Chapter 128: Clever and Powerful
Yang Fan said to Gu Zhuting that he would wait for the five sons of the Xiangwang to visit the thatched house, but in fact, he was just joking casually, if he really imitated Zhuge Liang and asked the five sons of the Xiangwang to come a few times, it would inevitably be traced.
The joint visit of the five sons of the Prime Minister has already shown their attitude, so Yang Fan understands the other party's intentions, and also understands that the other party has clear his true intention to compete with Princess Anle in Chang'an East City, which is enough.
There are some things that he can't say too straightforwardly and can't do too straightforwardly, so he needs the other party to respond, so that he can know whether the other party has understood, and the two sides can cooperate tacitly. Now that the fifth son of the prime minister has responded, he naturally understands what to do.
Early the next morning, Yang Fan ordered someone to take his worship sticker to see King Shouchun. Unless it is an acquaintance who has never seen each other, it is necessary to send someone to send a worship post in advance and make an appointment at a time. The reason why the fifth son of Xiangwang did not come yesterday was because Yang Fan had been recuperating from his injuries on Huxin Island, and Xiangwang Wuzi did not expect him to leave Huxin Island. Now that Yang Fan wants to go back to pay homage to the fifth son of the prime minister, he needs to make an appointment in advance.
The time agreed between Yang Fan and the fifth son of Xiangwang was the morning of the second day.
The next day, Yang Fan visited on time.
Yang Fan, a loyal general, is more than one or two levels lower than the rank of the county king, according to etiquette, the county king does not need to go out to greet him at all, just send a steward to introduce him into the living room, but as soon as Yang Fan stepped into the door, he saw five teenagers standing under the door of the ceremony, smiling at each other.
Yang Fan couldn't help but be a little surprised when he saw it, he really didn't expect that the fifth son of the prime minister would be so polite to him in advance, Yang Fan hurriedly quickened his pace to meet him, and before he reached the steps, he bowed and said: "Yang Fan has seen five county kings, and the county kings have been lowered to greet each other, and Yang is terrified." β
Today, Yang Fan wore a casual suit and a soft-footed hood. Under his feet, he wore a pair of black-faced white-bottomed soap boots, wearing a white right-sided middle coat, tightly tied with a leather belt, and covered with a light cyan open light robe with pale gold hollow embroidery trim. Because the coat is not tied with a leather belt, between the moves, the wide robe is curled, and the big sleeves are fluttering, which is extremely chic. The five county kings are also Confucian robes, and the six of them stand together. It's like a student from a college.
Li Chengqi hahadaxiao, hurriedly stepped forward, supported Yang Fan and said: "General Yang is wearing a light robe and has a good demeanor today, if I didn't know your identity earlier." This king thought it was the Xiucai Gong in the country's school. Just looking at General Yang's demeanor, who would have thought that General Yang would be a brave and meritorious general! β
This Li Chengqi is very good at talking. Guozijian is divided into three levels: Guozijian, Taixue, and Guozixue. The highest level is Guozi Learning, Xiucai is not the Xiucai of later generations, and the Xiucai of the Tang Dynasty are all well-educated talents, which are more difficult to test than Jinshi.
Yang Fan smiled and said: "The king of the county praised it, Yang is just a martial artist, dressed like this." It's just a faΓ§ade, haha! β
Li Chengqi smiled slightly, and asked with concern: "When this king was in Chang'an, he heard that General Yang had been plotted by Xiaoxiao, and he was very concerned in his heart. Yesterday, I came to visit with a few brothers, but unfortunately General Yang was anxious about military affairs and went to the camp of the Thousand Cavalry, how is it, is General Yang already well? β
Yang Fan replied with a smile: "Thanks to His Highness's care, Yang's injury has been recuperating for several months, and now it is healed." At most, a few more months will be before you can return to the barracks. β
"That's good, that's good!" Li Chengqi took his arm and introduced with a smile: "My brothers, General Yang have all seen them, so this king will not introduce them one by one. I heard that General Yang is coming today, and my brothers are waiting for each other in the house, you see, my five brothers are usually the most playful, and they have never gone out today. β
Li Chengqi said this, Yang Fan bowed to Li Chengyi and the four of them one by one, and the four of them returned the salute with a smile, Li Chengqi said enthusiastically: "Let's go, the banquet has been set up in the hall, just wait for General Yang to come, come, let's sit down in the hall, drink and talk at the same time." β
Li Chengqi walked in front of Yang Fan's arm, and someone on the side led Ren Wei and others to rest, Gu Zhuting was wearing a green coat and a cloth towel to tie her hair, like a scholar, always following Yang Fan. Li Chengqi and others saw her willow eyebrows and almond eyes, and her skin was like jade, so they knew that she was dressed as a woman, so they didn't ask much.
The mansion prepared by Liu Yitian for the five sons of the Prime Minister is quite large-scale, with three entrances, four compartments, two bright halls and a garden, and the gate, the instrument gate, and the middle door are complete. In the hall, the lattice windows are inlaid with windows, and the leaky windows and doors are full of vivid monkeys, deer, fish, birds and other birds and beasts, which are extremely gorgeous and generous.
The hall is spacious and bright, hanging pine, bamboo, plum, orchid and other vertical paintings, elegant and tranquil atmosphere, looks like a large study. As soon as everyone entered the flower hall, the maids and maids dressed in flowers and butterflies presented all kinds of delicacies, but there were no musicians and dancers in the two compartments to help the fun.
In this way, it not only shows the importance and respect of the fifth son of the prime minister for Yang Fan, but also does not give people a feeling of being too stammered and even surrendering their identity. When Yang Fan saw this, he knew that the five brothers had put a lot of thought into it in advance, and he couldn't help but praise secretly.
Speaking of which, since Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin's brothers, the Li family has produced many heroes, but it is a pity that a female devil Wu Zetian was killed in the air, and now all the shrewd and capable children of the Li family have been killed by Wu Zetian, and even Wu Zetian's two sons with the most gentlemanly demeanor have also died. Now the prince Li Xian and the prime minister Li Dan can be described as extremely mediocre, and they don't want their younger generations to be grandiose.
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In Li Bao'er's mansion, in the side courtyard, Du Wentian said to several family members with a calm face: "Did you all hear what I just said?" β
Several family members nodded frequently and said, "Don't worry, Childe, we understand." β
Du Wentian waved his hand and said, "Go ahead, the streets and alleys, the fence and the tiles, you spread the news as soon as possible, be careful, don't reveal your identity!" β
Several family members immediately went out.
Du Wentian followed Li Bao'er's instructions, and the first step was to create rumors and spread the news that Shangguan Wan'er had an affair with someone and was pregnant, and Li Bao'er instructed Du Wentian to "cut off the stolen goods" to Yang Fan, and asked him to spread the news that the child Shangguan Wan'er was pregnant with was Yang Fan's species.
Even if there is no such thing as Yang Fan, after Princess An Le knew that Shangguan Wan'er was pregnant and was sent to Chang'an to give birth, she also wanted to wait for the opportunity to make trouble and put Shangguan Wan'er to death. She was jealous and hated that her imperial grandmother had been unfair to her.
She is unmarried and pregnant, and the imperial grandmother's nose is not a nose and an eye is not an eye, why is an outsider who is unmarried and pregnant to cover her up like this, but is so mean to herself? She didn't understand, it was precisely because of the difference between inside and outside that Wu Zetian was so demanding of her. An elder, even if he is very unbearable, wants his children to be noble.
Li Bao'er thinks that this is the favoritism of the emperor's grandmother to Shangguan Wan'er, and she wants to use her own methods to find justice! As a royal daughter, her status is extremely noble. But because she was unmarried and pregnant, she was ridiculed, so it was only fair that Shangguan Wan'er should die because of this. As for implicating Yang Fan, it was just her whim.
Li Bao'er already hated Yang Fan and wanted to eradicate Yang Fan in one fell swoop. But even if her father sits on the throne, a court minister is not something she can do as a princess. She must have a good reason, and now she is using this incident to drag Yang Fan into it. She hadn't thought of it. She choreographed this crime for Yang Fan. In fact, it is infinitely closer to the truth.
It's a pity that her real purpose can't be told to Du Wentian, she only said that she needs a man to make this rumor more perfect, and Yang Fan had a great chance to contact Shangguan Wan'er when he was in Luoyang, and now he lives on Huxin Island, so he is the best candidate. She didn't expect that Du Wentian told her that this secret also had his motives.
The person Du Wentian hated was Zhang Changzong, he was beaten by Zhang Changzong in Xingjiao Temple, and he wanted revenge. He thinks that Princess An Le involved Yang Fan just because Yang Fan swept her face in Chang'an East City. This little thing was obviously not as important as the pain he suffered, so he made a small change to Li Bao'er's instructions, and he changed Yang Fan to Zhang Changzong.
Yang Fan said goodbye from the Fifth Prince's Mansion and walked freely, but with a thoughtful look on his face. Gu Zhuting accompanied him, and his sharp eyes first habitually glanced at the crowd, convinced that no dangerous person was approaching, and then said to Yang Fan: "What is Ah Lang thinking?" β
Yang Fan smiled and said: "I'm thinking about the fifth son of Xiangwang, these five young people are not simple, they only arrived in Chang'an the day before yesterday, and it is only the third day, and they have already found something to do that can invite people to buy people's hearts, which is amazing." β
Gu Zhuting was surprised: "Ah Lang is saying that the fifth son of the prime minister is going to ask the emperor to allocate the sad field and build a sick workshop?" β
Yang Fan bowed his head and said: "Not bad! β
Gu Zhuting had heard Li Longji mention during the banquet that there was a Zen master Hongfang in Longhua Temple who set up a sick workshop to help hundreds of poor and sick people, but because the emperor was about to move the capital, in order to rectify the city, Chang'an Mansion ordered Liu Yitian to want to drive these people away from Chang'an, so as not to hinder their view.
The five brothers of Li Chengqi were moved by compassion when they learned of this, and planned to write to the imperial court, asking the emperor to commend the good deeds of Zen Master Hongfang of Longhua Temple, and to fund the sick workshop by the imperial court.
Li Chengqi also warmly invited Yang Fan to participate in the righteous act, and was willing to take Yang Fan to take the lead in the book, Yang Fan readily agreed, promised them to write together, and also donated 50 acres of land, Gu Zhuting also felt that it was very rare for these princes to be so sympathetic to the people's feelings, and now listen to Ah Lang, do they have another purpose?
Yang Fan replied with a smile: "Without him, it's just an invitation to buy people's hearts." β
Gu Zhuting said stupidly: "I see, the slave family still thinks they are good people!" β
Yang Fan smiled: "Why is this not a good person?" If people all over the world are willing to invite people to buy people's hearts in this way, how many good people must there be? Some of the people who do good deeds do it out of mercy, some do it for peace of mind, some do it for the sake of accumulating merit, and some do it for fame, it doesn't matter for what purpose, what matters is that he does good deeds! β
Gu Zhuting said: "It's not that the slave family doesn't say that they do good deeds, but once the court approves this matter, although Ah Lang takes the lead, but there are five county kings who ask for their lives at the same time, and the people will only remember the favor of those officials, who still remembers Ah Lang, Ah Lang has done good deeds, but the good reputation has earned them, how can the slave family be happy." β
Yang Fan smiled: "You! In fact, they didn't want to take advantage of me, the reason why they invited me to join in the righteous act was because they were in a difficult situation and were really helpless. Moreover, they also further tested me to see if I really had the idea of helping the Li family. β
Gu Zhuting blinked, not quite understanding what Yang Fan meant.
Yang Fan further explained: "Although the Li family has recovered slightly, it is far from the point where it can compete with the Wu family. What's more, the current crown prince has been under house arrest in Fangzhou for many years, and there is no major conflict with the Wu family, but now His Royal Highness the Prime Minister has been repeatedly attacked by the Wu family, and the two sides have long formed an indissoluble enmity.
In this case, it is not good for the Xiangwang family to steal the limelight from the crown prince, nor is it good to confront the Wu clan in front of the gong and drum. Now, the emperor is about to move the capital, Er Zhang and the Wu family have come to Chang'an to invite people to buy people's hearts and win over the powerful officials and gentry. Er Zhang and the Wu clan are both wooing the people above, so they can only look down. β
Gu Zhuting said: "Can ...... What are they pulling Ah Lang for? β
Yang Fan said: "Because I don't deal with the Wu clan right now, and because I saved the prince, there are these two layers of karma, so they pulled me forward." Although the people can't see the ups and downs above the temple, the people in the temple are clear, and with me coming forward, they won't be under too much pressure.
You must know that the crown prince has been the emperor today, and the king has also been the emperor, and both of them are actually qualified to continue the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, they want to accumulate popularity, but they can't make the emperor jealous, they can't let the Wu family be jealous, they can't let Erzhang be jealous, and they can't let the crown prince who is in sympathy with them be jealous, it's difficult. β
Gu Zhuting didn't have a headache when she heard it, these things that Ah Lang said were really more complicated and troublesome than sneaking into a million army to assassinate a general, around, around, around her head like a fight, Gu Zhuting shook her head and said: "The slave family doesn't listen, it's too complicated, the slave family can't understand it at all." β
Yang Fan listened to what she said interestingly, and couldn't help but laugh too. At this time, he passed by a hook fence in front of him, and heard a cheer, Yang Fan looked at it, and it happened to be Mo Guan and his circus troupe performing illusions here.
Yang Fan said with a smile: "We really have a fate with them, I didn't hold him yesterday, and there is nothing to do today, let's go, let's go and see, they have a new illusion show." β
Yang Fan said and saddled off the horse, and Gu Zhuting hurriedly flew off the horse and protected him in front of him. In the crowd of people who were looking forward to watching the illusion show, a member of the Du Mansion family was talking hard about the "scandal and anecdote" of Shangguan Wan'er, the first talented woman of the dynasty, without realizing that Yang Fan was walking towards him step by step.
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(To be continued......)