In the courtyard of a deep house in Xingning Fang in Chang'an City.

Here lives the most powerful eunuch in the Tang Dynasty, his every move, word and deed is even more eye-catching than Li Longji who is hidden in the Xingqing Palace, but he rarely goes out of the palace, and his whereabouts are elusive.

But early this morning, he hurried back to his residence from the palace and hid in his study, as if he was seeing someone.

In the study.

The rising sun lazily shot a bright light through the crack in the window, shining on a shining floor tile in front of the bookcase, on which was a burly man, kneeling on the floor tiles, his hands stretched forward to touch the ground, his head against the floor tiles did not make a sound, and even the sound of breathing was as light as a gossamer, as if he was worried about affecting the person next to the bookcase.

Behind the bookcase sat a man dressed in ordinary clothes, which looked extremely ordinary, but there were golden lights shining everywhere in the corners of his clothes. This person's appearance is like that of the old man next door, the white silver threads on his head are tied high, and he is extremely delicately cared for.

This person is famous all over the world, serving Li Longji for more than 40 years Gao Lishi, every time the Quartet enters to present a recital, it must first be presented to Gao Lishi, and then enter the front of the imperial court, and the trivial matters will be decided by themselves, which shows Li Longji's trust in Gao Lishi.

Li Longji often said: "The wrestler should be in the front, and I will rest and be stable." ”

Therefore, Colliers often stayed in the palace and rarely went out of the house. As for those who desire attachment and want to see it, that they may speak good words before the king, and there are many who do their best.

Yu Wenrong, Li Linfu, Li Shizhi, Gai Jiayun, Wei Jian, Yang Shenjin, Wang Jie, Yang Guozhong, An Lushan, An Sishun, and Gao Xianzhi were all awarded high positions because of this, and the rest of the winners of the positions are not to be remembered.

When Su Zong was in the East Palace, he called him the second brother, the kings and princesses all called him "Ah Weng", and the horses called him "Ye".

Gao Lishi rests in the curtain of the dormitory, there is a courtyard on the side of the hall, in which there is a place of cultivation merit, the carving is dazzling, extremely beautiful and exquisite.

Gao Lishi is careful and cautious and has no major mistakes, but Yu Wenrong and the following people, playing power tricks to envy each other, and even disturbing the law and discipline of the imperial court, are all related to the recommendation of Gao Shi. Moreover, he is good at improvising, observing the situation and climate, although he is the closest to his favorite person, he will not be rescued in the face of overthrow and defeat.

Gao Lishi, who was high up, did not pay attention to the person kneeling on the ground, his eyes fell on the recital of the bookcase, his mouth muttered to himself, his face was solemn without a trace of a smile, and a few words occasionally popped out of his mouth: Hebei Province, disaster year, flood, locust, ......, looking a little worried.

About half an hour passed, and Colliers put the pen back on the pen stand, and sorted out the chapters on the bookcase, which looked neat and spotless.

At this time, Gao Lishi glanced at the man kneeling on the ground and said, "Hao Ren, do you know what made you go to Beijing this time?" ”

"Hao Ren!"

This person is Hao Ren, the head of the Luquan County government service, his burly body is like a docile puppy lying on the ground, he doesn't dare to gasp, and when he hears Gao Lishi's question, he doesn't dare to raise his head, but he just whispers: "Back to the general, the villain dared to guess the general's intentions, is it because of Zhen Qian's matter?" ”

Gao Lishi's face remained unchanged, and he didn't let Hao Ren raise his head, and said coldly: "Since you already know, then tell Zhen Qian's matter one hundred and fifty and listen to it, don't add oil and vinegar, and don't delete the branches and leaves, tell the truth?" ”

"The villain understands!"

Hao Ren felt bitter in his heart, until the news came from the secret spy department at the beginning of the year, and he let himself secretly spy on Zhen Qian, he was like a needle, although Zhen Qian was good to himself, but compared to the rise and fall of the family, everything was not important.

But Hao Ren never figured out what was wrong with Zhen Qian, and would let Gao Lishi personally inquire about this matter, you must know that there are thousands of states and counties in Datang, and the number of officials is as high as tens of thousands, usually the officials at the first level of the assassin history do not necessarily let Gao Lishi pay so much attention to it, why would Zhen Qian repeatedly let Gao Lishi personally inquire about this matter, there must be some secrets that he doesn't know, thinking of this, Hao Ren dares to have a trace of concealment, even what he and Zhen Qian usually say, what Zhen Qian likes to do, Who he had come into contact with, he recounted them one by one, and it took more than an hour, and during this time, Gao Lishi surprisingly did not open his mouth to interrupt Hao Ren's words, and listened very carefully and carefully.

Waited until Hao Ren finished speaking, but did not hear the voice from behind the bookcase, Hao Ren, who was kneeling on the ground, was a little uneasy, and recalled what he had just said, and found that he had not missed anything, in fact, such an answer had been asked by others three times before, as long as there was a trace of inconsistency, he would be questioned several times, and now Hao Ren can already recite it backwards, but he doesn't understand what clues the other party wants to get from him.

"A small landlord, a small businessman, an idle person who likes to enjoy life, doesn't seem to have anything to do with the imperial court!"

Hao Ren has pondered Zhen Qian countless times in his heart, and he doesn't think that such a person is any threat to the imperial court, could it be that Zhen Qian has something else to hide from himself, or what handle has fallen into the hands of Gao Lishi?

But these are not Hao Ren can touch, now he was suddenly brought to the capital from Luquan County, locked in a small courtyard, every day different people come to ask all kinds of strange things, but this also allows Hao Ren to learn some unknown secrets from the other party's questioning.

"Zhen Qian's envoy to the Japanese country this time, I heard that he may have been killed at sea!"

Hao Ren thought in his heart, until Zhen Qian left Luquan County, a lot of things happened in Luquan County, the original county commander was suddenly promoted to the governor of Hengzhou, and the new county commander began to investigate Zhen Qian's affairs as soon as he took office, but this has nothing to do with the secret spy department, it seems that some people are also eyeing Zhen Qian.

Hao Ren suddenly thought that before he left Luquan County, there were countless forces in secret, no matter which force he could provoke, how many people did this Zhen Qian offend!

Gao Lishi, who was sitting behind the bookcase, took a long time before he spoke: "What do you think of Zhen Qian?" ”

Hearing such a question, Hao Ren felt a chill in his back, and when he was thinking about how to answer, he heard Gao Lishi say slowly: "Don't think about it, I just want to hear the truth, you have been friends with Zhen Qian for more than a year, you should know something about it, just say whatever you want in your heart, don't be afraid to worry about ......." ”

Of course, Hao Ren would not take Gao Lishi's words seriously, but he didn't dare to hide anything in his heart, "Returning to the general, Zhen Qian's personality has the style of the Wei and Jin Dynasties, he is kind and charitable, and the people he makes friends with are also ...... of the three religions and nine ranks. ”

(End of chapter)