Man Tang Huacai

Chapter 94
Right Prime Minister's Mansion, the atmosphere in the hall is gloomy.

Yang Zhao glanced at the figure who hadn't moved for a long time behind the screen, finally lost his composure, and asked, "Your Honor, this poem is very common..."

"Pei Mian." Li Linfu said lightly, "What do you think of this poem?"

"There are metaphors in this poem."

Pei Mian spoke with a firm tone.

Yang Zhao couldn't help thinking to himself that he had thought about the poem many times, but he couldn't hear any metaphors?

"The first two sentences of this poem use the metaphor of 'chess game' and 'vegetable bed', as if they were talking about building dominoes, but they actually describe the grandeur of Chang'an; the last two sentences turn to Daming Palace, using 'a star' as a metaphor, depicting a persistent torch asking for an audience There are many officials in the sage, implying that Jinke Chunwei has caused too many courtiers' dissatisfaction."

As Pei Mian spoke, he raised his voice and said, "Xue Bai's heart can be punished, he is scolding the right minister for being unpopular!"

"It's so, this dog is hateful." Yang Zhao scolded without losing the opportunity: "It should be killed."

Li Linfu was impatient, and said: "The truth is asking you, what do you think of the title of the poem?!"

The title of the poem was so long that even Pei Mian couldn't remember it once, so he took out the note and read it again.

"In "Fenghe Shengzhi Forbidden Garden to serve the saint all night after playing dominoes and then watch the lanterns in the Daming Palace", the saint went to the Forbidden Garden because he didn't want to be disturbed by state affairs. Oh, this doesn't look like Yingzhi's poem."

This is what Li Linfu asked.

Although he is good at melody, he is not good at writing poems. Whenever he needs to write poems, he will let the guest performers prepare poems in advance. I don't know much about the rules of making poems.

Pei Mian said: "Yingzhi's poems are usually five-character regulated poems, but Xue Bai's is a seven-character quatrain. Yingzhi's poems are usually gorgeous in rhetoric and loud in rhythm, but this poem is simple in words and straightforward. Isn't it What the sage asked him to write, he wrote himself."

"Sure enough." Li Linfu pondered: "The Forbidden Garden is still far from Daming Palace, how could the saint send him to Danfeng Gate at four o'clock?"

"However, the matter of playing dominoes all night should be true..."

"Ah."

Luo Xixi couldn't help being nervous, thinking that Xue Bai was taken by himself the next day when he played dominoes, the saint must be displeased, and asked: "Your Honor, in that case, should I let Xue Bai go?"

Yang Zhao was also afraid of offending others, so he hurriedly said, "Yes."

"No."

Luo Xixi was startled, secretly thinking that the right minister is so bold!
Li Linfu shouted in a low voice: "Since you have already taken it, you dare to let the saint go before he speaks. Aren't you afraid that the saint thinks that you are secretly spying on Miyagi?! Let the truth follow the laws of the Tang Dynasty. Don't let Xue Bai go to prison in Dali Temple Pick out the mistakes."

"Here."

"The right minister is wise."

Several people in the hall could not help but break out in a cold sweat, they were full of admiration for Li Linfu, and they all secretly thought that the right minister has been the prime minister for more than ten years, and there is a reason for it.

Yang Zhao secretly vowed that sooner or later he must learn this kind of kung fu of pondering the Sacred Heart.

"Go down."

Li Linfu waved away the crowd, but his eyes became more and more gloomy. He suddenly got up and smashed a porcelain bottle on the ground.

Boom!

What made him angry was that on the third day, there was no news that Xue Bai played dominoes with the saint all night.

But you must calm down... Saints are usually in Xingqing Palace, and this time they moved to Daming Palace for the sake of tranquility. If you can really grasp the traces of Saints, then it is time to die.

They were already angry and smashed things, the words of complaint stuck in their throats, Li Linfu rolled his eyes, and finally cursed something else.

"No one dares to receive the favor of a saint more than me!"

……

"Aron."

Cang Bi bypassed the broken porcelain all over the floor, and bowed in fear.

"The villain got the news that Seventeen Niang went to Dali Temple Prison."

~~
Li Tengkong has been very concerned about the condition of the third mother of the Yan family recently, and often goes to visit her.

Although Yan Yan is three or two years younger than her, she is very accomplished in calligraphy and painting, so she often asks for calligraphy lessons, and occasionally talks about Yan Shaofu's acceptance of apprentices because Xue Bai's calligraphy is too ugly.

"Although it is beneficial, the word is still ugly, and I don't know if he has been lazy recently. Mrs. Liu said that Chunwei didn't see him coming home after the announcement. Maybe something happened? Grandpa said that Jingzhao Mansion has caught many troublemakers."

It was after hearing Yan Yan's seemingly intentional or unintentional words that Li Tengkong immediately asked Jiao Nu to ask after he left, and rushed to Dali Temple Prison after getting the news.

After all, she still used the power of the right minister's mansion to let the little official ask if she could visit the prison, and she had waited for more than an hour.

Standing there, he suddenly recalled Yan Yan's bright eyes and the slight smile on the corners of her mouth when she spoke, Li Tengkong couldn't help wondering if she saw something, or even deliberately reminded her.

It shouldn't be so, how can such an innocent and well-behaved little girl be so cunning?
After noon, many officials in the imperial city had their lunch and began to go home.Finally, a small official came over and led her to visit in prison.

"Refinement master, please leave a record, what is the relationship with the criminal?"

"Friend."

Li Tengkong didn't expect that they would have to record it after they knew his identity. Seeing the little official inscribed the word "best friend" under the file, he couldn't help but close his eyes.

Jiaonu handed over a silver cake and a string of money, and said indifferently, "The food book of the criminal."

"There's a lady named Du who has already handed over the food book, it's enough."

"Give him something good to eat."

The petty official had just received the silver cake, weighed it and recorded it on the file, but the string of money was not accepted anyway. Li Tengkong was surprised by his businesslike attitude.

~~
In the cell, Du Wulang organized a grass-fighting match.

That is to say, each person chooses a thatch and decides the toughest one.

He took a fancy to the haystack under Xue Bai and reached out to pull it out.

"Don't touch him." Du Fu smiled as he leaned against the dirty grass, "It was hard for him to pick out the clean thatch."

"He's just too particular." Du Wulang said, "Even after eating, he has to clean his teeth. He's even more delicate than Wu Xingzi. My cousin wanted to marry his daughter to him only after he heard about it. "

"Hahaha, a man should be informal."

Xue Bai didn't bother to talk to them.

In today's world, many body parts, including teeth, cannot be repaired if they are broken, so he must take good care of them.

"V cell, Xue Bai, someone is visiting!"

Suddenly I heard a shout, and someone held a torch and walked through the corridor.

Several people in the prison got up from the ground one after another and looked outside the wooden fence.

I don't know who gave a "wow" in admiration.

"Xue Bai." Li Tengkong quickened his pace in the last few steps, and rushed to the wooden fence, "Are you okay?"

She looked more beautiful than before, the lotus flower crown on her head and the Taoist robe were clean and pleasing to the eye, and the fragrance on her body made people want to take two deep breaths.

"I'm fine." Xue Bai said, "You shouldn't have come here, go back."

"Yan Shaofu asked me to come and see you. How did you get involved in the big Chunwei case?"

"It has nothing to do with Chunwei."

Yuan Jie listened on the sidelines, and said, "Let's make Li Shizhi, the Prime Minister of the Left, possibly Wei Jian's accomplice."

Hearing this familiar charge, Li Tengkong was stunned and felt embarrassed.

She had heard her grandfather and elder brother say before Yi Chu that the Wei Jian case would never be closed, and all political opponents could be hunted and killed in this name, and she couldn't help but feel guilty facing these people now.

"This is my good friend, Mrs. Zong, after Ying Guogong, the prime minister's family, even Li Taibai will follow his wife to call her aunt." Xue Bai introduced, and said with a smile: "These are my friends. "

"It turned out that Miss Zong was in person." Du Fu saluted and said, "I am Du Fu, Taibai's best friend."

"I have admired Duke Du's name for a long time."

Li Tengkong responded with Taoist etiquette, and peeked at Xue Bai, thinking that he was really gentle and meticulous in his treatment of others, and he didn't forget to rescue her.

She also noticed that he referred to her as a "buddy" and others as "friends."

"It turns out that Xue Bai also has a confidante who is like a fairy."

Everyone was still teasing, Xue Bai urged Li Tengkong to go back again.

Li Tengkong said: "I'm here, I want to ask how to save you? Well... because I think the right minister did something wrong..."

"Someone will protect me. After I get out of prison, I will go to Yuzhen Temple to thank you."

"will you come?"

"Well, look at Jiao Nu." Xue Bai said, "Go back."

Li Tengkong turned his head, only to see that Jiaonu didn't look this way, as if he had nowhere to go, with his hands on his shoulders, trying to shrink his body, with a suffocated expression on his face.

Because Xue Bai meant to make a joke, she couldn't help laughing too.

"I'm leaving."

Li Tengkong looked back at Xue Bai again, and floated away in a Taoist robe.

……

"What a good girl." Yuan Jie praised, not knowing that she was Ge Nu's daughter.

Du Fu couldn't help but miss his wife and children at home, and murmured poetically: "I feel sorry for my little children, but I don't remember Chang'an."

"It's too late for a beauty to come. The sun is setting and the beauty is fading. If you dare to rely on yourself, you will think about yourself." Huang Furan beat Xue Bai with Sima Xiangru's Fu.

Du Wulang was more blunt, saying: "Xue Bai, you are too indifferent to others."

"I should have been more indifferent to her." Xue Bai could vaguely smell some lingering fragrance, and knew that Li Tengkong was different from Yang Yuyao and Du Jin, once a girl's feelings were provoked, it would be much more troublesome.

"Why?"

"Can't marry."

"The family status doesn't match?" Du Wulang shook his head, "It's not right for you to do this. This little lady would like to come to such a place to see you, so you should do your best to fight for her."

"I also have something to do. I told you, the man should be more self-respecting."

"No matter how self-respecting you are, you can't respect yourself to Miss Zong." Du Wulang hated iron but steel, "I have an uncle in the clan who yearns for a little lady who has a marriage contract, so he is willing to give up his future for this little lady."

Xue Bai didn't bother to talk to him anymore.

Du Fu stroked his beard and sighed: "There is a nephew in my family who is in love with the daughter of a treacherous minister and has decided to leave the world behind."

"Ah? That's..." Du Wulang was stunned for a moment, then turned his head to look, but saw Du Fu nodded.

There is nothing else to do in the prison, but it is such a leisurely chat.

In the evening, the prison guards brought the food, which was actually in line with the food they gave, and there was no random fastening.

Du Wulang felt that something was missing.

Until the next morning, when a jailer came in and took a prisoner out of C-word prison for execution, his expression changed immediately.

"It's broken. I forgot, we will be tortured to extract a confession..."

"Do you think we are cruel officials?!"

A jailer came in with a straight face and an upright look.

"Dali Temple handles the case and only talks about the evidence. The reason why you waited is because you appeared in Li Shizhi's other house and received routine inspections. Are you convinced?"

"Dissatisfied."

Xue Bai spit out two words neatly.

The jailer suddenly felt the pressure, pretending he didn't hear it, and said in a deep voice: "Xue Bai, Du Quan, you two entered the other house in the afternoon that day, and you didn't stay for an hour before and after. It has nothing to do with this case, so you can go."

The iron lock was released, and the prison door was opened.

Xue Bai refused to leave, instead he sat down among the thatched grass and said, "Since we came here together, we must leave together."

~~
Right Prime Minister's Mansion.

It was rare for Li Linfu not to be behind the screen, but to stand by the window with his hands behind his back, looking up at the sun that was gradually setting to the west outside the window.

"What time is it?"

"Back to the right, it's almost the hour of You."

While talking, Luo Xixi hurried over and said: "Your Honor, Xue Bai still refuses to leave, he insists on letting Lian Yuanjie and others from Dali Temple release him."

"No." This time, Wang Yu was also in the hall, and said in a deep voice: "Yuan Jie is the key figure in the troubles in Chunwei. If he is released, the majesty of the Right Prime Minister's Mansion will be greatly damaged. The disciples think that if they win a move, they will be cured." Be aggressive. At that time, who is afraid of being implicated in Li Shi's case, the situation cannot be controlled, and the fire will be burned."

"Your Excellency, the little eunuch said that if Xue Bai can't be found again, he can only return to the palace to return to his life, and tell the truth to the saint."

"Just drive Xue Bai out."

"How can this be? If Yuan Jie and others are not released, he will not enter the palace."

"The saint also blamed it together, can he hide it?!"

"Threats and lures, all the means to frighten him into officials have been exhausted." Luo Xixi said: "This dog is stubborn, and he just refuses to leave the Dali Prison."

"What's the reason? Yuan Jie and others openly gathered together and stayed overnight in Li Shizhi's other house. The evidence is solid!"

Luo Xishi's face became more bitter, and he bowed and said, "I'm waiting to act according to the rules, but Xue Bai is unreasonable. He is a shameless rascal!"

Yang Zhao said: "Once the curfew is imposed, it will be difficult to enter and exit the Daming Palace gate."

Everyone knew that the saint planned to play dominoes all night, and if he didn't make arrangements quickly, this whole night would become a time for the saint to accumulate his anger.

"when."

In the hall, the clepsydra dripped and made a clear sound, indicating that the time of unitary has come.

Li Linfu is still waiting, he has sent someone to the Daming Palace to speak, asking to see the saint, and is waiting for the saint to agree.

Finally, Cang Bi hurried over and said: "Ah Lang, there are people from the palace, and the sage has summoned them."

Li Linfu let out a long sigh of relief.

"Let go."

"Your Prime Minister." Wang Chi was still waiting to persuade.

This subject is on the list of candidates reviewed by his censor Zhongcheng, and he knows very well how dire the consequences will be if the situation cannot be calmed down.

Li Linfu waved his hand and said: "The truth will enter the palace in person to calm down the situation."

"Can……"

"Enough!" Li Linfu seldom said to Wang Ji: "There are thousands of things in the world, and nothing is more important than the mood of a saint!"

~~
sunset.

A group of people are trekking on the official road going north.

Yan Zhuang turned his head for the last time, squinted his eyes in the setting sun, and saw that the magnificent Chang'an City had become a black outline.

His heart was empty, he had spent half of his family's wealth on this trip, and he felt nothing but great disappointment.

……

In Chang'an City, Ping Li looked at his essay again and again, and firmly believed that as long as there was a re-examination, he would be able to pass the current subject.

He heard that Li Shizhi and Yuan Jie, who advocated for a re-examination, had been arrested, but they still hoped to wait for a definite news.

……

In the dark torture chamber.

Panting in pain, Zhang Tongru was finally released from the rack.

He behaved very timidly, and the jailers allowed him to call his fellow countrymen to go home.

Walking out of Jingzhao Mansion Prison, he saw several corpses lying on the cart.

The young Hao Changyuan was already dead. He was facing the sky with his eyes wide open, as if he was looking at the clouds in the sky.

Zhang Tongru stepped forward and reached out to caress Hao Changyuan's eyelids, but he still couldn't close them, so he could only cry out guiltily.

……

Changle Square, Li Shi's House.

With a "poof", the corpses were thrown in the front yard like sacks and piled up in a pile.

"Search carefully! Find evidence of Li Shizhi's rebellion!"

Yang Zhao shouted, squinted his eyes, and picked up a golden bead from a crack in the stone.

……

Apart from these, Datang is still a scene of prosperity.

Pieces of exquisite silk were moved into the Taifu treasury, and they were piled up in piles; bags of grain were filled in various warehouses, and the rice flowed fat; tribute.

The city of Chang'an is incomparably magnificent. The market squares drawn by twelve streets are as neat as vegetable beds, and hundreds of thousands of houses are scattered like a chess game.

Amidst the sound of evening drums, business travelers leading camels, pedestrians on horseback, female relatives in vehicles, and common people on foot beat their carts on the long street and rub shoulders with each other.

Five figures ran towards Daming Palace.

Danfengmen became more and more majestic in front of their eyes.

Xue Bai confronted the people in Dali Temple Prison for a whole day, and finally, at the last moment, the other party gave in and let them go.

"Xue Xiaolang!"

A little eunuch who was waiting in front of the palace gate hurried over and panted, "Hurry up, the saint has been waiting for a long time."

"It's hard work for the internal officials."

Xue Bai turned to Yuan Jie and said, "You are waiting for me here, maybe the saint will summon you!"

"Curfew allowed..."

"Go quickly." The eunuch pulled Xue Bai past him and hurried away.

Yuan Jie turned his head and saw a group of Jinwu Guards holding a halberd guarding a carriage in front of Danfeng Gate, which was Li Linfu's carriage.

Amidst the bang, the heavy palace door was completely closed.

……

In the evening, the sound of drums stopped, and the gate of the palace closed.

Xue Bai turned his head and saw lanterns lit up on the palace wall, like stars.The Sixth Army of Beiya, guarding the top of the city, is extremely solemn.

The family, the country and the world are disturbed one after another, and all of them are isolated.

In front, even Li Linfu, who is in charge of the world and controls the people, is also running in a hurry, like a dog.

"Quick, don't spoil the mood of the saint!"

(End of this chapter)