Chapter 73: The Night Banquet (2)
"Seventh brother, you came just in time, ha, for my brother, I have come up with a clever hand, what else can I do this time?" Hearing the sound of footsteps, Li Xian raised his head from the chessboard, and when he saw that Li Xian turned back, he couldn't help but smile, beckoned, pointed to the chessboard very proudly, and said with great interest, without asking Li Xian and Wu Youning what they had negotiated.
The ignorant will always be fearless, hey, this guy's self-centered nature can't be changed in this life. As soon as he saw Li Xian's excitement, even though Li Xian had long been familiar with his personality, he couldn't help but slander in his heart, but his face was still smiling brightly, he walked to a few sons in a few big strides, sat down on his knees, picked up a sunspot from the chess box, glanced at the plate, and clicked on the main point of the chess game almost without thinking.
"Heh, the seventh brother's chess move is fierce, do you want to break the net?" As soon as he saw Li Xian's chess pieces fall on the strategic point, Li Xian couldn't help but gasp and muttered stupidly.
"Sixth brother, my cousin sent an invitation, saying that he wanted to invite you and my brother to the banquet tomorrow night." Li Xian did not answer Li Xian's question, but said Wu Youning's intention with a smile.
"No, no." Li Xian was very simple, and replied with two words without raising his head.
"This ......, I'm afraid it's not good, my father and mother have gone, if you and my brother don't go, I'm afraid of causing gossip." Li Xian showed a wry smile on his face, shook his head, and explained.
"Oh?" When Li Xian heard this, he raised his head suspiciously, looked at Li Xian with a slight frown, and said lightly, but he was not in a hurry to make a statement, and Li Xian did not say anything to urge, but just reached out and took out two invitations from his sleeve and put them on a few pieces.
"Well, if you can't escape, let's go and go for it." Li Xian picked up the two folds, flipped through them casually, shook his head disappretently, and snorted a little.
"Okay, the little brother will let people prepare some gifts, and they will be sent, which can be regarded as your brother's share." Li Xian smiled, called Gao Miao, who was on the side at the time, to his side, and whispered a few words, and Gao Miao led a group of people to prepare gifts without mentioning it.
"These mediocre talents are good at slapping horses, but they have no serious ability at all, seventh brother, you look at this invitation, the bronzing and silver are very generous, I don't know how many people are in it, hum, shameless!" Although Li Xian did not refuse Li Xian's kindness to help him prepare gifts, and planned to go to tomorrow's banquet, the resentment against the people of the martial arts family in his heart did not diminish a little, and he threw the gilded invitation in his hand to a few pieces and scolded him unceremoniously.
"What the sixth brother said is that the current morning wind is worrying, if you don't change your outlook, there will be a miracle disaster in the future, it's too early to say at this time, and when the sixth brother rises to the top, it's not too late to make a calculation." Li Xian III is a human being, and he is far clearer than Li Xian about the various shortcomings of the Tang Dynasty, and he also has infinite emotion in his heart, but Li Xian knows very well that these things are in a hurry, and it is impossible to change the status quo by complaining.
"Well, let's not talk about this, come, continue to play chess, for my brother will win this game today!" Li Xian is a little arrogant, but he still knows the priority of the matter, and after complaining, he doesn't want to talk about the martial arts anymore, which brings the topic back to the chessboard.
"The sixth brother has this ambition, and the younger brother should accompany him to the end, but he ......" Li Xian stopped halfway through his words, looking like he wanted to speak and stopped.
"Huh?" Li Xian was quite surprised when he heard Li Xian's words, his brows couldn't help frowning, and after waiting for a while, he didn't see Li Xian continue to say, the suspicion in his heart rose, and then he saw Li Xian's face full of smiling and not smiling, Li Xian suddenly came to his senses, waved his hand at the people waiting in the hall, and snorted coldly: "You all retreat!" ”
"No."
Li Xian was majestic by nature, and since he gave the order, the group of people did not dare to slack off, and they all bowed down and answered their promises, and they all withdrew from the hall, and only the little brothers sat opposite each other in the empty hall.
"Seventh brother, this time is quiet, if you have anything to say, you can say it clearly, because my brother is really impatient to guess dumb riddles." Li Xian's temperament was anxious, and as soon as everyone in the hall retreated, he asked impatiently.
Li Xian didn't rush to say anything, but smiled indifferently and said: "Sixth brother, the younger brother has been in doubt for a long time, and it is difficult to let go of it, so I ask the sixth brother to give advice." ”
"Oh? What's the matter? Li Xian really couldn't guess what kind of medicine was sold in Li Xian's gourd, so his brows couldn't help but lock, and he waved his hand a little unhappily.
"Sixth brother, can Wu Weiliang and Wu Huaiyun win the favor of the queen mother?" Li Xian's face was solemn, and he spoke slowly.
"This ......" Li Xian obviously didn't expect Li Xian to ask such an "insignificant" question, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, looked at Li Xian suspiciously, but couldn't see any clues from Li Xian's face, for a while, his eyes were full of doubts, but he didn't want to ask more, so he could only answer impatiently: "The queen mother has never liked these two, if not, how could they all be sent to other places as officials, although the brother does not know the details of the inside, but under the bystanders, he can still see a few points, how, Does the seventh brother think there is something strange about tomorrow's banquet? ”
"Well, there's something wrong!"
These days, Li Xian has been thinking about how to deal with the murderous machine of the martial queen, but there is no one under him, even if there are thousands of schemes, it is in vain, and now that the matter is approaching, Li Xian has to reveal some clues in advance, just to see if Li Xian's side can help.
"What? Do the two martial artists want to cause chaos? How is this possible? When Li Xian heard this, he couldn't help but be taken aback, his eyes widened, and he asked with a surprised face.
"The sixth brother misunderstood, it's not that Erwu has the courage to do this, but someone wants to take advantage of the night banquet to blame him!" Li Xian replied calmly.
"This ......, the seventh brother is saying...... "Li Xian is not a fool, he naturally sees the ambiguous situation in the palace, at this time, listening to Li Xian's obvious hint, he vaguely touched the edge of the truth, and his heart was shocked, and people suddenly got up, pointed to the direction of the main hall of the palace, hissing and unable to say a complete sentence, and the color of anger was overflowing.
"Hmm." Li Xian didn't explain much, just nodded heavily.
"This, this, this is impossible, I don't believe it!" Li Xian is not a ruthless person after all, he can't believe that there are such ruthless people in the world, even if Li Xian's statement is so sure, Li Xian still doesn't dare to believe that there is really something.
Unbelief? Hey, I don't believe it, in your previous life, you didn't believe that the mother-in-law would be so black-hearted, but what was the result? You're just dying in vain! Li Xian knows Li Xian's character well, knowing that although his temper is not too good, but his nature is upright, and if he is uneven, he is not talented, he is not enough, his face is not thick enough, and his heart is not black enough.
"Have you heard rumors in the palace that as soon as your father returns to Beijing, he will appoint Mrs. Wei as Concubine Wei." Since Li Xian decided to seek Li Xian's help, he would not hide his thoughts too much, of course, Li Xian would never talk about personal secrets.
"Yes, my brother has heard of it, but so what?" Li Xian anxiously paced back and forth in the hall for a few steps, and asked rhetorically with a gloomy face.
"The strange thing is here, does the sixth brother still remember how Queen Wang and Concubine Xiao Shu died?" Li Xian sneered and said.
"Ah, this ......"
When Queen Wang and Concubine Xiao Shu died, Li Xian was still young, and he had never seen it with his own eyes, but he had heard of the misery of the death of the two, and when he thought of the so-called "bone drunkness", Li Xian couldn't help but shudder, and the horror in his eyes flashed.
"Sixth brother, the Helan clan is pampered and arrogant, every time he confuses his father with beauty, he has committed the taboo of the queen mother, how can he have a way to live, the reason why he doesn't get rid of it is just that the time has not come, and now, the two martial arts have come, and the person who is guilty has already come, it's time to do it, hey, do you remember the scene in the Renxin Hall when the previous brother and the sixth brother returned to Beijing?" Li Xian was not silent because of Li Xian's palpitations, but continued to analyze while the iron was hot.
"The Hall of Benevolence? The meaning of the seventh brother is ......"
As soon as he heard Li Xian mention the Hall of Benevolence, Li Xian's eyes immediately flickered, his face was covered with gloom, he gritted his teeth and thought about it, and asked half of his words uncertainly.
"Even if the junior brother doesn't say it, the sixth brother must have guessed it, yes, if there is a slight conflict between you and my brother and the Helan clan, then there is no need for Erwu to come here." Li Xian smiled coldly and poked out the conclusion in his heart unabashedly.
"Top cylinder? Top cylinder! What a top cylinder! Li Xian's nature is very intelligent, just listening to Li Xian's words, he has already understood the key to the matter, his face instantly darkened, his teeth clenched, his face twitched non-stop, after a long time, he squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth, obviously the resentment in his heart has gathered to the verge of outburst.
"What is the seventh brother going to do?" Like an angry lion, Li Xian paced back and forth frantically in the main hall without saying a word for a long time, and after a while, he suddenly stood on his feet and asked with a resolute face.
How? Li Xian has thought about this question many times these days, and has thought of countless ways, but none of them can be foolproof, and besides, Li Xian is not 100% sure that the Empress Wu will definitely make a move at this night banquet, let alone determine what the means of the Empress Wu are, it is almost impossible to come up with an excellent plan, not to mention Li Xian, even if the gods are here, it is impossible to be foolproof, in the face of Li Xian, who has made up his mind, Li Xian reversed his previous passion, and fell into silent thinking......