Man Tang Huacai

Chapter 68 The Sapphire Case

The banquet is in full swing, and the spring is in full bloom in the Calyx Building.

The sage was in high spirits and made a joke.

Xue Bai quickly considered whether he should present fried vegetables to the emperor, and he had already told Du Wulang that Fengweilou should be fully prepared tonight, so that the dishes could be presented at any time.

But it doesn't have to be.

Li Longji had already eaten stir-fried dishes, and it was still Deng Lian's handicraft. The credit for this treasure had long since belonged to Yang Yuyao.That's why the sisters of the Yang family took the trouble to arrange his life experience for him, and Yang Yuhuan even asked people to entrust him in person.

Xue Bai didn't need to compete with them. He was white, so he couldn't always think of jumping over the people above and flattering the emperor directly.

At the same time, he also heard that Li Longji is not easy to deceive, he knows many things clearly in his heart, but he just doesn't say anything.

But facing this king at this time, they are committing a great crime of deceiving the king.

Standing in front of Xue Bai, Yang Shenjin seemed to have lost her soul.

Xue Hui continued to bully the emperor.

"Since the beginning of January, Fengwei Building has been in the limelight. It's true, but it's not why the minister's brother came to recognize his relatives. His husband and wife are outside Hua'e Building. I ask the sage to inquire, and see what else Yang Zhongcheng has to say?!"

After all, after being a famous general, although Xue Hui didn't mean to ask, there was a thunderous momentum at the end of his words.

Hearing this, Xue Bai was vigilant, knowing that Xue Ling's gambling and boastful character was unreliable, and it was too risky for such a person to confront him.

Soon, a servant hurried out of the Huae Tower and called Xue Ling and Liu Shi to a banquet.

"The sage Shangyuan Ankang."

Xue Ling was a little drunk and not timid. He gambled with the dignitaries in Chang'an every night. He heard a lot about the saints, and he felt that he was also a dignitary, but he was frustrated.

Liu Xiangjun behaved very decently, but his face was haggard and his clothes were plain. Many people in the hall shook their heads secretly when they saw him.

Even Yang Yuyao frowned, bit her lips lightly, consciously looking for such a poor family for Xue Bai, and lost a lot of face.

"Xue Ling, but you lost your son?"

"Returning to the words of the sage, that's right. This is my son. When he lost his name, he only had the nickname 'Sickness'."

"What's the proof?"

"There is a family statement here. Liulang was born in Kaiyuan 19, and was plundered and abducted in Weinan official road in 24, and sold in Luoyang South City. The students scattered all their wealth and searched hard. They have collected many clues over the years..."

Xue Ling answered a paragraph in an orderly manner and took out many documents.

Li Longji was too lazy to look, and casually leaned over to Gao Lishi and said, "General, let's take a look again, does it look like it?"

Gao Lishi stepped forward again, looking at him.

In terms of body and appearance, Xue Ling is also tall and handsome, but he eats, drinks, prostitutes and gambles too much, and is far from Yang Shenjin's elegance and dignity.

"The old slave looks at it, and it looks a little like it, but it doesn't look like it at the same time. What does the son-in-law think?"

Yang Hui was in a daze again, didn't come to his senses, and replied directly: "No way, this person looks too desolate."

"abjection?"

Xue Ling would never allow others to slander his background, so he immediately refuted and pointed at Yang Shenjin.

"I'm down and out? In terms of background, my ancestors have generations of officials and family members. When Yang Zhong, the emperor of the Sui Dynasty, was still playing a song for others, my Xue family has been famous for 100 years, 100 years!"

The southern ancestral branch of the Xue family in Hedong was known as the "powerful clan". Although Xue Rengui's family was in decline due to the early death of his father, in fact, his ancestors were all high-ranking officials. They can be traced back to the Southern and Northern Dynasties.

Of course, an aristocratic family is like a big tree with a trunk and branches.

Yang Hui was stunned, disdainful to quarrel with Xue Ling.

This person can't speak his head, and he pulled out Yang Zhong. If he pulls out Yang Jian and Yang Guang again, it will ruin the mood of the sage watching the lantern.

"Yang Shenjin, why did you rob my son?" Xue Ling still refused to let go, "I have long thought that you are not pleasing to the eye. You call yourself a famous person, brag about your talent, how can you 'look contemporary'? Look , among all the princes in the palace, which one is not magnificent in appearance?"

Li Longji laughed out loud when he heard this.

He was very amused by Xue Ling's words, but he still did not forget to comfort his courtiers.

"You don't have to worry about Yang Qing, Xue Ling speaks too straightforwardly."

Yang Shenjin hurriedly said: "I dare not."

"Of course, my dear friends are indeed handsome, handsome and magnificent!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your praise!"

"God bless the prosperous Tang Dynasty, a group of sages gathered, there are many civil and martial arts, and there are no sages left behind. I will drink with all the lords, congratulations."

Li Longji was happy and immediately raised a glass.

All of a sudden, the hall full of senior officials stood up one after another and raised their glasses to toast. Hundreds of people, regardless of the color of their official robes, were all tall, burly and dignified.

"Prosperous Tang Dynasty!"

"Sheng Zai Tang..."

The sound spread, and the Huae Building was full of joy, just because the saint toasted a glass of wine.

But when Li Longji put down his wine glass, he asked another question, which was very meaningful.

"Xue Ling, so you have also heard Yang Qing's rhetoric of 'seeing the present'?"

……

Li Niang just sat down and stood up abruptly.

The saint really saw it.

Gao Lishi had just said Yang Shenjin's arrogant statement "my three brothers have such looks and talents, so they can be seen in the present age".This is to remind others that the sage no longer likes Yang Shenjin.

Therefore, there was an envoy behind the scenes who heard the meaning and taught Xue Ling to say this.

And the sage knows well that no one can deceive the king in this hall.

All go to hell!
Li Niang was thinking about how to cleverly expose Xue Bai's plot to deceive the emperor, when suddenly, someone jumped in first.

"Sage, Xue Ling is not trustworthy, eight out of ten words out of his mouth are false!"

Li Niang looked back and saw that it was Zhang Quyi's eldest daughter Zhang Si who spoke.

Zhang Si was a little drunk, raised his hand and pointed, and said again: "Xue Ling, do you think I don't know you? You have lost your family in gambling, but dare to tell the saint that you spent all your money to find your son, deceiving the king?!"

Hearing this voice, Xue Bai also recalled... This is the arrogant woman who escaped from the dark gambling house the night Sha Jixiang was killed, and she claimed to be the daughter of Shangzhu Kingdom.

Xue Ling panicked, only then realized that there were his gamblers at the banquet.

The Minister of the Household Department, Zhang Qiu Jianqiong, took a closer look at him and recognized him, and immediately shouted: "Xue Ling, you are in debt everywhere, and you have your eyes on Xue Bai's Fengweilou, how dare you make trouble in front of the imperial court?!"

Xue Ling immediately fell to his knees, trembling.

Li Niang's blood was racing when she heard this, and she thought that these thieves were going to die soon.

But Xue Ling said in a trembling voice: "Returning to the saint, I really didn't cook for Fengweilou. When I was in Fanyang, I ate stir-fried vegetables in the army. They were dry and burnt, and they were not delicious."

"In the army? Frying in a wok?" Xue Bai suddenly had a reaction, "I seem to remember a little..."

Although he knew that Xue Ling was unreliable, he still decided to bet on the Yang family sisters.

"Liulang, have you finally remembered?"

Xue Ling was overjoyed.

He said all kinds of nonsense in order to cheat money from his relatives, and he cooperated immediately.

"Remember? That year I took you to visit Uncle Wu. In the Fanyang Army, I personally fed you the stir-fried vegetables. That day you said, 'Grandpa, I want to be proud of Grandpa when I grow up', you finally want to Woke up."

"Wow!"

When Liu Fu heard this, she couldn't hold back, cried out, and quickly covered her mouth with her hands.

Xue Bai turned around, looked at the couple, and was stunned.

Seeing Li Niang, she couldn't help sneering.

The sages have already beaten Xue Ling, it's fine if this kid dares to continue to bully the emperor and kill himself.

"Xue Bai." Li Longji asked, "Is this your grandfather?"

"Returning to the saint, I don't remember much, but I seem to have an impression."

"Xue Ling, let me ask you one last question, are you sure this is your son?"

Although Xue Ling was bold, he became inexplicably terrified, subconsciously raised his head and glanced at the red-robed official.

"I ask you, what do you think others are doing?" Li Longji scolded: "Is someone else looking for a son for you?"

Intentionally or not, he actually glanced at Li Heng.

Everyone was immediately terrified.

As the atmosphere turned cold, Xue Ling and Liu quickly fell to the ground, trembling and afraid to speak.

Suddenly, there was laughter like a silver bell.

After that, there was a sentence, as if the spring breeze had blown away, directly blowing away the severe cold.

"Sanlang, I, General Tuo Gao, did it."

Xue Bai saw that it was Yang Yuhuan who was speaking, and her voice was like a yellow warbler coming out of the valley. If she sang, she must be very pleasant to hear.

"Didn't we eat stir-fried vegetables? I heard from my third sister that the little Xue Bai who brought her stir-fried vegetables was separated from his family. I asked General Gao if he could find his family back for him. I found it."

When she spoke, there was a little girl's innocence, a mature charm, and a young girl's cunning and wit in her eyes... Even Xue Bai couldn't tell the truth in her words.

Gao Lishi immediately responded respectfully.

"That day, General Xue was on duty at the gate of the palace. The old slave asked him to list the families of the lost children in Chang'an. As a result, General Xue patted his legs and said that it was his brother's family. Unexpectedly, the child who had been lost for ten years disappeared immediately. I have found my home. The old servant only asked one question, and dared not take credit for it, it must be the noble concubine who has done good deeds, the Xue family has received great blessings, and Tianbao has wonderful things and good stories at the beginning of the sixth year, and it is also a good year."

"I see."

Li Longji was overjoyed, stroked his beard and smiled and said: "My beloved concubine is kind-hearted and the general is diligent, reuniting the family that has been separated for ten years, good, very good! Xue Ling, Xue Bai, don't your father and son thank you?"

"Thank you saint for your kindness!"

Xue Ling was overjoyed at the thought of the dazzling wealth, and quickly kowtowed.

Liu wept with joy, and cried again, took a deep look at Xue Bai, and thanked Li Longji a thousand times.

"Thank you for what?" Li Longji became more and more cordial, "Don't you know who you should thank?"

Xue Ling and his wife bowed down again, "Concubine Xie, General Xie Gao..."

Xue Bai was still dazed, and slowly raised his hand to salute.

"Get up quickly, there is no need to be too polite." Yang Yuhuan smiled, turned to Xue Bai and said, "In a little while, Xu Hezi will sing in front of the imperial court. Your poems are well written, so let her sing a new song."

Her eyes are bright, as if she is very playful.

Presumably Li Longji still dotes on her so much in his old age, not only because of her beauty, but also because her lively and playful nature makes him feel interesting and youthful.

After all, who likes a boring person with a straight face all day long?For example, among the concubines in the palace tonight, there is another one who is also beautiful, but has a cold temperament and doesn't like to talk, so Li Longji has been ignoring her.

Xue Bai also thought that Yang Yuhuan's words might also have the meaning of support.

Two months ago, when she left the palace in anger, he asked Yang Zhao to send him a poem... She remembered this favor.

"The imperial concubine praises you absurdly. In front of the lords, you dare not show your ugliness." Xue Bai answered politely.

"Don't be too modest, a young man in the Tang Dynasty should have arrogance and arrogance!" Although Li Longji is old, his tone is full of arrogance. A whole good poem."

"How come the saint has never heard of it?" Xue Bai pretended to be surprised.

"The abacus is good." Li Longji smiled triumphantly, ignored him, and said: "Xue Qing, take your brother and your son to sit down, and give me wine!"

"Here."

"Okay, this kid's life experience is established, don't let the matter of competing for the son disturb the Shangyuan Banquet. Yang Qing, do you think so?"

"..."

Seeing this scene, Li Niang was dumbfounded.

She couldn't believe that her wise and powerful father knew that Xue Ling and others were deceiving the emperor, but he could indulge them. Whoever can make him happy is the one who has the final say?

Ever since he had Yang Yuhuan, the saint is so stupid!

Turning his head again, he saw Li Tengkong sitting there and only staring at Xue Bai. Although she only showed a side face, her girlish sentiments were obvious.

Li Niang was not happy, and she couldn't understand Li Tengkong's joyful and affectionate look. Even though she knew that the banquet was not the time to talk, she still pushed Li Tengkong angrily to wake her up from her meditation.

"Li Xiaoxian, what are you crazy about? You can't marry him, you can't marry him!"

"Why?"

On the contrary, Li Niang was stunned by the question, and whispered viciously: "Because they are all deceiving the emperor, but in fact his family is full of people, all of them were killed by your grandpa!"

There was a "buzz" in Li Tengkong's mind, and he was stunned.

She opened and closed her lips, wanting to ask Li Niang how she knew, wanting to say "You lied to me".

But she couldn't say a word, and she realized that it might be true... because grandpa is that kind of person.

"With such a big enmity, he must hate your grandpa to the bone, that's why he came close to the right minister's mansion, you can't marry him." Li Niang was still saying.

Emotions surged up, and Li Tengkong lowered his head.

She first recalled the times when she saw Xue Bai behind the window of selecting a son-in-law. On that day, Grandpa asked people to go to Nanqu to find out how he hooked up with Yang Zhao. A famous prostitute said that Xue Bai was not chaotic, She couldn't help but ran out and said something.

"Grandpa, this gentleman has extraordinary manners, and he writes poems well. He is a talent."

The story starts from here, and until now, she has to get all the memories out of her mind one by one, the encounter and adventure tonight... all have to be forgotten.

Born in the prime minister's mansion, she has been afforded rich clothes and fine food since she was a child, and she has a wealth of wealth, so she has a share of the heinous crimes of the right prime minister's mansion. If she can't get it, she deserves it.

After repeating the word "should" in his heart, Li Tengkong slightly raised his head without crying.

Li Niang's eyes fell to Li Linfu's seat, she knew that it was not easy to spread the word, so she had to find a way to talk about it later.

"Zheng."

With the sound of a pipa, the music and dance resumed.

Except for Li Tengkong, everyone at the banquet turned their heads to look outside Huae Tower.

Unexpectedly, a platform was erected outside the railing.

When the time comes, the Shangyuan Lantern Festival is at its busiest time...Xu Hezi is about to take the stage.

Finally, amidst the lanterns all over the sky, a slender woman dressed in neon clothes was peerless and independent.

When she opened her mouth, a high-pitched and clear singing voice fell into her ears, which was clear and melodious, but it could be heard through nine nights, like a whip cracking into the sky, and instantly drowned out all other sounds.

Even Yang Yuhuan was pleasantly surprised, she got up straight, holding the ribbon in both hands and the hem of her skirt, trotted across the hall, and took a closer look at the railing.

No one commented, the hall was empty, and everyone was listening to Xu Hezi singing.

Throat warble, the sound spread to Jiumo.

"The view of the building is empty and smoked, and the snow is passing in the early years. The garden flowers are full of jade trees, and the pool water is the Milky Way."

"Seven days of auspicious pictures, thousands of spring royal rewards. Fly lightly to pass on colorful victories, and sing songs of Xunxun in the sky."

"..."

After a song, the hall was quiet for a long time before everyone cheered loudly.

At the same time, cheers came from afar.

Xu Hezi's singing was so clear that thousands of people inside and outside the palace could hear it, and it was truly a joy to share with the people.

Li Longji held the wine glass and followed Yang Yuhuan to the railing, and talked with everyone with a hearty smile for a while, then suddenly said: "Yongxin's singing voice is still the same, why is he singing old songs?"

As he said that, he turned around and pointed at Xue Bai, and said: "Since Taizhen said you are talented in poetry, you will compose a poem tonight."

"Back to the saints, in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, there were many poets. I was young, so I didn't dare to fight with the axe."

"Was it too true to say wrong?" Li Longji deliberately put on a straight face, "With her backing you, what are you afraid of?"

Before Xue Bai could answer, he had already glanced at the ministers, and he pointed at one of them casually.

"Then let this kid ponder over it. Wang Qing will come first, and make a song with 'Lantern Festival and Spring Banquet, Tian Bao Tong Huan'."

"The minister leads the order."

Wang Wei got up politely, pondered for a while, and wrote a poem titled "Shangyuan Festival Huacalou Serving Banquet System". .

"The colorful battles are held together all night, and the Qionglou is cleared by the dawn."

"In the first month of the year, the palace is surrounded by flowers."

"If you don't count the days of King Qin, who will unify Luoshui?"

"Wine banquets are too timid, but dancing sleeves are timid."

"Tianbao has no virtue, and people do not make military exploits when they are happy."

"Still approaching the Jiuqu Banquet, and even reaching Simen Cong."

~~
Xu Hezi's singing voice, Wang Mojie's new poems.

Li Tengkong loved these things the most in the past, but sitting there now, he was always depressed. He only hoped that the banquet would end soon and find a place where there was no one to cry.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help turning her eyes to Xue Bai again, wanting to see him for the last time.

Xue Bai is being asked to write poetry.

"But I don't know how to make appropriate poems, and I don't know the style. I can only make up words and make up long and short sentences without rhythm."

"Make it up randomly? Then you can make up a song for me to listen to."

"Here."

Li Tengkong knew that he had a talent for poetry, but he felt more and more bitter, so he whispered to Li Niang: "I'm not feeling well, I'm apologizing..."

She turned around and was about to leave the hall when she heard Xue Bai's citing.

"Dongfeng puts flowers and thousands of trees at night, and blows them down, and the stars are like rain."

"BMW carved cars are all over the road."

"The sound of the phoenix flute moves, the jade pot turns light, and the fish and dragon dance all night."

Li Tengkong couldn't help but stop.

Suddenly, the memory of meeting Xue Bai just tonight, under the lantern tree on Qixiamen Street.The carving cart passed by, the plum blossoms were fragrant, and the phoenix flute sounded, she and he looked at each other.

What he wrote at this time is exactly the situation at that time?

Lifting his sleeves and wiping his eyes, Li Tengkong still wanted to run away, but felt that his feet were as heavy as a thousand weights.

She didn't want to hear it anymore, and wanted to hear it again.

Can't help but look back, the young man with aloof posture is standing under the lantern, and he has already read a long poem in a new tune.

"Moth's snow willow golden strands, the laughter is full of dark fragrance."

"People look for him thousands of Baidu."

"Suddenly looking back, that person is there, where the lights are dim."

……

Two lines of tears fell, and the woman in a colorful dress fled, at a loss.

(End of this chapter)