A traitor

He stood in front of Mei Liusheng, looked at him for a moment, and asked, "Who are you?"

Mei Liusheng lowered his body and replied, "My little prince, my humble minister, Mei Liusheng."

Li Ji let out a groan, and said again: "A few days ago, the champion who was newly recruited by the imperial court was you?"

Mei Liusheng nodded, and answered yes, Li Ji looked at his face again, thought for a while, and then suddenly realized that the scholar in front of him had some similarities to himself in his eyebrows and eyes.

This kind of resemblance is very subtle, not the kind that people can see at a glance, even his father and sister may not be able to see it, Rao himself, he just felt familiar.

Seeing someone similar to himself standing in front of Su Qinglang, the little prince felt a little uncomfortable, as if he was close to Zhu Zhechi and stood in the same camp as Su Qinglang.

So, he said slowly: "Since you are working in the imperial court, you must be grateful for the emperor's kindness, keep a distance from those who are uneasy and kind, and don't do anything to disappoint the emperor."

It would have been fine if these words came out of Su Qinglang's mouth, after all, Lord Shangshu is only four or five years younger than him.

Now, a young boy with yellow hair actually put on airs and taught him about his loyalty to the court. Mei Liusheng was a little speechless, and smiled helplessly, and answered softly.

Li Ji sized him up a few more times before finally walking away.

Seeing Li Ji leaving, Cai Jun didn't rush to follow, but stood where he was, looking at Su Qinglang with some hesitation.

After a while, he couldn't bear to say: "My lord..."

Su Qinglang leisurely waved his folding fan, and said, "The little prince has already left, why don't you hurry up and chase after him."

Cai Jun didn't listen to him, but hesitated and said, "My lord, are you... all right?"

Su Qinglang snorted, seemingly disdainful: "A newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, but an ignorant kid, what am I afraid of?"

Seeing that the little prince had gone far away, and Su Qinglang couldn't please him, Cai Jun could only cup his hands and said, "Then, my lord, I will look for you another day."

With that said, he walked in the direction Li Ji left.

Mei Liusheng didn't know that Su Qinglang asked Cai Jun to go to find King Chang Shan. Seeing this situation, he thought that there was a conflict between Cai Jun and Su Qinglang, which caused the two to part ways.

So he said: "Brother Su, Master Cai..."

Su Qinglang closed the folding fan, held it in his hand, and said casually: "As you can see, Master Cai regards me as a stepping stone, now that he has been promoted to an official position, he should kick away the stepping stone that is not needed, and go to other Gao Zhier gone."

Mei Liusheng was very surprised. After all, he had been with Cai Jun for a while before, and although this Mr. Cai was timid, he was definitely a good person, so he should not have done such a thing.

So he hesitated: "Is there some misunderstanding in this? If so, Liu Sheng can mediate from it."

Hearing this, Su Qinglang pursed his lips and snorted coldly, and said flatly: "No need, he has his choice, and I have my own position. Now it's a good thing."

Thinking of Qin Jian behind Su Qinglang, and King Chang Shan behind Cai Jun, Mei Liusheng lowered his head and smiled: "That's right."

After a pause, he seemed to have a little regret and said: "It's a pity, I thought that I would have a chance to drink with Brother Su and Master Cai again in the future."

Su Qinglang thought about Mr. Cai's "massiveness", and couldn't help but twitched his lips with a complicated expression. Last time, he was the one who got Mr. Cai drunk himself, and ended up getting Mr. Cai lying on the bed for a few days.

If in the future, he and Mei Liusheng took turns to appear on the stage, maybe a little life of Mrs. Cai would be ruined on their wine glasses.

So he replied: "Cai Jun's drinking capacity is extremely poor, and his wine quality is not good. The last time I drank, I hung my whole body on me, so I let me carry it back. If you want to have a good time, don't call him, you and me!" The two of you, when you have free time, find a place where you can have a drink together."

Hearing this, Mei Liusheng said with some regret: "It's a pity that I kept saying that I want to invite Brother Su to drink, but I didn't have this opportunity. I don't know how long I will owe this drink?"

Su Qinglang smiled again: "You and I are both in court, we can't see each other when we look up, and we can always find opportunities in the future. When you're done with your busy work, you can drink as much as you want."

The ministers around him walked into the gate one by one. Mei Liusheng glanced at the big characters "Xu Mansion" and asked, "Brother Su, will you come in with me later?"

Su Qinglang thought for a while, Mei Liusheng and Cai Jun were the ones who captured Xu Jingfei. Needless to say, Cai Jun, the Xu family definitely didn't have a good look at Mei Liusheng.

Although he was a treacherous official who harmed the country, the things that harmed Xu Jingfei were all secretly. The Xu family didn't know that Xu Jingfei's death was related to him.

So when worshiping later, if he went in with Mei Liusheng, he might be turned into a porcupine by the hateful eyes of the Xu family.

So he immediately declined Mei Liusheng's kindness: "No, Brother Mei, let's go in first, I have to wait for someone later."

Mei Liusheng nodded and didn't insist anymore, after saying goodbye to Su Qinglang, he followed the footsteps of everyone and walked into the gate of the mansion together.

Seeing him leave, Su Qinglang looked at the opportunity and walked with a minister he knew. Although he chatted with him without saying a word, his eyes followed Mei Liusheng all the time.

At this time, the young prince Li Ji, Cai Jun and others had already finished worshiping, and they were invited by the Xu family to the backyard. There was a mourning hall in the main hall, and wave after wave of people came out and entered.

However, to Su Qinglang's surprise, facing Mei Liusheng's arrival, the Xu family did not show much anger. The person in charge of receiving the visitors was Xu Jingfei's eldest brother. There was a trace of astonishment and embarrassment, but after a while, he regained his expression and invited Mei Liusheng to the mourning hall.

In the mourning hall, Mr. Xu Jin was supported by others. Although he maintained his etiquette and decency as an official and minister, judging from his appearance, Xu Jingfei's death really hit him hard.

His eyes were swollen like walnuts, and the tears on his face were still wet. Facing everyone's greetings and comfort, his hands and mouth were trembling, and he couldn't say a word after trembling for a long time.

Seeing Mei Liusheng walking in front of him, Master Xu raised his eyelids, and while Mei Liusheng spoke softly, he kept looking at him for a long time, and then nodded in return.

Su Qinglang felt relieved now, even Mei Liusheng could receive such treatment, so if he came here, he would be considered a distinguished guest no matter what.

So he put the folding fan in his waist, lined up behind several ministers, and was about to offer a stick of incense to Xu Jingyu, but was sternly reprimanded.

Standing in the hall, Xu Jin looked at Su Qinglang with some hatred in his eyes, and said: "Master Su and I have never met each other, just come and have a look, and forget about offering incense."

Su Qinglang was holding a piece of incense stick in his hand, and was surrounded by people like a monster, feeling a little embarrassed for a while.

He smiled and said: "Although I don't know Mr. Xu, but at least I'm an official in the same dynasty and a member of the imperial city, so I should burn incense for him."

Xu Jin snorted, looked into Su Qinglang's eyes, and did not hide his disgust at all, and replied: "I dare not be, Mr. Su has a high position and authority, we can't stand it!"

Su Qinglang wanted to say something else, but he added something meaningful: "Besides, even if Mr. Su wants to offer incense, he should go to some old friends. In front of the tomb, you don’t deserve it either!”

All the people in the hall, who heard this and knew the inside story, all turned pale, and the Xu family who supported Xu Jin wanted to help Xu Jin back as if they were afraid of causing trouble.

I just heard Xu Jingyu's eldest brother say: "Master Su, my grandfather was overly sad, please don't take what he said under extreme grief. However, Mr. Su has never had any contact with my Xu family. Today is the funeral of my younger brother. The people who come to the mansion are all ministers who get along well with each other on weekdays, so I invite Mr. Su to leave."

It never occurred to Su Qinglang that Mei Liusheng, who thought Mei Liusheng was unpopular, has now become the target of public criticism. Being so disliked by the master's family, he loses his dignity and loses face.

He was silent for a moment, and then smiled slightly: "Master Xu misunderstood, Qinglang came here today to offer incense on behalf of a friend, and Master Xu should also know that friend, but it is inconvenient for him to come here because of something, so please come down here and give it to Xu Er The young master has a word."

Xu Jin who was on the side snorted coldly: "The beauty is a disaster, and the gossip confuses the public. My Xu family suffered eight lifetimes of bad luck to meet such an evil star. There is no need to offer incense or send words. Xie'er is dead. , we have nothing to do with her anymore, as far as you let her go, never appear in front of us again."

As he spoke, he coughed heavily again. If it wasn't for the support of the family members on both sides, Mr. Xu would have already fallen to the ground with his current body.

Su Qinglang smiled coldly when he heard the words, and replied: "Master Xu, don't worry, my friend, if you think about it, she will never appear in front of you again."

"but……"

He paused for a while, and then said slowly: "My friend once said something that Qing Lang thought was very reasonable. At this time, it is better to tell Mr. Xu that the mistakes made by men have always been found by a woman since ancient times. Others said that Mr. Xu's family went astray because of her.

However, she didn't change the words, she didn't harm people, everything was done by Mr. Xu himself, how could she be blamed? "

"They are all raised by their parents. After a hundred years, who will become a piece of loess in the field, who will be more noble than whom?"

The last sentence, of course, was tampered with by Su Qinglang. After all, Mr. Su is notoriously narrow-minded.

He came here with good intentions to express his condolences, but unexpectedly he was treated like this. Since their hosts were rude first, then he, as a guest, has no need to give them face.

The guests in the hall were silent, all looking at the accident in front of them and looking at each other in blank dismay, not understanding what happened.

After a long time, I heard an old voice slowly say: "Say such a thing in front of the hall of mourning, Mr. Su's etiquette, it is really good to learn."