In addition to the majestic palace in Yanjing City, the mansions of some dignitaries and nobles are also extremely luxurious and huge, just like the Taishi Mansion in Dongcheng, although it is only two streets away from Han Xuandao's Shangshu Mansion, but in terms of scale, it is far inferior to Shangshu Mansion.

Tongming Avenue is wide, it is the largest street in Dongcheng District, there are many mansions on this street, many of them are the mansions of the officials of the Xiao family, just like Xiao Huaijin's Ministry of Works, Xiao Huaijin served as the Ministry of Works, and immediately moved to Shangshu Mansion, in a sense, Tongming Avenue can even become the private avenue of the Xiao family.

This avenue is paved with bluestone slabs, and there are always cars coming and going, and they are all officials at all levels who are attached to the Xiao family, and from time to time they have to go to the Taishi Mansion to honor their old lady.

The vermilion red door, the giant lion dancing claws, a row of red lanterns hanging high under the eaves, although the sky is completely black, the twilight is pale, but this row of lanterns is to illuminate the front of the Taishi's Mansion as bright as day.

As the largest and most imposing official's residence on Tongming Avenue and even in the entire Yanjing City, the Taishi Mansion occupies a huge area, which is by no means comparable to other officials.

As the most powerful Xiao family in the family, there is an endless stream of visitors to the Taishi Mansion, and there is nothing to avoid in the Yan Kingdom's party and private business, but it is placed on the table in a bright light.

Deformed country!

It's just that today, the Taishi's Mansion refused all the guests' visits, and eight iron-clad guards armed with broadswords dealt with all the visitors in front of the Taishi's Mansion, and a very simple sentence blocked all the visitors.

"The master has an order, I won't see any guests today!"

At first, the visitors were a little strange, but soon they knew that the Taishi Mansion had invited guests to a banquet today, and the Taishi personally accompanied them, and refused to visit other visitors.

Today's guests of the Taishi Mansion are Han Xuanchang, who has just served as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Han Mo, the director of the West Flower Hall.

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The appearance of the Taishi Mansion is more luxurious than the luxurious atmosphere, the nine turn corridors, pavilions and pavilions, the blue pond and spring water, the golden splendor, even the people of the Taishi Mansion, one by one, are wearing brocade silk clothes, showing the domineering of the wealthy.

Compared with the maids and servants in Han Xuandao's mansion, there are several times more people in the Taishi Mansion, the division of labor is meticulous, and they are all well-trained, and those maids and maids are all like flowers and jade.

In the main hall of the Taishi Mansion, it is wide and huge, the gold and silver utensils are full of eyes, the copper crane incense burner, many but not mixed, and the ones placed are also in order, revealing a sacred and majestic momentum.

At this time, the singing and dancing in the hall is leveling, and the eight dancing girls are dancing in the hall, dancing beautifully, like a fairy in the clouds, the sheng flute is singing, with the moving room, like a Yao Pond, and the movements of the dancing girls are flowing smoothly, just like the dancing posture of the heavenly demons.

In addition to the smiling Taishi Xiao on the main seat, there are more than a dozen Nanmu cases on the left and right, and there are melons, fruits, wine and food on the table, exuding bursts of fragrance.

The smell of food in the hall, the scent of sandalwood and the body fragrance of the girls fill the air and make people feel comfortable.

The guest on the left is Han Xuandao, below him is Han Mo who appreciates the performance of the dancers with a smile, but the left case is Xiao Tongguang, who has deep contact with Han Mo, and below him is Xiao Huaijin, the current secretary of the Ministry of Industry, Xiao Huaijin, is a man over thirty years old, with sharp edges and corners, slightly high cheekbones, and a short scar at the center of the left eyebrow.

When Han Mo first saw this person when he entered the Taishi Mansion, he immediately felt that this person was by no means an ordinary person, and once he was introduced, he knew that this person was the escort leader of the Leopard Battalion, one of the five major battalions of the Imperial Forest Army, and the number two person in the Leopard Battalion.

The five battalions of the Yanjing Imperial Forest Army, the Longxiang Battalion, the Volcano Battalion, the Wolf Armor Battalion, the Leopard Battalion, and the Eagle Xiang Battalion, that is the most elite army in the entire Yan Kingdom.

Everyone knows that the leader of the Leopard Battalion is the power of the Xiao family, but because of the support of the Xiao family, this Murong He Murong Counselor is sitting firmly in the position of the Leopard Battalion.

The command of the Leopard Battalion is old and decrepit, although it is still in the army, but because of the problem of energy, a lot of power has fallen into the hands of this Murong He, and because of this, although the Leopard Battalion is still the Royal Forest Army, it is the most unstable army, and it is also feared by the royal family.

Fortunately, the overall control of the Leopard Camp is still in the hands of the emperor, so this nail pierced in the Leopard Camp cannot make big waves at present.

Murong He's position is also destined to be very important to him, and at today's banquet, countless important officials in the Xiao family's forces were not present, but Murong He was invited over.

As for the other positions, they are all some elders of the Xiao family, accompanying the Han family and his son.

When the dance stopped, Xiao Taishi gave him a look, Xiao Huaijin had already raised his lamp and stood up, with a smile on his face, and looked at Han Xuan and said: "Lord Han, everyone is here today, Peng Xuan is shining, this time Lord Han has been promoted to the Ministry of Rites, and our Xiao family is also happy for Lord Han, and this banquet is set up, but it is just for Lord Han to pick up the wind and wash the dust, Huaijin is abrupt, and please Lord Han to drink this cup!" "I took the lead in drinking all the wine in the cup, and it seemed that I was sincere and sincere.

Han Xuanchang immediately raised his lamp and said with a smile: "Lord Xiao is polite. He saluted Master Xiao: "Master Meng is very loving, and he is really grateful to my father and son." Xuanchang has lived in the East China Sea for a long time, and he doesn't know the etiquette in Beijing. This wine, Xuanchang is indispensable. He glanced at Han Mo and said, "Mo'er, don't get up and respect your lords!" ”

Han Mo stood up, smiled very purely, smiled harmlessly, and said innocently: "Han Mo respects the master and all the adults!" ”

The father and son drank all the wine in the cup, and Taishi Xiao said with a smile, "Sit down." After Han Xuanchang sat down, he asked, "How does Xuanchang look at the dancing posture of these dancing girls?" ”

Han Xuanchang sighed with emotion: "The clouds are like water, it is really like a fairy descending to the earth, if it is not for the love of the master, it is really difficult to see." ”

Xiao Tongguang smiled and interjected: "Lord Han, these dancing girls are all carefully selected, and then specially trained by the dancers in the palace for more than half a year, which is a rare ...... in my Yan Kingdom!" ”

Before he finished speaking, he heard Taishi Xiao cough lightly, he hurriedly stopped his mouth and drank wine to hide his embarrassment.

He seemed to be afraid of his brother.

"If Xuanchang likes it, these old dancers will be sent to the house when they turn around, and Xuanchang will be able to appreciate the fairy dance from time to time." Taishi Xiao seemed to be smiling, and his expression was serene, "But I don't know what Lord Han wants?" ”

Han Xuanchang was slightly surprised, and waved his hand with a busy smile: "Don't dare, don't dare, such a fairy national color, moving dancing girl, how dare Xuanchang win people's love, Taishi loves, Xuanchang really dare not accept it." ”

Taishi Xiao said with a smile: "Why do you want to see Xuanchang outside, you and I are ministers of the same court, and it is human nature to give gifts to each other, if the gift is too shabby, the old man really can't take it." ”

Han Xuanchang said: "This ...... Hey, don't hide it from the master, Xuan Changsu has a deep relationship with the cheap, and he is ......! "It's kind of awkward.

Xiao Tongguang couldn't help but interject: "Big brother, Lord Han is telling the truth. I have been to the East China Sea, lived in Lord Han's mansion, said that Lord Han is really a gentleman of good reputation, except for Mrs. Han, there is only one concubine, Lord Han loves Mrs. very much! Speaking of the word "concubine", Xiao Tongguang's eyes shone brightly, this scene happened to be captured by Han Mo, and he sneered in his heart: "The old guy's color heart is not dead yet. ”

When Taishi Xiao heard this, he nodded and sighed: "It's rare and rare, Xuanchang is upright, it's really the blessing of my Yan country!" ”

Everyone else in the room nodded in agreement.

Murong He had been drinking wine and seemed to be very quiet, and just as everyone was echoing, he suddenly asked Han Mo: "Director Han, I heard about the battle of Ligu Pass, you led a thousand horsemen to cross the Ligu Mountain Range, and went around to the rear to attack the Ye family's army, the winter snow was covered, presumably the scene that day was very difficult, right?" When he spoke, he didn't look at Han Mo's face, with a little arrogance, and seemed to be a little disbelieving.

Han Mo smiled faintly: "It's all in the past, Han Mo has almost forgotten it." ”

Murong He let out an "oh", a look of disdain crossed his eyes, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Such an immortal achievement, it is rare for Director Han to forget it so quickly." If it is done by the lower officials, I am afraid that I will never forget it for the rest of my life! ”

Although the strength of the West Flower Hall is weak, although the position of the director of the West Flower Hall is disdainful, but the position of the director of the Flower Hall is not low in name, from a certain point of view, it is by no means lower than the six books, when Xue Gongyan was alive, as the director of the West Flower Hall, at that time the six books were respectful. Although Murong He was the leader of the Leopard Battalion Guard, his rank was much lower than that of the hall chief, so he could only call himself a subordinate official, even though he really disdained the young hall chief in front of him in his heart.

Han Mo remained silent and maintained a modest smile: "People are always different. ”

Xiao Tongguang saw the smile on Han Mo's face on the side, and he was a little uncomfortable, he had learned Han Mo, he knew that this little Hades looked kind, and he didn't know what kind of ghost he was thinking in his heart.

The Han father and son received the invitation from Master Xiao, knowing that the Xiao family wanted to slowly win over the Han family and use it to deal with the Su family, the rival of the Xiao family, and they didn't want to get too close to the Xiao family, they just wanted to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight temporarily, but it was not easy to refuse, so as not to offend the Xiao family too much and be detrimental to the Korean family, so they reluctantly agreed, but they made up their minds that they could drink more wine, but they had to say less, and if they really wanted to say, they just said some polite words.

Murong He was obviously a little dissatisfied with Han Mo's answer, snorted coldly, and didn't ask anymore.

On the surface, it seems that the Xiao family is trying their best to do their best to be a landlord, and the Han father and son are also very modest to maintain the posture of guests.

For such a night banquet, Han Mo didn't have much interest, just a **** rib.

He ate the food, occasionally accepted the toast of others, and occasionally respected others, listening to the words in his ears, his heart was quite disgusted, bored and lazy, looking around, and soon, he saw Xiao Mingtang at the side door of the hall.

Xiao Mingtang stood at the side door, looking at Han Mo from a distance, with a strange look on his face.

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