Wang Yuan smiled and said: "Don't make fun of me, I have read books for a few years, and I can write a few crooked poems; By the way, you should continue to talk about what happened after the apprenticeship? Thanks to this famous teacher, it is no wonder that the girl is bold and comes and goes freely in Chang'an City. ”

Li Xin'er glanced at Wang Yuan and sighed: "I'd rather be an ordinary woman living in the boudoir and being cared for by my parents, but unfortunately I don't have that blessing, all this is to avenge my father's mother." ”

Wang Yuan nodded silently, Li Xin'er witnessed the tragic death of her parents and family, that feeling must be something she can't experience, if not, she must be a delicate and cowardly official lady, not the female snitch who was hunted down in Chang'an City in front of her.

"Before I apprenticed, my master was already famous all over the world. Today, the saint heard the name of the master, so he ordered my master to enter the palace as a sword dance chair, and teach the palace dancers to learn the martial arts of swords. I worshipped the master, and I also lived in the palace with the master. Master was forced to take me as an apprentice, she didn't like me, so I thought of a way to please her, and over time, my master's opinion of me gradually changed, and the relationship between our master and apprentice gradually became closer. Among the many disciples in the palace, she not only regarded me as the only disciple, but also treated me as her relatives, and taught me all her abilities without reservation. ”

Li Xin'er's quiet narration surprised Wang Yuan, but he didn't expect Gongsun Lan to have been in the palace, but for some reason he is now living alone in Jinchangfang. This fairy-like figure in white is a man with a lot of stories.

"The master treated me like a mountain, not only taught me the skills of sword dance, but also taught me the skills of sword fighting. Everyone knows that the sword dance is wonderful, but they don't know that it is also a secret skill, and it is also very subtle to use it to kill enemies. ”

Wang Yuan nodded lightly, the sword dance was originally a dance, and the sword was just a prop used in the dance, but now it has evolved into a martial art that can fight in the hands of Gongsun Lan, and with this alone, Gongsun Lan can be called a master.

"Then why is your master not in the palace now, why is there a dislike between you and her, I didn't have any special interest in listening to the story, but now I'm very curious." Wang Yuan said with a smile.

Li Xin'er stretched out her hand and said, "Take a cake for me to eat, I'm very hungry now, I'll tell you when I'm full." ”

Wang Yuan smiled and said, "Do you want to hang my appetite?" ”

Li Xin'er ate a piece of cake, drank a few sips of water, took a few breaths and continued to speak.

"The master was in the palace for five years, until one night when I was thirteen years old, the master suddenly asked me if I would like to leave the palace with her; Of course, I will not refuse, because I followed the master to learn the art of sword dance, which is one of the conditions that the person who took me in asked me to do. So that night, the master took me out of the palace secretly, to live in the plum garden of Jinchangfang, it turned out that the master had already arranged everything, and when he did not leave the palace, the master bought the big garden in Jinchangfang. ”

Wang Yuan asked curiously, "Why did your master leave the palace?" ”

Li Xin'er stroked her long hair and said softly: "Although the palace is comfortable, it is extremely unfree, and the master is a person who likes to be free, so he entered the palace as a dance teacher in desperation." Of course, this is not the main reason, the real reason why the master left the palace is because...... Today's Holy ...... I took a fancy to the master and intended to ...... Intentions ......" Li Xin'er couldn't say anything.

Wang Yuan waved his hand and said: "I understand, the emperor has taken a fancy to your master and wants to be included in the harem as a concubine, your master must be unwilling, but he is powerless to resist, so he secretly escaped from the palace, right?" ”

Li Xin'er nodded and said, "That's right." ”

Wang Yuan said with a smile: "This is strange, today's saints are wise and martial, and women in the world don't want to be blessed with holy grace and rain, why is your master unwilling?" ”

Li Xin'er said angrily: "Are all the women in your world who tend to be angry and greedy for wealth and nobility?" What kind of person is my master? The emperor looked at her, but did she know that she might not be able to see the emperor? My master knew that he would not be able to escape if he was favored by the emperor, so he chose to escape from the palace incognito. If you can't provoke it, you can hide. ”

Wang Yuan laughed and said, "You are a big rebel, but what you say is also reasonable." When I saw your master last night, I was also amazed, and I thought it was a fairy from the sky. Men all over the world may have envy and admiration when they see your master, and it is reasonable for the saint to look at her today. But this kind of thing is forced by power to fall down, the most important thing between men and women is to please each other, you and I are willing, and to satisfy the desire of one party by coercive means, that is hegemony, not love. ”

Li Xin'er looked at Wang Yuan strangely, and seemed to look at Wang Yuan differently again. It's really strange how an ordinary man in Yong'an Fang can export poetry and say such a truth; With such insight and ability, why are you willing to be a fangding?

"The emperor refused to give up, and sent people around to check my master's whereabouts, at first I was very worried, I asked why the master didn't leave Chang'an to live in seclusion elsewhere, but the master said that no matter where he was, he was not safe in Chang'an City. In fact, our homes have not been searched, and our whereabouts have not been revealed. ”

Wang Yuan nodded and said: "It's very simple, the big hidden in the city, the world is the territory of the Tang Dynasty, instead of hiding at the end of the world, it is better to hide in the place where it is most difficult for people to feel hiding, Chang'an City is such a good place, this is called the most dangerous place and the safest." ”

Li Xin'er said: "Yes, my master also said so, I didn't expect you to understand this, if the emperor also understands this, wouldn't he find us all of a sudden?" ”

Wang Yuan laughed and said, "It's a pity that I'm just a small fangding, and the emperor won't come to ask for my opinion." No kidding, tell me what happened between your master and apprentice. ”

Li Xin'er bit her lower lip and pondered for a moment and said, "Okay, it's not that no one knows about me and my master living in Plum Garden, in fact, as soon as we settled down, someone knew our whereabouts." ”

Wang Yuan pointed his finger at his head and frowned, "Let me guess, if the person who knows where you are staying is the one who took you in and promised to help you avenge your parents?" ”

Li Xin'er was surprised: "How do you know? ”

Wang Yuan smiled and said: "It's very simple, that person sent you to the palace to learn from Gongsun seniors, how could he not pay attention to your whereabouts?" Even...... Even I have some suspicions that you took the initiative to tell that man where you are staying, because you have an agreement with him that you will rely on him to avenge your parents, so you must keep in touch with him. I don't know if I'm right. ”

Li Xin'er's face turned cold, her expression was guarded and she whispered, "Who are you?" How do you know so clearly? ”

Wang Yuan shook his head and said: "I'm nothing, just a little Fangding, this is called logical reasoning, and I don't need any special skills." ”

"Logic...... Illation? Li Xin'er asked suspiciously.

"Hmm...... To put it simply, it is to speculate on the consequences of the causes, listen to the cicadas and know the summer, see the leaves fall and know the autumn, and you can understand it with a little heart-to-heart perception, you don't have to doubt too much. ”

Li Xin'er was silent for a while, and continued: "Okay, you guessed right, I took the initiative to contact that person and inform him of our hiding place, but we had an agreement not to reveal it and reveal my master's whereabouts, and he did this." ”

"Very good, it seems that this is a trustworthy person, who can send you to the palace, can force your master to accept you as an apprentice, and can promise to avenge you, this person must be very powerful." Wang Yuan continued to use his reasoning skills.

"He is the current crown prince Li Heng." Li Xin'er interrupted abruptly.

Wang Yuan was startled, looked at Li Xin'er blankly and said, "Today's prince? ”

"Yes." Li Xin'er's voice was unusually calm: "It is the current crown prince Li Heng, he promised to help me avenge the killing of my parents, and the traitor who killed my parents is the old thief of the current right minister Li Linfu." ”

Wang Yuan was shocked again, knowing that there must be a hidden secret, but he didn't expect this hidden secret to be so vigorous, directly involved in the secret war between the current prince and the powerful minister Li Linfu, and psychologically it was a little difficult to bear such explosive news for a while.

"When I was very young, I didn't understand why the prince wanted to help me, but later I learned that my father was the prince's party, and my father's impeachment of the traitor Li Linfu was instructed by the prince. No...... At that time, it should be called the party of King Zhong, because Li Heng was not the crown prince at that time. Nine years ago, the then crown prince Li Ying was about to be deposed, and the court was divided into several factions around the competition for the crown prince's position. Li Linfu supported Shouwang Li Mao, and the loyal king Li Heng also received the support of many people in the court; My father was a victim of the rivalry between them, and the impeachment of Li Linfu was unsuccessful, but he was destroyed by traitors on fabricated charges. King Zhongwang Li Heng said that he wanted to save my father, but unfortunately he was a step too late and happened to save me. ”

Wang Yuan recovered from the shock, and listening to Li Xin'er's narration, he basically figured out the situation. Judging from the historical memories obtained by later generations, what Li Xin'er said is basically true. Around the position of the crown prince, Li Linfu and Li Heng did do some fighting. Even after Li Heng was canonized as the crown prince, Li Linfu launched several attacks, wanting to abolish Li Heng's position as crown prince, but he couldn't do so.

"In this way, there are many contradictions between the prince and Li Linfu, but what can you do in it? The prince sent you to learn the sword dance with your grandson's predecessors, what does this have to do with avenging your parents? ”

"Don't you know, the prince wants me to get the true inheritance of the master's sword dance, so that I can use this to blend into the old thief's mansion as an eyeliner. The prince knew that the old thief liked luxury, especially loved to watch the dancing girl perform, before my master was summoned into the palace, the old thief sent people to force the master into his house as a dancing queen many times, and after being rejected by the master, he also sent someone to arrest and use the strong. The reason why the master entered the palace back then, on the one hand, was to avoid falling into the hands of the old thief. When the old thief learned about his master's entry into the palace, he also complained privately that the emperor had taken away his love. ”

Wang Yuan's mind was opened, and he suddenly said: "Then the crown prince Li Heng wants to do what he likes, let you do the true inheritance of the sword dance, take advantage of Li Linfu's weakness to blend into the prime minister's mansion as a spy, or simply find an opportunity to assassinate Li Linfu?" ”