Man Tang Huacai

Chapter 71 The lights are dim
In a carriage, Du hoped to open his eyes.

"How long has the old man been asleep?"

"Alang, it's a moment."

"The saint hasn't had another banquet yet?"

"Yes."

Du Hope was still sleepy, but he still got out of the carriage and walked back to the Huae Tower, looking up at the lights all over the sky, his heart became more and more angry.

I don't know how much lamp oil will be burned for nothing in this whole night of imperial banquet?If it can be saved, how much rations can be provided for the victims in the east of the river?

But the sage has long stopped listening to the persuasion of these veterans.

The same is true for the war in the western frontier. I begged the saint to stop forcing Wang Zhongsi to attack Shibao City, but it couldn't stop the saint's overjoyed heart at all.

I don't know how many people of insight dare to be angry but dare not speak up.

Fortunately, the prince is wise, and the future of Datang will always be good...

Someone from Huaca Building came out.

"Dugong, the right hand wants to harm me!"

"To shut up."

When he suddenly shouted, Du hoped to look over and saw Xue Bai being escorted, and an official in a light green official robe was gagging him.

Du Xiwang doesn't like this young man of unknown origin very much, because Xue Bai took refuge in Li Linfu, but he also understands the situation and is full of anger. In the end, he can only blame that damned Liu Ji!
Thinking of Du Youlin's request not long ago, he still stepped forward and said, "Why take someone?"

Lu Xuan was not afraid of him, and said with a business-like attitude: "Your official will act according to the sacred order, and please don't make things difficult for Duke Du."

Although Du Xiwang once ruled the Northwest and shocked Tubo, but now he is not reused by the sages, and he has no right to interfere with Lu Xuan in his idle position. He asked, "What happened?"

Lu Xuan said, "Du Gong doesn't need to know."

After asking a few more questions, but getting no answer, Du hoped he had no choice but to flick his sleeves and beg to see the sage, but he knew very well that the sage didn't want to see him at all.

Lu Xuan turned his head and watched the purple official robe go away, and sneered, thinking, so what if Du hoped that his military exploits and articles would be famous all over the world?His power is far inferior to a running dog of the right prime minister.

After being delayed like this for a while, he was about to leave again when someone called from behind him.

"Mr. Xue Lang."

Lu Xuan looked back and saw that it was Zhang Yunrong, the maid of honor next to Concubine Yang. He didn't dare to be negligent, and hurriedly crossed his hands deeply, and said with a smile: "Ms. Zhang is going to Yuan Ankang."

"Do you dare to shut Xue Langjun's mouth? If you don't let go, the noble concubine will take him to see the saint."

Lu Hyun opened his mouth, but found that what he wanted to say was blocked.

He couldn't understand, the sage ordered him to interrogate Xue Bai, who would dare to tell Concubine Yang at the risk of offending the sage?

~~
"Thank you, General Gao."

Upstairs Huae, seeing Yang Yuhuan thanking her with all blessings, Gao Lishi hurriedly bowed and apologized, and said, "The imperial concubine must not be so polite."

"My sister owes this little Xue Bai a lot of favors, and she should pay them back." Yang Yuhuan said: "In the blink of an eye, he can cause trouble again."

"Yeah, this kid is too good at causing trouble. It's enough to pay back the favor that the concubine should have."

Yang Yuhuan looked very curious, and asked in a low voice, "Why did the saint suddenly annoy him?"

"You don't need to pay attention to the imperial concubine, it's just someone talking and talking dirty."

Yang Yuhuan understood immediately. Fortunately, since the person was rescued, it would be fine to explain later.If she couldn't be rescued, she would have nothing to do when she got out of Xingqing Palace.

Gao Lishi said: "How about this, the old slave will lead this boy to explain to the saint. What does the imperial concubine think?"

"Then I have to ask General Tuo Gao again." Yang Yuhuan smiled and said, "I'll go and talk to Third Sister, so she won't blame me again."

Gao Lishi always had a kind smile on his face.

He walked down the Huae Building and arrived at the corridor at the back, only to see Xue Bai and Zhang Yunrong standing there waiting.

"Thank you, General Gao, for saving your life."

"You should thank the imperial concubine."

Gao Lishi raised his hand to ask Zhang Yunrong to go back, and without taking any other servants, he and Xue Bai walked towards the Qinzheng Building.

When there was no one there, he spoke in a very serious tone.

"Don't think that a sage can be deceived. You were present when the old soldier killed people in Chang'an and hid in Yang Shenjin's house. The sage asked Lu Xuan to interrogate you, but how could it be just because of the right side's instigation? It is only natural to interrogate you, and the imperial concubine can help. Just to give you a chance to explain it to the saint yourself."

"General Xie Gao reminded." Xue Bai said: "I listened."

"How are you going to explain it?"

Xue Bai understood, and looked around, in front of the main building of Qinzhengwu, there was a figure standing at the door of the building waiting, it was Li Heng.

Although he had never met Li Heng, he knew that it was Li Heng.

There is no end to death between each other. If Li Heng ascends the throne one day in the future, he will be killed.It didn't even take Li Heng to speak, Li Jingzhong would kill him.

"Donggong wants to kill me, but General Gao wants me to protect him?"

Hearing this blunt words, Gao Lishi stopped in his tracks, and said with a smile: "You have sold me a favor today by recognizing Xue Ling. Would you like to sell me another favor?"

"it is good."

"what do you want?"

Xue Bai responded bluntly: "General Gao's words are enough."

"Then I owe Xue Langjun a favor."

"For the East Palace?" Xue Bai asked.

Gao Lishi narrowed his eyes and smiled, shook his head, and murmured a sigh.

"Isn't the eunuch the official of the Tang Dynasty who eats the king... let's go."

Two figures walked down the corridor together.

As the name suggests, Gao Lishi is tall and majestic. Xue Bai still looks a little thin when walking beside him. If you ignore his calm demeanor, it is easy to think that he is a child.

After climbing the steps, they walked behind Li Heng.

Li Heng turned around.

Gao Lishi took Xue Bai's shoulders and patted him lightly twice, as if to remind Li Heng - "Your Highness, this is the person that this old slave is protecting, please don't touch him."

Recalling the hard struggle in that big vat, these two pats felt like a lifetime away to Xue Bai.

The three of them just stood there and waited without saying anything.

After a long time, perhaps the sage finally woke up after taking a nap, Gao Lishi went in first, and then called Xue Bai.

"The sage summons Xue Bai for an audience, the prince please wait a moment."

Li Heng still stood there.

He knew that the only way for a sage to achieve immortality is to use Wang Zhongsi, but Wang Zhongsi has too much friendship with him. If he was smarter, he should have drawn a clear line with Wang Zhongsi.

However, he refused to give up the power in the northwest, so the saint would deliberately punish him if something happened.

But how can a prince of a country not even have the last bit of power to protect himself?To put it bluntly, if there is no Wang Zhongsi, if there is an accident, how can the prince keep the situation in check?
A sage refuses to think about these at all, and always only thinks about himself!
Faint Lord!

The unfilial descendants of the Li family Sheji!
……

Cursing secretly in his heart was very happy, but Li Heng knew that at this moment, Xue Bai could finish him with just one word.

So far, I can only trust Gao Lishi.

~~
In the Qinzheng Building, candles were lit again on the main hall.

Li Longji had only Chen Xuanli and Gao Lishi beside him, and Xue Bai stood in front of him.

"Now are you willing to tell me personally? Say."

"Returning to the saint, we have to start with the Liu Ji case."

Xue Bai made the final consideration in a split second, as long as he told the truth, he could kill Li Heng and hundreds of people in the East Palace, but he himself would definitely die.

"Yang Shenjin fell in love with Du's parents and daughter, and was rejected several times, so he intentionally tricked Liu Ji into framing Donggong..."

If he had a choice, he would not frame Yang Shenjin.

But there was no choice in the court during the Tianbao period. Yang Shenjin was a senior official of the fourth rank, and he was also responsible for finance and law, but he did not have the ability and means to be worthy of his status, and he did not have the consciousness of conscientiousness in the officialdom. This is a crime.

Just like what he said to Li Linfu early on, they are all people who come to this power field to gamble their lives on the basis of the fat and anointing of the people, and they should be willing to gamble and admit defeat.

"I found the evidence in Liu Ji's house, but he snatched it away. He killed Liu Ji, and even acted in a heroic scene of saving the beauty, saving the Du family..."

Li Longji listened silently, knowing that Yang Shenjin was this kind of person.

The concubine Mingzhu, the maidservant Chuncao, and Guo Qianli said that the dead concubine Han Zhutuan was also stunning.

"At that time, the East Palace refused to help me, so I had nowhere to go, so I had to ask the right minister for help. The right minister asked Ji Wen to investigate the matter. Ji Wen called Du's parents and daughters to ask about the Liu Ji case, suspecting that Yang Shenjin was hiding the dead man , mobilized people to search overnight, but found nothing. But that night, someone killed Ji Wen’s family. And after I brought back Du’s parents and daughter, someone killed Ji Wen’s other house..."

"That night, they also assassinated Ji Wen in the street. I had seen a few dead men, so I knew them, but I didn't know at the time that these people were related to Yang Shenjin. Yang Shenjin knew that I loved the right minister, He told me at the beginning of the first month that he could recognize me as his son and help me marry a wife, but he asked me to give him the Fengwei Building, and I agreed at that time. Until the night of Shangyuan, when I ran into those dead men on the street, After chasing all the way to Yang's residence, I realized something was wrong and dared not recognize him..."

Only Xue Bai was talking in the hall.

He also said that Yang Zhao was greedy for property, Yang Shenjin came to take concubines, rumors in Chang'an City, etc., as evidence of these things.

Li Longji kept his eyes closed all the time, as if he had fallen asleep.

It wasn't until Xue Bai finished speaking that he was quiet for a while before he opened his mouth and said, "There are more."

Xue thought for a while, and replied frankly: "Also... I should be born as an official slave. I want to get rid of the identity of unknown origin or low status, so I presented the stir-fried vegetables to Madam Guoguo, and asked her to arrange an identity for me. Later, I made an agreement with Yang Shenjin, but Mrs. Guo Guo actually asked someone to do it."

"Saint." Gao Lishi said: "Xue Ling really lost a son, at this age, the old slave can't be wrong...Please ask the saint to punish the old slave for deceiving the king."

"I also deceived the emperor, please punish the saint."

Li Longji finally opened his eyes and asked, "What time is it?"

"It's Yin time." Gao Lishi said in a low voice: "The Right Prime Minister has been handling the case that has not been settled for more than two months. The saint asked clearly in less than an hour."

Xue Bai admitted this point, but during this conversation, he explained everything that could be explained about the whole case except for the part of the East Palace, which was more than what Li Linfu found out.

Li Longji obviously didn't fully believe it, or was too lazy to investigate, and deliberately asked Xue Bai to tell the most important secret to show respect and honesty.

He waved his hand to let Xue Bai back down.

Afterwards, he smiled wryly and said to Gao Lishi: "The general made arrangements for the prince, thank you for your hard work."

If it were someone else, looking at Li Longji's burning eyes, he would be overwhelmed with fright.

Gao Lishi knew him too well.

Over the years, the sage has long lost the intention to explore government affairs, and often likes to cheat with words like this, and he can easily control everything by seeing people's hearts.

And he is really astute, whether the ministers are hiding something or not, he doesn't need to check carefully, he can tell at a glance in all likelihood.

"The old slave is guilty. The old slave really asked Xue Bai to explain it to the sage first. Because the old slave knows that the Longyou veteran Yang Shenjin bought may have had contacts with the prince, because he has always been soft-hearted and easy to be used by others. However, the prince is respectful and filial. You must not dare to conspire, the old slave does not want the sage to be deceived by the right."

Li Longji looked into his eyes and sighed: "Then you think I'm too cruel to the prince."

"This old slave... thinks so." Gao Lishi said the truth from his heart, "Please ask the saint to be responsible."

"I don't blame you." Li Longji said, "It's been decades, how can I not know what you think? If I didn't believe you, I wouldn't have established him in the first place."

"Your Majesty, the crown prince grew up in the Ten King's House, has been the heir of the state for less than ten years, and has never had any contact with officials. How much foundation does he have? Among all the kings, who can be more respectful than him? Your Majesty is at the top of the sky, so why not be afraid..."

"Don't talk nonsense." Li Longji's mood finally recovered, he talked to Gao Lishi with a smile, his voice turned cold again, and said: "Call him in."

~~
Li Heng looked over and saw Xue Bai coming out of Qinzheng Building.

There was a sincere and sincere smile on his face immediately, and there was also a grateful smile.

"Xue Bai, East Palace will give you an explanation for the past misunderstandings."

Xue Bai responded politely and perfunctorily, looked around, and asked Li Jingzhong, "How do you get out?"

"Mr. Xue Lang please, this old slave will lead the way for Mr. Xue Lang."

Li Jingzhong immediately bent over and led Xue Bai to Huae Tower with a flattering face.

When there was no one in the corridor, Xue Bai asked, "Is Pei Mian still alive?"

"Don't worry Xue Langjun, let him die tonight."

"No need." Xue Bai said: "Let him come to see me, I have something to tell him to do."

Li Jingzhong was taken aback for a moment, stopped, turned to look at Xue Bai, but didn't react for a while.

"Huh? Shall I explain it to you?"

"No need." Li Jingzhong hurriedly said, "Let Xue Langjun arrange it."

"It doesn't matter if you want to hear it." Xue Bai suddenly smiled generously, "Li Linfu wants me to die, but I have already handed over the personal and material evidence to the hands of people who can't move you. If I die, I will wait by the Naihe Bridge. you."

"Yes, the old slave understands."

Li Jingzhong watched Xue Bai walk away, straightened up again, and murmured: "You are still so young, do you really not think about the future at all? Heh..."

~~
There was only one hour left until dawn.

The imperial banquet has not yet resumed.

Sitting in the verandah, Li Linfu yawned several times, knowing that the sage is personally handling Yang Shenjin's case, such a big case, I don't know how long it will take.

However, Lu Xuan did not make him wait too long, and had already returned to the veranda.

"Right side."

"killed?"

"This...no."

Lu Xuan was very embarrassed, hesitating again and again, and just now he opened his mouth to talk about the details.

At the end, he also analyzed a sentence.

"The lower officials originally wanted to detain Xue Baimian after he became holy, but I heard what the servants said... I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to kill him in the future."

Li Linfu's expression froze, and he fell into deep thought.

Lu Xuan waited for a while, but he didn't get the order, so he couldn't help asking: "Your Prime Minister, although criminal killing is not allowed, assassination..."

"go out."

Li Linfu waved his hand and blasted the trash out.

Xue Bai should be killed, but he had to think about what the saint summoned Xue Bai alone tonight?If the sage knew the identity of Xue Pingzhao, Xue Xiu's concubine, and killed him himself, he might lose his sacred heart.

But come to think of it, Xue Ruo conspired against Princess Tang Chang and had a concubine with another woman behind her back. How could she be worthy of a saint's protection if she killed her?

With another thought, the sage knew exactly whether Xue Ru was plotting against him.

In the end, Li Linfu recruited the bodyguards, and then invited his son-in-law Yang Hui over.

~~
"What did Ge Nu call you to do?"

In the verandah, Li Niang yawned, seeing that it was Yang Hui who opened the door and came in, she was relieved just now.

Then, she stepped forward and punched her husband-in-law's chest with her fist, and spat, "Go away knowing that I'm afraid of being haunted."

"It's not a ghost, it's a human." Yang Hui said, "My elder brother said, but he didn't kill him."

"Why? The dignified prime minister can't even kill an official slave?"

"He is no longer an official slave. He is now Xue Rengui's great-grandson and Xue Hui's nephew. He also has close friendship with the noble concubine and General Gao."

"Are you crazy?" Li Niang was very annoyed, and shouted: "The son of the enemy family ran into the mansion and couldn't be strangled to death. Why don't you get rid of it quickly? Are you going to scare me to death?!"

"Am I crazy? These are what Ge Nu said."

"I don't care! Who doesn't know that the case of the three concubines was designed by us? Don't you forget that the title of Duke of Dongdong County of Xue Xing was also given to our son..."

"Ge Nu said that we must investigate. Find out where he has been hiding for the past ten years? Who can teach such a scheming person?"

Li Niang said: "What do you mean?"

"There must be a conspiracy." Yang Hui said: "You saw what he did tonight. At such a young age, if there is no one behind the scenes, can he do it? The behind the scene must be our enemy. If you don't find out, you Can you rest assured?"

"Civilian officials are mothers-in-law and mother-in-law, and they claim to be fighting cocks for nothing!" Li Niang scolded and asked, "When will he find out?"

"He asked us to check."

"what?"

"This matter involves the death of the queen mother..."

After the death of Concubine Wu Hui, she was posthumously given the position of queen, and her posthumous posthumous title was "Queen Zhenshun", so Yang Hui and his wife privately called them Queen Mother.

At this time, Li Niang had heard it, and finally felt that what Li Linfu said made a little sense.

She frowned, but said: "I just heard that something happened to Yang Shenjin, you'd better live in peace recently. This matter... I entrusted my elder brother to handle it, the whole thing was done to help him, he It’s time to work harder.”

"Him?" Yang Hui was slightly disdainful, "Can he check?"

"Yes, you forgot about brother's outer room? He managed his property."

"Oh, her."

Thinking of that plump woman, Yang Hui swallowed.

~~
At Yin time, it was almost dawn.

The main hall of Huae Building was still brightly lit, and everyone was yawning and waiting for the saint to handle the affairs of state.

Shouwang Li Wei didn't dare to go to the verandah to rest. He sat on the seat all the time, feeling so exhausted that he wished he could fall asleep and fall asleep.

Especially this Shangyuan banquet, there is no singing and dancing, just sitting and waiting.

"What happened?"

The whispers of officials around him reached my ears.

"I heard that Yang Shenjin conspired against him."

"With the prestige of a saint, how can anyone dare to rebel?"

"Yang Shenjin has always been arrogant. Seeing Rong Dangdai, even after rebelling against him, she still wants to see Rong Dangdai."

"I only blame him for ruining this Shangyuan Ye..."

Hearing the word "rebellion", Li Wei's heart was slightly touched, and then only bitterness remained.

Turning his head inadvertently, he saw Yang Yuhuan beckoning, and couldn't help but his heart jumped wildly, but when he looked again, she beckoned Xue Bai to the railing, discussing Ci Fu with Xu Hezi.

Afterwards, Yang Yuyao, who clearly didn't know the rhythm, also went over to chat and joke, and the three women were as beautiful as flowers.

"Ugh."

Li Chen turned his head and couldn't bear to look any further.

at last.

Seeing that there was movement in front of the Qinzheng Building, and those royal officials who hid in the verandah to rest came back one after another, Li Linfu's footsteps were still a little vain.

"The saint is here!"

Li Longji returned to the banquet again, stayed up all night, and dealt with a major treason case, but the emperor in his sixties was in good spirits.

"Hahaha, thank you for waiting for a long time, let's start the banquet and listen to Yongxin's song again..."

The atmosphere in the hall has long since disappeared.

Li Yan suppressed his yawns, his spleen and stomach felt uncomfortable, and he thought to himself that he might still walk ahead of the saints in the future.

~~
In this reluctant atmosphere, Xue Bai became more interested.

It was a rare moment for him to forget the dirty tricks in his mind, calm down and listen to Xu Hezi's singing carefully, feeling the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty.

The others were just waiting tonight, but Xu Hezi and Yang Yuhuan happened to have figured out a poem thoroughly. At this time, they first looked back at the night in Chang'an before singing loudly.

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

Xue Bai closed his eyes, recalling the night, and only then began to reminisce about the prosperity of the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

Wait for Xu Hezi to sing the last line.

He opened his eyes and looked at the dimly lit Chang'an City, thinking that no matter how many years passed, if he looked back suddenly, he still couldn't find himself.

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