The Legacy of the First Auxiliary House of the Tang Dynasty

In the living room of the banquet in the small courtyard, Fang Yiai, the host of the birthday banquet, hadn't reacted yet, when the dandies saw the prince's arrival, they all burst into a commotion and stood up one after another, naturally, they came to greet His Highness the prince.

Originally they were delighted, this is an opportunity to curry favor with His Highness the Crown Prince, usually the Crown Prince doesn't like them very much, it's just to save face, the Crown Prince has always been unattainable, here is Du He because of his status as Princess Chengyang , and very close to the prince.

Of course, Fang Erlang is also valued by the prince recently, everyone thought sourly.

They all looked at the whip in the hands of His Highness the Crown Prince, and they didn't want to say anything in their hearts, but there was still a bit of surprise on their faces.

The crown prince gave Fang Yiai a birthday gift, which was an honor for Fang Yiai as a courtier, but the gift...was a bit strange.

Fang Yiai also thinks the same way, if something is abnormal, there must be a demon—— Facing the gift from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Fang Yiai held a trembling heart, and her eyes revealed doubts.

Seeing this, the corners of Li Chengqian's lips twitched, and he sat on the upper seat with an inscrutable expression.

There were many people in the small banquet hall, and Du He was a master at invigorating the atmosphere. In addition, he was acquainted with His Highness the Crown Prince. After he said a few words, His Highness the Crown Prince gave a good response. In addition, the other honorable dude gave a few words of flattery. , but it didn't make Li Chengqian impatient.

The atmosphere suddenly became lively and lively.

The joy of playing music for Fang Yi'ai before, has long been forgotten at this moment.

Fang Yiai didn't pay attention, but Li Chengqian saw it and ordered Zhao Dezi to reward her.

Come over to thank you, but dare not say it in your mouth.

His Highness the Crown Prince had a half-smile on his face, still stroking the whip in his hand, and handed it to Fang Yiai who was still hesitant about the gift.

Fang Yiai took it, and immediately knew that it was a rare and good thing.

Seeing Lie Xinxi, Fang Yiai was infatuated for a moment, but forgot to be vigilant and vigilant.

He touched the whip in his hand, the prince didn't say what it was made of just now, but once he knew Fang Yiaihui, he knew it must be a good thing.

Fang Yiai was happy, his face showed a little bit, but he heard Xin Xin's voice in his ear, and he looked at them in surprise.

He had already seen that the Prince's expression seemed unhappy, and then glanced at the "stubborn" Yixin. He was a little confused why she was so resolute in rejecting the Prince's favor, but seeing that the little apprentice wanted to offend his master, Fang Yiai After all, he was afraid that his apprentice would suffer a disadvantage, and he didn't want to let Yixin continue to contradict the prince, so he laughed.

Fang Yiai had no choice but to intervene kindly: "His Royal Highness appreciates the face, if you like it, just accept it, and take it for me."

After finishing speaking, Fang Yiai stretched out her hand and summoned Xinxin to sit beside him.

Originally, Xin Xin had no place, after all, he was an eunuch. Although he had a position as an official, his status was not enough here. This was not in the army either. She is used to rolling her eyes, so she naturally doesn't care, but Fang Yiai just loves and pets this apprentice.

Because the apprentice is so well-behaved, if he likes men, he may be the same as the "former" prince, and it would be strange to fall in love with Xinxin.

As soon as Fang Yiai spoke, Xinxin remained silent and kowtowed to the prince to thank him.

It's just that Fang Yiai, who is a sympathetic master, didn't see the disappointment in his eyes.

Here, Yixin found an excuse and said that she had to go back to the East Palace.

The rules are like this, and Fang Yiai is not easy to stop after hearing that, he knew that Xinxin had asked for leave to leave the palace, but he didn't expect that it would only be for a short while.

The rules in this East Palace are pretty strict—Fang Yiai looked at Li Chengqian, did she not speak to the crown prince, and asked Xinxin to sit here to celebrate her birthday, not to mention being surrounded by honorable children, Fang Yiai regarded Xinxin as a caring person, and the others People can take a small eunuch seriously.

Thinking about it this way, Fang Yiai felt that it was aggrieved for Xin Xin to stay here.That's all, in the future he will find another opportunity to ask Xin Xin to come out, and the master and apprentice will have a meal alone.

Yi Xin bit her lower lip, closed her eyes and said goodbye, and when she left, he looked back at Fang Yi'ai.

Fang Yiai turned her head and saw him, and smiled slightly at her apprentice, but she just smiled, and didn't care about the disciple's eyes at all.

Fang Yiai's expression expressed satisfaction and see you later.

All this was seen by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, he raised his eyebrows, motioned for the person next to him to pour the wine, drank it all in one gulp, and praised the food and drink as good.

This remark made Du He, a rambunctious person, very proud. What he said was that there is no good place to play in Chang'an City recently, and when he said it together, it aroused the echo of many dudes.

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Among the eighteen weapons, the whip is one of them.

Although Fang Yiai doesn't know how to play with a whip, she has practiced it at home for a few days, and dragged someone to find an army veteran who is good at whipping to teach him a few tricks, so that he can practice it. Playing is also quite posture, vigorous.

For a moment, Fang Yiai forgot that he still needed to go to the East Palace to take up a post, and the prince sent someone to urge her, so Fang Yiai went.

After he went to the East Palace, he originally wanted to tell His Highness the Crown Prince that he was going to the barracks to continue to familiarize himself with military affairs, so that the Eastern Expedition in the coming year would not be messed up, so that he could make more military exploits.

These words are for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. In short, he, the former minister of the Eastern Palace who "hearts the Crown Prince", has the military power, so the Crown Prince has no reason to stop him.

Fang Yiai thought beautifully, but before he even opened his mouth, he found out from the prince that the nanny who was interrogated by Princess Gao Yang committed suicide in the prison.

Fang Yi's admiring heart was interrupted at once, "Your Highness, there is something strange about this matter, and it must be dealt with strictly."

It was obvious that the murder was silenced, but how could the "important criminal" handpicked by the emperor be murdered——

"Chen Muzhi didn't find any clues." The prince frowned.

He didn't expect Concubine Wei Gui to have such great influence in the palace, no, it should not be Concubine Wei Gui.

Li Chengqian put down the black chess piece he was holding in his finger, casually dropped it, and asked someone to clean up the chessboard.

Fang Yiai took a look. Before he came to the East Palace, he seemed to have just seen Hou Junji coming out of the palace gate, but he didn't meet him.

Speaking of Hou Junji, I don't know when he came back from the frontier to report on his duties.

Fang Yiai asked the prince, and it turned out that it was Emperor Li Shimin who ordered Hou Junji to return to Chang'an to report on his duties, and it was also to prepare for the Eastern Expedition.

As long as the winter is over, the Eastern Expedition is bound to be feasible.

This news is still known to a few people in the upper echelons of the Tang court. After all, no one knows whether Goguryeo has spies or spies in Chang'an City or the palace. After careful study and pondering the recent events, one can infer that the emperor is about to move and mobilize troops.

Fang Yiai heard from the East Palace that the clues on Gao Yang's side had been cut off like this, he felt unwilling, and instead of talking about reconciliation, he said that it is so difficult to punish Gao Yang? !

He told the prince that he was going to meet relevant people and so on, and he must find clues.

Li Chengqian pondered, but said that Chen Muzhi was responsible for this matter.

"I always feel that there is something wrong with Chen Muzhi..." Fang Yiai murmured.

The prince took a look at him and said: "Don't mess with him, he is not a good friend."

"Huh?" Fang Yiai didn't expect Li Chengqian to say that about Chen Muzhi.

No matter how difficult it is to get along with each other, Chen Muzhi's "dirty work" is logically regarded as a lackey by the royal family. I have never heard of the heads of the East Factory, West Factory, and Jinyiwei who were similar to Chen Muzhi's position in the later Ming Dynasty. How many of them would know? Having a good ending and a good ending is difficult after all!

Li Chengqian thought about Fang Yi'ai's temperament, and frowned slightly, fearing that he would cause some trouble, he still mentioned something: "He has a special status, you should pay attention."

Fang Yiai slammed his mouth, and didn't ask any further questions, because the alarm sounded all over his body instinctively.

The prince's dinner is coming here, seeing that it is getting late, Fang Yiai is very sensitive to the weather now, he is afraid of His Highness the prince.

There was a period of "tossing people", a period of serious discussion with him about government affairs, and the appearance of relying on him deeply, which sometimes made Fang Yiai at a loss.

Taking the opportunity, he hurriedly left, Li Chengqian nodded, as if he didn't care, and let him go happily.

It's just about the birthday gift a few days ago. Zhao Dezi, the prince's loyal servant, is still selling a good deal for his master. Speaking of that black crocodile leather whip, which is very expensive, it actually killed many crocodiles from Yuzhang's side. , made of the softest and strongest leather from the abdomen, a truly unique luxury.

"Your Highness loves it very much, but Fang Shanlang is more important after all." The implication is, thank you quickly and remember the prince's kindness.

Fang Yiai was really afraid of the flattering Zhao Dezi, she nodded hurriedly, and said a lot of good things about the prince "kindness and generosity".

Zhao Dezi nodded, and then let go of the topic just now. "There is no doubt about the relationship between Shanlang and His Highness. I hope Shanlang will come to the East Palace on time. Your Highness is too busy and lacks help. Recently, it is often three o'clock before he sleeps peacefully."

While talking about Zhao Dezi, he even reached out to touch the corners of his eyes that were not wet, like a loyal servant.

The corners of Fang Yiai's mouth twitched, she was still playing tricks at such a young age.

He shook his head and walked away, but when he left the palace, he met Chen Muzhi.

It cannot be said that the encounter was premeditated.

Fang Yiai specially went to Li Laodao, Li Chunfeng. Li Chunfeng is Chen Muzhi's master. Naturally, to find Chen Muzhi, he should go to the Taishi Bureau. There, ask him the whereabouts of his apprentice Chen Muzhi, with Chen Muzhi's vigilance and caution, Fang Yiai will definitely see someone after the incident.

In the Taoist temple, Li Chunfeng welcomed Fang Yiai very much, and even held his hands tightly, "Come on, Yiai—come and help me to see this, what do you think of doing this here? Right? This reaction It's kind of weird."

Li Chunfeng has completely changed now.

It's not the original appearance of being a fairy, a master of Taoism, and unfathomable. Even after his apprentice Chen Muzhi persuaded him a few times, he could only give up.

It happened that when Fang Yiai came, he also met Chen Muzhi.

Chen Muzhi was reticent and gloomy, but it didn't prevent him from being good-looking, so Fang Yiai couldn't help taking a few extra glances.

His own apprentice, Xin Xin, is good-looking, but has been transformed by Fang Yiai to be very "outrageous". Sometimes Fang Yiai looks awkward, although Xin Xin's face is still delicate, but he is really not masculine.

But Chen Muzhi's good-looking is not only his face, but also his temperament. He has a gloomy body, but he is unreasonably attractive. Some people do things with a guilty conscience and don't want to look at him. I love this, and after looking at it carefully, I really think Chen Muzhi looks seductive.

Chen Muzhi is very sensitive to people's gaze. Fang Yiai stared at him with fiery eyes, how could he not feel it, but he was used to patience, but eventually he hated it, so he raised his eyes and stabbed the other person sharply.

For no reason, Fang Yiai felt cold all over her body.

He whispered a few words to Li Laodao, seeing that Chen Muzhi was about to leave, he quickly called this Tai Shicheng to tell him to wait.

Chen Muzhi stopped, looked at him with dark eyes, Fang Yiai swallowed, at this time the cold winter wind blows, it is cold outside after all.

Fang Yiai shuddered, "He will force him to be strong, and the breeze blows the hills"——

Thinking about it this way, Fang Yi'ai calmed down, her heart became bolder, and her confidence and aura all of a sudden increased.

Chen Muzhi on the opposite side narrowed his eyes, this Fang Yiai did have some tricks.

Before, he looked like a dandy, and he was not in good shape in front of his master.

Although they said that Chen Muzhi didn't understand, and that the son-in-law had some real materials, Chen Muzhi didn't like this kind of people's attitude of doing things for others and being tired all over.

But the Fang Yiai in front of him had deep eyes, concentrated eyes, straightened waist even for a moment, with one arm behind his back, the whole person felt different.

It should be said that Fang Yiai at this time is more eye-catching, it is the posture of a strong man.

Chen Muzhi's muscles tensed up, his lips were pursed into a straight line, his eyes were fixed on Fang Yiai, waiting for him to speak.

"Chen Taishi, I want to ask you how Princess Gaoyang's nanny died... I think I might be able to help and catch the 'true culprit' who should be caught."

Fang Yiai said so.