Yang Guozhong's mansion has been expanding, and if it weren't for the fact that there are too many powerful people around, it would have been eager to occupy the entire Xuanyang Fang.

The threshold in the hall of the front yard has been replaced by rosewood from the original rosewood, and it has been much higher. On this day, when Yang Guanghui arrived, he had to lift his robe, raise his legs, and cross the threshold with a slightly embarrassed movement.

In the hall, several plump maids were forming a circle.

"Right phase?"

Yang Guanghui poked his head and looked at the plump buttocks and fat breasts, and asked tentatively, "Can the right phase be inside?" ”

"You shit." Yang Guozhong's voice was much more majestic than before, but it still carried a hint of frivolity, and said: "A little case has not been handled well until now, and people say that there is not even a cool official under the prime minister!" ”

After that, an official document was smashed out by him. It's a pity that he was blocked by a maid and couldn't smash out of the circle. She hurriedly picked up the paperwork from her breast, threw it towards Yang Guanghui's head, and scolded "waste".

"After the martial arts, there are Zhou Xing and Junchen from time to time. A few years ago, the world scolded 'Luo Tong Ji Net', but I didn't expect you to even be able to compare with Luo Tong Ji Net! Yang Guozhong continued to scold.

"The experience of the lower officials in prison is insufficient, insufficient."

Yang Guanghui picked up the official document and glanced at it, it was about Ji Wen's case.

In fact, this case had already been convicted when he was in Lishan, and Xue Bai led the sage to see Sun Xiaozhe and Ji Wen's rebellious act of murdering Wang Zhonghei in the Xixiuling Descending Temple. At least at that time, the saint was very angry and ordered it to be dealt with strictly.

If Yang Guozhong only wanted to kill a Ji Wen, it would be very easy, and if he killed someone in prison, the saint would not ask. But Yang Guozhong is a very practical person, he can say such insightful words, which shows that he has a clear understanding of the official career, so he hopes to implicate An Lushan in the case by investigating Ji Wen.

The two had a feud over officials in the early years, and An Lushan was able to please the saint more shamelessly than him, which in turn affected his power, and he was regarded as a great enemy.

In short, Ji Wen's case was handled smoothly at the beginning, and a lot of greedy ink and stolen goods and robbing people's daughters were found, but without waiting for Yang Guanghui to strike while the iron was hot, the holy car returned to Chang'an from Lishan, plus many affairs such as Tianchang Festival and Yichu, this delay, Ji Wen may have received a tip-off letter, and has become hardened, and refuses to admit that his crime is related to An Lushan.

After dragging on for so long, Yang Guozhong finally became anxious, and after slapping Yang Guanghui, he said: "The prime minister has summoned Jia Jilin, the commander of Chang'an County, and ordered him to assist you in searching for evidence." ”

"Right phase, the lower function can do."

"You're a!"

This is the difference between Yang Guozhong and Li Linfu, when Suo Douji is the prime minister, a look can make people shudder, and Yang Guozhong's abuse will make him lose the sense of solemnity of the prime minister.

After a while, Jia Jilin also arrived and saluted respectfully.

"Jia County Order, I haven't seen you for a long time." Yang Guanghui greeted and asked, "Recently, I gave birth to a son and a half daughter." ”

"Ashamed, ashamed."

Jia Jilin wiped the sweat from his forehead, secretly thinking that he had done a lot of good deeds, but unfortunately he couldn't withstand the evil things he did for the officials, and he was afraid that it would be difficult to have children.

Yang Guozhong is impatient to listen to this, he is much more free and easy, and there are many more heirs, his wife Pei Rou gave birth to a son for him this year, named Yang Fei, although he does not look good, but after all, it is the Yang family.

"Without further ado, let's talk about Giwen's case."

"Whoa." Jia Jilin said: "The lower officials are very puzzled, why Jiwen, a high-ranking official of the imperial court, would rob the people's daughters? After the visit, it was found that it was the fifth year of Tianbao, and his only son Ji Dalang died in a casino. ”

Hearing this, Yang Guozhong squinted his eyes and remembered some old things; Yang Guanghui was sarcastic in his heart, and thought, what the right minister wants to deal with is An Lushan, but Jia Jilin ran to check these trivial things, what is the use?

Jia Jilin continued: "Jiwen regards the heir as a big thing, and likes to kidnap the kind of folk girl who has a big plate and is easy to raise. And the three domestic servants who took captives for him were An Lushan's subordinates. ”

"Are you sure?"

"There is a robbed girl on the outskirts of Chang'an, whose eldest brother once served in the army in Hedong and fought with those three domestic servants, and it is determined that she is a Hu person from the army, and she has Fan Yang's order."

Yang Guozhong was overjoyed, thinking that the official from the top of the champion was better than Yang Guanghui, who could only slap the horse, and asked: "Where are these three people now?" ”

"When Jiwen was captured, they were in Chang'an, and after learning the news, they fled to Anqingzong's mansion."

"Send someone to get it!" Yang Guozhong immediately shouted.

Yang Guanghui and Jia Jilin immediately received the order to do it. When a servant saw that the guest was leaving, he hurriedly rushed forward and said, "Ah Lang, Xue Bai is here, and he has asked him to wait in the corridor for a while." ”

"He's coming? Let him come over. ”

Facing Xue Bai, Yang Guozhong was much more solemn, drove all the maids around him back, put on a thick mink fur, and leaned on the stove with his legs crossed and waited.

Soon, Xue Bai arrived. He had long legs, and he crossed the high threshold with one step, and said casually: "Brother is becoming more and more like a prime minister." ”

"I'll only tell you from my heart, it's difficult for this prime minister to be a prime minister, and he has to do things for the saint, and he has to guard against all kinds of open guns and arrows."

The superior complains about his troubles, which is actually a means of showing closeness, and Yang Guozhong has now used it perfectly.

Xue Bai listened with a polite smirk, turned the topic to business, and said, "Just now I saw Jia Xianling and Yang Shaoqing leave, and after a few conversations, Brother seems to have found evidence of An Lushan's crime. ”

Yang Guozhong said: "It's not a big crime, but getting the evidence is a breakthrough." ”

"Have you ever thought about it? Even if you do the three parts of An Lushan, there is no damage to his strength in the slightest. On the contrary, he should feel the threat of the imperial court to him, and in terms of military strength, An Lushan now has an advantage over us. ”

"How do you know I'm going to take his part?"

Xue Bai once served as the county lieutenant of Chang'an, and Jia Jilin was the county magistrate at that time, so naturally there was nothing he couldn't find out, and he came here for this matter today.

"I heard it by chance." Xue Bai responded, and said in a deep voice: "How about I give my brother an idea?" ”

"What's your idea?"

"Be reconciled with An Lushan."

"Fart!" Yang Guozhong said, "Don't talk about my past grievances with that miscellaneous hu, even if he says he is willing to reconcile, do you believe it?" He's stronger than me, can he listen to me? ”

"It's just a plan to delay the army and paralyze An Lushan." Xue Bai said, "The court has changed the prince, and for the time being, I will let King Qing win him over and put some nails beside him." ”

"What nails?"

"Gwen."

"Don't think about it, Giwin won't listen to you, don't forget, how his son died."

Xue Bai didn't forget, so he said: "Therefore, it is up to you to come forward, and then you will talk to Ji Wen like this......"

The two discussed a few words in a low voice, Yang Guozhong's eyes rolled, he thought for a while, and also thought that Xue Bai's idea should be better than Jia Jilin's, so he nodded.

~~

An Qingzong originally lived in the Dongping County Mansion, which Li Longji gave to An Lushan, and after marrying the Rongyi County Lord, he moved to the County Lord's Mansion, which was very respectful of the court's etiquette, otherwise, as the eldest son of the Dongping County King, he could marry the county lord home.

After getting married, the husband and wife got along very well, and Qin Se and Ming.

An Qingzong is very good at opera and dance, on this day, the lord of Rongyi played the piano, and he wore a wide-sleeved robe and danced at home.

Looking at An Qingzong's flexible body, Lord Rongyi couldn't help asking: "The king of Dongping County is so fat, why don't you look like him?" ”

"My grandfather wasn't born fat, he had a strange disease."

"What's the strange disease?"

"A strange disease that makes people fat?"

Lord Rongyi's eyes rolled, he thought for a while, and asked, "Gluttony?" ”

"Hahaha." An Qingzong laughed, thinking that his wife was very cute, so he wanted to kiss Fangze.

At this time, someone in the palace reported: "Shizi, an official has come with a messenger to take the people in the house." ”

An Qingzong was very surprised when he heard this, with An Lushan's powerful position, he had never encountered such a situation, at first glance, he was very unhappy and repulsed, and immediately went out to check in person.

Seeing Yang Guanghui, he frowned and said, "Okay, it turns out that the right minister wants to exclude dissidents and deceived my family!" ”

Jia Jilin hurriedly stepped forward, took out a few confessions from his sleeve and handed them over.

"An Dalang misunderstood, today the officials came, because the three subordinates in your mansion seized the people's daughters and committed murder, the evidence is conclusive, Dalang, please take a look......"

An Qingzong immediately became embarrassed, although his status was high, he was actually a proton in Chang'an, and he was not involved in any affairs of government and power.

Yang Guanghui was a little surprised, he didn't expect the son of such a cunning person as An Lushan to be so weak and deceitful, so he waved his hand and shouted: "Take people away, whoever dares to stop them, take them together!" ”

He wished that An Qingzong would stop him, so that it could prove that the An father and son seemed to be respectful, but in fact they were domineering......

"Stop!"

Suddenly hearing this shout, Yang Guanghui was in the middle of it, and then he realized that the voice sounded from behind, and when he turned his head, he saw that it was Xue Bai.

He knew that Xue Bai had always been at odds with An Lushan, and he thought he had come to support, however, Xue Bai strode forward, but instead of standing on his side, he said: "It is the tribe of An Mansion that is committing the crime, it is private property, and it is handed over to An Dalang to dispose of." ”

An Qingzong breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.

As a person, when he learned that a tribe had committed evil things, he didn't want to protect it in his heart, but he was afraid that handing people over would make it seem that the Dongping County Mansion was too deceitful.

Xue Bai's proposal was very thoughtful to him, not only to deal with the evil tribes, but also to save the face of the county king's mansion.

"What?"

Yang Guanghui is not here to seek justice, but to find a handle to deal with An Lushan. Hearing this, he couldn't help but be anxious, thinking that Xue Bai didn't know the situation, so he immediately thought of whispering to the side.

Xue Bai just turned his head and glanced at him lightly, and said, "I have already persuaded the right minister." ”

In the eyes of others, this is another perception. In other words, others often say, "This is also the order of the right minister", but the subject of Xue Bai's words is himself, putting Yang Guozhong in the second place, even An Qingzong can feel his strength.

When Jia Jilin heard this, he immediately said: "In this way, I will listen to the orders of the right minister." ”

After that, he saluted An Qingzong and said: "Please also ask An Dalang to dispose of the evil servant, and send someone to inform the lower officials." ”

"Jia County Ling rest assured."

Yang Guanghui didn't expect such a result in the end.

Of course, he didn't think about what to do at the beginning today, and Jia Jilin said he wanted to take people, but in the end he didn't do anything. In short, it was a trip for nothing, but it seemed to have become a tool for Xue Bai to sell a favor to An Qingzong.

……

"Thank you Xue Lang today."

After dealing with the complicated and trivial matters, An Qingzong hurriedly invited Xue Bai to sit down in the hall and said, "I must remember Xue Lang's righteousness." ”

"Da Lang doesn't have to be like this, you and I are friends. After you married the lord of Rongyi, I felt that you were even closer. ”

An Qingzong didn't understand what Xue Bai's latter sentence meant.

Xue Bai then asked, as a reminder, and said, "Da Lang has seen His Highness recently?" ”

An Qingzong reacted, only to realize that it was his father-in-law, Li Cong, who had just been made the crown prince. In this way, he understood why Xue Bai said that they were closer to each other, because the two sides had a reason to cooperate and jointly support Li Cong.

Even he knew that Li Cong was able to ascend to the position of the crown prince, and it was Xue Bai who contributed to it.

He replied: "I haven't seen it yet, and you know that he lives in a simple place, and he is not as good as King Zhong. ”

Xue Bai nodded and said, "Speaking of King Zhong, I have heard some anecdotes. It is said that Li Linfu is also dissatisfied with the loyal king. I have secretly ordered your grandfather to prevent King Zhong from ascending the throne by force, but is there such a thing? ”

"Nope."

An Qingzong immediately shook his head, knowing that if he admitted it, it would be a big crime.

Xue Bai's expression was relaxed and reminded: "Da Lang, everyone knows about this matter, what's the benefit of hiding it?" Today, there is no one else, how about you and I talk openly and honestly? ”

"Xue Lang, but it doesn't hurt to say it." Anqingzong didn't say much, lest he lose his words.

"Over the years, there have been many rumors in the court that your grandfather is going to rebel, and he plans to raise troops when King Zhong succeeds to the throne...... This is by no means what I want to see for you. Xue Bai casually pointed to a few furnishings in the hall, and said with emotion: "How prosperous Chang'an is, Dalang and the county lord are immortal couples, why should they be involved in military disasters?" ”

When Anqingzong was very young, he lived a life of hunger and cold on the grassland and was ridiculed, and later came to Chang'an as a hostage, and saw this prosperous imperial capital, which had already sunk in it, and he would rather die of old age here, and nodded deeply when he heard the words.

"One day, His Royal Highness ascends the throne, your grandfather is reversed, on one side is Grandpa, and on the other hand, how do you deal with yourself?" Xue Bai spoke earnestly, completely for the sake of Anqing Sect's good tone.

"Presumably, Grandpa won't, right?"

"No, we need to persuade him." Xue Bai said, "If I guess, I am afraid that there will be no fewer people around him who persuade him to rebel." In the land of Hebei, there are many evils, and there are many grievances against the imperial court, this matter is true, but violence cannot solve the problem. ”

"How do you persuade him?" An Qingzong finally asked.

"Let's convey sincerity first." Xue Bai said: "I can't represent His Highness's attitude, but I can convey it on my behalf." His Royal Highness hopes to let your grandfather know that as long as he is willing to support His Majesty and His Royal Highness, and has always been a loyal minister of the Tang Dynasty, Sheji will not disappoint him. ”

I just contacted today, and I didn't say anything more practical, but An Qingzong could feel the change in Xue Bai's attitude towards An Lushan, and it was also the change in the attitude of some courtiers, which made him feel that everything was getting better.

After Xue Bai left, An Qingzong couldn't wait to open the letter and write a letter to his family, saying in a relaxed tone, "Grandpa's little uncle is willing to accept Grandpa."

~~

Jingzhao Prison.

Givin opened his eyes, and in the dim environment, he saw a familiar torture chamber.

He had tortured a lot of people here in the past, and if those people had wronged souls, he could fill this place to the brim. Even now, he is on trial here for a long time.

When the jailers walked, he was very familiar with the sound of the keys hanging from their waists, and he raised his head to look out, and after a while, he saw that it was Yang Guozhong.

"Spit pot?"

Geven's eyes lit up with surprise, and he smacked his lips and tried to spit out a mouthful of phlegm before spitting it into the spittle.

"Swallow it back!"

Yang Guozhong knew what this chicken tongue plague wanted to do at a glance, he was furious, raised his hand and shouted: "If you dare to spit out, I will pull your tongue off!" ”

Ji Wen was cold, but he still swallowed his saliva honestly, and "gurgled" in his mouth.

This is the prestige of the prime minister, Yang Guozhong is no longer a spit pot, but I don't know why he still came to this prison with the respect of the prime minister?

"I can't figure it out." Yang Guozhong said, "You are very loyal to An Lushan? After so long of trial, you refuse to bite him? ”

Gwen smiled, tugging at the scar on his face, grinning in pain.

"Shhh...... I'm not stupid, if you want to frame those big sins for An Fujun, if I admit it, not only will I die, but my whole clan will suffer. That's what I've done before, how can I not understand? ”

Yang Guozhong secretly scolded Yang Guanghui in his heart for being such a waste, and he didn't even know such a simple truth.

He didn't show weakness on his face, and asked with a smile: "You can stand the punishment?" ”

"Yang Zhao, your people can't do it, the torture is too bad." Ji Wen was actually urinating when he was tortured, but at this time he looked very hard, "When the torture instrument reaches their hands, it is like tickling." ”

Yang Guozhong saw his cowardice, and he really had the courage to continue to call him "spit pot" instead of "Yang Zhao", which is a title with some nostalgia.

"Hey, I'm still loyal to An Lushan."

Gwen licked his lips and didn't speak.

He has always had a price. As long as those in power can afford to pay the price, whoever is more expensive will follow him.

The two have partnered a lot before, and they have a very tacit understanding. Yang Guozhong laughed when he saw his expression, waved his hand, asked people to untie the chains on his body, and ordered him to bring some wine and food.

"Put that, don't get too close to him, he has a bad mouth."

"The right phase is more funny, and the villain stinks all over now." Ji Wen grabbed a lamb chop and hesitated to eat it, but he said first: "I don't admit to the great crime of treason." ”

"I didn't let you admit it." Yang Guozhong had a close smile on his face between old friends, and said, "You help me do things, I will let you go back to Fanyang, and you will find out the news of An Lushan for me." ”

This was what Giwen could accept, to be able to live, and not to implicate his family, so he picked up the leg of lamb and chewed it first.

"Right Minister, Yang Guanghui is here."

"Enter."

Soon, the door of the cell was pushed open, Yang Guanghui came in, and when he saw Ji Wen sitting there eating, he was surprised for a moment, and said, "Right Xiang, this is?" ”

"Do you want to explain it to you? Rubbish! ”

Giwin was smug in his heart, and lowered his head to silently chew the food in his mouth.

But he heard Yang Guanghui lean down in front of Yang Guozhong and said: "The lower official went to the Anqing Sect's Mansion to get people, but was stopped by Xue Bai. Presumably because of King Qing's relationship, they became a gang ......"

"Damn it."

At the end, Yang Guozhong said a sentence and muttered: "The shaft now wants to fight with me for power." ”

Jiwen's eyes rolled, and he faintly understood. The situation in the DPRK has changed, after the transposition of the East Palace. Xue Bai and An Lushan came together to support Li Cong. Yang Guozhong, as the prime minister, is destined not to let the support of the East Palace swell, and must be on the opposite side of them.

So, what about yourself?

First of all, you should save your life, and the others, of course, must stand on the opposite side of Xue Bai.

I haven't forgotten the revenge of killing my son.

Thinking about this, he swept away all the food, and Yang Guanghui also ended his report.

Yang Guozhong said: "Leave all your family members in Chang'an, including your concubines who are pregnant after snatching them, and go back to Fanyang." ”

"Don't worry, Jiwen is reliable."

They are old acquaintances of each other, and there is nothing to say, Yang Guozhong explained, and soon someone came to take Ji Wen away.

~~

"Gifaccio, is this out of prison?"

"yes."

"In this Jingzhao Mansion Prison, you can count the number of people who can get out of prison if they commit a major crime, Ji Facao This is Ji Ren's own natural appearance."

"Heh, Jiren."

Ji Wen smiled bitterly and walked down the long road.

His conversation with the jailer alarmed the prisoner in one of the prisons, who rushed to the gate and cried, "Is it Ji Gong?!" Save me! ”

"Who is this?"

"Help me, I can't stand it, I'm so miserable! Ji Gong, save me! ”

Listening to the sound of leaking wind from the front teeth, Giwen suddenly remembered who this was, he was a person who was used to torture, and he did not dislike it, and reached forward to pull away the prisoner's dirty hair.

"Is that you?"

Yang Qixuan raised his head, his eyes were full of emotion, and muttered, "Ji Gong still remembers me." ”

"How did you get in?" After too long, Ji Wen has forgotten what happened to Yang Qixuan.

"Wrong! I'm so wronged! Yuan Zai pointed out that our husband and wife beat each other, and I was the one who was beaten at all, but Eleven Niang was released in the court, but I was locked up here, I didn't have a food book, and they still ...... They also ......"

Ji Wen turned his head to look at the cell where Yang Qixuan was staying, and several prisoners looked up at him.

"I understand, let me go."

"Where to go."

Ji Wen didn't answer, just patted Yang Qixuan's shoulder and raised his hand to point.

He was referring to the north.

~~

That day, Xue Bai returned home, and Qinglan immediately greeted him.

While the housemother was still playing dominoes, she naturally let Xue Bai take her arms and whispered about various things.

"Lang Jun, someone is looking for you today."

"I guess, his surname is Yin, and he came with his wife and his sister?"

"How did Lang Jun know?" Qinglan admired, "Aunt Yin is also a Taoist priest, and she met Ji Lanzi, so she brought Mr. Yin to discuss poetry with you." I wanted to wait until the evening, but Mr. Yin had a wide range of friends and was invited away. ”

"Who's leaving?"

"Prince Wang Changling."

"Okay." Xue Bai said: "I'll go to Brother Wang's house to pay a visit later...... Is Ji Lanzi also gone? ”

He originally wanted to ask if Li Tengkong was still there.

Qinglan shook her head and said, "No, Niangzi, Yao Niang, Tengkongzi, and Ji Lanzi are still playing dominoes." I replaced Ji Lanzi for a while before and won a bead. ”

"It's good to take it when you see it."

The two of them gossiped at home without a match, and after a while, in the inner courtyard, Li Tengkong and Li Jilan came out, Qinglan hurriedly ran away, and said, "I'll arrange a meal!" ”

"Done? What about them? ”

"We're still fighting, let Mingzhu and Kyauknu replace us." Li Jilan took out her purse and shook it, indicating that it was already empty, and said, "Yao Niang is too good at dominoes, I can't bear it." ”

"Let's learn a lesson." Xue Bai did not encourage her to play dominoes.

Li Jilan didn't like those either, and said, "Xue Lang was not here in the afternoon, I brought a gentleman to see you, and he likes your poems very much." ”

"I've already met him."

"Sure enough, it's you!" Li Jilan was overjoyed, and couldn't wait to step forward and pull Xue Bai's sleeve to speak, and said with bright eyes: "I guessed that Mr. Yin saw you at the side door, otherwise who else would tease him?" ”

People who didn't know looked at her expression, and thought that Xue Bai had done something great.

Xue Bai was originally very casual, but he was a little ashamed.

In his spare time, he saw Li Tengkong standing there, as if trying to find a way to talk to him, and couldn't help but think of the little lingering between each other recently.

"By the way, are you going out of the city together for these two days?"

"Out of town? Go...... What to do? ”

"Oh, there's a fugitive." Xue Bai said: "I have to chase it." ”

"Do the Zhongshu people still want to chase fugitives?" Li Jilan said curiously.

"Where the duty lies." Xue Bai nodded seriously, hoping that Li Tengkong would believe that he really had something serious to do and wanted to go out of the city.

After a while, Li Jilan said again: "By the way, there is one more thing. Mr. Taibai wrote a poem to Mr. Yin, and Mr. Yin thought that Mr. Taibai might be in danger......"

"I know."

"Huh?" Li Jilan was surprised: "Xue Lang knows? ”

"Don't worry." Xue Bai said, "I have arranged for someone to go north to deal with this matter." ”

"Really? Who is arranged? ”

Xue Bai didn't answer immediately, but glanced at Li Jilan and found that she was indeed as beautiful as a peach and plum.

Li Jilan was confused by him, and hurriedly said, "Xue Lang is not at ease to tell me?" I like your poems, so I'm worried that Mr. Taibai won't talk nonsense. Oh, it's okay if you don't tell me. ”

"Arrange for someone who likes you to go north." Xue Bai then revealed a little to her.

"Like me?"

Li Jilan was puzzled, thinking about it that night, she couldn't guess who liked her......

(End of chapter)

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