The night is already dark, the lanterns on the streets of Chang'an are gradually finished, the sky is beautiful, the night is clear, the blue and black are extraordinarily pure, like a curtain without variegation, under the canopy, a full moon is full, such as a jade plate hanging in the air, faintly exuding golden yellow brilliance, in Chang'an City, two bright dragons have been lit, one in Zhuque Street, one in Chunming Street, this is the special place of this year, for Bo Guifei Yiyue, Chunming Street also lit the lanterns, but today is the thirteenth day of the first month, the lanterns are lit, and it is only the final debugging rehearsal.

The lanterns of Chunming Street stretch for five miles, in the area of Pingkangfang, there are many Qinglou wine shops, the flow of people is like weaving, light and shadow are staggered, it seems to be extraordinarily lively, many drunken drunkards staggered along, glimpsed the orchid in front of the wine shop, the warbler next to the Qinglou, and couldn't help but step forward to tease a few handfuls, look up to the sky and laugh away, the so-called people are not drunk or not.

At this time, three drunks came from the direction of Dongshi, staggering, hanging eyes, squinting at the pedestrians on both sides of the dissatisfaction, passers-by saw that they were all big and round, dressed in royal soap clothes, did not dare to provoke, they avoided on both sides, and walked to a huge beauty lamp, only to see a hundred steps ahead of an official accompanied by dozens of servants to inspect the lantern, it was the new Jingzhao Shao Yin Xian Yu Shuming (Xian Yu Zhongtong's brother), the three stopped, gave each other a look, looked around, at this time, not far away in the shadow flashed a person, Quietly pointed to the lamp, the three of them looked in the direction of his finger, only to see dozens of people watching under the beauty lamp, one of his officials was just carrying a beautiful lamp, and there were more than a dozen family members guarding him left and right, the three of them immediately understood, nodded slightly, pushed away the passers-by in front, and shouted viciously: "Get out!" Don't get in the way of the uncle. Dozens of people watching the lantern saw that the three of them were like fierce gods, and they were so frightened that they ran away, and the official family heard that the three people were full of alcohol, frowned slightly, and pulled the woman next to him to the side.

Three big men came to the beauty lamp with a smile, one of them lay on the ground, looked into the lamp, and suddenly scolded, "Why don't you have legs in this skirt, it's so boring!" ”

The other two laughed, swept the beauty beside the official father-in-law, stretched out their feet and kicked the big man on the ground, pointed to the long skirt on her body, and said with a wicked smile: "There are legs under the skirt over there." ”

The official family was furious, pointed at the three big men, and said to the family members next to him: "Go up and beat me hard!" ”

More than a dozen family members got the order, immediately rushed up, forced the three of them to the lamp, rolled up their sleeves and rolled their arms to make a move, the three of them were shocked, and roared wildly: "Blind your dog's eyes, you are always a person in the palace of the Yongwang, do you know the Yongwang?" Tomorrow is the too, and the day after tomorrow is the emperor. ”

The three of them all had loud voices, and their voices came from dozens of feet away, and when the official family heard this, his face couldn't help but change greatly, and he stretched out his hand to stop the subordinates, and said in a deep voice: "You are from the Yongwang Mansion?" ”

At this time, Jingzhao Shaoyin Xian Yu Shuming also rushed over when he heard the sound, and the three big men suddenly realized something, and immediately waved their hands around, and said in panic: "No! We're not, we're not saying anything. ”

After that, he turned around in a panic and ran, not choosing the right way, and almost knocked over the lantern, and escaped without a trace in a few clicks.

The official father-in-law failed to catch the three of them, and he was annoyed, when he suddenly heard the sound of chaotic footsteps behind him, and when he turned around, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, Jingzhao Shaoyin came.

Xian Yu Shuming heard someone say something rebellious, so he hurried over, he recognized the official at a glance, and couldn't help but be secretly surprised, he knew, Qing King Li Congzhi, Xinping County King Li Li, it was too late to leave, Li Li stared at him with a smile and said: "Xian Yu Shaoyin, just now these three people from Yongwangfu spoke against each other, can you hear clearly?" ”

Xian Yu Shuming hurriedly saluted him and said with a smile: "Xia Guan came one step late, but he didn't hear it clearly." ”

"Didn't you hear me?" Li Li sneered, pointed to the people watching next to him and said, "Ask them, what did those three people say just now?" ”

A few people watching the lanterns next to him all cowered and wanted to leave, Li Li waved his hand, and his subordinates immediately blocked the way, Li Li pointed to an elderly man and said, "You say, what did you hear?" ”

The old man was frightened, and Nuo Nuo said: "They seem to be people from the Yongwang Mansion, what to do today is too much, and the day after tomorrow to do it.

"Be the emperor, right?" Seeing the old man nodding, Li Li looked at Xian Yu Shuming and said coldly: "The voices of those three people just now can be transmitted in a hundred steps, but Xian Yu Shaoyin didn't hear it clearly, so it is in front of you at this time, can you hear it clearly?" ”

Uncle Xian Yu sighed secretly, he heard it clearly, it was indeed this, he didn't want to get involved in the royal family's rights and wrongs, but now it seems that he can't escape, he rolled his eyes, and said with a smile: "The officials still need proof in this matter, and they need the confessions of these people." At that moment he turned around, his face sank, and he waved his hand and shouted, "Take all these people to the office for me." ”

Instead of letting him testify, it is better to let the confessions of these people testify, and the first priority of being an official is to learn to shirk responsibility.

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Qing King Li Cong is the original Tan Wang, has been renamed Qing Wang, Kaiyuan twenty-four years worship Situ, Tianbao first year and Taiyuan Mu, high status, but no real power, he was born without, its Li Yuan is the late Li Ying fourth, Li Ying was killed, he was succeeded to him, last year just named the king of Xinping County.

Li Cong is the head of Li Longji, in his brother, he and the eighteenth Li Mao are the richest, Li is the inheritance of Concubine Wu Hui, and he is a giant merchant who sells salt and iron, and the iron smuggled by the Hai family in Chengdu to Tibet is provided by Li Cong.

In this competition for the East Palace, his voice is the highest, and he has the most opportunity, he is quite ugly, and he has never dared to hope for the throne, but Li Longji said last year, 'How can the world be chosen because of his appearance', he decided that this was for him, so he mobilized all resources to sprint to the throne, and at the end of last year, Li Longji said, 'For Fu Xuren', he again

Doing porridge, seeing that he was getting closer and closer to this position, but in this knotted eye, he ordered the Yongwang Li Luan, who had always been silent, to lead the Anxi Metropolitan Protector to protect the capital, which surprised everyone, and Li Cong realized that the ugliness of Li Longji did not refer to him, but the Yongwang Li Luan, who had a pair of cross-eyed eyes and a slightly hunched back.

Li Cong's mentality immediately lost its balance, since ancient times, it has been the emperor who ascended the throne, why is it not today?

For a whole day, Li Cong locked himself in the room, the door was closed tightly, the curtains were drawn impermeably, and no one knew what he was doing? It is said that a priest entered the mansion last night, but he didn't know where to go, and everyone in the palace trembled, and they didn't dare to ask more, so they stayed away from the room where Li Cong stayed.

The night was already very deep, the door was still closed, the curtains were locked, there was no movement in the house at all, several Li Cong's henchmen were wandering outside the house, Li Cong had locked himself in the house for eight hours, there was no news, they really didn't worry about the master, they were afraid that he would have an accident, but no one had the courage to knock on the door.

At this time, there was a sound of hurried footsteps not far away, it was the little prince who had returned, and several henchmen immediately stepped forward to surround Li Li, gossiping, and told him about his inner uneasiness.

"I see, everyone is around to let me out, no one is allowed to approach!"

After that, Li Li stepped forward and knocked lightly on the door, but there was no movement inside, he knocked again, and his knuckles added a little force.

"Who is it?" There was a low angry voice from inside, "Get out of here! I don't want anything. ”

"Father, it's me!"

Li Li knocked on the door again, and after a while, the door opened a crack, and there was a choking smell of smoke in front of him, "Come in quickly!" ”

Li Li flashed in, only to see that the light inside was dim, gloomy, and full of a strange atmosphere, like a haunted house, there was a wide chair, and Li Cong, the king of Qing, with a serious and mysterious face, was sitting here, tirelessly, staring at the front with his eyes tight.

In front of him, there is a ding, which is lit with hundreds of incense, green smoke curling, exuding a strong sandalwood fragrance, sucked out from the crack of the roof tile, however, what Li Li smelled at the door just now is not this smell, but at this moment Li Li has no intention of caring about this matter, he saw, in front of the big ding, there is a monk walking back and forth, about fifty years old, sauce purple face, oval, like a peeled pine flower egg, he is wearing a bright yellow robe, the robe is embroidered with a hideous Zhong Kui ghost hunting picture, he holds a peach wood sword in his right hand, Draw a spell in the emptiness, and hold a white glass plate in his left hand, the plate contains a bunch of black powdery things, I don't know what, I saw him recite a few runes, and then use a peach wood sword to pick a little black powder in the plate and throw it into the ding, a bright red flame immediately flashed above the ding, and a large puff of white smoke rose into the air, which was the pungent smell that smelled when entering the door.

"It's gunpowder!" Li Li nodded, he had heard of this thing, the treasure of Fang Shi to ward off evil spirits, and suddenly, Li Li was attracted by the table in front of Fang Shi.

On the table, there was only a woodcut blue-faced figure about a foot long, and there was a nail in its atrium, and there was a small white paper on it, and there were words written on the paper, which could not be seen very clearly, as if it was whose birth date and name and so on.

Li Yu let out a long breath, he finally understood what his father was doing, the name written on the villain's heart was Yongwang, no one knew his father better than him, but did this work?

Li Yu shook his head secretly, instead of using the technique of disgust, it was better to bring the information he brought, "Father! As soon as Li Li spoke, he was stopped by his father waving his hand, "It's almost over, I'll talk about it later." ”

At this time, the magnitude of the alchemist's movements suddenly increased, and he slipped around Dingdi, drew a beautiful arc with his left foot, and made a move of the golden rooster**, and the sword pointed directly at the green face and shouted, "Close!" ”

The villain on the table didn't move, but he finished his work by himself, took out a piece of red cloth and wrapped the blue-faced villain tightly, handed it to Li Cong and instructed: "Put it in the secret cabinet, and then untie the red cloth in seventy or forty days, remember, forty days, not one day earlier." ”

Li Cong was overjoyed, carefully took the red cloth bag, and then opened the door and ordered his henchman to take Fang Shi to collect the money, and then let him go out through the back door, but don't be seen.

Li Cong ran back to his inner room, put the blue-faced villain with the red cloth bag into the cabinet and locked it, and then came out triumphantly and asked, "What's the matter, look at you in such a hurry, hurry up." ”

Seeing that there were many people around, Li Li hurriedly invited his father into the quiet room, closed the door, and said: "Father, do you know who the Yongwang is, he usually pretends to be silent and silent, but these are all fake, and before the result came down, his tail was raised to the sky, and his subordinates actually spoke against him on Chunming Street, which happened to be heard by the child." ”

"What contradiction?"

Li Cong's eyes narrowed into a slit, and he immediately heard its taste, although he used the technique of disgust to win, if there was a means to directly attack the Yongwang, he would not let it go.

So, Li Li repeated what the three subordinates said, and finally said with a smile: "This matter can rarely be corroborated by Shaoyin, and many bystanders have heard it, and they have also written testimony, and the child thinks that this is an opportunity to let the emperor know who this Yongwang is!" ”

"Do you need to talk about that?"

Li Cong smiled yin and said, "I'll go to tell the emperor about this early tomorrow morning, hum!" What I can't get, others can't think of. ”