At the entrance of the store, Hu Ji twisted her waist and waved her arms to attract customers.

Her eyes fell on the handsome young master in the hall from time to time, and she didn't even see any customers taking the initiative to enter the store.

"I'm coming!"

Du Wulang tied up his horse and rushed into Wang's store happily. He immediately saw Xue Bai and others.

He said hello cheerfully, but when Jiaonu turned around, he shrank his neck again, walked around to the other side and sat down. When he looked at the table, he said in surprise: "Hey, why are there no fish meats?"

"I just realized that fish dumplings are raw." Xue Bai shook his head, "I won't eat it."

"How can you not eat?" Du Wulang's eyes moved, he raised his hand and pointed to the wall of the store, saying: "Look!"

Several people, including Jiao Nu, turned around and saw that they were all poems written by literati.

"The fish dumplings are so delicious. Look at the poems praising the fish dumplings on the wall. There are Wang Wei's 'The Maid's Golden Plate with Carp' and Wang Changling's 'Herring, Snowfall, Orange and Sautéed'. Hey, there's also Li Bai.

New poems."

"Li Bai is also in Chang'an?"

"No." Du Wulang looked at the poem notes and said: "This is written by a drunkard named Cen Shen. It is Li Bai's new poem in Luzhong. He praises the delicious fish and shrimps. "When Hu'er brushes a few frost blades, the red skin

The flowers are falling and the snow is falling. I laid chopsticks for you and had a full meal. I got on my horse and returned drunk with a golden saddle. 'Tsk, tsk, it's so well written, but how could this person write Taibai's poems next to Mojie's poems?"

Xue Bai looked at it intently and saw the writing on the wall with dragons and phoenixes dancing in it, which read: "In the third year of Yu Shouxuan's visit, I visited the great rivers and returned to Chang'an in the west. After getting drunk, I wrote a new poem by Li Taibai as a reward for the officials in the capital. Let's enjoy it together."

Looking at the poem again, it was a bit sloppy at the end, but it was so heroic.

Next to it is Cen Shen's own "Guan Jiu Fu".

"Shen, Xiangmenzi. He studied at the age of five, studied literature at the age of nine, hid in Songyang at the age of fifteen, and presented books under the palace at the age of twenty..."

Everyone looked at it seriously. Du Wulang stretched out his hand and handed half of the jade pendant to Xue Bai's hand.

Xue Bai quietly put it into his sleeves.

~~

Du Zhai.

Lu Fengniang carefully opened the door and saw Du Jin sitting in a daze where Du Youlin usually sat.

"How come I haven't seen my aunt today?" Lu Fengniang first found a topic to chat with.

Du Jin said: "The day before yesterday, the eldest sister asked a slave to inquire about the news, so I went over to ask today."

"I see, by the way, why did you annoy your grandpa?"

Du Jin asked: "What did grandpa say?"

Lu Fengniang was worried and hesitantly said: "Mr. Lang said...it is shameful for a woman to be like this."

Du Jin smiled bitterly.

Yes, it sounds really bad for a daughter like her to use the power of the traitor to force her father to ask for favors from the elders of the clan, and not to miss the old relationship between husband and wife and persecute the East Palace.

Seeing that Du Jin was silent, Lu Fengniang said in a low voice, "Mr. Lang still said that you were confused. He said that since they are showing kindness, you insist on asking for many benefits, and then both parties will be offended."

"Offending both sides?" Du Jin sneered and said, "I almost ransacked my family and exterminated my clan. Why are I still afraid of this?"

Lu Fengniang sighed: "Second mother, you must not be too stubborn."

Du Jin pointed to a box on the table and said, "Mother, take it. I'll ask Grandpa Bo for it to help subsidize the household expenses."

Lu Fengniang was stunned, then stepped forward, opened the box and looked at it. Her nose felt sore, she quickly wiped her eyes with a handkerchief, and finally burst into tears.

"Your grandpa doesn't know how valuable rice is when he's not a member of the family... wu wu... a good and wealthy family has to live like this..."

"I know." Du Jin turned his back and said, "Can you trust me, mother? I am doing this for the good of the Du family."

"Why don't I believe you? To be honest, your grandpa is a fool and a bad person... He is so confused!"

Du Jin had no choice but to stand up and pat Lu Fengniang's back to comfort her.

But in fact, she is also mentally and physically exhausted under the current situation.

Xue Bai made it very clear that the East Palace is unreliable, and the Right Prime Minister's Palace is equally unreliable. In this struggle, the weak will always be the one that both sides may sacrifice at any time.

It just so happens that they are the weak ones. They didn't use the sacrifice last time, but they will probably use it next time.

Therefore, we cannot completely rely on any one party.

"We must be like a seed, surviving the collision of two boulders, surviving in the cracks, taking root and sprouting."

Du Jin repeated these words in her mind and looked out the window, hoping that everything went well with Xue Bai.

~~

Qingmen, Wangjiadian.

As time passed by, in the afternoon, many diners had left.

Xue Bai didn't dare to drink, so he ate some roasted mutton. Suddenly he saw a middle-aged man wearing a blue official robe walking into the hall.

Jiaonu also saw it, and his eyes narrowed slightly.

"Do you recognize him?" Xue Bai asked.

Jiaonu thought he noticed his gaze and asked, "Don't look at this young official, he actually often comes to Alang to report."

"Who is he?"

Jiaonu frowned slightly, thinking that Xue Bai really wanted to ask questions no matter what he saw. She was here to monitor him, and she was not really his slave.

"Huh?" Xue Bai continued to ask.

"I only know that his surname is Pei." Jiaonu said, "He is an official who handles peace and purchase matters, and he is highly regarded by the king."

"What a coincidence, the few people I met today are all related to Wang Fei."

"Because you keep asking, and Qingmen is close to Dongshi and the city gate, and there are a lot of wealth and wine."

"There are many beauties," Xue Bai said casually when he caught a glimpse of someone holding two Silla maids diagonally across the long street and swaggering past.

Jiao Nu was slightly proud and took a sip of wine.

Xue Bai patted Du Wulang and said, "You will go back later. When you are free, we will cook boiled fish."

"Okay." Du Wulang dropped the chopsticks like flying and was still eating meat.

Xue Bai has already stood up and went to the toilet.

Jiaonu hesitated for a moment, but still sat and watched Du Wulang eat, and at the same time kicked the Tian brothers.

"Why don't you follow me to protect me? I really promote you just to take you to eat and drink."

"..."

When Du Wulang saw the Tian brothers walking away, he also stood up. Looking at the mess all over the table, he wanted to ask Jiao Nu whether the girl would pay the bills today, but he didn't dare to say anything and walked out cautiously.

After leaving Wang's store, he patted his round belly and felt much relieved.

According to what Er Niang said, if today's affairs are settled, Du's house will be safe and sound from now on. All he has to do is study hard with Xue Bai and become an official through the imperial examination.

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Grandpa has resigned from office, and from now on the Du family will be borne by him.

After leading the horse for more than twenty steps, Du Wulang was happy when he suddenly felt someone staring at him. When he looked up, he couldn't help but froze, and his face instantly turned pale.

"Jijiji...Ji Dalang?"

~~

Ji Xiang was forced to drink so much wine by Wang Zhun today that he vomited to the point of vomiting out his heart and liver. He was being supported by two Silla maids while blowing wind on the long street to avoid the evil young man Wang Zhun.

As a result, I turned around and saw someone who looked quite familiar.

"Du... what's going on with Du? Du is in pain!"

Ji Xiang suddenly remembered who this was in front of him, and couldn't help being surprised, and said: "Are you here to ask for someone from me?"

"You want someone?" Du Wulang was stunned, "Who do you want? You still have to wait for your life?!"

"Fuck him, beat him!"

Du Wulang immediately went to find Xue Bai. When he turned around, he saw a vicious man leaping from the carriage next to him and knocking him to the ground with a punch.

Jixiang stepped forward and kicked him.

"Damn, your news is so damn fast, you came to me asking for someone on the back foot."

~~

Jingzhao Mansion.

As soon as Ji Wen entered the familiar torture chamber, he felt that he was in control of everything.

Wu Kangcheng's screams were heard in his ears, but he was not in a hurry to ask questions, but looked at the map Xue Bai gave him and pondered it.

"Eh."

He suddenly frowned, remembered something, and ordered a minor official to go to Jingzhao Prefecture to bring some documents. After checking them carefully, he found that some officials close to the East Palace had actually built a villa in Daozheng, Changlefang.

, but Xue Bai didn’t mark it.

For example, Wang Zhongsi's military envoy Li Guangbi and Heyuan army envoy Wang Jinlan.

Ji Wen added these clues with his pen, then looked at the sixteen households marked by Xue Bai, and selected four official residences that were likely to be close to the East Palace.

He nodded with satisfaction and was about to put down his pen when he glanced out of the corner of his eye and suddenly thought.

"Yang Shenjin?"

It's not that he doubted Yang Shenjin, but that Ji Wen had vaguely heard Wang Xian and the Right Prime Minister complaining, scolding Yang Shenjin for his arrogant attitude.

It can be seen that the king and the emperor do not like Yang Shenjin, and the right prime minister also hates this kind of person who claims to be knowledgeable, elegant and noble. In the past, the Yushitai needed someone of his own to promote Yang Shenjin, but now

Wang Zhi has also served as the censor, and can take over the role of Taizhong Cheng. It seems that he has already decided to deal with Yang Shenjin.
To be continued...