Chang'an City, Pingkangfang, Li Linfu's house.

Li Linfu is not a Qing official, his mansion is ridiculously large, it can almost be regarded as a palace, and Li Longji specially ordered during the Kaiyuan period to allow the roof of Li Linfu's mansion to be increased by two feet.

Increasing the height of two feet is an incomparably thick saint, there are rules for how high the houses of the Tang Dynasty can be built, the houses of civilians cannot be higher than the officials, and the houses of the officials cannot be higher than the emperor.

Being allowed to raise the roof by two feet by the special decree of the current emperor shows how much Li Longji attached great importance to the prime minister of the current dynasty.

In all fairness, there are no outright bad people in the world, and people who are extremely bad will eventually have some shining points that ordinary people can't reach.

Although Li Linfu is a traitorous minister, he has made many directional mistakes in the country's strategic principles, and the party has killed many loyal and good people, but it is undeniable that he is still very rigorous and pragmatic in the trivial affairs of governing the country, which is also one of the reasons why Li Longji values him.

Li Linfu sat in the flower hall in the southeast corner of the mansion, leaning against a hu bed, leisurely closing his eyes and recuperating.

He proposed to Li Longji to be the acting government of the government while recuperating at home, and recommended Chen Xilie to work in the political hall for the left minister, and the two prime ministers on the left and the right began to take charge of the Tang Dynasty in this way from the sixth year of Tianbao.

Interestingly, Chen Xilie worked in the government hall, but few courtiers went to the government hall to ask for benefits, and the door of the government hall was often crowded with people, and in front of Li Linfu's mansion, who was recuperating at home, there was a lot of traffic, and the courtiers' court affairs were reported to Li Linfu and asked for a judgment.

The authority of the right minister of the Tang Dynasty can be seen.

In the hot summer, some ice cubes were piled up in the four corners of the flower hall, and there were two young maids behind him waving fans, and the cold air emitted by the ice cubes blew on Li Linfu through the wind, and he finally felt a trace of coolness.

On the right side of Li Linfu stood a middle-aged scribe, who should be dressed as a guest in the palace.

The curtain guest stood with his hands down very obediently, staring at Li Linfu without blinking, whenever Li Linfu smacked his mouth, he immediately offered water, and whenever Li Linfu's Adam's apple squirmed, he immediately brought a spittoon.

Li Linfu is getting older and older, this old man is almost at the end of his life, like a broken lamp, struggling to burn the only trace of lamp oil left, and every ray of light is the countdown before darkness.

"Xiangye, the East Palace came to report, last night the crown princess gave birth to another prince, His Majesty named it 'Tong', I'm afraid it won't be long before he will be crowned king."

Li Linfu's eyelids didn't open, but he raised them slightly, and said in a somewhat weak tone: "'Ding', Shao Ye, Miao Zong Mu, father is Ding, south, son is Mu, north." His Majesty took this name, or reminded the East Palace to remember the relationship between the monarch and the minister, father and son, and not to trespass. Oh, Your Majesty seems to be indulging in fun, but you are still not at ease with the East Palace, as long as Your Majesty is prosperous in the Spring and Autumn Period, the East Palace will have to live with trepidation. ”

The curtain guest is the only one.

In addition to political factional reasons, there is also a reason that as early as the twenty-sixth year of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, Li Linfu persuaded Li Mao, the king of Shou, to be the crown prince several times, but Li Longji was arbitrary and set up the elder Li Heng as the prince, probably because he was worried that he had robbed his son's wife, did something wrong, and was afraid of being retaliated by Li Mao in the future.

Li Linfu stood on the wrong side in the matter of supporting the crown prince, as the prime minister of the dynasty, he had no choice but to continue to be wrong, so from the twenty-sixth year of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, Li Linfu took the overthrow of the crown prince Li Heng as his own responsibility, spared no effort to create unjust cases, cut his wings, spread rumors and slander, and other means, in order to overthrow the prince while he was alive and urge Li Longji to set up another prince, otherwise he Li Linfu would be unlucky.

After saying something, Li Linfu was a little tired, and closed his eyes and gasped for a while.

The curtain guest was still standing beside him and did not leave, Li Linfu did not raise his eyelids, and said lightly: "Is there anything else?" ”

"Xiangye, the children of the Lu Xuan family are causing trouble again......"

Li Linfu frowned, didn't say anything, and lay on the Hu bed as if he was asleep.

One of the duties of the curtain guest is to report to Li Linfu about the daily wind and grass in Chang'an City, seeing that Li Linfu did not squeak, he still continued: "Lu Xuan's eldest son Lu Chengping was beaten by a newly appointed recorder in the Zuowei family's mansion, and was punched three times in the face, Lu Chengping fainted, and it took a long time to wake up, and then Lu Chengping looked for the left guard Changshi to complain, Changshi immediately took the person after seeing Lu Chengping's injury, and sent the record of the beating person to the army in prison, with Lu Chengping's temperament, he naturally will not let him go, However, the people who were sent to the prison to kill the record and join the army were stopped by Zuo Lang, the prince of Zuo Wei, who stopped Li Guangbi's personal guards, and the personal guards kept guard outside the prison door and did not allow anyone to approach. ”

This mediocre news originally did not arouse any interest in Li Linfu, but the second half of the news made Li Linfu's eyebrows raised.

"Then the list of people who joined the army is a son of Li Guangbi's clan? Or a guest at the door? ”

"Someone in the late life checked it, it's not, he's from Shuzhou, Xiangye, this person seems to be not small......"

Li Linfu still closed his eyes and said, "Tell me." ”

"This person's name is Gu Qing, eighteen years old this year, born in Shiqiao Village, Qingcheng County, Shuzhou, was a farmer's child, and then I don't know what tricks I found, built a porcelain kiln, and the texture of the porcelain fired out is a few points better than all the porcelain in the Tang Dynasty, so it was designated as tribute porcelain by the Zhen Guan, last year the concubine Niangniang returned to Shuzhou Province, this Gu Qing wrote a poem praising the concubine Niangniang, burned and printed on the tribute porcelain, in order to win the favor of the concubine Niangniang, and because Gu Qing is a fellow villager of the concubine, the concubine Niangniang seems to appreciate him very much......"

Li Linfu smiled faintly: "It's a little clever." ”

This comment that I don't know whether it is derogatory or positive made the curtain guest smack for a long time, and then said softly: "Xiangye, this son is probably more than a little clever, at the beginning of the year Jiannan Province Pingnan Zhaoguo Rebellion, this son to Jiannan Province Jiedu Xian Yu Zhongtong offered a few suggestions, and presented an object called sand table, after the rebellion of Nanzhao Kingdom was pacified, Jiannan Province asked His Majesty for credit in the credit book, Gu Qing's name was listed first, and he was also personally named by His Majesty to join the army as the Zuowei Qinfu Record Officer, and just arrived in Chang'an, he was summoned by His Majesty and the concubine Niangniang, His Majesty also gave him an official residence and a silverfish bag. ”

Li Linfu finally raised his eyelids, and after a while, he said slowly: "Talented, but not enough." His Majesty's move should be a show of favor to the concubine. ”

After all, he is a scheming prime minister, and he understands Li Longji's mind with one word.

Mu Bin continued: "As for the relationship between Gu Qing and Zuowei Zuolang General Li Guangbi, I am still investigating it in my later life, and I heard from the guy at the inn where Gu Qing lives that they seem to know because of Gu Qing's parents. ”

Li Linfu no longer cared about this matter, and said lightly: "You continue to stare at this matter, see how His Majesty reacts after Gu Qing is imprisoned, the concubine is deeply favored by the emperor, if her feelings for her fellow villagers are really sincere, she will definitely exonerate Gu Qing......"

The curtain bin hesitated for a moment and said, "If Gu Qing doesn't die, Lu Xuan's son has not achieved his goal, if Lu Xuan asks Xiang Ye for help, how should he deal with it?" ”

Li Linfu snorted and said, "Lu Xuan has helped the old man a lot in the past two years, and he is a little pampered and arrogant, does the old man need to worry about such a trivial matter as two little babies fighting?" What's more, Gu Qing may still be standing behind the concubine, if the old man has a grudge with the concubine because of this trivial matter, Lu Xuan is relieved, how can the old man deal with himself? If Roh Hyun came to beg me, he would say that the old man was seriously ill and thanked the guest. ”

The curtain guests only responded.

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Zhang Jiuzhang Mansion.

Zhang's mansion is located in Daozheng Fang, and the house is a little old, which was rewarded by Li Longji when Zhang Jiuling was alive.

When the news of Gu Qing's imprisonment reached Zhang's mansion, Zhang Jiuzhang was reading a book, and the housekeeper in the mansion entered the study to report the news, Zhang Jiuzhang's expression moved slightly, and the corners of his mouth showed a chuckle: "I can't see that this kid is still a troublemaker......

The housekeeper was a middle-aged man in his forties, and said hesitantly: "Master, you said that this person is the benefactor of the Zhang family, and now he has been imprisoned by the left guard, do you want to ......?"

Zhang Jiuzhang pondered for a moment and said: "Let's take a look first, no matter what happens, don't jump out in a hurry, wait patiently for a while, you will find that the situation has become different, calm down." ”

The housekeeper should be, ready to leave quietly, Zhang Jiuzhang suddenly said: "Lu Xuan's son is the rank of Zuo Wei?" ”

"Yes."

Zhang Jiuzhang said slowly: "After entering the prison of the Left Guard, I am afraid that Lu Xuan's son will not let him go, go, take the old man's name to Guo Ziyi, the general of the Left Guard, and say that the old man will visit General Guo in the evening, and ask the general to take the time to see him." ”

"Does the master want to intercede for Gu Shaolangjun?"

"I just said, don't jump out in a hurry, calm down, the old man doesn't plead, just asks for Gu Qing's safety in prison, as for the rest, let's see if the Lu family will jump out first, and then it will be safe."

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Changle Fang, Li Twelve Niang's house.

When the maid sent Gu Qing's news, Li Twelve Niang was stunned for a long time, and then muttered with a wry smile: "This kid has a temper as hot as his father, so I don't know how much ability he has ......."

The maid lowered her head and said respectfully: "The son of the Lu family has a bad reputation in Chang'an City, and his small temperament will be retributed, Gu Gongzi is in prison, I am afraid that Lu Gongzi will not let him go." ”

Li Twelve Niang said: "Has the cause and effect of the matter been clarified?" ”

"It's clear, Lu Gongzi's bad words hurt people first, and Gu Gongzi did it first. Three punches knocked Lu Gongzi unconscious. ”

Li Twelve Niang smiled: "Don't say right or wrong, I really like Gu Qing's temper, he has the style of a father, when his father met a bully on the road, he didn't say a word and stepped forward, he didn't even bother to talk about the reason, put it down first." ”

The maid asked, "Do you want the girl to prepare a carriage and horses?" ”

Li Twelve Niang pondered for a moment and said: "Give the name card to the general Guo Ziyi's mansion of the Left Guard, and say that Li Twelve Niang visited the general this evening, and said that I recently got a sword that sharpens iron like clay, and the name of this sword is 'Zigui', Li Twelve Niang asked General Guo to try the sword." ”

The maid reluctantly said: "Girl, this sword is not easy to come by......"

Li Twelve Niang smiled: "It's okay, it's just something outside the body." ”