In the fifth year of Taihe, September Bingchen, Shen Zheng.

Chengdu Mansion, Wenshu Fang.

The sun is slanting in the west, and it will not be long before it will hide behind the Shu Mountain in the distance, and the doors of Chengdu and the big and small squares will be closed in an hour, and people have embarked on the way home. The law of the Tang Dynasty stipulates that all prefectures, namely Jingzhao Mansion, Chengdu Mansion, Taiyuan Mansion, etc., except for the Yuan Day and the Shangyuan Festival, are closed every day. Whenever from this time to the next day, the streets outside the Chengdu Mansion are patrolled by the guards in the city, and if there are unauthorized idle people wandering outside, it is a "night offense", and the punishment for the crime is 20 lashes.

Li Huaishen hurried to Wenshu Fang from the Lotus Fang's Bingcao Mansion, followed by a team of Heavenly Expeditionary Army, and when he arrived at the gate of the Fang, he was stopped by Li Zheng.

The name of this Wenshu Fang is Du Sheng, and he has served as the Li Zheng of Wenshu Fang in Chengdu Prefecture for nearly 30 years. He has always been conscientious, and every day when the curfew is approaching, he comes to the front of the square and registers the people who enter and leave very strictly. Now that he sees Li Huaishen, Du Sheng is not afraid of the official position at all, except for the cross-handed salute, how to come or how to come. Li Deyu, who used to wear civilian clothes, was even stopped by him.

"Old Du, just let us in, it's really urgent." Li Huaishen was also quite helpless in the face of this inflexible old man, and the marching Sima, who had always been arrogant, never thought that he would catch up with so many things today, and he still needed to ask someone to let him go.

"Li Sima just go in." Du Sheng's face was expressionless, and a white goatee swayed slightly with the wind.

Li Huaishen was overjoyed, and immediately beckoned Wang Sheng behind him to lead the team to follow, but Du Sheng stretched out his hand to stop Li Huaishen, and pointed at the army with his chin.

"The only one who can go in directly is Li Sima who is wearing a silverfish bag, and the people brought by Sima have to register one by one before they can enter the workshop."

Li Huaishen was helpless, and he didn't have a lot of hope that this Du Sheng would let him bring someone in directly. At the beginning, Li Deyu was stopped by Du Sheng, and the Jiedu envoy also praised this old man, and wanted to promote him to the mansion Cao, but he was refused, saying that "the little old man only knows how to manage a square, and the household Cao is heavy, and it should be appointed by the virtuous." "In short, it's a stubborn old man.

Li Huaishen almost stomped his feet: "Old Du, I beg you, the military affairs are important." ”

Du Sheng disagreed, bent over and said: "Tang law is strict, the little old man doesn't dare to break the law for Li Sima, and I ask Li Sima to forgive me." ”

Li Huaishen has nothing to say, and if it continues to be consumed, it can only be delayed for a longer and longer time, but he sighed in his heart that he was evil today, which can be called that everything is not going well, and he only prays that this day can end early. He turned back to Wang Shang and said, "What are you waiting for, wear a military badge and come to register." ”

Wang Shang, the captain behind Li Huaishen, was also scared not long ago, and he was convinced of his negligence and catastrophe, plus Li Huaishen had just mentioned the important military affairs, Wang Shang suddenly panicked, and tremblingly led a team of a total of 20 people to the Heavenly Expeditionary Army, counting Wang Shang, who led the team, a total of 21 people, to the Fang Wei beside Li Zheng. All of them must show their military badges one by one, and then be registered in the book by the guards of the fangmen before they can enter the fang.

Li Huaishen stood at the gate of the workshop, but suddenly wanted to try his luck on Du Sheng's side, so he crossed his hand to Du Sheng, "Old Du, have you ever seen a team of cavalry enter the workshop?" ”

“…… When the little old man came to the door for a short time," Du Sheng glanced at Li Huaishen, picked up the entry and exit records, and looked through them: "But the records show that there is indeed a team of cavalry in the ...... Entering the workshop around the right time. ”

Li Huaishen couldn't help asking: "...... that cavalry The leader, but Yang Zong? ”

"Yang Zong......" Du Sheng took the small words on the record closer, squinted and nodded, "Exactly, Xiao Lao remembers that he is Li Jiedu's tooth soldier general." ”

"Is there a person named Zhang Yijun in the cavalry?"

"I'm afraid it's embarrassing," Du Sheng complained: "There are not thousands of people who enter and leave Manjusri every day, but thousands, and not everyone can remember it in the records......

Li Huaishen was a little uncertain in his heart, but Du Sheng added: "But then again, Xiao Lao remembered that Xu Jiu mentioned that there was a Tubo man in General Yang's army, and he fainted unconscious, saying that he was a pawn ......."

Li Huaishen's eyelids jumped, and his intuition told him that this person was Zhang Yijun nine times out of ten, so he hurriedly subconsciously dragged Du Sheng's arm, which actually made the old man hurt.

"What does it look like, do you see it clearly?"

Du Sheng snatched back his arm and shouted "Xu Jiu" to a soldier guarding the fang, and the man immediately rushed over, and Du Sheng repeated Li Huaishen's question to Xu Jiu again.

"I don't remember, but my face is a little white, and I am very handsome, but I am wearing a Tubo military suit and a felt hat, so I didn't ask too much and let me go."

"Has this person ever been out of the workshop?"

"No, this person is too eye-catching, if he goes out, he must pay attention."

Li Huaishen has now determined that that person must be Zhang Yijun, a staff member of the Shuai Mansion who came back to restore his life, and a secret post in Victoria.

Since Zhang Yijun has not yet left the workshop, he must still be in Li Zhi's mansion at this time, if it is really searched, then the evidence is conclusive. Li Zhi privately dispatched the Jie Du envoys, hijacked the hidden pile, plotted misdeeds, and punished several crimes, which is a serious crime. Even now that the Bull Party is in power, in order to avoid getting caught on fire, it does not dare to easily shelter the felony henchmen of the feudal town.

Li Huaishen couldn't help but laugh secretly, it seems that this time not only can he eradicate Yang Zong, the thorn in his eye, but even Li Zhi may be caught by him. He has made great contributions to Li Deyu, and he will be promoted to the envoy of the fourth grade festival at that time, replacing Li Zhi, which can be said to be handy.

Seeing that the Heavenly Expeditionary Army was registered, Li Huaishen did not delay for a moment to hold on to the saddle, stepped on the horse, and asked Wang Sheng to lead the team to run and keep up. didn't thank Du Sheng, just grabbed the horse's belly, and ran towards the direction of the back curve of Wenshu Fang.

Li Zhi's mansion is in the back of Wenshufang, surrounded by famous Buddhist temples in Chengdu Prefecture, so you must be careful. Zen Buddhism in Shuzhong is flourishing, if there is any chaos accidentally, let the Buddhist temple sue the festival to make it, and things will not be easy to clean up.

Either you can't afford to get people back.

Because it is also a military land, the Jiedu branch envoy's mansion is planted with green plants like the Jiedu embassy to avoid the eyes and ears of outsiders, but the area is much smaller than the Yacheng Marshal's Mansion that covers an area of half a square, the courtyard wall is neatly built of blue bricks, and the vermilion lacquered wooden door stands on the south side, which looks like a compound of a rich and noble family on weekdays. However, every curfew, the Liqu leading to the outside of the courtyard wall was guarded by the Weiyuan soldiers of Chengdu Prefecture who were controlled by the envoys.

Li Huaishen saw that the door of the house was closed, and there were no other sedan cars parked at the door, and he felt that the time was right.

Li Huaishen sneered, turned over and dismounted, and motioned to the panting Wang Shang with his eyes to knock on the door.

The two teams of Heavenly Expeditionary Forces that followed behind were okay, and the leather armor was not very heavy. But Wang Shang was out of breath because of the heavy armor of the black hammer. Wang Sheng gasped twice and straightened the armor that was crooked due to long-distance running. Three steps and two steps to the front of the house, with the tiger-shaped shop on the door three times in a row, two steps back, quietly waiting.

An old man's voice came from behind the door not far away: "Wei Yuanjun is on duty at the Houqu intersection, what is the matter with Ah Lang?" ”

"Li Zhi, the envoy of Xichuan Jiedu, privately transferred the Weiyuan army to rob the Jiedu envoy of the secret pile, delayed the military aircraft, and the evidence is conclusive. Sima Li Huaishen of the Xichuan March, and the leading army of the Heavenly Expeditionary Army hereby searches the embassy's mansion, please open the door quickly! Li Huaishen said in a loud voice.

As soon as the words fell, I heard the sound of Suo Suo in the door of the house, and the sound of footsteps went away. After ten breaths, there was movement again, this time far more loud than before, and I am afraid that there were no less than ten people.

With a "squeak", the door of the Jiedu Branch's mansion opened, and Li Huaishen straightened his official robe and tended forward.

"Yo, what's the ...... It's been this hour, what's the matter with Li Sima? ”

As soon as the words fell, Li Zhi, the envoy of Jiedu, put his hands behind his back, wearing a Dou Qing regular suit, and walked around the front of the mansion from the side of the guards in the mansion, and Li Huaishen looked at each other across the threshold.

Li Huai looked at Li Zhi intently, crossed his hands and saluted, and said: ""Yanzi Spring and Autumn" has a saying: oranges born in Huainan are oranges, and those born in Huaibei are oranges. Huai Shen said that he had told Li Zhi to make the concierge. I don't know why, the subordinates of the envoy's mansion ...... There are so no rules, and it has not been conveyed to the envoy of Li Zhi? ”

Li Zhi knew that he was using an allusion to mock himself, but he was not angered by this at all. He glanced at the Heavenly Expeditionary Army behind Li Huaishen, and after a while, replied with a smile: "Hehe, what Li Sima said, the plant is known. However, Zhi didn't know what Li Sima meant, so he asked. ”

Li Huaishen knew for a long time that Li Zhi would flatly deny that Li Zhi was half a grade higher than his official rank, and he had no moderation to make the search warrant issued, and the situation was unfavorable to him.

However, Li Huaishen was sure that Zhang Yi was all in the envoy's mansion, so Li Zhi, who has always been dangerous, must have a weak heart, and he only needs to deceive him, so that he thinks that Li Huaishen is ordered by the festival, and then pushes the boat down the river to sell his personal favors, regardless of his charges of privately transferring tooth soldiers and hiding hidden piles. At that time, Ping An will send people back to the Shuai Mansion, and it will not be too late to make plans for Li Zhi and Yang Zong.

"Envoy Li doesn't want to play dumb riddles here, and I will be open and honest with you. Yang Zong privately transferred the Weiyuan army, and robbed Li Jiedu sent to Victoria to the hidden pile at Xuanhemen, and after a visit from all sides, his person must be in the embassy's mansion, and it is a big crime to delay the military plane. Huaishen advises the envoy as a colleague, and now the surrender of Victoria is a foregone conclusion, don't choose the wrong one! ”

Unexpectedly, Li Zhi laughed out loud, leaning back and forth with laughter, regardless of his identity, like a gambler in the market, completely ignoring etiquette. Seeing his master and Shangguan laughing like this, the guards and subordinates beside Li Zhi also laughed.

Li Huaishen had never seen such humiliation since he became an official, and he was so angry that he gritted his teeth. Wang Shang and the two teams of Heavenly Expeditionary soldiers behind Li Huaishen were all confused.

"What's so ridiculous?" Li Huaishen almost spit words out between his teeth.

Li Zhi just recovered from the laughter, and reluctantly crossed his hand and replied, "Zhi...... also asked Li Sima to forgive his sins, Zhi had no intention of laughing at Sima, but just ...... Hehe, I pity our Li Jiedu. ”

Li Huaishen didn't say a word, but his eyes were already full of hostility. Li Zhi is leisurely and relaxed.

"Li Deyu, a talented son of Zhao County, the son of Zhao Guogong and Prime Minister Li Jifu, and the grandson of Li Qiyun, the prince of Zanhuang and the secretary of the ministry, can be described as a generation of high-ranking people, who in the world does not know? However, such a talented person, the imperial court appointed Jiannan Xichuan Jiedu envoy, an important town in the border area, and a feudal official, and none of the people under his cronies were capable. I don't know if it's in vain......"

Li Huaishen couldn't listen anymore, stretched out two fingers and buckled forward, signaling Wang Shang to lead the troops into the mansion. Seeing this, the guards in Li Zhi's mansion stood up straight out as if they had been rehearsed, holding a long lance, and the wide gate of the envoy's mansion suddenly seemed quite crowded. Li Zhi let out an evil sneer and said slowly: "What, Li Sima wants to lead troops to break into the mansion?" Don't forget that this is the Manjushri Temple. ”

Li Huai glared at Li Zhi deeply, and roared sharply: "Li Zhi's envoy doesn't want to delay time, do you want to disobey the order of the marshal and stop the tooth army?" ”

It may be that this deception has had an effect, Li Zhi narrowed his eyes, as if to distinguish whether what Li Huaishen said was true or false, he motioned to the guards with his eyes to put away the long lance and make way in front of the mansion.

Li Huaishen was overjoyed in his heart, and was about to step inside, but was stopped by Li Zhi with his outstretched hand.

"Li Sima, what if you can't find someone?"

Li Huaishen pushed Li Zhi's arm away, looked at Li Zhi with four eyes, and said with a straight face: "Don't talk in vain......

"Sima is really on the orders of Li Jiedu? Where is the token? ”

Li Zhi's fierce eyes pointed directly at Li Huaishen's eyes, stabbing Li Huaishen a little painfully, and his subconscious reaction made Li Huaishen unconsciously turn his face sideways, but unexpectedly, this side of his face showed a flaw, allowing Li Zhi to see through it at a glance. Li Huaishen shouted in his heart, and before he could speak, he heard Li Zhi say loudly to the people behind him.

"Ass ......"

"Whoa."

"Remember: Sima Li Huaishen of the Xichuan Marching Army, pretending to be the order of the marshal, led the heavenly expeditionary army to forcibly break into the mansion of the official, disturbed the neighbors, and did not trespass!"

At the end, Li Zhi looked at Li Huaishen, who was quite arrogant before taking a breath, with a victorious look, and the latter was a little overwhelmed for a while. Li Zhi added triumphantly: "I don't believe it, if this matter is reported to the Jiedu envoy at that time, our Li Jiedu will ...... Will it be a favoritism? ”