As long as you do things in a down-to-earth manner and make contributions to the people and the country, there will always be so many Bole who will find themselves. An experience leads to a test; A merit will have a result. With heroic ambitions, Wang Xuance set off again.

It is said that after this arrived in Chang'an, after the prince of Khotan, Wei Chi Fu Yanxin, went to the Honglu Temple Pawn Office to verify his identity, he was arranged to rest in the Honglu Inn, and he did not show it for the time being.

Although it has reached the second half of the day, according to the imperial court decree, no matter what time it is, it should be reported to this ministry. Therefore, under the guidance of the snow goose, Wang Xuance and his party came to the yamen of this ministry. Although this yamen of the Ministry of Officials is quite magnificent, the coachman with different regional accents has filled the street in front of the door and looks crowded. Watching people in various official uniforms walk out of it, some are smiling, some are full of spring, some are dignified, and some are depressed, it is like a record of the officialdom of the Tang Dynasty.

When he arrived at the gate, Wang Xuance neatly handed over the name post. The person on duty in the signing room was a nine-rank official, looking at Wang Xuance's name from the county order on the seven-pin. glanced at him contemptuously, and impatiently spat out three words, "Wait"; casually threw the name card to the small yellow door inside.

It didn't take long for a while, but when I saw this Jiupin official on duty, it was like a different person. With a smile politely, he respectfully returned to Wang Xuance: "The eldest grandson Shangshu already knows, let Wang Mingfu go back to the post house to rest for a while, and wait for good news!" ”

It turns out that today's seat is the chief of the Ministry of Officials, Sun Wuji, and a few days ago Li Shimin also mentioned this matter, asking the Ministry of Officials to focus on inspecting a group of young talents. Therefore, when the little yellow door presented the name post, the eldest grandson Wuji nodded it emphatically. When the Jiupin official on duty saw such an instruction, he also changed his face and greeted him with a smile.

The group then left the yamen of the ministry and prepared to return to the post house to rest. Although at the repeated invitation of the snow geese, they had to be allowed to live in the palace temporarily; However, because of what Wang Xuance has experienced over the years, he also understands that this is not in line with the etiquette system, and it will definitely attract rumors, so he politely declined.

Although he resigned, he thought about the fact that the prince had the grace of knowing him, and it was appropriate to pay a visit. Seeing that it was still early, he followed the snow geese to the Jiangxia Palace.

The doorkeeper looked at it and found that it was the county lord who had returned. Immediately, with a feeling of joy, he shouted loudly towards the mansion: "Prince, son, the county lord is back." With this roar, the people of the whole house instantly knew about the return of the snow goose.

But seeing that the snow goose was quite dissatisfied, he rebuked him: "What a roar." The man hurriedly closed his mouth and stood aside respectfully. With the pace of the snow goose, Xiao Cui also snorted quite arrogantly, and crossed the threshold of this palace with a high spirit. Watching this scene, Wang Xuance and Zhou Chen laughed happily.

Li Daozong, who was meditating in the main hall, was also thinking about this girl, even if she had been gone for more than half a year now, she had never even had a chance to write a letter, which was really worrying. When I heard that this baby girl was back, I was stunned for a moment, and then I came to my senses.

Li Jingheng, who was feeding the fish in the Shuixie Book House, had already been rewarded by Chen Lei: this Wang Xuance was saved by Prince Khotan at the last moment, and the matter was messed up again. So these days, he has also been complaining a lot, but he can only hide it in his heart. When he heard Menzi roaring back with the snow geese, he had expected that this Wang Xuance would definitely follow. So he put down the fish food in his hand and took a look at the few people who survived the catastrophe!

Entering the main hall, as soon as the snow goose saw her father, she jumped and ran over. Li Daozong saw that the only girl appeared in front of him vividly; Although I was relieved, my mind flashed like this. has the idea of finding a good family to marry, only in this way can she tie her heart.

Snow Goose immediately hugged his father, and after some shouting. She noticed that he seemed to have lost a lot of weight, so she asked angrily: Father, why have you lost weight? ”

Li Daozong returned without thinking: "It's not because of you that my father didn't think about it." One sentence amused everyone again, and made this long-lost family relationship more mellow.

But after watching this family scene a little calmer. Wang Xuance immediately walked in front of Li Daozong, bowed down and saluted: "The official designate Wang Xuance pays a visit to the prince"! Immediately following Zhou Chen, the two also gave Li Daozong a big gift in turn.

After some pleasantries. In view of the fact that Li Daozong was the prince in charge of all the affairs in the southwest of the imperial court, Wang Xuance then said to him: "Thanks to the prince's love, this time I will also investigate the specific situation of the border in detail, and I also have a lot of understanding of some of the movements of the various feudal states. As he spoke, he presented the investigation copy that came along the way.

Li Daozong flipped through it casually, and saw that starting from Rongzhou, all the customs and customs, the movements of the border passes, and even where soldiers can be used and where soldiers can be hidden, have all been investigated clearly. I couldn't help but feel a sense of joy in my heart, feeling that I had indeed mistaken this young man, and my heart was suddenly full of joy.

Seeing that everyone was standing, Li Daozong immediately ordered the attendants to watch the tea. After taking his seat, Wang Xuance not only explained the things and experiences he had encountered along the way, but also presented the "Advice to the Southwest of the Provinces" written during this period to Li Daozong, asking him to present it to His Majesty on his behalf.

Li Daozong said with joy on his face: "It can be seen from your investigation copy that your kid has done a good job." Not only did he manage the yellow water in an orderly manner, but he didn't expect that this trip along the border would make so many famous names. In a few days, Your Majesty will summon you, and you will have to present this note personally."

Because according to the law, it is basically impossible for him to see His Majesty from the county order of the seventh grade, so when he heard this, not only Wang Xuance was quite surprised, but everyone was also deeply surprised.

How could all this escape the scheming Li Daozong's gaze, and then said: "This is the result of the discussion between His Majesty and me last time, because the southwest Zhufan seems to be rising, in order to prevent trouble, let you investigate." It is precisely because of your outstanding achievements in governing the Yellow Water that Your Majesty has cultivated more officials, and you must cherish this opportunity! ”

Hearing Li Daozong's heartfelt words, Wang Xuance hurriedly got up and thanked him with a long sigh: "Xuance will live up to the prince's kindness."

Then Li Daozong gave him words of comfort and encouragement.

At this moment, this Li Jingheng walked into the main hall with this small step, and when he heard his father's admonition to Wang Xuance, he suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of loss and jealousy.

Everyone had sensed this Minzhou incident and seemed to have something to do with him, but when they saw him come in, Xue Yan Xiaocui and Zhou Chen didn't give him a good look. However, in view of the fact that the prince was here, although he was dissatisfied in his heart, he still got up and gave a salute: "Wang Xuance pays a visit to the general." ”

saw that this Li Jingheng neither returned the courtesy nor spoke, so he stood arrogantly. Seeing this embarrassing scene, Xue Yan immediately got up and walked to Wang Xuance's side and said to him: "Sit down, just be polite." Then he glanced at Li Jinghengzhi's ugly face viciously.

Li Jingheng glanced at everyone, and then saw that his father also cast a rather dissatisfied look, and suddenly felt that the matter seemed to have been overplayed. Then he returned: "Please sit down, I can't afford such a big gift from you." Between the words, he stretched out his hand and politely asked Wang Xuance to sit down, but he didn't want to be hit by the snow goose with his hand, so he pushed him away; Li Jingheng, who was angry, rolled his eyes and was helpless.

I only heard Xue Yan say to him in a mocking tone: "Big brother, you can't see that others are stronger than you, and you can't see that others have made meritorious contributions and stole your limelight!" ”

"Why did my sister come from such words, how can my eldest brother not see that others are better than me?"

Snow Goose didn't want to mention it, but because of his excessive expression and behavior just now. So I want to confirm it: "Just over a month ago, we were attacked by twenty or thirty men in black outside Minzhou City, but you did this?" ”

But when he saw this Li Jingheng, he looked at them in surprise, and he kept thinking about this, could it be that this matter was exposed. Even so, he still had the courage to return with concern: "Can you really think that there is a big brother in the world who murders his sister?" What the hell is going on, do you know who did it? ”

"I don't know, but when we look at the last few who were killed, we found that they were Tuyuhun's people."

As soon as Li Daozong heard that they had been assassinated outside the city of Minzhou, and the man in black appeared again. He hurriedly asked, "Are you injured, what the hell is going on?"

Xue Yan immediately ran over, took his father's hand and comforted: "Father, don't you see that I'm fine, everything is fine, but at that time, Brother Xuan Ce was in a tight crisis!" ”

Hearing this, Li Jingheng answered without thinking: "Could these Tuguhun people come for Wang Xuance?" "If you say too much, you will lose, as soon as these words come out, Li Jingheng already knows that he has lost his mouth.

Wang Xuance and the others also came to a conclusion after calmly judging and analyzing the situation at the time. At this time, Li Jingheng said it casually. All kinds of coincidences suddenly made everyone feel that this matter must have something to do with him. Not only did Snow Goose turn her head and look at him with strange eyes, but so did everyone.

Chen Maocai immediately got up and teased: "It's still the son's smartness, I also analyzed it for a long time before I came to such a conclusion, and I didn't think that the son would know it if I thought about it." ”

"I'm also guessing for a while, guessing for a while, as long as you're okay, it's okay, it's okay" With Li Jingheng's words, he saw that there were already a lot of beads of sweat on his forehead.

Xue Yan saw that he was so nervous, so he asked tentatively: "Then what do you say Chen Lei went to Tuyuhun for?" ”

This tentative question instantly made Li Jingheng's heart tremble, okay, you Chen Lei, you were discovered by the snow geese. So he stumbled and quibbled: "This ...... When did this happen? How I didn't know! How do you know that Chen Lei went to Tuyuhun? ”

"On the day we met the man in black, we met him in this Minzhou City. However, he said that he went to Tuyuhun on an errand according to the instructions of his father and you! ”

"Nonsense, he is a small school captain, how could this king assign him to Tuyuhun" Li Daozong immediately replied angrily.

At this time, Li Jingheng already had beads of sweat the size of beans on his forehead; Trembling, walking on thin ice, I was speechless for a while, and I didn't know how to answer!

But when he saw this Xiaocui, he casually handed over the handkerchief, and said in a strange manner: "Childe, wipe the sweat on your forehead, it's really hot in this room!" Li Jingheng immediately pushed away the handkerchief handed over and glared at her maliciously.

Watching this scene, Zhou Chen and the others also secretly rejoiced: You also have today. And Wang Xuance further confirmed the previous inference.

Li Daozong also saw the scene clearly, and heard it clearly, when he heard that the man in black had reappeared, he was already quite surprised, coupled with Li Jingheng's abnormal demeanor, he immediately scolded: "What the hell is Chen Lei doing, tell me quickly!" ”

Hearing his father's reprimand, Li Jingheng could only put all the blame on this Chen Lei; While wiping the sweat on his forehead with his hand, he denied it: "I really don't know much about this, or I'll call Chen Lei over and ask!" ”

But seeing that the snow goose still wanted to ask something, Wang Xuance casually pulled the corner of her clothes and shook his head. After all, he already knew the general situation of the matter, and he didn't want to make a big deal about it; At that time, not only will it not end well, but it will also affect the relationship between their brothers and sisters, so they signaled him not to ask any more.

"Since my father didn't send him, let him go after the matter has passed. After all, we're all fine, and I don't want to pursue these things anymore, but I don't want to be calculated in the future! Then he said to Li Jingheng with a rather proud expression.

Although they didn't want to pursue this anymore, Li Daozong said unrelentingly at the moment: "No, this matter must not only be investigated to the end, but also find out who dared to assassinate my Li Daozong's daughter."

When Li Jingheng heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little chilly. But with an idea, he hurriedly comforted his father and said, "Yes, this matter must be investigated and clarified." My dignified Tang clan was actually poisoned by someone, and I must investigate it to the end. Father, you have a lot of opportunities, I think I might as well investigate this matter! ”

This Li Daozong has always been scheming, and looking at the sudden change of this son, he was puzzled again. After thinking about it, Snow Goose just came back today, and it is not good to make this family relationship so stiff. But this investigation matter categorically cannot be handed over to this Li Jingheng, and then said: "You don't have to worry about this matter, I have my own opinions!" ”

At this time, Li Jingheng was already confused by this scene of questioning, cross-examination, and rhetorical questioning, he didn't expect that this Chen Lei would hide such a big thunder from himself. Seeing that everyone was no longer discussing, he immediately found a reason and hurriedly exited the main hall.

And after Xue Yan and Wang Xuance and others saw Li Jingheng withdraw, they also said goodbye to Li Daozong and left the palace.

Looking at the retreating crowd, Li Daozong muttered again in his heart: Who is this man in black? What is Chen Lei doing here in Tuyuhun? Why is Li Jingheng so abnormal? What is the connection between them? Many doubts surged into his heart at the same time, and the more he thought about it, the more frightened he became, and he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat......

Li Jingheng, who originally wanted to see other people's jokes, never expected that he could be so ugly. After returning to the Water Pavilion Library, the more I thought about it, the more angry I became, and immediately this Chen Lei came.

Chen Lei, who thought that he was fine, came to this Shuixie Book House with a smile, and when he saw Li Jingheng Tieqing's face, he instantly felt an abnormal atmosphere.

But he couldn't let him think too much, so he only heard Li Jingheng say sharply: "Kneel down for me"

With a "poof", Chen Lei knelt down.

Li Jingheng immediately scolded with his head covered his face: "Okay, you Chen Lei, it's all a good thing that your kid did." Let's want to rectify Wang Xuance, but the people didn't rectify it, but they put you in" The more he talked, the more angry he became, the more angry he became, and then he couldn't help kicking him a few times.

Chen Lei was kicked by these kicks and suddenly lost his thoughts. After understanding what Li Jingheng meant, he gave Li Jingheng a detailed account of the snow goose's encounter with him.

In Li Jingheng's original thoughts, he thought that Chen Lei had been exposed, but when he listened to his statement, he found that he really hadn't been caught by them, at most he was just suspicious.

Looking at Chen Lei, who was scared to death at this time, he couldn't help but feel a little pity, and then said to him: "Get up, you are not allowed to hide anything in the future." Look at what you're doing! ”

At this time, Chen Lei looked at Li Jingheng, who had a much more relaxed attitude, and then he was relieved a lot, and he made a mistake again and again......