In the back garden of Chiayibo Mansion, there is a table of wine banquets. The flowers have withered, only the osmanthus is blooming, the clear can be dustless, the thick energy is far overflowing, quite a beautiful scenery.

Mu Chengzhi sat opposite Mrs. Jia and looked at her coldly.

"The prince of the world looks at the slave family like this, which makes people so shy!" Saying that, Mrs. Jia took out a cloud fan and pretended to cover half of her pretty face.

"Madame is so humble, which also makes me a little uneasy." said polite words, but Mu Chengzhi's gaze did not leave her eyes for a moment, as if he wanted to see something in that pool of autumn water.

"Shizi is really good at laughing, come, this is the wine and food I specially prepared, try it first." As she spoke, Mrs. Jia gave him a mouthful of food.

Mu Chengzhi didn't move his chopsticks, and asked coldly, "Don't you want Mrs. Jia to tell me something?" ”

"Hehe, Lord Shizi, the slave family naturally has a lot to say, get closer, I'll tell you slowly." As he spoke, he moved to Mu Chengzhi's side.

Mu Cheng turned around and stood up with disgust on his face, "When you sent me the carriage that day, you knew that I would go to save the young lady of the Xiao family?" ”

"You drank too much that day, and I was afraid that you would be dangerous on horseback, so I wanted you to lie in the carriage and sober up."

"When the carriage arrived at Xiurenfang on Tianliang Street, it was ambushed by gangsters, but you arranged it?"

"What good am I doing to attack you?" Mrs. Jia pretended to be aggrieved.

"That's exactly what I'm asking you, no one knows who was in the carriage along the way, why was it attacked? And at the city gate, you want to take my fiancée again, what is the purpose? ”

"Don't underestimate the imperial capital, there are all kinds of forces in it, you came to my banquet today, I don't know how many pairs of eyes are staring at it. If you want to do something silent at the foot of this imperial city, I'm afraid it will be more difficult than ascending to the sky. Mrs. Jia put away her enchanting and charming look, and said with a straight face: "The Xiao family is a loyal martyr, although Xiao Jie'an Xiao Ge was sentenced to death, but in the hearts of the people, he is still a loyal minister who protects the society, and he is a good official who cherishes him like a son." Now that the Xiao family has encountered an accident, we naturally have to rescue his children, is this also wrong? ”

Listening to Mrs. Jia's righteous and awe-inspiring words, Mu Chengzhi almost believed it. However, as a son of the world, he has seen a lot of people with such clever tongues, and he just scoffs at this.

"Then why did the eldest princess take Miss Xiao with her?"

"They want to snatch your fiancée in Xiurenfang, and those people who are ambushing are the men of the eldest lord. Otherwise, who can afford to clear the entire street in such a short period of time? They couldn't see the darkness, and they came to the light, and used the identity of the eldest princess to force people, but unfortunately they didn't succeed. As for why she was kidnapped, you must know very well. ”

Mu Chengzhi didn't believe her words more and more, but he didn't bother to debunk it.

"Clear what?"

"Naturally, it's that thing, the dowry you gave to the Xiao Mansion. I really didn't expect King Wujing to be so generous and send away the spoils of the ancient Yue Kingdom, but it's a pity, you have calculated everything, but you didn't count the emperor's suspicion of Xiao Ge, who was a high-ranking master, for a long time, and he had long regarded him as a thorn in the eye and a nail in the flesh, and this time he used the 'Yanmen Change' to eradicate their party. ”

Seeing that Mu Chengzhi was silent, Mrs. Jia continued: "Originally, there were still two voices in the court and China regarding the matter of cutting the feudal domain. Xiao Ge Lao thought that the war had just passed, and it was not appropriate to carry it out immediately, but it could be slowed down; There is also a voice that thinks that the power of the feudal kings in various places is too strong, and they should be weakened immediately so as not to make a big trouble. Now that Xiao Ge is dead, and the faction that advocates cutting the feudal domain is strong, I am afraid that it will be difficult for anyone in the court to speak for you. ”

The sentences poked at the key point of Mu Chengzhi, and he couldn't help but reassess this woman's ability.

"Madame is worthy of being a heroine among women, and she has a good grasp of the world's major affairs. In this case, it seems that my trip to the imperial capital has come in vain. ”

"Shizi won't give up so quickly, will he? You must know that the affairs of the court are changing rapidly, today it is still the east wind, and tomorrow it may be the west wind. As long as you worship the right gods, you can blow whatever wind you want. ”

Mrs. Jia's words have obviously meant to win over, but as long as one foot in the political line is wrong, it will be doomed, and Mu Chengzhi will not express his position so early.

"I have lived in the land of the Southern Barbarians for a long time, and I don't know much about the affairs of the court, so I ask my wife to teach me."

"Hehe, Shizi is really a smart person, then I will briefly introduce it. At present, the imperial capital is mixed, and the forces of all parties are tilting against each other, and there are three parties, five factions, and twelve schools that are relatively large. The three parties are the Imperial Party, the Later Party, and the Princess Party; The five factions include Xinuan Pavilion, Lindong Faction, Qinwang Faction, Yushi Faction and our five ladies; The twelve families are wealthy families who have been operating in Zhongzhou for hundreds of years, and these forces are all stirring up the current situation in Daluo, so what do you want to do, it will definitely not work without the help of them. ”

Before coming, Mu Chengzhi had done his homework, and after he came, he asked Qingyu to investigate, but he didn't expect there to be so many insiders. It seems that he does think that the imperial capital is too simple.

Mu Chengzhi paced, thought for a moment, and said, "I don't know what you want, Mrs. Jia?" And what can you give me? ”