Chapter 7: Encounter with the Lights

"Your Majesty, the queen is still waiting for you to enjoy the lanterns together......"

Lizheng Palace, Imperial Study.

Zhang Ananda, the chief eunuch of the Great Interior, had already come to urge for the third time, and Li Shimin was still writing something on his desk, raising his head from time to time to relieve his somewhat sore neck.

"Ananda, is that thing still fruitless?"

Li Shimin asked coldly, and finally put down the imperial pen in his hand, looked up at the sky, and the moon had already risen.

"Your Majesty, the minister is incompetent. By the time the minister arrived at the scene, the man called 'Mouse' had already been angry for a long time, and the only suspicious thing at the scene was the letterhead, but ......"

"Alright—"

Li Shimin interrupted Zhang Ananda's words, what happened more than a month ago, Zhang Ananda was such an echo at that time, and it is still the same rhetoric, Li Shimin does not want to repeat it.

A letterhead, but only an envelope, empty inside.

You want to say that the envelope is poisonous, but after changing three jobs in a row, I haven't even checked out the slightest suspicious clue.

"Your Majesty, in fact, if you want to find out, just let the 'hundred horses' arrest people, the old slave believes that they can always pry their mouths open, after all, ......"

Zhang Ananda was in the know, at least he could narrow down the scope of suspects to a few people, but when he saw Li Shimin's expressionless face, he was so frightened that he swallowed back the words that followed.

"Ananda, you've been with me for more than ten years, haven't you? What you can think of, can't I think of? ”

"It's just those rebels, hey, how long has it been since the Xuanwu Sect, didn't you expect that retribution would be on my sons so soon?"

Li Shimin was not angry, let alone angry, he knew very well in his heart that the Zhang Ananda in front of him was 100% loyal to himself.

Ananda Zhang's courage to say those words just proves that he has no selfish intentions.

"Xuanwu Gate" is a big taboo in the entire Zhenguan Dynasty, and Li Shimin can say that Zhang Ananda does not dare to take over.

"But who is the pheasant slave hindering them? A child who is only seven years old, can they be so ruthless in their black hands? ”

Li Shimin has also experienced the succession, the road to the dragon, the death if it is not successful, it is all done to the extreme, why didn't he die nine times back then?

"Your Majesty, the old slave still thinks that it doesn't matter who this matter is...... I'm afraid that the people under my hands are in charge of their own affairs, not necessarily to get rid of His Royal Highness the King of Jin, maybe it is to plant it, or maybe it is to make His Majesty and the Queen Mother feel distressed......"

Seeing that Li Shimin looked a little lonely, Zhang Ananda organized his language and said softly.

The study fell silent again, the moon in the sky was wrapped into a black cloud, and the light in the room suddenly dimmed a lot.

"Speaking of pheasant slaves, his changes in the past six months have been quite big, so big that I don't dare to recognize him."

Thinking of his son Li Zhi, Li Shimin's face had a smile on his face for no reason.

This child's performance has been getting better and better recently, as long as he stays in the palace, he will come to the "Lizheng Palace" every day to greet Li Shimin and the eldest grandson.

I don't have any bad hobbies on weekdays, but I always like to run to Qinfu, but every time I come back, I almost have to bring some strange gadgets.

The most is given to the two younger sisters, or to the eldest grandson Wuji, of course, sometimes I think about Li Shimin as a father.

Li Shimin is the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, rich all over the world, and he has never seen any good things, but from time to time he will be moved by the gadgets that Li Zhi brought back.

In addition to his own birthday, when will the other sons remember to give gifts to him, the emperor's father?

In a word, only in Li Zhi did he feel that he was a father, while in other sons, he was just an emperor.

"Your Majesty, when it comes to His Royal Highness the King of Jin, the old slave feels that he seems to be able to cultivate now, but the old slave finds that he is still a 'Heavenly Leaky Body', which is incomprehensible."

Li Shimin took Li Zhi to Qin Mansion to apprentice, but was rejected by Qin Qiong, Zhang Ananda also knew.

Although Zhang Ananda's martial arts realm is a little lower than Qin Qiong's, it does not mean that his vision will be worse.

The pure body forging technique, even if Zhang Ananda has not specially cultivated, it is definitely not Li Zhi's current state.

"Okay, that's the end of the pheasant slave matter, I don't want to pursue it any further, no matter who of those boys did it, I hope they stop it."

"As for the pheasant slave's physique and cultivation, let's not interfere, with the advice of Daochang Sun in the front and the support of Uncle Qin in the back, I believe in my son."

After tossing and turning for half a year, no one has been able to come to light, and Li Shimin is also a little tired of this matter.

For Li Zhi's son, he is unwilling to put more pressure on him, whether it is to practice literature or martial arts, let him go, isn't it good to be an idle prince for the rest of his life?

……

"Jin ...... Ninth Prince, you see, there are so many people over there, there must be beautiful lanterns, let's go over too? ”

It's almost three watches, and the crowd of people watching lanterns in Chang'an City is still unabated.

Li Zhi followed and saw a strange thing, and after seeing a few places in a row, he was reluctant to squeeze into a crowded place.

A group of six people, in addition to the two brothers Li Zhi and the Qin family, also followed by three big men, they are a family of three brothers, like the Qin family, they also live in Huaide Fang.

Their father is now stationed at the border pass, and the head of the family is strictly in charge, and today it is rare to have such a chance to go out at night, so he went to the Qin Mansion to find the two brothers of the Qin family and went out together.

"Brother Chu Mo, let's go back, although there is no curfew, we can't delay tomorrow's morning exercise."

Qin Huaiyu looked at the sky, the moon passed in the middle of the sky, and this group of people had completely run to Nancheng with the flow of people, and they saw that they had arrived at Qujiang Pond in front of them.

"Haha, I said Huaiyu, what are you worried about, you are only eleven years old, if something really happens, naturally your eldest brother will be in front of you."

The one who was called "Brother Mo" had not yet spoken, and there was a strong man standing next to him, who looked almost the same as Brother Mo, and replied with a smile.

"Brother Chu Liangxian, did you just give up your brother in person? It's not that you don't know your Second Uncle Qin's temper, he wants to start a fire, and our brothers can't escape. ”

Qin Huaidao said.

In the end, he is the eldest brother, and he can't just watch his younger brother being bullied by these three gangsters in front of him, right?

Li Zhi didn't speak, just looked at the three living treasures with a smile on the side.

That's right, these three strong men with big shoulders and round waists are none other than the three sons of Lu Guogong Cheng Biting Jin, Cheng Chumo, Cheng Chuliang and Cheng Chubi.

Cheng Chumo and Cheng Chuliang were born to Cheng Yanjin's ex-wife Sun, one is seventeen years old this year, one year older than Qin Huaidao, and the other is fifteen years old this year, but one year younger than Qin Huaidao.

And the third Cheng Chubi, but Cheng Yanjin's current wife Cui, was born to Cheng Yanjin's current wife, who is just thirteen years old this year.

It stands to reason that these three boys are not born by the same mother, there should be some differences, but their appearance and temperament are all with Cheng Biting Jin, and I have to admire the strength of the old Cheng family's genes.

"That's it, it's time to go to the 'Furong Garden', since this garden was given to the fourth brother, it's usually difficult to go in once, let's just go to the Furong Garden and go back."

Of the six people in this line, Li Zhi was the youngest and the lowest, and he became the backbone of these six people in the middle of the night.

The key is, don't look at the other five are older than Li Zhi, when it comes to the ability to guess lantern riddles, the five brothers tied together are not Li Zhi's opponents.

Along the way, Li Zhi guessed a lot of lantern riddles, and also won more than a dozen lanterns, Li Zhi's favorite is the two little and big rooster lanterns, which are made vividly.

The eleventh year of Zhenguan is the year of Ding You, and Li Zhi plans to bring these two lamps back and give them to the two little sisters in Jinyang and Xincheng respectively.

Now that Li Zhi has spoken, everyone will no longer argue, but the Cheng brothers are secretly happy in their hearts.

"Furong Garden" is such a big place, and it is not as simple as watching lanterns and guessing riddles, and now at this time, there are many people selling all kinds of snacks and drinks.

Many people who don't return all night will also call friends and join them, occupying the pavilions and pavilions in the Hibiscus Garden early, but they can't find a place, so they simply sit on the ground.

The literati were there to chant poetry and drink to the wind, and a bunch of big and rough people could also brag and fart and comment on the long and short there.

When a group of six people was walking inside, suddenly, Cheng Chumo, who was walking in the front, stopped.

"That...... Brothers, let's go in a different direction, there, there are also a lot of beautiful lanterns. ”

Cheng Chu said silently, turning his head and wanting to walk to the right-hand side.

"Brother Chu Mo, what's wrong with you? I think it's lively here, and I can hear cheers from a distance, so there must be something fun. ”

Qin Huaiyu is a teenager in the end, and he also went out with his eldest brother to shop for lanterns in previous years, but every time his father strictly ordered them to go back before the time of childhood.

This time, it was really stained with Li Zhi's light, Qin Qiong only said that the two of them should obey the arrangement of His Royal Highness King Jin, and when he wanted to go back, he would go back.

Everyone looked left and right, and made a judgment, which was indeed the direction that Qin Huaiyu said, that is, the right front of them now, and a group of people were gathered about a dozen steps.

There was no way, Cheng Chumo had no choice but to follow everyone to this side, but he no longer started his head, but followed behind these few people in a gloomy manner.

It turned out that there was a large pavilion with some chairs and a stone table in the middle, and in the center sat two older scribes.

said that he was old, but in fact he was only forty or fifty years old, like a person who was invited to judge and adjudicate.

There is an open field in front of the pavilion, and there are two long table cases on the left and right, and several sets of four treasures of the study room are placed on the table in good condition.

Next to it are the poems that have been written, and there are also some literati and artists who are meditating.

There are also a lot of people around, both men and women, sitting in a circle in twos and threes, one by one there are commenting, or simply watching the excitement.

On both sides, there are all kinds of lanterns on display, as well as fragrant food and wine.

It is said that whoever can guess a riddle has enough wine and meat in the field, and it has attracted a large number of eager people.

Beautiful scenery, talented and beautiful women, delicious food and wine, bliss in the world, nothing more than that?

"Ladies and gentlemen, there are still poems that have not been written again, and if not, a certain family will announce that the eldest grandson's 'Song of the First Month' is tonight's winning work——"

An urn-clad voice, shouting loudly, waving a piece of paper full of words in his hand.

"Brother Chu Mo, it turns out that you recognized them before you turned around and went there? Just a few of them, you're not afraid of being like that, are you? ”

Getting closer, Qin Huaidao also recognized the few people in front of the pavilion, they were all the sons and daughters of the princes in Chang'an City, and they didn't look down when they looked up.

The one who was shouting with a loud voice was Chai Lingwu, the son of Chai Shao, the general of the Right Xiaowei, so the eldest grandson he was talking about was naturally the eldest grandson Chong, the son of the current Zhongshu Ling and the eldest grandson of Zhao Guogong.

The few people next to him, Qin Huaidao also knows, Shangshu's left servant, Liang Guogong's son Xuanling's son Fang Yiai, the late Shangshu's right servant, and Du He, the son of Lai Guogong Du Ruhui, etc.

"Hmph, who's afraid of them, don't they just write a few lines of sour poems, and they have the ability to compete with me Lao Cheng right away——"

It is said that the reason why Cheng Chumo has such a big grievance is that he once suffered in front of Changsun Chong, and every time he sees him, he has a headache, and he can't wait to turn his head and leave.

If you want to say that the few people in the field don't learn and don't know how to do it, they are somewhat embarrassed, but there are really some postures that can't be written and can't be done, but the eldest grandson Chong is an exception.

The eldest grandson Chong is the eldest son of the eldest grandson Wuji, who has received a good education since he was a child, and was cultivated by the eldest grandson Wuji as a successor.

Seventeen years old this year, it is the age of high spirits, and as we all know, Li Shimin's favorite Changle princess Li Lizhi has acquiesced to the eldest grandson Chong as his wife.

In the era of the Tang Dynasty, the emphasis is on kissing and kissing, and no one will object to the union between cousins and sisters.

It's just that in the past two years, Li Li's qi disease suddenly committed, and the eldest grandson queen wanted to keep her for two more years to take care of her body, and the two of them have not completed their marriage for a long time.

Today's eldest grandson Chong, who is still studying in Taixue, is also one of the best talents in the entire Taixue, and is respected by a group of Taixue doctors, and even Kong Yingda, the most prestigious generation of Wenzong today, has praised him in person.

Young and rich, dignified, both civil and military, and illustrious......

All these advantages are concentrated in one person, and wherever he goes, Changsun Chong is the center of attention.

"Third Miss, this eldest grandson is so talented——"

In the pavilion, a woman was invited to be seated, and a handsome maid stood next to her.

It turned out that this master and servant who ran away actually went to the "Furong Garden"?

When the eldest grandson Chong on the side heard this, his heart was already happy, but he still had to pretend to be humble on the surface.

"Miss Yun'er has won the award, if I wasn't lucky enough to meet the third lady here tonight, I'm afraid my son wouldn't be able to make such a masterpiece."

The eldest grandson Chong is humble and gentle, and his humble remarks naturally won more praise from the people around him, but it made the third lady present blush.

She lives in the mountains all year round, and only a handful of adult men she comes into contact with are either cold second brother or his strange-looking subordinates.

And those who see the world from afar are either pious people, or people who are consumed by profit and seek something.

Seeing the undisguised hot gaze of the eldest grandson, how could the third lady resist it?

My Fair Lady, a gentleman, has nothing to do with Xianfan......