Man Tang Huacai

Chapter 154

Prince's other courtyard.

Li Heng paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, his eyes filled with worry, he finally saw Zhang Ting came back, and quickly asked, "Did my father-in-law invite Xue Bai?"

"No." Zhang Ting was also a little annoyed, "My grandpa is a cousin of a saint, yet Xue Bai didn't even give him face."

"Ugh."

"Why is Your Highness so nervous? It's just right that Lu Qi was relegated. No one has found those dead soldiers. At least the catastrophe is over now."

"What do you know?" Li Heng reprimanded unconsciously, "It's more terrifying than being exposed on the spot without being exposed. The two dead men were in the hands of Xue Bai, and Pei Mian was also killed by him. The disaster is getting worse."

Zhang Ting glanced at Li Jingzhong who was bowing aside, and said leisurely: "It's better to kill him."

"I didn't succeed at the beginning, how can I kill him now, in case the temptation gets out of hand." Li Heng clenched his fist tightly, holding back the anger in his heart, and said: "The only way is to win him over at any cost."

Zhang Ting didn't like Li Heng's many sons and daughters very much, and asked, "Why didn't the saint let Sanniang marry Xue Bai? Maybe Sanniang didn't say she wanted to marry."

"No, the sage doubts me. He just thinks that brother Yi and I are hiding the dead in Chang'an, and wants to suppress me again, so he won't allow me to win over Yang Dang." Li Heng said: "To remove the suspicion of brother Yi and me, to frame miscellaneous Hu Ben was a good idea, but the San Hu family was too long, so he had to take a step back and close the case with Huangfu Weiming, but this matter required Xue Bai's help, and it became a deadlock."

This is the result of not having Holy Family.

Zahu, Xue playing cards, and cockfighting encounter more difficult situations, or do nothing, or offer treasures, or admit mistakes, and they can easily pass the level. Only he, the prince, can't do it, and he really has no holy family at all.

This side is still sighing, and the palace people have rushed over.

"The sage ordered to call the prince to Xingqing Palace to have an audience."

Li Heng's expression turned ugly when he heard this.

He knew his father too well, and it would definitely not be a good thing if he wanted to see him.

really.

When I arrived at Xingqing Palace, I saw that there was no loyal and capable minister by Li Longji's side, only Li Linfu and An Lushan.

"See you, son..."

"Forget it." Li Longji waved his hand, and said lightly: "There is no need to be polite."

These years, he only treated Li Heng like this, thinking that the greetings from his son were false.

Li Heng had no choice but to stand up and stand aside obediently.

It is rare to see that there is no singing and dancing in the main building of Qinzhengwu today. Maybe it's because of some ugly gestures when miscellaneous reports are made, which can make this stupid king laugh.

At this time, if you compare the father and son, you will find that they seem to be about the same age from the outside.

Although Li Longji was old, he looked energetic and energetic; Li Heng looked much older than his actual age, with an air of aging.

This prince looks like he is very anxious to succeed to the throne.

Just looking at his son, Li Longji felt a little unhappy, and said, "Continue talking, what's the matter with Pei Mian's case?"

"Back to the saint." Li Linfu replied: "The old minister has found out that the reason why Xue Bai was wronged before was indeed because the minister made a guess in his mind first, so as to verify it."

"What's the right minister's speculation?"

"Xue Bai once donated weapons to help Wang Zhongsi..."

Li Heng immediately cheered up and prepared to deal with it, and it was true that he thought about the cockfight.

After fighting for these years, they know each other well.

However, Suo Douji was not aggressive this time, and at the end, he said instead: "The veteran investigated carefully, but found that this case has nothing to do with Wang Zhongsi. He is in Longyou, so it is impossible for his subordinates to be so relentless The level of traces."

"Who does the Right Prime Minister think did it?"

"I'm incompetent, I haven't found any clues, please be punished by the sage."

Li Heng listened, and suddenly felt a burst of coldness, his body stiffened as if he had fallen into an ice cave.

He found that the rhetoric he had prepared had become useless in an instant.Suo Douji didn't testify against him, and the sage didn't scold him, how can we argue?

It seemed only for a moment, and it seemed like a long time later, Li Longji smiled brightly, and scolded: "Shi Lang is resentful, your son-in-law was blamed by the stick, so you just let him go, right?"

"I have absolutely no such intentions." Li Linfu said: "Yuan is to blame, and I have absolutely no complaints. It is indeed incompetent, and no clues can be found."

Li Heng first heard the word "son-in-law" and almost thought that Xue Bai had been snatched by Suo Douji as his son-in-law first, but then he came to his senses and wondered when Suo Douji really investigated the case, it was just a frame.

Seeing that Suo Douji was too scared to frame him, Li Longji also felt that the suppression had gone too far, and said: "Don't worry, investigate boldly! No matter who is found, I will never hold you accountable."

"I have the audacity to ask the sage to choose Gao Ming..."

~~
Dongshi, Chengxin Bookstore.

The smile on Jiang Cheng's face increased a lot, and his hands were not in his sleeves, but holding a stack of papers.

"Look, sir, this is bamboo paper made after retting for ten days. The quality of the paper has improved compared to last time, and this one has been in the sun for a longer time."

"It should be beneficial." Xue Bai said.

Even though the quality of the paper is already very good, it is difficult to get a compliment from him.

"If it is useful to soak and dry for a long time, then try it for a longer time."

"Don't worry, Mr. Lang, that pool of bamboo material is still retting."

Xue Bai said: "I have something to ask you today, would you like to serve as a general supervisor?"

Jiang Cheng was surprised, and quickly expressed his loyalty, saying: "I am your servant, and I am willing to serve you."

"You are a slave of the Yang family, and now the uncle of the country is paying homage to the Prime Minister, just to popularize bamboo paper and fight hard, but the general will find a job for you, just say whether you want to or not."

"Lang Jun, isn't your business making money?"

"How much is earned, why is ambition important?"

Seeing that Jiang Cheng is not carried away by Chad's future, Xue Bai knows it well.

When he was about to leave the bookstore, he saw a young man with a gentle temperament standing outside the door, it was Li Mi.

The two looked at each other and smiled tacitly. Xue Bai asked, "Would you like to go to the bookstore or have a cup of tea?"

Although Li Mi wanted to observe the craftsmanship of bamboo paper, but today he has a secret matter to discuss, and it is inconvenient to walk around the craftsman, so he said: "I invite Xue Lang to taste tea, how about it?"

"But it's disrespectful."

Talking about tasting tea, the two left Chunming Gate all the way, and sat down at a farmer's home in the eastern suburbs of Chang'an, but there was no tea at all.

Li Mi didn't care, touched a few copper coins to buy a few pears, and then boiled pear water in the pottery kettle at the farmer's house.

He was not in a hurry to speak, and finished these trivial matters leisurely, before he asked: "But Lao Liang and Jiang Hai killed Pei Mian?"

"Ah."

Li Midao: "When Huangfu Weiming questioned the crime, we kept these old soldiers as witnesses to expose Wang Yu's exploitation of the army. We never thought that it would go to this extent."

"Sir, how do you think it should be resolved?"

"How does Xue Lang want to solve it?"

Xue Bai said: "You definitely don't agree with my idea."

"Abandoning the stockpile will inevitably lead to turmoil in the country."

Li Mi didn't show any anxiety, just fanned the fire with a cattail fan, and said calmly: "Your Highness has done many things wrong, fortunately, time is still long, what cannot be solved by manpower, time can, what do you think? "

Xue Bai understood what he meant.

Li Longji seems to have a long life span, so there is no need to worry about many things.The fight between Li Heng and Li Linfu is actually a show, so you can calm down a little.

In other words, if everyone in this flourishing court where the fire is cooking oil and the flowers are blooming can be calm and indifferent like Li Mi, many problems can be solved.

"It seems that I understand Li Heng's actions better than you." Xue Bai said, "It can be seen with the naked eye that he must not survive a saint. one day?"

"This statement is too vicious."

"Fortunately, it's just verbal viciousness?"

Li Mi waved his palm-leaf fan to sweep away these machine fronts, and said something sincerely, saying: "I think highly of myself, and it is my lifelong ambition to assist the country. Now I am helping His Highness, not for His Highness to use me, everything is according to my will." It depends on the method, but it depends on how it is beneficial to the country. Xue Lang thinks, who can be better in the Tang Dynasty?"

Xue Bai said: "I'll give you a step, I won't argue with you about this for the time being."

"Thank you." Li Mi said: "Come today, Your Highness hopes that I can persuade you to reconcile with the East Palace."

"Sir also wants to be a matchmaker, so he advised me to marry the county magistrate Hezheng."

"The best kindness is like water. If you don't want to, oppressing you will only be counterproductive." Li Mi said, "You once donated military weapons to Longyou, so you don't want to see a change of generals in the northwest, and the situation is turbulent?"

"Ah."

"Then I'm here to tell you that these disputes between the DPRK and China should be eased." Having said that, Li Mi pointed to the pottery cauldron that was still burning, and said, "The water is almost dry. It's going to crack."

Xue Bai asked: "I don't have a source of military reports, so I don't know how the Battle of Shibao City was going to be?"

"I'm slowly drawing it."

Li Bi extinguished the fire and said: "General Wang is fighting steadily and steadily, and he cannot bear the heavy casualties of his soldiers. Therefore, although he has a good weapon, the progress of the siege is not fast. Fortunately, the results are good. To help Shibao City, Tubo sent a large army deep into the Helongtun area. Seize the wheat. The deputy envoy of Longyou Jiedu, the military envoy of Guanxi, and the envoy of the Heyuan army, Ge Shuhan, led the troops to respond. Not long ago, Ge Shuhan ordered Wang Rare, Yang Jinghui and others to lure the enemy, set up an ambush, and killed five thousand The elite cavalry of Tubo failed to return. In this battle, Ge Shuhan shocked Tubo, and sent Gao Xiuyan and Zhang Shouyu back to attack Shibao City..."

Today's Datang is indeed like a cloud of famous generals.

Xue Bai asked: "So, have you not taken Shibao City yet?"

"Still waiting for the news to come back." Li Mi said: "At this time, it is not appropriate to spoil the important affairs of the border town because of some rumors in the court."

Xue Bai asked: "Sir, have you ever thought about it? These pretentious things in the court are just to wait for Wang Zhongsi to return from a great victory and give him a 'reward'."

He really dared to say anything.

But why didn't Li Mi have such worries?The meaning of those words just now revealed a little key information.

Ge Shuhan, deputy envoy of Longyou Jiedu, was able to succeed Wang Zhongsi's envoy of Longyou Jiedu.

"It doesn't matter whether I've thought about it or not. Can I ask Xue Lang not to make extra troubles now?" Li Mi said, "Place the things left by Lao Liang, Jiang Hai, and Pei Mian properly?"

"it is good."

With a rather straightforward answer, Li Mi breathed a sigh of relief, as he had reached the first consensus of the day.

Li Heng was very worried about this matter, but he negotiated it so simply, he thought that the simpler the method, the less mistakes he would make.

After orderly pouring out the pear soup from the pottery pot and sharing it with Xue Bai, Li Mi asked again: "I heard that you went to the Right Prime Minister's Mansion a few days ago, but there is good news? If you get married, be sure to invite me."

"No, Brother Nu originally planned to concoct criminal evidence to frame Wang Zhongsi, but I persuaded him." Xue Bai took a sip of pear soup, which tasted better than tea, and continued: "Although it seems to be bragging to you, but this matter it is true."

"What conditions did you agree to the right minister?"

"Simple, don't compete with him for too much power, just fight for a little bit."

Li Mixiao asked: "How does the right minister plan to explain the Pei Mian case?"

"I don't know." Xue Bai was thick-skinned without showing any signs of inappropriateness, "Brother has his own plans."

Li Bi nodded, and said: "It's good that uncle Guo pays homage to the Prime Minister, as he can do more practical things, which will benefit the society."

Xue Bai said: "I think so too."

Although this conversation did not completely win over Xue Bai as Li Heng had hoped, Li Mi at least persuaded Xue Bai to let the Yang party no longer be too persuasive to the East Palace, so as to avoid turmoil in the northwest.

Li Miwei couldn't figure it out a little bit, and felt that it was too smooth.

He soon understood why.

~~
That evening, when Li Mi returned to his house, he was very surprised to find the prince visiting.

"How did your Highness come here?"

Li Heng's face was very worried, and his mouth was full of bitterness, he said: "Because the sage ordered me to investigate Pei Mian's case, I came here to ask Mr. for advice."

He detailed everything that happened in Xingqing Palace today.

Li Mi lost his mind for a moment, thinking quickly in his mind.

With the fastest speed, he considered the position of everyone involved in this matter.

Yang Dang wanted the simplest thing, a foothold in the court, so Xue Bai quickly agreed to today's request, which shows that he is willing to protect the king's loyal heir; Yu Wang Zhongsi.

"Your Highness, the saint has been determined to be done by His Highness." Li Mi said solemnly: "The right minister's move almost made it clear that the man was killed by someone sent by the East Palace, and the saint believed it."

"But no." Li Heng said: "The killer was not sent by me, it was Xue Bai..."

"The Huihe people belonged to the Eastern Palace; Lao Liang and Jiang Hai also came from the Eastern Palace. His Highness has been unable to prove himself to the saint. Now that the matter is up to now, he knows it well. It only depends on how His Highness expresses his position and how the saint handles it."

"what for?"

"Your Highness wants me to speak straight?"

"You said."

"Okay, what the saint wants is not to investigate the case, but a reason, a reason to dismiss General Wang or deal with His Highness."

"Huh?" Li Heng laughed and said angrily: "I knew it. He didn't believe me when I said Hu'er killed it; he still didn't believe it when Suo Douji said it was Xue Bai. Why? Because he already had the answer in his heart. Once you say that I killed you, you don’t even want evidence, you don’t even want your face! No more pretending!”

Li Bi was silent.

The truth is harsh, but it is true.

The courtiers concocted the evidence with their own minds, and finally found that the emperor just didn't want to hear other results, and waited for more than a month, only waiting for the final charge to fall on Donggong.

The situation was very bad, but when Li Bi opened his mouth, he said, "Your Highness, the current situation is not the worst."

"What's your opinion, sir?" Li Heng was overjoyed.

"If the Right Prime Minister is against General Wang, then the saint will get rid of General Wang. But if the right prime minister is against His Highness, the Saint will not destroy His Highness..."

Hearing this, Li Heng already had a premonition that he would not like what he said.

really.

"Your Highness only needs to be honest with the saint to break the situation."

"Frankly? Sir, have you ever thought about what will happen to me?"

"I wish to guarantee with my life that I will not waste my life."

Li Heng froze.

He understood what Li Mi meant, and if he was punished frankly, the sage's suspicion would be greatly reduced, and the means of weakening the Eastern Palace would not be too drastic.

For example, maybe the saint originally wanted Wang Zhongsi to hand over the military power of the four towns. In this way, he might be able to retain the post of Hedong Jiedushi to maintain stability.

What is the price?

It is to make the crimes of the prince public to the public, so that the princes of a country will lose their dignity, and even be placed under house arrest ever since.

Li Heng knew what the faint king was thinking, he wanted to live a long time, until his sons died, and it would be better to pass the throne directly to the emperor and grandson.

I'm afraid that even Li Mi thought so, that's why he was able to say "it's not the worst case", which made him feel chills.

That was the feeling of disappointment.

"Sir...can't you help me find out the truth?"

"Your Highness can see clearly."

Li Heng shook his head, turned around and left.

It is impossible for him to confess this crime, even those people were not killed by him.But he also understood that the saint would not believe anyone who was accused of being a murderer.

Fortunately, he also has a way to break the situation.

~~
It was night, Zhang Ting suddenly heard shouts, and rushed to the courtyard to have a look, only to see that Li Heng had picked up a basin of well water and poured it on himself.

"Your Highness?!"

Now that the Mid-Autumn Festival has passed, it is the time when the wind and cold are most likely to enter the body.

Li Jingzhong was also very frightened, hurriedly grabbed a small blanket and put it on Li Heng, crying: "Why is Your Highness like this?! Your Highness's body is the foundation of the country!"

"People don't save me...I save myself." Li Heng gritted his teeth, hugged the blanket, and murmured: "I won't fall into their trap, I won't find out...what can they do to me...I am the prince, Can you destroy me for no reason?"

Zhang Ting understood immediately, and quickly ordered: "Quick, please call the imperial doctor, Your Highness is ill!"

"Yes, His Highness is ill..."

~~
For more than ten days, Xue Bai seemed to have nothing to do with the affairs of the court, but he had an extra habit.

Occasionally, he would go to Li Bi to talk about the Taoism, but in fact he was asking about the Northwest Battlefield.

But Li Mi also seemed to have lost his source of news, and he was not clear about the progress of the attack on Shibao City, but he was becoming more and more worried.

In the blink of an eye, it was October, and a shocking news from the northwest finally came back to Chang'an, and soon, the whole city knew about it.

"Gao Xianzhi crossed the precipice, attacked the little Bolu kingdom by surprise, destroyed the country in the first battle, and captured the little Bolu king and his queen, who is also the princess of Tubo. The 72 kingdoms of Fusu and Dashi were all shocked and surrendered!"

Xiao Bolu is a small country, relying on its remoteness and steep mountains and rivers, he dared to rebel against the Tang Dynasty and returned to Tubo, cutting off the connection between more than [-] countries in the Western Regions and the Tang Dynasty.

Then there were generals and soldiers of the Tang Dynasty rushing thousands of miles away to attack, and divine soldiers descended from the sky.

It is conceivable that the saint let out a bad breath.

In this golden autumn, everyone in Chang'an is talking about the battle in the Western Regions, commenting on the famous generals.

Gao Xianzhi is handsome, courageous and resourceful; Li Siye is the vanguard, invincible with a Mo Dao, and fights in front of Little Bolu King in blood; Feng Changqing, who was born in a commoner, strategizes and manages well; the supervisor Bian Lingcheng also endures hardships and stands hard work... …

In such an atmosphere, Xue Bai knew that Wang Zhongsi was in a difficult situation.

He had failed to capture Shibao City before, if Wang Zhongsi did so at this time, it would inevitably be said that he deliberately delayed until Gao Xianzhi was envious to make a contribution; if he did not capture it, he would appear too incompetent.

There is no way, whoever makes the saint the most suspicious of him will be criticized and punished sooner or later.

And Donggong obviously planned to do nothing.

Xue Bai can only do his best to see how far Yang Dang can be kept.

In the atmosphere of Chang'an, when he asked Li Mi for news again, Li Mi showed him a transcribed memorial.

"This is?"

"Xue Lang, let's see." Li Mi sighed, showing a rare sense of anxiety.

It was the first time Xue Bai saw him confused.

The words on the paper are beautiful, and Li Mi's calligraphy is free and easy, with a fairy style, but the content transcribed on the paper makes people frown.

"Civil servants are generals, and they are cowardly as arrows. It is better to use Han to fight Hu people; Hu people are brave and willing to fight, while Han people are isolated and have no party. Your Majesty is sincere and kind, and he will die for the court..."

Xue Bai frowned.

Li Mi got up and took a few steps, went to the door and looked at the blue sky with his hands behind his back, and murmured: "This is the speech of the right minister, please the sage to use the barbarians to the fullest."

"Use all the fools?"

Xue Bai was speechless for a long time.

It is said that Li Linfu was able to serve as Prime Minister for more than ten years, and he was a capable minister of the Tang Dynasty, but a capable minister could come up with such an idea.

"Bian will use all the barbarians, they are so stupid."

"The problem is, the sage considers great good..."

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