——March 17, the first year of the Great Zhou Jingzhi——

It has been five days since the fourth son of the emperor [Yan Wang] Li Mao arrived in Jijing, Xie An thought that this guy would immediately start dealing with him after returning to Jijing, so he secretly asked Mo Fei, Ding Qiu and others to monitor Li Mao's every move, and even asked Fei Guo, Su Xin and other Qu troops to be stern in Jizhou, so that once Li Mao was in trouble, he could respond immediately.

What Xie An didn't expect was that since Li Mao, the king of Yan, had not moved at all since he lived in Li Xian's Xianwang Mansion, which made Xie An feel as if he had punched the weak cotton, and he was busy for a while.

"I always feel like something is wrong......

In the evening of the same day, while eating, Xie An finally couldn't help but express the doubts that had been buried in his heart for a long time.

"The case of the Criminal Department?" Liang Qiuwu looked at Xie An's eyes with a little surprise and surprise, after all, in her opinion, her husband Xie An is quite talented in trying cases and sentencing, and his intuition is quite keen, and he is often in one sentence, making people speechless.

"No, no," he explained, waving his hand, "I mean the one from the north......"

Liang Qiu Wu opened his mouth when he heard this, bit his lip slightly, barely showed a smile, and said, "The Fourth Highness is not an unreasonable person, I want to come...... He should be able to understand, right? ”

This stupid woman......

Are you telling me? Or do you want to hear it for yourself?

It's really unconvincing......

Secretly glancing at Liang Qiu Wu, Xie An smiled and nodded in agreement.

In all fairness, according to Li Xian, the Eight Sages King, Li Xian's description of Li Mao's character, Xie An didn't think that Li Mao, the invincible overlord of Northern Xinjiang, would just give up like that, but the problem was ......

Speaking of which, what the hell has that guy been doing for the past five days?

Or rather. Li Xian's kid is really so capable, he persuaded Li Mao? But if that's the case, what is Li Mao still doing in Jijing?

stayed in Jijing, but did not come to take revenge on himself...... Something is wrong!

Xie An secretly frowned and thought, he couldn't find an answer to this question after thinking about it for several days.

Suddenly, Xie An glanced at the eldest grandson Xiangyu, who was sitting on his right hand side to eat, and raised his hand and knocked on the door of his head.

Stupid, there is this demonic military advisor here. What are you thinking about alone?!

Thinking of this, Xie An picked up a piece of lean meat with chopsticks and put it in the bowl in the hand of the eldest grandson Xiangyu, and then looked at her with a smile on his face.

"Nothing to do, either treachery or ......theft" With a sweet smile on his face, the eldest grandson Xiangyu pursed his lips.

"Hey, hey, hey. That's too much, isn't it? Xie An looked at the eldest grandson Xiangyu with an exaggerated expression and said, "I'm worried about you...... If you don't eat well when you eat, you can eat some desserts and pastries to satisfy your stomach, can that thing be nutritious? - Look at you, you're getting thinner! ”

Looking at the exaggerated expression on Xie An's face, the eldest grandson Xiangyu covered his lips with his sleeves and couldn't help but giggle. After glancing at Xie An as if he had a deep meaning, he nodded and said deliberately, "I see." I didn't expect Brother An to care so much about the slave family, and the slave family was really happy in their hearts...... The slave family still thought that Brother An had encountered some kind of problem again, so he had the crooked idea to make the slave family sad......" Speaking of this, she blinked deliberately. A look of ridicule was revealed.

Seeing that the eldest Sun Xiangyu seemed to have seen through his expression, Xie Anxin smiled bitterly. Fortunately, he has a thick face, and he is facing his daughter-in-law, and he doesn't even blink his eyes when he talks nonsense.

"How is that possible?! - Did you name one? ”

Looking at Xie An and giggling, the eldest grandson Xiangyu put down the dishes and chopsticks, and said with a straight hand, "On March 3, my father asked you about the status of the slave's wife and concubine...... On February 16, Brother An returned home and asked the slave family to write the sacrifice required for the sealing of the Zen on his behalf...... On February 13, Qian Xi found a place in the house where Brother An hid his private money, and Brother An asked the slave family to hide it on his behalf...... On February 6, Gou Gong and Xiang Qing came to the house to have a drink, and Brother An called several concubines from the West Wing to accompany the wine......"

As the eldest grandson Xiangyu shook out Xie An's kind words one by one and comforted her and asked her to replace the things she concealed, cold sweat oozed out of Xie An's head.

"Okay, okay," hurriedly interrupted the words of the eldest grandson Xiangyu, Xie An muttered angrily, "Let you say one thing, say so much and do ......" As he spoke, he secretly glanced at Liang Qiu Wu with some nervousness, after all, the eldest grandson Xiangyu had just mentioned something about private money.

What made him feel lucky was that Liang Qiuwu seemed to be concentrating on what he was thinking about, and he didn't hear the words of the eldest grandson Xiangyu, which made Xie An secretly relieved.

It's not that the girls are stingy and are so harsh on their husband-in-law Xie An, the problem is that the money in Xie An's pocket is used in places that are not easy to understand, such as Qinglou, Qinglou, such as Qinglou.

glanced at his giggling wife, Changsun Xiangyu, who seemed to have succeeded in his prank, Xie An didn't plan to go around with this woman anymore, after all, if he continued to go around like this, he would have to be played to death by this woman.

"Xiangyu, Li Xianzhi met with me a few days ago, saying that Li Mao's matter will be handled by him...... What do you think? ”

Looking at Xie An with a smile, the eldest grandson Xiangyu giggled, "Then tell him to deal with it!" ”

Listening to her fluttering words, Xie An couldn't cry or laugh, and said angrily, "Grandma, tell me your opinion!" ”

Hearing Xie An call himself aunt and grandmother again, the eldest grandson Xiangyu couldn't help but giggle, and then said with a pretended resentment, "What can the slave family think?" - The slave family was ordered by someone to stop causing trouble, and wrote books and painted landscapes at home every day, and obediently became the daughter-in-law of the Xie family...... But even so, that bad guy still scares the slave family, saying that a woman is smart, and if she is too calculating, she will be disliked by her husband's family, and the slave family is scared that in addition to eating and sleeping these days, where do you dare to think about these and that......"

"......" opened his mouth but was speechless, Xie An looked at the eldest grandson Xiangyu helplessly.

Seeing that her husband was depressed by what she said, the eldest grandson Xiangyu felt a little proud in his heart, but he didn't say any more, after all, she is very smart, she naturally knows what it means to judge the situation, after all, Xie An is her husband, and saying a few innocuous jokes on weekdays will help enhance the relationship between husband and wife, but if the joke is too much, it will be against the will.

"Crybaby's calculations. The slave family can roughly guess how many points...... In order not to provoke Li Mao, Li Mao had to temporarily acquiesce to the current situation in Jijing and obediently stay in the soldiers and horses to return to northern Xinjiang, Li Xian also needs an excellent opportunity...... "The eldest grandson Xiangyu, who put away his joking expression, seems to have become a divine army master who strategized and calculated every last resort during the Battle of Chang'an.

"A great opportunity?" Xie An showed a little puzzled look on his face, and was about to ask. Suddenly, I saw a person from the house running out of the side hall in a hurry, and said eagerly after saluting, "Master Qiqi and all the ladies, Lord Ji Hongji, the secretary of the ministry, asked to see him, saying that he had made an appointment with the master earlier......

"Ji Hong? When did he make an appointment with me? Xie An looked puzzled.

Beside him. The eldest grandson Xiangyu had finished eating, and was sipping the tea after the meal, and the corners of his mouth raised a faint smile when he heard the words.

"Is it in my Xie Mansion? - Li Xian, that guy, will pick ......"

"......" glanced at the eldest grandson Xiangyu suspiciously, Xie An thought for a moment, stood up, and said. Please come to the main hall for a conversation! ”

"Yes!" The lord bowed and took his leave.

Xie An knew very well that Ji Hong was a confidant of Li Xian, the eighth son of the emperor [Eight Sages King], and he definitely didn't come to bother him with nothing, so he must have something important to discuss with him Xie An. Therefore, Xie An didn't dare to delay, got up and went to the main hall of the main mansion to meet Ji Hong and see what he was doing this time.

It took about a stick of incense. Xie An came back, followed by Ji Hong.

Compared to Fang Cai. Xie An's expression was a little strange at this moment.

"What's wrong, Ann?" Nodding towards Ji Hong as a courtesy, Liang Qiuwu asked curiously.

I saw Xie An glance back at Ji Hong, and said with a strange expression, "That...... Your Excellency the Prime Minister and His Royal Highness King Yan will come to my mansion for a banquet later......"

"Fourth Highness?" Liang Qiuwu was stunned and looked at Xie An in surprise.

"His Royal Highness King Yan...... It's that Li Mao, right? Looking at her husband Xie An in astonishment, Jin Ling'er said angrily, "Little thief, what are you doing inviting him to the mansion for a banquet?" - Isn't that guy your nemesis? ”

"How can I ......" Xie An said with a wronged expression, as if complaining, "I can't avoid that guy, how can I send him to invite him to the mansion for a banquet?" ”

"Then this is ......" Hearing this, she glanced at Ji Hong behind Xie An, Jin Ling'er obviously realized something, and nodded as if she didn't understand.

"Anyway," glanced at Ji Hong angrily, Xie An shook his head helplessly, turned to Yiyi and said, "Sister Yiyi, notify the kitchen and tell it to prepare wine and food, be fast, slow and it will be exposed......"

"Exposed?" Yi Yi tilted her head in confusion when she heard this, her appearance was very cute, although she was very difficult to understand her husband's words, but since her husband told her like this, she naturally did it.

A great opportunity...... Is it?

Glancing at the eldest grandson Xiangyu, looking at the unfathomable calm smile on the corner of her mouth, Xie An turned his head and asked Ji Hong and said, "It's okay to wait, let's sit down and have a cup of tea first." - Please! ”

"Thank you." Ji Hong gave up his thanks.

About half an hour later, suddenly people from the whole house came to tell me.

"Lord Qiqi and the ladies, the Prime Minister and His Royal Highness King Yan have arrived in front of the mansion, and it is said that the lord invited the two of them to come to the mansion for a banquet......"

Is it coming?

Exchanging glances with Ji Hong, Xie An stood up, and after instructing the girls a few words, he personally went out of the house with Ji Hong to greet him.

After walking to the front yard after a while, Xie An saw that outside the gate of his house, Li Xian, Li Mao and his party were standing outside the gate of the mansion and waiting, in addition to his two brothers, there were also [Five Tigers of Northern Xinjiang] under Li Mao.

Catching a glimpse of Li Mao's cold face from a distance, Xie Anxin smiled bitterly, reluctantly smiled a little, stepped forward and arched his hand and said, "Prime Minister, His Royal Highness King Yan, the mansion has been waiting for a long time......

"Waiting? Hum! Li Mao snorted coldly when he heard this, and it could be seen that he was very dissatisfied with Xie An's late arrival, but unexpectedly, he didn't say anything.

"Lord Lao has been waiting in the house for a long time, ashamed and ashamed...... Come, Xiao Wang and the Four Emperor Brothers can arrive half an hour early, but ......" Two steps forward, Li Xian arched his hand and said with a smile on his face, "The Four Emperor Brothers have lived in the north for a long time, and it is said that a dish on the grassland is called roasted whole sheep, and Xiao Wang has been admiring it for a long time...... No, Xiao Wang and the Four Emperor Brothers just went to the bazaar...... Shame shame shame! As he spoke, he turned back and pointed to the two fat sheep on the ground that were tied upside down to thick sticks.

"I see." Xie An pretended to be suddenly enlightened, and said complainingly, "Your Excellency's move is really ...... If it weren't for Lord Ji to inform the government one step earlier, the government would probably still be in the dark! ”

He deliberately said ambiguously, so as to express to Li Xian that he was quite unhappy at the moment.

With Li Xian's intelligence, how could he not hear Xie An's words mixed with displeasure, arched his hand, and smiled apologetically with the same ambiguous words, "The matter is urgent." It's not Xiao Wang's intention, if it's rude, please bear with me! ”

Hurry up with authority......

So is it suspected that the so-called [Five Tigers of Northern Xinjiang] under Li Mao has the details of the Taiping Army?

Thinking of this, Xie An quietly glanced at the five people known as the [Five Tigers of Northern Xinjiang]. What surprised Xie An was that You Dou, who was seriously injured by Liang Qiuwu's move five days ago, was also there this time, and his complexion seemed to be pretty good, provided that he ignored the blood-stained bandages that could be seen everywhere on this person's body.

This is the fate of provoking my eldest wife......

You can't live if you do your own evil!

Shaking his head secretly funny, Xie An invited Li Mao, Li Xian and his party into the mansion.

After walking a few steps, Li Xian asked with a smile, "That's right." Mr. Xie, where is the kitchen in your house? - According to the Four Emperor Brothers, roast sheep needs to be roasted over low heat, which takes a lot of time......" said this. He glanced at Xie An.

"Kitchen, ......" Noticing Li Xian's eyes, Xie An looked around, pointed to the southeast side and said, "Since it is needed for a banquet." Let's ask the cook in the backyard to cook for you......"

"Good!" Nodding, Li Xian turned his head. He smiled at the five tigers of Northern Xinjiang and said, "You have to carry these two fat sheep to the kitchen of Lord Xie's mansion and ask the cook to bake them raw......

Hearing this, the five people glanced at Li Mao, and when they saw this, Li Mao nodded, so they picked up the thick stick with two fat sheep tied upside down, and walked in the direction that Xie An pointed out, leaving only Youdou, who was seriously injured and had not recovered.

Seeing this, Li Xian glanced at Ji Hong, Ji Hong understood, nodded quietly, walked to Youdou's side, and talked with him a little, obviously to distract Youdou's attention.

deliberately quickened his pace and kept a certain distance from Ji Hong and Youdou, Li Xian lowered his voice and explained to Xie An during the period when he went to the main mansion in the mansion with Li Mao and Xie An, "In order to hide people's eyes, I have to make this decision...... Lord Xie doesn't have to worry too much, Xiao Wang has already discussed this matter with the imperial brother......"

Glancing at Li Mao, who was still cold, Xie An frowned, lowered his voice and said, "Are you sure?" - Among these five people, the so-called [Six Divine Generals] of the Taiping Army? ”

Li Mao also turned his head when he heard this, waiting for Li Xian's explanation.

"Ten have...... The four emperor brothers don't know, but Lord Xie should know that the Taiping Army has been hiding for more than ten years, and its henchmen have infiltrated my Great Zhou, and this Jijing alone has three [Six Divine Generals]! - Among them, one is under Xiao Wang, one is under Lord Xie, and one is under Xiao Jiu...... Well, under His Majesty's hands, ......" Speaking of this, seeing Li Mao's shocked expression, Li Xian hurriedly explained, "The fourth emperor brother doesn't have to worry too much, these three people have surrendered sincerely, otherwise, the imperial brother and Lord Xie will not be able to find out about the Taiping Army...... All I have to do now is find out the other three! ”

"There's a guy in my northern frontier?" Li Mao frowned.

"Brother Four Emperors, don't believe it," suppressed his voice, Li Xian Zhengse said, "As far as the Emperor Brother knows, all the important forces of my Great Zhou have the Taiping Army [Six Divine Generals] lurking in the shadows, each performing its own duties, and has no contact with each other...... Therefore, the imperial brother dared to assert that under the command of the four imperial brothers, there must be a Taiping army lurking inside......"

"Then how do you determine what six gods are among those five?" Frowning and looking at Li Xian, Li Mao said unhappily, "The Five Tigers of Northern Xinjiang are the henchmen and cronies personally selected and promoted by the king, and you can't convince the king just by your jokes!" - You have always been resourceful, who can guarantee whether you are a trick and a plan to divide the world?! - Taking a step back, even if there is really a Taiping army in the northern Xinjiang, you can't tell if the thief came to Beijing with the king this time......"

"No, it will come!" Glancing at Li Mao, who was a little surprised in his eyes, Li Xian said in a low voice, "Fourth Emperor Brother, do you know that Lord Xie swept away the rebels in Chang'an and Luoyang last year?" ”

Glancing at Xie An, Li Mao snorted and said disdainfully, "I heard!" - It's just a rabble without a fighting spirit, and they were said in a few words...... It's also a loss to make a certain guy take this credit for nothing......"

"The four emperor brothers know. That rebellion was originally a trap set by the Taiping Army for the Four Emperor Brothers? ”

"......" Li Mao glanced at Li Xian suspiciously.

"It seems that the Fourth Emperor Brother has not thought of this...... At that time, there was a man named Chen Bei in the rebel army, this person was the third generation commander of the Taiping Army, and during the period when he pretended to be a rebel general and sat in Hangu Pass, he beheaded the general Wu Bang and Lu Fan, the son of the Lu family, and called me the division of the Great Zhou Dynasty to be repeatedly blocked under the Hangu Pass...... The reason why this person is in Hangu Pass is that he is waiting for the Four Emperor Brothers! ”

"Waiting for the king?" Li Mao pursed his lips and said with a look of disdain. "The general Wu Bang is still good at using troops, and his martial arts are vulnerable, although Lu Keting is one of the four towns, he can't take ten moves in the hands of the king...... If the king was in Hangu Pass that day, what was the third-generation commander of the Taiping Army. There is only one dead end! ”

Seeing that Li Mao was so arrogant, Xie Anxin was displeased, and pouted and said, "But I don't know how many moves His Royal Highness King Yan can take in Wu'er's hands?" ”

Li Mao's eyes showed a little anger when he heard this, and he said unhappily, "What did you say?" ”

Lord Xie, Uncle Xie. Don't mess with it now!

Glancing at Xie An helplessly, signaling the latter not to stir up trouble, Li Xian, who felt that the atmosphere between the two seemed to be a little bad, hurriedly diverted the topic and said, "Brother Four Emperors, don't be careless. That man named Chen Bei is still above General Liangqiu's martial arts! ——This is what General Liang Qiu personally admitted! ”

"What? Is there such a thing? Hearing this, a hint of surprise flashed in Li Mao's eyes, and he said with an incredulous expression, "Xiao Wu has the blood of the Liangqiu family of the Tiger General Family. Even the king is hard to fight when it comes to fighting, and he can't even beat the thief general? "Speaking of which. He suddenly realized that he had admitted the fact that his martial arts were not as good as Liang Qiu Wu in what he said, and glared angrily.

You made a gaffe yourself, it's my business?!

Xie Anzhong was very disdainful, pursed his lips, out of consideration for the overall situation, but did not ridicule Li Mao for this sentence, firstly, he was afraid that Li Xian's plan would be ruined, and secondly, at this moment, Liang Qiuwu and Jin Ling'er were not by his side, if he really annoyed Li Mao, he would be killed by him, and he would be beaten by him.

In his opinion, provoking Li Mao when Liangqiu Wu and Jin Ling'er were not around is tantamount to Youdou Dangdian, one of the Five Tigers in Northern Xinjiang, provoking Liangqiu Wu and dying five days ago!

"About that Chen Bei......" Li Xian glanced at Xie An intentionally or unintentionally, which made the latter slightly nervous.

Although Xie An never told outsiders about the relationship between his brother-in-law Chen Bei and the Liang Qiu family, it was obviously not difficult to guess the origin of Li Xian's intelligence.

"This person didn't mention that Chen Bei, the imperial brother just wanted to use this incident to remind the fourth imperial brother that the imperial brother was a thorn in the eye and a thorn in the flesh of the Taiping Army's gang of thieves! ——The Taiping army has wanted to get rid of the imperial brother for a long time, but last time it was disturbed by Lord Xie and lost that great opportunity, and now that the imperial brother has come to Jijing, isn't this the best time for his thief to not die and repeat his old tricks? Therefore, the Emperor Brother dared to assert that there must be a Taiping Army's [Six Divine Generals] accompanying the Four Emperor Brothers, and most of this person wanted to see if he could eradicate the Four Emperor Brothers through this matter, especially through the resentment between the Four Emperor Brothers and Lord Xie, and blame this matter on Lord Xie and my Ji Jing......"

“……”

"If it really succeeds, according to the status and prestige of the imperial brother in the northern Xinjiang, how can the elite soldiers and fierce generals under the imperial brother give up? It is not difficult to guess that as long as the thief provokes a little bewitchment, he can make Northern Xinjiang and Jijing turn against each other, and even meet each other, so that I will repeat the mistakes of the past in Da Zhou, and fall into frequent wars and wars......"

Li Mao was silent when he heard this, in fact, Li Xian had already said some of these words a few days ago, but at that time, there was a Five Tiger General by Li Mao's side almost every moment to follow the guards, so that Li Xian could only make a long story short, so he was so careful and thorough as he did not explain.

Come to think of it, the reason why Li Xian invited Li Mao to live in his house for five days, but did not make any arrangements, is nothing more than to alleviate the hostility and suspicion of the five tigers in Northern Xinjiang towards him, after all, there are still people loyal to Li Mao, what Li Xian has to do is to ask people loyal to Li Mao to lower their vigilance against him Li Xian, in this way, the six generals of the Taiping Army who are mixed in it will have no excuse to follow Li Mao at all times.

No, just now Li Xian successfully branched out the Five Tigers of Northern Xinjiang, if it was five days ago, he obviously couldn't do this.

"I see...... as if he understood something, Li Mao glanced at Xie An, and said with a sneer, "No wonder you suddenly took the king to this mansion for a banquet, it turned out to be to create an opportunity for the Taiping army thief lurking beside the king...... What are you going to do? ”

Li Xian smiled slightly when he heard this, and his expression was very calm.

"If you want to take it, you must give it first! - The emperor's brother has arranged the incense bait this time, and the rest is just waiting for the big fish to bite the hook......"

Glancing at the confident Li Xian, Li Mao snorted.

"I hope so!"