Chapter 230 The 4rd Young Master
Chapter 230 The Four Young Masters
Cui's residence covers an area of about ten acres. There are nearly three hundred guests and their families. To accommodate so many guests, the courtyard alone is far from enough, so the back house is also open to the guests.
This is also the customary practice for each family to entertain guests. Generally, the backyard will be open to guests, and the rooms that guests can enter will be open to guests. The rooms that cannot be entered will be locked, and all valuables will be put away in advance.
In the garden, in the rooms, and in the pavilions, the guests gathered in groups of three or four. The men gathered to discuss state affairs, while the women gathered to talk about new clothes. The old and the young gathered in their own groups.
Xiao Xia sat in a pavilion, chatting with seven or eight young men of Guanlong nobility.
Among these Guanlong young men, he only knew Yu Xiaoyan. Seeing that he was alone, Yu Xiaoyan pulled him into the group.
"This Xiao Xian brother is from Jiangdu, and he won first place in the martial arts exam last year."
I don’t know if it’s because the Xiao family is too famous, but a simple introduction made everyone respect Xiao Xia. Before they knew it, Xiao Xia sat in the main seat, and a group of people gathered around him to chat.
"Excuse me, Master Xiao, why didn't the imperial court just destroy Tuyuhun, but only weakened them and retained their regime? If they become strong again in the future, won't we have to continue the war? Isn't this leaving trouble for ourselves?"
A member of the Wei family expressed his thoughts, which actually confused everyone.
Xiao Xia smiled slightly and said, "The territory of Tuyuhun is vast, stretching from Lintao in the east to Qiemo in the west, and stretching thousands of miles from east to west. It is not possible to destroy the enemy just by conquering the West Sea. Even if we capture Fuxi City and capture Tuyuhun King Murong Fuyun alive, will Tuyuhun be destroyed?
No, the Western Tuyuhun will be established immediately and control the vast plateau. We are not ready to destroy them, but if we do not destroy them, the Western Tuyuhun will continue to attack the Sui army in the Western Sea, and we will have to continuously transport troops and supplies to the Western Sea. The Western Sea will become an incurable bleeding hole in our Great Sui, and finally drag down the Great Sui's finances. "
"What if we give up the West Sea?"
Xiao Xia spread his hands and said, "If we give up the West Sea, then a stronger, more warlike, and more hostile Tuyuhun will emerge, and there will be no peace in Hehuang. In this case, wouldn't it be better to retain the current Tuyu King and retain a weakened Tuyuhun force?"
"What a boastful martial arts champion!" A sarcastic voice suddenly came from the side.
Xiao Xia turned his head and saw four young men standing nearby. They were all in their twenties and quite handsome. The leader was a square-faced man holding a folding fan. He looked at Xiao Xia with disdain, as he was the one who had made the sarcastic remarks just now.
Xiao Xia's face darkened. He recognized the man in front of him: the prince's eldest son, Prince Changning Yang Yan, who was also the emperor's eldest grandson.
Everyone was silent. These four people were the four most famous young masters in Chang'an, the four most powerful young men, Yang Yan, the Master of Yunlong, Yang Xuanting, the Master of Xijian, Yu Wenzhi, the Master of Yuxiao, and Yun Shide, the Master of Cheqi.
Xiao Xia slowly stretched out his right hand, raised his eyebrows, looked at Yang Yan coldly and said: "This hand of mine has killed tens of thousands of Tuyuhun people on the battlefield. I am not worthy of talking about Tuyuhun. Please tell me about it, sir!"
Yu Wenzhi stood up and glared at Xiao Xia, "This is the emperor's eldest grandson. Where did you come from, you bastard? How dare you be so rude?"
Yang Yan stopped Yu Wenzhi and sneered, "The Emperor's grandfather would not like such a lot of killing. Qilang had better go to the temple to repent, so as not to let the bloody aura rush to the ancestral temple. Oh! I forgot, you are not qualified to enter the ancestral temple, how pitiful!"
Xiao Xia rebuked him without any hesitation, "If it weren't for the soldiers who fought bravely on the battlefield, the Sui Dynasty would have been destroyed long ago. As the eldest grandson of the emperor, you ridicule and discriminate against the soldiers who fought for the country. I want to ask Grandfather, is this kind of behavior worthy of being the eldest grandson of the emperor?"
Yang Yan's face changed. He had just said something wrong, and he didn't expect to be caught by Xiao Xia immediately. He felt embarrassed and annoyed. He snorted and turned away.
The other three hurriedly followed, but Xiao Xia didn't want to let Yu Wenzhi go, so she smiled from afar and said, "Master Yu Wen is so close to the emperor's eldest grandson, aren't you afraid that His Royal Highness the King of Han will be unhappy?"
Yu Wenzhi was shocked. Yang Yan turned around and glared at Xiao Xia fiercely, "Shut your stinky mouth and stop talking nonsense!"
Xiao Xia smiled without saying anything. It was true that Yuwen Shu was called a slave of three surnames.
After the four of them walked away, everyone bowed and saluted, saying, "So, Brother Xiao is the emperor's grandson. I'm so sorry! I'm so sorry!"
Xiao Xia shook her head and said calmly, "My last name is Xiao, not Yang. I am not the emperor's grandson. Please don't misunderstand me." Yu Xiaoyan covered his mouth and whispered, "Master Xiao has a very sharp vision. Could it be that Yuwen Shu has secretly established a relationship with the crown prince again?"
Xiao Xia waved his hand and smiled, "I didn't say anything just now, and you didn't hear anything, right?"
Everyone laughed, "We really didn't hear anything, we just saw it."
After everyone left, Xiao Xia pulled Yu Xiaoyan aside and said with a smile, "I heard that your father was promoted to the position of Junior Minister of the Imperial Household Department?"
Yu Xiaoyan nodded and smiled, "Sir, is there anything I can help you with?"
Xiao Xia smiled and said, "I transferred a store in Metropolitan City. It was transferred to me normally, but someone wanted to intervene and snatch the store. They wanted the city government to cancel the lease. Can you ask your father to stop this from happening?"
"Does the other party have any background?" Yu Xiaoyan asked.
"Shangqing Commercial Bank!"
Yu Xiaoyan frowned, "From the Yun family?"
Xiao Xia nodded and said, "If it's troublesome, forget it."
Yu Xiaoyan shook his head quickly, "This matter is not troublesome, but the transfer of the young master's shop is legal, so we can ask the city office to handle it impartially. The court has clear regulations that the city office cannot terminate the lease at will before it expires, and can only transfer the lease. I will tell my father about this tonight!"
"Then I'll trouble you, Master Yu!"
"It's a small matter. Last time, thanks to you, I was able to save my face from being humiliated by the Turks. My grandfather is very grateful to you and has always wanted to see you again!"
Xiao Xia laughed, "I will go and apologize to him when I have time!"
Xiao Xia didn't want to ask his eldest brother for help on every matter, and in this case his eldest brother would definitely use his father's name to put pressure on the municipal government.
Now he can directly ask Yu Xiaoyan for help, and Yu Xiaoyan's father is the Shaoqing of Taifu Temple in Guanshi Office. He saved Yu Xiaoyan last time, and his father will definitely repay the favor.
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Finding an opportunity when no one was around, Yu Wenzhi whispered to Yang Yan, "That Xiao Xia has a very sharp eye. Will he tell the King of Han about our affairs?"
Yang Yan was attending the birthday banquet on behalf of his father. He snorted and said, "What are you afraid of? We are not mortal enemies. We are all officials of the Sui Dynasty. We just happened to meet and talk. What's the problem? Yang Xuanting's father, Yang Su, is the King of Jin's man. Isn't he with me?"
"That's true!"
Yu Wenzhi breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I didn't know he was Xiao Xia. He is indeed amazing, even more amazing than his two brothers. Your Highness the Crown Prince must pay attention to him and not be careless!"
Yang Yan smiled and patted Yun Shide's shoulder and said, "Brother, tell Master Yuwen how we paid attention to him?"
Yun Shide also laughed, "We plan to buy the house next door to him and assign someone to monitor him. His every move will be under our watch."
(End of this chapter)