On the street of the Imperial City, two figures wearing crimson official robes walked slowly.

A team of Jin Wuwei patrolled by, Lu Yuanfang glanced back, then turned his head to look at Li Xuan, and asked in surprise: "Why is it rare to see the prince riding a horse recently?" ”

Li Xuan clasped his hands in his sleeves, and then explained with a chuckle: "Earlier, the little nephew had the duties of Qianniuwei and Jin Wuwei, so he could be presumptuous, but now that he has returned to his own position, if he messes around at will, he will inevitably be impeached by Yushi, Uncle Shi, there is nothing about the little nephew in Yushitai now, right?" ”

Lu Yuanfang shook his head with a wry smile and said: "The prince has a high opinion of the lower officials, although the lower officials are serving the imperial history, but the imperial history is not subordinate to each other, and even the imperial middle prince can't control everyone's playing." ”

The degree of freedom of the Imperial Observatory is very high, especially since most of them are low-ranking and powerful Qingliu, and sometimes even their own bosses will impeach, let alone others.

After a slight pause, Lu Yuanfang said genuinely: "But the prince acts steadily and cautiously, even if others want to catch the handle of the prince, I am afraid it will be difficult to catch it." ”

Li Xuan nodded slightly, Lu Yuanfang's words were already clear.

Turning his head, Li Xuan said softly: "Uncle Shi knows about Brother Ji Zhenxian. ”

"Got it." Lu Yuanfang shook his head and said helplessly: "The scriptures and poems are among the best, but the strategy is too radically written, and although the result is still unknown, it should be inevitable to fall." ”

Standing at the intersection, Li Xuan's footsteps stopped, looked at Lu Yuanfang and said: "Although he may not be able to win because of his radical strategy, Ji Zhenxian's talent is known to the world after all, and when he comes back next time, the champion must be in the bag, far better than being an official in a daze, isn't it?" ”

"What the prince said is extremely true." Lu Yuanfang nodded, He Zhizhang had been stuck this time and could not be admitted to the Jinshi.

Not only him, but many people who are slightly involved with Prince Yin are not on the list of emperors.

Unless someone explicitly comes out with a guarantee and is willing to take the risk for it.

But no one would do such a thing.

Today, the imperial examination is held once a year, and if you don't win this year, you will come back next year.

If it involves the matter of Prince Shangyin because of this, then let alone himself, even the entire family will be involved.

So even Lu Yuanfang and Li Xuan did not vouch for He Zhizhang.

It's not that it can't, it's that it's too sensitive at this time, and the DPRK and China don't know how many people are staring at their mistakes and preparing to frame them.

When the time comes, not only will they have problems, but even He Zhizhang will be unlucky.

It's better not to do these things than not to do them.

Therefore, He Zhizhang did his best in the first two subjects of posting scriptures and poems, but he was more radical in his strategy.

However, although it is more radical, it is still reasonable.

Even He Zhizhang gave full play to his talents, which was unforgettable at a glance.

But it is precisely because of this that He Zhizhang was kicked out by the way, which is too conspicuous.

On the contrary, this is a good thing, better than him being admitted to the Jinshi and not taking office.

In fact, not everyone is like Li Xuan and Lu Yuanfang, who believes that He Zhizhang has the posture of a champion.

"By the way, I don't know if the prince has ever seen the prince in the past few days?" Lu Yuanfang was already ready to part with Li Xuan, but suddenly remembered Li Xian's matter and asked.

Li Xuan stopped, turned around, nodded slightly, and said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has recently focused on the compilation and interpretation of the Book of the Later Han Dynasty, and in the near future, I should not have seen him. ”

Writing books has always been the best means for the prince to stabilize his position, and Emperor Taizong of the year, Li Chengqian, Li Tai, Li Hong, and even Empress Wu have done this.

Now it's Li Xian's turn again.

"I see." Lu Yuanfang nodded suddenly, then smiled, and arched his hand at Li Xuan: "Then the prince, the official will leave." ”

"Uncle Shi, please!" Li Xuan immediately gave his hand sincerely and gave him a gift in return.

Seeing Lu Yuanfang walk into the Imperial History Terrace, Li Xuan turned around and walked towards the Honglu Temple not far away.

……

As soon as he entered the courtyard, Cheng Ma Wei of the host and guest office immediately greeted him and bowed to Li Xuan: "Lord, everything has been arranged, the envoy of Silla, the envoy of the Wa state, or the envoy of the Tubo state have all been arranged, waiting for the prince to summon him." ”

Li Xuan nodded lightly and arched his hand: "Brother Lao Ma will go over first, and after this king has seen Da Honglu, he will go over immediately." ”

"Whoa!" Ma Wei gave up.

Today, in order to settle the matter of the alliance between the Japanese state and the Silla family, Li Xuan must first communicate with Liu Boying, the secretary of Honglu Temple.

Li Xuan soon walked into Liu Boying's official house, and happened to see Yang Shan, the young secretary of Honglu, who was also there, and the two of them were sitting very close, as if they were whispering something.

Seeing Li Xuan coming in, Liu Boying beckoned directly to Li Xuan.

Li Xuan arched his hand in some surprise: "Da Honglu, but what happened?" ”

Liu Boying took a deep breath, looked at Li Xuan, and asked with a little worry, "Does the prince know King Luo Bin?" ”

Luo Bing Wang?

Li Xuan was slightly stunned, then nodded and said, "There have been several encounters, what's wrong?" ”

"King Luo Bing is missing?" Liu Boying said with a serious face: "The Wugong County Order was played yesterday, Luo Bin Wang has not been to the Wugong County Government for several days to report, their people went to Chang'an City Luo Bin Wang's residence to look for it, but when they arrived at the place, they knew that Luo Bin King had not been back for several days, and they always thought that Luo Bin King was in Wugong County. ”

The people in Wugong County thought that Luo Bingwang was at home, and the people in Luo Binwang's family thought that he was in Wugong County.

Liu Boying looked at Li Xuan and said, "The people of Dali Temple are already in charge of the inspection, and Duan Gong of Dali Temple has just said hello and wants to ask the prince." ”

Li Xuan frowned, and arched his hand and said: "Don't hide it from Da Honglu, the lower officials have sent people to monitor King Luo Bin, not only King Luo Bin, Song Zhiwen, Yang Jiong, and even the secretary and supervisor, are all among the monitoring, but these are all things that have happened when the subordinate inspector Jin Wuwei Zhonglang was in time, and it has been a long time now." ”

As soon as he heard that Li Xuan had even monitored Wu Chenghei, Liu Boying immediately understood that it must be related to the matter of the East China Sea King.

In the recent period, this is the only thing that allows Jin Wuwei to monitor Wu Chenghei without being blamed by the queen of heaven.

"Forget it, if this matter is to be investigated in Dali Temple, it is nothing." Li Xuan looked at Liu Boying and Yang Shan, and said softly: "Pay attention to this, it is better to pay attention to how Luo Bin Wang disappeared, he has a martial arts master book, even if he has some literary names, but it is not worth others to do to him, is he and the king of the East China Sea ......?"

"Your Majesty." Liu Boying directly interrupted Li Xuan, there were some things he didn't want to hear.

"Dahonglu!" Li Xuan hurriedly surrendered his hand and obeyed the order.

"Since the matter has nothing to do with Honglu Temple, then the prince can handle it carefully, and the key now is to pay tribute to the covenant with Silla?" Liu Boying looked at Li Xuan with a solemn expression.

The weather is getting warmer, and there is not much left of the Tang garrison south of the Datong River on the East Island.

If at this time, the Tang Dynasty and Tubo go to war, and Silla intervenes again, then the consequences will be unimaginable.

Li Xuan immediately arched his hand seriously: "Da Honglu rest assured, the lower officials have made all the preparations, and within three or five days, they can sign an alliance with the Silla Wa Kingdom." ”

"Oh?" Liu Boying looked at Li Xuan's affirmation, his expression was slightly surprised, and then he nodded and said, "Then the official depends on the prince's methods." ”

"In this way, the lower official will retire first." Li Xuan immediately gave up his hand again, and when he saw Liu Boying nodding, he turned around and left.

Looking at the back of Li Xuan's departure, Liu Boying looked at Yang Shan and said: "More than ten days ago, Your Majesty had already sent the head of the King of the East China Sea to the envoys of Silla and Tubo, and the King of Nanchang did not strike while the iron was hot, and he finalized the matter of paying tribute to the Silla alliance at that time.

Now that more than ten days have passed, he looks confident again, Sirou Xian, what do you say is the reason? ”

"Xia Guan heard that although at that time, although the king of Nanchang personally beheaded the king of the East China Sea, the internal security bureau inspected it, and the envoys of Silla and Tubo also identified it successively, but the king of Nanchang and Shiyin Zhenren still had some doubts, thinking that in the past ten days, there should be other arrangements, and now that it is here, everything should be over in the future." Yang Shan couldn't help but shake his head slightly, lowered his head and smiled bitterly, and said, "Dahonglu forgot, Dali Temple came to find King Nanchang about the disappearance of King Luo Bin?" ”

"Huh?" Liu Boying instantly looked at Yang Shan in disbelief: "Zirou Xian's nephew, you mean to say that Luo Bin Wang ......"

"It may not be King Luo Bin, but King Luo Bing, what do you know, Uncle Shi forgot, King Nanchang gave several names just now." After Yang Shan finished speaking, he bowed his hand slightly to Liu Boying, and then turned around and left.

Seeing Yang Shan disappear from sight, the look of surprise on Liu Boying's face disappeared without a trace in an instant.

He sat back on the official case with a calm face, and began to pick up the official document and read it.

Luo Bingwang, Song Zhiwen, Yang Jiong, and Wu Chenghei.

The King of Nanchang, who once served as the general of the Jinwuwei Zhonglang of the inspection school, was asked by Dali Temple how Wu Chenghei, who was so close to King Luo Bin, could get rid of it.

Now it seems that the people of Dali Temple are investigating, but in secret, Jin Wuwei, Qianniuwei, and even the secret guards and internal guards have begun to investigate.

Wu Chengsi is the nephew of Empress Wu, although everyone knows that he cannot be the king of the East China Sea, but if the king of the East China Sea is by his side, and he doesn't notice it at all, Wu Chenghe's impression of the people between the government and the opposition will immediately be extremely bad.

An incompetent hat will be snapped directly on his head.

Between the government and the opposition, those who can clearly see all this are not only Yang Shan, but also Liu Boying, and more people are watching in secret.

Wu Chenghei, will it be the second Helan Minzhi.

……

"Brother Huaiying, please take a seat." Li Xuan gently invited Di Renjie and several officials from Dali Temple behind him to sit down.

came to find him today, there was no Dali Temple Qing Duan Baoxuan, no Dali Temple Shaoqing Huang Rensu and Xu Yu, and even Li Xuan's most familiar Dali Temple did not come, only one Di Renjie.

What the intentions of Dali Temple are, it is already clear at a glance.

But one Di Renjie is enough to show the importance that Dali Temple attaches to this matter.

Di Renjie saluted Li Xuan very respectfully, and then said seriously: "Lord Wang, you are busy with official business, so the lower officials will ask each other bluntly. ”

"Brother Huaiying, please!"

"Dare to ask the prince, when was the last time I saw the master of martial arts?" Di Renjie raised his head and stared at Li Xuan deadly.

Li Xuan frowned, and then said, "Brother Huaiying's question made this king a little unsure of how to answer. ”

After thinking for a while, Li Xuan said: "On the ninth day of the second lunar month, when the official sent the children of Fanbang to the imperial examination, under the Chengxian Gate, he met Mr. Sightseeing and chatted a few words; After February 12, February 15, this king did not see King Luo Bin under Chengxian, but if he went to send Yang Jiong to participate in the system, he should have appeared at the same time, but he should not have seen it, nor did he say hello and speak, after that day. The king never saw King Luo Bin again. ”

Di Renjie looked at Li Xuan, thinking back to every word he had just said, every change in his expression when he spoke.

In the end, Di Renjie continued to speak and asked, "The lower official heard that the prince once sent someone to monitor the master book of martial arts, I don't know if there is anything abnormal?" ”

Li Xuan frowned and asked, "Has Brother Huaiying been to the palace or Jin Wuwei?" ”

Di Renjie said very calmly: "Xiaguan has seen Zhang Weng. ”

Zhang Wenjun, a servant under the door, is the former Dali Temple.

(End of chapter)