Man Tang Huacai

Chapter 136
Du House, the back garden.

The moon in early August is getting rounder.

As the Qinghui sprinkled down, Du Youlin and Xue Bai toasted each other, drinking wine and water.

"Uncle Guo's wish, find me a doctor in the examination department of the official department, a fifth-rank official." Du Youlin pondered, "As for the posts of the household department member Wailang, the Gyeonggi interview envoy and judge, and the palace attendant Yushi, he would like to Give Yuan Zai concurrently."

Xue Bai listened, not surprised by this.

Now that he has not yet entered an official position, there are few talents available around Yang Zhen. Indeed, only Yuan Zai has the ability to support Wang Jie.And Yuan Zai is extremely ambitious and daring to do things.

But he still reminded: "Yuan Zai is young and his qualifications are still young. If the uncle of the country is so dependent, it is easy to make people feel arrogant, which may not be a good thing."

"That's right." Du Youlin said, "But right now it's a time of employment, and there are few talented and trustworthy people. It's a pity that you haven't entered an official yet."

"I'm not jealous." Xue Bai said: "You must know that Ge Nu is still in power now, and then the East Palace shrinks its head. The thorn in Ge Nu's eyes is people like Uncle Guo and Yuan Zai."

"This……"

Xue Bai lowered his voice, and said, "It may not be good to be promoted soon."

Du Youlin nodded, knowing that Xue Bai was treating him as one of his own.Right now, the situation in the court is very bad, let people like Yang Dang attract the attention of Ge Nu, and they are silently accumulating strength.

Thinking of it this way, his obsession with the officials in the five-pin red robe has faded a bit.

But Xue Bai said: "However, the position of doctor in the examination department of the Ministry of Officials is very important, we really want to get it."

Among other things, if he is a Jinshi and ranks, he must choose a satisfactory official position, and the official doctor can play a big role.What's more, there are so many cronies to be promoted.

Take it easy, take it step by step.

The two talked about their official career in detail, and Lu Fengniang wanted to match Xue Bai again, but Du Youlin was already drunk before she found the opportunity, so she had to help him back to the house.

After a small family feast, Xue Bai looked up at the sky and said, "The wind is so strong."

"Have it?"

"I want to sleep with the window open. If you think it's noisy, go to the West Wing."

Du Wulang said: "When you were away, I had someone repair the windows."

Xue Bai didn't expect him to be so careful.

Looking back, the Du sisters were not far behind.

"Oh, then I'll go to the West Wing."

"I've fixed the windows, but you're going to the West Wing instead?"

"Well, you also know that I'm writing a drama recently, so I think it will inspire me."

"Your drama... oh, it's too colorful, isn't it?"

~~
The candle flame was flickering slightly.

Sitting in front of the window, Li Jilan unfolded the drama she wrote, but she was in a daze while watching.

She knows that the more she writes this drama, the more colorful it is, but Xue Bai always indulges her, sometimes mentioning her a few words, but makes her write more and more...

"Ji Lanzi, are you still asleep?"

Li Jilan put away the scroll, turned around to look, but saw that it was Li Tengkong.

"Is Teng Kongzi still awake?"

"The Supreme Master will go back to Wangwu Mountain in a few days, and some Taoist scriptures have not been sorted out yet, so I don't know if she will bring them with her or not."

"That's what I should sort out." Li Jilan got up quickly, "Look at me, I missed something."

"It's okay, let's tidy up together."

The two teachers and sisters went to the scripture room and sorted out the scriptures brought back by Princess Yuzhen.

"Do I need to bring this baggage? It's so heavy." Li Tengkong asked.

"Ah, the Supreme Master doesn't allow people to touch this burden..."

While talking, the heavy package fell to the ground, and the scriptures were scattered all over the floor, and the two of them quickly squatted down to pack them up.

All I saw were some Taoist scriptures, such as "Flower Camp Brocade Formation Wanfang Tu", "Dongxuanzi", "Tianxia Zhidao Tan", "Su Nu Jing", "Sheng Penglai" and so on.

Li Tengkong was good at Taoism, so he opened it casually and took a look.

"ah!"

Li Jilan looked up, and saw that Li Tengkong's cheeks were flushed, he could see clearly in the night, and he was throwing away the scriptures in his hand, as if he had been stung.

She couldn't help being curious, picked it up, opened it, and instantly blushed.

The candlelight flickered, and the picture in his hand seemed to be shaking too. In the picture, two women were having sex with a man... that.

She was at a loss, and hurriedly wanted to throw this dirty thing away, but the next moment, she caught a glimpse of some poems beside the picture.

"Half shy and half dodging, it's not unusual."

"Turn back and whisper to hurry up, and tell Xio to tell others."

This poem is actually much more colorful than the drama she wrote, but it seems to be closer to the style of The West Chamber... It is actually worth watching.

As soon as he looked up, he met Li Tengkong's eyes, and Li Jilan quickly put them away.

The two teachers and sisters stopped talking and silently packed up the scriptures.

Walking through the corridor, their hands accidentally touched each other. Li Jilan withdrew his hand like an electric shock, and turned around to see that Li Tengkong looked calm.

"Oh, have you heard?" She opened her mouth to talk about other topics, and said, "Mister won the top spot, and the defendant has gone to Dali Temple."

"Well, when I knew it, he was fine."

"Amazing."

Li Tengkong glanced back at Li Jilan. Inexplicably, the atmosphere became more awkward. The two quickly dispersed and went back to their rooms.

That night.

Li Jilan had a dream.

The moonlight was shining across the sky, and the courtyard was full of flowers. She carried her embroidered shoes and tiptoed along the corridor, only to see Xue Bai and Li Tengkong embracing there... kissing each other.She was startled, turned around and fled, but Xue Bai caught up.

"Sir, I can't rob you with Teng Kongzi."

"I got a nosebleed because of you."

Looking up, I saw those two nosebleeds.

Then the picture changed, and the picture on the atlas kept shaking.

She held hands with her, like two twin lotuses swaying on the water.

Li Jilan was really terrified by her dream, she broke into a fine sweat from fright.

……

"Really, this disciple is probably sick, right?"

The next day, Princess Yuzhen was beside Li Jilan's couch, she put her hand on her forehead, and frowned.

"Fever."

"Perhaps...the night was hot, so I lifted the quilt."

Princess Yuzhen took out a pill and stuffed it into Li Jilan's mouth, and said, "Prescribe some medicine for my master, it's fine. When the illness is cured, let's go back to Wangwushan."

"Don't delay the real person's trip because of the disciple. Can the disciple stay with Teng Kongzi in Yuzhen Temple in Chang'an?"

Li Jilan said in a low voice, and glanced at Li Tengkong, blushing for some reason.

Thinking that Teng Kongzi had no distracting thoughts, but he dreamed of that kind of thing, he was very ashamed.

But at least he can stay in Chang'an and finish writing the play.

~~
On the fifth day of the eighth lunar month, Long Live and Thousand Autumn Festival, senior officials of the third rank and relatives of the emperor celebrated the birthday of the saint.

The next day, a group of chariots and horses slowly left Chang'an City. Princess Yuzhen was about to leave again, and there were many people who sent her to the Shili Changting Pavilion.

"Guzu." Li Yuetu stepped forward to Wanfu and said, "Brother had promised to come, but now he has been grounded, and he couldn't come out by all means, so he had to let me see him off on his behalf."

"It's okay. As the emperor's grandson, it is more important for him to obey the rules."

Princess Yuzhen knew more details than others.

Recently, the East Palace has become more precarious. First, Li Chu was grounded, and then the Pei Mian case was widely involved. Fang Guan, Du Hongjian and others were all relegated and released.

It should be noted that in mid-July, the sage Fang appointed Li Mi to serve in the Imperial Academy and enshrine the Eastern Palace. Everyone in the court thought that the situation in the Eastern Palace had improved, but in less than a month, the Mid-Autumn Festival had not yet arrived. It was like a slap in the face of everyone in the Eastern Palace.

Princess Yuzhen didn't take part in these things. She was influenced by Li Bai and hated An Lushan, and she liked the handsome ones and hated the ugly ones. She couldn't see the sage leaning back and forth being teased by that funny fat man, so she simply went back to Wangwushan.

The carriages and horses went away, and the Chang'an Ancient Road became quiet.

From the next day, officials who were relegated continued to leave here, leaving behind many regrets and worries.

Blue sky, yellow flowers, tight west winds, northern geese flying south.

The woods beside the ancient road are getting more and more autumnal.

It finally arrived on August [-]th, two days before the Mid-Autumn Festival.

On the night of Mid-Autumn Festival, the sage will hold a banquet in the main building of Qinzhengwu, which has become the most important event in Chang'an City.

The official affairs around the imperial court have been temporarily stopped to ensure the smooth progress of the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet.

A middle-aged man rode across the ancient road, coming from the east and heading west.

"The grass grows on Lili Plain, withering every year. Wildfires can't be burnt out, but the spring breeze blows and regenerates."

The middle-aged man was reciting poems casually. Although his figure was downcast, the light in his eyes did not disperse. He looked extremely capable. It was Pei Mian.

He didn't flee to Shuofang at all, because he knew that Suo Douji would search west for him.Therefore, after he left Chang'an, he headed eastward and hid near Lantian Station. Now that the wind had died down, he set off for Shuofang.

After walking through the ten-mile long pavilion for a long time, it was almost evening, and there was a post house in front of it.

Pei Mian got off his horse and went inside, and said directly to the young servant who came up to him, "I'm here to meet you."

"Please come to the backyard, guest officer."

Pei Mian walked into the backyard and took a look first. There were horses and camels tied to the stables, and there were goods piled up in the yard. It could be seen that the East Palace had indeed prepared a caravan to send him to Shuofang.

Only then did he feel relieved.

Because he is not stupid, he knows that since the prince can reconcile twice, it is not impossible to kill him.Moreover, the prince relied heavily on Li Jingzhong, and Li Jingzhong was surly and cunning, so he was not easy to get along with.

Of course, the people sent by the East Palace today may have made two-handed preparations, possibly killing him or escorting him.

"Please, sir."

Pei Mian pushed open the door of a room, and with a glance, there were eight people in the room, all of them were Huihe people, and he knew the leader.

"Bone House Bone, does Your Highness want you to see me off?"

"If Mr. Pei really wants to go to Shuofang, we will start tomorrow." Bone House Bone said: "Come and drink."

Pei Mian went to sit down and took up the wine glass, but dared not drink.

Bone House Gu asked everyone under him to go down, and asked: "Mr. Pei, Li Weng asked me to ask one thing. Last year you transferred the dead soldiers from Longyou out of Chang'an City. Where did you hide the armor and weapons?"

"I have already told Li Weng about this matter."

"Li Weng sent someone to look at it, and there is no armor or weapon there."

"No?"

Pei Mian pretended to be surprised, straightened his beard and hair, and muttered: "However, let's go and look at those armors and weapons. If someone finds out, it will be very dangerous. After all, they are all Longyou weapons."

Bone House Gu looked up, and the sky was already dark.

"Mr. Pei has a bright future in Shuofang, and the affairs of Gyeonggi should be handed over properly."

"Don't worry, I guarantee my life, no one can find those weapons unless I die."

"..."

At the same time, a Huihe man was walking to the stable to urinate.

There was only one lantern hanging in the courtyard of the post house, illuminating his figure in the straw pile.

Suddenly a hand stretched out from behind, tightly covering the Huihe man's mouth, at the same time, a dagger slashed across and cut his neck.

"laugh."

Blood spewed out from the wound on the neck, because the breath leaked out instantly, it was a bit like a whistle, and was neutralized by the sound of blood flow, not as sharp as a whistle.

Soon, blood was sprinkled on the straw, and the corpse fell on it.

"There are seven more, eight with Pei Mian." Lao Liang whispered.

"I can count."

Jiang Hai quickly gestured a few times, meaning that he alone would kill the six people who were drinking in the verandah; Lao Liang only needed to kill Pei Mian and the leader, and don't let anyone get away.

Lao Liang didn't talk nonsense, nodded, and hunched over the door of the main house.

Jiang Hai grinned, with excitement in his eyes.

He wore a light armor under his clothes, and he held a Mo Dao in his hand, which was enough for him to kill the six drunks.

Whistling cheerfully, he walked to the front of the verandah. The Huihe people inside were joking and talking. When the door was pushed open, they turned their heads and said something, and then asked each other in Chinese.

"who are you?"

What answered them was Jiang Hai's sinister smile, and the Mo Dao that he slashed down without hesitation.

"puff."

"Shiri!"

"puff."

In an instant, the knife was up and down, and blood spattered all over the room.

"Fuck him!"

"..."

Guwugu still couldn't get anything out of Pei Mian's mouth.

On the other hand, he also felt that there was no need for Li Jingzhong to silence him, so he decided to send Pei Mian to Shuofang.

Suddenly, there was a roar outside.

Guwugu immediately picked up the knife, opened the door and went out.

"puff."

The sound of breaking wind came oncoming, and the arm that pulled the door was cut off with a whir.

The strong arm fell to the ground, half of Guwugu's body was splashed with blood, and he screamed in pain.

The second knife had been cut, and he rolled on the ground, trying to hide.

In terms of martial arts, he may be stronger than the comer, but this is a sneak attack, and the comer is ruthless and decisive, which completely makes up for the gap in martial arts.

The bones of the bone house are still rolling, and one leg has been cut off.

He screamed in pain and tried his best, but the visitor retreated with great experience, let him bleed, and chased after Pei Mian.

……

Pei Mian immediately wanted to escape through the window, but when he jumped out of the window, he was hit hard on the back.

It was a wine jar, which was thrown and hit him on the ground.

Thinking about it again, a stinky foot had stepped on him, and the cold knife was pressed against his face.

"I'm useful!" Pei Mian spoke quickly, "I'll tell you whatever you want."

At this time, he fixed his eyes and took a look, just in time, someone also bent over to see him.

When they met each other, Pei Mian's soul flew away.

It was Lao Liang who came.

The scene of poisoning these old soldiers in Yang Shen's residence appeared before his eyes, making Pei Mian's heart fall into the ice cave, extremely cold.

But Lao Liang didn't kill him right away, he went down with two sharp knives, picked his hamstring first, ignored his screams, and said: "I heard, where are you hiding those armors and weapons?"

Pei Mian was in pain and fear. Seeing a glimmer of life, he quickly stopped screaming and hissed, "Of course I can tell you... By the way, who are you following now?"

"Say."

"In the north of Chang'an City, near the Wei River, outside the Forbidden Garden, that place is hard to say, I can take you to find it. If I die, you won't find it."

Lao Liang didn't speak, and realized that he was going to lose out by playing tricks with Pei Mian, so he wanted to kill him with a knife.

But he was actually a scout, and his habit of spying on the enemy made him intuit that Pei Mian could reveal some useful news to your husband.

"You belong to Xue Bai, right?"

Pei Mian asked tentatively, observing Lao Liang's reaction, and then quickly delivered the words.

"I know something very important to Xue Bai. Li Linfu asked me to check his background. I found out, but I haven't told Li Linfu yet. It is very important to Xue Bai. Take me to see him..."

In the rear verandah, Jiang Hai, covered in blood, came out.After entering the main house, he asked, "Are you from the East Palace, on the Shuofang line?"

"Eat dog intestines."

After a while, Jiang Hai came out and said: "The dog Huihe committed suicide, Old Dog Pei, you have asked me something, and I still have grudges to avenge."

Lao Liang raised his hand to stop him, thought for a while, and said, "Take him away, and torture you slowly?"

~~
Xue Bai lived in Du's house for a few days.

When he woke up one day, he saw Du Jin sitting beside his couch.

"You haven't left yet?"

"There will be a food box delivered at dawn, do you want to go and have a look?"

Knowing that it was important, Xue Bai got up immediately, changed into a servant's attire, and quietly left Du's house with the carriage.

The carriage entered Fengweilou's branch in Huaiyuanfang, he walked into the warehouse, opened the bookcase, there was a secret passage behind, through the secret passage, there was another high-walled courtyard.

Passing through two courtyard gates, Lao Liang greeted him and whispered a few words with him.

"People are inside?"

"Yes."

Xue Bai pushed open the door and entered, only to see Pei Mian tied to a pillar.

"We met again." Pei Mian smiled and said, "I regret it. You let me go once before, but I didn't cooperate with you sincerely. I foolishly believed in Donggong."

Xue Bai said: "That's right, I could have gotten rid of you with the help of Donggong, but I appreciate you very much."

"We are smart people. If you and I can support each other, we will be able to show our strengths. Do you want to support King Qing? Or one of the four emperors and grandchildren he raised? I can help you. The East Palace, the Right Prime Minister, they I know all the secrets."

Xue Bai leaned over, looked at the injury on Pei Mian's foot, and frowned.

"It doesn't matter." Pei Mian said: "A man is born between heaven and earth, he should be frustrated but not broken. A small injury will not affect you and me to make great achievements."

"You just said that you know my identity?"

"That's natural. Suo Douji ordered me to investigate you, but I didn't tell him many things."

Xue Bai listened silently.

Pei Mian didn't say any more, he had to keep these secrets to save his life.

Xue Bai understood, smiled, and said, "Have you hidden the weapons in the Eastern Palace? If you die, your people will hand them over to identify the Eastern Palace?"

"No, I scared Li Jingzhong, and you know what he is." Pei Mian said, "But when the incident happened suddenly that night, how could I make such an arrangement?"

"Where is the weapon, can you tell me?"

"Yes." Pei Mian knew that he should show some sincerity, and pondered: "Do you know about Guangyun Lake? Water transportation along the Weishui River enters Guangyun Lake, and it can reach the Forbidden Garden. I am an interview envoy and judge in Gyeonggi, and I have some advantages due to my position."

Xue Bai smiled and asked, "If something happens, can you directly enter the Forbidden Garden?"

"Don't dare, I just made some trivial arrangements and hid dozens of full armor."

"Where exactly?"

"Not far from Guangyuntan Pier, there is a warehouse outside the Forbidden Garden..."

~~
Lao Liang and Jiang Hai were guarding outside the courtyard. Jiang Hai didn't understand why Lao Liang brought Pei Mian here. At this moment, he thought of a possibility and couldn't help complaining.

"If you want to ask a question, just ask, tortured for two days, what can't you ask? Why do you tell Mr. Lang? When the person dies here, find Fengweilou... Could it be that you, the scout, forgot the hatred of the brothers?" ?”

Lao Liang was a little embarrassed, and was about to answer when Xue Bai came out of the room.

"Lang Jun." Jiang Hai was a little anxious, "Pei Gou can't believe it..."

Xue Bai patted the two of them on the shoulder, and said: "He has already said what he should ask. You take him away and avenge your brothers. I promised you this matter, but it must be dealt with cleanly."

Jiang Hai was overjoyed, and Lao Liang was also relieved.

The two saluted Xue Bai again, their eyes were a little different than before.

Afterwards, they rushed into the house, put Pei Mian in a sack neatly and took him away.

All kinds of traces were quickly cleared one by one. Xue Bai returned to Fengwei Building through the secret passage again, hid in the carriage, still thinking about Pei Mian.

Pei Mian is powerful, but there are too many reasons why he can't use Pei Mian. It's a snake that bites back, a thunder that can explode, and it can even make the people he has managed to win centrifugal.

Ultimately, there is a trade-off.

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