Li Xi laughed when he heard this, he didn't blame Li Yifeng for this. In fact, to put it bluntly, after all, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is soliciting, what a good opportunity, at that time, even he couldn't help but feel moved, not to mention Li Yifeng, a petty official who has been mixed up at the bottom for decades, and even now he has lost his position as the main bookkeeper?

If he hadn't crossed over, knowing that the prince Li Hong would be nothing in the future, maybe he would be tempted, and Li Yifeng would be tempted, so naturally there would be nothing strange.

So at that moment, he smiled and said: "Mr. Li, don't say that, His Royal Highness the Prince, this signboard is still very good after all, don't hide it from Mr. Don't tell me, I was actually moved at that time, but I can't believe Mr. Cheng, so I'd rather offend them all than do that unsafe thing." In case Mr. Nacheng just scolded me, wouldn't it be a mistake and lose everything! So, sir, don't blame yourself, come, eat and drink! ”

He was beckoning Li Yifeng to come over for a drink, but suddenly heard footsteps outside, and then everyone turned their heads to look over, and saw that Mo Kongwen, who had just been sent by Li Xi to assassinate Shi Yamen, was coming quickly.

"Childe, it's no good, the big brothers came to the main gate of our house to arrest the men next to the carriage at the door, but they showed their weapons one after another and confronted the big brothers!"

"Oh?" Hearing this, Li Xi couldn't help but turn his head and glance at Li Yifeng, then Li Xi stood up, thought for a while, and said: "Although you can take the opportunity to press the charge of resisting arrest, it doesn't matter, there is no need to cause any trouble to the assassin Shi Yamen, in this way, Mr. Li, please go and invite those two out, bring them to the gate, I believe that those people will be honest when they see their own masters." Ah Zao, you also follow Mr. Li over. ”

Seeing that Li Yifeng nodded when he heard this, Li Xi turned to Mo Kongwen and said, "Let's go, let's take a look at the door!" ”

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When the two of them came to the door, they saw more than a dozen servants surrounding the three carriages and the six men, all of whom were swords in their hands, and they seemed to be able to die at any time.

And standing outside of them was actually the old man Liu Boliu.

At that moment, Li Xi hurriedly greeted him, first bowed respectfully, and then said: "Old man, why did you come here in person, in fact, it is enough to send these errand brothers over." ”

Old man Liu Bo put his hands behind his back, turned his head to look at him when he heard the words, nodded, and said, "The matter is not small, I still have to come and see it in person, how about it, people are still in your house?" ”

Li Xi nodded, "Yes, I asked Mr. Li Yifeng and Mr. Li to invite someone, and he will come out immediately." ”

Liu Bo nodded, and then turned his head to look at the six men with spring knives in their hands in the field, his face was gloomy.

Although this is Jingbianfang, there are high-rise mansions everywhere, and there are not many households in an alley, so there are not many people to watch the excitement, but today after all, there are still six people who draw knives on the street and confront the officials, which is equivalent to giving him a great embarrassment for Shuzhou Sima.

The Tang Dynasty is not like the later Song Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin after all ended the rebellion of the feudal towns to unify the world, he knows how terrible it is for the people of the country to hold weapons, he is very afraid that the people have weapons in their hands, so after he ascended the throne, he issued a ban on martial arts, nationwide, the people are not allowed to hold weapons, and the implementation is very strict.

At that time, even when many clans were sacrificing, they could only put some fake weapons on the weapon racks on both sides, and they could only use wax to make a fake spear head and press it on a wooden stick to make a gun. Moreover, Zhao Kuangyin's approach also directly led to the gradual loss of the martial spirit of the Chinese nation and the blood surname in the bones, and finally after the Two Song Dynasty, the entire tribe was wiped out by the Mongols.

The Tang Dynasty was also not like the Ming Dynasty of later generations, which only allowed the martial arts schools of the imperial court and scholars who had made a name for themselves to wear swords, and other ordinary people were not allowed to go out with an inch.

In the current Datang, there are no these rules, Datang is a prosperous era, from the emperor to the common people, the mentality of the whole society is very open, very free. Moreover, under the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, it also has a very strong idea of expanding the border, and countless people, and even the entire nation, have the idea of raising a sword expedition to open up a border for the country and establish a foundation for all generations.

Therefore, at this time, even ordinary people are allowed to hold weapons, and many people at that time, many scholars, such as Li Bai, also like to travel far away with swords, and they have to be a chivalrous man.

However, this does not mean that the imperial court allows the common people to pick up swords and confront the government!

As long as you confront the government, it is a rebellion!

And as long as there is such a bad surname incident in a place, it will immediately be spread in all directions, and when the time comes, everyone will think that so-and-so place is very chaotic, so that the wind is bad, and it will naturally affect the evaluation of local officials by the superiors, so to speak, these six people pull out their knives here, and directly smear the entire Shuzhou, how can Liu Bo, the state Sima who is responsible for managing local security, not be angry!

It's just that anger is annoyance, Liu Bo's eyesight is not bad, just look at the speed and coordination of the reaction of these people from finding out that something is wrong to collectively pulling out their swords and openly resisting arrest, he knows that these people are definitely not ordinary people, not to mention that they must be from the town army, and they must be elite soldiers in the town army. If it is linked to the situation that Li Xi sent people to say just now, he can even deduce that these people are most likely the guards of the Prince's Mansion!

Such a person, naturally there is no need to fight hard with them, and to be honest, with these dozen errands, hard work may not be able to beat others!

Therefore, he could only stand there with a calm face and not say a word. And Li Xi saw that he didn't speak, so he could only stand with him next to him, and his eyes only looked at the three carriages that were left behind by the six people.

Well, of the three carriages, two of them look like dusty servants, I think they should have been taken by Zhao Fengling and Steward Cheng when they came from Chang'an all the way, and as for the remaining one, it was naturally Pei Jun's.

Unfortunately, nothing else was found.

And at this time, there was movement in the mansion again, and everyone turned their heads to look over, and saw that Zhao Fengling and Steward Cheng had already walked to the door of the mansion in a slightly embarrassed manner under the "support" of Li Yifeng and Li Zao.

Steward Cheng looked at the errand servants, and then looked at Li Xi here, especially focusing on Liu Bo, who was wearing a scarlet official uniform, and then waved his hand and ordered in a standard Chang'an dialect: "Put away your weapons, this is Shuzhou, don't be presumptuous!" Hand over your weapons and honestly go back with your big brothers, and you'll be fine. ”

Liu Bo guessed correctly, these people are indeed the guards in the prince's mansion, and many times even Zhao Fengling can't instruct them, and at the moment, they are only willing to listen to the words of the steward Cheng.

However, even if the steward Cheng spoke, out of the pride of the prince's guard, they still hesitated, unwilling to be confiscated by a group of state and county officials, and in the end, a leader who seemed to be one of the six spoke again, and everyone reluctantly threw down their swords and were taken into custody by the officers one by one.

Then, just as the servants subdued those men, Li Xi whispered a few words in Liu Bo's ear.

When he finished speaking, Liu Bo nodded slightly, took a few steps forward, looked at Zhao Fengling on the steps, and asked directly: "It is said that Your Excellency is the doctor of Wupin Zhongsan, and he is the son of Uncle Guo, but is it true?" ”

Zhao Fengling had already lost his spirit by Li Xi at this time, and he only nodded weakly when he heard the words, "It's true, don't throw me in prison, don't beat me!" ”

Liu Bo was a little surprised when he heard this, when Mo Kongwen reported the situation in the past, he didn't dare to mention Li Zao's two fists and put Zhao Fengling and Steward Cheng to the ground, and even let them not even have the strength to cry out in pain, as for Li Xi's negotiation with them just now, as well as the threats and intimidation against Zhao Fengling, he didn't know, and he couldn't say anything if he wanted to.

Therefore, although Liu Bo had long known that if he wanted to keep people in the mansion, Li Xi would definitely use some means, but at first glance, when he saw that Zhao Fengling was so embarrassed, and even afraid of being like this, he couldn't help but be a little surprised.

Turning his head to look at Li Xi, he turned his head again quietly and asked, "In this case, can there be an official uniform seal?" Can there be a letter to report the imperial decree, or a customs clearance certificate? ”

Hearing him ask if there was an official uniform seal, Li Xi and Li Yifeng couldn't help but widen their eyes and stared at Zhao Fengling tightly, they all knew that Zhao Fengling's answer at this moment would directly determine whether the matter could be settled.

And at this time, Zhao Fengling did not disappoint them, he nodded very cowardly, "The official uniform is printed and ribbond, and it is on the body, as for the letter and the imperial decree and customs clearance documents...... No, I was in a hurry when I left Beijing, and I didn't have time to report. ”

Hearing these words, not only Li Xi and Li Yifeng, but also Liu Bo couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

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Shuzhou Thorn History Yamen, Hou Yamen.

Zhou Qiong and Sima Liubo sat opposite each other, while Li Xi sat diagonally under Zhou Qiong.

The three of them sat in this room for a while, except for when Li Xi explained to them what happened and his own speculations and thoughts at the beginning, the two of them occasionally interjected to ask, and when Li Xi finished speaking, Zhou Qiong and Liu Bo just sat there and drank tea quietly, and no one refused to speak.

They didn't say anything, and Li Xi didn't know what to say next, so he also drank tea quietly.

In the end, Zhou Qiong finally put down the teacup and coughed, which broke the silence of the scene.

Sighing, he said, "This matter is very reckless! ”

Hearing him say this, Liu Bo couldn't help but sigh and said, "I knew that there would be something today, but in fact, the old man shouldn't have sent that Wu Ji to your mansion in the first place!" I didn't expect wow, you kid is still a lover! Hum! ”

When they were silent just now, Li Xi was still a little worried in his heart, but at this time, listening to the two of them scolding one by one, he was relieved, and immediately laughed, looking indifferent, and said: "Teacher, old man, in fact, you all misunderstood me!" I'm not just angry at the crown and blushing! ”

The two of them looked at him when they heard this, Li Xi smiled again, and said: "I remember that when I heard the old man explain the current affairs of the DPRK, I once mentioned that in today's court, Xiao Song and Huangmen Shilang Tongping Zhangshi Han Xiu are the leaders, and Xiao Song is still a staunch supporter of the prince, it is said that His Majesty the Emperor wanted to change the crown prince several times, but he persuaded him to go back. ”

After a pause, he continued: "And the student has also heard from the teacher that Xiao Song has never been on good terms with Jiuling Gong, and it is precisely because of his obstruction that Jiuling Gong was still suppressed in the end, although he almost paid homage to the prime minister several times. ”

He smiled, "Therefore, the student thinks that maybe by taking this opportunity to give the prince the next cruel medicine, maybe he can change something, or perhaps, it can help Jiuling Gong to recover early?" ”

After hearing what he said, Zhou Qiong and Liu Bo fell into deep thought.

In fact, Li Xi's words are really half true and half false, what he analyzed is correct, but Liu Bo has never introduced the court situation to him, on the contrary, the things that he deducted on Liu Bo's head were actually what Zhou Qiong told him, just to pave the way for the Jiuling Gong in the back, this statement about explaining the court situation, Li Xi naturally wanted to help Zhou Qiong avoid suspicion, so he deducted it for the old man Liu Bo.

Fortunately, at this time, the two of them listened to it, although they knew that Li Xi was talking nonsense, but no one would open their mouths to poke him at all - some face, which everyone needs, and some bends, must be detoured.

Although Li Xi's words were just a little Zhang Guan Li Dai for a while, they just left room for both sides, but they were quite a bit of a tongue. And the most important thing is that although these reasons were only made up after the fact, they were used to deal with Zhou Qiong and Liu Bo in the present, but what he said was not unreasonable.

Xiao Song, the prime minister in the sixteenth year of Kaiyuan, and the following year was promoted to the title of Duke of Xu, who was the prime minister of the dynasty for a while.

According to what Li Xi knew from Zhou Qiong's mouth, this person was extremely talented in military affairs, and in the fifteenth year of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, Xiao Song, who was then the secretary of the military department, the envoy of Hexi Jiedu, and the judge of Liangzhou affairs, had defeated Tubo, thus winning the trust of His Majesty the Emperor in one fell swoop. In the seventeenth year of Kaiyuan, he was directly promoted to Zhongshu Ling, and was called the three prime ministers of the Tang Dynasty along with Yu Wenrong and Pei Guangting.

Moreover, this Xiao Song still leads the Hexi Festival envoy from afar, adds a bachelor of the Xian Palace, the prefect, and the history of the country, and later is the doctor of Jin Ziguanglu, and the title of Duke of Xu. His son Xiao Heng is the concubine of Princess Xinchang, and when Xiao Song's wife He entered the pilgrimage, even His Majesty the Emperor directly called her his mother.

The emperor wanted to change the crown prince many times, and in the end he was forced to give up because of his words, in February this year, Pei Guangting died in the servant, and His Majesty the emperor asked Xiao Song for advice, asking him to recommend a person to be the prime minister. And in the end, it was precisely because of his recommendation that Han Xiu was able to serve as the Huangmen squire and Tongping Zhangshi.

From this, it can be seen how much he should be appreciated and favored by the emperor.

But on the contrary, his relationship with Zhang Jiuling is not very good.

What is the specific reason, Zhou Qiong didn't say it, Li Xi didn't know, he just felt that if he could use this incident to hit the crown prince Li Hong, then he would definitely implicate Xiao Song?

After all, Zhao Fengling's private trip to Beijing, if he let go of the association, he could actually be involved in plotting against him, and his identity is so sensitive that it directly involves the prince, so it shouldn't be too difficult for His Majesty the Emperor to have a trace of suspicion about Xiao Song, a staunch supporter of the prince, right?

As long as His Majesty the Emperor has some doubts about him, then it will be relatively easy for Zhang Jiuling, who has always been very famous and popular, to pay homage to the prime minister.

Obviously, Li Xi's statement moved Zhou Qiong.

After thinking for a while, he sighed, raised his head and glanced at Li Xi, although he didn't praise anything, but the hint of praise in his eyes was obvious, he thought about it for a while, and said: "If you say that, it's not unreasonable, it's just that you are tantamount to carrying it with His Royal Highness the Prince, what the blessings and misfortunes are, who doesn't know!" ”

Li Xi nodded, "The student also knows that it is too hard to do this, even if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince doesn't make a move, and doesn't do anything to me, there will be many court officials who don't like the students, and those court officials move their fingers, which is enough to pinch the students and round them, so after the students finish this thing, they will hurry up and recite Amitabha, hoping that the Buddha can bless the nine-year-old man and his old man to pay homage to him quickly!" Everyone said that it was good to enjoy the shade under the big tree, and once he paid homage to the old man, then other people would look at his face, and they would not be like his apprentices, I am such a small official, right? ”

As he spoke, he smiled.

Zhou Qiong and Liu Bo glanced at each other when they heard this, but they smiled helplessly, and Zhou Qiong couldn't help but scold: "Stinky boy!" It's like a flamboyant tongue, a mouth full of horses, not a little square, these words, I think they are all for you! ”

Then he turned to Liu Bo and said, "Liu Weng, this son is really insulting your young lady!" ”

Liu Bo laughed when he heard this.

Li Xi also smiled, but said: "It's a joke, hehe, in fact, I thought about it, even if I don't do it, after they go back, they will definitely not spare me, but bypass Wu Ji, so just do it!" I have my master and my master to protect me, and I am afraid that they will do anything! ”

Zhou Qiong pointed at him when he heard this, and snorted coldly.

Liu Bo said with a smile: "Then Zhao Fengling has already taken out the official talisman seal, this matter can be decided, as for how deep the water can be smashed after stabbing it, it depends on the will of heaven!" ”

Speaking of this, he smiled hesitantly, "However, when the old man took someone to Gao Yue's mansion just now to interrogate Zhao Fengling and others about coming to Shuzhou, the expression on Gao Yue's face was really wonderful!" ”

He nodded, "Well, if that's all there is to it, boy, you're doing a good job!" ”

Speaking of this, he turned his head and glanced at Zhou Qiong, and the two of them smiled heartily, both of them knew it in their hearts.

At present, after Zhao Fengling left Beijing without permission and sent it to Chang'an, if he can't make trouble, once he makes trouble, this Gao Yue will at least have a hat on his head that he doesn't report!

The evidence is so ironclad that he can't throw it away!

(To be continued)