Banquet

At noon, a private plane slowly arrived in Beijing.

After the plane arrived, no one left for a long time.

The man closed his eyes slightly, as if taking a nap.

There are many small countries on this diplomatic visit, and it took countless mental and physical energy.

The mission could have made minor adjustments before returning to Beijing.

But that one insisted on returning to Beijing immediately, and refused to stop for a while.

After a long journey and exhausted mentally and mentally, he was so tired that he fell asleep on the plane.The accompanying officials thought.

Naturally, everyone in the mission didn't dare to ask, after all, the man who looked kind was actually iron-blooded and thunderous.

The accompanying officials did not dare to make decisions without authorization, so they asked in a low voice: "You are tired, so go home first?"

"No." The man said lightly, "Go to Xiyuan."

Then the plane door opened slowly, and a group of officials, headed by that one, rushed towards the exit.

The news of this person's arrival in Beijing just arrived, and Gu Yan was having a meeting in the conference room.

The secretary entered the door and whispered a few words in his ear.

Afterwards, Gu Yan announced the suspension of the meeting, and changed into a more solemn formal attire. He wore the pair of pale gold cuff buttons as usual, his eyes softened slightly when he put on the cuff buttons, and then turned into a deep chill and murderous intent, and turned around. go out.

"Oh, here you are."

Long Ye was leaning on the car, seeing Gu Yan's upright and serious face, he still spoke casually.

Gu Yan glanced at him, and said mockingly, "Are you nervous?"

With a little smile in his eyes, he joked, "That's right, of course I'm very flustered after not going back for so long."

Tatsuno's Adam's apple moved slightly, and then said harshly: "Fart."

Gu Yan smiled faintly, his black suit and white shirt were very close-fitting, which made his figure even more powerful, and his slender figure, coupled with his handsome and profound features, made him as noble and calm as the proud son of heaven.

"Let's go." He said casually.

Tatsuno snorted coldly and sat in the driver's seat.

The black car, like a ray of light and shadow, rowed into the sea of ​​cars, and then disappeared.

This house is located in the imperial city.

The house is designed in imitation of the mansions of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, with majestic brackets and green dragons engraved on them.

The majesty and arrogance of the supreme position can be seen here at a glance.

"Here is the design drawing made by my mother." Long Ye said lightly.

There is masculinity, but there is also feminine beauty.

Gu Yan looked towards the west pillar, and there was a clear and clear lake under the relief carved with jade, in which thousands of sages grew.

It was the cold winter, and the lotus leaves were left only withered.

Even if you can't see the scene of thousands of miles of lotus blossoms, you can still imagine the beauty of the hostess standing in the corridor.

"She's a talented woman."

Gu Yan thinks of Shen Yu in his heart, and he can understand that person to a certain extent, but the past is just a dream, happiness is always as unreal as a dream, no matter how magnificent the real scene is, what is the point.

The corner of Tatsuno's mouth showed a precarious and lonely arc: "However, it has only been three years since she passed away, and the new couple was married in."

There is a fish pond in the courtyard, with white jade as the wall and pebbles as the bottom, in which several gorgeous koi shuttle.

The surrounding area is quiet, but Gu Yan knows that the guards here are all the top security personnel.

They are the most elite troops, so elite that even their own breathing is subtly controlled, so that ordinary people will not notice it.

Passing through this fish pond is the main hall, where the man sat and waited for a long time.

"Uncle Xue."

The man nodded slightly, his eyes fell on Tatsuno, the corners of his lips raised slightly, and then disappeared.

Long Ye didn't care about his expression, straight to the point, routinely disobeyed: "I don't want to come to this ghost place at all."

That person didn't get angry, the superior had been sitting for a long time, and his energy-raising skills were top-notch. Facing the provocation from his parents and children, he just said indifferently: "Then you go out."

Long Ye raised his feet and left. Before leaving the door, his eyebrows and eyes were raised, he was extremely arrogant, and then he showed a mocking expression: "For the sake of my mother who died early, please do some human affairs."

These words were quite harsh and sharp, and they were released undisguisedly with the resentment and hostility that had lasted for years.

For a moment, it was as if a giant blade had slashed across the air at the slightly soft atrium of that person, dripping with blood and devastated.

His face was calm, showing no emotion at all, watching Long Ye leave, the man just lowered his head and took a sip of water without saying a word.

The previous mistress of the Xue family was a daughter of the Xu family who was talented in the capital. She had a son and a daughter. The eldest son was named Xue Huaihe, namely Long Ye, and the eldest daughter was named Xue Huaijin. She was currently studying abroad.

The birth mother, a confidante, died prematurely.

In the following three years, the Guo family continued to enter the family, but has not been pregnant so far.

"The dog has no reason, I made you laugh." The man spoke slowly, breaking the silence in the room.

As a junior, Gu Yan would not comment on this even if he had a good relationship with Tatsuno, but smiled slightly.

"With the door closed, small fights at home are always the faux pas of the younger generation. It's just that if you open the door to the country, the scandal that will come out is the real big joke."

Gu Yanyun's calm words seemed to point to something, piercing the illusion of calm and pointing directly at the rugged truth.

"What's the meaning of this?"

The man spoke casually, as if he didn't understand the meaning behind it.

"A few months ago, a vicious explosion occurred in Jiafu City. Two people were killed and dozens were injured. It was not a scandal."

"However, after intervening in the investigation of the Central Procuratorate, it was discovered that the murderer was once a close servant of the head of state. He died on the spot after the explosion. Uncle Xue, do you think this is a scandal?"

The man smiled slightly, covered the teacup and said calmly: "I thought you were going to ask me for a favor, but I didn't know that you came here to give me a favor."

"If you want me to accept your favor, Gu Yan, your face is really not small."

At the end of the words, there is already awe-inspiring momentum.

Gu Yan folded his hands, put on the elegance of Mr. Pianpian, and said sincerely: "I am here to ask for your grace."

"Those who steal the hook will be punished, and those who slander the head of state will die hard."

These words clang and clank, but they have the meaning of a bright sword coming out of its sheath, a tiger roaring and a dragon chanting.

"I would like to be the pawn of the emperor, sweep away the remnant stars and the dawn moon, and return your name."

The man smiled slightly, showing some appreciation unabashedly: "If you were born a few years earlier, you must be my right-hand man. It's a pity."

He got up and stood up, looking down at Gu Yan condescendingly: "Help you, win my name for me, and at the same time accept the favor of the Gu and Zhao families; let you go, kill you, don't touch you, the development of the situation is far beyond my control." In control, it seems to know what is right and what is wrong at a glance."

Under his power, Gu Yan was not afraid at all. He knew that he was walking on high-altitude steel wire nets and talking to the most noble people in this country, but his heart was calm, like an old monk in meditation.

The leaves fell silently, occasionally there were a few clear sounds of carp leaping from the depths of the pond, and the rest was silence.

This silence was extremely unusual.

When Tatsuno suddenly realized, several figures jumped down from a high place, and then several black figures jumped out of the corridor and beside the bushes.

Tatsuno never expected that he would encounter such a thing as being ambushed at his own house. The dozen or so people were not hurting, but capturing alive. They cooperated with each other tacitly, and the means of restraining Tatsuno were also extremely strong and without leaving any room.

"Master Xue." The leader shouted respectfully.

"In that case."

After a long time, the man spoke slowly.

"You can go, I will have someone bring you the information you need later."

Gu Yan got up to thank him, and suddenly saw Long Ye being escorted by several people.

Gu Yan looked back at the man.

His eyes are calm, but there is a dark light in the depths.

"Your son has lived abroad for many years, and he returns home today. I will have a small gathering with him for a few days. Does Young Master Gu have any objections?"

Gu Yan's eyes were deep, and he suddenly shot back those people, saying: "Outsiders don't dare to make more beaks, as long as Tatsuno wants to stay, I naturally respect him."

Long Ye snorted and said: "Let me get together with him, it would be easier to blow me up."

"Have you figured it out?"

Gu Yan said lightly: "If he doesn't want to stay, I will take him away."

His expression seemed to be calm and breezy, but his figure did not give in at all, and he did not make half a compromise.

The man glanced at Tatsuno and signaled to let him go.

The guards in the courtyard stopped blocking them and allowed the two to leave.

When Tatsuno went out, for some reason he felt that the man was much older than he was when he was young.

Shaoxiao was only seventeen or eighteen years old when he left home, and he is now in his thirties.

He looked back suddenly.

The man seemed to have been waiting for him, showing him a faint smile.

After the two left, he still stood where he was.

"Didn't you say that you should detain the eldest son and prevent him from going out to cause trouble?"

The last person in the guard group stepped forward and asked.

He is this person's confidant, and he is also taking care of Tatsuno's old man for many years.

The man smiled faintly, and said: "Compared to the difficulty of the unknown, the human heart is the most difficult to guard against."

"You have done a good job following him these years, and you will continue to follow him in the future."

The guard bowed his head in response, and then added——

"General Gu and you are not of the same mind. Doesn't it matter if the eldest son is close to the Gu family?"

The man said lightly, "Did you see Gu Yan?"

"He used to be a stubborn stone at the foot of the Five Elements Mountain, and he refused to be educated, but now he has carved it into a piece of rough jade by himself." The man expressed his appreciation.

"The road to power is like conquering a steep mountain, densely covered with cracks, full of ice cellars, and constantly avalanche.

Ordinary people think that unfeeling and patience can climb the peak, but it is not.

The extraordinary road is full of dangers, so you need people to protect your back and stand in front of you, and you need people who are truly virtuous and have kindness. "

"I chose this group of people for my son, and Gu Yan has become such a person, it makes me feel emotional."

The last leaf on the tree slowly fell into the pond, causing ripples.

He stared at the withered tree for a long time, then said slowly——

"Go and bring Huaijin back, I want her to invite Tatsuno back."

The author has something to say:

The problem of power is like conquering a steep mountain, densely covered with cracks, full of ice cellars, and constantly avalanche, towering in front of the western spirit, blocking the passage of the whole human being.

If people want to enter the fertile plains of the future, they must go beyond this historical Himalayas.

—From Guillermo Ferrero, "Power"