Murong Xue sat on the horse and slowly walked towards the Taifu Mansion. Today is the seventh day of his coming to Luoyi, and Xie Guang's reception banquet specially set up for him is also seven days late.

The reason why this is the case is because Murong Xue has been excused to shirk.

First, he didn't want to give Xie Guang this face easily; Second, when he first arrived, he still had to touch the depth of the abyss in Luoyi; In addition, whether to go to the banquet or not, he must first get the approval of the prince.

"Since the Taifu has some good intentions, this palace thinks that Murong Aiqing might as well be more familiar with his colleagues in the Eastern Capital."

With Li Bing's attitude, Murong Xue finally nodded and agreed, accepting this late reception banquet.

For the arrogant and ambitious Xie Guang and Mrs. Xie, Murong Xue had to be vigilant. According to his assumption, although Xie Guang would not immediately kill him, a person from the imperial capital, from the beginning, he should never have a good face. The general routine, most of which has to be that as soon as he Murong Xue arrives in Luoyi, he wants to come up with some tricks to kill the sharp spirit of the imperial court.

However, I never expected that Xie Guang's methods would be so clever.

Xie Guang not only did not snub Murong Xue, but instead sent his subordinate Ai General Di Xian out of the city with the officials of the Eastern Capital to greet him, giving him a full rehearsal scene, which not only showed his attention, but also did not mess with the rules of respect and inferiority.

Immediately afterwards, the luxury mansion as a meeting gift is even more attentive. There are all kinds of furniture and utensils in the house, and even the small garden building is specially named "Shushan Pavilion" to echo the meaning of Murong Xue's hometown, which shows the meticulousness. However, none of the maids and servants in the house were arranged, obviously to avoid suspicion and to avoid embarrassment for Murong Xue.

Warm and thoughtful, but keeping a distance, it is difficult for non-thoughtful people to make such a deployment. With such a clever wrist, could it be something that Xie Guang, a rude military man, could think of?

Murong Xue was quite skeptical about this.

He couldn't help but secretly say in his heart: Shen Lie, Shen Lie, I'm afraid that the old opponent you have been thinking about for a long time has already begun to use tricks on me.

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Xie Guang's Taifu Mansion is located in Chengfufang in Luoyi, just one street away from the imperial city where the prince is located.

The owner of this mansion was originally Li Chengxi, the king of Yu, and not long after Xie Guang came to the eastern capital, he fell in love with the feng shui weather of the palace of the king of Yu at a glance. So, he arranged for his subordinates to force King Yu to move and make room for him. In the face of this plague god, even the emperor had to endure three points. How dare King Yu, who has a gentle temperament and is honest, provoke? Helpless, Li Chengxi could only obediently obey his orders and pack up his belongings and find another place to live.

After Xie Guang occupied the palace, he ordered people to build and renovate it. Today's Taifu Mansion is extremely luxurious and magnificent, with thousands of mansions, countless strange mountains and stones, and even rare birds and beasts such as peacocks and cranes in the backyard.

Murong Xue came in from outside the mansion gate, and looked all the way, and couldn't help but admire.

He was born in a famous family, and the Murong family can be described as rich in the world, what kind of mansion has he never seen? But even so, Murong Xue was still shocked by the grandeur of the Taifu Mansion: Where is this main hall? It's clearly a palace!

The eaves are tall, the jade pillars are towering, and the opening of the main hall is a hundred steps wide. Compared with the Liangyi Hall in the imperial capital, it is only slightly smaller.

What an arrogant mansion, such a crazy thank you!

The residences, manners, and clothing of court officials all had hierarchical regulations, and different grades enjoyed different treatments. The standard of daily life of the ministers must not be exceeded, otherwise it will be a sin of disobedience.

Xie Guangguan worships Taifu, although he is a very popular minister, but the title is just a small loyal and brave marquis, in terms of dignity, he is not prominent in the court. But he actually dared to occupy the palace, and even changed the regulations for the expansion of the main hall without permission, which was clearly provoking the imperial power!

Murong Xue couldn't help but curse in her heart, and at the same time, she was worried because of Xie Guang's arrogance: Since this guy dares to blatantly transgress, then the life of dealing with him in the future will definitely not be easy.

At this time, I saw Xie Guang leading a group of people out of the main hall, Murong Xue hurriedly took a few steps forward, and bowed his hand according to the courtesy: "See Master Taifu for your humble position." ”

"Oh, hahaha, Brother Murong is polite!" Xie Guang kindly took Murong Xue's hand and laughed loudly: "You are willing to appreciate the light tonight, the cold house is full of light!" We don't have to be polite. Come on, come on, colleagues are waiting for you. ”

As he spoke, he turned around and introduced the officials next to him to Murong Xue one by one.

These officials are roughly divided into three categories. Among them, the largest number of people is naturally the general of the Xuanjia Army under Xie Guang; secondly, the governors of the local government offices in Luoyi; And there are only two officials from the prince's mansion - the prince Xima Lao Jianhua and the Huangmen squire Shan Tingxian.

Needless to say, when Murong Xue went to meet the prince a few days ago, he met each other.

Hidden - this is Murong Xue's first evaluation of Lao Jianhua.

Shan Tingxian had just met it yesterday, but it also left a deep impact on Murong Xue. The so-called Huangmen Shilang is not a eunuch, but a Shaofu official subordinate to Menxia Province, who is responsible for the transmission of official documents between the Emperor and the Shangshu Province, Zhongshu Province and Menxia Province.

Because this position can be exposed to the most important things of the imperial court, although the rank is not high, the status is extremely special.

Since the crown prince Li Bing was ordered to lead the Wucheng Palace of the Eastern Capital, and the fake Son of Heaven Festival took care of the government and supervised the country, the Eastern Palace specially applied to the imperial capital for the position of a subordinate official of the Yellow Gate, which was also in line with the rules of the imperial court.

And the most unusual thing about this Shan Tingxian is that although he holds a civilian position, he is not a scholar, but a martial arts master.

Murong Xue was born as an expert, and as soon as they met yesterday, they saw that Shan Tingxian's temples were high and bulging, and his sharp eyes were shining, obviously with good martial arts internal strength. He thought through all the materials he had read before, but he couldn't remember this person.

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Everyone greeted Murong Xue one after another, and then returned to the hall with Xie Guangxi, and the guests and hosts sat down.

On the high couch in the middle of the hall, there is a wide table, which is the seat of Xie Guang, the master. On the left hand side of the main seat is Murong Xue's guest of honor, and sitting opposite is Yuzhou Thorn History. These three seats are all sitting alone, and on the left and right sides of the case, there is a dressed beauty kneeling to accompany them.

The other officials sat in two seats and set up tables separately.

The banquet kicked off with Xie Guang's toast, and everyone present frequently raised their glasses to welcome Murong Xue to Xinluoyi. For a while, all kinds of delicacies and elixir wines were spread out like flowing water, and the beauties around them were also attentively served, constantly pouring wine and dishes for Murong Xue.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, a group of beautiful dancers wearing feather clothes and colorful clothes appeared in the open field in the middle of the hall, dancing with the silk and bamboo wind music, like colorful butterflies flying and falling colorful.

Through the gap between the dancers' figures, Murong Xue peeked at Di Xian, who was sitting not far away, whispering to Shan Tingxian, who was sitting at the same table.

At this time, Shan Tingxian also happened to raise his head, glanced at Murong Xue across the seat, and suddenly showed a malicious smile on his face.

Murong Xue's heart moved: The so-called banquet is not a good banquet, I'm afraid there should be some moths next, right?

At the end of the song and dance, all the guests applauded.

However, before the applause completely stopped, Shan Tingxian, the waiter of the Yellow Gate, stood up and said to Xie Guangyan, who was sitting high in the middle: "Lord Taifu, the reception banquet held for Lord Murong tonight is really wonderful. I dare to drink and fight, and I also want to add some fun to the public here, I don't know if it's okay? ”

"Oh? What do you propose? Xie Guang asked with a smile with a wine glass in his hand.

Shan Tingxian replied loudly: "Born in the rivers and lakes, he was favored by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and granted the position of Huangmen Squire, in charge of the Luoyi Palace Guard. I had the opportunity to meet Lord Murong and admired him very much. In terms of the relationship between positions and subordinates, Lord Murong is the top boss of the lowly position; When it comes to martial arts and character, he is even more humble for a few streets. Therefore, I want to ask Lord Murong to give me some advice on martial arts, so that I can improve. ”

Murong Xue sneered in her heart: Sure enough, it's still here! He didn't wait for Xie Guang to speak, and took the first step and said, "Today's banquet, I'm afraid it's not suitable for dancing knives and sticks, right?" According to the laws of my Shengtang, it is strictly forbidden to compete with weapons without authorization......"

"Well, what did Lord Zhan Shi say?" Di Xian added fuel to the fire: "The law prohibits private fights among the people, but it does not prohibit formal martial arts. In the 800th year of my Shengtang Dynasty, the country was established by force, and it was common for the court and the army to hold martial arts competitions in banquets. What's more, the Zhan Mansion is in charge of the affairs of the East Palace, and as a boss, it is reasonable to point out and guide his subordinates. ”

Xie Guang nodded, and continued: "Well, what Xiao Di said has some truth. Most of us here today are from military backgrounds and don't pay much attention to red tape. Brother Murong, Xie knows that you are a special student from the Imperial Capital Yanwutang, and you have served in the forbidden army for a long time. The follower waiter has two simple tricks, so let's open everyone's eyes. ”

Lao Jianhua had been smiling and silently looking at Murong Xue before, and seeing that he was still hesitating, he said casually: "It's better to be like this, don't use weapons for the two adults, just fight with your fists and feet, and just point to the end." ”

Hearing this, everyone present shouted loudly, clamoring to see the two of them compete.

Murong Xue suddenly felt quite embarrassed.

First, he hasn't figured out the details of Tingxian yet, he doesn't know the other party's background, the depth of his kung fu, and he doesn't know His Royal Highness the Prince's attitude towards this person. It is inevitable to have concerns when you start to do so.

Besides, what Murong Xue is good at is archery and the art of war. If you talk purely about martial arts, he is completely inferior to his good brother - Li Jiangyao, who was personally trained by He Jingming and He Da.

At present, Shan Tingxian is putting on a master's demeanor, and he proposes to only compare his fists and feet, presumably he is full of certainty, in case he makes a slight mistake because of his poor strength, he will be taken advantage of by Shan Tingxian.

Although Xie Guang and the others were not so bold as to kill him on the spot, it may be inevitable that they will break their bones and tendons. If you take 10,000 steps back, even if it is not so miserable, just a public defeat will make the imperial capital lose face.