The weather in Chang'an in May is getting hotter, but the dragon pond in Xingqing Palace is very cool.

Yang Yuhuan climbed to the attic near Shen Xiangting and could see that a new amusement field was being built by the Dragon Pond, which was almost completed.

It was the second secret room designed by Yang Guozhong for the sage, which was arranged according to the story of the Zhiwei, which tells the story of the Yongjia Rebellion, when a woman named Peng E fled into the mountains to avoid the thieves, and saw many ghosts, so that the sage could go to find Peng E.

Li Longji was looking forward to this matter, but Yang Yuhuan was not, feeling that what Yang Guozhong made was more like offering beauties to the saint. As far as she was concerned, the playable things were far inferior to the one that Xue Bai had originally arranged.

Speaking of Xue Bai, it has been a month since he returned to Chang'an, but he didn't come to see her, and the two only met from afar at the head of the Vermilion Bird Gate.

happened to think of him, Zhang Yunrong came back over there, and went to Yang Yuhuan's side to say a word.

"Concubine, the saint is coming later, and he is still in the Qinzheng Building at the moment, and the saint is disposing of the impeachment of Xue Lang when the slave and maid pass."

"He's guilty again? It's only been a few days since I've been back. Yang Yuhuan seemed to be amused, "Which one impeached him again?" ”

It is said that he was named Yang Qixuan, who was jealous of Xue Bai and sued Diao. But Zhang Yan was supporting Yang Qixuan in front of the saint, saying that Xue Bai was not. ”

"Huh?" Yang Yuhuan was still smiling, and asked leisurely, "Didn't you say that Xue Bai is Zhang Yan's illegitimate son?" ”

"Don't be joking, this time it's a big crime of rebellion."

"How did Xue Bai defend himself?"

Zhang Yunrong shook his head and said, "I haven't seen Xue Lang." ”

Yang Yuhuan was originally sitting lazily, but when he heard the words, he straightened up and waited cautiously.

In her opinion, it doesn't matter if she is guilty of rebellion, she is afraid of losing the trust of the saint. In the past, Xue Bai had accumulated the goodwill accumulated by eating, drinking, and having fun with the saints, but in the past few years, it has almost been exhausted in the outspoken admonitions.

She didn't know exactly what was going on, and it was difficult for her to intervene in national affairs, and she didn't know how to help talk about it. Presumably, as long as Xue Bai can face the saint, he will be able to explain it clearly.

Thinking about it like this, he turned his head again and saw the amusement field being built by the Dragon Pond, and there was brilliance in Yang Yuhuan's bright eyes.

~~

Zhongshu Gate Lower Province.

Xue Baicai was impeached after being moved to the Zhongshu Sheren, which made his appointment not smooth. His colleagues were reluctant to assign him errands, believing that he would soon be demoted.

The errand of the Zhongshu Sheren is to make edicts and seal books, and to be able to see the latest will of the imperial court and master the secrets is equivalent to mastering great power. Xue Bai wanted this power very much, but he was not in a hurry, what he wanted to do now was to protect Li Xiu and fight back against Yang Qixuan's impeachment.

The general method was already thought of, but he found it very difficult to implement, because he couldn't avoid those who stood at the pinnacle of power. Acting in Chang'an is dealing with people, but it is not as good as encountering specific things in localities and border towns.

On this day, he was looking through the past edicts in the government office and found a copy of the "Destiny for the Tibetan System" in the early years, which was very interesting.

In the first few sentences, you can feel Li Longji's anger against Tubo - "Only the Tubo clown, selfless and virtuous, invaded the domain, plundered the frontier, and did not forget to learn from it." ”

Later, it ordered each military town to assemble strong soldiers to defend against Tibet, and wrote the distribution of troops in several military towns, with nearly 40,000 people on Longyou, divided into Lintao, Heyuan, Anren, Baishui, Jishi, Momen Army and other legions; There were 26,000 men in Hexi, divided into Chishui, Yumen, Doulu and other legions......

Xue Baizheng was fascinated, thinking that it was no wonder that the scholar was the prime minister; The Diao brothers were literate in the antechamber of the official house, drowsy, and yawning.

In the quiet and peaceful atmosphere, the sound of small footsteps suddenly came from under the porch.

"It's time to eat." Diao Geng stretched his waist, their official family, at present, only the handyman who puts food will come over sometimes.

However, it was not a handyman who came, but a figure in a skirt turned into the door, and it was a beautiful little lady.

Diao Geng only felt that the beauties he had seen in his life had not been around Xue Bai much, and he was surprised at the same time, and muttered to Diao Bing in a low voice: "The imperial city is in the province, how can you let the little lady break in." ”

"Don't talk."

Behind the screen, Xue Bai also raised his head, only to see Xie Aman walking slowly, looking at his official as he walked.

"I haven't seen you in a long time."

"I'm married." Xie Aman said suddenly.

Xue Bai was stunned for a moment and said with a smile: "Congratulations." ”

"Congratulations on your size, I lied to you." Xie Aman said: "On the contrary, I should congratulate you, you got your wish and became a high-ranking official of the fifth grade." ”

"Yu Lu is still not as good as Xie Xiaoniang."

"Hush."

Xie Aman is indeed rich, so he didn't refute it, and finally got down to business, saying, "I'm here to bring you a trip to Xingqing Palace tomorrow evening." This is a message, not a message. ”

"The Imperial Banquet?"

"That's not it, it's to accompany the saint and the concubine to visit the newly completed secret room in the palace, this is still a novelty that you came up with first, and the saint intends to let you comment on Yang Guozhong's arrangement."

Xue Bai didn't have too many surprises when he heard this, but frowned slightly.

In the past, he had been trying his best to get rid of the label of "retainer", and before he joined the ranks, there were still some righteous and capable people in the DPRK and China, who could raise their voices from time to time. He has tried not to accompany Li Longji as much as possible, in order to make it easier to get the support of this part of the people.

As a result, in the past two years, the atmosphere seems to have changed, and the people of the world are gradually not ashamed of being a courtier, but proud of climbing power and attaching themselves to nobles. This trend is especially obvious after Yang Guozhong's worship of the prime minister.

So what's the point of resolutely rejecting being a courtier?

Xie Aman waited for a while, and seeing that Xue Bai did not react, he stretched out his hand and shook it in front of him, and said, "You are the one who has the order." ”

"Didn't Little Lady Xie come to talk?"

"Then you'll have to say yes."

Xue Bai thought about it, and actually asked, "Can I bring someone with me?" ”

Xie Aman was stunned for a moment and asked, "Who to bring?" ”

"Li Linfu's seventeenth daughter, the disciple of Princess Yuzhen, vacate the sky."

"In this way, the rumors in the capital that you are jealous of others are true?"

Xue Bai said: "Tengkongzi is also a distant relative of the clan, and in previous years, she was also present as a family member at the imperial banquet. I believe that the saint has a big heart and will not embarrass her. As for Li Linfu's conspiracy against him, the case has already been decided. The dead will not defend themselves, and the saints may listen to the Li family's words. ”

Xie Aman was surprised and said, "You are too bold, you dare to bargain with the saint, you are really not afraid of being punished?" Don't forget, the piece of impeachment against you is still so thick. ”

"I beg the little lady to convey this request for me."

"You're so kind to me." Xie Aman criticized Xue Bai in a praising tone, "Wait, I'll ask for you." But don't expect much from such a child's play......"

~~

The next day, it was nearly dusk.

Xue Bai went to the guest room to pick up Li Tengkong and enter the palace together, only to see that she changed into the Taoist robe again.

"Are you getting better?" Xue Bai asked, worried that her body would not be able to support her body when she made this trip.

"Don't worry, I'm a doctor, and it's no big deal."

"Don't worry, I heard that doctors can't treat themselves."

"Only heart disease or self-healing." Li Tengkong said something as usual, and after that, she glanced at Xue Bai and added in a low voice, "You cured the heart disease." ”

The sound was like a mosquito, but Xue Bai still heard it, took her hand, and walked out.

"This time I entered the palace and it was an opportunity. When the news spreads, the officials will wonder if anyone in your family has received the favor again. If you do it again, you will be afraid of it. In addition to this, we can also intercede with the saints. Have you thought of the rhetoric? ”

"Said it was planted by Yang Guozhong or An Lushan?"

"No, saints don't like to hear that." Xue Bai said, "What we can do is to plead, not explain." The plea should first show how valuable the Li family is, and you should say that your grandfather is doing something for the saint, but he has not finished it......"

While talking, the two left Xue's house.

Li Tengkong couldn't help but glance back, feeling a little uneasy in his heart.

Xue Bai actually saw what she was thinking, and seemed to chatter: "You have been to the imperial banquet, so you shouldn't be too nervous." Yan Yan is playful, I don't like the accompanying scenes, I'll set up a small secret room when I go back, can you play with her? ”

"Okay."

Only then did Li Tengkong feel a little more steady.

But when Xingqing Palace got closer and closer, she remembered that she had now become the daughter of a rebel, and that uneasiness surfaced again.

~~

When the dusk drum first sounded, Yang Yuhuan had already changed into a polo uniform.

Not to play polo, but to get ready to go into the new secret room. According to Yang Guozhong, there are a lot of ghosts and ghosts inside, which are very scary, so she can change into this light clothes and run away.

In fact, she has a dress that Xue Bai offered, which is light and good-looking, but it is too novel, and the top and pants are still separated, so it is not suitable to wear it in front of everyone and be pointed at.

Due to the heat today, after changing her clothes, she was slightly sweaty.

Yang Yuhuan is very satisfied with everything about herself, but this easy sweating makes her very annoyed, although she soaks the sweat with musk every day, she still hates the feeling of sweat.

"After a while, it will be hotter every day, so it would be good to go to Lishan to bathe from time to time." She muttered to herself.

Zhang Yunrong, who was serving beside him, smiled and said, "Where does the concubine want to go, don't you just talk to the sage?" ”

"That's exactly the case, and it's troublesome to work hard and move the crowd. Prepare some water, and I'll bathe again at night. ”

While talking, a little eunuch came to deliver a decree, saying that he could go to Longchi with the saint.

This shows that the courtiers who came to accompany him are already waiting, Yang Yuhuan can't help but wonder, did Xue Bai really bring Li Tengkong?

Because it is neither a royal banquet nor a government, Li Longji does not put on the score of the Son of Heaven tonight, but wears a robe, although it does not hide the majesty of the Son of Heaven, but it shows more graceful temperament.

He was very interested, and when he arrived at Longchi, the first thing he said when he saw Yang Guozhong was "Yang Qing can do anything, give a glass of wine first".

"Thank you, saint." Yang Guozhong smiled, took the wine brought by Gao Lishi with both hands, and said: "The minister is also a little nervous, the minister is also a little nervous, the minister is planning this meeting for the first time, I am afraid that it will not be done well, and it will even scare the saint." ”

"I can't be scared, the more terrifying the better." Li Longji smiled and said: "You can even arrange the soldiers and horses for the battle of Nanzhao, how can you not schedule this little game?" Be bold and do it. ”

"Commandment." Yang Guozhong said: "The minister will go and prepare." ”

After that, he was about to retreat, but he glanced at Xue Bai. Xue Bai was also the envoy of You Ye at that time, and now he is one of his concurrent errands, which is the fat difference of gathering the sacred heart and making money. He was afraid that he would be snatched back by Xue Bai, so he worked hard to do a good job tonight.

Xue Bai was still not interested in You Ye's envoy, and was more concerned about Li Tengkong's state.

Princess Xianyi was also there today, and she saw Li Tengkong, a close friend of the former boudoir, but she didn't know her, obviously she didn't want to be implicated, and even said to Gao Lishi, "How can the daughter of a rebel minister be qualified to enter the palace to meet her".

Over there, Li Longji chatted with Yang Guozhong, and also saw Xue Bai, and said, "I ask you, have you committed the crime of defrauding the king?" ”

This question was asked very broadly, perhaps to ask whether Xue Bai had stripped off Li Linfu's purple gold court clothes, or whether Xue Bai was an accomplice in the rebellion case. Actually, Xue Bai really has a rebellion...... Yang Qixuan hit by mistake, and he was really impeached.

"No." Xue Bai responded, "The minister thinks that Yang Qixuan has committed the crime of defrauding the monarch and framed the minister. ”

He was sure that Li Longji would not dig up Li Linfu's body again to confirm. Because of a small case, ruining the reputation of the Son of Heaven is really not worth it. This determination made him look very sincere and frank, Li Longji squinted his eyes and looked at it, but he couldn't see the flaws in Xue Bai's eyes.

"In that case, you can also come, and allow you to bring Li Qiniang."

"Yes." Xue Bai said: "Sage, the reason why the minister was involved in Li Linfu's case was because of Li Qiniang. Or is it because the minister found out that Li Xiu is still of great use in Sheji......"

Li Longji interrupted him and said, "I didn't summon you tonight to let you do something. ”

Xue Bai actually dared to speak, and said: "Kechen is impeached, if this matter is not explained clearly, the minister will not dare to enter with the saint, so as not to be slandered even more." ”

"Shaft, dare to make a request to me." Li Longji snorted and said, "If you can get through Yang Qing's secret room tonight, I will listen to your explanation." ”

"I will do my best."

Xue Bai then took Li to vacate the sky and walked with the team to the huge building by the Dragon Pond.

The last time Xue Bai presented the secret room to Li Longji, Li Linfu was still alive and sitting at the top of the imperial banquet. At that time, Li Longji at least had one more rule, the prime minister was not a courtier, and he didn't have to have fun with him.

Now that Li Linfu is dead, convicted, and his coffin has been moved, it has not affected Li Longji's fun at all, and he has not even said anything to ask Li Tengkong for an explanation.

In this regard, Li Tengkong was a little unexpected, and many of the words he prepared could not be used, so he couldn't help but worry.

"Did the saint let me go into the secret room with you without asking me?"

"Yes." Xue Bai nodded and said in a low voice: "It can be seen that he understands in his heart that your grandfather has nothing to do with Li Xianzhong's rebellion." ”

"Then why should the saints be condemned?"

"Let the world vent its anger." Xue Bai said.

Li Tengkong was gloomy when he heard this.

Xue Bai felt that this was a good thing, if for Li Longji, the purpose of pursuing Li Linfu was to deal with the crowd, then there would be more opportunities to intercede for Li Xiu and others.

Of course, what Li Longji thinks about it remains to be seen.

……

This time the scene was big and there were many people involved.

In addition to Li Longji, Gao Lishi, Chen Xuanli, and Yang Yuhuan, there are also several princesses such as Princess Xianyi and Princess Ningqin.

They walked into the secret room, the door behind them slowly closing, and it was dark before them.

Xue Bai was only in charge of scheduling before, and this was the first time he participated in the secret room arranged by Yang Guozhong, so let's see how good his people are.

There was the neighing and screaming of horses in the darkness, followed by a deep voice.

"In the rebellion of Jin Yongjia, the county has no owner, and the strong and weak are violent."

The narrator disappeared, and there was a violent banging at the gate, as if countless thieves were chasing them.

I have to say that Yang Guozhong's momentum is very good, which provokes Chen Xuanli to press the handle of the knife in his hand, and frequently look back at the door, worried that Yang Guozhong will rebel.

Chen Xuanli even felt that the saint should not play such a dangerous thing again.

Suddenly there was a light ahead, and everyone approached and looked at it in amazement.

Yang Guozhong actually moved a mountain over, and two huge rockery stones stood there, leaving only a cunning passage in the middle. The light came through the front of the passage.

"This Yang Guozhong really has some means."

Li Longji sighed with emotion and walked into the passage. Seeing this, Chen Xuanli hurriedly led people to block the front, letting the saint walk in the middle of the line.

Xue Bai guessed that Yang Guozhong was only afraid that he wouldn't be able to think of too many good ideas, and if he wanted to create a frightening without scaring Li Longji, it was likely that he would quietly drag the last person away.

So, when he saw Princess Xianyi and Yang Wei preparing to follow, he immediately led Li Tengkong to take the lead.

"What are you doing?" Princess Xianyi was dissatisfied.

Xue Bai didn't say anything, just looked at Yang Xun, raised his hand, and asked silently, "Do you want me to tell me about your outer room?" ”

Yang Wei quickly understood the meaning, and hurriedly appeased Princess Xianyi, and received several scoldings for this, but fortunately, he didn't care how far he could go in this secret room.

The crowd continued on their way.

Princess Xianyi walked in front of Yang Wei and suddenly felt someone pat her on the shoulder. When he turned his head, Yang Xun was still there, but his face was wooden.

"What are you doing?"

"What?" Yang Wei didn't know why.

So, she looked up and saw a long-tongued ghost crawling silently above the stone wall, and it was it that reached out and patted itself.

"Ahh

But it was Li Tengkong who turned his head to look, was startled, and shrank into Xue Bai's arms.

"Afraid of what?" Princess Xianyi glared at the long-tongued ghost and shouted: "It's pretending to be at first glance, it's not scary at all." ”

The long-tongued ghost struggled to strike a frightening pose, and his mouth made a terrible sound that wanted to snatch and devour.

"It's noisy."

As soon as Princess Xianyi stretched out her hand, she tore off her tongue, and when she held it in her hand, it was smooth and greasy, and it turned out to be a few pieces of duck intestines.

In this way, the ghost was immediately embarrassed.

Although he often sang in the palace in the past, he was inexperienced in pretending to be a ghost, and he really didn't know what to do when he encountered this kind of arrogance.

Ahead, Li Longji turned his head and looked at this scene, although he still laughed twice, he seemed to have greatly lost his interest.

The terrible atmosphere that Yang Guozhong painstakingly built seemed to have been destroyed from the beginning.

It's not as good as the last "Youxian Cave", which is the theme that Yang Guozhong is really good at.

However, many people saw Xue Bai holding Li Tengkong in his arms, among them, Gao Lishi shook his head, thinking that it was inappropriate for them to hug in front of the emperor.

"Still hugging?"

Princess Xianyi snorted coldly and sneered: "I'm most annoyed by people like you who pretend to be delicate, get out of the way!" ”

She took a step forward, pushed Xue Bai to the stone wall, grabbed the front, turned her head to Yang Xun and said, "Come here!" Don't you understand? Walk in the end and you're going to be caught......"

~~

Across the wall, Yang Guozhong's ears were also echoing the sentence "If you walk in the end, you will definitely be arrested", and his face gradually became difficult to see.

"Right Minister, are you still caught?"

"You shouldn't use goblins." Yang Guozhong muttered, and said to himself in annoyance: "The idea of "Fox Girl" is clearly better, I have to find novelty for the saint. ”

"Right Minister, do you still want to catch it?"

"Catch." Yang Guozhong stubbornly said, "Arrest Princess Xianyi, I will ask her in person." ”

He imagined that if there was no Princess Xianyi, the situation might be salvageable.

However, a eunuch said: "Right Prime Minister, Xue Bai has been arrested." ”

"What?"

Yang Guozhong was stunned for a moment, turned his head to look, and saw Xue Bai and Li Tengkong holding hands.

"How are you?"

"I'm eliminated." Xue Bai said.

Yang Guozhong said: "But it's clear that you are not at the end. ”

Xue Bai spread his hands and smiled without saying a word.

It's a two-story attic, and you can see the people below from above.

At this time, there was another shout, Yang Guozhong thought that someone was frightened by him, and rushed to the small window to take a look, but saw Princess Xianyi holding a fork, chasing a few ghosts.

And the saint stood there, looking a little bored.

Xue Bai also walked over and said, "If you don't do a good job, it's not a big deal, but if the saint thinks that Brother You're incompetent, then it's not good." ”

Yang Guozhong hadn't heard Xue Bai call him "Brother" for a long time, so he froze slightly, and said with a smile: "Does Ah Bai have a way to teach me?" ”

"Brother, how is this secret room arranged?"

"It's based on a story I hired to write to make the saint feel the strange ghosts of the mountains......

Yan Yan had also read this story, and had also beaten Xue Bai with it, so Xue Bai also knew that the general idea of this story was nothing more than the adventures of a mountain ghost named Peng E, so he asked, "Is there Peng E in the story?" ”

"There's that too." Yang Guozhong said: "I deliberately found a beauty, and I put it at the last moment, waiting for the saint to save it." ”

Xue Bai looked at it and saw that Princess Xianyi had driven away all the ghosts in the first secret room, he shook his head and said, "Change it temporarily." ”

"How to change?"

"Change to Peng E." Xue Bai groaned: "I deliberately left a clue for the saint, just saying that Peng E was hiding in his team, and he wanted to sacrifice them all to the mountain ghosts." The saint needs to find out who Peng E is. ”

"Don't you need the beauty I hid anymore?"

"Yes, now let the saint guess who the bad guy is in the ranks."

Yang Guozhong asked, "What about ...... Who is Peng E? ”

"If the saint can't guess, he will find it interesting." Xue Bai thought for a while and said, "Concubine." ”

"Concubine?"

Yang Guozhong immediately shook his head and said, "If it were me, I would be the first to guess the concubine." Why don't you use Princess Ningqin? She is the most inconspicuous. ”

"No, only the concubine can." Xue Bai said, "Even if the sage guessed it at the beginning, I believe that the concubine would have a way to hide it." ”

He needs a woman who is smart, playful, understands the mind of a saint, and is willing to cooperate, and Yang Yuhuan is the best choice.

~~

The secret room is getting more and more boring.

Until a little ghost caught by Princess Xianyi suddenly screamed.

"Peng E save me, Peng E save me, you and the king of Hades said okay, take these people to sacrifice to the king of Hades......"

The drowsy Li Longji suddenly squinted his eyes, glanced at the people around him, and said, "Peng E is in this team?" ”

He looked at Yang Yuhuan first.

Yang Yuhuan also just cheered up, his eyes showed innocence, he shook his head, and said, "It's not a concubine." ”

Li Longji still had doubts in his heart, and asked the little ghost, "Is Peng E a man or a woman?" Li Qiniang is Peng E? ”

He's already in playful mode.

And this is actually the game he is best at, guessing who is the betrayer around him.

He's been playing this game for most of his life, and he can't go wrong.

“……”

Xue Bai stood in the attic and watched, only to see that the people below gradually began to explore, and after another scene, they were separated.

He thought about it for a moment, and quietly went down the attic and into the dimly lit secret room.

"Sister."

Yang Yuhuan was looking around, looking for clues with great interest, turned his head to see Xue Bai, and said happily: "You are resurrected?" Who is Peng E? ”

"Sister, how about you come to be Peng E?"

Yang Yuhuan was stunned for a moment and did not answer immediately.

She was playful, she was on the rise, and she was a little eager to try to see if she could hide it from everyone. But I am also a little worried that after playing with the saint, it will make the saint feel guilty.

"Why do you want me to do it? Didn't you arrange it beforehand? ”

"Because Yang Guozhong has no talent, I plan to help him for the time being, so as not to make An Lushan big."

Xue Bai didn't know if he was talking about this secret room or the situation in the court.

He didn't have much time, and said: "Here, Peng E is equivalent to the rebel, it may be Li Xianzhong, it may be Li Linfu, it may be An Lushan, it may be me." But I want the saint to know that sometimes, his suspicions may not be right. ”

Li Longji has been guessing, so let him guess enough.

(End of chapter)