After two days, Li Qing'an came to Wei Mansion again, at this time he sat in the Wei Mansion in the guest hall while tasting the best Shuzhong Mengding tea, while looking at a few calligraphy and paintings on the wall, Li Qing'an is a layman to calligraphy and painting, only to see that a few paintings are from the hands of famous artists, a word is written dragon flying phoenix dance, majestic, he slowly stepped forward with a teacup, only to see that the payment turned out to be Zhang Xu, this word is Zhang Xu's real handwriting, and there is a palace maid picture is actually painted by Yan Liben.

These calligraphy and paintings, which can be called national treasures in later generations, were actually hung on the wall casually, and Li Qingan secretly shook his head.

"Does General Li like these calligraphy and paintings?"

Wei Jian walked in slowly with his hands behind his back and said with a smile: "If General Li likes it, I will give it to you." ”

"Did you really give it to me?"

Li Qingan looked back and smiled: "Then I'm welcome." ”

Wei Jian is actually just polite, he also regards these calligraphy and paintings as treasures, how can he give them away, if it weren't for his younger brother's single-minded hanging out, these calligraphy and paintings should be hidden in his box, he didn't expect Li Qingan to take it seriously, he couldn't help but be a little embarrassed, so he laughed dryly, and changed the topic: "General Li came to the door today, but the night before was still unfinished?" ”

Li Qingan smiled faintly and said, "If I guessed correctly, I should be the only one who comes to the door today!" ”

Wei Jian was stunned for a moment, Li Qing'an had something to say in this, thinking that he was a tide stall person, could it really be as the third brother said, he came on behalf of the prince?

Hope suddenly ignited in Wei Lian's heart, and he hurriedly said, "General Li, please sit down!" ”

The two sat down, Wei Jian ordered someone to change the tea, and then sighed and said: "My Wei family is unfortunate, there have been repeated setbacks in the past few years, a few years ago, the Wei Jian case, the Wei family's children were purged, and there has just been a recovery in the past two years, but there is this file again, I promoted the Wei family's children It is not fake, but it is also reported to the Ministry of Officials for approval, and there is no private award, why is it too much?" Moreover, this was more than half a year ago, and when I was promoted, I didn't talk about it, but now I bring it up again, and the court is mobilizing the people, and it is actually a three-hall trial, which is really incomprehensible. ”

Li Qing'an took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "Wei Yuanjun should know that this kind of thing is just an excuse, the investigation is fake, and the power struggle is true, if Wei Yuanjun goes to Yang Zhao's mansion, I estimate that this matter will be over." ”

After speaking, Li Qingan picked up the teacup again, but his eyes looked at Wei Jian with a smile, waiting for his reaction, Wei Lian's face suddenly swelled into purple red, and he slapped the table and said angrily: "No matter how defeated my Wei family is, I will not praise the person who is promoted by nepotism, if I survive this catastrophe, the Wei family will be revived, if it can't survive, then even if the Wei family is defeated, it will not disgrace the ancestors, General Li will mention this matter again." ”

Li Qing'an hurriedly put down the teacup and apologized: "Qing'an admires the integrity of the famous family, just now I was a momentary gaffe, please Wei Yuanjun don't blame!" ”

"I don't blame General Li!"

Wei Jian sighed and said: "Actually, the Cui family is not all like Cui Qiao and Cui Yuan, I know Cui Yuan, he and Yang Zhao are just using each other, but that Cui Qiao, blindly tending to be inflammatory, first married the wife of the clan, which made the Cui family despised, and now openly refuge in the Yang family, there must be internal strife within the Cui family, the Cui family has been a family for hundreds of years, how can he let him ruin his reputation." ”

Having said that, he was still worried, it was not easy for the Wei family to revive, if it was hit again this time, I am afraid it would be difficult to recover, he glanced at Li Qing'an, and saw that he was smiling and silent, so he asked tentatively: "General Li came to visit my Wei family in times of crisis, does the prince know?" ”

"I'm here for this matter, if Wei Yuanjun is willing, I am willing to contact the prince for Wei Yuanjun, and ask the prince to come forward for you, what does Wei Yuanjun think?"

Listening to his tone, Wei Jian didn't seem to have reported to the prince yet, so he couldn't help but secretly wonder: "It turns out that it wasn't the prince's intention, but that he was willing to help, why is this?" I have no friendship with him! ’

He smiled and said: "Thank you General Li for his chivalrous heart, the Wei family is grateful, but in this way, General Li will also offend the Yang family, and the Wei family really can't help it." ”

Li Qingan understood the meaning of his words, so he smiled slightly: "There are two reasons why I am willing to help the Wei family, one is that I cut down a table of the Wei family the night before, and I have not yet compensated, so I don't want to go!" ”

Wei Lian laughed, waved his hand and said, "General Li is really interesting, it turns out that he wants to pay for the Wei family's table, okay!" I accept this compensation. ”

Li Qingan nodded and said: "As for the second reason, it's very simple, Yang Zhao hates me to the core, and I openly rejected the marriage of the Yang family, and the relationship with the Yang family is irreparable. ”

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Coming out of Weifu, Li Qing'an went to the East City again, the East City is also full of lights at this time, very lively, a shop is full of all kinds of lanterns, which is related to the image of each store, so each lantern is made skillfully, lifelike, it is now daytime, many guys are repairing the lanterns, or adding oil, or re-pasting the damaged places, today is the Shangyuan Festival, Shangyuan Lantern will reach **.

Li Qing'an looked around in the splendid silk shop and found a silk shop called 'Gaoling Ding Ji', as soon as he entered the door, the shop guy greeted him with a smile, "Guest, today's small shop is stocking and not doing business, I'm really sorry!" ”

"Is your shopkeeper here?"

"I am!"

A white and chubby middle-aged man walked out from behind the counter and arched his hand: "Below is the shopkeeper of the shop, may I ask the customer what is looking for me?" ”

Li Qingan shook the gold medal of the East Palace, and the shopkeeper's face immediately became solemn, and he hurriedly waved his hand, "Please go to the inner room to talk." ”

Then he instructed his men: "Keep the door of the shop closed, and no one will be allowed to come in." ”

This shop is a secret contact point set up by the prince Li Heng in the East City, there are some inconvenient things to say in the East Palace, so the general matter will be passed into the palace from here, and then make an appointment to meet at the place, last time Li Heng gave Li Qing'an an an address, that is, this 'Gaoling Ding Ji' silk shop, Li Qing'an entered the inner room with the shopkeeper, and the shopkeeper closed the door and said with a smile: "Handsome in the dismount, he was originally a waiter in the East Palace, and he has long admired the name of General Li." ”

It turned out that he was a eunuch, Li Qingan nodded, took out a sealed letter from his arms, this is a letter of allegiance written by Wei Jian to the prince, and there is also a note from him in it, and handed the letter to Ma Yingjun and said: "It is this letter, it is extremely important, you must hand it over to the prince immediately, there can be no delay for a moment!" ”

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East Palace, the prince Li Heng is in a good mood these two days, last night on the eve of the Yuan Dynasty, he and several children and concubines visited the lanterns in the East Palace, his grandson Li Shi is lively and lovely, quite pleasing to him, it is funny to say, he is only thirty-nine years old today, but his grandson is already eight years old, he is fifteen years old to grow a son Li Li, Li Li married the daughter of Wuxing famous Shen Pearl as his wife, the first year of Tianbao, Li Li gave birth to his son Li Shi at the age of sixteen, the family reunited, happy and happy, and the historian who was on duty to record his living record in the past two days was sick, The other two happened to be not in Chang'an, which gave him a rare moment to relax and talk to his family at will.

Early in the morning, Li Heng came to the study, last night Yushitai transferred an impeachment note, which made him quite strange, he pondered for a long time before reacting, this is Yang Zhao is driving away the Wei family's forces in Bashu, Li Heng has a special feeling for the Wei family, after Wei Jian's case, he was forced to divorce his wife Wei Fei, who finally fell into the empty door for a nun, and will spend his life desolately, this is the biggest pain in Li Heng's life, the dignified prince is not as good as an ordinary commoner, and he can't even keep his wife.

For this reason, Li Heng has always had a trace of apology for the purged Wei family, and now, Yang Zhao is going to do something to the Wei family again, which makes Li Heng feel a trace of inexplicable anger in his heart, a villain who climbs up by nepotism, actually dares to slander the minister?

But Li Heng has experienced too many ups and downs, he is no longer as impulsive as before, he immediately thought, could this be his father's secret instructions, let Yang Zhao come forward to attack the Wei family that has just shown signs of revival, as soon as he thought of this, he did not dare to act rashly and remained on the sidelines.

At this time, a confidant eunuch hurriedly walked in, put a letter on Li Heng's table, and slowly retreated, Li Heng glanced at the envelope, it was actually from Ma Yingjun's silk shop, Ma Yingjun was a eunuch who served him since childhood, and was released from the palace the year before last, Li Heng gave him a sum of money to open a silk shop in Dongshi, and later this silk shop became a secret stronghold for him to contact the outside world. Who will contact him?

He picked up the letter, habitually glanced at the seat of the historian, today the seat was empty, he briskly tore open the cover, inside were two letters, one was written by Li Qing'an to him, and the other turned out to be Wei Lian's handwritten letter, he first opened Li Qing'an's letter and looked at it, Li Qing'an suggested in the letter that the Wei family should be re-admitted to the tide file, and help him once in this Wei Lian case, no matter whether it is successful or not, the Wei family will be grateful to the East Palace.

He looked at Wei Lian's letter again, which recounted the remembrance of the past years, Li Heng couldn't help but think of his poor Concubine Wei, his nose was slightly sour, he sighed, and said to the eunuch Li Jingzhong next to him: "Go and invite Li Mi, just say that I have something important to discuss with him." ”

After a while, Li Mi hurriedly walked in, he was about twenty-six or seventeen years old, fair-skinned, tall and thin, his gestures were gentle and elegant, and his demeanor was graceful, Li Mi was the second year of Tianbao in Songshan and got Li Longji's weight, and was named the Hanlin Servant, and assisted the prince in the East Palace, Li Mi and Li Heng had a good relationship, and was one of Li Heng's most trusted henchmen, and also his advisor, and it was Li Mi's idea to accept Li Qing'an as the backbone of the tide file, he thought that the North Court was not better than the Central Plains, and it belonged to the scope that the Holy Lord could tolerate, and the Beiting Army supported the East Palace, This is also good for stabilizing the society, so the saint will definitely acquiesce, and sure enough, Li Qingan defected to Li Heng, and Li Longji didn't say anything, indicating that he had acquiesced.

This is a balance of power, Li Longji killed Huangfu Weiming, deposed Wang Zhonghei, and killed and degraded all the feudal officials who supported the prince, but this is not absolute, Huangfu Weiming is the envoy of Longyou Jiedu, Wang Zhonghei is even the envoy of the Four Towns Festival, their army can reach Chang'an in two or three days, so Li Longji must not tolerate it, and Beiting and Anxi are different, it takes at least a month for the Beiting army to arrive in Chang'an, and there is still a river in the middle, so Li Longji can tolerate it, He also knew that the crown prince must have an army to support him, which would be beneficial to the stability of the society after the crown prince ascended the throne in the future, so Li Longji chose the balance point of Beiting, and watched Li Qingan become the backbone of the tide stall without interference.

Colliers knew Li Longji, and he pushed Li Qing'an to join the Tide file, and Li Mi also saw through this and suggested that Li Heng accept Li Qingan as the backbone of the Tide file, which is also Li Mi's excellence.

Li Mi took a step forward and bowed and said, "Weichen see His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

"Has Mr. heard about Wei Lian?"

"The minister has heard of it."

Li Heng handed him the letters from Li Qingan and Wei Lian, "Take a look at it first!" ”

Li Mi flipped through it and asked, "What does Your Highness think?" ”

Li Heng took two steps behind his back and sighed: "To be honest, I am very conflicted, I hope that the Wei family can return to me, but I am also worried that this is the instigation of my father behind my back, and if I come out, it will be unfavorable to me." ”

Li Mi smiled slightly: "I want to know, why does His Highness think that the Holy Lord is behind it?" ”

"You can see from Wei Lian's letter, he promoted his own nephew, but he acted completely according to the rules, filed with the Ministry of Officials before promotion, and was transferred to a new position after obtaining the approval, and Wei Ming also entered the office from the door shade, and he has been serving as a county official for four years, and there is nothing wrong with it, it is this case that can't find any loopholes, but the Holy Lord regards it as a big case, and it is actually tried in three halls, I can only think that this is the Holy Lord playing on the topic."

Speaking of this, Li Heng glanced at Li Mi, and when he saw that he was confident, he said, "What do you think?" ”

Li Mi smiled: "Your Highness, my thoughts are similar to those of Your Highness. ”

"Tell me about it!"

"I also think that there is no problem with Wei Zhao's promotion itself, but the problem is that Yang Zhao has just come out of the sword Nanjie envoy."

"Sir, do you mean that the Holy Lord is helping Yang Zhao suppress Wei Lian?"

"It's okay to say that, but Weichen thinks it's not as simple as suppressing Wei Lian."

Li Heng stopped and looked at Li Mi, and said, "Go on!" ”

"Weichen thinks that the saint may want to use this matter to attack the famous family."

'Fight against famous families? Li Heng frowned, he really didn't expect this layer.

"What's the blow?"

"It's very simple, people of the same clan are not allowed to be officials in the same state and locality."

Li Heng nodded slowly, he understood that if this net was cast, not only the Wei family, but also Cui, Pei, Lu, Zheng, Wang and other major families, the family would not be able to escape.

"Father is clever!"

Li Heng secretly admired, and he hurriedly said: "Then it seems that in this way, it is better for me not to come out of Wei Lian's matter." ”

"It's not! To come out. ”

Li Yu shook his head and said with a smile: "Your Highness is out for the Wei family, not only can the Wei family be included in the family, but also can collect the heart of the family, why not do it?" ”

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Handing over Wei Lian's letter to the prince, Li Qingan relaxed again, all he needed to do was to match the Wei family and the prince, as for how the prince fought with Yang Zhao, it had nothing to do with him, he just sat on the clouds and leisurely watched the fight below, he also wanted to see what kind of role Li Linfu would play in this.

When he returned to the mansion, it was already afternoon, and he had just walked to the gate of the Furong Building, but he saw a woman in white standing at the door, walking around, looking very anxious.

"Jade slave!" Li Qingan suddenly recognized it, isn't this woman the maid in the dance costume jade slave? How did she get here? Could it be that something happened to the dance costume?

"General Lee!"

When Yunu saw Li Qing'an, she hurriedly ran up, grabbed Li Qing'an's arm, and said with a hint of crying: "General Li, go and see my girl!" ”

Li Qingan was taken aback, "What's wrong with the girl in the dancing clothes?" ”

"She suddenly fell ill at noon yesterday, and she hasn't said a word or drunk a sip of water until now, and I really don't know what to do."

As she spoke, tears welled up in her eyes, and she said sadly: "Poor my girl is lonely, the whole Li Mansion ignores her, General Li, please go and see her!" ”

"Don't worry, I'll go with you."

Li Qing'an turned around and explained, and immediately followed the jade slave to Li Linfu's mansion, although he should not appear in front of Li Linfu's mansion at this time, he couldn't take care of it.

"Yunu, how could the girl in the dancing clothes suddenly get sick?"

Li Qingxin was surprised, on the way to Li Linfu's mansion, he asked Yunu carefully, "Did something happen?" ”

Yunu's eyes were gloomy, and for a long time, she sighed softly and whispered: "Yesterday at noon, several of Li Xiangguo's daughters came to my girl to report the good news. ”

"Good news! What's the good news? Li Qingan was puzzled.

"They told the girl that General Li was going to marry the daughter of the Dugu family, and last night he wrote a poem for her and drew a sword, and told the girl about the general's affairs in Wei's mansion, and as soon as they left, the girl fell ill, and last night the girl shed a night of tears."

"Say no more!"

Li Qing's peace of mind was like a fire, and he didn't stop ordering the coachman to speed up the carriage, and in a moment, the carriage arrived at the side gate of Xiangguo's Mansion and slowly stopped.

Yunu stepped forward and knocked on the door, and a porter opened the door, and said with a hippie smile: "Yo! It turned out to be a little jade slave! What, go out and buy medicine for your girl? ”

The jade slave ignored him, turned around and beckoned to Li Qingan: "General, you come with me!" ”

The porter saw Li Qing'an at this time, and he was so frightened that he hurriedly opened the door, "General Li, please come in, do you want me to report to the master?" ”

"No need, I'll come and see the girl in the dancing clothes, so as not to disturb Li Xiangguo's rest."

The courtyard where Jiang Wuyi lived was very close to the side door, and after entering the door, he turned a corner, Li Qingan walked to the courtyard with the jade slave, and the jade slave whispered: "General, wait a minute, I'll tell the girl first." ”

Yu Nu went into the house full of worry, she went to Li Qing'an privately, if the girl knew, would she blame her.

The room in the dance costume was very simple, with a bed that had been stripped of paint, a piano next to it, and an old table in front of the window with half-written verses.

A yellowed white curtain dims the light in the room, a dark green six-stringed piano model is placed on the piano table next to the bed, and a bouquet of pink and white plum blossoms is inserted in a vase on the top of the bed.

At this time, the room was quiet, and the dancer was lying quietly on the couch looking at the ceiling, her face was pale and haggard, and the mocking expressions of several cousins seemed to echo in front of her.

"Wuyi, tonight is Shangyuan Night, General Li is not here to invite you out?"

"Doesn't he like you very much? I'll give you a six-stringed piano! Why did I go to find the daughter of the Dugu family again, oh! I understand, people are wealthy ladies, but you are a widow. ”

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Every word of these words pierced into Wuyi's heart like a sharp knife, she had to let them pierce indiscriminately, unable to defend herself, her hope was shattered, when she met Li Qing'an, she thought that her life would be full of flowers and happiness again, the god of fate mercilessly deprived her of this little hope, yes, what did she have? She had no parents, no family, she was alone, not even free, she was a widow, a widow who had never married, her life was already sealed, she would spend her life in loneliness, and perhaps it would not be long before she could go to see her mother, the only person in the world who loved her.

"Mother!"

She called softly, and at this moment, her heart was filled with longing for the end of her life.

At this moment, the door opened, and the maid Yunu walked in.

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Li Qing'an stood in the courtyard and looked into the house, his heart was full of self-blame and uneasiness, he only thought about Li Linfu using the dance clothes as bait, thinking about the officialdom and deceit, but forgetting the loneliness and desolation of the dance clothes, but forgetting a woman's expectations and waiting for him, but he fell in love with others, hey! What is hypocrisy and selfishness, he Li Qingan is.

He heard the sound of the jade slave going upstairs, and in a moment, the voice of the jade slave came from the house.

"Girl, General Li has come to see you."

"General Lee!" Suddenly there was a hoarse exclamation from Wuyi in the room, and then it became silent again, and after a while, Wuyi said, "You go and tell him that I am tired and want to rest, and ask him not to disturb me." ”

"But the girl ....."

"Didn't you hear me?"

"Girl, he's in the yard, just meet him!"

"I don't want to see anyone now, let him go back, yes! You give this back to him. ”

"Girl, what are you..... Ay! There was a low sigh from the room.

These words were sent to Li Qing'an's ears word by word, very clearly, they hit his head like a whip, his face suddenly became hot, and he felt ashamed.

After a while, Yunu walked out, holding a small and delicate six-stringed piano in her hand, which was the guitar model that Li Qing'an gave to Jiang Wuyi on Chinese New Year's Eve last year.

She walked up and handed the guitar to Li Qing'an, and said, "My girl is in a bad mood, please forgive General Li." ”

Li Qingan nodded silently and took over the guitar, the guitar was spotless, although it was a year later, it was still as bright as new.

He took a deep breath and said in a loud voice to the room: "Girl in a dress, many things are not as simple as you think, I believe that soon, you will understand my distress, girl in a dress, I will definitely come to you again." ”

After speaking, he gave a deep salute, turned around and left, behind the window screen on the second floor, a white dress and dance dress stared blankly at Li Qingan's back and walked away, a crystal teardrop rolled out of her eyes.

(To be continued)