Xiao Yan left in a hurry. Yang Lian narrowed his eyes and looked at Xiao Yan's carriage from a distance.

"Will he get those things?" Zeng Yiling said with a smile.

"With Xiao Yan's personality, it is very likely. If he hadn't gotten something, how could he have left the Han Mansion in a hurry? Yang Lian seemed very determined, did his best, obeyed the destiny of heaven, and worked hard, it was enough.

Zeng Yiling retracted his gaze and said, "Next, what are we going to do?" ”

Yang Lian shook his head and said, "At this moment, there is nothing to do, what we want to do, someone will naturally do it." ”

"Who?" Zeng Yiling asked.

"Song Qiqiu!" Yang Lian's answer was very brief.

Zeng Yiling was slightly stunned, and immediately understood what Yang Lian meant, a few days ago, the Han Party was powerful, and took advantage of the defeat of Feng Yanlu and Chen Jue to suppress the Song Party, and Feng Yansi of the Song Qiqiu family was forced to resign as prime minister in order to save the lives of Feng Yanlu and Chen Jue, and the Song Party was temporarily in a downturn.

Among the Han Party, although Han Xizai did not directly benefit, Sun Sheng was promoted to prime minister, and Chang Mengxi was also changed to a servant of the Ministry of Officials, which indirectly expanded the power of the Han Party. Under the elimination of the other, the Song Party is weak, and now there is a fire in Han Xizai's house, and the dead and injured add up to nearly forty people, at the feet of the dignified Son of Heaven, such a thing happened, how could Song Qiqiu not take the opportunity to fall into the ground?

Zeng Yiling was stunned for a moment, Yang Lian turned his head, looked at her, and said: "The matter of witchcraft, presumably Song Qiqiu doesn't know, how to spread this news to his ears depends on Miss Zeng." ”

Zeng Yiling's eyes bent into a bright moon, and he smiled: "This matter is wrapped up in me." ”

When the fragrance came, Yang Lian tilted his head, took a deep breath, and said, "King Qi must not be involved, I will go to King Qi's mansion." As he spoke, he left in a hurry without waiting for Zeng Yiling to answer.

The reason for this is that although Yang Lian has been promoted, Feng Yanji, Chen Jue and others have either resigned or been demoted, and the power of the King of Qi in the court has been greatly weakened.

When Li Jingsui was pacing in the mansion, he heard that Yang Lian was coming, and he hurriedly went out to greet him personally, Yang Lian was his only support in the military, although his official position was not big, it was also a hope, so he naturally tried his best to win him over. Seeing him at the door, Li Jingsui stepped forward and took Yang Lian's hand very affectionately, and said with a smile: "General Yang, you came just in time, this king is giving you some good things." ”

"Good stuff?" Yang Lian couldn't help but be stunned.

"Hehe, that's right, the Khitans sent someone to send some ginseng, intending to form an alliance with the Tang Dynasty. It is said that the messenger was on his way. Li Jingsui said.

"The Khitans want to form an alliance with the Tang Dynasty?" Yang Lian glanced sideways slightly, and immediately understood the thoughts of the Khitans, Yelu Deguang invaded the Central Plains, and committed atrocities one after another, causing the people of the Central Plains to resist. Yelu Deguang died on the way back to Khitan, and the people in China were naturally panicked, and it was not surprising that they wanted to establish an alliance with the Tang Dynasty and jointly deal with the Central Plains court.

"Why, General Yang is against?" Li Jingsui asked.

Yang Lian thought for a moment and said with a smile: "It is true that the Khitans are foreigners, but the Khitans want to win over the Tang Dynasty because of the new mourning of the monarch and the panic in the country, so they want to use the Tang Dynasty to share the pressure on the Han Dynasty." Since they are both in a relationship of utilization, they might as well cooperate with the Khitan people on the surface. ”

"What is superficial cooperation?" Li Jingsui asked, at this time, the two of them had already entered the Qi Palace's mansion from the hall and walked slowly along the artificially built river.

"The Khitan is an excellent horse-producing land, and the Tang Dynasty has always lacked war horses, so it is difficult to compete with the Central Plains regime." Yang Lian said that even if Yang Lian could use the infantry to defeat the infantry of the Central Plains Imperial Court, it would only be a defeat, if the enemy was scattered but not chaotic, and attacked the infantry with the mobility of the cavalry, the advantage of the infantry was not very obvious.

There is still cavalry, cavalry can pursue, disturb, and at worst, it can greatly probe the military situation, send the news back in time, and use each other with the Khitans, Datang can get excellent war horses from the Khitans, as for whether the Khitans will go south in the future, whether they need the support of the Tang Dynasty, these are all later words. Datang can make a fuss on the surface, pretending to agree to the demands of the Khitans, but in fact not moving.

Li Jingsui quite agreed with Yang Lian's idea, and the two chatted for a while, and Li Jingsui gradually settled down in his heart.

Yang Lian vaguely reminded King Qi that now is the critical moment to seize the heir, although Li Hongji looks aggressive, but the matter is far from an irreparable situation, as long as King Qi is a little calm, wait for the opportunity, do not participate in the party struggle, and handle things impartially, he can naturally get His Majesty's appreciation.

After a few things, Li Jingsui already trusted Yang Lian, especially the demotion of Feng Yansi, Yang Lian had persuaded him several times, and the final development of things also developed towards Yang Lian's prediction, so Li Jingsui was now convinced of Yang Lian's words, and immediately nodded and agreed.

Coming out of the Qi Palace, the sun was already setting in the west, Yang Lian went home first, and soon the news came that Zeng Yiling had successfully let Song Qiqiu know the details of what happened in the Han Mansion. In just half an hour, Yang Lian got the news again that Song Qiqiu had gone out, and the destination was the imperial city. Yang Lian increased the quota with his hands, and the matter was already half successful, it depends on how Song Qiqiu played.

In the palace, Li Jing's face was gloomy, and he couldn't have imagined that Han Xizai was actually playing witchcraft. Li Jing believed in these Taoist things, and even, like Lie Zu, was trying to take pills, hoping to live forever. It was precisely because of his belief that Li Jing was extremely angry.

Xiao Yan is an upright person and does not participate in party disputes, so Li Jing is convinced of Xiao Yan's investigation results. However, Li Jing is a little strange, judging from the news he got, Han Xizai supports Dongping Gong as the prince, but why did he curse Dongping Gong while cursing Li Jingsui, the king of Qi? Even the sixth prince, Li Congjia, cursed by the way?

Li Jing's favor of Han Xizai is true, but if he wants to rely on his favor and curse the people in the royal family, Li Jing can't bear it, he curses the emperor's brother and the prince, does he want the Li Tang royal family to cut off his children and grandchildren? Even though Li Jing has a deep cultivation, he can't help but be furious.

Xiao Yan stood aside, trembling in his heart. Although he knew that His Majesty's anger had nothing to do with him, Long Yan was furious, making people tremble.

"Just looking at the Han Mansion for an hour, and finding so many terrifying things, what secrets does the Han Mansion have that people don't know?" Li Jing was very angry.

Xiao Yan thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, maybe someone framed it, after all, the fire in the Han Mansion last night was very strange, and besides, Wei Chen heard about it......"

"What did you hear?" Li Jing was very dissatisfied with Xiao Yan's sudden silence, and asked reluctantly.

"Weichen heard that the Han She people have a close relationship with Dongping Gong, if it is said that they are influenced by Dongping Gong, it may be possible for Han She people to curse King Qi, but how can they curse Dongping Gong?" Xiao Yan said.

Li Jing nodded, he also thought of this, and it was also his incomprehension, at this moment, the eunuch prayed in the distance: "Your Majesty, the Duke of Wei Guo asks to see." ”

"What is he doing at this time?" Li Jing shook such a thought in his heart, thought about it, waved his hand, and said, "You step back first, you can't talk to anyone about this matter, and I allow you to secretly investigate how the fire in the Han Mansion came about." I give you three days. ”

"Yes." Xiao Yan retreated.

Li Jing stood up, walked to the window, looked at the sunset, the specks of light were falling through the leaves, the yard was full of gold, after taking a few deep breaths, Li Jing's mood was calmed down, there have been too many things too much and too chaotic recently, first Huairou was attacked, and then there was this incident, it seems that someone is manipulating all this, who is it?

Li Jing, who returned to the soft couch, was already breathing steadily, and instructed the eunuch: "Please Wei Guogong." ”

Wei Guogong Song Qiqiu's official position is Taifu Zhongshu Order, given the title of Guolao, which shows his status in the Tang Dynasty, when Xu Wen was still there, Song Qiqiu was a strategist, and later served the ancestors, and made a lot of plans, although he was once demoted and lived in seclusion in Jiuhua Mountain, but finally returned to Jinling.

Li Jing is still extremely fond of Song Qiqiu, but this favor is not out of trust, but trust in Song Qiqiu's ability, in terms of governance, Song Qiqiu is a good hand, Li Jing can't do without him. It is precisely because Song Qiqiu can continuously bring him tax income that Li Jing will turn a blind eye to some of the things Song Qiqiu does, and he should not see it - of course, Li Jing has his bottom line.

"The old minister has seen Your Majesty." After Song Qiqiu came in, he saluted Li Jing.

Li Jing nodded and said, "The elder doesn't need to be polite, come and sit down." ”

Song Qiqiu thanked Li Jing again, sat down at the bottom, and the eunuch brought another cup of tea, and then retreated. Song Qiqiu saw Li Jing's calm face, and he was also a little unsure, how much does His Majesty know about the affairs of the Han Mansion?

In the moment of his hesitation, Li Jing smiled and said: "Elder Guo, now that the hot summer is about to pass, this day flies really fast." ”

Song Qiqiu was a little confused and didn't understand what Li Jing meant, so he had to nod and say with the same smile: "Time is urging people to grow old, and in a pleasing moment, the old minister is already dying, and I'm afraid the days of serving the country are numbered." ”

Li Jing said: "The old man is the pillar of the country, and the Tang Dynasty can't live without the old man." Besides, I see that the body of the elder of the country should be old and strong, comparable to Lianpo, not old, not old. ”

Song Qiqiu laughed twice, climbed up the pole, and said: "Your Majesty, the country must have a law, the king is the king, and the minister is the minister, so there is etiquette at all." But the old minister heard that some people did not follow the rules and witched the world. It is an unforgivable sin. ”

Li Jing was slightly stunned and said, "Elder Guo, what do you mean?" ”

Song Qiqiu took a deep breath and said, "The Han Mansion was burned, the matter is very strange, the old minister sent someone to inquire, and I heard that the reason why the Han Mansion caught fire was because some people believed in witchcraft, which caused the fire." ”

Li Jing raised his eyebrows slightly, this Song Qiqiu finally got down to business.