As the sky gets darker, it's time to leave for the feast.

Before leaving the door, He Nan's mind was still thinking about the scene when he visited Master yesterday.

Penglai Pavilion sits in the center of Shanhe Mansion, which is the meeting place of Shanhe Mansion and the residence of Li Mastiff. Penglai is an overseas immortal mountain, and the structure of Penglai Pavilion is also extraordinary. The high-rise building stands like a mountain of ten thousand people, and a circle of pools is dug outside the building, and whenever the rainy weather passes, the water vapor rises to cover the sky and the sun seems to have a sense of clouds and mist. Taking the word "Penglai" as the name of the pavilion is also a metaphor for the place where mountains and rivers meet, sitting in the center to control the overall situation. It is very different from the majesty and solemnity of Wuyue Pavilion and the blood and spirit of Kunlun Pavilion.

He Nan stated the whole story of the Jiang Chen incident to Li Mastiff, but Li Mastiff Chun just quietly watched He Nan ponder for a long time, and then said, "Do you know why I will hand over this case to you?"

From beginning to end, Li Mastiff only said this sentence to He Nan.

Shanhe Mansion is full of scholars from all over the world, from the scholars to the poor families, as long as they pass the exam, they can enter the government to study, and these students are called government students. If the students succeed in the mansion, they will have the opportunity to enter the imperial court to earn fame, and the outstanding ones will be selected by Li Mastiff Chun, so that they can really enter the world's first judicial office.

Above the court and in the temples, there are factional disputes, and it is not uncommon for the party to fight against differences. The children of the gate valve can be sheltered in the shadow of their father, and the poor cloth clothes must find a way to rely on these famous families. Shanhe Mansion opened a precedent for the children of the poor to enter school, and the original intention was to pave a broad road for the people of cloth to seek fame, but now Li Mastiff is in decline, and his son is still young and unsuccessful, although he is still in a high position to control the government, but once Li Mastiff Chunxian goes, the Shanhe Mansion faction is bound to be suppressed by others. Therefore, in recent years, the protégés of Shanhe Mansion have been attached to officials such as hussar generals and Zuo Cheng after entering the office, but they have become somewhat alienated from Shanhe Mansion.

Although there are many students in Shanhe Mansion, there are very few disciples taught by Li Mastiff. He Nan is regarded as one of the most talented and outstanding people in the house in recent years, and he is the number one person in the mouths of many students and gentlemen, and he is only half of his own disciple.

These personal disciples are the mainstay of the Shanhe Mansion that Li Mastiff has high hopes for, and they are also the backers for supporting and protecting his young son in the future.

Thinking of this, He Nancai thought about why the master would put this case in his own hands - first, he was from a humble background and had no support, and Shanhe Mansion and Li Mastiff Chun were his only choice to enter Vanity Fair; second, he was one of the few people in Shanhe Mansion who had no contact with various factions, and he was the best among them; third, his ability was obvious to all, and the master thought that he would be able to handle this matter properly if he handed it over to him; and fourth, he was easy to offend people......

Yes, adjudicating cases is a job that is easy to offend people, and I simply have an extraordinary talent in offending people......

Let me suppress the Jiang family by taking advantage of this? He Nan's face twitched when he thought of this, Master, you really think too highly of me......

Not to mention whether He Nan's thin body could withstand Jiang Wenbing's slap, even the intelligence he was proud of was a little dwarfed by Qi Dan, who was far superior to him in knowledge and talent.

At the time of unitary, the hussar general's mansion was brightly lit.

He Nan asked the housekeeper to report on his behalf, and after a while, the housekeeper came back and led him in through the side door. He Nan knew that Jiang Wenbing was giving himself a dismount, implying that his identity was not worthy of entering through the main entrance, but he didn't care very much, so he smiled bitterly and followed.

He Nan followed the family through the compound, looking at the carved beams and painted ponds and rockeries that were not inferior to the mountains and rivers in the courtyard, and the swords and armor in the courtyard, he said in his heart that it was really magnificent, and he didn't know when he would be able to do so.

After walking for about half a stick of incense, the two stopped in front of a main hall. He Nan looked up at it, and said again: "Although Jiang Wenbing's guy looks down on me and doesn't let me go through the main gate, Qi Dan set up a banquet at his house and he provided a main hall. "It can't be said that Jiang Wenbing is watching people put down dishes, after all, Qi is single as the fifth prince and is a close friend, of course, he must be given the highest courtesy and respect, He Nan is just a deflated three in his eyes, and he is naturally not worthy of going to the main door. If there is such a subordinate who usually asks to see him, Jiang Wenbing will ignore it.

"Coming?" Qi Dan saw the Jiang Mansion family Ding introduce He Nan into the hall, so he pointed to one place, "Give a seat." “

He Nan quickly looked around the room, Qi Dangui, who was hosting the banquet, was the fifth prince and should be the chief, Jiang Wenbing was second, sitting first on the right seat, and Zhu Zhao'er was sitting opposite Jiang Wenbing. When He Nan's gaze met Zhu Zhao'er, she secretly grimaced, but He Nan's heart sank--what is this girl doing? The two young men sitting closer are also familiar people-Zhang Siming and Du Liang, the two senior brothers, are also from Shanhe Mansion, and now they are officials in the court, and they also took care of themselves when they were studying in the mansion. When I saw these two senior brothers here today, I am afraid that they were also lobbyists for Qi Dan.

Looking at Jiang Wenbing's face, he knew that this meal was not so delicious. It's a pity that he came alone, Zhu Zhao'er can barely be counted as his own Zhang Liang, if Jiang Wenbing comes to a "Xiangzhuang Dancing Sword" for a while, but there is no Fan Hao to save his life-Pei Gong once used the excuse of going to the toilet to get out, why don't he come to pee for a while? As soon as he entered the door, He Nan had already calculated about escaping.

"I'm not feeling well today, I'm a little late, please don't blame the five princes, Zuo Fengyi and you. He Nan smiled on his face and gestured.

Qi Dan waved his hand and showed him that he didn't care. Just raised the wine glass in his hand - "Since you are late, how about punishing yourself with three glasses of wine to show your sincerity?"

"Good!" replied. He has always been a drinker, and punishing him for alcohol is not too heavy a punishment at all, and at this moment, Qi Dan gave each side a step down, which is something he can't ask for. He quickly filled his glass and drank it down, repeating three times. Qi Dan saw that He Nan's drinking was not muddy at all, and praised in his mouth: "It's really extraordinary." ”

"The dish is a good dish, but it's a pity that the wine is ...... It doesn't taste very good. After drinking, He Nan muttered to himself.

When Qi Shan heard him say this, he couldn't help but be interested. This wine is by no means inferior, but a well-known wine in Bai Yujing, "Glory and Wealth", how could He Nan not know? So he asked, "Then tell me, why is this wine not delicious?"

Unexpectedly, He Nanyu was not shocked: "If you don't say that this is wine, I thought this cup was filled with urine!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked. Hearing He Nan's disrespectful words, the two senior brothers couldn't help but secretly shake their heads, and kept peeking at His Highness's face; Zhu Zhao'er covered her mouth and laughed secretly, but she also felt that He Nan was too indecent to say this. Jiang Wenbing, who was the proprietor, was of course displeased, slapped the table, and said angrily: "Your Highness invited you to give you face, and to entertain you with good wine, you don't have to inch in!"

"Hey," Qi Dan saw that his right-hand man was angry, and opened his mouth to stop it. But he was offended by He Nan like this, and he was a little angry: "Then what if I say that you really have urine in that cup?"

"Pee?" He Nan looked up at the fifth prince, "Even if it's really pee...... Is there room for me not to drink today?"

After he finished speaking, he burst out laughing, followed by the five princes. The other four people at the banquet were all monks at this time, and they were all confused - why did this lord and guest, one respected and one humble, start laughing in unison after talking about pickled things?

laughed because the two used wine and food as a metaphor for the present, and they both heard each other's off-strings. The good dishes that He Nan said are, of course, referring to the attitude of the five princes towards themselves. Both of them knew that Qi Dan's today's play was to throw an olive branch to him. The "good wine" and "bad wine" are the different views of the two on He Nan's choice, the five princes invited him with good wine in his own opinion, and following him is the best choice for He Nan; He Nan said that this wine is "hard to drink", which means that the glory and wealth are not so easy to have, and they may not have good results if they are attached to the five princes. If you really follow this "glory and wealth", then you may be disgusted like urine in the future.

However, he does not seem to have much choice.

After three rounds of drinking, the atmosphere is not as awkward as it was just now. Even Jiang Wenbing no longer blows his beard and stares at He Nan, of course, this is just for Qi Dan's face.

Qi held his cheeks with one hand, and played with the wine glass with the other, looking at the people in the hall with great interest: Jiang Wenbing's mind was obviously not on the dancers dancing in front of the hall, but on drinking wine by himself, glancing at Qi Dan from time to time, as if he was speculating on his intentions. Zhang Siming and Du Liang were named by themselves to accompany them, I thought they were officials from Shanhe Mansion, who were more familiar with He Nan and could help themselves, but one of these two people only promised not to say a word, and the other was obviously not good at drinking, and they were already a little carried away, so it was better to talk to He Nan themselves.

Du Liang was overwhelmed by the strength of alcohol and groggy, he staggered and sat beside He Nan, and shouted, "Senior brother...... Senior brother, I'm ...... Although he is not an official in Shanhe Mansion, he ...... But...... I've always been ...... Concern...... You. You...... You...... The most recent ...... That one...... Jiang Chen's case ......"

As soon as Jiang Chen blurted out the name, He Nan was so shocked that he withdrew his gaze that was glued to the dancing girl and looked at his confused senior brother. Zhang Siming on the side hurriedly reminded Du Liang to shut up. Du Liang looked at the nervous looks of the two beside him, and suddenly woke up from his drunkenness, and his face turned pale. He crawled to the ground and prostrated in front of the five princes, and said, "Villain...... The villain was drunk and lost his words......"

Qi Dan didn't care, in fact, he felt in his heart that Du Liang's drunken and unintentional words had brought the banquet back on track, so he took the opportunity to speak: "Since Du Langzhong mentioned Jiang Chen's case, why don't you tell us how it went?"