Chang Zuihou

Ye Piao has been to the Changzhou Mansion many times, but because of his lack of money, he has never entered the famous Fenzhi Residence.

But this time, when Li Xiao brought him here, he lived in the best guest room in Fenzhiju, and even ordered a banquet worth a thousand taels.

It seems that hooking up with a rich and powerful lover is not a bad thing.

When going upstairs, Ye Piao happily followed behind Li Xiao.

After ordering food and wine, the two returned to the guest room, took off their snow-covered mink fur coat, took off their gloves, adjusted their skirts and hair crowns, and went to the private room on the second floor.

As soon as he entered the door, Ye Piao saw Fang Hongfei, whom he hadn't seen for a long time. The other party was still serious, as if he had been waiting for him for a long time.

Sure enough, as Li Xiao said, Fang Hongfei was already in Changzhou Mansion.

Ye Piaosheng has a bold personality. Although Fang Hongfei offended him many times, he didn't take it seriously. He felt that Fang Hongfei was mainly loyal and his heart was commendable.

"Master Hou, you have worked hard all the way."

Fang Hongfei stood upright behind the screen in light clothes, and when he saw Li Xiao coming in, he immediately lowered his head.

"En." Li Xiao responded casually, inviting Ye Piao to sit down.

He glanced at Fang Hongfei who was standing stiffly aside, this time he was very considerate.

"Hongfei, don't stand still, come on, sit down too, and have a few drinks with Brother Ye and me today."

"Thank you, Lord."

Fang Hongfei bowed his hands to salute, and as soon as he sat down, he was busy pouring wine for Li Xiao and Ye Piao.

"Master Hou, Hanxue Wine is here, please try it."

"Oh? This is Hanxue wine?" Ye Piao came here for the wine, but he didn't expect to drink it as soon as it arrived. He couldn't help taking a closer look at the clear wine in the glass, put it under his nose and sniffed, faintly Fragrant.

Li Xiao nodded slightly, took a sip of his wine, and suddenly took a deep breath.

"It's so cold, the aroma of the wine goes straight to the heart with the coolness, and it really has a long aftertaste."

Ye Piao couldn't wait to take a sip, her lips and tongue were refreshed, and when the wine drank from her throat, a cool smell of wine immediately rushed into her lungs, and the taste in it was indescribably wonderful.

"You should drink this wine in small sips. If you drink too much at one time, you may hurt yourself."

Fang Hongfei waited on him carefully, and took a sip of wine himself.

Li Xiao put down his cup and began to eat vegetables with his chopsticks. This time he and Ye Piao had been on the road for days, but they didn't eat anything good on the road. This was torture for him who always pays attention to food.

While tasting the table of expensive dishes, he asked Fang Hongfei beside him, "Is there anything wrong with this matter?"

Fang Hongfei's complexion changed slightly, and then he smiled and said, "Everything is in order. Don't worry, Lord Hou."

Ye Piao drank a few glasses of Hanxue wine by himself, his heart and lungs trembled from the cold, and he dared not drink more.

He shook his head, but he didn't want to give up the aroma of the wine, so he had to eat a few mouthfuls of vegetables to warm his stomach.

"What are you talking about? It's such a pleasant talk."

Seeing Li Xiao and Fang Hongfei whispering at the side, he couldn't get in the conversation, so he had to ask casually.

Li Xiao put a prawn in oil for him and put it in a bowl, "It's nothing, it's just about the village. There are so many people, they have to eat anyway. Come on, hero, eat a piece of prawn." Try it out."

Ye Piao was teased by him, but because Fang Hongfei was here, it was inconvenient for him to have a fit, so he could only stare at Li Xiao who was full of smirks.

Fang Hongfei saw the two talking and laughing, and took the opportunity to mention that General Qin wanted to see Li Xiao.

If such a thing is brought up at this time, it will not arouse suspicion.

"By the way, Lord Hou, Mr. Qin knows that you have come to Changzhou Mansion, so he must catch up with you. He said that he is waiting for you tonight with a banquet at the Picking Spring Garden."

Of course Li Xiao understood Fang Hongfei's meaning, he quickly nodded casually, "Okay, got it. Just go and meet him tonight."

He turned his head, and without waiting for Ye Piao to speak, he smiled and said: "I have an appointment with old friends tonight, so I feel wronged that you are here alone."

"Picking Spring Garden?"

Although Ye Piao has never been there, Picking Spring Courtyard is like Fenzhiju. It is well-known in Changzhou, and it is one of the must-visit venues for romantic people.He cast a sideways glance at Li Xiao, and said sarcastically, "I already knew that you didn't come here just to drink some cold snow wine."

Seeing Ye Piao's strange expression, Li Xiao thought he had discovered his conspiracy with General Qin, but he was not sure what the other party was thinking, so he just smiled and followed his words and asked, "I don't know what Brother Ye means by that?"

Ye Piao turned the wine glass, raised his neck slightly, and drank another glass of wine.

"Didn't you come here for prostitution?"

Li Xiao was taken aback for a moment, then burst out laughing, he exchanged glances with Fang Hongfei, immediately put his hand on Ye Piao's shoulder, and whispered in his ear: "You're overthinking, it's just that Mr. Qin is a romantic man, that's why you're so kind." Throw a banquet at the Spring Garden. I promise I will come back to accompany you before midnight."

"Who wants you to accompany me! I don't know how much fun I have had without you being around. Just in time, if Director Fang is free tonight, please accompany me to visit Changzhou Mansion."

Ye Piao patted Li Xiao's hand away, and looked at Fang Hongfei with a smile.

"Master Hou..." Fang Hongfei didn't dare to agree immediately, but asked Li Xiao instead.

Li Xiao silently sipped his wine, nodded after a while, and told Fang Hongfei lukewarmly: "Alright, tonight you can take a good stroll with Brother Ye, lest he get bored."

"As ordered."

Fang Hongfei answered Li Xiao's words with his head lowered habitually.

For some reason, his usually calm eyes suddenly showed some turbulent emotions.

But soon, this emotion disappeared, and when he raised his eyes to meet his master, everything returned to the original tranquility and obedience.

The procuress of Picking Spring House knew that there were some distinguished guests coming tonight, so she simply declined the business of other benefactors, and sent all the most beautiful girls in the building to the rooms reserved by General Qin on the third floor, but later these girls were all taken by Qin. The general drove out.

That night, it snowed again in Changzhou.

Compared with Ling Yunfeng, the snow is much smaller.

Li Xiao wore a sable fur cloak, led the dark cloud, and came to the Spring Picking Courtyard with a serious expression. When the young man on the steps saw him, he immediately stepped forward to take the reins of the horse, and respectfully invited Li Xiao to go upstairs.

"Master Hou, the general has been waiting for you for a long time."

The boy quietly left a whisper beside Li Xiao, and led Wuyun to the side to tie it up.

An imperceptible smile soon appeared on Li Xiao's face, he lightly lifted the hem of his long fur, and his boots embroidered with silver thread calmly stepped across the threshold of Spring Picking Garden.

Go here, doomed not to turn back.

Before midnight, Li Xiao returned to Fenzhiju as expected.

Ye Piao seemed to have fallen asleep, the room was dark and the lamp was not lit.

Afraid of waking Ye Piao up, Li Xiao simply took off her boots outside the door and entered barefoot.

But as soon as he entered, he saw a black figure sitting on the bed, and then Ye Piao's gloomy voice sounded in the room.

"You're back?"

"Ah... yes. It must have been before Zishi. They are all Mr. Qin, so they must have a few more drinks when old friends meet."

Li Xiao could hear that Ye Piao was in a bad mood, thinking that he blamed herself for the long delay in the Picking Spring Courtyard, so she hastily made up a lie.

He took off his cloak, slowly pulled Jin Qiu's belt, and sat beside Ye Piao by the bed.He took out Ye Piao's slightly warm hand and asked, "Are you unhappy?"

Ye Piao didn't answer, and what kind of expression he had was hard to see in the darkness.

Suddenly, he grabbed Li Xiao's hand that was loosening his clothes with a backhand, and his voice was strangely hasty, "We will return to Baishui Town tomorrow."

"Tomorrow?" Li Xiao frowned slightly.

Two days later, it will be the time when the little emperor Shengjia visits the Changzhou mansion in person, and it will be the day of his rebellion.

His seven years of painstaking efforts are only two days away from being realized, and how can he return to Wuzui Mountain Villa again.

There, I am afraid that except for a few servants who stayed behind, everyone else has come to Changzhou Mansion.

"Didn't we just come here? It's rare to come out, why don't we stay for two more days before leaving."

Li Xiao couldn't see Ye Piao's expression clearly, but felt that he was a little weird tonight.

Ye Piao let go of her hand, chuckled coldly, and asked Li Xiao,

"Master Hou, are you sincere to me?"

Li Xiao smiled, thinking that after all, Ye Piao still felt jealous because she had gone to Pick Spring Garden. It seems that this famous hero who is famous all over the world will be so coy at times.

Li Xiao immediately went up, kissed Ye Piao's cheek, and whispered in his ear: "Sincere sincerity, heaven and earth can learn from each other. If you don't believe me, I will take off my clothes and show you, but you can find a place on my body that is good for you. Not sincere."

As he spoke, he took off the brocade fur that had been half taken off, pulled away his inner garment, revealing his hot skin, and quickly took off his clothes in front of Ye Piao.

"Don't you believe me, Brother Ye?"

Li Xiao smiled and pulled the quilt over, covering him and Ye Piao together.

After a while, there was a lingering sound of rubbing ears and temples under the quilt, and Ye Piao's clothes were quickly thrown out.

"I'm drunk, often drunk."

Ye Piao leaned against Li Xiao's back, her indifferent voice was very low.

I don't know if it's because the night is too cold, Ye Piao worked very hard tonight, Li Xiao felt a little pain, and a layer of sweat soon formed on his skin.

He moaned intermittently, lost in his wonderful fantasies.

It won't be long before he can leave the gloomy Wuzui Mountain Villa and start his new life.

He has missed the rising sun of the Golden Temple for many years.

"Sometimes it's better to be drunk than awake."

He gasped with a low laugh, his legs involuntarily spread further apart.

Tonight, he thought, probably they were all just drunk.

Two days later, the emperor's Luanjia finally entered the Changzhou mansion.

Li Xiao and Ye Piao, who had arrived in Juli, were driven out by the officers and soldiers early in the morning to meet Sheng Jia.

The tidy sound of long live resounded through the streets and alleys of Changzhou Mansion. Even those who could not see the emperor kneeled down neatly and chanted unified slogans neatly.

Li Xiao also bowed his head and knelt, he hated this posture.

Long live is a lie, the emperor is also a lie, no one is born to rule the world, today, he will turn the world upside down.

Ye Piao knelt beside Li Xiao indifferently, he raised his head slightly, and saw the high-spirited young emperor riding slowly towards this side on a tall sweat horse.

Those handsome eyebrows, upon closer inspection, were indeed somewhat similar to Li Xiao, worthy of being an uncle and nephew.

He turned his head again and looked at Li Xiao who had been silent all this time, only to find that the other party's face was filled with an unprecedented smug smile, almost paranoid.

"Qin Lang, General Chen Zhendong, greets His Majesty, and may my emperor live long and live long."

The Zhendong General's Mansion was heavily guarded, and the emperor's Luanjia had already stopped at the door.As the general of Zhendong, Qin Lang had already made preparations and knelt in front of the door for a long time.

"Excuse me, General Qin, please get up."

The young and handsome emperor Xiao Ling sat on the bloody horse, waved his hand lightly, and looked at the orderly group of soldiers at the gate of the Qin Mansion.

"With so many people, it seems that General Qin is very concerned about my safety."

Xiao Ling laughed, got off his horse, and walked towards the Qin residence with a few guards.

Facing the emperor, the courtiers could have respect or fear in their eyes, but at this moment, Qin Lang's eyes showed a coldness that did not fit his identity.

He closely watched Xiao Ling's footsteps, only waiting for him to step into the gate of his house, and immediately ordered the emperor to be taken down.

Xiao Ling walked to Qin Lang's side, and suddenly stopped in his tracks. At this time, he was less than a foot away from the gate of the Qin Mansion.

"General Qin, your family has been loyal and loyal for generations, why did you do such a treasonous thing when you came here!"

Xiao Ling's voice rose suddenly, and the guards around him had rushed to Qin Lang's side, and surrounded him with knives by surprise.

The sergeants who were waiting for Qin Lang's order were all panicked when they saw this scene, but they all acted as if they were going to move forward with their guns.

And the Imperial Forest Army led by Xiao Ling himself also stepped forward, and they were on the verge of breaking out with Qin Lang's soldiers.

Qin Lang was furious, and regardless of the sword and axe, he resolutely ordered, "What are you waiting for, don't worry about me, take down the emperor!"

Xiao Ling sneered, drew his sword in front of him, and pointed at the sergeants who were about to act rashly, "You have parents and children in your family. Wouldn't it be a pity if you harmed your clan because of this incident? Put down your weapons, and I will not only forgive you!" You are innocent, and each of you will be promoted to one level, and you will be given a hundred taels of gold!"

These sergeants originally thought that the opposite had been revealed anyway, so they might as well rescue Qin Lang with all their might, and then plan again. How could they have thought that the emperor would forgive them so easily, and there were still rewards to be won, except for a few people who swore to be loyal to Qin Lang , and others all put down their weapons and knelt down together.

Seeing that the important matter was over, Qin Lang sighed and asked Xiao Ling, "Your Majesty, it's not that I want to turn against you. It's just that King Ning has a great favor to my minister, and I have to repay it. Now, I have nothing to say, I just hope Your Majesty's benevolence, it can be seen that I have made a lot of military exploits for our dynasty, if I spare the lives of my wife and children, then I will rest in peace under the nine springs."

"Okay, I will only blame you for this matter, and I will forgive your family."

Xiao Ling knew that Qin Lang's death was over, so he didn't stop him, and turned around slowly.

When Qin Lang heard Xiao Ling agree to his request, he immediately knelt down and kowtowed to him three times, drew his knife and placed it around his neck, and asked, "I don't know something. It's a secret. It stands to reason that you shouldn't know, Your Majesty. Who leaked it?"

"The first emperor knew that King Ning's ambition would not die, so he secretly arranged someone to be by his side early in the morning, and what he was waiting for was today."

Xiao Ling's young face showed vicissitudes that were not suitable for his age. After he heard Qin Lang's long sigh, everyone exclaimed.

"Qin Lang's family has served the country for three generations. If they hadn't been bewitched by King Ning, they wouldn't be here. Let's bury him honorably."

He ordered Qin Lang's body to be carried away, and then led them into the Qin residence.

Xiao Ling sat down in the Qin Mansion, took a sip of tea, and immediately ordered non-stop, "Fang Hongfei, go and arrest Xiao Li as originally planned, and I will leave for Beijing immediately to avoid long nights and dreams. His uncle brought him back to the capital alive."

At this moment, Fang Hongfei, who was supposed to lead the White Water Army to raid the capital, suddenly appeared in front of Xiao Ling.

He stood in front of Xiao Ling solemnly, and only when he turned around did he show some helplessness and pain on his face.

But at the same time, he also had to admit that at this moment, his heart also felt a bit of pleasure for revenge against Chang Zuihou.

After seeing off the emperor's Luanjia, Li Xiao and the others returned to Fenzhiju, he returned to the guest room, while Ye Piao drank downstairs.

As soon as he came back, he stood at the window and looked into the distance, waiting to see the signal that Qin Lang would light up when he was done.

"Oh, it's on fire, isn't that the direction the emperor is going?"

Not long after, people who came to live there saw smoke drifting away from the place where the emperor was walking along the street, and that was the Qin residence.

"Okay!" Li Xiao slapped the window rail, full of joy, and shouted excitedly.

He gathered up his excitement, and hurried downstairs to ask Ye Piao to go to the Qin Mansion together, and then explain everything to the other party.

At that time, the emperor was already in his hands, as long as he comforted Ye Piao with clever words and fickle words, this man who knew his loneliness would definitely not abandon him.

As soon as he stepped down the stairs, there was a noise from the street. Li Xiao went to the window to take a look, and saw Fang Hongfei who shouldn't be here.

A bad feeling immediately made him stand on the spot, his proud eyes suddenly dimmed.

"Come here, surround this place, don't let anyone escape!"

Fang Hongfei got off his horse, and a group of soldiers behind him immediately surrounded Fenzhiju.

While ordering people to surround Fenzhiju, he brought in a dozen or so Ouchi guards with superb martial arts skills.

All the noise and noise seemed to have nothing to do with Ye Piao.

He sat by the window, drinking wine quietly, his eyes lingering on the clear wine.

It was as if he was alone in a dream that only belonged to him.

Li Xiao quickly calmed down.He quietly avoided those panicked diners, and quickly came to Ye Piao's side, he didn't have much time to explain anything, he took Ye Piao's hand and asked him to leave with him.

"Ye Piao, hurry up. Fang Hongfei brought someone to arrest me."

Ye Piao shook off Li Xiao and held her hand, her eyes still fixed on the wine in the glass.

"Why did Fang Hongfei arrest you?" He smiled and took a sip of his wine, and the corner of his eyes slowly swept across Li Xiao's pale face.

Li Xiao suddenly understood.

He thought he believed in one wrong person just now, but he didn't expect it to be two.

"It seems that Fang Hongfei has colluded with you."

Li Xiao clenched his fists and rattled, he touched the long sword at his waist, and pulled it out with a bang.

Ye Piao finally drank the last drop of wine in the jug, he regretfully poured down the empty jug, and sighed, "It's gone."

Then, he stood up, his right hand already touched the hilt of the sword.

He stared at Li Xiao coldly, just as Li Xiao stared at him coldly.

"Chang Zuihou, how long do you want to lie to me and use me?! I trust you in vain, but I never thought that you are still a traitor with evil intentions!"

Only now did Li Xiao fully understand everything. He only believed in one person wrongly, and the other person just didn't believe in himself anymore.

"So, you asked me to go back to Wuzui Mountain Villa with you that night. You still want to save me."

He smiled with some relief, after all, flowers are also floating, and leaves are also falling, and the most ruthless Ye Piao still has feelings for him, but unfortunately, he couldn't grasp it.

In Ye Piao's eyes, there was a strong killing intent that only appeared when the other party was about to die.

In the blink of an eye, Piao Lingjian made a move, and before Fang Hongfei led someone to kill him, he wanted to deal with Li Xiao himself.

It was not the first time Ye Piao had seen Li Xiao's swordsmanship, the two had often sparred in Wuzui Villa.

It's a pity that this time it's no longer a competition, but a fight for life.

Fang Hongfei stopped the guards who wanted to rush up to round up Li Xiao, and told them to stand aside.

That's right, that night, he was the one who told Ye Piao about Li Xiao's rebellion, and in order to encourage Ye Piao to defect, he even made up many unbearable lies to make Ye Piao hate Li Xiao.

Ye Piao regards himself as a hero, so he will certainly not endure Li Xiao's rebellious behavior, let alone the other party's despicable intentions of using him to achieve his goals.

He already knew there would be this battle.

After this battle, regardless of whether Li Xiao or Ye Piao is dead or alive, all the friendships between the two before will be wiped out.

Lord Hou, it was you who pushed me to this point.

Fang Hongfei sighed silently, but his eyes couldn't help the look of joy.

When Li Xiao was fighting, he took a distracted look at Fang Hongfei from time to time.

From the look in the other party's eyes that no longer concealed loyalty and obedience, Li Xiao seemed to know that this time, he was really doomed.

Presumably, Qin Lang had already lost, and Prime Minister Sui, General Chen, General Liu, and Duke Ding could not succeed either.

Even his most trusted people have betrayed him, what else can he expect?

Ye Piao's sword is still as merciless as before, with deadly moves.

Li Xiao luckily held back Ye Piao's sword, and forced a faint smile on his pale face.

"You must kill me?"

Ye Piao didn't speak, only the murderous look was clearly written on his face.

He pressed his wrist and raised the sword, and stabbed obliquely at Li Xiao, while Li Xiao swung the sword across to break away from Ye Piao's sword.

Suddenly, Li Xiao's sword fell from his hand, and his whole body appeared defenselessly under Ye Piao's sword.

But at this moment, Ye Piao's sword miraculously stopped, and stopped less than half an inch away from Xiao Xiao.

"What are you doing? Pick up your sword and go on!"

"No need."

Li Xiao smiled, looked at Ye Piao's sword, and then at Ye Piao's face, it was really chilling.

"The general situation is over, I am already a trapped beast, why bother to struggle hard and bring shame on myself, if you want to kill me, do it."

No one noticed that Fang Hongfei's face became unusually gloomy. He nodded, and the guards behind him immediately rushed up, drew their swords and pointed at Li Xiao.

"There is an order from above to ask Master Hou to return to Beijing alive. Daxia Ye, you should stop."

Fang Hongfei glanced at Ye Piao who was still pointing his sword at Li Xiao, and he found that he still hated this person so much.

Ye Piao raised the corners of his mouth coldly, and the sword in his hand finally moved away slowly.He glared at Li Xiao, and finally reprimanded,

"Do you know that if you provoke a rebellion, how many people will be displaced and how many soldiers will be killed on the battlefield? Is being emperor really that important to you?!"

Li Xiao slightly bent the corner of her mouth, and glanced at Ye Piao lightly like a smile.

Such a result, who does not know?However, for him, is there any other way to choose?

Ye Piao saw Li Xiao who was standing proudly in front of her without speaking, her gaze sank, and the sword in her hand jerked downward, and Li Xiao immediately knelt down unsteadily.

Fang Hongfei was taken aback, and hurried forward to check on Li Xiao's injuries, only to find that his right foot was bleeding, which soon stained the silver boot red.

It turned out that Ye Piao actually picked his hamstring.

Li Xiao was sweating from the pain, he looked down at his right foot, then looked up at Ye Piao, and smiled miserably at him.

"Not everyone thinks like you for the sake of the world! I'm not that kind of person, I just want to get back everything that belongs to me! To achieve my goal, I will do whatever it takes. This is my belief in Chang Zuihou."

"Do your own fault, don't live."

Ye Piao threw down these words fiercely, annoyed that Li Xiao's affairs were still stubborn until now.He was about to turn around when he heard Li Xiao laughing sadly behind him.

"Ye Piao, have you forgotten what you promised me? It doesn't matter if you forget, I don't need you to accompany me for the rest of my life!"

Cherish the person in front of you.The old fortune teller's words pierced Ye Piao's ears like a thorn.

Ye Piao felt her hand holding the sword tremble.

He put the sword back into its sheath, and wanted to turn around to look at Li Xiao one more time, but he seemed to have lost the courage, so he turned his back and sat at another table, grabbed the remaining wine on the table and poured it down.

It is said that a thousand worries can be solved when one is drunk.

Ye Piao heard Li Xiao's stern laughter, but her sorrow was even more sorrowful.