Chapter 101: Dragon Boat Banquet (I)

Liu Liniang herself can't guarantee that she still comes to intercede for Xingqinghui, it seems that Xingqing will be very important to her. Liu Yu pondered for a while, the official eyeliner of King Huai in the capital was cleared, and there was not much left, and if he wanted to continue to maintain control of the capital, he wanted to start from the bottom and buy people from the three sects and nine streams to serve him. Although the Xingqing Society has no status in Chang'an City, it is superior to a large number of people and is well organized, and it can come in handy in chaos.

It can be inferred from this that Xingqing wants to eradicate the dominance of the Che Ma Gang, which is also the secret instruction of King Huai.

"As a hostile person to Miss Liu, there is no reason to help you." Liu Yudao.

Liu Liniang's face showed a little reluctance: "The slave family has let you go twice, and the last time in the teaching workshop, he escaped alone and the entourage was wiped out, King Huai has long doubted the loyalty of the slave family, shouldn't Liu Gongzi do anything?" ”

Liu Yu smiled when he heard this: "You are the one who caught me, and you are the one who let me go, and you are also a ghost, so it may not be appropriate for me to repay me." ”

"And what conditions do you want?"

"Without conditions, my ability can't help you, the Imperial Forest Army is responsible for the safety of the palace, and whether to eradicate the Xingqing Society or not is a matter for the imperial court, and it has nothing to do with me."

Liu Liniang leaned closer and said, "Then you...... Be careful these days. ”

After saying these almost threatening words, Liu Liniang walked out calmly. Liu Yu looked at her calm back and was a little angry, she expected that she would not dare to touch her, and arresting her was equivalent to admitting that she had dealings with her and was accused of fornicating with the enemy.

Walking out of the door and walking home, the more Liu Yue thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong. Liu Liniang specially came to tell him some inconclusive words, not so much that she was here to intercede, but that she came to report to him, informing him that Xingqing would be a thorn in the flesh and must be removed. There are also people from King Huai who may want to harm him, and they have to bring a few more guards when they go out.

Back home, Xu Xuanzhu and the Han sisters had already returned home one step earlier, and today the family's interest was swept away, and they were a little lonely. Liu Yu also instructed that in the past few days, the guards in the mansion should be strengthened and not to go out at will, and Lu Chu'er looked like her left ear was in and out of her right ear, and she didn't know if she remembered it or not.

Han Sheng hurriedly heard the news of Liu Yu's family being assassinated, he thought that King Huai was particularly nervous, but when he learned that he was affected by the gangs in the city, he breathed a sigh of relief and sighed: "The mixed gang fights in the city are a bit too unusual. ”

Liu Yu asked: "Brother Han, haven't you heard that there have been several murders in the Xingqing Club in the past few days?" ”

"Is that the case?" Han Sheng was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Even so, Chang'an City has a complicated quality, and it will be very difficult to clean up a big gang like the Xingqing Society, and even if it is cleared, there will be other gangs that breed, and it cannot be banned." ”

"That can't let one family dominate, at least suppress the momentum of the Xingqing Society, so that the three sects and nine streams in Chang'an City can maintain the balance of power."

Han Sheng nodded, and said that he would go back and give it to the emperor, and let the Defense Division Yamen cooperate with Jingzhao Mansion to carry out a joint operation to extinguish the arrogance of the Xingqing Society.

Liu Yue saw that the goal was achieved, and he did not ask too much. He also knew that the Dao Xingqing Society was deeply rooted in Chang'an City, and it would not be possible to exterminate it overnight.

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That night, Liu Yu and Xu Xuanzhu went to the Four Princesses' Mansion for a banquet.

The aristocratic social interaction in Chang'an City has its own set of patterns, roughly divided by factions, and the banquets of each faction will invite some officials who have no other faction, but for members of other factions, they will never be invited, which also forms a social circle of officials in Chang'an City. Liu Yu and Xu Xuanzhu now belong to no sect and no faction, which is based on the fact that King Yu Su Yan is not in a climate, even if they attend the banquet of the four princesses, their husband and wife will not be considered to have taken refuge in the four princesses.

Although the fourth princess Su Bi is a female streamer, she is shrewd and capable, and her power in the court cannot be ignored, and she has faintly become the only person who can compete for the crown prince except for the three kings, especially in the context of the fall of the three princes and one party, today's banquet is full of uninvited guests. Su Bi was afraid of face, and she also wanted to develop her strength, and she did not refuse to come.

As soon as the night came, the four princesses were busy in front of the door, and today's banquet was different from the two times Liu Yu came before, and there were many guests invited, so he would not be embarrassed by Su Bi in a circle.

When the husband and wife walked into the door, the courtyard was lit up with lights and had a festive atmosphere, and the ministers greeted each other, and the exit was to congratulate. Seeing Liu Yu and his wife come to greet the officials are not a few, when the Beijing officials pay the most attention to the new rise of the aristocracy in the capital, Liu Yuguan is promoted quickly, and is in charge of the key yamen of the Imperial Forest Army, the last time he attended the ceremony of the sacrifice to the sky, someone deliberately paid attention to him in front of the altar, Xu Xuanzhu has attended the court meeting many times and has long been known, and then closed his eyes and listened, and when he saw the man who walked with Xu Xuanzhu, he could also guess that it was the twelve sons of the Marquis of Dingguo, the new right commander of the Imperial Forest Army.

Liu Yu didn't like to socialize, and when he came to say hello, he just casually said goodbye and left.

Looking for free time, Liu Yu asked Xu Xuanzhu: "Madam, is it a festival today?" Why does everyone say hello? ”

Xu Xuanzhu smiled and said: "Husband, don't you forget, tomorrow is the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, and if there is a holiday banquet, it will naturally be a day in advance." ”

Only then did Liu Yu understand that it was a Dragon Boat Festival banquet, and his heart was not so restrained. Just as he was looking for a seat to sit down and rest, he saw a person looking around, and saw Liu Yu coming over, not Wang Hu that Liu Yu expected to see, but Su Yan.

"Master, you're here too." Su Yanxing rushed over, followed by a handsome little fish dressed as a handsome boy. Su Yan came over and said hello to Liu Yu and Xu Xuanzhu. In ancient times, the three monarchs and teachers were respected, and the students were very respectful to the husband.

Liu Yu asked, "Why are you here?" ”

"It was my fourth sister who invited me here, and when I got home, I realized that the fourth sister sent an invitation, and I didn't have time to inform the master. It's good to be a king, if I dared to come, I would definitely be kicked out of the fourth sister. ”

Su Yan felt honored to be able to participate in the banquet, after all, the aristocratic circle seemed to him to be both mysterious and expectant. But today's visitor doesn't give him much face, although almost everyone knows that this is the new King Yu, the dignitary of the imperial court, but no one came to say hello, this involves political faction issues, and also involves Su Yan's history of repeatedly making trouble in the Three Princes' Mansion, everyone guesses that this King Yu is uninvited to find trouble.

It's also a good thing that no one dares to mess with Su Yan, at least Liu Yu will be quiet with him, the officials will take the initiative to retreat, and the husband and wife can also sit with Su Yan on the chair prepared for them in advance to chat. There are zongzi on the table, and all kinds of fillings are fresh and hot, Su Yan may know that he didn't eat when he wanted to attend the banquet in the evening, peeled off the zongzi and ate a few bites by himself, and gave it to Xiaoyu to eat.

The arrangement of the tables and chairs for today's banquet is somewhat similar to the imperial banquet that Liu Yu attended in the palace that day, but the desk is replaced with a table, the floor mat becomes a chair, and the table is only two rows on the left and right.

Su Bi and Chai Jin, as today's main family, were warmly entertaining the guests, seeing Liu Yu and his wife and Su Yan, the two left the guests and greeted them, Chai Jin was still very happy to see Liu Yu, and a big face made Liu Yu have the urge to slap a few times.

"Yo, King Yu also has General Liu and the sister of the Xu family." Today's Su Bi is not as cold as she looked before, with a kind smile on her face, "Ninth brother, didn't you say that you were a sister, didn't you eat some to cushion your stomach before you came?" ”

The main purpose of public banquets is to connect with officials, and eating is secondary, and some banquets only have wine and do not prepare meals, so to participate in this kind of banquet, it is generally necessary to eat first to avoid starvation.

Su Yan stood up and saluted with some embarrassment, and said with an embarrassed smile: "Fourth sister, you also know that I have never been here...... I don't understand this kind of occasion. ”

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