Imperial Observatory, Palace.

Since Luo Xizao was imprisoned, the palace has been replaced by an old and senior servant Shi as the envoy, and Xue Bai got rid of the official when he took office, and also made his colleagues stay away, and no one dared to share the same official house with him.

The other official houses were crowded, but Xue Bai occupied one room alone, and even the Diao brothers each had a table and struggled to read and write.

"Brother, I even know the word '奭', can I be considered a literate person?"

"Not really......"

In the whispered muttering of the brothers, Xue Bai was writing a letter of advice on the main seat, as the palace servant, his duty was to "correct the impeachment and be strict", in short, it was to correct the inappropriate.

He heard something from Yang Guozhong today, Li Longji intended to crown An Lushan as the king of Dongping County.

I don't know if the news is true or not, after all, I haven't heard of An Lushan's merits recently. Kejie Du made the king, which had never been done before, this was by no means a trivial matter, and Xue Bai wanted to obstruct it in the book.

As she was writing, Du Yan sent someone to deliver a message.

- "Li Xuan has entered the palace. ”

Xue Bai didn't get up in a hurry, but finished writing the chapter, blew it dry, and beckoned a small official from the Yushitai to hand it to the door of the middle book. Imperial history can be performed without going through the official, so it is said that it has a lot of power. At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, there was no need to even send it to the Zhongshu Gate for review, and it could be handed over directly to the sage, but now that the state affairs are entrusted to Li Linfu, there is one more step.

"Xue Yushi, what is this?"

"Correction of books."

"Xue Yushi can know that yesterday Jingzhao Mansion searched Fengwei Building, which is said to be related to the murder outside the city, and many imperial historians over there are staring at this matter."

"I've heard about it."

"Then, Xue Yushi is difficult to protect himself, and he is still in the mood to picket others?"

"You still have to do your job well." Xue Bai said.

……

A car is parked outside the Goshidai.

After Xue Bai boarded the car, he saw Du Yan dressed as a man, and there was a food box beside him.

He opened the food box and looked at it, and saw that there were no dishes in it, only a stack of notes, and he shook his head with a wry smile.

"Do you regret offending Wu Huaishi?" Du Yan smiled and asked, "If you are an ordinary person and let Lu Linghao go when you were in Yanshi County, there will be no such things as later." ”

"What we're going to do is not ordinary."

"Is it arranged? Will Yang Yuhuan help you? ”

"She said yes." Xue Bai frowned imperceptibly, and said, "But I didn't tell her that this time Li Xuan and I are in a situation where you are dead, and she may not be able to help." ”

"You've always been sure of what you do."

Xue Bai thought for a moment and sighed meaningfully, "Prepare for the worst." ”

When Du Yan heard this, she glanced out of the curtain and saw that several guys were still following, holding short knives in their hands.

Xue Bai finished reading the messages in the food box one after another, and muttered: "Jing Zhaoyin, Dali Temple, Criminal Department, Yushitai and other yamen are all cooperating with Wu Huaishi to make evidence, and Li Linfu was moved by him. ”

"Can't that Hongyan help you?" Du Yan asked.

"You're in a bad mood?" Xue Bai looked at Du Yan and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"The menstrual affair is coming, and I am in a bad mood, at this time, whoever provokes me, I will kill whom."

"Then I'll go find Li Linfu." Xue Baiwan said, "You should save his life, lest you kill him." ”

"I'm not in the mood to joke with you."

~~

When I arrived at the Right Prime Minister's Mansion, I waited for a while before I saw Li Xiu come out a little depressed.

"You're in a big disaster, and you still have the heart to come to the right prime minister's mansion, and you're addicted to the power of the prime minister, right?"

"Shiro is this giving me a message?" Xue Bai said, "It turns out that I am in a big disaster. ”

Li Xiu saw that he didn't leave, so he led him in, sighed, and sighed: "Once you got acquainted, I don't want to see you die too ugly." ”

"I've borrowed your good words."

Today's Right Prime Minister's Mansion was quieter than usual, and in the Glaive Hall, Li Linfu was sitting on a recliner.

This recliner was given by Xue Bai, it is more comfortable than the couches and stools in the world, Li Linfu should like it very much, although he never said it, but he has been lying on it all day and night recently.

Just now, the father and son of the Li family obviously had a fierce quarrel, and both of them were a little flushed, revealing a sense of exhaustion.

"If you don't try to save yourself, what's the use of running to see the old man?"

"Coming to see the right minister is my way to save myself."

Li Linfu shook his hand and said: "This time it is Wu Huaishi who wants to harm you, it should be related to the matter of the king of Ruyang, involving the secret affairs of the palace, the role that the yamen can play is small, just bluffing, you come to beg me, it is better to ask General Gao." ”

Xue Bai asked, "Does the right minister want to help each other?" ”

"To tell you the truth, this time the old man has to help Wu Huaishi...... This matter is not something that the old man can afford. ”

Li Linfu rarely had such a decadent time, even when he was the most sick before, his heart did not fall, but today he has a weak heart.

"You just go to General Gao, you don't have to stay here."

Xue Bai said: "If I am the right minister, I will first see who I am standing on and whether they can succeed, after all, it is not the first time that I have suffered from dealing with Xue Bai." ”

"You mean King Shou?" Li Linfu coughed twice and said, "Shilang, you step back first." ”

"Whoa."

There was no one else in the hall, Li Linfu looked at Xue Bai, his eyes were like electricity, as if he could see all Xue Bai's thoughts.

"You said to let the old man help you, you have to tell the truth...... Did you tell King Ruyang that Li Qian was still alive? ”

"What?" Xue Bai said, "Who is Li Qian?" ”

The look of surprise he showed at this moment was extremely real, and it flashed by in a flash, and he quickly regained his composure.

"I only know that after the death of King Ruyang, a concubine named Xi Liuniang in his house escaped, and the death of two eunuchs was also involved. Yesterday, Jingzhao Mansion searched Fengwei Building, and someone must have tried to frame me. The right minister also knows that I have a holiday with Wu Huaishi. ”

Li Linfu said: "When you get to the palace, you plan to defend like this?" ”

"Justification? I think they are the ones who should be justified! Xue Baiyi said solemnly: "Can the right minister know the ins and outs of the matter?" I found out that the king of Ruyang and the king of Shou had a false pretense, and it didn't take long for the king of Ruyang to die, and I did track down the cause of his death, and there were clues that Wu Huaishi instructed Xi Liuniang to poison him. Wu Huaishi had a personal vendetta with me, and when he realized that he was being targeted, he instigated the wicked people of King Shou to sue first. ”

"Ahem, cough, cough, ......"

When Li Linfu heard this, he seemed to be so shocked that he inhaled a cold breath and coughed.

It took him a while before he relented and muttered, "Do you think the saints will believe in you, or do you believe in them more?" ”

Xue Bai said: "What I said is the truth. ”

"In the past, you pointed to a deer as a horse in front of the saints, and you succeeded many times." Li Linfu said, "You should be because you are very smart, wrong, just because the sage liked you at that time, liked your poetry and songs, strange skills and tricks, and had a noble concubine to speak well for you, but unfortunately, you have exhausted the sage's favor, and now you want to compare with Wu Huaishi who is more trusted by the sage." ”

"I did what a palace servant should do." Xue Bai said: "Pursue the truth, and be not afraid of the forces of collusion between the prince and the eunuchs." ”

"Even if the saint believes in you, he can still kill you all."

"How about a bet?" Xue Bai said: "King Shou will definitely die in front of me, if you help him, you will be affected, you promised Concubine Wu Hui 'will definitely protect King Shou', when the old things of the twenty-five years of Kaiyuan are turned out, you still want to keep the phase, it is difficult to save your life." ”

"Enough!"

Li Linfu snorted, his chest rising and falling.

He stroked his chest, closed his eyes and gasped for breath, silent for a long time.

Xue Bai waited for his breathing to regain stability before he said: "Help them or help me, it's not difficult to choose, I have a complete set of rhetoric......"

Li Linfu opened his eyes, his eyes were blank, and he muttered, "Who are you?" ”

He was ill at this time, and he didn't remember what happened to Fang Cai, and everything Xue Bai talked about with him was nullified.

"Who are you?"

"Xue Bai."

"Xue Bai?"

Li Linfu actually forgot this name, sat there and stretched his neck, rolled his eyes, looked at Xue Bai in a strange posture, looked puzzled, and muttered: "No, I remembered, you are ...... Xue Pingzhao? ”

"It's not."

"You came to kill me for revenge, I can't marry my daughter to you......"

Xue Bai said: "I said, there is no grudge, I just care about the current pros and cons." ”

"Wait, wait."

Li Linfu suddenly frowned and looked around.

He looked down, saw a column of words written on his sleeve, and muttered in some surprise, "I have dementia and amnesia?" No way. ”

"Right phase? What year do you think this year is? ”

Li Linfu ignored Xue Bai, got up, and continued to look for something.

Finally, he took out a file from the drawer of the desk, squinted at it, and then looked at Xue Bai again, his eyes flashed, and his eyes were full of shock and vigilance.

"You're not Xue Pingzhao, you're ...... You are, you are ......"

Xue Bai sensed that something was wrong with him, and took a few steps forward to snatch the file from his hand.

Although Li Linfu was old and sick, the hand holding the file was very strong, and when the file was snatched by Xue Bai to see, he no longer stopped it, stroked his beard, and sat down on the chair again, his eyes were dazed.

The first page of the dossier is a new piece of paper, which reads "The Prince's Servant of Ruyang County......

Xue Bai continued to look back, talking about an old matter.

On April 21, the twenty-fifth year of Kaiyuan, Li Jin was instructed by Concubine Wu Hui to go to the East Palace to give Concubine Xue to death, and take away several imperial grandchildren, just when a forbidden soldier accidentally injured Li Qian, and then the forbidden sergeant went crazy and cut people, when there was chaos, Li Jin took Li Qian to a safe place for treatment, left for a while, and then went back, but did not see Li Qian, he did not want to make a noise, so he said to Gao Lishi and Chen Xuanli that the emperor and grandson were dead. Thirteen years later, Li Jin claimed to have seen the emperor and grandson again, and realized that he had committed the crime of defrauding the king, and he was ashamed of the saint, so he informed him of the matter. In addition, he had been suffering from a deep illness recently, and after this matter of concern, he did not dare to face the saint again, so he took the first step.

Xue Bai picked up the letter, looked at the firelight for a while, and said, "This is the handwriting of the King of Ruyang?" The handwriting is exactly the same. ”

He carefully observed for a while, and noticed that the handwriting of this letter was still a little sloppy and weak at the end, as if Li Jin was ashamed and begging for death, and he couldn't help himself.

If he didn't know the truth, even Xue Bai would think that this belief was true.

There are also some other things in the dossier, such as Li Cong's request to raise Li Ying's son at that time, and the names of several princes are clear, but there is no Li Qian.

Xue Bai looked at it for a while, then suddenly turned his head and saw Li Linfu staring at him intently, his cockfighting-like eyes burning and shining.

"Is this forged by Wu Huaishi, or is it forged by the right minister?" Xue Bai asked.

"You're not Xue Pingzhao? You are...... Imperial grandson Li Qian...... You're here to kill me? ”

Xue Bai thought for a while, laughed at himself, threw away the file in his hand, and said, "Okay, although some of the evidence in this is forged...... But I have to admire your insight. ”

Li Linfu didn't answer, looking a little late.

Xue Bai said: "You always set the evidence before concocting the evidence, but occasionally you can guess it once or twice." ”

Li Linfu's eyebrows jumped, and he said slowly: "You admit it?" ”

"Admit it, admit it, you can't remember anyway."

Xue Bai said casually, tore off Li Jin's last letter, tore it into several pieces, turned his back, and burned it on the candle flame.

A wisp of green smoke rose up.

"You...... The emperor's grandson? cough cough cough ......"

"Don't be afraid, I'm really not here for revenge, compared to the throne, grudges are not worth mentioning." Xue Bai laughed at himself: "It's okay to talk to you, I have great ambitions in my heart, and I can only talk to you, a hysterical person." ”

"Hysteria? I'm not sick, and I'm telling you that you're going to die. Li Linfu shook his head, still not knowing what year it was, and said: "You pretend to be the son of Yang Shenjin to hide your identity, but you can't hide it, once the saint knows, you will die." ”

"Really?" Xue Bai snorted lightly, pulled over a stool, sat down opposite Li Linfu, and said, "I'll tell you what will happen." ”

"You're dead, don't think about it."

"Li Yan, Li Shen, Li Li, and Li Bei are not dead, why am I dead?" Xue Bai said, "The danger I faced this time was different from any other time. If I lost, I would have died. And this time I can continue to hide the best, and I can't hide the worst result, I will restore the identity of the emperor and grandson. ”

"If you have bad intentions, the saint will kill you!"

"No, I will be the best tool to balance Li Heng, replace you, and become the next opponent of the crown prince."

Li Linfu hadn't thought of this layer before, and couldn't help but be stunned.

Xue Bai smiled and said, "When the saint knew that I was Li Qian, everyone thought that I would be given death. But I can cry, I can roll on the ground and beg for mercy, I am still young and fledgling, there is no threat to the saint, he is more useful to keep me than to kill me. ”

"No, you're a threat." Li Linfu said: "You are too smart, you can always surprise people, the saint can never guess what step you can do, he will never dare to use you." ”

"It's a big deal to imprison me, think about it, if you have a grandson like me, will you really kill me?"

Li Linfu did not answer.

Xue Bai said: "But how long can the saint imprison me?" No one will deal with An Lushan, and when the saint dies, An Lushan will raise troops to prevent Li Heng from ascending the throne, and the palace will change together...... Do you know how many supporters I have behind me? Do you know who has sheltered me and taught me this skill for thirteen years? ”

"Who?"

"You can't see it, but they are extremely powerful, they are loyal and righteous men of the Tang Dynasty."

Li Linfu was very concerned about these questions, so he had been investigating them for a long time before, and finally got Xue Bai's answer at this time.

"Right Phase." Xue Bai accentuated his tone and said, "You have always been a tool for the sage to balance the East Palace, but do you have your own opinions?" Who do you want to succeed? ”

"You don't have to worry about it."

"Then how will your children continue after a hundred years?"

"What did you say?"

"I said, why don't you go crazy and gamble?"

"What did you say?" Li Linfu said: "The Dragon Boat Festival Imperial Banquet is about to start, don't you help yourself into the palace?!" ”

Xue Bai said: "Who is the right side looking at me?" ”

Li Linfu stretched out his hand to fight, but Xue Bai reacted quickly, avoided it, and took two steps back.

"Unfilial son, go and let Cangbi prepare the horse."

He seemed to be sick again, and he couldn't remember what had just happened.

Xue Bai came to talk to him today, and it was all in vain.

At this time, it was too late to convince Li Linfu to help deal with Wu Huaishi, so Xue Bai took his leave.

"Okay, let's go get the horses ready."

Li Linfu looked at his back as he left, and his face gradually deepened.

What Wu Huaishi said is good, whether Xue Bai is the emperor or not, you will know if you are cheating, and now it is really cheating.

But when it came out, he found it unbelievable.

~~

Xue Bai glanced back at the Right Prime Minister's Mansion and boarded the car.

Du Yan was still waiting and asked, "How?" ”

"It's time to stabilize him." Xue Bai said: "No matter what, we don't care about the court for the time being, just the palace." ”

"Ready to confront Li Xuan?"

"Nope."

Xue Bai shook his head and said, "I'm tired of thinking of confrontation, and Li Longji is also annoyed...... Directly to Gao Lishi, this time he is the most critical person. ”

"I sent someone to check, and he is still in front of the palace."

"What about the renovation of his house?"

"Tomorrow we will have a feast."

What the two said was that Gao Lishi donated his house in Yishanfang to be a temple, called Baoshou Temple, to pray for the saint. This is also a common thing for eunuchs to accumulate virtue and do good deeds now, and now Baoshou Temple has been rebuilt, and the temple bell was just cast yesterday.

Xue Bai looked at Gao Lishi to set up a banquet in Baoshou Temple today, so that he had a chance to convince him, but after all, the timing was not right.

He thought for a moment and asked, "Where is Guo Qianli?" ”

Du Yan was still sorting out the news sent by various guys, looking for it in a pile of papers, and said: "It's in Baoshou Temple, the temple is completed, and there are many things to deal with, so he brought people over to guard it." ”

"Go to Hojuji."

The carriage had just entered Yishanfang, and the bell was heard from afar.

The bell never stopped, and every time it rang, there were cheers to accompany it.

Xue Bai asked Diao Bing to inquire, it turned out that Gao Lishi's bell was not easy to ring, whoever knocked it had to give a thousand yuan on the spot, even so, there were still people who kept ringing, hoping that they would give more and get a chance to go to the banquet tomorrow.

In fact, the banquet set up by Colliers was all vegetarian dishes, and there was nothing to eat.

Xue Bai's eyes wandered, and he saw rows of guards maintaining order to avoid looting because of handing out property.

When he entered the temple, he found Guo Qianli.

Guo Qianli's official rank rises and falls, and now he has been appointed as the general of the Longwu Army, and at this time he is standing next to the temple bell in armor and watching people ring the bell happily, as if he is supervising the bookkeeping.

"General Guo."

"Haha, Xue Lang is also here to ring the bell, come, you ...... first Stand back, a few of you. ”

"If you want to ring the bell, you have to queue up, holding so much money, my hands are sore."

Xue Bai stepped forward and said, "I don't ring the bell, I have something to tell General Guo." ”

"Then you knock it, a few of you are optimistic, knock a thousand dollars, don't let them knock more......"

"Boom! Boom! ”

In the sound of the bell, Xue Bai and Guo Qianli walked through the newly rebuilt temple, inexplicably a little absurd.

"General Guo is doing these things now?"

"Isn't that what it is? Can I go back to Longyou to kill the enemy? Guo Qianli said: "It's like an old horse can't go to the battlefield, he can only carry things, if he can't even carry things, then he is not far from death." ”

"I'm not far from death." Xue Bai said: "This time, Wu Huaishi and King Shou framed me for a big crime. ”

"What?!" Guo Qianli was surprised at first, and then nodded and muttered: "If it is Xue Lang that you are in trouble again, it is normal, what happened?" ”

"General Guo will naturally know what happened." Xue Bai said: "General Guo only needs to help me bring a sentence to General Gao, okay?" ”

"Okay, you say."

Xue Bai wanted to say a lot to Gao Lishi face to face, but now he only has a chance to convince the other party with a word, which is much more difficult.

He groaned and said, "I am a courtier, and I only care about the affairs of the court, not the affairs of the palace. The recent strife is all because I have done my duty as a royal historian. ”

Guo Qianli heard the mist and asked, "Can you do this?" Otherwise, I'll help you tell General Gao, whatever he asks, I'll answer it for you. ”

"No need."

Xue Bai guessed that if Gao Lishi also decided to get rid of him, it must be because he stretched his hand too long and probed the matter of the palace that should not be investigated, and it was the most important thing to clear this point.

This matter also involves another character, Chen Xuanli.

"Where is General Chen today?"

"In the Yamen of the Longwu Army, I can control him, only he can control me."

"Okay."

Xue Bai asked, and when he turned his head, he saw a group of guards walking towards him, and he exhaled a breath and met them.

"Xue Bai? You've been working all day, but it's easy to find. ”

"Thank you, please."

"You guys!" Guo Qianli shouted and said, "What are you doing?!" ”

"General Guo, just remember to help me bring the words."

Xue Baitou beckoned without looking back.

~~

Outside Baoshou Temple, Diao Bing hurried to the side of the car and whispered, "Lang Jun has been taken away." ”

Du Yan asked, "Do you know where to take it?" ”

"Diao Geng has already followed."

"Let's go back to East City first."

Du Yan lowered the car curtain, looked at the lively scene inside and outside Baoshou Temple, and said that it is really a prosperous era now.

She had to prepare for the worst.

~~

At the same time, Xue Zhai.

Li Yuesu came over to talk to Yan Yan again today.

She is very different from Li Tengkong and Li Jilan, that is, she is not like them who always casually mention Xue Bai, she really likes to play with Yan Yan. But she still got a warning and wanted to find out something.

The two first read the picture book of the gourd baby painted by Yan Yan and listened to her story.

When the last page was turned, Li Yuesu was a little unsatisfied, and the story was no longer simple, she thought about it and pointed to the unfinished painting on the table and asked, "What is that?" ”

"That's a new story, I'll tell the county lord later."

"Don't you say it today?"

"Hmm."

Yan Yan put away her picture book, looking a little depressed.

"It's hard to tell this story now, and it's insinuating to be blamed."

"What's wrong?" Li Yuesu asked tentatively, "Did you encounter something?" ”

Yan Yan beckoned mysteriously and whispered, "My husband is in trouble again, saying that it is related to the murder case in the city." ”

"That'...... Can I help? Li Yuesu asked like this, and said in her heart that Yan Yan had finally taken the bait.

"The county lord seems to be able to really help."

"Say, what are you going to do?"

"Lang Jun was accused of sending someone to kill the eunuch of the Inner Servant Province, I guess, it should be related to the fact that he and the county lord went to the Yeting Palace, and the palace may call the county lord to interrogate again."

Li Yuesu said: "How do I answer? ”

After asking like this, she thought of something, and then asked, "Aren't you afraid that I will harm your husband?" ”

According to her position, if she takes the opportunity to get rid of Xue Bai, she can sweep away a strong opponent for the East Palace.

Yan Yan was asked, exhaled helplessly, and said, "I can't care so much, anyway, he caused trouble, I helped him ask my friend." ”

Li Yuesu couldn't help but smile when she heard this, and said, "We are friends? ”

"Of course."

The two chatted for a while, and a servant girl from the county lord's mansion rushed over and said, "The county lord, the palace is calling, please come to the palace......

~~

Xingqing Palace.

Gao Lishi originally planned to leave the palace and return to the house today, but before leaving, he was called back, and waited outside the Nanxun Hall for a while before seeing Yuan Siyi come out.

The two of them are both the Sanpin Inner Chamberlain Supervisor of the Inner Servant Province, but Yuan Siyi was very respectful to Gao Lishi, and saluted: "General Gao has been waiting for a long time." ”

"The saint is resting?"

"Yes, the concubine is not here, the saint's mood has not been high recently, and he caught up with King Shou to come to such a thing."

The content of Li Xuan's report was also simple, saying that Xue Bai had told Li Jin that Li Qian was still alive, and the sage was very unhappy when he heard it.

Colliers wrote lightly: "Maybe there is a misunderstanding." ”

Yuan Siyi smiled and said, "The sage is in a bad mood and is too lazy to deal with this matter, so he issued an edict and asked General Gao to take full responsibility for this matter." ”

"Yes."

Colliers bowed to the South Kaoru Temple.

He was not surprised that the saint handed over this matter to him, because the news of the accidental killing of the emperor's grandson came back then, and it was he who went to deal with it.

Now that the old thing is brought up again, it seems that he didn't do his errand, or he hid some ulterior secret, and he has been on duty in Miyagi for so many years, which is the most taboo thing for him.

Because of his age, he felt a little dizzy when he looked up, and the images of memories flashed in his mind, and in the pool of blood was a pale and immature face......

(End of chapter)