Records of the King of Xin'an County

After learning from Wang Zixian that Hejian County King and Siyue King Li Wei were about to enter Beijing, Li Hui wrote a letter overnight and asked Princess Changning to forward it to the saint for him.Instead of staying in the mansion with nothing to do, or sitting in the study alone playing chess, practicing calligraphy and painting, or watching Zhang Fu's mother and Du Jialan discuss financial affairs, it is better to meet this "rebel king" and his cousin What about Li Wei?

After reading his booklet, the sage couldn't help laughing, and said to the left and right: "However, after two days of wedding, Xuan Qi couldn't be free, which shows that a princess can't keep him. Or, even if he is married, he still can't stay. It’s because he’s still in love. I’ve given him so many days to rest, but he doesn’t make good use of it himself, and the three brothers and three sisters-in-law can’t blame me. Come on, come on, come on, he can just go if he wants to.”

"Since brother is concerned about Zongzheng Shaoqing's official duties, grandpa will help him. As for sister-in-law, she will not feel lonely if she has her son and sister Huanniang by her side." Princess Changning replied with a smile, "However, Let my elder brother go alone, my son is always a little worried." In front of the officials, neither father nor daughter explicitly stated the matter of "rebelling against the king", but they had already tacitly understood each other.If the king of Hejian County came back and refused to enter the capital, Li Hui would indeed be in danger and even be detained as a proton.

The sage thought for a while: "Let Jing Xing go with you, and bring more guards." For some reason, his eyes fell on Prince Xian casually, and he said: "Wang Aiqing, come and pass on my oral order to Jing Xing. By the way, go and take a look for me, and tell me carefully what happened at that time."

"My minister would like to obey the oral order." Wang Zixian responded with a salute.

Afterwards, he searched almost all over the northwest corner of Chang'an City, from Yong'an County Prince's Mansion and Pu Prince's Mansion to the unrepaired King Yue's Mansion, but he never saw the Prince of Tianshui.It was almost noon at this time, so he simply rode his horse to the Prince's Mansion of Xin'an County.

Li Hui heard him casually mentioning the word of mouth, and said with a smile that was not a smile: "How can you not guess where he is now? Why bother running around?"

"From the perspective of others, I am not familiar with the Prince of Tianshui, so I should not be able to 'guess' his whereabouts. Maybe I can only ask you, my cousin, where he is now." The prince offered, "Besides, as the person who uncovered Du Chongfeng's identity, it is reasonable to set aside a few more hours for him and Du Chongfeng."

Inquiring and explaining in anger requires enough time, and more importantly, enough patience and understanding.Comparing his heart to his heart, if he was confessing to Li Hui back then, if he met someone who didn't know what to do and came to disturb him, he would definitely be very annoyed.If Li Hui's forgiveness is not obtained because of this, it may be that he will cherish it for the rest of his life.

"It's rare to see you being so considerate to him." Li Hui couldn't help laughing, "Forget it, we'll go out of Beijing together later. I'll stay by the Baqiao and wait. You go to Du's house to find Jingxing and Du Shishilang. Think about it In broad daylight, the King of Hejian did not dare to use any means. Since he has made up his mind to come, he will not regret it temporarily, otherwise he might as well pretend to be sick and stay on the way." Temporary regret will only ruin his reputation. There is no going back.King Hejian is a smart man, and he probably wouldn't make such a move when he was in a hurry.

"These days, Jinniang has not sent a message. I suspect that they must have encountered an accident. I don't know whether this accident is good or bad..." Wang Zixian said in a deep voice, "It should be related to Hejian County King. He Before and after entering Beijing, I will definitely seek Mr. Zhou Jiyan to inquire about the countermeasures and the situation in Beijing and China. Cheng Qing's success or failure may be within a few days."

"In this case, we should act cautiously. We would rather not get any news for the time being than put them in danger." Li Hui said, "Whether Cheng Qing wins or loses this trip, if there is an opportunity in the future, we should help He restored the title of Duke Liang's mansion. Otherwise, I would really feel uneasy." For the sake of his family, Cheng Qing was willing to risk his life to do meticulous work, regardless of whether he succeeded or not, his thoughts were enough to move people.

"Just take it slowly." The prince offered, "A saint should not be stingy with the title of a duke. However, everything has to wait until the dust settles before mentioning it. With the name of meritorious deeds, Cheng The family can make a comeback. However, the talent of the Cheng family is no better than that of Cheng Qing, and the inner house is not very stable, and after a few years, their family will still gradually decline."

"Then it has nothing to do with us." Li Hui said lightly.He appreciates Cheng Qing's courage and courage to break the boat, and he is willing to fulfill his wish, but it doesn't mean that he has any intention of making friends with the Cheng family.After all, in the process of teaming up to deceive the eldest princess Anxing and covert Chen Cang, the Cheng family, except Mrs. Lu, did not perform well.There were even people who wanted to separate from Cheng Qing immediately for self-protection.We can only share wealth and honor, but not share adversity, which is evident in our character.

The prince smiled and said nothing.He was originally a cold-hearted person, so I couldn't agree more with his reaction.

After eating lunch together, the two left Beijing in a light carriage.Arriving outside the Chunming Gate, Li Hui continued to go to Baqiao in a carriage, while Wang Zixian took a few parts and rode his horse to Du's house to deliver oral instructions to Li Jing.

The carriage slowly stopped outside the Ten Mile Pavilion. Someone had arrived earlier and built a tent nearby to block the biting cold wind.Li Hui glanced at the halogen flag standing beside the tent, not surprised.The steward who was standing outside the tent was also full of smiles, and went forward to salute courteously: "Your Majesty is here too? My Majesty just told someone specifically that if he sees His Majesty's car, he will welcome him into the tent to keep warm. "

"Clan brother actually guessed that I would come?" Li Hui raised his eyebrows and followed him into the tent.Sure enough, as soon as he entered, waves of warm waves rushed over, instantly making the thin snow on his shoulders disappear without a trace.And he looked at the two people who were drinking shochu inside, and said with a smile: "Clan brother really came with his nephew. I just saw the banner in the clan brother's mansion, and I was feeling quite emotional. Among our clan, there are also There are few people who are as enthusiastic about taking care of the younger generation as the clan brothers."

"Xuan Qi is really absurd! Come, sit, drink together, and warm yourself up." Jiang Xia County King seemed very proud of his "praise", and he got up to greet him in person.Next to him, Li Ren, the eldest son of the Prince of Hejian, who was full of nervousness, raised his eyes, concealing the displeasure and disgust in his eyes, and called "Uncle".

Li Hui was like a stranger to him, so he didn't care about the nephew's inconsistency, so he sat down beside the king of Jiangxia County, enjoying the tribute of Yizhou Shaochun with them: " Speaking of which, Brother Hejian shouldn’t have been in Beijing for some years, right? My nephew has been staying in Beijing, and he hasn’t seen his parents for many years?”

Li Ren nodded lightly, and seemed a little embarrassed in the silence: "I haven't seen my grandpa and grandma for six or seven years." It seems that he is like an ordinary young man with a calm temperament and a peaceful mind. Simple, ignorant of worldly affairs—it is like a lamb growing up among wolves, tigers, leopards and foxes, fragile and harmless.

"Because their father and son haven't seen each other for many years, I came here with Dalang, lest he be so nervous that he doesn't know what to do." After coughing twice, King Jiangxia drank some wine to suppress his pressure, and Fang continued. "Xuan Qi, what about you? A well-behaved bridegroom official, instead of staying in the mansion with his wife, he braved the cold wind to greet him? Didn't Jing Xing return to Beijing? Why don't you let him come here for you? To be honest, I just returned I thought it was him."

"I'm Zongzheng Shaoqing, so I can't just send Jing Xing to handle my official duties." Li Hui replied with a smile, "Whether it's a brother from the Hejian clan or a cousin, I should be the one to greet you. Of course, I just want to welcome you." I need to speak a few words with my clan brother, and then you can lead him back to the Prince's Mansion of Hejian County. If the time is too late, there is no need to rush to the palace to meet the saint today. Uncle will naturally summon them tomorrow, so there is no need to worry."

"They came all the way here, and they really should rest for a night before meeting the saint. Otherwise, they will be in a mess and embarrassed, and they will inevitably be suspected of being disrespectful in front of the imperial court." Prince Jiangxia nodded.Li Ren still hung his head and sat quietly alone.

An hour later, Wang Zixian finally brought Li Jing and Du Chongfeng over.The atmosphere among the three of them was extremely stagnant. After Jiangxia Junwang made a few jokes, Li Jing's dark face turned slightly better.Even Li Ren couldn't help but look at them calmly, especially Du Chongfeng who seemed to be a little bit curious about his age.Du Chongfeng bowed to him and started talking with him with a slight smile. For a while, the two seemed to hate seeing each other.

Jiangxia County King was like a loving elder, he was extremely moved by the side, and seemed extremely relieved.Li Jing's face began to darken again, Wang Zixian continued to remain silent, and Li Hui joked naturally: "Looking at the expression of the clan brother, I know that the clan brother really loves Da Lang as his own child. However, the clan brother can Don't forget, you are only in your twenties now, and you don't have a child as old as Da Lang."

"I love Da Lang as a younger brother." Jiangxia County King admitted frankly, "There are no brothers in the family, only a few sisters who married early. It's rare to meet Da Lang, and I always feel that he is destined for me."

"I heard that he has always been alone, and with the company of his clan brothers, he shouldn't feel lonely." Li Hui said, "Many clan children are dudes, if you force him to associate with those who are useless, it will harm him instead. Learn to recite poems and compose Fu with your clan brothers, cultivate your moral character, and you may become a generation of masters in the future?"

"I can't teach such an outstanding student." Prince Jiang Xia said with a smile, "If I leave it to Uncle Pu Wang to teach, maybe he will be more promising."

The two clan brothers talked and laughed happily, even if they didn't mention the court affairs, they seemed to have many topics to talk about.Li Jing listened, and suddenly his heart moved, and his thoughts suddenly became complicated.Wang Zixian asked the trilogy to return from time to time, so as not to delay the matter and miss the Hejian County King and Siyue King.

Not long after, someone came to report: "The King of Hejian County will arrive in a while!"

Then everyone filed out, standing in the cold wind and looking forward to it.Li Hui persuaded the Prince of Jiangxia to go back to his tent to avoid the wind and snow, but he refused with a slight cough: "In the past, I followed my father, and I also had a lot of ties with my brothers. It has been several years since I saw you, and I am also in my heart." I miss it a lot."

Li Hui stopped persuading him, squinting his eyes and looking back at the words and words between them just now, trying to figure out some details that made his intuition not quite right.

At this time, several riders were seen galloping from a distance, covered in snow and wind.After seeing several people in the Ten Mile Pavilion from a distance, they immediately got off their horses one by one, revealing faces flushed with cold.The leading middle-aged man wore a big cloak and rode his horse to the side of the pavilion. Fang jumped off his horse and said with a smile: "I'm sorry, please wait here. I'm late."

He was about forty years old, tall and strong, and his demeanor was like that of a general, but with a smile on his face, he was very easy-going and easy to get close to.After greeting each other with Li Hui, Li Jing, King Jiangxia, Wang Zixian and others, he looked at Li Ren and sighed, "Dalang, you have grown up so much..." With a touch of love and emotion, Seems undimmed by the long parting.

Li Ren's eyes were reddish, tears welled up uncontrollably, and he sobbed, "Grandfather..."

The father and son met each other's eyes and looked at each other silently, which naturally moved the hearts of all the onlookers.However, Li Hui looked at them, but always felt that something was wrong.However, the father and son were very strange to him, so it was difficult for him to find out what went wrong.