The Mansion of the Duke of Qin is located in the imperial city, but this time the Duke of Qin invited the nobles, but in the Huaiying Pavilion, one of the four major flower buildings in the imperial capital, the Duke of Qin waved his hand and directly encompassed the entire Huaiying Pavilion.

This is actually a signal given by Qin Guogong, today's banquet is not about official business.

Liu Xin sat in the carriage curiously, feeling very lonely. As soon as he was promoted and raised, he added a little to his family, and he was still the kind of person who could make his family poor.

No wonder when he mentioned it to Senior Brother Cheng, Senior Brother Cheng's face was abnormal.

I felt that the speed of the carriage had slowed down, because I asked the groom the destination of this trip, and calculated the time, it was time to arrive.

After the carriage stopped, Liu Xin got out of the car nervously, lifted the curtain, and the bright light shone on his face, and when he looked up, he saw that it was a gorgeous building with eight floors high, and the whole body was made of bricks and stones, which was extremely solid.

Huaiying Pavilion

The golden plaque of the three dragons flying and the phoenix dancing is hung on the second floor, among the four major flower buildings, Huaiying Pavilion ranks first, and the proprietor behind it is also the only one clear in the four flower buildings, the head of the Wenchen, the scholar of the Middle Pole Palace, the secretary of the Ministry of Shangshu, Kong Xiaolian!

Of course, everyone knows about this, which means that everyone doesn't know, Wenchen dares to do this, and there is only Kong Shangshu in the court.

As the first person in the literary world and the head of Wenchen, he has this confidence.

Therefore, the Huaiying Pavilion was deeply loved by the literati and ink writers, from the first floor to the eighth floor, each floor has eight walls, starting from the first floor, everyone can inscribe on it, compose poems.

If someone thinks that your words are not good, the poem is not good, you can choose the on-site inscription as a poem, as long as everyone recognizes you, your poem can be rubbed on, the original poem covered.

Therefore, Huaiying Pavilion has a nickname: Douwen Building

Above the eighth floor, there is actually another layer, which is the real Huaiying Pavilion.

And this layer is actually a large locust tree, and the locust tree is hollow, forming a pavilion.

I heard that I want to go to the Huaiying Pavilion, not relying on power, not relying on money, only relying on literary name.

Only if you succeed in putting pen and ink on the wall on the eighth floor, you are eligible to go up to the Huaiying Pavilion.

However, these sayings are passed down from generation to generation among literati, in order to improve the fame of this Huaiying Pavilion, in fact, when you encounter some powerful people, people want to go up, do you have to refuse?

Well, behind the Huaiying Pavilion is the official book, then it's okay, and there are few people in the dynasty who have the ability to suppress him.

But by coincidence, Liu Xin met one today.

Entering the first floor of the Huaiying Pavilion, someone took the invitation and immediately led Liu Xin to the sixth floor.

The first to fifth floors are empty, although the internal force layout and decoration can be called luxurious, but today it is so wasted and vacant there.

On the six people, the voices of the people were boiling, and after crossing the last flight of stairs, the line of sight suddenly opened up, the entire six floors and the layout below were different, and they were directly opened up and became a huge hall.

A rough sweep showed that there were estimated more than thirty people on this level, including a few familiar faces.

Single four, Zheng Xiao!

And Shan Si was extremely sensitive to his line of sight, turned around, and was stunned the moment he saw Liu Xin.

Zheng Xiao also saw Liu Xin, and was also surprised, but they all knew Liu Xin's true identity, and they returned to the imperial capital only two or three days earlier than Liu Xin.

And since Jiang Chengdu of the Hanzhong Military Horse Farm was escorted back to the imperial capital, these beings with hands and eyes have learned about Liu Xin through their own channels.

As soon as Shan Si returned to the imperial capital, combined with their experience in Hanzhong, they could quickly analyze Liu Xin's true identity.

After many days, seeing each other again, I was embarrassed.

Zheng Xiao reacted the fastest, of course he knew that Liu Xin had taken Chen Nianji back this time, although he had offended Qin Guogong, but he had made great contributions to the Dongchang side, and the position of this Jinyi Wei Deputy Qianhu was stable, and it was a sure thing to be promoted in the future.

An ordinary background, to be able to achieve this level, he must be outstanding in himself, so Zheng Xiao did not hesitate to associate with him.

Shan Si naturally thought the same, so after the two of them were stunned for a while, they walked towards Liu Xin.

As for Liu Xin's offense to Qin Guogong, how could Qin Guogong care about these little things?

With the personal abilities of Shan Si and Zheng Xiao, they completely ignore this small impact.

"Brother Liu, I haven't seen you for many days!" Shan Si is simply authentic.

"Brother Liu, you deceived your brother so hard that day!" Zheng Xiao quipped, invisibly bringing the relationship between the two closer.

Liu Xin arched his hand and said: "I was on official business that day, and I had to hide some things, and I will reunite today, I might as well get to know you again, Jinyi Weinan Town Fusi, Liu Xin!" ”

Shan Si also hugged his fists and said: "Jin Wu avant-garde, Shan Si!" ”

Zheng Xiao: "Fu Junwei, Zheng Xiao!" ”

The three of them laughed at the same time, and then looked for a place together.

Shan Si's injuries are mostly better, but he can't drink alcohol yet, so as not to affect the injury.

Since everyone knew that the person who was on the farm that day was him, Liu Xin didn't hide it, communicated generously, and asked: "Brother Shan, that day on the farm outside Hanzhong City, you fought with the Northern Barbarians!" ”

When Shan Si heard this sad topic, he suddenly felt that his chest began to hurt again, and he nodded silently and did not answer.

Zheng Xiao was even more exaggerated, his face turned pale, his martial arts heart was almost broken that day, but fortunately, he later learned that person was the Northern Barbarian Buhe, and the real power of the military all knew that this person was the first master of the Northern Barbarian Wanggu Department except for their prince, and he was a hundred enemies on the battlefield.

It was normal for him to lose to the other party, and he deserved it completely, so the broken Dao heart gradually recovered.

Seeing Liu Xin talking about the events of that day, Zheng Xiao continued: "Buhe of the Northern Barbarians, Brother Liu, you should have seen that person too, it is really powerful, my father said that there are probably few in the Zhengyang army who are his opponents." By the way, Chen Nianji was arrested by Buhe that day, and how did it get to you later? ”

Regarding this matter, Zheng Xiaohe, Shan Si and a kind of real power nobles were puzzled after learning the news.

With Buhe's strength, even if Han Zhongwei was dispatched at that time, he might not be able to recapture Chen Nianji from the former's hands.

In fact, in the hearts of the powerful nobles, Chen Nianji is really nothing, only Ban Wei will treat him as a treasure stupidly.

What the Chen family has done in Hanzhong over the years, everyone has also heard a little, only Qin Guogong is in a high position, and he doesn't care about these little things, so everyone should not see or hear, but now things have been poked out, and the evidence is still taken out by the prefect of Hanzhong, and everyone found out some clues afterwards, it turned out that the prefect of Hanzhong was actually a person from Kong Shangshu. Although there is no clear evidence, everyone has found out that this Zuo Jian was the first Jinshi in the second class, but he did not enter the center, but went to the place.

At that time, the main examination of the autumn festival and the final election of officials were all run by Kong Xiaolian, the secretary of the ministry, and everyone didn't care at the time, thinking that he had offended Kong Shangshu, but he didn't expect that he would make this great contribution in the past few years, and after the end of the year, this Zuo Daren estimated that he should come to the imperial capital.

In this way, although it has gone around in a circle, it is faster than the promotion of the first-class jinshi in the same period, and the meritorious and reactive are different, especially in today's Xuyang Dynasty.

Emperor Xuyang's requirements for civil officials must not only have the ability to govern the country, but also have other talents.

Liu Xin laughed and said: "It's also a coincidence, after the cloth and the break, and the Ban Wei Ban commander entangled, I had already withdrawn at that time, but I met the group of northern barbarians halfway, so I snatched it from them, if it was Bu He, I would definitely not shoot." ”

Shan Si nodded, Buhe's strength shocked him very much, in addition to his father giving him such a strong sense of powerlessness in this life, even a few brothers are only stronger than him, but he thinks that sooner or later he can surpass it.

Buhe is considered to be one of his goals in the future, and he will be transferred from the pro-army to the border army in the future to see if there is a chance to fight the other party again.

After chatting about Hanzhong for a while, in fact, everyone knew about it, so they slowly brought the topic back.

"By the way, I suddenly received an invitation from Qin Guogong today, and I don't know what I am doing here today."

Zheng Xiao smiled and said: "Actually, it's not a big deal, it's for the Zhengyang martial arts competition in half a month." ”

Zhengyang Wubi Liu Xin knows that once a year, all the forbidden troops around the imperial capital, and the younger generation of the pro-army have a martial arts competition, which is a grand event.

But no matter how grand this kind of thing is, it is only a grand event for young people, and Liu Xin doesn't think that bigwigs like Qin Guogong will care about this kind of thing.

Zheng Xiaodao: "This year's martial arts competition is different from previous years, it seems to have something to do with Wenchen's side, and of course, more importantly, at the end of this year, Zhu Shuai will retire from the position of Zuo Dudu."

On the military side, there will definitely be many more positions, in order to avoid unnecessary fighting, Qin Guogong proposed to His Majesty that the final positions be decided directly based on the results of this year's martial arts competition. ”

Isn't this a bit of a child's play?

This is a political resource, how can someone use the form of a martial arts conference to decide the allocation of resources, even Liu Xin, a political novice, feels that this matter is a bit of a child's play.

Shan Si said in a deep voice: "Qin Guogong naturally won't fight an uncertain battle!" ”

Shan Si seems to have full confidence in Qin Guogong.

Liu Xin bowed silently.

On the other side, Shi Wenbin and several other noble second generations were surrounded by one person, this person's name was Lei Chuanchang, a disciple of Emperor Wu City, and now he was the commander of the 3,000 battalions of the forbidden army.

He was only twenty-five years old, and he was already a military attache from the fifth grade, and among the younger generation in Qin Guogong's camp, his status was similar to that of Shan Si.

"Boss Lei, that is Liu Xin, he is the one who arrested Chen Nianji!" Shi Wenbin said.

Lei Chuanchang's father is also a powerful nobleman, Yan'an Hou Lei Datong.

Yan'an Hou is the commander of Yan'an, the Lei family lives in Yan'an, is a local big family, and among the nobles of the Qin Guogong lineage, his qualifications can be in the top three.

He has two sons, Lei Chuanchang is the second son, unlike ordinary people, Yan'an Hou is more concerned about his second son, after all, the eldest son can inherit the title in the future no matter what, and the second son needs to find another way.

Lei Chuanchang was also competitive and talented, and entered Emperor Wu City and became an official disciple. After completing his studies, he entered the pro-army as a disciple of Emperor Wu City, and reached his current position step by step on his own.

In the eyes of the second generation of the nobles, Shan Si is indeed powerful, but he is not as close as Lei Chuanchang.

"Hmph, I'll make him look good later!" Lei Chuanchang said coldly.

He is not a person who has no brains and can only swing his fists, but he knows that at the end of this banquet, Qin Guogong wants to take a look at the skills of the young people participating in the martial arts competition, and give guidance by the way.

Since Liu Xin can come to this banquet, it means that he has been regarded as his own by Qin Guogong, which Liu Xin himself does not know, and even Shan Si and Zheng Xiao do not know, they are still sweating for Liu Xin.

Lei Chuanchang is because of his father, Yan'an Hou also returned to the imperial capital with the Duke of Qin this time, and was drinking with a group of elders upstairs at this time.

An hour passed quickly, and the voices began to come down from the sixth floor, and then several nobles went downstairs one after another, and there were people who knew these people on the sixth floor saluting.

"I've seen Jing Chuanhou!"

"I've seen Jing Ninghou, Xuande Hou!"

"I've seen Yan'an!"

Yan Anhou was a burly man with a beard, and he walked to his son's side while signaling to everyone.

"Father!" Lei Chuanchang saluted respectfully.

Yan Anhou nodded, and then Lei Chuanchang whispered a few words in his ear, Yan Anhou's gaze drifted to Liu Xin in the distance, and nodded silently.

Soon, Qin Guogong Tuoba Yunhan came downstairs, and he was followed by Jiangyin Duke Xia Yunhe.

Liu Xin looked at Qin Guogong seriously, the latter was well-proportioned, and even looked a little thin in the middle of a group of burly nobles. But his sword eyebrows were starry, his eyes smiled slightly, and he walked with a tiger's step, a face that was not handsome, and his whole body exuded domineering might.

"Today's bento is a family banquet, don't be restrained, the younger generation is not too obedient, take out the momentum of the door tiger!"

Before he could sit down, Qin Guogong spoke, his voice was very loud, the kind that shook for nine days.

Liu Xin suspected that he had brought internal force when he spoke, but he had no evidence, if the other party did not use internal force, then this was really a natural lion's roar.

Among Liu Xin's top 100 masters, there is a special list of generals, and Qin Guogong ranks first.

How many times has Liu Xin imagined the appearance of Qin Guogong, although this real person is domineering and exposed, but it must not match the image of a generation of war gods.

Especially those eyes that are not too big, if you squint a little more, it will become a line.

"Guogong, what we discussed upstairs just now, why don't we just announce it!" Yan Anhou said loudly, attracting the attention of everyone present.

Qin Guogong laughed, picked up the wine glass and drank a glass first, and then said, "Old Lei, come on!" ”

Yan'an Hou smiled, his beard trembled, and said: "One of the purposes of coming here today, we discussed with Grandpa Guo about the martial arts competition next month, this matter is to have a lively time in previous years, but this year is different." His Majesty bluntly said that the result of this martial arts competition is directly related to the handover of the post of Zuo Du Governor at the end of the year. ”

"Old Lei, you're a long-winded fart!" A nobleman who was also bearded interjected: "Grandpa Guo asked you to simply order!" ”

Yan Anhou was not annoyed, but snorted coldly: "Lao Hu, you wait for me!" Since Grandpa Guo wants to be simpler, let's start! ”

What to start with?

This is too abrupt, isn't it?

Liu Xin looked at this more like a farce, and the second monk was puzzled.

The next moment, guards began to enter the field, sorting out the center of the hall and turning it into a large open space, and two huge weapon racks were moved, all of which contained eighteen kinds of weapons.

"Before the martial arts, we have to take a look at the strength of your group of little cubs, if it is too embarrassing, Grandpa Guo said that he will enter the palace tomorrow and push the position of Zuo Du Governor!" Yan Anhou said loudly.

"Now, all those who are qualified to participate in the martial arts competition, stand up for Lao Tzu!" The bearded Xungui snatched Yan Yan'an Hou again, and the eyes of the two met in the air, and Liu Xin seemed to see electric sparks flickering in the air.

Standing out without changing his color, Zheng Xiao smiled bitterly, and walked out, and all of a sudden, there were more than a dozen young people standing in the center of the sixth floor, all of whom were the second generation of honors.

"Hey, that kid over there, why don't you come out, depending on your age, you're definitely not twenty-five!" Yan Anhou pointed at Liu Xin and said loudly, and all of a sudden, everyone's eyes fell.

Liu Xin was stunned for a moment, and just wanted to say that he was not the second generation of Xungui, but suddenly he had a feeling of being targeted by a tiger, and a killing force exploded behind him, and he instantly stood up straight, not daring to move.

Who will it be?

With this kind of substantial killing intent, the strong and direct killing intent made him stab in his back and dare not move.

"Hey, what's the matter with you kid!" Yan'an Hou looked displeased.

"Okay, this is Qianhu Liuxin from Jinyi Weinan Town, I invited him here."

Qin Guogong's voice came, and the murderous intent behind Liu Xin instantly dissipated, and cold sweat oozed from Liu Xin's forehead and slowly flowed down.

He raised his head, and his gaze met with Qin Guogong, who had a smile in his eyes, and only listened to Qin Guogong: "Liu Qianhu, I invite you to come today, why don't you have fun together?" ”

Liu Xin could see that there seemed to be a deep meaning in Qin Guogong's eyes, and in the face of a Guogong, especially a Guogong who was about to take charge of the military, Liu Xin couldn't resist from his heart.

Thinking that what he had come would be safe, he nodded, took two steps forward, and came to the middle of Shan Si, who had a calm face, and Zheng Xiao, who looked surprised.

"Okay, I'll take a look, there are probably only a dozen or twenty of you, catch and compare, it's faster, and save me from drinking!" The bearded Xungui before interjected again, but no one present had any objections, as long as Yan Anhou looked unhappy.

"That's Henan Gonggu Shanfu!" As if he had discovered the doubt in Liu Xin's eyes, Zheng Xiao whispered.

"It's him! I have heard of this Henan duke, isn't he a general under the account of Wu Guogong? Of course Liu Xin knew about this person.

Henan Gonggu Shanfu, known as the first fierce general under the account of Wu Guogong Zhu Guangxiao, is still a commander, he is willing to stay by Wu Guogong's side, and he does not look at the emperor's rewards.

"Lao Tzu's blood is surging, and the heat is unbearable!"

How could such a loyal subordinate of Wu Guogong appear at the banquet of Qin Guogong.

"It seems to be Wu Guogong's order to let the Duke of Henan come to see how the quality of Qin Guogong's subordinates is. If the Duke of Henan thinks it is good, he will be willing to become a soldier of the Duke of Qin in the future. ”

"How do you know so much?" Liu Xin looked at Zheng Xiao in surprise, this kind of secret is also what we can know?

Zheng Xiao smiled bitterly: "We came early, this Henan Gong said these words upstairs, the voice was so loud and scary, it was difficult to hear it, and he said it three times in a row!" ”

So that's the case, Liu Xin suddenly looked at Henan Gong with a surprised gaze, this is really a fierce man!

Yan'an Hou was dissatisfied with Henan Gong who kept interjecting, but he was helpless, when he was just about to arrange the personnel for the competition, a Qin Guogong's personal guard ran upstairs, went directly to Qin Guogong's side, and whispered a few words, Qin Guogong's face remained unchanged, but everyone could see from his eyes what was called cold light raging.

"Ladies and gentlemen! There was a murder in the pro-army, not far from our neighborhood, and there will be a brocade guard coming to the door later, everyone cooperate! Qin Guogong's voice was not loud, but the words came clearly into everyone's ears.

There was a murder in the pro-army?

Everyone looked at each other.

After a while, a team of brocade guards cautiously went upstairs, led by Liu Xin's old boss, Liu Licheng.