Chapter 331 Nothing is wrong with the world

In the past few days, Yuan Siyi was on duty in front of the emperor. When he learned that Gao Lishi wanted to see him, Yuan Siyi hurriedly came out of the palace to ask in person.

"General Gao, the saint is taking a lunch break."

"I don't dare disturb the saint's rest, I'll just wait."

Yuan Siyi then accompanied Gao Lishi and stood waiting outside the palace gate, asking: "The result was found out so quickly."

"No, I just found something interesting and wanted to show it to the saint."

"I'm talking too much. I want to ask General Gao... This matter is actually simple. Why does General Gao have to work on it personally for so many days?"

"Oh?" Gao Lishi asked, "General Yuan, tell me, how to make it simple?"

"To deal with them together, Xue Bai is a troublemaker, Wu Huaishi is seeking revenge, and King Shou is resentful. None of them are innocent."

Gao Lishi nodded, knowing that Yuan Siyi could remind him like this, it must be because the chauffeur guessed the saint's intention in the past two days - cockfighting is okay, but several fighting cocks ran out of the circle, "clucking" and biting randomly in the hall, causing trouble

When people get annoyed, they all wring their necks.

When the sun moved westward and the heat of noon passed and the saint woke up, Gao Lishi went into the temple to report.

"Is it General Gao?"

Li Longji leaned on the royal couch, half-opened his eyes, glanced through the curtain, and murmured: "I feel at ease when General Gao is here."

After he finished speaking, he raised his finger, and a palace lady came forward, holding a scroll in both hands, and asked him to read the story to wake him up.

"What story is the saint reading today?"

"It's called "The Record in the Pillow". It begins with a story about a clan member who was returning to Chang'an from Luoyang. When he was passing through the Xiaoshan Mountain, he got lost due to the dim dusk. Suddenly attracted by the strange fragrance, he mistakenly entered the Han Gao Empress Lu's Temple. The Empress Dowager Lu summoned him.

The fragrant souls of beautiful women such as Xi Shi, Wang Zhaojun, Madam Qi, Zhao Feiyan, etc. entertained and composed poems with him."

It's hard for Li Longji, the mighty emperor, to be willing to tell Gao Lishi these things.

It can be seen that he really likes this story recently, and after saying it, he even sighed.

"Now this story is becoming more and more novel. Yang Guozhong summoned a group of people to write the story. In order to make me read, he wrote everything in it."

Gao Lishi touched the scroll in his hand again, no longer as confident as before.

Li Longji felt his hesitation and asked, "Is there something wrong with General Gao?"

"Old slave, there is a story here, but it is far less interesting than "The Pillow Record"."

"Bring it to me to see."

Since it was specially sent, Li Longji did not hesitate to take a look at it. He took the scroll from Gao Lishi's hand, opened it, and said at first: "It's full of pictures and texts, it's very innovative."

"If you can see into the eyes of a saint, I will feel relieved."

Li Longji didn't speak any more and leaned there to watch. Gao Lishi didn't dare to say anything and just stood aside.

In the story, Nezha was mistaken for a monster when he was born. Taiyi Zhenren appeared in time and accepted him as his apprentice. He killed the third prince of the Dragon King in the sea and gave gifts to his parents. He then apologized and committed suicide. After Lotus was reborn, he learned that his father had suffered and went to save him...

The scroll is unfolded again, and the story ends here.

"It is indeed Xue Bai."

Li Longji said with emotion.

Gao Lishi was greatly surprised and asked: "Did the saint actually see it?"

"As soon as he wrote it, it was handed down from generation to generation." Li Longji said, "He was the only one who did not follow the saint's will, and the story had ups and downs. If you look at "The Pillow Record", he is always looking after me, for fear that I might be a little anxious or a little angry.

hatred."

"The Sage Mingjian." Gao Lishi said, "This is indeed written by Xue Bai. He plans to write "The Romance of the Gods", which will not only include Nezha, but also Yang Jian and Jiang Ziya."

"How tough is he, but now he knows how to please me?" Li Longji threw away the scroll in his hand, with a cold tone in his voice, "I won't shed tears until I see the coffin."

He no longer lacks for people to play cards, write poems and make up stories for him.

After hearing this, Gao Lishi quickly apologized in fear: "This old slave deserves to die. I was ordered to investigate the case. I shouldn't be partial to Xue Bai, and even came to plead for him today."

"I don't blame you." When Li Longji saw Gao Lishi directly confessing his crime, he did not continue to pursue the case, but asked: "How dare you plead for Xue Bai, but it was found out that he was indeed wronged?"

"If you say he is innocent, he is indeed not innocent. Even if the saint executes him, he deserves it." Gao Lishi said: "It's just that... although Xue Bai deserves to die, the saint should not get angry because of the crimes accused by others."

Li Longji stood up and walked out of the curtain, with an indifferent smile on his lips, and said: "General Gao, are you interceding for him, or are you trying to calm me down?"

"The old slave would never dare to deny that he was begging for mercy, but he wanted to tell the sage, 'There is nothing wrong with the world, and it is annoying for others to bother you.'"

"Lu Xiangxian's famous saying." Li Longji sighed.

Lu Xiang was first a famous minister from Jingyun to Kaiyuan years. He was promoted by Princess Taiping, but he refused to rely on her and even protected Li Longji, so Li Longji liked him quite a lot.

"Yes, this old slave is based on this principle, 'But when the source of tranquility is the source, there is no need to worry about simplicity.' When investigating this case from the source, we found the story of "Nezha Trouble in the Sea"...

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"How about I first issue an order to kill Xue Bai and then talk about Jingzhi Yuyuan?"

"The old slave accepts the order."

Gao Lishi stopped begging for mercy and bowed, respectfully waiting for the sage's decree.

"What's the charge?" Li Longji pondered and said, "General Gao should say it first."

"Wu Huaishi had a personal grudge with Xue Bai, and he was trying to make a serious crime against Xue Bai. Perhaps he deduced something from Nezha's story about the 'third prince' and the 'lotus rebirth'. He was so smart that he really thought the evidence was conclusive."

"Something too true?"

"The singer in Mrs. Guo's house wanted to sing a song for the imperial concubine on the first day of June, and Wu Huaishi heard it."

"Can I trust General Gao?"

"The old slave dare not use the saint's trust as a guarantor for others." Gao Lishi knelt down directly and said: "Wu Huaishi is the adopted son of the old slave. The old slave's teachings are incompetent, so I ask the saint to forgive me."

"General Gao, please handle it for me."

"The old slave accepts the order."

Gao Lishi waited for a while, expecting Li Longji to say something like, "Send the "Fengshen Yanyi" to me then."

But no.

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Gao Lishi exited the Nanxun Hall, thought for a while, and went to the Beiya.

There was silence in Beiya. When I entered, I saw that the general on guard today was none other than Guo Qianli.

"Where is General Chen?"

"Inside."

In many cases, the eunuchs known as "generals" were responsible for the guards in the forbidden area. Chen Xuanli, the general of the Longwu Army, was more likely to guard the saints during their travels and banquets. In the past, he mostly stayed in Beiya.

At this time, Gao Lishi entered the mansion all the way and could already hear thunderous snoring inside.

"If you have something important to do, please get up, General Chen."

The soldiers guarding the door knocked on the door, and then a loud shout came from inside.

"Come in!"

When Gao Lishi entered, he saw that Chen Xuanli had just gotten up and was sitting on the couch to wake up. Unlike the saint, he did not read the story, but picked up the wine on the desk and took a few sips to soothe his throat.

"What happened? How did you find this place?"

"You haven't heard anything about the recent affairs in the palace, right?"

"It has nothing to do with me." Chen Xuanli said calmly.

He put down the wine bottle, rubbed his face, and said: "What happened to my son last year...Xue Bai avenged him, and I should have helped him to beg for mercy, but the crime actually accused by Wu Huai was too great, and there was nothing I could do."

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There were many people in the palace who had received favor from Xue Bai. For example, another adopted son of Gao Lishi, Lieutenant General Feng Shenwei, was recommended by Xue Bai and served as director of the newspaper publishing house, supervising public opinion for the saint. However, such as Chen Xuanli

As he said, the involvement was so deep this time that no one dared to intercede for Xue Bai.

"I just interceded for him in front of the emperor." Gao Lishi said.

"Really?" Chen Xuanli was quite surprised, but also a little happy, and said with a smile: "You don't favor your adopted son Wu Huaishi?"

"How much friendship can people like me have?" Gao Lishi looked indifferent.

Chen Xuanli knew that he was very kind to his adoptive father and sworn brother, but those adopted sons received more favors from Gao Lishi.

"Don't I know you yet? If you owe someone a favor, you will definitely make up for it." Chen Xuanli said: "You are willing to take action this time, but you owe Xue Bai?"

"Not only that," Gao Lishi said, "his lover actually wants to harm me."

"What's going on?"

Gao Lishi only told the story in general, but concealed the specific details.

Chen Xuanli couldn't help but said: "Just tell me who this evil woman is and where she is at this time, and I will vent this bad breath for you."

"That's all." Gao Lishi said, "I just went to ask her, and I got some useful information... Do you know why I am willing to save Xue Bai?"

"As I said just now, didn't you owe him something?"

"No. In fact, it was really because of that little lady's words about 'breaking the pot and breaking it'."

Chen Xuanli frowned and shook his head.

Gao Lishi said: "She said that we cannot kill Xue Bai because he is really the emperor's grandson."

"If it's not a broken pot, it's because of ulterior motives."

"She can really capture me." Gao Lishi said with a smile: "If I hadn't changed my mind, I would be a prisoner now. I really changed my mind, and she was willing to let me go after she saw it."

"Why?"

Gao Lishi restrained his smile and said slowly: "Because, when I saw the sentence 'use lotus stems as bones, lotus roots as flesh, lotus leaves as afterbirth, Nezha's body can be rebuilt', I thought of what Xue Bai did

He looks so much like the grandson of an emperor that I have doubts in my heart about what I saw back then."
To be continued...