Man Tang Huacai

Chapter 36
At the door of the store, Orchid twisted her waist and waved her arms to attract customers.

However, her eyes fell on the handsome young man in the hall from time to time, and she didn't even see any customers entering the shop on their own initiative.

"I am coming!"

Du Wulang tied up his horse and rushed into Wang's shop excitedly, and immediately saw Xue Bai and others.

He greeted cheerfully, but when Jiaonu turned around, he shrunk his neck again, went around and sat down on the other side, looked at the table, and wondered: "Hey, why is there no fish cake?"

"I just found out that the fish sticks are raw." Xue Bai shook his head, "Don't eat it."

"How can you not eat?" Du Wulang moved his eyes, raised his finger to the wall in the store, and said, "Look!"

Including Jiaonu, several people turned their heads to look at it, only to see that it was full of poems inscribed by literati.

"The fish is so delicious. You can see that there are poems praising fish on the wall. There are Wang Wei's "Maidmaid's Golden Plate Sings Carp", and Wang Changling's "Herring Snow Falls and Orange Shepherds". Hey, there is also Li Bai. new poems."

"Li Bai is also in Chang'an?"

"Not here." Du Wulang looked at the poem notes and said, "This is written by a drinker named Cen Shen. It is Li Bai's new poem in Luzhong. It praises the delicious fish." Blossoms fall to Bai Xuefei. I eat a full meal with chopsticks for the king, and return drunk on the golden saddle, tsk tsk, it’s really well written, but how can this person write Taibai poems next to Maji’s poems?"

Xue Bai looked intently, and saw dragons and phoenixes dancing on the wall, which read, "Yu Shouxuan spent three years visiting Dachuan and returning to Chang'an in the west. After he was drunk, he wrote Li Taibai's new poems for Zhongdu officials to appreciate together."

Looking at the poem again, it was a little scribbled at the end, but it was full of pride.

Next to it is Cen Shen's own "Gan Jiu Fu".

"Shen, Xiangmenzi. He studied at the age of five, studied literature at the age of nine, hid himself in Songyang at fifteen, and offered books under the gate at twenty..."

Everyone looked at it seriously, Du Wulang stretched out his hand, and handed half of the jade pendant to Xue Bai.

Xue Bai put it in his sleeve calmly.

~~
Du house.

Lu Fengniang opened the door cautiously, only to see Du Jin sitting in the position where Du Youlin used to sit in a daze.

"Why didn't you see my aunt today?" Lu Fengniang first exchanged a few words with a topic.

Du Jin said: "The day before yesterday, Eldest Sister entrusted a Nuya to inquire about the news, so I went over to ask today."

"So that's it, by the way, how did you annoy your grandfather?"

Du Jin asked, "What did Grandpa say?"

Lu Fengniang was worried, she hesitated and said: "Mr. Lang said... there is a woman like this, I am ashamed."

Du Jin smiled wryly.

That's right, for a daughter like her to force her father to seek benefits from the elders of the clan under the influence of an adulterer, and to persecute Donggong without thinking about the old relationship between husband and wife, it just sounds bad.

Seeing that Du Jin was silent, Lu Fengniang said again in a low voice: "Mr. Lang also said that you are confused. He said that since he has shown favor, you insist on wanting so many benefits, and you will offend both sides."

"Offended at both ends?" Du Jin sneered, and said, "I almost ransacked my family and wiped out my family, why are you afraid of this?"

Lu Fengniang sighed: "Second Mother, you must not be too stubborn."

Du Jin pointed to a box on the desk, and said, "Mother, take it, I'll ask Grandpa Bo for it, and I'll subsidize some of it for the family."

Lu Fengniang was taken aback, stepped forward, opened the box and looked, her nose was sore, she wiped her eyes with a handkerchief, and finally broke down in tears.

"Your grandpa is not in charge of the family and doesn't know about Mi Gui... woo woo... A good and wealthy family lives like this..."

"I know." Du Jin turned her back and said, "Mother can trust me? I'm doing it for the good of the Du family."

"My mother, why don't you believe me? To tell you the truth, your grandpa is a foolish, abusive person...he is so foolish!"

Du Jin had no choice but to get up, and in turn patted Lu Fengniang on the back to comfort her.

But in fact, in the current situation, she herself is exhausted physically and mentally.

Xue Bai made it very clear that the East Palace is unreliable, and the Right Prime Minister's Mansion is also unreliable. In this struggle, the weak will always be the existence that both sides may take out as sacrifices at any time.

It just so happens that they are the weak ones, they were useless in the last sacrifice, and they will most likely be used next time.

So you can't completely rely on any one party.

"We must be like a seed that survives the collision of two boulders, survives in the cracks, and takes root and sprouts."

Du Jin repeated these words in her heart, looked out of the window, and hoped that everything went well with Xue Bai.

~~
Qingmen, Wangjiadian.

As time passed, by the afternoon, many diners had left.

Xue Bai didn't dare to drink, so he ate some roasted mutton, when he suddenly saw a middle-aged man in a blue official robe walking into the hall.

Jiao Nu also saw it, and his eyes narrowed slightly.

"Do you recognize him?" Xue Bai asked.

Jiao Nu thought he had noticed his gaze before asking, and replied, "Don't look at this man as a small official, but he often reports to A Lang."

"Who is he?"

Jiaonu frowned slightly, thinking that Xue Bai would ask no matter what he saw, and he was here to monitor him, and he wasn't really his slave.

"Huh?" Xue Bai continued to ask.

"I only know his surname is Pei." Jiaonu said, "He is an official who handles peace and purchase, and he is highly regarded by Wang Ji."

"It's such a coincidence that the few people I met today are all related to Wang Chi."

"Because you keep asking, and Qingmen is close to Dongshi and the city gate, and has a lot of wealth and wine."

"There are also many beauties." Xue Bai responded casually when he caught a glimpse of someone passing by holding two Silla maidservants diagonally across the long street.

Jiao Nuwei felt a little complacent, and took a sip of his wine.

Xue Bai patted Du Wulang, and said: "You go back later, when you are free, we will cook boiled fish."

"Okay." Du Wulang lowered his chopsticks like flying, still eating meat.

Xue Bai got up and went to the toilet by himself.

Jiao Nu hesitated for a moment, but still sat and watched Du Wulang eat, and kicked the Tian brothers at the same time.

"Aren't you going to protect me? It's really because I promoted you to take you to eat and drink."

"..."

Du Wulang saw the Tian family brothers go away, so he also got up, looked at the mess on the table, and wanted to ask Jiao Nu, "Will the girl pay the bill today", but he didn't dare to speak, and walked out cautiously.

After leaving Wang's shop, he patted his chubby stomach, feeling much relieved.

According to what Erniang said, if today's affairs are done well, Du's house will be safe and sound in the future, and I only need to study hard with Xue Bai to get into the official examination.

Grandpa is no longer an official, and the Du family will bear the burden on him from now on.

Leading the horse for more than twenty steps, Du Wulang was happy when he suddenly felt someone staring at him. When he looked up, he couldn't help being stunned, and his face turned pale instantly.

"Jijiji...Ji Dalang?"

~~
Today, Jixiang was forced by Wang Zhunxiang to fill his belly full of wine, and he vomited so much that he almost vomited out his heart and liver.He was blowing the wind on the long street supported by two Silla maidservants, also hiding from Wang Zhun, the evil young man.

As a result, when he turned his gaze, he saw a person who was quite familiar.

"Du... What's wrong with Du? Du hurts!"

Ji Xiang suddenly remembered who this was before him, and couldn't help being very surprised, and said, "You came to ask me for someone?"

"I want someone?" Du Wulang was stunned, "Who do you want? Are you still here?!"

"Damn, beat him up!"

Du Wulang was going to look for Xue Bai immediately, but when he turned around, he saw a villain leaping down from the carriage next to him, punching him and knocking him to the ground.

Jixiang stepped forward and kicked it.

"Damn, your news is really fucking fast, and you came to me to ask for someone."

~~
Jingzhao House.

As soon as Ji Wen entered the familiar torture room, he felt that he was in control of everything.

He heard Wu Kangcheng's miserable screams, but he was not in a hurry to ask questions, but looked at the map given by Xue Bai to ponder.

"what."

He suddenly frowned, remembered something, and ordered a small official to go to Jingzhao Mansion Household Cao to get some files, and then checked them carefully, and found that some officials close to the East Palace had actually bought other houses in Daozheng and Changlefang , but Xue Bai did not mark it.

For example, Wang Zhongsi's army envoy Li Guangbi and Heyuan army envoy Wang Rare.

Ji Wen took a pen to add these clues, and then looked at the sixteen households marked by Xue Bai, and selected four official residences that might be close to the East Palace.

Nodding in satisfaction, he was about to put down his pen when he glanced at it out of the corner of his eye and suddenly had a thought.

"Yang Shenjin?"

It's not that he doubts Yang Shenjin, but that Ji Wen has vaguely heard Wang Yu and the right minister complaining about Yang Shenjin's arrogant attitude.

It can be seen that Wang Yu doesn't like Yang Shenjin, and Prime Minister You also hates this kind of self-proclaimed knowledgeable, elegant and noble person. In the past, Yushitai needed someone of its own to promote Yang Shenjin. Now Wang Hao has already served as the censor, and he can take over Yutai Zhongcheng, and it seems that he has already planned to deal with Yang Shenjin.

Ji Wen then wrote Yang Shenjin's name and drew a circle.

At this moment, he thought of Xue Bai again, and felt that Xue Bai, Yang Shenjin, and Wei Jian all gave people the same feeling, how should I put it... even if they were attached to the right minister, they seemed upright and would not bow their heads.

This kind of person must be killed sooner or later.

After these thoughts turned around in his mind, Ji Wen already had an idea, and it was nothing more than checking whoever the prime minister didn't like the most.

He got up and walked towards Wu Kangcheng.

"Come on, where is the Eastern Palace dead man hiding?"

Wu Kangcheng was tortured until his skin was torn apart, but he shook his head.

"I... I am the Jinwu Guard's street patrol... the imperial court official, you can't take me casually..."

"I can't take you?" Ji Wen seemed to be amused by him, and poked the wound on his body with red-hot iron tongs, and said, "You and Huangfu Weiming are old, and you and Liu Ji drank, these two big cases It’s still unsolved, whoever I want to take, remember?”

Wu Kangcheng just screamed.

At this moment, a prison guard came over and said, "Facao, the right minister has sent someone here."

Ji Wen frowned this time and said, "Let him wait."

"Ji Facao is so majestic."

Someone outside has already said this.

Ji Wen turned his head to look, but saw that it was Jiao Nu who had held up the right trust object and brought Xue Bai in.

"This is Jingzhao Mansion."

In Jingzhao Mansion, Ji Wen didn't flinch like he did in Youxiang Mansion. He turned his hands behind his back, raised his head, looked at Xue Bai proudly, and said, "You are a white man, how could you come straight to the torture room of Jingzhao Mansion."

"Give you face." Jiao Nu snorted coldly.

Ji Wen smiled and scolded the cheap maid in his heart.

He used to be afraid of Jiao Nu, because he was afraid that this servant girl would speak ill of him by the right minister's side, but after these things happened recently, he knew that she was going to speak ill of her, so he was not so afraid.

Moreover, this servant girl has been following Xue Bai recently, and the right minister may not believe what she says.

"I found the location of the dead man in the East Palace, and I want to confirm it." Xue Bai said, "Can Ji Facao allow me to chat with Wu Kangcheng?"

Ji Wen sneered.

This time, even Tian Shengong poked his head into the execution room, and said: "Ji Facao, the right minister has an answer, and he has to do everything with all his heart."

Ji Wen just nodded, turned sideways, and said lightly: "Ask."

Xue Bai said: "May I ask you alone?"

"Huh? What other shady things do you have to do?"

"This is my interrogation technique, which is different from Jifacao, please cooperate."

Ji Wen looked at Fangliang, pretending to be proud, but actually rolled his eyes, and finally waved his hand, and ordered: "Take the criminal to the back room and let him interrogate alone."

"Here."

After arranging this, Ji Wen walked along the corridor, with a smile on his face, walked around the row of houses, and entered a dark room.

He made a few movements silently, ordered the door to be closed, sat down on a wooden stool, and put his ear against the wall.

After waiting for a while, I heard the movement next door, even Wu Kangcheng's breathing was clear.

Because there are four large urns under this dark room, and the wall is also made of special blue bricks, which has a miraculous effect of sound amplification.

"I already know where the Longyou veteran is hiding."

Xue Bai's voice was very low when he spoke, but Ji Wen could hear him clearly.

Wu Kangcheng didn't answer, breathing more heavily.

"It's useless for you and me to pretend." Xue Bai spoke slowly, "I can just ask the right minister to send someone to take them down. But for the sake of you and I having drunk, I want to save you, and I would like to share You have a credit."

Wu Kangcheng still didn't answer.

Xue Bai said: "Okay... it's in Changlefang, Yang Shenjin's other house, right?"

Ji Wen's face changed, he was very surprised, and then secretly thought that he had guessed right!

"How do you know?!" Wu Kangcheng also said in a surprised tone.

"Do you think we will never guess? But fortunately, there is no one at this time. I am still willing to share the credit with you. When I go out later, I will say that you took the initiative to recruit." Xue Bai said: "Now I want to confirm something with you. detail."

Wu Kangcheng did not answer.

"how many people?"

After a while, Xue Bai said again: "It's useless if you don't talk, the Jinwu Guard has already kept a close eye on that house."

"Jin Wuwei has our people." Wu Kangcheng finally opened his mouth and said in a low voice, "The veterans will leave tonight and destroy their armor and weapons. You won't be able to find out."

"When will you act?"

"Children."

"anything else?"

"Jinwu Guard Right Patrol Envoy, Changlefang Fangzheng, and Dongshi Administration all have our people, and will try to lure away Guo Qianli's people."

"..."

"I have to tell the right minister."

When Ji Wen heard Xue Bai's words, he got up quickly.

He quickly left the dark room, went to the yamen servant, and ordered: "Give me a way to stop Xue Bai. They must not be allowed to leave."

"Here."

"Prepare the cart, no, prepare the horse, I want to see the Prime Minister right away."

Ji Wen hurriedly ran across the corridor of Jingzhao Mansion.

~~
Daozhengfang.

Tuoba Mao walked up to the attic and asked, "Mr. Pei, what do you say?"

The middle-aged man in the green robe was looking at the setting sun, and said: "It's been arranged, we will evacuate tonight."

He said this twice today.

But only he knew in his heart that the meanings of the two times were different.

The first time he said that he wanted to evacuate, he did a good job of getting all these Longyou veterans taken down, confessing that Huangfu Weiming wanted to investigate the rent and mediocrity case, and shocking the hearts of the world with the wrath of a saint and the blood of veterans.Although it can't change anything, it can make more people look to the prince.

But at this time, when it was said to evacuate, it was the little Taoist who intervened and reached a condition with the other party to preserve their strength.

If there are no accidents, there will probably be no deaths tonight.

~~
Xue Bai was also watching the sunset.

He was trapped in Jingzhao Mansion, his face was anxious, but his heart was extremely calm.

In the way of power struggle, doing more may not get more.

If you try your best to help the East Palace, you will be buried alive; but if you try your best to help the Right Prime Minister's Mansion, you will end up fine?Just listen to the promises of the superiors. If you don’t know how to keep a hand the first time, and if you can’t learn it the second time, then it’s really hopeless.

Sometimes doing just the right thing gets the most out of it.

Right Prime Minister and Eastern Palace, whoever wins and who loses, this is not the time for him to worry about it, as long as he can gain a firm foothold.

After tonight, you will be able to settle down in this Great Tang.

If there is no accident, there will be no need to die.

"Boom!"

Twilight drums sounded.

Under the setting sun, Xin Twelve rode his horse to the front of Jingzhao Mansion, and the horse hurried up the steps without tying it up.

"Is Ah Lang here?! I have something urgent to do!"

Shouting in a hurry, he turned his head and looked at Xue Bai just in time.

Xin Twelve was taken aback for a moment, then stopped vigilantly.

"You! What are you doing?!"

Facing Shang Xin Twelve's vigilant gaze, Xue Bai's expression darkened.

(End of this chapter)