Leng Yi said: "This is only part of what you heard, that cat was actually raised by a very favored concubine named Concubine Li, a pure white hair, without any variegation, eyes like turquoise gems, huge body, twice as big as ordinary cats, this is very fierce, ordinary people dare not hug it, but Concubine Li gave this fierce beast a very well-behaved name called Rou'er." Speaking of this, he looked at Wang Zhixuan with a smile.

Wang Zhixuan said: "I heard that the first emperor didn't have a concubine named Concubine Rou?" ”

Leng Yi nodded and said approvingly: "The son can be taught, which is enough to see how arrogant that Concubine Li was in the palace at that time." ”

Wang Zhixuan sighed: "That's really the case, but the Empress Dowager didn't ...... at that time."

Leng Yi said: "Just about to say this, the Empress Dowager's personality has always been strong, and she can't rub sand in her eyes, but the harem is like this, the weak eat the strong, and we don't have to be less than half a point for officials, and some of them are even better." ”

Wang Zhixuan nodded and agreed, although her mother was only a princess, she also grew up in the palace since she was a child, and she was used to seeing these bloodless wars, and sometimes she was vaguely scared when she talked about it.

"The starling that the Empress Dowager raised at that time was found by the first emperor from the south, very clever, and a lot of words will be learned, the Empress Dowager likes it very much, but later on the birthday of the first emperor, all the people went to the Funing Hall to celebrate, that night, I don't know who deliberately opened the door of the starling's birdcage, and then the cat named Rou'er bit the starling to death."

Wang Zhixuan said: "In this harem, there are often chickens and monkeys, and Xiang Zhuang dances the sword to do a lot of things for Pei Gong. It's nothing more than trying to use the starling's sharpness to kill the Queen Mother. ”

Leng Yi waved his hand and said with a smile: "Don't just look at the surface, so you say so." Was it Concubine Li's doing? ”

Wang Zhixuan said: "Whether it was Concubine Li's action or not, at least the cat is hers, there should be nothing wrong." ”

Leng Yi said: "Non-yes, non-yes...... You just know that Xiang Zhuang's sword dance is intended for Pei Gong, but you forget that there is another trick to kill people with a knife. ”

Wang Zhixuan said: "That's true, but the final victim of this incident shouldn't be the real murderer, right?" Someone was innocently scapegoated. ”

Leng Yi looked at Wang Zhixuan with a smile. said: "Then who do you think the scapegoat will be, and who will be the real murderer?" ”

Wang Zhixuan thought for a while and said, "This subordinate really doesn't dare to guess. However, I think that from the analysis of what I have taught my subordinates over the years, the scapegoat should be Concubine Rou, and the real murderer is the Queen Mother. ”

Leng Yi laughed, then looked at Wang Zhixuan with an approving face and said, "It's really worthy of being my Leng Yi's subordinate." It seems that they have not followed me for so many years in vain. ”

Wang Zhixuan said: "But there is still something that my subordinates don't understand. That is, it stands to reason that the Empress Dowager should have nothing to do with Concubine Rou at that time, but she didn't look down on Concubine Li's arrogance and domineering, why didn't she attack Concubine Li directly, but chose Concubine Rou? ”

Leng Yi said: "I said that we can't just look at the surface, but look at the essence through the phenomenon. ”

Wang Zhixuan thought about it, although he still couldn't figure out about it. But listening to Leng Yi's little bit, after thinking about it for a while. said: "Could it be that the Empress Dowager and Concubine Rou are actually related, but the people on the side can't see the clues, or maybe the Empress Dowager is too hidden, and no one can see her likes and dislikes?" ”

Leng Yi pointed to the calm lake and said, "You look at the lake, can you see anything?" ”

Wang Zhixuan shook his head.

Leng Yi said: "But do you know that I have a bad habit, once I went to the border to negotiate peace with Da Yue, and later became Mo Zhi with the prince of Da Yue, he gave me ten fish, I liked it very much, so I transported all ten fish back, and put them in this artificial lake, you go into the guardrail to see." ”

Wang Zhixuan heard Leng Yi talk about this matter for the first time, thinking that it was just ten fish, why did he go to the lake to see it by himself, but he still got up and walked to the guardrail of the pavilion and poked his head down to take a closer look.

"My lord, your artificial lake is so big, it is impossible to put only ten fish, then naturally your subordinates can't see anything."

As soon as Wang Zhixuan's words fell, he saw something flying behind him, and before he had time to take a closer look, he had already fallen into the water, Leng Yi pulled Wang Zhixuan back, and said, "Be careful!" ”

Before Wang Zhixuan could react, he saw a few big fish that grew a lot longer than his own long sword out of nowhere in the lake water, which he couldn't see anything, and flew out of the water with big mouths, and some of them were about to hit the guardrail.

Wang Zhixuan had never seen such a large fish, and he was very surprised, and soon, those fish disappeared again.

"My lord, what you just threw into the water is meat, right?" Wang Zhixuan asked.

Leng Yi smiled and nodded.

"But these fish have never been seen by the subordinates, not to mention, these fish seem to be very fierce, and our Great Song Dynasty should not have one." Wang Zhixuan looked down again, but he couldn't see anything.

"This kind of fish is called piranha, and it really doesn't exist in the Great Song Dynasty."

"What fish? Piranhas? You mean it's going to eat people, do you? Wang Zhixuan's eyes widened, and she looked at Leng Yi in great surprise.

Leng Yi smiled and nodded, and said, "Don't say it's a person, you just threw a cow into this lake, and it's just an hour's time, and you don't even have bones." ”

Only then did Wang Zhixuan understand the meaning of the words that Leng Yi said to himself just now, don't look at the surface of everything.

"My lord, is this what you just said about your not-so-good habit, does Jin Yan know that the fish raised in this lake are actually fish that want to eat people?" Wang Zhixuan asked.

Leng Yi said with a smile: "It's indeed a bad habit of mine, but I can't change this habit, the whole Leng Mansion knows it, otherwise you look at such a clear lake, why doesn't anyone go to the lake to play?" ”

Wang Zhixuan sighed with emotion: "I really can't underestimate these little things, but when adults let me see these piranhas, I actually want to tell my subordinates a truth, that is, don't think that the seemingly calm expression is actually an undercurrent surging inside, right?" ”

Leng Yi motioned for the two to return to their seats, sit down and continue drinking.

"There is a saying that the lesser of two evils, for the queen mother, the concubine at that time could not be easily shaken, but through this matter can play a role in knocking the mountain and shaking the tiger is not a good thing, besides, the brother of the concubine Rou was guarding the border at the time, and his achievements were impressive, and he was also no one in the eyes of the court, very arrogant, the first emperor was not good to punish him directly, the queen mother's move can be described as killing two birds with one stone, not only extinguishing the arrogance of the concubine family for the first emperor, but also giving Concubine Li a warning role."

Wang Zhixuan said: "It's really a good move!" Although this matter seems to have nothing to do with Concubine Li, there is nothing wrong with the cat being hers, and there is nothing wrong with biting the starling brother who killed the Queen Mother, although the victim is Concubine Rou, but presumably, including the emperor at the time, will think that Concubine Rou is a scapegoat, because Concubine Rou has no contention and no favor, there is no need to harm the Queen Mother, and Concubine Li is different, she has a motive, so although she is okay on the surface, in fact, this is worse than directly saying that she has something. ”

Leng Yi raised his glass and said: "I'll just say that there are stupid people in the people I personally selected, and they are all thorough, it seems that I am still very relieved to hand over Jinyan to you, come, drink." ”

An hour later, Wang Zhixuan left the Leng Mansion and rode directly to Li Changzai's mansion to say goodbye.

Two friends said goodbye in Lee Chang-jae's study.

"It's only noon, you see you're already a little drunk, I'll have someone bring you some sobering soup." Li Changzai was dressed in a light gauze satin robe, looking very cool, and he seemed to have a good complexion.

Wang Zhixuan didn't stop him, he did drink a little too much, after leaving Leng Mansion, he thought a lot and figured out a lot, Leng Yi didn't directly tell himself the real purpose of the Empress Dowager to let her go to Hangzhou to be the governor, but Wang Zhixuan understood more and more that if he went, he might just go and not return, not to mention that he couldn't save himself, and his wife Fang Jinyan might not be able to save it.

After a while, the maid brought some melons and fruits soaked in ice water and some sour plum soup, Wang Zhixuan drank some, and then he felt cooler, after all, he went out at the hottest time, and he really couldn't stand the heat.

When there were only two people left in the room, Li Changzai walked to the chair next to Wang Zhixuan and sat down, and saw that the blush on Wang Zhixuan's face was fading slightly, and he knew that he was better.

"I'm leaving tomorrow, and I haven't been able to find a chance to say goodbye to you, and I thought that I would only go to Hangzhou to see you next time."

Wang Zhixuan smiled, a little honest, a little cute, and said with a hint of drunkenness: "Changzai, you and I have been friends for many years, and we have grown up together since childhood, but you told me today, am I worthy of being the governor of Hangzhou?" ”

After Li Changzai heard it, he just smiled: "The Empress Dowager said that you can do it, and if you can't do it, the Empress Dowager said that you can't do it, and you can't do it!" ”

Wang Zhixuan said angrily: "Even you have an official relationship with me, it's really boring, since that's the case, I can be regarded as a trip for nothing and leave!" With that, he staggered to his feet to leave.

Li Changzai grabbed Wang Zhixuan's sleeve and said, "But a few cups of yellow soup will make you like this, why don't you sit down quickly, drink more sour plum soup to sober up, and it's not too late to leave when the wine wakes up." ”

Wang Zhixuan turned his head to look at Li Changzai, and said with a chuckle: "I know, my best friend is also extremely dissatisfied with me going to Hangzhou to take up a post, you know me best, you think I am not suitable, naturally people all over the world will think that I am not worthy of my name." After speaking, he shook off Li Changzai's hand and left.

Li Changzai was helpless, so he had to get up and reach out to stop Wang Zhixuan, and said, "Okay, okay, can't I tell you?" Your best is to sit down and listen to me. After speaking, he pushed Wang Zhixuan back to the chair and sat down, and then handed him a cup of tea. (To be continued......)