It is said that Li Xi is just an ordinary student of Guozixue, and his rank is only from the ninth grade of Fenglilang, and he does not even have an official position, and in Chang'an City at the foot of this Son of Heaven, at best, he is just an ordinary one among all living beings, but the matter of his assassination by the Qujiang Pond has not even been a day, and it has spread all over Chang'an.

First, it is the time when he is famous in Chang'an, and people are extremely concerned about his movements, and secondly, although he does not know many people in Chang'an, most of them are some high-ranking officials.

As for these three, what is Chang'an? It was the capital of the Son of Heaven in the Tang Dynasty, and every move was the best place for public security, but now, someone dared to openly assassinate a Guozixue student with a rank in Chang'an City with a knife, and this one alone was enough to shock the entire Chang'an!

As soon as this incident came out, the people of Chang'an thought that this time it must be a great shock, firstly, because of the assassination of a big celebrity like Li Xi, it was very easy to provoke attention, and the people's hearts and minds would naturally exert a certain amount of pressure on the government, so that the government would not dare to underestimate it, and dare not engage in rashness.

However, in the next two days, the people thought that the city of Mancheng Dasuo would inevitably appear did not appear, on the contrary, from the court, down to Chang'an Mansion Yin, and even the two Beijing counties of Chang'an Wannian, they all chose a surprising silence about this.

did not send anyone to investigate the situation at the time, nor did he summon people who witnessed the incident at the scene at the time to inquire, and even the scene of the incident was just hurriedly cleaned, and then the Yin side of Chang'an Mansion sent a professor of Fuxue to visit him, as if this had not happened.

It's surprisingly silent!

In this kind of silence that makes people feel suffocated to the point of suffocation, Li Xi was in a coma, Li Shizhi, He Zhizhang, Su Jin and other friends, and even Yang Xun, Wang Shuyan and others, and even Shouwangfu sent Shi Chenqingzhi, the head of the palace, to visit the palace on behalf of King Shou and Princess Xianyi, among them, Chen Qingzhi, the chief of Shouwangfu, also specially brought a imperial doctor from the palace to Li Xi for diagnosis and treatment, reflecting the extraordinary importance that Shouwang Li Qing attached to Li Xi.

Then, it seems, that is the end of the matter.

After waking up, Li Xi lay on the couch and listened to Li Yifeng tell him in detail about the various piles in Chang'an City these days, and his face was gloomy and fearful.

Since coming to Chang'an, it has been about twenty days, everything is very calm, he is quietly studying in Guozixue, even if he has a knot with Li Shizhi first, and then he has made a poem "Jin Se" or something, which makes him more and more famous in Chang'an City, but in his own heart, he has always been extremely calm.

He likes the way he lives now, it's plain, but it's delicious.

It can be said that this period of peaceful life is the most comfortable period of time in the half a year since he came to Datang.

In such a calm, even a somewhat dull life, he unconsciously indulged in it, and in the past few days, it seems that the crown prince Li Hong has not made any moves against himself at all, so gradually, Li Xi's vigilance in his heart began to let go little by little.

But he didn't expect that at such a time, Li Hong actually made a move.

Moreover, as the dignified prince of the Tang Dynasty and the future emperor of the world, he actually made this kind of assassination method!

At the moment when the assassin appeared, Li Xi already understood that this must have been Li Hong's move.

He doesn't know martial arts, and he doesn't have that eyesight, he can easily judge that the opponent's move is extremely powerful by virtue of the momentum of the opponent's shot, and with a touch of ruthlessness of killing and decisiveness, it is definitely not what the so-called rangers who walk the world in the recklessness can have.

However, in the face of that bright blade for the first time, there was no need for any reason, Li Xi already understood that there was no other possibility for this shot except Li Hong.

Because he is the only one in this world who can fight with his hatred so great that he needs to fight for his life.

And now, this unusual calm in Chang'an City has once again confirmed Li Xi's speculation.

Listening to Li Yifeng say the greetings of those people who came to visit yesterday, Li Xi didn't say a word.

Perhaps noticing Li Xi's gloomy expression and pausing, Li Yifeng said slowly: "Yesterday afternoon, Master Su Jinsu whispered a few words to the door before leaving, and he instructed the door to tell you as soon as you wake up." ”

Hearing this, Li Xi turned his face, looked at him, and said lightly, "Say it." ”

He had never faced such a solemn Li Xi, so Li Yifeng was slightly nervous at this time, he hesitated for a moment before saying, "Master Su said, let you just have a good rest, don't be in a hurry." ”

Li Xi frowned when he heard this, pondered for a moment, and nodded slowly.

Su Jin is a smart person, he must have sniffed out a trace of something wrong from the measures taken by the imperial court at the first time, plus he is considered an insider about the contradiction between Li Xi and the crown prince Li Hong, therefore, like Li Xi, he can't speculate that the reason why Chang'an Mansion has this reaction is probably not a decision made by themselves.

So, it goes without saying who can suppress this kind of thing.

After being silent for a long time, Li Xi turned his head to look at Li Yifeng and asked, "Mr. Li, who do you think made the move?" ”

Li Yifeng hesitated for a moment, and said in an uncertain tone: "The subordinates think that although that person is the most suspicious, but the murderer has not been caught, it seems that it is not easy to make a conclusion about this matter?" ”

When Li Xi heard this, the corners of his mouth curled up in a fierce arc.

"If I'm not mistaken, those three murderers can no longer be caught."

Li Yifeng was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then sighed dejectedly.

This result had already been deduced by Li Shizhi when he visited, and when he heard it from Li Xi's mouth at this time, he was no longer so surprised, and some were just a little helpless.

If it was really Li Hong's shot, it was not difficult to guess, no matter whether they succeeded or failed, those assassins would have to disappear.

Li Yifeng looked at Li Xi and said, "Although there is no evidence, none of the princes in the court are blind, even if they are blind, they also understand it in their hearts." We used to offend that side like that before, and now that you have come to Chang'an, it is the time when the name is shocking, and these people in Chang'an have not had time to admire you, where will they assassinate? Therefore, everyone sees this matter, and what is really going to be done actually does not need evidence. ”

Li Xi nodded when he heard this, glanced at Li Yifeng in surprise, and showed a smile on his face for the first time.

Li Yifeng has been in the officialdom for many years, this mind is naturally extremely high, the reason why he has made mistakes in judgment many times before, the key is that his eyes are not opened, once his heart is quiet, he finally began to return to the calm and graceful Li Yifeng in Li Xi's mind. The current analysis is simply three points.

It's not that there is no evidence, in fact, there is no need for evidence, the key is that Li Hong should not fall.

At this time, Li Yifeng said again: "By the way, the eldest son of Jiuling Gong came last night, and he was about to enter the change when he came, so he didn't want to be known." He brought over a sentence from Jiuling Gong, saying that you were assassinated, which may not be a bad thing. ”

"Oh?"

Hearing this, Li Xi was finally truly moved.

"Not a bad thing?"

Almost subconsciously, Li Xi immediately grasped the meaning of Zhang Jiuling's words.

Frowning and thinking for a moment, he was about to speak, at this time, Miaomiao, who had just finished serving Li Xi and went out with a basin, opened the curtain again and walked into the room, this time, she brought in a bowl of sweet glutinous rice porridge.

Seeing her come in, Li Yifeng was about to get up and say goodbye, but Li Xi beckoned him to wait.

Then, Miaomiao struggled to help Li Xi up, Li Xi half leaned on the couch, slowly ate half a bowl of porridge, and then handed the bowl over, looked at Miaomiao, and said, "You go and guard the door, no matter who it is, you are not allowed to approach." ”

Miaomiao and Li Yifeng were taken aback at the same time when they heard this, and then, Miaomiao took the bowl, nodded, and walked out silently.

As early as when Li Xi's words came out, Li Yifeng had already stood up again, and at this time, he looked at Li Xi with a slight worry in his heart, and waited quietly for Li Xi to speak.

After a long time, Li Xi said slowly: "There are two things to entrust to Mr. now." ”

Li Yifeng's face was even more cautious when he heard this, he nodded, and said, "Please tell the son, and the subordinates will do their best." ”

"First, the eunuch who went to Shuzhou to announce His Majesty's dictation and came to Chang'an with me is named Chizhong, no matter what method you use, I want you to contact him as soon as possible."

Li Yifeng frowned when he heard this, then slowly unfolded it, nodded quietly, and said, "Your subordinates obey orders." ”

"Second, now that my body is inconvenient, I can't go over in person, in the past two days, you find time to go to Daxingshan Temple and tell Master Mo Yan that I want to see him."

Li Yifeng nodded cautiously and responded again.

Then, after thinking about it, he couldn't help but ask, "Childe, what do you want to ......?" ”

Li Xi didn't answer his question, turned his head to look at him, just smiled faintly, which made Li Yifeng a little surprised, and then listened to him: "I suddenly remembered one more thing, it's the third thing, the person who saved my life, you should investigate it carefully, such as where he lives and what is his name, wait a few days, I will personally come to the door to thank you." ”

Li Yifeng nodded again.

At this time, Li Xi slowly exhaled a breath, and his eyes returned to that indifferent clarity, as if even the fierceness and gloom on his face were gone.

It's just that when he spoke, Li Yifeng couldn't help but be shocked when he heard it - "Give me four knives today, and I will repay them a hundred times more!" ”

In Xingqing Palace, the autumn wind is swaying, the grass is withering, and it is a bleak scene near the end of autumn.

Emperor Xuanzong sat beside the water pavilion, looking at the remnants of the lotus in the water, only withered, but silent for a long time.

The few eunuchs and palace maids who were accompanying him could only hang their heads at this time, but they didn't even dare to make the slightest movement, and they could often see the face of the king, and they could naturally see that under His Majesty's quiet appearance, there was an indescribable anger, perhaps, he just needed a catharsis brought by chance, so no one dared to touch the mold, but they were more careful than in the future.

At this time, I saw a group of people coming from a distance, and everyone slowly exchanged glances and breathed a sigh of relief.

Concubine Wu, who is only thirty-five years old and still in Fanghua, is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful women in the entire Tang Dynasty, and in the eyes of Emperor Xuanzong now, she is an absolute person in the world.

At this time, she walked slowly, and when she arrived at the place where she was far away next to the water pavilion, she waved her hand to signal that the palace maids did not have to follow anymore, and then lightly lifted the corner of her skirt and stepped into the water pavilion.

At the same time, the eunuchs and palace maids in the water pavilion also bowed lightly to her, and then slowly retreated silently, waiting quietly outside the water pavilion with the palace maids who were serving beside her.

It seemed that he was aware of the shallow footsteps behind him, and Emperor Xuanzong frowned slightly in displeasure, but although he had always been majestic, he was not a person who liked to lose his temper at the eunuchs and palace maids, in his opinion, it was just a manifestation of incompetence, so at this time, although he was unhappy in his heart, he only frowned slightly.

At this moment, a scent of blue musk deer gradually hit.

He exhaled softly, and then, Concubine Wu Hui sat down beside him.

"San Lang, it's already cold, and it's not suitable to sit for a long time in such a place near water."

Emperor Xuanzong nodded silently, took her soft and tender little hand, closed it in his big hand, and patted it gently. After a long time, he said slowly: "I want to be quiet alone for a while, calm down." ”

Concubine Wu Hui smiled slightly when she heard this, and then leaned sideways on top of him, and said, "What's the matter, San Lang, I haven't seen you with such a sad face for a long time, have you encountered anything embarrassing?" ”

Emperor Xuanzong turned his head to look at her when he heard this, smiled reluctantly, patted her little hand, and said: "It's some things in the court, and it's beyond the reach of women of your generation, you don't have to worry, I'm fine, I just feel a little unsure of what to do." ”

Concubine Wu Hui smiled, "I don't know what to do, so let's find a smart person to discuss!" The concubines know that among the princes of the court, there are many smart people! ”

Xuanzong smiled, put down her hand, slowly stood up, and let out a long sigh, "I don't know, it's just that this matter is ......" Saying that, he couldn't help but let out another long sigh, and said, "That's it, that's it." ”

Turning his head to look at Concubine Wu Hui, he said, "Don't talk about this, the lady is here, but is there something?" ”

Concubine Wu Hui got up when she heard this, and said, "The concubine wants to ask for a favor for Qing'er." ”

"Oh?"

At the time when Xuanzong's heart was sensitive, when he heard Concubine Wu Hui mention Shouwang Li Qing, his heart was tight, but his face was silent, and then he asked seemingly unintentionally: "What favor does he want you to help with?" ”

Concubine Wu Hui smiled, took Emperor Xuanzong's hand, and said with a smile: "Qing'er came to the palace in the morning and read a poem to the concubines, and the concubines liked it very much, so it's okay to read it to Your Majesty now?" ”

At this time, he was angry at the audacity and small-bellied chicken intestines of the crown prince Li Hong, Emperor Xuanzong was hesitant in his heart, where was he in the mood to listen to any poems, but he really loved Concubine Wu Hui in his heart, so he was unwilling to ruin her interest, and when he heard the words, he said: "Oh...... Then the lady read it and listened. ”

Concubine Wu Hui smiled and said, "This poem is called "Jin Se". ”

Then I heard her voice say:

"Jin Se has fifty strings for no reason, one string and one pillar Si Hua Nian.

Zhuang Shengxiao dreams of butterflies, and hopes that the emperor will trust the cuckoo in spring.

There are tears in the pearl of the sea and the moon, and the blue field is warm and jade.

This situation can be recalled, but it was already clear at the time. ”

When she finished reading it in a pretentious way, Xuanzong smiled, waved his hand and said: "I think I got a good poem somewhere, so that you can sell it to me, isn't this the poem that Li Xi made at the banquet of Li Shi's house a few days ago, don't I know!" ”

Then he said: "Let's talk about it, Qing'er took this poem to show off, what do you want to do?" ”

Concubine Wu Hui smiled when she heard this, and said: "When Qing'er came, she said that this poem was indeed made by that Li Xi, but it is said that some people have recently wanted to be unfavorable to this person, and they have even sent someone to openly assassinate him in broad daylight!" Although I don't know who did this, but at least that person is already very dangerous, Qing'er thinks that this person's poetry is superb, and he is the only one I have seen since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, if he is killed, wouldn't it be a pity? ”

"Therefore, Qing'er hopes to let this Li Xi go to his Shouwang Mansion as an official and a half-position, with the royal blessing, presumably those filthy people will be cautious, in this way, it can be regarded as protecting a genius for my Tang Dynasty, only by His Majesty's Holy Judgment."

Hearing this, Emperor Xuanzong's face suddenly became gloomy again, and after hesitating for a long time, he said with a dark face: "If this is the case, Qing'er really has a heart, I am very relieved, I am very relieved!" ”

Then, in his heart, he couldn't help but be angry again.

is also my son, why can Qing'er love and cherish talents so much, and even let Concubine Hui come out to intercede with me, just to protect Li Xi, but as the crown prince, he is so unbearable?

Not to mention that Li Xi just acted impartially and exposed the fact that he sent people to the south without permission, even if it was more serious, with the talent shown by Li Xi, was it not enough to impress him? Doesn't he think that as a prince and the future emperor of the Tang Dynasty, he should win over talents like Li Xi, rather than putting people to death in retribution?

Not to mention that the means he took were actually subordinate to sending someone to assassinate him!

In the face of the long autumn water, Emperor Xuanzong couldn't help but let out a long breath and asked himself, is his eldest son really worthy of a generation of kings with such a narrow mind and despicable means?

(To be continued)