(I didn't have time to update yesterday, and I didn't have time to ask for leave, so I apologize!) Today's Dragon Boat Festival, the two-in-one chapter is presented, I wish you a happy Dragon Boat Festival. ）

It rained in Chang'an City, which was the biggest heavy rain in Chang'an City since the beginning of summer, pouring down endlessly. It began to rain at dusk and continued until midnight.

Even in Chang'an City, the most prosperous and advanced city in the world today, the torrential rain has also caused a great impact, the streets are full of water up to the foot level, and the water level of the Yong'an Canal has skyrocketed almost flat. The Taiye Pond in the Daming Palace, the Dragon Pond in the Xingqing Palace, the Qujiang Pond in the Furong Garden, etc., are full of water potential, and waterlogging has occurred in many places in the city.

Everyone was frightened by the heavy rain, and the people closed their doors and stayed at home with great anxiety, praying that the heavy rain would stop soon, so that the water would not flood their homes due to the poor drainage system in the people's houses, and ruin everything for them.

But not everyone cares about the effects of heavy rains. On a rainy night, several knights on horseback in their robes and hats were galloping through the waterlogged streets. They galloped out of the Imperial City's Suzaku Gate, turned east and crossed the north street of Xingdao and Fangwu Benfang, and arrived outside the West Gate of Pingkangfang. The fangding who was on night in Pingkangfang reluctantly opened the small door on the door, and before he could ask the other party's identity, a knight shook the wet waist card in front of the door, and the fangding immediately shut up and quickly opened the door. Several knights galloped past, and the horses' hooves stepped on the splashed sewage and splashed on the faces of several of the squarers, who did not even dare to wipe them.

On the southwest side of Pingkangfang, it is the mansion of Li Linfu's Prime Minister's Mansion. Li Linfu was lying on the bed in the bedroom, with a towel on his head, and his eyes were closed motionless, as if he was asleep, listening to the sound of pouring rain outside, not frowning, which made the old face under the light look a little older.

"Xiangye, Lu Xi'an, the left attendant of the Criminal Department, came to ask to see him, do you want to see him?" The old housekeeper of the Prime Minister's Mansion gently approached Li Linfu's room and reported in a low voice. He knew that Xiang Ye was not asleep, since the news of the death of Wang Ji and Luo Xizao came, Xiang Ye had been like this for three consecutive days, as if he was sleeping and waking up and lingering on the bed every day, which made people extremely worried.

Li Linfu opened his eyes and sat up suddenly, the dizziness made him reach out to support his forehead and squint his eyes, and the old housekeeper hurriedly rushed forward to support Li Linfu's body and put a few pillows on his back.

"Don't worry about me, go and ask Lucian to come and see me." Li Linfu closed his eyes and waved his hand.

The old housekeeper agreed and hurriedly went out, and after a while, footsteps sounded on the porch, the curtain of the door was raised, and Lu Xi'an, the left attendant of the criminal department who was drenched, stepped forward and knelt on the ground to salute, and said in a deep voice: "Lu Xi'an has seen Xiangguo, Xiangguo's body is better?" ”

When Lucian's wet sleeves were waved, a few drops of rain sprinkled on Li Linfu's face, Li Linfu didn't care, and said with a smile on his face: "Hurry up, hurry up, why are you getting wet like this." Housekeeper, quickly take a dry cloth towel to wipe Lu Shilang, and make a cup of hot tea to warm Lu Shilang's body. Although it is summer, it is easy to get cold when it rains. ”

The housekeeper hurriedly stepped forward and handed a dry cloth towel to Lucian, and made Lucian a cup of hot tea. Lucian thanked him again and again, wiped the rain from his head and face, and sat down on the stool next to the bed.

Li Linfu looked at Lu Xian and said in a deep voice, "What's going on?" ”

Lucian arched his hand and said in a low voice: "Qi Xiangguo, the humble post is here to report this matter." The humble post had just come out of the lobby of the Criminal Department, and he didn't dare to delay a single step, so he came to Xiangye. ”

Li Linfu nodded approvingly and said, "It's hard work." ”

Lucian thanked him, reached out and took out a cowhide envelope from his bosom, took out a few pieces of paper from inside, got up and handed it over with both hands.

"This is the confession of the seven guards who followed Wang Shangshu and Luo Yushi to Jiannan Road and escaped with their lives. It took a lot of effort to interrogate them and record this confession. ”

Li Linfu nodded slightly, unfolded the sealed confession and read it carefully, and frowned after a while: "This confession is the same as the confession provided by Yang Guozhong, so what's the use?" ”

Lucian hurriedly said: "Xiangguo, the content is different." There were a few sentences between the confession three days ago and the confession, and the lowly position believed that these words were the key points. Yang Zuoxiang's confession did not mention a word. ”

"Oh?" Li Linfu was stunned, hurriedly lowered his head and looked at the confession confirmed by the seven-person painting in his hand again, and suddenly frowned and said, "Are you talking about these words?" On the night of entering the desert, in the middle of the night, several guides suddenly fled for no reason, Wang Shangshu and Luo Yushi decided to turn back immediately, but because they could not identify the direction, they turned in place, and finally Wang Shangshu and Luo Yushi decided to follow the footprints of the fleeing guides, so as not to lose their way. Is that what they say? ”

"There's more." Lucian whispered.

"I followed the guide's footsteps to an oasis, and later learned that it was Bison City, a border city in the Tibetan country. We were glad that we had been saved, and we all went to the lake to bathe and drink, when suddenly dozens of horsemen dressed in Tang army costumes rushed from the lake into the desert, followed by the Tubo people rushing to kill. Li Linfu quickly found the second extra confession that Lucian had said, and read it softly.

Outside, the rain rustled, but inside the room was extremely silent, and the candle flame danced, illuminating Lin Fu's distorted face and the trembling muscles on his cheeks.

"It's amazing, it's a powerful means." Li Linfu gritted his teeth and said.

Lucian was silent, he knew Sangkook's temper, and Lee Sangkook didn't like talkative people.

"The guide fled, why did that? Who is the Tang Army who suddenly appeared? Far away in Tubo Bison City, where did I come from? Why did it appear just after Wang Ji and Luo Xizao arrived? What an elaborate ploy. The guide is arranged, the soldier is arranged, and the time is calculated, so powerful, really amazing, I, Li Linfu, can't help but admire the five bodies to the ground. Li Linfu laughed dryly, and after laughing a few times, he turned to coughing, and the coughing body was lying on the quilt.

"Xiangguo is angry, take care of yourself." Lu Xian hurriedly stepped forward and whispered comfort, stroking Li Linfu's back. The old housekeeper stepped forward and gave Li Linfu a few sips of a bowl of potion, and Li Linfu recovered with a breath.

"Lucian, you're doing a great job. Ben Xiang has always suspected that the death of Wang Ji and Luo Xizao is not simple, and this confession of yours proves Ben Xiang's guess. This is a well-prepared murder with a knife, but unfortunately Wang Ji and Luo Xizheng didn't notice it at all, and they actually broke into other people's traps in a daze, and they didn't understand how they died until they died. ”

Lucian said in a low voice, "How does Xiangguo plan to deal with this matter?" Is this bureau set up by Yang Zuoxiang? ”

"Him?" Li Linfu laughed and said, "Does Yang Guozhong have this ability?" What else can he do except rely on nepotism to curry favor in front of His Majesty? This game must have been done by Wang Yuan. This person is by no means a good person, but unfortunately the old man understood it too late. Or that this person is good at drilling camps, after the Pear Blossom Poetry Meeting, this person should have died, Li Shizhi died, but he climbed Yang Guozhong. Until now, this person has become a big problem, and the old man is extremely troublesome to him. ”

"Isn't this a good time to get rid of him? Since he knew that he deliberately set up a game to kill people with a knife, shouldn't Xiangguo use this to get rid of this henchman? Lucian said.

"Zion, the old man values you very much, so the old man gives you a lot of opportunities. I think you were just a nine-grade head of the Ministry of Rites when you entered Beijing, and it was the old man who promoted you to the Imperial History Terrace, step by step from the palace to the servant of the Criminal Department, and you have not disappointed the old man in the past few years. But you always have a problem, that is, you don't think about things carefully, which is why the old man has never recommended you to be alone. You can't think about the current matter, even if this matter was done by Wang Yuan, this is speculation, and there is no Wang Yuan's name on this confession. Unless they found those guides, those guides admitted that they were instructed by Wang Yuan to flee in the middle of the night. Or find the Tang soldiers who lured the Tibetan soldiers and horses to kill Wang Ji and Luo Xizao, and let them admit that they were instructed by Wang Yuan to do so. But do you think it's possible? ”

Lu Xi'an frowned and said: "I'm afraid it's difficult, maybe Wang Yuan has killed those guides, even if he doesn't kill them, there are hundreds of thousands of people in Jiannan Dao, how can he find out who those guides are?" And since Wang Yuan sent his subordinates to do this, it is obvious that these people are his henchmen, and it may be difficult to find out these things in Jiannan. ”

Li Linfu nodded and said: "You are very right, it is absolutely possible to find out if you really mobilize people to investigate, but you can't help but stir up the people." This matter can be done in the capital or I can do it, but in Jiannan Dao, there is no need to think about it at all. Jiannan is not the capital, Wang Ji and Luo Xixiao both died there, who can find out the truth alive? ”

"That's what Sangkook said." Lucian arched.

"I'm thinking, Wang Yuan knows that there will be a great risk in killing Wang Ji and Luo Xizao, these two people died in Jiannan, no matter what, he can't get out of it, killing Wang Ji and Luo Xizao is not good for him to some extent. Because if he misses, everything he has worked so hard to manage will be lost, and even Yang Guozhong will not save him at that time, he still did it, why is this. ”

Lu Xi'an's mind was spinning fast, but he couldn't keep up with Li Linfu's thinking at all.

"Obviously...... Only in one circumstance would Wang Yuan take the risk to kill Wang Ji and Luo Xizao, that is, he learned of Wang Ji and Luo Xizao's intention to go to Jiannan. If someone else wants to kill me, then I will kill him at any cost, which is why Wang Yuan is really determined to do it. Li Linfu hammered the edge of the bed and said in a deep voice.

Lu Xi'an knew the purpose of Wang Ji and Luo Xizao going to Jiannan, and as one of the people who had entered the core of Li Linfu's confidants, he knew a lot. In fact, he was almost one of the two Qincha at the beginning, but Li Linfu was not at ease with him, worried that he would show his feet in an old way, so he recommended Wang Ji to announce the decree.

"But why did Wang Yuan say that the remnants of the Fu clan stabbed him in the Sanhua Building?" Lucian asked.

"This is Wang Yuan's cleverness, there has been no news of the Eight Tigers of my Prime Minister's Mansion until today, and it is obvious that the assassination failed. Wang Yuan must have known the identity of the assassin, but he didn't openly pick it out, because he must have known that the old man would see through his trick of killing people with a knife. If the old man makes a fuss about this confession now, accusing Wang Yuan of designing and killing Wang Ji and Luo Xizao, Wang Yuan will definitely fight back desperately. When the time comes, it will be clear that the assassination is the mastermind behind the original picture, and it will be a lose-lose situation. What the old man is most worried about is that one of the Eight Tigers falls into the hands of Wang Yuan, if he betrays the old man and comes forward to testify, wouldn't it be an unbearable situation? ”

Lucian finally realized the seriousness of the matter, and sweat broke out in his head.

"What Xiangguo means is that we should tacitly handle this matter in a low-key manner, and there must not be a lose-lose situation?"

"Exactly, when each other sees through each other's schemes, it is actually holding each other's handles. As long as the old man doesn't mention this matter, Wang Yuan won't mention it, so they will contain each other and cancel each other, and they will be safe. Therefore, this must not be based on this confession, otherwise it is very likely to backfire on oneself. ”

Lu Xi'an swallowed and exclaimed: "This Wang Yuan is really terrifying, he has not yet reached the age of the weak crown, and he is so scheming, it is really creepy. ”

Li Linfu said: "Maybe the old man thought too much and overestimated him." Maybe he didn't think about it at all, but his poor planning revealed flaws. But in any case, the old man didn't want to take this risk, and the old man couldn't be ruined by this person. I can only do it with the camera, and I will definitely find a chance to get rid of this scourge. ”

Lucian nodded silently.

Li Linfu looked at Lu Xi'an, who was full of blank faces, and said: "Of course, there is another reason why we can't move, Your Majesty asked Yang Guozhong to write a letter three days ago, prohibiting slander and discussion on this matter, which shows that Yang Guozhong has persuaded His Majesty that this matter has nothing to do with Wang Yuan, and has pardoned Wang Yuan's crimes." In such a situation, we should no longer make a fuss about it. ”

Lu Xi'an hurriedly said: "When it rained heavily today, the people in the yamen went home early, and the political hall was empty, so no one would know. ”

Lu Xian nodded yes, Li Linfu sighed, slowly folded the confession, put it in the wooden box at the head of the bed, turned his head and said, "This matter is over here, wait and see." But what has happened in the court in the past few days, you need to tell me in detail. ”

Lu Xian straightened his chest and said, "I was about to report to Xiangguo, and there were really a lot of things." Today, Yang Guozhong proposed to increase the number of troops in Jiannan Province, and to cancel the 20,000 troops proposed by Fan Yang and Pinglu Jiedu this year, and give 20,000 troops to Jiannan Jiedu to increase Wang Yuan's troops. Yang Guozhong and Zhang Qiu Jianqiong pushed hard and asked everyone to express their positions. Many people did not express their position on the spot, Yang Guozhong asked that this matter must be implemented tomorrow, so we need to listen to Xiangguo's meaning, do we agree or disagree with this matter? ”

Li Linfu nodded slowly and said: "The old man heard about this matter, Yang Guozhong sent someone to tell me and ask for my opinion, I deduced that it was inconvenient to make a decision at home on sick leave, so let him make a decision alone." He wants to use my name to suppress An Lushan, how can I fall for him. ”

"Then Xiangguo's intentions, should we try our best to oppose this matter?" Lucian Road.

"Against? Why oppose? He Yang Guozhong broke ground on An Lushan, how could An Lushan spare him? The old man wished he would offend An Lushan. Look, An Lushan will be furious when he learns about this, and he will wait to see what happens. Tomorrow, you all say that you can let Yang Guozhong be the master of this matter, let him carry this matter, let An Lushan settle accounts with him, and no one should object. The old man was happy to see this. ”

Lucian arched his hand and said, "I understand the lowliness. There is another thing to inform Xiangguo. I heard that the prince came to see His Majesty today, saying that Xiangguo had been ill for a long time, and it was difficult for Yang Guozhong to take on the heavy affairs of government affairs alone, so he recommended Wang Zhonghei to enter the court and serve as the secretary of the Zhongshu Pingzhang and the secretary of the Criminal Department. ”

Li Linfu's eyes widened and said, "What? Is the message accurate? ”

Lucian said: "The news that leaked out of the palace should not be groundless, but the humble position has not confirmed this matter." ”

Li Linfu sneered: "Okay, very good, looking at Wang Ji and Luo Xizao are dead, the old man is sick in bed again, there is no old man in the Manchu Dynasty, these ghosts are going to jump up, they are going to turn the sky." Hehehe, that's good. The prince is in a hurry to install a confidant. Wang Zhongsi has been very prosperous in recent years, leading the four towns to serve as envoys, he grew up with the prince, and like Huangfu Weiming, he is the prince's henchman. Now the military power must be grasped, and the government affairs must also be intervened, which is to replace the old man as the right minister. Prince, Prince, you are too anxious. ”

Lu Xi'an said: "Xiangguo is angry, why not let Yang Guozhong oppose this matter, can he tolerate what the prince did?" ”

Li Linfu shook his head and said: "Yang Guozhong will not object to the prince's proposal, he still has this vision, and the prince's move is not aimed at him, but bullying the old man is not in a good situation now." Hehe, they thought that the old man had fallen, but how could the old man fall so easily, the old man could sit in the court for more than ten years, and how could they be compared to these little demons and ghosts. Look, the old man is going to give them a heavy blow, and they will be dizzy. ”

Lu Xi'an said: "What does Xiangguo command, just tell the lowly position, and the lowly position will do it." ”

Li Linfu said: "I need you to run errands in two days, don't rush this matter first, the old man has his own opinions." ”

Lu Xian nodded yes, Li Linfu has been talking for so long, obviously seems to be in good spirits, the housekeeper stepped forward to remind Li Linfu that he needs to rest, Lu Xian hurriedly got up and said goodbye: "Xiangguo take care, rest well, if there is a sending, order someone to notify the lowly position." ”

Li Linfu squinted his eyes and opened his mouth, waved his hand and said, "The housekeeper sent Lu Shilang." ”

Lucian bowed and withdrew, escorted out of the house by the butler. Li Linfu returned to a state of sleep.

The rain has not stopped, the candles are shaking, and the night is dark. The lights in Chang'an City are dim, I don't know how many people have stayed up all night, and I don't know how many people are thinking about the big things related to their lives. I don't know how many big things are about to happen.

……

At the end of May, Liu Jun returned to Chengdu after a few days in the capital, accompanied by a letter from Yang Guozhong and a letter from the Ministry of War approving Jiannan's increase of 20,000 troops, in addition to a decree appointing Wang Yuan to go to Nanzhao to proclaim an edict. Of course, there are all kinds of things that Mrs. Qin Guo brought to Liu Jun.

Ten alchemy monks carefully selected by Mrs. Qin Guo also came with him, and in the face of the ten alchemy monks of the Immortal Wind Dao Bone, Wang Yuan couldn't close his mouth with a smile, and he was very much looking forward to these ten alchemy priests completing some of the ideas in his heart. Studying the gunpowder formula that can be used in actual combat is the real capital that can really be based on this era and become a strong man in this era of iron-blooded cold weapons.