After another day and a night of rest, Xue Huaiyi's stick wound gradually improved, and the beaten skin began to scab, although he still couldn't move, but at least the severe pain had completely disappeared, but when he accidentally pulled it, there was an unbearable pain, which made him scream.

The brazier was lit in the ward, warm as spring, Xue Huaiyi was lying on the soft couch, covered with a thin quilt, he half-squinted his eyes, and listened attentively to Gao Yanfu relaying the holy oracle to him.

"The Uncovered Puja will be held as usual, and His Majesty says that you can attend or continue to recuperate, it's up to you. ”

Gao Yanfu sat opposite him, he understood Wu Zetian's good intentions better than ordinary people, so his attitude was relatively gentle, and he spoke softly, trying to make the key points clear.

"The Holy Lord's meaning is that the Uncovered Puja will still be held according to the plan agreed in October last year, but the imperial court can only come up with a maximum of 10,000 yuan, and if Liang Guogong wants to make the puja a little grander, he will need the White Horse Temple to bear the remaining expenses. ”

"The Uncovered Fa will cost at least 30,000 yuan, but she is only willing to take 10,000 yuan, and I will pay for the rest?" Xue Huaiyi said viciously.

"I'm afraid so. Gao Yanfu was still very calm, and his face was unhappy.

"Alright then!"

Xue Huaiyi said stupidly: "I only have one request, the Uncovered Fa will be completely led by me, just like last year." ”

"This should be fine, but Liang Guogong's body-" Gao Yanfu glanced at him tentatively.

"My injury is not serious, please tell His Majesty, I can preside over the festival. ”

Speaking of this, Xue Huaiyi lowered his voice and asked, "If I show enough sincerity, does the prince think that His Majesty will change his mind?"

Gao Yanfu smiled faintly, "If Liang Guogong shows his sincerity, I think the saint will definitely see it." ”

Gao Yanfu said goodbye and left, Xue Huaiyi was still half-squinting, he seemed to be savoring a glass of wine that had been cellared for many years, and the saint actually agreed to continue the festival, and also agreed to let him preside, which was undoubtedly a hint, which made Xue Huaiyi see a glimmer of hope again.

Ten years of sainthood, Xue Huaiyi has been accustomed to glory and wealth, and he once hated her and didn't take her to heart, but when he was about to lose this kind of affection, he suddenly realized how precious it was, can he get it again?

But what if he can't get it anymore? Xue Huaiyi clenched his teeth, his face was a little deformed, if he couldn't get it, then he would rather smash it to pieces, no one could think of it!

At this time, the maid said outside the door, "Master, they are here." ”

"Let them in!"

After a while, five or six old monks walked into the ward, and for Master Fa Ming, the head of the Dayun Monastery of the White Horse Temple, everyone saluted Xue Huaiyi together.

Xue Huaiyi said to them: "The Holy One has stated that he will not cancel the uncovered puja on the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, and the puja will be held as usual, and it will be more grand and grand. ”

Several old monks looked at each other, all of them were happy, they thought that the festival was going to be canceled, but they didn't expect it to be held, to their surprise, Fa Ming asked again: "Is it still held in the imperial city like last year?"

Xue Huaiyi shook his head, "Last year, too many idle people entered the imperial city, disrupting the official office, several ministers were opposed to this year's festival being held in the imperial city, the original plan was to be on the south bank of Luoshui next to the Tianjin Bridge, the plan should not have changed, I am injured, you will organize the festival!"

All the old monks knew that time was tight, so they all bowed and retired, but Xue Huaiyi said: "Fa Ming stays, I have something to explain." ”

Li Zhen temporarily stopped the action of the internal guard after intercepting Hanoi Lao Ni, and he has been staying in Shangguan Wan'er's Mingxiu Villa to train polo in the past few days, constantly grinding in the players' skills and cooperation, and patiently waiting for the opportunity.

At the same time, with the gradual arrival of two important days in January, Luoyang City has also become particularly lively, one is the Shangyuan Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and the other is the imperial examination that will be held in late January.

If the New Year's Day is the day of family reunion and sacrifice to the ancestors, then the Shangyuan Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the day of the national carnival, and on the fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth days, Luoyang City will become a world of lights and a sea of lights.

There are still three days before the Shangyuan Lantern Festival, the south city will begin to put up lanterns, this year is different from the past, the imperial court in order to cut expenses, it encourages the folk to set up lanterns, almost every merchant has put out large and small lanterns, Li Quan because he went to Lingzhou to see the manor has not returned, her Yashiju wine shop seems a little deserted.

On this morning, Li Zhen and Jiuzhi returned to Luoyang from Mingxiu Villa outside the city, and they came directly to the wine shop, only to see that every household was busy arranging lanterns, but the door of the Yashiju wine shop was empty, and there were no lights like other wine shops.

"Lao Li, it seems that Sister Quan's wine shop has no lights, and other wine shops have it. ”

"I guess the eldest sister is not here, and the guys don't know what to do, but fortunately I came over to take a look, Ah Cai-" Li Zhen shouted in front of the door of the wine shop.

After a while, the steward Ah Cai rushed out quickly and said excitedly: "Great, I finally hope that the son is here." ”

"What do you want me to do? Don't you have lanterns ready?"

"Oh! That's what we're worried about. ”

Ah Cai said with a distressed face: "When the proprietor leaves, let's leave the Shangyuan Lantern Festival, but every household is preparing, but there is no light in our wine shop, it looks too ugly, and I don't dare to call the shots, just wait for the son to come back and decide!"

"Is it too late to prepare?" asked Li Zhen.

A sly smile appeared in Ah Cai's eyes, "Dissatisfied with the son, I have already contacted a few lamp makers, just wait for the son to decide, they have a ready-made lamp stand, and they can tie it in a day, the key is how big the lamp to tie?"

Li Zhen thought for a while, then went out to look at the lamps of other people's houses, he pointed to a huge elephant lamp in the distance and said: "The size is the same as that, but we have to put a wine jar or wine gourd, and there must be the words Jinshihong or Yashiju on it." ”

Ah Cai smiled bitterly and said: "If you put such a big lamp, it will cost at least fifty yuan, so I'm afraid that the proprietor will be unhappy." ”

"It's okay, you just say that I decided, not only to tie a big lamp, but also to tie thousands of small lamps, that is, ten cents a lamp, to write Yashiju wine shop, free for the children. ”

Ah Cai nodded again and again, "Then I'll go now, and strive to do it within two days!"

"Go ahead, tell me if you need money. ”

"There is money in the store, so you don't have to worry about it. Ah Cai rushed away.

Jiu Zhi next to him pouted and said, "I'll bet with you, if you don't know how to do things like you, this Ah Cai can make at least ten dollars of money." ”

Li Zhen patted him on the back of the head and scolded with a smile: "You think that everyone is like you, you have to do something to reap the benefits, and you kid don't want to do things alone in the future." ”

Jiu Zhi felt remorseful in his heart, so he couldn't wait to slap his two mouths, why did he have more mouths, he quickly explained: "Lao Li, well! I'm just joking, of course I know, with Sister Quan's shrewdness, she is relieved to hand over the shop to Ah Cai, which means that he is trustworthy, we grew up together, of course I am also trustworthy." ”

Li Zhen rolled his eyes, too lazy to pay attention to him, at this time, Jiuzhi's eyes lit up, staring blankly behind Li Zhen, Li Zhen turned around strangely, only to see a little lady with a round face and big eyes running over, it was Zhao Qiuniang's little apprentice A Ling.

Ah Ling didn't dare to look at Jiuzhi, and said to Li Zhen with a red face: "My master said that there is something important to ask Brother Li to come over." ”

Li Zhen smiled and nodded, "I know, let's go." ”

Ah Ling glanced at Jiu Zhi and turned around to leave, Jiu Zhi was in a hurry and hurriedly chased after him, "Ah Ling, I want to have a word with you." ”

"Brother wine, go and talk to my mother!"

Ah Ling dropped a sentence and ran away in a panic, Jiu Zhi looked at her back and ran away, lowered his head in frustration, Li Zhen stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, "Do you want me to talk to her parents?"

Jiu Zhi sighed and said: "Yesterday Zhang Li and I went to Ah Ling's house, his parents were so polite that it was chilling, her mother was very tough, and her father had a slightly better attitude, he asked my father to talk to them, but my father is far away in Dunhuang, where is he willing to come?"

"How so!"

"Of course, it's because I've been to the Qinglou a few times, but how many of the tens of thousands of guards haven't been to the Qinglou? ”

"Don't you have a house? And your family has several shops in Dunhuang, where are you poor?"

Jiu Zhi said a little sadly: "The property in Dunhuang belongs to my younger brother, I won't fight with him, I bought the house for my parents, the name on the deed is my father, I actually have nothing, I have to work hard on my own, make a good money, let Ah Ling's parents impress me, I don't believe I can't marry her!"

"Aren't you kid trying to make things difficult for me?"

Li Zhen smiled, "For the sake of growing up together, I will help you once and let you make a small fortune." ”

Jiu Zhi hurriedly waved his hand, "Lao Li, I'm just saying, don't make a mistake and lose your position." ”

"Don't worry! Ill-gotten gains are taken in a proper way. ”

Li Zhen patted him on the shoulder and smiled: "Let's go, let's go to the martial arts hall and see, what does it matter if Sister Qiu Niang is looking for me?"

The two turned over their horses, turned their horses' heads and headed towards the martial arts hall

Contrary to Li Zhen's expectations, in Zhao Qiuniang's martial arts hall, he actually met Aunt Gongsun, although Li Zhen had already dealt with Aunt Gongsun twice, it was the first time he saw Aunt Gongsun.

Di Yan told him when she went to Peng Ze that her master, Gongsun Auntie's parents died in Xu Jingye's rebellion, and she had always harbored hatred for Xu Jingye, Luo Binwang and others, and all of them were somewhat prejudiced against him.

Li Zhen also had a bad impression of Aunt Gongsun because of Pei Min, but in the face of Zhao Qiuniang and Di Yan, Li Zhen was quite polite to Aunt Gongsun, he gave a junior gift to Aunt Gongsun, and said with a smile: "I don't know what the eldest lady needs to serve the younger generation?"

Li Zhen's politeness made Aunt Gongsun feel a little more comfortable, she had something to ask Li Zhen for help today, so she tried not to take some unnecessary hatred to heart, she picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, but gave Zhao Qiuniang next to her a look.

Zhao Qiuniang said with a smile: "When my master was preparing the snow clam pills, he lacked a more precious medicinal material, and this medicinal material was in the hands of the old nun in Hanoi......

Li Zhen immediately understood, and he asked a little strangely: "I heard Ah Yan say that the eldest lady specially prepared the beauty pill for the saint, what medicinal materials are needed, is there no one in the palace?"

Aunt Gongsun put down the teacup, sighed and said: "I need the white mermaid paste from the Japanese kingdom to pay tribute to the saint, this fish paste is extremely rare, and there is only a small jar in the palace, I asked Shen Nanmu a few days ago, and he said that the saint gave the white mermaid paste to Xue Huaiyi."

I'm very strange, what does Xue Huaiyi want this thing for? Later, I heard that Hanoi Lao Nun plans to use it for medicine, and today I learned that you have seized a batch of items from Hanoi Lao Nun, and there is this kind of white mermaid paste in it, can Commander Li-"

Li Zhenxun glanced at Shen Qiuniang, how could she casually tell Aunt Gongsun about the old nun in Hanoi?

Shen Qiuniang understood what Li Zhen meant, and she hurriedly said: "The commander misunderstood, it was Shangguan Sheren who told my master Hanoi Lao Ni about it, and the master found me." ”

Li Zhen's heart moved, why did Shangguan Wan'er want to tell Aunt Gongsun about the old nun in Hanoi, did she want Aunt Gongsun to participate in this matter?

Thinking so in his heart, Li Zhen smiled silently: "It's just a jar of mermaid paste, I can be the master and give it to my aunt." ”

Aunt Gongsun didn't expect Li Zhen to be so refreshing, she was suddenly overjoyed in her heart, got up and saluted: "Then thank you Commander Li for your kindness, I had a little misunderstanding with Commander Li in the past, and I apologize to Commander Li." ”

Li Zhen also hurriedly stood up, bowed and saluted back: "The eldest lady is Li Zhen's elder, you don't have to be polite!"

Aunt Gongsun went happily, and Li Zhen waited for Zhao Qiuniang to send her master back, and then asked her, "Why did Shangguan Sheren tell your master about the old nun in Hanoi?"

Zhao Qiuniang smiled reluctantly, "You make me embarrassed!"

"If the eldest sister is inconvenient, don't say it, wait for me to have a chance to ask the Shangguan Sheren!"

"It's not that I don't want to sue you, it's just that I'm afraid you'll be angry. ”

"Say it! Even if I'm angry, I won't be angry with you. ”

Zhao Qiuniang hesitated for a moment, and said slowly: "Xue Huaiyi's matter, Shangguan Wan'er wants my master to take over!"

Li Zhen's face suddenly became gloomy, they had worked so hard for so long, and it was about to come to the last moment, Shangguan Wan'er actually planned to let Aunt Gongsun take over, and treat him Li Zhen as a stepping stone?

"Why did she do this?" asked Li Zhen, holding back the anger in his heart.

"I don't know the specific reason, but Master didn't tell me. ”

"Then I'll ask her!"

Li Zhen turned around and walked outside, Zhao Qiuniang hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Commander, you calm down first, Shangguan Sheren will not ignore your feelings, I believe she will give you an explanation." ”

"Say?"

Li Zhen sneered, looked back into Zhao Qiuniang's eyes and said, "Don't you think she should discuss with me first, and then hand over this matter to your master? Since she doesn't trust me so much, then I don't want to do this internal guard commander, you go and sue her, and I'll go back to Dunhuang now." ”

Li Zhen pulled his feet and left, and Zhao Qiuniang hurriedly grabbed him, "Okay! I'll accompany you into the palace." ”

Li Zhen shook his head, "This matter involves your master, you will be embarrassed if you are caught in the middle, I will go to see her and ask her to give me an explanation." ”

After speaking, Li Zhen walked away quickly, Zhao Qiuniang looked at his back and walked away, her eyes were full of anxiety, and she didn't understand how Shangguan Sheren could make this decision, which really hurt Li Zhen too much

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