In addition to the majestic palaces in Yanjing City, the mansions of some high-ranking officials and nobles are also extremely luxurious and huge, just like the Taishi Mansion in Dongcheng. Although they are only two streets away from Han Xuandao's Shangshu Mansion, in terms of scale, they are far from the Shangshu Mansion.

Tongming Avenue is wide and is the largest street in Dongcheng District. There are many residences on this street, many of which are the residences of the officials of the Xiao family. Just like Xiao Huaijin's Minister of Works, it was built on Tongming Avenue. After Xiao Huaijin served as the Minister of Works, he immediately moved to the Secretary of Works. In a sense, Tongming Avenue can even become the private avenue of the Xiao family.

This avenue is paved with bluestone slabs, and there are always cars coming and going. They are all officials at all levels who depend on the Xiao family. From time to time, they have to go to the Grand Tutor's Mansion to honor their old Grand Tutor.

The red door with red lacquer and giant lion danced its claws. A row of big red lanterns hung high under the eaves. Although the sky was completely black and the dusk was shining brightly in front of the Grand Master's Mansion as bright as day.

As the largest and most impressive official residence on Tongming Avenue and even the entire Yanjing City, the Taishi Mansion covers a huge area and is by no means comparable to other officials.

As the most powerful Xiao family in the family, there are endless visitors to the Taishi Mansion. There is nothing to avoid in Yan's formation of clans and private affairs, but it is placed on the table openly.

A deformed country!

However, today the Taishi Mansion refused all the guests' visits. Eight iron-armored guards wearing big swords dealt with all the visitors in front of the Taishi Mansion, blocking all the visitors in a very simple sentence.

"The Grand Master has an order, and I will not see guests today!"

At first, the visitors were a little strange, but soon they knew that the Grand Master's Mansion had a banquet today, and the Grand Master personally accompanied him and refused to visit other visitors.

The guests of the Grand Tutor's Mansion today are Han Xuanchang, who has just served as the Minister of Rites, and Han Mo, the director of the Xihua Hall.

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The Grand Tutor Mansion is even more luxurious than the luxurious and atmospheric appearance. It has nine-turn corridors, pavilions, towers, blue pools and spring water, and magnificent. Even the subordinates of the Grand Tutor Mansion wear brocade clothes, showing the domineering spirit of the wealthy family.

Compared with the maids and servants in Han Xuandao's mansion, there are several times more servants in the Grand Tutor's mansion. They have meticulous division of labor and are well-trained. The maids and maids are all like flowers and jade.

In the main hall of the Taishi Mansion, there are huge gold and silver utensils, and there are many copper cranes and incense burners, and they are arranged in an orderly manner, exuding a sacred and majestic momentum.

At this time, the hall was singing and dancing to the ground, and the eight dancers were dancing slowly in the hall, with graceful dances, like fairies in the clouds, with the sound of the sheng and flutes, and the moving house was like the Yao pool, and the dancers' movements were flowing like the dance of the demons.

In addition to Master Xiao who was stroking his beard and smiling on the main seat, there were more than a dozen nanmu tables on the left and right. There were fruits, wine and food on the table, emitting bursts of fragrance.

The food fragrance, sandalwood fragrance in the hall and the body fragrance of the girls fill the air and make people feel relaxed.

The guest on the left is Han Xuandao. Below him is Han Mo who enjoys the performance of the dancers with a smile. The first case on the left is Xiao Tongguang who has deep contact with Han Mo. Under him is Xiao Huaijin, the current Minister of Works. Xiao Huaijin, Xiao Huaijin, is a man over thirty years old. He has clear edges and angular cheekbones, and a short scar on the left eyebrows. He looks very masculine and his temperament is revealed to make people quickly know that this guy is not easy to mess with.

When Han Mo first saw this person when he entered the Taishi Mansion, he immediately felt that this person was not an ordinary person. Once he was introduced, he realized that this person was the leader of the Leopard Camp, one of the five major camps of the Imperial Guards, and was the second-ranked figure of the Leopard Camp.

The five major camps of the Imperial Army in Yanjing, Longxiang Camp, Volcano Camp, Wolf Armor Camp, Leopard Camp, and Yingxiang Camp, were the most elite troops in the entire Yan State.

Everyone knows that the gang leader of the Leopard Turf Camp is a force of the Xiao family, but because of the support of the Xiao family, Murong He and Murong Sect leader are sitting steadily in the Leopard Turf Camp.

The commander of the Leopard Camp was old and weak. Although he was still in the army, due to his energy problems, much power had fallen into the hands of Murong He. Because of this, although the Leopard Camp was still an imperial guard, it was the most unstable army and was also afraid of by the royal family.

Fortunately, the overall control of the Leopard Turf Camp is still in the hands of the emperor, so this nail stuck in the Leopard Turf Camp is still not enough to make a big wave.

Murong He's position is also destined to be highly valued by the Xiao family. At this banquet today, countless important officials from the Xiao family were not present, and Murong He was invited instead.

As for other locations, they were all veterans of the Xiao family who accompanied the Han family and son.

When the dance music stopped, Master Xiao looked at him, Xiao Huaijin had already raised his cup and stood up with a smile on his face, and looked at Han Xuan and said, "Mr. Han, today everyone is here, and the brilliance is shining brightly. This time, Lord Han is promoted to the Minister of Rites. Our Xiao family is also happy for Lord Han. Set up this banquet to welcome Lord Han. Huaijin is abrupt, and I also invite Lord Han to drink this cup!" He took the lead in drinking all the wine in the cup, which seemed to be sincere.

Han Xuanchang immediately raised his cup and stood up, smiling and said, "My Lord Xiao is polite." He saluted Master Xiao: "Mon Master Meng is very kind and welcomes my father and son. Xuanchang is really grateful. Xuanchang has lived in the East China Sea for a long time and does not know the etiquette in the capital. If there is any rudeness, I hope the Master and you all will be forgiven. Xuanchang must have this cup of wine." He glanced at Han Mo and said, "Mo'er, don't stand up to respect you all!"

Han Mo stood up, smiling purely, harmlessly, and seemed innocent: "Trior Han Mojing and all the masters!"

The father and son drank all the wine in the cup, and Grandmaster Xiao smiled and said, "Sit down." After Han Xuanchang sat down, he asked, "How is Xuanchang looking at the dance postures of these dancers?"

Han Xuanchang sighed: "The clouds are like water, and it is really like a fairy descending to the mortal world. If it were not for the great master's kindness, it would be impossible to see it."

Xiao Tongguang laughed and interrupted, "Mr. Han, these dancers are carefully selected, and then they were specially trained by the dancers in the palace for more than half a year. That is rare in my Yan State..."

Before he could finish his words, he heard Master Xiao cough gently. He hurriedly stopped talking, picked up the wine cup and drank, covering up his embarrassment.

He seemed to be very afraid of his brother.

"If Xuanchang likes it, I will send these dancers to the mansion to the mansion, and Xuanchang can always appreciate the fairy dancing posture." Master Xiao seemed to be smiling and looked peaceful, "But I don't know what Lord Han wants?"

Han Xuanchang was slightly surprised and hurriedly waved his hand with a smile: "I dare not, I dare not, this fairy-like and charming dancer, how dare Xuanchang seize the love of others? The Grand Master's love is so kind, Xuanchang really dares not accept it."

Master Xiao smiled and said, "Why should Xuanchang be seen? It is normal for you and I to be ministers in the court, and giving each other gifts is also human nature. If the gift is too shabby, I really can't take it."

Han Xuanchang said: "This...oh, I'm sure that Xuanchang Su and Jianwen have a deep relationship, so...!" It looked quite embarrassing.

Xiao Tongguang couldn't help but interrupt and said, "Brother, Lord Han is the truth. I have been to the East China Sea and lived in Lord Han's mansion. It is said that Lord Han is really a gentleman. Except for Mrs. Han, there is only one concubine. Lord Han loves his wife very much!" Speaking of the word "concubine", Xiao Tongguang's eyes shone. This scene happened to be captured by Han Mo, and he sneered in his heart: "The old guy's lustful heart is not dead yet."

Upon hearing this, Master Xiao nodded and sighed: "It's rare. Xuanchang is a pure and upright person, which is really a blessing for my Yan State!"

The other people in the field also nodded and agreed.

Murong He had been drinking wine and looked very quiet. Just as everyone agreed, he suddenly asked Han Mo: "Director Han, I heard that in the battle of Ligu Pass, you led thousands of cavalry across the Ligu Mountains and went back to attack the Ye family army. It was covered with snow. I guess the scene was very difficult that day, right?" When he spoke, he didn't look at Han Mo's face, with a bit of arrogant expression, and seemed to be a little disbelief.

Han Mo smiled faintly and said, "It's all the past, Han Mo has almost forgotten it."

Murong He said "Oh", with a look of disdain in his eyes, and a sneered sneered at the corner of his mouth: "Director Han has forgotten such an incomprehensible achievement so quickly, which is rare. If it were done by the lower officials, I am afraid I will never forget it for the rest of my life!"

Although the strength of the West Flower Hall is weak and the position of the Director of the West Flower Hall is disdainful, the position of the Director of the Flower Hall is not low in name. From a certain perspective, it is definitely not lower than that of the Six Ministers. When Xue Gongyan was alive, as the Director of the West Flower Hall, the Secretary of the Six Ministers was respectful at that time. Although Murong He was the chief of the Leopard Camp, his rank was much lower than that of the Director, so he could only call himself a subordinate---even if he was really disdainful of the young director in front of him.

Han Mo remained calm and kept a humble smile: "People are always different."

Xiao Tongguang saw the smile on Han Mo's face, and felt a little uncomfortable all over. He had experienced Han Mo and knew that the little Hell looked kind and didn't know what the hell was making.

The father and son of the Han family received an invitation from Master Xiao and knew that the Xiao family wanted to slowly win over the Han family to deal with the Su family, the strong rival of the Xiao family. They didn't want to get too close to the Xiao family, but they just wanted to sit in the mountains and watch the tiger fight for a while, but they were not easy to refuse, so as not to offend the Xiao family too much and be unfavorable to the Korean family. So they reluctantly agreed, but they made up their minds that they could drink more wine and less flowers. If they really wanted to say it, they were just polite words.

Murong He was obviously quite dissatisfied with Han Mo's answer, and snorted coldly and stopped asking.

There were naturally a scramble at the table, and words of praise came out from time to time. On the surface, the Xiao family was trying their best to be a landlord, and the Han family and his son were also modestly maintaining the attitude of a guest.

Han Mo was not very interested in such a night banquet, and just regarded it as a useless person.

He ate the dishes, occasionally accepting toasts from others, and occasionally respecting others. He listened to those false words in his ears, and felt a little disgusted, bored and lazy, and looked around. Soon, he saw Xiao Mingtang at the side door of the hall.

Xiao Mingtang stood at the side door, looking at Han Mo from a distance, with a strange look on his face.
Chapter completed!