Xue Huan

His Majesty? !The three people who came were stunned for a moment, and looked up at the high seat blankly.

The prefect seemed to have finally found the mouth of the cannon, still kneeling on the ground, but turned his head away, and yelled at the family of three who were still standing there dumbfounded:

"Bold and unreasonable! How dare you look directly at Tianyan, you are so disrespectful, and kneel down quickly, do you want your majesty to punish you for a crime of disrespect, so that you know what the king's law is?!"

His voice was loud and strong, as if he wanted to yell out all the fear he had suffered from seeing these two people. After yelling, he felt a lot more at ease in his heart. With a flattering smile, he turned around to please everyone There are two people on the main seat.

Ye Gucheng still had that cold and majestic face, his smiling face froze, and he turned to look at the other person.It's just that the expression of the man in purple made him almost unable to hold back his smile.

Zhuo Donglai looked at the flattering magistrate with a half-smile, then raised his eyes and glanced at the three members of the Zhan family who were still standing there, their eyes were cold and swishing, the three members of the family suddenly felt a chill run up their backs, and couldn't help it With a shiver, the kneecaps softened, and the three of them knelt down in unison.

These few people looked at each other, still haven't understood what happened, how could there be His Majesty?Also, why did they kneel down?But the invisible pressure in the lobby made them unable to say a word, Master Zhan secretly gave the prefect a suspicious look.

"Master Zhifu," Zhuo Donglai read a sentence lightly, before saying anything, the Zhifu hurriedly got down on the ground, and said with a trembling voice:

"The villain dare not, in front of the two nobles, how dare the villain call 'adult'? Don't dare!..."

"Shut up!" Zhuo Donglai's face darkened. How dare this person interrupt him?

These two words were crisp and clear, and the magistrate shut up his voice neatly. He carefully raised his eyes and smiled at the two of them, indicating that he should shut up.Zhuo Donglai was amused, where did the magistrate come from, this skill is better than that of an opera singer!

"You explain it to them."

"Ah? Ehhh." He reacted for a moment, and immediately nodded in agreement.

Zhuo Donglai and Ye Gucheng looked at each other, seeing the smiles in each other's eyes.Although the magistrate looked like a wimp, he was actually very shrewd. When he first saw Zhan's family coming, he made a noise first to clear up the relationship. Moreover, he knew that it would not have much effect to please Ye Gucheng, so he turned to an unknown person. Zhuo Donglai was respectful and flattering, and I have to say that he actually hit the mark.

"The sage is benevolent, and he manages all kinds of opportunities, but he still takes time to go out of the palace to observe the people's sentiments. When I came to Shanxi, I happened to meet the competition held by the Zhanjia, so I stopped for a while. To be rewarded by the sage is the blessing accumulated by your ancestors. Hurry up and kowtow to thank you!"

He actually didn't know the purpose of Ye Gucheng and Zhuo Dong's coming here, and they didn't explain it to him. J□j% of what he said was fabricated by him. All in all, it's always right to sing praises.

Hearing this, the three members of the Zhan family who had just been hit by the competition suddenly became overjoyed. To be able to win the mercy of His Majesty the Emperor, this enemy is beyond all blows!These people immediately forgot about the embarrassing incident that happened just now, and didn't think about how anyone could feel pity for him after seeing the performance of such an idiot?

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Long En! It's a blessing for a dog to be appreciated by His Majesty in three lifetimes. How can a dog have such virtue..." Master Zhan couldn't hide his joy, and he opened his mouth to thank him.

"Xiaosheng thanked His Majesty for his grace, Xiaosheng's talent is so shallow that he is truly blessed by His Majesty..." Zhan Ao's face was distorted in excitement, what is the prefect to get His Majesty's help, Li Xunhuan, Zhan Xiang, Ximen Chuuxue, etc. Waiting for everything is out of sight!

"Oh, my son, oh, look at my mouth, thank you, thank you, my son is only a little thin to bother your majesty to come here...... This is really......" Zhan Da Madam yelled instantly, thinking that Ye Gucheng came here this time to watch Zhan Ao's competition.

"Hmph!" Ye Gucheng and Zhuo Donglai snorted at the same time.Because the three voices sounded in an instant, the whole hall was as noisy as a vegetable market, and I don't know where these three people cultivated their voices.Ye Gucheng and Zhuo Donglai couldn't bear it any longer, and directly responded with cold snorts to their words.

The three people in the hall were stunned for a moment, then recalled the embarrassing thing that happened just now, their happy faces froze again.Zhan Ao twitched the corners of his mouth, moved his eyeballs with difficulty, and said dryly:

"Your Majesty, it is clear that the competition just now was not based on Xiaosheng's original wish. Your Majesty does not know that Xiaosheng is the eldest son of the family, but there is also a concubine. I met a reckless brother outside, and his brother took the initiative to compete with Xiaosheng because of his talent. Xiaosheng had no choice but to agree, but he couldn't bear to hurt his face, so he took out the nursery rhymes he played when he was young and offered to him. Xiaosheng's heart can be learned from the world, I really don't want his reckless brother who is called Li Xunhuan to fall into injustice so much, Your Majesty, please let Xiaosheng be the master..." As he spoke, his worthless tears came again flowed down.

"That's right! That's the thing, Your Majesty, please make the decision for my son!" His parents quickly reacted and responded.

"Zhan Ao, what nonsense are you talking about again!" Before the two people in the hall spoke sarcastically, an exasperated voice sounded.

Everyone turned their heads to look at the door, and saw a water-blue figure rushing in. Zhan Ao didn't react to anything, and the black shadow in front of him magnified infinitely...

"Ah!" He screamed and fell to the ground covering his face.

Zhan Xiang let go of his beriberi and let out a sigh, and said in his heart: It deserves it!

Ah Fei was the tightest follower, and he couldn't help but touch his forehead when he saw this. This little guy, really, is only [-] points for what he was supposed to take for ten points... However, even if he doesn't take one point for it, he can still protect him comprehensive.Thinking about it this way, seeing his frizzy hair that was about to stand on end, Ah Fei smiled helplessly.

"You! Sinister! How dare you treat your own brother like this! You are still in front of His Majesty... You are lawless! You are lawless! Please, Your Majesty, condemn this ungrateful bastard!" Mr. Zhan was so angry that his beard trembled. Almost like fainting.

"Oh? Tell me, what crime do you want to commit?" Ye Gucheng's eyes were cold, and he didn't respond to Master Zhan's words, so it was Zhuo Donglai who asked this question.He stared closely at the speaker with slightly squinted eyes, the corners of his lips curled into a smile that was not a smile, and a slightly feminine voice slipped out from the tip of his tongue. Those who knew him well knew how dangerous Zhuo Donglai was at this time.

What crime?Master Zhan said without hesitation:

"Not being filial or fraternal is naturally the most severe punishment, so that these evil animals can understand what is wrong with them."

As soon as these words came out, Zhan Xiang's face turned pale, and he looked at Master Zhan in disbelief.According to him, the most severe punishment is hanging, just because he kicked that hypocrite, and he wants him to pay with his life?Even if he said these words out of his brain, Zhan Xiang deeply understood his status in his father's heart... Maybe Zhan Ao's dog is a bit higher than his status, right?Thinking of this, his face became more and more ugly.

"Presumptuous!" Ye Gucheng shouted coldly.

"Who dares!" Ah Fei said angrily.

"Bold!" Zhuo Donglai snapped.

Like three thunderclaps in the hall, the effect of the cultivation of these three people is not one plus one plus one. All the kneeling people in the hall fell limply on the ground, trembling repeatedly:

"The villain deserves to die, the villain deserves to die..."

The magistrate was very wronged, he didn't know where he should die, but... let's follow first...

Zhan Xiaoxiang came back to his senses, looked at the three people who yelled angrily for him, his heart softened but he also felt that the grievance in his heart could hardly be suppressed.

"I just heard Mr. Zhan say that Xiao Xiang will be punished with the most severe punishment. Mr. Zhan, do you know what punishment you can get for the most serious crime?" A clear voice sounded, but it was always gentle. This time it was as cold as ice.

The old man Zhan tried his best to move his already frightened brain, only then did he realize what the punishment he was talking about, cold sweat dripped down his forehead...

"Brother." Zhan Xiaoxiang called out with a strong nasal voice.

Li Xun Huan's frozen eyes softened, and he responded gently.

Seeing that the atmosphere had eased a bit, Mrs. Zhan's guts that had just shrunk back slowly grew to its original level. Seeing Li Xunhuan and Ximen Chuuxue who had arrived, they walked into the lobby leisurely, not at all looking like a face saint. , she suddenly felt that the opportunity to invite credit had come!

"Bold! If you don't kneel before seeing His Majesty, you will be punished for a crime of disrespect!" She spoke proudly, speaking what the prefect just told them, like a pheasant with chicken feathers pretending to be a phoenix.

Hearing this, Li Xun Huan was taken aback, disrespectful?In fact, he is not so used to giving a big gift to Ye Gucheng...

"He dares?" Ximen Chuixue said coldly.He didn't care about his identity, he only knew that if anyone dared to touch a hair of Li Xun Huan, he would have to ask the sword in his hand whether he would agree or not.

Li Xunhuan patted Ximen Chuuxue's hand, looked at Zhuo Donglai and Ye Gucheng with a smile, and asked:

"Donglai, do you think the city lord will punish us for a big crime of disrespect?"

The eyebrows and eyes of the two people in the hall were relaxed, Zhuo Donglai raised his eyebrows, glanced at Ye Gucheng, and said slowly:

"Dare he?"

The corners of Ye Gucheng's mouth twitched slightly, but he didn't say anything.

Everyone's heart trembled, and they raised their heads with difficulty to look at the two sitting in the hall and the group who had just arrived. Finally, they seemed to understand something. They swiped and lay back, trembling. The three of them finally realized that they had stabbed a hornet's nest!

Master Zhan tremblingly glanced at Zhan Xiang who was still standing, and said in a shy voice:

"Xiaoxiang...Dad didn't mean that just now, we are your own father and elder brother after all...you..." Are you talking for us...you haven't finished speaking yet, show off Ao couldn't wait to interface and said:

"Yes, yes.... We are your elder brother and father..." There was a black footprint on his face, and a path snaked out under the bridge of his nose, which was indescribably funny.Zhanxiang used to be in the mood to laugh at him, but now he is not in the mood.He thought that his heart was already dead the day he left the development house, but he didn't expect that he still overestimated himself...

"Father? Brother? Hehe..." He sneered, redness slowly appeared in his eyes.

"Father, in fact, you don't have me in your mind at all, right? Everything Zhan Ao says is right, and everything I say is wrong. Even if I have worked for the Zhan family for so many years, I can't make up for Zhan Ao's casual words.

I resisted him a little bit, you beat and scolded me frequently, and you let the servants around him beat me with fists, do you think my son is not even as good as the servants around him?He was not here for the past three years, I thought I could finally replace him as the closest son in your heart, but it turned out that it was just my wishful thinking...

Every day, even if I return home exhausted, you will always just scold me.Just because I am a concubine, no matter what I do is a mistake, just because I am a concubine, my own existence is also a mistake!Then why did you rob my mother and come back to be a child? I would rather be born in a poor family than pursue forever the slightest bit of love for me that will never appear in your heart!Do you even know?

You say I'm not filial... Hahaha... I'm so unfilial that I'm still studying poetry when I'm punished to kneel in the ancestral hall for a word of praise from you. I'm so unfilial that I give you an affirmative look Ride horses and run thousands of miles overnight to complete a business... Ha ha ha... Zhan Xiang, Zhan Xiang, you are so unfilial, you are so unfilial, why does your father need you as a son ? "

He was talking and talking, but in the end he covered his face and shed tears. It's not worth it, it's really not worth it... His mother is not worth it, so she went early, but it's a pity that she didn't tell him that it was not worth it. He desperately pursued the father's love that would never appear in him...

The old man Zhan opened his mouth, but he found that there was nothing to refute. After thinking about it carefully, what Zhan Xiang said was right... The originally slightly bent figure suddenly hunched...

"And you, Zhan Ao!" Zhan Xiang wiped away his tears, pointed at Zhan Ao and shouted:

"You have been pretending for so many years. If you are not tired, I will be tired for you. When I was young, I was busy pointing at Sang Huai and telling everyone bad things about me. Everyone who was close to me was chased away by you one by one. If you want to grab it, do you still remember the first thing you snatched from me? It was the jade lock that my mother saved for me when she was still alive. It was so small and obviously not precious at all, because You said something to dad, and that thing became yours as a matter of course, but you took it just to smash it with your own hands in front of me! From that day on, I hate you, no, I hate you! I hate you!" He roared out, full of hatred and pain, he hated this person, for more than ten years, every time he looked at him, he felt disgusted.

He panted heavily, pain and hatred slowly fermented in his chest, until he couldn't breathe.Suddenly, he was hugged into a warm embrace, and most of the gloom in his heart dissipated in an instant. He looked up, and it was A Fei again. In fact, sometimes he even made him feel more at ease than his elder brother, because after all, his elder brother already had Ximen Chuuxue. He is also very self-aware not to go back and disturb too much.Zhan Xiaoxiang pursed his lips, a little wanting to cry, looked at his eyes full of helplessness and distress, and rushed in with a wow, wanting to cry out all the depression of the past ten years.

Silence slowly spread in the hall, everyone was in complicated mood, only heard Zhan Xiaoxiang's sobbing and suppressed crying one after another.Li Xunhuan breathed out slowly, looking at Zhan Xiang who was bought in A Fei's arms, his eyes were full of heartache and relief, the rotten flesh was dug out, and the wound could be regenerated, his younger brother was still young, it was really not good to be planted in the mud of Zhan's house worth.

When he finally had enough of crying, he raised his head and saw that all the people in the hall were staring at him except for the few kneeling people. He sniffled and felt a little embarrassed. He just needed to vent, and after venting, it would naturally clear up, he said :

"Look what I do?"

Everyone's eyes were filled with smiles, after all, they are still children at heart, everything comes and goes quickly.

"Xiao Xiang, what are your plans for the future?"

Zhan Xiang looked blankly at Li Xun Huan who asked the question, then looked at A Fei in front of him, and blinked.He originally wanted to prove that he was much better than Zhan Ao, but Zhan Xiang looked at Zhan Ao who was frightened into a puddle of mud on the ground with disgust, it seemed a bit too cheap for this purpose.He looked up at Ye Gucheng and said:

"Your Majesty, I want to completely disassociate myself from the Zhan family." His eyes were dim, and it was already alright, but he still needed a proof that he no longer wanted to live in the shadow of them.

"Zunzuo." Ye Gucheng sighed helplessly in his heart, every family has scriptures that are difficult to recite.

"Since you are senior's younger brother, everyone present here can naturally be your elder brother." Zhuo Donglai spoke slowly, glanced at Ye Gucheng, and he nodded in agreement.

Zhan Xiaoxiang blushed, of course he knew what Zhuo Donglai meant and was very grateful, but:

"I can prove myself on my own."

"Of course we know that Li Xunhuan's younger brother is not a coward." The one who spoke was Ximen Chuuxue. He looked at Li Xunhuan with his eyes melting slightly. He rarely said such things, so when he said it, Zhan Xiaoxiang seemed a little flattered. , puffed up his chest and proudly said:

"Of course I am Li Xun Huan's younger brother, and I will never disgrace him!"

"Then what are you going to do with these people?"

Everyone's eyes turned back to the three kneeling Zhan family members, what should we do?

Li Xunhuan and Ximen Chuuxue looked at each other, let's see what Xiaoxiang wants to do.The two looked at Zhan Xiang.

Zhan Xiaoxiang raised his eyebrows and said;

"Your Majesty, what is the crime of deceiving your majesty?"

"Capital crime!" In fact, this crime can be big or small, but he also felt that these guys who opened their eyes and talked nonsense and tricked himself and Dong Lai into monkeys were too bold and reckless.

Hearing this, Zhan Xiaoxiang lowered his eyebrows and thought about it. In just a short while, those three people were like earthworms attached to their bodies, and they were extremely flexible on the ground. They crawled under Zhan Xiang's legs, and Mrs. Zhan cried out:

"Xiaoxiang, although we have been sorry to you these years, we still have a relationship. You can't be so cruel. You will be struck by lightning!"

Hearing this, Ah Fei's eyebrows flashed with anger, and he stretched out his foot and kicked away the hand that stretched the trouser leg.

Zhan Xiang grabbed him, smiled wryly and said:

"I really can't just watch them die like this." Ye Gucheng clasped his hands and said, "Brother Ye, I dare to call you big brother. After all, they are related to me by blood. Please forgive them for their capital crimes."

Ye Gucheng nodded and agreed to him, but:

"Zhan Ao's talent is really not true at all, so he changed his name as a scholar."

Zhan Ao opened his mouth in vain, he could already imagine that everyone would spread the words about him later.For this kind of person who loves face more than anything else, breaking the good mask he has painstakingly cultivated for more than ten years is as uncomfortable as killing him... But what else can be done?He looked at his father, if there was anything in the past, he could basically do it as long as he coaxed his father well, but there are more things in the world that his father can't do... What's more, what frightened him even more was that he now When he looked at his father for the first time, he did not see the same kindness and indulgence as in the past, but a trace of alienation and hatred... He felt cold and kept telling himself that he must have read it wrong!I read it wrong!

"Brother." Zhan Xiaoxiang's water-blue silk outer shirt was a little light under the sun, and his whole body seemed to be much clearer.

"Are you going back to Wanmei Villa after that?"

"Well, aren't you coming with us?"

"No, I, I..." He talked for a long time, and finally mustered up the courage to say loudly:

"I want to stay here. Many of the businesses I used to run are here. I have to take them back. I want to build my own fortress. I will give you and Brother Ximen, Brother Zhuo and Brother Ye a good house. , you can come and live at any time. And I promised my elder brother to search for all the good wines in the world for my elder brother when he recovers from his illness.

"I know." Li Xun Huan accepted with a smile, rubbed the top of his head, and handed him a stack of thick bank notes.

Zhan Xiang's face was flushed, and he said no.

Li Xunhuan laughed and said:

"This is Ximen who sees that you have a bright future, so I will borrow from you first, and you will have to return all the principal and interest in the future. This is also the way of Wanmei Villa to make money."

Only then did Zhan Xiang slow down, patted his chest and said:

"I will calculate the highest interest for Brother Ximen!"

Ximen Chuuxue smiled, nodded without refusing.

Li Xunhuan looked at A Fei, which means: What about you?

"I'll stay, more or less there is a care."

Hearing this, Zhan Xiaoxiang's eyes lit up, but he muttered, "What do I need from you?"

Li Xunhuan and Ximen nodded, "Remember to send messages from time to time."

There is always a banquet in the world, but this separation, Li Xunhuan didn't feel much sadness, because he knew it was for the reunion next time, thinking of Zhan Xiaoxiang's fangs and claws without much lethality, he raised the corners of his lips, and there was a It's not bad to have a brother who can worry about it.Suddenly the back of his hand felt warm, and he raised his eyes to look at Ximen Chuuxue, wondering: What's wrong?

Ximen smiled and said, "You really do everything in my name, and you take all the benefits."

"That's wrong, Xiao Xiang said, I will give you the highest interest rate." Li Xun Huan retorted.

"This is Xiaoxiang's share, not yours. In short, you have to pay me back."

Li Xun Huan was helpless, "Then what are you going to do?"

The last word "He" was swallowed by Ximen Chuuxue.Li Xun Huan kissed back, his eyebrows curved, and he smiled warmly.

Back in the manor, Li Xunhuan lived a leisurely life like haggling with Ximen Chuuxue for drinks, playing chess and piano from time to time, admiring flowers and practicing swords.But the good times didn't last long, and an urgent letter from the white pigeon broke the short peace...

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