Yang Yuanba returned to the capital in the afternoon, and he broke up with Shan Xiongyi and his party at Mingdemen, and Yang Yuanba returned to Yang's mansion.

Although Yang Yuanba didn't like Yang Mansion, especially when his grandfather Yang Chudao was not in the mansion, he was very reluctant to live here, Yang Mansion made him feel an indescribable depression, although under the pressure of his grandfather, Yang Mansion had given him the treatment of a son-in-law, but Yang Yuanba still felt a kind of hidden gaze behind him, like a needle piercing people, that was a kind of jealousy and dissatisfaction.

However, Yang Yuanba had no place to go for a while, he could only go back to the Yang Mansion temporarily, fortunately, he had a single courtyard, and once the door was closed, he could ignore the affairs of the Yang Mansion.

Came to the gate of Yang's mansion, Yang Yuanba turned over and dismounted, he was about to lead the horse into the mansion, but two people walked out of the mansion, talking and laughing, they were thirty-four or five years old, with fair skin and elegant temperament, but they were all wearing official uniforms, and they were actually four-grade uniforms.

These two people are Yang Yinglong's younger brothers, one is Yang Wanshi, the other is Yang Renxing, they are Yang Zhidao's concubines, mainly responsible for running the grange in the Yang Mansion, but in the past two days their brothers were elated, the two of them because of their father's Ping Yang Liang's merits, they had to be crowned with the four products and three divisions, and even the housekeeper Yang Yingting also had to be awarded the honor of the official with the three divisions, and the Yang Mansion was rewarded with 50,000 horses of silk and 1,000 horses of Ayaluo, so that the entire Yang Mansion was like a festival.

"Yo, isn't this Yuanba, where have you been all this time?" the two brothers asked with a smile.

Yang Yuanba secretly sent an envoy to Youzhou, and his official was announced in Daizhou, most people in the capital did not know, and only a very few people in the Yang Mansion knew about it.

Yang Yuanba smiled and bowed, "Two uncles, I've been out for some time here." ”

"Oh, you're busy, we're out on business. ”

The two brothers only said hello to Yang Yuanba lightly, turned around and left, the two of them didn't take Yang Yuanba to heart at all, in fact, they took it to heart, but they just used this indifferent way to express their contempt for Yang Yuanba.

Yang Yuanba has rarely seen these two uncles since he was a child, and he only meets by chance during the New Year's holidays, he is a little strange in his heart when these two uncles were made officials, why didn't he know at all?

"General Yang!"

Someone called him behind, Yang Yuanba turned around, and saw three young men standing not far away, Yang Yuanba recognized him, the leader was the guard officer under the King of Jin, named Yu Qingjuan, the latter two were very young and seventeen or eighteen years old looked like a pair of brothers, Xue Wanjun, and the younger brother Xue Wanche, was a pair of sons of Xue Wanxiong, the general of the right guard.

"It turned out to be General Yu, two Brother Xue, why are you here?"

Yu Qingjuan stepped forward and smiled slightly: "We were ordered by the King of Jin to wait for you to come back, and we have been waiting for you for a long time." ”

Yang Yuanba was stunned, how did King Jin know that he was coming back today?

"Is there something wrong with His Royal Highness King Jin?"

"King Jin may have something more important to ask General Yang to go, if General Yang is convenient, please go with me now. ”

Yang Yuanba didn't have anything to do when he returned to Yang's mansion Last time Yang Zhao treated him well, but he didn't say goodbye, he should go and see him.

"Okay! I'll go with the general. ”

"Two Brother Xue, how is the martial arts recently?"

"Yuanba, let's compete with Ma Lance when we have time. ”

The Xue brothers are strong in martial arts, and they have always wanted to compete with Yang Yuanba, and Yang Yuanba readily agreed, "Okay! ”

Before Yang Yuanba came to Yongchang Fang, a team of more than 100 guards escorted a carriage out of the workshop, with a purple pennant on the roof and the word 'Jin' written on it, which was the carriage of the King of Jin.

"Yuanba!"

Yang Zhao, the king of Jin, saw him from afar, and leaned out of the car window and waved to him.

Yang Yuanba urged him to immediately step forward and give him a deep salute, "See His Royal Highness the King of Jin!"

Yang Zhao laughed and said: "Last time, you ran fast, but you disappeared without saying a word to me, and you should be punished with three glasses of wine." ”

Yang Yuanba also smiled a little embarrassedly, "Last time...... It was a bit of a surprise. ”

"Don't talk about it, I know what's going on, how about it, get in the car and talk to me. ”

Although Yang Zhao is very fat, he is enthusiastic and refreshing, Yang Yuanba felt that he had something to say to himself, so he smiled happily: "Then it is better to be respectful than to obey your fate." ”

He handed over the war horse and the sky-breaking lance to the guard officer Yu Qingsi, and got into Yang Zhao's carriage himself.

When I entered the carriage, I found that the carriage was unusually spacious, like a room, with desks and bookshelves, and there was a little scholar of eight or nine years old, and the carriage was very comfortable, covered with a thick carpet, and there were two paintings of Wei and Jin celebrities hanging on the wall, and the carriage walked all the way without feeling bumpy.

"Just sit down!"

Yang Zhao smiled and invited Yang Yuanba to sit down, and then instructed the little scholar, "Pour a cup of tea for General Yang." ”

Yang Yuanba sat down opposite Yang Zhao, and asked with a smile, "How does Your Highness know that I am going back to Beijing today?"

There was a hint of cunning in Yang Zhao's smile, "Not only did I know that you were back, but I also knew that you had a conflict with Yang Lai's people on the ba, right!"

Yang Yuanba understood, and he also smiled: "It should be said that because I had a conflict with Yang Lai's people, His Highness only knew that I was back." ”

Yang Zhao laughed, he gave a thumbs up, "Yes, smarter than I thought, but......

Speaking of the word 'but', Yang Zhao's smile disappeared, his expression became serious, and he looked at Yang Yuan domineeringly: "But with Yang Lai's character, he won't let you go, you have to be careful yourself, don't be plotted, the gang of people under him can do anything vicious." ”

"Thank you Your Highness for your concern, I will definitely be careful. ”

Yang Zhao smiled, and said seriously: "In fact, the power pattern in the capital is very complicated, you must not only be cautious and cautious in the capital, but also pay attention to some forces, don't easily provoke them and bring unnecessary trouble to yourself." ”

After a pause, Yang Zhao sighed again: "My father wanted to move the capital to Luoyang and weaken the power of the Guanlong nobles, but the Guanlong nobles had strong opposition in the court, and my father was not long on the throne, and he couldn't suppress them, so he had to endure this breath, and yesterday his father was furious about it, but he was helpless." ”

Yang Yuanba nodded silently, the Guanlong nobles are very well-connected in the military, and they control almost a large part of the army, and Yang Yuanba has also heard of these northern scholars, but he is not very clear, so he asked: "Can Your Highness simply tell me about the humble position?"

"I can really only briefly tell you that the relationship here is too complicated. ”

Yang Zhao smiled bitterly and said: "In fact, the entire Tianwu Dynasty is a gate valve, there are many large and small gate valves in the world, at least there are thousands, but in the upper power structure, in fact, there are three major factions, one faction of the royal family, needless to say, and then the Guanlong aristocratic faction and the northern scholar faction, and the Guanlong aristocratic faction is mainly represented by two families, one is the Dugu family, the other is the Yuan family, and other Guanlong gate valves, such as the eldest grandson, Yuwen, Hou Mo, Li, Yu, etc., are basically attached to these two. ”

After a pause, Yang Zhao saw that Yang Yuanba was listening attentively, so he continued: "And the gate valve of the northern scholar clan is also represented by two families, one is your Hongnong Yang valve, and the other is Wenxi Pei valve, similarly, other northern clan clans such as Xingyang Zheng clan, Fanyang Lu clan, Qinghe Cui clan, Taiyuan Wang clan, Bohai Gao clan, Southern Xiao clan, etc., are also attached to these two major scholar clan gate valves, saying that it is dependent is actually a combination of political interests, there is no master-slave relationship, and it is simple. ”

Yang Yuanba nodded silently, he probably understood a little, he didn't care about this complex relationship of interests, and he wasn't interested, then he remembered something, so he asked, "Which gate valve does He Fubo belong to?"

Yang Zhao thought for a while and said: "He Fubo, like Han Jinggong, is also a Guanlong noble, his father He Ruodun has a very good relationship with Dugu Xin, and He Fubo often has dealings with the Dugu family, especially with Dugu Luo, He Fubo was almost executed by the emperor's grandfather for several crimes, it was Dugu Luo who begged Queen Dugu to intercede, so he was spared, Yuanba, if there is a little Dugu family invites you to a banquet, it is definitely not a good banquet, maybe it is a Hongmen banquet, you have to be careful." ”

Yang Yuanba nodded and said, "Actually, I don't think that King Qi will directly trouble me, I suspect that he will take advantage of He Fubo's personal enmity with me to provoke He Fubo to deal with me." ”

"Not bad!"

Yang Zhao admired Yang Yuanba's cleverness, he sneered and said: "Now that Yang Lai is trying his best, he will not offend your grandfather, it is indeed possible to kill people with a knife, this is his usual specialty." ”

The two talked all the way, the carriage slowly stopped, and the guard said outside: "Lord Wang, it's here!"

Yang Yuanba looked out through the car window, and saw them parked in front of an extremely large mansion, which made Yang Yuanba suspect that this was the imperial palace, "Your Highness, this is ......"

Yang Zhao smiled slightly: "Don't ask, I'll take you to meet someone." ”

The carriage stopped at the side door, and several eunuchs were already waiting at the door, and they stopped and saluted, "Your Highness, the princess has been waiting for a long time. ”

"Princess?"

Yang Yuanba was stunned in his heart, what kind of princess could this be?

Yang Yuanba looked at Yang Zhao suspiciously, but Yang Zhao didn't say anything, and said with a smile: "You just come with me." ”

The two eunuchs helped him to the inner mansion, Yang Yuanba was confused, and followed Yang Zhao into the mansion, the mansion occupies a huge area, but there are not many buildings, and there are not too many precious flowers and trees, and large forests can be seen everywhere, although it has passed the Mid-Autumn Festival, the trees here are still green, most of them are evergreen trees in all seasons.

The delicate buildings are hidden in the dense shade of the trees, and the small river gurgles, making people feel as if they are in the forest, everything remains in the original state of the forest, and Yang Yuanba feels that this place is very similar to the West Inner Garden that he used to hunt.

Crossing a small bridge, they entered the inner house, the inner house is still densely shaded, and the outside is integrated, but the trees have also become much more precious, the southern pear, camphor, the western region peach, white cadima, etc., can be seen in the inner house.

To Yang Yuanba, the owner of this place is a person who loves green trees and nature, I don't know which princess lives here?

They walked across a white jade bridge and slowly stopped, and several eunuchs were very careful, and their steps were slight, lest the footsteps alarm the front.

In front of it is a white jade platform surrounded by beautifully carved balustrades, and under the platform is a pool of water, in which groups of red carp are tumbling up and down for food.

On the platform stood a woman, tall, wearing a snow-white wide gauze skirt, black hair draped over her shoulders, like a waterfall, without any jewelry on her body, although the dress was simple, but gave a sense of beauty and elegance, her temperament and the surrounding forest and lake were integrated, as if she was a fairy in the forest......

She had a piece of wheat cake in her hand, and her slender white fingers crumpled the wheat cake and threw it into the lake, allowing the fish to compete for food.

Yang Zhao stepped forward to give a salute, "Imperial Aunt, I brought Yang Yuanba." ”

Yang Zhao's call to the imperial aunt made Yang Yuanba suddenly realize that he knew who this fairy-like woman was. ！。