Yang Shenjin squinted his eyes and stood outside the gate of Xingqing Palace, waiting for the news from inside.

The three brothers of his family are all dignified, standing there, like a jade tree in the wind, with a very ministerly body. However, when he saw a person behind him, his brows furrowed, and he said angrily: "Wang, you are not working in your own office at this time, what are you doing here?"

At this time, in front of Xingqing Palace, it was the king of the imperial history who wore many hats at the same time. In terms of official position, although the king is under Yang Shenjin, he is also a minister of the imperial court, and it is very disrespectful to call him by his name. However, the relationship between Yang Shenjin and Wang is not ordinary, the two families are relatives, and Yang Shenjin and Wang's father are cousins, so Wang is his cousin. Although Wang was Li Linfu pulled into the imperial history platform, but Yang Shenjin, who was the middle of the imperial history at that time, also made a strong effort in it, and later Wang was also promoted to the middle of the imperial history, which was equivalent to Yang Shenjin's official position, but Yang Shenjin relied on his elders and was kind to the king, so he was quite unkind to him, and he was also called by his name.

Hearing Yang Shenjin call himself like this, Wang's expression remained unchanged, but he just smiled: "The waiter is not in the government office." ”

"Rude, it's really the son of a cheap maid" Yang Shenjin was dreaming of the prime minister's Spring and Autumn Festival at this time, and he was very dissatisfied with Wang disrespectfully calling himself his uncle, and reprimanded him at the moment.

Wang's expression froze suddenly, but after he glanced at Yang Shenjin, he did not respond.

Yang Shenjin has always been like this to Wang, perhaps because he is too familiar, and he has no respect at all. Although Wang's father was Yang Shenjin's cousin, his mother was only a maidservant girl from a humble background, and Yang Shenjin often insulted Wang with this.

Seeing the king looking at himself, Yang Shenjin was a little irritable, he was waiting for the Son of Heaven to meet in front of Xingqing Palace, if the Son of Heaven wanted to see the king first, let him lose this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, what a pity, so he reprimanded: "The servant gave birth to a son, if you don't retreat, what do you do in front of the old man?" ”

The green tendons on the side of Wang's forehead jumped straight, but at this time, Yang Shenjin was powerful, and he could only swallow his anger and retreat.

The king walked on the front foot, and a small eunuch appeared in front of Yang Shenjin on the back foot: "Yang Shilang, the sage summoned you to the palace to meet"

Yang Shen straightened his clothes, especially rubbed his face, making his whole person look very energetic, and then entered with pride.

Li Longji chooses ministers, and he attaches great importance to appearance, and if his appearance is not outstanding, his promotion and transfer will be much slower, and he is not even qualified to become a core high-ranking official at all. Between Yang Shenjin's walking, he deliberately took big steps, making the whole person appear to be agile.

After a while, when he arrived in front of Li Longji, after he finished saluting, he heard Li Longji ask: "Qing wants to see me, what is the matter?" ”

Li Longji seemed a little unhappy, but Yang Shenjin didn't care, and immediately asked Li Longji for instructions under the pretext of allocating food and salary in the northwest. Li Longji was halfway through hearing this, so he became impatient, waved his hand and said: "You can report this matter to Li Xiang, and report the results of the battle after defeating Xiao Bolu......"

Yang Shen hesitated slightly, and then said: "The minister just came from Li Xianggong's house, and Li Xianggong seems to be unwell and is unable to deal with this matter. If you don't make a quick decision, you may have an incident, so you have to disturb Your Majesty, and ask Your Majesty for forgiveness. ”

"Not feeling well?" Li Longji heard Yang Shenjin say the same, and couldn't help but look scornful: "How uncomfortable, why can't you even do official business?" ”

"The minister heard that Li Xianggong suddenly fainted for several hours today, and when the minister went to visit, although Li Xianggong had woken up, he couldn't recognize who the minister was, and mistook the minister for Yang Zhao, and entrusted the minister with his son-in-law. The minister thought that the saint knew about it...... Could it be that Li Xianggong's family made a mistake in their busy schedule and forgot to report to the saint? ”

Yang Shenjin planted a trap for Li Linfu in a small way, and sure enough, when Li Longji heard this, his brows suddenly wrinkled: "I'm afraid that he didn't make a mistake in his busy family...... General Gao, you go to the Li Mansion for me to take a look, what's going on?"

If Li Linfu's family deliberately concealed Li Linfuru's illness, it would be serious in nature, and if Li Linfu instructed his family to deliberately conceal it, the nature would be even more serious. The prime minister is the weapon of the country, and only the Son of Heaven has the right to use it, and he gives and receives it privately, and the law of the country is intolerable

Gao Lishi hesitated slightly, glanced at Yang Shenjin, and found that Yang Shenjin was full of confidence. He also believed seventy percent of Li Linfu's illness in his heart, but out of his usual caution, he still said: "What is the reason for the slave to go?" ”

"It just so happens that Ye Chang didn't offer a batch of cotton cloth from Liaodong as a tribute, so he will give half of it to Li Linfu." Li Longji said.

At this time, the price of cotton cloth is more expensive than silk, although it is not as high as when it was called white folded cloth in previous years, but the general silk cloth is still not as high as cotton. Hearing Li Longji's instructions, Gao Lishi knew what to expect, and left with a salute.

He was familiar with the road in Xingqing Palace, and it didn't take long to prepare cotton cloth, and then rushed to Li Linfu's mansion. When I arrived at Li Linfu's house, it was already in the afternoon, Gao Lishi asked people to come forward to call the door, and after a while, the door of Li Linfu's house was opened, and Li Xiu, the son of Li Linfu, came out.

"Why is General Gao free today?" Li Xiu's face was tired, and it looked like she had just encountered something very tiring.

"The sage ordered me to give cotton cloth to Lee Sang...... Where is Lee Sang-sang now? Colliers asked.

"Ah, General Gao is a little unlucky......" Li Xiu's expression was a little strange.

Gao Lishi smiled on his face and sighed, but he secretly muttered in his heart, it seems that Li Linfu is really sick.

"Please take me to see Lee Sang-gong." Colliers.

"This father is a little ...... now Inconvenient, he is not in the house. Li Xiu's face was a little embarrassed.

"Oh, where is that? The reward given by the Son of Heaven should be greeted in person, so as not to be rude and cause the wrath of the saints, but it is not beautiful. When the old man goes to see the minister, he will give the will of the saint first. ”

General Gao is reasonable...... That being the case, General Gao, please come with me after changing your clothes. ”

"Changing clothes?" Gao Lishi said puzzledly: "Why do you change clothes?" ”

"It's more convenient."

Then they were offered clothes, but they were ordinary clothes, not the eunuch clothes that Colliers often wore. Gao Lishi wore it hastily outside, still wondering in his heart what Li Xiu meant by convenience

After he changed his clothes, Li Xiu led Gao Lishi to the east and went straight to the gate of the East Market, Gao Lishi said in surprise: "This ...... Is Xianggong really not at home? ”

"It's true that he's not at home, does General Gao know Guan Yunchang of Dongshi?"

"Dongshi Guan Yunchang...... I've heard of it, how? ”

The so-called Guan Yunchang in Dongshi is a football team in Dongshi. Since the first year of Tianbao, Ye Changchuang Football Match, although Chang'an's ball market has not developed much, there are many more teams. In the beginning, the team was often named after the Fang City, like the Xishi Ball Club, the Qinglong Fang Ball Club or the Jing'an Fang Ball Club, but later there were several teams in the same Fang City, and if they wanted to distinguish them, they had to be named again.

At this time, "Embroidered Like the Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was very popular, and there was a ball club in the West City that took a West City Zhao Zilong Ball Club first, and the East City was not convinced, so he set up a Guan Yun Long Ball Club in the East City, and then the two sides developed from the debate to the addition of fists and feet for Zhao Yun or Guan Yu, and finally someone suggested last year that the two sides should not use the ball game to determine which is stronger and which is weaker.

This proposal was very good, so the two clubs held a "Three Kingdoms First General" competition on March 13 last year, and the result was that the Dongshi Guanyun Long Ball Club won. Zhao Zilong was not convinced, and made an appointment to fight again next year, and the agreed time was today.

"You mean...... Lee Sang-gong is watching a football game? Colliers was taken aback.

"This, exactly...... My father didn't want to be known, so he came to the micro-service, and he invited General Gao to also be a micro-service, which is for this reason. ”

Gao Lishi was stunned for a moment, and then looked behind him, he only had two little eunuchs by his side, who also changed their clothes, plus a Li Xiu wearing ordinary clothes, such a line is no different from ordinary people on the street.

This experience made Gao Lishi a little novel, but his attention was mainly focused on what Li Xiu just said: Li Linfu was watching the football game.

I haven't heard of Li Linfu's interest in football before, but if what Li Xiu said is true, Li Linfu's health should be fine, and there is no hidden disease such as stroke - in the past few years, dozens of elderly people have died of stroke or heartache due to too intense tension while watching the ball game.

The East City has been renovated since the previous year, just like the West Market, the original pattern of the city's cross streets and alleys remains unchanged, the roads are spacious and unchanged, but the greening is more, and the road hardening is basically completed. In the northeast corner of Dongshi, there is the stadium, because it is separated from Xingqing Palace by a street, sometimes Li Longji will take Yang Yuhui and others to look here from the main building of Qinzheng to watch the liveliness of ordinary people.

Gao Lishi was brought here, only to see a large number of people on the cement steps stand, not to mention more than 10,000 people gathered here to watch the game, surrounded by more than 200 soldiers and errands, patrolling back and forth in batches, and the vendors with various stalls kept selling. At this time, it is about the critical moment when the whistle of the spectators is as loud as the waves.

"My father is here...... It's just that there are a lot of people here, and we can't find anyone for a while. Li Xiu led Gao Lishi up the steps of the stands and said in Gao Lishi's ear.

Gao Lishi turned his eyes and saw the crowd huddled together and shouting, and his heart moved slightly.

If Li Linfu deliberately did not see him at home, let Li Xiu deduce that it was among these people watching the game......

Thinking of this, Gao Lishi sneered in his heart, it is indeed not easy to find Li Linfu among tens of thousands of people, but he doesn't need to look for it here.

"Since Li Gong is watching the game, we are not here to disturb him and have fun with the people." Gao Lishi smiled: "Go to your mansion and wait, according to Ye Shi's certain rules, a ball is at most half an hour, plus halftime, it will not exceed an hour, now the ball game is almost over, right?" ”

Li Xiu laughed with him: "There is still a small half." ”

"In this way, we will also take a look at the ball here, and then go to your mansion to see Li Xianggong after the ball game."

Gao Lishi is a grass on the wall, between Li Linfu and Yang Shenjin, he doesn't want to choose a side to stand, since Li Longji's order is for him to come and see Li Linfu, even if he spends more time and gives Li Linfu more preparations, he must see Li Linfu.

At first, he just wanted to watch the game here and let the Li family prepare, but when he looked at it, he had a different feeling. Over the years, he has been pampered, and as he is now, he has been among the common people, and he has watched a football game with everyone almost never before. Therefore, when he watched the ball at half-time, he felt a little happy, and if it wasn't for the business, he would be even happier.

After the ball game was over, Li Xiu did not delay, led him to the south gate of the court, and then stopped. Colliers was surprised: "Why can't you stop?" ”

"If my father comes out, he will go out from here, just wait here—well, General Gao, please see, my father is over there."

Gao Lishi was shocked in his heart, could it be that Li Linfu was really watching the game here?

He followed what Li Xiu was counting on, and saw Li Yu and Li Mao, one left and one right, supporting Li Linfu and walking out of the crowd. Several of them are also dressed up in ordinary clothes, perhaps because they are too excited, Li Linfu is a little tired, and there is still sweat on his forehead, but his spirit is fine.

When Colliers saw him, he also saw Colliers.

Gao Lishi is very self-aware of himself, as a eunuch, even if he is named a general by Li Longji, he is only a royal servant. The prime minister is not, he is the emperor's guest secretary, managing the affairs of the world for the emperor. Therefore, as long as Emperor Li Longji did not express his dissatisfaction with the prime minister, then he must remain respectful to the prime minister.

Especially a prime minister like Li Linfu.

The two have cooperated a lot before, and there have been a lot of open and secret battles, so Gaolishi is far away

Li Linfu pushed away the support of his two sons, stood by himself, and also saluted Gao Lishi.

Then Li Linfu's second son helped him again, walked over slowly, and in front of Degao Lishi, Li Linfu smiled and said: "Didn't you want to meet Gao Gong here, Gao Gong also loves ball?" ”

"It's okay, it's okay." Hearing Li Linfu's words, Gao Lishi looked at him again.

"Alas, now I have a little lack of energy, and after squeezing in the crowd for a while, it will be like this." Li Linfu smiled: "In his early years, the old man was also an athlete who could ride a horse and play ball."

Thinking that so many people were crowded together, no matter how old Li Linfu was, it was impossible for him not to sweat under such circumstances, and most of the doubts in Gao Lishi's heart disappeared.

"This is not a place to talk, I came to look for Li Gong, and I asked Li Gong to go back to his house." Colliers

Li Linfu nodded, and with the help of his second son, he got on the shoulder on the side of the court. Gao Lishi only followed, but fortunately it was not far from the Li Mansion, and it didn't take long for him to return to Li Linfu's mansion.

Hearing Gao Lishi's intentions, Li Linfu bowed down to thank him, and the second son mixed him up again. Gao Lishi was really puzzled in his heart, and the doubts that had just disappeared came out again, he pondered for a while, and said: "Today in the palace, some people say that Li Xianggong is a little unwell, although my view of Xianggong's spirit is slightly worse than in the past, but it is still safe and healthy...... I don't know who made this rumor."

His words were just a temptation, but Li Linfu smiled over there: "I did have some family troubles in the morning, and I felt a little unwell, so I went to watch the ball to relax...... The saint is generous, the old man must not go to the palace to thank him, General Gao can go with the old man? ”