Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 722

Li Yu let out an oh, then lowered his head and began to meditate.

"My lord, why are you so interested in the humble butler?" Song Kun asked cautiously.

"It's nothing, I'm just asking casually. It's almost time for dinner, please take a seat." Li Yu raised his head and said with a beaming smile.

After Yang Guozhong and others saluted Li Yu, they walked over one after another.

Li Yu walked back to Li Canghai, shrugged helplessly, and said, "Sir, this housekeeper is not the person in the painting. According to what Song Kun said, the housekeeper had been dead for a long time."

Li Canghai did not speak, but put his hands behind his back, and a meaningful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

While Li Yu and Song Kun were talking, Li Canghai was also watching them.

Indeed, as Li Yu said, this butler is not the person in the portrait.

"Sir, what are you laughing at?" Li Yu asked puzzled.

Li Canghai said indifferently: "Song Kun said that, although it is somewhat impossible to corroborate, but in fact he is pretending to be clever, and indirectly admitted the relationship between him and Qiu Kuang."

"How do you say that?" Li Yu asked puzzled.

"If his previous housekeeper wasn't Qiu Kuang, why did he change the housekeeper just when we were suspicious? Isn't this just a cover-up?" Li Canghai sneered.

"Sir, what you said makes sense!" Li Yu stroked his chin, and after a little thought, he asked, "Sir, what should we do next?"

Li Canghai smiled, and suddenly became full of confidence and said: "Next, I will naturally ask the prince to see the good show."

"Good show? What good show?" Li Yu asked suspiciously.

"The prince will know later."

Seeing how confident Li Canghai was, Li Yu stopped talking.

While speaking, there was a sudden shout from outside: "Your Majesty is here!"

Li Yu was startled when he heard this, and hurriedly looked towards the door.

Sure enough, a group of guards Gong'e came in surrounded by Li Longji and Concubine Yang.

When everyone saw this, they knelt down and saluted one after another: "Your Majesty, please see me! Long live my emperor, long live, long live."

Li Yu hurriedly walked over, knelt down and said: "Grandson has seen Grandpa Huang."

Li Longji nodded and said: "Yu'er is free of courtesy, and all the Qings are invited. Today Yu'er is happy to have Linzi, which is the joy of my royal family. You don't need to be courteous. I will also accompany my concubine."

Everyone got up.

Li Longji took Concubine Yang Gui, and the two of them walked to the first place surrounded by the officials.

All the ministers were amazed that Yang Guifei seldom left the palace, let alone for a certain prince.

What surprised everyone even more was that Concubine Yang was accompanied by two young girls.

One of the girls was none other than Di Qing.

Di Qing followed Concubine Yang, and when she met Li Canghai's eyes, she winked at him deliberately.

Seeing this, Li Canghai smiled lightly.

"Today is Yu'er's auspicious day. You don't have to be too rigid about etiquette, all you lovers, please take your seats." Li Longji laughed when he saw all the ministers bowing and standing upright, as if they were going to court.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." After the group of officials thanked, they took their seats one after another.

"Yu'er, where is the child, bring it out for me to see." Li Longji stroked his beard and smiled.

Hearing this, Li Yu knelt down on the ground immediately, and said, "Grandfather, in fact, my grandson's concubine didn't give birth to a baby, but just conceived... You also know that my grandson is very playful, and my father has been urging my grandson, But grandson never took it seriously. Yesterday, grandson heard that his concubine was pregnant, and was very excited. Under this excitement, he wanted to share this happy event with everyone, so he held this banquet.... Grandson It is not intentional to deceive Grandpa Huang, please forgive me, Grandpa Huang."

Li Longji seemed to be in a very good mood. He stroked his beard and said, "Let's do it! It's because I didn't ask clearly, and I thought the little great-grandson was born! However, this is also a happy thing, and I won't punish you. is you."

"Thank you, grandpa." Li Yu kowtowed.

"Your Majesty, since you are here, why don't you stay with King Su for a while longer." Yang Yuhuan said softly.

Li Longji took Yang Yuhuan's hand and said with a smile: "Since my concubine wants to stay here for a while, then I will stay with my concubine."

Seeing this, Li Yu hurriedly ordered the musicians to play the music. More than a dozen dancers walked slowly to the sound of the music, their sleeves fluttering, and began to dance lightly.

For a while, the entire Su Wang Mansion became lively again.

Let's dance to a song and drink for three rounds.

Concubine Yang said to Li Longji with a smile in the corner of her eyes: "Your Majesty, my concubine recently found a master who is good at dancing shadow puppets. It's quite interesting to watch. Why don't you take advantage of today and show it to Your Majesty. I wonder what Your Majesty would like?"

"How could I refuse what my concubine said? It just so happens that I have never seen a shadow puppet before, so let her show it, so that the monarch and his ministers can enjoy it together." Li Longji said drunkenly while holding a rhino horn cup.

Concubine Yang Gui nodded, turned to Di Qing and said, "Qing'er, let Ningxiang prepare quickly, and must show the best story to Your Majesty."

Di Qing nodded, and then led Ning Xiang to the stage behind everyone.

Several eunuchs have helped Ningxiang set up the curtain for the performance, and the original musicians have also been replaced by Liyuan students.

Ding Ding Ding Ding~
With the sound of gongs and drums, the shadow puppet show slowly kicked off.

Everyone looked in the direction of the stage.

On the curtain, a figure with a pot belly gradually appeared, accompanied by the music, making various movements, it was really lifelike.

"The master's surname is Zhang Dan, and his family name is Yuan, and he lives in Fuguiyuan, Yangzhou. The family has tens of thousands of fertile fields, and the wives and concubines are happy together."

Along with the movements of the shadow puppets, a student from Liyuan began to explain from the side.

I saw that the shadow puppet sometimes held its toes high, sometimes lowered its head in meditation, and made various movements from time to time with the sound of gongs and drums.

Suddenly, he stopped moving, and sighed, "I think Zhang Yuan is a wealthy family in Yangzhou. He has a lot of money. He has everything he wants. But these few days, it has given me some headaches. If I want to say why, I don't know why." Is it all because of the land of the Lin family? Master, I want to build a house on the land, but the second brother Lin refused to sell the land, so I am so angry!"

The shadow puppet walked back and forth for a few steps, then stopped suddenly, seemed to have thought of paying attention, and laughed: "Yes, master, I have come up with a wonderful way to get the land without spending a single coin!"

……

Accompanied by the sound of drums and music, the story unfolded slowly. It was none other than Zhang Wenyuan's persecution of the Lin family.

This story has not changed much from what Lin Xiaomei saw on the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month.

The story clearly tells what happened to the Lin family.

When the officials saw this story, their expressions changed in different ways.

Some were angry, some were surprised, and some looked worried.

Li Longji was very interested. He always thought that this story was fabricated, so although he was a little angry, he didn't care.

(End of this chapter)