Smoke billowed from the air

In the fifth year of Taihe, October Jiashen, Shen Chu.

Chang'an, Wannian County, Jinchangfang, Wang Maoyuan's private residence.

"The Divine Army?"

Wang Yanwei blinked, and Li Shangyin suddenly changed the topic from Luoyang's weeping Yang Zimo to the forbidden army, and she didn't react for a while: "Childe has dealt with the Shence Army recently?" ”

Li Shangyin had read too many books, and he made up stories easily, but he didn't really want to lie to Wang Yan, so he changed his way and said: "I really don't hide it from the little lady, after dusk yesterday, the contemptible people wandered around Jinchang for a while, and returned to the house at night, not wanting to collide with a sergeant, it seems that he is a Shence military officer, and he almost lost his life......"

After hearing this, Wang Yanyuan's face changed several times in shock, but she didn't expect that Sixteen Lang would encounter such a thing after separating from him yesterday? But he has always been so-so, just like that day with Yan Zhuo, this time it was a soldier of the forbidden army. Wang Yanyuan listened and sweated for him......

"Yishan just wanted to know a little bit about it, this Shence army is in Chang'an, can it really run rampant like that? But why? ”

"As soon as I heard it, I knew it was a man who had just entered the city......"

Li Shangyin was stunned for a moment, and found that these words came from Wang Yanzhuo, who never said a word.

"Yan Zhuo, how do you speak?" Wang Yanyuan criticized: "If A-Niang is here, I will definitely punish you!" ”

Wang Yanzhuo seemed to be a little angry, the official boy took a sip of buttermilk, and took a piece of golden-skinned soufflé from the silver ribbed side plate, stuffed it into his mouth, chewed it, and said to Li Shangyin: "I'm afraid that the one you met is a certain arrogant lord, and the forbidden army doesn't dare to run rampant in the workshop without authorization recently, let alone mention this Jinchang Fang......"

"That's true...... you said," Wang Yanyuan echoed when she heard this, and her eyes were filled with some doubts.

"Oh?" Li Shangyin felt that he could detect some clues, and hurriedly asked, "Why is this?" ”

"It's because of the sage's ......" Wang Yanyuan lowered her voice a little, and her hand unconsciously covered her mouth.

"Saint?" Li Shangyin was shocked.

Wang Yanzhuo said: "The sage is quite troubled by the divine strategy, and the Longwu army relies on the momentum of the Northern Division to do many illegal acts, so he issued a strict order earlier. Not only did he cut the clothing and food of the forbidden army, but he was also ordered not to travel alone, and violators were punished with the same fire. Wang Yanzhuo paused when he said this, moistened his throat with some tea soup, and sighed lightly: "Forbidden Army...... It's not so easy to mix, otherwise when you wait for a weak crown, according to the usual practice, Grandpa will arrange for a certain god to serve in the army. Now that the clothing and rations of the forbidden army have been cut and customization has been reduced, I don't want to go at all......"

Li Shangyin frowned, he knew that the treatment of the Shence Army had always been generous, and the monthly salary of ordinary soldiers was three times that of other armies, and it was an errand to fatten out oil, and many merchants and nobles were eager to bribe the eunuchs who controlled the forbidden army, in order to be included in the forbidden army. Part of the reason why the saint cut his salary may have been to put an end to such corruption. But what is the connection between this matter and the ghost soldier case...... He couldn't figure it out for a moment.

"But ......" Wang Yanzhuo suddenly remembered and said: "In the future, if the forbidden soldiers look for trouble for you again, you can mention the name of a certain person, in Wannian County, no one dares not to give face to this son......"

"Yan Zhuo, you're messing around again......"

Li Shangyin smiled dryly, if he really wants to meet again, Wang Yanzhuo's name may not be of much help, if possible, he doesn't want to run into the thief who almost killed himself last night.

Wang Yanzhuo opened up the chatterbox, and the three of them talked and laughed for a while about lotus seed porridge, crisp pepper tea soup and a few plates of cold food, and were chatting in the middle of the chat, when a subordinate in the house suddenly walked into the pavilion and said to Wang Yanzhuo urgently, it seems that there is a fire in the city, and the smoke is billowing out. Wang Yanyuan, Li Shangyin and Wang Yanzhuo hurriedly followed the servants out into the wide backyard. Li Shangyin was in such a hurry that he even forgot to put down the tea cup in his hand.

They didn't have to look for it, and they clearly saw a puff of black smoke rising from the northwest direction of the city, piercing the sky, and looking like a moving big silk from Jinchangli.

Wang Yanyuan asked, "Can you see where the fire is?" ”

"It's hard to say," Wang Yanzhuo shook his head, bit his lip and said, "But if you look in this direction...... This smoke is quite close to the imperial city, I don't know if it's okay......"

Imperial?!

Li Shangyin's heart rippled...... He suddenly recalled that Zhang Yijun seemed to have told him before leaving that he was going to Shanhe Fangyun. And Shanhefang ...... Isn't it right next to the Imperial City?

Could it be that this smoke is not ...... Brother Yi Jun is in distress?

This thought provoked Li Shangyin's face to turn white, and the tea cup in his hand was crooked, and the warm tea soup inside spilled out, splashing all over the hem of his clothes. Without waiting for him to react, Wang Yanzhuo first felt distressed and said, "Huh! Don't want your brocade robe? ”

Li Shangyin couldn't care much, turned around and ran straight to the gate of the back garden, and even forgot to say goodbye to Wang Yanyuan.

"Sixteen Lang, where are you going?!" Wang Yanyuan hurriedly asked, involuntarily calling out Li Shangyin's ranking.

Li Shangyin only then remembered to turn around, but his feet did not stop, he only crossed his hand slightly to the two sisters and brothers, and said with anxiety written on his face: "Shang Yin suddenly remembered an urgent matter, can you leave for the time being?" I also hope that the little lady and the son will forgive their sins......"

Wang Yanzhuo scratched his sideburns and shouted, "You haven't been in the mansion for half an hour, have you...... This is leaving? But as soon as he finished speaking, Li Shangyin had already rushed out of the backyard moon gate.

Wang Yanwei was stunned in place for a long time, she suddenly remembered all the things she had seen and heard with Li Shangyin in Jinchangfang yesterday, and raised her eyes to look at the extremely eye-catching black smoke, and she felt a little uneasy about Li Shangyin's sudden resignation. She hurriedly called two servants, quickly followed, and asked Li Shangyin if he needed some help.

Wang Yanzhuo didn't think much about it, and it was common for him to run out of the house when he suddenly remembered something. It was Sister's reaction that aroused his interest, and he couldn't help but joke: "What's wrong with Sister?" Is that kind of a concern for that move? Isn't it a private decision for life? ”

"You ......" Wang Yanyuan was suddenly ridiculed like this, her cheeks turned red, and she glanced at her brother fiercely.

Wang Yanzhuo consciously found the scene that was embarrassed by his sister before, and laughed.

At the same time, Wannian County, Jing'anfang, Li Xiangfu.

After today's court visit, Li Zongmin went back to the house early and sat in the innermost retreat room of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

The tribute is about to open, and the people in Beijing have also sent countless poetry manuscripts and anthologies to the Prime Minister's Mansion, almost stacked into a mountain. In previous years, he arranged for his subordinates to burn all of them as firewood, but today Li Zongmin seemed to be in a good mood, so he took a few books and read them.

The relatives of the Li Mansion took the opportunity of sending the maid in the mansion to make tea for the head of the house, and when they got closer, they were keenly aware of the abnormality of Li Zongmin's expression today. The family took the purple sand teapot from the maid's hand, and while making crisp pepper tea soup for Li Zongmin, he asked with a smile: "Ah Lang...... Isn't there some good news for the DPRK and China today? ”

Li Zongmin put down the anthology in his hand, glanced at his relatives, picked up the teacup and said: "Earlier, I asked Du Yi to check, and today it is basically clear, and the Changle Mu clan has no relationship with Xichuan......"

The relatives know that this Du Yi was born in the Jingzhao Du family, and he is the concubine of Princess Qiyang, the daughter of Emperor Xianzong, and he is still the uncle of today's saint in terms of generation, and he has a wide range of friends on weekdays. More importantly, this person has no ambitions, and he can also eat well with Li Deyu's party. Du Yi made a lot of efforts in the process of Ah Lang's visit to the prime minister, and bribing Wang Shoucheng was his thread, which was Ah Lang's right-hand man in the court. Ah Lang also reciprocated the favor and promoted him to the position of the secretary of the Ministry of Industry of the third grade in one fell swoop.

But...... The family is unclear, but it is: "Didn't the Duke of Qizhang have already sent someone to inquire into Mu's circle of friendship before?" ”

Li Zongmin was speechless, he blew the tea soup, took a sip, and then leaned back in the chair and said slowly: "Ox Xiang...... My mind is no longer in the court, and I am only obsessed with those broken stones......"

The family was shocked. Qizhangxiang Bull Sidian has a habit, that is, to collect some strange stones, and there is a special house in the house for placing all kinds of stones, which he knows. But in the past, the head of the family affectionately called Qizhang Xianggong Si Di, but he changed it to Niu Xiang, could it be ...... There's already a rift between the two?

But the relatives didn't dare to ask more, this topic was too sensitive, so he put it down first and asked instead: "That...... How does Aaron plan to treat Muhammad in the future? ”

"He returned all the gifts he told you to give yesterday?"

"Hui Ah Lang, you guessed right, it was indeed all returned. However, ......" The family paused when he said this, and hurriedly leaned over to Li Zongmin's ear and whispered a few words.

"Oh?" After Li Zongmin listened, his gray eyebrows were raised slightly, and the mustache on his upper lip turned up a little along with the corners of his lips, and the prime minister gently stroked his beard, nodded and said, "It's getting more and more interesting now......"