Man Tang Huacai

Chapter 291 The Disappearing Memorial

In the twelfth lunar month of winter, the days are short and people sleep more, so each day passes very quickly. In the blink of an eye, the first day of the new year has passed, and it is the ninth year of Tianbao.

This is the Year of the Tiger, Gengyin, the saint has been in office for thirty-eight years, Li Linfu has been in office for nearly sixteen years, the Tang Dynasty is at its peak, and all nations come to court.

There is still a curfew in Chang'an City during the New Year's Day, so people pay more attention to the Lantern Festival at that time. By then, there is no curfew, and Chang'an City is brightly lit all night.

Tianbao is in the ninth year, the second year of junior high school.

Mrs. Guo's Mansion.

The winter sun shines through the paper window, and it's already three o'clock in the sky.

Yang Yuyao woke up in the warm and soft bed and felt the warmth of the skin between Xue Bai and hers. When she reached out and touched it, she found that the muscles on his back were tough and elastic.

"Men have more yang energy."

"Ok?"

"I sleep by myself, and when I wake up, my hands and feet are cold."

Xue Bai muttered: "Don't they all sleep with Mingzhu?"

"She also has cold hands and feet."

"You have to drink more hot water and soak your feet with mugwort."

Yang Yuyao was a little happy, feeling that Xue Bai really cared about her, but she still wanted to beat him.

"I played dominoes with the Du sisters yesterday and lost more than 600 pieces. By the way, they look good. Did you work hard?"

"Your energy and blood are good." Xue Bai turned over without opening his eyes.

Some cold wind came in from the quilt, and Yang Yuyao quickly tucked it in, rubbing her slender legs together and saying, "Lay on for a while longer."

"Speaking of which, the saint has been reluctant to see me recently." Xue Bai said, "I have been requesting to see him for several days."

"I asked about Yuhuan, and the sage said that you have become boring."

"Ah."

"I don't play dominoes, I don't drink wine, I don't sing songs... You can guess that you came to the palace to talk about Li Yanye's secret meeting with the Tibetan people. It's not annoying enough."

Xue Bai had to admit: "The saint is right. What has he been busy with recently?"

"It's too cold in Chang'an." Yang Yuyao said, "The saint still wants to go to Huaqing Palace, but the previous demon thief made General Gao a little worried. Yang Guozhong is rebuilding the Huaqing Palace. The saint still likes the dominoes game you presented, but Hu Er has recently The treasures offered have also arrived, and the saint is in high spirits, planning to hold a feast for all the ministers during the Lantern Festival, and there will be many rewards."

"Guo Xuji is dead. What does the saint think about the situation in Jiannan?"

"How did I know this?"

"I have to wait until the Lantern Festival before I can see the saint?"

"Or you can think of something fun and pass it over, but..."

Saying that, Yang Yuyao didn't know what she was thinking of. She leaned over Xue Bai's shoulder and took a bite, leaving a row of shallow tooth marks. Then she said, "You won't see Yuhuan very much after you return to Chang'an, right?"

"Yes."

"She doesn't often speak for you in front of saints. Is she angry with you or me?"

Xue Bai probably knew the reason, but he didn't tell the truth and asked calmly: "What did you do to make her angry?"

Yang Yuyao smiled slightly proudly and said, "Besides being with you, my sworn brother, what else do I have to do?"

In the past two years, using the Holy Family to solve troubles was Xue Bai's most effective method, and this was also the source of the fear of him among the important officials in the court. However, he himself does not want to be a sycophant. This method is gradually ineffective now. It would be very dangerous for him if his political opponents realize this.

The root cause of the disaster was probably that he spent a night hiding with Yang Yuhuan in the Hall of Eternal Life on Chinese Valentine's Day that year.

Xue Bai felt inexplicably regretful. After that, the face that was originally a little fuzzy in his mind became clearer.

He suppressed these distracting thoughts and laughed at his so-called concern for the country and the people, but in fact he was just lying in the beauty's bed and thinking nonsense.

"I know what you are worried about. Is it Li Yanye's case? You want to find a saint to help your father-in-law."

Yang Yuyao suddenly stopped as she spoke, snorted softly, and complained: "It's so early in the morning..."

~~

In January, the snow is melting and the weather is getting colder.

In the Right Prime Minister's Mansion, even Li Linfu found it difficult to get up early, but he still got up at midnight to deal with paperwork.

When he saw Luo Xishi's impeachment of Yan Zhenqing, he thought about it and asked, "What is Xue Bai doing in Zhengdan?"

Li Xiu has been accompanying him to handle affairs recently. In order to be exposed to the situation as soon as possible or suffer more, Li Xiu was standing beside him in a daze. Hearing this, he couldn't help but think, Xue Bai can't come to the Prime Minister's Mansion to pay New Year's greetings.

"Go back to Grandma, he is just working in Yutai History."

"Have you taken a bath?"

"I stay in the Yan family, the Du family, and Mrs. Guo's house all day long."

Li Linfu said: "Since Yan Zhenqing agreed to Luo Xishi, it is now the ninth year of Tianbao. He has not admitted his mistake and is still arranging his daughter's marriage. What do you mean?"

Li Xiu said: "You must have a tough temper and a bad temper, and you won't look back until you hit a wall, right?"

"Then he will be punished and demoted."

After receiving the order, Li Xiu thought for a while and believed that Yan Zhenqing was a famous writer and should not be demoted easily. However, Yan Zhenqing did something wrong this time about Li Yanye. Maybe he knew the saint's secret order beforehand and Li Yanye saw it. The Tubo people deliberately set a trap for Yan Zhenqing to jump, but he actually jumped.

Now, Yan Zhenqing has left the impression of a gossip in the saint's heart, and there is no problem.

"My grandpa has a great idea. I'll ask Miao Jinqing to come up with a plan. If Chen Xilie dares not to approve it, the saint will blame Chen Xilie."

"You finally figured it out." Li Linfu nodded to his son with rare approval and said, "Do you know why the saint has relied on his father for more than ten years? It's my ability to figure out the holy heart."

"Yes." Li Xiu said: "Chen Xilie doesn't have this ability, so he is destined to fail."

"But Yang Guozhong and Zhang Bianyou." Li Linfu said in a stern tone, thinking, and waved his hand: "First demote Yan Zhenqing to scare the monkeys, and some of them will soon become guilty."

~~

Feeding time.

In the elegant rooms of Daozhengfang and Fengwei Building, a group of gentry and officials were drinking and conversing.

Occasionally, someone mentioned something about the court.

"Brothers, Genu recommended Abusi, the deputy envoy of Longyou Jiedu, to be the capital Zhaoyin. Brothers, do you know why? He is afraid that capable people will come out to replace him. Now even the third-rank ministers are using barbarians. I think it is not as good as the whole If all the people in the court are replaced by barbarians, no one will be able to threaten Ge Nu’s status anymore!”

"Dun Shi, your words are too extreme. At least Abu Siren Jing Zhaoyin is better than Yang Guozhong."

"The reason why he is appointed as the chief official of the capital of Gyeonggi is just because he is better than Yang Guozhong? Then why not let you and me take the post..."

In another wing, someone was talking more deeply.

"Li Yanye's case has changed. According to the official document, the Tubo people wanted to sue for peace, and Li Yanye asked according to the order. Yan Zhenqing used him as a stepping stone in order to gain fame."

"Mr. Yan is not that kind of person."

"Zheng Yanzuo also arrived in the capital and sued Dali Temple, saying that Yan Zhenqing falsely accused him."

"No matter what, the official document says this, which shows that both Li Yanye and Zheng Yanzuo are confident."

"..."

Among all kinds of miscellaneous conversations, such conversations about state affairs would be secretly written down by the eavesdropping clerks, and finally compiled into Xi Yingying's hands.

Du Jin is here today, and Xue Bai came here in the afternoon.

Several people looked at the public sentiment in Chang'an City and shook their heads.

Du Jin said: "Ge Nu has begun to fight back, and your teacher's reputation has taken a turn for the worse."

Xue Bai still defended Yan Zhenqing, saying: "Evaluations based on what others say are meaningless."

"The problem is not whether they follow others' opinions, but this time the saint and the prime minister are not on your teacher's side. I'm afraid even you can't change the saint's mind."

"Have you noticed anything strange about the Tubo people?" Xue Bai asked.

"People have been keeping an eye on them. They haven't seen anyone privately in recent days."

"Where is the Nanzhao envoy?"

"No contact between the two parties was found."

Xue Bai and Yan Zhenqing both believed that Tubo sent people to Chang'an to hide evil intentions. This was their intuition, but so far no evidence has been found, so things became troublesome.

Du Jin trusted Xue Bai's intuition, but couldn't find anything, so she couldn't help but frown slightly.

Standing behind her is Ren Mulan, whom she brought from Yanshi County. Although she is young, she is now their confidant. Since what we were talking about today was not confidential, she was not restricted from listening.

"Let me tell you, just sending people to keep an eye on it is useless." Ren Mulan said: "To find out the information, you have to rely on rogues and beggars."

"This is Chang'an, not Yanshi. How can there be many beggars?" Du Jin thought deeply.

Ren Mulan volunteered and said, "Let me go find out..."

Xue Bai thought for a while, ignored them, and stood up.

"Where are you going?"

"Find someone to find out about Nanzhao."

After leaving Fengwei Building and walking through the streets where the snow had just melted, Xue Bai was also thinking about the reason why his news was lagging behind this time.

Because things have changed. In the past, it was nothing more than a struggle for power in the court, involving only a few people, and sending servants to keep an eye on them, and there would always be clues. However, this time it was a real military and national event, involving border countries. If it was still there, If a few little girls go to inquire in this market, what can they find out?

Except for a group of dead soldiers raised in Yanshi, Xue Bai realized that he did not have any local influence.

A qualified person in power should have disciples, old friends, ears, eyes and claws all over the world. However, he has only been an official for two years and has not yet developed his influence.

Gotta take advantage of the situation.

~~

The dusk drums had just finished ringing, and Xue Bai knocked on the door of a house in Guangfu Square.

When Li Mi heard the announcement, he got up from the bed, put on a big cloak and went to the living room. He saw Xue Bai sitting there burning the stove, as if he was planning to talk in his parents' house.

"Xue Lang came to Yelaifang because of Mr. Yan?"

"Going to bed so early?"

"The evening drum has sounded, and no one should have come."

"You are a Taoist priest, so you don't know how to do math?"

"I am a Taoist priest, not a god." Li Mi sat down by the stove, stretched out his hand to warm the ready-made fire, and said: "Yan Gong did the right thing. Li Yanye had a secret meeting with foreigners, which violated the national law and should be impeached."

"But the court doesn't seem to think so." Xue Bai said, "The sage thinks the teacher is too meddlesome."

"It doesn't matter, it's just a two-year leave." Li Bi said, "If you let me come up with ideas, Mr. Yan might as well resign and go back."

"is it?"

"Really." Li Mi waved his hand, as if to wave away the troubles caused by power, "Yan Gong did what he should do, and the rest of the intrigues can be escaped and ignored. Right and wrong will be left to the world in the future. Make your own comments."

Xue Bai was not so free and easy, and simply said: "Li Yanye summoned the Tubo people not because of peace talks. It is because there will be a coup in Tubo, and some of the nine political ministers want to kill Chi Dai Zhu Dan."

Li Mi raised his eyebrows and said in surprise: "Why this? How did you know?"

"Ge Shuhan told me."

Li Mi stood up, glanced outside the door, turned around and said, "This is a major military and national event, you can tell me so easily?"

Xue Bai said frankly: "So what if I tell you, I suspect this is a cover-up. I suspect the Tubo people actually came for Nanzhao."

"You're not just trying to help your teacher by starting a game, are you?"

"I won't joke with you about such a major military matter, but I don't know about Nanzhao. Can you help me check it out?"

Li Mi asked back: "Xianyu Zhongtong, the deputy envoy of Jiannan Jiedu, has a close relationship with Yang Guozhong. Why don't you ask him?"

Xue Bai said: "I can't trust him, but I trust you."

Li Mi smiled dumbly, waved his hand and said, "But if I help you, there are conditions."

"What conditions?"

"To tell you the truth, Prince Consort Zhang had a conversation with me not long ago and planned to help your master and disciple... How about you break off the engagement and marry Princess Hezheng?"

"He himself is not doing well, but he wants to harm me. Do you think so too?"

Li Bi said: "It is beneficial to the East Palace and it is beneficial to the stability of the country, isn't it?"

"Let's go." Xue Bai said, "I'm going to find Yang Guozhong."

"If you want to ask about Nanzhao, in the middle of the year, I drafted a decree in the Hanlin Academy and gave it to Zhang Qiantuo, the governor of Yunnan."

Although Li Mi was also cunning, he would not delay national affairs just to fight for power. Therefore, Xue Bai had only taken two steps and he had already started talking.

Xue Bai stopped, turned around and asked, "Content?"

"How can I tell you the imperial edict?"

Li Mi smiled, put his finger in the kettle on the fire, dipped some water in it, and started writing on the ground.

Xue Bai looked through the light of the fire and saw that his handwriting was elegant and had a different flavor compared to Yan Kai.

"At the beginning, when Yaozhou came to play, Ge Luofeng wanted to rebel, and the sage asked Zhang about it."

Two columns of characters written in water seeped into the floor tiles and disappeared.

Xue Bai asked, "How does Zhang Qiantuo respond?" Li Mi shook his head.

"The memorial hasn't come back yet?" Xue Bai said, "Lychees from Lingnan can reach Chang'an in three days."

Li Bi said: "I don't know. If you have the ability, go ask Zhongshu Ling."

Xue Bai smiled, Li Bi couldn't trouble him, he was always taking advantage of the situation. If he could use the power of the East Palace, it would be fine if he could use the power of the Right Prime Minister.

"Then I'll go."

"Let me check it for you." Li Mi sighed, thinking that Li Linfu also wanted to marry Xue Bai. If they really get married now, the situation in the East Palace would be even more difficult. He then said: "Go to the guest room and stay." , I’ll ask Shizhong tomorrow.”

"Every local province, state, and vassal town has a memorial hall in Chang'an." Xue Bai said: "If Zhang Qiantuo comes back with a memorial, he should first send it to Jiannan Jinzo Academy, and there is a record of it, right?"

"What do you want to do?"

Xue Bai said: "When you are waiting for the imperial edict, why don't you go read the documents that have been sent to the imperial court?"

"This matter violates the laws of the Tang Dynasty."

"The night is long and I have no intention of sleeping. I have a curfew walking talisman. Does Li Hanlin want to visit Chang'an?"

~~

The Jinzouyuan of each Jiedu envoy in Chang'an was generally distributed in several squares around the East City, especially the most prosperous Pingkangfang and Chongrenfang. Because they were close to the Shangshu Provincial Selected Courtyard and connected to the Dongshi, The most important thing is that it is close to the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Jiannan Jinzou Courtyard is located in Wubenfang, west of the Imperial College.

In the night, Xue Bai and Li Mi held lanterns, and behind them, the Diao brothers led their horses and walked slowly.

On the way, Li Mi asked Xue Bai a question that had nothing to do with business.

"Both the Crown Prince and the Right Prime Minister want to marry you, what do you think?"

"A Taoist priest, why do you want to do this?"

"Taoist priests also want to chat, especially when they are pulled out of bed by meddlesome people and wander around Chang'an in the cold and under curfew..."

Xue Bai suddenly said: "Guess, who is responsible for the inspection of Wubenfang?"

Li Mi understood immediately and asked in a low voice: "General Jinwu, Li Yanye?"

"It seems that you think so too?" Xue Bai said, "Then you and I agree that the Tubo people must have a conspiracy."

Li Bi originally thought that Xue Bai asked after clarifying the matter, so he made a guess, but he didn't expect it to be a test.

He shook his head and simply shut up.

When the two of them arrived in front of Jiannan Jinzou Courtyard, Diao Geng immediately stepped forward and knocked on the door. The sound was as loud as thunder, as if the entire city of Chang'an was awakened from the night.

After waiting for a long time, someone came and opened the door a crack.

"Who is coming?"

Li Mi took out a goldfish talisman and said, "I'm waiting for the imperial edict to be sent to Hanlin, and I need to urgently arrange some documents."

Involuntarily, the Diao brothers opened the door, and Xue Bai strode in, saying with a cold face: "I have been ordered to review all the edicts and documents in Western Sichuan in the past six months. Take me there immediately."

He is an eighth-grade supervisory censor, and his momentum is stronger than that of Hanlin, who is waiting for an imperial edict.

After entering a capital hall, Xue Bai asked Li Mi in a low voice: "Isn't the fish charm only available in the fifth rank?"

"Given by the saint."

Li Mirong was not surprised and responded calmly. He lit a candle with his own hands and began to read the documents.

Xue Bai whispered to Diao Bing and asked him to go outside and stare, and then he picked up the record to check.

After a stick of incense, Li Bi couldn't help but yawn, because he always got up early; Xue Bai didn't get up until noon today. This is the most energetic time, and his eyes are as bright as a A cat that only catches mice.

"Look here, within three months, Zhang Qiantuo presented treasures to the saint five times, and a memorial should be sent to the capital together."

"wrong."

Li Bi frowned and said, "Look at this time, after Zhang Qiantuo made the donation, the sage ordered me to draw up an edict to ask about Nanzhao, but he only mentioned that the governor of Yaozhou had sued Ge Luofeng before."

"In other words, the saint did not receive Zhang Qiantuo's memorial?"

"At least I didn't receive this one."

"What about before?"

"Have."

Xue Bai asked: "What is the content?"

Li Bi didn't want to say anything, but at this moment he realized that the situation was serious and lowered his voice, saying: "In the eighth summer of Tianbao, Zhang Qiantuo proposed that one of Geluofeng's concubine be sent back to Nanzhao."

"what for?"

"Ge Luofeng had a concubine named Meng Guizhong. The two brothers had been at odds since childhood. Ge Luofeng became the king of Nanzhao, and Meng Guizhong fled to Changsha. Zhang Qiantuo hoped to take him back to Nanzhao. Edict."

"Meng Guizhong?"

"Yes, the name given by the saint, Geluofeng is called Meng Guiyi."

Xue Bai said: "Then in Zhang Qiantuo's opinion, Ge Luofeng has rebellious intentions?"

"Not necessarily." Li Bi said, "In order to contain Tubo, the Tang Dynasty helped Meng Shezhao unify the six imperial edicts. After Nanzhao became stronger, the court's attitude towards it would naturally change, and while supporting it, it should also be wary. Zhang Qiantuo's suggestion should be based on these considerations."

Xue Bai said: "I think we guessed it right. Tubo and Nanzhao are probably uniting under our noses."

Li Mi pursed his lips and did not answer. After a long time, he said, "We haven't reached that point yet."

"Find Zhang Qiantuo's memorial and read it?"

"When the memorial arrived and entered the memorial hall, the saint didn't see it. Where could it be?"

Li Mi thought, turned around, and looked out the door.

I saw Diao Bing hurried back, saying as he ran: "Jin Wuwei is here!"

The next moment, the armored Jinwu Guards strode over and shouted: "Who dares to break the night?!"

They held torches, and the light reflected in Li Mi's eyes. After that, deep worry appeared in those eyes.

Li Mi was not worried about his own safety, but knew that as Xue Bai said, they had guessed correctly.

Thousands of miles away, Tubo must have united with Nanzhao, and there was nothing that could be done to stop it. It was just a matter of the court knowing earlier and later.

~~

The next day, Li Linfu just got up and heard the news.

"Right Prime Minister, last night, Xue Bai and Li Mi broke the curfew and entered the memorial hall in Jiannan, but were captured by the Jinwu Guards."

"You still refuse to admit your mistakes." Li Linfu scolded, "If the impeachment fails, what is Xue Bai doing? Make a plan to frame Li Yanye?!"

"Yes, your right minister Mingjian."

"What about people?"

"I didn't dare to neglect them. I detained them all night. Nanya doesn't know what to do now, so I came to ask the right minister."

"Let Li Mi go and bring Xue Bai to see the truth."

"Here."

After giving the instructions, Li Linfu thought that the last time he saw Xue Bai, it was that Zhuzi who wanted to hurt him with broken porcelain in his hand, and the two sides have been at odds ever since.

Speaking of which, Xue Bai is becoming more and more unpleasant. He is no longer as well-behaved as he was at the beginning. This time, he may not be able to surrender.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel very bored, and regretted calling people over to add to the trouble.

However, Xue Bai's attitude was actually better this time.

"Good morning, Right Prime Minister, I have something to report to Your Prime Minister."

"is it?"

Xue Bai got straight to the point and said: "As far as I know, I'm afraid Nanzhao has turned against Tubo."

After hearing this, Li Linfu looked calm and said, "You have a deep relationship with Yan Zhenqing, master and disciple. In order to restore his reputation, you would not hesitate to go to such an extent."

"Has the Right Prime Minister ever seen Zhang Qiantuo's memorial..."

"But the truth remembers that when you were tricked and killed by the prince, it was the truth that gave you a chance to survive." Li Linfu said with a sonorous tone and cold eyes, "You beg the truth to let the Du family go, and you beg the truth to help you. To arrange your life, you asked me to marry you. In the end, you worked hard for Yan Zhenqing, but you repeatedly went against the truth?!"

Xue Bai didn't know why Li Linfu went crazy just after the New Year. He really thought about it, maybe it was because he was seeing himself getting older year by year, and the Li family had no successors and enemies all over the world?

"If Nanzhao rebels, the prestige of the right prime minister will fall to the bottom."

"Ben knows better than you."

"Let's put it this way." Xue Bai pondered: "It may be true that Tubo will have internal strife, but if they have the opportunity to meet Li Yanye in private, as long as they make some small moves along the way, it will be a huge loss to the Tang Dynasty, and all this , happened right under the nose of the right Prime Minister.”

"Thank you for figuring it out."

"When Nanzhao rebels, the world will only say that the right prime minister is dim-sighted..."

"Ignorance." Li Linfu said: "You don't even know how Nanzhao unified all the tribes, and you dare to talk nonsense? Our Tang Dynasty is so powerful, how can the small southern barbarians rebel? Do you know what it means to say that there is a Tang Dynasty, and God will provide for all nations? '?"

Xue Bai took the trouble and asked again: "Has the Right Prime Minister ever seen Zhang Qiantuo's memorial?"

Li Linfu sneered and said, "I'll tell you again, Zhang Qiantuo's attack on Nanzhao was all based on my decision."

"beat?"

"The purpose of the Tang Dynasty's support of Nanzhao was to contain Tubo. Therefore, when Nanzhao first unified Erhai, the Prime Minister ordered the governor of Yunnan to build cities and collect them, repair armor and train troops, and build cities and strongholds in dangerous places in Nanzhao in order to drive Nanzhao from becoming a powerful force. Used by the Tang Dynasty. With such an arrangement, if you tell me the truth, how can it betray the Tang Dynasty?!"

"Then I just want to ask how many replies did the Right Prime Minister receive from Zhang Qiantuo in the past three months? Even such trivial matters are kept hidden by his subordinates, how can they control thousands of miles away?!"

Li Linfu scolded: "That's enough, you are not qualified to discuss state affairs with me."

"Then the right minister summoned me again. Does he still want to force me to break off the engagement and recruit me as my son-in-law?"

"you……"

Faced with Xue Bai's outspoken attitude, Li Linfu was unable to say anything. He was so angry that his beard seemed to explode.

"This time, the Prime Minister is really wrong."

Xue Bai bowed and said in a calm tone: "Check Li Yanye, everything will be clear. Take your leave."

He turned and left the hall, feeling increasingly disappointed with Li Linfu.

With this faint feeling of annoyance, when he walked into the corridor, a beautiful figure came towards him.

Xue Bai couldn't help but stop.

……

Li Tengkong was called over by Li Xiu with the excuse that "grandpa is not feeling well". She was not surprised when she met Xue Bai, but she was still a little upset and turned to leave.

She didn't understand why he kept coming to the Prime Minister's Mansion recently.

Because of his affairs with Grandpa, she was constantly disturbed, which was really annoying.

"Little Fairy Lady."

Xue Bai called her, but the name he blurted out was the same as when they first met.

Li Tengkong didn't want to respond and walked faster.

The relationship between the two was obviously better when they were watching the sunrise at Shouyang Mountain. Before returning to Chang'an, she did not dare to think that there would be a closer relationship in the future, but she may not have such expectations. On the contrary, when her grandfather interfered, she just wanted to Avoid Xue Bai.

"I have business." Xue Bai caught up with him in two steps, and without saying much, he whispered: "Nanzhao has rebelled, and your grandpa doesn't believe it. Can you help persuade him?"

Li Tengkong didn't ask any more questions, he just glanced at the lobby where Li Linfu was.

She knows her grandpa.

After that, she and Xue Bai looked at each other, and she understood Xue Bai's eyes in a moment.

So she spoke and answered with only one word.

"it is good."

~~

Going to Fengwei Building to discuss with Du Jin and others that day, Xue Bai had a clearer understanding of the situation.

"We thought wrong before, and the situation is worse than expected. The Tubo people are not here to contact the Nanzhao people. They don't need to meet in Chang'an, because Nanzhao has secretly surrendered to Tibet. The Tubo people just blocked the news. Let the court know about this later."

Du Jin asked: "But so far, it's all your speculation. You have no evidence on this matter."

"If you check Li Yanye, there will be evidence."

Ren Mulan, who was behind Du Jin, said again: "I'll go, I can steal the evidence. I'm very good at stealing."

"No, the teacher is not wrong about the impeachment. The court will know as long as he takes Li Yanye to trial, and Li Mi has already entered the palace. Please ask the saint to investigate the matter thoroughly."

"Will the saint listen to him?"

Xue Bai was actually not sure. He walked out the window and looked at Chang'an City and said, "Maybe."

In the sky, a cloud blocked the sun.

On the other side of the square wall, people set up ladders and hung lanterns on the treetops in preparation for the Lantern Festival...

(End of this chapter)