Chapter 80 Beiliang Palace
In the reception room, Ye Qi picked up the information about the world in the snow and began to study it.

After a while, Xu Fengnian did not come, but Xu Fengnian's father Xu Xiao came.

This guy Xu Xiao is a legendary figure.

The only remaining king of a different surname in the Liyang Dynasty, the King of Beiliang, ruled over the three northwestern states.

Ye Qi’s Great Snow Dragon Rider was created by this person.

Ye Qigang wanted to stand up, but Xu Xiao waved his hand and said, "Sit down, everyone. I have something to ask you."

The King of Beiliang looked amiable, but there was a hint of cunning in his eyes.

"My Lord, please ask me what I can do for you."

"I heard that my son met you three on the way. I don't understand one thing. Why did my dandy boy invite you here?"

This question also touched upon Ye Qi's blind spot.

"I didn't know anything either. He just gave us a look and asked us to come over."

Xu Xiao sat there, thinking to himself.

Ye Qi was also looking at the King of Beiliang.

Normally, the King of Beiliang is a chess player, but today, he felt that his chessboard was suddenly in chaos because three people came to his house.

After seeing these three people, Xu Xiao felt that they were extraordinary and were definitely not ordinary people. At the same time, he was also worried that these three people would be bad for his son. After all, his son had just known these three people for less than a day.

What Xu Xiao hates most is that the chess pieces in his hands are not under his control.

"Where are you three from?"

"From Southern Tang." said Guo Jia on the side.

"Nantang, I haven't been to that place for a long time. Your clothes look like Nantang's, haha." Xu Xiao stroked his beard and let down his guard a little towards Ye Qi and the others.

It would be fine if he was from Southern Tang, as long as he was not sent by the Liyang royal family.

"So where are you from in Nan Tang?"

Xu Xiao, the old fox, is still testing Ye Qi and the other two.

Guo Jia said, "We are from Luzhou in Southern Tang. There is a place called Tielu City. I wonder if Your Majesty has been there?"

Xu Xiao laughed: "Tielu City, I've been there before, once when I was young. Since you are from Southern Tang, you are our guests. I'll ask the servants to entertain you well. Please take a seat first, I'll be out for a while."

After the old fox finished speaking, he walked away with a limp, which was a disease he contracted in his early years.

The three of them looked at each other and felt that this old fox was very scheming.

"You're amazing, Brother Guo. You even know about Tielu City in Luzhou of Southern Tang." Wang Jian said.

"My lord gave me a thousand degrees to let me study hard. Knowledge can change destiny." Guo Jia said.

After a while, people from the palace brought food to the three of them. Ye Qi tasted it and felt that he was not too hungry.

After waiting for a while, Xu Fengnian did not show up, but instead heard cursing and sounds of smashing and smashing outside the door.

Ye Qi walked out of the door and listened carefully. It turned out that it was Xu Fengnian who was scolding his father Xu Xiao.

"Do you know what I have endured in the past three years?"

"Yes, yes, Dad is sorry for you."

Then there was the sound of bottles and jars breaking.

Then a strange scene appeared. The prince was actually chased by his son holding the precious Ruyi.

When Xu Fengnian saw Ye Qi, he stopped what he was doing.

"I have guests. I'll settle the bill with you later." After saying that, Xu Fengnian ignored Xu Xiao and walked towards Ye Qi.

Upon seeing this, Xu Xiao quickly fled the scene, and the servants all lowered their heads and pretended not to see anything.

"Do you think that I am unfilial by beating my father?"

Ye Qi said: "Maybe there is a reason."

"I traveled for three years without enough food, stole sweet potatoes and was chased by others, but when I think about it carefully, it is still quite interesting."

"I wonder why the prince brought the three of us to his mansion?" Ye Qi asked.

"I think you three are not ordinary people. I have always been very accurate in judging people. My father just told me that you are from Southern Tang. I wonder if you three are interested in becoming guests of our palace. I will cover all your food, accommodation and transportation."

Retainers are people kept by the families of the nobles in ancient times. Some of them have real talents and can do things for their masters at critical moments, but some are just for show and eat and drink for free. Their status is different from that of domestic slaves. They don't have a fixed job or do chores, but they still eat and drink and get paid. They are only given work when their masters need them to do something.

"This is not impossible."

Ye Qi had just arrived and was not very familiar with this world. Being a retainer in the Beiliang Palace would help him get to know this place better.

"Then it's settled. I'm going to go meet the remnant of the Western Chu army that killed me. Please wait for a moment."

"Good prince."

Afterwards, Xu Xiao took Xu Fengnian to the cell, and Ye Qi wandered around in the yard. No one paid attention to him, but he could clearly feel that there were several people around watching him.

Xu Fengnian and his father Xu Xiao came to the cell.

The former Chu general who had ambushed Xu Fengnian was tied up and locked in it with iron chains.

"Xu Xiao, Xu Xiao, the countless souls on the battlefield are watching you! You will not have a good ending!"

"Don't just watch, let them come." Xu Xiao said disdainfully.

The reason why Xu Fengnian came to see him was because there was something he couldn't figure out.

"When you saw that there was no hope of killing me during the day, you took the initiative to put down your sword and surrender. As far as I know, none of the Western Chu halberd warriors surrendered during the destruction of Chu. All of them died in the battle."

Logically speaking, the man in front of him was once a great halberd warrior from Western Chu, so it is impossible for him to put down his sword and surrender.

So Xu Fengnian made a bold guess: "That means this assassination game is not over yet, there will be another round in Lingzhou City."

The old general of Western Chu looked at Xu Fengnian with a different look: "You are not a dandy boy!"

"Why am I not a playboy? Xu Fengnian is the most playboy in the world, everyone knows it."

"Xu Fengnian, you hid it so well."

It was then that the former generals of Western Chu learned that Xu Fengnian was not a dandy boy who only knew how to eat, drink and have fun as the world had said.

But he was still unwilling to reveal who the traitor in the Beiliang army was.

Xu Fengnian also knew that the other party would not confess, so he prepared to leave.

Before leaving, he took out the flag of the Great Halberd Soldiers of Western Chu and said: "I was born late, and I have never seen the elegance of the Great Halberd Soldiers with my own eyes."

But he had also heard the legend of that year, that hundreds of thousands of halberd soldiers fought bravely and refused to surrender, which was also truly admirable.

Then several people stood up and left the cell.

On the way back, Xu Xiao reminded Xu Fengnian that although he had been hiding his abilities for more than ten years, he might not be able to hide it from the emperor in the capital. If he wanted to live freely and stop pretending, he must accept the position of King of Beiliang as soon as possible.

In addition, Xu Xiao also reminded his son that the three people's whereabouts were unknown, so he asked Xu Fengnian to be careful.

"I want these three to become our retainers. What do you think?" Xu Fengnian said.

"What do you think? I feel uneasy if they are not our own people, not to mention do they have the strength?" Xu Xiao also had his own considerations.

(End of this chapter)