Two months later, Chang'an.

Before the New Year, His Majesty returned to Chang'an City, and the atmosphere of the New Year in Chang'an City was already very strong.

East Warm Pavilion.

The emperor looked at the mountains of people who were piled up and sighed slightly, and looked at the two people who were shrunk on the chairs of the East Warm Pavilion a little helplessly: "You two look really similar now." ”

One is the old dean, and the other is Zhuang Yong.

One is really old, and the other is weak.

The appearance of the two people curled up on the sofa guarding the stove was indeed somewhat similar, so the two of them laughed after looking at each other.

"Your Majesty, hurry up and review the folds, and if you pile it up, it will be piled up outside the Dongnuan Pavilion."

The old dean said: "I'm not afraid of anything else, it's just that there are too many piles to close the door, and the minister will be a little cold." ”

The emperor glanced at him: "Sir is really good at talking, why do I think that you are not here to accompany me, but covet the stove in my East Warm Pavilion is better than your home, and the stove is more prosperous than your home...... I turned around and let you go to another place to do business. ”

The old dean said: "No, it's not impossible." ”

The old dean dared to say this.

The emperor glanced at him again: "If it weren't for the fact that you don't have any money at home, and you are so old, I think that there is no oil and water to make money by raiding the house, so I will be convicted of rebellion." ”

The old dean laughed and said: "Your Majesty can reward the old minister vigorously, and wait for the old minister to get fat and then come to raid the house." ”

Emperor: "You think I'm stupid?" Why bother...... Besides, I gave Mr. a pair of jasper pots, and Mr. gave one to Meng Changan and Shen Leng, and last time I gave Mr. some Western Regions gadgets, didn't Mr. also give Meng Changan's wife and tea? ”

The emperor snorted: "I gave Mr. something, but Mr. did a favor." ”

The old dean sighed: "Send Meng Chang'an...... After all, he is the proud protégé of the old minister, and the main reason for giving Shen Leng is that he is shameless, and Princess Cha'er always cries poor at the old minister, saying that His Majesty deducted their family too ruthlessly, and he was sad when he saw His Majesty's reward......"

The emperor snorted and laughed: "Alas...... Otherwise, if I go back and think of a way, and then confiscate what you gave Shen Leng, I should have a kind of surprise that I have lost and recovered. ”

As he was talking, Dai Fangzhou walked in quickly from outside, holding a copy of the fold in both hands: "Your Majesty, this is a battle report sent from Northern Xinjiang, which was originally sent to Taishan, but halfway through the way, I knew that His Majesty returned to Chang'an and sent it urgently." ”

The emperor snorted: "It should be good news." ”

He smiled and opened the battle report, and after a few glances, his face changed.

The old dean and Zhuang Yong stood up at the same time when they saw His Majesty's face change, the emperor's eyes slowly left the battle report, and after a moment of silence, they handed the battle report to the old dean: "Li Xiaoshan...... Didn't fight. ”

The old dean's hand to receive the battle report trembled in mid-air, and his face instantly turned pale.

He looked down at the battle report: "This is ...... Let's press it first. ”

Then leaned over: "Your Majesty mourns." ”

The Emperor turned his back to the old dean, and his shoulders seemed to tremble slightly.

"That's ...... My own nephew. ”

After a long while, the emperor said, "On behalf of the boat, ask who knows where King Xin is, I ...... Ask him to go back to Chang'an. ”

Dai Fangzhou answered at the door: "The slave will send someone to inquire." ”

The emperor was silent again, and after a long while, he said: "King Xin has not heard from him for a long time, Princess Xin was seriously injured in an ambush on a farm on the outskirts of Beijing last time, and her body is not as good as a day, King Xin took her around to seek medical advice, I specially instructed the people of the Shen family to see it, and the people of the Shen family also said that there is no good way to do it, so they can only try to make up for Princess Xin's body, and drag it for a while." ”

The Emperor closed his eyes: "I don't know what to say to the two of them. ”

Zhuang Yong didn't know what happened on the farm on the outskirts of Beijing at that time, and subconsciously glanced at the old dean, and the old dean explained: "King Xin and King Lu encountered an ambush on the farm on the outskirts of Beijing, and King Lu ....... Assassinated, King Xin was seriously injured, and before the injury was healed, he began to take Princess Xin around to seek medical treatment, and His Majesty had sent people from the Tai Hospital many times to consult, and came to the conclusion that he only hoped that King Xin would send Princess Xin to the warm land of the south, or that the reliable climate would gradually improve the princess's internal injuries. ”

Zhuang Yong's heart tightened.

The two princes were attacked at the same time, and King Lu was also dead.

"I'm afraid it's not easy to find the whereabouts of King Shin."

The old dean said: "If you really go to the south, the place is too big, even if there are clues to check along the way, it is not easy to find people, maybe it will take a year, two years to find ......."

He asked tentatively: "If there is no news about the news of Li Xiaoshan, the prince of the king of the letter, should you not announce the whole country first?" ”

The emperor was silent for a moment and shook his head: "My nephew is fighting for Daning, don't I let the world know?" ”

The old dean opened his mouth and said nothing.

That was the only child of the royal family who died in the northern Xinjiang in a hundred years, and the people of Daning should know and must know.

At the same time, Gyeonggi-do.

There is a particularly simple tea room on the side of the official road, there are only three thatched huts, in addition to selling some coarse tea to passers-by, the shopkeeper's two people can also make some simple meals, buy no return, the amount is large and affordable, so the business is not bad.

Today, there is still wind and snow in Gyeonggi Province, so there are no pedestrians on the official road, and the teahouse on the side of the road seems a little lonely, and there is no one doing business for more than ten or twenty miles after going there, and it is even more depressed in winter.

Fortunately, this tea room is not without business, the copper pot on the table is steaming, and the table is full of meat, after all, it is much more difficult to find some fresh vegetables than to find meat in this cold winter weather.

The shopkeeper took ten taels of silver and went home, there were only two people sitting opposite each other in this tea room, and there were some Jianghu guests guarding outside the tea room, and there were people several miles away.

The proprietor of the Tongcun Association stretched out his chopsticks to take out some meat from the copper pot, put it in a dipping dish and dipped it back and forth, he seemed to be very satisfied with the taste of these muttons, after all, it had just been killed, it was very fresh, and the taste was very positive.

"How?"

He asked.

Li Changze, who was sitting opposite him, smiled: "It's not that you don't know, what else can you do?" My play and his play add up to be wonderful, it depends on whose play has flaws, but it looks like he doesn't have me either, so it's perfect, and both of them feel very successful. ”

The proprietor sneered: "The two foxes deceived each other, and they both thought they had succeeded. ”

"I really succeeded, he wasn't."

Li Changze took a sip of wine and glanced outside: "I asked those two people from the Tingwei Mansion to buy things, and they can come back in an hour at the earliest, so I have to go back within half an hour, and you have something to say as soon as possible." ”

"It's not a big deal."

The proprietor said: "I just want to ask about Dou Huainan's situation." ”

Li Changze said: "My father thought that such a small trick could hide from me...... Speaking of small means, he is far worse than my mother, he first suppressed Dou Huainan by suppressing Shen Leng, and Dou Huainan also cooperated and scolded the emperor in Weiyang Palace, hehe...... Therefore, it is logical for the emperor to demote him, and then throw him back to Gyeonggi Province, and some fake smart people will think that His Majesty is afraid that he is going to borrow someone else's hand to get rid of Dou Huainan. ”

"But my father recalled me from the northwest and am still in Gyeonggi Province, those fake smart people will think again, probably my father wants to see what the reaction of all parties is, in fact, he just wants me to contact Dou Huainan, two people who are both frustrated, one is the original prince of the country, and the other is an important minister who has the hope of becoming the first assistant of the cabinet, how perfect?"

"My father wanted me to contact Dou Huainan and hoped that Dou Huainan could gain my trust, so I followed his wishes."

Li Changze drank the wine in the cup and looked at the boiling soup in the pot: "Why do you love this thing so much?" ”

The proprietor shrugged his shoulders: "Winter is the season to eat this, besides, I love meat, it's better than a grass-eater." ”

Li Changze laughed: "People who love meat should not be too greedy. ”

The proprietor's eyes narrowed slightly: "What do you mean?" ”

Li Changze hurriedly shook his head: "I don't mean anything, Fourth Uncle...... What I mean is that you are no longer young, and it is not good to eat too much meat, so you have to eat meat and vegetables together on weekdays. ”

The proprietor laughed and said, "Are you afraid that I will die before you, or are you afraid that I will die after you?" ”

"Why should we die?"

Li Changze said: "We are people with the same goal. ”

"Our goals are different. ”

He leaned back: "You want to be emperor, and I don't want to." ”

Li Changze said: "So I've always been curious, why are you doing this?" Is it purely for me? Fourth uncle, you also have a son, Xiaoshan is still in the northern Xinjiang, it is said that he is already a third-grade general, he has a lot to do, and his future is immeasurable. ”

The proprietor said: "If you believe me, then you will continue to cooperate, if you don't believe me, you can continue to seek it yourself." ”

He stretched out his chopsticks and continued to eat the meat, still eating with relish, he seemed to really love the taste of this shabu-shabu.

"You eat the meat."

Li Changze said: "Fourth uncle, you also know, I have no one to rely on now except you, I know what happened to the third uncle and the Tongcun Association back then, but the third uncle's plan is too small, his son is roasted on the fire, he really doesn't care about his son so much?" Back then, Mu Zhaotong took Xiaoran to Chang'an, and was blocked back at the city gate, before that, the fourth uncle was afraid that he was also excited. ”

He smiled and said: "The fourth uncle secretly connected the major families to re-establish the Tongcun Association in order to help his son, but he hid it too deeply, his son didn't believe him, and he himself played himself to death." ”

Syllable!

Li Changze received a slap in the face, which was very loud.

The proprietor withdrew his hand, picked up the handkerchief on the table and wiped his hands: "You should be in awe, that is your fourth uncle, even if you are still a prince or a prince, you should be in awe, he has already gone, you speak with respect." ”

Li Changze was stunned, and after a moment of silence, he lowered his head: "My nephew remembers." ”

"Good."

The proprietor got up: "Dou Huainan has to make good use of it, we can't let Your Majesty's judgment make mistakes, he can, because Your Majesty believes in him, so if you make good use of Dou Huainan, things will become simpler." ”

"It's time for you to go back."

He pointed out the door: "Remember to buy yourself a pot of wine on the way back, otherwise you won't be able to explain the smell of wine." ”

Li Changze also got up and bowed down: "Okay, fourth uncle, goodbye." ”

"You've got to grow a little better."

After Li Changze turned around, he heard a voice behind him.

"If you are so superficial, so mean, so ignorant of the seriousness, I will really help my own son instead of you, you ask me why....... My brother died tragically on the farm, my wife was seriously injured, my son was taken away and my wife became a laughing stock, my daughter is not dead but crazy......."

Li Changze's shoulders trembled, and after breathing a sigh of relief, he received: "Nephew remembers." ”