After the prosperous Tang Dynasty

In front of Xingqing Palace, Xiao Song who was urgently recruited by Xuanzong was also at a loss.

Although he just entered the palace yesterday and cried out to Xuanzong about his granddaughter being injured, and Xuanzong even sent Gao Lishi out, he didn't think that Xuanzong would pay attention to this matter until early in the morning. He called from home for sake.

"Xiao Xianggong is here." In front of the palace gate, Gao Lishi came to greet him in person.

Xiao Song's eyes contracted for a moment. If it was just a guess at first, then after seeing Gao Lishi, Xiao Song was completely sure that Xuanzong summoned him today, probably because of other important matters. The pace under Xiao Song's feet quickened a little.

Gao Lishi is such a perceptive person, this little change in Xiao Song's body is naturally caught in his eyes, and there is a faint smile on his face.

On the way to see Xuanzong, although Xiao Song was full of worries, his face remained calm.Gao Lishi is also introverted and meticulous.

It wasn't until Xiao Song and Gao Lishi stood in front of Xuanzong and turned away the maids around him that Gao Lishi gradually had a different look on his face.

After Xuanzong signaled Gao Lishi to tell all the words of Wu Zuo yesterday, Xiao Song's face was also full of shock and astonishment.

He subconsciously scratched his beautiful beard, and after he accidentally pulled his beard and made himself feel "ouch" in pain, he quickly came back to his senses, and said in a clear and orderly manner: The person who silenced the three people held a military weapon in his hand, but the identity of that person cannot be judged by this."

What Xiao Song said was exactly the same as what Gao Lishi said yesterday.

It's just that Xiao Song had previously held a heavy army in his hands, Jiedu Hexi, and those who have personally commanded soldiers, naturally have a better understanding of weapons and ammunition than Xuanzong.

——Xiao Hua gossips with his wife and children at home and guesses, although it is not right, it is not far away.

After a brief moment of pondering, Xiao Song continued to analyze: "As for the weapons in the army, there are only the Sixth Army of the Beiya in Chang'an City, and all the royal guards have this weapon. In addition, the Ministry of War also has it. Yes, there are Nanya Suwei, Weijun, and Frontier Army. To tell you the truth, even in the homes of humble ministers and officials, the hands of a few guards can actually produce a few weapons used by the army. Here come the weapons."

What Xiao Song said was simple and clear, but Xuanzong was startled.

The incident happened in Chang'an City. Before that, he only thought of the Sixth Army of the Northern Yamen in Chang'an City, but he forgot that besides the six imperial guards stationed in the inner city of Chang'an, there were also the Southern Yamen Suwei, and even the guards, border guards, and others. military.

Although the troops stationed in other places cannot be mobilized privately, but the sky is high and the emperor is far away, if a few scattered people come out, maybe the general who leads the troops will be a little careless and will not take such a trivial matter to the public. report.

After a while, Xuanzong nodded slightly, but said in a helpless voice, "That's right, what Mr. Xiao said is true. If you want to use a weapon to find the person behind it, it's tantamount to finding a needle in a haystack."

However, Xiao Song shook his head slightly after hearing this.

Gao Lishi immediately asked: "Mr. Xiao, do you have any objections?"

Xiao Song glanced at him and found that Xuanzong was also staring at him curiously and puzzled, he couldn't help but sighed softly. After Beijing, Xiao Song used to be the prime minister every day, idling around with a high position and power but not caring about everything, unless Xuanzong asked him personally, Xiao Song never intervened in military affairs in the court.

Xiao Song's unrestrained and quick attitude towards letting go of military power is simply eye-opening. If not, Xuanzong would not have trusted him so much.

Xiao Song didn't need to think about it, Xuanzong and Gao Lishi didn't know how many times of plots and tricks, and the coup d'état between the courts, but in the eyes of Xiao Song, who was familiar with military affairs, But it may be more unexpected.

Several thoughts flashed through my mind, but Xiao Song, who was only thinking about how to get his precious granddaughter Xiao Yansui back to this place, faced the eyes of Xuanzong and Gao Lishi, and then opened his mouth softly after a long time. Said: "I think that the person behind it is probably not someone who has anything to do with the Ministry of War or the army."

"What do you mean by Xiao Xianggong's words?" Gao Lishi asked on Xuanzong's behalf.

Xiao Song said: "Unless the person behind is using this military weapon to spread doubts and confuse the public, otherwise, if he really has evil intentions, how can he leave such traces? Just go to the blacksmith shop and change the knife How difficult can it be?"

Xuanzong was slightly taken aback, "Then according to you, the weapon in the army is just a coincidence?"

Xiao Song replied: "I would like to know who brought guards to and from Ximing Temple that day."

Gao Lishi, who had already asked Master Daojue carefully before, immediately replied: "On the bright side, there are brothers and sisters Li Chu, Li Wenning, and Li Tan from the Prince's East Palace, Zhang Dai, Zhang Jiulang, Duke of Yan, Princess Wan'an, and the others. Mrs. Pei and Princess Xinchang from Mr. Xiao's mansion."

Before the words fell, Gao Lishi felt a slight movement in his heart as if he felt something.

Whether these people appeared in Ximing Temple at the same time was related to Xiao Yansui's injury, it is still impossible to make a conclusion for the time being. After all, Ximing Temple didn't know if there were other people waiting in the dark at that time, so Gao Lishi naturally There is no way to check it.

However, let’s exclude the possibility that other people had hidden their identities and stayed in Ximing Temple that day. After thinking about the identities of these people, the expressions on Xiao Song’s face were also slightly unpredictable. However, after thinking hard, he didn’t care. It is impossible to guess what kind of purpose the person behind the scenes wants to achieve.

After Xiao Yansui suffered such grievances, the first person who could be ruled out was naturally Xiao Yansui's mother, Mrs. Pei.As for Princess Xinchang, the population of Xiao's family is relatively simple. Princess Xinchang has three sons but no daughters, and there is no skirmish between sisters who want to be jealous. Naturally, Princess Xinchang will not harm Xiao Yansui.

As for Li Chu, Li Wenning, and Li Tan who were born in the Crown Prince's East Palace, they have never had any grudges with Xiao Yansui, and they have always treated Xu Guogong's family with courtesy. The little girl in the minister's family, like Zhang Dai, who is still a short bean, and Princess Wan'an, who has nothing to do with the Xiao family, has long been a monk and is a female Taoist priest, and has a close relationship with Princess Xinchang's sisters.

Xiao Song frowned, thinking about it, he became more and more puzzled.

Gao Lishi, who had participated in the quelling of Empress Wei's rebellion and supported Xuanzong's congenital coup, suddenly had a thought in his mind. It is an old story of becoming a female Taoist priest who became a monk and chasing blessings for Ruizong.

However, if it really had something to do with the events back then, Xiao Yansui was a little girl who hadn't been born yet, so how could anyone put their schemes on an innocent child like her?

In Gao Lishi's mind, many thoughts are fleeting. It is hard to say whether Xiao Yansui's injury this time has anything to do with the past, but these words can never be said to be known to Xiao Song...

After listening to Xiao Song's analysis on the weapons in the army, Xuanzong's heart was slightly relieved.

When Xiao Song came out of the palace full of thoughts, Xuanzong still sent Gao Lishi to see him off in person, not to mention giving Xiao Song enough face, but also enough to prove that Xiao Song's holy family is unusually strong.

However, when Gao Lishi had just returned to Xuanzong to report, someone reported, "Master Daojue, the abbot of Ximing Temple, just sent a letter."

Gao Lishi took the letter and first checked it carefully with his own hands to make sure that it contained no organs and it was safe and correct before handing it over to Xuanzong.

Opening the letter casually, Xuanzong read it, but couldn't help frowning slightly.

"This letter said," Xuanzong thought more and more that something was wrong, so he couldn't help talking directly to Gao Lishi: "Monk Daojue took the footprints of the rubbings back to Ximing Temple, but after checking in Ximing Temple It was found that in the huge Ximing Temple, there is no footprint of any monk that matches the footprint of the rubbing."

Gao Lishi was slightly taken aback when he heard the words, but immediately said straightforwardly: "If Master Daojue's words are correct, in this way, Ximing Temple's bright face has really cleared up some doubts for the time being, but I'm afraid—— "However, there are still some reservations before the words are finished.

Knowing that he spoke cautiously, Xuanzong didn't feel disobedient at all, and even asked curiously, "What are you afraid of?"

Gao Lishi said in a low voice: "I'm afraid that in Ximing Temple, some monks will cooperate with the murderer, one will pass on the news, and the other will do it secretly. As for the person who kidnapped Xiao Liuniang from Ximing Temple, it is very likely that the three Three street rascals who don't know their seriousness and have been exterminated..."

Xuanzong was silent, and after a while, he sighed softly: "Check it out, if you hurt Xiao Liuniang, you must give Xiao Song an explanation."

Gao Lishi nodded in agreement, but he couldn't help thinking in his heart, if this matter really involves a lot of people, he still doesn't know how to give this explanation...

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On Xu Guogong's mansion, in Pei's room, Xiao Yansui was eating breakfast, and before she put down her chopsticks, she was already planning in her heart that when she returned to her yard next time, she would let Axiu continue to distill and purify shochu, and wait When the finished product comes out, send some to her grandfather Pei Yaoqing as soon as possible, and she can start preparing for the steps of using saponification reaction to make soap.

Just as Xiao Yansui was about to put down the bowls and chopsticks and say hello to his parents and elder brother, he heard footsteps coming from the courtyard.

Yun Xia walked in quickly, almost silently, and reported to Mrs. Pei and Xiao Hua: "It's Princess Xinchang who is here."

Everyone present was slightly taken aback, Princess Xinchang?

If it's just for sister-in-law to sit with Mrs. Pei, how early does it take?I'm afraid there is something important!

"Quickly invite the princess to come in!" As Pei Shi said, she had already got up and walked to the door to greet her, and Xiao Hua naturally accompanied her.

Xiao Yansui, who stayed where he was, looked at each other with his two brothers, Xiao Heng and Xiao Wu. For a moment, the three put down the bowls and chopsticks in their hands in tacit understanding, and each got up—even though they hadn't finished eating, they didn't want to continue eating. .

"Brother, sister-in-law, how is Liu Niang's injury?" Princess Xinchang walked up quickly to greet her, and the maid who followed her was holding a scroll in her hand.

"Princess." With a smile on her face, Pei took her hand and invited her to come in and sit down. "It just so happens that Liu Niang is also inside. She has recovered a little in the past two days, so don't worry about it, Princess."

"Good over there," Princess Xinchang smiled, and patted her chest lightly, "Liu Niang is fine, so I'm relieved."

However, facing Mrs. Pei who wanted to pull her into the room, Princess Xinchang stood there and waved her hands. She knew that the time was not suitable, so she did not go in.After all, even she herself got the news before she had finished her breakfast. She couldn't hold back for a while, so she went directly to Mrs. Pei's side.

Princess Xinchang gave a signal, and the servant girl beside her held the scroll and sent it to Pei and Xiao Hua.

When Mrs. Pei took the scroll in person, Princess Xinchang continued: "The news from Li Wenning from the East Palace just now was that Li Chu and Li Tan happened to meet some rascals in Ximing Temple that day. Suddenly hearing about Liu Niang's injury, I couldn't help but feel worried and uneasy, after thinking about it, I drew the appearance of the three people, and said, maybe I can find clues about the three people in the streets."

Hearing this, Mrs. Pei looked down at the scroll in her hand, and remembered what her daughter and son had said. Yesterday, she realized that all three of them had been silenced. A strange look flashed in her eyes, but she said softly, "Princess Careful, on behalf of Liu Niang, I would like to thank the princess for her kindness."