Man Tang Huacai

Chapter 140 Water Tune

When the royal banquet in Qinzhengwu's main building was in full swing, three barbarians with big noses and blue eyes left Xingqing Palace holding the defeated Western Region rooster.

Several Fan Yang soldiers who were waiting outside the palace gate came forward and greeted them happily.

"Did you win?"

"No, they are all useless waste chickens."

"Giggle cluck!"

While speaking, the roosters of the Western Regions had a bad feeling and screamed, but the barbarians still snapped their necks.

"Let's go, take it home and eat stewed chicken, Dafu won't come out until the middle of the night."

"Haha."

The Daozhengfang where they live is not far from Xingqing Palace, just across the long street is Fangmen.

However, they ran into trouble when verifying the talismans, and the Jinwu guards guarding the gate refused to let them pass.It just so happened that a kid from Jifang came over, pointed at them and laughed.

"Miscellaneous Hu can also fight cocks? Waste."

"What did you say?"

"I said, your chicken is so soft..."

From this sentence, the scolding between the two sides gradually became more intense.

There was a cockfighting kid with bright eyes, holding a dagger in his hand, staring at the barbarian who was holding a rooster from the Western Regions.

~~
In the government office building, Zhang Ting sat alone by the desk, turned her head to look behind her, her elder sister Zhang Si looked up at her, and nodded.

Zhang Ting withdrew his gaze calmly, and observed several people separately.

Li Heng was still standing there with his hands down, leaving only a bent back, playing the image of a forbearance who is not loved by saints and suppressed by adultery; His lofty posture is incompatible with the whole banquet.

Zhang Ting had already heard what Li Jingzhong said, and Li Mi gave His Highness two simple and unpretentious suggestions.

She didn't see the wisdom of the so-called "child prodigy" from these two suggestions at all. It is actually commonplace to say that goodness is like water.

Tonight, she wants to show His Highness who is the think tank of the Eastern Palace.

His eyes turned again and fell on Xue Bai.

He was leaving his seat, walked into the hall, and stood beside Anlu Mountain. The two of them, one handsome and the other ugly, complemented each other nicely.

Zhang Ting couldn't help thinking, Xue Bai was really bold, obviously many people knew that he was Xue Ru's son, and the Beiya only needed to check it out.He didn't keep his name incognito, but showed off everywhere.

"Xue Bai, you've become the top of the Guozijian list." Li Longji's tone was slightly teasing, "The person that Aunt Yang is talking about is you?"

Xue Bai said: "The sage is wise, he can guess right."

"Why do you want to recognize Aunt San as your sister?"

"Madam Guo Guo and I have some joint ventures. There are many rumors and gossips in our daily contacts. It's better to meet a relative to show our innocence."

Li Niang sneered when she heard Xue Bai's words.

Others can be deceived by these nonsense, but she knows that he is completely shameless. Today, she and Yang Sanyi are married as siblings, and their friendship will be even more exciting in the future.

"The best way is to expose them." Li Niang whispered to Yang Hui.

Yang Hui thought of his outer room in the Buzheng Square, and replied: "It's better not to worry about such boring matters."

"He wants to show himself in front of the saint again. He should have supported my younger brother."

"It's okay, let him show his eyes, there will always be times when he stumbles."

……

Li Longji took a look at Xue Bai and An Lushan. Although he was partial to Hu'er, he still had the bearing of an emperor.

"Tell me, how do you guys want to compete?"

Xue Bai pondered for a while, and said: "Marshal An has danced, so I will sing a song, and I will only compete with who can satisfy the imperial concubine more."

Yang Yuhuan couldn't help laughing again, and said with a smile: "It's better than a test, since I want to recognize my relatives, I should be satisfied."

Li Longji laughed loudly and said: "Xue singing, Xue singing, you have a big white voice, I'm afraid it's more ridiculous to want to compare with Hu'er."

The saint was funny again, and everyone in the hall immediately laughed.

An Lushan originally wanted to talk, but at this moment he had no choice but to hold his big belly and laugh silly.

Everyone laughed, Li Longji waved his hand and said, "Sing."

"According to the order."

Xue Bai saluted and said in a loud voice: "I have been wandering since I was a child, and I have no relatives. Fortunately, the saints favored me, and the two imperial banquets in Shangyuan and Mid-Autumn Festival made me no longer live alone in the world. On this beautiful Mid-Autumn Festival, I am pregnant with my relatives." Let me do it, and give you a little repayment of your kindness."

After saying these words, Li Longji nodded in satisfaction, including Gao Lishi and Yang Yuhuan behind him, who also felt that they did not take care of him in vain.

Xue Bai walked into the hall, and whispered a few words with Li Guinian.

"Can you play the water tune, sir?"

"it is good."

After a while, the melodious sound of the piano sounded.

Xue Bai didn't start singing right away, but looked around at the senior officials in the palace, and said something slowly.

"Dinghai Mid-Autumn Festival, Qinzheng Building Royal Banquet, feeling the life experience, writing this article, and sending it to the deceased."

At this moment, no one understood the meaning of what he said, and everyone just regarded it as an ordinary preface.

But there is a possibility, maybe this preface will spread all over the country along with the poem he sang next, until one day, someone suddenly realizes and thinks of the secret hidden in it.

Why would a young man of unknown origin reminisce about his life experience at the imperial banquet in the Qinzheng Building?

At that time, they may be able to figure out the meaning of this word.

"When is the bright moon? Ask Qingtian about the wine. I don't know what year it is in the palace in the sky."

"I want to go back by the wind, but I'm afraid that Qionglou Yuyu will be too cold on the heights. Dance to find out the shadows, so it seems to be in the world."

The singing sounded.

Li Longji, who was originally a little careless, suddenly turned his head, squinted his eyes, and stared at Xue Bai, shocked at how this young man could compose such lyrics and figure out such a singing style.

If An Lushan is his confidant in terms of rhythm, Xue Bai is different. It seems that God has sent him to the prosperous Tang Dynasty to show him, a sage who is unique in the world, something new.

Li Guinian plucked the qin, and his movements were rarely flustered, because Xue Bai was not singing the water tune he thought.

Yang Yuhuan stood up, staring at Xue Bai with a pair of beautiful eyes, shocked.

Before, she knew that he was good at composing lyrics, and that he occasionally had inspirations in tunes, but now she was surprised to find that he might be a genius in lyrics and music, or maybe his level was even higher than hers, so high that she needed to look up and worship her...

~~
The night was dark, and a full moon hung high in the sky.

Under the moonlight, someone was killing people, just like the night of the palace change ten years ago.

The soldiers in armor ran out of the gate in panic, but someone chased after him, holding a long-handled mo knife in both hands, and chopped it down.

"puff."

Blood spattered, one arm fell to the ground, and the wound was neat and smooth.

"Kill them!"

The sword-wielding pawn became even more frantic when he saw the blood, and Mo Dao slashed down again, all the way through.

"puff."

The flames flickered on the watchtower, and the sound of dense footsteps came from all directions.

Only then did the murderer come to his senses, looked around, his eyes were frightened, and he shouted: "I didn't intend to kill anyone!"

"Take it!"

"I didn't provoke it! They made the first move..."

No one listened to this kind of excuse anymore, countless patrols rushed forward, quickly unloaded the rioters' armor and weapons, and escorted them into the north palace.

They didn't know what kind of conspiracy was hidden in that brightly lit Qionglou Yuyu.

~~
"Turn to Zhuge, low Qihu, Zhao Wusian. There should be no hatred, what is the long way to go?"

"People have sorrows and joys, and the moon has cloudy and sunny waxes and wanes. This matter is difficult to complete in ancient times. I hope that people will live a long time and share the joys and joys of thousands of miles."

The singing stopped, and the piano sound also stopped.

The entire office building fell silent.

It took Yang Yuhuan a long time to recover, and she raised her hand to wipe the tears on her cheeks.

She couldn't tell why she was crying, but it certainly wasn't because of the young man's loud voice.Maybe it's because of the words and sentences, every sentence coincides with her unknown thoughts, and she is full of emotions; maybe it's because of the ethereal and melodious tune, she loves the rhythm too much, so she can't help feeling something; maybe, it's just thanks to him for singing this song The heart of the song...

Gao Lishi looked at Xue Bai, dazed for a long time.

He couldn't figure out what kind of experience it would take for a young boy to write such lonely and cold poems with high hopes for beauty.

Just like this Great Tang Sheji, although there are joys and sorrows, ups and downs, I hope it will last forever.

"what."

Li Longji smiled, took the qin from Li Guinian, carried the qin to the railing, and looked up at the full moon.

The wind blew his long gray hair, and his robe made a noise, as if he wanted to ride the wind back home.

He plucked the strings and sang the song he had just heard again, as if to wash away Xue Bai's big white voice's insult to the lyrics.

But the strange thing was that even though he sang very well, his piano skills and singing voice were unmatched in the world, but he didn't seem to give people the shock of hearing his song just now.

There is a faint hint... not enough sorrow, not enough hope.

Li Longji himself didn't feel it, but thought that he sang more fairy-like.

After one song, he let out a long whistle and laughed triumphantly.

"Sheng Zai!"

Li Longji strode back to the imperial case, and said loudly: "Such lyrics and music are flourishing in the literary world of the Tang Dynasty!"

At the banquet, everyone held wine one after another and congratulated: "Splendid Tang Dynasty!"

Li Longji turned around, pointed at Xue Bai, and said with a smile: "Xue Singing, you gave me a Mid-Autumn Festival gift, what reward do you want?"

"The boy is bold, hoping to be sworn obeisance to the imperial concubine, to make up for the pain of losing a relative when he was young."

"Hahaha, you actually took the joke seriously?"

Li Longji was over 16 years old, and he felt that it was absurd for a [-]-year-old boy to marry his concubine.

But just now when Hu Er wanted to admit his mother, he didn't think it was absurd.This matter is also strange, presumably because Hu'er is old and has descended from a seniority, but Xue Bai feels a bit superior.

Seeing this situation, Yang Yuhuan couldn't help but glance at Yang Yuyao, thinking that for the sake of the third sister, it's better to accept this foster brother.

She then said: "It's a joke, I'm willing to admit defeat."

"Alright." Although Li Longji felt it was absurd, he was still willing to admit defeat, "Xue Bai is very talented, he deserves to be a true brother."

"Thank you saint!"

For a moment, everyone in the hall stared wide-eyed, only to feel that the saint became more and more mischievous because of Concubine Yang.

Yang Kai, Yang Qi, and the two wives came out with smiles, including Yang Zhao, who also stood up to have fun.Li Longji was in high spirits and asked the brothers and sisters of the Yang family to drink with Xue Bai and form a friendship with Jinlan.

Yang Yuhuan drank a glass of wine with Xue Bai, and said with a smile: "In the future, since he will be my younger brother, he will have food, play, poetry and songs, but don't only give it to the third sister, but also remember me as a sister."

"Yes."

"Call my sister."

"elder sister."

Xue Bai's eyes fell on Yang Yuhuan's alluring face, and when he moved away, he seemed a little not very good at talking.

"Xue Lang sang the lyrics really well, Hu'er wants to worship Xue Lang as his uncle!" An Lushan didn't give up, and said with a silly smile.

As soon as this remark came out, Xue Bai quickly glanced at Li Longji.

Li Longji was still not angry. In his opinion, An Lushan was utterly loyal, knowing that Concubine Yang was favored, he just deliberately made fun of him.

Yang Yu, on the other hand, was a little tempted, and kept winking at Yang Yuyao, thinking that it would be good for the Yang family to recognize the general of the border town of Anlu Mountain as a relative.

The strange thing is that Yang Zhao didn't have such a utilitarian attitude this time, and his eyes looked very disgusted at An Lushan.

"Just recognize Hu'er as a nephew? Uncle?"

An Lushan knew that Li Longji was conniving on purpose, and he decided that Xue Bai was not qualified to refuse, so he made even more ridiculous gestures to pester him endlessly.

I have to say that the appearance of an ugly, fat and greasy old Hu'er yelling "Uncle" to a clear and bright young man is quite different.

Seeing this scene, Li Heng's eyes became more and more ugly, fearing that all these people would unite to deal with him, the crown prince, he kept looking at Zhang Ting.

suddenly.

Amidst the footsteps of "thump, thump, thump," a general of the Longwu Army boarded the Qinzheng Building, rushed towards Chen Xuanli, and whispered a few words.

"saint."

Chen Xuanli rushed in front of Li Longji, but he didn't hide too much, and said in a low voice: "Fan Yang's soldiers clashed with Jifang Xiaoer and killed two people. Jin Wuwei tried to stop them, but two people were killed and four were injured. people……"

At the end, he added another sentence.

"The reason why this happened is that some of Fan Yang's soldiers escorted the prisoners of war, and they entered Chang'an City wearing armor and swords."

Although his voice was low, it was just enough for the few people around Li Longji to hear him.

An Lushan's complexion changed, and he didn't dare to pretend to be a fool in front of the emperor, and immediately bowed down to Li Longji and confessed his mistake.

"Your Majesty! Hu'er is ineffective, please punish Hu'er severely!"

"..."

Li Mi looked over and saw An Lushan knelt down and Li Heng breathed a sigh of relief, and sighed slightly.

On the other side, Zhang Ting lowered his head and took a sip of the wine to cover up the smug look in his eyes.

She made it.

After much difficulty, she managed to get some words from Xue Bai, "What's the use of looking for me? Why don't you think about who has the ability to kill those Huihe people?"

Because of this sentence, she immediately realized how to fight back.She didn't instruct anyone to investigate or testify against An Lushan, but directly forced Fan Yang's soldiers to show the means of killing in a ruthless and straightforward way.

It was easy to do, but fortunately, the eldest sister Zhang Si was good at gambling, so she used her relationship with Jia Chang and Wang Zhun to bribe a few Jifang children and Jin Wuwei respectively, and tricked them into killing people from An Lushan.

These Chang'an villains are used to running rampant, so they don't know how fierce the frontier army is.

The same goes for saints and noble concubines. I really think that Zahu is a kind person. Tonight, she will tear off Zahu's mask.

~~
"Get up, let's talk after we find out."

Li Longji aroused An Lushan, but did not punish him immediately.

This kind of small conflict is common, and the situation is not clear, just arrange for a company to deal with it.The emperor does not have to personally try the case at the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet. If the result cannot be found out for a while, he will lose his dignity in front of the ministers.

"Hu'er is loyal, I can trust it, there is no need to spoil the beautiful Mid-Autumn Festival because of this. Let's all sit down and watch the singing and dancing."

"According to the order."

An Lushan hurriedly bowed and saluted, not daring to make any more entanglements.

The conflict tonight was minor, so it must have been the first provocation by Jifang Xiaoer, who had confidence in his own soldiers; but what was feared was that the sage would think of the case of killing the Uighurs, and the misunderstanding was that he sent someone to do it.

Before stepping back, he took a sneak peek. The saint's eyes were like a deep well, unfathomable to the sacred heart.

At the same time, Xue Bai and his brothers and sisters from the Yang family also retreated.

Yang Yuhuan couldn't help but took a deep look at Xue Bai, and felt differently about him preventing her from recognizing Hu Er as her adopted son.

Li Longji said lightly: "The prince doesn't have to stand in front of me, just sit down."

"My son obeys the order."

Li Heng retreated respectfully, and fell into the eyes of everyone, as if he was framed by a traitor again, temporarily clearing his grievances.

Hearing these words, An Lushan looked down at his stomach, his eyes rolled.

At the end, he laughed a little in his heart.

No wonder the Prime Minister said that the prince was cunning.But tonight, Donggong seems to have used a clever trick, but in fact, he was clever and was mistaken by cleverness.

Those Uighurs were not really killed by Hu'er, could Hu'er still be wronged?
On the contrary, it was Xue Bai, who had a heart at a young age, and silently spoiled Hu'er's good deeds.

"My little uncle." An Lushan thought with a sneer in his heart, "Our business is never over..."

~~
That night, Xu Hezi sang a prepared song about the moon, far from the expected response, so she also sang "Water Tune Getou".

On this mid-autumn night, a new poem lingered in the hearts of everyone in Xingqing Palace.

~~
After the banquet, Li Heng and Zhang Ting rode together in a carriage and returned to the prince's other courtyard.

Lifting the curtain and looking, only Li Jingzhong was guarding the shaft of the chariot, and there was no one else around.

"This time it's all thanks to Ting Niang's efforts. I thought I would ask my father-in-law to say something nice, but I didn't expect to be able to expose that mischievous face."

Speaking of this, Li Heng became more and more dissatisfied.

The sage is closer to that miscellaneous beard than to him, he is so stupid that he is hopelessly stupid!

Zhang Tingdao: "We should have thought of it long ago. Only Miscellaneous Hu has the ability to commit this case. Unfortunately, there is too little news, so we didn't know the case as soon as possible. We still have to install our own people in Zhusi."

"What Mr. Li said is the opposite. He thinks that no movement is worse than stillness."

"Then His Highness will listen to him?" Zhang Ting smiled slightly.

Li Heng smiled bitterly and shook his head, thought for a while, but said: "At that time, Pei Mian said that two old soldiers from Longyou had escaped..."

"Where did you escape to?"

"It's nothing, I must have fled away."

Li Heng sighed, and began to worry about the armor that Pei Mian hid privately.

Zhang Ting felt that it was boring for him to sigh like this all the time, and said: "I'm afraid Zahu will continue to quibble, there will be many difficulties in the future, Your Highness should cheer up."

"Not bad." Li Heng said: "By the way, what conditions did you agree to Xue Bai?"

Zhang Ting shook his head, "Without conditions, he didn't agree to cooperate with us, fortunately, I took his word for it."

"is it?"

"Your Highness doesn't believe me?" Zhang Ting said in surprise, "What I said is true."

"He waits for people, can they benefit this time?"

"Your Highness?"

Li Heng had no choice but to smile bitterly, and said, "Okay, I was overthinking."

~~
At the same time, Xue Baicai was leaving Xingqing Palace when he met Yang Hui driving his horse over.

When the two passed by, Yang Hui asked, "Did you arrange the conflict in Daozhengfang tonight?"

"not my business."

"Really?"

Xue Bai looked cold, and said: "My son-in-law, please remember, this matter has nothing to do with us."

Yang Hui smiled coquettishly, and understood that the next thing was Donggong and the dog-eating dog, why should they bother with such trivial matters?

"Okay, I was thinking too much..."

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