Chapter 198: The second step

The night was already dark, and the lanterns on the streets of Chang'an were gradually over. The weather was beautiful, the night was clear and blue and black, like a curtain without any color. Under the sky, a full moon was full, like a jade plate hanging in the air, emitting a faint golden brilliance. In Chang'an City, two bright long dragons have been lit, one on Zhuque Street and the other on Chunming Street. This is the special thing this year. For Concubine Bo, lanterns were also lit on Chunming Street. However, today is the thirteenth day of the first lunar month, and the lanterns are lit, which is only the final debugging rehearsal.

The lanterns on Chunming Street stretch for five miles. In the area of ​​Pingkangfang, there are many brothels and restaurants, with crowds of people, and light and shadows intertwined, making it look extra lively. Many drunkards staggered and caught a glimpse of the beard in front of the wine shop and the wandering beard next to the brothel. They couldn't help but tease a few times, and laughed to the sky. It was said that people were intoxicated and not drunk.

At this time, three more drunk men came from the east city. They were staggering with their eyes hanging, and glanced at the pedestrians on both sides. They saw that they were all big and round waists, wearing soap clothes of the royal palace, and they did not dare to provoke them. They all avoided the two sides. They walked to a huge beauty lamp. They saw an official a hundred steps ahead, accompanied by dozens of officials, inspecting the lamp. It was the new Jingzhao Young Yin Xian Yu Shuming (Xian Yu Zhongtong's younger brother). The three stopped, gave each other a wink, and searched around. At this time, a person flashed in the shadow not far away.

He pointed under the lamp quietly, and the three of them looked in the direction of his fingers. They saw dozens of people watching under the lamp. One of the young masters of the official family was carrying beautiful lamps. There were more than a dozen family members guarding each other. The three of them immediately understood, nodded slightly, pushed the passers-by in front of them, and shouted fiercely: "Get out! Don't block the uncle's way." Dozens of people watching the lamps were so scared that they ran away in panic when they saw the three people being like a fierce god. The young master of the official smelled the drunkenness of the three people, frowned slightly, and pulled the woman beside him to the side.

Three big men laughed and laughed at the beauty lamp, one of them lay on the ground, looked into the lamp, and suddenly started to curse, "Why are there no legs in this skirt? It's so boring!"

The other two laughed, glanced at the beauty beside the young master of the official family, kicked the man on the ground, pointed at the long skirt on her body, and smiled evilly: "There are legs under the skirt over there."

The official's son was furious, pointed at three big men and said to his family next to him: "Go up and beat me hard!"

After receiving the order, more than a dozen family members rushed up immediately, forced the three of them to the lamp, rolled up their sleeves and rolled up their arms and wanted to take action. The three of them were shocked and shouted wildly: "Your dog eyes are blind. I am from the Yong Prince's Mansion. Do you know about Yong Prince? Tomorrow will be the crown prince, and the emperor will be the next day."

All three of them were loud and their voices were heard dozens of feet away. When the official's prince heard this, his face changed drastically. He reached out to stop the servants and said in a deep voice: "Are you from the Yongwang Mansion?"

At this time, Jingzhao Shaoyin Xian and Yu Shuming rushed over after hearing the sound. The three big men suddenly realized something, immediately waved their hands and said in panic: "No! We are not, we didn't say anything."

After saying that, he turned around in a panic and ran away, and he was blinded by the way. He almost knocked over the lantern and ran away in a few strokes.

The young master of the official family failed to catch the three of them, and was very upset. Suddenly, he heard the chaotic footsteps behind him. When he turned around, he couldn't help but feel happy that Jingzhao Shaoyin came.

When Xian Yu Shuming heard someone's rebellious words, he rushed over. He recognized the official's son at a glance, and was shocked in his heart. He knew Li Qi, the son of King Qing Li Cong, and the Prince of Xinping. It was too late to leave. Li Qi stared at him with a smile and said, "Xian Yu Shaoyin, do you hear clearly the three people from the Yongwang Mansion just now?"

Xian Yu Shuming quickly bowed to him and said with a smile: "I came one step late, but I didn't hear it clearly."

"Didn't hear it clearly?" Li Qiu sneered and pointed at the people watching next to him and said, "Ask them, what did those three people say just now?"

Several people watching the lamps beside them were all timid and about to leave. Li Qi waved his hand and his subordinates immediately blocked the way. Li Qi pointed to an elderly man and said, "What did you hear?"

The old man was frightened and said, "They seem to be from the Yong Prince's Mansion. What are you going to be the crown prince today and do it the next day?" The old man couldn't continue.

"Be the emperor, right?" Seeing the old man nodding, Li Qiu looked at Xian Yu Shuming and said coldly: "The three people's voices were so loud that they could be heard a hundred steps just now, but Xian Yu Shaoyin didn't hear them clearly. Then it was right in front of him, can he hear them clearly?"

Uncle Xian Yu sighed secretly. He had heard clearly. He was indeed like this. He didn't want to get involved in the royal family's right and wrong, but now it seems that he can't escape. His eyes rolled and he smiled and said, "The officials still need certificates in this matter, and they need confessions from these people." He turned around, his face darkened, and waved his hand and shouted, "Take all these people to the bureau."

Instead of letting him testify, it is better to let these people testify by confessions. The first priority is to be an official, and you must learn to shirke responsibility.

King Qing Li Cong, the original King of Tan, has been renamed King Qing. He was appointed as Situ in the 24th year of Kaiyuan. In the first year of Tianbao, he was also a maid of Taiyuan. He has a high status but has no real power. He was born without a son. His son Li Qu was the fourth son of the former crown prince Li Ying. After Li Ying was killed, he was adopted by him. He was just named Prince Xinping last year.

Li Cong was the eldest son of Li Longji. Among his brothers, he and his eighteenth son Li Mao were the richest. Li Mao inherited the inheritance of Wu Huifei, while he was a giant merchant selling salt and iron. The iron tools smuggled from the Haijia in Chengdu to Tubo, and the source of goods was provided by Li Cong.

In this battle to enter the Eastern Palace, he had the highest voice and the most opportunity. He looked quite ugly and never dared to expect the throne. However, Li Longji said last year that, "How can the country in the world be chosen for his appearance?" He believed that this was for him, so he mobilized all resources to sprint for the throne. At the end of last year, Li Longji said, "For Fu Xuren", and he took the lead in providing relief porridge. Seeing that he was getting closer and closer to this position, but at this shady perspective, his father suddenly ordered the Yongwang Li Lin, who had always been silent, to lead the large captain of Anxi Protectorate, which surprised everyone. Only then did Li Cong realize that Li Longji's ugly appearance was not referring to him, but Yongwang Li Lin, who had cross-eyed eyes and a slightly hunched back.

Li Cong's mentality immediately lost balance. Since ancient times, the eldest son of the emperor has ascended the throne, why is it not today?

For a whole day, Li Cong locked himself in the room, the door was tightly closed and the curtains were not clear. No one knew what he was doing? It was said that a alchemist came to the mansion last night, but he did not know where to go. Everyone in the mansion was trembling and did not dare to ask too much, staying away from the room where Li Cong stayed.

It was already deep in the night, the door was still closed, the curtains were locked, and there was no movement in the room. Several Li Cong's confidants were wandering outside the room. It had been eight hours since Li Cong locked himself in the room, and there was no news. They were really worried about the master, afraid that something would happen to him, but none of them had the courage to knock on the door.

At this time, a rapid footsteps came from not far away. It was the little prince who was back. Several confidants immediately stepped forward to surround Li Qiu, talking nonsense, and telling him his inner uneasiness.

"I understand. Everyone is here to let me go and no one is allowed to get close!"

After saying that, Li Qiu stepped forward and knocked on the door lightly. There was no movement inside. He knocked again, adding some force to his knuckles.

"Who is it?" A lowly cursed voice came from inside, "Get out! I don't want anything."

"Father, it's me!"

Li Qiu knocked on the door again. After a while, a crack opened, and it was black and a choking smell of smoke came to his face, "Come in quickly!"

Li Qiu flashed in and saw that the light inside was dark, gloomy, full of strange atmosphere, as if a haunted house with a wide chair in the middle. Li Cong, the King of Qing, was sitting here, tirelessly staring at the front with his eyes tightly staring.

In front of him was a cauldron, with hundreds of incense lit inside. The blue smoke radiated, exuding a strong smell of sandalwood. It was sucked out from the cracks of the Mingtiao on the roof. However, Li Qiu didn't smell this smell just now, but at this moment Li Qiu didn't care about this. He saw that there was a priest walking back and forth in front of the cauldron. He was about fifty years old, with a purple face, oval, like a skinned pine flower egg. He was wearing a bright yellow robe.

There was a ferocious picture of Zhong Kui catching ghosts embroidered on his robe. He held a peach wood sword in his right hand and drew a spell in the air. He held a white glass plate in his left hand. There was a pile of black powder in the plate. He didn't know what it was. He read a few words of talismans, then used the peach wood sword to pick a little black powder from the plate and threw it into the cauldron. A bright red flame flashed above the cauldron, and a large stream of white smoke rose into the air, which was the pungent smell he smelled when he entered the door.

"It's gunpowder!" Li Qi nodded. He had heard of this thing, the alchemist's treasure for warding off evil spirits. Suddenly, Li Qi was attracted by the table in front of the alchemist.

The table was bare and there was only a wood-carved green-faced villain about one foot long. There was a nail on its atrium and a small piece of white paper nailed on it. There were words written on the paper, so I couldn't see clearly, as if it was whose birth date and name were.

Li Qiu let out a long sigh. He finally understood what his father was doing. The name written on the villain's heart was probably King Yong. No one knows his father better than him. But is this effective?

Li Qiu shook his head secretly. Instead of using the art of disgust, it would be better to bring the information he brought. "Father!" Li Qiu waved his hand and stopped him as soon as he spoke, "It's going to be over soon. I'll say something later."

At this time, the alchemist's movement suddenly increased, and he walked around the tripod and dripped a beautiful arc with his left foot. He made a golden rooster stand alone with a sword pointing directly at the green face and shouted, "Stop!"

The villain on the table did not move, but he closed his feet and finished work. He took out a piece of red cloth and wrapped the blue-faced villain tightly, handed it to Li Cong and instructed: "Put it in the dark cabinet, untie the red cloth on the 79th day. Remember, it will not be possible on the 49th day, one day earlier."

Li Cong was overjoyed and carefully took the red cloth bag. Then he opened the door and ordered his confidant to take the alchemist to collect the money and then let him go out through the back door, but don't be seen.

Li Cong ran back to his inner room and put the green-faced villain wrapped in red cloth into the cabinet and locked it. Then he came out proudly and asked his son, "What's the matter? Look at you so anxious and panicked, come on."

Seeing that there were many people around him, Li Qiu urgently invited his father into the quiet room. After closing the door, he said, "Father, do you know who the King Yong is? He usually pretends to be silent and silent, but these are all fake. Before this, his tail was raised up to the sky. The servants in his mansion actually spoke against each other on Chunming Street, and the child was just hearing it."

"What a rebellious statement?"

Li Cong's eyes narrowed into a slit, and he immediately heard the taste. Although he used the art of disgusting victory, he would never let it go if he had the means to directly attack King Yong.

So Li Qiu repeated the words of the three servants in the original form, and finally said with a smile: "This matter is rarely proved by Yu Shaoyin. Many bystanders heard it and wrote testimony. The child thought it was an opportunity to let the emperor know who this Yong Wang is!"

"Is that need to be said?"
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