After Liu Meiniang withdrew from the courtyard with the Ashina brothers and sisters, Li Jiancheng glanced at Feng Li and others, and Feng Li, Wang Qi and others withdrew from the courtyard together.

Not long after, in the courtyard of the Xiangtianxia hot pot restaurant, only Sima Jiu and Li Jiancheng were left.

Sima Jiu realized that the eldest prince of Tang Guo had something important to say to him, and he was slightly curious.

Li Jiancheng took out a bag of tea leaves from his arms, divided them into two cups after soaking them skillfully, and placed them on the stone table in front of the two of them.

Li Jiancheng has a handsome appearance, a chic and calm demeanor, and is like a literati, Sima Jiu has long admired him.

"In the area of Bingzhou, there is no good tea, although this tartary buckwheat tea is coarse, it has a different taste, the ninth brother may wish to taste it."

Li Jiancheng took the teacup and took a sip gently.

Sima Jiu didn't know how to taste tea, so he took a sip of tea from Li Jiancheng's appearance, although the bitter buckwheat tea has a bitter and astringent taste, but after the mouth, there is a different kind of fragrance, which is pleasant.

"When I was in the palace, I thought that the tea leaves in the world were all green Jiangnan style, but now after I came out to travel, I knew that Kyushu was magnificent, and the tea leaves in various places had a unique flavor." Li Jiancheng sighed lightly and said slowly.

"In this way, Brother Jiancheng has received a lot of goods."

Li Jiancheng smiled faintly.

"You and I have known each other for a long time, I thought that the virtuous brother was just brave and smart, but the virtuous brother surprised the audience at the gate of Pingyao City today, which really impressed the brother, and I didn't expect the virtuous brother to be so deep in the city."

Sima Jiu knew that his performance at the city gate today was too prominent, but at this time, he didn't know how to think of Li Jiancheng's explanation.

Facts speak louder than words, it seems that no matter how he explains, he can't explain it clearly, so Sima Jiu was silent, smiled and took another sip of tartary buckwheat tea.

"If a virtuous brother has the ambition to enter the office, he can help the virtuous brother as a brother. To be honest, although my father and Yang Su have a lot of contacts, the Li family and the Yang family also have a lot of problems. ”

"Brother Wei also knows a lot about Yang Su, this person is ambitious, changeable and cunning, if Brother Sima follows him, he must be very careful."

Li Jiancheng thought about it again and again, and felt that there was nothing to hide, so he said it thoroughly.

His words were full of concern on the surface, but Sima Jiu could feel Li Jiancheng's intention to win him over.

However, Sima Jiu was still moved by Li Jiancheng's words, he knew that Li Jiancheng regarded him as a true friend, and he was worried that he would be eaten by Yang Su and there would be no bones left.

"Brother Jiancheng, I can't hide it, the younger brother does intend to enter the government through the Yang family. After all, looking at the current dynasty, the Yang family was the most influential force in the empire, even far surpassing ......"

At this point, Sima Jiu unconsciously glanced at Li Jiancheng, and did not say anything about the Li family behind him.

Subsequently, he added worriedly: "As far as I know, the royal family seems to favor the children of the Yang family and the Yuwen family, and the people surnamed Li have many difficulties in their careers. ”

Li Jiancheng saw that what he said was interesting, but it was the truth, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, and gently placed the teacup on the stone table.

"The younger brother is a white ding, and the younger brother will help me save my life, and treat me sincerely without formality, and so on, the younger brother must keep it in mind."

"In the future, if the younger brother has some small achievements, he will definitely echo with his brother, and he will definitely not do things that are happy for relatives and enemies."

Sima Jiu understood what Li Jiancheng meant, so he was also honest and simply said it thoroughly.

When Li Jiancheng heard this, he suddenly relaxed a lot, as if he had let go of a big matter.

After a while, he looked at Sima Jiu and scolded with a smile: "Xiao Jiuzi, you are also a peculiar person, obviously you are just a boy from a mountain village in Bingzhou, but you are so familiar with Yang Su's poems, could it be that your teacher in Sima Village is a great hermit?" ”

Li Jiancheng's knot has been resolved, so he spoke a lot more casually.

Sima Jiu listened to his words and chuckled in his heart.

Li Jiancheng shook his handsome and confused head, and said: "Forget it, the world is so big, there are countless strange people and strange things, just talk about me, I have traveled for several years, and I have seen many talented people." ”

At this time, Sima Jiu saw that there was not much tea in the cup in front of Li Jiancheng, so he hurriedly refilled it.

"Brother Jiancheng, don't say it, my teacher is proficient in poetry and literature, but he is a Taoist robe, and he left quietly after staying in our village for three years."

"At that time, I didn't think he was anything unusual, but now that I think about it, he must be the strange person and strange thing that Brother Li said."

Sima Jiu's heart moved, and he immediately took the opportunity to create the image of a strange person, so that it could explain the origin of his extraordinary knowledge, and Li Jiancheng had no way to verify it anyway.

Li Jiancheng did not doubt this, but on his handsome face, he already showed a yearning look.

Li Jiancheng leaned on the bamboo chair and said softly: "Little Jiuzi, do you know why I don't stay in the imperial capital well, but I have to go to this chaotic land to wander around?" ”

Sima Jiu jokingly said: "Could it be that His Majesty the Emperor has issued a strict order to your Li family, so that you, the prince of the Tang Kingdom, with a prominent status, will come to assist the empire in quelling the rebellion of the Han King?" ”

"Definitely." Li Jiancheng smiled and shook his head in denial.

"The first emperor died of illness, and when the current emperor succeeded to the throne, my old man didn't make much effort, so the emperor didn't like it. Now, my Li family has become the object of His Majesty's rejection. ”

As for this, Li Jiancheng inadvertently showed a little frustration.

Sima Jiu understood the source of Li Jiancheng's frustration.

In the world under this person, the emperor's likes and dislikes alone will determine the fate of many people in the world.

After a long time, Li Jiancheng asked, "Have you heard of the Nine Princes?" ”

Sima Jiu shook his head incomprehensibly, and thought to himself: "Zhuzi Baijia has heard of it, that refers to the academic faction in the pre-Qin period, but what the hell is Zhuzi Jiujia?" ”

"During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, various schools of thought and academic schools flourished, and later events changed, dynasties rose and changed.

"The first emperor unified Kyushu and worked hard, and now the people in the court, in addition to the rebellion of the Han king, can also be regarded as the peace of the country."

"However, the nine families of the sons are powerful and capable of producing many people. Beneath the calm surface of the Empire, there is already an undercurrent. ”

Sima Jiu knows that the pattern is particularly important on the way to enter the office.

Although he has the big killer of the Kyushu Staff Group, Li Jiancheng has a noble status, and the news he brings must be hard to change.

"Nowadays, the struggle between the imperial government and the opposition, Legalism and Confucianism has become white-hot."

"Although the Legalist Gao Gong was involved in the battle for the throne and was not trusted by the new emperor, the Legalist Su Wei continued to preside over the government and the opposition and won the trust of the new emperor."

"There are many Confucian talents, in the opposition Wang Tong, Liu Xuan, Xu Wenyuan and other great Confucian gathering sages to receive letters, in the court Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Wei Zheng and other new talents are involved in current affairs, in the court and in the opposition, Confucianism is a force to be reckoned with."

"It's not a secret, my brother is quite interested in Confucianism."

Li Jiancheng stood up and paced slowly in the courtyard, talking as he walked.

"Confucian legalists, aiming at the temple, the peasants are dormant in the people, the people in the new land in the south of the Yangtze River change frequently, and there are peasant figures behind them.

"Confucianism, legalism, farmers, and soldiers are singing together, however, my brother's trip to the rivers and lakes is because of the Yin and Yang family."

Sima Jiu smiled: "Yin and Yang family? Is it the legendary people who pretend to be gods? ”

"Brother Xian is cautious, there are a lot of secret techniques of the Yin and Yang family, you say so, be careful to report now."

"Boom" A thunderbolt suddenly sounded in the sky, startling Sima Jiu and quickly shrunk his neck.

Pingyao City, which was still shining under the sun just now, suddenly, the sky changed greatly, and the dark clouds pressed down.

"Could it be that the Yin and Yang family is really doing it?"

"Haha, I know I'm scared, it's rumored that the Yin and Yang family has a secret technique of calling the wind and rain, but it's all a legend, do you know what the Yin and Yang family is best at?"

"Little brother doesn't know." Sima Jiu shook his head.

"The most famous thing in the Yin and Yang family is the art of divination!" Li Jiancheng said slowly, word by word.

"There are many reasons why the current emperor Yang Guang can stand out from the princes and replace the former crown prince Yang Yong, but the most important point is that he has the unsparing support of the Yin and Yang family."

"Li Xuanying, the Yin and Yang family, once successfully predicted that the first emperor would replace Emperor Zhou Jing and replace Zhou with the Sui Dynasty, so the first emperor had great trust in the Yin and Yang family, and it was Li Xuanying who repeatedly predicted to the first emperor that Yang Guang would become the prince."

At this moment, a bolt of lightning streaked across the sky, and a bright light shone on Li Jiancheng's face, making him incompatible with the gloomy sky.

Sima Jiu's heart tightened, and he had a faint premonition of something.

"Now, my father has a close relationship with the Yin and Yang family, and Li Xuanying is in his brother's mansion at this time, not long ago, he used the 10,000-year-old turtle shell to divinate and got an amazing message."

Sima Jiu was curious: "What information?" Later, he was obtained by his father, and now he is in the Tang State Mansion, he used the turtle shell of the 10,000-year-old turtle for divination years ago, but he got an amazing message."

"Dixing is merging, and heaven and man are lucky." Li Jiancheng looked up at the gloomy sky and said word by word.

Sima Jiu had a bang in his head, and suddenly he had a bad feeling, as if a secret had been revealed.

"The secret technique of divination of the Yin and Yang family, although it has the miraculous ability of predicting the future, but the backlash is quite deep, Li Xuanying is only forty, but now he is old."

"Back then, Li Xuanying predicted that the Sui Dynasty would be Zhou, and it could still be regarded as a whole body retreat, but now after he said these eight words, the turtle shell was shattered for ten thousand years, he vomited blood on the spot and fell into a coma, and his hair turned gray in an instant, and he is still recuperating in the Tang State Mansion."

Li Jiancheng said with palpitations: "It can be seen the weight of this prophecy. ”