At the beginning of the founding of the Great Wei Dynasty, there were five kings and eleven marquis, which was a reward given by Emperor Gaozu to his followers for outstanding achievements. These five kings and eleven marquis are all foreign surnames, the title of prince and marquis can be hereditary, each of the sixteen families was also given two gold medals to avoid death, as long as it is not a rebellion, any capital crime can be pardoned with the gold medal of avoiding death. However, in this dynasty, there are only five of the five kings and eleven marquis left, and among these five, only the Xue family, the Marquis of Zhenyuan, has never used the gold medal for avoiding death.

The Xue family has been a general for generations, loyal and brave, and has won the trust of the emperors of previous dynasties, not only has they been guarding the southwest border for the Great Wei Town, but the defense of the capital is basically the Xue family is also responsible. It is precisely because he is in an important position and stands on the cusp of the storm that the Marquis of Zhenyuan in the past dynasties has extremely strict requirements for the descendants of the family, and the candidates for the heirs of the title are even stricter. Xue Chen was not a candidate for the prince, but the two brothers above him were all killed in battle, so the old marquis chose him to be the prince.

Xue Chen has a great responsibility to go to the north, but due to the special situation, Ji Xuan can't bid farewell to him outside the city gate, so he can only make a trip for him in the East Palace.

"Your Highness doesn't have to be like this, I have been on the expedition with my father since I was a child, and I have experienced countless battles large and small, and I have never been defeated, and I will definitely be able to drive out the Northern Yan, recover the city, and stabilize the northern defense line. ”

Since Ji Xuan and Xue Chen met, they never regarded him as a courtier, but as a brother. From taking Ji Xuan out of the mountain and returning to Beijing, to Ji Xuan becoming the prince, the two of them have experienced countless births and deaths, and they have never been separated.

Xue Chen picked up the wine glass, stood up and said to Ji Xuan: "Let me drink this glass of wine with His Royal Highness, and wish me and Brother Guo a safe arrival in the north and a smooth repulsion of Beiyan." ”

Ji Xuan had already stood up when Xue Chen got up, he held his wine glass and said, "When your class teacher returns to Beijing, I will definitely lead the ministers out of the city to greet you." ”

"It's a deal!"

After the two of them drank, Ji Xuan poured a full wine and came to Guo Dongming and said, "This time I'm going to work hard again, senior brother." ”

Guo Dongming said coldly: "I thought that I could enjoy all the glory and wealth by following my junior brother to the capital, but I didn't expect that I was frightened every day, facing life and death all the time, and I knew that I would stay in the mountains and not come out." ”

Guo Dongming rarely laughs like this, even since he was a child, he rarely laughs in front of his senior brothers, although he still said it coldly this time, but Ji Xuan knew what he really wanted to express.

Ji Xuan had tears in his eyes, and before he could speak, Gong Que said with a smile: "Do you dare to say that you have not enjoyed happiness since you came to the capital? You have gained a lot of weight after eating and drinking all day long, be careful that the master will punish you when he sees it." ”

Several people laughed heartily, and Ji Xuan said with a serious expression: "The two brothers must take care, come back safely, and we will drink together." ”

"That's for sure. ”

"Don't worry, with the flowers of the senior brother, no one can hurt us. ”

"This Baihua Scatter is an improvement of me, it is more powerful, you have to be careful with it. ”

"Don't worry, it's not the first time I've used it. ”

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Although Lu Guiyuan is the owner of Tianyun Villa, he rarely shows up in ordinary times, and most of the affairs of the rivers and lakes are handed over to his uncle Qi Bing. For convenience, and in order not to let people disturb him in Tianyun Villa, Lu Guiyuan built a Tianyun Courtyard on the shore of a lake under Tianyun Mountain.

Although Tianyun Villa is a place used by Tianyun Villa to receive people in the rivers and lakes and deal with the affairs of the rivers and lakes, it has never been as lively as these two days. Because the martial arts conference is to be held here, almost all the famous and decent families in the rivers and lakes have arrived here.

The main purpose of this martial arts conference is to elect a martial arts alliance leader to lead the martial arts sect to fight against the Tianyi Sect, so in order to prevent the Tianyi Sect from getting involved, on the only road leading to the Tianyun Villa, the disciples of Tianyun Villa set up three checkpoints to verify their identities. In addition, around the Tianyun Villa, there were also many disciples of Tianyun Mountain Villa patrolling back and forth.

I don't know if it's because the Tianyi Sect disdains the threat of these Jianghu Sect's martial arts conferences, or because they know that they can't blend in, so far, the disciples of Tianyun Mountain Villa have not found a single person with a suspicious identity.

Although there were more than 1,000 people who came to Tianyun Courtyard, there were less than 100 people who were really qualified to sit in the council hall. The disciples of all factions who followed the master were all arranged in the shade by the lake in the courtyard, and Tianyun Mountain Villa was entertained with delicious food and drink, so although it was the height of summer, no one was irritable because of the heat. The teachers were talking about how to deal with the Tianyi Sect, and their disciples were drinking wine and eating meat in the shade, laughing and talking with friends who had not seen each other for a long time or who had just met.

However, there is only one person who is still scolding Tianyun Villa while drinking the wine of Tianyun Villa.

"They are too much, why don't you let Master enter the council hall?" Meng Xiaofan said angrily, he and Meng Bufan were both stopped outside the council hall by the disciples of Tianyun Villa, and Master Kurong wanted to negotiate with Tianyun Villa about this matter, but was stopped by Meng Bufan. "They are clearly dogs who look down on people, what is wrong with us being thieves? We are also thieves, and Master has done no less chivalrous things than them. ”

Compared with Meng Xiaofan's indignation, Meng Bufan was very calm, and it didn't matter if he couldn't enter the chamber. "What does it matter if you enter or not? I prefer this place to the teacher inside, there is wine and meat, and how good it is to be unrestrained. ”

Meng Xiaofan said: "Why doesn't it matter, they look down on us! We have done so many things, why do they still talk about our identity? The news of the Tianyi Sect was passed on by us at the risk of death. ”

Meng Bufan said with a smile: "Identity is really not important, what does it matter if they look down on it? Haven't you seen so many sect masters, and there are also people with high moral standing like Master Kurong who are all friends of the master?"

Meng Xiaofan said: "You have friends, but what about me? If you are not there in the future, who else can afford me?"

Meng Bufan said: "You will think for your teacher in the future......"

Meng Xiaofan angrily interrupted Meng Bufan's words and said, "Even if I live the life you arranged for me, will I be looked down upon?"

Meng Bufan knew that today's incident made Meng Xiaofan feel very uncomfortable, so he didn't get angry when he saw him contradicting him. "Why don't you have friends? Aren't Qi'er and Xi'er your friends? Even the current prince can be regarded as your friends. ”

Who knew that Meng Bufan's comforting words made Meng Xiaofan even more angry when he heard it, he dropped the wine glass in his hand, stood up and shouted: "Do you think the prince will really take me as a thief as a friend? That's because he called me a brother and brother for Chen Qi's sake." And Chen Qi, why are you better to him than to me, an apprentice, why do I have to rely on him to get the respect of others, why do Senior Sister Ding and Ouyang Susu like him......

Meng Bufan and Meng Xiaofan were sitting in a corner, just blocked by a big tree, and although Meng Xiaofan was very angry before, his voice was not loud, so the conversation between their master and apprentice did not attract the attention of others, but Meng Xiaofan's roar not only shocked Meng Bufan, but also attracted everyone's puzzled eyes.

"What are you talking about, thrasher!"

Meng Bufan didn't expect Meng Xiaofan to say more and more disagreeable, so he got up in anger and slapped Meng Xiaofan in the face, this was the first time Meng Bufan really hit Meng Xiaofan.

Meng Xiaofan covered his face, pointed at Meng Bufan and said, "You actually beat me?"

After finishing speaking, Meng Xiaofan covered his face and ran away, he didn't want to be exposed to everyone's strange gaze.

"You ......"

Meng Bufan wanted to stop him, but then he thought that Meng Xiaofan was angry at this time, and he would definitely not stay here any longer, so he watched him leave in a daze, did not speak again, did not chase after him, just looked at the right hand that he had slapped Meng Xiaofan just now, and then sat on the ground. He didn't understand why Meng Xiaofan seemed to be good brothers with Chen Qi, why he actually had such a big grudge against Chen Qi hidden in his heart, was it really because he liked Chen Qi too much and ignored him? In fact, he loved him more than anyone at any time. Could it be that he was really jealous of Chen Qi's glory? What Chen Qi got was earned by himself by his own ability, and if you practiced hard, you could do it! Even if you can't have Chen Qi's achievements, being a chivalrous man in a dignified manner is equally respected. He likes Xi'er......

Meng Bufan shook his head, then picked up a wine jug and drank it in one gulp......