After the "assassination incident", Li Longji and Yang Yuhuan did not appear at the festival site again in the next few days.

This made Li Linfu, who was presiding over the festival, bored, and nervous again, for fear that he would lose his holy grace. Three days later, he couldn't hold back anymore and ran to Yang Yun's residence to inquire about the situation, and then learned that Yang Yun had not entered the palace in the past few days, and he didn't know what was going on on Li Longji's side.

"Virtuous son-in-law, it's also the old man who can't handle it well, and somehow he was rushed out by the nose of the herd of cows, maybe there is an internal response in the Qianniuwei, otherwise those guys have committed the big crime of the Nine Clans, but they have been dealt with silently, and they haven't even splashed a splash...... Your Majesty won't be angry because of this, and think that the old man is incompetent, right? Li Linfu was in a hurry.

Originally, it was a good activity to flatter Li Longji, but he didn't want to make a mess, the emperor and the concubine did not attend, which reduced the color of this festival a lot, and the people talked a lot about this matter, and secretly muttered that the court did not handle the relationship with the immortals, which may bring heavenly punishment and so on.

Yang Yun smiled faintly and asked, "Li Xilang doesn't know who is behind the ghost, right?" ”

This sudden question made Li Linfu very embarrassed, in fact, anyone can see that there is a big problem, he will really be in the dark?

Li Linfu was silent for a moment, shook his head and sighed: "It is not surprising that the one in the palace is behind the scenes, and he has also won the support of His Majesty...... It's a pity that that man has too strict control over the court, and he has to listen to him in all matters in the court, and now his surname is Niu...... It's a puppet at all. ”

With such a blatant attack on his boss, Li Linfu had no room for tolerance for Niu Xianke, and he couldn't get this incompetent guy down sooner.

Yang Yun nodded, and then asked: "I wonder if Li Xilang is the left minister, will he be like the one in the palace and control all the affairs of the court?" ”

When Li Linfu heard this, he felt that there was a play, so he hurried to Yang Yun's ear and asked in a low voice, "Isn't it a virtuous son-in-law who has a way to help me?" If you can make the ...... in the palace Snubbed by His Majesty, the surname Niu has no threat at all, and within a year and a half, let him be removed by His Majesty, and when the time comes, he will ......"

Li Linfu means that the biggest opponent in the DPRK is still Gao Lishi, and as for Niu Xianke, it is not worth mentioning at all, the key is that Niu Xianke is controlled by Gao Lishi and it is not easy to deal with.

Yang Yun smiled but did not speak.

At this moment, Zhang Jingyan, who was wearing a clean robe, entered the hall.

"Master, there is a messenger sent from the palace outside, who has passed you into the palace, saying that His Majesty wants to give you an official and a knight."

Zhang Jingyan said it very clearly, probably the person who said at the door wanted to sell a good man or want to ask for a reward, and clearly stated Li Longji's meaning.

When Li Linfu heard this, his eyes instantly brightened.

Yang Yun is now a doctor of imperial history, even if it is just a false title, and he hardly controls any real power, but after all, the official position is there.

If Yang Yun's status is further improved, it will be Zaizhi, at least the positions of Zhongshu Shilang and Huangmen Shilang will not be able to run.

At that time, Yang Yun's influence in the court will be greatly increased.

"Let's just say that Your Majesty will not treat the concubine and her family badly, your opportunity to be a national teacher has come, I'm afraid that you are the only one who can deal with the one in the palace now!"

Li Linfu's title for Yang Yun has changed, and he is no longer called a virtuous son-in-law.

Calling a virtuous son-in-law seems to be Gao Yang Yun's generation, and now he directly respects Yang Yun as a "national teacher", which is to treat Yang Yun as his guiding light.

Yang Yun didn't say much to Li Linfu, smiled and said goodbye to this cheap father-in-law, sent Li Linfu away first, and then took the ingot gold to reward the messenger in the palace, and then under his guidance, he took a carriage to the palace gate.

When he arrived in front of Yingtianmen, sure enough, Gao Lishi was already waiting there, and when he saw the carriage approaching, he hurriedly came over and waited for Yang Yun to get off the carriage, his attitude was much more humble than before, and he kept smiling, and he didn't know that he regarded Yang Yun as a superior like Li Linfu.

"National teacher, don't you know, after the thieves rebelled that day, His Majesty was furious and said that he would severely punish those who did evil."

However, after the severe torture, until those people committed suicide by hanging themselves in prison, I don't know who instigated it behind the scenes, which makes people angry. Your Majesty is very ashamed, now I haven't seen the concubine Niangniang for a few days, the concubine Niangniang is pregnant, how the phoenix body is very important, Your Majesty is anxious. ”

Gao Lishi took out a loyal-based posture, still pretending to be confused in front of Yang Yun.

Even if he is worried that the Xuannu Niangniang in the sky knows that he is doing ghosts behind his back, but on the surface, he can't show cowardice, no matter whether Yang Yun knows the inside story or not, he just doesn't admit it anyway, now that the human and physical evidence has disappeared, there is no evidence to characterize him, so even if he is a little weak-hearted, he can still move forward and retreat freely when facing Yang Yun.

Yang Yun did not dwell on the matter of the "assassin", and asked: "This time, Your Majesty summoned me to the palace, but I don't know why?" ”

Gao Lishi said with a smile: "Isn't this Your Majesty always saying that you want to give the national teacher a knight?" Now that ten months have passed, it is time to implement it, and it is necessary to go further in the official position, specifically...... It is better to wait for the face saint to tell you in person...... You don't know, the old slave has made a lot of efforts behind the scenes, and His Majesty put this matter on the agenda......"

Yang Yun smiled faintly, and was simply disdainful of Gao Lishi's hypocrisy.

It was clear that Li Longji couldn't see Yang Yuhuan's face, and he was repeatedly blocked from the gate, even if he broke in, there was no way, the invisible wall of qi was blocking him from entering, and he had no choice but to ask Yang Yun to come forward to help mediate.

Li Longji has a habit, that is, every time he sees Yang Yun, he will give a little benefit, either to increase the official and enter the knighthood, or to give gold and silver wealth, just like an exchange of interests, every time Yang Yun is not allowed to go back empty-handed.

Yang Yun saw Li Longji, who was haggard, in the Zhenguan Palace, and this time the emperor did not show too closeness, and sat upright.

After a simple salute between the monarch and the minister, Li Longji took out an edict that had been prepared a long time ago and asked Gao Lishi to hand it to Yang Yun.

"National teacher, I have always wanted to give you a title, but I couldn't make it due to some obstacles, and today I will officially crown you as the Duke of Weiguo."

Li Longji immediately announced Yang Yun's title.

Yang Yun knew that Wei Guogong was the title of Yang Zhao in history, that is, Yang Guozhong, after Yang Guozhong became the prime minister, but now Yang Yun is not in charge of the court.

Yang Yun hurriedly knelt down and said, "How can you be a minister, I really don't dare to be." ”

Gao Lishi smiled and said: "This is Your Majesty's courtesy to the national teacher...... The national teacher has excellent mana, first predicted the movement of the earth, repaired the statue of Lao Tzu, and now he is alchemy for His Majesty, and he has worked hard and made great achievements, which is the mainstay of the Tang Dynasty...... The national teacher doesn't have to be too humble, this is what you deserve, just thank you. ”

Gao Lishi spoke very well, as if Yang Yun was named the Duke of Weiguo and he had the credit for speaking peace, which is also where his words are ingenious.

But how could Yang Yun not know what role he played behind it? No matter how much he disguises it now, Yang Yun will not have any trust and expectation from him.

Li Longji said: "It is precisely because of the presence of the national teacher that the Tang Dynasty is thriving, and all the people are returning to their hearts...... I am going to crown you as the Zhongshu Shilang, and I usually walk in Zhongshu Province, but you can ask about all the affairs of the court, I want you to participate in the affairs of the court more, and put down the matter of alchemy as much as possible. ”

Yang Yun was the Imperial Historian before, the highest official of the Imperial History Observatory with a false title, and it seemed that he could spray anyone wildly, but he had no real power.

Now let him be a Zhongshu Shilang, second only to Zhongshu Ling, and be a subordinate of Zhang Jiuling, who has just been transferred to Zhongshu Ling.

The Tang Dynasty Shangshu Order is not permanent, because Tang Taizong Li Shimin served as the King of Qin when he served as the Shangshu Order, for the emperor, since Taizong ascended the throne, he did not appoint the Shangshu Order, that day Li Longji moved Zhang Jiuling to serve as the Shangshu Order, the original intention was to let him have no actual power, and did not want this to conflict with the official system of the Tang Dynasty.

The subordinate servants and Zhongshu Ling are both third-grade officials, and Shangshu Ling has been the second rank since the opening of the dynasty, and his deputies are from the second grade, and even the six subordinate Shangshu are all third-grade, which leads to Zhang Jiuling being belittled and more like being promoted.

In addition, Zhongshu is responsible for decision-making, the door is responsible for deliberation, Shangshu is responsible for implementation, on the surface Shangshu Province is running errands and doing coolies, but from the actual operation mechanism, the imperial court decree was issued, first of all, the emperor instructed, Zhongshu Province prepared a draft, Menxia Province sealed and refuted the review, handed back to the emperor for ruling, and handed over to Shangshu Province, which was handed over to the corresponding departments for implementation and implementation.

In this way, the two provinces of Zhongshu and Menxia were basically subordinate to the emperor, similar to the secretarial department, while the Shangshu province was relatively independent and more like a government department.

At the same time, because the three provinces discuss state affairs, as the actual implementation department, Shangshu Province has the right to participate in the early decision-making and deliberation, but Zhongshu and his subordinates may not know how to implement the decree.

In this way, it is contrary to Li Longji's intention to appoint Niu Xianke as the left minister.

Recently, as Zhang Jiuling increased his control over Shangshu Province, seeing that the six executive yamen had the intention of breaking away from the center and acting on their own, at the request of Gao Lishi, Li Longji reappointed Zhang Jiuling as the Zhongshu Order, which was still one of the right ministers, but it prevented the government departments from getting out of control.

The book is back to business, if it were in the past, Yang Yun might be happy to accept it, but now that Yang Yun is busy colonizing South America, where is the spare time to deal with court affairs?

Yang Yun arched his hand and said: "The minister is only proficient in Taoist arts, and he has many puzzles about the way to govern the country. ”

"It's okay, let the people in the court mention you more, the current Zhongshu Ling Zhang Qing's family is your wife's grandfather, with him, he will mention it, and he will be in the center in the future, and you need to attend the court and the central government, and you can express your opinions on the affairs of the court and the central government at that time, and I will also adopt it with an open mind."

Li Longji's words showed that he attached great importance to Yang Yun.

But this kind of emphasis is conditional, that is, let him be the mouthpiece between the emperor and the concubine, and help Li Longji handle the alchemy affairs, and maybe let Yang Yun be the eyeliner in the court.

Yang Yun was thinking about how to refuse, and Gao Lishi next to him smiled and arched his hand: "Old slave, congratulations to Duke Wei Guo here." ”

Yang Yun felt that it was too early to gain power at the moment, and he should take his time step by step, so as not to be roasted on the fire all of a sudden, but thinking that the enemy under the tree had already been planted now, there was no need to deliberately avoid anything.

Since Li Longji wants to give, why does he refuse to do?

I gladly took it.

Yang Yun saluted respectfully and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your courtesy and appreciation." ”

Li Longji smiled and nodded, now he had more confidence to instruct Yang Yun to do things, beckoned Yang Yun to come close to him, and sighed: "That day, there were villains who were not good for me and the concubine, and I was at a loss, so that after the concubine came back, she ignored me, you go and help me talk about it?" ”

This kind of request was very direct, so he told Yang Yun that in fact, this matter was acquiesced by him Li Longji, and the eunuch surnamed Gao next to him was the culprit behind the scenes.

Since it was the emperor's request, and it was also given to high-ranking officials in advance, Yang Yun naturally had no way to refuse.

"I'll go."

Yang Yun saluted.

Li Longji ran into a wall many times, and he didn't want to go to the Xuannuguan anymore, so he said to Gao Lishi on the side: "General Gao, you go with the national teacher, and I am here waiting for your good news." ”

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Yang Yun and Gao Lishi went to the Xuannu Temple together.

On the way, Gao Lishi said a lot of flattering good words, and tried his best to flatter Yang Yun, but Yang Yun could feel the hostility hidden in Gao Lishi's heart, obviously the other party was just temporarily holding back his anger, and the so-called congratulations were just a scene.

When he arrived outside the Xuannu Temple, Yang Yun entered by himself, and Gao Lishi tried, but he was still blocked by an invisible wall of qi, so he could only wait outside.

When Yang Yun saw Yang Yuhuan, he saw that this beautiful and arrogant sister was kneeling in front of the statue, clasping her hands together, she didn't look like a Taoist aunt, but more like a nun, and her mouth kept chattering.

When I looked sideways, I saw a vague shadow on the side of the statue of the Xuannu, it was Wu Yuan who he sent to assist Yang Yuhuan, and the female officials in the palace could not enter the palace.

"Sister, I'm here."

Yang Yun said hello from a long distance behind Yang Yuhuan.

Yang Yuhuan got up when he heard this, turned his head to look at Yang Yun, and his expression was calm: "The emperor asked you to be a lobbyist again?" ”

Yang Yun nodded.

The two sisters and brothers planned everything, Yang Yuhuan naturally knew how Li Longji was strategizing now, and there was no more nonsense, the two entered the back room and sat down on Yang Yuhuan's couch.

"Does the Emperor still have doubts about me? Every time he came to the Taoist temple, I felt that he wanted to test me, intentionally or unintentionally, if not...... Pregnancy is to be taken as a matter of absence. ”

Yang Yuhuan probably felt that pretending to be pregnant was too stressful, and kept retreating.

Yang Yun shook his head and said: "What has already begun, there is no way to stop, this time Your Majesty asked me to come, not because I was suspicious of my sister, the events of that day have completely suppressed him, and there will be no similar things in the future." ”

"Oh."

Yang Yuhuan nodded, but was still skeptical.

Yang Yun said again: "This time, he directly gave me the title of Duke of Weiguo, and also promoted me to the post of Zhongshu Shilang, saying that he would treat our Yang family well." ”

"Shiro, our sister and brother are now beautiful, and you were asked to find our Yang family's relatives who are outcast, did you do it?"

Yang Yuhuan suddenly diverted the topic and asked an irrelevant question.

Yang Yun nodded and said, "I have sent people to look around, but I only have news of the third sister for the time being, as for others...... We need to send more people to find it, but I believe that there will be results before the end of the year. ”

"This summer hasn't passed yet, will we have to wait until the end of the year?"

Yang Yuhuan felt that Yang Yun's efficiency was not high.

But Yang Yun didn't have much interest in finding what the Yang family was looking for, the biggest problem was that these people couldn't help him, and after coming to Luoyang or Chang'an, it would also cause a lot of negative effects on Yang Yun and Yang Yuhuan's plans.

Yang Zhao has been found now, but Yang Yun does not plan to tell Yang Yuhuan about this matter for the time being.

Yang Yuhuan said: "I was too young when I left home, but now through the efforts of our sister and brother, I have finally made my Yang family prosperous, and I want to have a good look in front of them...... Who made them look down on me in the first place and sent me to Luoyang......"

Only then did Yang Yun know the reason why Yang Yuhuan did this.

At the beginning, the Yang family was in trouble, and the young children were sent out, and they experienced too much hardship, Yang Yun himself and Yang Yuhuan's fate was similar, only one was sent to Luoyang, and the other stayed in Shudi Shifang.

"If you have nothing to do, go back first, I don't want to see the emperor, every time I see him, I feel awkward." Yang Yuhuan issued an eviction order.

Yang Yun saw Yang Yuhuan's indifferent attitude, and knew that there was a knot between his sister and brother...... Now Yang Yuhuan feels more and more that his fate is not his own decision, and everything is at the mercy of Yang Yun.

At first, Yang Yuhuan was unable to change, so she had to accept it, but now she feels that she has confidence, the emperor is fascinated by her, and his reliance on Yang Yun is not so high.

Yang Yun didn't say much, after coming out of the Xuannu Temple, Gao Lishi hurriedly stepped forward.

"How? Does that make sense? ”

Gao Lishi looked at Yang Yun with anticipation.

Yang Yun shook his head regretfully, Gao Lishi looked disappointed, but he felt a sense of relief, probably thinking that it would be useless for the emperor to call Yang Yun at last.

Yang Yun said: "The concubine seems to have received the revelation of the Xuannu Niangniang, and she is concentrating on cultivation, and she doesn't want to see anyone...... Do you want to go back and pay homage to Your Majesty? ”

Colliers sighed, "What else can you do? Let's go back and face the saint together, oh, that's right, the national teacher...... Didn't you hear the concubine talk about the day? ”