Red Tang

Both Li Kuo and Li Kuo were confused by the yamen servant's attitude, they really didn't understand why the yamen servant who was still arrogant in front of him suddenly treated them with courtesy.Despite their doubts, the two followed the yamen servant into Jingzhao Mansion.

Under the guidance of the yamen servant, the two of them did not enter the lobby of Jingzhao Mansion but went out through a side door.Walking along a section of walking corridor and passing through two stone arched moon doors, you came to the inner house of Jingzhao Mansion.

The back house is a big house with three entrances and three exits, a crescent-shaped shallow lake quietly falls in the middle of the house.The lake stones trafficked from Taihu Lake were piled up by skilled craftsmen in Guanzhong into various rockery shapes. Several rainbows of clear springs poured into the lake from the rockery, causing ripples.Along the lake is a pavilion of several pings. In the center of the pavilion is a table with water music, and a guqin leaning against the rockery.Never thought that Mr. Jing Zhaoyin would be so elegant, he arranged his inner house as elegantly and elegantly as the residences of various Taoist mansions in the south of the Yangtze River, Li Kuo was quite surprised.It's just that before he could think about it, he was led by the bearded yamen servant to a small path covered with bluestone slabs. A group of people walked slowly on the slate slabs, passed through a clump of fragrant bamboo forests, and arrived at the inner house of Mr. Jing Zhaoyin In front of the "Jingwu Hall" in the living room.

The bearded yamen servant went forward and whispered to the guards, then cupped his hands at Li Kuo and said: "The two young masters can see the master from the door, and the younger one will retreat first." Turn around and leave.

Li Kuo straightened his clothes and tightened the black scarf on his head. After making sure that he would not lose his manners, he entered Jingwu Hall with square steps.The whole hall is not big, but it is very beautiful.Even the door bolts are inlaid with gold-plated auspicious beasts, which are no less powerful than the emperor's relatives.There is a silk screen in the middle of the hall, on which there is a hand-painted Preface to the Orchid Pavilion of Wang Youjun, and it can be seen from the strength of the writing that the master is a man of the Tao.Walking around the screen, he saw a middle-aged man in a dark blue suit reclining on a soft couch.This man has a Chinese character face, although he can't be called sword-browed and star-eyed, but the heroic spirit between his brows is indeed fierce.A thick and dark goatee is imprinted on the cheeks as beautiful as crown jade, which shows that its owner attaches great importance to the maintenance of appearance and appearance. <is passing from him.Ten years ago, he would not feel tired after sorting out the files overnight, but now he only needs to lie down for two hours in front of the desk, and he will feel pain in his back and bones.But he cannot fall, the rise and fall of the royal family in Guanzhong depends entirely on him.Although the Wang family is prominent now, he has offended many dignitaries in Jing Zhaoyin's position over the years.Don't look at these people who dare not provoke the Wang family now, as long as he resigns from Jing Zhaoyin's position today, tomorrow someone will dare to impeach the Wang family for the crime of harming the people of Chang'an.Hmph, these people are the most duplicitous, even Li Linfu, the Right Prime Minister of the Tang Dynasty, mostly used him.As a confidant who was single-handedly picked up by the Right Prime Minister, he knew the Great Tang Prime Minister best.If he was in trouble, this merciless Prime Minister would like to kick him away to clear himself up.This huge city of Chang'an is a chessboard, and all the officials, big and small, are all chess pieces, and the only person who controls the chess game is the one in Daming Palace.If you don't want to be regarded as an abandoned piece, you have to make yourself stronger. Only in this way can chess players have scruples.The strong are respected, this is the creed of his life.Ever since he became an official, he didn't trust anyone.Even if it's his wife and children, he feels that there is a strong sense of purpose in their eyes.This kind of feeling has been lingering around him all the time, which makes Wang Zhuo, who already has a lot of children under his knees, feel no trace of family happiness.So all these years, he has been doing everything by himself, and everyone who opposes him will be caught by him.The battle in the court has sharpened his eyes like a goshawk, and he will catch any flaw and deal a fatal blow to the enemy.

Li Kuo, hum, this name has been bothering him these days.According to his informant's information, this young man named Li Kuo first forced his son to flee under the watchful eyes of the public with his three-inch tongue, and then he recognized Gao Shi, the celebrity next to Ge Shuhan, as his uncle.Later, by mistake, she recognized Her Royal Highness Princess Yuzhen of the Tang Dynasty as her righteous aunt, and now she is holding Her Royal Highness's jade card to ask for someone. If she didn't have eyeliner in Lanyuelou, she would still be kept in the dark until now. inside.What a strategy to take advantage of the situation and use force, this son has such a strategy at a young age, if given time, it will become a big weapon.

Lightly opening his eyes, Wang Jian carefully looked at the young man in front of him.He was dressed in deep cotton and linen clothes, and tied a black plain scarf around his hair. The extremely simple attire couldn't conceal his heroic aura.Like, really too much like Li Shizhi back then, is this a trick of fate, and now his son is here for revenge?

Being stared at by Wang Zhuo, Li Kuo hurriedly stepped forward and gave a deep gift of a junior: "Xiaosheng Li Kuo has met Mr. Jing Zhaoyin."

Wang Jian half stood up, waved his hand at Li Kuo and said, "Nephew Kuo Xian, don't be too polite, I often hear Zhao'er talk about you, compared to my unfilial son, you are really a leader among the younger generation. After finishing speaking, he took a sip of a cup of scented tea, and waved his hand to signal Li Kuo to take care of himself.

Although it was very uncomfortable to be suppressed by Wang Jian's aura, Li Kuo forced himself to smile: "Uncle's absurd praise, the prince's majesty and grandeur are the pillars of the Tang Dynasty, which is beyond comparison with Kuo'er. Kuo'er came here today Visiting Uncle is actually for one thing."

"Hey, don't worry." Wang Bao waved his hand and said, "Don't tell me you can't come to this Jingzhao Mansion because you have nothing to ask me? You and I should be called uncles and nephews. This is your home. Don't see outsiders." Come here, and serve my nephew Kuo a cup of green tea." The clever servant offered a cup of freshly brewed scented tea, but Li Kuo had no choice but to take it with both hands, and took a symbolic sip.

Zhang Yanji had long been displeased with Wang Jian's use of power to oppress others, so he snatched the teacup from Li Kuo's hand and drank it all in one gulp. "Hey, Uncle Wang. Brother Kuo'er is stupid, so let me say it. One of Brother Kuo's friends, Dezi, was arrested by the Jingzhao Mansion for some reason. I think it was a misunderstanding. No, Lian Yuzhen Her Royal Highness was alarmed. Her old man specially presented a jade token to brother Kuo'er as a guarantor, and hoped that you, old man, would make the decision to release that little brother."

A smog flashed across Wang Weld's face, and it was replaced by a warm smile: "Haha, you brat, you are still so impatient. Look at your speech and demeanor, which looks a bit like a servant of the Ministry of Industry Qingzi scraped off the tea powder, Wang Jian said softly: "Yes, Jingzhao Mansion has arrested many people these days, and most of them are related to a case. Nephew Kuo Xian's friend is indeed in Jingzhao now. It’s just that this matter is very important, I have to be cautious. Now that Princess Yuzhen is the guarantor, it must be a misunderstanding. I will send someone to take the two virtuous nephews to the prison to lead the young Brother is released from prison, our family must not hurt our peace." He deliberately bit the word Princess Yuzhen quite hard, as if to imply something.

"Thank you, Uncle Wang!" Unexpectedly, Wang Jian would agree so readily, Li Kuo was overjoyed, and bowed to the ground to express his gratitude.

Wang Bao lifted Li Kuo up with one hand, and said with a smile, "You are just as respectful as Shi Zhi was back then. If you need anything in the future, just come to Uncle. In Chang'an City, your Uncle and I still have a little bit of face."

Li Kuo took the token, thanked Wang Jian again, and thanked Wang Jian with Zhang Yanji, and left the inner house of Jingzhao Mansion together.

After leaving the Jingzhao Mansion, there are yamen servants leading the two to the prison.With Wang Jian's token, everything became easier, and the two of them entered the sky prison after a few simple conversations with the warden.Most of the prisoners in Jingzhao Mansion's Tianlao are noble family princes, so they are naturally not as gloomy and chaotic as ordinary county government prisons.But even so, Li Kuo shivered when he entered the dungeon for the first time. The temperature inside the dungeon was significantly lower than outside, and although there were torches lighting the corridors on both sides, it was still extremely dark.Li Kuo and Li Kuo closely followed the jailer who led the way, and walked slowly all the way around two corners before arriving at the Tianzi prison area where repeat offenders were held.

The jailer arched his hands at the two of them, pointed to a single cell on the right side and said: "Brother Dezi is in that cell, these rizi brothers are all kind to you, the two young masters please convenient."

Li Kuo cupped his hands in return: "Thank you, brother."

Most of the detainees in the Tianzi prison area are repeat offenders, so the cells are all single-person.One is to prevent the prisoners from colluding to escape from prison, and the other is that these prisoners have very deep family backgrounds, and most of the jailers can make a lot of money from them.

Li Kuo walked to the cell where Dezi was held, looked around, and saw a dirty prisoner curled up on a straw bed in the corner, trembling uncontrollably.

Seeing someone coming, the prisoner curled up desperately and shouted: "Don't come here, I really don't know, don't hit me, I don't know anything. Don't, don't, I really don't know anything."

"Dezi!" Li Kuo's nose soured, and he shouted, "I'm your Brother Kuo, it's okay, it's okay. Everything is over, Brother Kuo will take you home. Dezi is not afraid, Dezi is not afraid."

"Brother Kuo? Are you really Brother Kuo?" Hearing this, the prisoner climbed a few steps forward. After seeing clearly that the person who came was indeed Li Kuo, he hugged Li Kuo in front of the prison pillar with both hands. Wept bitterly: "Brother Kuo, I, I really thought I would never see you again in this life!"

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