Tang riddles

What is the origin of this Huangfu family?Speaking of it, it is not a great family, the Tang family is only the last one with the surname Yi on the ranking list.The ancestor was a military general who followed Emperor Yangdi in the Sui Dynasty. He was good at using golden guns. He fought in all directions when he was young. Under the siege of the enemy, he fell off a cliff and was rescued by a deer. Therefore, the family emblem is "Golden Spear God Deer". .So far, the Huangfu family is still the family of generals, most of the men in the family serve in the army, the family is in Yuezhou, and the current family director is the governor of Yuezhou.

It is such an inconspicuous family with the surname B that suddenly rose to prominence more than ten years ago, because a beautiful woman was born in this generation of the family. For concubines.After the sage ascended the throne, the Huangfu family was conferred the title of Deyi, one of the nine concubines.

Huangfu Deyi's grandfather, Huangfu Cui, the former Patriarch passed away a few years ago. He sat on the position of governor of Yuezhou for a long time, and controlled a certain amount of military power in his hands.And her father, Huangfu Rixiu, once served as the deputy head of the gate guard of the left prison, and belonged to the army that guarded the gate of the imperial city in the imperial army.After the death of his old father Huangfu Cui, Huangfu Rixiu went to Yuezhou to inherit his father's position and become the governor of Yuezhou.This is the grace bestowed by the saints.

Huangfu Deyi was very favored when the sage Qianlong was in power, and the sage was once favored by the Sixth Palace after he ascended the throne, but since Concubine Wu Hui was favored a few years ago, Huangfu Deyi and all the beauties in the harem, including Concubine Zhao Li and Liu Cairen, have fallen out of favor one after another. The life of Huangfu's family is not as easy as before.Now, her mother's family is far away in Yuezhou, and Huangfu Deyi is in the deep palace, helpless and helpless, which is really pitiful.

But no matter what, Huangfu Deyi gave birth to King E and Princess Linjin for the saints, and he owed a lot to the royal family, and his life in the palace was considered stable.At least on the surface, the sage can evenly spread the rain and dew, and let a hundred flowers bloom.Zhong Yu, king of Hubei, was beautiful, and Lin Jin was beautiful and lovely, and they were also loved by saints.

So Shen Jin couldn't understand, and couldn't help asking:

[This jade pendant engraved with the emblem of Huangfu's family, as well as those bloody clothes and secret letters, how could Song Youchen give it to Li Bai, and let Li Bai bring it to Li Zhongyuan?Sister, I am confused. 】

Shen Sui smiled slightly and said:

"What's so confusing, it's very clear." As he spoke, he scooped up the big red dates in his porridge bowl with a spoon, and put them into Zhang Ruohan's porridge bowl beside him.

In the end, he was sent back by Zhang Ruohan, who said concisely and undeniably: "Your blood is insufficient, you should make up for it."

Shen Sui pursed his lips and gave in.But he shaved the meat of the steamed white fish on his plate and gave it to Zhang Ruohan to eat, Zhang Ruohan finally did not refuse.

[Sister...] Shen Jin looked at the two of them helplessly.

"Cough!" Shen Sui who was drinking porridge almost choked, coughed, and said seriously:

"Think carefully, King E, and King Guang, the son of Liu Cairen who is always with King E, aren't they all the henchmen of the prince? They hang around with the prince all day long, going to school, poetry clubs, hunting, and gardening. Wasn't it always in groups? And the Huangfu family naturally wanted to follow the E king, so it was very clear to stand in line. In short, the Huangfu family was on the prince's side.

And what Concubine Wu Hui wanted to get rid of the most was the current crown prince.All the prince's henchmen are her targets.The prince's mother Concubine Zhao Li, King E, Queen Mother Huangfu Deyi, King Guang, Queen Mother Liu Cairen, including Mao Mao, are all her enemies.She had sinister intentions, and the sage indulged her unscrupulously. She acted unscrupulously, so Huangfu Deyi's situation was very difficult.

I guessed that something happened to Huangfu Deyi in the palace. It was very likely that she was murdered by Concubine Wu Hui.So she wrapped the bloody clothes, wrote a secret letter, and used the token jade pendant. She wanted to give these things to her natal family in Yuezhou, hoping that her natal family would find a way to save her.

But how would she get these things out?There was one person who helped her, and that was Song Youchen.Song Jing is an old courtier, and has always been a staunch supporter of the prince. Although he is old and not in the court, he still has some influence.Huangfu Deyi begged him to send this package. At that time, Li Bai visited Song Jing and mentioned that he would leave for Yizhou to visit Li Zhongyuan soon. Song Jing then handed over the package to Li Bai, and Li Bai brought it to Li Zhongyuan.

Why did Song Jing choose Li Bai instead of others?This is very interesting.I'm afraid that Song Youchen's situation is also very difficult now. He may have been living under the surveillance of others, so he had to resort to such a trick, and asked an unfamiliar wanderer scholar to deliver the package.And Li Zhongyuan was Song Jing's most proud student, and the two had always exchanged letters. He believed that Li Zhongyuan would properly dispose of it according to his wishes after receiving the package.

But..." Shen Sui suddenly had a big turning point, drank the last sip of porridge in the bowl, put down the bowl and spoon, and said:

"He didn't expect that Li Zhongyuan's position was completely opposite to his."

【What? ! 】Shen Jin found it unbelievable, 【Sister means, Li Zhongyuan is from the Wu family? 】

Shen Sui nodded and said:

"Li Zhongyuan's position is opposite to Song Jing's. I'm still guessing about this matter. Brother Huyan..." She suddenly nodded and sat aside, and Huyan Zhuoma, who hadn't spoken a word, said:

"I'm waiting for your news to confirm my guess, let me tell you first."

Huyan Zhuoma laughed and said:

"A certain has been listening to the sect master's analysis. He was so engrossed that he almost forgot the business. After all, the sect master is really good at predicting things. The news brought by his subordinates is exactly the news about Wu Shi and Li Zhongyuan."

Shen Sui smiled, she knew she had guessed right, so she heard Huyan Zhuoma say:

"It's like this. Two days ago, our brothers in Yizhou finally heard some news about Li Zhongyuan's background. Li Zhongyuan is from Wenshui, Bingzhou. Although the Wu family lives in Lizhou now, everyone knows that the Wu family made a fortune in Wenshui, Bingzhou. Originally, it was just a fellow villager, and it did not represent anything. But after many investigations, we finally found some clues from an old woman in Wenshui. This old woman was in Wenshui before the Wu family moved to Lizhou. The old lady in the Wu family's mansion is very clear about many things. When the Wu family moved away, they took away most of the servants, and the few who remained were mostly old, weak, sick and disabled. Now almost all of them are dead. Only this old woman lived a long time and lived in a small village in the valley of Wenshui Country. We searched for it for a long time before we found it.

According to the old woman, Li Zhongyuan was originally the son of a criminal minister, and his family participated in the military rebellion launched by Xu Jingye and King Luo Bin. After Xu and Luo died, all the male elders of their family were exiled to the frontier, and their women and children were punished as slaves. At that time, he was still a baby baby in.When he was 11 years old, all the female elders in the family also passed away, and he became an orphan since then, and sold himself into the Wu family.Later, he was appreciated by Wu Zhen, the master of martial arts at that time, and took him with him as a book boy to teach him how to read and read.Wu Zhen even broke away from his relationship, helped him get out of slavery, became a good citizen, established a household as a Ding, and paid for him to take the imperial examination.Li Zhongyuan's surname was not Li at first, and the surname "Li" was a new surname when he established a household later.He has a very close relationship with Wu Zhen. He is grateful and loyal to Wu Zhen. Over the years, although he has no superficial contacts, he has helped Wu Zhen many times in private. "

[In this way, it is really ironic that this Li Zhongyuan was raised by the family of the enemy who exterminated the family, and he is grateful to the enemy. 】Shen Jin took the conversation and sighed.

"That's right." Huyan Zhuoma responded.

Shen Sui said: "This makes sense. Why did Li Zhongyuan react that way when the package was in Li Zhongyuan's hands? He was probably worried about Concubine Wu Hui's situation in the palace, and he was afraid that if Concubine Wu Hui's plot to murder Huangfu Deyi was to be released by Yuezhou Huangfu's family Knowing that, if the Huangfu family is in trouble, the sage will be forced by public opinion to condemn the Wu family."

[Sister, who did Li Zhongyuan give that package to?Why didn't he destroy it on the spot? 】 Shen Jin asked.

"According to ordinary people's thinking, destroying such a threatening package must be the first choice. It's really weird that he doesn't destroy it. Unless..." Shen Sui frowned, and fell into deep thought as he spoke.

"Unless there is any more important information written in that secret letter, so that Li Zhongyuan needs to leave evidence to remind some people." Zhang Ruohan suddenly said.

Shen Sui nodded, she and Zhang Ruohan wanted to go together.

"Bo Zhao, I've always found the existence of the bloody clothes very strange. I was wondering if Huangfu Deyi had a miscarriage..." Zhang Ruohan said.

Shen Sui turned to look at Zhang Ruohan, his eyes were shining:

"Lotus Maid, you're on the right track. But I think differently from you. I'm not sure if the bloody clothes are evidence of Huangfu Deyi's miscarriage. In recent years, the sage has almost exclusively favored Concubine Wu Hui, and seldom visited her." In other palaces, except for Concubine Wu Hui, there has been no news of other concubines being pregnant in the past ten years. The possibility of Huangfu Deyi's pregnancy and miscarriage may not be great.

And the reason why the bloody clothes are in Huangfu Deyi's hands may be... the prince in the palace, it is very likely that Huangfu Deyi's son, King E, was killed.But it is definitely not dead, otherwise the news cannot be covered up.Instead, he was injured and bled a lot, and he was wearing that dress at the time.Concubine Wu Hui should be very cautious about this matter. Although it was unsuccessful, there was no evidence left, so she was suppressed by the sage, and there was no news from the outside world. As a result, Huangfu Deyi had nowhere to report her complaints, so she had to ask her natal family for help.

Asking for help is only one aspect. Huangfu Deyi may know who Concubine Wu Hui's next target is, so she does everything possible to spread the news and stop Concubine Wu Hui's conspiracy. "

Zhang Ruohan seemed to realize what Shen Sui was talking about, and said:

"Could it be that Qianhe... brought me the news from Fufeng Famen Temple?"

"Haha!" Shen Sui knew that Zhang Ruohan must have a heart-to-heart with her, so he patted the table, grabbed Zhang Ruohan's hand and praised:

"You are too smart, Lotus Maid!"

Zhang Ruohan laughed: "You are the smart one, you thought of it earlier than me."

At this time, Shen Jin also came to his senses, and hurriedly patted the armrest of the wheelchair, saying:

【I see!The original contact here!Huangfu Deyi did everything possible to spread the news that Concubine Wu Hui wanted to assassinate Jin Princess Li Jinyue? 】

Shen Sui smiled and said:

"It's not just about harming Mao Mao. In fact, it is very likely that the target is the prince, but he missed the auxiliary car. Think about it, Mao Mao accidentally fell off the horse while hunting with the prince. This must not be a coincidence."

"So, the person who sent the letter to Famen Temple in Fufeng, beating around the bush and asking me to remind Mao Mao to pay attention to the hidden arrows, was Song Youchen?" Zhang Ruohan said.

Shen Sui shook his head: "It shouldn't be. Thinking about it, it doesn't fit the situation at that time. First, Song Youchen is not from the middle of Shu, so he doesn't need Shu brocade bags; second, Song Youchen is surrounded by all directions. How could he send someone to Fufeng Famen Temple? And asked the abbot to forward it to you? He couldn't even find someone to send the burden from Huangfu Deyi. Third, why did the secret letter only remind you that someone was going to assassinate Maomao, but did not mention the prince? Concubine Wu Hui's biggest goal It's obviously the prince. If it was Song Jing, you would have to warn the prince to be careful of hidden arrows at the first time, so why would you only mention Mao Mao and not the prince?"

"Who could it be?" Huyan Zhuoma was confused.

Shen Sui thought for a moment, and expressed his guess:

"It's Wu Zhen, there should be no one else but him."

"The head of the sect said that Wu Zhen sent someone to send a letter to San Niangzi, asking San Niangzi to warn the princess to beware of back arrows? Why?"

Huyan Zhuoma didn't turn the corner for a while, but Shen Jin and Zhang Ruohan came back.

Shen Jin said: [Sister, I understand what you mean.Although Wu Zhen is Concubine Wu Hui's elder brother, he has a different position. After receiving the package from Huangfu Deyi that Li Zhongyuan handed over to him, he knew that Concubine Wu Hui had murdered the prince, and even conspired to catch the prince and the princess of Jin. She was afraid, so she wanted to prevent her from making mistakes, so as not to hurt Wu's family.But he couldn't directly remind the maidservant's sister that the prince was in danger, it was too obvious, so he took the next best thing and reminded the maidservant's sister, Princess Jin, that she was in danger.In this way, the princess of the state of Jin must be more vigilant, and can also indirectly protect the prince to prevent tragedies from happening. 】

"That's right." Shen Sui nodded.Huyan Zhuoma at the side clapped his palms and suddenly realized.

"It is precisely because of this that he sent letters to Fufeng Famen Temple. This is a path that few people know about and can contact me." Zhang Ruohan added, and then said strangely, "My Zhang family and Wu Zhen I really don’t know him very well, how could he know me so well?”

"I don't know about that." Shen Sui frowned.

"How did you get in touch with these things?" Zhang Ruohan looked at Shen Sui curiously.

Shen Sui smiled: "When you went down to Jiangling by boat, you fabricated the three kits to test me, but I know you didn't come out of nothing. Then why did Li Zhongyuan recognize you and keep paying attention to you intentionally or unintentionally? This must be unusual. He should know about Wu Zhen's contact with you, so he pays close attention to your movements. In this way, the incident of the three handbags that you made by mistake must have something to do with the incident of falling from the horse."

Zhang Ruohan smiled and said nothing, she really didn't expect that she would play a series role in these several incidents.

"Then Wu Zhen is an out-of-this-world person, who only loves to practice calligraphy and writing articles, never loves officialdom struggles, and has no official position. Although he has been in charge of the Wu family these years, he has become more and more shy. Acting is also in line with his style." Huyan Zhuoma said.

[But... is this related to the Holy Grail this time? ] Shen Jin asked suddenly.

The hall suddenly fell silent.

The author has something to say: Modified

The thinking process in this chapter is relatively complicated. If you don’t understand it, you can understand it after reading it a few times.