Li Longji's eyes were deep, and he shook his head: "I don't know why, after hearing about this, I just feel that something is not right." Wei Shi and Princess Anle haven't been posthumously punished, Aya will first pursue Wu Sansi's father and son, the matter is definitely not so simple, Aya must have a deep meaning, but now only this clue is revealed, and it is not possible to dig deep. ”

Xiao Jiangyuan thought secretly for a while, clearly thought of something, but as if nothing had happened, he smiled with relief: "If the saint has a deep meaning, sooner or later he will show his feet, and Ah Lang will wait peacefully." ”

Li Longji had been thinking about himself, and he didn't notice Xiao Jiangyuan's expression, so he nodded and said, "That's right." ”

"I don't know who Ah Lang proposed, but the saint agreed?"

"There's no reason Aya shouldn't say yes. One of them used to be the governor of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and he was extremely capable, and Aya was about to use such a person, and he dared to use it; The other is absolutely impossible to fall to my aunt, and it is impossible for me to belong to the party, Aya has seen the integrity of other people's people with her own eyes, and she is very relieved of it. As for who these two people are......" Li Longji smiled and raised his eyebrows, "Guess? ”

Seeing his master's demeanor and demeanor, Xiao Jiangyuan only felt that everything in front of him was extremely pleasing to the eye, and he was a little stupid for a while.

Li Longji had only seen Lang Jun appreciate beauties in the past, and he would only show such eyes, but now he is a man, and he is stared at like this by a young girl...... It doesn't seem like a good fit.

But he likes it, thinks it's fresh, and enjoys it.

Three days later, the government hall welcomed two deceased people.

This was their first day back to Beijing for their duties. One of them had a charitable face, a long white beard, a little hunched back and a little short stature, but his smile had a hint of arrogance and assertiveness, and the other had a cold silhouette, his black beard was meticulously trimmed, and his posture was as straight as a Tang knife.

Xiao Zhizhong, Cui Xiang and Liu Youqiu glanced at them quietly, and they all stepped forward and saluted.

The two of them naturally returned the courtesy, and the one with a charitable face smiled and said: "Xiao Xianggong, Cui Langjun, don't come unharmed." ”

Cui Xiang glanced at Xiao Zhizhong sideways, and saw that Xiao Zhizhong, who had always been calm and indifferent, was also a little more deep at this moment. It seems that he, like himself, has just heard that the two of them worship each other again, no matter how amiable he is on the surface, he is like a great enemy in his heart.

- Yao Yuanchong, Song Jing.

Two names that are hard to take lightly.

In the past, when Wu Cao was in power, Yao Yuanchong and Song Jing entered the phase and won Wu Cao's appreciation.

Yao Yuanchong was free and easy by nature when he was young, fighting cocks and horses, and he was only angry and strong at the age of twenty, and finally became a late bloomer. He doesn't believe in ghosts and gods, he is arrogant and assertive, he is good at adapting to things, and his relationship with his colleagues is average, but his ability is extremely strong, and he is also very strong, and he didn't even buy Zhang Yizhi's account back then.

Later, he became the general commander of the Lingwu Dao march, and before leaving Beijing, he and Di Renjie together recommended Zhang Khan Zhi's successor to Wu Cao as the prime minister, which indirectly contributed to the restoration of the Tang Dynasty. When Wu Cao moved to Shangyang Palace, he also shed tears to bid farewell to the old master, with the righteousness of the whole minister. If it weren't for this incident, he would not have been demoted to the history of the Assassin of Maozhou, and he was able to return to Beijing to pay respects to the prime minister after successively serving in Songzhou, Changzhou, Yuezhou, and Xuzhou.

Then Song Jing is even more extraordinary. When he stepped into the official career, he was even more powerful than Cui Xiang, who was a twenty-year-old jinshi and Song Jing was seventeen years old. Even Zhang Shuo, who praised Cui Xiang, was quite convinced by Song Jing - at that time, Zhang Yizhi bribed Zhang Shuo to frame Prime Minister Wei Yuanzhong, Zhang Shuo was very jealous of Zhang Yizhi's power, but he heard Song Jing say bluntly: "The name is important, and the way of God is difficult to deceive, and you must not be friends with evil people to frame righteous ministers in order to protect yourself." If you resist them today, you may lose a lot, but what Zhang Gong has gained is not only the so-called crime, but also the fragrance of eternity. If something happens to Zhang Gong, Song must do his best to knock on the cabinet to save him, and live and die with Zhang Gong. Zhang Gongke can think about it, for thousands of generations, whether to despise or admire, so he will do it in one fell swoop today. ”

In terms of integrity, he Song Guangping is no worse than Yao Yuanzhi. At that time, Zhang Changzong was very proud and self-controlled because of Wu Cao's special favor, and he also found a warlock to see if he had the image of a real dragon. After Song Jing found out, he immediately admonished Wu Cao to reduce his crime of treason. Wu Cao didn't think it was wrong, and thought that Zhang Changzong was stupid and cute, so he wanted to protect him, but he was strongly opposed by Song Jing. Although Wu Cao was a little angry, he had to send the Zhang brothers to the Yushitai for interrogation—and it didn't take long for him to be pardoned and brought back.

Wu Cao originally wanted to take care of Song Jing's face and make herself reasonable here, but the eunuch who was in charge of picking up people moved too fast, and she had to offend Song Jing again, so she asked the Zhang brothers to come to Song Jing's residence to thank him and make this matter a good round, but Song Jing closed the door and left the Zhang brothers out of the door for a long time.

After the Zhang brothers were humiliated, they persuaded Wu Cao to let Song Jing out, and Wu Cao also felt that he couldn't bear Song Jing's uprightness, but she was released three times in a row, and Song Jing refused on the grounds of non-compliance.

The edict of the Son of Heaven, he should have accepted it regardless of whether he was happy or not, and then immediately went home to pack up and take office as soon as possible, but he refused to do so, and continued to stay in Beijing as if nothing happened, saying the most undetrimental advice, giving Wu Cao a look.

When Wu Cao was seriously ill in the Xianju Palace, he could always mention the events of the year, and when it came to courtiers, in addition to Di Renjie, the most mentioned were Yao Yuanchong and Song Jing. She praised Yao Yuanchong as the leader of the prime minister, if one day, she can no longer manage everything in detail, and is willing to let go of her hands and let her courtiers show their abilities, the country may be better, and sigh Song Jing is upright and upright, never flexible, it is really one of the rare ones.

Xiao Jiangyuan knew who he recommended when Li Longji made her guess. After thinking about it carefully, she felt that these two people were really suitable.

The main hall is located in the middle of the East Palace, which is the prince's bedroom. Li Longji has never been educated by the prince, and he is absorbing all relevant knowledge very extensively, except for following Li Dan to listen to politics on weekdays, he locks himself in the Lizheng Palace, hanging beams and stabbing stocks, eager to eat those ways of governing the country.

Xiao Jiangyuan quietly followed him, watching his every move with a smile on his face, with tenderness in his eyes.

Li Longji felt helpless and a little restless about this, but thought that if she could like herself a little more because of this, it didn't matter how long she watched - as long as her heart was firm, he would not be so passive in the future, and the marriage proposal would not come naturally?

At this time, a little eunuch entered the palace, silently, and bowed respectfully.

Xiao Jiangyuan immediately let go of his grinding hand, walked in front of the little eunuch, and heard the little eunuch say softly: "Yao Xianggong and Song Xianggong came to ask to see His Highness." ”

Xiao Jiangyuan was stunned for a moment, hesitated for a while, and did not speak, but heard Li Longji smile loudly: "After such a long time, I know that they should come." As he spoke, he put down his pen and stood up, "Quickly invite the two ministers in." ”

"Your Highness, slow down." Xiao Jiangyuan hurriedly said, "Shouldn't you be closed at this time?" ”

Li Longji walked over, not in a hurry to answer Xiao Jiangyuan's words, but said to the little eunuch idly: "Where did the two ministers come from?" ”

"I said I just came from the political hall."

"That's right. They had just returned to Beijing to take up their duties, and they came to the East Palace to see me, and they could meet a lot of people along the way, and Aya probably knew about it now. After all, I recommended them, and it makes sense that they came over to thank me. They are not afraid that Aya will know and suspect, so why should we avoid suspicion if it is so above board? ”

"It is their duty for them to come to thank them, and it is also the duty of His Highness to close the door and not see him. After all, His Royal Highness, as the crown prince, must stay away from the prime minister in order to ...... "the heart of a saint." In the second half of the sentence, because the little eunuch was still beside her, Xiao Jiangyuan didn't say it all, but she knew that Li Longji would definitely understand.

"If I really don't see ......," Li Longji said, leaning into Xiao Jiangyuan's ear and whispering, "Aya is going to be suspicious." Everyone knows that I shouldn't see him at this time, but if I really don't see him, in Aya's opinion, I'm afraid that I will be deliberate. Aya would wonder if I had a ghost in my heart, so I deliberately didn't see it to avoid suspicion, and instead of that, I might as well be more open-minded, not only for me, but also for them. ”

Xiao Jiangyuan didn't know Li Dan as well as Li Longji, and made a judgment that was customary under common sense. After listening to Li Longji at this moment, she nodded, and looked at Li Longji's eyes with bright brilliance. Li Longji covered his lips with the back of his hand, coughed lightly, and hurriedly said, "Go and invite the two ministers in." Ah Yuan, you go and invite it yourself. ”

"Yes." Xiao Jiangyuan was about to turn around as he spoke, but suddenly thought of something and said, "It's noon now, does Your Highness want to have lunch with the two ministers?" ”

"Noon...... Wait," Li Longji reacted, "This hour is the time when the prime minister of the political hall will have dinner, why did they choose this time to come?" ”

Most of the lunches of Chang'an officials were used in the palace, either on the day of ordinary office, the six departments and nine temples of the three provinces gathered in their public kitchen canteens to eat, or on the day of the pilgrimage, the Son of Heaven gave the gallery to eat. The prime minister is the head of the hundred officials, and the welfare is relatively better. All they had to do was sit in turn in the government hall at regular intervals, and a eunuch would bring them lunch.

While eating the food given by the Son of Heaven, the ministers discussed and made national decisions, which is called "the prime minister's food".

And once the prime minister leaves the table on the way, the other ministers have to stop their chopsticks until the prime minister returns, and then they can continue to eat. If the prime minister does not come back, or goes home directly, or forgets to come back, he will be impeached by other ministers and imperial historians, and the position of prime minister will not be guaranteed.

Xiao Jiangyuan said: "It's better for His Highness to go and see him in person, and there is no need to invite the two ministers to the palace." They obviously just want to say a few words and leave, if they are outside the temple, what they say and do falls in the eyes of others, it can be more open. ”

"It's fine." Li Longji immediately made a decision, and walked out of the Lizheng Hall with a step.