The clouds were thick and the rain was getting heavier.

Fortunately, the officials arrived at Shangshi Tang before the heavy rain fell.

Shangshi soup is a soup pool specially rewarded for the inner servants or important ministers to soak in the soup, although there is the word "Shang", but it is not a royal thing.

The temple is quite large, but the soup pool is not big, more than ten steps long, only a few steps wide, made of bluestone, there is a stone beam in the middle to divide the soup pool into two pools of east and west.

The west pool is slightly smaller, for those with noble status to bathe alone, and the east pool is larger, for those with low status to bathe.

Xue Bai glanced at the increasingly dark sky outside the hall, turned around the screen, and began to undress with the officials.

When everyone took off their clothes, the gap came out, and everyone looked at Xue Bai's young and sturdy body, quite envious.

"Ahem, ahem." Yang Yan was coughing again.

Yang Guozhong said in a low voice: "Do you know what is good about this soup pool?" ”

Xue Bai didn't think there was anything to bubble in, and said, "Is it the gift and glory of the saint?" ”

"You've learned to speak, and I'm going to bother teaching you in vain." Yang Guozhong said, "In addition, the spring water in the inner garden is the best, which is very different from other industries, and it makes people's skin delicate. ”

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That being said, Xue Bai still prefers to soak in other industries.

But what Yang Guozhong said was indeed not a lie, the hot spring water of Shangshi Tang was the same as that of the emperor, it was the real Lishan hot spring water, steaming.

Everyone entered the soup pool and sighed comfortably, Yang Guozhong leaned on the bluestone, closed his eyes, and enjoyed the satisfaction brought by privilege even more, you must know that there are not many people in the world who can soak in this pool.

This means that he is a superior man.

Although Xue Bai's "glory" is correct, it is not accurate, it is "honorable" to be precise.

The next moment, he heard Yang Yan say something in the small bath in the west.

"Ah Bai, you come here too."

"Brother Xie."

Yang Guozhong opened his eyes and watched Xue Bai's toned body walk towards the West Pool in the water vapor, talking to Yang Yan, and the two of them enjoyed a small pool alone.

The sense of dignity faded in an instant, although he was a fourth-grade high-ranking official, he was still pressed by others.

"Ahem, I heard that Ah Bai plans to take up a post in Yanshi County?"

After Yang Yan entered the soup pool, he was indeed much more comfortable, and his cough was reduced a lot, but there was a lot of worry in his eyes, and he said: "If you don't plan for me in Chang'an, how can you live these many things?" ”

Xue Bai was reluctant to tell Yang Chen the truth, and said: "Brother is already close to the phase, if Brother Nu Zhishi, or even pass away, the next prime minister must be Brother A." So, Brother thinks, what should be done now is to fight or slow down? ”

"Understood."

"It's true to take care of your body. Xue Bai said: "I'm not here, Brother Nu won't pay too much attention to Brother, let's save for a year or two first, and then fight with him." ”

"That being the case, you should also go to Taiyuan, worry more about the salt, how to go to Luoyang."

"Naturally, there are errands that are remembered by saints."

Xue Bai was looking for an opportunity to talk to Yang Chen about this matter and mobilize some resources of the Yang Party, so he talked about the disasters in Henan Province over the years and some situations of Caoyun.

Talking about Luoyang again, Yang Qian didn't have too many opinions, after all, the saints had not been out of the customs for ten years, and the courtiers were already not impressed by the Eastern Capital.

"The tax ships and grain ships that come and go from the south to the north have to be transported, and we want to stretch out our hands in this matter, but the brother will not allow it."

"I'm just a county lieutenant, and my brother won't care." Xue Bai said: "It's not the deputy envoy for land and water transfer from Wupin. ”

"Get a job?" Yang Yun's expression moved, and he stroked his long beard again, and asked, "Do you know that Da Xixun has been demoted to Xianzhou because of his son's involvement?" The saint was merciful and did not give him death. ”

Xue Bai knew that Li Longji didn't want to make the assassination a big case.

"Brother was planning to fight for the Ministry of Officials?"

"It's Guozhong's statement, Chen Xilie doesn't care about anything, and it's a good opportunity for the officials to move."

"That brother slave will inevitably be extremely vigilant, simply show weakness, and belittle Du Youlin to go out of Beijing."

It is said to be derogatory, but there are two situations of demotion to Beijing, being squeezed out of the core of power, or being plated with a layer of seniority. Du Lin's official rank has always been very high, and he can't be promoted, what he lacks is qualifications. ”

simply let Yang Guozhong go to the Ministry of Officials to attract Li Linfu's attention, and then secretly cross Chen Cang here.

"You know, we're not soaking in the best hot spring water today."

In the pool to the east, Yang Guozhong was talking.

"It must be known that the hot spring water of this Shangshi soup is drained from the star soup, and if the saint first bathes in the star soup, and then bathes in the hot spring water contaminated with the blessing of the Son of Heaven, it will be the supreme glory."

Saying that, Yang Guozhong swam to the edge of the stone beam and said to Yang Yan in the west pool: "Brother is still sick, if you can ask the sage to give you this soup, maybe you can eliminate all diseases?" ”

Yang Qian and Xue Bai stopped discussing.

"No, no." Yang Yun said: "As a courtier, don't make trouble for the saint." ”

"Brother is really loyal."

Yang Guozhong was just looking for an excuse, he wanted to take a dip in the West Pool, so he simply lay there and chatted, and after that, he saw an opportunity and took the initiative to enter the West Pool.

After all, they are brothers, and Yang Yan will not blame him.

The skin soaked in the palm of his hand was a little wrinkled, and Feng Shenwei came and said with a smile: "You can soak comfortably, the sage will give you a banquet in the bamboo shoot hall, please." ”

Xue Bai felt that this hot spring water was really good, and it made people feel that their muscles and bones were strong. Unlike Yang Yuyao's pool, it made him tired after soaking.

They changed into robes and made Shangshi soup, but the rain outside had stopped, and as soon as the wind blew, Yang Yan began to cough again.

After passing through the road full of flowers and trees, and arriving at the bamboo shoot hall, Feng Shenwei stopped by the door and invited the ministers to enter, and when it was Xue Bai's turn, he whispered a few words to Xue Bai.

At this time, the holy car has not yet arrived, and the courtiers can still chat with each other.

"I haven't thanked Zhuang Yuanlang for recommending me a part-time errand."

"It's good that General Feng isn't tired." Xue Bai responded.

Because Feng Shenwei was appointed as a lieutenant general, he was also called General Feng.

"I'm tired." Feng Shenwei also laughed and said, "But who is too much." ”

"The general is funny."

As long as Xue Bai has a good relationship with this internal official, it is more useful than arranging his own people in the newspaper courtyard.

Feng Shenwei liked Xue Bai's sensibility very much, and planned to repay the favor, so he said: "I will introduce you to one person, see that ...... Wu Huaishi, the general of the right prison guard, and the governor of the internal servant, was with me under General Gao. ”

Xue Bai looked at it and saw that Wu Huaishi was much younger than Feng Shenwei, and he should not be the old minister when Li Longji was in the palace.

"Wu Huaishi's father-in-law is named Lu Linghao, and he is the commander of Yanshi County."

Xue Bai said: "So, my official position has been decided?" ”

"I don't know." Feng Shenwei smiled, "Are you surprised why eunuchs also have fathers-in-law?" For food, Wu Huaishi ate a palace maid and asked General Gao to bring her grandfather. ”

Tang law clearly stipulates that eunuchs can eat with palace maids when they reach a certain level, for example, there are several palace people who eat with Gao Lishi.

Feng Shenwei said, beckoned, and asked Wu Huaishi to come forward.

"Ah Shi, come, make friends with Zhuangyuanlang."

Wu Huaishi also had a smiling face, which made people feel like a spring breeze, and after a little greeting, he gave Xue Bai help very considerately.

"If Zhuang Yuanlang wants to go to Luoyang, can you please bring me a few letters?"

"General Wu, but it doesn't hurt to say it."

"Thank you. Then bring one to Luoyang County Commander Zhou Milling, one to Yanshi's Lu County Order, and one to Yanshi County Cheng Gaochong. ”

Xue Bai said: "It turns out that General Wu actually knows several of my officials, so I should thank General Wu for his help." ”

"Zhuang Yuanlang is too polite, in addition to Lu Gong, Zhou Miao, Gao Chong and I are just acquaintances."

"I wonder why?"

"It's a long story, Cheng Gaochong of Yanshi County once served as an official in Huaizhou, and at that time, Huaizhou Li Tingshi admired a fugitive slave and wanted to recruit him into the shogunate. Gao Chong then bowed down to the young man, accepted him into his own household, and named him 'Noble'. Later, Li Tingshi and Luoyang County Commander Zhou Mo helped my father-in-law arrange for Yanshi to serve as the county commander, and also recommended Gao Shang to Beijing and asked me to arrange an official position for him...... In short, it was in this way that I got acquainted with Zhou Milling and Gao Chong. ”

Xue Bai said: "In this way, just because of a nobleman, he has attracted an assassin history, two county orders, a county magistrate, and a general of the right prison guard to seek officials for him?" ”

"More than that." Wu Huaishi said with a smile: "I took this fugitive slave to see General Gao, and General Gao also admired him very much, and found a position for him to join the army. ”

"It's really talented." Xue Bai asked, "I don't know where the nobility is now?" I should get acquainted with it, too. ”

"Not only that, last year, didn't Fan Yang'an Mansion also enter Beijing? When he saw the nobleman, he also greatly appreciated it, and asked the imperial court to appoint him as the secretary of Pinglu, and he had brought him to Fanyang. ”

Xue Bai was silent when he heard this, and said: "It can be appreciated by everyone who sees him, and when I think about it, Gao Shang may be able to make an earth-shattering career." ”

"Why isn't Champion Lang loved by everyone?" Wu Huaishi smiled affectionately.

After laughing and talking, it was agreed to bring a letter for Wu Huaishi, and Xue Bai entered the bamboo shoot hall to attend the banquet.

Before he arrived at Henan Mansion, it seemed that a net came down and pulled him into the net.

And it is impossible for him to talk to Li Longji about these intricate relationships, whether Li Longji cares or not will not talk about it first, if he offends a close servant of the Son of Heaven like Wu Huaishi, I am afraid that it will be more troublesome than offending Li Linfu.

In the bamboo shoot hall, the palace is lit with lights, which looks very luxurious and warm.

With the arrival of the Holy Driver, the royal case opened.

The ministers have seen the saint, please the saint Wan'an. ”

"Haha, you've all soaked in hot spring soup, right? Sure enough, Zhu Qing looked much more energetic. ”

"Thank you, Saint Long."

"It's all your own family, you don't have to be restrained, sit down."

The purpose of this royal banquet tonight is to appease the Yang family, so Li Longji came with Yang Yuhuan.

Xue Bai's position was slightly behind, and he wanted to glance at Yang Yuhuan when he saluted, but he held back.

There is nothing between each other in the first place, but they are faintly suspicious, and there is no need to cause trouble, but it is unnatural after all.

It hasn't been a long time since the assassination case, and the recent royal banquets are all decent, and they don't engage in those big tricks, it's nothing more than eating wine and food, watching graceful singing and dancing, and Li Longji's new play.

This play is called "Moon Ting Chun", which tells the story of Li Sheng's dream of landing on the moon and meeting with the fairy.

"Don't dream of looking at the moon alone, you don't have a chance to see Fang Qing again, empty and melancholy....."

The music didn't stop, and Xue Bai knew that when he finished singing, Li Longji would definitely want him to evaluate, so he had to think hard about his words.

Really.

"What does Xue Qing think?"

"Gentle and lingering, suddenly like a dream." Xue Bai got up and said, inexplicably feeling Yang Yuhuan's gaze fall on him, and then said: "The artistic conception is elegant, and it can be eternal. ”

"How is it better than your "Legend of the White Snake"?" Li Longji said: "You are a pure minister, tell me the truth." ”

Xue Bai already had a wording, and when he heard the latter paragraph, he couldn't help but be embarrassed.

Giving a banquet and having fun with the ministers, this is very boring, Li Longji has never been like this before, and recently it is really a bit aimed at Xue, ""Yueting Chun" is better than the artistic conception, the better is the elegant singing, and the better is the choreography...... However, the drama of "The Legend of the White Snake" is carefully written

Consider, there are words and sentences that take time to fill in, although they are more ingenious, but they are better than poetry. ”

Li Longji asked again: "How is the Lingren singing?" ”

Xue Bai glanced back at Xu Hezi, thinking quickly in his mind, and finally responded: "The minister doesn't understand the rhythm, but I think that when it comes to singing, Xu Yongxin ...... Slightly better than the concubine. ”

"Hmph." Yang Yuhuan reacted quickly, and immediately asked, "What does San Lang think?" ”

Li Longji was asked like this, smiled, no longer embarrassed Xue Bai, but groaned slightly, and said with a smile: "What can Xue Bai's voice understand, naturally he sings too well." ”

"I'm also going to sing the play written by Saburo."

Yang Yuhuan couldn't help but say, and ran down the steps directly and climbed onto the small stage.

She didn't change her makeup, motioned to Xue Qiongqiong to play the zither, and then danced around and started singing.

Xue Bai lowered his head and sipped wine, looked at Wu Huaishi, thinking about his official career, and did not look at Yang Yuhuan.

In Henan Mansion, does Wu Huaishi only know two county orders and one county commander? It also happens to be in Yanshi County and neighboring Luoyang County. It can't be such a coincidence, it can only show that many officials in Henan Mansion are honoring this eunuch.

The Son of Heaven does not take care of the government, including Jiacang accounts for half of the world's grain, how to ensure that the officials do not stretch out their hands?

"Although Shuangxuan seems to be in the current state, fighting for Nai Jiaobo doesn't care about people's ....."

Yang Yuhuan sang to Li Sheng's long sigh to the moon, and suddenly changed the words.

Because she knew that her voice was not as high-pitched as Xu Hezi, she changed her singing style.

"The clouds are clever, the flying stars spread hatred, and the silver man is dark."

Xue Bai was stunned when he heard this, and his mind was finally brought back to the stage by Yang Yuhuan.

He used the last two sentences of "Queqiao Immortal" in the script of "The Legend of the White Snake", and the first words and phrases were only said to Yang Yuhuan in the Palace of Eternal Life.

At this time, she suddenly used it, it should mean nothing else, but it was really inconvenient usually, so she took this opportunity to remind him, "I haven't forgotten your credit...... Maybe.

Or maybe he was self-inflicted, and she just borrowed the words he read, and it wasn't a big deal.

Xue Bai turned his head and glanced at the stage, and a graceful dance came into view.

He couldn't help but think that Luoyang would not have such a beautiful woman, but Luoyang had his ambitions.

Yang Yuhuan danced, and the imperial banquet continued.

She was in a good mood, drank two more glasses, and the reddish wine halo flashed on her cheeks, and said with a smile: "Good days and beautiful scenery, good times are like dreams, let's play some different wine orders." ”

"Haha, how do you really want to play?"

"Give me poetry, my brother has no poetry talent, so embarrass him. If you get a poem from someone else at the banquet, you must give back a poem, otherwise you will be fined three glasses of wine. ”

"Okay, that's a novelty, I'll come first." Li Longji said, looked around at the ministers, and said with a smile: "Since I have given you hot spring water, I will give you another poem in return." ”

He is also very talented, and he comes as soon as he opens his mouth.

"Guidian is connected with the mountain, and Lantangyong is natural."

"The yin cliff is beautiful, and the warm valley is murmuring."

"Achievements are evil, and merit is righteous preaching."

"I wish to say billions of trillions and prosper with this."

After reading a poem, everyone applauded. After that, they racked their brains to write poems.

Xue Bai heard Li Longji's last poem, but he felt deeply, and remembered Tang Taizong's "Hot Spring Ming". He took his glass and was about to punish himself with three glasses, when he immediately realized that he could not fail to give the saint a poem.

Fortunately, Wang Wei gave him several poems that sang the praises of virtue, and he could memorize one of them.

The atmosphere in the hall was high.

Yang Yuhuan pulled Zhang Yunrong and said with a smile: "You go to dance, I'll give you a poem." ”

"The concubine wrote a poem for me? It's true? ”

"You go dance."

"Whoa."

Zhang Yunrong was overjoyed, made ten thousand blessings, and ran to the palace, because she was too excited, when she bypassed the palace people who presented pen and ink, she almost kicked Xue Bai's table.

After she danced, Yang Yuhuan groaned slightly, and really gave her a poem.

"Luo sleeves are fragrant, and red ferns are curling in the autumn smoke."

"The wind is shaking on the West Embroidery Ridge, and the water is blowing at the edge of the Hibiscus Pond."

Everyone didn't expect Yang Yuhuan to really compose poems, and they couldn't help but be impressed, and the praise came one after another.

Zhang Yunrong was even more overjoyed.

But then, I heard Yang Yuhuan say: "Okay, it's time for you to return a poem." ”

"Me? Slaves don't know how to write poetry. ”

"No matter what, according to the rules of the banquet, if you can't give back the poem, you will be punished with three cups...... See, sage, she is drunk, but she will go mad. ”

"Haha."

Li Longji was already drunk, because he had just received too many praises and praises, so he had to get drunk.

Zhang Yunrong was embarrassed, glanced around pitifully, and saluted: "Can the slave ask someone to write it on your behalf?" ”

"But, you have to ask him to help you. Who are you looking for? Yongxin, you come. ”

"I'm not going to help her."

Zhang Yunrong was helpless, his eyes turned, fell on Xue Bai, Ying Ying bowed, and put on a pitiful posture.

"Champion Lang, can you help the slave maid?

Xue Bai hurriedly waved his hand and pushed it away, thinking that there was no need to cause such trouble.

Yang Yuhuan's attitude he already knew, it was nothing more than a reminder to him, and he needed an answer later.

Nodding his head, he didn't have to compose a poem, which only increased suspicion....... but after that, Xue Bai thought of a way that would not be suspected.

As if he couldn't withstand Zhang Yunrong's soft grinding and hard bubbles, Xue Bai finally composed a poem, entitled "Gift Zhang Yunrong Dance".

"The small talisman hangs obliquely on the green clouds, and the light sweat is slightly transparent."

He seemed to be drunk, and he didn't care about the rules, and he was doing things casually.

"The colored thread is lightly wrapped around the red jade arm, and the beauty ...... See you beautifully..."

At this point, Xue Bai couldn't make the last sentence of death, shook his head, and said with a wry smile: "It's not in rhyme, there is still one sentence missing, I will punish one glass." ”

He picked up his glass and drank it all, very refreshing.

Yang Yuhuan also smiled, and received Xue Bai's last poem in his heart, and he praised her on stage.

"Beautiful women have seen each other for a thousand years."

She took the wine and drank a glass of it.

It's a farewell.