At the banquet, Yan Jiming and Du Fu clinked glasses with each other.

"Brother Zimei and the King of Ruyang know each other?"

"For about five years of Tianbao, I have been under the King of Ruyang." Du Fu said.

Yan Jiming said: "Brother Zimei wrote "Twenty-two Rhymes for the King of Ruyang", a good poem, at that time, my grandfather taught me to compose poems, and specially asked me to learn your rhyme, 'Holy feelings are often dependent, if there is no basis for retreat', this 'if there is no evidence' three words, it can be the law of the ancient vassal king." ”

Du Fu waved his hand and said: "Clumsy, not elegant." ”

In the past two years, he served as a petty official at the lowest level, and he had a lot of contact with the common people, and his poetic style has changed greatly, and he is no longer proud of his early poems.

What's more, he was pinning his hopes on the recommendation of the King of Ruyang at that time, looking forward to "Dan Tishu Keling", but now that he thinks about it, he knows that it is impossible, as the King of Ruyang, he will never dare to interfere in political affairs, how can he be recommended to the imperial court?

Du Fu then changed the topic and said, "Yan Shishilang and King Ruyang also know each other? ”

"It's just that there was an intersection, and the epitaphs of his uncle Weng and his wife Luo were written by him and written by my uncle."

"I remember, this matter is also in Tianbao for five years, it is the wife of Longmen Lingyuan Mansion Jun Luo, a descendant of the Northern Wei royal family. When King Ruyang wrote the article, he also sighed that the emperor wanted to dominate the industry, and it was a passing moment. ”

Du Fu sighed, raised the wine jug, and took several sips.

After he understood the situation of King Ruyang, he wrote "Song of the Eight Immortals in Drinking", which already hid some deep meanings.

"Ruyang three buckets began to face the sky", the king of Ruyang had to drink three buckets of wine before meeting the saint, and when he arrived at the court, he staggered and couldn't stand steadily; "Hate to move to Jiuquan", of course, it means that King Ruyang likes wine, but why doesn't he say that he wants to move the seal?

And the reason why Du Fu was able to understand Li Jin's situation was because he gradually heard some old things later.

~~

In the attic, in the face of Li Jin's question, Xue Bai did not answer, but asked rhetorically: "King Ruyang asked me how I did it, did I want to interfere in state affairs?" ”

"Too lazy to intervene." Li Jin sat down on the side of the railing, shook his hand in a chic manner, and said, "I just care about the marriage of the younger generation." ”

Xue Bai could see from his demeanor that he had a defensive look for a moment.

Before coming to see Li Jin, Xue Bai asked Du Yan to inquire about some old things.

After Li Xian, the king of Ning, gave up the crown prince to Li Longji, in fact, he did not lose the throne from then on, and later Princess Taiping wanted to abolish Li Longji and set Li Xian as the prince.

After Li Xian's death, Li Longji posthumously called him "Emperor Jean" and posthumously presented the princess as "Empress Gong", but on the occasion of the funeral, Li Longji, who has always been generous, cut the specifications of the funeral...... The emperor's mind is unpredictable, and he may be afraid of Li Xian's family after all.

Li Jin has indulged in wine-colored banquets all his life, and outsiders seem to be chic, but he may not be walking on thin ice, and he has always maintained caution and fear.

"King Ruyang, forgive me, I was drunk and made a joke that shouldn't have been made." Xue Bai's eyes became more and more sober, looked at Li Jin, and admonished: "In this matter, King Ruyang had better not inquire about it, it is not good for you." ”

"Why?"

Xue Bai's mind turned sharply, and he said: "Then it depends on King Qing's adoption of the county lord of Rongyi, what role did King Ruyang play in it?" ”

When Li Jin heard this, he raised his eyebrows slightly.

He first thought that Xue Bai was very smart, and with one of his questions, he deduced some hidden secrets in the past. And also took advantage of his cautious and fearful psychology to deliberately use a threatening tone to make a statement.

But on second thought, it's not right.

No matter how smart Xue Bai is, it is impossible to guess it easily, unless, the person himself also knows some hidden secrets.

"As a clan, I'm just doing what I need to do." Li Jin said: "On the contrary, you, who are involved in these things, are you not afraid of death?" ”

"If you want to be motivated, you have to make great contributions."

Li Jin couldn't scare him when he saw it, so he had to say calmly: "It's okay to talk to you, back then, King Qing wanted to adopt Li Ying's children, and I helped him intercede with the sage, it's that simple." ”

Xue Bai said: "'Ruyang Sandou began to face the sky', the king of Ruyang indulged in lust and did not ask about political affairs, but dared to get involved in such a big thing? ”

Li Jin frowned, feeling that this young man's words were powerful, and he was pressing step by step.

Xue Bai only needs to calculate the time to know that the Sanshuren case occurred in the twenty-fifth year of Kaiyuan, when Li Xian was still alive, and Li Jin was protected by his father, and he was not walking on thin ice like now.

Maybe it was because of Li Jin's involvement in the Sanshu case that Li Longji was wary? This possibility is very low, but Xue Bai intends to intimidate Li Jin like this in order to make more words.

"I don't dare to do anything, I'm usually good at drinking, but I'm not afraid of anything." Li Jin said, "You haven't said it yet, I inquired about the county lord of Rongyi, how can it be unfavorable to me?" ”

"The reason why the saint was named the lord of Rongyi and gave marriage to Anqingzong was intended to ...... Easy to store. ”

"Impossible." Li Jin was finally unexpected and confused with his thoughts.

"Why can't it?" Xue Bai asked rhetorically.

Li Jin couldn't speak, and said, "Then you say, the sage intends to be easy to store, and then what?" ”

"King Qing is the eldest son of the emperor and should be the prince, but it was only because he had no heirs when he was established as a prince that the sage established Li Heng. Now that King Qing's sons have grown up and can take on the role of Sheji, and Li Heng is not filial and has repeatedly made friends with important ministers, the saint has made up his mind. ”

"I don't believe you." Li Jin shook his head.

"If I don't have the ability, how can King Qing entrust me with great things? If the king of Ruyang doesn't believe me, why did he come to ask me? Xue Bai said: "Ask me how to do it, it's very simple, I told the sage that Li Heng is constructing An Lushan." ”

Li Jin was suspicious, thought for a moment, realized that the conversation had been dominated by Xue Bai, so he returned to his romantic state, raised his head and took a big sip of wine, and said with a smile: "I see, it is true that I shouldn't have inquired about ......"

"It's night, today the king of Ruyang deliberately saw me alone, and he has fallen into the eyes of those who have a heart."

"So what?"

"The saint is afraid that he will suspect you of bad intentions."

"Sure enough." Li Jin laughed loudly, as if listening to a funny joke, "Xue Lang is really cheating on me." ”

"The king of Ruyang wants to ask again, but he doesn't believe it, it's useless to talk about it, and he doesn't talk about it."

"Really, Xue Lang is too smart." Li Jin finally restrained his smile and said, "You want to scare me with the suspicion of the saint, but you don't know my relationship with the saint." My drum was taught by the sage himself, and every time the sage listened to bad music, he would call me into the palace to play it and wash his ears......"

"In that case, as the eldest son, why is King Ruyang not King Sining?"

"That's what I gave to my brother on my own initiative."

"I see." Xue Bai stood up, tidied up his clothes, and said, "The wine is sober, let's go." ”

"Don't be annoyed, don't be annoyed." Li Jin beckoned him to sit down again, and said, "I would like to hear how I plotted against him." ”

"The sage once succeeded the eighteenth son Li Xuan to King Ning. At that time, Concubine Wu Hui was favored and wanted to help her son become the prince, but King Ning still adopted Li Xuan. ”

"Grandpa couldn't refuse this."

In other words, if Li Hao is the crown prince, he really has two imperial fathers, one is the emperor and the other is the emperor. Besides, if Li Xuan ascends the throne, King Ruyang will be more like Li Xuan's own brother than other princes. Xue Bai said: "Ning Wangfu not only supports Li Xuan, but also abolishes Li Ying in the case of the three concubines, at this time, what is the intention of the King of Ruyang to help Li Cong adopt Li Ying's children?" ”

"What do I mean?"

"An Zhi is not to overturn the case after a hundred years of the sage, so as to create Li Xuan's anti-......"

"Hugh is nonsense!"

Li Jin snorted suddenly, and his feminine posture faded, faintly showing a little heroic spirit.

Xue Bai was not suppressed by him, but stared at Li Jin, and said: "You are usually singing and dancing, but sometimes you are too humble, the sage named you Grandpa, you are on the table to refuse, how can you be drunk in the past?" You can't hide your cleverness. ”

"What I did back then was purely out of kindness, and I couldn't bear it, and no one would want to frame me with this."

Xue Bai said: "When the sage snatched Princess Shou, you gave Li Xuan an idea. ”

Li Jin was taken aback, and his eyes finally showed some fear.

Xue Bai keenly captured this change in expression, and he was sure in his heart.

Da Xi Yingying used to be Li Xuan's person, so she said something.

When Yang Taizhen entered the Daomen, she was no longer the princess Shou of the past, but became a different person. However, if the saint wants to crown her as a concubine, he must first find a new princess for Li Xuan, so that the etiquette can make sense...... Maybe. Xue Bai said: "So, you asked Li Jing to take the initiative to keep filial piety for your grandfather, and you can't marry a wife within three years, which also makes Yang Taizhen not get the title of concubine until the fourth year of Tianbao." ”

"How did you find out?" Li Jin asked.

Xue Bai said: "The sage taught you to play the drum and regarded you as his own, but you helped Li Xuan embarrass him?" It can be seen that your usual posture is all pretended. ”

Li Jin said: "The sage asked you to check me?" ”

"It's not just about you, but there are some other hidden secrets."

Xue Bai finally asked this, lowered his head and took a sip of wine, hiding the look of thought in his eyes.

He knew that there were many flaws in his words, but before Li Jin could react, he first inquired about the information he wanted to know.

"Someone confessed in the Lishan assassination case, and the main messenger behind the scenes claimed to be Li Qian, the son of the abolished prince Li Ying, can it be related to you?"

"What?"

Li Jin was surprised, and was a little distracted because he hadn't thought about that incident for a long time.

Xue Bai glanced at him with a scrutinizing gaze and said, "As far as the sage knows, Li Qian was killed by the guards during the Sanshuren case, but if he is still alive, was he secretly rescued by King Ruyang?" ”

"I don't understand what you're talking about." Li Jin said, "How can he ...... Still alive? ”

"Because he showed up."

"Someone else impersonated? It must be someone else's pretense. ”

Xue Bai said: "If someone else is pretending, who leaked the secret?" Few people in the world know about Li Qian. ”

"Why do you think I leaked or secretly rescued me?"

"Because you are the strangest, you are the son of Concubine Wu Hui, but you intercede for Li Ying's children, the lord of Boping was saved by you, and the rest of the people were also raised by you to help Li Cong." Xue Bai said: "When Li Qian died, except for the Lord of Boping, it was you. ”

"It's not just me." Li Ying said: "The child fell to the ground at that time, and he was indeed dead, General Gao and General Chen personally confirmed it. ”

"Why didn't you design it?" Xue Bai said, "Under the circumstances at that time, only you were the most likely to do it, weren't you?" ”

As soon as the county lord of Boping heard him say that Li Qian was still alive, his first reaction was to ask if he was saved by King Ruyang, and Xue Bai wanted to confirm this the most.

Li Jin did not deny that he was most likely to do it, but said, "I didn't." ”

Xue Bai nodded.

He knew that Li Jin didn't, and what he wanted was to determine whether Li Jin was a very important witness.

Now that it is certain, when the time comes, he can try to get Li Jin to perjury and endorse his legitimacy.

"Is there such a possibility? At that time, Li Qian was injured by the guards. The scene was chaotic, and the king of Ruyang took the opportunity to rescue him and entrusted him to his friends? ”

Xue Bai said slowly, and his mind was also supplementing various details of this statement, for example, Li Jin's friend was He Zhizhang, who drank the Eight Immortals.

"Nope." Li Jin categorically denied it and said, "I really didn't do it." ”

"Well, what I said today, please don't tell anyone else." Xue Bai said: "There is no key evidence in this matter, and in front of the saint, I will also correct the name of King Ruyang." ”

Li Jin didn't expect to ask more about Li Peiniang at a banquet, and he got such an answer.

He still has to thank Xue Bai.

"Thank you, Xue Lang."

"King Ruyang is polite." Xue Bai said: "There are some things I said today, I have said it seriously, but it is intended to remind King Ruyang to pay attention to proportion, and not to think that some people who like to drink have a reputation for drinking, so they dare to inquire about the sage's intentions." ”

Li Jin really wanted to find out the sage's intentions, and couldn't help asking, "Is Yi Chu real?" ”

Xue Bai nodded casually.

He doesn't care if Li Longji wants to be easy to store or not, sooner or later he will be easy to store.

~~

A conversation, a little rich. Xue Bai went down to the attic and returned to the banquet room.

He is still not idle, and the target this time is An Qingzong.

Since he used the reason that "the saint wants to be easy to store", he planned to use it to win over more people.

It's just that An Qingzong is not even as motivated as Li Jin, an idle person who feasts and waits, and he didn't take the initiative to talk to Xue Bai about the county lord of Rongyi.

"Xue Lang is the annunciator, I salute Xue Lang with a cup."

When An Qingzong toasted Xue Bai, he said quite intimately: "You drink lightly, less, I'll do it." ”

The bottom of the cup was displayed in front of Xue Bai, and there was really not a drop of wine left in it.

An Qingzong's down-to-earth appearance does seem very honest.

If it weren't for An Lushan's best at this kind of disguise, Xue Bai would almost believe him.

"Brother Renxing can find out, what does the saint mean by this?"

"Nope." An Qingzong said: "Thunder, rain and dew are all Jun's grace. I can't do martial arts, I can't make meritorious contributions to the saint, and it's a blessing to be able to marry the county lord. ”

Xue Bai saw that he said it in a high-sounding manner, and said tentatively: "Today is the county lord, maybe in the future, he will be crowned a princess?" ”

An Qingzong was stunned for a moment, pulled Xue Bai to the side, and said in a low voice: "I can understand what Xue Lang means, but the trouble comes from the mouth, it is better to be cautious." ”

After that, he was afraid that Xue Bai would be unhappy, so he said a lot of things very sincerely.

"I know that Xue Lang is well-informed, and I want to mention one or two of them. But my grandfather has won the trust of the saints, and he has been appointed as the envoy of the two towns, and he has countless rewards, and I have nothing else to ask for. Even if you figure out the holy will and become a big official, can you have more glory and wealth? ”

Xue Bai said: "What I said is very true, it is true that I am too drilled into the camp......

"It's not." An Qingzong said: "Xue Lang is a capable person, unlike me, who stayed in the Chang'an mansion in the name of his eldest son, but in fact, he was just a proton left in Chang'an by the general of the border town. I don't have the ability to do it, so I don't bother to pay attention to this. I only want to make more friends, so I can be regarded as having a foothold in Chang'an. ”

"Brother Renxing is transparent."

Seeing this, Xue Bai couldn't find out his mind, so he had to give up for the time being.

When the banquet dispersed, An Qingzong gave each guest a generous gift and sent a carriage and horses to send him off.

On the way back, Xue Bai rode a horse, followed by An Qingzong's subordinates who escorted the gifts.

Turning into Xuanyang Fang, I happened to meet the colt Dugu Ming, and the two couldn't help but talk a few words.

"Those are the people from An Lushan's mansion?" Dugu Ming gestured with his eyes to who he was talking about, "Only An Lushan can afford such a generous gift." ”

"An Qingzong." Xue Bai said: "The quasi-husband of the county lord of Rongyi." ”

"I've heard about this marriage as well." Dugu Ming sighed, "It's ruined the life of a county lord again." ”

Xue Bai groaned: "I think An Qingzong seems to be a good person, do you know him?" ”

"Regardless of his character." Dugu said: "An Lushan has a brutal temperament, but he can pretend to be stupid in front of the saint. The sinister is far better than Li Huaixiu and Li Yanzhong, how can the lord of Rongyi marry the son of such a person? ”

With that, he sighed, and finally said, "I have experience in such things, and I can't be mistaken." ”

Xue Bai listened, was silent for a moment, and thought of An Qingzong's usual behavior, but it was difficult to associate him with the word sinister for a while.

~~

"Have you checked An Qingzong?"

When Xue Bai saw Du Yan again, he quickly asked about it.

"I checked, but his trip is very simple, there are no other plans in Chang'an, after all, he is actually a proton, and there are many people staring at him."

"Looking at it this way, he is better at hiding than Li Jin?"

Du Yan's eyes burned and she asked, "Have you met Li Jin?" How is it? ”

"He can become a key witness in the future, with a high identity and fame in all aspects, and he can be convincing."

"Can we control him to testify?"

"Not yet." Xue Bai said: "Continue to inquire and take his handle." ”

"Okay, I'll leave this matter to Da Xi Yingying."

Du Yan was too lazy to say, pulled Xue Bai over, pinched his chin, and said, "Is it really possible for you to become the emperor's grandson and fight for that position?" ”

"Why can't I fight if others fight?" Xue Bai smiled and asked, "Princely general, would you rather have a kind?" ”

He was in a completely different tone from Chen Sheng, he knew that the feudal dynasty that had fallen for thousands of years, and the princes and generals were inherited by blood, but it didn't matter, he had to play with this rule.

Du Yan likes his ambitious appearance the most......

~~

The next day, a piece of news arrived in Xi Yingying's hand, which surprised her a little.

"Li Jin went to see Li Jing?"

"Yes, he pretended to be drunk in Beiqu, but then secretly went to the Ten Princes' Mansion."

Da Xi Yingying was surprised, and remembered some previous things.

She remembered that Li Jing and Li Jin were extremely good friends back then, after all, they grew up together in King Ning's Mansion since childhood.

Unfortunately, she was not interested in the content of the conversation between the two brothers, and did not know what secrets had been between them.

"Go and get the steward."

"Whoa."

Shi Zhong has a lot of things to take care of now, and he often travels between Chang'an and Shouyang Mountain, and he is busy with the big things ordered by Xue Bai.

Today, I heard Xi Yingying ask a trivial matter.

"There is a way to buy the people around Li Xuan, I need a dark pile."

"It's not that hard." Shi Zhong said: "It's just that the kings of the Ten Princes' Mansion are ordinary and idle, and now it's worth such a lot of trouble." ”

After all, he quickly went to arrange it.

After all, Shi Zhong and Da Xi Yingying were both people around King Shou back then, and this matter was not effortless, and a few days later, they bought a servant girl next to Li Xuan's wife, named Chi Shu.

King Shou is different from other places in the Ten Princes' Mansion, and the sage will be stricter with other princes, but he can't help but be angry with Li Xuan in the matter of women.

Li Xuanguang has twenty daughters, but they have not brought good improvement to his life, but have made his life more and more decadent.

Especially after suffering a great humiliation, he was depressed and scolded the people around him at every turn.

Chi Shu couldn't stand this situation, she wanted to leave a long time ago, got a promise, and received money to learn that Grandpa had been arranged, so she began to carefully explore the secrets in King Shou's mansion.

She thought that there were no secrets in this mansion, but after paying attention, she gradually discovered that something was wrong......

"Grandma Yu, April 28th, but has the king of Ruyang come to the house? The steward of the Ten Princes' Mansion came to check again. ”

"Nope."

"The housekeeper didn't say yes." Chi Shu said.

"He wanted to find a reason again, and asked King Shou for money to spend, and that day it was clearly a famous prostitute from Beiqu who came, brought two maidservants, a piano master, and King Shou also listened to the piano for a long time."

"Piano master, is it a woman?"

"Yes, it's too beautiful to talk about."

Chi Shu inquired about these news, so she began to clean the flower hall where Shouwang listened to the piano at noon every day.

After a few days, another prostitute finally brought the violinist, and she hid in the cabinet in the flower hall in advance.

After staying for a long time, there was a voice.

"Let's talk about it inside."

"Okay, I checked the old people around A-Niang back then, and they all said that Li Ying's son must have died and it is impossible to come back to life."

"How did Empress Zhenshun pass away?"

"Speaking of this, Li Linfu told me that the death of A-Niang was not simple. But he just wanted to take advantage of us, and he never told me the details. ”

Chi Shu could hear that this was the voice of King Shou, and King Shou's breath was always empty when he spoke.

The voice of the other person was very beautiful, and it was obviously the king of Ruyang.

"That should be Xue Bai deceiving me, at that time, it was because Li Qian died that Li Yiniang was taken to the front of the palace and scolded the saint and Queen Zhenshun, and Fang was imprisoned in the court, I thought that the death of Queen Zhenshun was also related to this. Now that Xue Bai has brought up the old matter again, I guess...... Did someone deliberately use this to uncover the old things of the year and overturn the case for the Sanshu people? ”

"Brother, why should you be taboo, if there is, it must be Li Cong."

"Still not right." Li Jin spoke while thinking about it, and muttered: "But by overturning the case for the Sanshu people, doesn't it mean that the saint is wrong?" Can't figure it out. ”

"A-Niang did all those things back then, all for me, they wanted to harm me, right? What am I going to do? ”

"Have you found the relic that Empress Zhenshun held in her hand when she died?"

"Brother didn't tell me what it was, how could I find it?"

There was silence in the hall for a while.

Chi Shu leaned around and looked out at the crack, only to see Li Jin's eyes contemplative, and he hesitated until the end before he spoke.

"If I'm not mistaken, it should be the murder weapon that killed Li Qian, so Queen Zhenshun said that the Xue family asked her for her life......"

(End of chapter)