The guests were laughing and sitting together eating and drinking, looking up at the dazzling lanterns, the delicious food on their heads, and the innocent and lovely laughter of the children in their ears, everyone felt that this moment was very beautiful.

"General Xu, where did you buy this wine? How come Ben Hou has never drunk it? "Since he sat down, Wu'an Hou Jiang Chengcheng cupped in his hand, at first he drank the most famous high-quality wine in the capital, and then the wine served was obviously different, more mellow and spicy, with a long and fragrant aftertaste, he had never drunk this kind of wine.

Xu Junze glanced in the direction of Lin Shuran, and then said to Jiang Cheng, Marquis of Wu'an: "This is the wine brewed by the Xu family wine shop, and it has not been sold yet!" ”

"Why isn't it sold? When you give a New Year's gift, you don't have this kind of good wine, you won't deliberately hide it and be reluctant to give it to the old man, right?! Wu Anhou's face turned disgusted, and he looked displeased, he has a preference for wine, and he can't walk when he encounters good wine, even if the imperial doctor tells him many times that for the sake of his body, he still drinks less, but he just can't listen.

Xu Junze picked up the wine jug and personally poured a glass of wine for Wu'an Hou, and then said in a calm voice: "Master Hou misunderstood, this wine was only brewed in the wine shop two days ago, and if you want to drink it in the future, you can go to the Xu family wine shop!" ”

When Wu Anhou heard this, he turned his anger into joy, and even patted Xu Junze's shoulder vigorously, laughed and said: "You are still sensible, and in the future, your Xu family's wine shop will bag Benhou's wine!" ”

Xu Junze has never been accustomed to unfamiliar people approaching him, especially such affectionate physical contact, but he did not avoid Wu Anhou, but received a strong slap from him, although this feeling was strange and embarrassing, he did not feel annoyed.

"What the Marquis of Wu'an Mansion has, our Zhenguo Mansion can't be missing!" Zhenguo Gong Lei Yi also said with a smile on the side, Xu Junze nodded, naturally he had to have it.

After eating and drinking, everyone played a specific program of the Lantern Festival - guessing lantern riddles, anyone who guessed correctly could take away a lantern, and there was also a gift prepared by the General's Mansion.

"A stick of incense, drilled in the ground. Bend over and walk, it won't break. What is it to hit an animal? Wen Junqing, the little son of the Wen family, lowered his head and thought hard, but Pei Shao on the side tore off the mystery and blurted out, "What's so rare about this, isn't it the earth dragon!" ”

Chunxi immediately said on the side: "Pei Gongzi is right, it is the earth dragon!" As he spoke, he handed a snack box to Pei Shao, in addition to delicious food and drink, there was also fun, which adults and children liked.

"I guessed it too, but he didn't have a fast hand and a fast mouth!" Xu Mingxuan said with annoyance on the side, Pei Shao swept around very proudly, he wanted to win a few more gifts tonight.

Next, everyone happily guessed the lantern riddles together, and the sound of fireworks began to sound one after another in the distance, presumably the capital at this moment is also lively and prosperous, and people are immersed in the joy of the Lantern Festival.

Just as Lin Shuran also asked the people in the mansion to start setting off fireworks, several groups of people suddenly came to the door, all of them came to inform Zhenguo Gong, Wu Anhou and Xu Junze that King Ling had just been killed.

The cheerful atmosphere came to an abrupt end, everyone was stunned, Zhenguo Gong Lei Yi, Wu'an Hou Jiang Cheng and Xu Junze, Lei Zhanpeng They all hurried out of the General's Mansion, King Ling was suddenly killed, this matter is not trivial, they must hurry up to see what is going on.

The Yang family and the Wen family could not continue to stay in the General's Mansion with peace of mind, so Lin Shuran ordered the family to escort them back to the mansion safely, and then the guests in the mansion also left one by one, everyone was uneasy because of the news that King Ling was suddenly killed, and they didn't know what would happen in the capital.

Princess Jiang Yue was also escorted back to the palace by the royal guards, and the fifth uncle decided to stay in the General's Mansion tonight, and he didn't know who assassinated King Ling, he was worried about the safety of Lin Shuran and these children in the mansion, so it was better to stay and take care of it.

The original lively capital suddenly fell silent, the joy of the festival was dissipated by the death of King Ling into unease, there were many more soldiers on the street, the people did not know what was happening, but they all had a premonition that it was not a good thing, many people hurried home, this year is not good to be greedy, it is safer to stay at home honestly.

The guests all went home, and the young masters of the Xu family were all interested, so they went back to their rooms to wash up and went to bed to rest, at this time they couldn't make trouble for Lin Shuran and Xu Junze, it didn't matter if they played for a while.

When he finished cleaning up and went back to the room to rest, two minutes had passed, but Xu Junze had not yet heard of his return, and Lin Shuran had no intention of sleeping, why was King Ling killed at this time, seeing that the case of the Fang family and the Ren family was about to be tried, he died, I am afraid that there are many clues broken.

It didn't take long for Mei to come back and inform Lin Shuran that the assassin of King Ling was a group of people with strong martial arts, and that King Ling was alone in the palace at that time, and this group of assassins broke into the palace and killed him.

Xu Junze didn't return all night, and Lin Shuran almost didn't sleep all night, she was wondering who killed King Ling? Does this gang have anything to do with the Ren family's case back then? What kind of secret did King Ling's death hide? I thought about it all night and imagined countless possibilities, but there was still no clear answer.

Xu Minghan also didn't sleep all night, he had long believed that the tragedy of the Ren family was the mastermind of King Ling behind the scenes, and the gold and silver treasures that the Ren family disappeared must have been corrupted by King Ling, and even the case of the Fang family was caused by King Ling's deliberate slander, but now King Ling died suddenly, as if the thread that had been clearly torn apart and sorted out was suddenly messed up again, and his heart became anxious.

It is impossible for King Ling to die for no reason when the case is about to be clarified, Xu Minghan can't sit still at home anymore, he wants to go out to find out the news again, and he wants to know where Xiao Chen has found out in the case!

"Madam, the third young master is out!" Lingqin said to Lin Shuran after she got up.

"Let Hanying keep an eye on him, don't let him have an accident!" Although Xu Junze also sent secret guards to follow Xu Minghan, Lin Shuran was still not at ease, and let Han Ying look at Xu Minghan, this kid wanted to investigate the case of the Ren family, but he didn't bother to do it behind his back, so he acted too aggressively, and it seemed that he had to find a chance to talk to him properly.

When Xu Minghan, who had been away for a day in the evening, returned to the mansion, his subordinates led him directly to Xu Junze's study, and when he walked in, he found that Lin Shuran was also there.

Xu Minghan first saluted them, then looked at Xu Junze and asked, "When did my father return home?" Have you caught the assassin who killed King Ling? Why did they assassinate King Ling? ”