Man Tang Huacai

Chapter 51
Before you know it, it's almost evening.

Du Wulang sat on the porch of the front yard, drowsy and yawning, but he refused to go to sleep.

Lu Fengniang went to see her in person and cried several times when she saw the bruises on her son's face.

Du Jin told her that Wu Lang and Xue Bai went to Qingmen for dinner yesterday, but they met some rascals, they were beaten up, and they missed the curfew, so she and her elder sister had to pick them up after dawn.

But Lu Fengniang didn't quite believe it, she couldn't explain why it was so weird, she couldn't understand it.Just as she was thinking hard, she looked up and saw Caiyun standing there pinching her fingers, her face flushed.

"You know about it, right?" Lu Fengniang straightened her face immediately, "Tell me what happened to these little ones?"

"My lady, I..."

Caiyun was so embarrassed that she didn't dare to speak at all, until she was stared at by Lu Fengniang, she couldn't help it, so she hesitated to speak.

"When they just came back in the morning, the maidservant saw... I saw that the aunt followed Xue Langjun into the guest room... Maybe she was playing around and took off his clothes." Caiyun closed her eyes, and finally said in one breath, " Xue Langjun ran away in fright..."

"what?"

Lu Fengniang didn't believe it at all.

Although she is only a stepmother, she knows that Du Yu is the most dignified and well-behaved, and she would never do such a thing.

"You must have read it wrong, nonsense."

Caiyun hurriedly bowed down, and replied in fear: "Not only the servants, but also many people have seen it with their own eyes, otherwise the servants would not dare to say such a thing..."

"Shut up, shut up, shut up." Lu Fengniang interrupted quickly.

She was so frightened that she didn't know what to do, she could only widen her eyes and put on a ruthless attitude to scare the maidservant.

"Don't mention it again, or your mouth will be torn. Also, who else has seen it, bring it here quickly."

She said she didn't believe it, but when several maidservants were brought and all of them said they saw it with their own eyes, Lu Fengniang inevitably murmured.

Speaking of which, after Xue Bai went out today, Du Yan was really a little strange, bored in the room and didn't even eat lunch.Usually the two sisters are the closest, but this time even Du Jin knocked on the door, but Du Jin didn't answer, she just said that she was uncomfortable.

Thinking about it again, although Xue Bai said he was too young, he was actually a mature young man with both talent and appearance, while Du Yan, who was as young as a flower and like a jade, was alone in his empty boudoir...

Lu Fengniang quickly shook her head, thinking that her daughter's widowhood at home would be misunderstood, it is inevitable that there will be such rumors, it is better to remarry earlier.

This time, I had to choose carefully.

But it seems that remarriage is not as easy as expected, and it is hard to find a good husband...

Suddenly, a report from outside interrupted Lu Fengniang's thoughts again.

"Miss, a guest sent a list, signed by Yushitai Yang Zhongcheng, who has already left."

Lu Fengniang didn't bother to pay attention to it for a while, and ordered: "It should be an annual gift, and I will return the gift when I receive it."

After all, he got up and opened a box, took out several strings of money, hesitated for a moment, and put back a string.

"It's almost Chinese New Year, give you some rewards, and keep your mouths shut."

"..."

After buying these maidservants, Lu Fengniang hurried to the study and babbled to Du Youlin endlessly.

"Two daughters, one widowed, one reconciled, what to do in the future? Wu Lang was beaten badly, poor man, these people, why do these people always beat me? Huh..."

"Oh, don't bother the old man."

"Lang Jun, you take care of them, what is this family like?"

"it is good!"

Du Youlin flicked the scroll in his hand, and shouted loudly: "Tie up that beast who dares to fight with others outside, the old man wants to know how to do it!"

Lu Fengniang was also from a noble family, when she heard that he was going to beat her son, she finally lost her temper and screamed.

"Old man, are you bullying me that there is no one in my natal family?!"

~~
Xue Bai was helped out of the carriage drunkenly, Du Wulang was in the front yard, hurried forward, and Quan Rui took Xue Bai from the hands of the Tian family brothers.

When I walked to the fourth courtyard, I saw Du Youlin in front of the main room door trying to persuade Lu Fengniang.

"Don't you think about it, old man? Although I have no salary now, my Du family still has some land outside the city, so I just need to save a little..."

Du Youlin caught a glimpse of someone coming, straightened his back, put his hands behind his back, and coughed twice.

Looking at the two young men again, one with a bruised nose and a swollen face, the other was very drunk, he couldn't help being furious and shouted: "The two are useless, wandering around all day long, see for yourself how decent they are!"

"Lang Jun, calm down." Lu Fengniang still had a good temper, and instead comforted Du Youlin, gave him enough face, and coaxed him back to the room.

Turning his head again, he saw Xue Bai shaking his head, trying to wake up.

"This child." Lu Fengniang sighed helplessly, and asked Du Wulang to help Xue Bai into the house.

"Caiyun, let the kitchen make a bowl of hangover soup. Qinglan, help him wipe the snow from his hair, what are you looking at? Don't catch a cold in this weather."

After Xue Bai settled down, and called again, Qing Lan turned her head foolishly.

Mother Lu Feng scolded the servant girl for being stunned, she looked at Xue Bai again, she suddenly understood what was going on, she quickly sent Qing Lan to the back yard to do something, while she went back to the main room, whispering to Du Youlin.

"Thinking about it this way, the concubine made a big mistake. Arranging such a handsome man to live in the backyard, sir, you should think of a way."

"Oh, women do things." Du Youlin said impatiently: "I will arrange it."

"That's great, sir, as long as you are willing to take care of the family affairs, everything will be fine."

Lu Fengniang completely forgot that she had scolded Du Youlin for being stupid before, but now she only felt that he was majestic and upright.What is majestic is appearance and demeanor, and what is upright is the conduct of not taking concubines.Well, he is also well-read, so of course he has a way.

The evening drum rang, and the sky was getting dark.

After dinner, Lu Fengniang was a little worried about Xue Bai, and walked back to the east chamber.

In the night, she was startled suddenly, because she saw two figures sneaking up to the door of Xue Bai's house without lifting the lantern.

The door of the house was pushed open, revealing a little moonlight, and only then could you see the skirt fluttering, and it was the sisters of the Du family who slipped in.

Looking again, Lu Fengniang also found that Qu Shui was standing at the corner looking out, and she couldn't help but feel worried.

~~
Xue Bai was sleeping soundly, felt someone pushing him, and smelled a faint fragrance of Su He in his nose.

Opening his eyes, it was Du Jin leaning over in front of him.

"How much did you drink? Drunk?"

"Three cups, I'm on guard against him. Not too drunk, mainly sleepy and drunk. It's much better to drink the soup."

"We were all worried to death, and you slept soundly."

"Don't worry, Pei Mian has made a move, and Ji Wen is confirmed." Xue Bai asked, "Do you recognize him?"

Du Jin shook her head and said, "I've never heard of this person before."

"Li Heng's secret thread is buried in the key point of the Right Prime Minister's Mansion."

Du Ti worried: "If you know his identity, will he silence it?"

Xue Bai was so sleepy that he didn't open his eyes, he said casually: "So I tell you, if I am killed, you will expose it to the right minister."

"It will be true if we die together at that time." Du Jin snorted coldly, and replied, "I will go to Grandpa Bo tomorrow and ask him to protect us."

"Well, hard work."

It is one of the big taboos in the officialdom to be right and left, but now there is no other way but to survive in the cracks.

Xue Bai remembered and took out a stack of deeds.

"what is this?"

"The deed of servants and maids of the Ji family. When the spoils were divided, all the valuables were divided up. Yang Zhao decided to give me [-] servants. Today, I am still detained by Luo Xixi and will be interrogated again. In two days Please uncle or aunt, go to the East Municipal Office to sign a deed and bring him back."

The sisters of the Du family accepted the deed, but their eyes dimmed.

They all thought at the same time that if Xue Bai hadn't rushed to rescue him that day, the Du family would have been divided like this.

Maybe they will also have a body deed, and their fate will be changed by handing it over like this...

Du Mo wiped his eyes, and asked Xue Bai in a low voice, "You have to run all day regardless of your tiredness, is it because of these people?"

"I promised."

After Xue Bai explained the matter, he turned over and murmured, "I'm drunk and sleepy, so let me go."

Du Yi was taken aback, surprised that he could recite a line of poetry casually in a tired state with such artistic conception.

"Let's go."

But Du Jin wanted to push Xue Bai awake, and asked, "What did you say to Eldest Sister? You don't trust me?"

Unexpectedly, she saw it.

"People were killed in front of you, and I entrusted you to bargain with the East Palace. How can I not believe you?" Xue Bai comforted Du Jin with only one sentence, saying: "If you want to see it, you can see it." .”

So, Du Yu closed the doors and windows tightly, turned her back, and took out those secret items again...

~~
"As I said before, Princess Xianyi married Yang Hui, the son of Princess Changning, and lived in Princess Chang'an's mansion in Pingkangfang. It was there that you were rescued from a coma. That's why Xin Twelve copied the deed, saying that you were sold to Xianyi. Princess?"

"It's not me." Xue Bai said: "The person mentioned in the contract is Xue Pingzhao, you always ignore this point."

"Written according to your appearance, whoever reads this deed will not say it is you?"

"By the way, you haven't told me in detail who Xue Ru is."

"Get up, and I'll talk to you in detail."

Xue Bai had no choice but to sit up again, Du Jin lit the candlestick, poured a cup of hot water, and Du Jin talked.

"The house of the Xue family in Hedong is indeed prominent. The children are famous for their appearance and beauty, and they often have horses and county horses. For example, Xue Guan is the son-in-law of Princess Chengyang, the daughter of Emperor Taizong, Xue Shao is the son-in-law of Princess Taiping, and Xue Jing is the prince of the country. Princess consort."

"In Xue Ruo's generation, his elder brother Xue Chongyi married the county magistrate Yijun; his younger sister married the prince Li Ying as the concubine; he himself married the saint's fourth daughter, Princess Tangchang."

Hearing this, Xue Bai already understood, and asked, "Is Xue Ruo involved in the case of abolishing the crown prince?"

"Well, it's related to Li Linfu." Du Jin sighed slightly, "It's a long story..."

It is not easy for today's saints to ascend to the throne after being persecuted by Wu Zhou when they were young.

But no one expected that he would fall in love with Wu Luoheng, the daughter of the Wu family, and he was so out of control that he did not hesitate to abolish his wife, Queen Wang, who had shared the joys and sorrows with him and "exchanged robes for cakes" for him.

As soon as Queen Wang died, he wanted to make Wu Luoheng the queen, but he was strongly opposed by the officials, so he had to create the name "Concubine Hui" to comfort her.

Although Concubine Wu Hui did not win the position, she was determined to help her son Li Zhen to be the crown prince, but the officials who had experienced the Wu Zhou dynasty were extremely wary of her and obstructed her in every possible way.

At that time, Li Linfu only wanted to seek a small Langguan, but was ridiculed by his relatives, "A Langguan must have good conduct to be respected. How can a brother slave be a Langguan?"

With no hope of official career, Li Linfu had no choice but to cling to Concubine Wu Hui and swear to work for the establishment of the crown prince of Shou Wang Li Yu.

"In the 24th year of Kaiyuan, Concubine Zhao Li, the biological mother of Prince Li Ying, passed away. Concubine Wu Hui immediately asked people to sue Li Ying for 'secret parties'. The saint wanted to abolish the prince, but was stopped by the prime minister Zhang Jiuling, and even scolded Concubine Wu Hui. Li Linfu then secretly criticized Zhang Jiuling for interfering in the saint's family affairs .”

"In the 24th year of Kaiyuan, Li Linfu framed Zhang Jiuling to dismiss him. They finally removed the biggest obstacle. Putting on armor and entering the palace, suing him for mutiny and treason, Li Linfu banned all officials from interceding in the name of the emperor's family affairs. The sage demoted the three brothers of the prince as ordinary people, and then gave him death. Xue Ruo gave him death in Lantian Post."

"In addition to Concubine Wu Hui and Li Linfu, those who led this matter also included Concubine Wu Hui's daughter, Princess Xianyi, and concubine Yang Hui. The irony is that Concubine Wu Hui died of illness that year. After two or three years, it was in Princess Xianyi's Cuju field In fact, the sage has taken a fancy to Li Tong's wife, and Li Tong has no chance of becoming the crown prince after all..."

Hearing this, Xue Bai's eyes moved, and he pondered: "In other words, Li Linfu, Princess Xianyi, and Yang Hui are all related to Xue Ruo's death, so Xin Twelve wrote the buyer of the official slave as Princess Xianyi? "

"I don't believe a house slave can have such a scheming." Du Jin said.

"Ah."

Xue Bai looked thoughtful and frowned.

Du Yu said: "What I'm worried about is...there are often two copies of the documents for establishing a deed."

The atmosphere in the room was stagnant.

They all knew that the deed might be fake, but it might also be true.

Of course, Xue Bai may not be this Xue Pingzhao.

"If you want to check." Du Jin said slowly, "I can go to Princess Xianyi's mansion to pay a visit..."

"No check."

Xue Bai said: "Xin Twelve just found that Nu Yalang, the auspicious letter of greeting has not yet been sent out, and I am still alive, Princess Xianyi must not know about this, so I can't startle the snake."

"This may be a clue to your life experience..."

"fake."

Xue Bai didn't care about the authenticity of his background at all.

When he woke up in Datang, the truth and falsehood had no meaning to him.

He has his own parents, although they passed away a long time ago, the memory of his previous life is still there.Then, family background is only about interests, nothing more.

If one day this life experience is valuable to his future, he can admit that he is Xue Pingzhao, and the fake can be made real; but now this is just a fatal danger, all he has to do is cover it up, and the real one must also be done Fake.

Xue Bai appeared very indifferent, he felt that he was a dirty and ruthless politician.

"I must have a safe life experience, as soon as possible, before the matter is revealed, and the most powerful person must endorse this and let the world recognize it."

(End of this chapter)