Li Zhaode's mansion was full of high-ranking friends, and the people who came and went were either Hongru or dignitaries.

The two sides of the silk and bamboo music, the sound is in the ears, Li Zhaode sits on the head, this person toasts a glass, that person toasts a cup, the alcohol and sycophancy enter the ear one by one, Prime Minister Li is already a little drunk.

"Xianggong!"

One person came to the front with a cup, Li Zhaode stroked his beard, took back a pair of drunken eyes from several singers dancing in the hall, glanced at him, and saw that it was his friend Yan Shansi, so he raised his glass and smiled: "Haha, Lao Yan, you have always been a bad drinker, are you also interested in drinking today, come on, sit next to me, let's have a drink together." ”

Yan Shansi is the right to pick up the legacies and worship inside, although he is a close minister of the Son of Heaven, his official position is not high, this is an official, in front of a strong Son of Heaven like Wu Zetian, there is almost no use. However, his talent is very outstanding, he is very knowledgeable, so he has a good relationship with Li Zhaode.

Yan Shansi sat down beside Li Zhaode, but he was not busy drinking, but attached to his ear and said in a low voice: "Xianggong, Shansi heard that Yushitai created a bloody case in Lingnan and slaughtered more than 300 women and children. They also made a statement to the emperor, saying that there was a rumor in Lingnan that there was a 'substitute warrior Liu', which caused the emperor to be very jealous, and now the group of people in the Yushitai ......"

Li Zhaode raised his hand to stop him, sneered, and said, "Needless to say, Shansi, the servant already knows." ”

Li Zhaode took a sip of wine and said hatefully: "The people of Yushitai have gone against the grain, lost their conscience, and what they have done is really indignant to people and gods!" When he heard about their evil deeds in Lingnan, he was furious! But don't worry, this group of cool officials is full of evil, this is a self-defeating way, and the servants will depend on how long they will run amok! ”

Yan Shansi said worriedly: "If they are so aggressive, I'm afraid that Lai Junchen will also make a comeback." The emperor lives above the Nine-Fold Palace, and the situation of the people depends on others to tell him. The emperor has always been a little vocal about rebellion, and now Wan Guojun renders Lingnan as full of thieves. There is no guarantee that the emperor will not reinstate him. ”

Li Zhaode smiled proudly. "So what? The feathered phoenix is not as good as a chicken, do you think that today's Junchen still has the majesty of the past? Hum! The more unjust cases they create in various parts of the world, the greater the people's grievances, and if he comes back, it will be just a catch! ”

Yan Shansi frowned and said, "Don't be careless. This move may be suspected of playing with fire! ”

Li Zhaode was a little unhappy, and said unhappily: "The servant has his own considerations!" ”

Seeing this, Yan Shansi had to keep silent.

Li Zhaode's mansion is located in Lide Fang, which is surrounded by water, and Yang Fan came out of the imperial city and walked north along the Luo River embankment. Turning over a bridge, we entered the Lip Tak Fang.

Li Zhaode's mansion is renovated and built after he became the "chief writer", a very large mansion, the courtyard is vast, the momentum is extraordinary, as long as you enter the Lide Fang, a little inquiry, there is no do not know where the Li Mansion is.

Yang Fan was blocked by Princess Taiping halfway. Although he still insisted on coming to the Li Mansion. But it's a lot calmer, and it's not as furious as it was at the beginning. He rushed to Li's mansion and saw that there were many carriages and horses parked in front of the door, and Yang Fan didn't say anything, just tied the horse to the tethered horse post, strode up the steps, grabbed the copper ring of the beast's head, and knocked on the door hard.

"Tom tom!"

Yang Fan knocked hard, and after a few loud noises, someone behind the door shouted unhappily: "Who! With such a great effort, can you afford to smash the door of our house? ”

With the voice, the door opened a gap, and a very impatient face poked out, looking Yang Fan up and down, seeing that he was young, and his clothes were ordinary, not like a powerful family, his expression was even more arrogant, he lazily stretched out a hand, and said, "Take it!" ”

Yang Fan said in a deep voice: "What did you take?" ”

The man was about to close the door without saying a word, Yang Fan stretched out his hand and shouted, "What are you doing?" ”

The man glared and said, "You don't even have a sticker, and you still want to go to my door?" This is the Prime Minister's Mansion, do you think it's a small family? I don't even want to see my Ah Lang without even paying a visit, it's really unreasonable! Get out of here, or I'll send you to the yamen to eat the board! ”

Yang Fan didn't laugh angrily, and said: "The seven-rank official in front of the prime minister's door, sure enough." However, this official is the fifth grade of the dynasty, and the criminal department is normal, your 'seven grades' are not enough to see, and you dodged away! ”

Yang Fan stretched out his hand and pushed, and the two doors opened, and the door was pushed by the door and fell into a rolling gourd, Yang Fan strode in, and the servants, guards, and grooms of the officials waiting in front of the door were dumbfounded.

"Come on, someone, someone forced their way into the prime minister's mansion, lawless......"

The man lay on the ground and couldn't get up, just shouted at the top of his voice, many servants in the Prime Minister's Mansion rushed out when they heard the news, Yang Fan said in a loud voice: "Yang Fan in the Langzhong of the Criminal Department of this official, someone wants to see Li Xiang on a major matter of life, who dares to stop me!" As he spoke, Yang Fan showed the turtle talisman.

The identity certificate used by the official was originally a fish talisman, but later I don't know who ran to Wu Zetian to flatter, saying that the Wu dynasty and the martial artist Xuanwu are the turtles of the four elephants, so when the fish talisman is abandoned and the turtle talisman is cast, the turtle is still one of the four spirits at that time, and the legendary auspicious beast and divine beast are not curses, so the waist card used by the official has become a turtle shape.

The subordinates in the Prime Minister's Mansion heard that he was an official of the Criminal Department, and saw him show his turtle talisman, knowing that his identity was not fake, and hearing what he said was so important, they didn't dare to stop him, but they were afraid that letting him in without permission would anger Ah Lang, so they had to rush to the back house with him.

"Xiangye, Wan Rong respects you a bowl of wine!"

In the flower hall of the back house, some of the guests wrote poems, some snatched the instruments in the hands of the musicians and played, and some people drank happily, walked to the hall with singing and dancing, and danced with the dancers.

This person's name is Sun Wanrong, and his dress and tone of speech are the same as those of the Han people, but he is a Khitan. In his early years, he entered the Tang Dynasty as a waiter of the Khitan Dahe tribe, and lived in Chang'an and Luoyang for a long time, so he spoke Chinese very well.

Now he has become the leader of the Khitan Dahe clan, and was named the general of the right Yujin Wei by the Tang Dynasty, the assassin of Chengzhou, and the duke of Yongle County, which is a subordinate of the Tang Dynasty. This time he came to Luoyang to pay tribute, and after paying tribute, he specially visited Li Zhaode, wanting to worship under the prime minister, operate well, and promote his officials.

Sun Wanrong stayed in the Central Plains for so many years in vain, after he returned to the tribe and became a chief, he used the knowledge he learned in the Central Plains to make the Dahe clan stronger and stronger, and now he has the strength to compete for the head of the Khitan tribal alliance.

Most of the chieftains of the Khitan tribes have received official positions from the original Tang Dynasty or the current Great Zhou Emperor, and the official rank of the chiefs of each tribe is about the same.

Khitan is a poor place, not as good as the black water mob brown (Jurchen) in the east, ginseng, mink, winter pearls, etc., not as good as the Turks and the Western Regions have all kinds of jewelry, gold and other products, this tribute, in order to please Li Zhaode, he scraped together, and made up ten good horses, a hundred collar sand fox skins, as well as a pair of golden belly, a pair of golden saddles from Goryeo, a hundred winter pearls extorted from Heishui Mo, and fifty ginseng plants for hundreds of years.

Ginseng has been used for a long time in the East and West, and it is mentioned in the bronze inscriptions of the Yin Shang period, and the things that can be cast on the utensils at that time can be seen to be important to the people at that time. In the "Shennong Baicao Sutra" at the end of the Warring States Period, ginseng was also listed as a top-grade tonic, Li Zhaode was very old, and he didn't care much about the things outside his body, but these fifty old ginseng plants won his favor.

As soon as he saw Sun Wanrong holding the wine bowl and approaching him, looking at him with blank eyes, Li Zhaode understood what he meant, couldn't help but smile, and said: "Since you became the leader, the Dahe clan has come to the court year after year, paid tribute every year, and has been friendly with my Great Zhou, and the Gongxun is far more than other tribes, which can be an example for the vassals, and the court should be commended." Rest assured that you will speak to the saints of what you ask for. ”

Sun Wanrong was overjoyed, thanked him again and again, picked up the wine bowl and said: "Wanrong respects Xiangye, I wish Xiangye a healthy body and longevity than Nanshan!" ”

Li Zhaode smiled, picked up the fine porcelain wine glass, and just wanted to take a sip, when he heard a commotion, and the dancers and guests who were singing and dancing in the hall stopped in surprise and turned their heads to look. Li Zhaode frowned, put down the wine glass unhappily, and said angrily: "What's the alarm? ”

Everyone in the hall was divided left and right, revealing a person standing in front of the hall, and many servants of the prime minister's mansion under the hall did not dare to approach, only one person plucked up the courage and said: "Ah Lang, this person claims to be Lang of the Criminal Department, and there is an important matter to face Ah Lang, and he broke in......

Only then did Yang Fan arch his hand to him, and said stiffly: "Li Xiang, the lower officials have something important to tell you, and they came in a hurry, and please forgive the lower officials for their recklessness!" ”

Although Li Zhaode was drunk, his mind was very sober, seeing Yang Fan standing upright in the hall, the anger between his eyebrows was faint, and he had guessed why he came, Li Zhaode waved his hand and instructed his family: "You guys stand down!" Then he got up slowly and smiled at the guests: "Friends, don't lose your interest." Yang Langzhong came here, discussed with the servant, and the servant went to the study, and came to drink with the friends after a while. ”

The guests of the Prime Minister's Mansion suddenly regained their relaxed smiles, and they all bowed their hands and said in a sycophant: "The Prime Minister is resting today, and he is still thinking about state affairs, and he is really an example for hundreds of officials." Go to the public and don't have to worry about me waiting! ”

Li Zhaode smiled and arched his hand to the guests, and walked out of the flower hall, Yang Fan didn't say much, just followed behind him. Li Zhaode led him out of the flower garden and into the study, as soon as he entered the study, his face changed sharply, and he shouted: "Yang Fan! You are so bold, you have repeatedly despised your true nature and offended your boss, can you say that the old man can't cure you? ”

Li Zhaode's anger did not intimidate Yang Fan, he stood there like a gun, and said in a deep voice: "Li Xiang is drunk!" ”

Li Zhaode was stunned and said angrily: "Is the old man drunk, what does it have to do with you?" ”

Yang Fan's eyes flashed with a touch of blood, and he said word by word: "If you drink human blood, will you get drunk?" ”

P: In the early morning, I sincerely ask for monthly tickets and recommended tickets!!

~(To be continued.) )