Loyalty Hou Tiansheng rebellious

"...Brother."

Xingchang Palace, Li Yan thought for a long time before calling out these two words.

He flicked his sleeves and took a seat in front of the chief case.

He Xing ran away, leaving behind only a light and joking letter.According to the servants in the palace, Li Yu stayed in the palace alone for a day.

Li Yu looked a bit like a barbarian, with a tall figure, but at that time he was so depressed that he looked like a mountain had collapsed.When he came out, he was unshaven and his eyes were red. People around him thought he was hysterical.

At this time, it was trimmed again, the hair was tied up, and he put on the heavy clothes with borders of Hou Wang.Seeing Li Yan coming, he stood up and bowed, arched his hands and raised his eyebrows, all in a very stable and natural appearance.

—Brother.

In fact, Li Yan had never called him that way before, and when he called it at this time, Li Yan himself didn't know what he meant.

Li Yu didn't think too much, just lowered his eyes - his eyes were very beautiful, with a dark brown color.

After Li Yan and Chen Hen behind him sat down in front of the long table, Li Yu sat down opposite, pursed the corners of his lips, and took out three rolls of silk from his sleeve.

Instead of presenting it directly to Li Yan, he opened his mouth and said softly: "Chenqi missed a trick."

Brother or something, shouting once is enough, shouting too much, it's like sympathy and charity.

Li Yan was silent.

"These three volumes of silk books, one volume is the list of officials at all levels in central Fujian, and all the ministers' understanding of them is written on it; the other volume is the topographic map of central Fujian, which I asked my subordinates to do when I became a vassal; and the other The volume is the deployment map of Minzhong, but I don’t know..." Li Yu paused, and then said, "I just don’t know if the rebels will change their deployment, so this volume may not be very useful."

"It's work."

But Li Yu withdrew his hand back: "I dare you."

This is to use these three volumes of silk script to negotiate terms.

He continued: "I'm a barbarian. I'm not purely Han. I'm not used to staying in the Central Plains. During those few years in Central Fujian, I acted in accordance with the imperial edict."

Li Yu got up, retreated a few steps in front of the case, and kowtowed to Li Yan: "I have heard that the northwest is uncertain, so I dare to ask the emperor for permission."

He is going to the northwest.

Li Yan raised his eyebrows.

Going to the northwest, that's nothing.The soldiers in the Northwest used to be under the old general Wu of the Zhenyuan Mansion, and no one could make waves.As for Li Yu's going, he probably just felt disheartened and had no other intentions.

Li Yan nodded in agreement, but he still knelt down.

Li Yan also knew what he wanted, so he just leaned forward and asked him deliberately: "What else do you want?"

"He Xing."

Li Yan laughed: "Did you break your hands and feet and send them to you?"

"No need." Li Yu rested his forehead on the ground, "Let him play the pipa in the band."

After a while, Li Yan nodded again and said hello.

You have no jokes.

Li Yu kowtowed, got up and made a bow again: "I have stayed in Fujian for at least a few years. I should explain the affairs of Fujian to the emperor in detail."

"If I shouldn't, why don't you just stop talking?"

"If the emperor doesn't agree, I'll give you the silk book, and I won't open my mouth." Li Yu laughed for the first time today, "We brothers are fighting to the death, and it won't be his turn to have a different surname."

"It turns out he wasn't..."

"Even if he is, can the emperor approve it? If the emperor does not allow it, he is not. He will always have a foreign surname, and the surname He is of humble origin." Li Yu's face froze, and then he smiled to cover up, "I still give it to the emperor." Let’s talk about Minzhong.”

After all, he had nothing to do, so Li Yu wrote three volumes of silk scripts to explain the topographical deployment of central Fujian thoroughly.

The two meals were settled by the desk, and when it was later in the night, Li Yu took a chance and took the call, sending Li Yan and Chen Hen out.

Standing at the bottom of the steps, Li Yu bowed and said, "Respectfully send off the emperor, and respectfully send off Mr. Chen."

Li Yan didn't look back, but Chen Hen returned the gift.

As soon as Chen Hen turned his head, Li Yan had already walked two or three steps away, and now he slowed down and was waiting for him.

Chen Hen cupped his hands towards Li Yu again, turned around and quickened his pace, and caught up with Li Yan.

After walking for a while, Li Yan raised his head and looked at the sky: "Xunzhi hasn't come back yet, I'm afraid he won't be able to catch He Xing for a while."

"Where is Minzhong?"

"When I go back tonight, I will pass on the documents, and tell Jiangnan and Lingnan to be ready."

I'm afraid Jiangnan and Lingnan are not well prepared. Jiangnan is still undergoing restructuring. In Lingnan, when Chen Hen accompanied him back from the Lingnan fiefdom, the land was still very poor.

Chen Hen thought about it again, and asked, "Then Ryukyu?"

Li Yan sighed: "Think long-term."

Coastal defense has always been the most difficult, and Central Fujian is close to Ryukyu. If you are lucky, you can cross it with a small sampan. If you can't catch He Xing in Central Fujian, then it will be the most troublesome.

Chen Hen responded, hanging his head to think about things.

After walking for a while, Li Yan held his hand as he walked through the flower gallery.

In spring, it was still on Jiuyuan Mountain. The mountain was colder, and the vines attached to the flower corridor only grew flower buds. The moonlight shone down on the skirt and the hem of the clothes, making a patchwork of flower shadows.

Li Yan seemed to say casually: "Actually, we brothers are very similar to the father."

"Huh?" Chen Hen was startled, and then slowed down his voice, "How could it be like that?"

"Father has been decisive in killing and killing all his life. He likes to hold power in the palm of his hand and cannot tolerate disobedience from others. Even if there is only a slight hint, he will strangle to death at all costs."

Chen Hen lowered his eyes and remained silent.

"Just now Li Yu said that the appearance of 'He surnamed cheap' is the most similar to him. But he has the blood of the barbarian, so he is the least like him." Li Yan thought for a while, "I also look like the elder brother, the elder brother In fact, it is very powerful, it sharpens its claws and is ruthless."

"No." Chen Hen retorted softly, "The prince is the most gentle person in the world."

"It's just that he put away his claws in front of us, and he made his tactics stronger little by little for us." Li Yan thought for a while, "But brother Huang is not like him, as you said, Brother Huang is also gentle, he is gentle to us brothers and sisters."

He added: "There are two people who are most like my father. One is Li Tan. Li Tan is slutty and beautiful. There are 3000 people in my father's empress palace. In this respect, Li Tan is very similar to him."

"There is one more?" Chen Hen thought, could he be talking about He Xing?

"There is one more—" Li Yan said, "It's me."

"Why did the emperor suddenly say that?" Chen Hen grabbed his hand tightly.

"Father is paranoid. He won't let go of what he believes in until he dies. He likes power. Before he died, he asked Li Tan to put the jade seal by his pillow; the person he likes will get it even if his limbs are broken. .”

"But……"

"Brother Huang is generous, he didn't care about anything when he died; that Li Tan in Jiangnan Zhuangzi was willing to go to such a far place; just now that Li Yu, I said I broke He Xing's limbs for him, and he also No, I'd rather let He Xing play the pipa. They—" Li Yan paused, "all of them are people who can afford to let go."

"My lord."

At this time, walking through the flower corridor, under the shadow of moonlight and flowers, Li Yan smiled and held his hand in his palm: "You have to be careful, once I pick it up, I won't be able to put it down."

On April [-]th, Shengjia returned to the city.

There was chaos in Chang'an City for a while, and when they returned, there was a convoy of carriages one after another for the sake of caution.

At the end was the prison cart and several courtiers from aristocratic families who were making trouble.

The carriage passed by Zhuque Long Street, Chen Hen lifted the curtain and looked outside, only to see the Xu Mansion with the main entrance tightly closed.

Li Yan glanced at it, and said: "Xu Zhenmian is gone, his mother is a princess, and she has a fief in the east, so he went back there."

"Gone?" Chen Hen was taken aback, "His illness hasn't yet..."

Li Yan twisted his sleeves: "Dr. Zhang has brought out a few apprentices in the past few years, and they are still useful. But he is not here, so I am still worried. If you pay attention to these few years, don't make yourself left. The one on the right side was injured, so I asked Doctor Zhang to treat Xu Zhenmian."

Chen Hen nodded: "That slave is paying attention."

"Well, send him there in a few days."

Counting the days, the deadline for completing the task is approaching.Chen Hen said again: "My lord, to rehabilitate the crown prince, and to liquidate the Xu family, can it come down at the end of April?"

He thought about it, and felt a little embarrassed about forcing him to work overtime to make the case file, so he added: "If it is difficult for the cabinet to make it so quickly, I can help you with the work."

Li Yan glanced at him: "I don't need you, the pavilion will be finished soon, and I can come out in a few days."

"it is good."

Li Yan sighed: "You still have something to hide from me."

"This matter..." Chen Hen scratched his hair twice, he really couldn't say anything about this matter, "Whenever you have a chance, let's tell the emperor."

The carriage went straight to the front of the Yangju Hall, and hadn't returned in January. Eunuch Gao led the palace people and waited at the foot of the steps.

The journey was full of wind and dust, and the carriage bumped violently along the way. After a hasty lunch, I went back to the Nuan Pavilion to the west to sleep.

He slept until evening, when the afterglow of the setting sun shone through the window paper, Eunuch Gao called him up: "Li Ting, wake up."

Chen Hen rubbed his eyes, was stunned for a while, and suddenly realized: "Oh, it's time for the emperor to have dinner, Eunuch Gao, please wait a moment, I will clean up, and it will be over."

"The emperor doesn't need dinner for now, but you still have to clean up first."

"The emperor has gone out?"

"No, the emperor is waiting for you in the Yangju Hall, you go and change your clothes."

Chen Hen looked down at the blue shirt on his body: "I'm not dirty, could it be that I'm ugly?"

"You look good, you look better in a change of clothes." Eunuch Gao clapped his hands, and the little eunuchs who had been waiting outside came in one after another with their own things.

Chen Hen leaned over to take a look, the bathtub, hot water and new clothes, they meant clearly that they wanted him to wash clean before changing into clothes.

But that's all?

"Hey! Don't sprinkle the petals, it doesn't suit my temperament!" Chen Hen bent down and fished out two or three petals scattered on the water one by one, "Wait, why is this water fragrant? Eunuch Gao?"

He reacted quickly, covering his face with his sleeve: "Okay, I probably know what to do, you guys go out, I will come by myself."

Eunuch Gao waved his hand, sent all the little eunuchs out, and asked softly, "Li Ting, are you afraid?"

Chen Hen waved his hands: "I'm not cowardly, and it's not that I haven't done it before..." He glared at Eunuch Gao: "Eunuch Gao, you really are getting more and more dishonest as you get older."

Eunuch Gao was speechless for a while, so who is being dishonest?