"Adults are really sharp-eyed and insightful! ——The four people who couldn't settle all night in Lord Xun, the adults cleaned up and obeyed them in a few words......"

Outside the prison of Weiwei Temple, Su Xin, Li Jing and others touted Xie An vigorously, and even Fei Guo, one of the six generals of the Taiping Army, was full of admiration.

"From a person's words and deeds, and how he dresses, it is easy to deduce that person's character, which is not a ......" Facing the praise of the generals, Xie An smiled reluctantly, which made Liang Qiu Wu, who had been smiling and watching, have a little surprise in his eyes.

When the crowd was drinking tea and resting in the hall of Weiwei Temple, Liang Qiuwu walked up to Xie An and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong, An?" - Why are you so sullen? ”

Xie An was stunned and asked in surprise, "Is there one?" ”

Liang Qiuwu shook his head when he heard this, and said softly with a bit of tenderness, "If others can't see it, can't the concubine still see it?" ”

"Hehe," Xie An chuckled, shook his head and said, "Maybe I'm a little tired, you know, I didn't rest much last night......

"That's right," Liang Qiu Wu nodded as if he suddenly realized, and then as if he remembered something, he frowned and said, "Speaking of which, I really can't imagine that those Dongling assassins are actually under the orders of His Highness Li Xian...... In this way, the person who killed a cadre of ministers in the court on the day of Shangyuan Festival was really His Royal Highness Li Xian? ”

"......" glanced at Liang Qiuwu, who was frowning and thinking hard, and Xie An was silent.

As Liang Qiu Wu had guessed, Xie An was not at all happy that he had settled the four hard-mouthed Dongling assassins of the Hongshan Four Hidden Blades, after all, he had been in a fierce struggle in his heart since he heard Di Bu's words.

He knew very well that those Dongling assassins had previously obeyed the orders of the crown prince Li Wei and the fifth prince Li Cheng. What does it have to do with the eighth prince Li Xian, but the words of the crown prince Li Wei yesterday made Xie An hesitate.

Speaking of which, he Xie An always took advantage of Li Xian's absence in Jijing to capture the heart of Xiangyu, the eldest grandson of the first beauty in Jijing, and this daughter happened to have a marriage contract with Li Xian, the eighth prince, in other words. Between him Xie An and Li Xian, it was the hatred of taking his wife.

When Xie An and Su Wan, the daughter of the Su family in Guangling, first arrived in Jijing, Lu Fan, the son of Nanguo Gong, did not know the relationship between the two and married Su Wan. Comparing his heart to his heart, didn't the eighth prince Li Xian hate him to the bone at this time?

You must know that there was no marriage contract between Xie An and Su Wan at the beginning, but Li Xian and the eldest grandson Xiangyu had made a marriage contract since childhood, and they thought about it in a different position, if their fiancée was taken away. Xie An thought to himself that he couldn't tolerate it.

The Eighth Prince Li Xian must not be allowed to gain power!

At that time, an idea jumped in Xie An's mind, although he knew very well that it was deliberately said by the crown prince Li Wei. In order to let Xie An favor his crown prince Li Wei when he was fighting openly and secretly with the eighth prince Li Xian, after all, Xie An today is not as strong as he was at the beginning, not to mention the power of his wife's Liangqiu clan. His official positions as the Shaoqing of the Great Prison Temple and the Acting Secretary of the Criminal Department alone are enough to gain a firm foothold in the struggle for power between the DPRK and China.

Let's be honest. Even if the crown prince Li Wei gave Xie An the position of Shangshu of the Criminal Department as a gift, Xie An still didn't have a good impression of this person, but then again, if the crown prince Li Wei and the eighth prince Li Xian were placed together, even if he was reluctant, he had to secretly favor the prince Li Wei, after all, as the crown prince Li Wei said, once the eighth prince Li Xian overthrew the crown prince Li Wei in the battle for the heir and gained power in Jijing, he Xie An could not guarantee that he would have any good fruits to eat.

Although it seems to be a bit of a suspicion of [spending the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain], but after all, it is the hatred of taking away his wife, how can it be easily resolved?

It may be that it was very boring to stay in Weiwei Temple, so when Xun Zheng and Liang Qiuwu were re-interrogating Di Bu and other Dongling assassins, Xie An took Fei Guo to wander outside the Weiwei Temple, after all, although Fei Guo was said to be a fine work of the Taiping Army in the Great Zhou, but then again, until now, it is impossible for him to interfere in the battle between the crown prince Li Wei and the eighth prince Li Xian, not to mention, with Chen Bei, Xie An's brother-in-law, Fei Guo said that he would not dare to harm him Xie An.

After strolling along the street for a while, during which they bought two oil hammers from a roadside stall, Xie An and Fei Guo, the master and servant, squatted in an alley not far from the Weiwei Temple and ate their mouths, attracting pedestrians on the road to watch frequently, secretly wondering which minister of the DPRK and China acted so cheaply.

Probably noticing the strange gazes of pedestrians on the road, Fei Guo was at a loss to do anything with the oil hammer on the wooden plate in his hand, and said embarrassedly, "My lord, otherwise, I'll wait until I go back to Weiwei Temple...... Let's go back to that......" As he spoke, he watched in amazement as Xie An put one oil hammer after another into his mouth and chewed.

I have to say, it seems that Xie An is eating like this now, if he wasn't wearing court clothes, who would have recognized this rude guy eating on the street as the minister of the five grades of the central government?

"Don't worry, it's stuffy in the house!" Biting the steaming oil hammer, Xie An turned his head, looked at Fei Guo and said in surprise, "Why don't you eat it?" - Could it be ......" At this, a slight smile appeared on his face.

Fei Guo's face was full of embarrassment, he glanced at the pedestrians coming and going on the street, and then at Xie An beside him, gritted his teeth, followed Xie An's appearance, and took a big gulp.

I don't know how long it took, Fei Guo swallowed the last bite of food, then licked the greasy side of his mouth, looked at Xie An and said sincerely, "My lord is really a strange person......

As if he had seen through what Fei Guo was thinking, Xie An said lightly, "This official doesn't feel that he is superior, how different is he from the people on the road when he takes off this official uniform?" As he spoke, he touched it in his arms, as if he wanted to find something to wipe his mouth, but at the end of his life, he took out a white embroidered handkerchief, faintly with a burst of fragrance.

It was the handkerchief that Jin Ling'er left yesterday......

"......" recalled the brief gathering yesterday, Xie An sighed secretly, and was hesitating whether to wipe his mouth with this handkerchief, Fei Guo beside him seemed to notice something and reminded him in a low voice.

"Your Excellency!"

Hearing Fei Guo's reminder, Xie An raised his head for some reason, and happened to see that a carriage not far before the meeting stopped at some point, and in the window, Prince Li Wei was looking at him with a smile.

"Xie Shaoqing is really informal...... If it is known by the Imperial Observatory. I'm afraid I will treat Xie Shaoqing for a crime of insulting Sven! Prince Li Wei's words were a bit joking, as if he was joking with a friend he knew well.

"......" Seeing that the crown prince Li Wei took the initiative to talk to him, Xie An left immediately, stepped forward, looked at the car window and said with a chuckle, "Isn't His Royal Highness the prince cultivating himself in Zongzheng Temple, how can he be so leisurely and leisurely, driving around the streets?" ”

"Hehehe." Leaning half-leaning on the car window, Prince Li Wei chuckled and said, "Xie Shaoqing seems to want His Royal Highness to continue to stay in Zongzheng Temple......

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is laughing!"

Maybe he saw something, Prince Li Wei shook his head and explained, "Don't worry." This prince has just come out of Zongzheng Temple...... Although two days are short, the days of confinement are not very good! - Xie Shaoqing also saw it, is that the life of a person? ”

Xie An was stunned, and nodded secretly in his heart, after all, he had been to the confinement room when the crown prince Li Wei was locked up in Zongzheng Temple, in a huge house. There is nothing but basic daily necessities, and it is said that even the meals are vegetarian, although the main purpose of the original Soshoji Temple was established. It is to hone the hearts of the Li disciples of the Great Zhou Dynasty, but in the eyes of the prince, it is simply a kind of torture.

Because of this, Xie An slightly changed his opinion of the crown prince Li Wei. Think about it, too, the prince of a country. Being locked up in that kind of place where you don't see the light of day, having a coarse meal and light meal, and now you can still maintain such a good attitude when you come out, this is not something that ordinary people can do, or how to say, [from thrift to luxury, from luxury to thrift]?

Thinking of this, Xie An arched his hand and said with a light smile, "Then the lower official wants to congratulate His Royal Highness the Crown Prince on getting out of the cage!" ”

"Hehe," Prince Li Wei laughed, then lowered his head and said meaningfully, "The [gift] that this prince sent last night, Xie Shaoqing received?" ”

Xie An knew that the [ceremony] that Prince Li Wei said in his mouth was referring to those Dongling assassins, and after thinking about it, he nodded and said, "I received it...... However, His Royal Highness the Prince, that's not as simple as a simple [ceremony], right? ”

As if it were

Comprehending the deep meaning of Xie An's words, Prince Li Wei chuckled lightly and said, "Even if it is as Xie Shaoqing said, is there anything wrong with it?" ——Xie Shaoqing only needs to put that [ceremony] on the court, and then, wait for his father, Emperor Long Yan Dayue, to make a holy decree to remove the [generation] character in front of Xie Shaoqing's position as the secretary of the criminal department! - The next time we meet, I'm afraid that Prince Ben will call Xie Shangshu! ”

Xie An frowned slightly, looked at the crown prince Li Wei and said in a low voice, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is going to help His Royal Highness frame the Eighth Prince?" ”

"Framed?" The corner of the crown prince Li Wei's mouth raised a little inexplicable smile, shook his head and said, "Xie Shaoqing is serious, this prince doesn't need Xie Shaoqing to do anything...... Ah, as long as this prince stands by Xie Shaoqing's side, don't interfere, and the rest of the things are decided by the prince! ”

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince thinks that just the confessions of those Dongling assassins can bring down the Eighth Prince?"

"......" glanced at Xie An deeply, the crown prince Li Wei chuckled and shook his head, Gu Zuoyan said, "It's not too early, this prince has to go to the palace to ask the concubine for peace, so he won't bother Xie Shaoqing to investigate the case...... Oh, by the way, the eighth also came out, as far as the prince knew, as soon as the eighth came out of Zongzheng Temple, he took his confidant Ji Hong and hurried to the mansion of the eldest grandson prime minister......"

Looking at the meaningful smile on the corner of the crown prince Li Wei's mouth, Xie An frowned and said lightly, "Then His Royal Highness the Crown Prince should be careful, His Royal Highness the Eighth is probably thinking about how to deal with His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

The crown prince Li Wei was stunned when he heard this, glanced at Xie An as if he was not smiling, and said jokingly, "Maybe it's just like what Xie Shaoqing said...... Who knows! With that, he slowly lowered the curtain of the carriage.

Watching the carriage grunt away, Xie An frowned deeply, he knew very well what the crown prince Li Wei wanted to express.

At the same time, as the crown prince Li Wei said, the eighth prince Li Xian and his henchman Ji Hong did come to the mansion of the prime minister of the current dynasty, after all, the crown prince Li Wei has begun to deal with him gradually Li Xian, and Li Xian urgently needs to find help to fight back.

In the study of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Li Xian met the Prime Minister of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and after a salute, Li Xian said directly, "Yin Gong, this time the second brother has made it clear that he wants to eradicate Xiao Wang, and I implore Yin Gong to come to the rescue, otherwise, Xiao Wang may not be able to save his life......

Looking at the pleading look in Li Xian's eyes, Yin Gong sighed slightly and became more serious. Li Xian is a student he cultivated with his own hands, but at that time, due to the generational relationship between Li Xian and the eldest grandson Xiangyu, so Yin Gong did not officially accept Li Xian as a student, after all, many years ago, the eighth prince Li Xian admired the eldest grandson Xiangyu, the daughter of the eldest grandson family, everyone in Jijing knew it, and even Yin Gong himself knew it, who would have thought that last year suddenly killed a Xie An. captured the heart of his granddaughter, the eldest grandson Xiangyu?

After thinking about it, Yin Gong said with a smile, "Your Highness is serious...... Does His Royal Highness really think that the prince of the East Palace dares to harm His Highness's life in a grand manner? - His Majesty has said about this matter. The prince of the East Palace is ruthless, but he doesn't have such courage! ——According to the old man's thoughts, His Royal Highness only needs to mention the prince of the East Palace to use the trick ......"

Ji Hong next to him frowned slightly when he heard this, and said unhappily, "The prince Li Wei of the Shangyuan Festival sent someone to assassinate my lord, and the prime minister is not ignorant!" - Or is it that the eldest grandson family plans to choose someone else? ”

Hear that. Li Xian's face was slightly shocked, and he hurriedly said, "Mr. Ji, don't be rude to Yingong!" He said. He apologized to Yingong again and again.

Glancing deeply at Ji Hong, Yin Gong smiled slightly, shook his head and said, "The assassination of His Royal Highness Shangyuan Festival." The old man has indeed heard of it...... However, as far as the old man knew, the assassin had not only killed the guards around His Highness that day. Even Mr. Ji is invincible...... What the old man didn't understand was why such a strong assassin would be satisfied with fighting with Mr. Ji, but he had never really been unfavorable to His Highness? - Thinking about it, there is only one reason, the thief didn't intend to really harm His Highness, right, Mr. Ji? ”

"......" Ji Hong was silent when he heard this, in fact, he had already seen this matter, after all, according to his guess, the person who came to assassinate that day was the head of the dignified Jinling Dangerous Building Assassin Pavilion, [Thousand-faced Ghost Queen] Jin Ling'er, according to rumors in the rivers and lakes, Jin Ling'er wants to kill someone, and he will not let him find out his whereabouts at all, often as soon as the crisp bell rings, the person who wants to kill is killed.

And just like on the day of the Shangyuan Festival, Jin Ling'er appeared in front of their guards in a dignified manner, which is indeed a rare thing.

Thinking about it, there is only one possibility, most likely the crown prince Li Wei deliberately called Jin Ling'er to do this, in order to make people suspect that the eighth prince Li Xian pretended to do a bitter trick and murdered that minister, after all, according to common sense, since he was an assassin who came to kill Li Xian, how could he be satisfied with killing a few of his guards?

can be clearly summarized, but he Ji Hong is not easy to admit, after all, the events of the past two days have made him vaguely see that the attitude of the eldest grandson family towards the eighth prince Li Xian is no longer as enthusiastic as before, except for the head of the military department, Changsun Jing, the rest of the ministers of the eldest grandson family headed by Ruan Shaozhou, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, do not seem to intend to interfere in the battle between the crown prince Li Wei and the eighth prince Li Xian.

It is not difficult to guess that there is only one reason for this phenomenon, and that is the eldest grandson Xiangyu......

This woman, who was designated as the future princess and even the queen of the eighth prince Li Xian when she was a child, would ignore the marriage contract and commit herself to others, which is simply unreasonable!

Thinking of this, Ji Hong looked at Yin Cheng and said, "Prime Minister, you haven't replied clearly yet!" ”

"......" A hint of discoloration faintly flashed in Yin Gong's eyes.

You know, there are not many people who dare to talk to Yingong so unpretentiously, after all, Yingong is an old man who has been the prime minister for 30 years, not angry and mighty, although he is now old, but the temperament of the superior on his body has not faded at all, even Xie An, Li Xian, and even the prince Li Wei are also well-behaved in front of this old man, and this person called Ji Hong ignored the momentum of Yingong and spoke disrespectfully.

Yin Gong didn't know that this Ji Hong was one of the six generals of the Taiping Army, holding a Taiping Army under his hands, one person and more than 10,000 people, except for Chen Bei, the third generation commander of the Taiping Army, who was he afraid of?

Not to mention being the prime minister of the dynasty, even if it is the saint today, Ji Hong is not afraid!

Under Li Xian's anxious gaze, Yin Gong glanced at Ji Hong deeply, and suddenly said with a smile, "Mr. Ji is a very person, the old man has read people all his life, but there are not many loyal heroes like Mr. Ji...... Mr. Ji can rest assured that the old man has known His Highness for more than ten years, so he will naturally not sit idly by and ignore His Highness...... But it's not that bad, is it? ”

"That's hard to say!" With a chuckle, Ji Hong shook his head and said meaningfully, "As far as I know, the crown prince Li Wei not only won over the third, sixth, and seventh princes, but also won over Xie An, the young secretary of the Great Prison Temple, and even used the position of the secretary of the criminal department as a means to buy people's hearts...... Who is Xie An, the young secretary of the Great Prison Temple, I am afraid that the Prime Minister does not need to explain here, right? ——Behind this person is the entire Liangqiu family of the Donggong Mansion, and even the Lu family of the Nangong Mansion has a great relationship with him...... The worst thing is that the Eastern Army and the Southern Army are on the side of Prince Li Wei, is this bad? ”

Glancing at Ji Hong deeply, Yin Gong exhaled slightly and was silent.

For Xie An, Duke Yin was also secretly surprised, who would have thought that a scholar in the house of His Royal Highness Li Shou, King of Anping, would now have such power in the court.

Marrying Liang Qiuwu, the general of the Eastern Army, made the entire Liangqiu family backing it, and a few days ago, Luoyang quelled the rebellion, which also made the Duke of Nangong Lu hand over the entire Southern Army to his commander, no one dared to guarantee that Lu Song, the Duke of Nanguo, would not stand on the side of Xie An, who had a good relationship with him, if this was the case, it would mean that Xie An had been able to influence two of the four towns of Jijing, which was not trivial.

You must know that the Western Army and the Northern Army, judging from past signs, are loyal to the crown prince Li Wei, in other words, if Xie An and the crown prince Li Wei join forces, it means that most of the prince Li Wei is in the hands of the entire Jijing, and it is probably not an exaggeration to say that he can cover the sky with one hand.

On the one hand, Li Xian, his own nameless student, and on the other hand, Xie An, who had a husband and wife with his granddaughter, Yin Gong thought for a while, looked at Li Xian Zhengse and said, "The old man thinks that His Royal Highness has probably thought of it a long time ago, but he doesn't want to do it in his heart!" - In that case, the old man will remind His Highness...... Your Highness should not see the old man this time......"

"......" seemed to understand something, and a little struggle flashed in Li Xian's eyes.