Prince Annex.

Li Heng paced with his hands in his hands, his eyes were full of worry, and finally saw Zhang Ting come back, and hurriedly asked, "Can you invite Xue Bai?" ”

"Nope." Zhang Ting was also a little annoyed, "My grandfather is a saint's cousin, and Xue Bai didn't even give him face." ”

"Ugh."

"Why is Your Highness so nervous? Lu Qi was demoted, no one found those dead soldiers, and now this catastrophe has at least passed. ”

"You know what?" Li Heng unconsciously snorted, "It is more terrible than exposing it on the spot, the two dead soldiers are in the hands of Xue Bai, and Pei Mian also died at his hands, the later the incident happens, the more serious the disaster." ”

Zhang Ting glanced at Li Jingzhong, who was bowing to the side, and said leisurely: "It's better to kill him." ”

"I didn't kill it at the beginning, how can I kill it now, in case it gets out of control." Li Heng clenched his fists tightly, held back the anger in his heart, and said, "The only way to win him over is to win him over at any cost." ”

Zhang Ting didn't like Li Heng's many children very much, and asked, "Why doesn't the sage let Sanniang marry Xue Bai?" Maybe Sanniang didn't say she wanted to marry. ”

"No, the saint is suspicious of me, he just thinks that I and my righteous brother are secretly hiding in Chang'an, and they want to suppress me again, so they don't allow me to win over the Yang Party." Li Heng said: "To clear the suspicion of me and my brother-in-law, it is a good way to frame Zahu, but Zahu Sheng's family is too long, so he has to take a step back and close the case with Huangfu Weiming, but this matter needs Xue Bai's help, and it has become a dead knot." ”

This is the result of the absence of grace.

Zahu, Xue playing cards, and fighting cocks encounter a more difficult situation, or don't do anything, or offer treasures, or admit mistakes, you can easily pass the test, only he, the prince, can't do it, it's really no saint at all.

Still sighing here, someone from the palace has hurried over.

"The saint issued an edict to summon the prince to Xingqing Palace for an audience."

Li Heng's face turned ugly when he heard this.

He knows his father too well, and if he wants to see him, it will definitely not be a good thing.

Really.

When I arrived at Xingqing Palace, I saw that there was no loyal and capable minister who accompanied Li Longji, only Li Linfu and An Lushan.

"See ...... sons"

"Excuse me." Li Longji had already waved his hand and said lightly: "There is no need to be polite. ”

Over the years, he has only treated Li Heng like this, thinking that this son's greetings are all false.

Li Heng had no choice but to get up and stand aside honestly.

I saw that there was no singing and dancing in the diligent government building today, maybe it was some ugliness when he reported on his work, which could make this faint gentleman laugh.

At this time, if you compare this father and son, you will find that they seem to be not much different in age from the outside.

Although Li Longji is old, he looks energetic and energetic; Li Heng looked much older than his actual age, revealing a dying old age.

This prince looks like he is very anxious to succeed to the throne.

Just glanced at his son, Li Longji was already a little unhappy, and said, "Continue talking, where is Pei Mian's case?" ”

"Back to the saints." Li Linfu replied: "The old minister has found out that the reason why he wronged Xue Bai before was indeed because the minister had speculated in his heart first, so as to verify. ”

"What do you speculate about?"

"Xue Bai once offered weapons to help Wang Zhonghei......"

Li Heng immediately cheered up and prepared to deal with it, and his heart was like this.

After fighting for all these years, they know each other well.

However, Suo Douji was not aggressive this time, and in the end, he said: "The old minister carefully investigated, but found that this case has nothing to do with Wang Zhonghe, he is in Longyou, it is impossible to make his subordinates do such a traceless step." ”

"Who does the right minister think did it?"

"The minister is incompetent, and no clues have been found, please punish the saint."

Li Heng listened, and suddenly felt a cold stinging light, and his body stiffened as if he had fallen into an ice cave.

He realized that the words he had prepared were useless in an instant. Suo Dou did not testify against him, and the saint did not scold him, how can he argue?

It seemed that there was only a moment, and it seemed like a long time had passed, Li Longji smiled heartily, and scolded: "Shilang, this is resentful, your son-in-law was scolded by my cane, you will pick your son, right?" ”

"The minister has no such intentions." Li Linfu said: "Yuan is to blame, and the minister has no complaints." It is indeed incompetent, and no clues can be found. ”

Li Heng first heard the word "son-in-law" and almost thought that Xue Bai had been robbed as a son-in-law by Suo Douji, and then came back to his senses and secretly wondered when Suo Douji had really investigated the case, and it was always just framed.

Li Longji saw that he scared the rope fighting so much that he didn't dare to do anything about framing, and he also felt that this suppression was a bit too much, and said: "Don't worry, check boldly!" No matter who I find, I will not pursue you. ”

"The minister dared to ask the saint to choose another wise ......"

~~

East Market, Chengxin Bookstore.

Jiang Cheng had a lot more smile on his face, and his hand was not wrapped in his sleeve, but holding a stack of papers.

"Lang Jun, please see, this is bamboo paper made after ten days of soaking, the paper has improved compared to the last time, and this one has been dried for a longer time."

"It should be better." Xue Bai said.

Even if it is a very good paper, it is difficult to get a word of praise from him.

"If it is useful to soak it for a long time and dry it for a long time, try it for a longer time."

"Lang Jun rest assured, that pool of bamboo material is still there."

Xue Bai said: "There is another thing to ask you today, are you willing to serve as a supervisor?" ”

Jiang Cheng was surprised, and hurriedly expressed his loyalty, and said, "I am Lang Jun's domestic servant, and I am willing to serve Lang Jun." ”

"You are a slave of the Yang family, and now your uncle is worshipping the prime minister, just to popularize bamboo paper and make a big move, but you can find an errand for you in the prison, just say whether you are willing or not."

"Lang Jun, but isn't your business profitable?"

"How much is always earned, how can ambition matter?"

Xue Bai saw that Jiang Cheng was not carried away by Chad's future, and he knew it in his heart.

When he was about to leave the bookstore, he saw a young man with a gentle temperament standing outside the door, it was Li Mi.

The two glanced at each other and smiled quite tacitly, Xue Bai asked, "Go to the bookstore, or go for a cup of tea?" ”

Although Li Mi has the heart to observe the craftsmanship of bamboo paper, he has a secret to talk about today, and it is inconvenient to walk around the craftsman, so he said: "I invite Xue Lang to taste tea, how about it?" ”

"But it's disrespectful."

said that it was tea tasting, and the two went all the way out of Chunming Gate and sat down at a farmer's house in the eastern suburbs of Chang'an, but there was no tea at all.

Li Mi didn't care, touched a few copper coins and bought a few pears, and used the pottery kettle in the farmer's house to boil pear water to drink.

He was not in a hurry to speak, and calmly finished these trivial things, and then asked, "But Lao Liang and Jiang Hai killed Pei Mian?" ”

"Hmm."

Li Mi said: "When Huangfu Weiming asked about the crime, we bailed out these old soldiers, originally as witnesses to expose Wang Jie's exploitation of military dependents, but we never thought that it would be like this. ”

"What do you think, sir?"

"How does Xue Lang want to solve it?"

Xue Bai said: "You definitely don't agree with my idea." ”

"The waste of reserves will inevitably lead to national turmoil."

Li Mi didn't have any anxiety, he fanned the fire lightly with a pu fan, and said lightly: "Your Highness has done a lot of things wrong, but fortunately, the time is still long, and manpower can't solve it, the years can, what do you think?" ”

Xue Bai understood what he meant.

Li Longji seems to have a long lifespan, and there is no need to rush many things. The battle between Li Heng and Li Linfu is actually a match, so you can be calm.

Speaking of which, this prosperous court with fire and flowers, if everyone can be as calm and indifferent as Li Mi, many problems can be solved.

"It seems that I understand what Li Heng did better than you." Xue Bai said, "It can be seen with the naked eye that he will definitely not survive as a saint, if you follow your method of 'time is still long', how can there be a day to turn over?" ”

"That's too vicious."

"It's just verbal malice?"

Li Mi waved the pu fan, swept away these sharp edges, and said something sincerely, saying: "I think very highly of myself, and I take the auxiliary country as my life's ambition. Now I am helping His Highness, not to let His Highness reuse me, and do everything according to my methods, but to see how to do it is beneficial to the country. Xue Lang thinks that it would be better for Datang to replace who would be the prince? ”

Xue Bai said: "Let you take a step, I won't fight with you for the time being." ”

"Thank you." Li Mi said: "Come today, Your Highness hopes that I can persuade you to reconcile with the East Palace." ”

"Mr. also wants to be a matchmaker, and persuades me to marry the county lord of Hezheng."

"The good is like water, if you don't want to, oppressing you will only backfire." Li Mi said: "You once offered weapons to Longyou, presumably you don't want to see a change of generals in the northwest and the situation is turbulent?" ”

"Hmm."

"Then I'm here to tell you that these disputes between the DPRK and China should really be eased." Speaking of this, Li Mi pointed to the pottery kettle that was still burning, and said, "The water is almost dry, and if you burn it again, it will crack." ”

Xue Bai asked: "I don't have a source of military intelligence reports, I don't know how the battle of Stone Fort City was?" ”

"It's slowly being figured out."

Li Mi extinguished the fire and said: "General Wang fought steadily and steadily, and he couldn't bear to suffer heavy casualties among his soldiers, so although he had favorable weapons, the progress of the siege was not fast, but fortunately, the results of the battle were there." In order to aid Shibao City, Tubo sent a large army to go deep into the Helongtun District to seize wheat. Not long ago, Ge Shuhan ordered Wang Rare, Yang Jinghui and others to lure the enemy, set up an ambush, and killed 5,000 Tubo elite cavalry without returning. In this battle, Geshuhan shook Tibet, and quickly sent Gao Xiuyan and Zhang Shouyu back to attack Shibao City......"

Today's Datang is indeed a famous general.

Xue Bai asked, "So, you haven't captured Stone Castle City yet?" ”

"Still waiting for news to come back." Li Mi said: "At this time, it is not appropriate to spoil the major affairs of the border town because of some things chasing after the wind and shadows in the DPRK. ”

Xue Bai asked, "Have you ever thought about it, sir?" Now these things in the court and China are just to wait for Wang Zhonghei to return from a great victory and give him a 'reward'. ”

He really dared to say anything.

But why didn't Li Mi have such worries? The meaning of Fang Cai's words has revealed a little key information.

Brother Shuhan, the deputy envoy of Longyoujiedu, has been able to replace Wang Zhonghei's envoy of Longyoujiedu.

"It doesn't matter if I think about it or not, can I ask Xue Lang not to make extraneous branches now." Li Mi said, "Properly place the things left by Lao Liang, Jiang Hai, and Pei Mian?" ”

"Okay."

With a rather simple answer, Li Mi breathed a sigh of relief, and reached the first consensus of the day.

Li Heng was very worried about this matter, but he talked about it so simply, and he thought that the simpler the solution, the fewer mistakes he would make.

Methodically put out the pear soup in the pottery kettle and distributed it to Xue Bai, Li Mi asked again: "I heard that you went to the Right Prime Minister's Mansion a few days ago, but there is good news?" If you get married, be sure to invite me. ”

"No, Ge Nu originally planned to concoct criminal evidence to frame Wang Zhonghei, but I persuaded him." Xue Bai took a sip of pear soup, which was better than tea, and continued: "Although this seems to be bragging to you, this matter is true. ”

"What conditions did you agree to?"

"Simple, don't fight with him for too much power, just fight for a little bit."

Li Mi smiled and asked: "Pei Mian's case, how does the right minister plan to explain it?" ”

"I don't know." Xue Bai was thick-skinned and didn't show the slightest hint of inappropriateness, "Brother Nu has his own plans." ”

Li Mi nodded and said, "It's good that Uncle Guo pays a respect, he can do more practical things, which is beneficial to Sheji." ”

Xue Bai said: "I think the same way. ”

Although this conversation did not completely win over Xue Bai as Li Heng had hoped, Li Yu at least persuaded Xue Bai to let the Yang Party stop being too persecutive on the East Palace, so as to avoid turmoil in the northwest.

Li Mi only couldn't figure it out at one point, and felt that it was too smooth.

He quickly understood why.

~~

In the evening of that day, Li Mi returned to the house and found that the prince had visited, and he couldn't help but be very surprised.

"How can Your Highness come here?"

Li Heng's face was very worried, and his mouth was full of bitterness, and he said, "Because the sage ordered me to investigate Pei Mian's case, I have come to ask Mr. for advice." ”

He talked in detail about today's events in Xingqing Palace.

Li Mi lost his mind for a moment, and his mind quickly thought.

As quickly as he could, he considered the positions of everyone involved in the matter.

The simplest thing that the Yang Party wanted was to gain a foothold in the court, so Xue Bai quickly agreed to today's request, which shows that he was willing to protect the king's loyalty; The Right Prime Minister's Mansion came up with a poisonous plan, wanting to force the prince to commit himself or Wang Zhonghei.

"Your Highness, the saint has been determined that it was His Highness." Li Mi said solemnly: "The right minister's move is almost a clear statement that the person was killed by someone sent by the East Palace, and the saint believes it." ”

"But no." Li Heng said: "The killer was not sent by me, it was Xue Bai'......"

"The Hui people are vassals of the Eastern Palace; Lao Liang and Jiang Hai are also from the East Palace. His Royal Highness can no longer prove himself to the saint, and now he knows it, and it only depends on how His Highness expresses his position and how the saint handles it. ”

"What do you mean?"

"Your Highness wants me to speak up?"

"You say."

"Well, what the saint wants is not to investigate the case, but a reason, a reason to remove General Wang or dispose of His Highness."

"Huh?" Li Heng laughed and said angrily: "I know, I said that Hu Er killed him, but he didn't believe it; Suo Douji said that Xue Bai killed him, but he still didn't believe it. Why? Because he already had the answer in his heart, as soon as he said that I killed him, he didn't even want the evidence, and he didn't even want his face! It's not pretended! ”

Li Miran was silent.

The truth is brutal, but it is.

The courtiers concocted evidence with their own thoughts, and in the end they found that the Son of Heaven just didn't want to hear other results, and waited for more than a month, just waiting for the final crime to fall on the head of the East Palace.

The situation was very bad, but Li Mi opened his mouth and said, "Your Highness, this is not the worst situation. ”

"What do you think, sir?" Lee Hyung was overjoyed.

"If the right minister deals with General Wang, then the saint will get rid of General Wang. But on the right side of His Highness, the saint will not abolish His Highness......"

Hearing this, Li Heng already had a premonition that he would not like to listen to what he said.

Really.

"Your Highness only needs to be honest with the saint to break the situation."

"Honest? Did you ever think about what would happen to me, sir? ”

"If you want to guarantee your life, you will not waste it."

Li Heng froze.

He understood what Li Mi meant, and if he was punished honestly, the suspicion of the saint would be greatly reduced, and the means of weakening the East Palace would not be too drastic.

For example, it may be that the sage originally asked Wang Zhongji to hand over the military power of the four towns, so that maybe he could retain a Hedong Jiedu to maintain stability.

At what cost?

It is to make the prince's crimes public, so that the kings of a country lose their majesty, and even be placed under house arrest from then on.

Li Heng knew what the faint monarch thought, he wanted to live a long time, and it was better to live until his son died, and pass on the throne directly to the emperor's grandson.

I'm afraid that even Li Mi thinks like this, so he can say things like "not the worst case", which makes him feel cold in his heart.

That's the feeling of disappointment.

"Sir...... Can't you help me find out the truth? ”

"Your Highness can see it clearly."

Li Heng shook his head, turned around and left.

He couldn't have confessed to it, and he didn't even kill those people in the first place. But he also understands that the saint will not believe anyone who testifies that he is a murderer.

Fortunately, he also has a way to break the game.

~~

That night, Zhang Ting suddenly heard the shouting, and rushed to the courtyard to take a look, only to see Li Heng actually picking up a basin of well water and pouring it on himself.

"Your Highness?!"

Now that the Mid-Autumn Festival has passed, it is the most likely time for the wind and cold to enter the body.

Li Jingzhong was also frightened, hurriedly grabbed a small blanket and put it on Li Heng, and cried: "Why is Your Highness like this?!" His Royal Highness's body is the foundation of the country! ”

"People don't save me...... I save myself. Li Heng's teeth trembled, hugged the blanket, and muttered: "I won't fall into their trap, I won't check or deny...... What can they do to me...... I'm the prince, can you still abolish me for no reason? ”

Zhang Ting immediately understood, and hurriedly ordered: "Quick, please ask the imperial doctor, Your Highness is sick!" ”

"Yes, Yes, His Highness is sick......"

~~

For more than ten days, Xue Bai seemed to have nothing to do with everything in the DPRK and China, but he had an extra habit.

He would occasionally go to Li Mi to talk about Taoism, but in fact, he inquired about the Northwest War Report.

However, Li Mi also seems to have lost his sources, and is not clear about the progress of the siege of Stone Fort City, but is only increasingly worried.

In a blink of an eye, it was October, and there was finally an earth-shattering news in the northwest that came back to Chang'an, and soon, it was known all over the city.

"Gao Xianzhi traversed the steep, attacked the small Bolu country, destroyed the country in a war, and captured the little Bolu king and his queen, that is, the Tubo princess. The seventy-two countries of Whisk La, Great Food, and Zhuhu are all shocked and surrendered! ”

Xiao Bolu is a small country, relying on the remoteness of the region and the steep mountains and rivers, daring to rebel against the Tang Dynasty and return to Tibet, cutting off the contact between more than 20 countries in the Western Regions and the Tang Dynasty.

Then there were Tang Dynasty soldiers who rushed thousands of miles to attack, and the divine soldiers descended from the sky, although they were far away, they would be punished, and they showed their national prestige.

It is conceivable that the saint let out a vicious breath.

In this golden autumn, everyone in Chang'an is talking about the battle in the Western Regions, commenting on the famous generals.

Gao Xianzhi is handsome, brave and strategic; Li Siye served as the vanguard, invincible with a strange sword, and killed in front of the little Bolu King; Feng Changqing was born in cloth, strategizing, and scheduling; Bian Lingcheng, the supervising army, is also hard-working......

In such an atmosphere, Xue Bai knew that Wang Zhonghei was in a difficult situation.

failed to capture Shibao City before, if Wang Zhonghei only captured it at this time, it is inevitable that people will say that they are deliberately delayed, until Gao Xianzhi is red-eyed and makes meritorious contributions; If you don't take it, you will be too incompetent.

There is no way, whoever makes the saint suspect him the most, it is sooner or later that he will be attacked and punished.

And Donggong obviously intends to do nothing.

Xue Bai can only do his best to see how far Yang Dang can be saved.

In the atmosphere of Chang'an, when he asked Li Mi for news again, Li Mi showed him a transcription of the recital.

"What is this?"

"Xue Lang, look at it." Li Yu sighed, rarely showing a sense of anxiety.

It was the first time Xue Bai had seen him mess up his Dao heart.

The words on the paper are very beautiful, Li Yu's calligraphy is relaxed, and there are fairy bones, but the content copied on the paper makes people frown.

"Wenchen is a general, and he is cowardly as a stone, so it is better to use the cold Hu people; The Hu people are brave enough to fight, and the Han people are isolated and have no party, Your Majesty is sincere and gracious, and he will be able to die for the court......"

Xue Bai frowned.

Li Mi got up and paced a few steps, went to the door and looked at Qingtian with his hands, and muttered: "This is the right phase of the speech, please make the sage use all the Dao festivals." ”

"Make the most of the Hu people?"

Xue Bailiang was speechless for a long time.

It is said that Li Linfu has been able to serve as prime minister for more than ten years, and he is a capable minister of the Tang Dynasty, but he can come up with such an idea.

"The border generals will use all the Hu people, and they are so stupid that there is no edge."

"The problem is, the saint thinks the great good ......"

Today I wrote 10,000 hundreds of words, begging for a monthly pass, begging for a subscription~~

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