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Chu Huan stood on the ground with stern eyes. The palm he struck before landing was full of strength. After the assassin fell, he couldn't get up immediately. They were all facing themselves, but they didn't come forward for a while.

At this moment, clapping was heard, and laughter came from behind the two assassins: "Good kung fu, good kung fu, with one against three, there is no disadvantage at all. Your Excellency is really capable."

Amidst the sound, the two assassins had already separated from the left and right, and stood against the walls on both sides of the alley. One of them walked slowly from the middle. Chu Huan knew that it was the person he was chasing just now just by looking at the silhouette of that person.

At this time, the man covered his mouth and nose with a black scarf, and walked forward slowly. His eyes were as sharp as a eagle's. He stared at Chu Huan, and said with a smile, "I don't know your surname, Gao?"

Chu Huan said lightly: "Since your Excellency invites me to drink tea, does it mean that you don't even know who I am? If so, it would be too generous for you to invite someone you have never met to drink tea."

The man said with a smile: "Some people are with you all day long, and you may not be able to hit it off, but some people, maybe you can hit it off just by looking at it. When I saw your Excellency in the teahouse, I felt like old friends at first sight."

Chu Huan smiled and said, "I don't feel that way." Glancing at the two assassins, he said calmly, "It's just the way you hit it off, it's really unacceptable."

The man said with a smile: "Hero Bamboo don't mind, I didn't hurt the heart of Hero Bamboo."

Chu Huan heard him call himself Bamboo Hero, knowing that he must have found out about him, so he asked, "Who is your Excellency?"

"My surname is Jing, and my name is Ke!"

Chu Huan was startled, "Jing Ke?"

The man said: "Hero Bamboo, don't misunderstand, the same pronunciation is different from that assassin back then, my name is Mu Zike!"

Chu Huan sighed: "Your Excellency has a good name."

"The name of Bamboo Hero, I really haven't heard of it." Jing Ke said: "But with the skills of Bamboo Hero, he must not be an unknown person in the Jianghu."

Chu Huan said: "You attack me tonight, as long as you apologize, you and I will never meet again. No matter who I am, you don't need to know."

Jing Ke said with a smile: "Hero Zhu is rejecting people thousands of miles away? But I have offended Hero Zhu, and I would like to sincerely apologize to you."

Chu Huan didn't say much, turned around and left, Jing Ke called out, "Hero Zhu is leaving now?"

"You and I have nothing to do with each other. There is nothing to talk about if we don't agree with each other." Chu Huan walked out of the alley without looking back. Jing Ke looked at Chu Huan's leaving back with a smile on his lips.

Chu Huan knew in his heart that Jing Ke was staring at him tonight, and there was probably nothing good about it. He didn't want to cause too much trouble in Hexi, and he didn't want to have too much involvement with these people.

Going along the road to the post house, halfway there, I saw a few soldiers guarding a carriage passing by not far away. There are often carriages passing by on this street, and patrolling soldiers often appear. Strange, but when Chu Huan saw the armor of the guards, he immediately paid attention, because the armors of those soldiers were obviously soldiers of the Royal Guards.

The Royal Guards are under the command of the Arrow God Xuanyuan Shao, and they are the emperor's guards. The Emperor is on a northern tour, and Xuanyuan Shao leads thousands of guards to Hexi. The main force of the army is stationed near the Immortal Palace, but there are rare guards in the city of Wuping Mansion. The guards suddenly appeared to escort the carriage into the city. Naturally, there were no ordinary people in the carriage.

It just so happened that at this time, Chu Huan saw the curtains of the carriage being lifted, and a face appeared, as if he wanted to see the scene outside. Chu Huan glanced at the face, and immediately turned away. Then he recognized that inside the carriage was actually Xue Huai'an, Minister of the Ministry of Rites. He was very familiar with Xue Huai'an. He was afraid that Xue Huai'an would see him. , watching the carriage slowly leave along the long street.

Looking at the scene on the street, Xue Huai'an glanced at Chu Huan, but Chu Huan was wearing ordinary clothes and a bamboo hat, Xue Huai'an naturally couldn't recognize him.

The car drove around, turned two streets, and came to a rather gorgeous mansion. After stopping, Xue Huai'an got out of the carriage, and a guard had already stepped forward to guard the door: "Xue Butang, the Ministry of Rites, wants to see Zhongguo. Sir, report immediately!"

The guard in front of the gate immediately agreed, and entered the mansion to report. Xue Huai'an walked to the gate of the mansion and looked up at the plaque on the door. The plaque was obviously newly made, with four gilt characters "Zhongguo Gongfu" written on it. "Hexi Governor's Mansion" was written in five small characters. Feng Yuanpo had not been conferred the title of "Loyal Duke" for a long time. Obviously, after receiving the conferment, Feng Yuanpo immediately replaced the plaque of the mansion with a new one.

Dukes of the empire are rare, and there are only a handful of dukes with different surnames. Originally, there were two dukes in the empire, Duke Anguo and Duke Yi. Anguogong Huangju’s family has been wiped out, and the only other surname in the empire is Xuanyuan Ping, Duke Yi Zhang, now that Feng Yuanpo has been conferred the title of Duke Zhong, it is naturally a supreme honor.

In comparison, the position of the governor of Hexi is obviously much darker than that of the duke of the country.

Xue Huai'an didn't look very good either. Standing in front of the door, he stared at the plaque for a while without moving his eyes away. Suddenly, he heard hearty laughter coming from the door, and he heard Feng Yuan breaking his enthusiasm. The voice said: "Is Xue Butang here?" The voice immediately became cold and severe: "You are so courageous. Xue Butang has arrived, and you still need to report? Xue Butang is an important minister of the empire, and he is also an extremely important official of the governor. Respected seniors, you should lead the lord to enter the mansion, you all remember, next time the lord comes, you don't need to report, just bring the lord into the mansion directly...!" Feng Yuanpo, who was dressed casually, had already come out of the mansion, came in front of Xue Huai'an, cupped his hands and saluted, and blamed himself: "My lord, my subordinates are ignorant, neglecting my lord, being rude and disrespectful, my lord must not blame him!"

Xue Huai'an didn't talk nonsense, and said: "Mr. Zhong Guo, I came to see you today because I have something to discuss. I wonder if it is convenient?"

"Convenience and convenience." Feng Yuanpo smiled and pulled Xue Huai'an's arm, "Lord Ministry, let's go to the mansion first. If you have something to do, just send someone over to tell me. I will rush to the fairy palace. Why don't you run away yourself?" one trip!"

"Duke Zhong takes care of a lot of things every day and is busy with affairs. Anyway, I have nothing to do. If I come here in person, I won't delay Duke Zhong's time." Xue Huai'an said with a faint smile.

Feng Yuanpo laughed loudly and said: "How dare you!" He dragged Xue Huai'an into the mansion and sat down in the elegant hall. Someone had already brought tea and snacks, and Xue Huai'an asked straight to the point: "Mr. Zhong, do you know what was prepared for the birthday ceremony?" What's the matter?"

Feng Yuanpo smiled and said: "I know that Xue Butang came here, it must be for this matter, Mr. Butang, please rest assured, there are still a few days before the birthday ceremony, everything is in order, and there will be no delay."

"Has the Peacock Terrace arrived?"

"I just arrived today." Feng Yuan smiled and picked up the teacup, "Lord Ministry, please use tea!"

Xue Huai'an picked up the teacup, but didn't drink it right away, and said, "Duke Zhong asked me last time what kind of dancers I should invite. I'm still a little worried...!"

Feng Yuanpo raised his eyebrows slightly, and asked, "What are you worried about, Mr. Department Hall?"

Xue Huai'an frowned and said: "This Jinling sparrow's dancing skills are impeccable, but...!" After hesitating for a while, he said: "The Jinling sparrow presented a dancer at the Queen's Empress's birthday, and was awarded by the Holy Majesty and the Empress. Logically speaking, she was the best candidate to perform the dancing skills, but the Jinling sparrow was able to enter the palace because of Huang Ju's recommendation... Huang Ju's family is rebellious and plotting rebellion, and they have been copied and killed by everyone. , this Jinling sparrow has a close relationship with Huang Ju, and when he was in the capital, he was always under Huang Ju's care...!"

Feng Yuanpo said: "Master Department Hall is worried that Jinling Bird will be involved with Huang Ju?"

Xue Huai'an sighed: "Although it's a little dancer, it won't be a big deal, but the Holy Majesty's birthday ceremony is not a trivial matter. If the Holy Majesty sees the Jinling Sparrow appearing at that time, he may not think of Huang Ju. I hate it deeply, I wonder if the Holy Majesty will be furious when he sees the Jinling sparrow?"

"Probably not." Feng Yuan said: "The Holy One has a broad mind. Just as the Lord of the Ministry said, Jinling Bird is just a little dancer. Even if she was taken care of by Huang Ju back then, she has nothing to do with the rebellion after all. And the Holy Majesty also praised her back then, so the Holy Majesty naturally admired her dancers very much, and after so many years, Jinling Sparrow's dancers must be better than before. Jinling Sparrow came here this time to perform for the Holy Majesty. The Holy Majesty is naturally aware of this, and he will definitely not be furious just because the little dancer and Huang Ju were involved in the past."

Xue Huai'an nodded slightly.

"The master of the Ministry is as meticulous as a hair, and if he can think of this, he naturally wants to make the birthday ceremony grand and thorough." Feng Yuanpo said with a smile: "All the procedures have been prepared here, and there will be no mistakes. Don't worry, Mr. Tang, if something goes wrong, I'll be the only one to ask, and Mr. Butang will never be implicated."

Xue Huai'an waved his hand and said: "That's not what it means." After a pause, he said: "Yes, has the person who shocked Koufeng arrived?"

Feng Yuanpo frowned slightly and said: "My lord, the Hengbian music performed by Zhen Koufeng is actually not very difficult, unlike Jinling Bird, Peacock Flowing Cloud is unparalleled in the world, except for Jinling Bird, no one can perform it, and Hengbian This kind of military music like Bianle, you can also find such a music workshop in Hexi.”

"Duke Zhongguo doesn't know, but after the founding of the country, the Holy One liked military music the most." Xue Huai'an explained: "There is also a military band in the palace, but the Holy Majesty once said that the real horizontal side music cannot be performed by the orchestra in the palace. However, because the orchestra has lived in the palace for a long time, it has lost that sonorous momentum. Later, our Ministry of Rituals searched everywhere, but the horizontal side music of Zhenkoufeng was very popular with the Holy One. The Holy Majesty was afraid that after Zhen Kou Feng entered the palace, that aura would be washed away, so he did not recruit him into the palace. Once the Holy Majesty was interested, he would call Zhen Kou Feng into the palace to perform...the orchestra in Hexi can perform horizontal music , I naturally know, but this kind of thing, you don't need to be familiar with it. The Holy One has always liked Zhen Kou Feng, and if he summoned Zhen Kou Feng, even if it doesn't satisfy the Holy One, he will never let the Holy One down. Duke Zhong, what do you think? This reason?"