Seeing Zhang Shaoyang and the three of them walking away, the warm smile on Liu Gongzi's face remained the same, and the shopkeeper who sold rouge behind him trembled, he really didn't know what evil wind he smoked today, and he had to inexplicably want to blackmail the three foreigners, but he was bumped into by this Liu Gongzi.

Who doesn't know Liu Gongzi's conduct, in Chang'an City, he is simply a discerning Qingtian master, acting brightly and uprightly, and loves to help some poor people, these years are not good, there are Liao people in the north who are in turmoil all day long, and the west is not very peaceful, and there are many downcast people who have come to Chang'an, and Liu Gongzi does not take them all?

Outsiders are grateful to Liu Gongzi's father, Liu Zhizhou, but they don't know that most of them are run by Liu Gongzi, and the rumored son to govern for his father is naturally not groundless.

The shopkeeper over there was still thinking about how to deal with it next, but Liu Gongzi here said coldly: "The atmosphere in Chang'an City is still a little worse!"

When the shopkeeper heard this, the old face covered with rouge powder suddenly tensed, and he accidentally dusted off a layer of red fat powder.

"Liu Gongzi, the little one was confused for a while, and he didn't dare in the future. ”

Looking at the shopkeeper's face, Liu Gongzi snorted and smiled: "That's it, wash the things on your face, the seven-foot man's body will not be ruined." ”

"Yes, yes, I'll go right away. The shopkeeper was relieved, and quickly nodded and said.

Liu Gongzi frowned: "Wait a minute?"

"Now, right now!"

Seeing the shopkeeper Fei also ran away, Liu Gongzi dusted off his clothes, and then strode through a crowd of people, and finally came to a carriage, except for a groom who was driving, there was no one else in the carriage.

Liu Gongzi sat straight up, and then leaned on the carriage to close his eyes and recuperate, and the horseman outside gently whipped on the horse, and the carriage drove slowly.

Not long after, the carriage stopped in front of the governor's mansion, and the groom informed: "Childe, it's here." ”

Before Liu Gongzi got out of the carriage, someone hurriedly ran over and said respectfully: "Young master, the master has returned." ”

"Oh?" Liu Gongzi was a little surprised, and then said with a slight joke: "This time it's quite fast, otherwise I really think that I am the prefect of Chang'an." ”

Liu's mansion is not big, naturally it is not magnificent, although the layout is streamlined, it does not lose the noble atmosphere of the official eunuch, Liu Lang walked straight to the front hall, and when he saw the burly middle-aged man in the hall, Liu Lang stopped, and then shouted: "Dad, why did you come back so quickly this time!"

"Well, there is something important this time, so I hurried back, what is going on in the city recently?"

"It's calm. ”

"That's good. Liu Zhi breathed a sigh of relief, and then took a sip of tea.

"Dad said that there is something important, so it will not be another 600 miles to expedite the winter dates into Beijing!"

When Liu Zhi heard this, the warm tea he had just drunk in his mouth almost squirted out, and he finally swallowed it, so he immediately laughed: "You kid, do you still remember this after so many years?"

Liu Lang pouted, because there was a lady in the palace who wanted to eat the winter dates of Jingzhao Mansion, he mobilized the people to use six hundred miles to expedite, and he didn't know how many horses died in the middle before sending the fresh dates to the capital.

"Lang'er, do you remember what your father told you a few days ago about the murder of many court officials in the Jinghu area, and this time my father hurried back because of this incident. ”

Liu Lang's face was pale, in just two years, four court officials were killed one after another, and gradually spread north from the Jinghu area, and the Xiangyang assassination was killed last year, which really caused a panic.

"Dad, why are you suddenly involved in this matter?"

"Dad entered Beijing this time, in addition to the routine presentation of important local affairs, he also specially wrote another letter, which is to inform the emperor of this matter, but His Majesty already knew about this matter, and secretly sent the minister to Jinghu to investigate, I believe it will not take long to find out some eyebrows. ”

"Do you know who the minister is?"

Liu Zhi looked out of the door, and after seeing that there were no other bystanders, he lowered his voice and said: "Dad also went to see Li Taibao this time, and learned from him that the minister of the Qin Mission this time was none other than his son-in-law, Tang Mingli, the servant of the Ministry of Rites. ”

After Liu Lang heard this, a smile couldn't help but appear on his face: "I guess that's it." ”

Liu Zhi took a look, naturally knew what his smart son had in mind, although he was the governor of Chang'an, but since Emperor Taizong ascended the throne, he tried his best to firmly hold the military power in his own hands, and those generals who originally led the troops were mostly sent to the states and governments to take over the post of governor or assassin.

He Liu Zhi is the same, he was originally born as a military attaché, but he was given a civilian position, so that he can lead the army to fight, but to let him govern a corner, it is really difficult for this burly man, fortunately, his son is angry, not only familiar with poetry and books, but also has a good way to govern the state and county, and solves a lot of troubles for him.

"I figured out something again, and told my father. ”

Liu Lang pretended to be mysterious and said: "Dad, do you think about what the officials who were killed have anything in common?"

Liu Zhi thought about it for a long time, but he didn't come up with a reason, so he was a little anxious: "Don't sell it to your father, hurry up." ”

"Dad, there is no one else here, the child will say it directly, there may be some disrespectful words, Daddy will forget it, don't dig into it. ”

Seeing that Liu Lang was so serious, Liu Zhi felt that the matter must be extremely complicated, so he nodded.

"Dad, you are far away from the capital of Chang'an, naturally not too involved in the party disputes in the court, but so many years should have heard of it, Emperor Taizu was a glass of wine to unload all the confidants of the military power, to Emperor Taizong, it seems that the means are milder, not also wantonly heavy on literature and light on martial arts, the provincial examination of the two years, selected batch after batch of ministers to govern the world, but the fate of the military attaché, either sent to the state and county to be a local parent official, or left in the court to be a seemingly noble but powerless idle official. ”

"Now there are a large number of learned people in the court, calling themselves the Green Party, aiming to support the foundation of the Great Song Dynasty with the Confucian ideology of self-cultivation and governing the country and leveling the world. ”

Seeing that Liu Zhi didn't speak, Liu Lang continued: "Take that Li Taibao as an example, Dad, think about how he can make those Qingdang people shocked, is it just the title of Yipin Taibao who has no real power?"

"What do you mean..."

"Dad, this result has been clearly predicted, let's call these military ministers the Yellow Party, they will naturally not eat and wait for death in the court, then they have to use some means, they are not like those green parties shouting slogans, but try their best to form a party for personal gain, so as to form a more stable party system than the Qing Party, so as not to be quickly swept out of the court. ”

"As for those local officials who were assassinated and died, if you think about it carefully, they are basically the Yellow Party who were delegated by the emperor, and those with a discerning eye know that this is a party struggle between the Qing and the Yellow, not to mention the wise Emperor His Majesty, who will see it thoroughly, so the best candidate for this minister can only be the victim of the Yellow Party. ”

Hearing Liu Lang say this, Liu Zhi nodded as if he had understood.

"Dad, in recent years, you have been very close to some military ministers in the capital, and you have inexplicably caught up with the relationship of Li Taibao, which is by no means as simple as it seems on the surface, you must know that you have been staying out of Chang'an all these years, and have never been biased towards one side of the two parties, which is why you have these quiet days, but once you have the momentum of leaning towards one side, I am afraid that it will cause unnecessary trouble. ”

Liu Lang's face showed a trace of worry: "Now that four people from the Yellow Party have been killed, I'm really afraid that my father will also suffer..."

"Hehe, that's not it, my father has no other thoughts now, just want to be peaceful, and have less contact with those yellow and green parties in the future, and the prodigal children don't have to worry. Liu Zhi said with a smile.

"I hope so!"

The father and son chatted a few more words, and then Liu Zhi suddenly said, "What about your mother? I just came back and don't know how to serve." ”

As soon as he heard this, Liu Lang's face suddenly showed a trace of bitterness, his mother-in-law, it was really not idle for a moment, not for anything else, just to find a daughter-in-law for herself, this mother-in-law was also strange, the threshold of the Zhizhou Mansion was about to be kicked by the matchmaker, there were a lot of flowers and moons among those girls, and there were many people who were full of money, and there were even more people who played the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but none of them could get into her eyes, and she ran to the street all day long to take a look at this and that, no, she went out with three or two maids early in the morning, and she hasn't come back yet。

When Liu Zhi saw his son's appearance, he immediately guessed the reason, and couldn't help laughing, and didn't forget to joke: "Although your mother is very arrogant on weekdays, and she can't pee in a pot with me all day long, but in this matter, I still have the same idea as her, what is good about finding those weak women, it is better to find a girl born with rough skin and thick flesh, with a big butt and a round waist, and it will be stronger to give birth to a son in the future." ”

"Dad, don't say that, let my mother hear it more energetically. Liu Lang said angrily.

"You child, your father and mother are not all for your good, you look at your father and mother are people who practice martial arts, look at what a good son we have born, alas... Don't go, Daddy hasn't finished yet!"

Liu Lang also escaped out of the front hall, otherwise it should be endless, as soon as he thought of finding a daughter-in-law to behave rudely with his mother in the future, Liu Lang couldn't help but tremble all over, but then he suddenly remembered the girl who bought rouge on the street, and saw that she had a sword in her hand, probably also a person who practiced martial arts, right?

Looks pretty good!

Liu Lang shook his head with a smile, threw away these strange thoughts, and then walked out of the Zhizhou Mansion again, this time not in the carriage, but asked someone to bring a horse, and then he rode on the horse and drove away from the nearest city gate.