Zhengfen was still a little suspicious, but seeing Xie Ling's cold and clear gaze covering her, she didn't say much, and quickly got up and ran towards the door.

"Lang Jun, slave heard that the eldest lady treats these handmaidens very well, especially this Zhengfen, the eldest lady regards her as a confidant, and asks her to take care of everything, I really didn't expect that this Zhengfen is not only ungrateful, but also helps the eldest lady to hurt the eldest lady in this way, it can be described as a wolf's heart, the slave is really not worth it for the eldest lady, but why does Lang Jun want to let her go?"

"In the past, Han Feizi once said that human nature is evil, so he advocated taking officials as teachers and teaching the law to control the country and regulate the order, people in this world are different, no one can ask for luxury, you treat people with sincerity, and others will repay with sincerity, if so, there will be no good and evil in this world, do you understand?"

Qiu Shi seemed to understand whether he understood or not, and nodded slightly: "But ......"

"I didn't say I would let her go, I just needed her to do something good for me."

Qiu Shi nodded ignorantly.

"You go back and rest first! I'll take care of it myself. ”

Suddenly hearing Xie Ling's words, Qiu Shi knelt down again and begged: "Lang Jun, you have been guarding the eldest lady here for a day, so let the slave take care of it!" ”

"If someone comes to hurt Sister Ah while she is asleep, I can't guarantee that you can take good care of her, go down! I'm fine. ”

Qiu Shi's tears fell, and his eyes showed shame and self-blame.

"It's all to blame the slave for being useless, Lang Jun, you punish the slave, so that the slave will feel better, but please Lang Jun don't blame himself!"

Xie Ling stood up, pulled Qiu Shi up, and said, "It's useless to blame you, just blame the enemy for being too cunning and powerful." ”

"When I was a child, my eldest sister always took care of me, when I was studying, she accompanied me, when I was punished, she also accompanied me, even when I was sick, she also stayed in front of me, served me tea, read to me, I still remember that song: Ziyu, Ziyu, with Jiri as the wheel, with God as the horse, because to multiply it, how can it be more controlled.

The eldest sister taught me what I looked like when I was studying, the bright moon before the collapse, the window was bright and clean, autumn fruit, you should know, how important the eldest sister is to me? After a pause, she looked at Qiu Shi solemnly and said, "So from now on, I must not make any mistakes!" ”

"Lang Jun ......"

Qiu Shi covered her lips again and let the tears fall.

"Yes, Lang Jun, the slave understands, since Lang Jun wants to stay here, the slave will stay in front of the door and bring tea and clothes to Lang Jun at any time."

The moonlight was like silver, spreading the windowsill, Xie Ling had been sitting in front of Xie Hanyun's collapse, looking at the slightly pale but difficult to hide the stunning plain face, and couldn't help but think: Am I wrong? Preventing the eldest sister from marrying the crown prince, although it is to put an end to the trajectory of the previous life, but it can't change the eldest sister's heart, since she wants to be the phoenix above the nine heavens, how can I break her proud wings,

What's more, Prince Zhaoming is not wrong, he doesn't deserve to die, and I can't deny him because of the fate of his previous life, since all this has been done all over again, why can't I change it?

Thinking of the upcoming banquet of the East Palace, Xie Ling seemed to have made up his mind, so he looked at Xie Hanyun with a smile and said secretly: Sister, don't worry, I will let you get your wish.

……

Early the next morning, Xie Ling received a letter from the East Palace, which said: Yang Ah is playing a fierce Chu Liu. Wangluo Shuixi has a good hatred. Longitudinal and light dragon boats.

Although it is not named, Xie Ling knows that this is a "song" written by the prince Xiao Tong, Xiao Tong is erudite and talented, and his poems have also caused a period of atmosphere of the times, which is called Yongming style, and this Yongming style of poetry has also laid a solid foundation for the later generations of Tang poetry, it can be said that Tang poetry is from the Yongming style of the Southern Dynasties.

Naturally, these are also what Chen Shuo said to her in his previous life.

After receiving Xiao Tong's letter, Xie Ling knew that the word she wrote to Xiao Tong had a role: she also happened to have something to ask Xiao Tong for clarification.

Luoshui is not more than the Qinhuai River, the smoke and waves are vast, the history is long and long, it is a bend of the river near the village shaped like the moon, the water is clear like a mirror, the koi fish swim, a few ebony boats on it are swaying and leisurely, and the lotus picking girl who has a shake pulp sings softly: "The lotus picking place in the south of the Yangtze River shines on the foot view." Equal to the branches, all of them have purple stems. The same over the root grass, the two different singing Luan. Replace daylilies with Z, and it will make people happy. ”

The singing is also Xiao Tong's "Lotus Picking Fu", with the painting boat Lingbo, the sound of the piano is long, this song of Lotus Picking Fu sings more ethereal, fresh and distant artistic conception and feelings.

Xie Ling came to an ebony painting boat as promised, and first saw Chen Qingzhi standing at the bow of the boat, wearing a white robe fluttering in the wind.

"General Chen—" She bowed from afar.

Seeing Xie Ling's arrival, Chen Qingzhi also returned the salute to Xie Ling with great respect: "Xie Xiaolangjun really came as promised, my master is invited!" ”

Thinking that after all, Chen Qingzhi was a big man who would shock the world in the future and go down in history like Wei Qinghuo's illness, Xie Ling was a little flattered, and hurriedly returned the courtesy: "General Chen is too polite. ”

Chen Qingzhi smiled slightly, and made a gesture to her again.

Xie Ling walked into the painting boat, and saw that Xiao Tong was still dressed in the most ordinary plain clothes, sitting next to a case, on which was a pot of tea that he had boiled, the tea was fragrant and fragrant, and there was also a sandalwood chessboard, on which the white and black chess pieces were mixed, sparse and scattered.

"Xie Ling, see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

As soon as Xie Ling was about to kneel, he was lifted up by a pair of hands holding his arms.

"You have saved Lone's life, you are Lone's benefactor, you don't have to salute, and Lone is not seeing you as a prince today, but just an extremely ordinary citizen." Xiao Tong said, his tone gentle.

Xie Ling said: "The prince is highly respected and in a high position, so he deserves to be worshipped. ”

Xiao Tong shook his head, his eyes were soft and shining on Xie Ling like a warm sun, and said, "There is an ancient saying that it is better to get a daughter than to get Ji Bu Yinuo, and Gu also feels that it is better to be worshiped by thousands of people than to have a good teacher and helpful friend." ”

"Xie Ling didn't dare."

Calling the prince a brother and friend, I'm afraid no one dares to do this, Xie Ling didn't really dare to say this, but he couldn't.

Xiao Tong's eyes seemed to be a little gloomy, and he hurriedly pulled Xie Ling to sit down next to the case, pushed a cup of tea in front of her, and said with a smile: "This is the tea made by Gu with a lotus heart, you can taste it!" ”

Xie Ling did not refuse, took a sip of the teacup, and said with a smile: "Although the lotus is bitter, it can be fragrant, and the drink is like a sweet spring, refreshing people's hearts." His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's tea is brewed excellently. ”

Xiao Tong smiled: "The bitterness is on the surface, the sweetness is in the heart, this may be like the way of this world, no one can really get it for nothing, do you know that Gu asked you to come here today, what's the matter?" ”

"The prince wants to ask about the killing of Master Ning Yuan of Xiangshan Temple?"

Xiao Tong turned his eyes to look at Xie Ling, smiled slightly, sat down again, and said, "Do you think the murderer is really the lonely imperial sister Princess Yongxing?" ”

"Of course not."

didn't expect her to answer so decisively, Xiao Tong's expression changed slightly, and he asked with a smile: "Why not?" The little monk clearly pointed out that she was the murderer, and she also killed the little monk to kill her. ”

"Although it seems that Princess Yongxing is indeed the most suspicious, but her reaction is not like it, if it is really her, her first reaction should not be shocked and dazed, but ashamed and afraid, she killed the little monk to kill her, just because the little monk said something right."

"What's the matter?"

Xie Ling smiled, a little embarrassed and said: "It's not a secret, Ling did see Princess Yongxing with a man on the way to chase the murderer, and I have listened to all their conversations. ”

Xiao Tong asked, "What did she say?" ”

Xie Ling replied: "She complained that her father was unfair to her, and she also said that the death of my father's eldest wife Wang had nothing to do with her, I believe these words, after all, no one would be so stupid as to know that everyone knew that she had a holiday with others, and blatantly killed her, which was clearly a deliberate frame-up by someone." ”

When Xie Ling mentioned his father, Xiao Tong couldn't help but look sad and lowered his eyes.

"Did you also want to ask Gu about your father's affairs when you gave Lone the word 'see'?" He asked suddenly.

Xie Ling was silent, got up suddenly, and still knelt down to Xiao Tong and said seriously: "If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can tell me about my father's affairs back then, and help me find out why my father died and who killed him, I, Xie Ling, would like to attach His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to follow the work of dogs and horses." ”

Xiao Tong's face changed greatly, and while helping Xie Ling to rise, he asked in shock, "What did you say?" Teacher, is he a victim? ”

Xie Ling nodded, took out a mink Ling from his sleeve, and showed it to Xiao Tong: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince should know this mink ling, there is also this mink Ling among the relics left by my father after his death, and even on the way back to Jiankang from Luofu Mountain, I have encountered the attack of this mink Ling arrow." ”

Xiao Tong took the mink Ling in Xie Ling's hand, looked at it carefully, as if he thought of something, he couldn't help but murmur in a low voice: "The teacher told me that day that he was going to see someone, and it didn't take long after that the teacher fell ill and collapsed, I didn't even have time to see him for the last time, it turned out that the teacher died at the hands of a thief, but who is this thief?" ”

As soon as he heard that his father had gone to see someone, Xie Ling asked, "Who did my father tell His Royal Highness the Crown Prince that he wanted to meet?" ”

Xiao Tong shook his head: "He didn't say it, he only told me again and again that he wanted me to leave the palace temporarily and stay on Gu Mountain for a month, and he also asked my father to send heavy troops to guard it, so that I could concentrate on editing the "Anthology" in Xiangshan Temple." ”

At the mention of "Anthology", Xie Ling's heart moved, and he asked again: "Then did His Royal Highness the Crown Prince remember what happened in the palace at that time?" ”

Xiao Tong recalled carefully, and shook his head again: "I haven't heard of anything big happening, but there is a small matter in the harem, that is, Wu Shuyuan somehow offended her father, fell out of favor, and was beaten into the cold palace. ”

"Wu Shuyuan's fall from grace, but because of the July Gate incident?" Xie Ling then asked.

Xiao Tong looked at Xie Ling in surprise: "You also know about the July Gate incident?" ”

The July Gate incident is also a scandal in the royal family, and the father and emperor have also refuted rumors about the life experience of his second brother Xiao Zong, and he did not hesitate to kill many ministers who spread rumors, but he didn't think that this matter was still spread.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, now in Jiankang City, I'm afraid that no one knows about the July Gate incident, and His Royal Highness the second prince, Yuzhang Wang, was also squeezed out by the princes because of this matter, so he fled to the Northern Wei Dynasty, I heard that he is now married to the elder sister of Emperor Xiaozhuang of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Princess Shouyang, and served as the chief of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and he is very courteous, yes?"

Xiao Tong was stunned, he had comforted the rumors of his second brother Xiao Zong many times, hoping that he would not care about those rumors, but he never thought that this rumor had forced him to such a point, and he did not hesitate to turn against his father and fled to Wei to recognize the thief as his father.

Seeing Xiao Tong pondering, Xie Ling asked again: "Then does His Royal Highness the Crown Prince still remember "Changmen Fu"?" ”