After resting for a day at his home in Bachuan Villa, Zhou Jun followed Pang Gong to Prime Minister Li's house the next day.
Li Linfu's house is located in the southeast corner of Pingkangfang and has been rebuilt twice.
Among them, the most famous renovation occurred at the turn of Kaiyuan and Tianbao.
There are rumors in the market that there are monsters in Li's house. In the ditch in the northeast of the house, there is a big fire at night, and it seems that there are children coming in and out holding fires.
Li Linfu asked Xuanzong to rebuild part of the residence into Jiayou Temple, which stopped this strange phenomenon.
Entering Li Linfu's residence, Zhou Jun saw the far-reaching courtyard, rows of households, and the artificial landscape pavilions and adjacent halls. He couldn't help but sigh, "It's so pompous and luxurious. Li Xiangzhi's residence is among the dignitaries of Chang'an. If he claims to be the second best,
I'm afraid no one dares to say number one.
Zhou Jun pushed Pang Gong's chariot, and under the guidance of the servants of the Li family, walked for a long time through the winding corridors, and finally arrived at the meeting hall of Sanjin Zili.
There are many armored guards here, with one post every three steps and one sentry every five steps.
Zhou Jun secretly thought that Li Linfu had made many enemies in the court, so no wonder he had to deploy so many guards.
Entering the compartment on the side of the hall, Li Linfu saw Mr. Pang coming in. He stood up with a smile and said, "We haven't seen him for a while, and Pang Zuojian's complexion looks better."
Pang Gong waved his hand and said: "Our family has stayed away from that stall to worry about things, so we are at peace. Our ears and eyes are much brighter than before."
Li Linfu looked at Zhou Jun behind Pang Gong, nodded again and said with a smile: "I met Zhou Yilang a few days ago. As Pang Gong said, he is humble but has great talent."
Just when Zhou Jun was about to say something modest about himself, Li Linfu said again: "The script of Romance of the West Chamber, even the palace people praised it and marveled at it."
Zhou Jun cupped his hands and said, "Someone just came up with some ideas."
Li Linfu waved to the servants in the room.
Seeing everyone dispersed, Li Linfu walked to the desk, pointed at the Go chess on the table, and said, "Pang Gong, why don't you talk about a game?"
Mr. Pang nodded: "That's fine."
Li Linfu twisted a black chip and said to Pang Gong: "You and I don't have to guess first. How about letting Pang Zuojian make the first move?"
Pang Gong nodded, picked up a white piece, and landed on Tian Yuan on the chessboard first.
Li Linfu saw it and smiled slightly: "Pang Zuojian said he was pure, but he may still be thinking about it in his heart."
Pang Gong said: "Zhonghe is the slave of the saint, so his thoughts are naturally directed towards the palace."
Li Linfu smiled, stopped talking, and just started to concentrate on playing chess.
Li Linfu liked music and playing chess, and his chess skills were not weak. After a while, the chessboard became evenly matched.
Zhou Jun kept looking down.
Originally, the moves made by the two people in front of them were ordinary chess moves.
Suddenly, one of Li Linfu's sunspots was far away from the battle situation and landed in a remote corner.
When Pang Gong saw Li Linfu's "flying" hand, he was stunned for a moment, and then frowned.
Li Linfu pretended to be unintentional and said: "In the court a few days ago, Pei Dunfu, the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, used the excuse of wiping out pirates to ask for meritorious officials for his subordinates. He was rebuked by Pei Kuan, the Minister of the Ministry of Husbandry."
"The saint originally agreed to Pei Dunfu's request, but after hearing Pei Kuan's rebuke, he suddenly changed his mind."
Pang Gong looked at the sudden sunspot on Li Linfu's chessboard, and then listened to the other party's seemingly irrelevant statement, and fell into deep thought.
"During the Kaiyuan period, Li Shizhi and Pei Kuan served as Henan Yin successively. Within two terms, they used money from the internal treasury to build three major embankments, namely Shangyang, Jicui and Yuepei, which successfully resisted the Guluo flood."
"When the saint heard about this, he once said frankly that this was an immortal merit that could protect the three realms of peace and tranquility. Li Shizhi also relied on this to become a prime minister."
"In the third year of Tianbao, Pei Kuan was transferred from Fan Yang Jiedushi to the position of Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs. The Ping Shu handed to him came from the Hongwen Hall of Menxia Province."
After thinking about several things together, Pang Gong asked Li Linfu: "Li Xiang wanted to say that Pei Kuan came to Chang'an to serve, but he was quoted by Li Shizhi?"
Li Linfu: "Those two should be good friends. Pei Kuan is just a 'flying son' of Li Shizhi. Now the flying son is finally going to stick together."
When Pang Gong heard the word "stick", he didn't react at first. After thinking about it carefully, he was startled and asked: "Li Shizhi wants to attract Pei Kuan to become the prime minister?"
Li Linfu sat up straight and said with a smile: "That's what I guess."
"Let's see, since Pei Kuan is a flying man, he must have some tricks to make him stick in the situation."
"Right now, the most important thing is to lift this flying missile before the back move falls."
Pang Gong frowned: "How to raise it?"
Li Linfu stared at the black stone on the chessboard, remained silent for a long time, and finally said: "Since Li Shizhi is recruiting from outside, I can naturally set an ambush and destroy this flying stone."
Pang Gong: "Where did Fu Zi come from?"
Li Linfu smiled softly and remained silent.
Pang Gong said again: "There is nothing wrong with deposing Pei Kuan, but it cannot involve the inner garden of the palace."
Li Linfu nodded and said, "Don't worry, Pang Zuojian, this game of chess between Mr. and Li Shizhi will not involve the palace."
Hearing this, Mr. Pang felt a little relieved.
Li Linfu said: "Today, since Pang Zuojian is here, there is another important matter that needs to be discussed."
"King Shou has kept filial piety for Prince Ning. He has not seen the saints and directors for three years. Now that he has left the filial piety, he should immediately go to the palace to meet the saints and pay his respects to the saints."
When Pang Gong heard this, he showed a somewhat troubled look on his face, and said: "Prince Shou has been restless recently, and I'm afraid it will take a few days before he enters the palace."
Li Linfu asked directly: "King Shou has a grudge, but is it because of Yang Taizhen?"
Pang Gong hesitated for a moment and nodded slightly.
Li Linfu shook his head and sighed softly: "I am just a woman, why should I be vain for business? King Shou, please give Mr. Pang more advice and put the overall situation first.
Pang Gong also sighed and just responded.
The two talked for a while.
Pang Gong then said goodbye.
Riding a horse, Zhou Jun walked beside Pang Gong's chariot, still thinking about the chess game just now.
Being familiar with history, he knew that Li Linfu would later use the grudge between Pei Dunfu and Pei Kuan to instigate the former to do everything possible to frame Pei Kuan.
In the end, Pei Kuan was demoted to Suiyang Prefect.
While he was thinking about it, Pang Gong suddenly spoke in the carriage: "Erlang."
Zhou Jun quickly kicked the horse's belly, took two steps forward, stepped forward and said, "He is here."
Pang Gong: "Looking for an opportunity, our family will arrange for you to meet King Shou."
Zhou Jun was stunned: "Meet the Shou King?"
Pang Gong: "There are some things that our family wants to talk to King Shou, but because of our status, there are many inconveniences. You are young and know etiquette. Go and have a talk with King Shou, maybe you can untie his knot."
Zhou Jun listened and nodded in agreement.
The group of people returned to Bachuan Villa. Zhou Jun first sent Mr. Pang back to his room to rest, and then returned to the wing himself.
Huayue was practicing swordsmanship in the middle of the courtyard. When she saw Zhou Jun coming back, she said hello and continued practicing.
After entering the side room, Zhou Jun found a chessboard, and based on his memory, he roughly reproduced the chess game between Li Linfu and Pang Gong.
Looking at the black and white positions on the chessboard, Zhou Jun was also thinking. Now that he knows what is going to happen in the future, what should he do in the political battle that will happen next? What can he gain?
When I was thinking about it, Qu Chaoyi's voice suddenly came from outside the courtyard door.
"Is Erlang here?"
Zhou Jun walked out and asked, "What's the matter?"
Qu Chaoyi scratched the back of his head and said to Zhou Jun: "Outside the gate of Bieyuan, a subordinate official came and said he wanted to see you."
Zhou Jun: "Meet me? Have you ever given me your name?"
Qu Chaoyi nodded and said, "As I said, he calls himself Kong You."