When Li Xian heard him say this, he naturally understood that the other party might still have some doubts in his heart, so he said to the visitor: "Tomorrow morning, the contemptible people will visit Lord Wang's mansion, please Lord Wang don't worry about this matter." ”

Hearing Li Xian's words, this person said to Li Xian with great joy: "Thank you, Lord Li, the little one will go back and tell me the news first." ”

When Li Xian heard this, he said to the people from the palace: "That's right, then please." ”

Hearing Li Xian's words, the person who came hurriedly opened his mouth and said: "Lord Li doesn't have to be polite, this kind of matter is also a great joy for our family Lord Wang, our family can protect the position of the household department Shangshu this time, and we have to bother Lord Li to help." ”

When Li Xian heard this, he opened his mouth and said, "That's nature, that's nature." The little brother is relieved to go back and reply to Gui Shang, Li Xian should take care of this matter. ”

Hearing Li Xian's words, the person who came opened his mouth and said, "What Master Li said is very true, and from the current situation, it seems that this is exactly what happened. The villain will inform our Lord Wang, and he will be waiting for Lord Li to come early tomorrow morning. ”

When Li Xian heard this, he said to the visitor: "This is not necessary, the official rank of your lord Wang is much higher than that of Li, why do you have to work so hard." ”

The housekeeper of the palace heard Li Xian's words, and hurriedly said: "Everyone knows that Lord Li is a distinguished guest in front of Lord Shi. The etiquette still has to be exhausted, or tomorrow, let our family send a sedan chair to pick up Lord Li to come over the house. ”

When Li Xian heard this, he hurriedly spoke to this person: "This is absolutely unnecessary, if this is the case, Li Xian doesn't know how to act." ”

Hearing Li Xian's insistence, the housekeeper of the palace had no choice, so he spoke to Li Xian: "Since Lord Li has such words, then Master Lao Li will have a trip tomorrow." Our lord Wang is still waiting for the villain to go back and reply, adult, the little one will retire first. ”

Seeing that the housekeeper of the palace said this, Li Xian hurriedly got up and said: "Okay, good, since Mr. has something to do, Li Xian will not leave Mr. in the mansion to receive a light meal, and if there is a chance in the future, maybe he will be able to come and go often, and there is an opportunity." ”

Hearing Li Xian's words, this person was also happy, and bowed to Li Xian: "I have long heard that Master Li is an outsider and has friends all over the world, but now that I look at it, this is really the case." ”

Li Xian heard that the housekeeper of the palace said this, and then said: "Mr. said that it was funny, where did Li Xian have such ability, it was all friends who carried love, and Fang Shi was famous." ”

Hearing Li Xian's modest expression, the person who came said to Li Xian: "Lord Li Xian is really a humble gentleman, some people say that Lord Li is the local Meng Weijun, this is not bad at all, okay, Lord Li, there are many troubles in the villain today, and now I am going to leave, please let Master Li stay." ”

Li Xian heard this man's words, so he spoke: "Okay, then please leave." ”

Li Xian personally sent the housekeeper of the palace out of the Li Mansion, and then the two cherished each other, and then the housekeeper of the palace went to meet himself.

After the housekeeper of the palace went, he reported the matter to Lord Shangshu Wang, who was waiting eagerly in the palace.

After patiently listening to the butler's narration, Wang Gao, the head of the household, puffed his beard and said to the housekeeper: "According to you, what does Li Xian mean, does he intend to covet the throne of the head of the household under Lord Ben's ass?" ”

Hearing Wang Gao's question, the housekeeper groaned slightly and then said to him: "My lord, according to the villain's voice of Li Xian, it doesn't seem to be a lie, it seems that Li Xian doesn't want to compete with adults, I'm afraid that this matter is Lord Shi Heng's desire to cultivate wings, so he will talk to Li Xian like this." ”

Seeing his housekeeper say this, Wang Gao couldn't help nodding and said: "Well, Li Xian's official reputation is very good, he is a person from all over the world, and he has always been a loner like an idle cloud and a wild crane, although he is very concerned about the major affairs of the court, he is not enough to be fame and fortune, but he has no nostalgia for fame and fortune, and wants to compete with the old man for the name of the court of this household book." It was definitely not Li Xian's original intention. It should have been Seok Hyung's idea. ”

When the housekeeper heard this, he nodded and said, "What the lord said is really true, judging from the current situation, it should be Shi Heng behind the scenes." ”

Hearing the housekeeper's words, Hubu Shangshu nodded deeply and said: "From the current point of view, instead of learning a lesson from the battle with Xu Youzhen, Shi Heng wants to take this opportunity to form more and more powerful factions in the court and win over others. ”

The housekeeper opened his mouth to speak, and then said to Wang Gao, the head of the household: "What your lord said is very true, from the current situation, Shi Heng wants to collect some figures in the court into his account, so it seems that there will be a party dispute between Shi Heng and Xu Youzhen. ”

Seeing that the housekeeper had this statement, Wang Gao, the head of the household department, was also reminded, so he spoke to the housekeeper: "Yes, yes, this is not bad at all, the old man also feels that these days, the situation in the court has become more and more uncertain, it seems that there must be a big storm in the court this time." I don't know who is the winner in the battle between Xu Youzhen and Shi Heng. ”

The housekeeper heard that Wang Gao, the head of the household department, had this inquiry, so he opened his mouth and said: "My lord, this kind of major event in the court, the villain naturally does not see it clearly, even if the adult inquires about the subordinate, it is useless. But the little one has an idea, I don't know if I should talk about it or not? ”

Hearing the housekeeper's statement, Wang Gao, the head of the household, was slightly stunned, and then spoke: "You and I are the master and servant, and there are no outsiders here, why can't we talk about it, just say it." ”

Seeing that Wang Gao, the secretary of the household department, said this, the housekeeper said to Wang Gao, the secretary of the household department: "In fact, this is just a small point of view, if the adults think that it is not good, there is no need to adopt it." According to the current situation, Lord Xu Youzhen is the Yuan Fu, and most of the civil officials in the court are attached to him, and Lord Shi Heng has great military achievements, and the Thai semi-military attaches in the court are all from the account of Lord Shi. ”

Hearing what the housekeeper said, Wang Gao, the head of the household, opened his mouth and said: "I naturally know this, my lord, if it is not enough, it is equivalent to saying it in vain, according to your meaning, the dispute between Xu Youzhen and Shi Heng is unknowable." ”

Seeing that the master had this reprimand, the housekeeper opened his mouth and said: "Actually, this matter is not necessarily true, judging from the current situation, this matter is definitely not the case, from the current situation, the victory or defeat of the dispute between Xu Youzhen and Shi Heng is not on these two people, but on the other person." ”

Hearing the housekeeper's statement, Hubu Shangshu's heart couldn't help but move slightly, and he opened his mouth to the housekeeper and said: "According to your meaning, there are still people behind the scenes of the dispute between Xu Youzhen and Shi Heng who are even stronger. ”

When the housekeeper heard that the master had this question, he spoke to the master and said, "That's natural, the master can't forget the current emperor." ”

Hearing the housekeeper's words, Wang Gao, the head of the household, opened his mouth and said: "The current emperor will naturally not forget, not enough that the emperor will stand there in the dispute between Xu Youzhen and Shi Heng, and now he is guessing how to predict this matter." ”

The housekeeper heard that the master had this question, so he opened his mouth and said: "My lord, in fact, this matter is by no means difficult, from the current situation, the emperor's reaction is not enough to predict, and the adults must not forget that there are bad eunuchs around the emperor." ”

Hearing this, the housekeeper pointed out this, and Wang Gao, the head of the household, opened his mouth and said: "It's not bad at all, the old man almost forgot about this." In this way, the key to the dispute between Xu Youzhen and Shi Heng is on the eunuch. ”

When the housekeeper heard this, he opened his mouth to Wang Gao, the head of the household, and said: "What the lord said is not bad at all, the key to the dispute between Xu Youzhen and Shi Heng is on the eunuch, although Xu Youzhen is the first assistant, from the current point of view, the emperor seems to have great trust in Xu Youzhen, and he obeys his words." However, people will always have bad luck, if Xu Youzhen is unlucky and planted from his current high position, I am afraid that it will not be a little bit worse. ”

Hearing the housekeeper's words, Wang Gao, the head of the household, clapped his hands and said: "Well said, the dispute between Xu Youzhen and Shi Heng, the ministers of the DPRK and China have a lot of discussions in private, and they can't see it thoroughly, just what you said reminded the old man, Xu Youzhen and Shi Heng are hostile, it is bound to be extremely dangerous, the old man has to make a good choice, which side should he stand on." By the way, in your opinion, will the eunuch help Xu Youzhen in the dispute between Xu Youzhen and Shi Heng, or will he help Shi Heng? ”

The housekeeper heard that the master had this question, so he opened his mouth and said: "This matter is not known to the villain, and it is not enough for the villain to know a news, Lord Shi Heng is very close to Gonggong Cao in the palace, and Gonggong Cao will naturally help Shi Heng." ”

Hearing the housekeeper's words, Wang Gao, the head of the household department, was also reminded, so he patted his head at the housekeeper and said: "This matter is not bad at all, someone also told me yesterday that Cao Jixiang went to Shi Heng's mansion to meet Shi Heng in private, depending on the situation, Cao Jixiang wants to tie up with Shi Heng." In fact, this is also very clear, it is not difficult to imagine that some time ago, Cao Jixiang and Xu Youzhen had a quarrel, and they almost made trouble in front of the emperor, but then they were persuaded to go back by that Lord Li, oh, it was that Li Xian. Judging from the current situation, Cao Jixiang, who has a grudge against Shi Heng, must be on Shi Heng's side. ”

The butler replied, "What your lord has said is very true, and from the present situation, it seems that this is the case. ”

Wang Gao, the head of the household, nodded and said: "Judging from the current situation, since things are like this, it is easy to say, at the moment we still have to stand with Shi Heng, thinking that although Xu Youzhen is an important minister of the imperial court, and can see the emperor, but if there is a eunuch in the middle of the ghost, I am afraid that Xu Youzhen, as the Yuan Fu, will not be able to bear it." ”

Hearing this, the housekeeper opened his mouth and said: "What my lord said is very true, from the current situation, I am afraid that no one can fight with the eunuchs, and the emperor is very dependent on these eunuchs in the palace, and I am afraid that things are not bad at all." ”

Seeing that the housekeeper had such a remark, Wang Gaowu, the head of the household department, nodded to himself and said: "This kind of view can be described as in-depth and extremely thorough. The emperor governs the world by relying on the civil and military officials of the imperial court, but there are eunuchs between the emperor and the civil and military officials, if you offend these eunuchs, if these eunuchs follow the emperor and talk a few words, I am afraid that things will be quite bad. ”

Hearing that Wang Gao, the head of the household, said to him, the butler said: "The master has seen it very wisely, and from the current situation, it seems that this is the case. ”

When Wang Gao, the head of the household department, heard this, he seemed to have made up his mind and said: "It seems that Li Xian is here tomorrow, and the old man will have to perfunctory this person, this person is a key figure related to this political turmoil." ”

The housekeeper also nodded in agreement: "The villain also thinks the same way, Lord Li seems to be loyal, but in fact he is quite talented in change, although he is not known like an idle cloud and a wild crane at the moment, he will definitely have a great reputation in the future." ”

Seeing that the housekeeper had a comment on Li Xian, Wang Gao, the head of the household department, said: "Okay, it seems that Li Xian is really worthy of being a talent, tomorrow the old man will get acquainted with him, and he will be able to be introduced as an Austrian aid in the future." ”

The two then discussed the matter of welcoming Li Xian tomorrow.

On the second day, Li Xian took his sedan chair to the house of Wang Gao, the head of the household department.

Before he arrived at the palace, Li Xian, who was sitting in the sedan chair with his eyes closed, heard the henchmen of the sedan chair outside and the sedan curtain say: "Lord Li, Lord Wang personally came to the gate of the mansion to greet him." ”

When Li Xian heard this, his heart couldn't help but move slightly, and he hurriedly opened the sedan curtain to take a look, but didn't he see Wang Gao, the head of the household department, dressed in the full adjutant mansion, leading everyone in the mansion to greet him at the gate of the mansion.

Li Xian saw this situation clearly, and hurriedly asked people to stop the sedan chair: "Stop the sedan chair, stop the sedan chair, stop the sedan quickly." ”

The henchmen outside the sedan chair heard Li Xian's words, and asked Li Xian in the sedan chair in surprise: "My lord, I am just a few steps away from the king's mansion, so I don't need to get off the sedan chair." ”

Li Xian said in a loud voice from the sedan chair: "The head of the household department Shangshu personally led the people in the house out to greet us and others, and Lord Ben must not be too big and stop the sedan chair quickly." ”

The henchmen outside the sedan chair heard Li Xian's words, so they ordered someone to stop the sedan chair.

The sedan chair stopped, and the henchmen helped Li Xian in the sedan chair to get out of the sedan chair.

Wang Gao, the head of the household on the opposite side, saw that it was Li Xian who got off the sedan chair, and his face was happy, so he lifted the hem of the official mansion, and then strode to lead a group of people to wait for Li Xian's sedan chair.

"Master Li Xian, the old man is really disrespectful, and I hope to forgive my sins." As soon as Wang Gao, the head of the household department, came out, he said so humbly.

Hearing Wang Gao, the head of the household, Li Xian opened his mouth and said: "The lower official is so valued by Lord Wang, I really don't know how to repay it." ”

Wang Gao, the head of the household department, heard Li Xian's words, so he spoke to Li Xian: "Lord Li is really too modest, with such a great talent as Lord Li, he will soon become an indispensable pillar of the imperial court. ”

Li Xian was quite surprised when he saw Wang Gao, the head of the household department, saying this, and wondered why this important minister of the imperial court, who had never had any dealings, valued him so much.

"Lord Wang laughed, Li Xian's official position is low, and he is mediocre, where is there such a high talent as Lord Wang said." Li Xian smiled and said to Wang Gao, the head of the household.

Wang Gao, the head of the household, heard Li Xian's words, so he spoke to Li Xian: "Lord Li said that he laughed, and said that the civil and military officials in the court today can only outperform Lord Li, but I am afraid that I will not be able to find a person, not only the old man thinks so, but Lord Shi Heng is afraid that he also thinks so." Even if the old man's vision is wrong, Master Shi's vision will never be wrong. ”

When Li Xian heard this, he already understood in his heart that Wang Gao, the head of the household department, was so courteous to him today, but he was afraid that he still wanted to use his own strength to make friends with Shi Heng.

Looking at the situation, Hubu Shangshu Wang Gao also saw that the court was about to face a big storm that swept the entire court, and he also wanted to rely on powerful figures.

Li Xian thought of such a thought in his heart, and couldn't help but feel a little admiration for Wang Gao, the head of the household, looking at the situation, except for Xu Youzhen, who was still in the middle of the authorities, some important ministers in the court also saw that in the dispute between Xu Youzhen and Shi Heng, Shi Heng's winning chance was greater.

After Li Xian had this idea in his heart, he arched his hand to Wang Gao, the head of the household department, and said, "Thank you, my lord, for going out to greet you, Li Xian is really ashamed." ”

Hearing Li Xian's words, Wang Gao, the head of the household department, shook his hand and spoke: "Lord Li is really a humble gentleman, but he is just waiting at the door, and it is not a big deal, what is it worth." Come on, come on, go into the house with the old man. ”

Wang Gao, the head of the household, said that he had stopped the matter, so he took Li Xian's hand very affectionately, and immediately welcomed Li Xian to the mansion.

After entering Wang Gao's mansion, the two sat down separately, and after a few words of greeting each other, the two got to the point.

"Lord Wang, Li came to visit the house today to clarify one thing with Lord Wang, and Li has absolutely no intention of coveting Lord Wang's position in his heart." Li Xian casually opened his mouth and said a word to Wang Gao.

Hearing Li Xian's words, Wang Gao had a bottom in his heart, and hurriedly bowed to Li Xian and said: "Lord Li is really a virtuous minister of the country, and the old man can get to know Lord Li, which is a blessing from his previous life." ”

"Lord Wang is serious." Li Xian also left his seat and greeted Wang Gao.

Hearing Li Xian's words, Wang Gao shook his head slightly, and then opened his mouth to Li Xian and said: "Master Li, what the old man just said is from the bottom of his heart, and there is no lie. In today's imperial court, there are no civil and military officials in the name and in fact, and only a talent like Lord Li can be called a national warrior. The court can have the service of Lord Li, which is really a blessing for the family and the country! The people are very happy! ”