After mid-September, the weather turned cooler, the sweet-scented osmanthus in the Forbidden Garden bloomed, and the fragrance spread all over the place.

The sound of the piano is lingering, accompanied by Xue Qiongqiong's melodious singing.

"I wonder what year it is today in the palace in the sky?"

The woman dancing on the stage has a cool temperament, just like Chang'e in the moon palace. She is none other than Mei Fei Jiang Caiping.

Jiang Caiping's dancing posture is different from Yang Yuhuan's, less charming and pretty, more elegant and pathos, as if she is about to fly away in the wind at any time.

As the tune changed, Li Longji, wearing a white silk robe, came off the stage to dance with her, his clothes fluttering, just like an immortal.

After one song, the charm of the song lingers for a long time.

Gao Lishi, holding a large cloak, trotted forward and put it on Li Longji.

"Sage, don't catch cold."

"General Gao, how do you like this newly choreographed dance of mine?"

Li Longji was in a good mood. As he spoke, he took Jiang Caiping's hand, put his cloak on her body, patted her shoulder gently, and said softly: "Mei Jing dances well."

Because Jiang Caiping loved plum blossoms, he jokingly called her "Plum Blossoms".

"It's a saint who makes it up well."

"It's a pity that it's too short and the dance is not enjoyable. I want to expand it into thirty-six sections and call it 'Autumn Moon Palace Song'."

When it comes to music, Li Longji is very insightful.

Xue Bai could only sing a new song, but he could study its myriad variations.

Just as he was talking happily, he suddenly noticed that Yang Yuhuan had arrived under the osmanthus tree at some time, and he couldn't help but scold Gao Lishi.

"It's too real, General Gao didn't tell you earlier."

In fact, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty would occasionally deliberately act condescending to coax beauties, which was a little fun.

Because Yang Yuhuan had a fierce temper, few people in the palace dared to lose her temper like her.

Li Longji smiled and said: "When did Taizhen arrive? Have you seen my newly choreographed dance?"

"I don't deserve to look at you. After all, Concubine Mei is more like Chang'e than I am."

"Each has its own merits, so there is no need to compare." Li Longji smiled more heartily and said, "When I make up a dance that is more suitable for Taizhen..."

Since this dance is more suitable for Jiang Caiping's cool temperament, she must dance it. This is an elegant thing, unlike the secular affairs of the court and the government, which can be done by everyone. He has extremely high musical attainments, so he has some persistence.

Yang Yuhuan was still unhappy, so he said goodbye and turned around to leave.

"Hey, don't be upset too," Li Longji said kindly, "How about I ask your sisters to play cards today?"

"Sage, don't bother coaxing me. I have no talent, I am arrogant and jealous, and my brother-in-law is also domineering. If the saint gets tired of making me sick, just let me go back home."

"Why are you still angry?"

Li Longji asked with a smile and said to Gao Lishi: "Xue Bai is still locked up? No wonder I haven't seen the monkey story for a while."

As the saying goes, "What is good at the top will be bad at the bottom." Although Xue Bai took the lead in writing the story, he only wrote a little bit every day, which was not very interesting. Many people followed suit and wrote stories desperately for the saints to read.

Recently, Li Longji has no shortage of stories to read. For example, "Guang Yi Ji" contains several weird stories every day, "The Legend of the Mysterious Monsters of the Western Regions" is a story imitating monkeys, and "The Continuation of the Green Messenger" is a complete story.

Love stories written according to his taste... Behind the scenes, all parties are actually recruiting talents in order to please him.

There are only so many holy relatives. If you give more to one side, there will naturally be less to that side.

"Back to the saint, he is still in Jingzhao Prison." Gao Lishi said: "The case is clear and it is not appropriate to openly show favoritism."

"It's hard for even the emperor to deal with it?" Li Longji sighed, "Don't be upset, Tai Zhen. It's just a few more days and it won't hurt that kid at all."

He could see that Xue Bai was acting like a good boy again, deliberately exacerbating his personal grudges. It was still new to him once or twice, but now he was tired of it. Moreover, Yang Yuhuan recognized a handsome young man as his adoptive brother, which made him feel a little unhappy.

Of course, Li Longji was too magnanimous and had no intention of pursuing the matter, so he just didn't care. He gave Xue Bai a small lesson to restrain himself in the future. He knew that officials in the court had their own sense of proportion and would not embarrass a person who was concerned by the saint.

Yang Yuhuan was annoyed and said: "That's because I am ignorant."

Taking advantage of the opportunity to be jealous of Jiang Caiping, she dared to shame Li Longji, said nothing, and left with a group of maids.

Li Longji got angry, pointed at her beautiful back, and said: "General Gao also saw it. He is so pampered and arrogant. If I always spoil her, I will be even more lawless."

"Sage, please calm down." Gao Lishi hurriedly apologized and said with a smile, "I think the imperial concubine was a little uneasy when she saw that Mei Fei danced well."

After saying this, Li Longji's anger disappeared quickly, and he laughed self-deprecatingly: "I am the emperor, but I still have to coax her."

There are countless officials in the world, and most of their names are unknown to the saint. But if some people can climb into the concubine's skirt, the saint will always think of them; if they can become relatives with the concubine, then when the saint wants to coax the concubine,

, he will be of great use...

~~

Xue Bai has been staying in Jingzhao Prison for several days.

He had people taking care of him, so he didn't suffer any great injustice.

The most painful thing is that Da Xi Yingying suffered this unreasonable disaster inexplicably, and it was very inconvenient to be in prison. The originally fair and clean skin was stained with stains, which always gave a strange feeling of shock in the eyes of others.

She felt that her stay in jail would not be in vain and she had to take the opportunity to gain Xue Bai's trust and talk to him every time.

"Mr. Lang, I see that the jailers are more uneasy than us. I guess Xiao Jiong can't bear it anymore, but I don't know why he refuses to let us go?"

Xue Bai was squatting on a horse, opened his eyes and closed them again, saying: "It doesn't hurt to tell you."

Da Xi Yingying was overjoyed, thinking that she had finally passed the test and became his confidant, so she couldn't help but squat over and get closer to listen.

Xue Bai only said one word.

Da Xi Yingying was stunned for a moment, a little confused, then suddenly understood and whispered: "I see, the slave family should have thought of this level earlier."

She saw that Xue Bai had no intention of saying anything, so she had to turn to Du Wulang and asked: "Wu Lang started to beat Yuan Zong at the beginning. Did he know about this? It was really hidden."

Du Wulang felt that she exposed too much, so he hurriedly handed over the robe and asked in an unexpected way: "Put it on, um, the weather is getting colder, just in case you get cold."

"Thank you." Da Xi Yingying took the robe and said naturally: "Wu Lang, please help me."

Du Wulang was panicking when a jailer came over from the corridor and opened the cell door. He quickly stepped forward and asked in a more natural tone, "Liu Dian, are you going to let us go?"

"Jingzhao Prison cannot accommodate Wu Lang, so your case has been transferred to the Criminal Department."

"Really? I haven't been to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment yet."

"Hey, Wu Lang is funny. The Ministry of Punishments will review the case. You don't have to go to jail."

"Haha, let me borrow Liu Dian's auspicious words."

…

On the way to the Criminal Department, Du Wulang was chatting with the jailer who came to escort them.

"Chief official, I see you have two more talismans around your waist than the wardens in Jingzhao Prison?"

"This is used to enter and exit the imperial city, Shangshu Province."

"The prison in Dali Temple only has the Imperial City Talisman, but there is no Shangshu Province Talisman."

“Only our prison is called the ‘Sendai Prison’.”

"I see, no wonder I've never been there." Du Wulang said, "I've been to four prisons in Chang'an City, but I didn't know there were twenty-six?"

Now that the topic has come up, several jailers started to introduce it.

"Among the prisons in one prefecture, two counties, and three divisions, the most special one is actually the Chang'an County Prison. The ground is dug several feet deep, and the exit is covered with a big stone, which is called the 'Hulao'. In addition, the prisoners held in Jinwu Prison are

There are people ranging from imperial officials to gangsters, and there are many extremely vicious people among them; in the East and West Tufang, many prisoners are imprisoned and forced to work; the Zhongdu Prison is mysterious, and although I have heard about it, I have never seen it; by the way, there is another one

The small prison is called the "Single Willow Prison". It has no name, but it is the most worth seeing."

"Why?"

"Haha, all criminals who need to be beheaded are first taken to Duliu Shu Prison to await beheading."

After hearing this, Du Wulang lamented that Chang'an City Prison had so many specialties, but ordinary people really didn't know about it. At the same time, he felt chilled in his heart and felt awe again.

After entering the vast Shangshu Province located in the middle of the imperial city, turn west and the second government office is the Ministry of Punishment.

Compared with the noisy Jingzhao Mansion in Guangdefang, the atmosphere of the Punishment Department is solemn, and officials come and go with a light touch. Although everyone just comes here to sit in jail, they also feel like they have stepped into the center of the Tang Dynasty, because this place is indeed the center.

They were taken to the squad room. Du Wulang looked left and right and asked, "Are we going to put them here?"

"Otherwise? The case has not yet been tried and is awaiting trial here! The main criminal, Xue Bai, is coming with us."

Xue Bai was not surprised. He stood up immediately, but first went to change into a plain robe.

~~

Pingkangfang, Youxiang Mansion.

Li Linfu's eyesight was already a little blurry, and he had been working at his desk for a long time, and his energy was gradually running out. He almost fell asleep while sitting there while reviewing official documents.

"Grandpa?"

Li Xiu was talking in the meeting hall. After not hearing Li Linfu's response for a long time, he couldn't help but ask.

"What?" Li Linfu came back to his senses and asked, "Where were you talking about just now?"

"Speaking of the Yanxi vine." Li Xiu said: "The child asked the craftsmen who will be in charge. The Yanxi River has been cut down too much for decades. The Shengzhou government had to strictly prohibit private logging, so the tribute paper became more and more expensive. Another thing is that the Yuan Dynasty

I am determined to get this way of making money, so I sent someone to Jiangnan three months ago."

"Let's just go. Hundreds of miles of Yanxi, how many vines can his few people cut down?" Li Linfu said: "The change of the southeast tribute paper to the supervision of production has been reported together with many measures to reduce expenditures.

If you submit it to the sage, the sage will be satisfied."

"Yes." Li Xiu said: "Southeast tribute paper is now ridiculously expensive. A piece of paper costs more than a hundred dollars. It should be noted that a Hu cake is only two dollars. With this cost-saving method, I should be able to save money for the court.

Thousands of dollars a year in expenses.”

"Local officials have always made excuses and made excuses. The officials sent to Jiangnan must be selected well to suppress them."

"My child understands."

While he was talking, Li Linfu looked at the next official document and saw that it was a dispatch document from the Ministry of Personnel. They were all positions under the eighth rank. The list was very long, and he had not had time to read it carefully.
To be continued...