Li Siye squatted in front of the cage of the death row inmate, this thing was only three feet tall and five feet wide, shaped like a coffin, but it was made of wooden fences and tenons horizontally and vertically, and the starlight in the sky could leak in, and the rain and snow could also leak in.

People are lying in the cage and can't turn over, and so is Zhang Xiaojing, his wrists and ankles are locked with chains, and his eyes are slightly closed and snoring.

"Zhang Xiaojing, Zhang Xiaojing."

Zhang Xiaojing slowly turned his face, the beard on his chin grew wildly, and his face became more and more dull and thin, and a smile squeezed out of the corner of his mouth and said, "Why are you here?"

"I just recently returned to Chang'an, and I heard that something happened to you, so I hurried over to take a look, and by the way, I saw if I could get you out."

"Fish me out" Zhang Xiaojing shook his head self-deprecatingly, and asked in a vague voice: "Are you the prime minister?" It's a pity that you can't get me when you become the prime minister. ”

"Why is this so, you have to find a way if you can't succeed." Li Siye said while holding the wooden cage in his hand.

"I killed more than 30 prodigal sons of the Xionghuo Gang, and I killed my boss Wannian County Lieutenant, this is the great injustice of the ten evils, don't waste your efforts to ask for favors."

"That's what a kill." Li Siye twisted his beard and nodded thoughtfully: "It's really too tricky." ”

"Is there any meat and wine?"

"Oh," he said, scratching his forehead, "I forgot to come in a hurry."

"Look at you, it costs a lot of money to come in from the gate of the county party, how can you not bring some wine and meat in, this is not the same as a trip for nothing"

"That's right, bring more when you come next time."

Zhang Xiaojing turned his head sideways, lay flat on the ground and looked at the sky and said: "It's not interesting to come or not, you have taken care of me more during these days in Chang'an, and there is nothing else to do." Her shop is no longer in the original Dunyi Fang, but has moved to Changming Fang. ”

"The location is so remote, isn't it good to stay in Dunyifang?"

"It's been demolished, and the Little Bolu Embassy has been built."

The guard came behind Li Siye and whispered, "It's almost time, General Li, please don't embarrass the little one." The little official saluted Zhang Xiaojing again: "Zhang Shuai."

Li Siye nodded: "Then I'll come to see you another day."

……

Walking out of Wannian County, Li Siye went to Dunyi Fang, standing outside the wall of the fang, you can see that the original northwest corner of the architectural style has been very different, compared with the original more rigorous planning, this should be the so-called Xiaobolu Embassy.

He could never have imagined that the little Bolu envoy who followed him to Chang'an would set off such a big movement, and it also involved a violent demolition. The two groups of envoys sent by King Bolu the Younger were only five or six people in total, could they afford to live in such a large courtyard?

Hum.

He came all the way to Changmingfang along the street, and inquired about finding the location of Wenji Xiangpu, which is in the southern corner of the fang, the location is quite remote, even if the wine is not afraid of deep alleys, unless there are many old customers to find, it is impossible to attract new customers in this kind of place. The area of the incense shop is a little larger than that of Dunyi Fang, just because there are few people living in this Changming Fang, and there are even many vegetable gardens in the Fang.

He stood at the door of the incense shop and looked up, only a very simple woodcut sign hung vertically. Wen Ran was standing in the middle of the store, wearing a light green gauze skirt and a yellow shirt, standing on tiptoe and pinching a sign to hang on the wall.

"Smell the dye."

She turned her head and looked at Li Siye, with joy on her face: "Brother Li, why did you go back to Chang'an, did Mei'er come back with you?"

"She didn't come back," he walked into the shop, looked up left and right, and said, "I followed the Jiedu envoy back to Chang'an to talk about the gong, so I didn't take her with me, she was very worried about you in Shule."

"The little girl should also grow into a big lady."

Li Siye nodded and smiled: "Don't talk about her, let's talk about you first, what's going on?"

Wen Ran sighed, and sat down gently in front of the central desk, his eyes were already in tears before he could speak. She raised the sleeve of her shirt and wiped the corners of her eyes, and said with a smile: "You are now a senior official of the imperial court, can you rescue Zhang Xiaojing?"

Li Siye pursed his lips and said: "I always have to go around and try it first, the crime of murder cannot be forgiven at any time, do you need my help elsewhere?"

"No, I'm fine now, I just want to save Zhang Xiaojing out."

"Okay, I'll figure it out."

Coming out of the smell of incense, Li Siye thought about what to find to be able to exempt Zhang Xiaojing from the death penalty and change the sentence to exile. Yang Taizhen can't go looking for it anymore, and it's not realistic for her to exonerate a death row prisoner who has committed ten heinous crimes. Li Linfu and Gao Lishi have no way to go there. If you find the prince and get the prince to exonerate a condemned prisoner for no reason, it is probably difficult to do it - but you can try.

I remember that when he went to visit the prince's mansion in the Sixteen Prince's Mansion the year before last, he agreed that if he wanted to meet, he would go directly to the Recommended Blessing Temple in Kaihuafang. Two years have passed, and I don't know if this location is still valid, but I can give it a try.

Recommending Fu Temple is the largest royal temple in Chang'an, it is built by Wu Zetian after the death of Gaozong 100 days later, there are dozens of large and small pagodas in the temple, and there is a translation institute to become an academic center. Xuanzong believes in Taoism, although the Buddhist temple is not valued, but still the incense is vigorous, and the emperor's belief in the officials and magnates is not limited, those who cultivate Buddha can go to cultivate Buddha, those who cultivate the Tao can cultivate the Tao, and the prosperity of education can be freely chosen.

Not only Buddhism and Taoism, but also before Tang Wuzong destroyed Buddhism, the foreign religions active in Chang'an City also included Zoroastrianism, Great Food Religion, Persianism, and Nestorianism, which seemed to be a multicultural exchange center. At this time, Europe was completely shrouded in the light of Christianity, not to mention the slightest heretic, and even the slightest heresy would be burned at the stake. However, this is Chang'an, and it is precisely under this relaxed and open religious atmosphere that there is a glorious scene of Chang'an and all countries coming to the dynasty.

He entered along the temple gate, and the main buildings were arranged in order along the central axis. This temple is simply too big, the prince asked him to look for it here, and he didn't say a specific address, did he have to find it room by room, when would he be able to find it.

He climbed the stairs to the Heavenly King Palace, where there were statues of the four heavenly kings of Buddhism, and a monk sat cross-legged on the ground next to him, with a merit box in front of him.

He turned to look left and right, but there was nothing out of the ordinary, and he was ready to leave. The monk next to him suddenly said, "When a distant guest arrives, do you want to give incense?"

He had never seen a monastery that had offered to give alms, so he turned around and squatted down, took out the few remaining coins from his sleeve, and threw them into the merit box.

The monk didn't raise his head, and asked in a soft voice, "Dare to ask the name of the donor."

"Li Siye."

"Chongrenfang Jinglongguan."

He looked down at the monk in surprise, but the other man did not look up, as if the six words had not come out of his mouth.

He thanked the monk, turned around and walked out of the main hall, leaving the temple and heading for Chongrenfang.

Chongrenfang is located in the north of Pingkangfang in Wannian County, only two squares away from Xingqing Palace, Jinglongguan is on the west side of Chongrenfang, and the whole Chongrenfang is traversed from north to south. He entered through the north gate, where trees of all colors were visible, and from time to time a boy could be seen wielding a large broom to sweep away fallen leaves. Judging from the layout of the building, it seems that he entered the backyard.

This Jinglongguan was originally the mansion of Princess Anle, the daughter of Zhongzong and Empress Wei, and the royal majesty can be seen everywhere, although the area of the mansion is large, there are not many Taoist priests, and no one interrogates him as an uninvited guest.

He came to the door of a palace courtyard, there were two Taoist boys standing at the door with their hands whisked dust, their faces were white and red lips were very handsome, and when they saw Li Siye who was slowly coming, they asked from a distance: "Where does the honorable guest come from?"

"I'm from the west of the moraine."

"What is the noble reason for the distinguished guests to come to Jinglongguan"

Li Siye didn't know whether to answer or not, just stood outside the courtyard door for a moment, glanced inside, and always felt that today was not an opportunity, and was just about to turn around and leave.

"Please stay."

He turned around, only to see a young Taoist wearing a hibiscus crown meridian hairpin standing in the courtyard, wearing a light cyan Taoist robe and holding a dusty hand.

He stepped over the threshold into the courtyard and stood still outside the Taoist. This person's face is as white as a crown of jade, his eyebrows are like a sharp gathering, although he looks childish, but he has shown Yonghe's bearing.

"Your Excellency is under the command of the envoy of Anxi Jiedu, the envoy of the two towns of Khotan, the captain of the light car, and the loyal general Li Siye."

Li Siye smiled: "Why are you doing so many titles, you can just call me by my name, I don't know the long name"

"I'm Li Mi."