- He had specially informed the person before, if Xiao Jiangyuan came, he could be invited in directly without notification, but An Lushan was still here!

Regardless of how close the border general and the prime minister are, the prime minister will be the first prime minister by virtue of An Lushan's house of the Son of Heaven, if the Son of Heaven knows and is sensitive and thoughtful, this matter can be big or small.

Because An Lushan is a border general and very powerful, Li Longji will not do anything to him, but Li Linfu, who has been the prime minister for eight years, will not necessarily do anything.

An Lushan was so frightened that he immediately took a turn in the hall where Li Linfu was entertaining. He was already pot-bellied, pacing back and forth, Li Linfu only felt that the tiles of his house were shaking, and he was even more upset by the figure in front of him, so he said: "You sit down first, I'll figure out a way." ”

After speaking, Li Linfu got up and went to greet Xiao Jiangyuan in person, and ignored An Lushan's respect and gratitude.

As soon as Xiao Jiangyuan walked to the second gate, he saw Li Linfu greet with a smile:

"Please forgive me for the disappointment. The general told me the truth, this lychee is only one of them, and I am afraid that there is something else to do when I come to the door in person, right? ”

Xiao Jiangyuan raised his eyebrows: "It's not what you said, you want to meet me alone in the past two days, do you have something to tell me?" ”

"I'm getting older, and my memory is poor." Li Linfu laughed dryly, took the small bamboo basket containing lychees with one hand, and invited Xiao Jiangyuan to enter with the other.

As soon as Xiao Jiangyuan stepped into the hall, he saw a fat figure hiding behind the screen. The figure was so unique, so unique that no matter who it was, once it was seen once, there was no one who could not be recognized.

Xiao Jiangyuan: "......"

"Alright, you know it's useless to hide." Li Linfu raised his forehead, saw Xiao Jiangyuan tilting his head to look at him, and said busily, "I didn't look for you for him, I didn't know that he would come today, and I didn't know that you would come today." ”

As soon as An Lushan walked out of the screen, he heard Li Linfu pick himself so cleanly, it was like swallowing a fly for a while. He looked at Li Linfu loudly, unconcealing his surprise and depression.

Li Linfu turned a blind eye: "Don't you still salute General Xiao?" ”

Is this when he's depressed? Didn't you bring your brains with you?

An Lushan seemed to notice Xiao Jiangyuan's existence at this time, and hurriedly bowed to Xiao Jiangyuan, and laughed a few times at the same time.

Xiao Jiangyuan returned the salute with a smile: "The old slave doesn't dare to be a big gift to General An." ”

Having said that, she didn't hide or dodge, and took the opportunity to carefully observe An Lushan's appearance.

She always remembered what Zhang Jiuling said, An Lushan's face is reversed, but no matter how she looks at it, she doesn't know what it is. However, An Lushan's appearance is indeed different, and it is not very different from the Hu people she has seen. With thick eyebrows and big eyes, a beard, he seems to be honest and clumsy, but his eyes still inevitably reveal a little essence.

- He was clearly hiding it, and he didn't do it very well, thinking that other people were either too contemptuous, or because he was lazy, in short, he had never looked at it as carefully as she did, so he let him deceive.

An Lushan is not a stupid person, her family Ah Lang has known this for a long time, if you want to say that he has objections, her family Ah Lang doesn't believe it, and she doesn't believe it either.

Even if An Lushan became one of the envoys of the Ten Towns, the troops in his hands were very limited, and there were local officials holding him hostage, even if it was really reversed, he would not be able to make much splash. What's more, in the peaceful and prosperous era for more than 30 years, the younger two generations have never even felt the war at all, and there are no faint kings and tyrants in the world, and regardless of success or failure, what is the name of the rebel division?

An Lushan bowed very low, and he didn't see Xiao Jiangyuan's eyes staring at him, nor did he get nervous because he was caught. Obviously, before Xiao Jiangyuan came in, he was still too nervous. He was strange, and got up to meet Xiao Jiangyuan's smile, and then he understood.

The last time he was in the Eastern Capital, he didn't have the opportunity to get in close contact with Xiao Jiangyuan, so he didn't know until now why Zhang Jiuling was so irritable that he even said anything "with a reverse face", but he was still appeased by Xiao Jiangyuan's words.

The eunuch in front of him with a delicate posture and a straight back has this ability.

He could even feel that the distance between himself and her was slowly narrowing, and if he didn't dare to speak easily, he said it naturally: "General Xiao is a person next to a saint, where is a border barbarian like me who can be compared?" Not to mention today, even the next day, the last general also asked General Xiao for protection. ”

Today hasn't passed yet, but I'm thinking about the day? Seeing An Lushan coming to Xiao Jiangyuan's side, with a smile on his face, Li Linfu suddenly wanted to get him away quickly, so he said: "General Xiao doesn't know, General An is the first time to come to Chang'an, and he was dazzled by the prosperity of Chang'an. I also said that he, the saint has never seen any wind and waves, and he is afraid of being abrupt by him? General Ke'an said, the saint is bold, that is the majesty of the saint, whether it is rude and abrupt, that is his intention. ”

An Lushan hurriedly interjected: "What Shilang said is very true! ”

Li Linfu glanced at An Lushan and continued: "But in this capital, let alone acquaintances, General An really doesn't know many people, but I am the only one." ”

There was a bit of alienation in the tone, and it also revealed a bit of helplessness.

An Lushan can always say flattering words very reasonably, and Li Linfu has honey in his mouth and a sword in his belly, and he has been famous in the DPRK and China for several years. Xiao Jiangyuan deeply admired the three-inch incorruptible tongue of the two of them, and after his eyes flickered, he said: "Even if there is no old slave, the sage knows about this, and he can understand General An's good intentions, and he will not blame him." ”

Xiao Jiangyuan didn't lie, others may not know Li Longji's love and respect for An Lushan, but she knows it.

With Xiao Jiangyuan's words, An Lushan breathed a sigh of relief: "The saint is benevolent, and General Xiao is also kind, and An Lushan will never forget to repay this kindness!" ”

Xiao Jiangyuan's remarks often represent Li Longji's attitude. Li Linfu glanced at Xiao Jiangyuan thoughtfully, and said: "It seems that the saint and General An really have a fate, this lychee is very timely, why don't General An taste it together and share the emperor's grace?" ”

An Lushan didn't dare to stay for a long time, and when he saw that the matter had been resolved, he couldn't wait to slip away immediately: "Don't dare, then the next official will retire first." ”

Currying favor with Li Linfu is not something that can be done in a day or two, as for the rules of Chang'an, it is good to understand it, and it is good to understand it if you don't understand it.

Only Xiao Jiangyuan and Li Linfu were left in the hall. Li Linfu tasted the lychee with great interest, and as soon as he put it in his mouth, he frowned, because it was given by Li Longji, he didn't dare to spit it out, and swallowed it into his stomach.

“…… The pit can be spit out. ”

Li Linfu: "??? ”

He only knew that it was eaten with the skin peeled, but he didn't know that there was still a core in it, so he coughed several times immediately, but it was still too late.

Xiao Jiangyuan couldn't help laughing: "It's not delicious? ”

"You don't know if this thing tastes good or not?" Li Linfu asked rhetorically.

Even if Li Longji doesn't reward Princess Yuzhen and him Li Linfu, he won't reward her, right?

"It's too sweet, I don't like it." Xiao Jiangyuan shook his head.

Li Linfu sighed: "In the past, when Zhang Zishou was in Zhongshu Province, he praised this thing for being delicious many times, and even wrote a "Lychee Fu" for this, for fear that we would not believe it. Why did I taste it today and feel like that? ”

Taizhen Lady likes to eat lychees, not many people knew about it before, Zhang Jiuling loves to eat lychees, but the Manchu Dynasty civil and military people knew it.

In the past, when Zhang Jiuling asked himself to return to his hometown Lingnan many times, Li Longji also speculated that Zhang Jiuling wanted to return to Lingnan so much, not only to serve his mother, but also because the court was unhappy and there was no lychee to eat. Xiao Jiangyuan thought of this, lowered his eyes and smiled: "What is the right minister looking for me for?" ”

Li Linfu first ordered someone to offer this basket of lychees, and said, "It's not early, can the general be on duty tonight?" ”

"Today, the right minister asked me another stupid question."

Since Xiao Jiangyuan came to Li Linfu's appointment, he would inevitably arrange things properly in advance, even if he stayed at Li Linfu's mansion for one night tonight. What's more, the twilight drum has already sounded, and after three hundred twilight drums, the door of the fang will be closed, even if Xiao Jiangyuan wants to return to the palace to resume his life, he can't ignore the curfew.

In fact, Li Longji was able to let her out of the palace at this hour, because he knew that she would not be able to recover her life tonight, but he thought that Xiao Jiangyuan was going to Princess Yuzhen to have a night talk, but he didn't think that her purpose was Li Linfu.

With Li Linfu's wisdom, he would not be unable to figure out this, but he seemed to have been really disrupted by An Lushan, and he looked like he wanted to speak and stopped.

"I heard that since the right minister was assassinated that day, he has not been able to sleep at night, and even goes to sleep in a different room every night, and sometimes even the right minister can't find the lady. At first, I didn't believe it, but now it seems ......" Xiao Jiangyuan looked at the darkening sky, "Not only that, right?" ”

"I'm a greedy person who is afraid of death, for the sake of power and wealth, I take great pains, but I don't want to lose my life to enjoy it." Li Linfu laughed at himself, "Actually, it's quite interesting, sometimes even I don't know which room I will sleep in tonight......"

In order to guard against potential assassins, Li Linfu was able to do this. And he values power more than his own life.

As soon as Xiao Jiangyuan realized this, he listened to Li Linfu:

"No, tonight, I'm not going to sleep in the house at all—I'll take you to a good place."

The good place that Li Linfu said is the largest green building in Pingkangfang.

Xiao Jiangyuan had never visited a similar place before, and his curiosity was fresh, so he did not refuse.

Here, it's really a different world.

At first, her understanding of the prosperous era was still based on the number of households, the number of people and the price of folk food submitted by the household department, and later learned that although it is rare to have a rich year and a good valley, it is the most basic.

She has seen more and more exquisite utensils and textile printing and dyeing, gold and silver pottery wood, silk brocade and silk silk, not only the production is ingenious, but also the colors are gradually rich and colorful. They turned into curtains, clothes, tables, chairs, pots and bowls, and built into carved dragon paintings and large boats, which not only won the eyes of everyone, but also beside the world.

She always felt that the dazzling array in the palace only belonged to the palace after all, and the real prosperity had to go to the people to find it.

And here, perhaps, is a microcosm.

Some people use new allusions to old poems against each other, some people write wild grass and swim in the tail of the dragon, and some people pick up the pen to paint and indulge in the landscape.

Some people build long songs and sing all the riches in the world; Some people are dancing and dancing, like the wind returning to the snow.

embroidered robes galloping horses, splendid cockfighting; The stars are shining brightly, and they are magnificent.

Staggered and staggered, spending a lot of money; The spring breeze is proud, and the prosperity is incomparable.

Watching things and treasures, listening to the prosperous chapters, drinking grapes and wine, and getting drunk with all the troubles of the world.

Li Linfu led Xiao Jiangyuan into a private room, and as soon as the door was closed, the hustle and bustle outside was isolated. Li Linfu didn't dodge anymore and got straight to the point: "The sage issued an order to seek merit on the Yuan Day, what does the general think?" ”

The swan song of the Tang Dynasty