Fu Tang

Shi Xueting originally read the book by himself and ignored Shi Qingsong, but after hearing what Shi Qingsong said, he couldn't help but put down the book in his hand, staring at him sharply: "What do you want to say?"

"Amitabha." Shi Qingsong said, "I don't intend to take care of you, but no matter what, you are always my disciple, and it's a relationship where one prospers, one prospers and one loses. The reason why I remind you is just to fear that you will go astray."

Shi Xueting sneered: "You want to control me again."

Shi Qingsong shook his head: "In the past, I was obsessed with obsession. If you and the city lord are in love, then that's fine. If not... how will you deal with yourself in the future? This is all I said, so you should think about it carefully."

Shi Xueting watched Shi Qingsong leave with gloomy eyes, picked up the book and wanted to continue reading, but found that he couldn't read a single word, his mind was full of Shi Qingsong's words "The city lord is interested in you".

Shi Xueting was a little annoyed, he began to analyze why Shi Qingsong said that, did he really care about himself as he said, or...was he being instigated by someone with a heart?

It's no wonder that he speculated about Shi Qingsong so much, mainly because Shi Qingsong had advised Li Hongji before, if Li Hongji asked him to do so, it would make sense.

However, Shi Qingsong also said just now that he knew it through the time he was injured. Li Hongji had already gone to the front line, so he probably didn't know about it.

Shi Xueting thought about it for a long time but couldn't figure out what was going on, so he sighed and thought about it, no matter what purpose Shi Qingsong had, he might not be able to stir up trouble now.

Shi Xueting is no longer the child who was dependent and controlled by others.

In fact, what worried him even more was that Shi Qingsong saw it, so who else saw it?

How could Shi Xueting not see that Li Congjia was interested in him?The intimacy between the two of them has long surpassed the relationship between ordinary monarchs and ministers.

That's right, some brothers or friends who have a good relationship are very close, and even fall asleep on their feet. However, the relationship between him and Li Congjia is no longer even a relationship between falling on their feet. Many small actions have long exceeded the boundaries of ordinary friends.

And that kiss from Li Congjia, he also avoided it by just waking up and still being confused.

During the period of recuperation, Shi Xueting also thought a lot. He had to make sure whether he really liked Li Congjia. After a while, the answer should be yes. If he didn't really like Li Congjia, how could he have that kind of desire The idea of ​​giving Li Congjia the best things in the world?

Does he really not want that treasure?Has he really never thought about making contributions and restoring the old country?

No, it's just because Li Congjia also has such wishes and ideas, so he is willing to contribute to Li Congjia.

As for not wanting anything, it is because he knows very well in his heart that all the contradictions were not highlighted at the beginning of everything, but once he really sits on the world, he doesn't even need to sit on the world, even if he has a stable country, when the time comes There will be mutual suspicion between the superior and the powerful minister.

No matter how deep the feelings are, they cannot help such suspicion. Shi Xueting would rather be a monk who transcends the world, at least when Li Congjia thinks of him in the future, he will only think of his good.

Shi Xueting didn't know when he fell in love with Li Congjia, maybe it was because he had a crush on Li Congjia when they first met, or maybe he gradually developed a heart of admiration in the fugitive life of each other in the future.

However, no matter what, this feeling can't be publicized. Shi Xueting didn't say it because he felt that even if he said it, he was doomed to have no good excuses.

Shi Qingsong can see that Li Congjia is interested in him, and Shi Xueting can naturally see it too, but... just being intentional is not enough, there is not enough liking, even if Shi Xueting goes to recommend himself now, he will be separated in the future, and there will be many people in his life. Awkward.

The reason why Shi Xueting thought so was because Li Congjia hadn't made any moves.

Over the years, the most excessive thing Li Congjia did was touch his body or head occasionally, which made Shi Xueting feel that Li Congjia only admired his appearance.

If you really like... what is Li Congjia's identity?How can you hold back?Even if someone is unwilling to say something, can he still refuse?

The superior person is born with a predatory nature, Shi Xueting has known Li Congjia for a long time, and feels that the other party is just hiding it well, otherwise why did Li Congjia conflict with Zhao Kuangyin?Why did he have to go far to the Western Regions? Isn't it just because he wants to completely control his own power?

Shi Xueting also couldn't refuse, this is power, and Li Congjia never made such a request, even if it was because he valued him, he was not far from being humiliated, but he never even made tentative words.

President Shi Xue let out a sigh of relief, and told himself again that there are some things that cannot be said, at least not now, not to mention that things are busy now, who has the time to talk about love?

Shi Xueting tidied up his mood and decided to let nature take its course. Even if he really wanted to get Li Congjia, he needed time to "seduce". In fact, he never refused Li Congjia's intimacy, and it might be another way To lure, he has to let Li Congjia get used to it little by little, little by little...become inseparable from him before he can make a move.

A confession should be a victory call, not an offense.

Li Congjia, who came to see him again, was keenly aware that Shi Xueting seemed to have something on his mind, but when he wanted to investigate carefully, he found that the other party had returned to his usual indifferent appearance.

When Shi Xueting saw Li Congjia, he said, "My injury is almost healed. In a few days, I'll go find Zaizhi."

The prime minister here is talking about Li Hongji. The prime minister is the city built by the prime ministers of the Song Dynasty. Right... second only to him, Li Congjia even listened to him in many cases.

This situation made Li Congjia feel a sense of crisis. It was not that he was ungrateful, but that the court must pay attention to a balance. If a person has too much power, he needs someone to restrain him. Even Li Congjia has various ministers to restrain him?

However, because no one could compete with Zhou Zong before, Li Congjia could only let Zhou Zong's power grow. Fortunately, Li Hongji came.

According to his age and seniority, Li Hongji is actually not qualified enough to contain Zhou Zong. However, who made him Li Congjia's eldest brother? He is already above everyone else in terms of identity. In addition, he is indeed good at fighting. The position of prime minister is called prime minister, and the military focus and power have been shifted to Li Hongji's hands little by little.

Of course, Li Hongji has no soldiers in his hands, so he can only make various suggestions to Li Congjia, and then Li Congjia will discuss with everyone. The real commanders of the soldiers are the officials of the Ministry of War and the military leaders of the various armies, and these military leaders, Li Congjia are all It is guaranteed that only those who are loyal to him can be qualified.

In this way, a perfect containment circle is formed, no one has absolute rights, but no one will be emptied.

As for Zhou Zong, his power is still great, but it has been weakened a lot invisibly. The most important thing is that there are almost no disciples of him in the current court, and his only son is kept by Li Congjia's side as a secretary.

Zhou Zong has been in the court for a long time, and he is clear about these things. Looking at the intention of Li Congjia's official position establishment, he knows that he is dividing power, not only the power of the cabinet, but also the power of the prime minister, and even the power of the monarch. All were suppressed, and there was no concentration of imperial power.

Li Congjia acted aboveboard from the beginning to the end, just telling everyone not to think of being the best, so Zhou Zong would honestly not touch things that he couldn't touch.

Li Hongji's chancellor did quite well, but because of Shi Xueting's hand, he had to go out to fight, and the things that belonged to him were assigned to Zhou Zong and Li Ping, and Li Congjia also had a headache. Zaizhi still should have a deputy, but... there are few people.

Li Congjia was worried in his heart, but on the surface he said: "Didn't the doctor say that he should take good care of him, what if the root of the disease falls?"

Shi Xueting stood up and said, "Don't worry, sir, I will pay attention."

Li Congjia was a little hesitant, he knew it was best to let Li Congjia go quickly, after all he was the great general Tiance, but he was really worried: "I... haven't found out who actually assassinated you."

Li Congjia was a little embarrassed, he had vowed to Shi Xueting before that he would avenge him, but now that he hasn't even found the right lord, how can we talk about revenge?

He knew that he would definitely not be able to spare the thirteenth prince and the seventh prince, anyway, it must have been done by these two people, Long Lei would not assassinate Shi Xueting unless he wanted to kill anyone.

But that may be a very long process.

Shi Xueting said with a smile: "It's okay, that person probably won't attack again, hasn't Chief Zai been assassinated for a long time?"

Li Congjiaxin said that it was because they didn't know Li Hongji's real identity. He dared to say that even the Dragon King might not know much about the situation in Anning City. After all, this city was guarded by them like a bucket. , Don’t even think about the inner city, you need various identification documents to enter the inner city.

However, Shi Xueting insisted that Li Congjia couldn't lock him in the room, so he had to seriously tell him: "This time, even if you go back to sleep, you have to wear gold silk soft armor. I have someone make a new one, which is better than the previous one. Make it more comfortable, don't take it off again, oh, I also got some antidotes, although the effect is mediocre, but the advantage is that it has some delayed effects on any poison, so you should keep it close to your body."

Shi Xueting looked at the things Li Congjia had prepared for him, dumbfounded. What he knew was that he was going to fight, but those who didn't know thought he was going to Longtan and Tiger's Den!

However, in Li Congjia's eyes, the battlefield is not much different from Longtan and Tiger's Den.

When Zhou Zong and Li Congjia sent Shi Xueting away, Li Congjia wanted to tell him not to go, but it was hard to say so, so he could only hold back, and in the end, others saw his reluctance. He took people away and disappeared, and he was still standing at the door watching!

Zhou Zong suddenly had a not-so-good idea in his mind. In fact, he also had this idea at the beginning. However, the relationship between Li Congjia and Zhou Ehuang has always been very good. When they were newly married, it was like a sweet match, which made Zhou Zong not happy. Think more.

But after arriving in Anning City, Zhou Zong's wife found that Li Congjia and Zhou Ehuang seemed... not as close as before. A mother is always worried about her daughter, especially now that her daughter has only one son, so she can't help but talk about Zhou Ehuang.

Zhou Ehuang is also bitter in her heart, she is now resigned to her fate, after so many years, what Li Congjia used to look like has become a vague shadow, and now Li Congjia has tied their family to a chariot, for the sake of the family, for herself and for Li Zhongyu , she could no longer refuse Li Congjia's closeness.

However, she is the official wife, so it is impossible for her to speak frankly to Li Congjia, so the most she can do is cook for Li Congjia herself, but... Li Congjia just refuses to get close to her, what can she do?She can't have a baby by herself!

Over time, Mrs. Zhou Zong understood a little bit, and couldn't help talking to Zhou Zong when she usually talked.

Zhou Zong originally thought that Zhou Ehuang had fallen out of favor, but since Li Congjia did not favor other women, he was not worried about the mother and son, but now... from the courtier's point of view, he really wanted to I am very worried!

Zhou Zong would really rather Li Congjia spoil other women than Shi Xueting!

Lord Shoufu's hair was turning gray, and it was not easy for him to tell Li Congjia about this kind of thing. However, seeing that the city lord wanted to ask Shi Xueting where he was today and what he was doing every day, he finally couldn't bear it. I couldn't help but decided to talk to Li Congjia as an elder.

Li Congjia was processing various documents, and three secretaries were assisting with the processing. When he saw Zhou Zong coming, he couldn't help being very surprised: "Is there something important for the chief assistant to go and return?"

Yes, it wasn't long after they finished discussing matters. If Zhou Zong had nothing to do, he might not come back again.

Zhou Zong glanced at the three of them, Zhou Ye, coughed lightly and said, "Old minister, I want to talk to the city lord alone."

Although Li Congjia was puzzled, he turned to Zhou Ye and the others and said, "Let's stop here today, you guys go back first."

Zhou Ye was very curious in his heart, but he restrained himself from watching it too much. Zhou Zong had taught him not once because he was impulsive and talkative.

After the three of them had left, Li Congjia asked, "Shoufu has something to say."

Li Congjia had no idea what Zhou Zong wanted to say about things that needed to be avoided.

Before Zhou Zonglai thought about it for a long time, what kind of tone to use and how to say it would not offend Li Congjia, but after thinking about it for a long time, he found that as long as he mentioned this matter to Li Congjia, the other party would definitely be unhappy.

Since this is the case, then you can only either not say anything, or just say it.

Zhou Zong chose to speak directly, so he just said: "What is the rule of the city lord to Master Rui'an?"

Li Congjia looked at him inexplicably, and asked, "What do you mean?"

Does this mean that he doesn't treat Shi Xueting well, so come to seal Shi Xueting?But Zhou Zong had never mentioned this matter before, why did he suddenly say such a thing?

Zhou Zong said: "The city lord and Guru Rui'an met at a very young age, so the relationship is different from others. However, the guru is not an ordinary person. Even if the city lord has the intention of admiring him, he must treat him with respect."

Li Congjia:! ! ! ! !

Seeing Li Congjia standing there in a daze, Zhou Zong also felt that what he said was too straightforward, so he said again: "Master has a disgraceful past, which cannot be concealed. Fortunately, he has made contributions to the country now, and others can't talk about it." It’s just that he couldn’t help himself back then, if someone else knew what the city lord was thinking, he might have other ideas, not to mention...the master may not be able to accept it.”

After Zhou Zong finished speaking, he shut up and stood aside, leaving time for Li Congjia to respond.

Li Congjia was silent for a while, and then slowly said: "Thank you for the reminder, Chief Assistant, I didn't think carefully, I will... think about it carefully."

Zhou Zong sighed in his heart, and said again: "The guru is not a thing in the pool. The city lord is for his own good, so it is better not to favor him too much."

After Zhou Zong finished speaking, he saluted and withdrew.

Sitting there, Li Congjia thought to himself, Zhou Zong's words are really interesting, too much favor, what is too much favor?Could it be that he treats Shi Xueting a little better, even if it is too much favor?

However, thinking of what Zhou Zong said before, his heart sank slightly again. Zhou Zong's words were like a bucket of cold water, directly pouring his heart cold.

In fact, what Zhou Zong said was not too much, and what he said was for Shi Xueting's consideration. If Zhou Zong just said that it was wrong for Li Congjia to like Shi Xueting, he might still feel annoyed, but he could accept it instead.

Li Congjia was just sitting like that in Zichen Palace, as if he had thought a lot, and his mind was blank, he didn't think about anything. When it was dark, he came back to his senses and found that his legs were numb.

Li Congjia sighed for a long time, and suddenly felt a little dispirited, so what if he was sitting on the world?He doesn't care so much about fine clothes and delicious food. Maybe being in a high position is not as easy as two ordinary people. At least apart from your family, no one will come to persuade you not to like anyone.

Zhou Zong found that since he finished talking with Li Congjia, Li Congjia's energy had disappeared, and he became very casual. Of course, it meant that he didn't work, but he didn't mean to be as exhausted as before.

This... they have just started, how can this work?

The other half of Zhou Zong's hair felt like it was going to be gray, and he couldn't figure it out, how could this happen?He originally thought that at most he was being ignored by Li Congjia, but he was more stubborn, after all, he was capable here, so what was he afraid of?

Only now what the hell is this for?

Why else?I'm out of energy.

It's a man who doesn't want to wake up and take power in the world, and lie drunk on the lap of a beauty?

Now Zhou Zong directly eliminated the latter possibility, and the former... It can be seen from the fact that Li Congjia went to study the unpopular professional archaeology, he himself does not have much ambition.

Fortunately, this state only lasted for a short period of time. After all, Li Congjia is still a responsible person. Now so many people point at him to eat, even Saya can see that he wants to be self-reliant. This guess, so now the Dragon King chooses to cooperate with him because he has no choice but to do so.

Then he must try his best to get more benefits through this war, and strive to have the capital to compete with the Dragon King when the war is over.

Li Congjia found time to meet Saya, and in order to show his sincerity, Saya went directly to meet him outside Anning City.

Sha Ye is a middle-aged man in his 40s, with a dark face, but a pair of eyes are very bright. Li Congjia can see that there is desire and ambition in those eyes.

He is not afraid of people with ambition, and people without ambition have no motivation. His previous state well explained this point.

Sha Ye was very respectful to Li Congjia from the beginning to the end, and said that if Li Congjia allowed, he hoped to move the family to Anning City, of course the outer city.

Li Congjia is also very satisfied with Saya. This person is very smart and has a sense of proportion. He knows what he wants and what his family needs most.

In order to show his ability, Sha Ye said after Li Congjia accepted his surrender: "It is actually not difficult for the city lord to take control of Suzhou. Now Suzhou is hard to return, and the Long family is in chaos. It is basically resolved by force." , while the other families... are busy fighting for their own interests, and no one cares about Suzhou. This time, the campaign against the Guiyi Army is the last effort of the Dragon King, and it seems that the effect is not very good so far."

Li Congjia was quite interested, and now he was short of someone who knew Suzhou very well, so he said with a smile, "In your opinion, what should I do?"

How could Saya not know that Li Congjia was testing him, and he didn't really do what he said, but he still replied very responsibly: "The city owner doesn't need to do anything now, just wait."

"Wait?"

Sha Ye nodded firmly: "Yes, when the Dragon King dies, there will be chaos."

"Oh? You don't like the crown prince?" Li Congjia was very curious. He really wanted to know what Suzhou people thought of Long Lei.

Sha Ye shook his head: "The Crown Prince is brave enough to be brave but lacks in wisdom. I'm afraid he won't be the opponent of the Seventh Prince. Even if the Dragon King hadn't abolished him before his death, the Seventh Prince would not let him ascend the throne smoothly."

This was similar to their opinion. Li Congjia knew it well, and after a few words of comfort to Saya, he left the task of relocating Saya to Yang Xin. After all, Yang Xin was more familiar with Saya.

After returning, Li Congjia and Zhou Zong were discussing this matter. While chatting with Sha Ye, Li Congjia faintly realized that the Sha family might not be the only one behind Sha Ye.

Zhou Zong felt that this was normal. After all, if it was just a Sha family, they might not have the courage to join Li Congjia. After all, how could they compete with the original forces and gain benefits?

When they were discussing how to arrange these Suzhou families, Zhu Yuanbai came in and knelt down and cried, "City Lord, Nanchang...it's over."