Knock Knock Knock –

The twilight drums and thunder are intertwined, and the dark clouds cover the sky over Chang'an City, making the whole city look solemn and depressing.

Countless royal guards and wolf guards walked directly through thousands of streets and hundreds of squares, closed the doors of the squares and started curfew; The streets and alleys were empty, and not even the most prominent street, Kui Shou Street, could not see a single princely frame.

"It's going to rain......"

In the old wine shop in Bluestone Lane, the old shopkeeper, with a towel on his shoulder, looked at the gloomy sky, muttered softly, and then quietly. It's not that Shopkeeper Sun has changed his chatterbox, it's just because the only drinker in the old wine shop doesn't want to listen to it now.

The wind and rain are shaking, and the building will fall.

Song Ji, dressed in a literary robe, sat at the wine table next to the alley, with two wine jugs in front of him, and his face was already a little drunk.

Song Ji is thoughtful, knows the truth of drunken mistakes, and has never been greedy for a cup since he can remember. Since he succeeded to the throne for more than ten years, the only time he had a personal mistake was playing chess many years ago, which delayed the time of the last dynasty.

Sitting at the wine table where the three brothers drank together, but only a single figure remained, Song Ji has been thinking about why it has become like this, reviewing various measures in the past, and trying to find the reason.

There are many problems in the backlog of Da Yue's founding of the country, and there are many reasons for the current situation, but after careful review, he doesn't seem to have done anything wrong, sooner or later it will be like this if he doesn't cut the domain, and it will be like this if he doesn't suppress the door, and if the rivers and lakes are not cleared, the world will not be safe, if you have to find a reason in the end, Ken Neng is just him, the emperor, who has gone half a step faster.

At this point, the reason for investigating is nothing more than seeking peace of mind, and what we really need to think about is how to deal with this situation.

Song Ji held the wine bowl, looked at the cloudy sky of Chang'an City, and thought about how to bring this dead chess game to life. But looking back, there is not a single piece left under his hand, not even a chess piece, how to bring the dead chess to life?

Rustle Rustle –

A curtain of rain fell from the sky and struck the cornices and yellowed wine flags.

The shopkeeper Sun warmed another pot of wine and put it on the wine table.

Song Ji finished drinking the wine in the bowl, didn't open the wine jar again, just sighed softly, took out a tael of silver from his sleeve, put it on the table, got up and walked out of the wine shop.

The only remaining dead soldier C, holding an oil-paper umbrella, escorted Song Ji away.

Shopkeeper Sun stood under the canopy, watching the two figures disappear into the dark, his eyes were complicated, and he had been brewing for a long time, but he didn't say anything......

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At the same moment, Kui Shou Street.

There was a curfew at night, and the prince and the prince stayed in the palace.

The gates of each house were closed, and there were wolf guards and royal guards standing outside, with swords and crossbows to prevent the assassins from murdering important officials in the court, but it meant that the civil and military courtiers who had worked hard in the court for many years could not figure it out.

Next door to Xiao Mansion, the mansion of Cui Huailu, the imperial historian, there is also a wolf guard standing at the door; And as the reign of the dynasty, Song Ji seems to be particularly preferential, sending two more teams of wolf guards, and even guarding the back door seriously.

Cui Huailu is Song Ji's cronies, since Song Ji took the throne, he has assisted Song Ji, and he must have a part in the past. Cui Huailu went over as usual at first, but before he entered the door, Song Ji came with the sentence "Cui Gong is old, and he is resting at home recently, so there is no need to worry about political affairs."

The words are so straightforward, how could Cui Huailu not understand the meaning, he has been suspected by Song Ji.

In the back garden of Cui's mansion, Cui Huailu, who had gray hair, sat in the tea pavilion with a teacup, frowning and pondering, wondering what was wrong with him.

Mrs. Cui sat in front of her, and she also knew that her husband had been left aside by the saint in the past few days, so she hesitated slightly, withdrew her left and right maids, and said:

"Xianggong, isn't it your crooked idea that was discovered by the saint?"

Cui Huailu was interrupted by the words, and his face sank: "What crooked idea?" I thought to myself, how could I find out if I hadn't had time to plan yet, and the saint wouldn't be able to contemplate the mind? ”

Mrs. Cui thought for a while: "It must be that Xiao Wan's matter is known to the saint, do you think the saint will send someone to harm Xiao Wan?" ”

When Cui Huailu heard this, he was angry: "If it wasn't for you, a stupid woman, hiding it from me, how could it be like this?" After so many years before and after the saddle, I was not even allowed to enter the imperial study, and there were more wolf guards at the door than the Xiao family, which was simply ......"

"It's come to this, what's the use of you scolding me? The saint is suspicious by nature, Xiaowan's matter, don't you hide it after you learn about it? Now that the Holy One is suspicious of you, who can blame him? ”

"Last time, you stopped me from confessing to the saint, who do you blame?"

Mrs. Cui sighed: "There is no way to turn back on this matter, if the Holy Lord continues to be in power, you don't want to turn over again in your life......"

"Hey!" Cui Huailu hurriedly glared at Mrs. Cui: "Tired of you?" Your Wang family wants to raid the family and exterminate the clan, don't pull my Cui family down. ”

"What is the Wang family, the Cui family, I married into the Cui family......"

Mrs. Cui sighed, sat a little closer, and raised her hand to the house next door:

"You have been suspected by the saint, and you are still on the ship, even if the saint suppresses this turmoil, you will not have any credit; If you are shipwrecked, you must be the first one. If you want me to see, you can ask Xiao Lu and the two families what they mean. Think about it, Xiao Xiang's sister is the princess, you are Xiaowan's father, if you are in the same boat, Xiao Xiang will have to call you uncle......"

"You...... In the opinion of a woman, how can a court event be such a child's play! ”

Cui Huailu glared at Mrs. Cui and wanted to say a few more words, but he felt that it was a waste of words when talking to women about political affairs, so he immediately got up and flicked his sleeves and walked out.

Mrs. Cui stood up: "Xianggong, where are you going?" ”

"Go next door and hang out."

"There are wolf guards outside, there are many eyeliners, let's talk on the way to the court tomorrow."

“……”

Cui Huailu paused and walked into the bedroom instead......

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The mansion next door is the residence of Xiao Chuyang, the prime minister of the dynasty.

The Xiao family has a frugal style, and the lights are sparse at night, and only a few Xiao family students read at night at the window.

In the study room of the main courtyard, there is no light, and the light is dim and it is difficult to see people and things.

Xiao Chuyang sat on the couch, next to Lu Chengan, the big farmer who had just slipped over from the tunnel, and there was a small case between the two, with tea brewed on it.

Xiao Lu and his family have a long heritage, and they have not been without-for-tat confrontation with each other in history, but on the big chessboard of the world, there has never been any mortal enemy, as long as the interests are the same, they are allies; Judging from the current situation, the Xiao Lu family is obviously in the same boat.

Lu Chengan is Lu Hongluan's uncle, and at this time, his left hand is leaning on the tea case, and he said softly:

"The saint has behaved abnormally recently, forcing the Xiliang army to return to Suzhou, Xu Buling to garrison Nanyang, without leaving half of his face, it looks like forcing the Xu family to rebel. Xiao Xiang thinks that Xu Buling will endure this evil breath? ”

Xiao Chuyang put his left hand on his knee and gently tapped the tea case with his right hand:

"With the current situation, the Xu family rebelled, and at most occupied Guanzhong, what they had to face was the princes of all walks of life outside the Guanguan and Jiang Crossbow, the prince of Northern Qizuo, even if they could hold it, it would be a small country in the land of Guanzhong, which would be difficult to last long, and it could be said that there were all kinds of harm but no benefit; But no, Xu Buling's efforts to fight Nanyang and Xiangyang were all in vain. If you don't want to endure it, it's no good. ”

Lu Chengan thought for a moment: "The Holy Lord put on this battle, almost by default, he will not be able to rebel, and it is already a posture of flipping the table; If Xu does not turn back, he will go back to Suzhou, and if he does not, it will be difficult to make enemies on all sides for a long time, and both roads will be unfavorable to the Xu family. Therefore, no matter what Xu Buling does at this time, it is impossible for the Holy Lord to retreat half a step and give Xu Buling a third way......"

Speaking of this, Lu Chengan turned his head to look at Xiao Chuyang: "Has the Xu family ever given Xiao Xiang a bottom?" If they are determined to rebel......"

Xiao Chuyang frowned, quite dissatisfied with the words of this cliché:

"I am the prime minister of Da Yue, not the prime minister of the Xu family, what is the difference between him and me and directly picking out the rebellion?"

Lu Chengan smiled: "That's not accurate." Judging from the current situation, it is better for the Xu family not to rebel, otherwise it is normal for this Dayue to be divided into more than a dozen pieces, and the damage will be too great. However, it is impossible for the Xu family to suffer a clear loss like this, how does Xiao Xiang think Xu Buling will be right? ”

Xiao Chuyang shook his head: "The Xiliang infantry has withdrawn, but Xu Buling has no intention of honestly receiving orders, it is estimated that he will return to Chang'an in two days and ask the saint for justice." When the time comes, it depends on what he says and what the saint says, and mine can stand on the word 'reason'. ”

Lu Chengan thought about it carefully and sighed: "The saint expected that the Xu family would rebel, but there was no evidence, and he definitely didn't take advantage of it. I'm afraid it's going to be difficult......"

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The following chapters are relatively long, with two transitional chapters......

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