Tang Zhao picked up the chopsticks again, looked at the leftovers on the table, and scolded the Yanping Marquis Mansion and the Ping'an County Ya in his heart.

He has been very poor these days, and every day he is told by his own father not to cause trouble, even if he is ordered to do so, there is always an illusion that he wants to simply lock himself up at home and ground.

How brilliant the Tang family was in the past, now even a small catcher from the county government can bully them, and the gap is so big that it is difficult for him to accept it to this day.

He took a bite of leftovers, and before he could put them in his mouth, he noticed that something was wrong with the atmosphere of the banquet.

Forget it when his father looks at him, even the uncle's eyes are on him.

His hand shook involuntarily, and the last bite of leftovers fell on the table.

Tang Qi looked at Tang Zhao and asked, "What you just said, what's wrong with the son of Yanping Hou?" ”

"Okay, it looks like I set fire to kill someone." The eyes of his father and uncle were a little wrong, Tang Zhao put down his chopsticks and said worriedly: "It's really none of my business, Yanping Hou, Changxing Hou, Yongchuan Bo, and Huining Bo are all from King Kang, I usually have no contact with the juniors of their family, I didn't do it......"

Tang Qi's brows moved, and he asked, "What is the matter with Chang Xinghou and them?" ”

Tang Zhao swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said: "Listen, listen to those quick catchers, Chen Zhao and Li Ping robbed the people's daughters, and when they resisted, they set fire to kill people...... I was in the Qinglou that day, and the old bustard and the Xiangxiang girl could testify, father, uncle, you believe me......"

"I didn't say it was you." Tang Qi and Tang Huai glanced at each other and said, "You can continue to eat." ”

Tang Zhao lowered his head, looked at the few scraps left on the table, picked up a bone with a trace of flesh, and crushed it with a click.

In the study.

Tang Huai stood in front of the desk and suddenly asked, "What do you think?" ”

"How could the Ping'an County Ya make such an omission, they did it on purpose." Tang Qi furrowed his brows and said: "But I can't figure it out, the reason why they do this, that little fox is scheming, he has repeatedly helped King Kang, without him, there would be no King Kang today, King Duan's result today is also caused by him alone, his actions today, I can't see it clearly." ”

Tang Huai said: "He wants to borrow a knife." ”

"Borrow my Tang family's knife and weaken King Kang?" The suspicion on Tang Qi's face was even worse: "He has repeatedly borrowed King Kang's knife to force King Duan to today's situation, and this time he wants to borrow our knife to deal with King Kang, what does he want to do, could it be that what he really supports is ...... Huaiwang? ”

Tang Huai seemed to sigh and said, "You said this knife, should we borrow it or not?" ”

Tang Qi lowered his head and fell into a brief silence.

Now that King Kang's influence in the court has reached its peak, if he takes a step further, he will be the position of the East Palace, and then it will be left to King Duan and the Tang family, and there will only be an abyss.

In the matter of party disputes, one step short of doing is to be shattered.

If King Kang ascends the throne, King Duan will inevitably die, and the Tang family will naturally have no good results, in the same way, if King Duan ascends the throne, King Kang will definitely die, and those powerful people behind him will also be liquidated.

They have no choice, and it is impossible to choose, this is not borrowing a knife, this is handing the knife to them, all the Tang family can do is to hold the knife and stab it out.

Tang Qi pondered for a moment, bowed his head and said, "The matter of Yanping Hou, I will immediately ask people to investigate." ”

……

After Shangyuan, it can be regarded as spring, but in the cold days of spring, the temperature not only did not warm, but it was colder than the previous days.

"Hooked, hooked!"

The cold wind by the stream was gusting, and Zhao Man's little face was red, but she didn't care at all, and suddenly lifted the fishing rod, and a small fish the size of a palm was fished out by her.

This season is actually not suitable for fishing, and the time period after the release is not a good time for fishing, but after a short period of effort, Zhao Man has already caught three, although they are all palm-sized small fish, but they are enough to make her happy hand dance.

Although the luck of the beautiful girl occupies a small part of the reason, the main reason is that Tang Ning arranged for Liu Lao Er before going down, surrounded the small pool with stones, and put dozens of small fish that had been hungry for a long time in the pool.

She put the small fish in a small clay pot with water, looked at Tang Ning, and said proudly: "I'm amazing, right?" ”

Tang Ning cooperated with her and said: "Your Highness can catch so much for the first time you fish, it's amazing......"

Zhao Man picked up the fishing rod again, sat back on the small bench, and muttered, "There are so many interesting things in this world, I should have moved out of the palace as soon as possible......"

In her eyes, even fishing is an interesting thing, so in this world, there are too many interesting things for her.

However, she was finally not as dull as before, which made Tang Ning feel that it was worth it to accompany her out to blow the cold wind on such a cold day.

He looked up at the sky and said, "Princess, it's getting late, let's go back." ”

Zhao Man looked at him, tightened his grip on the fishing rod, and said, "Wait a while, I'll catch another one and go home." ”

It may be that she had run out of luck before, and after half an hour, she did not catch another fish.

She poured all the fish into the clay pot and said, "Go home quickly, and don't be so greedy in the future." ”

Tang Ning took her fishing rod and helped her reel in the line, only to find that there was no bait on her fishing hook.

Tang Ning glanced at her, Zhao Man's gaze was a little evasive, he put away the fishing rod and said, "Let's go." ”

It will take a while for the carriage to enter the city from outside the city, Zhao Man is sitting in the carriage, and Tang Ning is sitting outside, leaning on the carriage, looking at the starry sky.

There was movement in the carriage, Zhao Man got out of the carriage, leaned on the other side, looked up at the night sky like him, and said: "My mother told me when I was a child that every star in the sky represents a person's life, and every life comes to an end, and a star falls......"

The stars in the sky represent all living beings in the world, living together, and the stars of death fall ......, which is a very romantic thing, Tang Ning couldn't bear to tell her that the stars in the sky are just the light from hundreds of millions of years ago, and the stars she thought might have disappeared in the vast universe.

"Which star is mine?" She crossed her knees and looked at the night sky, muttering a word, and Downing glanced over, the moonlight shining a holy glow on her side face.

Zhao Man suddenly turned his head to look at him and said, "How good it would have been if I had known you earlier." ”

Downing retracted his thoughts and asked, "What?" ”

She had a different smile on her face, waved her hand, and said softly, "It's nothing ......."

……

Tang family.

It was late at night, but Tang Huai's study was still bright.

"I asked Xu to ask about it, Xu Cheng, the waiter of the Criminal Department, inexplicably mentioned all the serious case files of the Ping'an County Ya yesterday, and then there was no follow-up."

Tang Qi paced in the study and said: "These cases did not go to the Ministry of Punishment, but were temporarily detained by Xu Cheng, and the case in the Yanping Marquis Mansion was also among them. Xu Cheng's purpose should be only this case, in order to cover people's eyes and ears, so he is so popular. ”

"Xu Cheng ......" Tang Huai tapped his index finger on the table and said: "This person was still courting King Duan half a year ago, but now he is falling to King Kang?" ”

Tang Qi nodded and said, "Even if it is not completely reversed, it should be about the same." ”

There are quite a few officials like Xu Cheng in the DPRK, they do not have a firm camp, where the wind blows, they act in a very measured manner, they only sell benefits, and do not offend the other side too much, no matter who gains power in the future, even if they will not be reused, they will not end up miserable.

He was silent for a moment and said: "This case alone is not enough, Yanping Hou and a few people are just chess pieces, even if they are removed, it will not be of much benefit to us, our goal is the person who plays chess......"

Tang Huai thought for a while and said, "It's useless to move one or two chess pieces, but if you move ten or eight chess pieces at a time, then the person who plays chess can still sit still?" ”