Chapter 236: The Prologue to the Chaos (I)
White geese such rare things can be hunted, the prince's marriage can not be delayed, so the whole June has become a day of celebration for the whole world, Gaozong issued an edict to amnesty the world, allocated 100,000 yuan in the library for the prince's wedding, the state thorn history has been presented, many subject countries come to congratulate one by one, the government and the opposition are a jubilant scene, as for how many of them use this to scrape the people's fat and people's ointment, then only God knows.
Li Xian has never liked to join in the fun, in the past, whenever there was a lively thing, Li Xian was generally not sensitive, what poetry meeting, flower viewing party and other vassal elegant things are extremely difficult to see Li Xian's figure, but this time the prince's wedding is lively Li Xian can not hide, not only can not hide, but also have to actively participate in it, busy before and after helping the chores of the young and old, such diligence has won the praise of Gaozong, and therefore won a lot of color, of course, such rewards for Li Xian, It's just a dispensable thing, and he doesn't pay much attention to it, what really makes Li Xian care is what kind of extraordinary reaction the prince will have after his wedding.
Festive days always fly by, almost a blink of an eye, June has passed, July is nearly half, but Li Xian's long-awaited omen is nowhere to be seen, not only the queen of martial arts in the palace has no special measures, but the prince is also a group of unfazed states, the court meeting has passed several times, nothing happened, this abnormal tranquility is a little confused, secretly wondering whether to provoke the nerves of both sides, but after careful consideration, Or gave up such a plan, just because Li Xian didn't believe in the bottom of his heart that the Empress Wu and the prince could coexist, rather than risk being exposed blindly, it was better to sit and watch the wind and clouds come strong, and the heart was calm, and the unbearable waiting was no longer so difficult.
Things in this world are often when some people are happy and some people are worried, Li Xian is comfortable, but the prince is a little tighter, of course, he doesn't want to watch Li Xian, the initiator, continue to be so carefree, as soon as the oracle comes out, he doesn't even bother to find a reason, just a "please" word, and he summoned Li Xian into the East Palace.
"Brother of the courtier, see brother of the prince."
The prince has a call, Li Xianzi can't help but go, and he can stay in the palace, only to learn that the prince went to the garden, and had to hurry to the harem, and he saw the prince sitting in a small pavilion by the pond, leisurely stroking the piano to entertain himself, the sound of the piano is elegant and calm, with Li Xian's musical attainments, since I heard it, I knew that this song was the eternal swan song "Mountains and Flowing Water", the corners of the mouth were slightly raised, showing a knowing smile, slowly walked forward, stood aside with his hands down, quietly listened to the piano music, and then stepped forward, Bowed to the end and made a big salute.
"Yo, the seventh brother is here, for the brother to indulge in love for a while, but he didn't welcome him from afar, it's rude, it's rude."
Hearing the sound, the prince raised his head with a slight surprise as if he had just discovered Li Xian's arrival, smiled and apologized.
"Don't dare, the prince's brother is polite."
Although Li Xian didn't know what the prince was calling him for coming, he had vaguely guessed some of the roots from the previous piano sound, and he couldn't help but feel a little slight, but the city was deep, and he didn't bring it to his face, but he smiled politely, and then stood up straight, made a respectful listening to the instructions, and never asked what the prince's intention was.
"Hmm."
Li Hong looked at Li Xian with interest, and didn't talk nonsense, just raised his hand and said softly, Wang Dequan, who was accompanying him, immediately bowed and retreated to the side, leading a group of eunuchs and palace maids to withdraw from the back garden, and only the two brothers were left in the huge garden.
"For my brother, I heard that the seventh brother had performed a song "From the Army" in the Khotanese palace last year, and his prestige moved all over the world, and the music was shocking to the world, and now it has become a masterpiece sung all over the world. After all the attendants retreated, Li Hong did not say anything directly, but glanced at Li Xian with a smile and made a somewhat unobtrusive request.
"The prince's brother has an order, and the courtier's brother should obey the order and sacrifice his ugliness."
Li Xian has never been a hypocrisy, although Li Hong's request is really a bit arrogant, but Li Xian didn't care, and accepted it with a smile.
"There is a seventh brother of Lao."
Seeing Li Xian's statement like this, the smile on Li Hong's face suddenly brightened a little, stood up, gave up his position, waved his hand, and motioned for Li Xian to sit down.
"You don't see the final army of the Han Dynasty, the weak crown is the captive please Changying, you don't see Ban Dingyuan, and the peerless light cavalry urges the battle cloud ......"
Li Xian didn't say anything more, after saluting, he slowly walked behind a few sons, knelt down and sat down, straightened his clothes, plucked the strings with his hands, and in a burst of stirring music, the song had suddenly sounded, and the heroic spirit of the Jin Ge Iron Horse echoed in the empty back garden.
"Good, good music, good words, really good!"
After singing the song, the aftermath was still lingering, and Li Hong had already shouted loudly, and the smile on his face was extraordinarily sincere.
"Brother Prince's reputation is excessive."
Li Xian was not complacent because of Li Hong's praise, but just bowed down calmly and thanked him.
"Seventh brother, don't be too humble, the ancients said: Qu is the voice of the heart, the seventh brother is determined to be in the Quartet, has the spirit of swallowing the eight wildernesses and sweeping the Liuhe, and is ashamed of himself, if he gets it, he will support the ambition of the seventh brother to sweep the eight wildernesses, but it is just ......" Li Hong waved his hand with a smile, and stopped halfway through the words, but the smile on his face instantly turned from brilliant to bitter.
Good boy, this is about to start, interesting, interesting! Li Xianduo is a shrewd individual, just one look at Li Hong's appearance, he already knows the intention behind his series of seemingly meaningless actions, left and right is just to grasp the initiative of the matter, but Li Xian doesn't care, in his opinion, no matter how Li Hong is careful, he still has to return to reality after all, everything needs to rely on strength to speak, and if you want to rely on lies to coax, it is a matter of no door.
"Brother Prince, please give me something, and my brother will listen to it."
Li Xian raised his eyebrows slightly, and gave a vague answer, what does it mean, it is nothing more than not seeing a rabbit and not scattering an eagle - it sounds okay, if you want to participate, you can do it, take the benefits, and you don't need to talk about empty words.
"There is a famous saying in the former Han Dynasty: If you are in trouble, you must first settle down, does the seventh brother think so?"
Li Hongnai is a smart person, he can hear the subtext behind Li Xian's bland words, and a trace of essence immediately flashed in his eyes, but his face still hasn't changed, he still smiled bitterly, and asked in a gloomy tone.
"Brother Prince's lesson is right."
Li Xian's face was solemn, but what came out of the answer was a nonsense, and he refused to express his attitude directly at all.
"Well, there is a share of the excerpt here for the elder brother, and I invite the seventh brother to take a look."
Li Xian's change and sleekness Li Hong has already been taught many times, since he knows it in his heart, he has not had much hope for Li Xian to be covered with words, that is, let's just try, at this time under several temptations, Li Xian refused to express his position, although Li Hong was a little depressed, but also helpless, a little groaning, had to lift the hole card out of a corner, then shook his hand, took out a thick book from the wide sleeve, handed it to Li Xian.
"Oh?"
Li Xian had the intention to explore Li Hong's hole cards, and he would not refuse his "kindness", so he spoke lightly, stretched out his hand to take the notebook, turned it over, and looked at it at a glance, the look on his face remained the same, but his heart was full of ups and downs, not because of how shocking the content of this notebook was, but because the person who was on this notebook was really a little unexpected by Li Xian - the person impeached in this notebook was Helan Minzhi, which Li Xian did not feel strange at all, just because in Li Xian's budget, Nine times out of ten, Li Hong's target will fall on this person, the reason is very simple, Helan Min and his people have done a lot of evil, they are purely prodigal sons who have nothing to do, and the reason why they can steal a high position is just because of the protection of the Empress Wu, otherwise, for the crimes he committed, just take out a random one, it is enough to raid the family and exterminate the clan, and it is precisely because of the Empress Wu that this person has many people in the party after the martial arts, and many people in the middle and lower classes of the Hou Party have an unclear relationship with him. Of course, the premise is that you can take down this thief, otherwise everything is empty talk, as for the hope of success, in Li Xian's calculation, it is only half to half, but it is also worth fighting, what really surprised Li Xian is that this recital is actually from the hand of Yan Chaoyin, a scholar from the North Gate!
Yan Chaoyin and his people are now just a mere thing, the official position is not high, and there is no outstanding talent, but he is quite favored by the Empress Wu, and Liu Yizhi, Yuan Wanqing, Fan Lubing, Jia Dayin, Zhou Simao are called the six heroes of the North Gate, they are out-and-out backbone of the post-party, and they are also quite kind to Helan Minzhi in the past. That has to be taken care of, and besides, Li Hong's purpose in taking out this book at this time is probably not so simple, the article here is not very small, and Li Xian is not careful.
What does the prince want to do? This recital is not covered with yellow silk, it is obviously not the chapter that has been written, how did the prince get it, could it be that he has a secret collusion with Yan Chaoyin? Unlikely! That old boy is the most loyal dog by the side of the Empress Wu, and there should be no possibility of betrayal, if so, the origin of this music book is not so simple! Li Xian's heart was full of suspicions, his brows couldn't help but lock, his mind was racing, but it was always difficult to see the truth behind the fog, and he muttered for a long time, and he didn't say anything......