Qi Huang

In fact, Xie Xuan slept fairly well this time.

Although what happened last night was physically exhausting, it was also a rare moment for him to relax for a while. He put his complicated thoughts behind him and let his most primitive desires engulf all his rationality.

He woke up before dawn.Feng Jiuyuan was still sleeping, Xie Xuan didn't wake him up, only left a letter, and left the mansion by himself.

Naturally, there were several guards by his side. The guards thought that His Royal Highness the Thirteenth was going back to the post house, and the carriage was ready, but they saw him pointing to the other side of the long street: "Go to the state mansion."

"Ah?" The guard driving the car was taken aback, "Going back again?"

It's not yet full light, and the chickens in the city haven't had time to crow, so what's the point of knocking on the door of the government office at this time?

But they didn't dare to ask more, they only felt that their little Highness's complexion looked both tired and rosy at the same time, which was extremely contradictory.

The carriage Dada turned back along the familiar road. At this time, many merchants in the morning market had gathered, and the streets and alleys were not as quiet as at night.

After Xie Xuan looked around aimlessly for several times, the carriage creaked to a stop.

The guard went up to help him down, and when he reached the last step, Xie Xuan paused slightly, looked up slightly at the huge plaque hanging above the government office gate, and narrowed his eyes.

When it came time to dismount, he stopped there nonchalantly, turned his head without saying a word, and his hesitant gaze made the guard feel uncomfortable.

"...What orders does Your Highness have?"

"Do you have a knife on you?" Xie Xuan said, "Two fingers will do."

Li Jingyang was having a sound dream.During the day, his goal was achieved, he was in a good mood, and his dreams were full of great happy events. He dreamed that he was promoted from the position of Yongzhou Prefecture, went to Beijing, and was named a third-rank official by the Queen Mother.But before he even put on his official hat, he was woken up by a yell.

Said yes, Xie Xuan came again.

Xie Xuan is here again? !

Li Jingyang thought he had heard it wrong, so he followed his servant and hurried out to look, and he really saw Xie Xuan standing with his hands behind his back under the corridor.

The color of the robe on his body is dull, and the style is not new. It is mainly black, so the skin color is particularly eye-catching in this dark sky.

It's just that for some reason, the clothes look a bit loose, as if they don't suit Xie Xuan.

They were still drinking together a few quarters of an hour ago, and Xie Xuan wasn't wearing this one.

Li Jingyang hid behind the door to observe for a while, and decided it's better not to see Xie Xuan yet.

Li Ranran had just been sent to Feng Jiuyuan's mansion, and the medicine that was poured into Feng Jiuyuan's wine was particularly effective, and it was impossible for people to resist it with reason.

Doesn't it mean that Feng Jiuyuan drank this glass of wine that he is willing to marry the Li family?Are you willing to conspire with the Li family for a great cause?

If Li Ranran succeeds, Li and Feng's family may be bound together since then.

The relationship between the two families was pretty good more than ten years ago. At that time, Feng Yi was still there and had contacts with the Li family, but the Qin family and Xiao family were always excluded.If it hadn't been for the Xiao family's accident, they and the Huaiyuan Palace might have been separated from each other long ago.

The Xie family sat in this position, but they sat for too long.

Before Ran Ran is done, nothing can go wrong with what they plan.

Li Jingyang thought well, and stopped in time. He beckoned his servant to come over, and explained what to say so that Xie Xuan could go back home without offending him.

He was still thinking about the letter asking the Queen Mother to depose him.

He had a good plan, but unfortunately Xie Xuan didn't want to take the usual path.

I saw the door was moved a crack, and it was smashed open with a "bang" from the outside to the inside.

A servant was hiding at the door, and happened to be smashed by the heavy wooden door, and fell down at Li Jingyang's feet clutching his head.The people in the courtyard were frightened by the movement, and all retreated to avoid it.

Among them, Li Jingyang's face was the most ugly.On the other side, Xie Xuan was surrounded by guards and stepped over the threshold, walking in with a smile on her face.

"Master Li, we meet again."

Seeing that Li Jingyang didn't move, Xie Xuan said again: "Why is Master Li looking at me like this? We only drank wine last night and didn't have time to talk about serious matters. I was thinking that I need to see Master Li again as soon as possible to avoid long nights and dreams."

business?

Li Jingyang's face turned greener.

Xie Xuan broke in so grandiosely, could it be that he has some evidence of his crime and came to Xingshi to question him?But apart from what Li Jin told him, he hasn't done anything recently... Even the unwarranted incident at this moment is a vacancy...

"The little highness came down suddenly, and the officials didn't receive him in time..." Li Jingyang greeted him with a smile while considering his words, "I don't know what the little highness is talking about, but you are so eager?"

Xie Xuan didn't answer but asked instead: "Is the Lizhou government not aware?"

"..." Li Jingyang opened his mouth, went through the matter in his mind, and shook his head, "I don't know."

Xie Xuan stopped talking.

The more silent he was, the more Li Jingyang's heart beat.

What exactly is Xie Xuan doing?

If he knew about the old affairs of the Xiao family, he could be regarded as the Queen Mother's faction.The recent undercurrents in Yongzhou also stem from this. He is not busy cleaning up the mess for the Queen Mother, so why is he so obsessed with Li Jingyang?

If he didn't know, these behaviors would be even more weird now.

In the deathly silence, Xie Xuan chuckled and said: "Master Li, why is he so forgetful? When the imperial decree came down a few days ago, the emperor's grandmother urged me to make complete preparations for the canal as soon as possible. Master Li You've been ill for a long time, and you even forgot about this?"

Li Jingyang was startled.

Was it about the canal?

He breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, there were so many things that he almost forgot why Xie Xuan went to Yongzhou.Before Xie Xuan came, it was Li Jingyang who had been in charge of supervising this matter, recruiting workers on the one hand and building the supervision platform on the other.He sent people up and down to handle the manpower, objects, and money, which is why he was able to keep Xie Xuan and others stuck in the post for several months at the beginning.

Hearing has nothing to do with their secret plots.The bluish-gray breath on Li Jingyang's face faded, and finally he smiled again.

The two walked in hand in hand.

"I'm in a hurry, my lord, don't blame me." Xie Xuan said with a smile, "If this matter is not done step by step, my heart will not be at ease all day long, and I am always worried that the imperial grandmother will blame me. That's why when I thought of this matter last night, Came here in a hurry this morning."

Li Jingyang waved his hand: "It's my fault too, this illness came at an inopportune time, and His Highness the Thirteenth has been delayed for so long."

The two of them looked like brothers, they crossed the front yard and stepped into the main hall in a few steps.

Because it was just early in the morning, there was no one in the huge state government office.There were only a few scattered nursing homes, and after Xie Xuan's arrival, in order to avoid collisions, they retreated to the corners not far or near.

Xie Xuan sighed: "Actually, I don't know anything about the construction of canals, but this is my proposal, and it must have a beginning and an end. It is winter now, and spring will come after the year is over. This matter cannot be delayed any longer."

As he said that, he put it on Li Jingyang's round shoulders melancholy: "Is there anyone for Mr. Li?"

Li Jingyang was slightly surprised: "Can't the adults from the Ministry of Industry do it?"

"Okay, it's just that they came from the middle of the capital, and they are not very familiar with Yongzhou. If there is bad weather, maybe you local people don't know about it." Xie Xuan said, "I have my elder brother or the emperor's grandmother working in the palace. Caring for me, but now I can only rely on myself. No, the imperial decree passed by Mr. Du Yuzhi a few days ago, on the surface, it said that it gave us the right to do cheap things, but it was actually a blow to me. .”

Xie Xuan smiled wryly: "The emperor's grandmother is urging me, telling me to hurry up."

Li Jingyang rolled his eyes: "This is... difficult."

He turned his hands away, clenched his palms tightly, and his face seemed to be worried along with Xie Xuan's complaints, but in fact, the subtle calculations in his eyes had exposed him.

The head of the family has always wanted to kill this scourge, what if we start from the canal?

In case Xie Xuan encountered something wrong on the way, he could die on the spot at worst, or spread it to the ears of the Queen Mother, and he would be punished for not being able to do things right.

In the main hall, servants have already stepped forward to hold the lamps.The faint light filled the hall, and shadows fell silently at the feet.

Li Jingyang sat down and thought about it: "I...I think of someone."

Xie Xuan looked happy.The two were originally sitting at separate tables, but as soon as Li Jingyang said this, he got up directly and hurried to Li Jingyang: "Master Li, please speak."

Li Jingyang: "I don't know if His Highness Thirteen still remembers the one who came with Master Du?"

"Ok?"

"It's that young man named Gu Shiqing." Li Jingyang turned his head and met Xie Xuan's blue eyes.The two were too close, and Xie Xuan's pretty face instantly came into Li Jingyang's eyes. At the same time, there was a faint scent of bitter lotus floating over, which made him stunned for a moment.

Immediately, he exhaled slowly.

"Your Highness the Thirteenth Prince doesn't know anything, but I know this Gu Shiqing. He is a native of Yongzhou, and his hometown is five miles away from the outskirts of the city. His family is poor, and his father and brother died of fatigue one after another during the years when the harvest was not good. A few years ago he said To respond to the imperial examination order to enter Beijing, let me write a recommendation post, but the imperial examination order has been suspended for several years, where can I write a post for him."

"But this Gu Shiqing is very persistent. If I don't write about him, he will annoy me every day. I can't bear to be bothered, so I pointed out a clear way for him. Unexpectedly, he was actually allowed to become an official in Beijing. He came from the middle of Beijing. , and he is from Yongzhou, I think he is quite smart, if His Highness Thirteen doesn't dislike him, maybe you can consider him."

After hearing this, Xie Xuan nodded again and again: "It's really a coincidence. Thank you Master Li, I will go to see him in person tomorrow."

After fulfilling a wish, Li Jingyang completely let go of the stone hanging in his heart.

It seems that Xie Xuan came here because he was really rushing about digging the canal.If Gu Shiqing was sensible, he could still use it for them, and then at the right time, he would trip Xie Xuan.Or, it is not certain that Xie Xuan's life can be taken.

He looked at Xie Xuan, the young prince on the opposite side looked ignorant of the world, how could he be as powerful as the Patriarch said!

At his age, his ability is much stronger than him!

Li Jingyang chuckled, but his heart was full of vicious calculations.

The pale belly in the sky gradually became clear, Li Jingyang politely asked Xie Xuan to stay and have a meal by asking people to prepare the morning meal.

When several exquisite dishes were brought to the table one by one, the sky was already bright, but there were not many people added to the courtyard, the guards, servants, or the batch of familiar faces when Xie Xuan first came in had never been rotated.Xie Xuan counted, counting Li Jingyang himself, there were no more than ten people in the whole house.

This is too shabby for a state capital.

When the dishes were ready, Li Jingyang yelled again that he wanted someone to bring wine, and that he wanted a good mantangchun.

Xie Xuan lowered his head and was picking chopped green onions in the bowl. Hearing this, he raised his head and asked quite naively: "Is anyone coming to serve wine today?"

Li Jingyang's face froze invisibly, and then he chuckled: "If His Royal Highness Thirteen wants to, then of course there is."

"En." Xie Xuan nodded, looked away, and seemed to put all his attention on the green onion again.It was a piece of roasted pork bone, fragrant on the outside and tender on the inside, but it was sprinkled with too much chopped green onion. Xie Xuan was very patient, picking up one by one with chopsticks.

When the awkward atmosphere came up, Li Jingyang keenly sensed that there was something wrong with the atmosphere, and thought, Xie Xuan hates eating chopped green onions so much?

In order to avoid further discomfort, he stood up and said, "Your servants probably don't know the location of Mantang Chunfang. I will go pick it up in person. Please wait a moment for Your Highness the Thirteenth."

Xie Xuan ignored him, and when Li Jingyang walked a certain distance, he suddenly said coldly: "Actually, I have something else to do today..."

The flag of vigilance in Li Jingyang's heart was immediately erected, but he waited and waited, but Xie Xuan did not say a second sentence. Turning around, Xie Xuan was still picking chopped green onions, and he was still muttering: "Why can't I pick out all the chopped green onions?" Woolen cloth?"

Li Jingyang: "..."

Picking and picking, Xie Xuan suddenly let out a "huh", and poked the pork bone twice with chopsticks: "What is this?"

Li Jingyang: "?"

Seeing that Li Jingyang seemed to be still waiting for his next sentence, Xie Xuan was a little helpless: "It's not a big deal, but the things in this bowl, Mr. Li has to come and see for himself..."

What's in the bowl?

Li Jingyang thought suspiciously, what else is in the bowl besides pork bones and green onions?

But Xie Xuan's expression of disgust was so realistic that Li Jingyang really thought that there was something in the meal that shouldn't have appeared.He took a closer look, and saw that the left side of the bowl was a piece of pork ribs that had already cooled down, and the right side was chopped green onions neatly arranged by Xie Xuan.

Nothing in the bowl?

He stretched his head and looked at it for a while, then asked in doubt: "Your Highness Thirteenth, are you..."

Before he finished speaking, Li Jingyang felt a sudden chill on his neck.

He froze in place.

The next moment, Xie Xuan approached, and the movement of his hand was steady and precise, and the sharp blade glowing with cold light was reflected in Li Jingyang's astonished eyes like a swimming snake.

"Your Highness the Thirteenth...you, what do you want to do?"

Xie Xuan: "This is the second thing."

The servants of the Li family wanted to get close to save their lord, so they could only point their swords at Xie Xuan, but the guards around Xie Xuan also refused.The men and horses of the two parties were at war with each other in an instant.

In the center of the storm, Xie Xuan didn't rush, and even changed his hand to hold a knife.

His face was silent, and when he lowered his eyes, he looked very obedient.

"Take me to see Li Jin."

Li Jingyang's face turned pale with fright, but he still remembered what to say and what not to say: "What does His Highness Thirteen mean? Li Jin... Li Jin has been dismissed from office, and has nothing to do with the minister, and has nothing to do with it!"

There was a whirlpool in Xie Xuan's eyes.

When staring at the person with no expression on his face, the dark mist in the vortex evaporated, enveloping the person in it.

"Stop talking nonsense." The corners of Xie Xuan's mouth curved into a comfortable arc, "Either take me to meet him, or kill you, choose one yourself."