Back at home, Xue Shao was still thinking about that Feng Xiaobao. Wu Zetian wanted him to change his surname to Xue, but he refused because of his disobedience, although Wu Zetian would not be angry clearly, but he would definitely be unhappy in his heart.

But Xue Shao felt that this problem was not a big problem.

In the past few years, she has not disobeyed Wu Zetian once or twice, and even a few times she was about to tear her face, but in the end she was relieved. In general, Wu Zetian is a person who is eager to repay but has a clear distinction between public and private, and is especially good at handling the severity. As long as she doesn't violate her bottom line on principled issues, she should be fine. Besides, Feng Xiaobao is now at most a "pet" of Wu Zetian. In contrast, of course, the daughter and son-in-law are more important.

In fact, Princess Taiping also has this number in her heart. Otherwise, she would not have agreed to Xue Shao to persuade Wu Zetian to let Feng Xiaobao change his surname to "Liu". In the final analysis, Wu Zetian will not take Feng Xiaobao very seriously, at least not now.

But that Feng Xiaobao ...... Xue Shao thought about it for a while, if he really became a force to be reckoned with in the political arena in the future, it was necessary to think of a way to restrain him in advance. After all, he is different from ordinary ministers, who are bound by both law and morality, and care about the riches, wealth, fame and career in hand. But Feng Xiaobao is essentially a scoundrel in the market, and he has always been barefoot and not afraid to wear shoes. Once this kind of person becomes a nouveau riche, then he dares to run rampant and do whatever he wants, thinking that Lao Tzu is the best in the world.

After thinking for a while, Xue Shao summoned Wu Ming and told him about Feng Xiaobao.

"Feng Xiaobao is indeed worth paying attention to and beware of." Wu Ming also thought about it and said, "If he gains power, he will be an alternative figure full of variables." If I can get the Fa, maybe it can be used by me; Otherwise, he could offend Childe at any time. Because of the change of name and surname, Childe has already refuted his face. A person like him will inevitably take revenge. ”

"I think so too." Xue Shao said, "But since he is not following an ordinary path, then the conspiracy and the law will definitely not be able to help him." ”

Wu Ming smiled slightly, "All things are born with each other. ”

"That's right." Xue Shao also smiled when he understood, "You go and contact Helian Guchuan and ask him to quietly send someone to check Feng Xiaobao's origin and background." I don't believe it, he has no weakness. ”

"Yes, I'll do it!"

A few days later, Feng Xiaobao really changed his surname to "Liu" and changed his name to Huaiyi.

People in the Tang Dynasty were the most important in terms of birth and family background, and Feng Xiaobao's name and surname change was not as simple as changing a few words on the household register. He has to join the family name of the Liu family in Hedong, that is, he attaches his name to the genealogy of the Liu family. This must be a solemn ceremony of "recognizing the ancestors and returning to the ancestors", and be recognized by the elders of the Liu clan in Hedong before it can be counted.

Not only did he change his name and surname, Liu Huaiyi also shaved off his hair, put on a robe, and became a big-headed monk, and magnificently entered the newly renovated White Horse Temple and became the abbot master there.

In this way, Liu Huaiyi, a senior monk of the White Horse Temple who was born in the Liu clan in Hedong, made his debut.

Xue Shao didn't know how Princess Taiping persuaded Wu Zetian, and after she came back, she didn't say much, and Xue Shao didn't deliberately inquire. There has always been a tacit understanding between their mother and daughter, and Xue Shao believes that she can handle things perfectly.

Two days later, late at night, it was snowing heavily. Wu Ming stepped on the snow and brought a wooden hairpin to Xue Shao.

"What's so special about this?" Xue Shao looked left and right, this should be a cheap woman's ornament sold by a merchant driving a donkey cart to the countryside.

"Childe look here." Wu Ming picked up the wooden hairpin and pointed it to Xue Shao, and there were a few crooked and unclear words engraved on the handle, "Feng Cheng's".

Xue Shao came to his senses, "This is what Feng Xiaobao's wife used?" ”

"To be exact, it's a concubine." Wu Ming said, "Feng Xiaobao wanders all the year round and has no fixed place, relying on hawkers or doing chores for people to make a living. He has never been married, but he has a good friend in his hometown for many years, that is, Cheng. Cheng and Feng Xiaobao quietly got along before they got married, but Feng Xiaobao was poor and white, and he never thought of marrying her. Later, Cheng had to marry a squire as a concubine and gave birth to a daughter. But according to the neighbors, this daughter is actually Feng Xiaobao's species, because Cheng's husband's family was in his seventies when he married her, and he had already lost children. Within two years of marrying Cheng, the squire returned to heaven with a whimper. Later, Cheng was kicked out by the squire's family and lived alone with his daughter ever since. Feng Xiaobao also went back to visit the two of them every once in a while, but the two never got married, and Feng Xiaobao still lived the same life as before, only caring about himself and nothing else. Cheng was forced to make a living, so he had no choice but to become a prostitute and pull his daughter to live alone. ”

After hearing this, Xue Shao thought for a moment and said, "After Feng Xiaobao made the first appearance, did he care about Gu Cheng's mother and daughter?" ”

"He went back and gave Cheng's mother and daughter a sum of money, saying that they would have nothing to do with each other." Wu Ming replied.

"My daughter doesn't recognize it anymore?"

"I don't recognize it." Wu Ming shook his head, "Actually, Feng Xiaobao has always insisted that that daughter is a squire's species. Over the years, he has never fulfilled his responsibilities as a husband and father. For him, Cheng is just a tool that can vent his animal desires without spending money. As for that daughter, once Feng Xiaobao lost money in gambling and almost sold her. ”

"Fruit beasts." Xue Shao gritted his teeth and scolded, his eyebrows sank into his heart, "In this way, Feng Xiaobao will definitely not tell the Queen Mother about his friendship and daughter?" ”

"Absolutely not." Wu Ming said, "If the Queen Mother knew that he was a prostitute man, and his personal morality was so unbearable, the Queen Mother would not use him as a face." Although it's just a plaything, the Queen Mother will also care about the reputation behind it. ”

"Yes." Xue Shao's eyes lit up, "If you let the people of the world know that the queen mother of the world and a prostitute robbing men, it will not be as simple as being embarrassed." That is to say, Feng Xiaobao must have concealed this fact from the Queen Mother. ”

"Very likely." Wu Ming said, "Why don't I check it out again?" ”

"No need. Check again, but it's going to be the queen mother. Xue Shao said, "In order to make a fortune, Feng Xiaobao did not hesitate to serve a woman twice his age between the beds. A person like him can do anything for the sake of glory and wealth, so what is it to tell a little lie? - But he probably didn't expect that the lie he told was just enough to kill himself! ”

"Yes." Wu Ming said, "If the Queen Mother knows that Feng Xiaobao deliberately conceals the fact that he has a prostitute and a daughter, the Queen Mother will definitely be angry and kill him quickly." After all, in comparison, the Queen Mother's own reputation is much more important than a plaything! ”

Xue Shao smiled slightly, "In this way, we have already caught Feng Xiaobao's handle." ”

"Does Childe have any orders?"

Xue Shao thought for a while and said, "You asked Helian Guchuan to secretly pull Cheng's mother and daughter into Hongmen to take care of them, and to ensure that they have no worries about food and clothing and are absolutely safe." One is to prevent Feng Xiaobao from suddenly figuring out the killing mouth, and the other is that when it comes to the necessity, I may be able to use them. ”

"Yes."

"And." Xue Shao said, "The matter of Cheng's mother and daughter, try to hide the news as much as possible. Feng Xiaobao is there, I will judge the situation and see the moves, and no one will be allowed to interfere. ”

"Yes."

"That's right." Xue Shao smiled slightly, "There is no Feng Xiaobao in the world anymore. His current name is Liu Huaiyi, the abbot of the White Horse Temple. ”

The snow is falling, and the end of the year has arrived.

There is one major event that has always been pressing on Xue Shao's heart, that is, the change of flag of the Shuofang Army. I had a package ticket in front of Wu Zetian, and I said that it would be completed before the New Year. Now there are only three or four days before the Spring Festival, and there is still no news. Seeing that it was snowing heavily again, and the road was difficult for messengers to navigate, Xue Shao became more and more worried.

But in the early morning of the twenty-ninth day of the lunar month, a snowman who was about to freeze broke into Xue Shao's house. The servants hurriedly woke him up, and the man claimed that he was Zhong Shaojing, a member of the army of the Xiazhou Governor's Mansion, and he had an urgent matter to see Xue Shaoshuai.

The servant hurriedly invited Xue Shao.

Zhong Shaojing saw Xue Shao at a glance, and immediately fainted again, but his hand kept pointing at his chest.

"Pass my words, let the imperial doctor Zhao Bingcheng come over in person immediately and do his best to treat him." Xue Shao gave the order, and then took out a thick piece of music from Zhong Shaojing's chest.

Xue Shao hurriedly opened it and saw that it was Yao Yuanchong's handwriting. In the compromise, he said that the change of flag and banner of the Shuofang army had been successfully completed, and no one was injured or incidental. Among them, there is also a joint report of all the generals and colonels of the Shuofang Army, expressing their support for the imperial court and loyalty to the imperial court as always.

"Well done!"

Xue Shao waved his fist excitedly, and once again instructed the servants and maids to heal and take care of Zhong Shaojing, and then rode on his horse and prepared to go out.

When Princess Taiping heard the news, she hurriedly came to stop Xue Shao, "Xue Lang, what are you doing when you go out with such heavy snow?" ”

"I have something important, and I need to enter the palace immediately to meet the Queen Mother." Xue Shao said.

"The New Year will be celebrated in two days, and all the centers of the imperial court have taken official leave, and my mother is rarely able to recuperate, isn't it okay for you to enter the palace at this time?" Princess Taiping reminded.

The welfare of Datang officials is very good, especially the Beijing officials, who have seventy or eighty statutory holidays in a year, which does not include the holidays granted for unexpected red and white ceremonies. Among them, spring break is like the winter vacation of students in the 21st century, and the days are quite long. The purpose is to facilitate the Beijing officials whose hometowns are in other places to go home for the Spring Festival to save their relatives.

"You'd better not go." Princess Taiping cautioned, and her eyes seemed to say "you know".

Of course, Xue Shao understood Princess Taiping's extraneous voice - you entered the palace at this time, in case you disturbed the two-person world of the Queen Mother and her "boyfriend", isn't it?

"It's important to get down to business, I'll be careful, don't worry." Xue Shao said, raised the whip and stepped on the snow.

Princess Taiping shook her head helplessly, and smiled slightly bitterly, "What can you do if you are favored in the world?" …… Xue Lang, Xue Lang, you are really the nemesis of my life. Whether it's a big thing or a small thing, Princess Taiping of the Tang Dynasty has nothing to do with you! ”