Linque

When Chu Heng and Ling Qi arrived at Dali Temple, they happened to meet Yan.The leader of the Tianzi Shadow Guard took the initiative to bow his head to greet Yan Xiang, but Yan Mao's face was full of frost, his eyes passed Ling Qi coldly, and looked at Chu Heng who was two steps behind.

Yan Mao and Chu Heng met a total of three times.

On the fourth day of the winter month, Chu Heng was repelled by the emperor in court, and when he walked to the Hall of Jingcheng, Yan Mao passed him by, and it was the first time to meet this imperial servant who was rumored not to be pleased by the emperor.The moment the four eyes met, Yan Mao thought in a trance that it was Ji Wusu, who had won the ring in Xiaochongshan Waixue, who had come back to life.

Just based on his first instinct, he was almost sure that Chu Heng was not just "Chu Heng".

The second side was four days later, on the ninth day of the winter month, when Chu Heng was leaving the palace, Yan Mao sent someone to "invite" the former into the prime minister's residence, but Chu Heng did not leak any water during the open and dark trials.If Yan Mao hadn't met the stunningly talented Ji Wujuu with his own eyes, and if the two sisters Chu Xin and Chu Yan hadn't really shown their talents, maybe he would never have doubts about Chu Heng again.

Now it is the third side, in front of the main gate of Dali Temple.

These three times, Yan Mao saw "Chu Heng".

But right now, the moment the two people's gazes meet, Yan Mao recalls the fourth side that may still exist——

The day after Jun Ji Wuyue of Lishan Mountain stopped the assassins from helping the prince on the official road in Gyeonggi, the emperor invited him to the palace for a banquet to express his gratitude.In front of the Nuan Pavilion in Jingcheng Hall, separated by the long corridor and the rain curtain, Yan Mao and him once had brief eye contact.

As Yan Mao thought, even though Ji Wuyue was wearing a mask to cover half of his face, it could still be seen that there were no obvious signs of age erosion on his body - Mr. Lishandong was much younger than many people imagined.

And sometimes it was just such a coincidence that on the third day after Ji Wuyue left Beijing, Chu Heng recovered from his illness and returned to Yuqian.

Yan Mao stared at the imperial servant Mo standing quietly in front of him, the scrutiny in his eyes was undisguised, and he stabbed straight at Chu Heng.The latter didn't respond at all. After bowing slightly and calling "Master Xiang", he stood aside with lowered eyes and let him look at him.

The scrutiny in front of Dali Temple was finally interrupted by Ling Qi, and the leader of the Son of Heaven's shadow guards turned sideways indiscriminately, just in front of Chu Heng, blocking Yan Mao's sight.

Just at this time, Lu Mian came out of the official office, and the leader of the shadow guard came here according to the order, representing the will of the Holy One, and the prime minister also arrived, and he, the Minister of Dali Temple, wanted to come out to greet him in person.

Lu Mian and the two had saluted, but before he had time to be courteous, he looked up and saw the bright mocking look on Yan Mao's face, his eyes fell on Ling Qi who was blocking Chu Heng, he didn't know what he was thinking while his expression was changing, he was not kind Looking at the two of them intently, he finally sneered, flicked his sleeves and turned around to enter the gate of Dali Temple.

Lu Mian, who was left with an embarrassed face, looked at Ling Qi, smiled dryly, and smoothed things over. Fortunately, the latter didn't care about his appearance, nodded slightly at Lu Mian, and followed him in.

Yan Mao walked a few steps ahead of them, and went straight to the main hall where the discussion was held. He didn't say a word when he entered the door, but just looked coldly at Yun Fei who was sitting on the left side, and Yun Fei didn't even lift his eyelids as if he didn't see his father. He lowered his eyes and wiped the froth in the teacup on his own.

Yan Mao is the prime minister, the head of all the officials is at the Shangshutai, he can not take the initiative to speak, but others can't turn a blind eye, the elders of the Xu and Chu families are sitting in the hall, Zhong Pinghou didn't come here in person, the Chu family came It was one of Chu Heng's family uncles.

Xu and Chu have no deep friendship at first, but Chu Chen, the eldest son of the Chu family, is about to enter the court, and Xu Ao, the Marquis of Jiayong, is an official in the Ministry of Officials, so he can speak for himself in future appointments and assessments. He wanted to form a good relationship with the Xu family, but Chu Heng had a relationship with his son earlier, and it was fine if he failed to apologize and make peace halfway through, and now he and others beat Xu Shao solidly, the good relationship must not be considered up.

Zhong Pinghou is the person who knows how to weigh pros and cons. Now that the feud has been settled, and Chu Heng and Xiao Gaomin, Ye Shuli and Yan Yunfei did it together, and the other families have not apologized, of course Zhong Pinghou doesn't want them. Be the first to bow down, so as not to lose the Zhongli Chu family's reputation in front of other families.

Therefore, when Chu Heng's family uncle arrived at Dali Temple, he didn't say anything to apologize to Jiayong Hou Xu Ao, but just sat there like a wooden man, only waiting for Dali Temple to pronounce the sentence.

The atmosphere in the main hall was already stiff, but now with the confrontation between Yan Maoyunfei's father and son, it became even more frozen to the extreme.The people sent by several families stood up and greeted Yan Mao, but the latter didn't respond, and still stared at Yun Fei with cold eyes.

The few people in the hall are all Yan Mao's colleagues, they are all from aristocratic families, and they have some real power in the court. Yan Mao completely ignores them like this, and doesn't even say a word to them. Even if he is the prime minister, it is extremely rude .However, Jiayonghou Xu Ao and the uncle of the Chu family were also a little strange. Although they made a face-saving courtesy, they seemed to have no intention of waiting for Yan Xiang's response from the beginning. sat down.

As a junior, Ye Shuli also got up just now, seeing them acting like this, he couldn't figure it out for a while, so he had to sit down.Xiao Gaomin next to him was lazily leaning on the back of the chair. No matter who came in, he didn't see Shizi move.

So Ye Shuli decided to "don't be ashamed to ask", stretched out his foot and kicked Xiao Gaomin's calf, looked around at the people with different thoughts in the hall, and asked with his eyes.

Xiao Gaomin looked down at the clothes touched by the toe of Ye Shuli, and seeing that there was no dust on it, he put down his glass and glanced at him, and decided to "give me a lesson" for the time being, regardless of the fault of the villain.

There are people in the martial arts present, and they have the ability to listen to all directions. What Xiao Gaomin wants to say is hard to say clearly, so he has to write it down.

So Shizi didn't even think about it, he stretched out his arm and grabbed Ye Shuli's hand, holding his finger and just about to stretch it into his cup, he suddenly saw that the froth on the top of the tea had been skimmed off, and it was good tea. , I haven't had time to taste it, but I can't be ruined by Ye Shuli's fingers, so I immediately turned a corner and reached for Ye Shuli's cup.

Their tea was only added by the servants of Dali Temple, and it was still steaming hot. The eldest son thought it was too hot, so he was reluctant to use his own fingers, but he didn't feel soft at all when he dipped someone else's tea in the water.

Ye Shuli gritted his teeth. When he picked it up from the tea, his fingertips were a little red. Just as he was about to lift the table, he saw Xiao Gaomin holding his finger dipped in water and writing two words stroke by stroke on the table. ——

"Partisanship."

Most of Ye Shuli's anger was extinguished in an instant, and at the same time, Ling Qi walked in with Chu Heng.

The person who came from the palace was the leader of the Emperor's Shadow Guard. Ye Shuli pursed his lips slightly, and looked around at the people sitting around him again. He realized that their beating case itself was very simple, but there were too many forces intertwined behind it.

Yan Xiang, Xu Ao, Zhong Pinghou, Yonganhou, Lishan, and Su Lang and Han Chengmiao who will be pulled out at some point, behind these two are the government of Yingguo and the government of South Korea.

——Yan Dang, aristocratic family, pure ministers, neutral people in the government, neutral people in the opposition, except for the poor, their extremely simple case has almost brought together all the parties in the court.Among them, although Yan Xiang was born in the Yan family of Tanchuan, he had already rebelled against his clan and stood on his own feet.

Dayin's court situation is treacherous. Han Zhuo, the Duke of Han, and Su Que, the Duke of Ying, are both serious emperors, and they can be regarded as pure ministers.

Aristocratic clans like Zhong Ping Hou Chuhong and Jiayong Hou Xu Ao are able to unite externally, but internally they refuse to accept each other. They only want to consolidate their own status, and from time to time the various aristocratic families have to fight each other.

The Yan Party headed by Yan Mao doesn't stick to either side, but he is not the same as the few neutrals in the court. Yan Xiang is a faction of his own, he doesn't deal well with anyone, and he just finished laughing at you today , Tomorrow you can turn your face immediately.Tossing and tossing about the aristocratic family in the morning, at noon the blade is facing the poor family, and a few quarrels with Chunchen in the evening—a day in the life of Dayin Prime Minister Yan Mao.

The neutral people in the opposition, there is no one else in the sixteenth generation's family, and they are talking about them, the Lishan Ye family.On the contrary, among the neutral people in the court, the most powerful one is the Xiao family who is next to Ye Shuli, who doesn't even move their buttocks.

The Xiao clan of Yichong is an aristocratic family, but it does not represent the aristocratic family party that can often stand on the opposite side of the imperial power.Xiao Gaomin's father, the Marquis of Yong'an, Xiao Wencong, had the title of deputy prime minister. He was an official in the middle of the book order, and also served as the governor of the Privy Council. However, despite his high position and authority, Marquis of Yong'an was not in the imperial capital for half a year, and occasionally came to the court meeting. Lord Xiao Hou never expresses his position easily, and rarely gets involved in the military and political affairs of Kyushu, but even so, no one dares to treat him as an invisible person.

——Whether in the government or in the opposition, or in politics or the army, the Yichong Xiao family has an influence that no one in Kyushu dares to underestimate.

The leading generals of all parties in Dayin can be roughly divided into four lines in terms of their origins. One is the origin of the emperor's personal guards, such as being the emperor's shadow guard or serving in the imperial guards; Among them, most of them were from the northern region, and most of them were born under the command of the emperor's mother family, the northern region Gu family.The first and the second are the direct descendants of the Son of Heaven, and the third is the generals from various aristocratic families.

The first three lines are all on the bright side. As for the fourth, you can’t tell if you don’t look closely. There are some generals in the army who have nothing to do with the obvious, but you can find out when you spread out the books and put them together. After studying martial arts in the martial arts sect, he just started to join the army.The most of them are the outstanding ones from Yishan Academy, the No. [-] Martial Arts House in Kyushu. Although these people joined the army a little later, no matter the art of war or martial arts, it is difficult for ordinary people to hold a candle to them. It will take a few years to stand out in the military.

——And their teacher, Yishan Academy, is Yichong Xiao's family education.

Now Lishan, as a rising star in the martial arts sect, and the academy one north and one south, faintly form a tribal rivalry.In the fourth branch of the army, apart from the academy students, there are also many people in Lishan Mountain.

Ye Shuli mentally reviewed all the forces involved in their case, and finally realized why the minister of Dali Temple, Lu Mian, who presided over the case, was frowning, and only wanted to make a big deal a small one, and mediate and talk about it. reconciled.

Ye Shuli clicked his tongue twice in his heart, and reached out to pick up the teacup at hand. Before his lips touched the rim of the cup, he suddenly remembered that this cup of tea had just been poked in by his fingers and dipped in water. Feeling hot again after a while, he bent his eyes and turned his head to look at Xiao Gaomin with a "kind" face.

The latter happened to be gently blowing on the tea, Ye Shuli waited patiently for a moment, staring at Xiao Gaomin's cup without blinking.While looking back and forth, Ye Shuli noticed Xiao Gaomin's hand holding the pink glaze cup.

The son of the world has a bad temper, but his hands are really good. His white fingers are resting on the delicate and shiny porcelain cup. Even if the cup holder's hand is in such a simple and elegant color as pink and blue, the cup holder's hand does not appear to be so delicate. It is dull, but it adds a few warm meanings.

Ye Shuli's gaze unknowingly followed his fingers upwards, only when the son of the world was concentrating on something, could people see the gentle and kind shadow of Mrs. Yong'an Hou from his jade and golden face— —

At this moment, the eldest son who didn't hear what was going on in the hall, his phoenix eyes were downcast, and he was only serious about blowing tea, was upright and quiet like a painting.If other people don't know who he is, I'm afraid they will really praise him, "There is a gentleman."

And Ye Shuli was destined to break this painting, Xiao Gaomin blew the cold tea, was about to take a sip, suddenly stretched out a hand from the side, and held the other half of the teacup, taking advantage of Shizi's not paying attention, he couldn't help but say He pulled the cup out of his hand.

Xiao Gaomin was taken aback for a moment, but he realized it immediately, but it was too late, Ye Shuli quickly took a sip of the tea that Shi Ziye had brewed.Probably because the temperature at the entrance was just right, Ye Shuli gave him a cool look, and under Xiao Gaomin's sinking eyes, took another sip.

"..."

The son's face was going black.

But before he had time to attack, Xiao Gaomin looked at the tea cup that Ye Shuli had taken away, and suddenly remembered that when they came to the main hall in the morning, Dali Temple used this cup to serve him tea.Just now when the servants came over to treat the dim sum, they only added new tea to it, and did not replace the cups.

But Ye Shuli definitely didn't realize this at the moment, Xiao Gaomin looked a little unnatural, and looked at him hesitantly.

Drinking water from the same cup, apart from husband and wife, only close brothers would not feel at odds with each other. He and Ye Shuli wished that the other party would go to prison immediately, so it is absolutely impossible for there to be any brotherhood.

I don't know if he was stunned by anger, obviously he was not the one who was shocked, but Shizi's thoughts were in chaos and at a loss. Find an appropriate explanation for this nonsensical farce in front of you.

There is absolutely no brotherhood, Shizi frowned and thought for a while, and finally managed to find the words "taking advantage" from his mind.

Although there is no need to be responsible, but Ye Shuli drank tea from the cup he had sipped. Did he take advantage of Ye Shuli, or did Ye Shuli take advantage of him? No one taught him how to be romantic, so the eldest son, who can never be troubled by heaven and earth, finally made a trouble this time.