Leaving the flower hall, Li An breathed a sigh of relief and glanced at Xia Jinyi. If it wasn't for this subordinate, he really didn't want to give up, and he didn't want to turn against Xiao Lan and Li Hanyou. Besides, these two people were really hateful for disregarding their own face. If they really let them kill Xia Jinyi, wouldn't he become an incompetent person who can't even protect his subordinates? It seems that Lu Jingzhong is right, Fengyimen must take good precautions, otherwise I'm afraid that one day he will be successful. A puppet in the hands of others, a puppet emperor. Thinking of this, he said gently: "Jin Yi, you go and summon Lu Shaofu to come over. You have something to ask him. I will let your senior guard guard tonight. You might as well go out to relax, it will also be stressful."
Xia Jinyi said with tears in his eyes, "Thank you for your kindness, Your Highness, my subordinates are willing to serve His Highness."
Li An said with a smile: "Don't worry, I won't have time tonight. You have been almost inseparable this year, and you must be very tired. I have no way to compensate you for today's matter, so I will give you a day off. Go out and relax, and bring a few more subordinates, so that no one will take the opportunity to plot against it."
Xia Jinyi quickly thanked him and said, "Thank you for your grace, Your Highness, my subordinates will go to invite Master Lu."
Li An waved his hands and said, "Go ahead, there are some things that you can't do alone, so don't worry about them." Xia Jinyi blinked and said in a low voice, "The status of this subordinate is humble, and the matter of life and death is small, but the honor of His Highness is being treated by others. Stepping on your feet is tolerable, but unbearable." Li An's expression changed slightly: "Forget it, don't say more, I go to see her at the Crown Princess first, and you go to ask Lu Shaofu." Xia Jinyi respectfully Respectfully backed down, his lowered eyes were full of pride.
Sitting in the study that he hadn't entered for a long time, Li Jing quietly looked at Lu Jingzhong, who was sitting opposite. After a long time, he said lightly, "Are you also persuading King Ben to kill Xia Jinyi?"
Lu Jingzhong respectfully said: "Xia Jinyi's life and death ministers don't care, it's just that if Fengyi Sect and His Highness are separated over this matter, it will not be worth the loss. If His Highness is willing, the minister naturally hopes that His Highness will not offend Fengyi Sect."
Li An said angrily: "Fengyimen don't take loneliness too seriously. Xia Jinyi is just a fortunate minister. He can neither hurt the lone king's great cause nor compete with them for power. They are too arrogant."
Lu Jingzhong smiled and said, "This is just to express anger. Some of the things you did, Your Highness, are just romantic affairs for the ministers, but for them, it is unbearable, but they can't blame Your Highness. We have saved face, we should appease them now, the situation is not very favorable for us, your Highness must not destroy the Great Wall by yourself."
Li An nodded and said: "Young Master is polite, you said who killed Liang Jinqian that day, so that it's hard to tell?"
Lu Jingzhong frowned and said, "Speaking of this matter, this minister has also thought about it. After thinking about it, in addition to King Yong, there are two people who are most suspicious."
Li An said with interest, "The last time I asked you, you said that King Yong was the most suspect because he killed Liang Jinqian, and the one who benefited the most was King Yong, but now you have said two more people, who is this person? "
Lu Jingzhong said lightly: "It is possible for King Qi Li Xian and King Qing Li Kang."
Li An was stunned and said: "Although King Qing has hatred with Fengyi Sect, he is respectful to Gu, how could he do such a thing, and King Qi, he and Gu are on the same boat, how could this be so? ."
Lu Jingzhong sneered and said: "It is said that King Qing is suspected, it is the minister who found out that King Qing has placed a lot of people in the capital in recent years. Yizhou is rich, but it is comparable to the prosperity and splendor of Chang'an. Besides, the revenge of killing his mother is not shared. Now that Fengyi Gate protects His Highness, he will naturally oppose His Highness. When Fengyi Gate was biased towards King Yong, he Isn't it difficult for King Yong to be everywhere? The minister recently captured King Qing's spies, and under torture and interrogation, he learned that when Liang Jinqian was killed by the poison, Ye Tianxiu, the first master of King Qing's men, was in the capital. How could he let this bodyguard leave his side?"
Li An's expression changed, and he said coldly: "If it is really him, what do you think should be done? Do you want me to say a few words in front of the father and deal with him?"
Lu Jingzhong shook his head and said, "No, Your Highness, King Qing has no chance of inheriting the great lineage, so His Highness should cite support, not to mention that in the future, His Highness will rely on King Qing to check and balance Fengyimen, how can we deal with him, and there is no real evidence. It proves that King Qing did it, but His Highness should be careful, these days, King Qing's people are more and more arrogant in Chang'an."
Li An nodded and said, "Then how could the young master think of King Qi again?"
Lu Jingzhong said: "His Royal Highness King Qi was originally His Highness' right-hand man, but in recent years, His Highness has been a little cold to him. In fact, it's no wonder His Highness, although King Qi has always been an enemy of His Highness King Yong, he has never been willing to go too far. It is only natural for His Highness to suspect King Qi. Over the past year, King Qi has requested to guard the border several times, but you have rejected them. In King Qi’s view, His Highness deliberately obstructed him from making meritorious deeds. In the eyes of His Royal Highness, King Qi wanted to avoid the tit-for-tat situation with King Yong. In fact, I felt that His Royal Highness and King Qi were both correct. Although King Qi did not say it, he was indeed a little jealous of King Yong, and His Highness did not allow it. He did not want him to become more famous when he went to war, and His Highness is also guarding against King Qi, after all, if two tigers fight each other, there is bound to be an injury, is this what Concubine Lan advised you?"
Li An said: "I also think Concubine Lan is right, and King Qi is too arrogant. This king always thinks that he is a little disrespectful."
Lu Jingzhong stroked his beard and said: "Well, what Your Highness did is not wrong, but it would be better if you could comfort King Qi, after all, King Qi is your general who protects the sky, so you can't be guilty. If he didn't have King Qi's army, I'm afraid King Yong would have rebelled long ago."
Li An took it seriously and said, "You're right, I'll invite Sixth Brother over in a few days to persuade him and let him stay in the capital with peace of mind. Are you afraid that there will be no wars in the future?"
Lu Jingzhong said meaningfully: "Actually, there is another person, and His Highness should also think of ways to win over him."
Li An looked at Lu Jingzhong, Lu Jingzhong smiled and said, "Xiahou Yuanfeng."
Li Anshi smiled and said: "Xiahou has long been a member of this king. It's not that you don't know that their father and son have already taken refuge with this king?"
Lu Jingzhong said with a sneer: "Your Highness now has most of the power in the hands of Fengyi Sect. The people of Fengyi Sect heard the order of Sect Master Fan Huiyao. Today Sect Master Fengyi supports you, and they will help you. Tomorrow, if the sect master of Fengyi supports King Qi or King Qing, they will change their ways. His Highness has secretly recruited a lot of desperate people in the past year, isn't it just to build up his own military power, Xiahou Yuanfeng is strong in martial arts, and he is favored by the emperor. If His Royal Highness can make him sincerely obey, then he will be a sharp blade in His Highness's hand. Now Pei Yun, the commander of the Northern Battalion of the Imperial Guard, is already a man of King Yong. Although he still respects King Qi so much, he has nothing to do with His Highness. What kind of favor? Xiahou Yuanfeng once defeated Pei Yun, and it would be a pity that His Highness did not take him under his command. As long as you are a corporal polite, and drag Xiahou Yuanfeng onto our boat, then there will be an extra martial arts scheming. Shen Shen is a good player, and he can command him without going through the Fengyi Gate. But His Highness is so detached from him, it would be a pity to let this person go."
Li An was a little uneasy, and it was inconvenient for him to say that he rejected Xiahou Yuanfeng in his heart, just because this person was always very mysterious and could not be seen through. He said, "You say, how can I win him over?"
Lu Jingzhong lowered his eyes and said, "I heard that Your Highness has recently acquired a soft sword, which cuts gold and breaks jade. It is very precious. Xiahou Yuanfeng likes soft swords the most.
Li An smiled and said: "What kind of treasure do I think it is, it turns out to be just a soft sword. Although this soft sword is precious, it is just a plaything for this king. I will send it to you tomorrow."
Lu Jingzhong saluted: "His Royal Highness has been remonstrative, and this minister is grateful."
Li An smiled and said, "Okay, this year, I have endured enough, and you should think of a way to let me get out of this bad breath."
Lu Jingzhong smiled and said, "How difficult is this? Now that things have changed, it's a good time for us to fight back. If Your Highness thinks there's nothing in the way, we'll start with Pei Yun."
Li An frowned and said: "What role can a small guard commander play? The father also appreciates him very much. I think it's better to change someone."
Lu Jingzhong said: "Selecting Pei Yun, one is that he is very close to King Yong now, and to attack him is also to kill a hundred, and secondly, this person has caused Fengyimen to lose face, we can attack him through Fengyimen. , In this way, Fengyimen and Shaolin take over the deep feud, and His Highness can better control Fengyimen. Moreover, His Royal Highness Qi Wang also appreciates Pei Yun, just to warn Qi Wang, if the time comes, if If King Qi pleads for him, His Highness can sell his favor to King Qi, anyway, His Highness just wants to go to his official position, and his life is not important."
Li An nodded and said, "So where do we start?"
Lu Jingzhong smiled slightly, approached Li An's ear, and whispered a few words, Li An smiled happily, and said, "Tell Xiahou, if the matter is successful, I will definitely be rewarded, and I will never treat him badly." People looked at each other and smiled, with endless cruelty in their laughter.
It was a good night on a moonlit night, with the beautiful woman on the side, but Xia Jinyi was sad, lying on the soft gums, he stared blankly at the roof, today he brought a few guards to this famous brothel, and after feasting with everyone, He was drunk and helped a stunning famous prostitute into the embroidery room, but after entering the room, he came to his senses. After some cloud and rain, the famous prostitute was cuddling beside him, but Xia Jinyi was empty in his heart. For him, he would prefer to have a good sleep with Xiuchun in the prince's mansion, but he also knew that since the prince had something to say, it would be better for him to come out, but today's shock of life and death made him still have lingering fears, and now he is even more He desperately wanted to see Jiang Zhe, otherwise he didn't know what to do next. While he was thinking about it, someone suddenly knocked on the door lightly.
Xia Jinyi was startled, looked back to see that the prostitute was already asleep, but still worried, tapped her acupuncture point lightly, then walked to the door, stood behind the door, gently opened the door, only to see a small girl in Tsing Yi. The maid walked in with her head bowed and a pot of tea in hand. The little maid glanced at the low-draped bed, put the hot tea on the table, and seemed to be about to turn around to go out. Out of the corner of her eyes, she saw Xia Jinyi looking at her coldly. She seemed startled and covered her head. Heartbroken.
Xia Jinyi smiled apologetically and opened the door. As a gift, the little maid walked to the door with the tea tray, and was about to go out. Xia Jinyi was about to move away when the little maid suddenly took out a sleeve arrow from her sleeve and pointed at Xia Jinyi, Xia Jinyi was shocked, he knew it was three Hidden arrows that can easily penetrate light armor within ten steps, but now the distance between the two is only three steps, and even if they want to dodge, they can't force them away. But since this little maid did not make a move, it means that there is still room for change. Xia Jinyi looked at the little maid calmly, she had raised her head and looked at him with a smile.
Xia Jinyi was stunned. It turned out that this little maid was someone he knew, one of Jiang Zhe's entourages, Chi Ji. Chi Ji's appearance was originally beautiful and handsome, but she was not tall, but she actually looked like a maid. Xia Jin Yisong After a sigh of relief, he whispered, "Brother Chiji, you scared me to death." Then he said excitedly, "Why, do you want to see me?"
Chi Ji smiled and said, "Young Master is waiting next door, please ask Master Xia to come over."
Xia Jinyi looked at his body, how could he meet someone like this, but if it was cleaned, the prostitute would inevitably be suspicious tomorrow. After thinking for a while, he picked up the robe, put it on his body, followed Chi Ji out of the door, and quickly stepped into a wing next to him. After entering, I saw Jiang Zhe in a cyan silk robe, sitting on a chair, looking at a chessboard on the table with a leisurely attitude, and beside him, a young man in azure clothes stood and played chess with him.
As soon as Xia Jinyi saw the two people, he stepped forward and bowed down, "Xia Jinyi is meeting Lord Jin An."
I stood up and stretched out my hand to help each other: "Young Master Xia, don't be too polite, Jiang can't afford it."
Xia Jinyi stood up respectfully, as obedient as a servant, and I couldn't help but be overjoyed. Originally, I thought that he might not want to obey my orders, so he prepared a way to threaten and persecute him. There's no need to force it.
After gesturing him to sit down, I smiled and said, "For more than a year, Young Master Xia has been deeply loved by His Royal Highness the Prince, and I can't imagine that he still remembers the old man."
Xia Jinyi stood up and said, "After saying goodbye to your lord last time, Jin Yi longed for a goodbye. Over the past year, Jin Yi has tried his best to deal with it, only hoping to help your son. If your lord can fulfill one of Jin Yi's wishes, then Jin Yi will do his best. Yiqing is willing to smash to pieces to repay the kindness of adults."
I looked at Xia Jinyi thoughtfully, and there was an answer. I used to force him to serve. This year, he has been very favored, but he still does not forget the old covenant. I was a little strange, but listening to him I only have a good idea of what I have said. If I don’t ask for something in my heart, how can I do this.
I was not in a hurry, and said slowly: "Please tell me in detail, Young Master Xia. If you ask for something, Jiang will definitely consider it carefully."
Xia Jinyi bowed down and said, "If your lord can help Jin Yi to bring that Princess Jingjiang into ruin and death, no matter what the lord says, Jin Yi will obey."
I was slightly taken aback, and said, "Xia Jinyi, you were originally a prodigal son of the rivers and lakes, but Li Hanyou is the prince of the clan, and now he is the honor of the princess. In terms of the status of the rivers and lakes, he is also the senior brother of Fengyi Sect. How could you have any grudge against you?"
A look of resentment flashed in Xia Jinyi's eyes, and he said tragically, "What kind of imperial clan and princess, Li Hanyou is just a pheasant pretending to be a phoenix. Although his feathers are gorgeous, he is a vicious, ungrateful, and ungrateful person."
I was shocked and said, "Tell me in detail, if it is true, Jiang will definitely decide for you."
Xia Jinyi's expression became very stern, and he slowly said: "Xia's original name is Xia Quan, and the family has a single line of three generations. Although the blood is thin, the family is happy, and the hometown is remote. We all share the joy of our family. Because we were worried that our blood would be cut off, when Jin Yi was five years old, his parents adopted a girl, which is equivalent to marrying us as soon as I became an adult. I gave birth to six or seven daughters in a row, and I couldn't support them, so my family had a child bride. My parents loved her very much and asked her to study with me. She read and read with one eye and ten lines of action. I was also ashamed. It's a troubled world, if I learn some martial arts, I can defend myself, so I'm very happy, she was only seven years old at the time, and she also dragged me to go home to see her often."
"Learning martial arts deep in the mountains, I don't know how old I am, and when I just achieved something and finally got permission from Master to go home to visit relatives, I was sixteen years old and she was eleven years old. Although she was young, she already knew about personnel. My mother is sickly. In order to celebrate the wedding, I married her under the auspices of my parents. Although she was still young and didn’t have a consummate marriage because I still wanted to practice martial arts, we were already married and married. Soon after we got married, I returned to the family again. We arrived at Kongtong, but although we were young, we made a covenant with a white head. Unexpectedly, within two months, I received a letter from the clan saying that my parents had died, and I rushed home in a hurry and asked The people of the clan knew that just after I left, some women with swords passed by the village one day. It is said that they had gone the wrong way. My father was the patriarch, so they treated me warmly. Who would have expected them to meet my wife and say that she was qualified. Wushuang, we are going to take her away, my parents naturally refused, but they persuaded my wife, I don't know what they said, but in the end my wife willingly followed them, leaving them only forcibly stay The hundreds of taels I paid was said to be a redemption for my wife. My mother died of grief and anger, and not long after that, my father also fell ill and died. I examined my father's injuries, and it turned out that the meridian was injured by someone's yin hand. Who did it do? I also want to take revenge, but I'm not stupid. I asked those women about their attire, and I knew their identities. Besides Fengyimen, where are there so many women who use swords, but Kongtong has a covenant with Fengyimen. No matter how well I practice martial arts, what can I do, I can't take revenge on me. So I was disheartened, and since then I have been depressed, and I was expelled from the division within half a year. Drifting on the rivers and lakes for many years." Xia Jinyi was already in tears when he said this.
I said solemnly: "You mean that Li Hanyou is your wife, do you have any evidence?"
Xia Jinyi raised his head and said, "You can't be wrong. Although her temperament has changed a lot, I will never admit it. She is my wife, Qiao Cuiyun. Although she is elegant now, she and I grew up together, and her appearance still remains. With the traces of the past, I will not admit her little actions wrong, if the adults don't believe it, the villains also know that she has a red hemorrhoid on her waist."
I was really stunned. I didn't expect that Li Hanyou was not born in the clan, so how could she become the princess of Jingjiang