(Thanks: the generosity of the casual ronin brothers, thanks: Alexiai, the rain as a song AFD, the rush to toil V and other brothers' reward monthly passes.) ）

Outside the gate of the Wang family's mansion, there were three figures standing in the dark night, black robes and black hoods perfectly blended their bodies into the darkness, if it weren't for the two black-robed people behind them with lanterns in their hands, it would be almost impossible to find them standing at the gate of the royal mansion.

"Waiter Li, why are you here in person? Come in, come in. Wang Yuan, who walked out of the door quickly, bowed to the thin black-robed man standing at the door.

Li Fuguo raised his hand and shook his sleeves, and slowly returned the salute. The face inside the hood was illuminated by the lantern in Huang San's hand behind Wang Yuan, and Huang San's ugly and potholed face frightened him.

"Courteous. You don't have to go in, can you take a step to speak, I have a few words to say to you. Li Fuguo said in a deep voice.

Wang Yuan thought for a while and nodded: "Of course you can, but just coming to the cold house and not going in to have a cup of tea makes me feel that the hospitality is inadequate." ”

Li Fuguo said lightly: "I received my heart, please." With that, he turned around and slowly descended the steps, walking towards the empty and dark clearing around the Wang family's mansion.

Wang Yuan had no choice but to go out with him, Huang San was carrying a lantern to follow, Wang Yuan stretched out his hand to stop him: "San Lang, you don't have to follow me, just wait at the door, don't go there." ”

Huang San had no choice but to stop and watch Wang Yuan follow the mysterious black-robed man into the darkness.

The night wind was cold, and the gentle neighing of horses could be heard in the darkness. Wang Yuan glanced away from the corner of his eye, and under the dim skylight, the black silhouettes of dozens of knights, high and low, stopped dozens of steps away. Needless to say, it was the manpower brought by Li Fuguo, and the conversation he was about to have with himself would be very important. Once the response is not done properly, these horses may be brought by Li Fuguo to claim his own life and that of his whole family.

Heading east, along the path opened up to a clearing where Wang Yuan and Gongsun Lan practiced swords, Li Fuguo, who was walking in front, stopped and slowly turned around.

"Wang Yuan, you should know my purpose in coming to you. Tell me more about it. Li Fuguo said in a deep voice.

"What is the matter with me? I don't know the purpose of Waiter Li, what do you want me to say? ”

Wang Yuan's answer was very unexpected, and Li Fuguo's brows instantly twisted into a pimple.

"I'm not in the mood to play dumb riddles with you, I'm anxious to know how things are going, tell me quickly."

"Li Neishou, I really don't understand what you said at all, I don't know what you mean by today, I thought I would go to Jiannan tomorrow to take office, what did Li Neishou say to explain. Suddenly asked me what happened in the afternoon, I really didn't know. ”

Li Fuguo looked at Wang Yuan coldly, he didn't understand why Wang Yuan pretended to be deaf and dumb, but he didn't have time to guess the riddle here with Wang Yuan, the prince was still waiting to reply, and the generals of the prince's Sanwei Mansion were still trapped in the Shaoyang Courtyard, and it was not long before His Majesty came out of the customs, so he didn't have time to waste.

"I'm asking...... In the afternoon, you went to do something with Li Guinian. Li Fuguo said in a deep voice.

"Oh, is that what happened? It's been done a long time ago, and it's been done properly. Why is this so important? Even Chamberlain Li personally asked? Wang Yuan said with a smile.

Li Fuguo realized that something was wrong, frowned and asked, "What are you talking about?" ”

Wang Yuan said: "Isn't it just that Li Guinian invited me to go to the Golden Flower Pavilion to write the lyrics for the concubine?" ”

"And then?"

"Nothing, then. Li Guinian passed the words of the concubine Niangniang, I can only go, after the lyrics of the song in the Golden Flower Pavilion, I played the tune on the order of the concubine, and modified the lyrics so that the lady could choreograph according to the tune and lyrics, and then I left. ”

"That's it?" Li Fuguo was surprised.

"That's it, what else? Did Li Neishou want to ask what the concubine said? I do remember a few of these words, and I will repeat them to Lee's attendant to see if there is anything suspicious to exploit. The concubine said......"

"Don't talk about it." Li Fuguo waved his hand to interrupt Wang Yuan, stared at Wang Yuan with both eyes, lowered his voice and said sharply: "You mean, Li Guinian asked you to go to the Golden Flower Pavilion this afternoon just to play new words and new songs for the noble concubine?" ”

"yes. That's what he said. He said that the concubine sent him to ask me to fill in the lyrics or something, and said that because I was leaving the capital tomorrow, I had to go this afternoon. Originally, I had arranged to talk to a lot of friends this afternoon, but I had to push them all out. I wanted to go to you, but I had to give up. ”

Li Fuguo frowned and said, "You mean, Li Guinian only told you about it, and didn't say anything else?" “

Wang Yuan thought for a while and shook his head and said, "It doesn't seem to say anything else, but I feel that he is weird, as if he has something to tell me, and he wants to say something and stops." By the way, I remembered, after entering the Golden Flower Pavilion, when I was waiting for the Niangniang to summon me, he pulled me aside and spoke mysteriously, and just after saying two words, I was interrupted by other things. ”

Li Fuguo frowned and said, "What went wrong?" ”

Wang Yuan said: "It's also a bad thing, when we were waiting for the summons under the corridor in front of the Golden Flower Pavilion, we saw several attendants carrying corpses out of the house, and there were people crying and crying next to us to disturb our conversation. Out of curiosity, I asked the palace maid next to me, and the palace maid said that it was a palace maid named Shen Qiurong, who didn't know how to commit something, and was beaten by the concubine and locked up in the firewood room in the backyard. Who knew that this palace maid named Shen Qiurong didn't know what stubbornness she had committed, and she actually committed suicide by biting her tongue in the firewood room. ”

"Shen Qiurong?" Li Fuguo was so frightened that he almost peed his pants, of course Shen Qiurong knew who it was.

"What? Does Chamberlain Li know this female official? Wang Yuan said.

"I don't know, how can I know the female official next to the concubine? Are you saying that this incident interrupted the conversation between Li Guinian and you? ”

"Yes, Li Guinian is very strange, after hearing the palace maid say that the female official who died was called Shen Qiurong, her face immediately changed, she became very flustered, very unwilling, very strange. I was very suspicious and wanted to ask him about his words, but he ignored me. Phew, a musician actually ignores me, a four-grade master, and the court should also rectify the etiquette, and he can't get used to him because he can sing and compose music. ”

Li Fuguo interrupted Wang Yuan's nonsense, frowned, and said, "What do you suspect of him?" ”

Wang Yuan said: "It's very simple, Li Guinian serves by the side of the concubine and His Majesty every day, and the musicians who sing the songs are all romantic species, I suspect that Li Guinian and this Shen Qiurong must be acquainted, and I don't know if there is any ulterior relationship." Otherwise, this female official died, what would he do if he was so sad and even a little nervous? If he didn't have a close relationship with this female official, how could he care so much about the death of an ordinary palace maid? Li Neishi, I suggest that Luo Yimen investigate this matter, and I can't find out some ulterior secrets about Li Guinian. If you can grasp the handle of this Li Guinian, maybe you can pull him into my Luoyi Gate, this Li Guinian is a person who can get close to His Majesty and the concubine, and it must be of great use. ”

"That's good advice, not bad." Li Fuguo's face was pale.

"Thank you Li Nei for the compliment, I also think this is a good suggestion." Wang Yuan said with a smile.

Li Fuguo turned his head and looked at the darkness in the distance, carefully considering what Wang Yuan said, examining whether there were any loopholes in it, and whether Wang Yuan was lying to himself. Because the whole thing has become unrecognizable, and it is not at all what I imagined. According to his and Li Guinian's plan in advance, Li Guinian and Wang Yuan should have found out his identity as a special deacon of Luo Yimen before they did their work. Use one day to observe Wang Yuan's reaction, and only after confirming that Wang Yuan has no signs of betraying Luo Yimen will there be a second day's action.

But according to Wang Yuan's words, it can be inferred that Li Guinian did not find out his identity, but only went to Wang Yuan and conveyed the will of the concubine. In other words, Li Guinian probably didn't plan to reveal the mystery until the last moment, and if Wang Yuan's words were true, Li Guinian was obviously a step against the plan he had arranged.

"What about Li Guinian? Did you leave the Golden Flower Pavilion together? Li Fuguo turned his head and asked slowly.

"We retired at the same time, but Li Guinian didn't leave the Golden Flower Pavilion with me, in fact, after the audience came out, I just went to the toilet for a while, and when I turned around, I couldn't find anyone else. I'm not going to wait for him to come out, I'm in a hurry to get home and pack my bags. So I came out first, and as for him, I don't know where he is. Wang Yuan shrugged.

Li Fuguo was silent, he had already gone through the whole thing that Wang Yuan had narrated from the beginning, when Li Guinian conveyed the message of the noble concubine Niangniang and went to the Golden Flower Pavilion with Wang Yuan, Li Guinian planned to inform Wang Yuan of his identity and plan while waiting for the audience, but suddenly found that Shen Qiurong was dead, so this plan to assassinate was actually died on the way.

Because the key to the whole plan was the drop of the bag after the assassination, this Shen Qiurong died suddenly, and there was no need to continue, so Li Guinian was forced to give up the assassination plan, and Wang Yuan never knew the true intention of Li Guinian to go to the Golden Flower Pavilion with him.

Li Fuguo couldn't tell what kind of mood he felt, he felt both happy and a little weird. There are still some places in the whole thing that make people feel unsteady, and this Shen Qiurong's death seems to be too coincidental, and it happened to be known by Li Guinian before the incident was launched. Moreover, what did Shen Qiurong do to be punished by the concubine, whether the concubine knew something and forced Shen Qiurong to say it, and whether this matter would involve the prince, these seem to need to be urgently investigated.

After all this incident, it may be concluded that the basic points are as follows: First, the assassination case did not happen. Second, Li Guinian's disappearance is likely to be due to his failure to complete the task and absconding, or he is still investigating the cause of Shen Qiurong's death in the Golden Flower Pavilion. Third, the Wang Yuan in front of him doesn't know everything, and he doesn't need to find out with him.

All in all, he shouldn't waste time with Wang Yuan here now, go back to report to the prince as soon as possible, explain and appease the generals of the Sanwei Mansion, make up a passable lie to fool the past, and then pretend that nothing happened, and slowly investigate in secret.