In the inner hall of the palace of Luling, Li Xian read and recited scriptures in the room as usual, this is a habit he has developed over the years, he has to recite scriptures every night to pray for his mother, from the Diamond Sutra to the Great Cloud Sutra, he is basically familiar with it, especially since this year, his mother's restraint on him has gradually relaxed, he deeply feels that it is because of his recitation of scriptures, which makes his heart more pious.

Li Xian is exactly forty years old this year, but his long-term exile has made him a little old, his temples have turned white, the flesh on his face has begun to loosen, hanging on his cheeks, his body is obviously blessed, and his body is not as good as before, but his eyes are still very clear, and he is not full of resentment because he was abolished from the throne.

Li Xian has lived tremblingly under his mother's obscenity since he was a child, he witnessed his brother being executed by his mother for resisting, and gradually formed his cowardly character, from his mother when he was young, from his wife when he was old, and from his daughter when he was old, in fact, he was also very afraid of his youngest daughter Li Bao'er, every time his daughter had a temper, he carefully obeyed her, and slowly developed his daughter's arrogant character.

Li Xian had just finished chanting tonight and was packing up the Buddhist utensils in the room, when the door was gently pushed open, and his wife Wei slowly walked in.

"Didn't the concubine disturb her husband?" Wei Lian asked softly.

Although Wei Lian is extremely disgusted with her husband who has become very incompetent, and does not allow him to touch her body again, she still respects her husband very much in etiquette, and in the eyes of outsiders, they still sing husband and wife, respect each other like guests, and are very harmonious, but what is the case, only the two of them know it.

Li Xian always had a deep sense of regret for his wife, his wife's father died because of his recklessness, and the family was also deeply affected because of him, in addition, his wife was originally the queen of the mother's world, but he was deposed to Junzhou and Fangzhou with him, this depreciation is eleven years, so that his heart is full of guilt for his wife.

Li Xian smiled and said, "I've finished chanting, does the princess have anything to do with me?"

A trace of worry flashed in Wei Lian's eyes, she sat opposite her husband, and asked in a low voice: "You tell me the truth, did the Xingtang Society come to Fangzhou?"

Li Xian was stunned, "What does this mean by a good wife?"

Of course, Wei Lian knew that her husband never ignored outside affairs, and it was usually herself and her eldest son Li Chongrun who were responsible for contact with the outside world, and she shouldn't have come to ask her husband, but today she got the news that she was really shocked, and someone actually ambushed the officials of Dali Temple in Yongqing County.

Not only the ambush, but also the sudden appearance of the officials of Dali Temple in Fangzhou, also surprised her very much, if it was just this one thing, she got the news again, Cheng Lai Junchen appeared in Shangyong in the imperial history, this series of news really frightened Wei Lian, and then linked to the news brought by her son and Jiang Enxin's escape, all kinds of signs indicate that someone is going to attack them.

Wei Lian couldn't sit still any longer, so she could only come to her husband to discuss countermeasures, she was anxious and said to her husband: "We got the news that Lai Junchen appeared in Shangyong, the officials of Dali Temple appeared in Yongqing, and someone ambushed the officials of Dali Temple in the name of Xingtang Society, and it is said that two people were killed, do you realize the problem of Yan zhòng?"

Li Xian is just a cowardly character, but he is not stupid, he clearly understands the danger that his wife said, and he is shocked in his heart, "Will Xingtang come to Fangzhou?"

"I'm just asking you, have they contacted you or Da Lang?"

Li Xian hurriedly shook his head, "No"

Wei Lian breathed a sigh of relief, she thought about it, then looked at her husband sharply and asked, "Is there anything else you are hiding from me, you have to tell the truth." ”

"Nope"

Li Xian was also a little panicked, and hurriedly asked, "Did someone impeach me in front of my mother?"

"We don't know this, these people came very suddenly, especially when Junchen came to Fangzhou in person, there must be some big case to be born. ”

Wei Lian was afraid of Lai Junchen's ruthlessness from the bottom of her bones, of course she knew that Lai Junchen was not good at coming, and the good ones were not coming, if it was an official from Patrol Prefecture, at most she would send a supervisor to supervise the imperial history, and Lai Junchen came in person, which could only show that he was here for himself and her husband.

"Husband, can you write a letter to Shangguan Wan'er—"

After pondering for a moment, Wei Lian cautiously proposed her advice, they had to be helped, she knew that Shangguan Wan'er was good to her husband, as long as her husband spoke, Shangguan Wan'er would definitely help them.

Li Xian didn't speak, and only said slowly after a while: "We didn't do anything out of the ordinary, so let Lai Junchen check it, I don't think there is a need to write to Shangguan Wan'er, we just let it be."

"What kind of bastard talk is this?"

Wei Lian scolded her husband viciously, and said anxiously: "Who is Lai Junchen? Over the years, he has made something out of nothing, and has he done little to frame important ministers? Since he came to check on us, even if we didn't do anything, he would make up things to frame us, besides, Jiang Enxin stole so many letters from you, if he said that those letters were evidence of your collusion with other royal families, what would you do? And in the past two years, we recruited those warriors, if they find out, the charge of plotting rebellion will be confirmed, and you and I will die without a place to die."

In fact, the recruitment of samurai had nothing to do with Li Xian, it was Wei Shi who ordered her two nephews, Wei Bo and Wei Song, to do it in secret, and she pulled Li Xian in, just to force Li Xian to write a letter to Shangguan Wan'er for help, Li Xian was helpless, so he had to sigh and agree, "Okay, I'll write a letter and try it." ”

Wei Lian came out of her husband, and the maid reported to her: "The two Wei princes have arrived, waiting for the princess in the side hall."

Wei Lian nodded, and walked quickly to the side hall, her two nephews Wei Bo and Wei Song have been waiting for a long time, although Wei Lian has been trapped in Fangzhou with her husband all these years, she does not worship Buddha and chant scriptures all day long like her husband, but actively prepares for her husband's comeback.

In addition to using her eldest son to contact the royal family, she mainly relied on her mother's family, the Wei family accumulated financial resources for her in Chang'an, recruited samurai, and her two nephews, Wei Bo and Wei Song, listened to her direct arrangement in Fangzhou.

Wei Bo and Wei Song were discussing something in the side hall, and when they saw their aunt coming, the two of them hurriedly got up and saluted, "Nephew see aunt"

Wei Lian sat down, and a maid served her tea, she took a sip of tea, and asked, "Have you all read the letter I gave you?"

Wei Bo took a step forward and said: "Regarding the case of the assassination of the officials of Dali Temple, it is indeed very strange, as far as we know, there were no suspicious people in Yongqing County at that time, we suspect that someone from Xiangzhou came to attack, and then immediately withdrew to Xiangzhou, after all, Guishan Town is very close to Xiangzhou." ”

"It's so difficult to get the two of you to do a little thing, what happened to the Xingtang meeting in Fangzhou last year, have you found out? And why did Lai Junchen come to Fangzhou, what did he want to investigate, did you understand?"

The two brothers quietly glanced at each other, both lowered their heads, Wei Lian sighed, and said, "Okay, since you can't find anything, then leave Fangzhou quickly and take everyone away." ”

"Wait"

Wei Lian still felt that it was inappropriate, if these two people left, she would have no one to use, and letting the two brothers stay in Fangzhou was also a force for her to deal with Lai Junchen

Without waiting for the two to respond, she changed her mind again, "You still don't want to leave for the time being, just stay in Fangling, and listen to my orders at any time, in addition, you can find a way to inquire, what are Dali Temple and Lai Junchen doing in Fangzhou?"

At this moment, the eldest son Li Chongrun hurriedly walked in and whispered a few words in his mother's ear, Wei Lian was suddenly surprised, "Where is the person?"

"People are in the children's house. ”

Wei Lian pondered for a moment and said, "I'll go with you now." ”

Li Chongrun, who was once the crown prince, has long been demoted to a commoner, although he has lived with his parents for a long time, but after he married a wife and started a family the year before last, he moved out of the Luling Palace, and built his own mansion near the north gate of the county seat.

At this time, night had fallen, the street was deserted, few pedestrians were seen, a carriage under the escort of more than a dozen horseback warriors drove directly into Li Chongrun's mansion, bypassed the wall, stopped in the courtyard, Li Chongrun stepped forward and opened the door, and two maids helped Princess Wei Lian out of the carriage.

Fangzhou is not Luoyang after all, in the more than ten years of exile, Wei Lian is still relatively free, and she can enter and leave the palace at will, but during this time, Wei Lian is also more careful, try to be cautious, she doesn't want to be caught by someone with a heart.

Li Chongrun's wife Chai Shi greeted him and accompanied Wei Lian to the inner hall, Chai's family is the first famous family in Fangzhou, with huge family assets and talents, Wei Lian took a fancy to this, so she decided to marry the Chai family, so that the eldest son could get the support of the Chai family.

In the back hall, two women are waiting patiently in the hall, the woman is a female Taoist priest in her thirties, wearing an apricot yellow Taoist robe, holding a whisk in her hand, it is Shangqing Lou Xie Ying, she came to Fangzhou, is to send a secret letter to Wei Lian on the order of Shangguan Wan'er.

Xie Ying was sitting in the hall drinking tea and waiting, and behind her stood a tall young woman, her name was Su Yue, who was originally the third apprentice of Gongsun Auntie, among all the apprentices of Gongsun Aunt, her martial arts were the most powerful, especially the unpredictable swordsmanship.

Su Yue is also an important backbone of Shangqing Tower, after Shangguan Wan'er was assassinated in Shaanxi County, Xie Ying arranged for Su Yue to be Shangguan Wan'er's personal guard.

Although Su Yue is a daughter, she looks quite like a man, with strong limbs, a broad face, a pair of thick and thick eyebrows, and a long sword at her waist.

At this time, there was a sound of ringing in the hall, and several women surrounded the princess Wei Lian and walked quickly into the inner hall, Li Chongrun followed behind, Shangguan Wan'er arranged for Xie Ying to come to see Li Chongrun, instead of going directly to Wei Lian, which is also quite subtle, Shangguan Wan'er hopes that Li Chongrun can play a role, rather than completely letting Wei Lian decide.

It's just that Li Chongrun knows that the matter is serious, and he can't act without permission over his mother, so he still decides to report to his mother, and his mother will make the decision, of course Wei also knows it, she knows that Shangguan Wan'er is reminding her not to throw Li away, otherwise she will not get support.

Because she understood this, Wei Lian did not bring her two nephews, nor did she let the person sent by Shangguan Wan'er go to the palace, but she deigned to come to her son's mansion, so that Li Chongrun naturally entered the decision-making circle.

Xie Ying knew Wei, she hurriedly got up and stepped forward to salute, "Xie Ying see Princess Wei"

"It turned out to be Aunt Xie Dao"

Wei Lian also knew Xie Ying, and knew that she had an extraordinary relationship with Shangguan Wan'er, so she stepped forward and took her hand and laughed softly: "Sister Xian, we haven't seen each other for almost eight years."

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