The winter in Chang'an is very early, and it is completely dark at the beginning of the hour, although the sky is not yet dark, but it is only a tail left in the afterglow of the sunset. After nightfall, Chang'an will be particularly cold, so at this time, the cat at home has long refused to come out, and the pedestrians on the street are also rushing to the house, and it should be a rare thing to come out at this time.

But Wei Ji had to choose to come out at this time.

The Tang Dynasty was not as good as the developed media information in later generations, and the transmission of information was relatively slow, but it is undeniable that there are always some special people in any era and place, and the speed at which they get the news is always much faster than that of ordinary people.

At noon, Wei Zhu had an accident in Wannian County, and before the afternoon, Wei Zhen had already gotten the news, and at this time, the news must have been quietly spread among the people, but at least, there were still a few people in Chang'an City who could get the news. At that time, Wei Ji was anxious, but even if he went home immediately after getting the news, he didn't dare to go out, and he had to hold on until it was almost dark, so he couldn't stand his wife's urging and set off to go out to Jingzhao Mansion.

There were two carriages one in front of the other, and the second eldest in the family was far away from the county commander, but the eldest was in Chang'an, and when such a thing happened, the first thing he did when he returned to the house was naturally to send someone out to find him, so that the servants in the house were familiar with his whereabouts, and soon called him back from the fat powder pile in Pingkangfang, and at this time he was sitting in the first carriage, responsible for exploring the way ahead.

In the second carriage, Wei Xuan and his wife Wei Xu sat down.

Wei Zhu's first wife passed the door at the age of fifteen, and she was also a famous lady in Chang'an, and gave birth to two sons and a daughter for him, these two sons were Wei Lu and Wei Ge, but within a few years of hard work, this lady had to die of illness, there were so many years of hard work, Wei Zhu did not remarry, until five years later, he raised a concubine as a wife, that is, Wei Xu, who has always been very low-key in the circle of noblewomen in Chang'an, and a year later, Xu gave birth to a third son for him, Wei Min.

This old husband and young wife always can't help but love more, and even with his youngest son, he always follows a lot of light, not to mention, the identity of his wife Wei Xu is quite mysterious, and it has always been his heart - if you don't count the relationship between husband and wife, there is another layer of kinship between them, that is, this Xu is actually his niece.

Although Xu's mother is only his cousin, but the cousin is also a sister, this kind of thing, let alone spreading it, even in his own family, and even in Xu's mother's family, it is extremely taboo. But firstly, his cousin and brother-in-law really wanted to get closer to him with the help of some strength, and secondly, the little Xu family, who was only fourteen or fifteen years old at the time, was indeed beautiful, and Wei Yu was almost fascinated at first sight.

The process of handling the matter is very mysterious.

Xu's side is not too famous, not very eye-catching, so, when the little girl was only fourteen years old, she was sent to the Taoist temple by the family, almost never aroused any attention, and then, Wei Ji found a way to find an errand for his cousin-in-law and father-in-law, and sent him to Jiangnan Province, a year later, Wei Ji officially bought the Xu family as an ordinary maid from the Taoist temple and returned home, and then later, the maid, concubine, and lady came all the way.

The Xu family only has one son under his knees, and it is conceivable that Wei Ji really loves this mother and son very much in his heart, otherwise, he would not know that Wei Min's spleen and surname preferences are likely to cause him any trouble in the future, but he still can't be ruthless and completely restrain him.

Of course, Wei Ji at that time would not have thought that in a few years, his set of methods would be moved by Emperor Xuanzong, but the two goals of Emperor Xuanzong and Princess Shou were too big, so they couldn't be covered up after all, and in the end, it was inevitable that he would still leave a strong stroke in the "dirty Tang stinky man".

At home, he just got the news that his son was arrested, and Xu was not too surprised, after all, it was easy for his son to hide from others, and it was not too difficult to hide it from Wei Ji, but he couldn't hide it from her, a mother who loved her son like her life, so it was not too surprising for her to be arrested by her son.

Although she was also surprised why she had taken her son away this time, she thought that it would be the same as before, and her father-in-law sent someone to say hello, and the stinky boy would be sent back unscathed.

It wasn't until she saw her father-in-law's frightened look on his face, and as soon as she got home, she hurriedly sent someone to find the boss, that she smelled something wrong, pestered Wei Yu and asked, knowing that this time it was Jingzhao Mansion who took the person, and it was said that she was still caught in person, and she immediately understood that this matter was about a little tricky.

So, when Wei Zhu came home, she couldn't stop crying, crying made Wei Zhu upset, and it was easy to force Wei Zhu to go out to Jingzhao Mansion to protect her son, but she didn't feel at ease, so she had to sit in the carriage and follow.

She was worried that her son would cause such a big disaster, even if she was fine, she would be taught a lesson by Wei Ji, and she came here to protect her son.

The woman's family got into the car and went out to run errands together, which was very unlucky, but as long as this Xu family's words were thrown out, Wei Zhen was immediately beaten back to his original form - "Wei Zhu, do you still have a conscience, I am your niece!" ”

Just this sentence, Wei Ji has loved her for 20 years, and he has been afraid of her for 20 years.

The two carriages, one in front and one behind, were still slightly conspicuous on the increasingly sparsely populated streets, but before going out, Wei Xuan had carefully ordered someone to pick up the [official banner] used to represent the glory of Wei's family, and also deliberately changed two coachmen who were not commonly used. ordered them to only wear very ordinary subordinate clothes, plus along the way, most of the pedestrians were busy rushing their own tutorials, and they didn't pay much attention to these two carriages whose whereabouts were very abnormal, so Wei Ji's heart was slightly relaxed.

The carriage turned into a small alley, it was darker, and even the remnants of the sun were missing in the western sky, and the scenery around was completely shadowed, and Wei Yu let out a sigh of relief.

The carriage slowly stopped, Wei Lu and Wei Sannu, who were sitting in the car in front, and Wei Sannu, the old housekeeper of the family, got out of the car, Wei Xuan and Xu Shi were still sitting in the carriage and did not move. ”

Although it was dark, Wei Zhen still didn't dare to go to the main gate, he was afraid of being recognized.

At such a sensitive time, if this kind of thing happened to his son, it would already be a big disaster, if there was any rumor that he was too Changqing Wei Ji went to Jingzhao Mansion to visit Pei Yaoqing in order to pull his youngest son out, it would completely destroy all the plans he had prepared for several years.

After returning home, he had already spread people to inquire about the news, and learned that Pei Yaoqing, a bastard, was not only the one who personally ordered someone to take it, but also did not go to the prison of Jingzhao Mansion after taking the person, but directly brought him back to Jingzhao Mansion, and imprisoned him in Jingzhao Mansion, he already smelled that something was wrong with this matter.

As soon as Xu heard that the corner door was locked, for some reason, he pulled his sleeve and asked, "Master, what should I do?" What's next? …… You have something to say! ”

At this time, Wei Lu couldn't help but yawn again, he had a good time in the square last night, he didn't sleep until five watch this morning, when the family sent someone to find him, he was hugging three women, and he hadn't slept enough.

He didn't know that his father deliberately called him back not to let him help with any ideas to do anything, but just wanted to call him to his side to take care of him, afraid that it hadn't been solved here, and something would happen to him there, so he felt that his father was making a fuss, anyway, the third child didn't do this kind of thing once or twice, which time it was not solved as if it was nothing, as for such a big battle, it was like being a thief.

At that moment, he yawned three times, and he couldn't help but say: "Daddy, isn't it that something happened to the third child again, you are all about to go on stage to pay respects, why are you scared......"

Before he finished speaking, his Lao Tzu Wei Ji had already glared at him, and he didn't choose to say anything in anger, he scolded directly: "You fucking shut up Lao Tzu!" ”

After scolding, he didn't have time to react that he shouldn't scold foul language, so he directly sent down the carriage curtain, stayed in the carriage and closed his eyes and meditated for a while, he sighed helplessly, and said to the outside of the car: "That's it, go to the main gate!" ”

He has been up and down in the court for many years, and as soon as this matter came out, he had already sensitively noticed that something was wrong, and at this time, he saw that the corner door of the yamen of Jingzhao Mansion was locked in advance, although he did not fully grasp Pei Yaoqing's thoughts, at this moment, he was also thinking about it. But the problem is, that's a son, you can't help it, right?

Wei Yu knew that when His Majesty was a child when he was the king of Linzi, it was when the Wu clan was rampant, at that time, not to mention that he was just a little grandson of Emperor Zetian, he was the biological son of Emperor Zetian, that is, the later Emperor Zhongzong and Emperor Ruizong, in the eyes of Wu Sansi Wu Chenghei and others, it was nothing, and even a few officials under the Wu family even dared to openly reprimand them in front of many people, why bother King Linzi?

Therefore, after His Majesty ascended the throne today, not only did he behead those ministers one after another, but also hated the children of the family for bullying people outside. And these things committed by the third child are precisely in this list.

If you can't calm things down today, tomorrow, maybe Your Majesty will look at the face of the crown prince and himself, and won't bother with this matter, but perhaps, what if he is angry?

After serving as an official under Emperor Xuanzong for many years, Wei Ji still knows His Majesty the emperor better, and he has a characteristic, that is, he is more nostalgic for the old. Therefore, as long as he can calm down this matter today, and cover it up and down, no matter what, he should give himself a little thin face to this old minister, right? You can't tear your own scars apart, can you?

Therefore, even if he vaguely sensed something wrong from Pei Yaoqing's sudden closure of the corner door, he was confined to the fleeting opportunity of tonight, and he still preferred to think in a good direction.

Pei Yaoqing has been an official for many years, and he is a figure with no obvious genre tendencies, so he has always been trusted by His Majesty and has been entrusted with important tasks many times, but it is precisely because he has no distinct tendencies that although he has risen all the way, the foundation is not very solid in the end, and his qualifications are still slightly shallow after all, so when Xiao Han and the two resigned as prime ministers, and the DPRK and China quarreled over the new prime minister, although he also predicted that Pei Yaoqing was not impossible at the beginning, But in the end, he was removed from the imaginary enemy.

With that energy, he would rather ponder more about Zhang Jiuling, Cui Xiyi, and other characters who are enough to compete with him in terms of prestige, ability, and connections, and even win slightly.

In his opinion, perhaps ten years later, Pei Yaoqing will be qualified to compete for prime minister.

So in his opinion, Pei Yaoqing suddenly took down the third child at this juncture, and he was so strict with his precautions, as if he expected that he would find a way to save people, and the picture was just a covenant.

Pei Yaoqing has no obvious genre tendencies, and he is extremely loved by His Majesty, so everyone is willing to win him over, so whether it is the third child's affairs to sell favors to himself, or to come to others in exchange for some promises and benefits, in fact, there is not much difference to him. It's just that when he came to the door in this case, he had lost the right to bargain, and he could only let his two mouths decide what price he offered, then he could only accept what price he wanted.

I think it's a bit of a nest, but before I went up, I actually let people put such a piece!

With his orders, the carriage turned to the main gate of the Yamen of Jingzhao Mansion.

When they arrived at the main gate, the yamen had not yet completely dispersed, and this time it was Wei Sannu who went over and asked the official at the door to give a voice.

He was instructed by Wei Zhen and didn't dare to publicize it, so he couldn't help but look a little sneaky.

When the official heard that he wanted to see Lord Yin, but there was no worship, and there was no official pretense on the carriage, he couldn't help frowning and said, "My lord is also what you can see when you say it?" Where are you from? ”

Just in time to catch up with the people who were scattered in the yamen had not yet gone out, at this time they were talking and laughing and laughing out of twos and threes, and when they heard this voice, they all glanced over curiously, but fortunately, it was dark, and secondly, this Wei Sannu could be low-key, and he didn't dare to let them see his face, so they didn't care, and they still talked and laughed and walked out.

Nawei Sannu couldn't beg several times, and finally had no choice, so he had to take out the prayer post, gritted his teeth and handed it to those people, who knew that the person took it and immediately opened his mouth to read it: "Brother Wei of Taichang Temple...... Oh, Lord Wei! ”

Not to mention Wei Xuan in the carriage, even Wei Sannu was full of black lines.

At this time, the official returned the prayer post again, and arched his reply, "You go back to your family, my family Ling Yin has already made an appointment with three or two friends at noon, went out of Chang'an City, and went to Nanshan to drink, and he is not in the ya." ”

Wei Sannu's eyes widened when he heard this.

And Wei Wei in the carriage heard these words clearly, and almost gritted his teeth with hatred.

In the afternoon, people were arranged to arrest people, how could they leave Chang'an at noon? Besides, although Chang'an is still under the jurisdiction of Jingzhao Mansion, as long as Pei Yaoqing does not leave the territory of Jingzhao Mansion, he does not need to ask for advice, but on such a cold day, he Pei Yaoqing is full of food and runs outside the city to be frozen?

Obviously, if you borrow a gut, this official would not dare to tell this kind of lie for Pei Yaoqing, these words must have been taught by Pei Yaoqing!

Still drinking, drinking a fart wine!

To tell the truth, if the official at the main gate of the Yamen of Jingzhao Mansion could make up the lie a little tactfully, and the credibility would be a little higher, Wei Yu would only be helpless and anxious, but he would not be angry, and even in order to save his son, maybe he would show this old face, and go directly to Pei Yaoqing's house to block him.

But now, Pei Yaoqing obviously expected that Wei Zhen might do this, and actually made up a pretense to go out of the city! And it's so fake that people can hear it with one ear, Wei Ji is not so angry that he gritted his teeth!

Obviously, Pei Yaoqing has completely closed the door to Webster!

Wei Sannu came back in a daze, and before he could get into the carriage, he had already heard Wei Sanu's three words that seemed to pop out of his teeth - "Go, go home!" ”

The tone is cold and angry, and it is already a complete gritting of teeth!

The carriage ran out not far away, and it was out of the eyes of the Jingzhao Mansion Yamen, and Xu couldn't help crying in the car, "You have to find a way, you have to find a way, that's your son!" "And it's getting louder.

Wei Lu and Wei Sannu in the carriage in front of them had already heard the movement clearly, and after hesitating, Wei Sannu ordered the carriage to stop, at this time, probably only the eldest son Wei Lu could still look sleepy, even Wei Sannu, the old slave, couldn't help but be full of anxiety.

However, the carriage could not stop, and before Wei Sannu could get out of the car and persuade him to come up with an idea, he had already heard Wei Xuan's loud shout, "You shut up for me!" ”

Wei Sannu was taken aback when he heard this, and subconsciously turned his head to look, even in the dark shadow building, he could see that Wei Lu in the carriage was also surprised.

This is the first time I've heard the master talk to his wife in such a tone!

Then, Wei Sannu immediately realized that something was wrong, he hurriedly jumped out of the carriage in a hurry, and just as he was catching up with the carriage behind him, the curtain on the front door of the carriage was lifted, and Wei Xuan, who was full of anger, also jumped out of the carriage.

He put his hands behind him, looked like a sleepy beast, and said to Wei Sannu: "You go and tell Lu'er to get off the car, ask him to send his mother home, and after you go back, close the door tightly, without my words, no one including their mother and son is allowed to step out of the house for half a step!" You drive yourself, let's go elsewhere! ”

Seeing that the master's attitude was severe, it was simply the anger of thunder, Wei Sannu was stunned again, and then subconsciously nodded in agreement, while he couldn't help but hesitate in his heart whether to remind the master, "That's Madam, master, do you have a fever......

But before he could completely turn this plan in his heart, he had already heard Wei Ji scold again, "Stupid woman, ignorant! ”

Wei Sannu was silent.

When the news reached the East Palace, it was also gloomy.

"Bang", the sound of the tea bowl being broken came far away, and in such a dark winter night, it sounded a little terrible.

Standing in the hall, the crown prince Li Hong had a furious look on his face, looking at that appearance, he almost couldn't help jumping to his feet and scolding, "Li Xi, it's Li Xi again!" ”

Xue Ru stood in the shadows, making it impossible to see what the expression on his face was, and when he heard this, he just lightly agreed, "And Pei Yaoqing!" This Lord Yin of Jingzhao Mansion, I don't see him move, who knows that this is the case as soon as he makes a move! ”

Then, he let out a long sigh, walked out of the shadows, and wandered back and forth in the hall for a few steps, before he stopped, and said: "Li Xi's cloth cover, Pei Yaoqing took people, the cooperation was seamless, and the connection was extremely smooth, if it wasn't for the news we just got, we know that Li Xi did just temporarily ask Her Royal Highness the eldest princess to eat that roasted mutton today, and he really didn't have any contact with Pei Yaoqing before, but people can't help but wonder if they have rehearsed it a few times in advance!" ”

Li Hong's face became more and more hideous and gloomy when he heard this.

Then, he couldn't help but scold, "Wei Ji, this idiot, knew that his sons were not successful, why did he go earlier, honestly locked at home, and more Ansheng!" He wants a beautiful woman, how expensive is it that he can't buy a home? If he can't afford it, come to me and cry poor, and I will reward him with ten! It turned out like this, it turned out so ......"

Cursing and scolding, he stopped suddenly, and then he lowered his head and gasped there with a gloomy face.

After a long while, he raised his head to look at Xue Rust, who had always been calm, and asked, "Ah Jin, what else do you have to do to recover from it?" You can't just watch a useless waste of the Wei family ruin Lone's whole plan! You know, my father has always been wary of me being wary of dogs, this time, it is the closest Wei Yu to the prime minister, and it is also the closest to the prime minister of my subordinates, there is absolutely no room for error! ”

Xue Ru frowned helplessly when he heard this, what good way could he do it now?

After thinking about it, he said: "Presumably at this time, Wei Ji couldn't help but walk around and was thinking of a way. We have no friendship with Pei Yaoqing, Pei Yaoqing is a foolish and loyal, your identity is with him, I'm afraid it's not good...... However, it is estimated that Wei Zhen will go in vain if he goes, and it is inevitable that he will walk in vain! ”

Li Hong grabbed his hand, his face was full of pain, and he couldn't help but kneel down, shouting in his mouth, "Ah Jin, beg me!" ”

Seeing this, Xue Rust bluffed, and hurriedly frowned and hugged him, and said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince must not be like this, not to mention that the matter has not reached the last step, Wei Xuan's son has an accident, which may not affect His Majesty's decision-making on employing people, and besides, although Pei Yaoqing has taken people, his attitude has not yet been revealed, how can you mess with yourself?" Besides, even at the last moment, Ah Jin didn't dare to give you this gift! ”

After hesitating for a moment, he said slowly: "It's not that there is no way to do it at all, but it may not have a good effect, and secondly, I am afraid that Lord Wei will ......."

Li Hong's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he was about to ask, but suddenly heard a movement outside, and the two of them were sensitive at this time, and they turned their heads to look at the sound when they heard the voice. Then I saw a little eunuch stumbling in, gasping for air, kneeling down and saying, "Tell Your Highness, Lord Wei is here, and he has already broken in directly!" ”

Li Hong looked at Xue Rust when he heard this, "He won't come to me to help him save his son, right?" ”

Because his relationship with Wei Ji is extraordinary, he relies on him to spread and develop his incognito power in the court, so he has always had great respect for him, and in order to show his favor, he has specially ordered that Wei Ji want to see him, without reporting, just break through the door. But Wei Ji has always been cautious in doing things, and he has this privilege, but he has never used it, and today, this time...... Xue Ru thought about it and shook his head slightly, but his face was hesitant, as if he was not sure. Thinking about it, although I think Wei Xuan should understand that the influence of the crown prince Li Hong in the court may not be comparable to that of Wei Xuan, so it should be unlikely that he will come to ask for help to save his son, but if he really brings up this matter, it is really good that people don't know how to answer.

Xue Ru didn't speak, and at this time, naturally Li Hong couldn't continue to ask him what the method was that day, so Li Hong waved his hand and ordered the little eunuch to go down.

And the little eunuch had just left, and before he could go out to greet him, Wei Yu had already stepped in.

The first thing he said after he came in immediately calmed Li Hong and Xue Rust - "Your Highness, my subordinates want to sever the father-son relationship with the dog Wei Min and expel him from the Wei family, I don't know if I can return to heaven?" ”

Li Hong was stunned at first when he heard this, and then in surprise, he couldn't help but turn his head to look at Xue Rust first, and seeing that he nodded covertly and made another color, Li Hong suddenly understood that this must be the ploy that Xue Rust wanted to say just now but didn't have time to say it.

At this time, even though he understood that Wei Zhu was an important chess piece that he had been preparing for many years, and there was absolutely no room for failure in this competition for the position of prime minister, but when Wei Zhu personally offered this strategy, Li Hong still couldn't help but have a cool breeze on his back.

It turns out that if the tiger is poisonous enough, it will eat it!

(To be continued)