In Li Jing's mansion in Luoyang City, Li Jing was closing his eyes and meditating in the study, when he saw Confucian students walking into the study. Li Jing opened his eyes and saw Confucius, so he asked, "How is the plan going?" ”

"Lord, our plan has failed." Confucian said.

Li Jing's face was calm, and he couldn't see any anger at all, and he asked lightly, "How did you fail?" ”

"Xu Wenqiang killed Ding Li and dedicated his head to Li Hong." Confucius said a little apprehensively. This matter was handed over to him by Li Ji, and now he has not done it well, he is very worried in his heart, he knows very well what kind of punishment he will receive if he messes things up under Li Ji.

"Xu Wenqiang killed Ding Li?" Li Ji asked a little surprised, "How did he do it?" ”

Li Hong asked him not how Xu Wenqiang managed to kill Ding Li, but how Li Hong asked Li Hong how Xu Wenqiang killed Ding Li, the relationship between Ding Li and Xu Wenqiang is brotherhood, it is the brotherhood of birth and death, and it is difficult to let Xu Wenqiang kill Ding Li.

Li Ji here didn't expect that when a ruffian wanted to be an official and wanted to glorify his ancestors, he would be able to do anything.

Because Li Ji was born in the Shandong Shi clan, he didn't understand the hearts of the people of the Tang Dynasty who lived at the bottom.

"I don't know about this." Confucian replied.

"You've messed up on this." Li Ji said to Confucianism. Confucius is his person, he is the secret guard that has been operating for many years, and he is the most important part of the power in his hands, if he doesn't deal with Li Hong this time, and he doesn't get the support of the Empress Wu in this regard, how can he use his own people, this is no way.

Now, Confucianism has messed things up, which proves that his people are still lacking in this area.

In fact, it was Li Ji who thought that Li Hong and Xu Wenqiang were too weak, and Confucianism did a good job, but the opponents he encountered were too strong.

"Guogong, will you give me another chance?" Confucian pleaded with Li Ji, and he had heard the taste of punishment from Li Ji's mouth. In fact, Li Ji didn't think about keeping a Confucian life and designing to deal with Li Hong, the big crime of rebellion here, if it is discovered, it will punish the nine clans, Confucianism is the murderer who designed to assassinate Li Hong, how can Li Ji give Confucianism a mouth?

But now that Confucianism still has the value of using Li Ji, Li Ji continued to speak, "The old man knows that you are also loyal, so I will give you another chance to rebel against Xu Wenqiang, let him attribute the resentment of killing Ding Li to Li Hong, let his Qing Gang fight with Li Hong, and let Luoyang City set off a bloody storm, can you do it?" ”

"Yes." Confucian replied in a resolute tone.

In fact, he can only answer like this, because he has no way out.

"Good! The old man will give you another chance, if you mess up this time, you know what the consequences will be. Li Ji said in a cold tone.

"Yes." Confucian replied.

"Go down!" Li Ji waved his hand.

The Confucian respectfully withdrew from the study.

Life is short, there is no need to worry about what others think of you, how to say you, do what you want to do, be happy, this is the greatest meaning of human life.

Li Ji is now a half-cut person, he should enjoy glory and wealth, instead of such intrigue, hard work and ruining reputation, but he can't do it, as he gets older, he is too greedy for power now, and the more he likes intrigue.

……

Feng Jingyao returned to Xu Wenqiang's house and found that Xu Wenqiang and Du Yuesheng were there, and the two were waiting for him in the study.

"How's it going?" Seeing Feng Jingyao, Du Yuesheng was the first to ask, with a look of anticipation.

Feng Jingyao smiled, and thought about what Li Hong told him, after listening to Feng Jingyao's words, Du Yuesheng's face was a little pale, the prince had already guessed his thoughts, it was terrible, Xu Wenqiang was silent, but deep in his heart he was also shocked, the prince was too demonic, right?

However, both of them felt a lot of pressure on Feng Jingyao to get the weight of the prince, especially Xu Wenqiang, who now that he is obedient to Li Hong, he doesn't know what he can do in the future, unlike Feng Jingyao and Du Yuesheng, who basically know what they want to do in the future.

Just when the three of them were so silent, Xu Wenqiang's housekeeper asked to see him outside the door.

Xu Wenqiang asked him to come in and talk, and the housekeeper walked into the study and told Xu Wenqiang that Liu Qingqing, the woman they bought, didn't want to go back and wanted to stay in the house and not leave.

After listening to Xu Wenqiang, he was a little speechless, there is still such a woman?

Liu Qingqing is the big beauty that Xu Wenqiang asked Feng Jingyao to buy to honor Li Hong, Xu Wenqiang glanced at Liu Qingqing, this little lady is definitely a stunner, with a slender figure, a delicate face, a glutinous voice, and a good hand, she is definitely a talented girl.

In other words, such a woman is not given to His Royal Highness the Prince, Xu Wenqiang also wants to enjoy it in his own house.

"Don't want to go? Why? Xu Wenqiang asked.

"She said that since she has been bought, she is a person from Xufu, so she should stay in Xufu and will not go back." The butler said.

"Hehe-" Xu Wenqiang smiled, "Then let her stay!" Xu Wenqiang's meaning is obvious, staying in Xu's Mansion means that he wants to enjoy it. Thinking of this, Xu Wenqiang's eyes showed a certain smile... spent 100,000 yuan to buy Liu Qingqing, it's worth it.

"Don't—"

At this moment, Feng Jingyao and Du Yuesheng stopped at the same time.

"How?" Xu Wenqiang was shocked, Du Yuesheng and Feng Jingyao both opened their mouths at the same time to stop him, this is a big problem, "Is there something wrong?" ”

"Big brother, Liu Qingqing is for the prince we gave it, you can't keep it." Du Yuesheng said.

"Even if the prince doesn't want her, it is impossible for others to get involved again, because she was rejected by the prince." Feng Jingyao reminded.

At this time, Xu Wenqiang understood, his back was cold, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead, fortunately, if it wasn't for Du Yuesheng and Feng Jingyao to remind him, he almost committed a big crime, yes, that's right, just like Feng Jingyao said, although Liu Qingqing was rejected by the prince, she was given to the prince as a prince before, the prince can not do it, but how dare he accept Liu Qingqing, Liu Qingqing is the prince's woman.

Thinking of this, Xu Wenqiang struck a spirit, "Then what should we do?" ”

"Send him to the Prince's Mansion." Feng Jingyao said.

Xu Wenqiang glanced at Du Yuesheng, and when he saw Du Yuesheng nodding slightly, he said, "Okay, just send him to the prince's mansion, Steward Song, you call Liu Qingqing to come over and let me say a few words to her." ”

"No!" Du Yuesheng stopped.

"Why?" Xu Wenqiang asked puzzled.

"If the eldest brother doesn't have any major incidents, it's best not to see her, so as not to get into trouble in the future." Du Yuesheng said, the words were not thorough, just to the point. Xu Wenqiang thought about it carefully and figured out the meaning of Du Yuesheng's words. If Liu Qingqing stays with the prince, and the prince ascends the throne as emperor in the future, how can Liu Qingqing get the title, and he wants to see Liu Qingqing, and in the future, Liu Qingqing loses in the harem battle, and maybe it will involve him meeting her today...

"It's gone, send him to His Highness's mansion!" Xu Wenqiang said.

"Yes." Steward Song received the order and went out of the study.

"Will the prince want her?" Xu Wenqiang asked in a low voice.

"The prince won't want it, but the East Palace can take him in, which is related to the prince's reputation." Feng Jingyao said.

Xu Wenqiang was silent, compared with Du Yuesheng and Feng Jingyao, he was too lacking in understanding this aspect. It seems that I will have to work hard in this area in the future, otherwise how will I get mixed up in the officialdom. To be an official, in addition to having the ability to do practical things for the people, you also need to have intersections and connections, and what Xu Wenqiang lacks most now is intersection and connections. However, Xu Wenqiang is not afraid, because he has money, and money can make ghosts grind, so he does not believe in the prince's command, and he can't open up a road to wealth through the money in his hand.

"Elder Du..."

"Call me Yuesheng." Du Yuesheng said. He is eight years younger than Feng Jingyao, and now the two of them are no longer members of the Green Gang, they are the prince's people, and it is a bit inappropriate to call them elders again.

Feng Jingyao nodded slightly and said, "The prince is very human, don't easily guess the prince's mind in the future." ”

Du Yuesheng nodded slightly, he knew that Feng Jingyao's reminder was out of kindness.

"Also, when I left the prince's mansion, I heard them say that there are many talents under the prince's command, Su Dingfang and Le Yanwei in Chang'an City, and Di Renjie, who has recently been known as a detective in Chang'an City, and in Luoyang, in addition to the prince's proximity to Xu Xiang, there are also many close ministers who serve under Zhongshu Sect are princes, just like Zhang Jizhi and Li Qiao and others." Feng Jingyao said, "Therefore, in the future, we will serve the prince, but we must be careful, not too much..."

Before Feng Jingyao's words were finished, Du Yuesheng interrupted, "Brother Feng, I know what to do, thank you." ”

Feng Jingyao smiled faintly and didn't say anything more, he didn't know Du Yuesheng very well, and he didn't know each other at first sight, being able to say this was already his limit.

"Big brother, tomorrow I will leave Luoyang and return to my hometown, preparing to participate in this year's imperial examination, and you will be responsible for the affairs of the Green Gang." Du Yuesheng said to Xu Wenqiang. This is the prince's order, and he cannot fail to obey it.

"Go ahead, take the exam well, and when you get the first place in the imperial examination, we'll see you again." Xu Wenqiang said. He was very emotional, he established the Green Gang, had two brothers, Ding Li died, and now Du Yuesheng is left.

"Hmm." Du Yuesheng nodded slightly, and didn't say anything more, between men, there were not too many words from mothers-in-law.

"Brother Du, I wish you high school in advance, waiting for you." Feng Jingyao also blessed Du Yuesheng. He had already passed the government examination, but he did not participate in the examination held in the Ministry of Rites in Chang'an City, and now he saw Du Yuesheng participating in the imperial examination, he was very envious, but it was nothing, the current Datang is not a large-scale selection of talents through the imperial examination, even if you are in the first place in the imperial examination, if no one recommends you, you can still get an official and a half position, so Feng Jingyao will not have much regret. Of course, the top ten in the examination can be received by His Majesty the Emperor, and you can be awarded a position, but without a rear stage, what can you be given a position, it is not an idle position in the Qingshui Yamen, and there is no real power.

Du Yuesheng bowed his hand to Feng Jingyao and left the study