Man Tang Huacai

Chapter 103 List

Chapter 103 List
Fuxingfang.

Yuzhen Temple is a Taoist temple built by Princess Yuzhen after practicing Taoism. Most of the female crowns practiced here are clans and dignitaries.

In the early morning, there were only Liao and Liao in the law hall.

Jiaonu sat cross-legged with sore legs, peeking at him, Li Tengkong was still motionless; Mian'er fell asleep on the floor, her small breasts rose and fell, and she slept soundly.

She stood up lightly, walked out of the law hall, and stretched her hands and feet in the sun, thinking that she would live a lifetime of such dull days.

"Are you here? There are visitors."

Finally hearing the sound of communication again, Jiaonu's eyes lit up, and she quickly answered, asking Li Tengkong to come out, while she rubbed her face, regaining her cold expression of not getting close to strangers, and guarded behind Li Tengkong.

Sure enough, it was the young lady of the Yan family who came here, and she brought a lot of things every time she came, delicious and fun.

Text posts, picture scrolls, books, musical instruments, shuttlecocks, spinning tops... and two boxes of pastries.

"Sister Jiaonu, this is for you. The deer cakes in Fufengtang, I tasted delicious, but Auntie won't let me eat more."

Jiao Nu waited for Li Tengkong to nod before taking it, without thanking her, she just liked this young lady of the Yan family a little bit in her heart.

"Go down and eat, and take the shuttlecock to play." Li Tengkong had already picked up a post and looked at it, "I'm going to see sister Yan's doctor."

……

After eating cakes in the small courtyard, basking in the sun, watching Mian'er kick the shuttlecock for a while, Jiaonu also felt sleepy, but saw two female champions running past, vaguely saying, "It's really the gentleman from before. ?"

Jiaonu's ears perked up, and he immediately became vigilant.

She got up and followed the two female crowns to the guest room. From a distance, she saw Seventeen Niang handing a prescription to Xue Bai.

It could be seen that Seventeen Niang was a little happy, she forgot to bring Fuchen, and put her hands behind her back, making a gesture of pinching her fingers.

As for the dog man, he still has an attitude of being polite on the surface, but in fact he has no intention of marrying Seventeen Niang... Seeing that, Jiaonu was furious.

She turned around and found a courtyard wall, climbed out, went straight to the side door and waited.

~~
"Then I'll go grab the medicine."

"it is good."

Li Tengkong pursed his lips, assuming the attitude of a famous doctor who is hanging the pot to help the world. Seeing that Xue Bai was about to leave, he suddenly said: "By the way, I... read that "A Chinese Ghost Story" you wrote."

In fact, she hesitated for a long time, and finally couldn't help but want to tell him.

When Xue Bai saw her eyes, he seemed to be surprised for a moment, then nodded, turned around and left the Yuzhen Temple.

He just went out, but saw a young girl standing outside the door with her arms folded, with a look of evil spirit on her face.

"The thief is so brave, he dared to provoke Seventeen Niangs."

This scolding sound was very harsh, but Jiao Nu could frighten others, but Xue Bai couldn't.

Xue Bai then pointed to the corner of his mouth and said, "Wipe it."

Jiaonu was furious, and cursed: "I told you, Yuzhen Temple is surrounded by guards from Youxiangfu, let Alang know that you are coming, and skin you alive..."

Before she finished speaking, Xue Bai directly overwhelmed her with a single sentence.

"Then you might as well ask Brother Nu, if you act like this, have you thought about it for your children?"

Jiao Nu stared at the word "Ge Nu" and forgot to refute.

Xue Bai turned around and left, he was imitating Gao Lishi's scheme of "pushing the boat with the water" recently, so he was not afraid that people would know his whereabouts.

~~
Right Prime Minister's Mansion.

Li Linfu glanced at the ranking of Chun Wei's re-examination that Wang Ji had drawn up in advance, and approved the word "yes".

This matter is the same as in previous years, it only needs to be able to convince the public. Anyway, getting the first degree is only the qualification to be an official, and it is not really an official position.

Just as he was about to deal with other official duties, when he closed his eyes, he thought of the dream he had not long ago.

In the dream, the man who resembled Pei Kuan almost took his body away, bringing him great fear.

Signaling the female envoy beside him to send out the list, Li Linfu said again: "Ask Wang Hao, what is the arrangement for promoting him to be Doctor Yushi?"

"Here."

"Ah Lang." Another female envoy walked across the sandalwood floor wearing only her socks, quietly walked around the screen, and said, "Yu Zhenguan is here to report, Xue Bai is going to see Seventeen Niang."

At this time, Li Linfu thought of Xue Bai in the midst of his busy schedule, and ordered: "Call Daxi Yingying to see him, and then go to the street patrol envoy to get news and find out what Xue Bai is doing recently."

"Here."

"By the way, where is Fourteenth Niang, did you find it?"

"No."

"Tell Shiro to go to the Du family to take him back, but don't make a fuss..."

After a while, information about Xue Bai's whereabouts arrived.

It's not difficult to find out. The Right Prime Minister's Mansion told the Marquis Wu in Chang'an to notice that they can just call it when needed, which is a waste of paper.

Not long after, Daxi Yingying also arrived, prostrated himself in the hall and answered the question.

"Xue Bai seldom comes to Fengwei Building. I only heard that he has been studying hard recently. By the way, on the Cold Food Festival, Xue and Du's family went out of the city to worship and sweep. The slave's family asked some servants, and they went to Qingxu Bieyuan; Qingming Festival, Xue Bai repaired the Xue family's ancestral tomb, went to the Yang Mansion of Shangzhu State, and then lived in the Madam's Mansion of Guo State..."

What she said was consistent with what Li Linfu had received.

"Continue to investigate, don't let them find out that you are from the Right Prime Minister's Mansion."

"Your servant must do his best."

"Do you have any information about Han Yu?"

"The slave family is useless, there is no clue."

"Go back."

Sitting there, Li Linfu shaved the back of his hands with his rough beard, and muttered: "Qingxu Bieyuan, Pei Kuan, Yang Yu, discussing the salt method... Sure enough, there is a plan..."

He rolled his eyes, and suddenly remembered something, took out a small scroll from the shelf and opened it.

On the scroll, Yang Shenjin's name was marked out with a red pen and an ink pen, and Li Shizhi's name was only marked out with an ink pen, with "Pei Kuan" written underneath.

"Even guessed this? Layout in advance?"

Li Linfu thought to this point, his eyes suddenly brightened, and he shouted: "Call Wang Hao and Luo Xixi to Yanyue Hall, hurry up!"

As soon as this sentence came out, everyone in the hall shuddered immediately. They all knew that Prime Minister Right was about to eliminate another political enemy.

~~
Censorship Desk.

In the official residence, Pei Kuan was concentrating on a file with vigilance in his eyes.

This was delivered by Wang Hao personally today.

Taking this opportunity, Pei Kuan also tested Wang Hao's attitude towards the re-examination list, and found that if Xue Bai's request was to be fulfilled and all three of them passed, it would be almost a declaration of war with Wang Hao, and the price would not be small.

Hearing his son's analysis of the pros and cons of the salt method, he hesitated again, so he made someone secretly ask Dong Gong, "I heard that brother slave wants to get rid of me?"

The answer I got was "Don't worry, don't be provoked".

So Pei Kuan felt lucky again, thinking whether Xue Bai was defrauding him.

He has never been a decisive character, otherwise he would not be called into the court as a vacant post with just a paper edict.

At this time, what made him even more embarrassed was the dossier in his hand.

The content of the dossier is very simple. A man named Cao Jian broke into a house drunk, raped a woman, and killed four members of his family. The evidence is solid.

And on the other side of Pei Kuan's table was a box, which was filled with 500 taels of gold, which was put here by Pei Kuan's clansman Pei Dunfu while he was not paying attention.

Pei Dun was reinstated as Yin of Henan, and Cao Jian was his subordinate.

Pei Kuan thought about it, wrote the verdict on the file, and finally wrote the word "cut", recruited someone, and reported the file.

He personally took the box of gold to Pei Dunfu's residence.

Pei Dunfu was not in the house, but his wife knew Pei Kuan, a clan brother, and told her husband the details of when he went out.

"It was a Luo Yushi who came to the door suddenly and invited Mr. Wang to the Prime Minister's residence."

Pei Kuan had a bad premonition a long time ago, he was startled when he heard this, and the heavy wooden box in his hand fell to the ground.

"Boom."

The wooden box shattered, and dazzling gold ingots were scattered all over the ground.

It seemed to herald the fate of the prominent family of the Pei family.

……

Pei Qiao hurried back home.

He was suddenly called back from Jingzhao Mansion, and as soon as he entered the hall, he saw Pei Kuan sitting there with a bloodless face.

"Grandfather, what happened?"

"Brother is going to do something." Pei Kuanqiang calmed down and described today's events, saying: "Cao Jian's case, I must not be selfish. But what is the meaning of brother's bringing Pei Dunfu to the right minister's mansion? Leverage him Get rid of me."

"In Pei Dunfu's hands, is there any evidence of Grandpa's crime?"

"It's not criminal evidence." Pei Kuan shook his head, "When I was in Fan Yang, I had a favorite general named Shi Siming. He used to be the Yalang of Hushi, and he sold all the women and children who plundered Xi people and descended from Khitan. , the generals share the profits, and Pei Dunfu also has [-]%."

"This is a common occurrence in the military. On the contrary, Pei Dunfu went too far in Henan. I heard that he was defeated by pirates, and instead killed the good and pretended to be a great victory. I have advised Grandpa to make a clean break with him."

Pei Kuan said: "But he has something in his hand that can make the saint suspect me."

"what?"

"I sent him a letter complaining about Konu."

"Is Grandpa complaining about brother slaves, or a saint?"

Pei Kuan frowned, for a moment he couldn't tell who he was complaining about.

Seeing this, Pei Qiao turned pale with shock.

The father and son were puzzled for a long time, and Pei Qiao asked, "Grandpa, has Xue Bai come to see you these few days?"

"No. From what you said that day, I also felt that the matter of disputing salt was difficult. Presumably they wanted to raise conditions, but they never waited for him to come."

Pei Qiao frowned in thought, and murmured: "No, why did Brother Nu find Pei Dunfu so quickly?"

"what for?"

"Whether grandpa accepts bribes or enforces the law impartially, he should have waited for the result to come out. Why is he so restless?"

"Why?"

"Could it be that...the people in Qingxu Bieye talk too much, brother slave knows that Xue Bai has been in contact with grandpa, so he is in a hurry?"

“How come you see?”

Pei Qiao took a few steps and murmured: "The six Cao Caos of the Jingzhao Mansion, Cao Jiwen is the most powerful in the law, but I heard that Ji Wen was demoted because of Xue Bai a while ago. At that time, I only thought that Xue Bai was Mrs. Guo Guo just turned her head, now it seems that Ge Nu is very afraid of him... It should be said that Ge Nu is very afraid of Yang Tiao's meddling in taxes and taking his position."

Pei Kuan said: "Brother is of course afraid, if he loses his status, let's see how many enemies can't wait to pounce on him."

"Grandpa, now that the matter has come to an end, we have discussed the salt law with Yang Tie." Pei Qiao finally made up his mind, and said loudly: "Since we have to do it, I will take the place of brother slave, rectify the administration of officials, and turn the chaotic government into a good one. , and become a generation of famous ministers."

"Can?"

"Can!"

Pei Kuan stabilized his mind and finally had the attitude to risk his life.

In this way, he thought about it carefully. At that time, he would take the lead in handing over the hidden salt tax, the rent of escaping households, and encourage the Hedong family to make interest concessions. The saint will use himself as Li Linfu's prime minister. This is the best result. .

The important thing is not the little money from the salt tax, but to stabilize the situation in the country.

This is the greatest significance of his Fan Yang Jiedu's entry into the court. The saint beat him, forced him to compromise, and used him to win over Hedong.

"There is an expert behind Xue Bai..."

~~
It's almost evening.

Xue Bai took a large bag of medicinal materials from the horse's back and walked into Yuzhen Temple with it on his back.

Li Tengkong came out of the alchemy furnace room, stood on the steps and looked at him, couldn't help laughing.

"Ok?"

"Laughing at your majestic Xue Langjun, humming and humming to move medicine like this."

"Because you Yuzhenguan won't let my two guards in."

"I mean... can others use you like this?"

"I'm not a big shot, so it's not difficult to handle."

"That's it." Li Teng thought for a while, "Go get me a glass of water."

After she finished speaking, seeing Xue Baizhen going to get the kettle on the stove, she hurriedly said: "Hey, I'm joking with you, don't really pour it."

"Divide the medicine?"

"I've divided up what Yan's sister wants to drink today, and you can get the rest tomorrow."

Li Tengkong tried his best to speak naturally. He looked like a seasoned doctor and grabbed a few herbs and weighed them.

Xue Bai stood at the side, as if chatting: "Recently, I have made an enmity with Dang Chaoyou, and I am afraid that it will be to the point of death."

The fingers that were wrapping the medicinal materials stopped unconsciously.

"Xiangfu Shiro is my friend, and I think he will be in trouble." Xue Bai said: "What I want to do will not stop because of him. I am very sorry for this."

Li Tengkong asked, "Then what should you do, my friend?"

"It's inevitable that she will feel resentful because of this, so she shouldn't be in contact with me anymore. She should do what she wants to do and seek peace of mind."

"What about you? Do you feel bad for her?"

"The enmity between me and the right minister is a public enmity, so it doesn't involve his family."

"Then...if you are also framed by the right minister, surely Li Shilang will save you out of friendship, right?"

"I'm afraid I can't afford this friendship."

"She definitely didn't want you to bear the burden. Have you ever thought that this is also a practice for her to seek peace?"

Xue Bai was silent, but he was a little surprised when he looked at the woman in front of him.

He originally wanted to enlighten her, so he pushed her away tactfully.

Unexpectedly, she really had a Dao heart.

"Perhaps, Li Shilang didn't want you to be friends with you. She wanted to forget who she is and find who she is again. The blessings have been enjoyed, the sins have been done, and the debts have been paid. She is willing to accumulate good deeds all her life. But sometimes You should always have yourself, your own joy, your own joy, even for a moment, so that you can live up to the birth of the world, isn’t the so-called ‘Tao follows nature’?”

When Li Tengkong said this, he raised his eyes and looked directly into Xue Bai's eyes.

She no longer hides her love and joy. At the same time, her eyes are very clear, and she knows exactly what she wants.

"That's why Mr. Xue Lang doesn't need to be burdened. You and Li Shilang are friends to help her practice."

"Been taught a lesson."

The more he faced such pure and quiet eyes, Xue Bai was less able to speak.

After looking at each other for a few breaths, Li Tengkong turned his back.

Xue Bai said goodbye with two packs of medicine.

"Then... will you come to distribute the medicine tomorrow?" Li Tengkong asked, his tone trembling slightly, and then said flatly, "I can't finish it all by myself."

"it is good."

Xue Bai hastily agreed and left.

He actually didn't believe that if he had been with Li Tengkong for a long time and had a life-and-death relationship with Li Linfu, then she would have no pain.

Of course, normally speaking, he wouldn't be able to defeat Li Linfu at all, after all, she was going to save him...

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