The musicians practiced sad music, and Xue Bai caught up on his sleep in the Taiyue Department.
In his daze, someone pushed him gently and called in a clear and gentle voice: "Xue Lang, wake up."
Xue Bai thought it was the pearl that came again. He turned over and hugged the quilt and rubbed it. He felt that Yang Yuyao was not in his arms, so he opened his eyes. He saw Xie Aman standing there. The little lady who was good at dancing had a temperament.
The neck is beautiful.
"Um?"
“Well,” Xie Aman said blankly, “Now that the practice has been completed, it’s time for you, Tai Le Cheng, to take the musicians to Prince Si Xu’s Mansion.”
“I thought that as Tai Le Cheng I would just have to rehearse plays for the imperial concubine.”
"Even so." Xie Aman had no choice but to coax him softly and said: "Occasionally, if something small happens, just worry about your official duties."
Xue Bai saw that she was still wearing the soap robe of an official and asked, "Why don't you change your clothes?"
“If I don’t go, I won’t be able to play the sad music. When I come to the Taiyue Department, I only need to take care of you.”
"Let's go." Xue Bai turned over.
Xie Aman stopped him again, picked up two cakes from the table, and said, "Go after you are full."
“That makes sense.“
Then she looked at him carefully, shook her head and said, "No, you are too energetic. Sit down, I have to make you look more haggard."
By the time Xue Bai left the office, his hair was messy and there were tears hanging from the corners of his eyes, looking very sad.
He led Tai Lecheng's musicians to line up, and together with the instrumentalists from the Propaganda Department, they joined the team at Taichang Temple. At the front of the team, Zhang Zeng had red eyes and a sad look on his face, arranging people to wear sackcloth.
Maybe he was a little bored standing there, so Zhang Zan waved to Xue Bai to come forward and chat, saying: "Taile Ling is sick, please bear with this."
Xue Bai knew that Liu was editing books in the Secretariat Department. Because he had to pay tuition fees every day, he had not come to Taile Office for two or three days.
“Don’t worry, Sir.”
“Let’s go, you and me together.”
As we were talking, the officials from the Liyuan finally came out. They all looked solemn and arrogant. Even Zhang Zeng, the Taichang Qing, had to wait for them.
Chatting on the road, Xue Bai asked some questions. Zhang Zan knew a lot and was willing to tell him everything he could.
“The heir, King Li of Xu, had a younger brother, who was in the Shangzhu Kingdom. He praised Li Mu, the king of the county, and was appointed Zong Zhengqing and the eunuch of the palace.”
“Li Guan, when Li Mi’s brothers were young, their uncles, father and brothers had been killed by Empress Wu to pieces. When the saints were able to cleanse the evil spirits, Li Si Xu became king, and Li Mi succeeded him as king Si Ze.”
“The king of Ze, Li Shangjin, had seven sons who were exiled to Xianzhou, and it is said that they all died. But one of them, Li Yixun, knew that there would be no way out after being exiled, so he concealed his name, disguised himself as a slave, and escaped.”
"When Emperor Zhongzong was on the throne, the brothers Li and Li Mu falsely accused Li Yixun of pretending to be a relative of the emperor and wanted to send someone to kill him. However, Li Yixun found Princess Yuzhen to protect him and escaped again.
After the catastrophe, the saint came to the throne, found out the truth, and restored Li Yixun's official title. "
Hearing this, Xue Bai couldn't help but ask: "How to find out the truth?"
Zhang Zengdao: "Imperial Jade, Li Yixun was seen by many people when he was young, and when he grew up, he also looked like King Ze."
“What if Li Yixun is true or false?”
“Saint, I have seen Princess Yuzhen since she was a child, so I can’t fake it.”
"I see."
Zhang Zan smiled and said: "The saints are generous to the clan. Li and Li Mu persecuted their cousins and were not severely punished. Li Can is still the king of Xu, and although Li Mu was deprived of the king of Size, he was also named the king of praise.
."
“The King of Praise...is not satisfied?”
"That's him. The whole book is 520." Zhang Zeng sneered slightly: "Now that Li has passed away, the person who is looking at the successor he left behind is his brother.
, Praise for Wang Li."
“Li Can has a son.“
Li Miu secretly told the sage that Li Guan’s son was not of Li’s blood.”
Xue Bai pondered deeply and asked a question that concerned him very much: "Who will decide whether it is true or false?"
“He belongs to the saint and the clan.” Zhang Zan said: “There are many disputes like this in the clan. If there is any yamen that usually handles them, it is Zongzheng Temple. But Li Maozheng is Zong Zhengqing.”
As he spoke, he looked back behind him, and then said: "There is also the auditorium behind us."
NA
The Prince Xu’s Mansion has already begun to hold funeral arrangements.
The people in Taichang Temple are called "Sheng'er" because they line up to sing songs on every occasion like this.
Xue Bai took the musicians to the back of the mourning hall to play mourning music, and saw the survivors kneeling in a row.
Li's princess Xu is a step-mother. She is about thirty years old and looks pretty.
"Prince-in-law Zhang, you know Alang's thoughts." Mrs. Xu cried incessantly, knelt down and turned around and cried: "Father and son are the successors of heaven and earth. Before Alang's bones were cold, some people bullied us orphans and widows. Please help us, Prince-in-law."
Zhang Zeng has his own opinion on what he does. If helping others does not cause much harm to him, he is willing to do so. But if he offends his cousin Zong Zhengqing, a saint, for something unrelated, there is nothing he can do about it.
He then sighed and said in a low voice: "Princess, take care of yourself and protect your children. The funeral is now, let's talk about other things later."
This is a very meaningful reminder - the orphans and widowed mothers are still young, so they can probably die of Li Mi first.
Mrs. Xu probably felt that Wang Jue would never come back once he was lost, so she cried and refused to give up. She knelt forward and wanted to continue begging.
If people start gossiping, but it is a serious matter for Zhang Zan, he avoids it as much as possible. He gave Xue Bai a look that said, "This is not a good place to stay for a long time." He quickly left the mourning hall and headed for the gate.
Xue Bai, however, had to stay behind to handle official duties. Fortunately, he was young and tender-faced, so Mrs. Xu did not ask for anything on him.
He took this opportunity to observe Li Jin's two sons, Li Jie and Li Xiu. They all have pretty good-looking faces. They do look more like Xu. As for whether they look like Li... the old man
Compared with a child, he really can't see it.
“Brother!“
Suddenly there was a cry of mourning in the mourning hall, the voice was old and extremely sad.
You and I, brothers, have gone through many hardships since childhood... We have finally made it to this prosperous age, but the sky never misses the New Year, brother!
This must be Li Miao, the king of Baoxin County. It is said that he fainted from crying several times and continued to cry when he woke up.
There were several young people standing behind Li, all of them wearing sackcloth and mourning, with expressions of grief and grief, and they were helping him.
“Grandpa, you also need to take care of yourself... Uncle, how could you be willing to do this?!”
One nephew cried, several nephews cried loudly, and the scene couldn't help but become chaotic. Xue Bai was standing there watching, and suddenly someone pulled him and whispered: "But Tai Lecheng? Something happened here, please follow me."
People."
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In the courtyard behind the mourning hall, a Taoist priest was performing rituals.
Going around the altar, walking through the long corridor and arriving at the door of a room, Xue Bai recognized the figure in linen clothes outside the door as Li Cong.
He immediately stopped and turned to leave.
As Zhang Zan said, don't get involved with these people. He can avoid a lot of fatal troubles in his official career, and he can be ranked as a minister safely. Quan??Ben????520.????
Unless you want more than this...
Xue Bai quickly glanced around and followed the visitor to Li Cong, "Who asked King Qing to find me to seek the position of Secretary Supervisor?"
“A eunuch by my side.”
"Check him."
Li Cong was stunned for a moment and said in a low voice: "Princess Tang Chang is in a better situation now. You let Secretary Sheng regain her authority.
But are you paving the way for big things?"
Xue Bai realized that his communication with Li Cong was indeed too little, resulting in misplaced news and ideas.
“Well, King Qing doesn’t have to do anything. Don’t send anyone to contact him again. Just wait.”
“Secretary Supervisor..
“The secretary and supervisor are no longer available.”
"Many." Li Cong said: "As far as I know, there are Li Zhen, the king of Siqi, Li Tao, the king of Xue, and Li Chenghong, the king of Guangwu. "Stop all actions and don't fight." Xue Bai solemnly reminded again...
He turned back to the mourning hall and saw Zhang Zeng.
“There was a conflict just now, why didn’t you stop it?”
Xue Bai responded: "King Qing called me over and said a few words."
Zhang Zan was stunned for a moment and asked, “How did you reply?”
“I advise him not to fight for his son’s secretaryship anymore.”
"That's right." Zhang Zan said: "When you are in the court, you should be walking on thin ice. Such things that harm the whole family and have nothing to do with you,
It’s better not to mess with him as much as possible.”
“Yes, I will drive to Huaqing Palace as soon as the funeral is over.
“This is a wise man.“
Zhang Zan then talked about the conflict that had just occurred in the mourning hall, but some officials and family members were muttering to others that Princess Li, Princess Xu, was having an affair with someone, so Zhang Zan sent someone to invite her out.
That day, Xue Bai met so many members of the Li Tang clan that he had a headache just remembering their names.
Even so, he still tried his best to contact the other two heirs, Li Zhen, Li Mao, Li Zhen, and Li Tao. They are also a pair of brothers. Their father is Xue King Li Longye. Li Longye is the fifth brother of Li Longji.
He gave birth to more than ten sons. Among them, Li Tao was the one with good appearance, talent and character, and had the most prestige, so he succeeded King Xue.
Li Zhen, because she looked exactly like Li Longji, was adopted by King Qi and became King Qi. Because King Qi Li Longfan originally had two sons, he indulged in drinking and sex in his early years and became violent.
The two brothers are not too old and already live in a town with 5,000 households, but they still have an enterprising spirit. They are eyeing the positions of Hongluqing, Weiweiqing, Zongzhengqing and so on.
Hence, they had quite a bit of criticism about what Li had done. When they met Zhang Zan, they couldn't help but make a few comments.
“Just a villain.”
“It is said that Princess Si Xu is having an affair with someone, so Haoliu can provide evidence.” Li Tao said, “Li Mi’s appearance is too ugly.”
“This is not the first time he has done this to the detriment of his family.” Li Zhen said, “Practice makes perfect.”
“Li Youzi is not a destitute person. Unfortunately, he doesn’t even look like a saint.”
Li Yixun was not a poor man back then, and Li Miu was good at eating hard."
Li Tao sighed slightly and said: "Zhang Consort, if I remember correctly, Li Yixun's son, Size King Li Zai, is the current Taichang Shaoqing, right?"
“Yes, the Taichang Temple Ceremony is presided over by him.”
Li Tao said: "If it weren't for Princess Yuzhen, Li and his father would probably live in the streets. Now it's up to him to give Li a posthumous name, and the cycle of heaven and earth will follow."
“It’s a natural cycle.”
ifies..
They chatted for a while, and Li Zhen said hello to Xue Bai, appearing very close.
“I heard that Li Tan, Zhang Si and his wife had some minor issues with you?”
“I don’t dare.” Xue Bai responded: “We are joking.”
“Li Tan is a loser, don’t pay attention to him.” Li Zhen said with a smile: “You and I are in love, we both like music and opera.
When you have free time from now on, you should always gather together.”
"Yes." Xue Bai said: "I also feel that I have some intimacy with King Qi."
"Hahaha."
A funeral has become a gathering for the nobles to bond.
Li Muyu was crying hard in the mourning hall, and when he was about to faint, a son stepped forward to help him and said something in his ear.
“All the lords feel that I am trying to usurp the throne of Lord Xu, so they have been secretly communicating to stop this.”
Li was shocked. After being helped down, he immediately picked up his son and shouted: "Is what you just said true?"
"When the child passed by there just now, he actually heard what they were talking about, and he didn't shy away from it."
"say what?"
‘It’s better to expose it to the saint together...: My father’s name is taboo, and the children dare not mention it.”
Li frowned, called the steward, and said: "Go and find out who Xu is having an affair with... Do you understand?"
"clear."
NA
Xue Bai glanced in the direction of the room inadvertently and saw the steward next to Li coming out, but heading towards the back house of Prince Xu's Mansion.
He then pulled Zhang Wai over and motioned him to look over there.
“You are like a dog,” Zhang Zeng said softly, and reminded in a low voice: “You are too enthusiastic. The proposal you just made is inappropriate. After listening to them for a few words, do you really think they can get ahead?”
“It was me who was hasty.“
“Li’s death was really untimely.”
Yang Yuyao was quite angry about Li Can’s death.
If it hadn't been for this, she would have taken Xue Bai to the Huaqing Palace to have sex with each other. However, in the past few days, Xue Bai had to take the musicians to play the music at Lord Xu's mansion.
After two or three days, she finally couldn't stay any longer and went over to see Xue Bai in person.
Yao Niang shouldn’t come over, after all, there is a funeral here.”
“Come and see you.”
Yang Yuyao pulled Xue Bai onto the carriage and reminded in a low voice: "Yuhuan told me that the saint probably wanted to regret it.
You and I should not stand up for King Qing."
“You know, I have sternly rejected him.”
“As expected, I have to ask for help everywhere, which is really annoying.”
Xue Bai said: "It's not appropriate for me to leave for too long. I'll have to go back after seeing Yuyao at the corner of the street."
“I’ll send you there.”
"No need, someone is staring at us." Xue Bai opened the curtain and looked outside, and whispered: "It must be someone from Ge Nu or Chen Xilie. They want to use us as an excuse to force me to hand over the newspaper office."
“I’ll send someone to beat them up.”
“Just pretend not to know. When you get to the front, you cover it up and let me go down.”
…
Fengweilou.
Du Miao almost stopped taking care of the trivial matters in the restaurant, and only took care of the various affairs hidden under the restaurant.
Few people know that there are secret cabinets behind the seats of many restaurants and teahouses in Chang'an, and some valuable information will be copied and sent to Du Miao.
That day, while she was sorting out the news, she saw Qu Shui coming.
“Xue Lang is here.”
“At this time?“
Du Miao hurriedly greeted Xue Bai, with both joy and worry in her eyes.
“You came here at this time, but something urgent happened?”
“A trivial matter that has nothing to do with us, but if it is done well, it will have far-reaching consequences.”
Then speak quickly."
“It’s about the clan, and the relationships between the characters are complicated. I’m afraid you have to learn it slowly before you can understand it.”
“It’s okay, I’ll listen.” Du smiled and said, “You teach me.”
Xue Bai began to express his words slowly.
“To put it bluntly, it’s just a matter of a group of relatives eating each other out of the house. Li’s eating looks a bit ugly. Some of the Li’s can’t stand it, but they don’t dare to meddle in their own business?”
"almost."
"You want to take care of it?" Du Miao was a little confused, "This matter is a big trouble. Could it be that the beautiful widow Xu asked you to do it?"
“With my position, I cannot interfere in this matter.”
But you came to me quietly, you must have some other ideas?
“That’s right.” Xue Bai said, “This is an opportunity for experimentation. We can try it out in a small way.
“A small test?”
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A few days later, Li's funeral was completed, and Li Longji had ordered Gao Lishi to prepare for the visit to Huaqing Palace.
Chang'an City is getting hotter and hotter. It's not as comfortable as staying in the mountains.
There are still some clan matters that Li Linfu cannot deal with and must be decided by the emperor himself, such as the official titles that Li left behind.
The first thing to be determined is the title of King Suixu.
Li Longji then summoned Zhang Zan and spoke very directly.
"I think Li's two sons are not worthy of their father. You go to Baoxin Prince's Mansion to choose a suitable candidate and adopt him in Li Jin's name."
Zhang Zan wanted to obey the order, but he hesitated a few times, but he said: "I ask the saint not to choose someone else."
“You are Taichang Qing, my son-in-law, and you have nothing to do with this matter. If you don’t do it, who will?”
I am guilty." Zhang Zan said with some bitterness on his face, "I am involved in this matter."
Li Longji glanced at Gao Lishi, who was also very confused.
“Say it.“
“There are rumors...Li Li’s two sons are.
Zhang Zan did not continue to say anything, prostrated, kowtowed, and said with aggrieved expression: "The sage knows clearly, I am really wronged." Li Longji laughed and scolded: "I am not a foolish king, can I still believe such market rumors?"
"I really have nothing to do with Princess Xu. It's just that someone made some slanderous remarks about her at the funeral, and I just invited them out."
“I understand, let’s go down.”
Zhang Zan saluted again with a grimace and retreated.
Li Longji looked at it, the smile on his face turned cold, and he gradually became a little unhappy, and said: "General Gao, go check it out. Is this a rumor? If so, find out who is spreading the rumor."
"According to the decree." Gao Lishi received the decree, hesitated for a moment, and then asked: "What about the titles left by King Xu?"
"Put it on hold."
Li Longji was very unhappy.
He wanted to see who was looking for trouble to delay his visit to Huaqing Palace in this hot summer.