If you eat too much at lunch, you will always be tired easily.

Du Wulang only recited a few verses of the scriptures, and squinted in the guest room again.

This is also one of the reasons why he likes to come to Xue's house, no one will force him to study harshly.

slept until late afternoon, when he was woken up by a knock on the door, and a loud voice in the front yard shouted, "Is Xue Langjun really not there?" ”

After that, the three brothers of the Xue family screamed.

Du Wulang was a spirit, and when he woke up, his heart was so moving, someone must have come to Xue Ling to collect debts.

drove out of the guest room to take a look, but saw a burly man standing in the courtyard, hanging the three brothers of the Xue family on his body, like three monkeys hanging on a big tree.

"General Guo?"

"Gorou doesn't want to be called that." Guo Qianli said: "I'm not a general anymore, I've been demoted again, degraded." ”

Du Wulang rubbed his eyes and beckoned him to sit down in the lobby, without asking, he had poured bitter water and said it.

"I haven't seen you for two or three months, Goro, do you know why I've been demoted? That's offending too many people! ”

"Oh?"

"In April, Dong Yanguang, the general of the Right Jin Wuwei, said that he was going to attack Shibao City, how could a big fool like Dong Yanguang be able to attack Shibao City? He couldn't even sit still in half of the Jinwuwei Yamen. I'll just say, Dong Yanguang is not even a stone, it's just a lump of hard, it will break when you knock it, and you can't press the pit, can you expect it to smash the wall? ”

Du Wulang said: "General Guo's words seem to be a little rude. ”

"Don't you tell the truth?" Guo Qianli said: "In May, I offended another person. ”

"Oh?"

"Didn't the princess of Tubo marry the little Bolu King? The little Bolu country and more than 20 countries around it are dependent on Tibet, and the contribution is inaccessible, and the Anxi festival has been invincible in the crusade against the little Bolu country over the years, and the saint is very angry......"

Du Wulang's eyes widened, not knowing if he could listen to these words.

Although Guo Qianli was reckless, whether he leaked the military plane or not was still measured, as soon as he saw Du Wulang's expression, he understood what this kid was thinking, waved his hand, and said: "It's okay, the battle thousands of miles away, say a few words." Oh, the sage sent Bian Lingcheng to supervise the army and urge Anxi to make an envoy. When I used to guard the palace city, I often saw Bian Lingcheng, a eunuch, who was timid and greedy for money, how could he go to supervise the army? ”

"General Guo, these words, also said?"

"If I don't say it, I feel bad."

Guo Qianli sighed and said, "This depreciation is no longer enough for me to support my family." I heard, your grandfather has been promoted? ”

"Ah, yes, reinstated, petty official."

"I originally wanted to invite Du Gong as a guest, but now I can't do it." Guo Qianli said: "Xue Langjun doesn't have an official body yet, so I want to ask him." ”

"This ......"

Du Wulang was embarrassed for Guo Qianli when he heard this, hesitated for a moment, and said: "General Guo, in fact, you have great wisdom, maybe you don't need a curtain guest, maybe just when you are in the world...... What about a little bit of convergence? ”

In the evening, when Xue Bai returned home from Princess Yuzhen's mansion, he heard the two chatting in the hall.

By the time he walked into the hall, he could already hear what was going on in the rich conversation.

"Haha, Xue Langjun is back." Guo Qianli said loudly: "Touched by the aroma of this body, it must have been drinking with the little lady, right?" ”

Xue Bai looked at him, didn't speak, and didn't know what he was thinking.

Seeing this, Du Wulang had no choice but to relieve the siege and said: "My nose is the smartest, but I don't smell much fragrance." ”

Xue Bai was thinking about whether it was worth helping Guo Qianli, and finally nodded.

"Look." Guo Qianli saw him nodding and said firmly: "Xue Langjun really went to drink with the little lady." ”

"To be serious, General Guo wants to be promoted?"

"Of course."

Xue Bai asked Du Wulang, "General Chen has been to Fengwei Mansion recently." ”

"Yes, but ......"

"It's okay, I'll take General Guo to meet with him."

Guo Qianli said: "What Xue Langjun said is none other than Chen Xuanli. ”

"Not bad."

"If Xue Langjun wants to help me transfer to the Longwu Army, I'm afraid it won't work." Guo Qianli scratched his head and said, "I can only serve in Nanya." ”

"Why?" Du Wulang said: "Is the general afraid that he will not like to attract saints with his temperament?" ”

"That's not, the sage used to like me, I was a general in Beiya, and I was on duty in the ban, so Li Taibai said that I was 'in charge of Yintai to protect Ziwei', I used to be really a guard of the Son of Heaven, and then it wasn't 'heroic like a dream'?"

"Why?"

Guo Qianli has always been outspoken, but at this time, he shook his head and was secretive.

Du Wulang asked several times, but he refused to say more.

"In that case, we can't help you."

"Okay." Guo Qianli was also helpless, holding his knees to stand up, "I don't want to be promoted." ”

Xue Bai's expression suddenly moved, and he asked, "But it has something to do with the Sanshu case?" ”

Guo Qianli was stunned, his face was shocked, and he maintained the posture of half standing and half sitting, not knowing how to react.

Xue Bai walked outside the hall and looked around.

"That seems to be the case. Before the Shangyuan Imperial Banquet, I saw General Guo boldly entering and exiting the Calyx Tower and laughing with the sage, not like a small Jin Wuwei Zhonghou. ”

Guo Qianli didn't answer, sat down again, staring at Xue Bai with some remorse.

"Entering the Yintai to protect Ziwei, General Guo used to be in the Beiya Forbidden Army and guarded the left Yintai Gate?" Xue Bai said: "The left Yintai Gate is located on the west side of the Daming Palace, leading to the West Inner Garden, and the south of the West Inner Garden is the East Palace. In the case of the three concubines back then, the abolished prince entered the palace from the palace gate guarded by the general? ”

"That's not, if I had put it, I would have been gone."

"But this must have something to do with the general?"

"You don't ask." Guo Qianli said: "This is not what you should inquire about as a young man." ”

"Asking me or not won't make any more difference. If the general doesn't believe me, why do he come to me every time he is demoted? ”

Guo Qianli was embarrassed, and his two thick eyebrows were twisted together, very entangled.

Xue Bai stopped talking and waited for him to say.

"Well, it's not a big deal." Guo Qianli lowered his voice and said mysteriously: "I didn't order the door of Zuoyintai to be opened, but I saw the sage's edict that night." ”

The draft edict is the will of the sage, but it has not passed through the Zhongshu Province.

"Later, the Sanshu people were taken down, and others said that they trespassed on the palace." Guo Qianli said: "But we all saw that it was the sage who ordered them to enter the palace. ”

"And then?"

"I was taken to Beiya Prison until the three people were dead for a while. Li Linfu came to tell me that the edict was fake, and asked me to tell the forbidden army, and then I was demoted to Nanya. ”

"That's it?"

Guo Qianli nodded and said solemnly: "I haven't mentioned this matter to anyone for ten years, you must not spread it." ”

Xue Bai asked, "Is the grass edict true?" Or is it fake? ”

Guo Qianli was stunned again.

Xue Bai looked straight into his eyes, repeated the question slowly, and said, "Really...... Fake ......"

"Fake." Guo Qianli swallowed, "Of course it's fake." ”

"Okay."

~~

After sending Guo Qianli away, Du Wulang was still a little confused, and asked Xue Bai in a low voice: "What did you just say, what does that mean?" ”

"If the edict is fake, then the case of the three concubines was caused by Concubine Wu Hui's false transmission of the holy decree; And if the edict is true, then it is not a false decree. ”

Du Wulang couldn't understand, blinked, and asked, "Is that true or false?" ”

"Guo Qianli is still alive because he said the right thing."

~~

In the summer season, the Right Prime Minister's Mansion is also busy.

It is necessary to prepare for the collection of rents, peacemaking, variegation, and so on, and it is also necessary to recruit troops, because there are many wars this year.

Under such circumstances, Li Linfu did not have much time to be jealous and eliminate dissidents, but the rising Yang Party was like a thorn in his throat, making it difficult for him to sleep.

He was often worried that Yang Qian and Pei Kuan would take his place, so he had nightmares several times.

"Right Minister, someone asked to see him with a prayer post, saying that he was Hu Er's subordinate and came to give gifts to the Right Minister."

"Let him in."

After a while, a red-robed official hurriedly approached and fell straight to the front of the hall.

"Xiaguan Zhang Lizhen, meet the right minister. On behalf of Fanyang and Pinglu Erzhen, An Lushan conveyed that Hu Er invited the right minister to be healthy and prosperous. ”

"Get up and talk." Li Linfu said lightly: "Hu'er didn't come to Chang'an until autumn, and now he sent you?" ”

"Come and give a gift to the right minister, there is good news to tell the right minister." Zhang Lizhen imitated An Lushan's tone and said: "After Pei Kuan's old dog left, Hu Er had already subdued his subordinates, including Shi Siming, the Pinglu soldier and horse envoy, and also told Hu Er that Pei Kuan had committed a lot of big crimes when he was in Fanyang. Hu Er was at the border, and he also heard that Pei Laogou dared to provoke the right minister, and when he arrived in Chang'an this time, he must speak out for the right minister. ”

Li Linfu sneered when he heard this, and said, "I look at this Hu Er and want to be greedy for the position of Dr. Pei Kuan. ”

Zhang Lizhen was taken aback and exclaimed: "The right phase is really a fairy!" It is estimated that this is the intention of the Ontario Mansion. ”

In any case, such flattering words still made Li Linfu a lot of laughter.

He was killed twice by Xue Bai a while ago, and the holy family was no longer enough to deal with Yang Qian and Pei Kuan, after all, he had to have a helper in this matter, and he would only be able to do it when An Lushan entered the court.

Just looked at the long gift list for a long time before Zhang Lizhen retreated.

Later, Pei Mian came to ask for a meeting, and Li Linfu was a little surprised when he opened his mouth.

"Right Prime Minister, Xue Pingzhao's matter, the lower officials have found out the eyebrows."

"Say."

"Xiaguan sent people to Jingzhou and found that Zhang Jiuling's wife Tan had passed away for many years, but found that Zhang Jiuling had indeed placed a separate house under Tan's name during his lifetime."

"Sure enough."

"The other house is located in Anye Fang, three courtyards, according to neighbors, the people in the house live in a simple house, never interact with people. After a careful investigation, it was found that the Tan family had indeed adopted several orphans from the Sanshu case and settled in them. After she passed away, He Zhizhang first sent someone to take care of the house, and then He Zhizhang sent someone to take care of it in Tianbao for three years, and then sent someone to take care of it by Zhang Yan. ”

"Zhang Yan?"

Li Linfu muttered this name, and the first thing that came to mind was Zhang Yan's father, Zhang Shuo...... Zhang Shuo said that it was a generation of famous ministers during the reign of Kaiyuan, Zhang Jiuling was appreciated by Zhang Shuo when he was very young, and became the prime minister after Zhang Shuo's death, and he had a lot of friendship.

As the son of a famous minister, Zhang Yan was originally going to marry Princess Tangchang in August of the sixteenth year of Kaiyuan, but for some reason, Princess Tangchang suddenly married Xue Ru in May of that year, and Zhang Yan changed to marry Princess Ningqin in August.

Until the case of the three concubines, Xue Rust died, and Princess Tangchang was implicated and imprisoned; Princess Ning's brother Li Heng has become the new crown prince, and his status has risen all the way. The fate of the two princesses and their horses was very different.

"Although Zhang Yan is Princess Ningqin's concubine and helps take care of the house, he must remember the love with Princess Tangchang."

Pei Mian continued: "At the beginning of the winter of Tianbao's fifth year, Princess Ning found out that Zhang Yan was secretly doing this, and she was furious and sold the mansion and a slave. Because the Tan family is dead, the deed has not been changed, and the money and goods that actually support the house are from Princess Ningqin's mansion, so the fingerprints of the Tan family on the deed are fake, so we checked for a long time and went around in circles. ”

"Is it Princess Ning who sold Xue Pingzhao to Princess Xianyi's mansion?"

"Yes." Pei Mian said: "But the lower officials think that Princess Ning actually doesn't know the identity and background of these slaves, and the reason why she is angry is only because she is jealous. ”

Li Linfu realized something and muttered, "Anyefang? ”

"The right minister is wise, and the other house is in Anyefang with Tang Changguan." Pei Mian said: "Zhang Jiuling, He Zhizhang, and Zhang Yan are just entrusted by others to pay for the families of those criminals, and the main messenger behind this matter is Xue Rust's wife and Princess Tangchang." ”

"That's what you found?"

Li Linfu was not satisfied with this.

After the Sanshuren case, the sage killed his three sons, killed the brothers and sisters of the Xue family, and implicated the Huangfu family. Only a group of people were not killed, grandsons, daughters, and grandsons.

Li Ying's sons were passed under the name of Li Cong, and Princess Tangchang and her son Xue Guang were imprisoned in Tangchangguan...... But these people are also under the strictest surveillance, and it is impossible to make a big storm.

And Xue Pingzhao is different, it's just Xue Rust's outer room, and he has no blood with the royal family, Princess Tangchang has no need to protect him, if he does this, it is nothing more than out of kindness.

"I would never believe that if Princess Tang Chang was behind the scenes, she would be able to cultivate a powerful character like Xue Bai."

Pei Mian reminded: "Zhang Jiuling, He Zhizhang, and Zhang Yan are all old and calculating......"

"These people didn't personally take Xue Bai by their side to mention their orders, teach them by word and deed, but just put them in a separate house to take care of them and live in a simple place, how can they raise such a city government scheming?"

"So, isn't it a trick?"

Li Linfu paced and pondered, and slowly ordered: "Continue to investigate." No matter what the truth is, get the evidence first, and hold the key evidence that can get rid of Xue Bai in your hands. Remember, this time the appearance must be something real, and it cannot be framed again. ”

"Whoa." Pei Mian was about to step back.

"Do you know that Li Ying is still ......?"

Li Linfu suddenly thought of an unsolved secret matter back then.

Pei Mian then stopped again and leaned his ears to listen.

After waiting for a while, Li Linfu behind the screen did not continue, but said lightly: "It has nothing to do with this, you continue to investigate." ”

"Well, the lower officials will send someone to keep an eye on Tang Changguan and pay attention to whether Princess Tang Chang has any dealings with Xue Bai."

~~

Longevity Fang, Yan House.

Yan Zhenqing saw that Xue Bai had been separated for two months, and his face had been better recently.

"In autumn, you have to test every year, don't embarrass the old man, and don't make it difficult for the sacrificial wine."

Xue Bai understood as soon as he heard that this was the meaning of the Guozi Sacrifice Wine Wei Shu would protect himself for the New Year's exam, and hurriedly thanked him, and said: "Teacher, the student came today, but there is a good thing, yesterday, the student went to Princess Yuzhen's mansion for a banquet......"

Speaking of this, Yan Zhenqing actually frowned, and secretly said that this kid either went to the Lady of Yuguo's Mansion or to Princess Yuzhen's Mansion, and it was not a serious place.

But Xue Bai's words after that made him a little moved.

"Princess Yuzhen said that she plans to go to the Yuhua Temple at the foot of Zhongnan Mountain to stay for a while, it seems to be a grand event of Taoism, and Qixuan Zhenren will also go down the mountain, and we can take Sanniang to see a doctor together."

"Really?!"

"Yes, Princess Yuzhen has made a promise that she will let Qixuan Zhenren make a move."

"Okay, okay."

Only this matter can make Yan Zhenqing and his wife so excited that they don't know what to say.

……

The location of Yuhua Temple is the world-famous Louguan Platform, which is located at the northern foot of Zhongnan Mountain.

Yin Xi once knotted a grass building to watch the stars here, Lao Tzu once set up an altar to preach here, Li Yuan once personally led the civil and military officials to worship Lao Jun, and the edict was changed to "Zongsheng View".

Today's sage has been expanded many times, making it the largest royal Taoist temple in the world, and is known as "the first blessed land in the world".

Xue Bai thought that Princess Yuzhen invited him to leave Chang'an, presumably it was not just as simple as enthusiastically helping to introduce Qixuan Zhenren.

At that time, it is likely that some people who are inconvenient to meet in Chang'an also want to meet.

Now that he is more famous, these things will not be avoided sooner or later, and it will not hurt to see them.

(End of chapter)