Man Tang Huacai

Chapter 126 Freedom
The leaves on the ancient ginkgo trees have turned yellow.

Li Tengkong and Xue Bai walked under the tree, looked up and saw Princess Yuzhen not far away, they hurried forward to salute.

"I've seen a real person."

"The imperial concubine is hosting a banquet, so you go with me as a teacher." Princess Yuzhen said, looking at Xue Bai, said: "It is not suitable for a saint to play cards here, so you go back to Yuhua Temple."

This is the disadvantage of not being able to speak the law and the rhythm. People who only know how to fight cocks and play cards cannot always be with Shengjia.

Xue Bai was about to leave when he suddenly saw a female crown not far away waving to him, but it was a bright pearl.

It has to be said that every woman has a different charm in Taoist gowns, and Mingzhu wears it with the pitiful feeling of being forced to become a monk despite her unbroken heart.

"Xue Langjun, Yaoniang and her sisters live in the same building, it's not convenient to see you, now I have a little leisure time, so you come with my slave's house."

Xue Bai followed the pearl and turned to the east again.

Walking around for a long time through the path, there are more and more guards under the red wall in front, Mingzhu shows a talisman and passes through the courtyard gate, and Gong'e can already be seen walking around.

At the flower garden, several gardeners were busy, Xue Bai's eyes fell on the tokens around their waists, and he suddenly stopped in his tracks.

"Xue Langjun, what's wrong?"

"Is this the palace?"

"Your Majesty, don't worry, this is the temporary residence of the three wives, and it's far away from the palace." Mingzhu said, "This residence is for the royal family and relatives who are accompanying them, so it's not considered trespassing."

Xue Bai raised his head and looked around, and found that he had actually returned to the East Garden of Zongsheng Palace after going around in a circle.

"Where do the princess consorts live?"

"Yes, the third lady lives further in."

"I heard that Princess Ningqin's son-in-law is very handsome and has profound Taoism. Do you know where he lives?"

Mingzhu was amused when she heard it, and said: "If the son-in-law is handsome again, what does the gentleman want to see? Yaoniang finally dismissed the two wives, so don't make her wait."

Xue Bai pondered: "Yuyao wants to meet, but she has to dismiss the two wives?"

"That's natural." Mingzhu still thought he was speaking frivolously, lowered her head, and said softly: "It's not easy for people to know."

~~
Lu Xuan hurriedly rushed into Princess Xianyi's annex.

"Princess and Consort Wanfu, the next official attendant Yushi Lu Xuan, who is currently the chief supervisor of the palace."

"You arranged this crappy place where I live?" Li Niang said suddenly, her tone displeased.

Lu Xuan was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "This... this mansion is the best, but what is wrong with the princess? I will improve it now."

"I think you are the biggest problem!" Li Niang shouted.

Yang Hui comforted her again, and said, "Lu Yushi, I remember you, Shang Yuanye, you planned to take Xue Bai to Dali Prison, why did you get demoted?"

The answer to this question is clearly on the title, Lu Xuan was stunned for a moment, and said: "The next official said what he shouldn't have said in front of the emperor."

After hearing this answer, Yang Hui nodded, and looked at Li Niang again, as a reminder.

——Look, there is no need to force yourself and talk nonsense.

"Princess, as an official of the Palace Supervisor, I discovered something inappropriate. Xue Bai often entered the Zongsheng Palace in vain, and secretly met with Princess Tangchang and King Qing."

Whoever met whom in this holy palace can't hide it from Lu Xuan, the court supervisor. He reported this matter to Princess Xianyi yesterday, but today he heard that Xue Bai had arrived at Princess Xianyi's guest house, which made him a little uneasy.

"I know." Yang Hui said, "He came today and dared to threaten us."

"So that's how it is." Lu Xuan said, "This matter is abominable. It's a pity that the right prime minister did not come with him, and the lower officials are humble and light-hearted. I'm afraid that this matter will require noble people to come forward."

Pei Mian told him that Princess Xianyi would still be the best to deal with Xue Bai, so he thought she would immediately agree.

Yang Hui asked, "Do you want the princess to sue?"

"Yes, I heard that it was the son-in-law who discovered that Xue Bai was the son of a traitor, and told the right minister that he had ulterior motives. Now the lower official has found the evidence."

"That's right, it's really like that." Yang Hui sneered slightly, and asked, "Who arranged for you to watch at Zongsheng Palace?"

"Censor Pei Mian, he is Wang Zhongcheng's arm."

"Pei Mian?"

Yang Hui chewed on the name, and said slowly: "He let you find out that after Xue Bai met King Qing, you asked the princess to help?"

This is indeed the case, but Lu Xuan has made up his mind to take some of the credit that belongs to Pei Mian.

"The lower official has respect for the princess and the son-in-law, and is willing to give up his mind, so he will remind you as soon as he gets the news."

"Okay." Yang Hui praised, and said, "Unfortunately, the princess has been reprimanded by the sage in the past two months, and now she exposes it again, I'm afraid it will backfire."

"This……"

"I'll give you a chance to be rehabilitated." Yang Hui said, "You go to Princess Ning's son-in-law, Zhang Jie. He often walks with saints recently, and let him introduce him to the imperial court."

Lu Xuan was surprised, delighted and uncertain, hesitatingly said: "Can a saint trust an official?"

"The facts are all there, what are you afraid of?" Yang Hui said, "Go and prove this, and you will naturally be restored."

"Thank you son-in-law!"

Lu Hyun was overjoyed and thanked him quickly.

"Don't mention the princess again, otherwise it will be a waste of time."

Yang Hui waved his hand and asked someone to lead him to see Zhang Yi.

Li Niang sat there with a cold face, her expression was very angry, and she spat: "A bunch of dogs, they all dare to use me!"

Yang Hui's face also turned cold.

Since he even knew about Pei Mian, he would never be used by fools like Lu Xuan again, but...he has indeed been used too many times.

He couldn't help but let out a long sigh, and said, "In Shibalang's situation, they don't take us seriously for a long time."

"My son-in-law, why did you send him to see Zhang Jie?"

"The whole matter must have something to do with Zhang Yi. He was the one who wanted to marry Tang Chang, and he was the one who didn't. He was the one who married Li Heng, and it was his wife who sold Xue Pingzhao. You idiot, let him reveal himself."

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Lu Xuan had just left the other hall, when he heard a report,
"Master, Xue Bai has gone to the guest house of Mrs. Guo Guo."

His eyes flickered immediately.

Because he knew very well that the saint would not be happy that Xue Bai was the face of Mrs. Guo Guo.The last time he talked about this matter, the reason why he was demoted was because Concubine Yang said that he was "gossiping before the imperial court" and turned black and white.

But this time, Pei Mian's arrangement was so wonderful that he happened to come to Zongsheng Palace to catch his appearance.

With this expectation, Lu Hyun became more and more excited.

"Let's go to Princess Ningqin's villa."

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Zhang Yi was the son of the prime minister and was chosen as a son-in-law, so he was naturally very elegant.

He seemed to be in his forties, with a flowing beard and elegant demeanor.

When Lu Xuan arrived, he was receiving guests in the annex. Hearing that an official from the palace supervisor had come, he went to the courtyard to greet him in person, with an easy-going attitude.

After hearing Lu Xuan's explanation of his visit, Zhang Yi stroked his long beard and said with a smile, "Then please ask Master Lu to wait here, and when the sage calls me to discuss the Tao, you and I will meet together."

"Please take care, Prince Consort."

Lu Xuan only felt that a person with such a noble status could still treat him like a small official, and his affection for Zhang Yi increased greatly.

So he sat and waited in the verandah, sometimes looking out of the window, he could see many clansmen and nobles rushing into the hall, including Guangping Wang Li Chu.

At the time of Chunwei today, King Guangping was banned for half a year because he supported all the living beings to make troubles. Now that the time limit has not passed, he was able to come to Zhongnan Mountain with his royal driver. It must be known that even the prince did not come.

But I don't know if it's because the sage loves the emperor's grandson, or because he is wary of the East Palace?

Of course, King Guangping is close to his aunt and father, so there is nothing to criticize.

Thinking of this, Lu Xuan admired his son-in-law Zhang Jie more and more. He had contacts with everyone and was not feared. In fact, few people in the royal family could do this.

This waited for a long time, and sat there for a while in the middle, until the evening, the sage sent the palace guards to summon him.

There was also a young Taoist priest Li Mi who joined Zhang Yi in the meeting. The two walked in front of the saintly, and Lu Xuan followed behind, all the way to Ziyun Yanqing Tower.

The front of Yanqing Building was solemn and solemn.

Lu Xuan watched Gao Lishi come to welcome Zhang Yi and Li Mi in person, with a pleasant smile on his face, and relaxed a little.

After those three people had spoken, he dared to bow his body and go forward to salute Gao Lishi.

"What's the matter, Master Lu?"

Lu Hyun was about to speak.

The elegant and gentle Zhang Jie spoke first instead, saying: "Master Lu has an important matter, saying that Xue Baimi will meet Tang Chang Princess and King Qing, and also have an affair with Mrs. Guo State. The envoy of the supervisor Yuan wants to report directly to the saint."

"Oh?"

Gao Lishi turned his head to look, and Lu Hyun nodded quickly.

Zhang Jie said again: "It's just... Xue Bai, who Mr. Lu said was having an affair with Mrs. Guo Guo, was listening to Chang Yuan's "Tao Te Ching" with the kings and sons-in-law in my other hall at that time. Maybe I also participated. He has made a conspiracy without knowing it, so he was specially brought here to explain it to the sage."

Lu Hyun was taken aback, and opened his mouth.

Gao Lishi looked at Li Mi and asked in surprise, "This matter is related to Li Shentong?"

Inexplicably involved in the power struggle, Li Mi looked calm, and said truthfully: "It is true, yesterday in Shangshanchi, Xue Bai was there, King Qing was there, and I was also there; today in the other hall, Xue Bai is here, and the kings are here." I am here, too."

Lu Xuan suddenly became excited, and hurriedly said: "General Gao, listen to me, because this matter involves Xue Ruo..."

"Enough! Not tired yet?!"

Gao Lishi suddenly shouted.

In just five words, Lu Hyun was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat.

Only now did he realize that Zhang Yi's spring breeze and Gao Lishi's amiability were not for him.

"Wait."

After Gao Lishi finished speaking, he led Zhang Yi and Li Mi up the building.

Lu Xuan was terrified, looked up, Ziyun Yanqing upstairs surrounded by mist, a scene of fairyland.

~~
Li Longji was wearing a Taoist robe and was meditating.

When Gao Lishi stood behind him, he didn't even open his eyes, and asked lightly, "What's the noise?"

"It was Xue Bai who caused trouble again. With a bit of fame, he made friends everywhere in the Zongsheng Temple. He met kings, princesses, and concubines every day. Lu Xuan wanted to sue the saint..."

"Go to Lingnan when you're free." Li Longji was busy with immortality, and didn't have the patience to listen to these boring trifles.

Gao Lishi retreated silently, walked down the Yanqing Building, and arranged for someone to take Lu Xuan down.

This time, I went to Lingnan.

~~
Xue Bai knew that Lu Xuan had been staring at him in the Zongsheng Palace. In the past, he would try not to let Lu Xuan get the handle, but now that he changed his mind, he decided to take this opportunity to interact more with the clan.

Get close to them, get to know them, and become them later.

Therefore, after entering the guest house of Mrs. Guo, he immediately turned out and came to pay a visit to Zhang Yi.

He really wanted to know how Zhang Jie would explain it if it was revealed that Zhang Yi was taking care of the Anyefang house for Princess Tangchang.

As soon as they met, there were many eyes and ears around, but Zhang Jie only mentioned Xue Bai's current reputation, saying that he had admired him for a long time, and invited him to discuss the Tao together.

Today, Li Mi was lecturing on the "Tao Te Ching" in a calm manner, Xue Bai was listening in the hall, but his mind was full of thoughts of rebellious officials and thieves.

After the sage summoned Zhang Jie and Li Mi, Xue Bai didn't find a chance to whisper with Zhang Jie...Of course, he wasn't in a hurry at all, he had plenty of time.

When he got up, he heard someone calling behind him.

"Xue Bai, how about talking about Taoism together?"

Looking back, it was a luxurious and extraordinary young man, Li Chu, the king of Guangping.

Compared with Li Heng's cautiousness, Li Chu is quite bold at times, daring to communicate with some officials and Junwang.

"It's disrespectful, please."

The two young men left the other building and walked eastward aimlessly.

In front is Wenxiangou. Walking across the suspension bridge, there is a Huiling Temple with a beautiful scenery and a wide field of vision.

"I heard about you." Li Chu looked at the sky, letting the mountain wind blow his clothes, showing a heroic posture, "During the Liu Ji case, Li Jingzhong was too scared, and he did stupid and wrong things. wrong."

"It turns out that King Guangping has also heard about it."

"If I were you, I wouldn't tell this matter." Li Chu said, "This is for your own good. If I say it, it will embarrass Donggong and make it even more difficult... But I can protect you and resolve this matter."

Xue Bai asked, "How does King Guangping protect me?"

"I have a sister who is a compatriot. She is the third in the line of sisters. She has a lovely appearance, is sensitive and filial, and is very popular with my grandfather. We lost our mother when we were young. She was raised under the knee of Concubine Wei. She is a legitimate daughter."

With that said, Li Chu turned his head to look at Xue Bai, serious.

"You married my younger sister, and from then on, you can settle the feud with the East Palace. I will guarantee your future. No one will criticize you anymore, and you can show your talents to your heart's content. Today, you also saw my uncle and elder brother. Mr. Yuan, what kind of gods are they? You can live like that too."

Xue Bai didn't evade, looked straight into Li Chu's eyes, and replied, "King Guangping loves you very much, but I can't marry the county magistrate."

"Why?"

"I have something to hide, so I can't tell the truth."

"It's hard to tell?" Li Chu didn't expect such an answer, raised his eyebrows and said, "Really?"

Xue Bai was very sincere and said, "Really."

If he married Li Heng's daughter, he would no longer be able to claim the clan and usurp the throne.

Ever since he had ambitions, he has been inexplicably determined, and has no interest in Li Chu's wooing.

Li Chu was not angry at all, he was here to win over talents after all, he just frowned and pondered, and asked, "You...are you in poor health?"

"That's not it."

"Don't want to?"

"I can't."

Li Chu frowned, and asked again: "You already have a marriage contract?"

"King Guangping thinks that relationships other than marriage are unreliable?" Xue Bai didn't tangle with him, and said, "But even with marriage, the crown prince has reconciled twice, hasn't he?"

In a word, Li Chu was speechless.

He felt that Xue Bai was too rude, and knowing that talented people often have arrogance, he was willing to tolerate it, and finally smiled bitterly.

"Grandpa has his helplessness. The past is over, so don't worry about it."

"Yes, the past is over."

"Let's not talk about this anymore." Li Chu said: "What I really want to talk to you about is the tax law. Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the Juntian, Fubing, and Zuyongtiao have come to a time when the old must be destroyed and the new must be established. This is the consensus between you and me. Of course?"

Xue Bai nodded, but still didn't intend to have a deep talk with him.

Talking about it, right now it is just a castle in the air, and there is no possibility of implementation, so what's the point of talking about it on paper?
Not even freedom.

As the dusk faded, the two turned and walked back.

Suddenly, a group of imperial guards passed by, and among them was Lu Xuan, a green-robed official who was being escorted.

"Xue Bai! You are the son of a traitor..."

Lu Xuan was only halfway through shouting, but his mouth was already gagged, so as not to disturb the tranquility of the blessed land of Taoism.

Li Chu was slightly surprised and asked, "That's it?"

"Ge Nu's subordinates want to harm me again." Xue Bai responded flatly, "However, I can already protect myself."

Li Chu was taken aback for a moment, and faintly heard something in his words.

Xue Bai resigned, and from the fact that Lu Xuan was convicted, he knew that he had added a new ally today.

As for Li Chu's solicitation... After coming out of the pit, he no longer expected others to protect him.

It is better to trust yourself than others.

From the point of view, at least he has more freedom than Li Chu, the emperor's grandson who lives deep in the Baisunyuan...

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