Li Xuan raised his head and looked at Wu Huaishi who suddenly stood up very suspiciously, wondering why he was panicking.

"Where? General Wu asked who was where? ”

Facing such a stupid gaze from him, Wu Huaishi realized his gaffe and asked, "Isn't Eighteen Lang afraid?" ”

"Afraid? Why...... To be afraid? Li Xuan said dejectedly, thinking that he had lived so far in this life that he had become a laughing stock for eternity, what else was there to be afraid of?

"Back then, it was for the sake of Fushou Wang, you were the prince, and the case of the three concubines was brewed, if the emperor and grandson were still alive, wasn't you the first person he wanted to take revenge?"

"Revenge?"

Li Xuan didn't know what revenge was, and he laughed at himself when he thought of his hatred and shame of taking his wife, and he never thought about revenge. In the emperor's family, who cares about enmity and hatred, only has power, has the right to do whatever he wants, and if he has no power, he will accept it, nothing more.

But the eunuch in front of him was a narrow-minded person who would repay him, and what was hidden in his eyes was forbearance, viciousness, and malice like a poisonous bee, which stung Li Xuan and scared him to dodge back.

"But even if he lives...... How can he seek revenge on me? Li Xuan said: "He is the son of a traitor, even if he lives, he has to be imprisoned." ”

With these words, he seemed to have found the backbone of the heart, and said: "Moreover, Brother said that this matter is impossible, Li Qian must have died back then, and Xue Bai must have lied to him." ”

Wu Huaishi's eyes flashed, thinking.

He could also be sure that Li Qian was dead, but in this case, why did Xue Bai want to track down the old things?

Suddenly, a thought flashed through his mind, and his pupils dilated instantly as if he had been electrocuted.

Although he knew that this idea was ridiculous, it suddenly made him realize that in this way, everything could be explained.

No wonder, Xue Bai and the county lord of Hezheng are innocent......

Li Xuan saw Wu Huaishi's eyes rolling around, and he was silent for a long time, and couldn't help but be curious: "What else is General Wu thinking?" ”

"If it's fake, why did Xue Bai deceive King Ruyang?" Wu Huaishi lowered his voice and said, "Has Eighteen Lang ever thought that maybe, Xue Bai is the fish that slipped through the net?" ”

"This ...... No way, you're talking about ghost stories? ”

Li Jing finally felt scared, he didn't deal with Xue Bai much, but he knew that Xue Bai was a person with great means, and in just a few years, he became an upstart in the DPRK and China, and governed Li Heng and Li Linfu obediently, and he did not want to be an enemy of such a person.

But as Wu Huaishi said, if Xue Bai is really Li Qian, the first object of revenge is him.

"I can be considered to know why Xue Bai is going to the court, it must be to meet someone related to the Sanshu case, if it is not the princess of E, then it is the lord of Boping."

"What?"

"The old slave is saying that what Xue Bai did is not groundless, he has been plotting rebellion all along."

Li Jing felt that Wu Huaishi was stunned, and what he said was nonsense, and said: "No one will do this, unless he is looking for death, if I am Li Qian......"

"If it's Li Qian, will you find a place to hide? But Xue Bai is not you! Seeing that he couldn't wake up Li Xuan, Wu Huaishi became angry and said: "Xue Bai can give up everything for the sake of power, and he can give up his life at any time, you use your thoughts to set his thoughts, what kind of ...... are you?"

In the middle of the conversation, he suddenly stopped.

But that tone had stung Li Xuan deeply.

Li Xuan knew that Wu Huaishi looked down on him, even if his experience was changed to anyone in the world, he could only choose to go against the grain, but the world still looked down on him.

It should be said that countless people who are more cowardly than him are deeply despising his cowardice.

No one could empathize with him.

Li Xuan sat down dejectedly, lowered his head weakly, and said: "It has nothing to do with me, I am just a waste person who was imprisoned by my father, who is Li Qian, and what Xue Bai wants to do?" ”

The agitation method was used like this, Wu Huaishi sneered slightly, and then whispered again.

"Eighteen Lang doesn't know yet, right? Xue Bai and the concubine have already ......"

"What?!"

"Don't you understand? He's humiliating you. For revenge, in order to regain everything his grandfather lost, he will do anything. ”

Li Xuan's heart turned over and over, and his face changed.

Finally, he slowly asked, "What does General Wu want me to do?" ”

"Is that what the old slave wants you to do? This matter has nothing to do with the old slave, but it is just that he has found out about this matter, and reminds Eighteen Lang to 'strike first', and it is good to make it clear to the saint as soon as possible......"

Li Xuan was at a loss.

His father, who insulted him the most, had completely destroyed his personality, and when he encountered anything, he was like standing in a ruin and not knowing where to go, and he had no master, so he easily fell into Wu Huaishi's inciting angry eyes.

He didn't dare to resent the saint, and when he met someone he could afford to provoke, he could take revenge and vent.

~~

Right Prime Minister's House.

Today, because the chicken boy Jia Chang came to visit, Li Xiu placed wine in the court to entertain him.

"It's strange, Shiro actually has time to sit with me today?" Jia Chang was a little flattered and said with a smile: "In the past two years, Shilang has always said that the affairs of the Prime Minister's Mansion are busy. ”

"It used to be." Li Xiu said: "In the past, I didn't know how to use people, so I had to worry about myself. ”

"Oh?" Jia Chang couldn't help but be curious, "Shilang has collected a lot of talents recently?" ”

It was impossible for Li Xiu to tell people that his grandfather was sick so that he would no longer beat and scold him at every turn, or that Xue Bai could share a lot of problems for him, so he waved his hand and did not answer, but only talked about his recent feelings.

"It's not like that, it's just a different state of mind. I used to always think about what the prime minister's son should be, but recently I realized that life has been in a hurry for a hundred years, and fame and fortune are always endless. ”

"It's not like what Li Shilang said."

"Actually, I have always been like this, but in the past, I lived in the shell of 'Li Shilang', and the third and fourth watches were still disposing of official documents under the lamp, and the fifth watch was still not idle, but Grandpa was still dissatisfied. But once you figure it out...... A few days ago, I finally had time to visit Qixuan Zhenren and ask him to take my pulse, only to know that I am not young anymore, my qi is weak and my spleen is weak, and my energy is not good, so I should be a good student to recuperate. ”

"Yes." Jia Chang is also good at health, nodded again and again when he heard this, and said, "I see that Shilang's eye circles are no longer dark today, and his complexion is much better." ”

"I slept early for five days in a row, and when I was free, my mind was much clearer."

Li Xiu smiled calmly and said, "More importantly, I have a sense of control over my life." ”

Jia Chang didn't know where he learned this set of rhetoric, but it was very fresh to hear.

……

Separated from this courtyard by a few walls, Xue Bai was reviewing official documents on behalf of Li Xiu under Li Tengkong's surveillance.

Of course, these will not be important things, it is nothing more than Li Xiutu to save lightly, and handed over the most cumbersome and inconsequential part of the affairs to Xue Bai, mostly some Qiangu accounting in various places, criminal cases in prefectures and counties, etc., which are troublesome to deal with, and Li Linfu will be scolded if it is inappropriate.

Li Xiu is not good at these, and he has concerns in his heart, and he will do it with half the effort, but Xue Bai is handy, does it quickly, and never makes mistakes.

In fact, Xue Bai also encountered a lot of problems that he didn't know how to solve, and he would collect them every time and ask Li Linfu in a unified manner.

But the biggest difference between Xue Bai and Li Xiu is that Li Linfu will scold Li Xiu, but he knows that scolding Xue Bai is useless, so he doesn't bother to scold, and only answers officially.

"The Shuofang Army's military rations this year are wrong, right?"

Commenting on the official document, Xue Bai suddenly muttered.

Li Tengkong was sitting on the side and asked, "Less?" ”

"Yes."

Xue Bai took the abacus and fiddled with it a little awkwardly. Li Tengkong took the abacus and said in a low voice: "I'll come, you say it." ”

"As far as I know, there are 64,700 soldiers in Shuofang, and a soldier eats two liters of food a day, which is seven stones and two buckets a year, and twelve stones. In addition, there are 14,300 military horses, each of which has a bucket of corn in winter and spring, and 18 stone of millet in the year......"

Xue Bai said quickly, Li Tengkong calculated quickly, his slender and beautiful fingers plucked the abacus, and the abacus "crackled" for a while.

After he made a long list of numbers, he muttered: "In this way, there needs to be ...... of grain and grass for soldiers and horses every year."

"One hundred and twenty-six thousand four hundred stones." Li Tengkong said.

"Now that the government military system has been defeated, the soldiers and athletes do not learn farming, and the tuntian and tax are only more than 200,000 stones, so the imperial court will pay 1.05 million stones this year."

"Not bad."

"But you see, this official letter from the envoy says that he will give 120,000 stone of grain."

"And the household department."

"The household department only paid 318,600 stones." Xue Bai said, "I remember." ”

Li Tengkong said: "This still doesn't mean that this year's payment is wrong, and the autumn grain has not been escorted yet." ”

"But compared to this time in previous years, it is a full 470,000 stone less."

Xue Bai said, put the official letter aside, and said, "Keep this too, and ask your grandfather later." ”

After that, when he turned around, he saw Li Tengkong looking at him with those sparkling eyes.

"What's wrong?"

"No wonder you do these things more than ten times easier than my brother, but how do you write them down?"

"As an official, you should know what you want."

"Do you have a good memory?" Li Tengkong couldn't help but be a little curious about Xue Bai, and he didn't put on a high and profound Taoist shelf at this time.

Xue Bai shook his head and said: "It's not that you have a good memory, it's just a matter of heart, you can distinguish what is important and what is secondary, pay more attention when you see important news, pay less attention to some false fame and profit, and naturally remember." ”

"You don't care about the love of children." Li Tengkong muttered quietly.

"What?"

"Nothing." Li Tengkong said: "You deliberately pay attention to Shuo Fangjun, but what other reason is there?" ”

Xue Bai couldn't hide it from her, so he couldn't help but smile and said, "Okay, I know that your grandfather wants to replace Zhang Qiqiu with An Sishun or Absi, the so-called border town uses Hu people, but now that the battle of Nanzhao is imminent, I hope he can stop." ”

Li Tengkong turned his head and said nothing.

In all fairness, in this matter, she agrees with Xue Bai's opinion, but if she says it, Grandpa will only think that she is because of personal feelings, so it is better not to speak.

……

In the afternoon of that day, Li Linfu heard Xue Bai's question, and said lightly: "This prime minister asked you to assist Shilang, is it to give you a chance to practice, do you really think you are the right minister?" ”

"I'm in the Right Prime Minister's Mansion, and I really benefited a lot." Xue Bai said: "But I don't know if the right minister will deal with Zhang Qiqiu first, or Zhang Yan first?" ”

Li Linfu heard Xue Bai's threat, if this matter could not be discussed, Xue Bai was afraid that he would immediately fall to Zhang Yan.

And the biggest difference between him and the time when he covered the sky with one hand is that Zhang Yan Pingzhang is in charge of the book, and the other is that he is sick.

In such a situation, it is very risky to tear his face with Xue Bai, so it is better to change the Shuo Fang Festival later.

"Military grain can be transported by water through the Yellow River in the meanders of the river, and the prime minister personally approves an official document, and the Hexi Army will temporarily pay a part of the grain and grass to the Shuofang army."

"It's good to remember it." Xue Bai said.

Li Linfu closed his eyes, suppressed the anger in his heart, and said, "Seventeen Niang, you stay, for your father to have something to say to you." ”

Xue Bai saw that he meant to send off the guest, and said goodbye.

Li Linfu listened to his footsteps and left, and he didn't open his eyes, and said quite unhappily: "I said at the Taichi banquet that you and Xue Bai were innocent, and you were still proud." ”

Li Tengkong was stunned for a moment, not understanding what Grandpa meant by suddenly saying such a thing.

"Xue Bai is a sharp sword, but he doesn't have a hilt, and there are sword blades all over his body, and your brother can't hold him. You are different, you should have some means, women can make men use it for you...... Ahem, ahem, do you still have to teach you for the Father? ”

"Grandpa, this is this, you want to drive your daughter back to the Taoist temple?"

"Say that you are pretentious and high-minded." Li Linfu looked a little anxious today, lost his former bearing, and said: "If you go on like this, Li Hua's daughter can grab you ahead." ”

The relationship between the father and daughter was stiff again, and Li Tengkong was having something rebellious to say, when a maidservant girl hurriedly came and reported in Li Linfu's ear.

"Let him come to me, a screen." Li Linfu instructed in a low voice, "Seventeen Niang, you go down first." ”

"Grandpa wants to see a guest? But you ......"

"It's okay, can't you be a father yet?"

~~

Wu Huaishi entered the hall, and Li Linfu could be seen faintly through the screen.

"Right Minister, I have something very secret."

"Say it."

"Do you still remember Concubine Xue's son?"

Wu Huaishi asked, I really wanted to see Li Linfu's reaction, but unfortunately, the screen was as quiet as ever.

He felt the composure of the right minister, and couldn't help but ask: "Did the right minister know that someone was inquiring about this?" ”

"How did King Ruyang die?" Li Linfu asked.

"Yurong has eaten too much." Wu Huaishi said, "But I found out that it was Xue Bai who instigated him to bring up the old matter again......"

"Benxiang has reminded Xue Bai that he will relent, and this matter is over."

"The death of two people in the inner chamberlain, how can it be easily ended? When I came here today, I wanted to ask the right minister if he had thought of a possibility. ”

When Wu Huaishi said this, he took a few steps forward, and the whole person was attached to the screen, where he could see Li Linfu half-lying on a couch.

Then, he said in a mysterious tone: "I'm thinking, maybe, Xue Bai is...... Emperor Li Qian? ”

"You have killed Li Jin, do you want to kill your true appearance?"

"Don't dare."

Wu Huaishi hurriedly took two steps back.

Li Linfu said: "Confirm the deceased of the emperor's grandson with your own eyes, Li Jin, Gao Lishi, Chen Xuanli and others, you don't ask them, but you come to ask about their true appearance?" ”

"Don't forget that it was us who planned this back then, if Li Qian was alive, how could she let us go?"

In a word, Li Linfu was brought back to the fear of the twenty-fifth year of Kaiyuan.

It was April 21, and the three brothers Li Ying and Xue Rust were bloodstained with Lantian Yi, and he was very happy to get the news, thinking that everything was from his and Yang Xun's plan, and of course he was sure of the framing he had arranged with his own hands.

But when he entered the palace, he saw three eunuchs gathered in front of the palace to talk, Gao Lishi, Yuan Siyi, and Wu Huaishi. Among them, Wu Huaishi is still the servant next to Concubine Wu Hui, but he did not avoid Li Linfu when he spoke, and said when he walked by - "It's done, does the child want to go back to Concubine Hui's side?" ”

That was the most shocking time in Li Linfu's life, he shuddered, and suddenly understood that everything was planned by the saint.

It seems that Concubine Wu Hui wants to compete for the crown prince, but in fact, the saint is using Concubine Wu Hui to get rid of the fledgling prince and Zhang Jiuling, who is restricting the imperial power. When these people think they are smart and want to seek a phase and a storage position, they are actually just a donkey, staring at the carrot and grinding for the saint, and even Concubine Wu Hui's ambition is that the saint deliberately sent a eunuch to her side to instigate her constantly.

At that time, he walked up to the saint with a feeling of walking on thin ice and said the sentence "This family matter of His Majesty is not suitable for ministers and others."

……

"King Qing still has the son of the abolished prince under his knees, and I don't see them saying that they won't let anyone go."

"Right Phase! Can those who are raised in the Ten Kings' Mansion and the Hundred Grandchildren's Courtyard be the same as those who grew up outside? Dogs are kept in captivity, and wolves are wild. ”

Perhaps it was because of these old things back then that Wu Huaishi was more afraid of Li Qian's life than Li Xuan and Li Linfu.

"Xue Bai has gone to the Yeting Palace to meet the princess of E or the lord of Boping, do you have to wait until he starts to deal with us, will the right minister believe it?"

"Do you have proof?"

"You'll know if you try it on the right." Wu Huaishi said.

Li Linfu paused for a moment and said, "How to try?" ”

"He was tracking down the participants at the time, and the right minister could use the news to deceive him. As long as it is confirmed, whether the saint kills him or imprisons him, it is not our master......"

Li Linfu was silent for a while, feeling very tired.

finally stabilized the situation by wooing Xue Bai, but at this time he learned that Xue Bai might be Li Qian. If it is true, he is only afraid that the plan is not small, and he will eat the right prime minister's mansion alive.

It is no wonder that Xue Bai clearly has Seventeen Niang in his heart, but he alienates her, but he despises him as the prime minister.

"If it's really the emperor's grandson." Li Linfu said, "Then everything he does is to contemplate heresy and plot evil, even worse than the abolition of the crown prince, and the saint will kill him." ”

"In this way, Xue Bai's life is in the hands of the right minister, and the right minister can also use this matter to get rid of Zhang Juma and Wang Zhonghei, and the court is still the right minister."

"Got it."

"There is another thing, the concubine was kicked out of the palace, can the right minister know about it?"

Wu Huaishi said, waited for a long time, and did not see Li Linfu answer.

He couldn't hold back his curiosity, and walked towards the screen again, but behind the screen, a dumb maid came over and asked him to leave with a cold face.

~~

Xue Bai left the Right Prime Minister's Mansion, Diao Bing had already stepped forward to lead his horse, and he didn't speak, but only led him to Fenghui in Dongshi.

Something is wrong.

When he arrived at Fenghui Bank, Xue Bai walked into the secret room in a hurry, only to see Du Cheng and Du Yan with sad faces.

"What happened?"

"Yes." Du Yan said, "Your case has been committed." ”

Du Cheng was reluctant to sell Guan Zi to Xue Bai, and told the truth of the matter.

"After Chi Shu's death, we sent people to keep an eye on Shouwang's Mansion, and today, Wu Huaishi has passed a trip and talked secretly for a long time."

While talking, another message came, Du Cheng went to pick it up, and said: "Wu Huaishi went to the Right Prime Minister's Mansion, you came out with your front foot, and he went in with his back foot." ”

"Nie Niang, help me keep an eye on it again."

Du Yan knew that the two of them had some crazy plans and wanted to talk alone, so she didn't want to go away, so Du Yan stepped forward and whispered a few words to her.

"It's nothing else, I'm afraid that you will be blind and worried when you hear it, I promise not to eat alone, and let Sister eat alone later."

"Don't talk nonsense."

Du Cheng had no choice but to help keep an eye on the news.

She went out, and Xue Bai said, "It seems that I hit Wu Huaishi's hand again." He should have known that it was me who told Li Jin that Li Qian was still alive. ”

"I've got a couple of good hands." Du Yan said, "If you nod, we can end his life on his way back to the palace." ”

"It's easy to kill him, but the trouble left behind is even more difficult to end, and it is killing two people from the Inner Servant Province that will make things even bigger."

"Don't be afraid, this is a secret matter of the palace, if you kill Wu Huaishi, the palace will not investigate it with great fanfare."

"You can't kill if you kill." Xue Bai pondered and said, "But what you said is right, this is a secret matter of the palace, which is different from the government. Li Longji will not listen to the opinions of the courtiers on this matter, and will only ask one or two people, Gao Lishi and Chen Xuanli. ”

"The difficulty is that your status in their hearts is far inferior to Wu Huaishi, after all, he is the person around him."

"Yes, it is easy to break the situation this time, but it is difficult to make Li Longji not believe what Wu Huaishi said at all."

"It's not necessarily difficult, you can deny it outright, who would believe that you are investigating the case of the three people."

"Not only do some people believe it, but some people will think that I am Li Qian, what do you think?"

Du Yan thought about it and couldn't help laughing.

"That's right, except for a madman, who dares to pretend to be Li Qian?" Du Yan laughed proudly, "I'm afraid that only you and I have this crazy idea." ”

"Therefore, others are more likely to be the real Li Qian."

"Then it's simpler, Li Longji and Gao Lishi know that Li Qian is dead, and they won't believe it."

"But they will still kill me, because as soon as Wu Huaishi complained, I was indeed too arrogant." Xue Bai said: "Unless I can bite him in turn, if I want to live, I can't be the one that the saint hates when I confront him, just like the fighting in front of the emperor, so far, there is always a chicken that can survive every time." ”

"But what proof can he have?"

"yes."

Xue Bai responded casually, and then he was distracted by thinking of something else.

"What are you thinking?" Du Yan scratched him with her hair.

"I'm thinking, if Wu Huaishi mistakenly thinks I'm Li Qian...... Not necessarily a bad thing. Xue Bai said: "Later, we have to find ways to prove it." ”

"It will be the throne later, but now it is a capital crime."

"Therefore, it is much more credible to create evidence today than it will be in the future."

Du Yan said: "Can you still help Wu Huaishi make you Li Qian's perjury?" ”

"Why not?"

"Too greedy."

What they are thinking about is nothing more than two things, one is how to be more like Li Qian, leaving traces for people to find later; The second is to prove that it has nothing to do with Li Qian, and once Wu Huaishi sues, it is all ridiculous.

These are two completely contradictory directions, and it seems impossible to find a way to satisfy Xue Bai's thoughts at the same time.

Xue Bai had an idea to find the answer, he closed his eyes and imagined that he was Li Qian.

As a survivor with a heavy responsibility, what do you want to do now, and how can you protect yourself?

"If it is Li Qian, I will get rid of these enemies one by one." Xue Bai muttered to himself, "It's not like me, I'm too tolerant of them." ”

"Who does Your Highness want to get rid of?"

"Yang Huan made a plan to coax Li Ying to enter the palace in armor, and he should be killed; Li Linfu helped Concubine Wu Hui's mother and son in the court, and he should be killed; and Shouwang Li Xuan, it seems that all this is because of him, and it won't work if you don't kill him......"

Speaking of this, Xue Bai stopped, opened his eyes, and had an idea.

"Shouwang Li Xuan, Li Longji hates him very much."

Du Yan glanced at him, immediately understood, her eyes lit up, and said: "Sometimes, because of a helper for bad things, no matter how good a plan is, it can fail. The first thing Wu Huaishi saw was Li Xuan. ”

"Then there's a preliminary plan."

Xue Bai is one point clearer than Wu Huaishi, that is, Li Qian is really dead, because that is what he deceived Li Jin.

And Li Longji is the person who knows the truth best, and he also knows that Li Qian is really dead, Wu Huaishi is swayed by resentment, and the things he made up can indeed arouse Li Longji's murderous intent, and he needs to find a way to push all the killing intent on Li Xuan's head.

It's hard, and the exact way to do it is not yet finalized.

Xue Bai turned his head sideways and asked, "Am I too greedy?" ”

Du Yan couldn't help but hug her and whispered, "Do you know?" In my eyes, you are more qualified to take this throne than the real Li Qian. ”

"My heart."

Du Yan didn't dislike it, nodded with a smile, and said, "The means are also dirty." ”

……

Many people in Chang'an City know that Xue Bai has risen rapidly in the official face, which is very remarkable, but they don't know how much power Xue Bai has in secret.

In the next few days, more eyes were fixed on Wu Huaishi.

Anye Fang, the guy with the food box stood near Tang Changguan and turned his head around, looking for the address to deliver the food, and with an occasional glance, he could see Wu Huaishi coming out of the heavily guarded Tangchang Temple.

"Stay in Tangchang for half an hour."

Soon, the news was delivered from Anye Fang to Fenghui Bank in Dongshi.

Du Yan looked at it and threw it into the brazier, thinking about what Wu Huaishi had talked about with Princess Tangchang in half an hour, and whether he had woven the story of changing from the emperor's grandson to Xue Bai.

And below the attic, another guy came in a hurry, and reported that Wu Huaishi had sent someone to the Ten Kings' Mansion to keep an eye on King Qing.

The dark tide is surging, but Xue Bai has not yet found the reason why Li Xuan and Wu Huaishi colluded to frame him, as well as the evidence of the two of them.

He also lacks the key to breaking the game.

~~

Until one night, he faintly heard singing in his dream.

"Plantagenet, jade scratching head, it's your gift to me......"

Xue Bai opened his eyes, but saw that it was already dawn, and Yan Yan was sitting on the edge of the couch wearing Luo socks, shaking her head and humming a song.

She is not very good at singing, and she sings in a fragmented and strange tone, the only good thing is that her voice is good.

"Huh? Where did you learn this song? ”

"You hummed last night, and I learned from it."

"Did I hum?"

Xue Bai was a little surprised and a little worried.

After that, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he thought of a way to get rid of Li Xuan and Wu Huaishi together...... But I'm afraid it won't be implemented.

That person, how could he help him harm Li Xuan?

It should be too greedy, it is difficult to save his life this time, and he still cares about the future......

(End of chapter)