Wang Zhongsi, who was sitting there, raised his head when his generous shoulder was patted, and his eyes fell on Xue Bai's childish face.
With a flick of his hand, he swept the young man aside and said, "My grandson is older than you, so it's not your turn to teach me how to do things."
Xue Bai staggered two steps, held on to the wall, and smiled without feeling displeased. There was an air of calmness in his movements.
"How about telling the truth, did Li Heng persuade the general to raise troops to clear the emperor's side today?"
When he was drunk, he kept talking in a calm manner, which made Wang Zhongsi no longer treat him as a child. Then, he imitated Li Heng and started talking nonsense.
"How can a prince of a country accept this humiliation when he has lost all his dignity? Today, the emperor is neglecting the government, the powerful ministers cover the sky with one hand, the party is united against the different, the road of speech is cut off, the military and tax system are about to collapse, the wolves, tigers and leopards in the border towns are in power, the root of the disaster is deep, he is Prince, have you ever advised the generals to kill Li Linfu and An Lushan to force the saints to abdicate?"
"enough!"
With a "bang" sound, Wang Zhongsi smashed the wine bottle in his hand at Xue Bai's feet.
"Compared to An Lushan, I think you are the rebel!"
"Then let the saints make a clear decision and see who is the rebel between you and me?!"
"Ha." Wang Zhongsi laughed angrily.
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"I don't know about you. Did Li Heng not persuade me? Or did the general dare not?" Xue Bai asked tentatively and said, "It's not that the general is afraid. You are the sworn brother of the prince and the sworn son of a saint. You hope that their father will be kind to his son." Filial piety? To this day, it feels very shameful, right?"
After hearing the last words, Wang Zhongsi shook his head mockingly.
One is a foster father who is as kind as a mountain, and the other is a foster brother who has deep brotherhood. The suspicion is so deep that he is caught in the middle and is more embarrassed than anyone else. He is naturally disappointed.
"The adopted son of the saint and the adopted brother of the prince."
Xue Bai seemed a little curious and asked: "If you can only choose one of these two identities, how to choose?"
"Hahaha."
This question is indeed funny, as if the saint and the prince are not father and son.
Wang Zhongsi smiled, but his eyes dimmed, and he didn't answer. He stood up, picked up the wine jar in the corner, weighed it, wiped off the sealing mud, and drank.
"Don't avoid it. You must show your intentions, otherwise you will be suspected of treason."
"absurd."
"Whether it's ridiculous or not, look at Xuanwu's changes, Shenlong's changes, Jinglong's changes, Tang Long's changes, and Xiantian's changes."
Xue Bai only talked about a few major coups, but they were enough to show the father-son relationship between Li Longji and Li Heng. Based on this, he began to make alarmist remarks, saying: "You are suspected of treason. Once you lose military power, you will lose your life." There’s no guarantee.”
"Who dares to kill me?"
"Why don't you dare? Your position is not firm. Both sides want you to die. A man has no power. Even if he sends two guards to guard him, can he block the killing moves from all directions and day and night? You are not even willing to express your stance. Then the saint will do it for you. Are you furious because of your death? Do you want to issue an edict to investigate strictly? As a minister, I deviated from the position of a loyal minister. I felt that the saint was at fault, and I raised an army. I looked forward and backward, and took the path of death."
While Xue Bai was quarreling with each other, Wang Zhongsi kept drinking with his head down and his face calm.
"I don't admire you either."
Xue Bai said: "In my opinion, Li Heng, Li Linfu, and An Lushan have much better vision than you. While you only care about the friendship with your sworn brother, their eyes have already turned to their achievements."
Wang Zhongsi subconsciously shook his head slightly.
"I attack the Turks in the north and the Tubo in the west. I wear the seal of the four generals and control the army thousands of miles away. I thought that the general had the ambition of guarding and Huo, but it turned out to be nothing more than that. I am different from you. I only hold my destiny in my own hands. If I am in In your situation, I will never sit back and wait for death. I will pin my hope for the stability of the country on a prince who has been suppressed to this point. I will personally take the important town of Hedong into my hands and teach the miscellaneous people not to have different aspirations in order to ensure the stability of the four directions. If you are a great man and worthy of all the people in the world, how can you imitate the behavior of a little daughter?"
"You are so clever, isn't it just to get me to report Li Jingzhong?"
"What's the point of reporting an eunuch? Yuan Zai will steal everything for me."
Xue Bai said matter-of-factly: "If you want to report someone, you should directly report Li Heng!"
It is strange to say that Wang Zhongsi always felt that Wang Zhongsi had bad intentions despite Yuan Zai's sincere words and kind words. Xue Bai's words were unrestrained and his attitude was arrogant. He even called Li Heng by his name several times, but Wang Zhongsi felt sincere and did not feel angry.
"If I report Li Jingzhong's crimes, will you protect my position as the governor of Hedong?"
"General Wang is so heartless."
Xue Bai pondered for a moment, then said crisply: "Okay!"
Wang Zhongsi didn't care whether he showed courage outside the battlefield and asked: "How can I trust you?"
"Why lie to you? In this way, you can see whether I have offended An Lushan, and then you will know whether I am sincere in letting you suppress him."
"I can watch."
Wang Zhongshu had already drank two jars of wine, and he didn't know how he could hold the general's belly. However, he remained awake from the beginning to the end. No matter how much Xue Bai coaxed or prodded him, he refused to agree. He only said that he would consider it. .
"I have no courage." Xue Bai finally said something irritated. Seeing that the other party was in trouble, he didn't say anything more.
If Wang Zhongsi could be won over by Li Lu, it would be enough for Yang Zhuo to persuade him. He would simply give up and lean against the window to enjoy the snow.
It was already curfew, and it was impossible to go home. All I could do was listen to the sound of Wang Zhongsi drinking wine.
"Tell me about the war?"
"Most of my military career is boring and hard, what can I say?"
"General, tell me about your grudge against An Lushan."
"In the first year of Tianbao, I was in Shuofang during the Northern Expedition against the Xi people and the Turks. I won several battles and used some alienation tactics. The Bashmi tribe cut off the head of Usumish Khan and sent it over. In that battle, An What did Lushan do again? Before he could resist the invaders, he built a powerful military city and asked me to send troops to assist him, hoping to intercept my soldiers..."
Wang Zhongsi didn't know how to tell stories and told them dryly, so he finished them quickly.
His experience of conquering all over the world over the years, just these few words, makes people sigh when he thinks about it.
Xue Bai listened and drank one more drink.
"Can the general know how to dance with a sword?"
"how?"
"What's the fun in just drinking? You show me how to dance with a sword, and I'll give you a poem."
"Didn't you say that I am not worthy of your words?"
"I suddenly thought that I am surrounded by people who are interested in profit and gain. It is rare to meet General Wang and share the same aspirations. I would like to give you a poem."
"ha."
It would be difficult to ask Wang Zhongsi to dance the sword with another person, but Xue Bai first said that he was not worthy, and then changed his mind now, it seems that this is a rare opportunity to dance with the sword and change words.
Wang Zhongsi walked into the courtyard, looked around, broke off a branch and danced in the snow.
What he is better at is the long-handled Mo Dao, which can be opened and closed widely. Holding this light branch in his hand is nothing more than dispersing the smell of alcohol and dissipating resentment.
Xue Bai watched in silence for a while, then went to the veranda and took out a pen and paper, polishing ink on the porch. He turned around and hung the lantern on a branch by the wall, then splashed ink on the white wall.
He is now quite confident in his calligraphy and feels quite happy.
The first column only wrote the three words "Po Zhenzi".
"In the sixth year of Tianbao's reign, General Wang Zhongsi returned from breaking the stone fortress and wrote a heroic poem to congratulate him."
The character "He" is written slightly larger than the characters next to it.
Xue Bai looked back at Wang Zhongsi's faster and faster movements, dipped in thick ink again, and finished it in one stroke.
"When I was drunk, I lit up the lamp and read the sword. I dreamed of the horn-blowing company. Eight hundred miles away, my subordinates were burning, fifty-stringed strings were sounding outside the Great Wall, and the troops were ordered in autumn on the battlefield."
Clothes were flying, and the branches were chopping down. Because Wang Zhongsi's movements were too violent, they were broken into two pieces.
Small snowflakes fell on him and were quickly melted by his heat.
He threw down the broken branch in his hand, raised the wine jar and took two more swigs before looking at the writing on the wall.
"The horse moves so fast, the bow moves like a thunderbolt."
I have only been back to Chang'an for a few days, and when I recall the trumpet-blowing company, it feels like a lifetime ago.
Wang Zhongsi couldn't help but ask himself, if he really gave up his ambition to expand the territory and make achievements, how could he be willing to give up?
Looking back, the next sentence that came out of the pen and ink was exactly what he was thinking.
"Finish the affairs of the king and the world, and win the reputation before and after death."
However, Xue Bai kept writing and wrote another sentence.
"Pity happens in vain!"
Wang Zhongsi narrowed his eyes, with a rare look of unwillingness in his eyes.
If a lifetime's work ends here, will there be any reputation before and after life?
Xue Bai made the last stroke, put down the brush, turned around, and looked at Wang Zhongsi's temples.
The next day.
When Xue Bai was woken up, he saw Du Wulang standing in front of him.
"Why did you sleep in Fengwei Building? Did you write the words on the wall? The handwriting is very good."
"Um."
"Who drank more than a dozen jars of wine?"
"Is there any?" Xue Bai murmured: "When I fell asleep, I had seven or eight wine jars. Where are the others?"
"who?"
"General Wang Zhongsi, I drank more than ten jars of wine with him last night."
Xue Bai walked out of the private room and looked around. The song "Broken Array" was still on the wall of the courtyard. The handwriting was strong, round and solemn, but it was a pity that it was not cursive enough. I can practice cursive writing in the future... Maybe, this time You have to ask Xiaoyan Sanniang about it.
There happened to be a few people in the courtyard who were looking at the courtyard wall and noticed Xue Bai's glance. Some people left in a hurry and rushed to the houses of several powerful people in Chang'an City.
"Your Majesty, Wang Zhongsi and Xue Bai drank all night long last night.
“One glass of wine can last the whole night.”
Li Linfu was reviewing the files and said without raising his head: "It shows that he talks a lot."
He reacted very calmly, because Xue Bai said that Yang Dang wanted to win over Wang Zhongsi, so there would naturally be some contacts.
After Wang Zhongsi's post as the Jiedushi of the Four Towns is over, what's the harm in allowing the Yang Party to win over him?
"Right Prime Minister, Xue Bai also gave Wang Zhongsi a poem. I will copy it here."
What was handed over was a piece of bamboo paper.
Li Linfu looked at it carefully and saw that the bamboo paper was slightly whiter and thinner than before, and asked, "Where did you get this paper?"
"Go back to the Prime Minister, I bought it now at Daozhengfang, one piece for twelve cents."
"Twelve coins?"
Li Linfu nodded, then turned to the poem, with some doubts in his eyes. I secretly thought that Xue Bai's words were clearly complaining about Wang Zhongsi. Could it be that he was going back on his word and wanted to keep his position as the Jiedushi of the Four Towns?
It seems that there is too much worry. There has been a misunderstanding before. Moreover, Wang Zhongsi is ignorant, so even asking the imperial concubine to intercede is useless.
"Keep staring at them."
"Here."
Li Linfu hid some doubts in his heart, reviewed the files submitted by Dali Temple, and immediately went to the palace to see him.
At the same time, in the royal residence of Yanshoufang, Wang Zhongsi picked up a bowl of sobering soup and drank it in one gulp, looking at Yuan Zai who hurried over.
He suddenly understood why he didn't like this son-in-law. For example, although Xue Bai is also easy to get into trouble, he does not hide it and has a public heart.
"I heard that Yang Hao and An Lushan have a good relationship?"
"My father-in-law, yes."
Yuan Zai understood what Wang Zhongsi meant as soon as he heard it, and said: "As far as my uncle is concerned, there is little difference between whether the father-in-law is appointed as the governor of Hedong, or whether An Lushan is allowed to occupy this position. This is exactly what Li said. One of the reasons raised by Heng is that the Yang party may use Wang Zhongsi to report the East Palace and go back on his word."
Yuan Zai had not finished his words yet, and continued: "But for the confidants of the uncle, they hope to keep their father-in-law. The son-in-law is not talented, and he is appointed as the judge of the salt and iron transport, and has repeatedly persuaded the uncle to help. "
Wang Zhongsi frowned and said, "I heard that An Lushan recognized the imperial concubine as his mother yesterday?"
"Yes, An Lushan had someone wrap him in swaddling clothes, which made the saint and the noble concubine laugh heartily."
Wang Zhongsi felt a chill after hearing this.
He fought bloody battles on the northwest border and saw nearly 10,000 casualties among his soldiers. When he returned, he saw that his fellow military governors had shamelessly seized their posts, and he suddenly felt angry in his heart.
Yuan Zai continued: "However, at the palace banquet yesterday, An Lushan had an unpleasant quarrel with the Yang family brothers and sisters. First, Mrs. Guo Guo did not agree with the matter and deliberately made things difficult; in addition, Yang Zhao and An Lushan kept watching He was not pleasing to the eye, and kept ridiculing and belittling him, which exposed An Lushan's ambition to be an envoy to Hedong. In the end, he was scolded by the saint, and the banquet broke up unhappy."
"Yang Zhao is so bold?"
"He is now managing his internal funds, which is one of the saint's pockets."
Wang Zhongsi said: "I heard that Mrs. Guo Guo has a close relationship with Xue Bai. Is it because of Xue Bai that she came forward to stop her?"
"yes."
"Do you have the bamboo paper that you popularize?"
"have!"
Yuan Zai came prepared. He took out a few pieces of bamboo paper from his sleeves, stepped forward, and carefully placed them on Wang Zhongsi's desk.
"My father-in-law, please look at this. This is white bamboo paper that costs twelve cents a piece. This is romantic paper that costs twenty cents a piece. We can lower the price in the future. What we are doing is hoping that all the poor people in the world can read and practice calligraphy..."
"Here comes the pen."
Yuan Zai's eyes flashed with light, and he quickly served the brush and handed the brush forward.
Wang Zhongsi said: "I said, you write it and I will copy it."
"Here."
"I heard that there was an old soldier killing someone in the capital, so I checked the military register of Longyou and found that Huangfu Weiming had secretly brought the old soldier to the capital. After Huangfu Weiming died, Li Jingzhong, the servant in the East Palace, deceived his superiors and secretly raised old soldiers..."
Yuan Zai's hand holding the pen was very steady, but as he wrote this, his heart was filled with excitement.
Who can believe that Li Jingzhong can take over the old pawn from Huangfu Weiming? Once this letter was published, how was it different from the break between Wang Zhongsi and Li Heng?
"Your Majesty, this is the file reported by Dali Temple. It was found out that Pei Mian's case was committed by a general named...Cao Jian under Pei Dunfu."
Li Linfu was good at general affairs, so naturally he would not be able to remember the murderer of such a big case. He deliberately showed the absurdity of the matter.
Sure enough, Li Longji disagreed.
He was appreciating a wine vessel, which was presented by An Lushan and could be used in the hot springs. Now that the expansion of Huaqing Palace has come to an end, he is preparing to stay in Huaqing Palace recently.
"The prince is very capable." Li Longji said casually: "The murderer was found so quickly.
"The results found by His Highness will surely satisfy all ministers."
"nature."
Li Longji was not surprised at all. He had obviously been used to it for a long time. He picked up another wine vessel, looked at it, and asked, "Wang Zhongsi has been back in Beijing for some time. Haven't you heard about this case?"
"Maybe this case really has nothing to do with the Helong Border Army."
"Maybe."
Li Linfu glanced secretly and said, "Sage, I heard something recently."
"explain."
"The report from Jiyang Farewell to Weilin mentioned that when he was the governor of Shuozhou, he heard Wang Zhongsi say, 'I have been raised in the palace with King Zhong for a long time, and I want to respect the crown prince.'
At the end of his words, Li Linfu's voice gradually became quieter.
Li Longji paused, put down the wine vessel in his hand, and looked thoughtful.
"In the battle of Stone Castle City, Ge Shuhan fought well."
"The sage's clear guidance."
Li Linfu regained his energy and knew that it was not urgent to let the three divisions torture Wang Zhongsi. He decided to appoint the Jiedushi of the four towns as important, and then said: "The reason why this minister recommended the use of barbarians in the border towns...
The next moment, a chamberlain hurried over and said, "Sage, Wang Zhongsi has requested an audience. He has something urgent to write."
