Li Linfu couldn't sleep well during the day because of his worries. He only slept for more than an hour before he got up and sent someone to ask about Yang Shenjin's case.
Li Daosui, the minister of Dali Temple, gave him face and quickly sent the dossier. After reading it, he was greatly surprised.
"How could this be? How dare you connect all the incidents and blame Yang Shenjin? Wouldn't the case be closed immediately?!"
——The case is closed, how can the truth take advantage of the opportunity to deal with Donggong?!
"Right Prime Minister, this file was reviewed and decided by a saint personally..."
Li Linfu was in a state of uncertainty because of this, knowing that he was caught off guard by the East Palace, and the aftermath of the Liu Ji case and the Longyou death case were over.
The key is, what did the saint think? He just refused to depose the prince.
He wished he could go to the palace in person to make a speech, "The saint is so confused! Li Heng appears to be respectful and filial, but in fact he is vicious and ruthless. He is definitely not a good man."
He sent someone to inquire again, only to learn that the saint had summoned Xue Bai before he made his decision.
It’s Xue Bai again.
Afterwards, Princess Xianyi sent someone to deliver the deed he wanted to see to the Prime Minister's Mansion.
"On June 9, the twenty-fifth year of Kaiyuan, we received a ultimatum from the Shaofu Prison saying that Xue Pingzhao, the son of Xue Xiu, was a traitor. He was five years old and was sold to Zhang's wife Tan Wei..."
Li Linfu didn't recognize the word "婜" and frowned slightly. Then he looked at the record of the second deed, which was that Tianbao was sold to Princess Xianyi from the Tan family in the fifth year of winter.
He took a closer look and found that Tan's two fingerprints were different... which meant that Tan did not sell Xue Pingzhao, and that Princess Xianyi's purchase of an official slave was not in compliance with Tang law at all.
I was thinking about who to hand over to investigate, and someone called outside the door.
"Alang, Xue Ling and his son Xue Bai are visiting."
"What to do?"
"Say yes...Say yes to come and propose marriage."
Li Linfu was stunned for a moment, and soon understood what Xue Bai meant, which was to give the Youxiang Mansion some dignity.
However, Li Linfu was narrow-minded. After receiving this kind offer, he became more and more jealous and said secretly: "This son still has this city. He will be a big trouble in the future and must be eliminated."
Of course, if Xue Bai doesn't come, he will be even more jealous when someone bites the tongue of You Xiangfu in the future.
That is to say, there are too many people to kill now. Li Heng, Wang Zhongsi, Li Shizhi, Pei Kuan... Xue Bai, an official slave, cannot be ranked first in his list. We will wait until Yang Wei finds out who is behind the scenes. ~~
"Seventeenth Mother!"
Mian'er ran through the backyard of the Prime Minister's Mansion and hurried into the boudoir, "Seventeenth Mother, Xue Langjun has come to propose marriage!"
This little maid still doesn’t know about the changes in this marriage. Her eyes are bright and her face is full of joy.
Jiao Nu was just thinking about why he shouldn't send himself over to keep an eye on Xue Bai, when he heard the words and stood up.
Li Tengkong was still in a daze. After hearing the news, his eyes widened in surprise and he ran straight out.
In fact, she had conveyed Xue Bai's words to her grandfather, "Whether there is hatred or not depends on the right prime minister", and said that Xue Bai did not have any resentment in him, and what Princess Xianyi said must be wrong.
All I got was a scolding.
"Idiot, the less resentful he seems to be, the more vicious he is!"
But Xue Bai still came to propose marriage. She really hoped that grandpa could meet him.
Maybe she was too gullible in trusting Xue Bai, but she was still holding on to the chance. If grandpa could be persuaded by him, he would be tolerant and open-minded even just this once in his life...
"Grandma!"
"Seventeenth Mother, go back."
Several strong women came back from the other end of the path and carried the thin Li Tengkong directly into the boudoir.
"The person who came to hire you has been driven away by Alang. Alang will ground you for a month."
Li Tengkong couldn't struggle anymore. Looking at the vast Right Prime Minister's Mansion, he couldn't feel the slightest bit of freedom.
Her grandpa really won’t change...
~~
Xue Bai glanced at Youxiang's Mansion, led the horse and left.
Although his unexpected break with Li Linfu would be even more dangerous in the future, he felt much more relaxed after leaving Suo Dou Chong.
Xue Ling was very disappointed and kept yelling.
"My Xue family is also a famous family..."
"Are you going to gamble again?" Xue Bai walked a short distance towards Qingmen, then turned around and asked, "If I ask you to quit gambling, can you quit?"
Xue Ling smiled perfunctorily and said, "I just went to Qingmen to get together with friends."
Xue Bai knew that such people would never change until they died, and had nothing to say, so he rode away on his own.
"Rokuro, when will you move back home?"
Xue Ling shouted and weighed the rugs on the skinny horse. He thought that if he had the capital, he would make a fortune tonight and buy back all the houses that had been sold out!
~~
Xue Bai dismounted from his horse near a fire-watching tower in the Qingmen Restaurant and was still adjusting the reins when someone called out from behind him.
"Xue Langjun."
Xue Bai turned around and saw Tian Shengong and said with a smile: "Did you change your armor after the Chinese New Year? Beautiful."
"Hey, thanks to Mr. Lang for your support."
"I have a quarrel with your right prime minister, please don't get too close to me for the time being."
Xue Bai whispered and handed over a large piece of gold.
Tian Shengong refused and whispered: "It's just a small matter of adding two pairs of chopsticks..."
"Take it and find a matchmaker for the divine jade. If the betrothal gift is not enough, then tell me."
Xue Bai's tone was unreasonable, and Tian Shengong was not pretentious. He gritted his teeth and closed his eyes, and his eyes were different.
"Let's go. Don't go patrolling near Fengwei Building these days, and stay away."
"Okay."
Xue Bai confessed again and led the horse away.
Tian Shengong walked into the fire-watching tower, glanced at several of his colleagues, and whispered to himself: "I have offended the right prime minister, how can I have anything to do with you?"
Xue Bai turned into Daozhengfang and walked near Fengwei Building. He glanced around casually. A passerby who was looking at him turned around and avoided his gaze.
It was not yet time for the banquet, but Du Wulang was sitting in the hall talking to several shopkeepers, looking sad.
Xue Bai hasn't seen him reading for a long time.
"Hey, why are you here?"
"I ran some errands in Pingkangfang and passed by to see you."
"Really." Du Wulang said: "I'm worried. This evening was originally a banquet ordered by King Zhongcheng of the Ministry of Finance, but I heard that the person who rebelled last night was his cousin. I don't know whether the banquet will be held, and no one will be sent.
Say something.”
"Don't worry, it won't affect you."
Xue Bai turned around and saw a middle-aged man walking into the hall, and said: "You are busy with your business, give me a private room."
"Huh? Aren't you here to see me?"
……
Xue Bai sat in the private room for a while.
Pei Mian pushed the door open and came in, saying, "How about we talk somewhere else?"
"No."
Xue Bai raised his hand, asked Pei Mian to sit down, and raised a cup filled with water. "Congratulations on the success of your plan. I believe those cases will be concluded soon."
"It's a pity that there are still some hidden dangers that have not been eliminated."
"Me too." Xue Bai said: "My identity has been exposed, Li Linfu wants to kill me. Otherwise, the East Palace would have given me your life last night."
It won't take long for Wang Zhi to find out about this, and he is too lazy to hide it from Pei Mian.
Pei Mian's eyes narrowed and he said calmly: "You said you have two witnesses? This can only scare Li Jingzhong. They were poisoned by Gelsemium poison and are already dead."
"Test me? No need to bother, I can tell you directly."
Xue Bai casually took out two objects and gave Pei Mian a look.
One is a talisman that Pei Mian gave to Lao Liang to frame Yang Shenjin. There is also a prescription, which can be seen at a glance to cure Gelsemium poison.
"Is this person hiding in this restaurant?"
"I thought you were very smart." Xue Bai said calmly, "You don't have to be too hostile to us. Although we are not from the Donggong family, we can cooperate with the Donggong for a long time."
Pei Mian noticed that he said "we", but he didn't know whether he was referring to him and the Du family or the imperial concubine.
"Donggong doesn't need to cooperate with others, and you don't deserve it either."
"I want you to do two things." Xue Bai said to himself, "First, bring me the family members of Lao Liang and the Jiang brothers. Second, Li Linfu must check my life experience and let him be handed over to you.
Check."
Pei Mian couldn't help but frown and said displeasedly: "I'm just an eighth-grade official, you want me to do this?"
"Now we know that you are an eighth-grade official? Why didn't you know that when you were raising dead soldiers?"
As he said that, Xue Bai leaned forward slightly, giving Pei Mian a sense of oppression, and said: "I don't know how you encouraged Wang He to frame Yang Shenjin? Wang He is about to become the censor Zhongcheng, and you, a meritorious official, will surely be promoted.
To supervise the censor, isn’t it?”
Pei Mian closed his eyes and was surprised that the young man in front of him had such a keen sense of smell.
~~
In the courtyard next to Fengwei Building, Da Xi Yingying hurried to the side hall.
A decadent middle-aged man was sitting there, it was Li Chen.
"Why is Alang here?"
Da Xi smiled charmingly and sat in Li Chen's arms.
Li Xuan raised his hand to block her and sighed: "I stayed up all night in the calyx building. I am really tired today."
His face turned black, he was indeed very tired and couldn't bear the trouble with this woman.
"Then Alang came here because of something."
"Yes, after the banquet, my mother and Yang Hui stopped me and talked for a long time." Li Xuan said: "I need you to help me check someone...Xue Bai."
"Xue Bai?"
"This person may also be named Xue Pingzhao. This was a document used to sign a contract when buying and selling official slaves."
Da Xi Yingying listened carefully to the details, including Xue Bai's acknowledgment of relatives in front of the emperor. Then she looked at the document carefully, she frowned and asked: "Why didn't you use your fingerprints and the official seal?"
"Li Genu is leaving, please check with the transcript." Li Han said, "I have to leave. You know the rules of the Ten Kings' House."
"The slave family is sending Alang away..."
Da Xi Yingying watched Li Xuan's back, but she sighed slightly and called over her subordinate Shi Zhong.
"Do you have any impression of the name Xue Ling?"
"Yes, no one will forget a villain if he forgets him." Shi Zhong shook his head and said with a smile: "A promiscuous gambler, he also owes a lot of debt to the gambling house."
"Let's see if he comes to gamble today? If he comes, he will lose everything."
While talking, Da Xi Yingying walked up to the attic and looked towards Fengwei Building. She saw a young man leading a horse away, which reminded her of Cui Zongzhi, Cen Shen, Liu Changqing, Cui Hao...
~~
The sky darkened very quickly, and the lanterns were lit again in Chang'an City.
When Xue Bai walked to Fan Yang Lu's big lantern, Du Youlin and his wife had already arrived, but Lu Fengniang had a slightly embarrassed look on her face.
Her cousin had already taken his daughter to Pingkangfang, but on the way he heard that "Xue Bai, who wrote "The Sapphire Case" in front of the emperor, proposed marriage to You Xiang, but was rejected", so he turned back.
It's not that I don't like this marriage, but it's not a good time to meet each other now. Fan Yanglu doesn't always like to attract attention... It should be noted that the Wei Jian case happened on the Lantern Festival last year.
It’s better if Lu Fengniang doesn’t know how to speak.
"Xue Bai, you are here, have you eaten yet?"
"After eating it, it turns out that the lanterns look better when viewed like this." Xue Bai looked at the lanterns of the Lu family and nodded, "It's a worthwhile trip."
Lu Fengniang knew that he had not understood what she meant, so she relaxed, turned to Du Youlin and said, "Mr. Lang, can you also compose a poem?"
Du Youlin clicked his tongue impatiently, put his hands behind his hands and muttered, and immediately sang a song.
"The stars of Chang'an shine on the Lantern Festival, and the lanterns spread out for ten miles. I want to read the words under the lanterns while the moon is full, and my old eyes suddenly realize that the young man is far away."
Regardless of whether it’s good or bad, everyone seems to be able to write poetry during this Tianbao period.
Xue Bai said some nice words and followed the couple to play.
He originally planned to rest at home, but he was actually forced to go out tonight, but after walking around for a while, he gradually got into the atmosphere of the Lantern Festival.
Young ladies in colorful dresses can be seen everywhere, holding fans or holding lanterns, adding countless beauty to this Lantern Festival.
Suddenly I saw a familiar figure among the crowd across the street.
He was a middle-aged man in his forties, with extraordinary appearance and elegant manners. He was only wearing an ordinary robe, but he had a sense of righteousness and iron-clad bones.
While Xue Bai was still recalling when he had met the other party, Du Youlin had already whispered to Lu Fengniang: "I seemed to have seen Yan Shaofu just now."
Shaofu is a good name for a county lieutenant. From this, Xue Bai immediately remembered who it was - Yan Zhenqing, the lieutenant of Chang'an County.
He then turned around and followed that way.
After searching for a while, I saw Yan Zhenqing standing by a stall, stroking his beard and looking at the crossword puzzles. After a while, he handed the vendor a bunch of money, picked up a pen and answered more than ten crossword puzzles, and took a beautifully tied lantern from the vendor's hand. Xue Bai then stepped forward and saw that the vendor was about to crumple up more than ten pieces of paper, so he hurriedly stepped forward.
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"Wait a minute."
"Mr. Sir, I want to guess the word riddles. You can guess two for one penny. If you guess sixteen, you will get a lantern."
Xue Bai took out a large bunch of money and said with a smile: "I couldn't guess right. Can you sell these to me and I can learn from it?"
The vendor was overjoyed, fearing that the young man would regret it, so he quickly handed over the crossword puzzle paper with the answer and took the money.
Xue Bai took it and took a look, and first saw a column of handwriting that was similar to his own, which said "right and wrong are just for talking more." When he looked down, he saw the word "bandit" in regular script.
Although he is just a gangster, he has strong bones and awe-inspiring spirit.
I glanced at each one briefly, then turned around, only to see Yan Zhenqing guessing riddles in front of the next stall again, and Xue Bai followed him again.
……
A lantern was handed to Yan Zhenqing, but he already had four in his hand, which was not easy to hold.
So he turned around and said, "Young man, why are you following me?"
The young man who was reading the note in his hand turned around, stepped forward to salute, and said: "Yan Shaofu Shangyuan Ankang, this junior likes Yan Shaofu's words, so..."
"Take it."
Before Xue Bai finished speaking, two lanterns were handed to him. Yan Zhenqing smiled and said: "Help me take it. When it's empty, come to the Chang'an County Yamen and give you a copybook."
"Thank you, Mr. Yan."
Xue Bai took the lantern and eight coins were handed over.
Yan Zhenqing said: "How about you guess another lantern for me?"
"Okay."
Xue Bai immediately went to find a crossword puzzle stall. He spent eight pennies on it at first, but he guessed two wrongly, so he had to spend another pennies.
Yan Zhenqing put another lantern in his hand. When he came over to take a look, he realized that not everyone could guess it correctly, so he handed over another penny.
Xue Bai smiled and accepted it without any formality.
At this time, a beautiful woman happened to turn around and saw Yan Zhenqing. She hurriedly stepped forward to take the object in his hand, pursed her lips and said with a smile: "Mr. Lang, you fell into the trap. Sanniang started guessing from here.
She took away all the lanterns beside me."
"Okay, I'm willing to admit defeat."
Yan Zhenqing stroked his beard and smiled, quite cheerfully.
He took the lantern from Xue Bai's hand and said, "Don't forget to come to me and ask for the copybook."
Xue Bai saw that he had brought his family with him, so he couldn't disturb him any more, so he saluted and said goodbye.
Looking at the many authentic works of Yan Zhenqing in his hand, he felt that the Lantern Festival would be fruitful.
After temporarily leaving behind those power struggles, the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty truly caught his eye.
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