From the main gate of Daming Palace, Danfeng Gate, two miles to the south is Yongxingfang.

The highest building in Yongxingfang is called "Wangxingtai", even the pedestal is about four zhang high, standing on the arm and looking to the north just to see the majestic and magnificent Danfeng Gate, when the weather is fine, you can even see the corner of the magnificent Hanyuan Palace. Wang Shoucheng, the envoy of the left and right gods and the commander of the 12th Guard, has to stand on the "stargazing platform" for an hour every day, looking at the Daming Palace from afar, and recalling the watery years that will never return.

Wang Shoucheng never thought that he would move out of Daming Palace in the last years of the wind and candles, as a eunuch, he could set up a courtyard outside the palace, which is an extremely glorious thing in itself, not to mention that his courtyard is not only rewarded by the emperor himself, but also so close to Daming Palace, there are only a handful of people who have been so honored by the founding of the Tang Dynasty. Wang Shoucheng did it, but he was not happy in his heart.

Nominally the master of the house, he had fifty male and female servants and forty guards guarding the gates. But Wang Shoucheng knew in his heart that he was just a prisoner in a golden cage. If he spends the rest of his life like this, Wang Shoucheng will admit it, but is this possible?

Wang Shoucheng knew very well in his heart that the reason why the emperor did not kill him was because he still had use value, and as for how the young and vigorous emperor would use himself, an old man in his old age, Wang Shoucheng did not know.

"The heart of heaven is unpredictable, ......"

Wang Shoucheng sighed silently, turned around and walked towards the staircase. The guard, who had been staring nervously at him behind him, secretly breathed a sigh of relief at this time. Wang Shoucheng turned his face to the guards: "Don't worry, our family knows that the future is numbered, and it won't affect you to lose your head." The guards remembered their boss's explanation, and hurriedly turned their faces sideways to pretend that they hadn't heard.

Wang Shoucheng smiled self-deprecatingly: "Our family has become the old demon who eats people, don't you dare to say a word." The guards didn't dare to squeak, Wang Shoucheng sighed, and slowly rubbed down with his waist holding on to the handrail of the stairs.

The little eunuch Lin Shihai stood respectfully downstairs, Wang Shoucheng was going to send him to Zhang Zhongqing, the supervisor of Fengxiang, but he refused to live or die, so he had to stay by Wang Shoucheng's side to serve and live. When Wang Shoucheng saw him, he felt a trace of comfort in his heart. In times of trouble, you can see the truth.

"Xiao Linzi, it's hard for you to remember our family."

"When the Buddha said this, Lin Shihai had no face to heaven and earth, the Buddha was kind to the heavens and the earth, and it was difficult for Xiao Linzi to repay even if he was broken bones." Lin Shihai burst into tears as he spoke.

Wang Shoucheng couldn't help but be moved, he waved his sleeves vigorously: "Don't cry, let's go with our family." ”

"Alas!" Lin Shihai responded crisply, hunched over and followed Wang Shoucheng's side as before.

"Hey, walk with your waist straight, you can live a lifetime with your tail between your legs, but you can't lose your backbone." Wang Shoucheng slapped Lin Shihai's waist, and Lin Shihai hurriedly straightened his waist, but he involuntarily bent down after taking a few steps.

Under the stargazing platform is a small garden, the two walked along the forest path for a while, there is a small pavilion on the water pavilion in front of them, Wang Shoucheng said: "Come, accompany our family to play a game of chess." ”

"Alas," Lin Shihai replied respectfully, he helped Wang Shoucheng to sit down, and bent down to fiddle with the chess pieces himself. Wang Shoucheng likes to play chess, but his chess skills are very average, Lin Shihai has long been familiar with his chess path, in order to please him, he deliberately let the son, he let it very clever, Wang Shoucheng did not notice it at all, and the chess has always been very high.

A total of three games of chess were played, Wang Shoucheng won two games, and one game, all of which ended happily. At this time, the lanterns were on, and the housekeeper in the house came to ask for instructions, and the dinner party was ready to ask if he was seated. Wang Shoucheng pushed the chess pieces and said, "Let's go, accompany our family to drink and watch singing and dancing." ”

"Alas," Lin Shihai replied respectfully. The dinner was extremely sumptuous, the dishes and utensils were exactly the same as the imperial meals in the palace, Wang Shoucheng looked calm, and no longer chattered about anything arrogance. He personally gave Lin Shihai cloth vegetables, and the two of them raised their glasses and drank together. The kabuki on the stage are graceful and dance like the wind. From the end of the dinner period to the end of the day, Lin Shihai sat upright and bowed, and the salute was very respectful.

There was a sound of drums on the street, and Wang Shoucheng gently waved his hand to drive the kabuki out, and he drank half a cup of residual wine in his hand, and said, "It's time, let's make a decree." After saying this, Wang Shoucheng got up and lay on the ground facing north. Lin Shihai suddenly burst into tears and fell to the ground and cried bitterly.

The messenger came to deliver the decree to Li Ang's personal eunuch Li Haogu, and the little eunuch Wang Chun stood beside him, holding a tray in his hand, a jade cup on the plate, and the cup was full of wine.

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor said. Wang Shoucheng, the envoy of the army and the commander of the 12th Guard, is loyal to the country, has worked hard, and has been slightly ill when he hears about it, and he is very worried, so he is given a glass of medicinal wine to express his intentions. Chin this. ”

"Old slave thanks, long live my emperor, long live, long live." Wang Shoucheng finished shouting long live, received the holy decree, and stood up tremblingly.

Li Haogu sneered: "Your Majesty specially instructed Wang Junrong to drink the medicinal wine in front of our family." After saying that, he gave Wang Chun a look, and Wang Chun knelt on his knees and lifted the tray in front of Wang Shoucheng.

Wang Shoucheng smiled and thanked him: "There is Father-in-law Lao." ”

Wang Shoucheng picked up the jade cup, glanced at Lin Shihai, and drank the wine in the cup.

"Buddha—" Lin Shihai howled hoarsely.

Wang Shoucheng tried to put the wine glass back on the tray, but the medicinal wine was too poisonous, and his face instantly turned black and purple, his body was crooked, and he fell to the ground with a thud.

"Buddha!" Lin Shihai walked forward on his knees, lay on Wang Shoucheng's corpse and cried loudly.

An imperial physician stepped forward to examine Wang Shoucheng's body carefully, and nodded at Li Haogu. Li Haogu bent down to retrieve the holy decree held in Wang Shoucheng's hand, spat at Wang Shoucheng's corpse, and turned around and walked out of the Ming Hall.

Under a cypress tree in the courtyard, the new Jingzhao Yin Luo Liyan stood silently wearing a black cloak. Li Haogu didn't expect him to come, his face changed slightly, he hesitated for a moment, but still greeted him: "Oh, the person has been solved, Lord Luo can rest assured." ”

Luo Liyan snorted contemptuously, and asked Li Haogu with a gloomy face: "Why did you let Lin Shihai come?" ”

"He was brought up by Wang Shoucheng, and he is like father and son. Now that Lao Tzu is dead, what's wrong with his son coming to howl twice? Li Haogu said disapprehantly, his mouth was relaxed, but his heart was beating a drum, he had received two night pearls worth 10,000 gold from Lin Shihai to bring him.

"Does Your Majesty know about this? Who can be responsible if the secret of heaven is revealed? Luo Liyan reprimanded with a dark face.

"You, you dare to teach our family a lesson,......?" Li Haogu's face turned blue and his expression was a little panicked.

"Ho-ho-ho," Luo Liyan's throat made a sound similar to the friction of gold and iron, "I'm just reminding me, why should my father-in-law be angry?" "Li Haogu is the emperor's personal entourage, and it depends on the owner to beat the dog, Luo Liyan thought.

"Hmph, I'm out of company." Li Haogu shook the holy decree in his hand, "Let's go back to the palace to pay the decree." ”

Li Haogu fled out of the gate in a panic like a frightened elk, Luo Liyan sneered, once upon a time, he was so frightened when he heard his name Li Haogu, but in the blink of an eye, he was also afraid of himself.

Luo Liyan called two sword-wielding guards, bowed to his ear and explained a few words, the two nodded again and again, pulled out their waist knives and walked into the Ming Hall.

"Ahh There was a miserable scream in the Ming Hall, and Luo Liyan frowned.

"Ahh Another scream.

Luo Liyan's face changed, and he quickly pulled out a dagger from his boots and rushed into the Ming Hall. Two of his subordinates fell in a pool of blood, but Lin Shihai was nowhere to be found.

……

Li Xun, who suddenly became wealthy, bought a small house in Xiudefang in the northwest corner of Taiji Palace for his parents and family to live in, while he himself lived in the mansion of Anxingfang, which originally belonged to Li Zongmin, the leader of the Niu Party. A few months ago, Li Zongmin was squeezed out of the court by him and Zheng Zhu, and he was working as a secretary in Chaozhou at this time.

Several singers dedicated by Luo Liyan wore saros as thin as cicada wings and sang and danced lightly. From time to time, thunderous cheers rang out from the doormen, most of whom were from reckless backgrounds, and expected them to sit quietly and watch the singing and dancing, unless they were chained.

Li Xun sat on the throne with a gloomy face, not eating or drinking, not happy or sad, just gloomy face.

He had just gotten the news: Wang Shoucheng's henchman Lin Shihai was brought back to Chang'an from Tongzhou by Wu Chen, the judge of the Shence Army, although it is not clear how many secrets Lin Shihai knows, but it is certain that it is definitely not a good thing for this person to fall into the hands of Qiu Shiliang. How will Qiu Shiliang use him? How will this affect the plan you are about to implement? Li Xun was thinking hard.

The noisy voices in the hall did not affect Li Xun's train of thought at all, he clearly recorded this account on the heads of Li Haogu and Luo Liyan, Li Haogu himself had already joined him, and at this moment he was squatting in the prison of the Inner Servant Province to reflect on it. Luo Liyan, Li Xun glanced at Luo Liyan, who was restless, and couldn't wait to bite him twice to vent his anger.

Thousands of soldiers under his command can make Lin Shihai, who is unarmed and does not know martial arts, calmly escape from Wang Shoucheng's private house, escape from Yongxingfang, and escape from Chang'an City, what is the use of these wastes except eating, drinking, and having fun?

Li Xun quickly forgave himself for his mistake in choosing people, and he transferred all his hatred to Luo Liyan, because of hatred, Li Xun's face became distorted.

Luo Liyan knew that he had made a big mistake, and he also knew that the narrow-minded Li Xun would not let him go easily. Therefore, he spared no expense to purchase a few stunning singers to dedicate to Li Xun, hoping to gain a little room for himself to turn around. In order to avoid the embarrassment of face-to-face, he deliberately brought Li Xiaoben with him, but looking at Li Xun's gloomy and distorted face, Luo Liyan felt that he still couldn't avoid this catastrophe.

He wanted to get up and toast Li Xun several times, but finally stopped.

The slow and soothing court dance ended, and the musicians played a warm melody.

The rough men in the hall screamed.

Luo Liyan finally mustered up the courage and stood up to toast Li Xun.

Luo Liyan beat the drum in his heart, regretting and contradictory, Li Xun is a person who turns his face when he says he will turn his face, if he embarrasses himself in front of everyone, where will he put his old face?

Fortunately, Li Xun picked up the wine glass and even squeezed out a smile. Luo Liyan's sudden beating heart calmed down a little, and he drank all the wine in the cup, turning the cup down like a military general, to show his respect.

Then he looked nervously at Li Xun, who slowly brought the wine glass to his lips...... Okay, as long as you lick it a little, you can let go of your hanging heart.

With hope gone, Li Xun suddenly slammed the wine glass on the ground, and scolded angrily at the servant slave who added wine: "Damn*, what do you do?" ”

The music and dancing stopped, the singers were stunned, and the servants who added wine fell to the ground to apologize......

Luo Liyan's face was like dust, and he sat down silently with his mouth open.