On the eighth day of the first month of the twenty-fourth year of Hongwu of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Xie An, who tossed and turned for a night because the eldest grandson Xiangyu was taken back to the eldest grandson's house, got up early to wash.

When he usually lived in the Donggong Mansion, Xie An almost had to stay in bed until Liangqiu Dance finished his morning martial arts class, dragged him out of the bed, and then served him to put on the official uniform of Shaoqing of the Great Prison Temple.

In the world, only Xie An can enjoy such a glamorous blessing from Liangqiu Dance, but now that Liangqiu Gong has returned to the Donggong Mansion, therefore, before the official marriage with Liangqiu Dance, Xie An can only rest obediently in his own mansion.

After all, as the future grandson-in-law of the family, Xie An also has to take care of the face of the old lady Liang Qiugong, and when he has not officially married his granddaughter, he sleeps in the boudoir of his granddaughter all night, and few old people will sit idly by and ignore this kind of thing.

Half an hour later, after a simple breakfast, Xie An took Liao Li and Ma Dan to the Great Prison Temple on an errand.

Before leaving, seeing that Chen Bei didn't seem to have gotten up yet, Xie An didn't call him, but just ordered his subordinates, and after Chen Bei got up, remind Chen Bei to go to the Great Prison Temple to find him, after all, Xie An was still quite worried about this brother-in-law who often caused trouble at every turn.

Riding the carriage to the Great Prison Temple, Xie An was very surprised to see that in front of the official office of the Great Prison Temple, there were a few acquaintances standing, not outsiders, it was Su Xin, Li Jing, Qi Hao and others.

"Why are you here?" Xie An chuckled and greeted the three generals.

Su Xin stepped forward, clasped his fists and said, "That's the case, my lord, yesterday evening, I received an amnesty from the Ministry of War......

Xie An raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and said teasingly, "Oh? Promoted? ”

Li Jing nodded and said softly, "The court rewards meritorious deeds." I plan to move me and a few others as local garrison generals...... At the end, he moved to Rencheng, Su Xin moved to Dingtao, and Qi Hao moved to Xiyang......"

Although he felt a little regretful, Xie An still smiled a little and said, "Isn't that good?" Local Governor. This is not a small official! ”

Su Xin, Li Jing, and Qi Hao glanced at each other and smiled slightly, and then, Li Jing chuckled and said, "It's really not a small official, but the last general and the other three of them summed it up, and they still thanked the appointment of the military department...... As he spoke, he hugged his fists and said. "My lord, now that the three of us are white, I hope you will take them in!"

Looking at the smiles on the faces of Su Xin, Li Jing, and Qi Hao, Xie An was stunned.

To be honest, when Li Jing talked about the reward given to them by the military department, Xie Anxin really felt a little regretful, after all, he wanted to take the generals who followed his westward expedition under his command, but he was suffering from not being able to speak.

The reason why Liao Li and Ma Dan are willing to be Xie An's generals. That's because they were once rebels and stayed in the court. Therefore, if there is no support from nobles, I am afraid that it will be difficult for them to be in a high position in this life, but Su Xin, Li Jing, and Qi Hao are different, they are from the local regular army of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and they have made such great contributions this time. There is no doubt that they will be able to be promoted to the rank of local military attache above the fourth rank and become generals with military power in their hands.

asked them to give up their reputation and status and join Xie An's mansion to be a powerless general, Xie An was really embarrassed to speak.

However, what he never expected was that Su Xin and others would take the initiative to resign from the appointment of the Ministry of War.

"You're really...... Put the official from the third grade does not do. Do you want to come to this official mansion to be a general? ”

Looking at the complicated look on Xie An's face, Su Xin smiled and said with a grin, "A foreign official from the third grade, if you don't do it, you won't do it, if you want to do it, you will be a Beijing official...... Now that I have finally climbed the high branch of the adult, how can I let it go easily? Brothers, do you say? ”

Li Jing and Qi Hao glanced at each other and smiled in agreement.

Although what Su Xin said was very vulgar, Xie An was still a little moved, nodded his head, and said with a chuckle, "Since you can afford to look up to this official like this, this official can only say ...... I will never treat you badly in the future! Now is the time to employ people, you will temporarily serve as the head catcher of my Great Prison Temple, and follow the official director! It's just a nameless errand, and the court doesn't allocate any monthly salaries and allowances, so you don't regret it, right? ”

Su Xin and the others glanced at each other, clasped their fists and said in unison, "Good wishes!" ”

Seeing the three of them swearing a solemn look, Xie Anxin couldn't help but be a little moved, and was about to speak, but saw Su Xin's head tilted, and said with a smile, "The last general has heard about it, His Majesty has rewarded the adult with 500,000 taels of silver, plus 5,000 taels of gold, how can you starve to death how many generals?" ”

Li Jing and Qi Hao laughed, and even Liao Li and Ma Dan couldn't help laughing, and Xie An's emotion retreated angrily, and glared at Su Xin angrily.

"That's right, my lord," as if thinking of something, Li Jing took a step forward and said to Xie An in his ear, "In the middle of the night yesterday, Fei Guo slipped out of the Anping Palace......

"......" Xie An frowned slightly when he heard this.

Seeing Xie An frowning, Li Jing showed a little embarrassed, and hurriedly explained, "Su Xin and I tried our best to drag Fei Guo in the palace of His Royal Highness Shou yesterday according to the instructions of the adults, and did not give him the opportunity to go out of the palace to return to the crown prince Li Wei, he seemed to see it, and pretended to be drunk and went back to the room to rest last night, and when Su Xin and I went to his room to look for him again today, we saw that the room was empty...... Most of them slipped out of the palace in the middle of the night yesterday! ”

"Hmm," Xie An's head said, "I don't blame you for this...... It's not easy to hold him back for two days! It doesn't matter, the crown prince Li Wei is narrow-minded, and Fei Guo returned to Jijing but did not return to him for a long time, he probably couldn't bear it...... I'll wait until I get inside! "Yes!"

The generals clasped their fists and saluted, and followed Xie An into the official office of the Great Prison Temple.

As Xie An expected, it didn't take long for an errand officer outside the official office of the Great Prison Temple to report that a person named Fei Guo asked to see him.

At this time, Xie An was flipping through the documents submitted from all over the country in the second hall of the Great Prison Temple, and when he heard this announcement, he glanced at Su Xin, Li Jing, Liao Li, Ma Dan and other generals in the house, and smiled secretly in his heart.

"Let him in!"

"Yes!"

After a short time, Fei Guo walked in with an angry face, glanced at the generals in the room, and then hugged Xie An with a fist, and said angrily, "Why do you calculate the last general like this?!" ”

"Fei Guo, here? I've been waiting for you for a long time! He said with a smile. Xie An stood up, bypassed the public case, and walked towards Fei Guo.

Indeed, the reason why he is still staying in the Great Prison Temple is nothing more than waiting for this Fei country, otherwise. He had already taken Su Xin, Liao Li and other generals to search the streets for the traces of the Dongling assassins.

You must know that Da Zhou Tianzi has sent a message, asking Xie An and Xun Zheng to find out the murderer who caused trouble on the street a few days ago as soon as possible, in order to protect Jin Ling'er and other dangerous assassins, Xie An can only do to find out those Dongling assassins as soon as possible, and ask these outlaws to bear this black cauldron.

After all, from the beginning, it was those Dongling assassins who took the lead in killing the guards of the Patrol Division of the Weiwei Temple. The Assassin was only implicated.

Of course, the biggest reason is nothing more than Xie An's favoritism and does not want Jin Ling'er and other assassins to become wanted criminals in the Great Zhou court.

"Wait...... Weekend? Seeing Xie An's calm face, Fei Guo already understood a little, and after taking a deep breath, he looked at Xie An and said angrily, "My lord, I admit that I am calculating?" He said. He glanced at Su Xin and Li Jing, who were smiling, and gritted his teeth and said. "Su Xin and Li Jing were also instructed by the adults yesterday, so they dragged the last general, right?"

"Not bad!" Xie An didn't hide it, smiled slightly, and said truthfully. "In order to let General Fei Guo stay in the palace of His Royal Highness Shou, it is too late to return to the crown prince Li Wei! Because, this official admires the talent of General Fei Guo very much! ”

"......" Seeing that Xie An said it so bluntly, Fei Guo's face was stunned. For a moment, he was speechless.

Speaking of which, on the day he first returned to Jijing, Fei Guo didn't feel wrong, but said that Xie An was polite, so he forced him to drink in Li Shou's palace, so he didn't care too much, and drank with Su Xin, Li Jing and others.

On the second day, that is, yesterday, when Fei Guo was about to say goodbye to Li Shou and go to the palace to meet the crown prince Li Wei, Su Xin and Li Jing, who had already received Xie An's secret orders, did not let him go, "Wife is the general's nineteenth chapter to recruit manpower", and insisted on pulling him to continue drinking in Li Shou's palace.

At that time, Fei Guo felt that something was not right, and he couldn't get out, so he had to accompany Su Xin and Li Jing to continue drinking, but this time he hid a heart and didn't get drunk, and when Su Xin and Li Jing went back to the room to rest, he sneaked out of Li Shou's palace while pretending to be drunk.

Early this morning, Fei Guoxiang, who had been waiting outside the palace for most of the night

The guards guarding the palace gate asked for a report and asked to see the crown prince Li Wei, and as the eldest grandson Xiangyu expected, the prince Li Wei saw that Xie An was in the list of merits for the conquest of the Chang'an rebels, and Fei Guo was at the top of the list, and he was already a little suspicious in his heart.

It's no wonder, after all, the crown prince Li Wei doesn't know Fei Guo's true ability, he thinks that Fei Guo is just an ordinary, ubiquitous guerrilla general, but he doesn't know that Fei Guo's real strength is close to Liangqiu Wu and Jin Ling'er, and he is one of the six strongest people in the Taiping Army of the Great Zhou, except for President Shuai Chen Bei, who is lurking in the Taiping Army of the Great Zhou!

Of course, if the crown prince Li Wei learns the true identity of Fei Guo, he will definitely not use him again, after all, the crown prince Li Wei is narrow-minded and selfish, but he is always His Royal Highness the crown prince of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the prince and grandson of the Li family of the Great Zhou, and he will never do anything harmful to the interests of the Great Zhou.

When Fei Guo learned from the guards of the Northern Army guarding the palace gate that the crown prince Li Wei told him to get out of the palace, he had already realized that he was calculated by Xie An, and on the way out of the palace, Fei Guo thought about countermeasures.

In his opinion, the branch of the crown prince Li Wei has been completely broken, and he has fallen into Xie An's divisive plan, and he can no longer use the power of the prince Li Wei to infiltrate the high-level military of the Great Zhou Dynasty, steal military power, and contribute to the great cause of the Taiping army in the future.

But the reason why Xie An did this, Fei Guo felt a little puzzled.

In his opinion, if Xie An knew that he was the crown prince Li Wei's person and didn't want him to benefit, as long as he made a few changes on the merit list, he could cross off his credit.

However, Xie An vigorously touted his exploits to the Ministry of War, and even made him the number one hero in this battle.

Why this contradiction?

The only explanation is that this Xie An intends to recruit him and intend to take him under his command!

I have to say that the man who can become one of the Taiping Army is by no means an ordinary person, and after thinking about it carefully, Fei Guo thought of the key to it.

And for now, don't look at him Fei Guo is aggressive to find Xie An's theory, in fact. He just wanted to talk about Xie An's tone, but what he never expected was that Xie An said that he wanted to recruit him Fei Guo, and this kind of sincerity made Fei Guo a little difficult to handle. "Wife is a general" Seeing that Fei Guo didn't say a word, Xie An could more or less guess what he was thinking. With a slight smile, he arched his hand and said, "If General Fei can't let go, this official is here to confess to General Fei!" Su Xin and Li Jing are just obeying the orders of their own officials, General Fei should not blame the two of them, everything that is missed is in the official! As he spoke, he bowed deeply to Fei Guo.

In fact, Fei Guo didn't mean to ask the teacher for sin, but now he sees Xie An with such courtesy. He was naturally happy to borrow the slope to get off the donkey, hugged his fists, and hurriedly said, "My lord's words are serious!" Thanks to the importance of adults, Fei Guo is ashamed to be a ...... In fact, the last general has long been happy to surrender to the adults, but because His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had the grace of supporting the last general before, he can't give it up, and now. Thanks to the gift of the Lord, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has hated the last general. Even if the mouth of the last general is full, I am afraid that it will be difficult to defend himself......"

What he said was very smart, no, it should be said that Fei Guo is very smart. is very familiar with current affairs, and in just a few words, he expressed to Xie An his helplessness that he was framed by Xie An and fell into the current embarrassing situation, if Xie An hadn't known that Fei Guo was a meticulous work placed in the Great Zhou Army by the Taiping Army, most of them would have been deceived by his words.

And in fact. Fei Guo has no semi-loyalty to the crown prince Li Wei at all, and the reason why he joined the forces of the crown prince Li Wei is nothing more than that he feels that standing on the side of the prince Li Wei will help him gain a firm foothold in the Great Zhou military, so as to become a powerful help for the Taiping Army to be planted in the Great Zhou army.

And now, since the crown prince Li Wei has broken this branch, even if Fei Guo is angry with Xie An for sabotaging it, he will not fall out with Xie An, after all, Xie An's current power is not small, and he has the strong support of the Liangqiu family of the Donggong Mansion, the Lu family of the Nangong Mansion, and the eldest grandson behind him, which can also allow Fei Guo to achieve the ultimate goal.

Based on this, Fei Guo naturally became Xie An's general, not that he was willing to give up the status he had obtained, but he felt that staying by Xie An's side and becoming Xie An's confidant would be far higher in the future than the military department's sealing of him.

And what he has to do is just to change from helping the crown prince Li Wei become the son of the Great Zhou to helping the Ninth Emperor Li Shou become the son of the Great Zhou, and this is exactly Xie An's purpose.

And just when everyone in the house was enjoying themselves, Chen Bei strode in, because Xie An had already instructed the whole of the Great Prison Temple yesterday, so the guards outside the official office of the Great Prison Temple did not stop him.

And when they saw Chen Bei, except for Xie An, Liao Li, and Ma Dan, the faces of everyone in the room changed greatly, especially Fei Guo, who was so shocked that he almost even stared out his eyes, pointed at Chen Bei, and said in disbelief, "Chen ...... Chen ......"

Just when Fei Guo almost shouted the word "two", he saw Su Xin, Li Jing, and Qi Hao shouting, subconsciously pulling out the saber at his waist, and protecting Xie An behind him with a frightened expression.

As always, it's really not the right time for my uncle to come......

With a bitter smile in his heart, Xie An "" put aside Su Xin and the other three generals, and explained with a wry smile, "Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, Su Xin, Li Jing, Qi Hao, take back the sword!" ”

"This ......" Su Xin and Li Jing looked at each other, hesitating, and Qi Hao said in disbelief, "My lord, this person is a thief army who killed Liu Yi, Wu Peng and many other generals!" ”

Xie An smiled bitterly and said, "This official knows, it's just ...... That incident was a misunderstanding, although I am sorry for Liu Yi, Wu Peng and many other generals, however, this official still hopes that you can look at the face of this official and take back the weapon first......"

Su Xin, Li Jing, and Qi Hao glanced at each other, looked at Chen Bei coldly, and saw that Chen Bei did not make any changes, so they hesitated to withdraw the sword in their hands to the scabbard, waiting for Xie An's explanation.

Seeing this, Xie An slightly modified the relationship between Chen Bei and the Liang Qiu family and explained it to the generals, after all, the generals were people who did not hesitate to give up their official positions and were willing to follow Xie An, which can be regarded as confidants.

“…… In other words, he is the cousin of the official insider, and the brother-in-law of the official, just because he was so shocked when he was young, he didn't remember his identity, he made a mistake for a while, and became a rebel, and now he is lost, and he is afraid that his family will blame him, so he temporarily votes for this official...... "Xie An's words did not involve the Taiping Army, firstly, it was to hide it for Chen Bei, and secondly, he didn't want to make extraneous branches.

"I see, that's ......" Su Xin and Li Jing were moved by the words and looked relieved, but Qi Hao still frowned and stared, looking at Chen Bei with a complicated expression.

You must know that when the rebels of Chang'an were conquered in the west, Qi Hao and Liu Yi and Wu Peng conquered the rebels under the leadership of the eldest grandson Xiangyu.

In desperation, Xie An had no choice but to repeat the old trick and take the initiative to take Chen Bei's fault on himself, and Chen Bei also understood what he had done at the beginning, and promised to go to Liu Yi, Wu Peng and others to make amends in front of the grave, so he reluctantly persuaded Qi Hao.

From beginning to end, Fei Guo didn't say a word, looked at Chen Bei in shock, and said secretly in his heart, Chen Shuai turned out to be a member of the Liangqiu family? It turned out to be Xie An's brother-in-law? This...... Fantastic!

Fortunately, Su Xin, Li Jing, Qi Hao and others were also shocked, and Fei Guo did not show his feet.

And Chen Bei obviously noticed Fei Guo, and his heart was stunned, and he stopped talking.

Speaking of which, Xie An only knew that Fei Guo was the person placed in the Great Zhou Army by the Taiping Army, but he didn't know Fei Guo's status in the Taiping Army, but Chen Bei, as the third generation commander of the Taiping Army, how could he not recognize Fei Guo, one of them?

Not to mention, as early as when he was in Hanhan Guguan, Chen Bei met with Fei Guo.

"......" glanced at each other, Chen Bei and Fei Guo pretended not to know each other, and greeted Xie An under the introduction, but they didn't notice it, and a little inexplicable smile rose on the corner of Xie An's mouth.

In his opinion, even though Fei Guo was most likely helpless to join him Xie An before, but after Chen Bei's appearance, Fei Guo may not dare to make any small moves in the future.

There is a saying that it is good to enjoy the shade under the big tree, and there is such a big tree as the brother-in-law Chen Bei, but all the people of the Taiping Army dare not beat him Xie An has any ideas, unless that person wants to taste the anger of their Taiping Army commander.

And this is exactly what Xie An wants. (To be continued.) )