The secret residence of Chang'an City

Night. The remnants of the jade were still tinkering with those medicinal herbs, the courtyard outside the small building was empty, the lanterns hanging under the eaves were clearly extinguished, the maids and servants who were with them during the day did not know where they went, the curtain that had fallen in the flower hall was opened from the inside, and a gray figure came out, and at the moment when he just walked out of the flower hall, a slender sword appeared from both sides of the door and stopped in front of him.

The gray-clothed man stood there with his hands held high and did not move, and a figure fell lightly from the roof of the flower hall, and he groped all over his body before nodding to the sword-wielding men on either side.

After the two sharp swords were removed, the gray-clothed man carefully adjusted his clothes and walked towards the study in the east of the building, and the figures who stopped him just now disappeared separately.

The man in gray stood outside the door of the study, hung his head, and called in a low voice: "Master, my subordinates are back." ”

The door was opened from the inside, Ah Sheng stood inside the door, holding a candlestick in his hand, and the man in gray nodded to Ah Sheng. before entering the house.

Under the window in the north of the house, Li Tai stood with his hands in his hands, the hazy moonlight was not as bright as the candlelight in Ah Sheng's hand at the door, and he could vaguely see that his black hair was scattered on his back, tied only with a golden hair rope, and the man in gray hung his hands at his side and bent down deeply.

"How?"

The gray-clothed man replied softly, "I only received the news in the morning, the leader found Yao Buzhi yesterday, according to your orders, has been following him, their father and daughter seem to be going south, and have no intention of returning to Shuzhong Hongzhuang, Yunzhou Thirteen Swords and Qi Wuxia and others are also tracking Yao Buzhi's whereabouts, and their subordinates think that they are running out with Honggu on their backs." ”

Hearing the last name in his mouth, Li Tai slowly turned around, as if thinking for a moment, before ordering: "Reveal Yao Buzhi's whereabouts to Qi Wu, let people follow them, and lead the thirteen swords to the capital, Honggu——"

He paused, walked to the desk and sat down, Ah Sheng stepped forward and put the candlestick on the table, quickly grinded it, Li Tai took the pen and wrote a few lines on the paper, folded the seal and handed it to Ah Sheng.

"You go to Shuzhong. Go to Hongzhuang and deliver the letter to Honggu herself. ”

Ah Sheng hesitated to take the letter, "Master, what if I leave here, it's better to send some more people-"

Li Tai raised his hand to stop his words, closed his eyes and leaned back in the chair, and said softly: "This king hopes to see you after dawn on the first day of the first month of next month, go and clean up, and leave tonight." ”

Ah Sheng shook the left hand hanging by his side, saluted Li Tai, and quietly withdrew.

After he left, the room was quiet for a while, and the gray-clothed man heard Li Tai's voice again: "What is the movement of the eldest grandson's family?" ”

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Shangshu Mansion Study

There were several gauze lamps lit in the room, and the two sat opposite each other in front of the low desk, on which there was a chessboard, on which some flags were placed in a disorderly manner.

With a slightly arrogant smile on his face, the young man holding the sunspot opened his mouth and said, "Uncle, your chess skills have regressed." ”

The eldest grandson Wuji had a smile on his slender face, and he stretched out his hand and dropped another white seed. I didn't feel that I was at a disadvantage, "I don't want to win." ”

The young man's smile suddenly closed, his face changed faster than turning a book, he threw the chess pieces in his hand into the chess box, leaned on the cushion behind him, snorted lightly, and said, "If you don't win, then what are you going to do in chess!" Say, what is the matter with coming to this palace? ”

The eldest grandson Wuji's brows furrowed imperceptibly, "Cheng Qian, your temperament should also be changed, it's always like this, Your Majesty will-I heard that you were involved again yesterday, this month has not yet passed, it is already the fourth time, Your Majesty's patience is limited, you must know, King Wu and Wei-"

"Enough!" The young man stretched out his hand to pull out the hosta on the top of his hair, casually discarded the golden crown that had slid down on the carpet on the side, and said impatiently: "This palace is annoying enough, I have to listen to the mother's nagging in the palace, and now that I have come to you, I have to listen to your teaching!" ”

This young man, whose face is five points similar to that of today's saint Li Shimin, is the eldest son of Empress Changsun - Li Chengqian.

The eldest grandson Wuji sighed lightly, "Okay, don't talk about this, I really have something to tell you about inviting you tonight," he turned over the white son in his hand. Continue to pinch lightly, "I got the news in the afternoon, Fang Qiao has encountered some trouble, and in two days, someone may use this matter to get along with him, if someone brings it up in the court, you need to stand up and help him speak." ”

"Haha, uncle, you shouldn't be old and confused, what to do for him, it's not our people, I haven't given the letter to the palace a few times, it's clear that it's my father's loyal dog, to provoke him, the palace is still afraid of being bitten back!" Li Chengqian was already lying on the cushion and throwing the hosta in his hand.

The eldest grandson Wuji shook his head and said: "No, at least he won't this time, you must know that since Huai Guogong is back, even if His Majesty protects him, Fang Qiao's life may not be good, the third princess also came back from Luoyang yesterday, let her take a letter with Huai Guogong, the two of them get together, and they will definitely not give Fang Qiao any good fruit to eat." ”

Li Chengqian's eyes lit up. Propping his head on his side with one hand, he came over sideways, "Then you tell the truth to this palace first, what is going on with my aunt, why do you have to go to the whole house every time you come back, what is the festival between them?" ”

The eldest grandson Wuji did not avoid this kind of problem like the previous day, looked at him carefully for a while, and replied: "This matter is far away, Fang Qiao's wife is the concubine of Huaiguo Gong, and later Fang Qiao changed to His Majesty, Lan, and the two sons of the Lu family and Fang Qiao were taken captive by King An, and the Lu family befriended the third princess before marrying a wife. After her disappearance, the third princess naturally put the responsibility on Fang Qiao's head, which is why she was so hostile to him. ”

"I see, yes! The queen mother seems to have told the palace in the morning that one of the maids who was waiting for her was carried by Fang Qiao to equal his wife, but there is such a thing. ”

Li Chengqian's words interrupted the eldest grandson Wuji's somewhat distant gaze, he sneered, nodded and asked, "Yes, what else did Niangniang say to you?" ”

Li Chengqian coughed dryly twice, and said sideways: "The palace is in a hurry to leave the palace in the morning, how can you remember clearly what she said?" ”

Eldest Sun Wuji frowned again, "Chengqian, you're not young, don't worry about having fun all day long." ”

"Okay, okay, if you're going to be fine, the palace will leave, and there will be an appointment with someone at night." Li Chengqian changed from sleeping to sitting, and was about to get up and leave with his hands on the table.

The eldest grandson Wuji looked at his scattered hair and admonished, "What the minister said, did you respond?" ”

Li Chengqian put on his boots and nodded, "Remember, this palace will pull him over." ”

When he left the study with the hosta, a strange smile appeared on the face of the eldest grandson Wuji, and he gently pressed the white flag that had been pinched in his hand for a long time on the scattered chessboard, and whispered to himself: "I don't want to win, it's not that I can't win, it's that I can't win." ”

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Chang'an City Jude Building secret room

Lu Zhongzhi was holding a roll of bamboo slips that seemed to be old and looked at it carefully, and when he heard a knock on the door outside, he pulled out his senses, "Come in." ”

The door was opened, the servant who looked like the shopkeeper stood at the door and stretched out his hand, Lu Zhi with a light smile on his face walked in, and the second brother closed the door behind him, and he only took a few steps forward. Lu Zhongzhi, who was looking at him with a positive color, bowed.

Lu Zhongzhi looked at this wonderful grandson, and couldn't help but let out a satisfied smile on his serious face, "Come and sit." ”

Lu Zhi walked to the table next to him and sat down, reached out and took the cup on the table, poured hot tea and held it in his hand.

Lu Zhongzhi said: "But do you know what I am looking for you for?" ”

Lu Zhi smiled, blew lightly on the teacup in his hand, and slowly spit out four words: "Fall into the well." ”

"Heh," Old Man Lu's straight mouth rose slightly, "You also know what happened in the Eastern Metropolis this afternoon?" ”

He has never underestimated the young man in front of him, although he did not participate in his growth, but after recognizing each other, he collected a lot of information for the first time to understand his grandson, the result was to make him surprised and happy, the back waves of the Yangtze River pushed the front waves, he never felt that he was old, but he couldn't help but sigh that he was almost ancient when he saw him.

A little pleasant color flowed between Lu Zhiqing's beautiful eyebrows, "That's natural, but I didn't expect that things would be so coincidental, and it was Xiaoyu who took the lead." ”

In the afternoon, when Princess Yu and Princess Pingyang collided with the three members of the Fang family in Yibo Fang, Lu Zhi, who was in Chang'an City, received the news before the evening, and asked the most detailed situation from the female shopkeeper in person.

Unexpectedly, the little girl who originally thought that she was honestly in King Wei's secret mansion would go out and do such a thing, which made him feel comfortable and angry.

Lu Zhongzhi nodded, and the two of them took out the afternoon incident and said a few words, and the atmosphere was like ordinary grandparents and grandchildren talking about some common things.

"Grandpa, does Princess Pingyang have a good relationship with her mother?"

"Well," Lu Zhongzhi put one hand on the bamboo slip on the case and stroked it, and said while recalling: "You also know, our family is a former dynasty family, your mother and Zhaohua are the three princesses, they have known each other since childhood, one is quiet and the other is active, but they get along very well, the boy of the Chai family, the boy of the Han family, the four of them have played from childhood to adulthood, and then the Han family was defeated, and the children of Pingyang and the Chai family went to help the emperor do things, and the family of my grandfather's friend in the past moved in..."

Lu Zhongzhi lightly told some things about Lu's girlhood, until there was a tremor in his voice, he stopped recalling, looked back at Lu Zhi's thoughtful expression, and said:

"Zhaohua has a lot of respect for me, but it's better not to tell her about your affairs for the time being, her temperament, alas, are all poor children - okay, don't talk about this, grandpa called you..."

Lu Zhongzhi changed his words and talked about business again, Lu Zhisui was a little curious about what he didn't finish, but he didn't ask more.

(There are some invisible characters in this chapter, and there will be opportunities to play in the future!) ）