"Pretending to make false predictions, constructing the Eastern Palace, and criticizing Chengyu!"
Du Wulang was stunned when the shouting and cursing sounds reached his ears.
In less than five months from late winter to early March, he did not expect that he would be involved in another major rebellion so soon.
Everything was so ridiculous that he began to doubt that he was really a traitor.
Yuan Jie was also stunned.
He made numerous predictions, such as Chun Wei leaked the title, no one from the commoner class was qualified, Li Linfu blocked the holy hearing... He analyzed everything and thought that Ge Nu really had no talent.
In a head-on confrontation, you will definitely win.
However, Li Linfu ignored all his methods and directly charged Yuanjie with the crime of treason, catching Yuanjie off guard.
It feels like you are arranging your troops hard and planning to defeat a loser who is commanding a large army with military skills, but the other party directly digs a river and lets the flood flood the battlefield.
"you……"
Yuan Jie wanted to speak, but Jin Wuwei held him down hard.
He struggled twice and was immediately hit by an elbow in the abdomen.
"Cishan! How dare you ask for tribute from your hometown?"
Du Fu tried to save Yuan Jie, but was kicked to the ground.
The Jinwu guards followed with two more kicks and scolded: "Rural tribute? It has nothing to do with the imperial examination. Your crime is to associate with the traitor Li Shizhi!"
"Stop fighting!" Xue Bai stopped in a deep voice and said, "I'll let you go, as long as you can afford the consequences."
"Hahaha, this little boy is still young and he is still trying to scare some of his brothers? Take him away!"
Everyone was escorted out of the small villa and saw that Li Shi's house was completely surrounded.
Not far away, Jin Wuwei was still shouting.
"Li Shizhi used the imperial examination to plot evil! It has nothing to do with Shengtu Xiang Gong. Disperse as soon as possible. Don't make a mistake!"
"..."
Everything seems to be calming down.
Some of the originally furious rebels calmed down and began to disperse, not daring to get involved in the major rebellion.
~~
With the sound of shackles, Xue Bai was escorted through the imperial city. When he looked up at the bottom of the steps, he saw three solemn gold-lacquered characters "Dali Temple".
Red wooden doors were opened one after another, and through the long corridor, the front was getting darker and darker.
Finally, he entered the cell... This was something Xue Bai tried his best to avoid.
He resisted going to jail from the bottom of his heart, and could even say that it was the most annoying thing in his life.
But as the iron chain on the wooden gate was opened, he was pushed in.
There were already three people squatting in the cell, leaning feebly in the corner and looking at the five of them.
The stench of feces and urine that had been drowned for a long time hit my face. Under the dim light of the torch, the thatch on the ground was dirty and black. It was covered with dirt and blood stains left by the prisoners, attracting insects to crawl around.
It’s still that wriggling insect…
Du Wulang sat down and sighed: "Oh, I'm back again."
"Have you been here?"
Yuan Jie, Du Fu, and Huangfu Ran were all sent to prison for the first time. They didn't react for a while and looked around, with some novelty in their anger.
“Is this the Dali Prison where ‘murderous spirits are so strong that birds dare not perch’?”
"I was in Jingzhao Mansion Prison before, and it's almost the same as here." Du Wulang said, "Why are you standing while you are sitting?"
Huangfu Ran was still observing, but was touched by Xue Bai.
He turned around and followed Xue Bai's gaze, and saw a prisoner originally locked in the cell raising his head and looking this way. So he immediately understood what Xue Bai meant.
"Don't worry." Xue Bai said: "Someone will rescue us."
"who?"
Xue Bai did not answer directly, but said lightly: "You will know when you go out."
~~
In the evening, Luo Xishi left the imperial city and arrived at the Youxiang Mansion in Pingkangfang.
"Right Prime Minister, the arrangements have been made."
After bowing to Li Linfu behind the screen, Luo Xishi said: "With the case of Li Shi, not only the leader of the troublemaker was detained, but also Xue Bai."
He was a little worried that Mrs. Guo would be angry. After all, Ji Wen had learned from the past. Fortunately, this time Xue Bai was involved in the crime of treason. As long as there was evidence, Mrs. Guo could not say anything in front of the saint.
To put it simply, when dealing with someone with a backer like Xue Bai, you have to follow the rules and punish him with as much crime as there is evidence. It is not as simple as dealing with ordinary people.
"For the Chunwei incident to have such a big reaction, someone must be behind the scenes." Luo Xishi said: "Xue Bai contacted everywhere and took the lead in this matter. It must be related to Li Yingyu's party. The lower official is already here.
There is an informant in his cell, which may be used to find out who was behind it."
"You are smarter than Jiwen."
"Yes." Luo Xishi took a step forward and said: "Right Prime Minister, I have learned that Xue Bai and Huangfu Ran said that someone will rescue them."
"who?"
"My subordinates will keep a close eye on this and give the right minister a satisfactory answer as soon as possible."
Li Linfu responded casually and said, "I knew you were in trouble. Shihu was so stupid that he brought Zhuzi to see Third Aunt Yang."
Soon, someone led Yang Zhao in.
Yang Zhao is no longer in the Youxiao Guard and has moved to serve as the censor. Like Luo Xishi, he is responsible for eliminating dissidents in the Youxiang Mansion.
Although he aspires to be in the Ministry of Household Affairs and is seeking an official position in the Ministry of Household Affairs, he is also very good at eliminating dissenters, and he has been working extra hard recently to please Li Linfu.
As soon as he came in, Yang Zhao said: "Right Prime Minister, Yang Zhao has fulfilled his mission."
Luo Xishi looked sideways and saw some blood stains on the hem of Yang Zhao's official robe. He immediately felt a shiver in his heart and secretly thought that he could not fall behind. How could Luo Xishi be compared to a spitting pot?
The instructions they had recently received were very simple, "There are too many wretched people in the grassland, and they may leak the country's secrets." Unexpectedly, Yang Zhao was able to deal with these wretched people in the grassland so quickly.
After discussing for a while, the two of them exited the Right Prime Minister's Mansion at the same time.
"Yang Yushi." Luo Xishi reminded with a smile: "Do you know that you have done something wrong?"
"oh?"
Yang Zhao turned around and asked with a smile: "What did I do wrong?"
Luo Xishi said bluntly: "Why do you want to introduce Xue Bai to see Mrs. Guo Guo?"
Yang Zhao was stunned for a moment, and secretly scolded Luo Qian for being nosy.
Xue Bai was also the Prime Minister at that time, so how could we blame him?
But this was a topic that was brought up only after meeting the right minister. Yang Zhao did not dare to neglect and asked: "How can Yushi Luo teach me?"
"Since it's you who caused the trouble, it's up to you to solve it."
Yang Zhao sighed slightly, knowing that he was going to separate Xue Bai and Mrs. Guo Guo.
The solution is simple, just find some beautiful men and send them over.
After leaving the Right Prime Minister's Mansion, his recently conquered confidant Yang Guanghui ran up to him, bowed and saluted: "Uncle."
Yang Zhao pulled Yang Guanghui's collar, walked far enough away from the Jinwu Guards at the door, and asked in a low voice: "Have you found the blood pattern?"
"The official searched the boy's body... but couldn't find it." Yang Guanghui stammered: "However, Zhang Tongru said that it was probably taken away by Du Qi."
"Du Qi?" Yang Zhao frowned and muttered: "Is that kid in the Dali Temple prison with Xue Bai at this time?"
"yes."
"First, let's find some beautiful young men. If they are interesting, it is best if they can write poems."
Yang Guanghui was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly responded.
~~
Imperial City, Menxia Province.
Yan Zhenqing waited for a long time before being introduced to Fang Guan's public apartment.
Ji Shizhong is a high-ranking official of the fifth rank. He has important responsibilities under his sect. He is divided into daily state affairs. He is responsible for making memorials to hundreds of officials. He is subject to his review, sealing and refutation of imperial edicts. He has very important powers. He can also go in and out of the palace and often serve the emperor.
Therefore, it is said that Fang Guan has reached the last few steps on the road to prime minister, and he is accompanied by the emperor's grandson, King Guangping, who is not as jealous of the saints as his subordinates in the East Palace.
When we met this time, Fang Guan was wearing a crimson official robe, a goldfish bag, and a straight face. He was much more dignified than last time.
"At this time of year, Qing ministers should not come to see me!"
"Why?"
"Can't you see? Ge Nu wants to lead the fire to the East Palace again."
Yan Zhenqing picked up a verdict document with both hands and handed it to Fang Guan's desk.
"What is it?" Fang Guan asked calmly without looking.
"There is a death in Gongyuan, and this is my verdict. The county magistrate refused to accept it, and the capital Yin also refused to accept it, so I had to send it to Menxia Province for Fang Gong to see."
"Because the Chang'an County government can't control Gongyuan! Yan Qingchen, it's enough for you to do your job well."
"In the past, I could tolerate it." Yan Zhenqing said: "There are many things that the East Palace should not come forward for, but this time Ge Nu has gone too far. Recruiting materials is the foundation of the country. Emperor Taizong once said, 'The heroes of the world are in my heart.' The emperor does not
Visiting the scientific examination in person has never happened since the founding of the country! Now that Genu is in control of the examination hall, if he criticizes the ministers and talks loudly, if the remonstrance drums are hung high, and the whole court is as purple as if the horses were standing on the battlefield without saying a word, the foundation of the country will be completely destroyed!"
"Qingchen..."
"Fang Gong, this matter is far more terrible than you expected! Everything is tolerable, but this matter cannot be tolerated. The talented people in the dynasty were all squeezed out and suppressed, and all the people were in the corpse position. The talented people could not enter the officialdom, just like the big trees.
Without roots, rivers without sources, the heroes of the world will only flow to other places, and the overthrow of the country is just around the corner!"
"Bang!"
Fang Guan was furious, slapped the table and yelled: "Yan Zhenqing! Don't be alarmist!"
"At this time, no one except Dong Palace can take action to protect these moves..."
"If Donggong doesn't take action, it's the best way to protect them!"
"But who protects their hearts? If no one of the Gong Gong princes comes forward, who can make up for the disappointment of these talents to the court? If the prince of the country does not stand up at this time, how can the prestige of the clan be sustained?"
Fang Guan raised his hand and wanted to take another shot.
In the end, his hand gently placed on Yan Zhenqing's verdict and put it away.
"Did you know that once the East Palace interferes, all of us will be demoted."
"Sit back and wait for death, and the result will be the same."
"You are not suitable to be appointed as Chang'an County Lieutenant. I plan to seek promotion for you again. This time it will be a post outside."
Yan Zhenqing was stunned, raised his head, and his lips trembled.
He was not convinced.
There are a lot of things I want to say, but I can't say them out.
He wanted to ask Fang Guan whether there was something wrong with him and he was not suitable to be the county captain of Chang'an, or was there something wrong with the prosperous age of the Tang Dynasty?!
…
Yanzhai.
There are not many candlesticks in the hall, only six, and the positions are carefully arranged, making it look quite warm.
Wei Yunzheng and Yan Yan were chatting and laughing under the candlelight, while their young second son had fallen asleep.
"Grandpa is back."
Yan Yan's complexion improved a lot. She stood up and bowed Yingying, looking particularly well-behaved.
"The master came here today and gave my daughter a Ganoderma lucidum pill. Can I give her a pair of pills with my grandfather's name next time?"
Yan Zhenqing couldn't help but smile while stroking his beard, feeling much better.
He sat down in the hall, chatted with his family, and asked Yan Yan to go to bed early.
Only the husband and wife were left and turned back to the main room. Wei Yun whispered: "Lang Jun, Madam Liu came here today. After the results were released, Xue Bai disappeared."
Yan Zhenqing had expected it and sighed: "Li Shizhi has been investigated."
"What? If we didn't investigate the Chunwei case, how could we investigate the left prime minister again?"
"He has been out of office for more than half a year, and you are still calling him 'left prime minister'. This is a crime."
Wei Yun muttered in a low voice: "I don't even know who the current left prime minister is..."
Yan Zhenqing's eyes became more and more worried, knowing that Xue Bai must have been implicated by Li Shizhi.
This shameless boy just saved his daughter and stood idly by while it was unreasonable. But what can a mere county lieutenant do about this kind of thing?
"Mother Xian, please go to Xue's house in person tomorrow and remind Lady Liu to ask Mrs. Guo Guo to save her son as soon as possible."
Yan Zhenqing is not a pedantic person. After all, he was forced to give the Xue family an idea...
~~
Mrs. Guo's Mansion.
Mingzhu walked around the screen, walked to the lobby, and glanced at Yang Zhao lightly.
"Girl, this is specially found for you."
Yang Zhao quickly bent down, smiled apologetically and handed over an extremely delicate gold hairpin.
"Look at the craftsmanship of this golden butterfly. The wings are thinner than paper. The leaves are carved from a single piece of turquoise... They are priceless!"
"I don't know which poor woman you got it from, but my life is thinner than paper and I can't bear it."
When Yang Zhao heard these words, his heart trembled, he bent down even lower, raised his hand and slapped himself, crying: "I'm sorry for you, I fell in love as soon as I saw you, I...
"
"Stop talking." Mingzhu couldn't see how he looked like that, and said: "You were promoted to the imperial censor at the beginning of the year, and now you want an official position. Mrs. Guo Guo can't help you. Go back."
"Yes, yes, I'm not here to seek an official position this time, I'm here to give you a gift... and I'd like to ask the girl to take a look."
Yang Zhao turned sideways, revealing a row of beautiful young people.
They all have beautiful faces and handsome faces. What's rare is that they have different temperaments. Some are elegant, some are handsome, and some are delicate.
"I spent a lot of effort to find it. Why don't you ask Mrs. Guo Guo to come out and take a look?"
"Wait."
Mingzhu didn't dare to make the decision without permission, so she finally returned to the back hall.
After a while, Yang Yuyao came over, looked around at the row of beautiful young people, and said leisurely: "They are really pretty and delicious. Please sign up."
Yang Zhao turned around and reminded: "Sign up."
"I have met... I have met Mrs. Guo Guo. My slave is Xiao Chenghuan from Yangzhou. She is good at playing chess, calligraphy and painting."
"I am Xue...Xue Xue Taibai?"
"Pfft."
Yang Yuyao suddenly laughed, covered her mouth with a round fan and asked, "Who taught you this name?"
Xue Taibai was so frightened that he knelt down and responded: "Yes...yes...my name is Xu Taibai..."
"Okay, okay." Yang Yuyao waved her fan, "It seems that my cousin heard that Xue Bai was imprisoned in Dali Temple, so he specially found these handsome men to make me happy."
Yang Zhao smiled and said: "Yes, Xue Bai is involved in a relatively big case this time, and I can't do anything about it, so I have to make this move..."
"Well, it's really a big case." Yang Yuyao was still laughing, "By the way, you heard that he wrote a poem the day before yesterday."
"When it comes to poetry, these young people know it too..." Yang Zhao was halfway through his words when he saw that Yang Yuyao wanted to read Xue Bai's poem first, so he had to pretend to be attentive.
It is rare that Yang Yuyao can recite a poem this time and sing it softly.
"Thousands of houses are like a chess game, and twelve streets are like vegetable beds."
"Looking far away and slightly entering the morning fire, there is a star constellating five doors to the west."
Yang Zhao was stunned when he heard this.
He originally thought it was amazing, but now he listened and couldn't understand whether the poem was good or bad, but he could tell that it was just a poem about Chang'an City.
“I wonder what’s so special about this poem?”
"It's nothing special." Yang Yuyao smiled more and more, and said leisurely: "It's just that Xue Bai saw Chang'an on the Danfeng Gate Tower and was inspired by it. By the way, do you know the name of this poem?"
"I don't know..."
"The title of this poem is not easy to remember." Yang Yuyao thought for a while and said, "It seems to be "Fenghe Shengzhi Forbidden Garden served the saint all night long playing dominoes and then the Daming Palace tower watched the lanterns and responded to the song", right?"
Yang Zhao didn't hear it clearly at first, and it took him a while to figure it out.
"Bone... domino?"
When he realized what he was doing, he was stunned.
"My cousin's gift is too heavy, take it back."
Yang Yuyao waved her hand proudly and took the pearl back to the backyard.
The more she thought about her performance just now, the more satisfied she felt, and she couldn't help but say: "My pearl, I recently discovered that only that kind of... that kind of, um, very smart man can catch my eye..."
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