"Li Huairen?"
Fang Yizhi looked at the greeting card in his hand in surprise, hesitated for a while and asked in a low voice: "I'm here to visit..."
The butler whispered back: "It's not stated clearly."
Fang Yizhi took a few steps back and forth hesitantly. He did not expect that Li Shan would actually come to visit.
Although this young man has a good personal relationship with him, and he even goes to Zhujiagou from time to time, Fang Yizhi knows that Li Shan is actually more cautious... He has many friends of his generation, but Li Kai is the only one who visits Li Shan. Even Changsun's family has only been there once.
Among the children of the Prince of Qin, Fang Yizhi is the older one, and it is inevitable that he will think more. On the one hand, Li Shan entered the official position through the imperial examination and did not enter the Prince of Qin's residence, but now he is visiting the most trusted confidants of the Prince of Qin. It seems that Unconscionable.
On the other hand, in this era, when visiting someone's door, a name card will be delivered one or more days in advance, but Li Shan went straight to the door.
After only hesitating for a moment, Fang Yi asked the housekeeper to report to his father and went out to greet him himself.
"Huairen has been visiting the Imperial Medical Office these days. Why didn't you say hello in advance when you came to visit today?"
"Brother Yi Zhi." Li Shan saluted with a smile, "We have known each other for several years and have not yet visited my uncle. Today I heard Uncle Ling mention... Brother Yi Zhi also knows that my younger brother is good at injury medicine, so..."
Fang Yizhi's expression changed slightly. Good things don't go out, but bad things spread thousands of miles... Fang Xuanling, one of the most trusted staff under King Qin Li Shimin, suffered the same treatment as Du Ruhui, and his fingers were broken.
A quarter of an hour later, in the study, Li Shan carefully checked, "It's not bad. If there are no accidents, there will be no difficulty in writing in the future."
Fang Xuanling, who was still holding the bamboo slip in her other hand, chuckled and said, "No thanks to Huairen...it's my job."
Fang Yizhi on the side was a little stunned, feeling that this was not his father's usual tone.
After coming to this era for nearly three years, this is the first time Li Shan has met Fang Xuanling. He is an amiable middle-aged man with stubby eyebrows and a manner that makes people unconsciously approachable.
But this was not the first time that Fang Xuanling met Li Shan. There were many people present at Changlepo that day. He had carefully looked at this young man... He seemed gentle, but in fact he was arrogant, like a sharp knife hidden in a sheath. Like a sword.
Watching Li Shan carefully apply the medicine and bandage, Fang Xuanling said casually: "Huairen, you know that Prince Yan is so domineering. Of all the people in Tiance Mansion, I am the only one who was slightly injured. Why?"
Li Shan's heart skipped a beat, and he laughed dryly and said, "Please let me know."
"Today, I am the only one who neither serves in Prince Qin's Mansion nor in Tiance Mansion." Fang Xuanling asked with a smile, "Is this a matter of personal responsibility?"
Li Shan was speechless. He didn't quite know... what Fang Xuanling knew.
"Dalang, let's go first." Fang Xuanling drove his son out, and then said slowly: "Keming should apologize for Yuhuchun... But Huairen also has the means and the heart to send him away... I heard it yesterday Your Highness said that the saint intends to issue a ban on alcohol."
Sure enough, a ban on alcohol was issued. This was almost certain. Once food was in short supply, banning alcohol would be the first thing everyone in power would consider.
Li Shan twitched his cheeks, "Jingzhao Du family is a famous family in the world, how can I not obey you?"
"Hahaha!" Fang Xuanling laughed and said, "I killed the Cui family's descendants in Qinghe that day. They are so sharp, but they will bow down when it comes to accounting?"
"I already know the inside story about this matter. Du Zhili hooked up with the East Palace and showed signs of escaping. His Highness had no choice but to agree to it. I just resigned from my post... The source of the matter is Huairen."
Li Shan's eyes widened, this was unreasonable, "Du Zhili took away people's property with despicable means, but the landlord wants to blame the boy?"
Fang Xuanling nodded and said, "You really know the prince's order, Wei Qingsi."
Li Shan's cheeks bulged, the guy in front of him... didn't look like a good bird!
After a moment of silence, Li Shan stood up and saluted, but said nothing... He was indeed the one who stabbed Du Ruhui in front of him that day, and then caused a chain reaction, and finally Fang Xuanling took the initiative to give up his seat.
"That's all, it's just a record of joining the army." Fang Xuanling raised his left hand slightly, "Although you are young and possess a genius, the King of Qin took pity on you and allowed you to be independent... But now that the fight for the right to inherit the throne is getting fiercer, Huairen is afraid It’s hard to live alone.”
Li Shan gradually felt strange feelings in his heart... The middle-aged man in front of him seemed to know more than just what he just said.
"There are rumors that Li Huairen, a great meritorious figure in Shandong, has not entered the Tiance Mansion, and the Crown Prince Huairou has not entered the East Palace either... But I heard that Princess Pingyang's Mansion Chief Shi is vacant, why should Huairen not respond?"
Fang Xuanling admired the young man in front of him very much, and lamented his rough life experience... In this case, isn't it the best choice to be protected by Princess Pingyang?
Li Shan's expression was unpredictable, and he gritted his teeth and said nothing.
Fang Xuanling looked at Li Shan with squinted eyes, and then said after a while: "There is a post in Tiance Mansion that has been vacant for several months. He records things. He is on the ninth rank. He assists in managing books and records, and conveys and implements religious orders."
Li Shan suddenly smiled and said: "Young man traveled from Lingnan to north and settled in Chang'an. He has earned a title from a saint for his small merits, so he should be loyal to the country."
Fang Xuanling immediately sneered: "Can you still enter the East Palace?"
"I know that you will not enter the East Palace."
"You can only choose King Qin."
Seeing the suspicious look on Li Shan's face, Fang Xuanling waved her hand and said: "The King of Qin didn't say a word to reveal his secret, but I can detect it, and I'm afraid others can too."
There was silence in the study for a moment, and Li Shan said cautiously: "What does Mr. Fang mean by what he said..."
"Prime Minister Pei, the provincial minister under the sect, asked for the position of recorder in Tiance Mansion for his cousin." Fang Xuanling suppressed her smile, "Pei Huaijie, served as the prefect of Songzhou in the former Sui Dynasty, and later returned to seclusion to hear the news."
Li Shan grinned. The former governor was also a descendant of the Pei family in Hedong, but he came back to the mountain to record affairs for the ninth rank... If it is said that Pei Shiju was thinking about the entire Pei family in Hedong, or the Western Household House, then it was Makes sense.
But since Fang Xuanling said this today, it is obvious that... Pei Shiju asked for records for Pei Huaijie. On the one hand, he served the two masters separately, but on the other hand, he also had the possibility of targeting Li Shan.
In other words, Pei Shiju already knew Li Shan's identity.
Although he knew that this day would come eventually, he did not expect that it would appear without any warning, and Li Shan was in a daze.
"Prime Minister Pei concurrently serves as Prince Zhan, and another Prime Minister Pei is close to the East Palace, but Huairen has not entered the East Palace, nor has he entered the Qin Palace..."
"Neither the Crown Prince nor His Highness the King of Qin will fight against the two-faced Hedong Pei family for the sake of a boy." Li Shan said expressionlessly: "Even if the inside story of this matter spreads to the public, it will not help."
This is something Li Shan has long determined. Even if it is Li Shimin, he may protect himself, but he will never make the decision for himself.
"Even if I cry to the saint, how can my love be compared to..." Li Shan snorted, "The saint doesn't even call me by his name."
Pei Ji was regarded as prime minister by his minister Zuopushe, and the friendship between him and Li Yuan was the key. Li Yuan called Pei Jian by his name even in public.
Therefore, Fang Xuanling's meaning is very obvious... There are people who can protect you, Li Shan, but there is only one person who can protect you and not be suppressed by the Pei family, Princess Pingyang who you just brought back from the ghost gate.
Li Shan took a deep breath, stood up and bowed solemnly. Without waiting for Fang Xuanling to speak, he turned around and strode out of the study.
Looking up, I could see a few tiny traces of white clouds in the clear blue sky.
