Man Tang Huacai

Chapter 156 Hanging High
A melodious bell sounded in Yuzhen Temple.

Li Jilan got up unhurriedly, picked out a colorful dress from the closet and looked at it, the more she looked at it, the more she liked it.

It's a pity that as a cultivator, it's not suitable for her to wear it like this, so she had no choice but to put it back, but she felt very happy just to look at it.

Putting on a Taoist robe and secretly smearing some rouge in front of the bronze mirror, she picked up the manuscript she had prepared last night and left the boudoir to find Li Tengkong in the law hall.

Lvtang was quiet, Jiaonu was leaning on the wooden frame and reading a storybook, Mian'er was sleeping back in the cage with a futon in her arms, and only Li Tengkong was meditating.

"Is Teng Kongzi doing homework?"

"Don't Ji Lanzi do his homework?"

Li Jilan answered quite naturally: "But I'm worried that my legs will be bent when I meditate."

As she spoke, she lifted her Taoist robe and showed Li Tengkong her straight calves.

This little move made Li Tengkong feel a little bit more careful, and said in a low voice, "My legs are also very straight."

"Let me see."

Although they were all women, when Li Jilan touched Li Tengkong's calf and raised her head to reveal her peach blossom eyes, Li Tengkong was still a little embarrassed, thinking that this senior sister was weird and always getting close to him for no reason.

"Ji Lanzi, we have a visitor."

"Is the sir here? Please."

"No, the Lord Hezheng is here."

"Then wait, I'll be over later..."

Li Jilan hurriedly got up, picked up the manuscript and went out.

The play that Xue Bai asked her to write will be dedicated to the saint at that time, and it is not appropriate for others to see it.After she hid the manuscript and rushed to the hall, she saw Li Tengkong talking with Li Yuetu.

Since they met in Zongsheng Palace, the three have become friends.

Li Yuetu is different from other princesses and county lords, he is not arrogant, on the contrary he is very sympathetic, especially treating women very well.She lost her mother when she was young, and was raised by the concubine Wei Wei. Later, when Wei Jian's crime happened, Concubine Wei went out of her family.

"Huh? Usually, you are all very happy when I come, but today I don't seem to be welcome."

"San Niang is talking nonsense." Li Jilan said, "I was looking forward to your coming."

"Do you have a guest?" Li Yuetu saw that she was lying at a glance, and said with a smile: "Then when he comes, I will say goodbye, so don't cover it up."

"Where are the guests?"

Li Tengkong still didn't admit it, but the next moment, a female crown came running and said, "Teng Kongzi, Ji Lanzi, Xue Lang is here."

"Okay, I'm leaving." Li Yuetu got up with a smile, but asked, "By the way, can I have a chat with him?"

~~
Xue Bai was not surprised to meet Li Yuetu in Princess Yuzhen's Taoist temple.

To his surprise, the emperor's granddaughter actually apologized to him.

"I'm sorry, I asked the sage to marry me. If you marry me, you will be very upset, right?"

"What's up?"

"Can I apologize to you again for my grandfather?"

There is no excuse for no reason, Xue Bai knew why she came, and pondered: "Let me just say a few words, you tell your grandfather."

Li Yuetu was a little surprised by his tone, thinking he was very fierce.

But she still nodded.

"it is good."

"Let him stop trying to win me over. It's useless, and you don't have to worry too much. I promised Mr. Li that it counts. Now I have figured it out. Mr. Li is right. Long live the saint. Don't worry about the grievances between me and Donggong." , leave it to the years."

Li Yuetu stared, frightened by such words, and became more and more worried about her grandfather's condition.

Xue Bai said: "Anyway, right now I'm all about preparing for the Chunwei exam, and I won't get involved in these intrigues anymore."

He raised his hand, put on a respectful attitude, and walked away.

It took Li Yuetu a while to react, secretly thinking that Xue Bai was really rude and bold, to treat Donggong with such an attitude.

For a moment, she inexplicably thought of the image of Concubine Wei kneeling in front of the Qingdeng Ancient Buddha and twisting her long hair strand by strand. Deep in her heart, she wondered whether Grandpa had lost his prestige little by little since then...

~~
Prince's other courtyard.

"Is that what he said?"

"Yes, my daughter sees how leisurely he is, so she should no longer be an enemy of grandpa."

Li Yuetu actually beautified Xue Bai's most vicious sentence, changing it to say that grievances will gradually fade away with time.

In the end, she said with emotion: "Mr. Li is really capable. Although he didn't make Xue Bai his friend, he easily turned him into an enemy. Grandpa lost a cunning and treacherous enemy, so he can recuperate at ease."

"Go ahead."

Li Heng waved his daughter back, sat up from the sick bed, removed the wet cloth from his forehead, his face was a little pale.

"Sir, he did appease Xue Bai in a good way... It turns out that all you need to do is say that the crown prince will definitely die before the saint, and everything will be resolved."

"Your Highness, no one would think this way, it must be Xue Bai deliberately alienating."

"Cough cough cough, maybe he didn't think that way, maybe he thought that it would be enough for the prince to succeed to the throne for a year or two, and he doesn't need to manage any prestige and power."

As he spoke, Li Heng waved his hands, and lamented: "You don't need to persuade me, I'm not blaming Mr. He is a loyal minister of the country, so he should think so. This is my destiny."

"Your Highness!"

Li Jingzhong burst into tears when he heard this, and fell to the ground and howled incessantly.

When he cried like this, Li Heng calmed down instead, rolled his eyes, and pondered: "It seems that it is impossible to win over Yang Dang... How else can I protect Brother Yi?"

In fact, it is unthinkable, and the will of the saint cannot be violated.From Shibao City to the Pei Mian case, they were all excuses. After so long, they finally couldn't.

At this moment, a little eunuch hurried over and said: "Your Highness, someone is asking to see you, and she claims to be the daughter of Wang Zhongsi."

Li Jingzhong was taken aback when he heard that, and secretly scolded her how dare she come, and quickly reminded: "Your Highness, the case that the saint asked His Highness to investigate has not yet come to fruition."

"Cough cough..."

Li Heng hesitated a little, with a bitter look on his face, coughed a few times, lay down again, and turned over.

Seeing this scene, Li Jingzhong wiped away his tears and rushed to the door in person.

"Wang Twelve Niang, please go back, Your Highness is really sick."

"I implore Your Highness to protect my grandfather."

"Wang Twelve Niang misunderstood. The reason why he said that the border towns used the barbarians was to appease and motivate the barbarian generals, and it had nothing to do with General Wang." Li Jingzhong had a humble attitude, and said earnestly: "Currently worrying about the sky is not just doing harm. General Wang."

After hearing this, Wang Yunxiu had no choice but to go home temporarily, even though she was still terrified.

There is a map in her home, which was drawn by herself based on the previous news, and is used to analyze the situation of the First World War in Stone Castle City.

Wang Zhongsi had been besieging Shibao City for more than four months. After Ge Shuhan defeated the Tubo cavalry, he supported him. If he attacked by force, he should have taken Shibao City earlier.

"Grandfather, why are you still invincible?"

~~
A simple map is placed on the small case, and Xue Bai is sitting and talking with Li Mi.

"The reason why General Wang hasn't breached Shibao City is probably because he is still waiting."

"Wait?"

Xue Bai said: "When the weather turns cold, we can use the method of accumulating fuel and burning rocks to bombard the stone resin fireball and burn the city wall..."

The fire on the small stove was blazing, and the teapot on the fire was gurgling.

After listening to this method, Li Mi showed compassion on his face, and said: "If General Wang is willing to attack by force, he must be able to break through the city earlier. This move is to reduce casualties."

"Then I don't know."

"The sage was very satisfied with Xiao Bolu's first battle, and today he delivered an edict to Anxi to reward him. He also asked, if Gao Xianzhi destroys a country, can Wang Zhongsi still destroy a city?"

Xue Bai said: "Mr. Li is well-informed?"

Li Mi waved his hand and said, "It's just for the convenience of the imperial court."

"Sitting and watching anglers is only envious of fish."

"Don't be joking." Li Mi said seriously, "Do you know who the Prime Minister is planning to let Wang take over as General Wang?"

"If you take down Shibao City, General Wang should have done a great job, why have you already thought about getting someone to replace him?"

"The use of Hu people in Jiedu is just for you and me?" Li Bidao: "It's for General Wang's subordinates, Ge Shuhan, An Sishun and other Hu generals. According to reports, Ge Shuhan has been proposed as Longyou Jiedu envoy; An Sishun served as Hexi and Shuofang Jiedu envoys; Anlu Mountain also served as Hedong Jiedu envoys."

This is the meaning of dividing up the four border towns in Wang Zhongsi's hands, which is expected.

Li Mi continued: "Do you know who An Sishun is? His uncle is An Lushan's stepfather, and they are cousins."

"So, the five major military governors in the world are all brothers of the An family?" Xue Bai said calmly, but he casually said something extremely rebellious, "It's better for a sage to make An Lushan the crown prince."

Li Mi originally wanted to scare Xue Bai.

But even though he practiced so calmly, he was frightened by Xue Bai's wild words in turn, and his face turned pale when he heard it.

"Not at all." Li Mi had to say a few words of consolation, "One thing, it's not yet determined whether such an arrangement will be made."

Xue Bai understood, it was nothing more than bargaining.

Li Linfu shouted out the slogan first to fight for these barbarians, and it would depend on Li Longji's wishes to decide how many.

"Secondly, the loyalty of the An family brothers is still trustworthy, especially An Sishun, who is so loyal..."

"Speaking of this?" Xue Bai was too lazy to listen, and said honestly and honestly, "Since you and I have a private conversation today, I will show you some immortal skills."

"it is good."

"In my opinion, An Lushan's appearance has been reversed, and his liver and gall are so evil that he will turn against him sooner or later." Xue Bai said, "So what if An Sishun is loyal? If he is given great power, should he be killed or not? The way to employ people should be based on fairness." A rigorous system, all relying on "loyalty" and delegating power, no matter how well-spoken it is, it still thinks that everything is under control and cannot be cured."

"Whether An Lushan wants to rebel, it's useless for you and me to say." Li Mi said: "He is currently stranded in Beijing, waiting for this change."

"Oh."

Li Mi asked: "What do you think?"

"Li Hanlin flattered me." Xue Bai said, "I don't even have an official position, how can I treat it? It was just to pass the time."

"You also have friendship with General Wang, can you ask Mrs. Guo Guo to come forward to persuade you?"

"Impossible." Xue Bai shook his head resolutely, "Usually it's okay to make small fights, but this time it's a major military matter. Is it plausible for her to make some comments?"

Li Mi was silent for a while, then asked again: "I heard that Yuan Zai, the judge of salt and iron beside Uncle Yang, is the son-in-law of General Wang, may Uncle Yang come forward?"

Xue Bai took the teapot away from the fire, without adding salt, scooped up the tea soup, and said casually: "I have no friendship with Wang Zhongsi, and he is not my righteous brother after a few encounters. You also know that I am utilitarian. The reason why I built the boulder cannon is because I know this object, and I want the little girl around me to make a contribution."

Li Mi pondered: "At this time, even if there is only one Jiedu envoy from Hedong?"

"Sir, ask me? Why don't you ask the prince?"

"The prince is ill."

Xue Bai's reaction was flat, as if he really had nothing to do with it, and said: "Drink tea. The prince is sick, you and I are two little people, it's better not to talk about state affairs."

~~
Sunlight poured into Xiaotong's room through the lattice windows, Qing Lan woke up and rubbed her eyes.

Xue's house originally had chickens, but she knew that Xue Bai often got up late, so she asked the kitchen to stew all the roosters.Therefore, the early morning in the Xue family was very quiet.

After freshening up a bit, Qing Lan walked around to the main house.

The orientation of the main house is not very good, it faces west, so the morning sun can't shine in, and it's still a bit dark, Xue Bai is sleeping soundly.

"Lang Jun, it's time to get up."

After calling out, seeing that Xue Bai didn't respond, Qing Lan said, "If you don't mind, I'll tickle you."

This is a big progress in their getting along recently, because when she was playing with Xue Bai, she scratched him and ended up scratching him on the couch, and she gradually got used to it.

"I really tickled you..."

In a daze, Xue Bai felt a pair of small hands reaching into his arms, turned over, and a soft body was squeezed into the bed.He had no choice but to hug her and not let her make trouble.

"Sleep a little longer."

"Oh."

Once Qing Lan was hugged, she stopped making trouble.

After a while, Xue Bai said: "General Wang is about to take down Shibao City."

"what?"

"At that time, I will ask for credit. Apart from this rebellious and lowly status, if you want to marry someone, you can be a regular wife."

Qing Lan was not happy when she heard this, she felt that he still didn't care about her, but when she thought about how hard he was trying to get her out of the country, her mind was inevitably a little messed up.

She asked in a low voice: "Mr. Lang, can I be your concubine?"

Before Xue Bai fully woke up, he subconsciously replied, "Then you made money."

Qing Lan was taken aback for a moment, not knowing what this statement was.

When Xue Bai regained consciousness, he probably still remembered what he said, and sat there muttering "I'm a little too crazy".

In short, he agreed to take her as his concubine, and Qing Lan was very much looking forward to it, even caring about the battle report of Shibao City.

Finally, on the sixth day after Xiaoxue, she was drying clothes in the yard when she suddenly saw Xue Bai come back.

"Huangfu'e, Shibao City has been captured."

Qing Lan raised her head to look at Xue Bai, and was in a daze, because she hadn't heard anyone call her name for a long time.

"Lang Jun?"

"The battle report has just been sent, and the memorial to reward the meritorious service has not yet been sent." Xue Bai said: "But Wang Zhongsi promised to write your name on it, if he forgets about it..."

He didn't say any more, just smiled.

Maybe there were people who were defeated in Stone Castle City earlier and had fewer casualties?

He doesn't know about this matter, and everything has to wait until the specific news comes out. He only hopes that because of his intervention, the intelligence of this battle will be slightly changed.

~~
At the same time, on the official road to the west of Chang'an, there are stage horses galloping.

The knights from west to east carried memorials for the battle of Shibao City. On the memorials were names, such as Ge Shuhan who killed five thousand Tubo cavalry without returning, and someone who attacked Shibao City at night. The generals of the city, Gao Xiuyan, Tian Shengong, Tian Shenyu... also recorded many meritorious craftsmen, including Xue Bai, Anbobo, Huangfu'e.

In addition to these, there is also a list of the names of the war dead, which is very long.

"Shut up!"

On the official road, another group of knights was running from east to west, carrying an imperial decree on their bodies, calling Wang Zhongshi back to the pilgrimage.

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