Yang Guozhong rushed to Xingqing Palace early in the morning, and Li Longji specially sent the eunuch Cheng Yuanzhen to the mansion last night to spread the message, so that he would go to Daming Palace to meet him in the morning. He is also very transparent about people, after Cheng Yuanzhen was defeated in the martial arts, Cheng Yuanzhen's attitude towards himself has reversed, although his words are still very polite and thoughtful, but the sense of distance has been very obvious.

He couldn't figure out the reason, if Cheng Yuanzhen used whether he lost power or not as the criterion for whether to make friends, but now that the Son of Heaven has clearly expressed his intention to recover himself, why is he still such an attitude?

Tossing and turning all night last night, Yang Guozhong was thinking about this problem. Although he is not a diligent official, he still attaches great importance to handling relationships with people. I couldn't figure out the reason for Cheng Yuanzhen's change in attitude, so I couldn't sleep and eat.

Could it be that he offended this person in some inadvertent detail? But he couldn't remember it when he wanted to break his head.

"Xianggong, it's here!"

The driver's voice came from outside the car, Yang Guozhong woke up from his thoughts, and wiped a handful of fine beads of sweat on his forehead.

After entering Xingqing Palace, under the guidance of Xiaohuangmen, Yang Guozhong walked through the long corridor and came to a deep and secluded courtyard.

Since it was not summoned at Qinzheng Building, it was not necessarily the affairs of the government and state that were involved, and under normal circumstances, when Li Longji was in a good mood, he would entertain his courtiers with a banquet.

At the thought of being able to participate in the private banquet of the Son of Heaven so soon, Yang Guozhong's heart couldn't help but speed up its beating.

"Yang Xianggong, the saint and the two ladies have been waiting for a long time, please come in. ”

Xiao Huangmen lowered his head and whispered, then stopped at the door of the courtyard and did not go in. Yang Guozhong tidied up his civilian clothes, stepped into the courtyard, bypassed the shadow wall, and immediately felt like he was in a fairyland.

A lake is sparkling, there are a few willows on the shore, the delicate branches sway left and right with the slight south wind, and the words of warblers and swallows come into the ears. But I saw several noble ladies laughing and playing in the corridor of the water pavilion.

Yang Guozhong's heart jumped suddenly, wasn't that Mrs. Qiu Guo and Mrs. Han Guo? Mrs. Qiu Guo didn't return all night yesterday, and she didn't want to enter the palace.

"Yang Qing, it's too late, you should be punished with a bowl of wine!"

The voice of the Son of Heaven came, and Yang Guozhong turned his head to look, but saw Li Longji wearing a soap-colored wide robe with big sleeves, and his gray hair was casually pulled up at the back of his head, looking comfortable and casual.

This situation couldn't help but make Yang Guozhong lose his mind for a while. He went back to a year ago in a trance, isn't the Son of Heaven so leisurely every day? It's just that a year ago, the Son of Heaven's hair was still more black and white, but now it is gray.

If it weren't for the cluster of Huafa reminding Yang Guozhong from time to time, he would really have fallen into a dream.

Li Longji called again, and Yang Guozhong suddenly came to his senses, and repeatedly saluted the Son of Heaven and pleaded guilty.

"The minister lost his mind for a while, guilty, guilty!"

Li Longji was obviously in a very good mood at the moment, waved his hand and said nonchalantly: "In private, where did all this red tape come from? Come, sit down. ”

There were several stools under the pavilion, and Yang Guozhong chose the one closest to Li Longji's couch and sat down.

But I heard Li Longji sigh with emotion.

"It's been a long time since they've been so playful. ”

Yang Guozhong replied:

"Before the state affairs were frequent, they did not come to disturb the saints, but also out of a public heart. ”

These words made Li Longji very happy, and he rubbed the thin towel on his knee with some excitement, and then suddenly sighed again.

"If the thief is not eliminated for a day, how can I sleep peacefully?"

Yang Guozhong was silent, he didn't know how many times he had asked for the crime that should be asked, and he even lost the position of prime minister, and the punishment he received was enough. Therefore, after Li Longji suddenly complained, he was no longer as ashamed and worried as before the resignation, but faced Li Longji's complaints relatively calmly.

However, in such a good situation, it would be too bad to mention only some things that were disappointing, and Yang Guozhong just wanted to change the topic, but Li Longji took the initiative to mention a matter that caused a headache for both the government and the opposition.

"No one cares about the errand of the right leading guard, and it's not like ...... words," but halfway through his words, Li Longji groaned again.

Yang Guozhong didn't know what he meant, so he hurriedly bowed and said: "Changshi Du Qianyun is quite capable, and he may manage the army on behalf of his ministers." ”

Li Longji smiled.

"That's not what I mean, my headache is the soldiers of the right leading guard, they collapsed and scattered in the exercise, there is a precedent for this, I am afraid that I will be able to form an army again. And the candidate for the right leader of the guard general, Yang Qing is the most suitable. ”

At this point, Yang Guozhong breathed a sigh of relief, as long as he didn't take away his military power, everything would be fine.

In Yang Guozhong's view, his last foundation at this time is this team, and only after practicing can he restore his status in the heart of the Son of Heaven, otherwise, ...... He didn't want to think about it anymore, he didn't want to see it, and he couldn't see it.

Just when the conversation between the two monarchs and ministers reached an impasse, Gao Lishi led several eunuchs to tiptoe close to the garden.

The wooden plates held by the attendants were filled with all kinds of fruits that were anti-solar terms.

"Saint, it's hot, eat a fruit to relieve the heat. ”

Li Longji patted a thin towel on his knees, and said with a smile: "It's still covered with this thing, where does the heat come from?"

After all, he is an old man, and his joints are very afraid of the cold, even if he has a faint feeling of summer heat now, he still inevitably covers some things on his body.

Li Longji's self-deprecating words immediately dissolved the dull atmosphere among the monarchs and ministers, and under his drive, Yang Guozhong also laughed, but his face was smiling, but the flesh under the skin was very stiff.

After all, the Son of Heaven has not yet put a word on the right word, let him return to the army to preside over affairs, although there was a saying that "there is no need to recuperate behind closed doors", but the errand has not been decided, and he can't go to Xingqing Palace every day to answer the chord, right?

It's also that he is too anxious, in the eyes of others, even if he doesn't have any errands, he can come to the palace every day to answer the ceremony, and he has sharpened his head, and he is willing to do it.

At this time, Gao Lishi twisted his head towards the shadow wall at the entrance of the courtyard.

"What's the matter with that sneaky one?"

Li Longji also noticed that a few small chamberlains were secretly looking into the courtyard behind the shadow wall, and he was a little unhappy in his heart.

"Let them in. ”

Gao Lishi saw that Li Longji had spoken, so he had no choice but to say to the little chamberlain: "Don't come in yet!"

The three little chamberlains knelt in a row in front of Li Longji.

"What's the hell?"

"Slave, slave dare not say!"

"Why don't you dare?"

"The slave has something to pass on to the general, don't dare, don't dare to listen to the defilement!"

Gao Li's morale really wanted to kick the eunuch a few times, he was really stupid, the Son of Heaven let them in, just to hear the truth, so he would definitely make him unhappy.

Sure enough, the smile on Li Longji's face was gone, and he said one word coldly: "Speak!"

Gao Lishi was afraid that these uncompetitive rabbit cubs would say something inconsequential, so he also echoed a sentence: "Don't you say it soon?"

One of the eunuchs said: "Slave maid, slave maid said, the general should not be sad is ......"

Gao Lishi was confused, what was he sad about?

"Someone just came to report, in the wasteland south of the city, found and found Feng Ang's body. ”

The little waiter's voice was a little soft, or Gao Lishi didn't want to believe what he heard.

"Say it again, what did you say?"

"Feng Ang has been killed, it is said, it is said that the death is terrible!"

The dust in Gao Lishi's hand could no longer be grasped, and it fell to the ground with a click, and at this time he didn't care about the loss of honor in front of the king, neither pleaded guilty, nor leaned over to pick it up, and a pair of old eyes were instantly overflowing with muddy tears.

Also shocked were Li Longji and Yang Guozhong.

Li Longji was shocked that Chang'an City was so unpeaceful, who had eaten the bear's heart and leopard gall and dared to torture and kill Gao Lishi's nephew? He could not care about Feng Ang's death, but he wanted to know whether Feng Ang's escape from prison was related to his tragic death, and what was the secret behind this.

However, unlike Li Longji, Yang Guozhong's shock was full of worries about the future. Feng Ang died, and he naturally couldn't escape the blame.

Fortunately, Li Longji didn't seem to blame Yang Guozhong, but asked the chamberlain to raise his head and tell him about it carefully.

"Slave maid, slave maid is also ignorant, it is said that Feng Ang's body has been transported to Jingzhao Mansion. Moreover, and according to the descriptions of the officers who experienced the incident in Jingzhao Mansion, Feng Ang's head and limbs were all cut off by Qiqi, and what was even more terrifying was that yes, he didn't know where the words below were, only a blur of flesh and blood. ”

Speaking of this, another chamberlain interjected regardless of the height of his eyebrows: "I heard, I heard that it was eaten by wild dogs......"

Gao Lishi couldn't hold back any longer, and kicked the chamberlain's body.

"Hu, nonsense!"

This kind of behavior is already considered a loss of honor in front of the king, but Li Longji fully understood Gao Lishi, knowing that he suddenly heard bad news and lost control of his emotions. But the cruelty of the perpetrator made Li Longji angry, and even had murderous intentions.

"Have you ever tracked down the murderer?"

The three little chamberlains had seen the always pleasant-looking Gao Lishi so angry, and they all fell to the ground in fright, and even called the slave and maid a capital crime. Including Li Longji's question, they only know how to answer "slaves and maids are guilty of capital crimes".

This sudden change made Li Longji's nature fall to the bottom in an instant.

"Pass on Wang Shou and let him come to see me immediately!"

A eunuch standing behind Li Longji took the order.

When Wang Shou heard that the Son of Heaven had heard about it, he was immediately frightened by half of the three souls and seven spirits.

He was already very surprised by Feng Ang's persistence, but now that he found Feng Ang's body, his premonition came true, but it was extremely frustrating.

Feng Ang himself was locked up in the Jingzhao Mansion Prison, and he should have been responsible for the loss, but yesterday the Son of Heaven opened his eyes and closed his eyes, so he pretended not to see it. However, this seemingly good fortune did not last even two days.