Lu Baijie and Cao Changqing came to Xieyi Garden together. Mr. Tangxi’s courage impressed Xu Fengnian. Even he himself regarded Cao Qingyi as a jackal. Lu’s family is based in the south of the Yangtze River. Although it is thousands of miles away from Beijing, it is not as good as Beiliang. The sky is high and the emperor is far away. Now that the rich and powerful are on the decline, and the strategy has turned into internal strife, His Majesty the Emperor's control over the noble family is becoming more and more satisfactory. Once Lu's family is known to have "an affair" with Cao Changqing, it may implicate the patriarch Not to mention that Lu Daolin lost the noble position of Guozijian Jijiu, it is hard to say whether he can get out of the capital alive.
In this way, with Lu Baijie and Cao Changqing present, the dinner party in Xieyi Garden became more lively. At this table, there were two people on the list of martial arts critics, plus a Tangxi Sword Immortal. It was rumored that it would scare people in the world. Northern cold dishes on the table accounted for two-thirds, and classic Jiangnan dishes also accounted for one-third. The bowls and dishes were all made by the official kilns in the south of the Yangtze River. The inscription style, Cao Changqing looked down at the red inscription "Heaven, Earth and Spring" on a small purple-mouthed iron-footed porcelain bowl in front of him, sighed, and looked quite regretful, the bowl is fragile, and the bowl is broken, how can it be called The last elegant thing is just that outsiders don't know Cao Changqing's scholarly spirit, and they just regard it as a master whose mind cannot be guessed.
On Xu Zhihu's left, Xu Fengnian's right, Jiang Ni, did not show favoritism, and they all served dishes. Occasionally, the Prince of Beiliang and Princess Taiping put chopsticks on the same plate. According to the previous situation, Xu Fengnian probably had to go through a lot of fighting to win. This time Jiang Ni beat the eggplant, and when she saw Xu Fengnian stretched out her chopsticks, she withdrew her hand. The meal was not lukewarm, but Yu Youwei looked the most indifferent and calm on this table. Anyone with a discerning eye could see Xu Zhi Hu was not close to this woman who was born as an oiran, and after entering Lu's residence, he didn't say a word.
After a sumptuous dinner, Xu Zhihu took his younger brother for a walk. Jiang Ni, the old sword god Cao Qingyi and Lu Baijie stayed in the Xiyi Garden to enjoy the shade. Xu Zhihu sat in the pavilion by the lake and said worriedly: Mud is determined to win."
Xu Fengnian rubbed his cheeks, seeing no outsiders nearby, he said flatly: "This officer Cao said that as long as he is willing to hand over his Princess Taiping, he will kill Chen Zhibao."
Xu Zhihu gasped, frowned and said, "Really?"
Xu Fengnian laughed at himself: "As an official Cao, how can you make fun of me, a junior."
Xu Zhihu said to himself: "Do you think this is the way our father has long thought of?"
Xu Fengnian frowned and said, "Sister, do you mean that Xu Xiao expected this day? An outsider Cao Guanzi will break the game? Would it be too amazing? You must know that Xu Xiao's chess skills are really unsightly, keep up with Yin Xuegong Wang Jijiu can kill you and me. Besides, Xu Xiao may not have the intention to kill Chen Zhibao."
Xu Zhihu thought for a while, and said carefully, "If you can kill or not, keep Chen Zhibao, you can slowly compete for the front, if you want to kill, then let you come forward as the executioner, maybe you can Liwei, but it is too much loss to us in Beiliang. Apart from his status as a foster son, Chen Zhibao is also the second most powerful person in Beiliang after our father. My son, I may not be willing to be your stepping stone. Once there is civil strife in Beiliang, the court will have nothing to worry about. Zhang Julu and Gu Jiantang are sworn enemies. Escaping, to Beiliang, is not only divided and the morale of the army is broken, but Chen Zhibao may be the second Gu Jiantang!"
Xu Fengnian nodded with a smile and said, "Indeed, Gu Jiantang has never been able to defeat Xu Xiao in his life. It does not mean that Chen Zhibao, who has set up another family, cannot defeat me, a mediocre son. It seems that Cao Guanzi's move is in the best long-term interests of Beiliang. Either Xu Xiao has Li Yishan Such an expert's advice, or it was purely a mindless and unreasonable hand, was hit by him crookedly."
Xu Zhihu asked softly: "Fengnian, are you planning to release him?"
Xu Fengnian turned his head to look at the twilight, and said to himself: "If you don't let go, you're a little bit hard-headed. Anyone can fight against Cao Changqing desperately. The worst thing is to lose their life. I don't seem to be good at it. After all, Xu Xiao He is quite old, so he can't just add trouble to him. What's more, the personal relationship with Cao Changqing must have crossed the bottom line of the man in the capital, even if Xu Xiao dare not say that he can't handle it all. I am sure that I am not really ignorant to the point of being fearless, His Royal Highness, and I cast the big bait to kill Chen Baiyi, I guess I am secretly enjoying myself right now?"
Xu Zhihu asked in a low voice: "I like that girl very much?"
Xu Fengnian made a heartless grimace and said with a grimace: "Is it possible not to like it? After watching it for so many years, the longer it gets, the better it looks. I can never get tired of watching it. Of course I like it."
Xu Zhihu sighed, "Do you just like it?"
Xu Fengnian was stunned for a moment, this is not a problem, it seems that he has never thought about it.
Xu Zhihu touched his younger brother's brow, and asked with a smile: "Sister, I'm curious, who are you afraid of?"
Xu Fengnian smiled and said: "Of course, I'm afraid that the eldest sister will be unhappy, and the second sister will be angry."
Xu Zhihu shook his head, and said seriously: "I'm not talking about this, but you are really afraid of the kind of person who can't sleep."
Xu Fengnian hesitated for a moment, and said slowly: "I'm afraid that the man in the capital will find it troublesome to kill someone with a knife, so he will finally tear his face and kill him with a knife himself."
Xu Zhihu hummed, deeply convinced. The man in the capital is fine if he is a wise emperor in the general sense, but things are not simple. Diligent administration has almost reached a morbid state. It stands to reason that this kind of abnormal diligent administration behavior can only appear in those founding emperors who were born in civilian clothes, but Since he ascended the throne, he has been governing the world with the same vigor as an old farmer who bought a few acres of land with his life savings. Received more than 1,500 pieces of letters and more than 3,600 events from the six divisions of the three provinces at home and abroad! In fact, the royal study of the Ninth Five-Year Supreme was brightly lit almost every night until the third watch, so much so that it was rumored that the great eunuch Han Diaosi had to risk his life several times to directly remonstrate, begging for a little more rain and dew in the harem. Once in the palace, he summoned relatives from the south of the Yangtze River and wrote a poem, in which he said with a smile that all the officials had gone to bed and I hadn't slept, and that all the officials had not risen and I had risen. It is rumored that as soon as this poem came out, no one in the court dared to question the rectification of officials by the first assistant Zhang Julu. This kind of talent is probably the most diligent emperor, which meritorious official is not afraid? Loyal ministers are afraid of faint rulers, but powerful ministers are most afraid of wise rulers. The so-called one emperor and one courtier is just a little more glamorous and milder than the cunning rabbit and dead running dog, but it also reveals all the mysteries. How many old officials did not accompany the old emperor to go underground and continue to "dedicate their loyalty"
Xu Fengnian continued: "I'm afraid of Xu Xiao."
Xu Zhihu was surprised and joked: "It's so strange, anyone in the world can be afraid of the King of Beiliang, but you are all afraid of our father?"
Xu Fengnian murmured: "I'm afraid, I'm afraid Xu Xiao will grow old."
Xu Zhihu was silent.
Xu Fengnian said calmly: "Then I'm afraid that Chen Zhibao will rebel."
Xu Zhihu nodded, the answer is reasonable. Chen Zhibao is both a general and a general. Apart from his qualifications, he is really not inferior to Xu Xiao, the king of Beiliang, otherwise he would not have won the two nicknames of Zhanxian and Xiaorentu. If it is about the vicious means of confronting the enemy, it is even better than Xu Xiao. For such a hero, it is undoubtedly a blessing to be a friend, but it is a great misfortune to be an enemy. In front of the Xilei Wall, Jiang Bingsheng witnessed the scene of his wife and children being dragged to death with blood oozing from the corners of their mouths. Although it is not seen in any official history or unofficial history, all the authorities after the end of the Spring and Autumn Period have lingering fears. A master of military science in Shangyin Academy once said frankly that Chen Zhibao and Gu Jiantang, the only surviving military master, each had 100,000 soldiers and horses, and the outcome was between 50 and 50, but after giving 300,000 soldiers, it was Chen Zhibao who was sure of winning. Considering the premise other than the battlefield, it is enough to prove that Chen Zhibao is terrible. The imperial court didn't dare to suppress Xu Xiao excessively, and there was probably a reason for fear that Chen Zhibao would raise the flag to rebel with excuses. It must be known that the one in the capital had long been fascinated by the white-clothed war fairy.
Xu Fengnian suddenly smiled, squinted his eyes and said softly, "In the end, I was afraid of Lao Huang."
Xu Zhihu was completely stunned, with a puzzled look on his face.
Xu Fengnian smiled and said: "When traveling with him, I was worried all day long. I was afraid that he would die. Without Lao Huang, I would not be able to walk six thousand miles. After six hundred miles, I would die of exhaustion, starvation and boredom."
Xu Fengnian looked at his eldest sister, Xu Zhihu, and said: "We have survived six thousand miles, Lao Huang didn't die, I didn't die, I didn't die, but why did Lao Huang go to that shitty Martial Emperor City to die in the end?"
Xu Zhihu naturally couldn't give an answer.
Xu Fengnian raised his head and said, "It's good to die in Xishu, it's my hometown."
Xu Zhihu cried.
Xu Fengnian couldn't help laughing, and helped wipe away tears, "Sister, why are you crying, when Lao Huang fed you horses, every time you saw this old guy with missing front teeth, you didn't look good."
Xu Zhihu glared.
Xu Fengnian finally said: "Jiang Ni, I remember the first time we met, she was such a young girl, and she carried the national hatred and family hatred on her back. In fact, she doesn't understand national hatred or anything, but family hatred, I want her to talk to Xu Xiao Revenge, she is such a coward who is afraid of thunder, ghosts and ghosts, how dare she look around with her eyes wide open, and she is the best way to deal with this unscrupulous and lecherous prince? If not me, who is she? Go? Apart from her identity as Princess Taiping, there is nothing unusual about her. She will feel cold when she builds a snowman, and she will be afraid of being tired after washing clothes. The narrow-minded girl is not too stupid. With my backing, she dared to hold on to Princess Suizhu. She really treated everyone as an equal princess. Later, I was afraid that my heart would soften, so I wrote a swearing post , In the end, the second sister who returned to Beiliang gave me a hard time, didn't she hold grudges on me? Not only was she narrow-minded, she was also stingy, and she secretly counted copper coins when she had nothing to do, but it was not right to say she was stingy, and the talisman said give it away I sent it out. In the final analysis, she is a simple little girl. I can see all her scheming that she thinks she hides well. My mother once took Jiang Ni's finger and pointed to the girl's cheek and told me that those two dimples came from the ghost gate, Huangquan Road, and came to Naihe Bridge. Tang, jumped into the Wangchuan River under the bridge and was reincarnated after being flooded and scorched by the tenth life, just to find the person I cared about. Thinking that no matter what, I can't let this girl with two wine pits on her face be bullied by outsiders in this life."
Xu Fengnian narrowed his eyes and said with a smile: "Looking at it now, if she can regret it, she must have made up her mind to meet me in the next life at Naihe Bridge."
Xu Zhihu said helplessly: "Do you also believe this statement?"
Xu Fengnian nodded and said, "I believe everything my mother says."
Just as Xu Zhihu was about to tease him, seeing Jiang Ni shy away from entering the pavilion, he got up and walked out of the pavilion, pushing her up the steps, Xu Zhihu shook his head with a smile, and then left straight away.
After Guanzi Cao disrupted the situation, the delicate atmosphere of the two remained relatively silent.
Xu Fengnian took the lead and said angrily: "What are you doing, you are in debt? This son paid the money so that you can break it up?"
Jiang Ni turned her head, stretched out a small hand, and said angrily, "Two hundred and twelve taels of silver and seventy-two Wen."
Xu Fengnian sneered and said, "Okay, I'll convert it into copper coins, and let you leave here with a big bag on your back."
Jiang Ni snorted coldly, turned around and left.
After walking out of the pavilion, she turned her head and saw that he was facing the lake, his back was a little deserted.
After a long time, Xu Fengnian said: "Are you still going? No matter how powerful Guanzi Cao is, if he pushes this son into a hurry, he will be destroyed. Whoever lives and who dies depends on who is more arrogant, he or Li Chungang."
Jiang Ni's voice was like a mosquito: "Does it mean that if I leave, I won't be able to kill you?"
Xu Fengnian turned around and said with a smile: "Of course not. With Cao Guanzi and Lao Jianshen two masters teaching you, you might be able to kill me in a few years. Let's go, so as not to dangle in front of this prince every day, without you Now, remember to let me know before you kill me, I can sleep well, and I can sleep for a few years."
Jiang Ni bit her lip and said, "Then I won't leave!"
If Cao Guanzi, who is so romantic, will vomit blood if he hears this