Chapter 65: Doubts
Xuan Shijing walked in the garden and unexpectedly met Li Shiqing. Now he should be called Xuan Shiqing.
"Cousin." Xuan Shijing greeted and ran towards Xuan Shijing.
Xuan Shijing stopped and looked at Xuan Shijing: "What's the matter?"
"Cousin shouldn't be so alienated. You and I are cousins, so we should be close to each other. What are my cousins busy with recently?" Speaking of Xuan Lai-familiar, I can really understand the meaning of this word in Xuan Shiqing.
However, when Xuan Shiqing asked this, Xuan Shijing suddenly became curious. What were children of the Tang Dynasty doing at the age of Xuan Shiqing? Logically speaking, this age was when he was in a private school. The noble children of Xuan Shijing's box of Chang'an City entered the Hongwenguan together, but this was an exception after all, because according to Xuan Shijing's age, they could not enter the Hongwenguan. The students in the Hongwenguan were generally in their teens.
Xuan Shijing looked at Xuan Shiqing, and no one came to report that Xuan Shiqing was going to school or something, so what was he doing day by day in the Marquis’ Mansion?
"I have been enrolled in Hongwenguan since the first month of the year." Xuan Shijing replied, asking again: "I don't know what my cousin is busy with."
"Oh, what else can I do? My mother invited me a gentleman and locked me in the yard every day to study. I finally came out to breathe. Isn't it that I met my cousin?" Xuan Shiqing replied with a smile.
It turned out that he had hired a teacher, but Xuan Shijing forgot about this. The rich and wealthy families invited his husband to the mansion to teach his children, while those who went to private schools outside were mostly children of ordinary families. In the future, they won the Encausa, which is the so-called poor scholars in the court.
"But cousin, you are really amazing. You actually went to Hongwenguan. I heard that the gentlemen in Hongwenguan are all respected literary masters, and Hongwenguan only accepts powerful children. My cousin can actually enter Hongwenguan at a young age. It shows how kindly Your Majesty is to you." Xuan Shijing sighed, and he was frustrated in his heart. Why didn't he have that fate: "By the way, cousin, I heard that you were assassinated in the mansion during the Chinese New Year?"
"Yeah?" Xuan Shijing was puzzled. Why did Xuan Shiqing mention this?
"I heard from the people that the two treasures of Dabao bravely captured the assassin." Xuan Shiqing scratched his head and smiled.
So that's it. Since Dabao and Erbao settled in the Hou Mansion, Xuan Shiqing has always had the idea of raising a tiger or something. After hearing that the tiger raised by Xuan Shijing could still capture the assassin, this idea became stronger and stronger.
"Cousin, I heard that there are three more assassins left in the mansion, why didn't I see them?"
"What are you looking for this assassin?" Xuan Shiqing asked curiously.
Xuan Shiqing paused, then smiled awkwardly: "I'm curious, I just want to see it."
Xuan Shijing also smiled and said, "These three people are now thrown into the farm as coolies."
"If this happens, then I can't see it, haha." Xuan Shijing laughed dryly, then said, "I almost forgot that if I came out for a long time, my mother would look for me. Cousin, I'll leave first." After that, Xuan Shiqing turned around and ran towards his yard.
Looking at Xuan Shiqing's departure back, Xuan Shijing's expression was a little complicated. How did Xuan Shiqing mention the assassin's matter? Could it be that the assassin has something to do with him?
Shaking his head, Xuan Shiqing was just a child, how could he get involved in this kind of thing? But if it doesn't matter, how could Xuan Shiqing come to inquire about this? Xuan Shijing thought carefully.
"Little Marquis, why are you standing here?"
Xuan Shijing, who was thinking, looked up and found that it was Uncle Xiang.
"Uncle Xiang." Xuan Shijing greeted and said, "I was about to go to my mother's place when I met my cousin here just now, so I chatted for a while."
Xuan Shijing remembered that that night, Uncle Xiang took the initiative to help and asked, "Uncle Xiang, have you been following those three assassins recently?"
Uncle Xiang nodded: "I ordered the people in the village to stare at it, but there is no movement yet."
"I'm really calm." Xuan Shijing said to himself.
Uncle Xiang smiled: "If I were them, I could be calm. The more urgent this matter is, the easier it is to show off. Although the marquis's mansion has no power or power in the court, it does not mean that the marquis' mansion can be bullied. What's more, a group of people have recently come from Erxianzhuang, so they naturally dare not act rashly."
After Uncle Jing Xiang said this, Xuan Shijing also felt that what Uncle Xiang said was a little more reasonable than patience, so let's waste it.
"Uncle Xiang, you are at home, pay attention to my cousin occasionally. He seemed to have inquired about the assassin intentionally or unintentionally.
"If it's a cousin, this is impossible, but if this is true, I'm afraid the one you need to pay attention to is not a cousin, but your cousin and aunt." Uncle Xiang said.
Xuan Shijing frowned. If this matter is related to Xuan Lindao, then what exactly does he want to do? What is the benefit of tying himself to their family?
"Maybe he was just curious and asked inadvertently." Xuan Shijing said: "It doesn't need us to be a soldier, so you can pay attention to the following on weekdays."
Uncle Xiang stroked his beard, nodded expressionlessly, and then replied: "I understand."
"Uncle Xiang, did my cousin invite my master to come to the mansion for my cousin?" Xuan Shijing asked.
"That's right, but this is their own business, so we have never mentioned it to the little marquis. There is another thing. Mr. Cousin often doesn't live in the mansion recently. People in the mansion have seen him in restaurants in Chang'an City, and it seems that he is dating some high-ranking officials."
Xuan Lindao's actions were in line with the information found by Zhong Zishuo. Xuan Lindao's family came to Chang'an City to settle down, and indeed wanted to find a backer for the Li family. As for why the Li family had to ask Xuan Lindao and Li to come, they probably fell in love with Xuan Lindao as Xuan Shijing's cousin. Although Xuan Shijing was young, he was a marquis after all and was favored by the emperor. Because he had been in contact with Xuan Lindao, he had also found some confidence in dealing with the nobles in Chang'an City with the light of the marquis' mansion. If others were sent here, let alone the Li family was originally close to the Zhao Mansion, they would come for no reason, so how could they quickly enter the circle of nobles in Chang'an City.
However, after thinking about it carefully, the Li family's move is indeed understandable. If the Li family's legitimate son came to Chang'an, it would inevitably make people think that the Li family saw that King Zhao went to Anzhou and could not protect them, and then found another supporter. Some people left for the cold tea. However, the Xuanlindao family was different. They were not the direct descendants of the Li family, and they were related to the Xuanwei Marquis of Chang'an City. Outsiders did not know the grievances between the two families. Xuanlindao family came to Chang'an to make friends with powerful people. Ordinary people would only think that this was just a normal walk.
"No need to pay attention to these." Xuan Shijing smiled and said, "What they have made friends with are just upstarts. If the nobles who came out of the ranks with His Majesty, they would definitely not pay attention to them. Although their father has passed away, they have a safeguard for their friendship. So they know what kind of person I mean is, and naturally they will not have any contact with the one I mean."
Xuan Shijing said it well. The Tang Dynasty attached the most importance to morality. Some things about Xuan Lindao and Li were circulated among the current high-ranking officials of Chang'an City, both openly and secretly. Although it was more or less a bit fussy or generalized, it would never affect these people's comments on them.
Chapter completed!