Chapter 9: Surrounded by undercover agents
Getting rid of Princess Meixi's entanglement, Li Mu returned to the backyard, and as soon as the six girls saw Li Mu, they shouted in unison, "His Royal Highness." ”
Then they gathered around together.
Although the wine is good, you can't be greedy for a cup, and although the beauty is good, you can't be greedy, Li Mu's mind is not on the woman for the time being.
"I don't have to perform today, on the first day of my arrival, everyone went around and got acquainted with each other, Xiao Chunzi, give them a good place to eat and live." Li Mu issued the first order.
The girl agreed, but let out a regretful sigh, and went to the side yard with Xiaochunzi, all reluctant to look back at Li Mu.
Li Mu saw Xiaohuzi standing next to him, and asked casually, "What is Mr. doing?" Is it reading in the study? ”
Xiaohuzi said: "Back to the master, Mr. is not in the study, I saw him go to the bamboo forest in the east. ”
Li Mu was curious and said, "What are you doing in the bamboo forest?" Do you want to eat bamboo shoots, this season is not right? Let's go, let's see. ”
Li Mu walked straight to the east, Xiaohuzi hurriedly followed, Li Mu's mansion is also the specifications of the prince, and the big one is a bit outrageous. Turning around a few corridors, the bamboo forest is already in front of you.
Li Mu saw Li Bai's blue and white figure, in the glade between the forests, rising and falling, a bamboo stick in his hand was like a sharp sword, changing various moves, stabbing out strange sword flowers.
The slender body occasionally rises from the ground, passes through the bamboo forest, and occasionally steps on the tip of the bamboo, crumbling and fluttering.
"What a Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon!" Li Mu forgot to see it and praised it loudly.
Suddenly, Li Bai's figure flipped in the air, and the bamboo stick in his hand and the whole person were integrated, like a sharp sword that shot out, stabbing towards Li Mu.
"Master, beware," the little tiger behind him screamed in surprise, and stepped forward to block Li Mu.
Li Bai's bamboo stick, more than ten centimeters in front of Xiaohuzi's chest, suddenly stopped, Li Bai threw away the bamboo stick with his hand, and called out coldly: "His Royal Highness." ”
Li Mu put aside the little tiger and said with a smile: "Mr. writes poems and dances with swords, double unique?" I heard that you used to be a ranger and killed people, didn't you? ”
Li Baigang's relaxed mood was stirred by Li Mu's mix, and he was immediately interested, and Li Mu's question was even more distracted.
Li Bai said coldly: "Your Royal Highness, please be cautious, Li Bai practiced swords, just to move his muscles and bones, never killed anyone, wrote poems, but just lived and survived." ”
Li Mu smiled and said: "Sir is modest, okay, since I worship Mr. as a teacher, can Sir think about what to teach me?" Where to start? ”
Li Bai glanced at Li Mu, then at Xiaohuzi, and sat down on the stone on the side without saying a word.
Li Mu understood, and ordered Xiaohuzi to get out of the way.
There were two left, Li Mu sat next to Li Bai playfully, looking at Li Bai expectantly.
Li Bai sneered and said, "Your Royal Highness, although I have been here for a long time, I can also see that this courtyard is not clean, learn to write poetry?" I don't think it's time yet. ”
Li Mu was shocked and asked, "Sir, Xiaobai, what does it mean to be not pure?" You're not going to be an alarmist and trying to fool me, are you? ”
Li Bai said: "Do you believe it or not, anyway, I can see it, I can't teach you to write poetry, if you have to learn something, just teach you to practice swords, right?" Save your life first, and then talk about the rest. ”
Li Mu looked at Li Bai in a daze and asked, "Xiaobai, do you mean that in my courtyard, there is a hidden murderous machine?" How is it possible, the two little eunuchs, they don't understand anything, and the rest of the cooks and miscellaneous servants are a bunch of old, weak, sick and disabled, besides, what are they doing to me? ”
Li Bai looked up at the sky and didn't answer, Li Mu couldn't help it, and urged: "Xiaobai, don't be pretentious, can you explain?" ”
Li Bai stood up suddenly, shook his hand, and said irritably: "Twenty-one, I've put up with you for a long time, just your brain, I still want to learn to write poetry, you are the prince, do you think that all kinds of forces can really indulge you and not guard against you?" I don't know what to do, I talk about it in the court, I am sharp, and I am ignorant. ”
Li Bai did not call His Royal Highness the prince, but blurted out twenty-one, feeling as happy as exploding foul language, and responded to Li Mu's yelling at him Xiaobai Xiaobai.
Yes? Li Mu opened his mouth and was speechless.
Could it be that a sick twenty-one prince will pose a threat to whom? You won't get yourself into a palace fight and end up being a cannon fodder, right?
That's right, Third Brother Li will definitely monitor every prince at any time.
Prime ministers and princes and ministers, they have to stand in line, and they will also keep an eye on every prince at any time.
What's even more terrifying is that the crown prince, this Li Heng, was on the same page with Concubine Wu Hui in his early years, and now that Concubine Wu Hui is dead, Li Heng will definitely not let go of the sons left by Concubine Wu Hui.
Li Mao is already the king of Shou, and he can't even keep his wife, which must be the prince's vicious idea.
Which green onion do you count?
Li Mu lowered his head, wiped his cold sweat, and asked, "Xiaobai, I'm just a salted fish, who did I provoke?" Are they going to watch out for me? ”
Li Bai was stunned for a moment and asked, "What does salted fish mean?" ”
Li Mu said: "Salted fish is salted fish, usually dried outside, remember to eat a bite, tired of feeding cats and dogs." ”
Li Bai shook his head and said: "Salted fish still has this explanation, clever, twenty-one, you are clever, do you think that yesterday's couplet, no one is really right?" ”
Li Mu asked in surprise: "Xiaobai, are you saying that everyone is pretending to be stupid?" ”
Li Bai sneered: "The Hanlin Academy is full of talents, which one is not enlightened by reading the Book of Poetry, you can." ”
Li Mu suddenly realized and said in surprise: "Xiaobai, it turns out that you are an old fox?" Is it interesting for you to do this? Is this a deception? ”
Li Bai no longer explained, looking up to the sky and sighing.
Then, Li Bai flicked his sleeves and left, saying as he walked: "If you want to learn swords, you will wait for me here tomorrow, if you don't want to learn, you can sleep in the sun like today." ”
Li Mu looked at Li Bai's back, and felt all kinds of feelings in his heart, yesterday's self was still immersed in the pride of mixing in ancient times and playing cool pretends.
At this time, I suddenly felt that this ancient time, this court, and this prince were all a big dye vat and a big trap.
It seems that he is harmless to humans and animals, because he has been sick all the time, because he is young.
However, yesterday the ghost touched his head, so fluttering, so arrogant, and now, he was full of hatred for himself.
Li Mu thought about it, and suddenly felt that everyone in the courtyard could be an undercover agent of a certain force?
Xiaohuzi came over with a flattering face, pulled Li Mu up, Li Mu stood up, and kicked Xiaohuzi in the stomach.
I am surrounded by undercover agents, and sooner or later I will pull out the tails of the foxes one by one and chop them up with knives.
Xiaohuzi shouted aggrievedly: "Master, Xiaohuzi is wronged, why do you reward me again?" ”
Li Mu shouted: "Wronged, you little scraps, eat inside and out, and don't confess, see how I clean you up." ”
Xiaohuzi suddenly shut up, looked at Li Mu in shock, and then knelt on the ground with a plop.
Li Mu thought that Xiaohuzi was scared by himself and wanted to confess everything immediately, but unexpectedly, Xiaohuzi said: "Master, spare your life, when you were sick, I did something worse than a pig and a dog." ”
Li Mu was stunned, hey, an unexpected gain.
Li Mu shouted: "Say it quickly." ”
Xiaohuzi said: "I stole twenty taels of silver from the master, master, I didn't swallow it alone, Xiaochunzi divided half of it, we, we deserve to die." ”
Li Mu was speechless, thinking about sulking, but he didn't expect that he kicked out two house thieves, which was unexpected enough.
Li Mu asked: "You don't lack food or clothing, why do you steal silver?" Do you think that Lao Tzu is going to die as soon as he gets sick? Divide Lao Tzu's family wealth in advance? ”
Xiaohuzi kowtowed like pounding garlic and said: "The master is angry, it's not like this, we entered the palace as eunuchs, and we were forced to be helpless, and there were parents, brothers and sisters at home, all of whom were going to starve to death." ”
Li Mu was uncomfortable when he heard it, Xiaohuzi and Xiaochunzi were only fourteen or fifteen years old, and in order to survive for the family, even the man's life was cut, and it was extremely pitiful and pathetic to think about it.
I wanted to dig an undercover agent, but I wasn't in the mood at this time.
Li Mu understands very well that under the so-called prosperous era of Kaiyuan, under the cloak of prosperity, there are hidden blood and tears of hundreds of people.
In the entire court, Li Linfu controlled the government and tried his best to flatter Li Longji, unscrupulously annexed land with foreign countries, embezzled and took bribes, displaced ordinary people, and starved to death and froze to death.
Outside the court, the people have long been dissatisfied, so they hide it from Li Longji alone.
Li Mu sighed and said: "Forget it, Xiaohuzi, I won't pursue the matter of stealing silver for the time being, work hard in the future, no matter how honest you are, and calculate the new and old accounts together." ”