"I don't know what kind of help the prince is talking about?" Li Mu asked tentatively.

Xu Zhilei shook with a smile, turned around and walked forward. "Now is not the time to speak, we will talk in detail after the banquet. Speaking of this, Xu Zhilei paused, turned around and said, "Let me remind you again, it's the Shura Field inside." ”

"I don't want to get into this trouble at all. Li Mu said directly, he really felt very troublesome.

Xu Zhilei laughed, "I know what you want to do, so I advise you." ”

Li Mu saluted and said, "Please also ask the prince to show me." ”

"If you want to show in public that you have nothing to do with Jiang Chengxue, I advise you to give up. Xu Zhilei said.

When Li Mu heard this, he was stunned at first, and then he also had a little realization in his heart.

I only heard Xu Zhilei continue: "Since Jiang Chengxue has become recognized as the first beauty in the world in the rivers and lakes, she has many supporters like a carp crossing the river. Of course, you and I are both men, and you should understand what most people think in their hearts, right?"

"These people are all on the same page. But they don't do it the same way. Some are noble, some are adulterous. If you hear that Jiang Chengxue now has a sweetheart, she can't climb high, and she will be envious in her heart, and she will secretly scold you, and it will be over. People who want to save face, thinking about getting you in their hearts, will also pretend to be polite on the surface and send a few words of blessing in a fake way. Speaking of this, Xu Zhilei said with a smile, "Then, you jumped out and said that Jiang Chengxue was self-inflicted." Hahaha, you say, will those flower messengers kill you first? If they gather, maybe even the thousand and thirty-two level masters who have not been dispatched for hundreds of years in the midst of extinction will receive a bounty to take your head. ”

After listening to Xu Zhilei's words, Li Mu's shoulders shrugged down, Xu Zhilei had said enough, and the reason was indeed so. Jiang Chengxue is famous, and there are too many people who love her. Jiang Chengxue now pretended to choose Li Mu, then Li Mu is the luckiest man in the world. Then, the person who was favored by Jiang Chengxue also rejected Jiang Chengxue. This kind of tyrannical uncherishing will make all those who love Jiang Chengxue jealous and go crazy.

In other words, if Li Mu doesn't refuse, others will just be envious, but if Li Mu wants to refuse openly, it will be a naked hatred for them.

Li Mu, who was on the same point, lowered his head and kept up with Xu Zhilei's footsteps.

The two of them walked through the winding corridor of the water pavilion and came to a large hall. The hall is lit up and decorated properly. On four or five round tables, twelve cold dishes have been put on the table. A crowd of men and women sat down. You must know that this group of young people here is half of the noble children of Yacheng.

Li Mu followed Xu Zhilei into the door and looked at him with dozens of eyes. Li Mu can be said to be out of the limelight today. originally thought that he was just a domestic slave who came with the lord of Huanting, but in a few words, it actually attracted Wang Xi's attention.

Most of the women here don't know about the rivers and lakes, so they don't know Li Mu, who broke through the three realms in one day. A small number of cockfighting lackeys, emulating the king of Dongshan County and looking forward to the deeds of the rivers and lakes, have heard of Li Mu's name. Although it is not as loud as the old-timers, it is already quite legendary.

That's not the most important thing. The important thing is that then, Xu Zhilei opened his mouth and called him a friend. What's even more shocking is that Jiang Chengxue took the initiative to hug this person and shyly said that he couldn't help himself.

Now, Li Mu and Xu Zhilei walked to the main table together, oh God. What could be crazier than that?

The county lord of Wanting looked at Li Mu who passed by, and was already a little speechless. She knew that Li Mu was fished out of prison by her father, but her father didn't say much. She only treated him as a door-to-door visitor. And the doorman in the palace, which one of them could not be disposed of by her? But now, he can be on an equal footing with himself?

On the main table, Tao Ran sat on the top, and his eyes also fell on Li Mu. Jiang Chengxue sat on Tao Ran's left hand side, and then over, it was the county lord of Huanting, Guo Chunyang, the four people. On the right-hand side, there is an empty seat. This vacant seat was reserved for Xu Zhilei. On the right hand side of this vacant seat, Wang Zhen was already sitting there loudly. His maid Wenwen was gently squeezing his shoulders for him.

A table with eight people sitting, in fact, is a little empty. After all, this is a round table, not a table of eight immortals. However, the eight places are filled, which shows a very clear attitude. The table was full, and there was no room for one extra seat.

Who else is there besides Li Mu who wants to add a seat? In this banquet, the only person who is really redundant is Li Mu.

Tao Ran looked at Xu Zhilei, Xu Zhilei's attitude was still very critical. After all, he was the only son of a king with a different surname. And the one with the different surname Wang, surnamed Xu and Liao, is nominally the one who is in charge of the Privy Council and the army of the five directions. Since he was young, he has been in the army since he inherited the honor and responsibility of being a hereditary successor. Although he is now old and idle at home, his prestige in the army is still there. In particular, most of the grassroots officers of the Xuanyuan Army in the north and the ground-leaving army in the south were soldiers brought out by Xu Liao. Liu Ruomu, the governor of Pinghai who put down the Nanyang Rebellion, was one of them.

Wang Zhen can be such a tiger, but it only relies on the close connection between his family and the Western plain army. In contrast, the two brothers of the Xu family of Prince Xu's family acted too indifferently, and even Chen Xiao thought they were not arrogant enough.

If Xu Zhilei really wants to protect this Li Mu, then Tao Ran must pay more attention to this issue. The father of his own family, who can be an official in the military department, and a general who is the supervisor of the military weapons, is because his aunt is the biological mother of the prince of the dynasty, since his cousin Chen Zhihao has determined the position of the prince, the status of the Tao family's relatives can be said to be quite stable.

Compared with the ancestor of the Xu family, who was named the king of the side by side from the founding of the country, and has been loyal to the hereditary royal family to the present, Tao Ran does not have enough confidence. So his choice all along has been to make friends, not to make enemies.

Tao Ran really wanted Jiang Chengxue, but Jiang Chengxue's master was Situ Wangyi of the Three Princes of Jianghu, one of the veterans of His Majesty when he established the Martial Arts Academy. She's not a folk girl, she can be robbed. Now that an unknown kid has appeared, he has hooked Jiang Chengxue's heart, and of course he is resentful. But resentment is resentment, if Xu Zhilei is standing behind this kid, then the meaning is different. Tao Ran now only hopes that Xu Zhilei will not get involved.

It's a pity that what Tao Ran was worried about still happened, Xu Zhilei walked up to Tao Ran and said, "Brother Tao, I'm really sorry. When my friend comes, he can't let anyone stand. I don't know if I can add a seat?" Tao Ran's face sank, and he beckoned to the subordinates on the side. A subordinate walked up to Tao Ran, "Young Master." ”

"Smack. Tao Ran slapped him on the head, and then scolded, "Something that doesn't have long eyes, didn't I just tell you to get a chair and add a seat? Why hasn't this little matter been done for me until now?

In the face of Tao Ran's anger, how dare he fight back, he can only promise to accept it. "Yes, young master. It's the villain, it's not right. The villain had forgotten about it just now. The villain will go and add a seat. ”

Tao Ran was furious, and scolded: "Someone like you who has no eyesight will kill you sooner or later." Get out of here. The subordinate crawled out with a roll.

All this is seen by everyone. Of course, Li Mu is no exception, but Li Mu vaguely feels that this person has something to say.

Xu Zhilei patted Li Mu's shoulder, he remained silent, and slowly paced to the position left for him and sat down.

Within a few moments, the man came in with a chair. When the chair came, it was naturally to be placed. The subordinate looked at Tao Ran's face and prepared to go to the last seat.

At this time, Tao Ran suddenly said: "Say that you don't have eyesight, you really don't have eyesight? Tao Ran scolded again: "Enough slave, he is Miss Jiang's close friend, can't you let him accompany Miss Jiang?"

"Yes, yes, yes. The next person's forehead was already dripping with cold sweat, he put his seat between Jiang Chengxue and the county lord of Huanting, and seeing that Tao Ran didn't make a sound again, he hurriedly ran away as if he had been amnestied.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. The original slave in the family was disobedient, and it was my fault. I'll kill him when I get back, and replace him with someone who is more obedient. Tao Ran raised his glass and apologized. However, the direction of his gaze was to look at the county lord of Huanting.

Although the county lord acted perversely, she was by no means stupid. Tao Ran's words were weird and pointed at Sang scolding Huai, the meaning couldn't be more obvious, how could she not hear it? Tao Ran accused her of not keeping her house slave well, and taught her to go back and kill Li Mu.

The county lord of Huanting is not a good temper, both of them are the same generation, Tao Ran is not afraid of the county lord of Huanting, how can the county lord of Huanting be afraid of him? Usually has a good temperament, call him Brother Tao, if you meet the county lord of Wanting is in a bad mood, who cares what kind of brother you are? She snorted coldly and said, "Oh, Brother Tao doesn't know anything. The slaves in the family are just slaves. The rules have to be set. In particular, the fact that you can't eat at the master's table must not be ridiculed. Otherwise, it's like a dog crawling on the table to eat and throwing it in the face of its owner. ”

The meaning of this sentence is more straightforward and harsh than Tao Ran's words.

At this time, Xu Zhilei suddenly took over the conversation, "There is a saying that it depends on the owner to beat a dog." After speaking, he smiled, "I'm a little hungry, Brother Tao doesn't know if he can eat?"

Tao Ran glanced at Xu Zhilei and said with a smile: "That's nature, come here, eat!"

Li Mu sat beside Jiang Chengxue, listening to their arguing, and sneered in his heart.