I have a book to play

If you really want to throw people out to feed wolves, you don't even need to worry about your status and qualifications.

The local officials in Xizhou originally only thought that Xie Chen's words were a joke, and they still looked down upon this eldest prince who had made a lot of achievements in Changzhou.

Who knows, thank you for what you say and do it.

Li Yan responsibly spread the word to various government offices in Xizhou, many people said to their faces that they would definitely come, but when they turned around, they were sneering and sarcastic.

On the appointed day, only a few officials were welcomed in the empty official post.These people are not high-ranking officials, but they are neatly dressed, and their official robes are properly worn on their bodies.

Xie Chen called the people around him to pour tea for them, but he didn't say a word, as if he planned to wait for everyone else to arrive before speaking.

Those people were sitting at the bottom holding teacups, looking at each other, a little hesitant to speak clearly.

Xie Chen didn't say a word, but Li Yan, who used to be a taciturn long history, unexpectedly had a brilliant tongue, so they didn't know how to speak for a while.

Sun Peng sat on the side for a while, whispered a few words to Xie Chen, and hurried out.In just half a cup of tea, he quickly came back.

"Caught?"

Several people were listening to Li Yan's words, and they were a little confused when they suddenly heard Xie Chen speak, and looked over subconsciously.

The young man standing in front of him looked as if he had run all the way, his forehead was covered with beads of sweat, and he drank a glass of water with his head raised. He didn't care if the tea was good or bad.

Hearing the eldest prince's question again, the hearts of several people thumped, and they suddenly had a bad premonition.

"Caught it." Sun Peng wiped off his sweat, "The three of them were thrown outside the pass, and the rest of them have already been taken care of."

"That's good."

Xie Chen has been expressionless since he saw this person. Although he could vaguely see a bit of tenderness when talking to the young man, the expression on his face was still that expression of neither sadness nor joy.But at this moment, Li Yan unexpectedly saw a smile on his face.

It's just that smile, there is a hint of gloom in plain sight.

"Li Changshi."

"Your Majesty."

After receiving Li Yan's response, Xie Chen's cold eyes swept over the officials present and landed on Li Yan.

"Go and tell them that Gu will do what he says, and the wolf feeder has been thrown out. If the rest of the people don't want to listen to Gu's arrangement, they should stay obediently and don't want to run amok."

Li Yan was taken aback.

Sun Peng smiled and cupped his hands: "Li Changshi, my lords. What His Highness wants to do, naturally he will do what he says. Although the people in Xizhou are remote, they are also my people. Since the adults are unwilling to stand up for the common people, His Highness will naturally want to take the lead."

He already had a good-looking face, and when he smiled, he was even more pleasing, but what he said seemed a little impolite to everyone's ears.

"The adults didn't dare to deal with the barbarians, so they closed the door of their own house. Don't open it secretly, so that the barbarians can find a hiding place. Your Highness's hard work will be wasted."

After he finished speaking, he was about to see off the guests, Li Yan lagged behind, and couldn't help but think about what Sun Peng said just now.

Li Yan knew how many people Xie Chen brought with him when he came to Xizhou this time.But today's official post seems to be full of people, and it should be impossible to separate people and go to various places to arrest officials.Unless they call in the manpower of the nearby state capital.

But who will be sent there...

The question in Li Yan's heart was finally answered after meeting several colleagues who came to Ancheng in a panic.

"Then Pei Chu is nothing! He actually threw us outside to feed the wolves! We were almost eaten by wolves!"

"He thought that their Pei family was still the queen's natal family? How many years has the queen been replaced, what prestige does he show in front of us!"

"He's just a domineering thing! If the First Prince hadn't come to Xizhou suddenly, what excuse would he have to do his best!"

"Heh, what did you say, it's his two backers who came here this time. Needless to say, the eldest prince, there are also two ladies and gentlemen from the Sun family. Isn't that lady the former crown prince? That bitch Pei Chu In the end, I can only ask for a broken shoe!"

Li Yan has always known that many officials in Xizhou are not as polite as those from the capital because of its remote location.But they are all men, and sometimes they say a few vulgar words, and it's fine to hear them, but now it's different, these people can only talk for a while, but what they talk about is the secret of the royal family.

Even if the second wife of the Sun family was a crown princess, so what, there is no law in Da Chu that stipulates that women cannot remarry after divorce.

It is true that the Pei family is no longer the queen's natal family, but since the eldest prince will think of Pei Chu, the Pei family will recover sooner or later.

At that time, the only thing that can be exchanged for word of mouth is a dead end.

When Li Yan was still frowning, he listened to the words of his colleagues who had returned from "feeding the wolves" outside the pass.

Borrowing the Gan family's manor outside Ancheng, Xie Chen set up a banquet and invited several barbarian leaders who had repeatedly invaded Xizhou.

Most of these people have their own clansmen and live in grasslands. However, in recent years, due to the lack of control and indulgence of local officials in Xizhou, some people have given up the life of no fixed place on the grasslands outside the pass, and instead chose to live in Xizhou. Some of the mountain ranges were stationed there to set up cottages and became barbarians.

There are more than ten people in the barbarians, tall, short, fat, and thin, and they have all kinds of shapes.But everyone is vicious, and some have vicious tattoos on their chests and faces.

Sun Peng, who is well-read in poetry and books and has a wide range of knowledge, has already used these tattoos and dressing habits to recognize where these people came from outside the customs.

The people were also invited by him from hill to hill with name cards.

What is the purpose?

Sun Peng smiled. Naturally, everyone just sat down to drink and eat meat.

This is a Hongmen banquet that everyone knows and everyone knows.

The barbarians didn't talk about Hongmen Banquet, but they also knew that inviting them down the mountain to eat wine, I'm afraid it wasn't as simple as eating meat and drinking.

However, this banquet was prepared with extra care.

Before the delicacies arrive, strong wine will add fragrance, and there will be singing and dancing when the delicacies are served.Whether it was the local officials who were called to accompany them or the barbarian leaders who were invited, most people were already a little dizzy after drinking half a tour.

The singing and dancing went through a few rounds, and while the dancer was going down to rest, Xie Chen who was sitting on the seat raised his hand and patted it lightly.

At the banquet where the sound of silk and bamboo was taking a break, his applause could be heard very clearly.

The accompanying servants bowed, stepped back, and led a group of people to the banquet after a while.

"What is this for?" A drunken official pointed to the leading boy and asked.Immediately, many people turned to look at the young man in light armor.

The young man didn't seem to care about the crowd's discussion, he cupped his fists and smiled at everyone.

Xie Chen looked at the people at the banquet, and reached out and tapped on the edge of the table: "It's just an archery competition, and I have the right to add interest to everyone."

"Since it's a competition, what's the big deal?"

It was a barbarian who spoke, his face was flushed from drinking wine, and he yelled and spit stars as soon as he opened his mouth.Xie Chen didn't give him a wink, but raised his wine cup to Sun Peng: "Whoever wins will be discharged from the army."

Those led by Sun Peng were all military households.Pei Chu is in the middle, and the rest are his carefully selected companions. No matter who wins, he can get rid of his status as a military household, and he will not have to suffer this hardship for generations from now on.

These military households didn't talk nonsense, and they did what Sun Peng pointed out.

The archery targets lined up in front of the banquet stand in the distance. Looking over from the banquet, only a row of small circles can be seen. As for the red heart in the middle, it is faint and unclear.

A gentleman has six arts, ritual and music shoot the number of imperial books.

The Sun family has been civil servants for generations, and the children of the Sun family have learned the six arts since childhood.In addition, he had practiced in the Crane Guard, and Sun Peng had carefully practiced archery.

However, in this competition, he only acted as a conductor, raising the flag and calling the shots.

As the old saying goes, the advantage of the arrow is to prestige the world.

Military households practiced archery no less than the children of aristocratic families on weekdays, and the purpose of their practice was to save their own lives, so every arrow they shot was a deadly arrow.

Sixteen military households dressed in military uniform stood side by side in a row with upright appearance, shooting arrows one by one, and the arrows hit the target.

The atmosphere was good, they were all men, and they were full of vigor, and the barbarians became more and more excited.Those who shouted and shouted, some people stood up and wanted to compare themselves with the military households.

Sun Peng's skill in observing words and expressions was no less than that of others. He picked Pei from the military household and smiled narrowly: "Brother Pei, compare yourself with this great king."

The barbarians all called their leader the Great King, and Sun Peng was not only right in calling that, but also made the barbarian who had drunk too much happily reach out and pat his ass.

Everyone subconsciously looked at Xie Chen's face. The latter's eyelids drooped slightly, staring at the wine cup in his hand, as if he didn't notice that his own person was being eaten with tofu.

The participation of the barbarians raised the atmosphere of the banquet to the highest level.

The barbarian was drunk, even though he drew his bow, the arrows he shot fluttered and fell to the ground without even hitting the target.There was a burst of laughter during the banquet, and many barbarian capitals laughed and laughed.

Man Shou woke up most of the wine, took another arrow and put it on the bow, but shot it again, without wind or rain, it still landed in front of the archery target.

He didn't believe in evil, and shot a few more arrows one after another. Finally, an arrow hit the target, but it was two fingers away from the red heart.

"Department Pei."

Xie Chen suddenly spoke at this moment.

Pei Chu, who had been standing by Sun Peng's side all the time, took a step forward upon hearing the sound, and took the arrow handed by Sun Peng.

The bow was opened like a full moon, and the arrow flew out with a "swish", hitting the bull's-eye.

Someone yelled "Hello", and the humiliated man burst into anger and stretched out his hand to touch Pei Chu.Pei Chu drew out several arrows one after another, and shot them one by one.

Man Shou shot a few times, and he shot a few times, no more, no less, he shot that little red heart to the brim, and there was no room for an extra one.

This time, the whole audience was silent, and no one spoke.

"Ah, that's right." Sun Peng broke all the silence, smiled and clapped his hands, someone carried a red box and approached the banquet, "This is a gift prepared by His Royal Highness for several kings, I hope you can ask for it like."

Sun Peng turned around with a smile and was about to reach out to open the box.Pei Chu stopped his hand, glanced at Xie Chen who was sitting on the seat, saw the person nod calmly, and just stretched out his hand to open the box.

The pungent smell of blood rushed out of the box without any defense.

There were a few bloody human heads on display.