"Your Highness doesn't have to look at me like this." The more flustered Wen Qingwu became, the more indifferent his face became: "I believe that His Highness will have this question." Although I am a woman, I also know the truth of communion and calmness. ”

As he spoke, Wen Qingwu lifted the teapot and poured himself another cup of tea, and said eloquently: "Manichaeism was originally the religion of Persia, which was introduced to the Central Plains from the Western Regions, and has now been immersed in Kyoto. Wen Qingwu said, taking a sip of hot tea with blue and white porcelain on white ground: "Your Highness is in Kyoto, shouldn't you be unaware?" ”

Li Ke took a deep look at Wen Qingwu, stood up, put his hands behind his back, and looked at Wen Qingwu condescendingly. There is no usual gentleness on his face, nor is there a single smile when he is at Wen Qingwu. It seems to be covered with a layer of fog, which makes it impossible to see and unpredictable.

"When I first met you, I thought you were just better at words than ordinary women, and you were clever at reading poetry and books." Li Ke looked at Wen Qingwu sitting on the stool and said, "I thought that the Wen family had declined. My family can't protect you, but I can protect you for a while.

I never thought about it.

Wen Cairen is more powerful than I thought. ”

Wen Qingwu didn't like to be looked at like this, but he had to get used to it. She suppressed the urge to turn her head away from her gaze, raised her eyebrows, looked at Li Ke's thoughtful and tentative gaze, and said softly: "Your Highness doesn't have to doubt me, let alone the Wen family.

Since I entered the palace, I have cut off contact with my family. ”

So how did you learn about Manichaeism without leaving your home? Li Ke looked at Wen Qingwu and asked with his eyes.

He is the only one among the princes who has left the cabinet, except for the crown prince, the king of Wei and the king of Liang, who has not left Kyoto to go to the fief.

The crown prince is the prince in the East Palace, and the King of Wei has not received a real position, but he has only been awarded a title, and a museum has been set up in the palace, and he has written books and spoken with a bunch of people all day long.

There is a law every day, except for the prince, the prince should leave the capital and go to the fief after leaving the cabinet. For example, the princes of Zhou out of the pavilion today, in addition to the crown prince, King Wei is the concubine of Queen Murong, and his father prefers him. King Liang is a straw bag, because the concubine is favored, and his father is also very tolerant.

He is neither favored by his mother nor favored by his father.

He was kept in Kyoto just because of taboo. His own means, his father knew well, and he didn't dare to let himself out. It is taboo for him to go to the fief, lead one side of the king's land, and raise one side of the soldiers.

So stay in the capital, stay under his nose.

He went in and out of the East Palace, but because he was the only prince in Kyoto who had received a real position except for the crown prince. Although this real job is small and pitiful.

Although his father killed his brother and killed his brother, he especially liked his son's brother and brother. Li Ke thought of this and sneered disdainfully.

Wen Qingwu didn't know what Li Ke remembered, but he honestly replied to what Li Ke wanted to ask.

"I knew about the existence of Manichaeism because I had seen people suspected of being Manichaeans in the East Palace." Wen Qingwu said slowly: "Your Highness knows that because of the crown princess, I often go to the East Palace. ”

Li Ke looked at Wen Qingwu, nodded, and slowly softened his condescending fierceness: "But how do you judge that Manichaeism is related to Qin Andao's case?" ”

He was naturally aware of the existence of Manichaeism.

The father likes his son's brother and brother Gong, so the prince tries his best to behave in front of him. The other princes who stayed in Beijing are either still in the cabinet and have not yet left the cabinet, or King Liang is a kind of person who fights chickens and dogs all day long, not to mention whether he has real power or not, he can't see it in the sky.

The king of Wei, who is a fellow mother, is the most jealous person of the prince.

The prince, who received a small position, deserves to be the best candidate for the crown prince to show that he loves his younger brother.

Therefore, he often took himself in and out of the palace with his father, dangling in front of his father.

He noticed Manichaeism because he often wandered around the East Palace.

Wen Qingwu pondered and said, "I have seen Qin Andao's corpse. Before she was ready to join forces with King Wu, she had thought of her words.

It's just now that I have the opportunity to say it.

Li Ke looked at Wen Qingwu seriously with his hands behind his back: "How is Qin Andao's body?" ”

"Qin Andao's corpse has been witched." Wen Qingwu approached Li Ke and whispered in his ear. With seriousness and seriousness: "There is no inheritance of witchcraft in the Central Plains, and when I saw Qin Andao's body that day, I suspected that there were people of different races who were in the way. ”

The evening breeze blew in through the open window, ruffling Wen Qingwu's loose hair. A faint scent lingers on the tip of the nose.

Li Ke took a soft sip.

But how do you know witches? He looked up at Wen Qingwu and asked. Eye inquiry.

"I won't." Wen Qingwu shook his head, suppressed his voice so that only the two of them could hear it, and said, "It's all when I was a child." When my father was still in Lizhou, he collected a lot of miscellaneous books for me. Among them is the Book of Witchcraft.

Wen Qingwu's father Wen Shihua has long returned to the west, and he was an important minister of the former emperor, he was very afraid of the inside, and he was very good to his wife and daughter. For her daughter's pastime, it is not surprising to find folk miscellaneous books and even witch books to show her.

Li Ke still chose to believe Wen Qingwu, but there was one thing he didn't understand.

"Why are you so concerned about Qin Andao's case?" Li Ke asked again. The concubines of the inner palace were afraid to avoid these things, but Wen Qingwu was the only one who not only did not avoid them, but also tried every means to investigate them secretly.

"Hu Guogong was brave during his lifetime, and when he led his troops through Lizhou, he saved my father's life." Wen Qingwu said, leaving Li Ke, and his voice was no longer deliberately lowered. Gently rub the thumb of your right hand against the back of your left hand.

Now Qin Qiong, the Duke of Hu Guo, and Wen Shihua, the Governor of Lizhou, have been buried underground, and no one can say clearly the grievances between the two.

"I see." After listening to this, Li Ke thought for a long time, and said: "You go to Luoyang on this trip, be careful in everything." ”

"What about you? Do you want to stay in Kyoto or go to Luoyang together? Wen Qingwu asked.

Li Ke replied: "It stands to reason that I want to stay in Kyoto and supervise the country with the crown prince." Saying that, Li Ke stopped and said again: "But my father hasn't spoken yet, and he may also call me to Luoyang at that time." ”

Leave him alone in Kyoto, where is there safety under your nose.

"Hmm." Wen Qingwu responded.

Li Ke glanced at the candle on the table, which was already a little shorter, and said, "It's not early, I'll go back first." ”

Wen Qingwu heard this, and got up to send him off.

Li Ke walked to the window, his slender hands propped up on the window, and suddenly stopped. He turned his head to look at Wen Qingwu: "The words you let the streamer pass on said that you miss me, is it true or false?" ”

Wen Qingwu didn't expect Li Ke to suddenly ask this, and blinked his eyes a little blankly.

"How could His Highness ask this?"

"I remembered, I asked casually."

I thought it was something else in the words. If you ask casually, it will be very inappropriate. Wen Qingwu suddenly looked at Li Ke with a cold face: "Although I am only a talented person, I am also a lady in the palace, and I ask Your Highness to respect yourself." ”

Li Ke's eyes swept Wen Qingwu from beginning to end: "Since you know the great defense of men and women, then you still invite me into your boudoir in the middle of the night?" "And it's so disheveled.