Man Tang Huacai

Chapter 13
Knocking on the door of the inn during the curfew, Yang Zhao swaggered into the hall, yawned, waved and smiled, "Go."

Xue Bai smiled and went upstairs to the guest room.

Knocking on the door and entering, I saw Du Wulang's face pale with fear.

Xue Bai first asked, "Have you heard about Du Erniang?"

"No." Qing Lan said: "Some people in the market say that the prince reconciled again, but no one knows where Erniang went."

"Then let's go, Yang Zhao is waiting outside."

"Are you really going to see the Prime Minister?" Du Wulang said in a low voice, "I'm so unwilling to join forces with these treacherous people."

Xue Bai said: "The prince is not a traitor, but he can't save the Du family."

Qing Lan said: "I also inquired about some news today. Apart from the Du family being imprisoned, many officials who have made friends with Liu Lang's son-in-law have been imprisoned."

Du Wulang hiccupped, and replied, "Then, then I'll go to the Prime Minister's Mansion to give a speech to settle the big case?"

Xue Bai patted him, and said: "It doesn't matter if you speak generously. You are the son of the Du family, and if you go, it represents the attitude of the Du family. Only when I meet you can I let the Du family go. ?"

"Yes, got it."

"Let's go."

The three of them left the guest room, only to see Yang Zhao laying down on two big tables, covered with that fur cloak, and fell asleep.

"Uncle Guo?"

"I fell asleep?" Yang Zhao woke up in a jerk, thought for a while, and laughed loudly: "It can be seen that I really trust you, hahaha."

It was still dark at this time, and Yang Zhao had documents for arresting thieves, so he could pass through the curfew without hindrance, and led them along Chang'an Street in the dark, towards the Prime Minister's Mansion.

He was quite talkative, and he kept talking to Xue Bai on the road.

"How did you get Wang Lian to introduce you? The way she looks at you is different from looking at me."

"Sent her some poems."

"Poetry?" Yang Zhao raised his eyebrows and said, "You can still compose poetry?"

Xue Bai pondered for a while, and said: "After I fell into a coma, I no longer remember many things. Occasionally I can recall some poems, but I forgot who wrote them."

Yang Zhao couldn't bear to listen to his nonsense at all, so he warmly embraced his shoulders and said, "Since you can compose poems, you can submit poems to the Jiaofang Yichun Courtyard another day, and bring your brother to meet Xu Hezi, who is famous all over the world. good?"

Xue Bai was still concentrating on explaining the poem. He was slightly taken aback when he heard the words. He turned his head and glanced at him with a complicated look in his eyes. He finally said, "Uncle Guo is really... a wonderful person."

"Although I'm wonderful, I'm far inferior to Xu Hezi." Yang Zhao laughed loudly, swallowed his saliva and became angry again, and said, "Brother has been in Chang'an for the past few years, but he has never seen each other, which is a great pity!"

Xue Bai promised: "Alright, if you can come out of Youxiang's Mansion alive today, you can find a poem to vote in Yichun Courtyard, and meet that peerless famous prostitute."

Yang Zhao was overjoyed, he treated Xue Bai differently, and said in his ear, "You and I hit it off right away, we love brothers, brother will give you another future."

"Oh?"

"The Prime Minister on the right has 25 sons and 25 daughters. It is inevitable that he is worried about the marriage of his daughters, so he opened a small window between the walls of the hall and covered it with crimson gauze. In Beijing, it is called "choosing a son-in-law window". Although my brother is also suave and suave, it is a pity that he is too old to be in their eyes, and he can't climb this ladder, but you can show some strength."

"Thank you, Uncle Guo, for your guidance." Xue Bai really thought about it for a while, and said, "My style is far inferior to Uncle Guo, and there is no hope."

"Just call me brother, why bother to see outsiders?"

"..."

Du Wulang followed behind and listened, thinking that if Li Linfu's daughter fell in love with him and married the daughter of a treacherous official, which would ruin the reputation of Jingzhao Du's family, he would really be beaten to death by his grandfather, so he couldn't help feeling worried.

~~
When they arrived at Youxiang Mansion, the morning drum of the fifth watch had not yet sounded.

Li Linfu knew that he had too many grievances, so he was extremely guarded against assassins, and there must be more than a hundred guards when he went out. At this time, there were left and right guards lining up in front of his mansion, Zhunjing Street.

Yang Zhao took out the talisman to pass, stepped forward and whispered a few words to the porter, and the porter closed the side door before going to pass.

After a long time, Cang Bi, the steward of the Prime Minister's Mansion, came over and said to Yang Zhao with a somber face, "Yang Canjun caught the thief and took him to the Prime Minister's Mansion instead of prison, isn't he a fool?"

"The chief executive doesn't know something. They want to take refuge in the right minister, so that's why."

"You should have tortured and presented evidence, but you were coaxed by a sinner with a few words, and you don't know anything!"

Being blamed by him, Yang Zhao was in a bad mood, but it was impossible for him to be dejected and detain him again. He said with a smile: "This matter has a lot to do with it. The chief executive only needs to pass on a word. They have key testimony to tell the right person in person. Mutually."

"Wait."

Cang Bi cast a cold sideways glance at Xue Bai and the others, told the guards to keep a close eye on the thief, and turned around to report to the right minister.

Yang Zhao stared at his figure, feeling great hatred in his heart, secretly thinking that the real man is not as good as a dog in the prime minister's mansion, and vowed to be more powerful than Li Linfu!
Seeing this situation, Du Wulang couldn't help but rejoice that Xue Bai had found Yang Zhao as a guarantee, otherwise he was afraid that the old steward of the Prime Minister's mansion would goug him out with his eyes.

This time it didn't take long, Cang Bi rushed back and waved.

"The Right Prime Minister will leave for the imperial city immediately, and I will give you half a stick of incense time."

"Thank you, Chief."

A group of guards came forward with swords and escorted them into the mansion.

There was a sound of "boom" from a distance, and the morning drum of Chang'an was sounded, and the gates of the cities and squares were opened one by one.

Du Wulang glanced back at Chunmingmen Street, and entered Youxiang's Mansion uneasily.

At the same time, someone trotted out of the Prime Minister's mansion and slammed the gong in his hand with a "ding".

"Quiet Street!"

"Go out on the right side! Pedestrians avoid!"

You Xiaowei yelled and drove his horse to the north, shouting Sanqu from Youxiangfu and Beifangmen.After leaving Pingkangfang, call to Chongrenfang and Wubenfang, and then go to the imperial city to install the gate.

Many business travelers had been waiting for the morning drum to go to Dongshi, and finally drove the camels out, so they had to shrink back.

"Go out on the right side! Pedestrians avoid!"

For a while, half of the city was silent...

~~
Yang Zhao walked through the long corridor and noticed that the pavilions in the Youxiang Mansion were not built with fragrant wood.

Of course, this is not because of Li Linfu's lack of financial resources, but because this place used to be Li Jing's residence a long time ago, and it was uninhabited for a long time. One day, the national teacher Fu Tuhong passed by this residence and said that those who can live here must be very expensive.At the beginning of the Kaiyuan period, Li Linfu moved here as a royal official under the fifth rank, and Futuhong asserted that he would be able to serve as a prime minister, but he could not change the middle gate of this house, otherwise catastrophe would be imminent.

Although there is no woody fragrance in the pavilion, the expensive ambergris is lit in the hall, the smoke is curling up, and the fragrance is moving.

The candle was still on, and it looked like it had been burning all night.

First, the guards lined up to ensure that there would be no accidents, and then there was movement behind the screen, and gradually appeared the figures, including maidservants with various hair buns.

It is indeed Li Linfu who can give birth to fifty children.

Cang Bi stepped forward and said in a low voice, "Ah Lang, the man has arrived."

"Say."

A majestic voice sounded, with a sense of arrogance.

Yang Zhao hurriedly said: "Your Prime Minister, Yang Zhao has fulfilled his mission!"

"Shut up, I didn't teach you." Li Linfu said, "Du Wulang, what evidence do you have?"

Du Wulang was frightened by his aura, and hurriedly said: "I, I, my grandfather was wronged, my second sister has reconciled with the crown prince..."

"The truth has no time to listen to such nonsense!"

Immediately, someone stepped forward and kicked Du Wulang at the crook of his knee, kicking him to the ground.

He still wanted to get up, but when he was struggling, he actually saw a small crimson screen window on the side wall, and there seemed to be a figure flashing inside, he couldn't help being stunned for a moment, he had a bad idea, and quickly lowered his head, lest the adulterer's daughter would take a fancy to him.

"Xue Bai, Li Heng once ordered someone to bury me and Qing Lan alive." Xue Bai said, "I don't know if the right minister knows about this?"

Du Wulang was stunned for a moment, startled by the fact that he called the prince by his name, and at the same time felt that his second brother-in-law's name was so familiar yet unfamiliar.

And when the crown prince's name was revealed, even some of the guards of the right minister's mansion were a little uneasy.

But Li Linfu said indifferently: "Since you are willing to be loyal to that waste, what's the use of being wronged at this time?"

"You Prime Minister didn't know about this?" Xue Bai said, "That's weird. I don't know how Li Heng managed to hide the truth from the eyes and ears of Jingzhao Mansion, Chang'an County, Wannian County, Left and Right Xiaowei, and Left and Right Jinwu Guards Ten dead men, transport a carriage out of Chang'an?"

"Dozens of dead men?" Li Linfu asked suddenly, "Did you see it with your own eyes?!"

At this moment, everyone felt that the right-hand man behind the screen had changed his momentum.

The atmosphere in the hall became tense.

Yang Zhao's face was tense, but he was overjoyed in his heart. He thought to himself that this is a great talent, and he moved his face as soon as he opened his mouth. It's not like that chicken tongue who has been busy for a year and made a fart.

The next moment, Xue Bai asked again: "I am young and ignorant, so I don't know if the East Palace can raise elite soldiers?"

Immediately, Yang Zhao's heart tightened again, and he secretly thought that this kid is so bold, he dared to ask the right minister a question.

A woman's voice sounded from behind the screen, and said: "There are ten command houses in the East Palace, namely the left and right guards, the left and right Siyu, the left and right Qing Dao, the left and right prison gates, and the left and right inner leaders, who are in charge of the gates of the East Palace. Wei... But the imperial court has already made an order, the crown prince does not live in the East Palace, and the Ten Commander's Mansion has already become an idle minister. Since he was canonized, he has always lived in the Ten King's Mansion, how can he raise elites?"

Xue Bai said: "In other words, Li Heng shouldn't have those dead men?"

Li Linfu asked, "Where are the dead men hiding?"

"Please bear with me in detail."

"allow."

Xue Bai took two deep breaths, and said slowly: "I once fell into a coma in the snow and lost my memory. I was rescued by the Du family. The reason why I burned Liu Ji's study was not ordered by Li Heng. Li Heng is irresponsible, I found evidence to help him, but he turned his back and tried to kill me. How can such an ungrateful person deserve to be a king?"

When Yang Zhao heard the six words "benefits must be repaid, debts must be repaid", he couldn't help applauding. He thought that these six words were more useful than saying "loyalty to the right minister". dog.

"At that time, Li Jingzhong led Qing Lan and I to the swill tank. There were eight strong men around, and the two of them in the tank weighed four hundred catties. Three or four of them lifted it up effortlessly."

"The driver is alone, not very tall, with thick calluses on his tiger's mouth, and many scars on his face. If someone tells him to drive slowly, he will say, 'My heart is just burnt out'."

"Among them, someone named 'Tuoba' was the person who tied the rope. When I passed the threshold, I once heard a saying 'Tuoba fasten the rope, don't drop the cover'."

"When I arrived at Chang'an Avenue, I looked out through the cracks. There were several groups of similar chariots driving the same carriage. Bystanders only saw that there were several people carrying swill, but they didn't know that they were covering each other. There were actually dozens of people."

"..."

"Sergeant Longyou!" Li Linfu's words were strong, and his voice broke through the screen, "Sure enough, Huangfu Weiming has never been wronged by the truth!"

Although Yang Zhao didn't understand the meaning of these words, he felt excited just hearing the word "Sure enough", and said loudly: "The crown prince raised dead soldiers with ulterior motives, so we must investigate and deal with them!"

When Du Wulang heard that the Longyou sergeant was involved, he was so frightened that his liver and gallbladder were splitting. He immediately regretted coming to the right minister's mansion to beg for his life. He got up and shouted: "Xue Bai, I regret it! I can't kill Zhongliang to save my family..."

Several guards rushed forward and held him down.

"If there are countless wronged souls in the world, I am sorry for the ancestor..."

"Shut up, idiot!" Yang Zhao stepped forward, put his arms around Du Wulang's head, took out a sweat towel and stuffed his mouth tightly, and said with a smile: "After entering the door, is it up to you?"

Li Linfu behind the screen said indifferently: "Xue Bai, what do you think of what he said?"

"They are all officials, receive a salary, take a share of the risk, say that they are wronged, but can they pay off the working people? Can they be worse than white men, slaves, women and children, the old and the weak, and people who were murdered in the vat? Wronged?"

"Haha."

Li Linfu smiled rarely, and scolded: "Bullshit makes sense, but you can comfort yourself, very good, that's very good."

"Thank you, Mr. Right."

"Woo! Woo!" Du Wulang couldn't help shouting.

At this moment, a porter rushed to the outside of the hall and said, "Ah Lang, Jifacao is here, saying that he has something urgent to see."

"What's the matter?"

"It is said that the traces of Du Wulang, Xue Bai and others have been found, and they settled down in an inn in Yongxingfang..."

When Yang Zhao heard this, he couldn't help laughing.

Li Linfu cursed "trash" lightly, and said, "Let him wait."

"Here."

"Jiaonu, ask this trash and this little maid to verify the truth of Xue Bai's words."

"Here."

After Cangbi saw the screen, Li Linfu had already got up, stepped forward quickly, bowed and asked, "Ah Lang, the street is quiet, do you want to start?"

Li Linfu ignored him, and lightly ordered: "Runnu, take Xue Bai to Yanyue Hall."

"Here."

As he said that, there were more than a dozen maidservants behind the screen helping him to turn around the soft wall.

The remaining two maidservants came out one after another,

One of them has arrogant eyes, that is Jiao Nu.

She walked towards Du Wulang, kicked him to the ground, and shouted: "Shut up."

Runnu's face was slightly rounder, he walked towards Xue Bai, and said lightly: "Please."

Xue Bai glanced at Du Wulang, and followed the maid.

Go around the path from the side door of the hall, pass two moon gates and two small bridges, in front of you is a pavilion built around the lake, with gorgeous civil engineering and exquisite craftsmanship, shaped like a crescent moon, with beautiful writing on the plaque, the book "Yue Hall" three words.

Runnu stopped, looked Xue Bai up and down, swept the dust off his body with a whisk, stretched out his hand to search him carefully, and asked him to take off his shoes and go in.

(End of this chapter)