Daming Palace, Danfeng Gate.

There is a long queue to present the treasure.

"Li Zhu'er, the mansion will recruit you over."

"Whoa."

Li Zhu'er was a Khitan boy who was captured by the Tang Army when he was a child, and was left by An Lushan to serve because he was very handsome and knew all languages. He was fourteen years old, but his hair was still tied in a bun, and he looked like a child.

At this time, Li Zhu'er was instructed, and Li Zhu'er hurriedly ran through the columns of relatives and arrived in front of An Lushan's horse.

An Lushan was born extremely obese and needed to be supported by four people when he dismounted.

Li Zhu'er consciously stood still by the stool, bowed down, and after a while, a ball of softness pressed on his head. It's very heavy, it's An Lushan's huge belly.

One of his duties is to use his head against An Lushan's belly, which can be regarded as the third leg that supports the big belly.

The attendants finally helped An Lushan off the horse, and Li Zhu'er took his head out from under his stomach and stepped aside.

Ahead, a red-robed eunuch came.

The obese An Lushan actually met it flexibly, his body swayed from side to side, and the fat was thrown away on both sides, like a spinning top about to spin.

"The Mansion is here so soon."

"Ouch, Duan Weng, you have to call me Hu'er, don't see outside, Hu'er wants to kill you. came faster, in order to see the saint earlier, Hu Er hurried all the way and lost a lot of weight. ”

"Hahaha, as soon as Hu'er came, Chang'an looked lively."

The eunuch Duan Junheng was amused and laughed, very happy.

With such a title, the majesty of An Lushan's envoy faded, and it seemed more funny and harmless to humans and animals.

Li Zhu'er saw the opportunity, took a box, and stepped forward to hand over the gift list.

An Lushan said with a smile: "A little gift, Hu Er asked someone to send Duan Weng to the house." ”

"Bothered." Duan Junheng accepted it with a smile and reminded: "The saint is just playing dominoes, and he will have to summon Ling later." ”

"Dominoes?"

An Lushan's round eyes widened, full of curiosity.

Duan Junheng said: "It's an interesting plaything, and the saint has been very happy lately. ”

"Hehe, Hu'er is here, it's the most interesting plaything of the saint." An Lushan writhed the fat on his body.

Duan Junheng laughed again, and asked people to send those birds and beasts and rare treasures into the Forbidden Garden first.

After the eunuch left, the interview made Zhang Lizhen rush to come.

"Dafu."

Although An Lushan still smiled, he asked, "What's going on with today's dominoes?" ”

When he entered Beijing in previous years, the saints couldn't wait to see him......

~~

"Sage, Hu'er has arrived."

Colliers leaned over and whispered a reminder.

Li Longji was touching a card, his eyes were thinking, and suddenly his eyes moved, and he pressed the card on the table without looking.

"Huh."

Gao Lishi stepped forward to take a look, smiled happily, and praised: "The saint's hand is really a god!" ”

Li Niang's eyes widened, first shocked, then lamented, pouted and coquettishly said: "My daughter finally won a little." ”

"Haha, as soon as Hu'er came, he brought me good luck with Hupai." Li Longji stroked his beard and laughed, "You wait to go down first." ”

"Daughter, let's see what good gifts this Hu'er has brought."

Concubine Wu Hui was favored when Li Niang was born, and it was rare for her to be by the saint's side since she was a child, and her feelings were there. But she is bent on planning for her brother Li Xuan, which is stupid and annoying.

She didn't mention it today, so Li Longji looked at her more pleasing to the eye.

"Just watch it if you want, don't talk too much."

As he spoke, Li Longji swept his eyes and saw the documents handed over by Yang Xun, and the eunuch presented them to him.

There are some facts that can be seen at a glance.

As soon as Zheng Qian was convicted, the Criminal Department had not had time to start the trial, and even the list of criminals had been prepared; Pei Mian is also the imperial history and the interview envoy judge, both of whom are the deputy positions of Wang Jie's side, and he is actually the eyeliner of the East Palace, and he will take Zheng Qian away as soon as something happens.

Both sides are calculating and skillful. It's a pity that there was a business trip in the middle, and the ugliness was exposed.

Only there were doubts about Zheng Qian's manuscript, Li Longji recruited Gao Lishi and said: "Let Beiya ask clearly." ”

"Whoa."

"Summoning Hu'er!"

"Xuan! The two towns of Fanyang and Pinglu made An Lushan meet ......"

The card game stopped, the Danfeng Palace has been opened, the team of offering treasures slowly entered, and the palace city was lively and festive.

The feast in the forbidden garden, a wave of unsettled, wave after wave.

~~

Dali Temple.

Du Hong was still trying to confirm that Xue Bai went to Princess Xianyi's mansion on the day of the exam.

However, Li Daowei, the secretary of Dali Temple, has temporarily suspended the verdict on the grounds that the evidence is unclear, and angrily shouted at the people who roared in the court, expelling them all.

Cui Qiao, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, had a solemn face and threatened to tell the saint, and Yang Xuan, a young man, beat the court officials in front of the court.

They are all human spirits in purple robes, and they look extremely majestic, but in fact, they refuse to get involved at all.

What if Yang Xuan hit someone?

The nephew of the concubine, but he was qualified for the imperial examination, and he was brought to the court for investigation. After suffering such a great grievance, if you don't fight back, wouldn't you lose the innocence and cuteness of the young man?

"Hahaha, my stomach hurts, it's you."

Yang Xuan walked out of Dali Temple, patted Du Wulang's shoulder hard, and laughed proudly.

"I heard that you are the one who takes the lead in making trouble, and you are the one who makes trouble in the autumn, there is a lot of way in this regard, and you will be my deputy canal in the future!"

"Ugh."

Du Wulang knew that if he got too close to this kind of stupid son who was fortunate enough to enter the courtier, his reputation would stink in the future, oh, he would be beaten to death by Grandpa if he didn't wait for the future.

He had no choice but to politely avoid it and turned to look for Xue Bai.

In the distance, Xue Bai was actually talking to Wang Jie, and the two were quite close, which made Du Wulang stunned.

……

"What did you just say to the king of peeling?"

"He is very worried, how can he bother to take care of the annual examination?"

Du Wulang glanced back and asked, "Why is he bothered?" ”

"It's annoying that something happened to my subordinates." Xue Bai replied casually, "Let's go, go to the Guozijian." ”

"Okay, Xue Bang Leader."

Du Wulang happily followed behind Xue Bai and chattered, "Do you know? This year's autumn is troubled, who cares about the Jingzhao Mansion test, they are all watching the Guozijian New Year test. In the future, when it comes to the solution of Jingzhao Mansion, you will only know that it is you Xue Bang. ”

"What does it mean to solve the head, if you want to be the champion, you have to be the champion."

"You really are." Du Wulang shook his head and said, "People are enough, this time they won the top spot, and they are famous, take your time." ”

Xue Bai didn't think so.

Passing the year exam book is in the plan. This time I took a lot of risks, and then it was time for the harvest.

Before arriving at Guozijian, Xue Bai turned into a secluded alley.

Two figures crept over.

"Lang Jun."

"No one is following, is it?"

"We do things, Lang Jun can rest assured."

Xue Bai nodded and said, "Pei Mian has been used, you can get rid of it, he knows too many secrets about us." ”

Lao Liang and Jiang Hai both had bright eyes and bloomed with joy.

"It's a pity that Yang Huan's ability is not good, and he taught Pei Mian to escape."

"Just give us a chance to avenge our brother with this fang!"

"Can you find him?"

"Please show me Lang Jun."

Xue Bai beckoned Lao Liang to step forward and whispered.

"Pei Mian went to find the East Palace last night, and the Right Prime Minister's Mansion followed this clue but didn't find anyone, so it can be seen that the direction is wrong. Just now, I talked with Wang Jie, and speculated that Pei Mian mobilized a stagecoach in the name of the judge of the Gyeonggi interview envoy and quickly left Chang'an. ”

Lao Liang said: "Let's follow this clue to check?" ”

"Nope."

Xue Bai said: "I guess Pei Mian must not have left yet, he played two tricks, waiting for others to think that he had escaped far away and then secretly went out of Chang'an." You just have to keep an eye on Li Jingzhong, no matter how long it takes, when this matter is over, Li Jingzhong will go to Pei Mian. ”

"I understand, we are most familiar with the East Palace, what others can't find, we can find."

"Okay, have you been having trouble lately? Is your nephew's admission to private school still going well? ”

"Lang Jun rest assured, it went smoothly."

"Go ahead."

~~

Beiya.

Chen Xuanli frowned and glanced at the two manuscripts on the case.

Back then, he had witnessed the Sanshuren case with his own eyes, and he didn't want anyone to bring up the old story again.

In today's case, although Zheng Qian, who wrote the manuscript, did not know what to do, the anonymous whistleblower was not at ease.

Just thinking of this, someone said: "General, Jin Wuwei patrols the street and Guo Qianli said that there is a clue to report." ”

"Guo Qianli?"

Chen Xuanli thought to himself that stupid person has now been demoted to a street patrolman. is still so ignorant of the rules, if there is something to report, go to the north ya.

"Let him in."

After a while, Guo Qianli strode towards this side, scratching his forehead and nose from time to time as he walked.

Chen Xuanli shook his head and scolded: "You are so good." ”

"General, I found out something, I don't know whether to say it or not."

"Come in."

Guo Qianli looked around and muttered: "The Longwu military government is magnificent, alas, what does Jin Wuwei look like." ”

There is a difference between the six armies of the northern ya, and the sixteen armies of the southern ya, which guards Chang'an.

"Say."

"Didn't the Right Prime Minister's Mansion let us track down who that was, Pei Mian, anyway, it's the East Palace, I found out that it has something to do with the unlucky guy who was caught by the general and taken to the North Ya Prison. I didn't want to take care of this, lest I be demoted again, but the general also knew that the unlucky guy was locked up in Beiya Prison, exactly the same situation as I was at that time. ”

"Don't talk nonsense, say."

"What's the name of the unlucky guy? I forgot about it. ”

"Zheng Qian, Zheng Sanjue."

Guo Qianli said: "Yes, Zheng Qian, the day before he was imprisoned, he met a person named Fang Xuan. ”

Chen Xuanli took the file and looked at it, and said: "The prince's left concubine, the teacher of the king of Guangping, is given an important position in the province, and presides over the repair of the Huaqing Palace. ”

Zheng Qian arrived at Fang Xuan's house at two o'clock in the morning. General, guess who else Fang Xuan met before this? ”

"I guess?"

Chen Xuanli glanced at Guo Qianli lightly, a little cold, but he really guessed.

"Pei Mian?"

"Can you guess this, general?"

"Didn't Jin Wuwei just chase Pei Mian to find out about this?"

"Oh, yes." Guo Qianli said: "I'm just strange, so coincidental." They met, and then Zheng Qian was taken, and then Pei Mian took the person out of the punishment department, and then fled. ”

"What do you think?"

"I said that Zheng Qian was unlucky, just like I was back then."

Guo Qianli is not a person who hides and tucks away, he can say as much as he knows.

A new conjecture arose.

Pei Mian is a secret chess in the East Palace, and Fang Xuan is in charge of contact, and the two contacted each other that day and burned a secret letter. Later, Fang Xuan met Zheng Qian again and asked not to let Xue Bai pass the New Year's exam, but Zheng Qian refused, and stepped on the unburned paper before leaving.

Maybe someone in Fang Xuan's house exposed the matter to the Right Prime Minister's Mansion, Fang Xuan and Zheng Qian are good friends, and the manuscript may have come from Fang Xuan's hands, so the Criminal Department took Zheng Qian for interrogation, not only to deal with the East Palace, but also to find out why Pei Mian saw Fang Xuan.

Pei Mian learned that he hurriedly took Zheng Qian away, but he happened to be targeted by Yang Wei, he thought he was exposed, abandoned Zheng Qian, and fled overnight. His subordinates were at a loss, and the questioning made sure that Zheng Qian did not know about the East Palace, so he threw him home.

In this way, the case has been reduced to a small matter and a small matter.

It must be known that the sage did not want to punish Zheng Qian, who was a master of poetry, calligraphy, and painting, but did not allow anyone to mention the inside story of the Sanshuren case. If Zheng Qian's sin is really cured, it will make things bigger, so it is better to count it all on Pei Mian.

The evidence is complete, factual and reasonable......

Chen Xuanli paced a few steps, suddenly looked at Guo Qianli, and asked, "Do you want to go back to Beiya?" ”

"Yes."

Guo Qianli's eyes widened and he nodded without hesitation.

"General, I miss it so much!"

~~

In the right prime minister's mansion, Li Linfu's face was gloomy and full of displeasure.

Only then did he know that Pei Mian was actually a person from the East Palace, and he figured out many things at once, so it is no wonder that dealing with political enemies has often been difficult in recent years.

Fortunately, it was found out at this time, and if it was tracked down, it was possible to severely defeat the East Palace.

It's a pity that Yang Xun was too ignorant, and he didn't come to the Right Prime Minister's Mansion to discuss first, but directly handed the evidence to the emperor. The list of criminals was torn open like a fig leaf, revealing the ugliness of the Right Prime Minister's Mansion.

However, this colt has always been such an uncontrollable, arrogant idiot.

"Right Xiang, Du Wei asks to see."

"What is he doing?"

Li Linfu groaned, suddenly thought of a possibility, and ordered someone to be brought.

Du Wei will soon become the son-in-law of the right minister, but he doesn't even have a chance to meet in person, so he can only salute outside the screen.

"Tell me, who told you to come?"

"Hui Zhangren, it was my brother Du Youlin who asked me to pass the word on my behalf."

"Whose word is it?" Li Linfu said lightly: "Du Youlin is not qualified to talk to Benxiang yet. ”

Du Wei was slightly embarrassed and simply said bluntly.

"It's Shangzhu Guo, Doctor Yinqing Guanglu, Servant under the door, and ...... Salt and Iron Envoy"

"If you want to be my son-in-law, put yourself in the right position."

Yang Zhen heard that the Criminal Department had drawn up a list of criminals and handed it to the emperor. Some of them were his salt officials. He confessed that he was very frightened and wanted to ask his father-in-law for a favor. ”

Li Linfu's face was ugly.

Before anyone even began to interrogate, the list went to the front of the emperor, which was simply evidence of his guilt, and even a shame. Yang Yun didn't know whether to ridicule or give him a step down, in short, it was very uncomfortable to hear.

"How is he doing?"

"Yang Zhen originally planned to take the three ladies of the country to the concubine to plead guilty, saying that he had not done a good job in salt affairs, and although he received a lot of taxes from Hebei, he was ...... the criminal department got the evidence of the crime."

"That's enough." Li Linfu said: "Who gave you the courage to go to the yin and yang in front of your true appearance? ”

Du Wei had no choice but to confess the crime, and responded: "Does the father-in-law listen to the original words, or listen to the brief description of the son-in-law?" ”

"Say."

"Yang Chen's meaning, he wants Pei Mian to vacate the two positions, Gyeonggi to interview the envoy and the palace servant."

Although these two positions are not of high rank, they are both Wang Jie's deputy positions, which are quite crucial. Once it is given to Yang Dang, it is equivalent to letting Yang Dang put two hands under Wang Jie's armpits.

"Why?"

"If he doesn't give it to him, he will go to the saint to make trouble, and use this incident to slander the father-in-law." Du Wei groaned and said: "If the father-in-law is willing to give it to him, then the matter will be calm, and he can exchange a few positions for the father-in-law." ”

"Change?" Li Linfu was surprised.

"For example, the Dali Temple Sizhi, the prince's left concubine, the subordinates gave the matter, and presided over the repair of the Huaqing Palace...... These are important positions. ”

"Huh."

Li Linfu scoffed.

Sure enough, it is not an exchange, none of these positions belong to the Yang Party, all of them belong to the East Palace, and they are the most critical positions in the East Palace.

But Yang Quan's words are really good.

Li Linfu is narrow-minded, and rarely turns enemies into friends. This time, there was no way, I was caught in the sore spot, and after thinking about it, I could only agree.

"You tell them that you have agreed."

"Yes, man."

~~

The next day, the Guozi prison house.

Xue Bai slept a lot, and when he woke up, he was still lying there in a daze.

He actually wanted to find out how the situation was going, but Li Longji, Gao Lishi, and Yang Yuhuan all warned him one after another to stop causing trouble.

Can only wait.

Suddenly, the door of the number house was pushed open, and Du Goro ran in.

"Look who's coming!"

Xue Bai looked up and saw Wei Shu and Su Yuanming, and hurriedly got up.

"The students have seen the sacrificial wine and the ...... of the priesthood"

"What about me?"

Another person stepped into the house, it was Zheng Qian, a doctor of Taixue.

Xue Bai saluted again and said solemnly: "I have seen Dr. Zheng, and I congratulate Dr. Zheng on his grievances." ”

Zheng Qian stepped forward, held his hand, and said, "Since you have passed the annual exam, you must do your best." If you return to the national prison, the old man will not be able to teach you anymore. ”

"The doctor is still demoted?"

"To be safe and sound is to be content." Zheng Qian smiled kindly, leaned closer, and said in a low voice: "Thank you, this kindness, the old man will never forget it." ”

Xue Bai smiled slightly.

This kind of thing, a few people will know, and it is inconvenient to say more at this time. After chatting for a while, the three officials of the Guozijian went to inspect the other houses.

Du Wulang looked at their backs and said happily: "The second son of Qiu Fu, you have solved another big matter, right?" ”

"The second son of Qiuyu? You and Yang Xuan? ”

"Hey, don't compare me to that idiot, okay?"

Xue Bai looked at the sky and thought that since Zheng Qian was released from prison, presumably Guo Qianli had also returned to the Sixth Army of the Northern Ya, and he didn't know if Yang Qian was fighting for power, and whether Du Youlin would be able to be promoted smoothly.

The greater the risk, the greater the gain.

"Let's go, go back."

He was in a good mood and decided to ask Du Youlin in person.

Thinking of this, I inexplicably looked forward to it.

"Let's go, go back."

Du Wulang was also very happy, this time he had experienced another major event, and it was even more time to be able to talk to the Xue family brothers and sisters.

The two of them left the Guozijian, and he was about to drive his horse west to Changshoufang, when he looked back and couldn't help but be surprised.

"Hey, you...... How to get east? Are you going to my house? ”

Xue Bai had already turned on his horse and drove his horse away.

Looking up, there was a bird's nest under the eaves not far away.

Even though it was autumn, it still reminded him of a poem he had written.

"Double flies under the eaves, and the breeze is unique in spring."

(End of chapter)