurred manner, Liang Qiuwu's eyes were even more suspicious, and he was about to speak, but he saw Liang Qiugong open his mouth and say, "Wu'er, if you want to marry this kid, then...... Asking her husband's whereabouts like this is not the work of a good wife! ――As the young secretary of the Great Prison Temple, he is indispensable for some entertainment during the banquet! ”

"......" Liang Qiuwu was stunned when she heard this, and looked at Liang Qiugong in surprise, she never expected that Liang Qiugong would take the initiative to speak for Xie An.

After thinking about it, Liang Qiuwu said in a low voice, "Grandson knows his mistake, grandson just thinks that when my grandfather returns to Jijing, he, as the grandson-in-law of my Liangqiu family, should first visit my grandfather and greet my grandfather, this is a courtesy......

"Hehe," Liang Qiugong smiled slightly and said, "The old man is an old man, what is there to see?" -- The old man thinks that this matter should be done today! ”

"Zuo...... Stop? Liang Qiuwu looked at Liang Qiugong in surprise, she thought that Liang Qiugong was angry with Xie An in her heart, but she never expected that Liang Qiugong was not not annoyed, but tried to excuse Xie An.

"Grandfather...... Don't you annoy him? ”

"Huh? Oh, no, no, no......" Liang Qiugong shook his head again and again, and then said with a smile, "Besides, he is drowsy now, even if you want to teach him a lesson, you have to wait until tomorrow until he wakes up!" ”

Liang Qiuwu glanced at Xie An when she heard this, and saw that Xie An was really sleepy, drowsy, thought slightly, and said in a deep voice, "Yiyi, help him back to the room!" ”

"Yes......" Yi Yi nodded lightly and helped Xie An back to his room.

As soon as he returned to his room, Xie An fell asleep on the bed, and in desperation, Yi Yi had to take off his clothes and cover him with a quilt.

After sleeping until dawn, Xie An woke up leisurely, and at this time, he only felt that his head was like paste, and even had a faint pain like a pinprick.

Obviously, this is the after-effect of a hangover.

While getting dressed and sorting out his thoughts, Xie An couldn't help but smile bitterly when he recalled Liang Qiuwu's angry face last night.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door outside the house.

"It's coming, it's coming!" After shouting, Xie An opened the door, he thought it was Yiyi, or Liangqiu Wu, but to his surprise, it was Wei Wei Xun Zheng.

Seeing Xie An open the door, Xun Zheng didn't even have time to salute Xie An, and said eagerly, "Something's wrong, Lord Shaoqing!" -- Last night, thieves broke into the palace, wounding countless palace guards, and dozens of lives were added to the city......"

"......" Xie An opened his mouth, shocked in his heart.