After Pan Dabeard came out of Li Shouli's mansion, he remembered what Xue Chongxun had entrusted him to do, so he rushed straight to the state government prison to get out the horse idiot who was imprisoned in the cell as a horse thief. The bearded man has been an official in Youzhou for a few years, and there are many acquaintances in the official mansion, so it is indeed easy to mention someone.

After getting the horse idiot out, Pan Dabeard was very surprised when he saw it, and he was pitiful for this offspring, and he was put in prison for less than a day, and he didn't look like a man, his clothes were ragged, his nose was blue and his face was swollen, and his whole body was injured.

Pan Haoli asked some questions after seeing him, but he ignored them and didn't say a word. Later, he finally said "I don't know", otherwise Pan Haoli really thought he was a mute.

Pan Haoli asked someone to clean up the horse idiot, put medicine on the wound, and changed his clothes. At this time, his subordinates reported that the person he was following had moved to Xinglong Restaurant on Zhouqian Street. So Pan Haoli sent someone to quietly send people to the restaurant.

The next day, Li Shouli summoned several officials to discuss major matters, but they still did not reach an agreement. Pan Haoli and Na Lushi's opinion on joining the army is to simply take refuge in Princess Taiping: since it is a two-way choice, the most that can be chosen by the prince can only protect himself, and he cannot get credit and benefits; Choosing Princess Taiping is a combination of risks and opportunities. However, Sima Yuan Jiazuo insisted on taking the right path, which was more prudent.

At this time, Pan Haoli built a seer to meet Xue Chongxun, which could not only confirm his identity, but also probe the tone. Li Shouli thought so, considering that he was the king of Fen and his title was one level higher than Xue Chongxun, so he asked Pan Haoli to secretly contact Xue Chongxun and send him to the mansion to meet.

…… Xue Chongxun saw the horse idiot in the Xinglong Restaurant, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief. The horse idiot said vigorously: "Lang Jun, I didn't say anything!" The rich man who arrested me was so unreasonable, and without asking anything, he thought that he was a horse thief, beat me, sent me to prison, and was interrogated by the sword and pen officials for a while, and I didn't say a word, and they were angry and beat me again......"

Xue Chongxun helped him up and said: "Loyalty is commendable, I could have made one more credit, but the mistake of this matter came out of you, and it almost happened extraneously, and the fault and merit offset it, I will neither punish you nor reward you, can you be convinced?" ”

Ma Idiot hurriedly said: "Xie Langjun is magnanimous. ”

Xue Chongxun nodded: "It's okay if the person is fine, when the big thing is done, I will find Pan Bearded to give you this bad breath." ”

At this moment, the guards outside came in to report that the bearded man wanted to see Lang Jun. After Xue Chongxun asked, he took the guards out of the restaurant with the people who came, and saw Pan Haoli, it turned out that Li Shouli wanted to meet.

Xue Chongxun got on Pan Haoli's felt car and went to the Fenwang Mansion with him. The carriage went all the way into the gate before they got out of it. Xue Chongxun looked back left and right, and saw that this Fenwang Mansion was not exquisite, and even looked a little dilapidated, I am afraid that it was worse than his own Weiguo Mansion. The place is indeed not as luxurious as Chang'an, no wonder my mother was so angry when she was forced to move to Puzhou.

I also heard that after Li Shouli got out of the confinement, he wantonly took concubines, and after a few years of hard work, there were dozens more children...... He probably spent a lot of money on food, raising his wife, concubines, and children.

Xue Chongxun came to the living room with Pan Haoli, and saw a hunchbacked middle-aged man sitting in the middle with a lewd expression on his face, who is it not Li Shouli? When Tang Zhongzong first ascended the throne, Xue Chongxun could often see him at various banquets, so the two knew each other.

"Xue Lang, why did you come to Youzhou?" Li Shouli stood up from his seat, and made a few movements with his hands and feet, so he was not elegant, and he really didn't have any demeanor at all.

Xue Chongxun said with a smile: "Brother Fen, I haven't seen you for a few years, I thought you couldn't remember me." ”

Li Shouli is the son of Prince Zhang Huai, and his father Prince Zhang Huai and Princess Taiping, Li Xian, and Li Dan are all children of Wu Zetian and Emperor Gaozong...... Therefore, Xue Chongxun and Li Shouli are people of the same generation, and when they were in Chang'an, all the princes and nobles loved to call Li Shouli Brother Fen, so Xue Chongxun called him so.

This title made Li Shouli's face happy, extra cordial, he stayed in Youzhou for several years, the prince of Chang'an, Wang Sun couldn't remember him for a long time, how could he still hear a cordial "Brother Fen"?

Li Shouli laughed obscenely: "At that time, Xue Lang looked very shabby in front of the princes, and I really didn't pay much attention to you at that time." ”

As soon as these words came out, Pan Haoli, Yuan Jiazuo and the other three looked at each other, their faces were very ugly.

Xue Chongxun was stunned, but in an instant, he smiled again and said, "Yes, it's really a mountain that doesn't turn around, but we meet again." You see, now I'm having a smooth ride in Chang'an, this time I've been appointed as a household servant, and I'll make some achievements in Luoyang, and when I return to Chang'an, maybe I'll be crowned king, haha...... Brother Fen stayed in Youzhou and didn't know if he could have a bright future? ”

Li Shouli touched his head, didn't care, and continued to smile lewdly: "I'm very happy in Youzhou, and I don't really want to go back to Chang'an...... But Pan Dabeard They said that if you come to me, it will be no good thing, I am afraid that I will be taken back to Daming Palace and locked up, a small beating for three days, and a severe beating for five days, alas, it is really not a human life......"

"Make Jun ......" Pan Haoli finally couldn't help but interrupt Li Shouli's words, and said very embarrassedly, "Because the situation is delicate, so Jun has to think more, it doesn't mean that (it must be no good thing), Wei Guogong came to Youzhou thousands of miles away...... Secretly investigate Caoyun, we should treat each other politely, how can we not help ourselves, afraid of misconduct and speculation. ”

Xue Chongxun glanced at Pan Haoli, and then said to Li Shouli: "Brother Fen, look at you, the adjutant, it's okay to go around and around, I don't blame him, he is not a brother after all." It's not like I'm not going to have a good thing, let's be honest, this time I'm here to help Brother Fen. ”

Li Shouli looked at Xue Chongxun with wide eyes and said, "How can you help me?" ”

Xue Chongxun said: "I was doing business in Luoyang while playing with women, and the female Taoist priests were all played by me, and they were originally very ...... alive" He observed Li Shouli's expression while saying, and saw that he immediately showed a very interested look when he heard that he was playing with women, and Xue Chongxun suddenly laughed in his heart.

He continued: "...... But the court sent an imperial historian Yang Sidao down, Yang Sidao you know, right? The one who was promoted by the prince. As soon as the goods arrived in Luoyang, they pointed fingers, and they were very idle, and the eunuch Yu Liben who followed him was not a good thing, and he came to your Youzhou in the name of an interview, why do you think it is? ”

Hearing Xue Chongxun mention Yu Liben, the other people's eyes widened a little, because they were also pondering Yu Liben, the eunuch, these days.

Pan Haoli was anxious, and blurted out: "Why did Father-in-law Yu come?" ”

"I don't know." Xue Chongxun frowned and said, "But I see that this person is feminine, and I'm afraid that he will secretly make a name for himself...... In case this eunuch returns to the palace and talks nonsense, saying that the purpose of my trip to Beijing is to ally with Brother Fen and you, you must not be careful today? I don't think the king dares to hope for it, and Brother Fen has to be implicated, don't you say? ”

Li Shouli frowned and said, "Then does Xue Lang really want to ally with me?" ”

Xue Chongxun said: "It's up to you, Brother Fen, if you don't want to do it, we are still cousins, but you have to be kind, don't say that I have been to Youzhou, understand?" ”

Li Shouli nodded: "I won't say it...... Pan Changshi, you should think of a way for me, what should I do now? ”

Yuan Jiazuo hurriedly stood up and said kindly: "This matter is not trivial, let's think about it more, we can't treat it as child's play." The others nodded in agreement.

Xue Chongxun pondered for a moment and said, "Okay...... It is also inconvenient for me to stay in the palace, so as not to arouse suspicion and distraction. I still live in that restaurant, but Brother Fen has to give me a reply, I can't stay in Youzhou for too long. ”

Li Shouli thought about it, he didn't even know the names of some women who had gone to bed in his house, and he didn't know which ones were reliable and which were unreliable, in short, they were messy, so he didn't leave Xue Chongxun, and only asked Pan Haoli to send him out.

After sending Xue Chongxun away, Pan Haoli returned to Li Shouli's mansion, and the others hadn't left yet, but they only heard Yuan Qianyao, who had joined the army, say: "Yesterday I received a letter from a friend in Luoyang, and Yang Sidao is indeed from the prince's side. Yu Li originally followed Yang Sidao, and I'm afraid most of them were all the way...... When this eunuch came to Youzhou, he always sent people to ask questions, which was very suspicious. ”

Pan Haoli walked in the door and said categorically: "Yu Li is here to spy on the envoy!" ”

Yuan Jiazuo said in a deep voice: "How can we be swayed by an uncertain guess when it comes to decision-making that is crucial to the direction? ”

Pan Haoli was a little excited: "Okay, don't worry about the fish building!" I'll just say this, it's obvious: the reason why Jun was safe before was because he had been away from Jingshi for too long and had faded out of sight above; But the identity of the envoy is clear, as long as Chang'an notices, can we still hide? Whoever is the greatest threat to the identity of the envoy is our enemy! ”

Li Shouli was born and qualified to be an emperor, who is the biggest threat? Whoever wants to be emperor is a threat...... Now Pan Haoli's position has been made clear, it is to support Li Shouli to defect to Princess Taiping!

Yuan Qianyao, who was in charge of the army, coughed and said in a deep voice: "I agree with what Pan Changshi meant. After that, he looked at Yuan Jiazuo.

Obviously, even in a small circle of power like Youzhou, there is a problem of position. There are four people in the hall, except for Li Shouli, there are already two people who have shown their cards.

Yuan Jiazuo was silent, things developed like this, he actually wavered from his original opinion, but there is a taboo in officialdom, don't change your position lightly! Otherwise, your colleagues will think that you are not sophisticated enough, not mature enough, easy to sway from side to side, and cannot be trusted.

But since there are already two people who understand the position, if Yuan Jiazuo persists, not only will it be useless, but in the future, if there is an accident such as a news leak, it is estimated that it will be counted on his head...... So he felt in a dilemma for a while, so he simply said vaguely: "Since the two colleagues have said so, I won't dwell too much on it, so that you can make a decision!" ”

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