East of Chang'an City, Baqiao Post House.

The wooden building was very old, and there was a creaking sound on the wooden floor of the small attic on the second floor.

Giwin stood by the window, looking downstairs, an ugly orchid in her forties, standing by the roadside to solicit customers, haggling with the coachmen of the caravan, and settling for two pennies.

Yang Qixuan walked to him with water and complained: "Anyway, you should also send an entourage, it's still far away to go to Fanyang." ”

"If you can't get used to it, go back to Jingzhao Mansion Prison." Not only does Gwen's bad breath but also his face stink.

But he also knew that it would definitely be impossible to return to Fanyang with only Yang Qixuan, so he had already contacted An Lushan's eyeliner in Chang'an and made an appointment to meet at the post house.

At this time, he felt a little troublesome, how to explain when the other party came.

Downstairs, the old orchid negotiated the price with the coachman, and entered the inn, and after a while, the old orchid's obviously false moans rang out.

They were downstairs, Yang Qixuan could see the woman's loose skin through the gap in the floor, and the man's gray and sparse head, he couldn't help but feel sad, thinking that he was a nobleman, why did he fall into the company of untouchables.

But in fact, the coachman at least had money for prostitution, and he and Gwin had no money to stay in the hotel, waiting for the man who took them to pay.

Just as I was thinking about it, there was dust and smoke rising from the west side of the official road.

"Phew!"

The horses galloped to the gate of the post house, and the first person turned over and dismounted, which was the chief of the guard of Anqingzong.

Jiwen was overjoyed, and was ready to go downstairs to greet him, order some wine and food, and change his room. But before he turned around, he saw that An Qingzong had also come in person, and there was another person beside him, which made him even more suspicious.

"That's? Xue Bai! ”

"What?"

Yang Qixuan was making the bed and folding the quilt, and when he heard the words, his color changed in shock, and he looked at the window and quickly shrank back.

Both of them have suffered big losses at the hands of Xue Bai. Hiding in the attic and looking at each other, not daring to go down.

It didn't take long for heavy footsteps to sound on the stairs, and then someone slammed on their door, and it rattled and shook down a cloud of dust, as if the building was going to be demolished.

"Mr. Ji, come out."

Ji Wen smacked his mouth and didn't dare to respond, turned his head to look, and saw that Yang Qixuan had shrunk to the bottom of the bed, shaking his head at him in horror, signaling that he didn't dare to go out.

Thinking that it was An Qingzong who came, how could he be regarded as his own person, Ji Wen calmed down a little and opened the door before it was knocked down.

"Da Lang is waiting downstairs, Mr. Ji, please."

"Yes."

Ji Wen was righteous and did not betray Yang Qixuan. went downstairs alone, only to see Xue Bai and An Qingzong sitting at a small table, chatting leisurely.

Seeing him, An Qingzong immediately asked, "How did Mr. Ji escape?" ”

"I ...... I bribed the officials of Jingzhao Mansion and escaped. ”

An Qingzong shook his head when he heard this, turned his head to look at Xue Bai, and said, "He said he escaped." ”

Ji Wen hurriedly changed the topic and said, "Da Lang, how can you get along with this son, he has always wanted to harm the prince." ”

"Not anymore." An Qingzong's tone was firm, and he said: "Xue Lang will soon reconcile with Grandpa and work together to contribute to the Tang Society." ”

"But he's good at deceiving people, Da Lang Mo was deceived by him." Ji Wen thought of the experience of being deceived by Xue Bai back then, and his tone was sincere.

Xue Bai didn't bother to answer his words, and asked, "You said you escaped?" ”

"Of course."

Xue Bai smiled slightly.

This smile suddenly made Ji Wen nervous, realizing that his lie was about to be exposed, and if they knew about his defection to Yang Guozhong, he was afraid that his life would not be guaranteed today.

He finally knew what Xue Bai was here to do, to ask for his life. And the method is very simple, just expose him in front of An Qingzong.

In panic, An Qingzong spoke.

"Mr. Ji, don't talk about it, the reason why you were able to get out of Jingzhao Mansion Prison is because Xue Lang and I put pressure on Yang Guozhong."

"This ...... Is it? ”

Giwin thought about it again, and suddenly understood. It turned out that Yang Guozhong felt the pressure and had to let him go, so he bought him in turn.

In this way, could he still have received Xue Bai's favor?

The hatred of killing his son is not shared, but he will not let go of the past festival because Xue Bai cooperated with An Lushan.

"We have come today to have something to say to you." An Qingzong's face was stiff, his expression was much more serious, and he said: "I already know about your robbery of people's girls in Chang'an, and I don't like it very much." ”

"Yes, yes, Xia Guan knows that he is wrong."

"If it weren't for Xue Lang to express his sincerity to Grandpa, I wouldn't have been willing to save you."

Giwin looked embarrassed and leaned down to listen.

I thought that it would be enough to be taught a lesson by An Qingzong, but I didn't expect An Qingzong to finish speaking, and he looked at Xue Bai and motioned for Xue Bai to say a few words as well.

Xue Bai was also not polite, and said with a faint expression: "My attitude towards An Lushan has changed, not to support his rebellious behavior, but to hope that he can be loyal to His Majesty and His Royal Highness; I agree to let you go back to Fanyang, not to condone your past evil deeds, but to let you inform An Lushan and be honest in the future. ”

These words are very harsh, but they are not suitable for Xue Bai, his identity and status and past relationships with each other are destined for him to have the opposite effect of such criticism.

When Ji Wen heard this, instead of wanting to reform himself, he thought that he must persuade An Lushan to rebel, and at the worst of all, he must persuade An Lushan to get rid of Xue Bai.

He responded in his mouth, listened respectfully to the training, and scolded secretly in his heart: "The shaft that should be killed, is it to put on a score when he runs out of the city?" ”

Fortunately, after teaching him a lesson, An Qingzong also arranged for an entourage to escort him to Fanyang.

"Dalang, please allow me to be detailed." Ji Wen put away the entanglement, and led An Qingzong to the side to whisper.

As soon as I got closer, I blurted out a bad breath. An Qingzong was almost fainted, took two steps back, and then heard Ji Wen come forward and say something.

"Xue Bai is cunning, you can't believe it. Don't get mixed up with his people in the retinue that Da Lang sent to me. ”

An Qingzong covered his nose and responded: "Don't worry, they are all people who have protected me since I was a child." ”

"That's good, that's good."

Ji Wen responded stupidly, and waited for An Qingzong and Xue Bai to be sent away, and then returned to the guest room, only to see Yang Qixuan half-squatting by the window and looking out, looking sneaky.

"Don't look at it, the people are gone."

"They don't know I'm here, do they?" Yang Qixuan asked, his voice weak.

Ji Wen sneered, "Who cares about a little character like you? ”

"I have a grudge against Xue Bai, if he sees me, he will definitely not let me go......"

Yang Qixuan said, suddenly stunned, and looked out the window blankly.

Ji Wen hurriedly took two steps forward, followed his gaze, and saw a woman in a carriage with a woman lifting the curtain and talking to Xue Bai.

Although it is far away, the shyness is still extremely moving.

"Huh." Ji Wen then smiled and said, "This is the Ji Lanzi you have in mind?" ”

Yang Qixuan was stunned, and it took a long time to come back to his senses, and he gritted his teeth and said.

"The hatred of taking a wife, not sharing the ......"

~~

Today, Xue Bai wanted to go out of the city to do errands, and Li Tengkong wanted to pick some herbs, so they went out of the city together, and Li Jilan had to follow her.

Just now, they also followed Xue Bai to the post house to rest for a while, and then they entered the lobby, but they heard someone in the stable on the side humming and doing things. They were taken aback, and hurriedly ran back to the carriage.

As a result, Li Tengkong's expression was a little unnatural, and he didn't know what he was thinking when he lowered his head.

Li Jilan quickly eased up, lifted the curtain and looked, and saw Xue Bai saying goodbye to Anqingzong at the door of the post house.

An Qingzong wants to go back to Chang'an, and they have to go to Lantian to collect medicine.

"Reunite when Xue Lang comes back."

"Goodbye."

Xue Bai hugged his fists and turned to walk towards the carriage, but accidentally stepped on horse manure, so he had to walk to a big rock and raise his foot to scrape the soles of his boots.

"Look at Xue Lang, even if he steps on horse manure, he looks personable."

Li Tengkong held the medicine box silently, and even when Xue Bai came to talk to her, she didn't pay much attention to it, frowning slightly, as if she was disgusted with the horse manure on the soles of his feet.

"It's still early, let's have dinner when we get to Lantian, right?"

On the contrary, Li Jilan replied enthusiastically: "Xue Lang is okay with how to arrange it, we are not hungry." ”

"Okay." Xue Bai still looked at Li Tengkong with his eyes, but he couldn't get a response from her, so he was ready to turn over and get on the horse.

"You wait for me."

Li Jilan wanted to whisper to him, but he felt that the distance was a little far, so he hurriedly ran off the carriage.

"Slow down."

Because there was no pedal, Xue Bai saw her cowardly appearance, so he had to help her.

She then stood on tiptoe, blocked the sound with her hand, attached it to Xue Bai's ear, and whispered, "Have you seen the person you arranged?" ”

"Hmm."

"But I just went over with the empty man to see, and you're seeing that cool official Jiwen, right?"

"yes."

"But you said that the one who was sent to the north was a man who liked me."

Seeing that she cared so much about this matter, Xue Bai smiled and said, "Xu he hid it......"

Li Tengkong looked through the gap in the curtain of the car, saw the slightly amused look on Xue Bai's face, and pursed his lips with some surprise.

This is not the expression of a monastic person.

She probably knew Xue Bai's thoughts, and she should have thought that leaving Chang'an would be closer to her.

But today I saw a picture of dirty eyes at the Baqiao Post House, which made her a little resistant to this matter.

Before dark, the carriage stopped in the mountains.

This is a hill on the edge of Huaxu Town in Lantian and belongs to the foothills of the Qinling Mountains.

Xue Bai walked to the side of the carriage and knocked, "It's here." ”

Li Tengkong listened to his voice, and even grabbed Li Jilan's hand. The two got out of the carriage as if they were glued together.

Looking up, there was an old but well-built mountain courtyard in front of you.

The paint on the door is a little mottled, but there is no "squeak" sound when the door is opened, which shows that it is well maintained, and the layout of the courtyard is unique, with trees, wells, stones, and flowers, which are placed very ingeniously, and the ground is very clean.

Fortunately, it's not a dirty and sloppy place like Baqiaoyi...... Li Tengkong thought to himself.

She was not a pampered person in the past, although she was born into a wealthy family, she often went to treat the poor people, and she was not too muddy.

But some things are different after all.

"This was originally a Taoist temple, but it was moved to another place, and this place was abandoned. I bought it and repaired it. ”

Xue Bai casually introduced, pushed open the door between the front and back yards, led Li Tengkong inside, and said another sentence in a joking tone.

"I've always wanted to hire a real person with profound Taoism to preside over this place, but I haven't found the right person...... What do you think? ”

Li Tengkong was looking at the surrounding scenery, a little distracted, glanced at him, his face turned red inexplicably, and he turned his head and said, "My Taoism is not profound at all. ”

"Oh, I also want to say that this is your Taoist temple."

Li Jilan didn't say anything about this, she knew that she wasn't too dedicated to the matter of cultivation, but she heard that there was some secret affection between the two of them.

In such an atmosphere, Li Tengkong has been holding her hand and refusing to let go.

Walking through the clean corridor, there was a quiet wing room in front of them, and Xue Bai thoughtfully made arrangements for each of them, including Kyauknu and Mian'er also had their own rooms.

"Ji Lanzi lives here." Xue Bai said, pointed to a small courtyard with a single family, and said, "There is also a large wing room there, which can be lived in empty." ”

"I live with Ji Lanzi." Li Tengkong said.

Xue Bai seemed to be stunned for a moment, and didn't seem to react much, nodded and said, "It's okay, anyway, the mattress is ready." ”

"Where do you live?"

"Oh, I live in the front yard."

A tryst that had been planned by Xue Bai for a long time was avoided by Li Tengkong like this.

Everyone went back to their rooms, and Li Jilan was still wondering who Xue Bai had sent to the north, and there was no one missing from her side.

Li Tengkong looked at this wing room and saw that it was elegantly arranged, with a faint fragrance floating. She walked to the incense burner and raised her hand to fan lightly, bringing the fragrance into the tip of her nose, making sure that it was the white sandalwood she usually ordered, although it was far less expensive than wisteria, but the fragrance was quiet and elegant, and it could clear the heart and concentrate the mind.

"He's done it with care." She couldn't help but think,

She thought of her resistance and estrangement from him today, and compared their relationship with the dewy couple she had seen in the inn, and she felt that it was a little unfair to him.

On weekdays in Chang'an, I can occasionally find a chance to hug him, but now I finally go out, but I ignore him.

Thinking about these thoughts, Li Tengkong couldn't help but find it difficult to sleep, and after Li Jilan fell asleep, he turned over and got up, standing on the edge of the porch and looking at the scenery of the mountain courtyard.

When she raised her eyes, she was surprised to find some light in the single courtyard behind her. With a heart, she stepped forward and gently pushed the door, and sure enough, she saw Xue Bai standing under a laurel tree looking at the scenery.

The two of them didn't say anything, he raised his hand, and she stepped forward and let him embrace him. Because she was in the mountains, she was not afraid of being bumped into by others, so she hugged her very tightly and was particularly devoted.

They are matched by the mountains, and every time the relationship warms up, it is either at the top of the mountain or in the mountain dwelling.

"Why do you always ignore me today?"

"I'm a little scared."

"I know." Xue Bai said.

He was actually a little cautious about Li Tengkong, he didn't want to go further with her when he had just saved her family, for fear that she would feel that their feelings for each other were not pure. Because in his eyes, she is a very pure person.

This kind of pampering treatment, Li Tengkong can feel it, so she will come over.

"I've been a little bit of a mundane since I was a kid, and I like to be pure, well, I like it here."

"I love ...... too"

The word "you" in Xue Bai's mouth was just spoken, and it was blocked by Li Tengkong's somewhat cold lips.

The rest is a natural thing.

Although he does the most mundane things, he has a sense of naturalness and spontaneity.

The mountain breeze, the bright moon, the fragrance of the laurel tree, and the sound of insects in the distance make the night quiet. After that, there was a yellow warbler out of the valley, and it chirped gracefully.

Xue Bai was very immersed in it, as if he had a dream, but it was clearly not a dream, he felt like he had entered a small clear pool, and there were lotus flowers blooming in the pool.

He plucked a lotus flower, put it on the tip of his nose and sniffed it gently, the fragrance was fragrant and rich, the fragrance was far and clear, and when he lifted the lotus leaf, he could see a white lotus root in the clear wave.

The lotus picker sat on the side of the boat, with her feet crossed, splashing and humming a small song from Jiangnan.

The song is long, making people feel that Hongchen is the best, so why bother with a pure heart and few desires?

~~

The green pond shakes and connects the stars, and rolls the orchid into the white apple.

It should be a sock on the roselle wave, and there is fragrant dust in the lotus stamen so far.

~~

At night, Li Jilan faintly heard moaning in her sleep, so she suddenly dreamed of all kinds of pictures she saw in Princess Yuzhen's collection of books.

Even the fragrant verses are flooding in my mind.

"One night of rain and clouds, I don't know how to spend the night. Dew drops of peony hearts, and the bones are hard to move. The love is heavy, and they all dream of Huaxu. ”

Li Jilan couldn't help but turn over and hugged the futon beside her.

The smooth and delicate calves rubbed against the soft satin for a while, and she felt that Li Tengkong was not there, and opened her eyes with some confusion.

Looking around, she pushed open the door, only to see the moon all over the ground, but she still didn't see Li Tengkong.

She rubbed her eyes and walked to the courtyard behind her......

~~

Changan.

In Xingqing Palace, there was another night of singing, and the melodious sound of silk and bamboo did not disperse until dawn.

Colliers was busy serving the saints to rest, and it was not easy for him to finish his busy errand and take a break.

He was old, always in front of the candle flame at night, his eyes were so sore that he sat there and did not want to open his eyes at all, and wanted to fall asleep at any moment.

"Just rest in the palace, don't go out of the palace."

Colliers also has a house in the palace, and it has become his norm to stay and rest after serving the saints.

However, in such a sleepy situation, he couldn't sleep peacefully, closed his eyes for a while, opened his eyes, and said, "Go to Baisun Courtyard." ”

With the sage's vigilance against the prince's grandson, it is actually inconvenient for the eunuchs in the palace to go to the Baisun Courtyard, but Gao Lishi would rather take some risks and see Li Qi, presumably with the sage's trust in him, he should not be too careful.

Since Li Qi expressed his support for Li Cong as the crown prince, he has been under tremendous pressure, and there are many people in the court who scold him for being unfilial, secretly saying that he is a soft bone Yunyun who forgets his righteousness, but on the other hand, this move also supports the decision of the saint, which allows him to get a lot of practical benefits, as if he has become the highest status among the emperors and grandchildren.

Today, Gao Lishi was able to come in person, Li Qi was pleasantly surprised, and hurriedly led him to the hall to speak.

The family commander in charge of supervising Li Qi wanted to listen to the conversation between the two, but was glared at by Gao Lishi and retreated.

After making sure that there were no others around, Gao Lishi considered it and said: "I have always wanted to see King Jianning, and after thinking about it, I still came." ”

Li Qi heard the worry in his words and said, "Ah Weng has something to say, just ask." ”

"Let me ask you, the reason why you support the sage Yi Chu, but Xue Bai persuaded you?"

"Don't dare to hide it, yes."

Gao Lishi was not surprised by this, and asked again: "The matter of Yi Chu, the holy will has been decided, and there is no way to stop it, it is better to take advantage of the situation and stabilize the situation." What you are begging for is that in the future, you think that the children under King Qing's knees are far inferior to you...... Is that what you think? ”

"Yes."

Gao Lishi sighed, and he could almost determine what kind of mind Xue Bai had, which was nothing more than using Li Qi to consolidate the storage position in Li Cong's lineage, and when Li Qi thought that Li Cong's four sons could not compete with him, he jumped out in person.

He was deeply concerned about this. He prefers that the inheritance of the Tang Dynasty can be carried out in a more stable way, rather than every change accompanied by blood and fire.

Li Qi listened to Gao Lishi's sigh and thought that he was dissatisfied with his ambitions, so he explained a few words.

"Ah Weng, I don't want to fight for the throne, but what Xue Bai said makes sense. An Lushan was dissatisfied with my grandfather, supported the army and was self-respecting, and was ready to move. Instead of fighting for the loss of the storage position for my grandfather, it is better to cooperate with the uncle first to solve the internal and external troubles of Datang, and then talk about the candidate for the throne. ”

For this statement, Colliers can barely be regarded as agreeing. When he came to this trip today, he saw Li Qi with his own eyes, and his evaluation of this emperor and grandson was even higher in his heart.

He then planned to have a long talk with Xue Bai again, and warned Xue Bai not to deceive King Jianning. If these two young people can really go hand in hand, it should be quite beneficial to Datang.

Of course, a character like him will not express his position easily, and after determining what he wants to understand in two simple sentences, he gets up and leaves.

Li Qi hurriedly sent each other, and the two bypassed the corridor, and a little eunuch came over there, and without waiting to see Gao Lishi, he couldn't wait to report to Li Qi.

"San Lang, the slave maid finally found out, Xue Bai was really not in Chang'an, and went out of the city with Li Linfu's daughter."

Li Qi secretly probed Xue Bai, but he happened to be bumped into by Gao Lishi like this, and he was very embarrassed.

Gao Lishi waved his hand and said, "King Jianning has any interesting news in the future, so tell the old slave as well." ”

"Yes, Awn."

When Gao Lishi left Baisun Courtyard, he also recruited a henchman to inquire about Xue Bai's departure from the city.

The next day, the henchman bribed one of An Qingzong's grooms and found out what Xue Bai and An Qingzong had done.

Gao Lishi was not interested in business, and asked, "Xue Bai took Li Linfu's daughter." ”

"Yes."

"Watch, wait for them to come back, and see how things are going between them?"

Although he wondered why the dignified general was interested in this trivial matter, the henchman still solemnly agreed.

Then, Gao Lishi thought of something again and asked, "Yuzhenguan still has a Ji Lanzi, is he also out of the city?" ”

"Out of town, too."

"Check her relationship with Xue Bai."

"Chase out of the city and also investigate? The villain doesn't know where they went......"

"Check."

Gao Lishi seemed a little persistent, even if Xue Bai had already escaped from Chang'an, he still had to find out some things that he was not sure about.

It's really nosy.

However, this idle matter is too secretive, and it happened far away from Chang'an, which is difficult to verify at all.

In the next few days, although Xue Bai returned to Chang'an, he did not bring back Li Tengkong and Li Jilan.

Without waiting for Gao Lishi to find out about this idle matter, there was a major incident in the DPRK and China...... Feng Shenwei returned from Fan Yang.

There was no time to wait to meet the saint, the first thing Feng Shenwei did when he arrived in Chang'an was to ask to see Gao Lishi, and asked to retreat and report in private.

"What's wrong?"

Colliers knows that his godson's character should not be a person who is out of proportion.

Even if there is more to say, just after the return of the envoy from a business trip, he should see the saint first, not first, lest the saint think that he has inquired about the situation in the DPRK and China, or has been instructed by him to decide how to enlighten the saint.

Only when he encounters an extremely important event, Feng Shenwei can't be the master himself, so he will lose his temper like this.

After he asked, Feng Shenwei didn't answer immediately, but glanced behind the screen again to make sure that no one else was eavesdropping.

"Grandpa, the child was threatened, if you dare to sue when you return to Beijing, you will break my body into pieces."

"This is Chang'an!" Gao Lishi shouted angrily, "Who can do it to you in Chang'an?!" ”

Feng Shenwei fled back in a hurry all the way, and he had palpitations all the time, and he stabilized his mind after being scolded like this.

In a mysterious tone, he told Colliers a cliché.

"An Lushan is the opposite."

When Gao Lishi heard this, his face was calm as usual. He didn't know how many times he had heard it.

Feng Shenwei was in a hurry, and said again: "Grandpa, An Lushan is the opposite!" He almost killed the child. ”

"If he is the opposite, you are dead. Don't babble about what's going on. ”

An Lushan shielded Sun Xiaozhe and supported the army with self-respect. His generals were unruly one by one, and they kept instigating him to kill me and raise troops......"

"The Hu people in the border town are a little rude, which is also understandable."

"Grandpa, you always knew that he had different intentions."

"It's useless for you to convince me." Colliers said, "You're going to convince the saint like this?" ”

Feng Shenwei was stunned, realized that he didn't have much evidence, thought about it, and said, "Grandpa, do you know who I met in Fanyang?" The one who waited for Zhao Hanlin back then, Li Bai ......"

(End of chapter)

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