Man Tang Huacai

Chapter 121
If you eat too much at lunch, you will always feel tired easily.

Du Wulang only read a few scriptures, and then squinted in the guest room.

This is also one of the reasons why he likes to come to Xue's house, no one will force him to study severely.

Sleeping until noon, he was woken up by the knock on the door, and a loud voice shouted in the front yard, "Is Mr. Xue really not here?"

Afterwards, the three brothers of the Xue family screamed strangely.

Du Wulang was shocked and woke up, thinking that there must be someone coming to Xue Ling to collect debts.

He rushed out of the guest room and saw a burly man standing in the courtyard, hanging the three Xue family brothers on his body, like three monkeys hanging on a big tree.

"General Guo?"

"Wulang, don't call him that." Guo Qianli said, "I'm no longer a general, and I've been demoted again, demoted."

Du Wulang rubbed his eyes, and asked him to sit down in the lobby, without even asking, he was already talking bitterly.

"I haven't seen you for two or three months, Goro, do you know why I was demoted? That offended too many people!"

"Oh?"

"In April, General Dong Yanguang of the Right Jinwu Guard said that he was going to attack Shibao City. How could a fool like Dong Yanguang be able to attack Shibao City? He couldn't even sit in half of the Jinwu Guard's yamen. I just said , Dong Yanguang is not even a stone, but a hard lump of shit, which can be broken when knocked on, and can't be pressed down in a latrine, so how can you expect it to hit the wall?"

Du Wulang said: "General Guo's words seem to be a little rude."

"Aren't people allowed to tell the truth?" Guo Qianli said, "Wuyue, I offended another person."

"Oh?"

"Didn't Princess Tubo marry Little Bolu King? Little Bolu Kingdom and more than [-] countries around it are attached to Tubo, and they don't make any contribution. These years, Anxi Jiedu envoys have been crusading Little Bolu Kingdom and cannot win. Incredible..."

Du Wulang opened his eyes wide, wondering if he could listen to these words.

Although Guo Qianli was reckless, he still had a good sense of whether to leak the military aircraft. When he saw Du Wulang's expression, he knew what the kid was thinking. He waved his hand and said, "It's okay. What's wrong with the battle thousands of miles away. , The sage sent Bian Lingcheng to supervise the army and urged Anxi Jiedu envoy. When I used to guard the palace, I often saw Bian Lingcheng, an eunuch, timid and greedy for money, how could he go to supervise the army?"

"General Guo also said these words?"

"If I don't say it, I will feel uncomfortable."

Guo Qianli sighed, and said: "With this demotion again and again, my salary is not enough to support my family. I heard that your grandfather has been promoted?"

"Ah, yes, I've been reinstated, little officer."

"I originally wanted to invite Duke Du as a guest, but it's not possible now." Guo Qianli said: "Mr. Xue Lang is not yet an official, so I wanted to ask him."

"This……"

Hearing this, Du Wulang was embarrassed for Guo Qianli, hesitated for a moment, and said, "General Guo, in fact, you have great wisdom, maybe you don't need a secret agent, maybe you just need to restrain yourself a little when dealing with people?"

In the evening, when Xue Bai returned home from Princess Yuzhen's mansion, he heard the two chatting in the hall.

When he walked into the hall, he could already hear what was going on from the rich dialogue.

"Haha, Mr. Xue Lang is considered to be back." Guo Qianli said loudly: "With the fragrance of this body, he must have gone drinking with the young lady, right?"

Xue Bai looked at him, didn't speak, and didn't know what he was thinking.

Seeing this situation, Du Wulang had no choice but to rescue him and said, "I have the best nose, but I don't smell a lot of fragrance."

Xue Bai was considering whether it was worthwhile to help Guo Qianli, and finally nodded.

"Look." Seeing him nodding, Guo Qianli said firmly, "Sure enough, Mr. Xue Lang went to drink with the young lady."

"Seriously, General Guo wants to be promoted?"

"of course."

Xue Bai asked Du Wulang, "Has General Chen been to Fengweilou recently?"

"Yes, but..."

"It's okay, I'll bring General Guo to meet him."

Guo Qianli said: "Mr. Xue Lang said, could it be Chen Xuanli."

"good."

"If Mr. Xue Lang wants to help me transfer to the Longwu Army, I'm afraid it won't work." Guo Qianli scratched his head and said, "I can only work in Nanya."

"Why?" Du Wulang said: "The general is afraid that his temperament will dislike the saints?"

"That's not true, the saint liked me before. I was a general in the Beiya and was on duty in the prison. Therefore, Li Taibai said that I "entered the silver platform to protect Ziwei". Is it like a dream?"

"Why?"

Guo Qianli has always been outspoken, but now he shook his head and kept his secret.

Du Wulang asked several times, but he refused to say more.

"Then we can't help you anymore."

"Okay." Guo Qianli had no choice but to stand up on his knees, "I don't want a promotion."

Xue Bai's expression changed suddenly, and he asked, "But is it related to the case of the three common people?"

Guo Qianli was stunned for a while, with a look of shock on his face, maintaining that half-standing, half-sitting posture, not knowing how to react.

Xue Bai walked outside the hall and looked around.

"That seems to be the case. Before the Shangyuan imperial banquet, I saw that General Guo boldly entered and exited the Huae Tower, laughing with the saints, and he was not like a little Jinwuwei Zhonghou."

Guo Qianli didn't answer, and sat down again, staring at Xue Bai with a look of remorse.

"Entering the palm of Yintai to protect Ziwei, General Guo used to guard the Zuoyintai Gate in the Beiya Forbidden Army?" Xue Bai said: "The Zuoyintai Gate is located on the west side of Daming Palace, leading to the West Inner Garden, south of the West Inner Garden It is the East Palace. In the case of the three commoners, the abolished crown prince entered the palace through the palace gate guarded by the general?"

"That's not it, if I let it go, I would be gone by now."

"But this matter must be related to the general?"

"Don't ask." Guo Qianli said, "This is not something you, a young man, should ask about."

"Whether I inquire or not will have no more influence on me. If the general doesn't believe me, why does he come to find me every time he is demoted?"

Guo Qianli was in a dilemma, his two thick eyebrows were twisted together, very tangled.

Xue Bai stopped talking and waited for him to speak.

"Well, it's actually not a big deal." Guo Qianli lowered his voice and said mysteriously, "I didn't order the left silver gate to open, but I saw the saint's edict that night."

The draft edict is the will of the sage, but it has not passed through the Ministry of Education.

"Later, the three common people were taken down, and others said that they trespassed on the palace." Guo Qianli said: "But we all saw that it was the sage who ordered them to enter the palace."

"and then?"

"I was imprisoned in Beiya Prison until the three concubines died for a while. Li Linfu came to tell me that the edict was fake, and asked me to tell the Imperial Army. After that, I was demoted to Nanya."

"that's it?"

Guo Qianli nodded, and said solemnly: "I haven't mentioned this matter to anyone for ten years, so you must not spread it."

Xue Bai asked, "Is the imperial edict real? Or fake?"

Guo Qianli was taken aback again.

Xue Bai looked straight into his eyes, repeated the question slowly, and said, "Really...false..."

"Fake." Guo Qianli swallowed, "Of course it's fake."

"it is good."

~~
After sending Guo Qianli away, Du Wulang was still a little confused, and asked Xue Bai in a low voice, "What did you mean by what you said just now?"

"If the imperial edict is false, then the case of the three common people was caused by Concubine Wu Hui's false preaching of the imperial edict; and if the imperial edict is true, then it is not a false imperial edict."

Du Wulang couldn't understand, so he blinked and asked, "Is that real or fake?"

"Guo Qianli is still alive because he said the right thing."

~~
When Ji Xia arrived, the Right Prime Minister's Mansion also became busy.

It is necessary to prepare for the collection of Zuyongdiao, Hebu, Zaise, etc., and to recruit troops, because there will be a lot of wars this year.

Under such circumstances, Li Linfu didn't have much time to be jealous of talents and eliminate dissidents, but the rising Yang Party was like a thorn in his throat, making him restless.

He is often worried that Yang Li and Pei Kuan will take his place, so he has had several nightmares.

"Right Prime Minister, someone came to present a present to the Right Prime Minister, claiming to be Hu'er's subordinates with a greeting card."

"Let him in."

After a while, a red-robed official hurried over and prostrated himself in front of the hall.

"My next official, Zhang Lizhen, pays my respects to the Prime Minister. On behalf of An Lushan, the envoy of Fanyang and Pinglu Townships, I will convey that Hu'er invites the Prime Minister to be well and prosperous."

"Let's get up and talk." Li Linfu said lightly, "Hu'er came to Chang'an only in autumn, and now he sent you here?"

"Come here to give gifts to the right minister, and tell the right minister the good news." Zhang Lizhen imitated An Lushan's tone, and said: "After the old dog Pei Kuan left, Hu'er has subdued his subordinates, including Shi Siming, the envoy of Pinglu soldiers and horses." He also told Hu Er that Pei Kuan committed many serious crimes when he was in Fanyang. Hu Er also heard that Old Dog Pei dared to provoke the right minister when he was at the border. "

Li Linfu sneered after hearing this, and said: "Actually, this Hu'er wants to covet Pei Kuan Yushi's position again."

Zhang Lizhen was taken aback, and said in surprise: "Your Prime Minister is really a god! An Dafu probably has this in mind."

In any case, such flattering words still made Li Linfu very happy.

He was entrapped by Xue Bai twice a while ago, and the holy family is no longer enough to deal with Yang Zhen and Pei Kuan. After all, he must have a helper in this matter, and he can only do it when An Lushan enters the court.

It was only after looking at the long gift list for a long time that Zhang Lizhen withdrew.

Later, when Pei Mian came to ask for an interview, Li Linfu was a little surprised when he opened his mouth.

"Your Prime Minister, the matter of Xue Pingzhao, the lower officials have already found out the clues."

"Say."

"The lower officials sent people to Jingzhou and found that Zhang Jiuling's wife, Mrs. Tan, had passed away for many years, but they found that Zhang Jiuling had indeed placed a house in Chang'an under Mrs. Tan's name."

"really."

"The other house is located in Anyefang, with three courtyards. According to the neighbors, the people in the house live in secluded places and never interact with others. After careful investigation, it was found that Mrs. Tan had indeed adopted several orphans from the case of the three concubines and settled in it. She After he passed away, first He Zhizhang sent people to take care of the house, and in Tianbao three years after He Zhizhang became an official, his son-in-law Zhang Yi sent people to take care of it."

"Zhang Jie?"

Li Linfu muttered the name, and the first thing that came to his mind was Zhang Yu's father, Zhang Shuo... Zhang Shuo was a famous figure during the reign of Kaiyuan. The prime minister has a lot of friendship.

As the son of a famous prime minister, Zhang Jie originally planned to marry Princess Tang Chang in August of the 16th year of Kaiyuan, but for some unknown reason, Princess Tang Chang suddenly married Xue Ruo in May of that year, and Zhang Jie changed to marry Ning Qin in August Princess.

Until the case of the three concubines happened and Xue Ru died, Princess Tang Chang was implicated and imprisoned; but Princess Ningqin's brother Li Heng became the new prince, and his status rose all the way.The fate of the two princesses and their son-in-law has changed forever.

"Although Zhang Yi is the son-in-law of Princess Ningqin, he helped take care of the house, presumably because he remembered his friendship with Princess Tangchang."

Pei Mian continued: "At the beginning of winter, the fifth anniversary of Tianbao, Princess Ningqin found out that Zhang Yi was doing this secretly, she was furious, and sold the house and all the servants. Because Mrs. Tan is dead and the contract has not been changed, And the money and things actually used to support this house came from Princess Ningqin's mansion, so Tan's fingerprints on the deed were fake, which made us investigate for a long time and go around in circles."

"Princess Ningqin sold Xue Pingzhao to Princess Xianyi's mansion?"

"Yes." Pei Mian said: "But I think that Princess Ningqin actually doesn't know the identity and background of these servants, and the reason why she is angry is just because of jealousy."

If Li Linfu realized something, he murmured, "Anyefang?"

"Your Prime Minister is wise, the other house is in Anyefang with Tang Changguan." Pei Mian said, "Zhang Jiuling, He Zhizhang, and Zhang Yi were all entrusted by others to take care of the criminals' families with money and people. The main emissary is Xue Ru's wife, Princess Tang Chang."

"Is this what you found?"

Li Linfu was not satisfied with this.

After the case of the three concubines happened, the saint killed his three sons, killed the brothers and sisters of the Xue family, and implicated the Huangfu family.Only a group of people were not killed, grandsons, daughters, and grandchildren.

Li Ying's sons were adopted under Li Cong's name, and Princess Tang Chang and her son Xue Guang were imprisoned in Tang Changguan... But these people were also under the strictest surveillance, and it was impossible to cause a big storm.

But Xue Pingzhao was different, only Xue Ruo's concubine had no blood relationship with the royal family, Princess Tang Chang didn't need to protect him, if she did, it was out of kindness.

"The truth is absolutely unbelievable. If Princess Tang Chang is behind the scenes, she can cultivate such a powerful character as Xue Bai."

Pei Mian reminded: "Zhang Jiuling, He Zhizhang, and Zhang Yi are all scheming people..."

"These people didn't personally bring Xue Bai by their side to teach them by words and deeds, they just placed them in a separate house to take care of them and lived in secluded places. How could they develop such scheming from the city government?"

"So, isn't it a blindfold?"

Li Linfu paced and pondered, and slowly ordered: "Continue to investigate. No matter what the truth is, get the evidence first, and hold the key evidence that can get rid of Xue Bai in your hand. Remember, this time the truth needs something real, No more framing and defilement."

"Here." Pei Mian was about to step back.

"Do you know that Li Ying still..."

Li Linfu suddenly thought of an unsolved secret from that year.

Pei Mian stopped again and listened.

After waiting for a while, Li Linfu behind the screen did not continue to speak, but said indifferently: "It has nothing to do with this, you can continue to investigate."

"Here, the lower officials will send people to keep an eye on Tang Changguan, and pay attention to whether Princess Tang Chang has any contact with Xue Bai."

~~
Longevity Square, Yan House.

Yan Zhenqing saw that Xue Bai had been peaceful for two months, and his complexion has become better recently.

"When autumn comes, there will be a new year's test. Don't embarrass the old man, and don't make it difficult for the sacrifice of wine."

As soon as Xue Bai heard it, he understood that this was Wei Shuhui, the prince of the country, who wanted to protect him for the New Year's exam. He quickly thanked him and said, "Teacher, the student came today, but there is a good thing. Yesterday, the student went to Princess Yuzhen. Going to the house for a banquet..."

Speaking of this, Yan Zhenqing actually frowned, secretly thinking that this kid is going to Mrs. Guo's mansion or Princess Yuzhen's mansion, neither is a decent place.

But what Xue Bai said afterwards moved him a little.

"Princess Yuzhen said that she plans to stay at the Yuhua Temple at the foot of Zhongnan Mountain for a while. It seems to be a grand Taoist event. Master Qixuan will also go down the mountain. We can take Sanniang to see a doctor."

"real?!"

"Yes, Princess Yuzhen made a promise that Master Qixuan will take action."

"well."

Only this matter can make Yan Zhenqing and his wife so excited that they don't know what to say.

……

The location of Yuhua Temple is the world-famous Louguan Terrace, which is located at the northern foot of Zhongnan Mountain.

Yin Xi once built a grass tower here to watch the stars, Laozi once set up an altar here to teach scriptures and Taoism, and Li Yuan once led civil and military officials to worship Laojun, and the imperial edict was changed to "Zongshengguan".

Today's saints have been expanded many times, making it the largest royal Taoist temple in the world, known as "the most blessed place in the world".

Xue Bai thought that when Princess Yuzhen invited him to leave Chang'an, it must have been more than simply helping to introduce Daoist Qixuan enthusiastically.

At that time, it is very likely that some people who are inconvenient to meet in Chang'an also want to meet.

Now that his fame is getting bigger and bigger, these things will inevitably happen sooner or later, and it doesn't hurt to meet him.

(End of this chapter)