Chapter 156: The main force of the East Palace
Glaive Hall.
Li Linfu looked at Xiaoxue in the outer window with his hand, and said, "I heard that Xue Bai has been in contact with Li Yu, Yuan Zai, and even Wang Zhonghei recently?" ”
He was obviously unhappy, worried that Xue Bai wanted to interfere with his seizure of the Four Towns Festival Envoy again.
Starting from the Wei Jian case of Tianbao's fifth year of the Yuan Festival, he finally launched a decisive attack on the East Palace, and the soldiers were directly aimed at Wang Zhonghe, the main force of the East Palace.
Unlike those small things in the past, this kind of military affairs is not something that relatives and courtiers can interfere in. The saint and his ruler have decided, and they are not allowed to mess around, and the most Xue Bai can do is to give advice to Wang Zhonghe.
Li Linfu felt that there was no need to worry about this, but he couldn't help but worry about this matter.
At this moment, a slave maid stepped forward and said, "Ah Lang, the news has arrived, Xue Bai went to Xingqing Palace with Mrs. Yuguo to meet him." ”
"Sure enough."
Li Linfu's eyes flashed, and he was annoyed that Xue Bai did not keep his promise, and ordered: "Quickly deliver the news to the palace gate, there is an urgent state matter to meet the saint." ”
Xingqing Palace is not far away, and this time it is a temporary idea, Li Linfu hurried to the palace gate without waiting for Jinwuwei Jing Street.
Fortunately, no Assassins were encountered.
Today, Li Longji is playing cards in the diligent government affairs building, and his card friends are the Yang sisters and Xue Bai.
"Sage, the right phase has arrived."
Li Linfu was led by the inner attendant and walked to the hall, and heard Xue Baizhen talking about Shibao City.
"It's my maidservant, whose ancestral home is Anding County, who has seen a boulder cannon and told me about this method of counterweight throwing stones. What I'm looking forward to is to take Stone Castle City and repay her for it, except for her lowly status. ”
"Rebellion?"
"Yes, she is a member of Huangfu Deyi's clan, and her grandfather is Huangfu Yuan, who was convicted in the twenty-fifth year of Kaiyuan."
Li Linfu stopped and looked up, Xue Bai, who was sitting at the card table, was casually pushing out a card, with a light appearance, as if he didn't realize that the relevant people in the Sanshuren case should not be in front of the sage.
Sure enough, the saint touched the cards, and his face was already a little displeased.
Xue Bai continued: "Du Youlin was instructed by Zhang Jiuling when he was young, and it happened that the family bought a convicted official slave and happened to take me in, so there are always people who accuse me of being Xue Rust's son......"
"That's enough." Yang Yuhuan suddenly said, "If you don't know what to say, shut up." ”
It is rare for her to teach people like this, and at this time, it is obviously because Xue Bai does not know how to measure things.
"Huh."
Li Longji didn't look at the cards, and once again showed his stunt of touching the cards, and put the cards in his hand, and it was really Hu.
Only then did he wave his hand lightly and said, "A little thing, you don't have to teach this child a lesson." Xue Bai, why do you want to redeem this maidservant? ”
If this matter is selfish, if you want to loosen your mouth in the case of the three people, it will be heinous.
Xue Bai said calmly: "She wants to give me a child, I can't bear to let her child live in the name of the eldest woman in the future, and I want to take her as a concubine." ”
Li Longji finally laughed, first slightly, and finally laughed.
"Since she has made a great contribution, a lowly maidservant, she is allowed to redeem her nationality. But you, this kid, are going to take a concubine and have children before you get married, which lady is willing to marry you? ”
"Thank you for your concern." Xue Bai's voice turned smaller, a little surprised, and said, "But there is a daughter from a good family who is willing to make a lifelong engagement with me......"
Li Linfu lost no time in stepping forward and saluting and standing behind Xue Bai.
At this time, a new round of cards was opened, and Li Longji asked with a smile: "What is the important state affairs of the right minister?" ”
"The minister heard that Wang Zhongji returned to Chang'an the day before yesterday, and he dared to ask if the saint had summoned him personally?"
"Shiro is thinking about me?" Li Longji said: "This little thing, I deliberately went to the palace. ”
Li Linfu saw that the saint had told a joke, and hurriedly smiled, his smile sweeter than honey.
Xue Bai said: "Saint, the right minister may want to see me, so as soon as I entered the palace with my front foot, he followed with his back foot." ”
"What's the trouble you caused?"
"There are always people who ask me for help in front of the emperor, and I refuse." Xue Bai was blunt, "I'm not a courtier, I'm determined to enter the official examination in the Spring Dynasty, how can I run so hard to drill the camp?" But maybe the right phase is not worried about me? ”
Li Longji laughed and asked, "What does Shiro say?" ”
"Xue Lang can speak." Li Linfu said: "The old minister hasn't said a word yet, he has made up a story. ”
"Speaking of stories, I'll finish the story of the monkey at once, and I'll send it to the saint at that time?"
"What's the story after that?" Li Longji said with a smile: "As soon as this winter is over, it will be spring, and I will have to see your scrolls." ”
Xue Bai said honestly: "I have been preparing, and this time the scroll will definitely satisfy the saint." ”
"Haha, if you dare to boast, your appearance will be gone."
"I will do my best......"
Li Linfu stood there and listened, realizing that he was a little too nervous.
Xue Bai was busy with his own future, he didn't plan to intervene in important military affairs, and it was impossible for a saint to listen to him.
After all, a game was disturbed by Li Linfu, and after playing for half an hour, Li Longji waved away others, leaving only Li Linfu to discuss the selection of the envoy of the border town.
This is a major matter, and the saint can only consult with the prime minister.
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The snowflakes in the sky are getting bigger.
Xue Bai walked out of Xingqing Palace and drove his horse for a while, Yang Yuyao lifted the curtain and said, "You can come in." ”
"Did the third sister find out? I've been staring at me lately. ”
"So what does it matter? You and I are sisters and brothers, what's wrong with sharing a car? Yang Yuyao said, "Look at you, there are snowflakes all over your body." ”
Xue Bai reined in his horse and said seriously: "Today, the third sister said that she was a brother and sister, but Mo changed her words again." ”
"Hmm." Yang Yuyao nodded, pulled him into the car, and whispered: "If you don't change your mouth, you won't change your mouth, and then you will call me sister." ”
"It's a little too much."
……
Qinglan knew that Xue Bai would stay for two or three days every time he entered the palace, playing cards with the saint all night, and every time he would count the time to heat up the fire, waiting for him to come back.
Finally, the door creaked open.
"Lang Jun is back? Sleepy or not? Sleep for a while? ”
"I woke up and came back." Xue Bai was radiant, his hair was neatly combed, and there was a faint fragrance on his body, so he stepped forward and took Qinglan's hand, "Let's go, I have to go to the East City Bureau, the Shaofu Supervisor, and I have to go to Jingzhao Mansion." ”
"Ah, did it really happen?"
"That's it, by the way, this is for you."
Qing Lan looked over and saw Xue Bai hand over a box, and when she opened it, it was full of jewels.
"This ...... Lang Jun, this is too precious...... I ......"
"Take it, don't you want to be my concubine? It's kind of adopted. Well, in addition, Mrs. Qiu Guo sent you. ”
mentioned that it was adopted, Qinglan shyly accepted it, and Xu Yi was puzzled again.
"Lang Jun, why did Mrs. Qiu Guo give me such a valuable gift."
"You also know that she is my ......," Xue Bai replied, his eyes flashing with memory, "She is my sister-in-law." ”
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"Smack."
With a soft sound, Xue Bai took the document from the hand of Hu Cao of Jingzhao Mansion and looked at it and smiled.
"Now it's really Huangfu Cao, let's go."
"Oh."
A soft wattle held Xue Bai's hand, and Qinglan was a little uneasy, as if she was afraid of being lost by Xue Bai and wanted to lead him away.
"Now that you've regained your identity, what do you want to do next?" Xue Bai asked, "Where is your family's original house?" Let's take a look? ”
"Anrenfang has changed a lot, and the emperor's mansion has long been demolished."
"It's okay, go check it out and celebrate your progress."
Qinglan was a little unaccustomed to too many changes, and she was afraid of the feeling that everything was a gateway by itself, and she felt more and more at a loss.
Suddenly, she raised her head and sniffed, and asked, "Lang Jun, can I do whatever I want?" ”
Xue Bai looked at the sky and said, "Today's words ......"
"Is it okay for us to go eat mutton noodle soup? To celebrate, why don't we eat a bowl of mutton noodle soup like we did when we came out of the tank? ”
"Okay."
Xue Bai looked down at her eyes, suddenly touched, and led her to the east.
"Lang Jun, where are you going?"
"Go to the house in East City to eat."
"Okay, but won't it be too delayed?"
"It's okay, I've been idle lately."
Xue Bai glanced back and saw that the people who were following him were still there. It doesn't matter if he cares, just follow it.
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"What has Xue Bai been doing lately?"
Zhang Ting hugged a tanuki, stroked its fur casually, looked at the snowflakes outside the window and asked.
With the current situation of the East Palace, even sending people to follow this kind of thing requires her mother's family to contribute, but it's good, she has done more now, and she will gain a lot in the future.
"Back to Erniang, Xue Bai only interacts with women every day, goes to Yuzhenguan during the day, spends the night in the Du Mansion, enters the palace to play cards, and spends the night in the Mansion of Mrs. Yuguo, and then takes the maid for a walk for two days, saying that he wants to take a concubine......"
"Did I ask you this? Did he meet with important people? ”
"Mr. Li came to visit, but was driven away by the steward of Xue's house, 'Lang Jun said that he should inquire about everything, so he will not have any more contact with Mr. Li', this sentence can be heard from afar, and then Mr. Li went to Chengxin Bookstore to visit, but he did not see Xue Bai; Wang Yunxiu also came to the door, and stood outside the door covered with snow before he was sure that Xue Bai was not there."
Zhang Ting frowned and asked, "What about Zahu?" What is the reaction of the miscellaneous beard? ”
"Zahu either went to the palace to report on his work, or gave gifts everywhere."
"What happened to the murderous Fan Yang? Can there be a rescue? ”
"Erniang, wait a minute."
It took a while for the news to come out.
"Zahu asked to behead the murderers under his command to show the public, and Fan Yang's head has already fallen to the ground."
"But, it was the chicken boy who did it first...... He doesn't intercede for his people? ”
"This little man doesn't know."
Zhang Ting opened his mouth in surprise, knowing that An Lushan was different from Wang Zhonghe, and he never bought the army's heart, and in this comparison, the sage looked at Wang Zhongsi even more unpleasantly.
The next moment, a slave and maid hurriedly came and said, "Erniang, General Wang Zhongsi came to visit......
"How dare he come?!" Zhang Ting was taken aback.
"General Wang heard that His Royal Highness is sick and must come to visit, but Duke Li can't stop him, so he has let General Wang break into the front yard."
"Chuang?"
Zhang Ting hurriedly put down the cat in his arms, put off his shoes and rushed out.
Rushing past the instrument gate, I only heard the sound of footsteps on the gravel ahead.
The open space of the Prince's Courtyard was covered with large gravel floors, making it difficult for the Assassins to approach quietly. And Wang Zhongsi seemed to be going to assassinate the prince, and went all the way in.
"General Wang, slow down, slow down!" Li Jingzhong cried and followed behind Wang Zhonghei and persuaded him bitterly.
Zhang Ting originally wanted to stop him, but when he saw Wang Zhonghe's mighty appearance, he didn't dare to offend him, and he was at a loss.
Soon, a small eunuch named Zhu Huiguang behind Li Heng hurried over.
"Your Highness, please General Wang in."
Zhang Ting was curious about what the pair of righteous brothers were going to say, so he turned around and rushed to Li Heng's side first, helping him up with his own hands.
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"Your Highness."
"Brother righteous brother is here, you and I haven't seen each other for some years."
Li Heng looked at Wang Zhongji deeply, his eyes showed deep affection, and he raised his hand and waved his hand to let Li Jingzhong go to the courtyard to guard.
He wanted Zhang Ting to step down as well, but Zhang Ting refused, she used her mother's power to help the East Palace, how could she always keep everything in the dark.
Li Heng had no choice but to say: "Brother Yi, this is my newly married wife, and the second mother of my cousin's family, cough cough, Brother Yi doesn't have to be formal." ”
"It's rude, can you let me catch up with His Highness?"
"Brother Yi is visiting today, I think there must be something to discuss, there is no need to hide it from Erniang, but it doesn't hurt." Li Heng turned his head and glanced at Zhang Ting, and said softly: "I can trust Erniang, and I can trust my brother-in-law, you are all my closest people." ”
Wang Zhongsi sighed slightly, and the majesty on his body disappeared a little.
"Your Highness is really sick?"
"yes." Li Heng smiled bitterly: "I'm very sick...... The righteous brother stepped forward. ”
His lips were bloodless, and he looked very old and weak, and struggled to get up, wanting to see Wang Zhonghe.
When Wang Zhongji saw this situation, he also relented and stepped forward.
"Brother is also old." Li Heng muttered: "I remember that in the second year of Kaiyuan, you arrived in Miyagi at the age of nine, and I was four years old, and I followed you every day, I was not sensible, you practiced martial arts hard, but I wanted you to play with me." In a blink of an eye, more than 30 years have passed, and I haven't seen my brother-in-law for several years...... It's all full of gray hair. ”
As he spoke, he burst into tears, took Wang Zhongsi's hand and patted it.
"Your Highness is older than me?"
When Wang Zhongsi said a word, he also felt sad.
He has been tall and old since he was a child, and he has always regarded Li Heng, who is a few years younger than him, as a child, and in a blink of an eye, Li Heng is really older than him.
"It's not easy to sit in this position, others don't know, but my brother knows that I really didn't want to sit on it back then."
"I know."
At this point, in fact, Wang Zhongsi didn't really want to ask about the latter words.
However, the situation forced him, he still said: "I should not come to see His Highness, but there are a few things that I have to ask clearly. ”
"Brother-in-law, but it's okay to ask."
"In the fifth year of Tianbao, the emperor resigned, and His Royal Highness sought the ...... of the two towns of Hexi and Longyou for me."
"Not me." Li Heng said: "Helong situation, who else can guard it except for the righteous brother?" ”
"That's so." Wang Zhongsi pointed to the key point and asked, "Why does the saint have to dismiss the emperor?" ”
Li Heng was silent for a moment and said: "I can answer the righteous brother, Huangfu Weiming didn't want to rebel, but wanted to investigate the fact that Wang Ji suppressed the family of the soldiers who died in the war, and was framed by Suo Douji." ”
"The old pawn of Longyou left by Huangfu Weiming?"
Li Heng's eyes widened, a little surprised, and said, "Brother Yi listened to the instigation of others and doubted me?" Who's talking gibberish? Suo Fighting or Yang Dang? ”
"Your Highness, please."
"As soon as Huangfu Weiming died, those Longyou old pawns were bought by Yang Shenjin."
Li Heng was a little weak, but he still tried his best to support it, and slowly, he gave an explanation in a low voice.
"Yang Shenjin is a descendant of Sui Yang, and he has always been ill-intentioned and secretly prepared. He is Xue Bai's father-in-law, and he has an affair with Du Youlin's eldest daughter, and wants to use the Liu Tao case to disturb the Tang Dynasty, so he ordered his righteous son Xue Bai to ...... Seduce Du Erniang. ”
Wang Zhongsi raised his eyebrows, a little surprised.
Zhang Ting was also surprised, it was the first time she had heard Li Heng talk about such an ugly thing.
"This matter is not difficult to investigate, if the righteous brother does not believe it, he will know it as soon as he investigates." Li Heng closed his eyes helplessly and sadly, "I won't lie to my brother-in-law with this kind of thing." ”
Yang Shenjin is dead and has no proof, if Wang Zhonghei investigates, he has to start from Xue Bai's life experience, it takes time not to say, Xue Rust can be found first, then everything will make sense.
Wang Zhongsi asked, "Those dead soldiers? ”
"After the Yang Shenjin incident, Xue Bai quickly changed his court, defected to the Yang Party, turned his head to expose Yang Shenjin, and those dead soldiers also defected to him."
"He's just a teenager, powerless."
"He is the son of Xue Rust, and there is my second brother's old man behind him to support him." Li Heng said in a low voice: "They want to help the eldest brother succeed to the throne, I can let it, lest the storage position move again and the country will be in turmoil...... Brother-in-law, you know me, I really didn't want to be a prince back then......"
Wang Zhongsi frowned and remained silent, still not relieving from these news.
"What I said is true." Li Heng said: "It was Xue Bai who instructed the old pawn of Longyou to kill Pei Mian, first blame Zahu, force the fighting to compromise, and push the Yang Party to the top, and then they worked together to deal with me, in order to abolish the reserve, you will know these things as soon as you check them." ”
"Can you find out, can you say clearly?" Wang Zhongji asked, "How can a saint believe in you and me?" ”
"Ahem, ahem, ahem......"
Li Heng cried when he heard this, and muttered: "Helpless, helpless." ”
Wang Zhongsi said: "Your Highness, I have a way. ”
"Brother in-law, please speak."
"What His Highness said, I will investigate, this matter is ridiculous, but it is likely to be the truth, lest it ...... The saint does not believe. ”
Wang Zhongsi had heard the two "truths", and he believed that he would not talk about them, and he had a clear understanding of the situation, thinking about the way to break the situation, and suddenly thought of the method proposed by Yuan Zai.
If that method were changed slightly, it might have dispelled some of the sage's suspicions.
For example, if he, Wang Zhonghe, proposed to kill Li Jingzhong, it would be better to let the prince personally mention it...... The price is there, and it is very large, but the four border towns have all fallen into the hands of others, and he is really not at ease.
"Your Highness, I'm not here for military power." Wang Zhongsi groaned and said slowly: "I look at the Li Jingzhong beside His Highness, who has never been a good person......
"Is my brother crazy?"
Li Heng was shocked.
Of course, he is willing to push Li Jingzhong out to take the blame, if Li Jingzhong can withstand it.
What is the difference between Wang Zhongsi's idea and what Li Mi said?
"Li Jingzhong is just a poor man, how can the saint believe that he is capable? What is the difference between bringing out the closest person close to me to take the blame and saying that all these things are at my fingertips? My brother has been taken advantage of! ”
"At least nominally......"
"Nominally confirmed that Donggong is guilty, how can you and I end well?" Li Heng said: "Who is instigating the righteous brother? But the Yang Party? Meta-loaded? Don't you know? Your son-in-law only has fame and fortune in his eyes, and he doesn't care about the turmoil of the country at all...... cough cough cough ...... Rather than this, it is better to let me 'die of illness', so that it is not too dangerous to change the crown prince." ”
He said everything like this, and Wang Zhongji had no choice but to comfort: "Your Highness doesn't have to be like this, how about talking about it when you are well?" ”
Only Zhang Ting was listening, and suddenly his heart moved.
If she can retain the position of the crown prince, even if the prince's military power is abolished, she can actually accept it. It's just that the conditions have to be discussed again, the key is to ensure that the crown prince can finally succeed to the throne, as for whether Li Heng can take power after losing his prestige, and whether he can stabilize the border of the Tang Dynasty? It's not too late to talk about it when she has a son and becomes a prince.
Kill Li Jingzhong? She didn't care at all......
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