Since then, Li Hui has never seen Li Qianniang again, and I don't know whether she confessed to Princess Anxing's retrograde, nor when she was given to commit suicide. He only knew that Xu Khotan had made a meritorious service for the first time, obtained the official position of Weimo that he had been thinking of, and entered the secretary prison. Soon after, the Xu family changed a group of slaves inside and out, and married the daughter of the small family, and his status seemed to be rising.

In order to maintain the identity of the son of the family, and afraid that Sun Rong knew too much, Xu Tian also intended to frame him and want to swallow his family property. However, Sun Rong sought the protection of King Jing's Mansion in the name of others, so he didn't dare to do it again. Since then, the brothers and sisters of the Sun family have naturally gone farther and farther away from the Xu family, and began to make friends with other declining small families, and their business has become more and more prosperous. And the Xu family's shop pù no foil, and lost the status of the noble relatives of the clan, and fell into an ordinary situation again.

Soon, Li Hui intermittently received some news from Princess Changning-

It is reported that the identity of the female crown found in the Taoist temple involved seems to be related to the case of seizing the heir that year, and has been imprisoned in Dali Temple for interrogation. As for the progress, we can find out from the busyness of Dali Temple and some people who have been locked in one after another. However, this matter is considered a major problem for the saint's henchmen, and no one dares to inquire indiscriminately, so the news is naturally extremely rare.

Moreover, the children of the clan tried round after round, and the complicity naturally did not find out, but there were many people who quietly had fun during the period of national filial piety. The sage was furious and immediately demoted them to the rank of concubines, intending to exile them to a remote place in southern Xinjiang. For a time, many elders of the clan had gray hair and entered the palace almost every day to plead. The saint was merciful in the end, so he simply sent them to guard the mausoleum of the ancestors. As for how long they need to keep it, it depends on how they will behave in the future. For this reason, many clan elders are full of thoughts of the good of the saints.

Li Ge, the king of Jibei County, was involved in this matter, and kept saying that Li Qianniang was slandered. The evidence was all in front of him, but he didn't see it, as if he had entered a demonic barrier. King Jing burst into tears, and in a fit of anger, he asked the sage to take away the title of the king of Jibei County and send him to Zhaoling to guard the tomb. As for the remaining county lords, after the filial piety period, those who should marry should be married quickly, and those who are stubborn should be sent to the monks to recite the scriptures, and it will be a disaster to stay in the house sooner or later.

As for Princess Anxing, it seems that she has not been affected much, but in the midst of the storm, she rarely began to keep filial piety behind closed doors. Except for the banquet in the palace, some vegetarian banquets in other Beijing and the banquet held by the Cheng family, she no longer appeared, and gradually faded out of people's sight. As for what she had lost in private, perhaps only she and the saint knew.

"Losses?" Wang Zixian raised his eyebrows, "Perhaps, the servants and maids of Princess Anxing's mansion have been changed, and it should be regarded as her loss." In the name of replacing the old, weak, sick and disabled, she promoted many servants and maids in the Zhuangzi, sent all the people in the house to the suburbs of Beijing, and then silently 'died' a lot. Some of them should have been placed by the saints, but they should have known inconsequential things, and could not be attested to her. As for those who matter, of course, there is only one way to die. ”

At this time, he and Li Hui were living in the vine garden. Because I just received a report from the ministry not long ago, I talked about it. Li Qianniang's fate had long been expected by him - she was notorious, forced to commit suicide, and betrayed by those around her, all of which were retribution for her betrayal of her family. Compared with her, Princess Anxing's demeanor has to be a little overlooked. Before, I only thought that she was very willful and reckless, relying on the favor of the saint and the identity of the princess to do evil wantonly. Now she shows a side that can bend and stretch, acting ruthlessly and unable to find loopholes, which has undoubtedly become more difficult.

"In your opinion, she witnessed Li Qianniang being betrayed by her personal servants and servants, so she took the first step and cleaned up all the people around her?" Li Hui had to sigh, this noble lord was really ruthless. In order to completely eliminate the slightest possibility of betrayal, it is so ruthless.

"Unless her life is in her hands, she can't trust anyone." The prince said, "Even if Li Qianniang's incident hadn't happened, she should have cleaned up her cronies several times." "The bigger the plan, the more care is necessary. A stupid person like Li Qianniang is just a person who has more than enough success and more failure.

"This witch Gu incident is related to the murder case of the heir snatching back then. I used to think that those traitors were controlled by Princess Anxing and had always been used by her, but now that I think about it, it may not be the case. If she could tightly control the form, she would not have made a big case like Wu Gu, and she would not have been able to profit from it at all. Li Hui pondered carefully, and then said, "Based on what you see, is there anyone else involved?" Princess Anxing is just making profits with them? ”

"Those who snatched the heir and plotted against the case may not be her subordinates, maybe they just happen to have the same goal, so the wolf bèi is just a traitor. As for Wu Gu - maybe it was her default move, in order to completely dispose of Li Qianniang and take herself out beautifully. "The prince groaned slightly," the Xu family suddenly made a statement, destroying her plan and making her unexpected. Moreover, the most important thing is that she once wanted to use Li Qianniang to control the Jing Palace, so that the power of the clan could be used by her. This is no longer possible. ”

"Not necessarily." Li Hui shook his head, "The matter between Li Qianniang and Li Ge has not been mentioned from beginning to end, and those witnesses have deliberately avoided this topic. I guess it should be that the saint wants to hide this matter for the time being, leaving a so-called 'flaw', which will lead Princess Anxing to take action in the future. And King Jing's uncle and grandfather are now about to give the saint a dead heart, and when Princess Anxing threatens him with this matter, it will be a good opportunity to give her a fatal blow. ”

The prince hooked the corners of his mouth: "If you have the opportunity in the future, don't forget to ask King Jing for this favor." "It is not easy to send an untraceable letter into the hands of King Jing. However, it is worth it to be able to give King Jing a favor for nothing, no matter how many hardships and dangers need to be overcome.

Li Hui was stunned, suddenly realized, and couldn't help laughing: "It turned out to be you...... This favor is indeed useful sooner or later. "King Jing has never been polite to King Pu, and he can't say that if he has something to find this uncle and grandfather in the future, he will have to rely on this favor to open the way.

After a few days of leisurely passage between the two of them, no other news came from the tribesmen, and life seemed to return to its former peace. However, they all know that some things are bound to happen, and there is no way to avoid them. Although they tacitly did not mention it, the day that had already been decided would come sooner or later.

The night was deep, and the ice kettle in the corner slowly exhaled a light cold air, like smoke and mist, like a dream.

Li Hui opened his eyes and didn't feel sleepy. There are things he hasn't mentioned, and his friends haven't said them, but that doesn't mean they don't know, and it doesn't mean they won't happen. "Zixian, you haven't been to Guozijian in the past few days, and Mr. Song has been staying in the vine garden - he has already resigned?"

"The gentleman had long wanted to resign, but the saint was seriously ill at the time, and he felt that it was a bit inappropriate to raise the matter. Therefore, after the national filial piety period, he officially mentioned it to the sacrificial wine. Don't worry, the priest and the priest took good care of us, and promised to keep my student qualifications, and I can make up for the examination school when I come back. The prince's expression was hidden in the darkness, and his voice sounded lower and hoarder than usual.

"When are you going to leave Beijing?" Li Hui didn't notice that his timbre was a little tight, as if every word was a little difficult.

“…… Three days later. The prince said, turning to face him, almost greedily surveying his silhouette in the darkness. No matter how dark the night is, no matter how far away he is, he can already trace his appearance in his mind, and there is no possibility that there will be any mistakes or omissions. But even so, he felt that he could not see enough—perhaps never; His heart was still clamoring for more—more, more, far from enough......

"When the time comes, I'm ...... I'm going to see you off. Li Hui let out a long sigh and hid all his envy in the depths of his heart.

Wang Zixian sensed his desire, and whispered in his ear, "Xuanqi...... Ah Hui, come with me. ”

"......" His voice was like the deepest temptation, which made Li Hui can't help but be moved. Trapped in Junzhou in his previous life and trapped in Chang'an in this life, he almost instinctively longed for freedom in his heart - this has always been what he wants most, and at the same time, it is also doomed to be impossible for him.

The longing in his heart made him want to answer "yes" without hesitation, but the word was on his lips, but he couldn't pour it out. At this moment, he remembered the life and death parting between the family members in the previous life, the more vivid faces in this life, the deeper friendship between relatives, and the relatives who were no longer distant but more difficult to understand. He couldn't have left them behind, and he might have been unable to leave this cage for a long time - and even if he had the opportunity to leave, it would never be now.

"Zixian, take a good look at the outside world for me."

“…… Good. ”

After that, the two never mentioned parting again. Li Hui didn't ask Wang Zixian where they were going, nor did he ask how the luggage was prepared, but only mobilized a team to protect them. After all, Mr. Song was surrounded by old servants, and the prince could only bring Qingsuo and Cao Shilang with him on the bright side, so he was really a little worried about their safety.

Wang Zixian specially wrote two letters and urgently sent them back to Shangzhou, one to the patriarch and a number of gifts, and one to Wang Chang and Xiao Yang and asked for ten gold as travel expenses. Needless to say, the patriarch generously gave him hardware as a return gift, and Wang Chang's reply was only twenty yuan in addition to some perfunctory advice to him to pay attention to his safety, which was not even worth half a gold.

Such a completely different reaction was also expected by the prince. Then, he solemnly introduced Wang Zimu to Li Hui - so Wang Zimu finally knew the true identity of this Xin'an County King, but he still couldn't guess who that Li Xiaolangjun was, and he didn't dare to ask in detail. Li Hui pretended to forget that he still had a brother, and of course the identity of Princess Changning should not be revealed by him. If there is a chance in the future, they may be able to see each other again.

The three-day period is coming in a blink of an eye, outside the Chunming Gate, Baqiao parting.

In addition to Mr. Song's group of old friends and disciples, there were also Yan Balang and others from Guozixue, Wang Zimu, Wang Ziling, Yang Qian and Yang Xiangtou. Yang Zhuangtou descended to the noble and noble, and the prince was actually not too surprised. With him, he naturally attracted the attention of many people. The young people all surrounded him eagerly, praising and asking one after another, but they forgot about him as the object of farewell.

Wang Zimu bit his lip, his heart was full of dissatisfaction: "Brother, Senior Brother Yang......"

"Do you think he's really here to say goodbye? No, he just came to demonstrate and show that his current status is very different from mine. When I come back in a few years, I don't know if he'll come and pick me up with a whole bunch of people, trying to make me even more ashamed. Wang Zixian smiled slightly, "People's hearts are like this, you don't have to take it to heart, Zimu." ”

"They came over without saying a word, and it was difficult for the little county king to come forward." At this time, Wang Zimu remembered Li Hui.

When the prince heard this, he sighed lightly and looked at the hill not far away. It can be vaguely seen that there is a person standing elegantly, dressed in plain clothes, like a young immortal. They don't have to say goodbye anymore, let alone be reluctant. Because they know very well in their hearts that no matter how far away they are, sooner or later, they will meet again.

Soon after, the people in the pavilion finally dispersed. Several old horses carried the pedestrians away slowly, and the young man standing on the hill looked at their backs from afar, and gently inserted the wicker into the grass.

The mountains are high and the rivers are far away, I only wish the road a safe journey and return as soon as possible.