Zhang Ben didn't want to listen to this useless nonsense, he looked at the swarthy young man, then at his brother, and asked, "Do you see with your own eyes the plum blossom pattern painted on the wall by the woman who is with General Long Xiao?" ”

The two young men glanced at each other, and the slightly white-skinned young man whispered, "I haven't seen it with my own eyes." ”

Hearing this, Zhang Ben's eyebrows immediately stood up.

The swarthy young man immediately answered: "The pattern is painted with a woman's rouge, and I smelled the smell of rouge, which is exactly the same as the smell on the girl's body, and it must have been painted by her." ”

Zhang Ben frowned and was silent in thought.

The information brought by the two of them can be said to be incomplete, and it is difficult to come in handy.

First of all, they didn't know what the relationship between Long Xiao and the woman was, and second, they didn't know what Long Xiao and the woman's purpose was.

What if Long Xiao deliberately left the contact pattern made by Gongsun Shu, the purpose of which was to lure the other party into the bait?

Just through such a few words of information, it is really difficult to win the trust of people if you want to believe that Long Xiao has been bought by Gongsun Shu.

The most critical point is that Long Xiao is not an ordinary person, but His Majesty's personal guard, even if the ministers of the court and the central government see him, they have to give three points of courtesy, and it is basically impossible to convict Long Xiao just by passing such a thing.

Seeing that Zhang Ben didn't speak for a long time, the two young men glanced at each other and asked cautiously, "Brother Ben, are you worried about being retaliated against by Long Xiao?" ”

Zhang Ben glanced at the two of them, and said: "If there is conclusive evidence, you can be convicted of the death of the dragon, I am not afraid of anything, and dare to present the evidence of his guilt to His Majesty in person, the question is, what kind of evidence are you giving me now?"

What is the woman's name, what is the relationship with Long Xiao, and what is her identity, have you all found out? ”

The two young men were dumbfounded by Zhang Ben's questioning, glanced at each other, and hung their heads.

After thinking about it, Zhang Ben still felt that the matter was very important, stood up, and said, "You take me to that alley to have a look!" ”

The two young men hurriedly nodded in response, got up, and walked out.

Zhang Ben took a few henchmen and followed the two young men to the alley where the plum blossom pattern fell in Luoyou.

Luo You originally wanted to take the opportunity to leave the palace with this opportunity, and then buried some important information she had written in advance and heard from the palace under the code.

As a result, the sudden appearance of two young people disrupted her plans and made her miss this rare opportunity.

Liu Xiu and Yin Lihua took a carriage and came to Feng's mansion.

Zhang Kun took the lead in getting out of the car, walked quickly to the door of Feng's mansion, and said to the servant at the door: "Excuse me, is Mrs. Feng at home?" ”

The servant didn't know Zhang Kun, looked him up and down, and then looked at the two carriages behind him, and didn't feel like an ordinary person, so the servant immediately bowed his hand and asked, "This gentleman is looking for my wife?" ”

"In Xia Zhang Kun, please go in and report it, Mrs. Feng heard my name, so she will naturally meet me."

The servant looked at Zhang Kun again in surprise, and didn't dare to ask more, nodded his head, and asked Zhang Kun to wait here, he turned around and walked into the mansion quickly.

After a while, Mrs. Feng Zhang personally came out of the Feng Mansion and looked up, it was not Zhang Kun or who was standing outside the door?

The servants of the Feng Mansion did not know Zhang Kun, but Mrs. Feng could.

Liu Xiu occasionally held a banquet in the palace and invited ministers and their families to the banquet, Zhang, as Feng Yi's wife, was naturally among the invitees, and she was naturally no stranger to Zhang Kun, the servant beside the Son of Heaven.

"It turned out to be a confession, the concubine has lost her welcome, forgive your sins!"

As he spoke, Zhang gave a salute to Zhang Kunfu.

Zhang Kun hurriedly returned the salute and said, "Madame is in trouble. ”

"It should be me asking Mrs. Feng for forgiveness!"

As he spoke, Liu Xiu and Yin Lihua had already stepped out of the carriage, and the two walked hand in arm and came to Zhang's approach.

Zhang turned her head and saw clearly that the people who came turned out to be Liu Xiu and Yin Lihua, she was stunned for a while, standing in place stupidly, and didn't come back to her senses for a long time.

Liu Xiu rarely went to the minister's house in person and came to the Feng Mansion, this was the first time.

I don't know how long it took, Zhang came back to her senses, she was panicked and wanted to kneel on the ground to give a big salute, Liu Xiu stepped forward, hugged Zhang, and said with a smile: "Mrs. Feng, let's talk in our house!" ”

After all, Zhang is a marquise (Feng Yi was named Marquis), he has seen the world, and when he saw that Liu Xiu and Yin Lihua were both in civilian clothes, he immediately understood that His Majesty and the nobles did not want to attract too much attention.

She immediately turned sideways to the side, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty......" As soon as she started talking, Zhang Kun answered: "Childe, please inside." ”

Liu Xiu smiled at Zhang and said, "Mrs. Feng, please!" ”

Entering the lobby of the Feng Mansion, Zhang immediately knelt on his knees, bowed to Liu Xiu, and said, "Concubine to see Your Majesty!" ”

Liu Xiu waved his hand and said, "Mrs. Feng doesn't have to be polite, please get up quickly." ”

As he spoke, he looked at Zhang carefully.

felt that she had lost a lot of weight than before, and it was obvious that during this period of time, the Zhang family was not less anxious about Feng Yi's affairs in the mansion.

Liu Xiu felt guilty in his heart.

Gongsun fought for the country in Sanfu, guarded the border, defended Kui in the north, and Gongsun Shu in the south, this time he fought a big victory in Chang'an, annihilating Gongsun Shu's 100,000 army, and making immortal achievements, but his family lived a hard life in Luoyang, how could Liu Xiu's heart be better?

He sighed secretly, turned his head to look at Long Yuan, and nodded at him.

Long Yuan understood, beckoned Long Zhun, Long Xiao, Xuying, Xuting, and Xufei, carried a few boxes from the carriage, carried them to the mansion, and placed them outside the lobby.

Several of them opened the lid of the box, and Zhang looked out in confusion, only to see that the box contained either silk and satin, or gold and silver utensils...... This is ......" Liu Xiu said with a wry smile: "During this time, it is all my fault that Mrs. Feng has been frightened!" ”

His words scared Zhang a lot, the one in front of him was the Son of Heaven, and the Son of Heaven actually apologized to himself?

Her legs went limp, and she fell to her knees again.

Liu Xiu's eyes turned to Zhang Kun, who was so clever, and immediately stepped forward, helped Zhang up, and said with a smile on his face: "Mrs. Feng, this time Ying Hou has made a great contribution in Chang'an, annihilating 100,000 enemies, which is very happy, and also ensures that Sanfu is not lost!" ”

The Zhang family was confused, wasn't his husband imprisoned in the Tingwei Mansion?

When did you return to Chang'an?

Seeing her dazed, Liu Xiu immediately told the Zhang family about his conspiracy with Feng Yi.

After listening to the cause and effect, Zhang couldn't control his emotions anymore and couldn't help crying with joy.

During this period of time, she has been living like a year, for fear that her husband will have three longs and two shorts in the Tingwei Mansion.

Everyone says that it is Mingjun today, which may be true, but back then, people still said that Gaozu was Mingjun, and the result was not that the birds were all gone, the good bow was hidden, the cunning rabbit died, and the lackeys cooked?

His husband, who was named the marquis, was worshiped as the general of the expedition to the west, and held a heavy army, who knows if this will cause today's jealousy, in case it is the same as Gaozu today, then his husband is not dangerous?

Zhang couldn't see Feng Yi, and Liu Xiu refused to meet her, she was in the mansion, thinking all day long, and her whole heart was in her throat.

Now that the truth of the matter is finally clear, the nerves that have been tense for days suddenly relaxed, and the person collapsed instantly, kneeling on the ground, crying.

There is a difference between men and women, Liu Xiu is not good to come forward to persuade her, but Yin Lihua walked to Zhang's side, knelt down, held Zhang's back with one hand, held a handkerchief in the other, wiped her tears, and whispered comfort.

Zhang cried for a while before she could control her emotions, she looked at Liu Xiu with a red face, her voice was choked, but she couldn't hide her joy, and whispered to Liu Xiu: "Concubine...... The concubine made His Majesty smile. ”

Liu Xiu hurriedly waved his hand and said meaningfully: "Gongsun and I are righteous monarchs and ministers, and we are like brothers."

When I was chased and killed by Wang Lang, I was exiled to Wuming Pavilion, hungry and cold, and seriously ill, but it was Gongsun's bowl of bean porridge that saved me. ”

The reason why this matter has been widely circulated, and even passed on to future generations, and has become a good story, is not that Feng Yi went around to spread it and show his merits, on the contrary, Feng Yi never took the initiative to tell people about it.

It's that Liu Xiu himself often mentions this matter to others, and every time he talks about Wumeng Pavilion and that bowl of bean porridge, he always feels a lot of emotion.

seems to be arrogant, and he doesn't care about his miserable situation back then, but in fact, it shows Liu Xiu's big mind.

Liu Xiu did not list the things when he was down as a taboo topic because he was the Son of Heaven, he often mentioned this matter, and he was also spurring himself to be diligent in politics and understand Entu.

His thoughts seemed to drift to the past, and he said with emotion: "Every time I think of that bowl of bean porridge, I seem to be able to smell its aroma."

But it smells so good! ”

Zhang's eyes were wet and red, and he couldn't help but cry again.

Liu Xiu smiled at her and said, "I regard Gongsun as my brother, and it stands to reason that I should also call you a sister-in-law." ”

"Your Majesty must not do it, and the concubine will not dare to be a concubine."

Liu Xiu said with a smile: "The grandson deserves it, and the sister-in-law can also afford it!" ”

As he spoke, he pointed to a few boxes outside and said: "Gongsun is fighting outside, and the family's food and clothing are inevitably nervous. ”

"Concubine Thank You, Your Majesty Longen!"

Zhang bowed to Liu Xiu with a crying voice.

Today, Liu Xiu's mood was particularly good, and he chatted with Zhang's family in the lobby, learned about the recent situation of Feng's mansion, and asked Zhang if there was any difficulty.

Seeing Zhang shaking his head, he said with a smile: "If my sister-in-law encounters a difficulty, even if I come to the palace to find me, I promise that I will never avoid my sister-in-law again." ”

Hearing his words, Zhang was amused, and bowed to Liu Xiu and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, concubine!" ”

Liu Xiu stayed in Feng's Mansion for more than an hour before getting up to leave.

Zhang sent Liu Xiu and Yin Lihua out, and when they walked out, Zhang said with a sense of guilt: "The noble man just gave birth to the fourth prince, but today he bothered the noble man to come to the Feng Mansion, and the concubine really didn't want to go!" ”

"Mrs. Sister-in-law, don't say that, I stay in the palace all day long, I have long wanted to come out to breathe, and I can leave the palace today, or borrow the light of Mrs. Sister-in-law!"

Yin Lihua said with a smile.

The palace party, the minister is in the front palace, and the female relatives are in the harem, and the Zhang family doesn't like the domineering Guo Shengtong very much, but he has a very good impression of the approachable Yin Lihua.

Yin Lihua's appearance is too delicate, and people who don't know her will have a strong sense of distance from her, but if you have contact with her, you will find that Yin Lihua's temperament is extremely easy-going, and her easy-going is not the kind of pretentious easy-going, but easy-going born in her heart.

Although he has a good impression of Yin Lihua, after all, he is the concubine of the Son of Heaven, and if he wants to talk about contact, he can only meet him when he catches up with the palace banquet.

Liu Xiu, who was walking in front, looked back and saw that Yin Lihua and Zhang wanted to talk very happily, and they talked a lot more than when they were in the palace, Liu Xiu sighed in his heart.

He slowed down, and when Yin Lihua and Zhang stepped forward, he said: "Usually, if my sister-in-law has free time, she can often come to the palace to walk around, Lihua is also very lonely in the palace, and it is difficult to find someone who can speak!" ”