readx; Li Yan's house has set up a spiritual shed in front of the door, more than 100 monks of Ciyun Temple are chanting in the spiritual shed day and night, they will do 7749 days of rituals, for Li Yan's soul to spend the soul, for three days, come to pay tribute to the ministers of filial piety in an endless stream, Li Yan's old wife and son endure grief, one by one to thank the officials who came to mourn filial piety. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

At dusk, in front of Li Yan's mansion, several officials temporarily tied a white belt around their waists and walked into the mourning shed, the first official was Zhang Hao, the servant of the door, and there were also Shangshu Zuocheng Lu Huan and right Cheng Wang Wei, Li Yan's eldest son Li Xiao hurriedly greeted him, and said deeply: "Thank you uncles for coming to mourn my father, if there is any inconsiderate hospitality, please forgive me!" ”

Zhang Hao sighed and said: "Now there is still no good hospitality, there is misfortune in the family, please mourn and change the good nephew!" ”

"Thank you Uncle Shi, but as soon as the murderer is not caught, my father's spirit under the spring will be uneasy, and I implore several uncles to make decisions for my orphans and widows!"

After speaking, Li Xiao burst into tears, knelt down for the three of them, Zhang Hao and the others were so frightened that they hurriedly helped him up, "Virtuous nephew, please get up!" Hurry up, please! ”

The three of them glanced at each other, Zhang Hao shook his head and said: "I also went to Jinwuwei in the afternoon, General Chen said that he has been doing his best, there is no news yet, please wait patiently for a few more days." ”

"Uncle Zhang, are you even turning a blind eye?"

Li Xiao said with tears on his face: "My father brought nearly forty family members, all with knives, but even all of them were killed, could this be done by ordinary people?" has the ability to do this kind of thing, who does Uncle Shi say will do it? ”

"That's right! Besides Guan Zhongjun, who else will it be? ”

A clear voice suddenly came from behind him, and everyone turned around together, it turned out to be the young emperor Li Shi who came, and everyone was scared to salute together, "Wait for your majesty!" ”

Li Shi was covered in linen and filial piety, he slowly stepped forward and said to Li Xiao: "I know why Li Shangshu was assassinated, it is for the Huangzhuang, because someone wants to seek the ten thousand hectares of fertile land in the Huangzhuang, but Li Shangshu is resolutely opposed, and this person not only wants to seek the Huangzhuang, but also wants to completely abolish the land reform of the first emperor, but Li Shangshu is the biggest obstacle, so assassinating Li Shangshu, no one dares to ask about land distribution, which has achieved his goal, who this person is, you should all know very well." ”

After speaking, Li Shi glanced back, only to see hundreds of guards escorting a carriage speeding over, it was the prison Li Heng arrived, Li Shi snorted heavily, and walked straight into the spirit shed.

At this time, Li Heng got down from the carriage, and Lao Yuan shouted sadly: "Brother Qiming, I'm a step too late!" ”

Li Xiao was furious, he casually copied a mourning stick, and greeted Li Heng with hatred in his eyes, Zhang Hao next to him grabbed his arm and dragged him back, "Virtuous nephew, don't mess around, you have no evidence, you have offended His Royal Highness the Prison State, you are going to suffer a crime, and it will make your father uneasy under Jiuquan." ”

As he spoke, he snatched the mourning stick from Li Xiao's hand and whispered in his ear: "Hold back, the saint is in the spirit shed, you must not be alarmed." ”

Perhaps it was Zhang Hao's last sentence that reminded him, Li Xiao restrained the hatred in his eyes, slowly stepped forward, reluctantly saluted Li Heng, and said coldly: "Don't dare to drive His Royal Highness the Labor Supervision State, we have received the heart, Your Highness, please go back!" ”

"What are you talking about, Qiming and I are not only the same sect, but also close friends for many years, he has suffered misfortune, how can I not put incense in front of his spirit to express my condolences."

Li Heng had already seen Emperor Li Shi's light carriage, and he estimated that Li Shi was in the spirit shed, and he had to warn him not to let him be suspicious.

He didn't pay attention to Li Xiao, and strode directly towards the spirit shed, Zhang Hao and the three of them stood aside and saluted: "See His Royal Highness the Prison State." ”

Li Heng nodded, he had already seen his grandson Li Shi at this time, who was offering incense in front of Li Yan's spirit, he slowly stepped forward, also lit an incense, inserted it in the incense burner in front of the spirit card, and said to himself: "Brother Qiming, although you and I have different political views, we have been close friends since childhood, and you should understand in the spirit of heaven that your unfortunate death has nothing to do with me." ”

"Humph! The sky is clear, the world knows, how can it be cleared up if it has nothing to do with it? Li Shi said coldly on the side.

Li Heng's eyes narrowed, and he shot a vicious gaze, he didn't look back at Li Shi, he only gritted his teeth and whispered: "Reverse Sun!" Are you talking nonsense again? ”

"You have a vicious heart, first my father and emperor, and now you have killed Xiangguo, so you kill people and become a surname, aren't you afraid of the wrath of your ancestors and ancestors?"

Li Heng raised his head and sneered slightly: "Is an ignorant and ignorant child also worthy of being the emperor of the Tang Dynasty?" If you ascend to the throne and take power, it will be the misfortune of my Tang Dynasty, so be it! From today onwards, we have no relationship and you are no longer my grandson. ”

Without waiting for Li Heng to finish speaking, Li Shi ripped off the peiyu on his waist, which was a gift from Li Heng to him when he was one year old, and he had been wearing it on his waist for ten years, he wanted to take it off several times, but he was persuaded by his mother, after all, this is also what his father meant, at this time, Li Shi's blood surged on the top of his head, and he desperately threw the jade pendant to the ground, 'Bang! With a bang, the jade pendant was shattered, which means that the love of their ancestors and grandchildren is the same as this jade pendant, and it has since turned into dust.

Li Shi turned around and rushed to the outside of the spirit shed angrily, "Swing!" Return to the palace. ”

Li Hengtie blushed, looking at the jade pendant that was smashed on the ground, and after a while, he said to himself: "He is only throwing the jade pendant now, and he will pull out a knife to cut my head tomorrow, okay!" Very good! ”

．．．．．．．．．． In the carriage, Li Heng has been silent in thought, his eyes are gloomy, his face is like water, even the eunuch Li Fuguo, who is riding a horse and following the carriage, waiting for him all the way, does not dare to say much, he knows that Li Heng is in a bad mood at this time, if he provokes him, it will be a big disaster.

Li Heng was thinking about the impact of Li Yan's death on him at this time, although many people suspected that he did it, but the benefits of Li Yan's death were far greater than this impact, first of all, the political hall vacated a phase, which could enable him to get rid of the unfavorable situation of the political hall, and secondly, the land reform brought a turnaround, Li Yan's death, he could take the opportunity to dissolve the temporary institution of the land field and mu division, and pinch the tens of thousands of hectares of land in his own hands, which became his bargaining chip, and he was not afraid that those clans would not come to him.

This Li Yan died too coincidentally, how many chances did he have to die this time.

The carriage was walking slowly on Suzaku Street, when suddenly there was a sound of nursery rhymes from the side of the road, and it was a group of children singing.

'Father and son, chaotic monarch and minister, father kills son, king kills minister, dead emperor dies, laughs and asks who the murderer is......

Hearing this nursery rhyme, Li Heng was furious, he pulled the car window, pointed at a few children and scolded: "Go and arrest them!" ”

The guards were like wolves and tigers, urging the horses to rush up, and in a moment they grabbed a few children like chickens and threw them in front of the carriage, and several children were so frightened that they cried, Li Heng was upset, so he gave Li Fuguo a look, and Li Fuguo immediately took a few children aside.

He soon came back and said, "Your Highness, the old slave has already asked clearly. ”

"Speak!"

"The children said that a middle-aged scribe taught them to sing, and gave them ten cents each, and ordered them to sing everywhere......

Li Heng saw that Li Fuguo wanted to speak and stopped, so he shouted: "Go on, what else?" ”

Li Fuguo had no choice but to continue: "They have been singing this song since yesterday, not only them, but many beggars and performers are also singing, and some people give benefits!" ”

"These damn things!"

Li Heng scolded in a low voice, and immediately said: "There are two things, you go and do it immediately!" First, I ordered Chen Xuanli to immediately punish me severely for singing this song, children sang it, parents caned it with 100 canes, and others dared to sing it, first with 100 canes, and then went to prison for another month; Second, send someone to find An Lushan for me! ”

After giving the order, Li Heng waved his hand angrily and said, "Go back to Zichen Palace!" ”

He originally wanted to go back to his house to rest, but now he had no intention of resting, he vaguely guessed that the person who assassinated Li Yan was most likely An Lushan, and he had seven hundred soldiers stationed outside Dongcheng, and only he had the conditions to kill Li Yan and his forty family members at once.

．．．．．．．． An hour later, the Jin Wuwei in Wannian County suddenly dispatched, a team of soldiers ran in the neighborhood, searching around for children and ronins who sang obscure songs, and children who sang nursery rhymes were constantly caught, took them home, and beat their parents to cry and scream, more than a dozen beggars who sang cannibalistic songs in the City God Temple were also found, Jin Wuwei's soldiers beat hard, killed eight beggars on the spot, and the rest were thrown into Jin Wuwei's black prison after being beaten hard, and the whole Wannian County was in a mess.

In stark contrast to Wannian County is Chang'an County, Chang'an County's Qianniuwei is silent, groups of children in Chang'an County are singing the latest nursery rhyme: 'Father and son, chaotic monarch and minister, father kills son, king kills minister, dead emperor is dead, laughing and asking who the murderer is'......

A Vermilion Bird Avenue divides Chang'an into two worlds.

Zichen Palace, An Lushan under the guidance of two eunuchs, walked into Li Heng's courtroom, killing Li Yan was indeed done by An Lushan, and his subordinate general Shi Siming led five hundred guards to ambush Li Yan in Xinfeng County, this is a generous gift he gave to Li Heng, An Lushan did not realize what kind of impact Li Yan's death would have on land reform, he only took into account the changes in the political hall.

An Lushan entered Beijing this time for two purposes, the first was to form an alliance with the Prison Party, so that he could speed up the pace of army expansion under the cover of the Prison Nation Party, without being suspected of rebellion, and at the same time, he could also use the excuse of defending the Khitan to get the support of the imperial court's money and grain.

The second purpose is to rebuild his intelligence agency, since Liu Luogu's disappearance, his intelligence agency in Chang'an has disappeared silently, which is equivalent to being blind in one eye, which is extremely unfavorable for him to understand the movements of Chang'an and other forces, so rebuilding the intelligence agency is his top priority.

He also had an ulterior purpose for coming to Chang'an this time, that is, to find Yang Yuhuan, that is the woman he dreamed of, he never had a chance before, and now she and Li Longji are separated, that is, God gave him this beauty, but it is hateful that Liu Luogu did not achieve his wish, the official statement of Chang'an is that Yang Yuhuan has died in the fire of Huaqing Palace, but he An Lushan knows that Yang Yuhuan is not dead, she must be hiding, and it is very likely that she is in Chang'an.

It's a pity that he searched for two whole days, and Yang Meiren still didn't have any news, but he was not discouraged, increased the search for Chang'an, and promised a reward of 10,000 yuan.

An Lushan was thinking wildly, and soon came to the door of Li Heng's courtroom.

"An Dashuai, please! Your Highness is waiting for you in the courtroom. ”

At this time, An Lushan saw that there was no one left and right, so he quickly took out a fine emerald from his waist and stuffed it to the eunuch and said, "Father-in-law, take it and drink a glass of wine." ”

"It's... How embarrassing is this! The eunuch smiled so hard that his mouth couldn't close his mouth, he was a knowledgeable person, and this emerald was worth at least a thousand times.

An Lushan smiled and said, "May I ask my father-in-law's surname?" ”

"Thank you An Shuai, the old slave's name is Cheng Yuanzhen, and he has been following His Royal Highness the Prison State for many years."

"It turned out to be Cheng's father-in-law, please take care of me in the future."

"Definitely! Certain! An Shuai, please! Don't let His Highness the Prison Governor wait. ”

An Lushan nodded, and walked into the outer door of Li Heng's courtroom, and a guard immediately reported: "Your Highness, An Dashuai has arrived." ”

"Let him in!"

An Lushan walked into the court room, and saw Li Heng writing something on the desk, he immediately bowed down and saluted: "An Lushan sees His Royal Highness the Prison State!" ”

This is the second time An Lushan has seen Li Heng, and he visited Li Heng on the morning of the second day of his visit to Chang'an, but it was a courtesy visit, and today is the meeting of the actual surname.

"An Shuai, please take a seat!"

Li Heng put down his pen and said with a smile on his face: "An Shuai has done a big thing in the past few days!" ”

An Lushan didn't deny it, so he nodded and smiled: "I did do a small thing, which is a gift to His Royal Highness the Prison State. ”

Li Heng glanced at him, sighed and said, "Although An Shuai has a good heart, it's a pity that that person is not the gift I am looking forward to the most, does An Shuai understand what I mean?" ”

"I understand!"

An Lushan hurriedly stepped forward and said with a sneer: "The person His Royal Highness the Prison State wants to kill the most should be Li Qing'an, Your Highness can rest assured, if the time comes, I will definitely cut off the head of this thief and present it to His Royal Highness the Prison State." ”

The two of them looked at each other, and they both laughed tacitly.

．．．．．．．．． Night gradually fell, a small fishing boat full of firewood and grass shook in the yellow canal outside the Qujiang Pond, there were two people on the small fishing boat, an old fisherman with gray hair, he shook the oar, his expression was indifferent, and there was another man sitting in the bow of the boat, wearing a hat, the hat was pressed very low, in the dim night, he could not see his face clearly, but he lowered his head, looking worried.

Small fishing boats rowed into Qujiang Pond, here is a channel for the waterway to enter Chang'an City, if it is a festival or the emperor's garden, Qujiang Pond is not allowed to enter the fishing boats outside, and there is no restriction in normal times, after nightfall, there are constantly small boats from the Yellow Canal into Qujiang Pond, most of them are full of goods, and go to the East City.

But the small boat did not go to Dongshi, turned into Quchifang, and walked a little longer, the person wearing the hat pointed to a dock in front of him, and said in a low voice: "Uncle Lu, just stop there." ”

The old fisherman smiled, lowered the oar, took the penny and held it up, and the boat was firmly anchored on the edge of the pier.

"Tian Gongzi, you can go."

The young man suddenly knelt down, kowtowed to the old fisherman, and said in a choked voice: "Thank you for saving your life!" Tian Yunqing will surely repay the spring. ”

This young man was Tian Yunqing, an official of the Tian Mu Division who went to inspect with Li Yan, when he was hit by an arrow in the shoulder, and was chased and killed, he fell into the river with a man and a horse in a panic, and was washed out ten miles away, and he was about to be drowned.

Tian Yunqing hid in the old fisherman's house for two days, and when he saw that the situation had calmed down a little, he secretly took a boat into the city.

The old fisherman hurriedly helped him up and said with a smile: "Son, don't be polite, we also have fate, remember to come to the house often to sit in the future!" ”

"I'll come!"

Tian Yunqing gave a salute, and went ashore, under the cover of night, he walked hurriedly, quickly walked through an alley, and came to another street, not far away is a huge mansion, there are two big red lanterns hanging on the door of the mansion, through the light, each lantern has a black letter: Wei Mansion.

This is Wei Tao's mansion, Tian Yunqing used to be Wei Tao's protégé, this time he escaped in great difficulty, and the first person to come to find him was Wei Tao.

In the past, Wei Mansion was a cold place in front of the door, but after Wei Tao entered the political hall and was promoted to the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, the front of Wei Mansion began to be lively, relatives, friends, protégés and former officials came to the door one after another, and many officials who wanted to enter the Zhao Wang Party would also take Wei Tao's path, so the Wei family's momentum in the court gradually rose.

At this time, the bustle in front of the Wei Mansion for a day finally quieted down, and the last official who came to visit was also leaving.

"I'm really sorry to disturb Wei Shangshu's rest, then the next official will leave."

"Yang Shaoqing goes all the way, and I won't be far away."

The visiting officials boarded the carriage, and the carriage drove away from the Wei Mansion, and Wei Tao watched the carriage go away, then he shook his head with a smile and prepared to enter the mansion.

At this moment, a low voice suddenly came from the night: "Master! ”

The voice was a little familiar, Wei Tao was stunned, looked around, and saw a person wearing a hat flashing out from behind a big tree, and his face could not be seen clearly in the night.

"Who are you?" Wei Tao asked with a frown.

"Master, it's me!"

Tian Yunqing lifted the hat and ran up quickly: "Master, don't you know me?" ”

"You're Yunqing?"

Tian Yunqing is Tianbao's nine-year Jinshi Tanhualang, and he is Wei Tao's proud protégé, he recognized Tian Yunqing at a glance, and couldn't help but be surprised, pointed at him and asked, "Yunqing, aren't you dead?"

"Master, I escaped with my life, this is not a place to talk, I am afraid that I will be worried about my life if I am seen."

"Quick! Come on. ”

Wei Tao took Tian Yunqing into his study and instructed his subordinates: "No one is allowed to disturb him!" ”

He closed the door, asked Tian Yunqing to sit down, and personally poured him a cup of tea, and said, "We all thought you were dead, and your lady still came to me to cry, hey!" I'm also very sad, but I didn't expect you to die, tell me, how did you escape? ”

Tian Yunqing's wife is Wei Tao's distant niece, and she is also a member of the Wei family, Tian Yunqing is concerned about his wife, so he said: "Wait a while, can the master pick up my wife first, I'm afraid she is also in danger." ”

Wei Tao saw that his expression was serious, and he also faintly felt something in his heart, so he said: "Don't worry about this, I will send someone to pick it up immediately, you tell me first, what happened at that time?" ”

Tian Yunqing held the teacup in both hands, took a sip of tea and sighed: "Li Shangshu was assassinated, I'm afraid I am the only one who escaped." ”

He recounted what happened at that time in detail, and finally untied the clothes on his shoulders, revealing the bandaged arrow wound, and said, "If Uncle Lu hadn't saved me, I would have really drowned." ”

Wei Tao frowned and asked, "You said that the officer who shot you is a little familiar, have you seen him?" Think about it, who is he? ”

Tian Yunqing sneered and said: "I have already thought of him, and I was also present when he and Li Qingan threw pots. ”

"Shi Siming!" Wei Tao was surprised.

Tian Yunqing nodded heavily, "That's right, it's him!" ”

(To be continued)