Lee's mansion.

The East Garden is the courtyard where Li Shi's family lives in the long house.

Li Shizhi has a total of three sons and two daughters, the eldest son and the second son are both officials in the imperial court, and the outside world evaluates them as mediocre qualifications, but fortunately, they are modest and low-key, and they have not caused any trouble for the Li family.

Although the third Li Yunyi has no official status, because of Li Daoyan's preference and connivance, he is a demon king of the mixed world, and he is almost known to everyone in the capital.

"Have you ever seen the Third Highness during this time?"

In the inner study, Li Shizhi raised his eyes to look at Li Yunyi, who was standing honestly like a quail, and asked lightly.

Li Yunyi lowered his head and said, "Back to my father, the last time I saw His Royal Highness was seven days ago, and I chatted some gossip, and I never saw him again. ”

Li Shizhi was silent.

After a while, he said slowly: "You are not allowed to go out for the next period of time, and you will stay in the mansion honestly." If I let me know that you sneaked out, you would break your legs, and this time even your grandfather won't come forward to intercede, do you hear clearly? ”

Li Yunyi's heart trembled when he heard this, and he hurriedly bowed down and said, "Yes, father." ”

"Get out."

Li Shizhi waved his hand.

Li Yunyi respectfully withdrew from the study, and after turning around, his face was like a bitter melon.

Although it is true that he had only met the Three Princes seven days ago, yesterday he received a message from the Three Princes, asking him to go out of the city to hunt the day after tomorrow, and now it seems that he can only miss the appointment.

I just don't know why my grandfather and father suddenly issued a grounding order, is it related to Lu Shen?

A look of incomprehension floated in Li Yunyi's eyes.

Let's say that after Li Sanlang left, the study became extremely quiet.

A man in his thirties quietly appeared.

Li Shizhi sat quietly in front of the desk, and the index finger and middle finger of his right hand gently tapped on the table: "I didn't expect Lu Shen Yijie Wufu to have such a good eloquence, it seems that I thought a little simpler before." It's just that he shouldn't know what kind of whirlpool he stepped into this time. ”

The man in his thirties is named Li Jinshan, and he is one of Li Shizhi's henchmen.

He naturally knew the origin of Li Shizhi's emotion, and said in a low voice: "Master, Lang Sanyuan doesn't know that you are leading this bureau behind the scenes, even if he is targeted by the people of the Warp Weaving Division, it will not hurt." ”

"I'm not worried about that."

Li Shizhi shook his head slightly, with a strange smile in his eyes: "I'm just thinking about a question, whether my father is aware of it." ”

"Xiangye?"

Li Jinshan's expression changed slightly, and then said: "Master, we have been cautious and tried our best to avoid other people's eyeliner, so that we don't ......."

Li Shizhi said lightly: "Father doesn't need to verify your specific actions, his old man can find clues just by looking at Lang Sanyuan's intentions." ”

Li Jinshan's face was dazed.

For this very loyal henchman, Li Shizhi didn't mind letting him know more, so he explained: "Lang Sanyuan intends to provoke the contradiction between the center and the border army, which is actually easy to see through, even Lu Shen was not fooled, not to mention His Majesty and his father." The only thing that can be considered is who this Lang Sanyuan is instructed by. ”

Li Shizhi took a sip of the tea cup on the table, his eyes became more and more profound, and continued: "In Your Majesty's opinion, all the Jiangnan clan gate lords have this suspicion, after all, the Northern Expedition is not in their interests. But in my father's eyes, I was more suspicious than others, because he knew that I had secretly cultivated henchmen all these years, and I was very jealous of the rise of the border army. ”

Li Jinshan sighed in his heart.

The father and son were very divided in their political views.

Li Daoyan believes that the overall situation is more important, and sometimes it is necessary to make some concessions, Li Shizhi believes that once the concessions are irreversible, it is impossible to let the center control after the border army grows.

Li Jinshan cautiously asked, "In that case, why did the master let Lang Sanyuan make a move?" ”

Li Shizhi said meaningfully: "On the one hand, it is naturally to block Lu Shen, and on the other hand, it is ...... I wanted my father to see my thoughts. ”

Li Jinshan's heart sank.

The master's move is not playing the role of father and son, but testing the old man whose protégé is all over the world.

Li Shizhi said again: "Lang Sanyuan is just an appetizer, I didn't expect him to make Lu Shen mess up, but I just used that paragraph to give a clear signal to many people." As for Lu Shen...... He dared to break into the whirlpool of open and secret fighting among the princes this time, and I am afraid it will not be so easy to get out. ”

A sharp light appeared in Li Jinshan's eyes: "Master is saying that someone wants to make a move on Shanyang Hou?" ”

Li Shizhi smiled faintly and said, "It's nothing more than framing and causing trouble, it's not an unusual trick." I'm just a little curious, this invincible Marquis of Shanyang, who is invincible on the battlefield, has entered the quagmire of the capital and has such a sharp murderous aura. ”

Li Jinshan asked, "Master, do we want to ......?"

"It's too much."

Li Shizhi shook his head slightly, and said calmly: "It's enough for us to throw out one Lang Sanyuan." The game has just begun, and the sooner you get into the game, the easier it is to be passive. Now we just need to cut off the slightest connection with Lang Sanyuan, and then quietly enjoy the performances of the princes, but-"

Speaking of this, he paused, as if he was saying to Lu Shen: "I hope you can live well, and don't become the first prince in the history of Great Qi to be knighted and die." ”

……

Moyuan, Yaxutang.

The second prince smiled and groaned, and walked down the stairs side by side with Lu Shen.

The young scholars rushed forward, and the palace guards were big, but fortunately, these people knew how to count etiquette, and they did not cause chaos, and they did not get too close to a few nobles, and there was still more than half a zhang of space in the middle.

Luo Songhai said loudly: "Dare to ask Your Highness, will Marquis Lu come to participate in the ink review tomorrow?" ”

The second prince didn't care that his limelight as the master was robbed by Lu Shen, and said with a smile: "This king naturally hopes that he can come, but this matter depends on Lu Hou's own thoughts after all." ”

"Your Highness said this, how could the minister not come? As long as it is not called by His Majesty, the minister is willing to continue to look at the masterpieces of all the great talents. ”

The so-called sedan chair was carried by everyone, and today the second prince gave him enough face, and Lu Shen didn't mind saying a few good words.

He is not a hedgehog, as long as the second prince is not a stupid person like Li Jiazaburo, he can also be neither humble nor arrogant.

The scholars applauded, and the smile on the face of the second prince became more and more sincere, and then turned his head to look at Xue Susu who was following behind.

It would be nice if Lu Shen could accept this somewhat heroic beauty.

Pity.

The second prince suppressed the reverie in his heart and said to the literati around him: "Ladies and gentlemen, the Marquis of Shanyang keeps his promise, since he said that he will come tomorrow, he will definitely come." This king knows that you are very interested in frontier military affairs, but you don't need to be in a hurry, and let this king and the Marquis of Shanyang go out, and ask again tomorrow. ”

He was still as humorous as usual, and everyone couldn't help laughing, and they all bowed their hands and said, "Obey Your Highness's orders!" ”

The second prince looked at the noisy crowd around him, and his eyes met with the head of the palace's guards, who bowed slightly.

At the same time, there were a few sharp-eyed young people in the crowd, as if they were inadvertently observing the people next to them, they were the masters of the warp weaving department specially arranged by Qin Zheng, in order to prevent someone from making trouble in such a lively and chaotic occasion.

The second prince and Lu Shen walked towards the gate, Xue Susu followed, and more than a hundred literati of all colors in the hall sent each other together.

It seems to be a harmonious scene, but it seems to hide a cold murderous intention.

The young man with his head lowered and his eyebrows lowered was mixed in the crowd, and more than ten steps in front of him was the back of the second prince and Lu Shen, and he was sure to deliver the most fatal blow at the moment when the other party could not react.

As a dead soldier secretly raised by the third prince, this scholar named He Kuanfu was not particularly skilled in martial arts, but he had the talent of an assassin and had been practicing the art of assassination for more than ten years.

As long as he is allowed to have mental calculations and no intentions, he has a great chance of winning within ten steps.

He Kuanfu quickly adjusted his breathing, glanced at Lu Shen in front of him again, took two steps forward, and then quietly reached his waist with his left hand.

There was a soft sword, unleashed in Hokuanf's hand, enough to pierce the hardest armor in the world.

The figure is longing, and there is his cover on all sides, and no one will notice his small movements.

The next moment, Hekuanf's face changed suddenly, because a hand was holding his left wrist.

Then a very slight voice came into his ears: "It's me." ”

He Kuanfu didn't squint, and lowered his voice: "What's the matter?" ”

The man whispered, "Don't do it." ”

He Kuanfu's brow furrowed slightly, and before he could ask a question, the man said two words at him silently.

Looking at the shape of the other party's mouth, He Kuanfu's mind was racing, and then he saw that the second prince and Lu Shen had already walked outside the lobby door, he took a deep breath and nodded slightly.

The two of them, like other literati, seemed to be respectfully saluting the two nobles, except for a brief exchange between them for a moment, there was nothing unusual on their faces.

Outside the gate, the second prince quipped: "The Marquis of Shanyang really impressed this king, you must know that these people are not so easy to convince, but you only took half a day to make them have a sincere recognition of the hardships of the border army." ”

Lu Shen bowed his head slightly and said: "Your Highness praises falsely, the minister is just telling the truth, in fact, this shows that most of today's participants are reasonable people, which just proves His Highness's ability to know people." ”

The second prince glanced back at the Yaxu hall and the literati who were separated by the palace guards, he suppressed the disappointment in his heart, and said with a smile: "Since the Marquis of Shanyang said this, I don't know if you are willing to go to the banquet?" This king wants to talk about Fengyue with Ling, we are all young people, and there must always be some common topics in this regard. ”

The reason why he was disappointed was because Lang Sanyuan's appearance today showed that many people were paying attention to the Moyuan Literary Association, and some people wanted to take advantage of the situation to make trouble.

When inviting Lu Shen to participate in the cultural meeting, the second prince was already mentally prepared, and made arrangements for dealing with and countermeasures. When he and Lu Shen were surrounded by the crowd before, he thought that his prediction would come true, but he didn't expect that nothing would happen in the end.

This made him feel a sense of frustration as if he smashed his fist into the void, so he could only quickly adjust his mood and put his mind on befriending Lu Shen.

Lu Shen looked at the gentle and sincere smile on the face of the second prince, and asked indifferently, "When does Your Highness plan to hold a banquet?" ”

The second prince said freely: "It's better to choose a day than to hit the day, it's good now, how about the Marquis of Shanyang?" ”

Lu Shen glanced at the gentle Oiran standing next to him, and many thoughts turned in his heart for a moment, and then he smiled and said: "Your Highness, although the minister is a military general in the army, the amount of alcohol is very average. ”

The second prince raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder, and said arrogantly: "This king drinks an average amount of alcohol, but he drinks with you until he gets drunk." ”

"Your Highness, please."

"Please!"

(End of chapter)