Now that the abbot of Xuanming, Huiqing, and Huitong are not absent from the scene, what Hualang has to do is to find out which of the three of them is Li Xiangyun's friend.

If you analyze from the identities of these people, Huiqing is the most suspicious, after all, he was not a monk of the Golden Cicada Temple, before coming to the Golden Cicada Temple, his family was quite rich, and he must have done a lot of things, and once he entered the Golden Cicada Temple, because of the many rules in the temple, he was naturally difficult to abide by the rules.

Of course, if you look at it from the point of view of convenience, the suspicion of the abbot of Xuanming is also very big, he is the abbot, he has a room, and a separate courtyard, so if Li Xiangyun is looking for him to fornicate, it must be extremely convenient.

It's just that from these considerations alone, it is impossible to find out who is the one who has an affair with Li Xiangyun.

After questioning the abbot of Xuanming and the other three, Hualang and the others had no clues, and they had to hope for the investigation of those officials.

Waiting for the results of the investigation of the officials was a very depressing thing, so after everyone sat down in the courtyard, Ouyang Xiu couldn't help but talk about poetry, and when he talked about poetry, Bao Zheng and Gongsun Ce hurriedly agreed, after all, in terms of poetry, both of them were not as accomplished as Ouyang Xiu, and now that Ouyang Xiu talked about poetry, they naturally wanted to learn it.

It's Hua Lang, because he is most afraid of talking about poetry with experts, so as soon as Ouyang Xiu talks about poetry, Hua Lang pretends to ponder the case, although Ouyang Xiu is obsessed with poetry, but the current task is not forgotten, he saw Hua Lang thinking about the murder, so it is not good for Hua Lang to participate in the discussion.

Seeing that Ouyang Xiu was so knowledgeable, Hua Lang's heart suddenly felt a lot easier.

It's just that when Hua Lang pretended to think about the murder, what Ouyang Xiu and Gongsun Ce talked about, Hua Lang also heard it clearly, for example, after they talked about it, Gongsun Ce pointed the poem to a poem by Ouyang Xiu that Ouyang Xiu once wrote:

Don't know how far and near you are, how desolate and boring it is. Gradually drifting away and gradually without books, the water is wide and the fish sink where to ask.

In the middle of the night, the wind and bamboo knock on the autumn rhyme, and the thousands of leaves and thousands of voices are hate. Therefore, the single pillow is found in the dream, and the dream is not a lamp and an ember.

"Gradually drifting away and gradually without a book, this sentence is wonderful, giving people an indescribable artistic conception, when I first read the words of Lord Ouyang, I liked this sentence tightly." Although Gongsun Ce's words have the meaning of flattery, it is not very obvious, after all, anyone can like good words, and if they like it, how can it be regarded as flattery?

Regarding Gongsun Ce's flattering words, Ouyang Xiu smiled very modestly and said: "The sentence of gradually drifting away and becoming unwritten is indeed very charming, but if you say that it can best express my state of mind when I wrote this poem, I think it is still the autumn rhyme of the wind and bamboo in the middle of the night, and thousands of leaves and thousands of voices are hate." Therefore, the single pillow is found in the dream, and the dream is not a lamp and an ember. At that time, Fan Zhongyan criticized the current politics and was demoted to Rao Prefecture, and because I defended him, I was demoted to Yiling to be a county magistrate. ”

After Ouyang Xiu finished saying this, Wen Meng was a little puzzled and asked, "Does Lord Ouyang hate to defend Fan Zhongyan and regret it?" ”

After Wen Meng said this, he suddenly realized that he was a little abrupt, but Ouyang Xiu only smiled slightly, and said: "How can I regret defending Fan Zhongyan, the two of us are close friends, and we both died for the sake of the people of the Great Song Dynasty. ”

For what Ouyang Xiu said, Hua Lang also understood that after Li Yuanhao, who supported Western Xia, became emperor, the relationship between the Great Song Dynasty and Western Xia became worse and worse, and wars often broke out, and in the imperial court, there were very few military generals who could be used.

At this time, Ouyang Xiu continued: "Now that the treasury is empty, my Great Song Dynasty military system is Yongshen, and the war with the Western Xia is more defeated and less victorious, and the emperor also sees the drawbacks, so he summoned me to return to Beijing to carry out innovation, and reform the Great Song Dynasty's official governance, military affairs, etc., and strive to make my Great Song Dynasty rich and strong, and annex the countries of Western Xia in one fell swoop." ”

What Ouyang Xiu said was the Qingli New Deal, Hua Lang listened to it on the side, and couldn't help admiring the patriotic feelings of Ouyang Xiu, Fan Zhongyan and others, and Fan Zhongyan's sentence of the worries of the world first, and the joy of the world after the world was suddenly reflected in Hua Lang's mind, Hua Lang was stimulated by Ouyang Xiu's words for a while, and he wanted to say some words of admiration, but at this time, a person suddenly walked in, his face was very hesitant, and nervous, after entering the courtyard, he seemed to regret it a little, and turned around to leave.

But Hualang and the others have already seen him, and even if he turns around, I'm afraid he can't leave.

At this time, Ouyang Xiu suddenly stopped him and said, "Jiang Xu, what do you have to tell us when you come here?" ”

Jiang Xu stopped his feet, stayed for a moment before turning around, nodded slightly, and said, "I...... I do have something to say, it's just ...... It's just that I'm worried that if I say it, you'll be suspicious. ”

Ouyang Xiu frowned slightly, and said: "If you have anything to say, doubt you or not, we will judge, besides, if you don't say it now, we also suspect you, if we find out something, your suspicion will be even greater." ”

Ouyang Xiu's words were very serious, and Jiang Xu was really a little scared after hearing it, so he had to take a few steps forward and said, "Actually...... In fact, you asked me if I had any contact with Li Xiangyun before, and I lied! ”

Everyone was surprised when they heard Jiang Xu's words, but they didn't say anything, just waiting for him to continue.

"Actually, Li Xiangyun and I were neighbors before, she later married into the Shen family, we never saw each other again, yesterday I came to the Golden Cicada Temple to burn incense, and I saw her by chance, she is more charming than before, but I am still poor, so I didn't come forward to talk to her, I heard that the deceased was her this morning, I was very surprised."

Jiang Xu's words seemed to have another meaning, Hua Lang pondered for a moment and asked, "The two of you had a good relationship before, didn't you?" ”

Hearing Hualang's words, Jiang Xu's eyes couldn't help but widen, and after a long time, he nodded, and said: "That's right, because the two of us are neighbors, Xiangyun is the most beautiful of us, and I am a scholar, everyone thinks I am quite promising, so the two of us are a well-recognized pair, but later I failed to take the exam several times in a row, Xiangyun saw that I had no interest, so she married Shen Sanqian, a wealthy businessman in the capital, and became a rich lady." ”