Li Chengqian returned to the Eight Winds Palace, where the old ghost supervised the search for more than 100 musicians from Taichang Temple, and the courtesans rehearsed "Renshou Palace".

Renshou Palace is the summer palace of the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Wen of Sui was killed there by Emperor Yang of Sui, and Li Shimin changed it to Jiucheng Palace in the Tang Dynasty, which is still the royal summer palace.

The Renshou Palace that Li Chengqian wants to row mainly tells the story of Emperor Yang of Sui who killed Emperor Wen of Sui.

Although this story has not been put on the stage of drama in later generations, it is not difficult for Li Chengqian, who especially likes to listen to Peking Opera and Kunqu Opera before the crossing, and has a little understanding of Chinese drama.

Now you just need to find a few famous paragraphs to spell out, write them, and then use more character dialogues, which is easy to write and easier for people to understand.

Li Chengqian sorted out a rough script, but he didn't want to take it out at will, for fear that others would laugh at him and ruin his image as a master of scripture.

Li Chengqian wanted to find a famous master of economics and history at that time to finalize his play, at least find an authoritative person to endorse it, and when the play was sung and controversial, he pushed it to the endorser.

Li Chengqian brought Du He the script to him to read, and Du He kept applauding after reading it, but he couldn't say what was good. Under Li Chengqian's repeated requests, Du He really couldn't find a problem, so he had to recommend Yan Shigu, the master of scripture at that time.

Of course, Li Chengqian also knows Yan Shigu, Yan Shigu is a first-class master of scripture and history in the world, but Yan Shigu has always relied on himself to look down on the children of the poor family, and Li Chengqian does not want to deal with such people.

In fact, the most suitable person is Wei Zheng, he is the prince and the master, and he is the person who presided over the revision of the "Book of Sui", and this play was finalized by Wei Zheng, which is very suitable.

But now that Wei Zheng is dying, looking for him for such a thing, I'm afraid he is powerless.

Another person who supervised the revision of the history of the country was the eldest grandson Wuji, that is, Li Chengqian's own uncle, but he has been staying out of the dispute between Li Chengqian and Li Tai for the succession, saying to the outside world that both of them are his own nephews and are not good to help, in fact, Li Chengqian knows that the eldest grandson Wuji has now taken a fancy to Li Zhi, the king of Jin.

So in the end, I could only find Xu Jingzong, a bachelor of Hongwen, Xu Jingzong was also one of the eighteen bachelors of the Qin Palace, and he also participated in the revision of the Sui book, but his luck was not very good, and he was never promoted.

Li Chengqian asked people to copy a copy of the script he had written and sent it to Wei Zheng, and then sent someone to Xu Jingzong to revise the script.

Li Chengqian sat in the Eight Winds Hall and watched the musicians and courtesans of Taichang Temple holding the lyrics, excitedly composing and trying to sing, sometimes pointing out a sentence or two, and sometimes humming out the main melody, and then asking them to compose the music.

A little eunuch hurriedly came in, knelt down in front of Li Chengqian, and said tremblingly: "Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, Master Xu said that he wanted to study history in the Hongwen Pavilion and couldn't come to the East Palace to listen to it. ”

"What?"

Before Li Chengqian could say anything, Zhao Jie Huoran, who was sitting behind Li Chengqian, stood up and looked at the little eunuch kneeling on the ground angrily, unable to believe what he said.

"Xu Jingzong's dog thing is too high and low, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince hasn't done anything yet, he dares to stay slow!" Du He was also indignant.

Li Chengqian got up slowly, and his face was already clouded. Xu Jingzong is a blatant slap in the face, and he will definitely give some ministers the wrong signal, thinking that he Li Chengqian is completely finished.

Even if Li Chengqian is okay after this turmoil, his prestige will be greatly hit, and whether he can continue to be the prince or not in the future, it will be difficult to get things done.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, let's go and bring Xu Jingzong here, and let you dispose of it." Zhao Jie's face turned red and he wanted to take down Xu Jingzong immediately.

Li Chengqian glanced at Zhao Jie, who was easy to impulse, and secretly thought in his heart what kind of friends did Li Chengqian make?

"No, the Lone King will go in person and drive the Hongwen Pavilion." Li Chengqian had already figured out how to manipulate Xu Jingzong in his heart.

Li Chengqian sat on the chariot, Du He and Zhao Jie rode tall horses to protect on both sides, and the group was about to go out from the back door of the East Palace, Xuande Gate.

"Stop!" Li Chengqian looked at the Xuande Gate and remembered that Li Jiancheng went out from the Xuande Gate back then, and then was intercepted and killed by Li Shimin on the way to the north gate of the palace Xuanwu to enter the palace.

"Go to the main gate, from today onwards, the Xuande Gate will be sealed, and it will not be opened without the order of the Lone King." What Li Chengqian said was categorical and did not allow any questioning, so everyone had to turn around and walk towards the south gate of the East Palace according to his instructions.

The crown prince's guard of honor came to the Hongwen Pavilion in a majestic manner, and the entire Nanya of the Taiji Palace, that is, the prime minister and the history museum, were alarmed.

In the past few days, the entire capital has been paying attention to the movements of the East Palace, especially after Fang Xuanling brought an edict to reprimand Li Chengqian early this morning, everyone was speculating about how Li Chengqian would respond.

Xu Jingzong didn't dare to go to the East Palace now, because he was worried that what Li Chengqian would do later would get on him.

But no one thought that at this time, Li Chengqian would dare to come out with great fanfare.

In any case, he was reprimanded by the emperor, and generally at this time, no matter what happened, he had to be quiet in the East Palace for a few days to express his repentance.

Li Chengqian didn't pay attention to what others thought, and he didn't get down when he sat in the car, stopped at the door of the Hongwen Pavilion and quietly watched the group of Hongwen Pavilion bachelors and straight bachelors who came out to greet him from inside and bowed to him, and did not shout flat.

After a while, he said slowly: "Which one of you is Xu Jingzong?"

A tall and thin old man in his fifties walked out and saluted Li Chengqian again: "The minister is Xu Jingzong." ”

"I heard that your character is not very good, but you still have some talents, the lone king uses your strengths, please go to the East Palace to help the lone king arrange a play, why are you still unwilling?" Li Chengqian said without hurry.

All......

Xu Jingzong's intestines were blue at this time, and he thought that he would find an excuse to push it over, but he didn't expect His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to kill directly in Hongwen Pavilion. If you kill the Hongwen Pavilion, you can kill the Hongwen Pavilion, but His Royal Highness the Prince, can't you say a good word?

As long as you say a good word, I'll just go with you, but if you talk like this, what will he do?

Going with you is tantamount to admitting that his character is not good, and he will not dare to admonish him.

Li Chengqian deliberately waited for Xu Jingzong's answer, just to embarrass him, and waited for a while to see that it was almost over, and then said slowly: "You all have peace up." ”

Then, his indifferent gaze swept over everyone's faces, and he said slowly: "Tie up Xu Jingzong and take him to the East Palace." ”

"Slow, why did His Royal Highness the Crown Prince come to Hongwen Pavilion to kidnap Master Xu when he didn't study in the East Palace?" It was a short, fat old man who came out to speak.

"The Lone King tied Xu Jingzong because he disobeyed the Lone King's edict is tantamount to disobeying the king, and the Lone King wants to tie him up to punish the crime, is there any problem?"

The short old man was stunned by Li Chengqian's question, and then he continued: "The prince is in the East Palace and should do benevolent things, how can he mobilize the people because of a little thing?"

A cold light flashed in Li Chengqian's eyes, and he said coldly: "When did disobedience to the monarch become a trivial matter?" Is it a big deal to wait for him to commit the murder of the king? If you do good deeds, you can't punish those who disobey and transgress them? Then why did Duke Zhou kill Uncle Guan and exile Uncle Cai?"

Li Chengqian's words were as sharp as a knife, and not only did he stop the short old man, but also the other scholars of the Hongwen Pavilion and the high-ranking officials who had rushed from some Menxia Province were questioned.

The short old man held back for a long time before he said loudly: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has just been reprimanded by His Majesty, and he has done such a violent and unkind thing, aren't you afraid of the leisurely mouth of the people of the world?" As soon as this remark came out, everyone at the scene felt that if he said this, Li Chengqian would definitely be soft.

Li Chengqian still said expressionlessly: "Shu Gu Wang's eyes, I don't know what you call it?"

Everyone: Sure enough

When the short old man heard Li Chengqian ask his name, he also thought that Li Chengqian was going to be soft, so he straightened his head and said loudly: "Old minister Xiao Deyan." ”

Xiao Deyan helped Li Taixiu in "The Chronicles of the Territory", Li Chengqian knew it in his heart, and immediately said loudly: "Xiao Deyan, you mean that your father reprimanded the lonely king, do you also want to reprimand the lonely king?" The father reprimanded the lonely king, can't the lonely king punish those who offend? King Gu has just tied up Xu Jingzong here, and he hasn't been punished yet, how do you know that Gu is violent and unkind? You are slandering the Lone King!

Come! Xiao Deyan, a bachelor of Hongwen Pavilion, was rebellious and faint, did not cultivate virtue, and slandered the prince of the dynasty. Immediately punished with 40 canes and handed over to the Criminal Department for reconsideration of the crime. ”

After Li Chengqian finished speaking, the East Palace guards immediately stepped forward and held down Xiao Deyan's staff to beat him. Hearing Xiao Deyan's scream, the ministers below reacted, and just as one of the ministers wanted to step forward, Li Chengqian looked at him with a look, and he was so frightened that he didn't say anything.

After the cane was completed, Xiao Deyan had passed out, and the prince's guard of honor started to return to the East Palace, and the whole process was smooth, and no one dared to stand up and say a word of opposition.

As soon as Li Chengqian left, everyone breathed a long sigh of relief, remembering that he had always looked down on His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and felt that King Wei would have to replace him sooner or later, but when he really faced Li Chengqian, he couldn't say a word because of his momentum.

When they thought of what they said on weekdays, they all blushed a little.

Li Chengqian took Xu Jingzong back to the Eight Winds Hall of the East Palace, sat on a chair, looked at the tall thin old man in front of him, and said with a faint smile: "Untie him!" ”

Waiting for someone to loosen the tie to Xu Jingzong, he handed a stack of paper to Xu Jingzong and said: "Here is the core singing section, you add some words to the lonely king, and make the scenes coherent." The words should not be too elegant, so that ordinary people and ordinary soldiers can understand them, and be careful not to commit taboos. After speaking, he asked Xu Jingzong to take out to change the words, and Li Chengqian continued to refer to the singing tone and composition of the core singing section.

Xu Jingzong looked at the content of the script, and said secretly in his heart: This matter has been made clear earlier, who can not come! With such good words written, what's so difficult?

Thinking about it, I was about to put pen to paper, but when I thought about it again, Emperor Yang of Sui was the second son to win the crown prince, and then ascended the throne as the emperor and became the king of the country, and Li Shimin was also the second son......

Thinking about it again, the current dispute between the East Palace and the Wei Palace, Xu Jingzong only feels a headache, he really doesn't want to be involved in the dispute between the crown prince......

Looking outside, he saw that some guards were looking at him with a smile, and knew that he couldn't hide today, so he had to bury his head in writing, but fortunately, he had experienced all the things of the Sui Dynasty, and it was easy to write, but he didn't say a word excessively.

An hour later, Xu Jingzong took the written script, came to Li Chengqian, handed it over with both hands and said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Qiqi, Weichen has already connected the script, please look at it." ”

Li Chengqian took a look and had to admire Xu Jingzong's knowledge and literary brilliance, Xu Jingzong added very little content, his words were simple and easy to understand, and they were all indispensable places.

Li Chengqian saw that he had completed his work well, so he said, "Are you dissatisfied with the kidnapping of you just now?"

"Wechen doesn't dare." Xu Jingzong's atmosphere is not also out.

Li Chengqian knew that although Xu Jingzong's character was not very good, he did have real talent and learning, otherwise it would be impossible to assist Wu Zetian.

It's not easy to accept such a slippery head, so he said lightly: "Don't be unconvinced, originally the Lone King even found the charge of punishing your nine clans, but I saw that you still had some use, and I moved my mind to cherish your talents, so I kept you for the time being, and followed my Lone King well, and you will have benefits in the future." ”

What else Xu Jingzong could say, he could hear it from Li Chengqian's words, this was to reuse his rhythm. Although he didn't want to get involved in the struggle for the throne, but now he can't help himself, once this play is performed, Li Tai and his party will have to hate him to death, and now he can only follow Li Chengqian.

Thinking of this, he hurriedly paid homage and said excitedly: "The light of Weichen's fireflies can be valued by His Royal Highness the Prince, but it is a blessing for three lives, how dare you not die for His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

Li Chengqian got up and helped him up, and said, "The script has been changed well, you will stay in the East Palace and watch them rehearse for the past few days." To speed up the progress, I want this play to be staged in the east and west cities of Chang'an on November 15. ”

"Weichen will live up to the trust of His Royal Highness the Prince, and he must arrange the show well." Xu Jingzong hurriedly expressed his loyalty.

Li Chengqian looked at Xu Jingzong, and secretly thought in his heart that it was really like in history, and he would decisively seize the opportunity when he saw it.