Chapter 67
Dali Temple Qing Xiao Yan, is an upright person, the Tang Dynasty in the case of frequent external troubles, the Son of Heaven is also building a large number of buildings, Xiao Yan does not like it, he once satirized the current politics, and was once degraded. However, because he is not involved in party disputes and is a decent person, the Son of Heaven is quite tolerant of him.
When Yan King Li Hongji and Prime Minister Sun Sheng arrived at Dali Temple, Xiao Yan was flipping through the documents, frowning, he was concerned about the situation in Datang, and felt that the situation in Datang was not good, nor bad. For the time being, there are no external troubles in the north, but there are many internal worries.
Xiao Yan plans to write an excerpt to remind the Son of Heaven that after all, the Emperor is worried about the king, even if he is dissatisfied with the behavior of the Son of Heaven, but as a courtier, what should be done still has to be done. Xiao Yan will not be ambiguous about this. After thinking for a while, Xiao Yan picked up the pen and was about to do it, when Han Chongde, the chief bookkeeper, came over.
Han Chongde is a native of Fujian, and when Wang Yanzheng was captured back to Jinling, most of the courtiers of Fujian accompanied him, so his identity, like Lin Renzhao, Chen Tie, and Pan Chengyou, was born in the first line of Fujian. Han Chongde is reliable, and Xiao Yan is very relieved of him, so he is entrusted with important tasks.
After Han Chongde came in, he arched his hand and said, "Xiao Siqing, King Yan and the prime minister are visiting." ”
"What are they doing here?" Xiao Yan frowned slightly, then put down the brush that had just been dipped in ink, and stood up, both of them were not low, especially Prime Minister Sun Sheng, who was an important minister of the country, and he couldn't be sloppy.
Yan King Li Hongji and Prime Minister Sun Sheng were talking about things while walking, and both of them were thinking about how to persuade Xiao Yan to arrest Yang Lian first?
Xiao Yan hurriedly greeted him, saw the two of them, arched his hand, and said with a smile: "King Yan and the prime minister come to Dali Temple, it is really brilliant." ”
Sun Sheng laughed and said, "Xiao Siqing, I have nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, and I have something to find you." ”
"This way, please!" Xiao Yan arched his hand, and everyone walked towards the backyard.
Sitting down in the courtyard, Xiao Yan asked people to serve fragrant tea, and said with a smile: "King Yan, Prime Minister, please drink tea." ”
Li Hongji waved his hand, he was a little anxious, and said: "Xiao Siqing, I won't say anything superfluous, I came today to raise a case." ”
"What is so important that King Yan should be here?" Xiao Yan was puzzled.
Li Hongji sighed, pointed to his face, not ashamed at all, and said: "Xiao Siqing, now in the court, there are people who rely on their power and dare to beat this king. This king has always been virtuous and subdued, so he was conspiracy against him. ”
Xiao Yan looked at Li Hongji's face carefully, the blood marks were shocking, and a blood mark even slipped through the corner of his eye, if he leaned a little, I am afraid that this eye would be useless. Xiao Yanping also has a certain understanding of what Li Hongji did, but he still feels that it is really bold to hurt King Yan.
"Who is it that dares to be so rude?" Xiao Yan asked.
Prime Minister Sun Sheng coughed and said, "This person's identity is quite special, I don't know if Xiao Siqing dares to arrest him?" "It's a method of agitation.
Xiao Yan can't understand? But his personality is like this, he couldn't help sneering, and said: "Prime Minister Sun, this official has the trust of His Majesty, is in charge of Dali Temple, and is in charge of Gyeonggi affairs. As he spoke, he flicked his sleeves and looked very dissatisfied.
Sun Sheng and Li Hongji glanced at each other, both with smiles.
Li Hongji said: "Xiao Siqing, this person is the confidant of King Qi, Yang Lian, who has just returned from the Han Dynasty. All my wounds are due to him. ”
"Is that him?" As a former figure, Xiao Yan naturally knew Yang Lian, and he was not impressed. In just two years, others will be promoted from a Bai Ding to a second-class official, and they have the qualifications to take charge of one party, although there are many in history, but in Datang, it is the only one.
"Yes, it's him." Sun Sheng squinted his eyes and kept looking at Xiao Yan.
Xiao Yan was an upright person, so he naturally couldn't stand Sun Sheng's expression, so he sneered and said, "Yang Lian is so bold, he should be punished for hurting the prince." ”
"Should it be punished?" Li Hongji asked.
"Naturally, according to the laws of the land." Xiao Yan arched his hand and said.
Sun Sheng said "um" and said, "Then at this moment, King Yan is the plaintiff, Yang Lian is the defendant, and Xiao Siqing is the master." ”
"That's nature." Xiao Yan said that he wanted to send someone to get Yang Lian, but he felt that Yang Lian's official position was not low, and he also got the news that His Majesty had given him a marriage and asked Yang Lian to marry Princess Huairou. It can be said that half of Yang Lian's feet have stepped into the threshold of the emperor's relatives. Xiao Yan is not easy to offend such a person, at least, he has to figure out the situation in person and then make calculations.
Xiao Yan immediately took the two of them and rushed to Yang Lian's mansion. Yan Wang Li Hongji and Yan King Li Hongji thought about it, and felt that they had to put pressure on Xiao Yan and Yang Lian, so they made an appointment to go together. It took the group half an hour to arrive at the inn.
By this time, the sun was already hanging on the treetops and was about to set at any moment. The golden sunlight sprinkled on the ground, stretching the shadows of people for a long time. Yang Lian had already returned to the inn and was talking to Fu Jinzhan , Zeng Yiling , Zhang Qili , Lin Renzhao and others.
When Fu Jinzhan talked about her thoughts, Yang Lian was slightly stunned, the two of them agreed, and they actually thought of one place, so they explained with a smile, saying that King Qi was already preparing. Fu Jinzhan glanced at Yang Lian, pursed her lips and smiled slightly.
Everyone chatted for a while, and communicated the matter, Fu Jinzhan smiled: "After a busy day, if there is a big matter, we must eat and talk about it." ”
Lin Renzhao also said: "Yes, no matter what happens to him tomorrow, we will stand by Yang Jiedu's side." ”
While speaking, Wang Hu hurriedly came and said, "Master, someone is visiting." ”
"Oh? Who is it? Yang Lian asked.
"It's Xiao Yan of Dali Temple, in addition to King Yan and Prime Minister, they are all big shots!" Wang Hu's voice trembled a little. Although Xiao Yan is very reasonable, how can he not be worried when he suddenly sees the prince and the top two important ministers in the court, he is a commoner?
"They're coming?" Zhang Qili was taken aback and glanced at Yang Lian nervously.
Fu Jinzhan raised his eyebrows and said, "They want to use Dali Temple!" ”
Zeng Yiling said: "Xiao Yan is a person who is fair, but he is a little pedantic. ”
Yang Lian stood up and said, "You don't have to worry, no matter what happens for a while, don't come out." Big deal, I'll go to Dali Temple to stay for a few days. ”
Fu Jinzhan thought for a while and said, "Although Li Hongji is bold, he doesn't dare to poison and kill people in Dali Temple, besides, since Xiao Yan is fair, he will naturally try his best to protect Brother Yang's safety." ”
Lin Renzhao remembered something and said: "Yang Jiedu, there is a master in Dali Temple, who is from Fujian, I can entrust him to take care of Yang Jiedu." ”
"That's the best." Yang Lian smiled slightly and walked outside without looking back. "Don't worry, if you go to Dali Temple, maybe it's a good thing!"
Yang Lian walked to the hall, it turned out that the owner of the inn, Li Xiongxin, was laughing with him, waiting for Xiao Yan, Li Hongji and others, for more than a year, Li Xiongxin has been convinced of Yang Lian, especially Yang Lian's official position has been promoted all the way, which makes him feel that relying on Yang Lian has a great future.
Seeing Yang Lian coming, Li Xiongxin hurriedly ran over and said, "Master." ”
Yang Lian waved his hand and said, "It's hard work, you go down first." ”
Li Xiongxin naturally thought that Yang Lian had something to say with these important ministers of the court, so he nodded and retreated.
Yang Lian strode over, saw Xiao Yan, arched his hand, and said with a smile: "Xiao Siqing can go to the cold house, it is really brilliant, Yang Lian is flattered." ”
Xiao Yan shook his head, he had always been unsociable, and he didn't feel a little bit about Yang Lian's polite words, so he nodded and said, "I heard that General Yang was promoted to the envoy of the Shuntian Festival, and was given marriage by His Majesty to marry Princess Huairou, it is really a happy event, Xiao Yan congratulates Yang Jiedu." ”
"Haha, thank you Xiao Siqing, invite Xiao Siqing to tea another day." Yang Lian laughed, and only then did he deliberately look at Prime Minister Sun Sheng and Yan King Li Hongji.
"Ah, Prime Minister Sun has every opportunity, and he can actually come to the cold house, Yang Lian really can't afford to be guilty." Yang Lian said again.
Sun Sheng turned his face away, stood with his hands in his hands, and didn't look at Yang Lian, but said in his mouth: "Yang Lian, are you guilty?" ”
"Why did Prime Minister Sun say this?" Yang Lian looked at him steadily.
Sun Sheng snorted coldly and said, "Yang Lian, do you still dare to quibble?" Didn't you hurt King Yan? Are you so forgetful at such a young age? ”
Yang Lian glanced at King Yan lightly, and saw that he was quite calm and didn't seem to be in a hurry at all, so he couldn't help but smile and asked, "King Yan, were you beaten by me?" ”
Li Hongji took two steps, glared at Yang Lian, and shouted, "Yang Lian, are you the one who hit you?" ”
Yang Lian laughed, pursed his lips, and said, "Yes, I hit it, what do you want?" ”
Sun Sheng interjected: "Yang Lian, since you admit to beating King Yan, you should naturally know the fate of offending the prince." ”
Xiao Yan frowned, Yang Lian actually beat King Yan, which made him a little embarrassed.
Yang Lian shook his head and said, "That's right that I beat King Yan, Xiao Siqing, are you trying to arrest me?" ”
Xiao Yan nodded and said, "Yang Jiedu, since you beat King Yan, you should know the consequences." Now that King Yan is suing you, you are the defendant and will be punished by Dali Temple. ”
"Xiao Siqing is right, since this is the case, Ben will accept King Yan's lawsuit." Yang Lian responded, not afraid at all.
"In this way, Xiao Yan is offended." Xiao Yan arched his hand.
"This is Xiao Siqing's responsibility." Yang Lian smiled, and there was no fear in his heart.
"Please!" Xiao Yan said.
Yang Lian walked out first, and at the same time let Wang Hu bring the war horse.
Li Hongji frowned, Yang Lian was too quick to admit it, which made him feel uneasy, but once Yang Lian entered Dali Temple, he thought that there were many methods, poisoning and assassination, all of which were desirable, in short, as long as Yang Lian could be killed, no matter what means were used, Li Hongji felt that it was feasible.
Sun Sheng also frowned, but he couldn't think of any benefit for Yang Lian like this, so he followed behind.
Yang Lian and Li Hongji rode horses, Xiao Yan and Sun Sheng sat on their sons, and rushed all the way towards Dali Temple. Each has a different mind. Not long after everyone left, Lin Renzhao also hurriedly walked out of the inn, he wanted to go to Han Chongde for help, in Dali Temple, Yang Lian must not have an accident, otherwise Lin Renzhao, Chen Tie and others will be finished. (To be continued.) )