Early in the morning of the second day, Meng Bochang came to invite Yang Hao to visit Zhang Qingliang, the envoy of Xia Suijie.

Qing'er, Xiaoyu, and Lu Rui because of last night's fright, they didn't fall asleep until dawn, and they couldn't wake up at this time, Yang Hao didn't call them, and he left the inn with Meng Bochang alone, Zhang Qingliang was originally a three-grade horizontal knife of the Baoli Society, because he was nearly sixty years old, according to the rules of the stabbing horse camp, he was about to unload his armor and return to Chang'an for the elderly, Zhang Qingliang was a civil official, and the so-called removal of the armor was to resign from the actual position, and return to Chang'an to receive a false post in the court to receive a salary to enjoy his old age.

As a festival envoy, Zhang Qingliang refused to live in the dental office, his private house is not even in the dental city, there is a small lake in the southwest of Xiazhou City, called Yandang, according to legend, every year when the wild geese move south, they have to gather here, Zhang Qingliang's private house is on the shore of Yandang Lake, several grass houses, bamboo fence courtyard, facing the lake back to the city, the scenery is quite quiet, when Yang Hao and Meng Bochang arrived, Zhang Qingliang was wearing linen coarse clothes in the vegetable garden to water the greens, until the two of them entered the courtyard he found out,

Zhang Qingliang held Yang Hao's hand and smiled heartily: "I've heard of a big name for a long time, when I saw it today, he was really a young talent." Yang Hao said: "The reputation of the handsome is too much, Yang Hao can't afford it." Zhang Qingliang said: "Don't call it handsome, call it big brother, call it big brother Fang Xian kind." Zhang Qingliang's old wife Wu came out of the stove when she heard this, the same coarse cloth clothes, her face was covered with wind and frost, if it weren't for Zhang Qingliang calling her an old wife, Yang Hao would have thought that she was his cook.

On this day, the wind and the sun are beautiful, the tea table is placed next to the well in the vegetable garden, the tea set is pottery coarse porcelain, but the tea is authentic and good tea, drinking tea, chatting, after a while, they are all familiar.

Zhang Qingliang stared at Yang Hao for a while, and asked in a low voice, "Is this time a promotion or a promotion?" On the way here, Meng Bochang had already told Yang Hao that after Zhang Qingliang left, he would officially take over Xia Sui as the envoy of the festival, but in the stabbing horse camp, he was still a horizontal knife of the third grade, and he did not get any promotion.

Yang Hao replied truthfully: "I was promoted, but I was not promoted." ”

Zhang Qingliang sighed leisurely and said: "I was just a scribe in Chang'an County when you were so old, and it took nearly forty years old to achieve the halberd of the ninth grade. ”

Meng Bochang said: "The matter has come to this, don't complain about it, you are not short of money, your health is not bad, and you have the right temper with your sister-in-law, go back to Chang'an to buy a house, grow flowers and raise birds, and find a few friends to drink on weekdays, how happy and happy, isn't it better than working hard in this small border town." ”

Yang Hao asked: "How many children does the eldest brother have, why don't you even have a person around you who serves tea?" ”

Zhang Qingliang stretched out five fingers: "Three men and two women, five, married, and official, all ran away, and in the end, I was left alone, a lonely old man." ”

"Don't you still have a sister-in-law with you, even if your children are by your side, after all, you don't know how hot or cold as your wife." Speaking of this, Wu came out of the kitchen, wiped his hands and looked this way, Yang Hao stood up, Wu smiled shyly, and asked, "Can you start dinner now?" ”

Zhang Qingliang got up and greeted: "It's better to eat in the house, it's windy here, and the food will be cold after a while." ”

Zhang Qingliang's several thatched huts are not inconspicuous from the outside, the interior layout is not shabby, all the furniture and utensils are better than the well-off people, but in late autumn, the house has a hearth, very warm, Zhang Qingliang explained: "The old arms and legs are afraid of the cold, so the hearth is born early." He shouted at Wu again: "Make the fire smaller, don't heat the two of them." Wu was setting up tables and chairs, but he hurriedly withdrew the fire when he heard the words, and was stopped by Yang Hao.

The meals are put up, although they are all home-cooked dishes, but the cooking skills are first-class, which makes Yang Hao interested in the Wu family, Zhang Qingliang was born in a family of eunuchs, and has been an official for a lifetime, and the person who can marry him in terms of his family background should also be a big family, and Wu's temperament does have some of the demeanor of the ladies of the family, and it is extremely rare for the young lady to cook and fry in this era, is Wu's craftsmanship brought from the mother's womb?

After three rounds of drinking, Zhang Qingliang's face was flushed, and he said to Yang Hao: "Brother, listen to my advice, it is better to be careful in the past two years, and there will be big moves above." Yang Hao was interested when he heard this, Zhang Qingliang drank a glass of wine by himself, and said with a snort of wine: "Do you know, the big housekeeper is going to be replaced." ”

Yang Hao frowned and said, "No, the chief manager has just inspected Xia Sui, if he wants to change people, what is the reason for him to do this." Yang Hao had already heard this meaning from Li Chen's words, and deliberately pretended not to know, just to lead Zhang Qingliang to continue to speak, sure enough, Zhang Qingliang came to his senses, and said with a smile: "This is his cleverness, close to stepping down to show grace, if you have a grudge, let you forget his evil, and if you have no grudge, let you remember his good, feng shui takes turns, maybe in three or five years, people will make a comeback." ”

Yang Hao suddenly interjected and asked, "His Royal Highness King Guang has been the chief manager for several years. ”

Zhang Qingliang pinched his fingers and said, "This time it's only been more than two years, he took over as the chief manager after the change in Ganlu Palace." Yang Hao was shocked and asked anxiously: "Who was the head of the Baoli Society before?" Zhang Qingliang was about to answer, Meng Bochang coughed, reproached Yang Hao, and said, "You shouldn't ask about these things." ”

Zhang Qingliang blushed and said: "Hey, he should know about these things sooner or later, what's the difference between saying it early and saying it late." He turned his head to Yang Hao and said with a smile: "Brother Meng is good at everything, but he is too old-fashioned, and Brother Yang is not an outsider, so he has something to say." ”

Meng Bochang snorted, without answering, Zhang Qingliang touched a glass of wine with Yang Hao, drank it all, and said: "Since today's Yuyu Sea, there are only two people who have done the big housekeeper of the Baoli Society, you do it for two years, I do it for two years, and it has never been passed on to outsiders, one is His Royal Highness Li Chen, the current emperor's uncle, and the other is His Royal Highness Li Yan, the emperor's younger brother, Yingwang Li Yan. Who sits in the village depends on His Majesty's words, November of the ninth year of Guangda and the palace change, that is, the month when the palace change occurred, our chief manager changed three times, at the beginning of the month is His Royal Highness King Guang, in the middle of the month is His Royal Highness King Ying, and at the end of the month is His Royal Highness King Guangwang. ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Qingliang asked Meng Bochang: "Bochang, who was the big manager on the day of the palace change." ”

Meng Bochang thought for a while: "It was His Royal Highness King Yingwang who got up early, and when the palace change occurred, it was changed to His Royal Highness King Guangwang, after the palace change failed, His Royal Highness King Guangwang once left Beijing to avoid trouble, and was represented by His Royal Highness King Yingwang for a few days. ”

"In this way, Yongfeng faceless meeting is also His Royal Highness the King of Light." Yang Hao interjected,

"Who in the world would dare to reuse you except him."

"Before the Dragon Boat Festival in the ninth year of Yamato, who was in charge of the Baoli Society."

Yang Hao's question was a little sudden, Zhang Qingliang and Meng Bochang thought for a while, and replied in unison: "It's Li Xun." Zhang Qingliang explained: "At that time, Your Majesty was bent on overthrowing Wang Shoucheng, and all the societies were under the control of the Yamato Society, and it was Li Xun who was really in power in the Yamato Society. Speaking of this, Zhang Qingliang asked Meng Bochang: "You said, if the four societies still listen to Li Xun's dispatch after overthrowing Wang Shoucheng, can the Manna tragedy be avoided?" ”

Meng Bochang shook his head: "It's impossible, the reason why the change in the polo field can succeed is not Li Xun's credit, but Wang Shoucheng's exhaustion, in fact, that time is really dangerous, if Wang Shoucheng listens to Guo Qin's words, or is a little cautious, you and I don't want to sit and eat wine in the near future." ”

The polo field coup d'état that brought down Wang Shoucheng in front of Hanguang Palace, although Yang Hao was a personal participant, he never really sorted out the ins and outs of the whole thing, it was already a very distant thing, Yang Hao didn't want to dwell on every detail, he just wanted to figure out one thing,

"I led someone to arrest Guo Qin that day, who later protected him from His Majesty, His Royal Highness King Guang is still His Royal Highness King Ying."

Meng Bochang snorted and asked vigilantly, "What are you asking for?" ”

Yang Hao pretended to smile lightly: "Is there anything wrong?" ”

Zhang Qingliang, who has always been arrogant, also advised Yang Hao at this moment: "This matter is very important, so it's better not to mention it." ”

"So, you two are insiders, the words are out of your mouths and into my ears, are you afraid that I will say it?"

The two were still silent, and Yang Hao snorted from his nose: "If you don't say it, I can guess it, is it Li Yan, the king of Ying, if he killed Guo Qin and Lin Tongwei according to Li Xun's intentions that day, and destroyed Xiao Qingyi, maybe the entire history of the Tang Dynasty will be rewritten, it is because of his self-made wisdom that the blood of tens of thousands of people stained Chang'an City." Yang Hao was a little excited when he said this, thinking of Qi Yu, thinking of Yuegu, thinking of Yan Hua, thinking of many people who were killed by Xiao Qingyi, Yang Hao's heart was full of colic, he drank several glasses of wine in a row, and the more he drank, the more chaotic he became.

"At this time and that time, His Royal Highness King Yingwang also had his intentions to protect Guo Qin that day, and it was Li Xun who did the bad thing, it was this traitorous villain who forced Guo Qin to rebel against him, and finally broke the big thing." Zhang Qingliang began to defend Li Yan,

Yang Hao sneered: "He should have known what kind of person Li Xun was that day, and keeping Guo Qin to cooperate with Li Xun wouldn't be tantamount to taking the lives of tens of thousands of people as child's play." ”

"Okay, even if King Ying is at fault, it is not your turn to criticize him, what you have to remember is that you can have today, it all depends on his recommendation and protection, and now he is your top boss, if you do it with him again, you are playing with your own life." Meng Bochang's words woke Yang Hao up, the rights and wrongs of Daming Palace have disappeared, even the emperor has the stomach to let Li Yan come back, why should he blame him, now he has become his own boss, if the relationship between them is not handled well, it is not only his own business, but it will inevitably implicate many people.

"Drink, drink." Zhang Qingliang saw that the two were going to quarrel, and hurriedly came to play a round, this wine was as light as water when he drank it, and finally broke up unhappily.