Rebellious officials bow their heads

Then he smiled, with a crease on the corner of his mouth, and said: "Master Ye, one of Yuan's subordinates heard that you are the leader of the three competitions, and he admires you very much. He wants to fight with you. For the sake of face, he complied with his request?"

Ye Liuzhou knew that he had seen the scene just now, a leader of the three sects overwhelmed all the heroes, but in fact he couldn't even hold a teacup, so it was worth investigating.

He looked at Xu Yan, and the content in his gaze was: Look, did you reveal yourself?

Xu Yan looked calm and nodded slightly at him, meaning to let him agree.

Ye Liuzhou looked away, and could only say, "Of course."

Jing Yuan, who was sitting opposite, turned his head to glance at the table beside him, there was a carved box on it, and some candied fruit, walnuts and so on were piled up for food.

"In the past few days, everything has been complicated and I have no time to spare. I have no chance to witness the competition in person. Today is just the right time. Yuan also wants to see Mr. Ye's skills." Yuan Xuanfeng clapped his palms and said to the boy waiting outside the door, "Let him in."

After a while, a burly man came out from the door, wearing an iron armor made of nail leaves on his shoulders and on his chest, and a long sword hanging on his waist. He knelt down on one knee towards Yuan Xuanfeng, and said : "The last general Cao Qihan has met Master Yuan."

"Get up." Yuan Xuanfeng raised his hand, "This is Mr. Ye, the leader of the three great competitions, and he agreed to compete with you."

Cao Qihan is a lieutenant general in Dusi's barracks, and he thinks highly of himself because of his martial arts skills.He stood up, looked at Ye Liuzhou, with a smile on his lips, and contempt in his eyes, and walked forward while talking: "I heard that Mr. Ye is a master of martial arts, and he can kill people with a single blow from the air. Curious, it's true..."

Before he could finish his sentence, Xu Yan next to him changed his sitting position, and popped out the peanuts in his hand at an extremely fast speed, bumped against the corner of the wall, and then secretly hit the approaching general.

Cao Qihan only felt a sharp pain in the hollow of his knee, and immediately knelt down on one knee in front of Ye Liuzhou just like he had saluted Yuan Xuanfeng just now.

The scene became silent.

Jing Yuan glanced at Xu Yan, and put the peanuts back into his palm before he could pop them out.

Yuan Xuanfeng paused when he was drinking tea leisurely.

Cao Qihan kept his kneeling posture, was stunned for a few breaths, then came to his senses, looked at Ye Liuzhou with an unbelievable expression, "You..."

He was filled with anger in embarrassment, and was about to stand up when another walnut hit him, causing Cao Qihan to kneel down completely.

This scene was so funny that Jing Fuling laughed unceremoniously.

Xu Yan cast a glance at Jing Yuan who shot.

Ye Liuzhou was still sitting upright, looked down at Cao Qihan, and smiled slightly: "Why do you need to do such a great gift?"

Cao Qihan was extremely annoyed, and wanted to stand up in a hurry, but he was suddenly attacked by a wave of knees, and the severe pain made him kneel down again, and roared angrily: "How dare you-"

"Enough!" Yuan Xuanfeng finally spoke, his face was not very good-looking, but he still smiled, and said loudly: "Mr. Ye is indeed unpredictable in martial arts. Gained knowledge."

Ye Liuzhou said with a low smile, "The general is overwhelmed."

Yuan Xuanfeng turned to Cao Qihan in a cold voice: "Why don't you get up soon?"

Cao Qihan was hit in the hollow of the knee again and again, suffering terribly. While being vigilant about Ye Liuzhou's "strike", he slowly stood up and limped back behind Yuan Xuanfeng.

Perhaps the atmosphere mixed with Jing Fuling's laughter was too weird, Yuan Xuanfeng coughed dryly, and ordered the servant: "Add tea."

He looked at Jing Yuan at the side: "Since the young master came to Lingbei from Yushui, why didn't he participate in the three-door competition?"

Jing Yuan naturally wouldn't respond to him, and Jing Fuling who was beside him followed the flow naturally: "Dingjian Villa has Mr. Ye Zhuyu in front of him, so the owner of the young village doesn't have to do anything. Besides, I'm here to observe The grand occasion of the three-discipline competition, the second is that Yushui is not far from Lingbei, the two places have been doing business all year round, and the disciples and disciples of his subordinates often move around. The teacher has long admired General Yuan’s reputation for a long time, and asked me to take this opportunity to make good friends with General Yuan. If the general is free in the future, you may wish to come to the villa as a guest, and I will treat you with great hospitality."

"What Miss Jing said is true. Say hello to the old owner for Yuan..." While speaking, Yuan Xuanfeng handed back the empty tea cup, and a maid stepped forward to take it, and poured water from the porcelain pot.

The maid seemed to have reached the age of Xu Niang, her temples were covered with white frost, and her face was haggard. When she handed the tea cup to Yuan Xuanfeng, she accidentally bumped into the hand that happened to be extended by the other party, and the hot tea splashed out. It scalded the man's skirt.

"What's going on?" Suddenly there was chaos, and the attendants rushed forward, Yuan Xuanfeng obviously showed displeasure, stood up and took a load of robes, while the servants put ice packs on his palms and wiped him with cloth handkerchiefs Dried water stains.

"General, it was my servant who was careless, please forgive me!" The maid accidentally made a mistake, knelt down quickly, and kowtowed her head.

Yuan Xuanfeng frowned, faintly wanting to get angry, but it was obviously too ugly in front of everyone, so he held back his temper and winked at Cao Qihan who was beside him.

Cao Qihan immediately strode over and grabbed the maidservant, dragged her out of the door, and kicked her hard outside.

A woman's begging for mercy sounded in the courtyard, and another male servant rushed forward and shouted anxiously: "What's the matter? My lord, you kicked my wife Jing's life, please! Please forgive me!" Let's have her, we still have a little girl under our knees, so we can't live without a mother..."

Cao Qihan: "Get lost!"

There was a commotion outside the hall, and the hall was quiet. Yuan Xuanfeng's face was gloomy, obviously feeling ashamed because of this unexpected twists and turns.

Holding the teacup in one hand, Xu Yan looked at the heat coming out of it, and said without raising his head, "General Yuan, I see this as a trivial matter, don't take it seriously, let it go."

Yuan Xuanfeng nodded, and raised his voice outside: "—Qihan."

The two servants in the courtyard helped him back down, and Cao Qihan returned to the house.

Yuan Xuanfeng sat down again, without going around in circles, he said directly: "Everyone here is one of the few masters in the Jianghu. Yuan is here, and there is indeed something I want to ask."

"It's okay, General," Ye Liuzhou said.

"In your eyes, what kind of person do you think Yuan is?"

Ye Liuzhou and Xu Yan looked at each other, guessing what Yuan Xuanfeng would say next.

Jing Fuling looked at Jing Yuan, didn't expect him to answer, put away his carelessness, and said solemnly: "General Yuan is the pillar of the country, and the army under his command is also the important weapon of the country. For ten years like a day, I have resisted the foreign enemies of Beiluo, which is really admirable to my generation."

"I don't dare to be the pillar of the country, but Yuan's loyalty to the emperor and patriotism are evident in the world, and the sun and the moon can learn from it, and he has absolutely no disobedience to Dazhao." Yuan Xuanfeng sighed deeply, "But Ji Han, who has power over the government and the public, deceives people too much. , You actually wanted to accuse me of trespassing with the enemy, and not only sent the governor and supervisor, but also ordered the scolding wolf cavalry to surround the rear of Lingbei, making me sleepless day and night, and worried..."

The room was silent for a moment, and Jing Yuan's gaze shifted from Chuan Luanjian to Ye Liuzhou.

The other party noticed his gaze, raised his head, and winked at him with amused expression.

Jing Fuling said in surprise: "How could this be? We have seen General Yuan's loyalty to Dazhao. Is there any evidence for Mr. Ji to say such a thing?"

"There is no evidence. The Ji family from the Ji letter covers the sky with one hand, and all the civil servants and officials are under his command. Now they want to get rid of Yuan and get the tiger talisman in my hand, so as to control the military power in the frontier. I really don't know what to do with me, His Majesty the Emperor Dazhao." Where to put it!"

Several people in the room pondered for a moment, Ye Liuzhou said: "Then what is General Yuan going to do?"

"Yuan just wants to go to Beijing to meet His Majesty and tell the truth, but everyone knows that His Majesty has been seriously ill and hasn't shown up for many years, so that the Ji family is rebellious—Cholera Chao Gang!" Yuan Xuanfeng narrowed his eyes, revealing a sharp look. "This is why I ask everyone to help me. I will also do my best to eradicate the wolf-repelling cavalry that is coming to Lingbei, and open the barrier set by Ji's family, so that I can return to Beijing to face the saint."

He bowed his hands to several people, and said in a sonorous and forceful voice: "At that time, it will be up to His Majesty to decide who will be loyal and who will be sycophant, and Yuan will have nothing else to say!"

The room fell into a sudden silence, and after a while Xu Yan closed the lid of the cup, "To deal with the giant of Shang Ji's family, you have to do everything you can to lose everything."

"It's not necessary to go bankrupt. Even though the Ji family is unparalleled, the reputation of my Yuan family as rich and invincible is not empty. If you are willing to help, you will enjoy the good land, luxury houses, gold and silver treasures. When the Ji family is executed, What you have is not only wealth, but also fame."

Yuan Xuanfeng's words could be said to have caught the weakness of this group of reckless people in the world. For a while, everyone was immersed in their thoughts and did not make a sound.

He also knew to give a few people time to think, and said: "This matter is of great importance, you can continue to live in the mansion, and it doesn't matter if you think about it slowly."

Several people got up one after another and said yes. After taking their leave first, they returned to the courtyard, occupying the left and right sides. The door of the pavilion was wide open to the outside, and the shadows of bamboo leaves swaying in the wind fell in.

Ye Liuzhou picked up a jug of wine from the table in the hall, sat beside Xu Yan, and poured him a glass.

Jing Fuling no longer sat in the front hall just now, and slumped on the chair carelessly, "Bring me a drink."

"This will have to wait until we finish talking." Ye Liuzhou smiled slightly, "How do you and your senior brother treat General Yuan?"

Jing Yuan finally opened his mouth: "The dispute between the Yuan and Ji families is whether Yuan Xuanfeng's charges of treason with the enemy are true or not."

Ye Liuzhou said: "If it is true, what should you do at Dingjian Villa?"