The musicians practiced sad music, and Xue Bai caught up on his sleep in the Taiyue Department.

 In his daze, someone pushed him gently and called in a clear and gentle voice: "Xue Lang, wake up."

Xue Bai thought it was the pearl that came again. He turned over and hugged the quilt and rubbed it. He felt that Yang Yuyao was not in his arms, so he opened his eyes. He saw Xie Aman standing there. The little lady who was good at dancing had a temperament.

The neck is beautiful.

"Um?"

“Well,” Xie Aman said blankly, “Now that the practice has been completed, it’s time for you, Tai Le Cheng, to take the musicians to Prince Si Xu’s Mansion.”

“I thought that as Tai Le Cheng I would just have to rehearse plays for the imperial concubine.”

"Even so." Xie Aman had no choice but to coax him softly and said: "Occasionally, if something small happens, just worry about your official duties."

Xue Bai saw that she was still wearing the soap robe of an official and asked, "Why don't you change your clothes?"

“If I don’t go, I won’t be able to play the sad music. When I come to the Taiyue Department, I only need to take care of you.”

"Let's go." Xue Bai turned over.

Xie Aman stopped him again, picked up two cakes from the table, and said, "Go after you are full."

 “That makes sense.“

 Then she looked at him carefully, shook her head and said, "No, you are too energetic. Sit down, I have to make you look more haggard."

By the time Xue Bai left the office, his hair was messy and there were tears hanging from the corners of his eyes, looking very sad.

He led Tai Lecheng's musicians to line up, and together with the instrumentalists from the Propaganda Department, they joined the team at Taichang Temple. At the front of the team, Zhang Zeng had red eyes and a sad look on his face, arranging people to wear sackcloth.

Maybe he was a little bored standing there, so Zhang Zan waved to Xue Bai to come forward and chat, saying: "Taile Ling is sick, please bear with this."

Xue Bai knew that Liu was editing books in the Secretariat Department. Because he had to pay tuition fees every day, he had not come to Taile Office for two or three days.

 “Don’t worry, Sir.”

 “Let’s go, you and me together.”

As we were talking, the officials from the Liyuan finally came out. They all looked solemn and arrogant. Even Zhang Zeng, the Taichang Qing, had to wait for them.

Chatting on the road, Xue Bai asked some questions. Zhang Zan knew a lot and was willing to tell him everything he could.

“The heir, King Li of Xu, had a younger brother, who was in the Shangzhu Kingdom. He praised Li Mu, the king of the county, and was appointed Zong Zhengqing and the eunuch of the palace.”

“Li Guan, when Li Mi’s brothers were young, their uncles, father and brothers had been killed by Empress Wu to pieces. When the saints were able to cleanse the evil spirits, Li Si Xu became king, and Li Mi succeeded him as king Si Ze.”

“The king of Ze, Li Shangjin, had seven sons who were exiled to Xianzhou, and it is said that they all died. But one of them, Li Yixun, knew that there would be no way out after being exiled, so he concealed his name, disguised himself as a slave, and escaped.”

"When Emperor Zhongzong was on the throne, the brothers Li and Li Mu falsely accused Li Yixun of pretending to be a relative of the emperor and wanted to send someone to kill him. However, Li Yixun found Princess Yuzhen to protect him and escaped again.

After the catastrophe, the saint came to the throne, found out the truth, and restored Li Yixun's official title. "

Hearing this, Xue Bai couldn't help but ask: "How to find out the truth?"

Zhang Zengdao: "Imperial Jade, Li Yixun was seen by many people when he was young, and when he grew up, he also looked like King Ze."

 “What if Li Yixun is true or false?”

“Saint, I have seen Princess Yuzhen since she was a child, so I can’t fake it.”

"I see."

Zhang Zan smiled and said: "The saints are generous to the clan. Li and Li Mu persecuted their cousins ​​and were not severely punished. Li Can is still the king of Xu, and although Li Mu was deprived of the king of Size, he was also named the king of praise.

."

 “The King of Praise...is not satisfied?”

"That's him. The whole book is 520." Zhang Zeng sneered slightly: "Now that Li has passed away, the person who is looking at the successor he left behind is his brother.

, Praise for Wang Li."

 “Li Can has a son.“

Li Miu secretly told the sage that Li Guan’s son was not of Li’s blood.”

Xue Bai pondered deeply and asked a question that concerned him very much: "Who will decide whether it is true or false?"

“He belongs to the saint and the clan.” Zhang Zan said: “There are many disputes like this in the clan. If there is any yamen that usually handles them, it is Zongzheng Temple. But Li Maozheng is Zong Zhengqing.”

As he spoke, he looked back behind him, and then said: "There is also the auditorium behind us."

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 The Prince Xu’s Mansion has already begun to hold funeral arrangements.

The people in Taichang Temple are called "Sheng'er" because they line up to sing songs on every occasion like this.

Xue Bai took the musicians to the back of the mourning hall to play mourning music, and saw the survivors kneeling in a row.

Li's princess Xu is a step-mother. She is about thirty years old and looks pretty.

"Prince-in-law Zhang, you know Alang's thoughts." Mrs. Xu cried incessantly, knelt down and turned around and cried: "Father and son are the successors of heaven and earth. Before Alang's bones were cold, some people bullied us orphans and widows. Please help us, Prince-in-law."

 Zhang Zeng has his own opinion on what he does. If helping others does not cause much harm to him, he is willing to do so. But if he offends his cousin Zong Zhengqing, a saint, for something unrelated, there is nothing he can do about it.

He then sighed and said in a low voice: "Princess, take care of yourself and protect your children. The funeral is now, let's talk about other things later."

This is a very meaningful reminder - the orphans and widowed mothers are still young, so they can probably die of Li Mi first.

Mrs. Xu probably felt that Wang Jue would never come back once he was lost, so she cried and refused to give up. She knelt forward and wanted to continue begging.

If people start gossiping, but it is a serious matter for Zhang Zan, he avoids it as much as possible. He gave Xue Bai a look that said, "This is not a good place to stay for a long time." He quickly left the mourning hall and headed for the gate.

Xue Bai, however, had to stay behind to handle official duties. Fortunately, he was young and tender-faced, so Mrs. Xu did not ask for anything on him.

He took this opportunity to observe Li Jin's two sons, Li Jie and Li Xiu. They all have pretty good-looking faces. They do look more like Xu. As for whether they look like Li... the old man

Compared with a child, he really can't see it.

 “Brother!“

 Suddenly there was a cry of mourning in the mourning hall, the voice was old and extremely sad.

You and I, brothers, have gone through many hardships since childhood... We have finally made it to this prosperous age, but the sky never misses the New Year, brother!

 This must be Li Miao, the king of Baoxin County. It is said that he fainted from crying several times and continued to cry when he woke up.

There were several young people standing behind Li, all of them wearing sackcloth and mourning, with expressions of grief and grief, and they were helping him.

“Grandpa, you also need to take care of yourself... Uncle, how could you be willing to do this?!”

One nephew cried, several nephews cried loudly, and the scene couldn't help but become chaotic. Xue Bai was standing there watching, and suddenly someone pulled him and whispered: "But Tai Lecheng? Something happened here, please follow me."

People."

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 In the courtyard behind the mourning hall, a Taoist priest was performing rituals.

Going around the altar, walking through the long corridor and arriving at the door of a room, Xue Bai recognized the figure in linen clothes outside the door as Li Cong.

 He immediately stopped and turned to leave.

As Zhang Zan said, don't get involved with these people. He can avoid a lot of fatal troubles in his official career, and he can be ranked as a minister safely. Quan??Ben????520.????

 Unless you want more than this...

Xue Bai quickly glanced around and followed the visitor to Li Cong, "Who asked King Qing to find me to seek the position of Secretary Supervisor?"

 “A eunuch by my side.”

 "Check him."

Li Cong was stunned for a moment and said in a low voice: "Princess Tang Chang is in a better situation now. You let Secretary Sheng regain her authority.

 But are you paving the way for big things?"

Xue Bai realized that his communication with Li Cong was indeed too little, resulting in misplaced news and ideas.

“Well, King Qing doesn’t have to do anything. Don’t send anyone to contact him again. Just wait.”

 “Secretary Supervisor..

“The secretary and supervisor are no longer available.”

"Many." Li Cong said: "As far as I know, there are Li Zhen, the king of Siqi, Li Tao, the king of Xue, and Li Chenghong, the king of Guangwu. "Stop all actions and don't fight." Xue Bai solemnly reminded again...

 He turned back to the mourning hall and saw Zhang Zeng.

“There was a conflict just now, why didn’t you stop it?”

Xue Bai responded: "King Qing called me over and said a few words."

 Zhang Zan was stunned for a moment and asked, “How did you reply?”

 “I advise him not to fight for his son’s secretaryship anymore.”

"That's right." Zhang Zan said: "When you are in the court, you should be walking on thin ice. Such things that harm the whole family and have nothing to do with you,

It’s better not to mess with him as much as possible.”

“Yes, I will drive to Huaqing Palace as soon as the funeral is over.

 “This is a wise man.“

Zhang Zan then talked about the conflict that had just occurred in the mourning hall, but some officials and family members were muttering to others that Princess Li, Princess Xu, was having an affair with someone, so Zhang Zan sent someone to invite her out.

 That day, Xue Bai met so many members of the Li Tang clan that he had a headache just remembering their names.

Even so, he still tried his best to contact the other two heirs, Li Zhen, Li Mao, Li Zhen, and Li Tao. They are also a pair of brothers. Their father is Xue King Li Longye. Li Longye is the fifth brother of Li Longji.

He gave birth to more than ten sons. Among them, Li Tao was the one with good appearance, talent and character, and had the most prestige, so he succeeded King Xue.

Li Zhen, because she looked exactly like Li Longji, was adopted by King Qi and became King Qi. Because King Qi Li Longfan originally had two sons, he indulged in drinking and sex in his early years and became violent.

The two brothers are not too old and already live in a town with 5,000 households, but they still have an enterprising spirit. They are eyeing the positions of Hongluqing, Weiweiqing, Zongzhengqing and so on.

 Hence, they had quite a bit of criticism about what Li had done. When they met Zhang Zan, they couldn't help but make a few comments.
To be continued...