Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 298
"Li Huairen?"

Fang Yi looked at the greeting card in his hand in surprise, hesitated for a while and asked in a low voice: "I'm here to visit..."

The housekeeper replied in a low voice: "There is no explicit statement."

Fang Yi walked back and forth a few steps hesitantly, he did not expect that Li Shan would come to visit him.

Although this young man has a good personal relationship with him, and he even goes to Zhujiagou from time to time, but Fang Yi knows that Li Shan is actually more cautious in dealing with things... There are many friends of the same generation, but Li Kai is the only one who visits Li Shan. Even the eldest grandson's house has only been there once.

Among the children of King Qin's mansion, Fang Yi is considered to be the oldest, so he will inevitably think more. On the one hand, Li Shan entered the official office through the imperial examination and did not enter the King of Qin's mansion. Now he visits King Qin's most trusted confidant and staff. Unreasonable.

On the other hand, in this day and age, door visits would deliver name cards a day or a few days in advance, but Li Shan went straight to the door.

After hesitating for a moment, Fang Yi asked the housekeeper to report to his father, and went out to greet him himself.

"Hui Ren has been going to the Imperial Medical Office these days, and he came to the door today, and he didn't say hello in advance?"

"Brother Yi Zhi." Li Shan saluted with a smile, "We have known each other for several years, and I haven't paid a visit to my uncle yet. I heard Ling Bo mention it today...Brother Yi Zhi also knows that my younger brother is good at trauma, so..."

Fang Yizhi's complexion changed slightly, good things never go out, bad things spread far and wide... Fang Xuanling, one of the most trusted staff under Qin Wang Li Shimin's command, suffered the same treatment as Du Ruhui, with his fingers discounted.

A quarter of an hour later, in the study, Li Shan checked carefully, "It's not bad, if there are no accidents, it will not be difficult to write in the future."

Fang Xuanling, who was still holding the bamboo slip in the other hand, said with a light smile, "I don't want to thank Huairen... It's just a matter of duty."

Fang Yi at the side was a little stunned, feeling that this didn't sound like his father's usual tone.

In the past three years since he came to this era, this is the first time Li Shan has seen Fang Xuanling. This is an amiable middle-aged man with short and thick eyebrows, and his speech and demeanor make people unconsciously close.

But this is not the first time Fang Xuanling met Li Shan. There were many people present at Changlepo that day. Like a sword.

Watching Li Shan carefully apply the medicine, Fang Xuanling said casually: "Huai Ren knows that King Yan is so domineering, and everyone in the Tiance Mansion, only the old man was slightly injured, why?"

Li Shan's heart skipped a beat, and he said with a dry smile, "I'd like to ask the public to announce it."

"Today, I am the only one who does not work in Prince Qin's Mansion, nor in Tiance Mansion." Fang Xuanling asked with a smile, "Is it a matter of duty?"

Li Shanna was speechless, he didn't quite know what Fang Xuanling knew.

"Da Lang, let's go first." Fang Xuanling kicked his son out, and then said slowly: "Keming should apologize for the Yuhuchun matter... But Huairen also has means and is more generous, and he actually sent him out... I heard yesterday Your Highness said that the sage intends to impose a prohibition on alcohol."

Sure enough, a ban on alcohol was issued, which is almost a certainty. Once food is in short supply, alcohol prohibition is almost the first consideration of every high-ranking person.

Li Shan twitched his cheeks, "Jingzhao Du, a famous family in the world, why don't you bow your head and obey your ears?"

"Hahaha!" Fang Xuanling laughed loudly and said, "Back then, he had killed Qinghe Cui's disciples so sharply, but he would bow his head and obey his ears when he took advantage of it?"

"The old man has already understood the inside story of this matter. Du Zhili was linked to the East Palace, and there was a sign of leaving. His Highness had no choice but to agree, so the old man resigned... The source of it is Huairen."

Li Shan stared wide-eyed, it's unreasonable, "Du Zhili took away people's property, and his methods are low, but Fang Gong wants to blame the boy?"

Fang Xuanling nodded and said, "You really know Wei Qingsi, the prince's family order."

Li Shan's cheeks bulged, the guy in front of him... doesn't look like a good bird!

After a moment of silence, Li Shan got up and saluted, but he didn't say anything... It was true that he stabbed Du Ruhui in front of him that day, which caused a chain reaction, and finally Fang Xuanling took the initiative to step aside.

"That's all, it's just a record of joining the army." Fang Xuanling raised his left hand lightly, "Although you are young and talented, the King of Qin took pity on you and allowed you to be independent...but now that the seizure of the heir is getting stronger, Huairen is afraid It’s hard to be alone.”

Li Shan gradually had a strange feeling in his heart... The middle-aged man in front of him seemed to know more than what he just said.

"There are rumors in the market that Li Huairen has made great achievements in Shandong, but he did not enter the Tiance Mansion, he won the Crown Prince Huairou, but he did not enter the East Palace... But I heard that there is a vacancy in Princess Pingyang's residence, why should Huairen not?"

Fang Xuanling admired the young man in front of him very much, and also lamented the ups and downs of his life experience... Under such circumstances, wouldn't it be the best choice to be protected by Princess Pingyang?
Li Shan's expression was unpredictable, he gritted his teeth and said nothing.

Fang Xuanling squinted his eyes and looked at Li Shan, and said after a while, "There is a position in the Tiance Mansion that has been vacant for several months. It is a recorder, and it is the ninth rank. It assists in the management of Shushu, Biaoqi, and conveys and executes the instructions."

Li Shan suddenly smiled and said: "The boy came from the south of the Lingnan to the north, and settled in Chang'an. He has a little meritorious service, and he has been awarded a title by a sage. He should be loyal to the community."

Fang Xuanling immediately sneered and said, "Could it be that you can still enter the East Palace?"

"The old man knows that you will not enter the East Palace."

"You can only choose King Qin."

Seeing the suspicious look on Li Shan's face, Fang Xuanling waved his hands and said, "The King of Qin has nothing to say, but I can sense it, so I'm afraid others can too."

After a moment of silence in the study, Li Shan said cautiously: "What does Mr. Fang mean..."

"Pei Xiang, the provincial servant, is asking for the post of secretary in the Tiance Mansion for his nephew." Fang Xuanling suppressed his smile, "Pei Huaijie, former Sui Dynasty was the prefect of Songzhou, and he retired to live in seclusion after hearing the news."

Li Shan grinned, the prefect of the former dynasty was also a child of the Pei family in Hedong, but he came out again only to record the affairs of the ninth grade... If it is said that Pei Shiju is considering the whole family of the Pei family in Hedong, or the Xijuanfang, is it true? Makes sense.

But since Fang Xuanling said this today, it is obvious that...Pei Shiju's request for admission for Pei Huaijie is on the one hand to serve the two masters, but on the other hand, there is also the possibility of targeting Li Shan.

In other words, Pei Shiju already knew Li Shan's identity.

Although he knew that this day would come eventually, he did not expect it to appear so without warning, and Li Shan was in a daze.

"Pei Xiang concurrently serves as Prince Zhan Shi, another Pei Xiang is close to the East Palace, and Huairen has not entered the East Palace, nor has he entered the Qin Palace..."

"The crown prince and His Royal Highness the King of Qin will not fight against a double-faced Pei clan of Hedong for the sake of the boy." Li Shan said expressionlessly: "Even if the inside story of this matter spreads to the public, it will not help."

This is something that Li Shan has determined a long time ago. Even if it is Li Shimin, he may protect himself, but he will never make decisions for himself.

"Even if I cry to the sage, how can I share my love..." Li Shan snorted, "The sage doesn't even call him by name."

Pei Ji was regarded as the prime minister by Zuo Pushe, Minister of the Book, and the relationship between him and Li Yuan was the key. Even in public, Li Yuan still called Pei Jian instead of his name.

Therefore, Fang Xuanling's meaning is very obvious... There are people who can protect you, Li Shan, but there is only one person who can protect you and is not suppressed by the Pei family, the Princess Pingyang you just pulled back from the gate of hell.

Li Shan took a deep breath, stood up and saluted solemnly, and without waiting for Fang Xuanling to speak, turned around and strode out of the study.

Looking up, there are occasional traces of white clouds in the blue sky.

(End of this chapter)