"Where are you going, Mr. Lang?"

"Go to the restaurant in Dongshi to eat."

"Okay, but will it be too delayed?"

"It's okay, I've been very busy lately."

Xue Bai looked back and saw that the people following him were still there. He didn't care, he could just follow if he wanted.

~~

"What is Xue Bai doing recently?"

Zhang Ting held a civet cat and stroked its fur, looking at the snowflakes outside the window and asked.

With the current situation of the East Palace, even sending people to follow her would require the efforts of her mother-in-law, but no matter what, the more she does now, the more she will gain in the future.

"Back to Erniang, Xue Bai only interacts with women every day. He goes to Yuzhen Temple during the day, spends the night at Du's house, goes to the palace to play cards, and spends the night at Mrs. Guo's house. After that, he takes the maid around for the next two days.

, saying that he wanted to take a concubine..."

"Am I asking you this? Has he met anyone important?"

"Mr. Li came to visit, but was chased away by the manager of Xue House. 'Lang Jun said that he had asked all the questions that should be asked, and he would not have any further contact with Mr. Li.' This sentence could be heard from a distance. After that, Mr. Li came to Chengdu

I visited Xinshu Shop, but I didn’t see Xue Bai either; Wang Yunxiu also came to the door, and stood outside the door covered in snow, so I was sure that Xue Bai was not there."

Zhang Ting frowned and asked, "Where's Zahu? How did Zahu react?"

"Zahu either goes to the palace to report on his duties, or he goes around giving gifts."

"What happened to the murderer Fan Yangjin? Can Zahu be rescued?"

"Second mother, wait a moment."

It took a while before the news was sorted out.

"Zahu asked me to behead the murderers under my command for public display. Fan Yang's soldiers have already lost their heads to the ground."

"But it was Jifang Xiao'er who took action first... He didn't intercede for his people?"

"This little guy doesn't know."

Zhang Ting opened his mouth in surprise, knowing that An Lushan was different from Wang Zhongsi in that he never bought military morale. This comparison made the saint dislike Wang Zhongsi even more.

The next moment, a servant hurried over and said: "Er Niang, General Wang Zhongsi is here to visit..."

"How dare he come?!" Zhang Ting was shocked.

"General Wang heard that His Highness was ill and must come to visit. Duke Li couldn't stop him and asked General Wang to break into the front yard."

"Breaking in?"

Zhang Ting quickly put down the cat in her arms, put on her shoes and hurried outside.

After rushing past Yimen, I could only hear the sound of footsteps stepping on the gravel in front of me.

The open space in the Prince's Courtyard was covered with large amounts of gravel, making it difficult for assassins to approach quietly. Wang Zhongsi rushed in as if he was coming to assassinate the Prince.

"General Wang, slow down, slow down!" Li Jingzhong cried loudly and followed Wang Zhongsi to persuade him.

Zhang Ting originally wanted to stop him, but when he saw Wang Zhongsi's powerful appearance, he didn't dare to offend him and was immediately at a loss.

Soon, a young eunuch named Zhu Huiguang came behind Li Heng in a hurry.

"Your Highness invites General Wang to come in."

Zhang Ting was curious about what the sworn brothers were going to say, so she turned around and rushed to Li Heng first, helping him up with her own hands.

~~

"Your Highness."

"Brother-in-law is here. We haven't seen you for some years."

Li Heng looked deeply at Wang Zhongsi, with deep affection in his eyes. He raised his hand and asked Li Jingzhong to guard him in the courtyard.

He wanted Zhang Ting to step down as well, but Zhang Ting refused. She used her family's power to help Dong Gong. How could she always be kept in the dark about everything?

Li Heng had no choice but to say: "Sister-in-law, this is my newly married wife, the second daughter-in-law of my cousin's family. Ahem, step-brother, you don't have to be polite."

"Excuse me, may I catch up with His Highness?"

"My sworn brother is here today. I think I have something to discuss. There is no need to hide it from Er Niang, but it doesn't matter." Li Heng turned to look at Zhang Ting and said softly: "I can trust Er Niang and I can trust my sworn brother. You both can."

The person closest to me."

Wang Zhongsi sighed slightly, and his aura of authority also faded a little.

"Your Highness is really sick?"

"Yes." Li Heng said with a bitter smile: "I'm very ill... my sworn brother came forward."

His lips were bloodless and he looked very old and weak. He struggled to get up and wanted to see Wang Zhongsi.

Seeing this situation, Wang Zhongsi softened his heart and stepped forward.

"Brother-in-law is getting old too." Li Heng murmured: "I remember it was the second year of Kaiyuan. You arrived at Miyagi City when you were nine years old. I was four years old and followed you every day. I was ignorant and you practiced martial arts hard.

But I want you to play with me. In the blink of an eye, more than thirty years have passed, and I haven’t seen my sworn brother for several years... and I have a head full of gray hair."

As he spoke, he burst into tears, held Wang Zhongsi's hand and patted it.

"Your Highness is actually older than me?"

Wang Zhongsi also felt sad when he said this sentence.

He has been tall and mature since he was a child. He has always regarded Li Heng, who is a few years younger than him, as a child. In the blink of an eye, Li Heng is really older than him.

"This seat is not easy to sit in. Others don't know it, but my sworn brother knows it. I really didn't want to sit in it back then."

"I know."

At this point, Wang Zhongsi actually no longer wanted to ask the next question.

However, forced by the situation, he still said: "It is not appropriate for me to come to see His Highness, but there are a few things I have to ask clearly."

"Brother, it's okay to ask."

"After five years of Tianbao, Huangfu Weiming was dismissed. Your Highness secured for me the governors of the two towns of Hexi and Longyou..."

"It's not me." Li Heng said: "Who else can guard the Helong situation except my sworn brother?"

"In that case." Wang Zhongsi pointed to the key point and asked: "Why did the saint have to depose Huangfu Weiming?"

Li Heng was silent for a moment and said: "I can answer my sworn brother, Huangfu Weiming did not want to rebel, but wanted to investigate the matter of Wang Fei's exploitation of the family of the soldiers who died in the war, and was framed by Suo Dou Chong."

"What about the old soldier from Longyou left behind by Huangfu Weiming?"

Li Heng's eyes widened, and he was a little surprised, and said: "Brother, did you listen to other people's instigating words and doubt me? Who is talking nonsense? Asking for cockfighting or Yang Dang?"

"Your Highness, please make it clear."

"As soon as Huangfu Weiming died, those old soldiers from Longyou were bribed by Yang Shenjin."

Li Heng was a little weak, but he still managed to hold on and slowly and quietly explained.

"Yang Shenjin is a descendant of Yang in the Sui Dynasty. He has always had ulterior motives and has been preparing secretly. He is Xue Bai's adoptive father, and he has an affair with Du Youlin's eldest daughter. He wants to use the Liu Ji case to disrupt the Tang Dynasty, so he orders his adopted son Xue Bai...

…seduce Du Erniang.”

Wang Zhongsi raised his eyebrows, a little surprised.

Zhang Ting was also surprised. This was the first time she heard Li Heng say such scandalous things.

"This matter is not difficult to investigate. If my sworn brother doesn't believe me, I will find out as soon as I check." Li Heng closed his eyes helplessly and sadly, "I will not lie to my sworn brother about this kind of thing."

There is no evidence that Yang Shenjin is dead. If Wang Zhongsi investigates, he must start from Xue Bai's life experience. It will take time, but Xue Xiu can be found first, and then everything will make sense.

Wang Zhongsi asked: "Those dead soldiers?"

"After Yang Shenjin's incident happened, Xue Bai quickly changed his family and defected to Yang's party. He turned around and exposed Yang Shenjin. Those dead soldiers also defected to his hands."

"He is just a young man with no power or power."

"He is the son of Xue Xiu, and he has the support of my second brother's old friend." Li Heng said in a low voice: "They want to help the eldest brother succeed to the throne, I can give in, lest the throne is moved again, the country will be in turmoil... sworn brother

, you know me, I really didn’t want to be a prince back then..."

Wang Zhongsi frowned and said nothing, still not recovering from the news.

"What I said is true." Li Heng said: "It was Xue Bai who instigated the old soldier from Longyou to kill Pei Mian. He first blamed miscreants, forced Suo Douji to compromise, promoted Yang Dang to the top, and then they joined forces to deal with me.

It's just a useless reserve, you can know these things once you check them."

"If we can find out clearly, can we tell clearly?" Wang Zhongsi asked, "How can a saint believe in you and me?"

"Cough cough cough..."

Li Heng cried sadly when he heard this and murmured: "There is nothing we can do, there is nothing we can do."

Wang Zhongsi said: "Your Highness, I have an idea."

"Brother, please tell me."
To be continued...