The old bustard knew that the people in the cabin must be several high-ranking officials deliberating, and she could guess that since she entered the room, the noble prince who had been leisurely but spoke his words was definitely the highest status and status among those people, probably a certain prince and nobleman, or a big person in the royal family who had a very close relationship with the palace, otherwise, how could those high-ranking officials in the court follow his command.

The old bustard who came out of the cabin stood at the bow of the boat, looking at the sparse and dim lights on the river embankment, the figures that suddenly appeared in the rows of willow forests, and left in a hurry, saying that he was going to invite Lord Luoyang Chengdu to come here.

The sound of singing and laughter was still waving on the water surface of the Luoyang River, and the old bustard was in a trance, only to feel a little cold light flashing in front of her, and then she saw the figure behind the willow forest rushing down quickly towards her.

But in the blink of an eye, before the old bustard could react to what was going on, there was another sound of extremely fast iron hooves in his ears, and then the figure that had just rushed down had already boarded his painting boat from the side of the boat.

All the guards with their faces and colors, with horizontal knives stuck in their waists, and even some people with bows and crossbows on their backs, walked into the cabin with shiny eyes one by one, and before she could react, the guests who were not many were driven out by these people at this time.

And the daughter who was still singing at the stern of the boat was stopped by those guards from continuing to play the qin, looking at the cabin that had become a little noisy for a while, the old bustard was just about to turn around and walk into the cabin to see what was going on? How can I blink of an eye, my painting boat was surrounded by people from the government.

But as soon as she turned around and moved, she saw a snow-bright horizontal knife brush, appearing in front of her, the terrifying chill and the cold light on the blade, so that the old bustard instantly felt a cool breath rise in his back.

"Stay honest, we have chartered this ship today, and the others must disembark." A Wu Wei looked at the old bustard's suspicious eyes and said.

The thick foundation covered up a lot of emotions on the old bustard's face, but it couldn't stop the old bustard's mouth: "Cocoa, my lord, these guests haven't paid yet." ”

Looking at the panicked pleasure seekers in front of him, being driven away by the guards, the old bustard's heart seemed to be dripping blood, if these people just left, where would they ask them for money tomorrow, and who would admit it.

"Don't worry about it, someone will give it to you later." When the old bustard heard the voice, he saw the pockmarked adult in the cabin on the second floor walking over the empty staircase.

"My lord, this is a small business, and I can't afford your ......." The old bustard knew that these people were easy to talk to, after all, among all the officials she had contacted over the years, she had somewhat summed up some experience.

That is, most of the officials with high official positions and great power have no shelves, and sometimes even give you a very low-key feeling, so that you can't imagine that he is the legendary official.

The other is that the official position is not high, the power is not big, but the shelf is very big. No matter where this kind of official goes, he seems to be afraid that others will not know that he is an important minister of the court, and the official score will sometimes make people think that the emperor's holy drive has arrived.

Di Renjie looked at the old bustard's face, which looked a little pale because of the foundation, smiled, and said: "Don't worry, the silver of the guests who left is all paid by us, how can I say that I am also your old patron of the painting boat, and I am afraid that I will not be able to repay the debt." ”

After finishing speaking, without waiting for the old bustard to speak, Di Renjie waved his hand and signaled the guards to start blocking this part of the river, and the sound of horses' hooves that sounded in the distance just now also stopped on the river embankment at this time.

Although it has long been common for His Majesty to go to the painting boat or the people, there is no need to block the Luoyang River like this, but just now with Li Qiao, when His Majesty was talking to Du He and others, they still secretly communicated, after all, this time to deal with the wealthy nobles led by the five surnames and Qiwang, the power that the court can use has been used, and even Imperial Concubine Wen has gone to contact some rangers to spread public opinion in Luoyang.

But these rangers have never been bound by the imperial court, and they do things entirely according to their own preferences, and who knows if the rangers who appear on the river will be unfavorable to Your Majesty.

Whether it was the other painting boats on the other side of the river, or the painting boats not far from the left and right sides, at this moment, driven by the military guards, they all began to slowly drive away from the calm river.

Li Hong, who was standing at the window on the second floor, listened to some noisy sounds outside, opened the window and looked, looking at the relatively calm sides of the river, those painting boats were slowly leaving, and couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly.

Since becoming this emperor, his personal freedom has been restricted much more than when he was the prince, and he has completely lost the unrestrained appearance of the past, even if he occasionally goes out alone, he secretly doesn't know how many people are protecting him.

"Li Qiao, this is your idea with Di Renjie again, right? How many times have you said this, you do this, nothing will make you alarmed, no one originally knew what was abnormal about this painting boat, after you tossed it like this, who would not know that this painting boat is different from other painting boats? Those who have a heart will naturally notice it at once. Li Hong turned around and looked at Li Qiao and said.

Next to it was Lin Cui, the only one who was still playing in the painting boat, and at this time, the only sound of the piano in this small painting boat was slowly flowing out from between her Lin Cui.

"If you are not afraid of 10,000, you are afraid of what if, if someone alarms you, it is our sin, so it is also the case that the lower officials and others are afraid of appearing, so it is better to take strict precautions." Li Qiao smiled, looked at Li Hong's smiling face, and said like a haha.

When Li Hong was talking to Li Qiao, Wang Xiaojie and Yao Chong, there was a noisy sound of footsteps at the staircase, and then Di Renjie's voice was heard: "Please, my son has been waiting for you for a long time." ”

As Di Renjie's voice disappeared, the door was also opened at the same time, and the cabin, which was not very large, became a little crowded in an instant after a few middle-aged people with dead faces came in.

Because there was no order from Li Hong, Lin Cui was still caressing the strings when everyone came in, and the sound of the piano continued to flow from her fingertips.

It's just that she quickly looked up, and saw her husband Guo Jingzhi, following behind a few people, looking a little dazed, and followed everyone in.

But looking at Lin Cui's calm expression, he was still playing the piano there unhurriedly, and it didn't look like he was forced here by Du Ji and others, waiting for him to come to the rescue, so he couldn't help but look like Lin Cui Nunu's mouth, but Lin Cui lowered his head and ignored it.

"Are you Du Xianyan? Are you Guo Jingzhi? Do you two know each other? Li Hong looked at the few people standing in a row against the wall, sat at the table and asked lightly.

"The minister is Du Zhenyan...... Chen Du has seen His Majesty, and the minister knows this Guo Gongzi. Du Xianyan originally wanted to salute first, but before he could salute, he was asked questions by Li Hong, so he had to bow while answering.

Guo Jingzhi, who was also asked by Li Hong, heard Du Xianyan's words at this moment, his mind was blank in an instant, and he couldn't believe that the young man in his thirties who was sitting in front of him now was actually the current emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

And Lin Cui's piano sound was also out of tune again when Du Xun replied, but this time it was more serious, and the strings broke suddenly after making a sound out of tune, which also made her hand freeze in the air again, and her heart was happy and worried, shocked and scared for a while.

I was happy that I didn't expect that what I heard from myself just now would be Your Majesty today, and what I was worried about was that if Du Xianyan denied it for a while, would Your Majesty still believe his words? When the time comes, will I implicate my husband, and will I be put in prison by His Majesty?

Just when Lin Cui lowered her head and thought about the fate of herself and her husband tonight in mixed feelings and sorrows, she heard her husband say in a similar way after Du Xianyan replied: "Xiaomin Guo Jingzhi has seen Your Majesty. ”

has been married for many years, and she can hear her husband's tone for the first time as if she was full of nervousness and apprehension just now, and even the words are intermittent and trembling.

"I heard that these two people have asked you for revenge, but after you received a gift from others, you did not help others to avenge their grievances, and your son still persecuted others with words because of his covetousness of Lin Cui's beauty, but is there such a thing?" Li Hong looked at Du Xianyan with a solemn face and asked.

"Back to Your Majesty's words, the minister has never received their gifts, but he has only seen this Guo Jingzhi once. That was still last year, and the reason why Chen remembered it so clearly was only because he was also a scholar of my Tang Dynasty, and he didn't get into the imperial examination last year, so he thought that someone had impersonated him. The minister thinks that he is nonsense, the imperial examination has always been fair and just, and there is no room for sloppiness, and no one will bend the law for personal gain, so how can someone impersonate him. Therefore, because it was not easy for him to study, Chen Nian ignored and pursued his slander of the imperial examination. As for saying that Xiao'er once coveted his wife's beauty...... Your Majesty, Xiaoer Du is nineteen years old this year, and Guo Jingzhi's wife is ....... Du Xianyan said this, his eyes swept at Lin Cui, who was sitting in front of the window and bowed his head silently, and said: "Although she looks good, she looks a few years older than Xiao'er, and she is already a woman, how can Xiao'er take a fancy to her, the minister thinks that this is Guo Jingzhi and his wife because the minister ignored their complaints, so they took the opportunity to slander the minister and Xiao'er." ”

"But when I asked your son Du He just now, he admitted that he coveted the beauty of Guo Jingzhi's wife Lin Cui, and said that as long as Lin Cui obeyed him, he would ask you to make decisions for their couple, and even no longer participate in the imperial examination, and directly recommend him to enter the official career." Li Hong glanced at Lin Cui and Guo Jingzhi, and the faces of the two of them looked extremely frightened at this moment.