Chapter 176: Exchange

Prince Li Shanyuan came to greet Lin Chunxi in person with a smile, Lin Chunxi didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute, Li Shanyuan pulled Lin Chunxi up, "Everyone is the same brother, why be polite, in my house, there are only relatives and friends, please come inside, let's talk while eating", Lin Chunxi and several other people also met one by one, and then followed Li Shanyuan into the banquet hall together.

Today's banquet hall is very luxuriously arranged, and the furnishings inside have also been replaced with precious woodware and flowers, Lin Chunxi looked at the meals on the table, although they are all vegetarian food, but still see the nobility and luxury, Li Shanyuan should have worked hard, the ingredients used in today's meals are all high-quality raw materials, Li Shanyuan also specially introduced the formal palace wine placed during the banquet, and he wanted to get drunk with a few friends.

Lin Chunxi did it hard, he felt that although Li Shanyuan was a harmonious group on the surface, the faces of the surrounding people were full of murderous energy, it seemed that there was no good food and no good wine today. In fact, except for the generals of the city defense battalion, everyone in Lin Chunxi's table has already met, and they have fought with them, but because of the scene, they still have to be polite and polite, and after everyone greeted each other, the prince Li Shanyuan began to order people to serve food.

Everyone accompanied Li Shanyuan to eat and chat, from the national fortune of Wu in recent decades to the bicentennial celebration of the founding of Wu in recent days, everyone talked about wine, but Lin Chunxi knew that this trip would never be peaceful, Li Shanyuan and others called themselves to come, and they never had any good intentions, and their hearts should deal with this, he handed over the sword to Chen Yiyao before entering the door, saying that he came to the banquet this time, without the slightest vigilance.

Sure enough, after three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Li Shanyuan changed his words and started the matter of losing a child in the city in recent days, Lin Chunxi knew that this was just the topic, so he listened quietly. Li Shanyuan's face was a little dizzy, and then he denounced the crime of stealing the child as hateful, and then said, "Chunxi, you are specially invited by me to investigate the theft of the child, what progress is there when you come in?"

Lin Chunxi knew that he was knowingly asking, but he didn't plan to hide it, so he told the truth, "Don't hide it from the prince, last night I and a few junior disciples raided the City God Temple, found the whereabouts of several children, and snatched back two of them."

There was a look of surprise on the prince's face, "Oh, there is still such a thing, then why didn't you tell me the first time?", Lin Chunxi felt angry in his heart, but he didn't have a seizure, he forced his emotions and continued," When we returned to the inn, there was also the pursuit of the other party along the way, for the sake of safety, we were worried that there should be an ambush attached to the inn, so in a hurry, we were sent directly to the Eight Princes' Mansion, and did not dare to alarm the prince's rest, I planned to come to report the situation today, but at dawn, I heard that several junior disciples were taken away by the city defense camp, and we delayed reporting to the prince for a while, and asked the prince to atone for his sins."

Lin Chunxi finished his words, Li Shanyuan looked at Lin Chunxi with a smile, and then continued, "That's a great achievement, it's not easy to save the two children, I have already heard about General Feng's search of the inn last night, and I will invite him to the banquet today, that is, I want General Feng to personally understand the situation, so as not to have a misunderstanding in the future", and then looked at the person sitting next to him, the man saw the prince's eyes, and hurriedly got up to salute, and then said loudly, " The cause of the incident is that there is a secret report of my city defense battalion, there are suspicious gangsters in the inn, the last general led the team to check, who knew that just at the beginning of the interrogation, one of them fought against us, maybe my brother did not speak clearly, made a misunderstanding, but because the other party injured the officers and soldiers of my city defense battalion, this soldier looked at this situation, and also moved together, which brought the three back to the city defense camp, after the Ming prince, only to know that it was the water that washed the Dragon King Temple, mistakenly arrested their own people, it was really the dereliction of duty of the last general, the prince gave a chance, let me come here to explain, this is what happened”。

The two parties are like this, you and I talk about what happened last night, as if everything is so relaxed and casual, a misunderstanding covers up all the twists and turns, Lin Chunxi began to feel a faint headache, sure enough, he is not suitable for this kind of official answer, a few beautiful words, the unforgivable cover is clean, and the prince is even more pushed, this matter has completely become the responsibility of the city defense battalion.

After the two finished speaking, the crown prince Li Shanyuan nodded slightly, "It seems that this is a misunderstanding, fortunately no one was injured, that's good, Lao Feng, bring everyone up", the man got up to receive the order, and after a short time, Xue Lingheng, Song Yan and Lu Ling were brought up, and the shackles on their hands and feet had already been opened.

The three of them saw Lin Chunxi in the banquet, their faces were very happy, Lin Chunxi looked at them, and then got up to thank Li Shanyuan, Li Shanyuan smiled and motioned for Lin Chunxi to sit down.

Subsequently, Li Shanyuan personally poured a glass of wine for Lin Chunxi, and after the two had a drink, Li Shanyuan faced Lin Chunxi, "I know, you have been working very hard recently, and I dragged you into the trivial matter of this capital, I have never been happy in my heart, since this child has been found, then leave it to me, I will handle the rest of the matter, and I also invited friends from Shenjian Villa to assist in the investigation, I really don't want Senior Brother Lin to work so hard, Shanyuan is unhappy in his heart."

Lin Chunxi knew that Li Shanyuan was starting to negotiate terms with himself, and he wanted to exchange two children for his three junior brothers, and the three of them heard it very clearly, they knew that Lin Chunxi must have something to do if they invited Lin Chunxi here today, and it seems that it has now come to the point.

Aojian, who was on the side, also picked up a glass of wine, "I also come to pay tribute to Chunxi, everyone is a person who practices martial arts, and we have also had a fight, I admire your character and martial arts very much, I want to make you a friend from the bottom of my heart, I don't know if Chunxi is willing to give face."

Lin Chunxi held the wine glass in his hand, bowed his head and said nothing, in his heart at this time, it was already like a river and a sea, on one side were several junior brothers who were born and died with him, and on the other hand, there were innocent children who represented justice and justice, it seems that Li Shanyuan values these two children very much, and thinks that there must be a huge relationship between them, but it is too late to investigate this matter in detail at this time.

After Lin Chunxi struggled a few times, he raised his wine glass and drank it all.