Chaos in the Eastern Jin Dynasty

Chapter 101

The next day, Xie An rushed over.

Guan Ziyang recounted the Queen Mother's original words. After hearing this, Xie An pondered for a while before opening his mouth slowly.

"I'm afraid that Shi Kun, Marquis of Ruyin, has the heart of disobedience?"

Xie Yi was surprised: "Where did the third brother say that?"

Xie An analyzed it.

"Although Quezhi is a commoner, he holds the important position of the governor of the Beifu Army, and the heavy responsibility of rebuilding the Beifu Army falls on him.
It can be said that the most popular person in the Eastern Jin Dynasty today is none other than him. In the name of getting married, Shi Kun, on the one hand, is trying to win over the missing, and on the other hand, he may want to take advantage of the wedding appointed by the Queen Mother! "

Xie Yi replied: "But Shi Kun is alone in Jiankang, what kind of waves can he make? The 3000 remnants of the Zhao Kingdom under his command have already been led by Yao Xiang and Yao Chang, and have obeyed Yin Hao's orders to help the Northern Expedition."

Xie An pondered and said: "This is exactly what I doubt, and that day Shi Kun asked you to go to his Marquis's mansion for a talk, I think he intends to test your martial arts, and later he talked with many adults in the court,
So I suspect that he must be trying to use his powerful force to make things happen! "

Xie Yi sighed: "This!... No matter how good his martial arts are, even Huan Wen wouldn't dare to resist the Habayashi Guard's formation. Could it be that he can break it?"

Xie An's analysis is also reasonable, but in this situation where little is known about the enemy, any analysis can only be speculation.

So Xie An ordered Guan Ziyang to obey the queen mother's arrangement first, and get in touch with Shi Kun more often to see if there is a chance to figure out some news.

Guan Ziyang nodded, and went straight out of Xie's Mansion in Wuyi Lane, heading for Ruyinhou's Mansion.

Along the way, Guan Ziyang kept recalling the first time he met Shi Kun. This gentle and elegant man looked like a 'smiling tiger'.

When he arrived at the Hou's mansion, his elder son Shi Lang received him.

Shi Lang is on duty at home today, while his father Shi Kun and younger brother Shi Hao are on duty in the palace.

Shi Lang was very polite to him, and ordered Jie slaves in his mansion to serve fragrant tea, and he himself was a sidekick to accompany him.

"Guan Dudu, I haven't seen you for a long time. You are already a high-ranking member of the court. You really are a hero. I am so envious of my younger brother."

Regarding Shi Lang's flattery, Guan Ziyang naturally couldn't believe that he was sincere, so he had to make false claims with him.

After chatting for a while, Shi Lang suddenly slapped his thigh.

"Hey! I was so confused, I forgot to inform my sister, please sit down for a while, and I will ask my sister to come out and meet you!"

Guan Ziyang almost spit out his tea.

"Brother Shilang, I'm mainly here to see your father. I'm afraid it's inconvenient to see you because my sister is in her boudoir."

Shi Lang smiled and waved his hands: "We Jie people are not that particular, men and women are unmarried, shouldn't we communicate more?" He said and left the living room.

Guan Ziyang sat back in his chair in embarrassment, thinking about what he should say when he met Shi Qi later.

The entanglements between himself and the Shi family were all caused by Shi Qi. He didn't want to have any interaction with her, but he was in Zhongshan Yaji.

Shi Qi came up with a question to help him out, and he was not as indifferent to her as before.

But he couldn't help telling himself secretly that he must not be ruined because of his children's affection.

Now that he has realized the mind of Dao, and has mastered the innate qi and innate essence in his body, even if he faces Shi Kun, he may not be invincible in a fight!
As long as you don't fall into the other party's trap, the other party has nothing to do with him.

The most critical issue is the Queen Mother's gift of marriage, which cannot be avoided and can only be delayed.

Put it off this year.

There were a lot of thoughts in my heart, and after a long time, Shi Qi finally arrived.

"Guan Gongzi, long time no see!"

Guan Ziyang followed the prestige and saw that Shi Qi was standing in front of the hall.

She is dressed in Jie nationality costumes, a large white cotton jacket with a whole white fox fur, noble and playful, with a beautiful face, blond hair and blue eyes, exotic style, as if carrying the wildness of Guanzhong.

The hair is combed in a bun commonly used by Jiangnan women, and the smiling face is full of smiles, with a touch of femininity of Han women.

Seeing this, Guan Ziyang couldn't help being stunned. I have to say that Shi Qi is such a beautiful woman who can bring disaster to the country and the people. If she really marries her, it's not a bad idea...

Guan Ziyang was taken aback. He was still telling himself not to be greedy for his children's affection just now, so he quickly shook his head vigorously to get those dirty thoughts out of his head.

"Shi Niangzi, long time no see..." Guan Ziyang replied in a daze.

Seeing that only Shi Qi came and Shi Lang was not there, Guan Ziyang asked, "Where is Brother Shi Lang?"

Shi Qi walked up to her in two or three steps, put his hands on the hem of her skirt, and twirled playfully in front of him twice.

"Didn't you come to see me? My brother is busy with his own affairs." Then he raised his eyebrows: "Well, I came to see you after I dressed up carefully."

"Ahem, Miss Shi, I..."

In the middle of the sentence, Guan Ziyang didn't know what to say.

"Mistress Shi, I'm only here to see your father. Since your father is not here, I will leave."

"Alas..." Shi Qi still wanted to keep him, but Guan Ziyang ran away quickly.gone.

After leaving the Hou's mansion, Guan Ziyang secretly said: "Girl Qingchan is not here, the immunity to beauty has plummeted!"

That night, Guan Ziyang was practicing "Baopuzi" at home, refining the innate essence he had just acquired.

A blond Capricorn man came to ask to see.

Tie Wei held a post and sent it to Guan Ziyang.

It turned out to be Shi Kun, who was invited to play chess at the Hou Mansion tonight.

Guan Ziyang didn't want to go, but remembering Xie An's words, let him get in touch with Shi Kun more, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and take the black slave to the appointment.

Entering the Marquis' Mansion twice a day, this time Shi Kun had already prepared a banquet at home and was waiting for Guan Ziyang to take his seat.

There are five members of Shi Kun's family, Shi Kun, Mrs. Shi, Shi Lang, Shi Hao, and Shi Qi are all present...

"I heard that Dudu Guan came to Xiaguan's house today, and Xiaguan is on duty in the palace, so I have neglected Dudu." Shi Kun was the first to apologize and said with a smile.

Guan Ziyang smiled wryly and replied that it was all right, and sat in the guest of honor seat Shi Kun started, and Shi Qi was on the other side of him.

"This seating arrangement seems to have been carefully designed!" Guan Ziyang thought to himself.

Three rounds of wine, five flavors of food.

Shi Kun finally got to the point: "How old is the lower official, Dudu, and I dare to call him a good nephew. I don't know if I can."

Guan Ziyang hugged his fist: "That's right."

Shi Kun said with a smile: "My nephew is a good-looking talent. When I first saw my nephew, I thought you were a rare hero. Later, my nephew won the first prize in Zhongshan Yaji. Shi and my nephew hit it off, so I dared to ask the queen mother to marry you to my daughter." .”

"Believe in the fate between my daughter and my nephew, first Jiang Ling rescued my daughter, and then Zhongshan's daughter asked for a poem,
Most of the health city is rumored that this year's Ninth Rank Zhongzheng leader and the little girl are a match made in heaven,
A good nephew should not refuse a marriage offer, right? "

Guan Ziyang groaned in his heart: "I want to refuse, you motherfucker directly ask the Queen Mother to order, I can refuse!"

"Master Hou was joking, I am really flattered to be honored by Master Hou who thinks highly of me."

Guan Ziyang had no choice but to play Tai Chi, ambiguous, hey, I will not answer.

Shi Kun is also a human spirit, seeing Guan Ziyang's prevarication, he didn't pursue him deeply.

"I heard that my nephew is not only a master of rhythm, but also a master of chess. Today, the moon is full of stars. Why don't you and I play chess under the beautiful scenery of this beautiful day?"

"It's better to obey than to be respectful."

In the small courtyard of the Hou Mansion, more than a dozen oil lamps were lit, and Go was placed on the stone table under the plane tree, and the two began to play.

After more than a dozen moves, Guan Ziyang discovered that this Shi Kun was a complete beginner, and he was probably just using this as an excuse to invite him to his home to learn the rules of Go.

Guan Ziyang didn't point it out, just placed his order at random, just waiting to see what kind of medicine he was selling in the gourd.

After a few more moves, Shi Kun made a throw and surrendered.

"Nephew's brilliant move, Mr. Shi has made a fool of himself." Shi Kun said with a flattering smile.

"you are welcome."

Shi Kun looked at Shi Lang and Shi Hao who were sitting on the sidelines watching chess, and said earnestly: "You two should learn more from Guan Dudu in the future,

Also at the age of 16, in addition to playing Taoism and rhythm, Nephew Guan Xian has both civil and military skills. Not long ago, he single-handedly defeated Zitong County, killed Xiao Jingwen, and was an important minister in the court.

If the two of you can do half of the nephew's ability, father will be satisfied! "

Shi Lang and Shi Lang said at the same time: "Yes, father."

Shi Kun turned to Shi Qi again and said: "Little Qi, you also know that Daddy always loves you the most. Daddy is very happy that you can care about such a good husband and son-in-law as your nephew!"

Guan Ziyang: "..."

Shi Kun seemed to be teaching his children, but in fact he was talking to Guan Ziyang. He is not stupid, so naturally he would not take the blame.

Seeing that Guan Ziyang was unmoved, Shi Kun changed another tactic.

"Nephew, this Xiao Jingwen is one of the top ten masters of the state of Jin. Can you tell me how you killed him?"

snort!The old man wants to find out about me!

"Back to Lord Marquis, I'm just a fluke, and the sneak attack was successful..."

Shi Kun said again: "I don't know which martial art my nephew is practicing? I don't think it should be "The Analects of Confucius", right?"

"Family-inherited style is not worth mentioning."

Shi Kun said with a flattering smile: "Oh, that's terrible, my nephew practiced blood martial arts as a commoner, and even reached the second-rank realm, he is really a genius in the world..."

Shi Kun didn't point out that it was obviously impossible for Guan Ziyang to practice his Guan family's blood martial arts without his blood.

Then he played 'Tai Chi' with Shi Kun for a while with a hidden knife in his smile. Shi Kun seemed to lose his patience and couldn't help it anymore.

"Nephew, actually I have one more thing to ask you today." Shi Kun said with an anxious expression.

"Master Hou, but it's okay to talk about it." Guan Ziyang said in his heart: "This is probably the main topic."

Shi Kun moved the stone bench to the side of Guan Ziyang, and said in a low voice: "I heard that my nephew has a very close relationship with Xie's family. Shi has heard of Mr. An Shi's name for a long time.

It's a pity that Mr. An Shi lived in seclusion in Kuaiji, and he never got to meet him. He even asked his nephew to be an intermediary to lead me to Kuaiji to meet him. "

Shi Kun meets Xie An?

Could it be that like Xie Yi, he wanted to have a clear talk with him?
A flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in Guan Ziyang's mind, he wanted to try Xie An's martial arts?

"Okay, I'll go to Kuaiji in a few days and ask for Mr. Anshi's consent, and I will take Master Hou with me."

In fact, Xie An is now in Jiankang...

"It's getting late today, why don't my nephew spend the night in the humble house."

"Okay, thank you so much, Lord Hou." I didn't expect Guan Ziyang to agree so happily, but it surprised Shi Kun.

Just such a trace of surprise made Guan Ziyang see it, secretly proud of himself.

That night.

Although Guan Ziyang was lying on the bed, he had been listening attentively to the wind around him.

With the innate essence, his five senses have been strengthened again.

From Shi Kun's stunned expression just now, he knew that in his heart, he didn't want to live in the Hou Mansion by himself.

Sure enough, it was late at night.

There was an extremely low sound of opening and closing the door. The door of the Hou Mansion is huge, and the switch has a loud sound of wood rubbing.
Although Guan Ziyang's guest room was far away, he still heard someone entering the Marquis' mansion even though he had been listening attentively with his internal strength.

Guan Ziyang really wanted to go out and see who was visiting late at night, but outside his room, there were always sounds of people walking around, presumably Shi Kun arranged for someone to watch him.

So he didn't dare to act rashly.

But at this moment, his door rang first.

Before Guan Ziyang could open the door, Shi Qi pushed the door open and entered.

Although the women of the Jie tribe were enthusiastic and unrestrained, daring to love and hate, Guan Ziyang was caught off guard by the initiative to come to the door in the middle of the night.

"Guan Lang-jun..."

"Shi Niangzi, it's midnight, do you have something urgent?"

"Hee hee, my father and brother were here just now, and I couldn't talk to you. I expected you to leave again tomorrow morning, so I wanted to come and talk to you."

Guan Ziyang: "..."

In the end, Shi Qi really came to talk to him.

Asking what he has been up to lately.They asked about Qing Chan and Wei Yiqing's recent situation, chatting with each other.

Shi Qi's expression changed suddenly, under the light of the oil lamp, his cheeks turned red, and he said in a low voice, "Guan Langjun, in fact, my father went to ask the queen mother, I begged my father to go."

"Ah?" Guan Ziyang asked in surprise.

"Since Zhong Shan left last time, I have never had a chance to see you again. According to the rules of the Han people, unmarried women are not allowed to show their faces, and my father forbids me to look for you."

Guan Ziyang stared wide-eyed, and said incredulously, "Good guy, is this confession?"

Shi Qi continued: "Later, I heard that you led the troops to Sichuan to suppress the rebellion. During those two months, I was always worried about you and entrusted my father to inquire about you every day."

"Um... Shi Niangzi, you really don't have to do this." Guan Ziyang said in a daze.

"Guan Lang-jun, during the day I saw that although you and daddy were talking and laughing on the surface, they are very harmonious, but I can see that you are very guarded against daddy, and daddy is also trying his best to treat you."

"If you are really angry because daddy went to ask the queen mother for a marriage without first asking your opinion, then you should be angry with me, don't be angry with my daddy."

Shi Qi raised his head and looked at Guan Ziyang emotionally: "If you don't like me, please tell me directly, we Jie women have always dared to love and hate,

If my love doesn't get your response, I can leave silently without bothering you anymore,

After the Empress Dowager gave the decree, I hanged myself, and I will never make things difficult for you. "

Shi Qi's beautiful face was full of tears at this time, Guan Ziyang's heart seemed to be pierced by thousands of arrows, he suddenly couldn't bear to hurt such an affectionate woman.

No matter how his father Shi Kun is, at least now he feels that maybe this has nothing to do with Shi Qi.

Shi Qi, kept in the dark, might just be a pawn of his father's!
Of course, Guan Ziyang was also worried.

I'm worried that Shi Qi is an old Oscar-level actor...

(End of this chapter)