In this way, the feeling of being in jail will be very different.

Li Tengkong gave Li Shiniang some decoction and took her pulse again the next day, feeling a little relieved.

She was also very tired, but it was the first time she had experienced such a big change. Lying on the thatch, she could not fall asleep, thinking about the future of her family.

Inevitably, I still think of Xue Bai.

Seeing that he came back from Nanzhao safely, a big stone in her heart was relieved. And she knew him well and knew that even if he came to help, he would probably only save her and only put some effort into the Li family.

Then...should I beg him?

She thought about this question over and over but couldn't make up her mind. In the end, she sighed. Even if she wanted to beg him, she had to see him.

"I don't want to see him."

She muttered this in her mind.

Waiting until dusk, a jailer finally came over, walked straight to the cell and opened the door.

"Li Tengkong, someone wants to see you."

After hearing this, Li Shiniang stood up faster, pulled Li Tengkong over, and whispered: "It must be Xue Bai, can you do it? Do you need me to teach you how to speak together?"

"I can just go see him."

"Well, seduce him." Li Shiniang echoed and warned: "You must seduce him."

Li Tengkong looked around, fearing that others would hear him. He straightened his hair and walked out quickly.

She actually wanted to find a bronze mirror and tidy it up a little. People who practice Taoism can renounce love and sex, but they cannot help but love beauty.

When she walked outside the interrogation room outside the prison, she was stunned for a moment, thinking that she had misunderstood. It was not Xue Bai but the interrogation official. However, when she walked in, she still saw that familiar face.

"Why are you here?"

"I have received a sacred mandate to inquire about your grandpa's case." Xue Bai raised the edict on the table with a business-like attitude.

Then his attitude changed, he smiled gently and said, "You can go with me and stay at Princess Hezheng's house temporarily, where Ji Lanzi is now arranged."

Li Tengkong looked at his smile and was a little dazed, but he said: "If it was just me, I would have left with Princess Yuzhen."

"I know."

Xue Bai knew her well and was already prepared for this, saying: "Li Si Si Niang is sick, you can take her with you. You can also bring three or five more people from the Li family."

Li Shiniang is Du Wei's wife, and Du Wei has also been working on this recently. Xue Bai has received the imperial edict and has contacted Du Hope. If he takes a few more people away, he should be able to handle it.

Li Tengkong still wanted to try to save his family again. She thought about it and thought that in order to ask Xue Bai to take full action, the friendship between the two was not enough. She had to give him more reasons.

"Do you know how Yang Guozhong obtained the evidence to convict my grandpa?"

Xue Bai shook his head and said: "I just returned to Chang'an and I don't know much about everything yet. I only have some guesses."

Li Tengkong then told all the information he had learned from Chen Xilie, saying: "The reason why Li Xianzhong rebelled was because An Lushan killed his general Ge Jie..."

Xue Bai has always been hostile to An Lushan. If it was to deal with An Lushan, he might be able to expose Yang Guozhong's cooperation with An Lushan to frame her grandfather.

"What evidence is there?"

"Chen Xilie didn't say anything, but I heard something from Eleven Niang. My grandfather prepared a plan to prevent Li Heng from ascending the throne. He instructed An Lushan to raise his own troops and gave him some maps and files on the deployment of soldiers in various towns in the Tang Dynasty.

In recent years, this matter has gradually become known to some officials in the DPRK, so everyone said that An Lushan was disloyal. Presumably in order to silence this voice, An Lushan handed over all the evidence and passed it all on to me.

I and Li Xianzhong were used as evidence of conspiracy to rebel."

After hearing this, Xue Bai moved his eyes, noticed an important detail, and asked: "Li Shiyiniang knows so many things, so Yang Qixuan also knows?"

"yes."

"No wonder Yang Guozhong asked Yang Qixuan to testify."

Xue Bai pondered, thinking that Yang Qixuan could be a witness against Li Linfu, and in fact, he could also be a witness against An Lushan.

It's a pity that Li Longji won't believe it.

What if Yang Qixuan is used to prove An Lushan's ambition to more knowledgeable people and develop his own power?

Li Tengkong waited for a while and saw that Xue Bai had been thinking about it, and he gradually felt hope in his heart.

She asked tentatively: "Based on this line of thinking, is it possible to reverse the case?"

Xue Bai did not answer, but said: "Chen Xilie must have told you this on purpose. He knew everything, but he didn't dare to do it himself. He kept an extra hand, thinking that if things changed, you would have a way to deal with Yang Guozhong.

"

"Looking back now, it's like this, Chen Xilie is like this, no matter how things develop, he really deserves it... He is really shrewd and cowardly."

The two of them smiled, as if they were going to work together again.

However, Xue Bai added: "But Chen Xilie still sides with Yang Guozhong. Do you know why?"

"Why?"

"Even if your grandfather did not conspire with Li Xianzhong to rebel, he still conspired with An Lushan to conspire against him."

Only then did Li Tengkong realize that if Xue Bai wanted to deal with An Lushan, he could first convict Li Linfu, and the more severe the punishment, the better. Even if the entire Li family was executed, nothing would be done by then, and he could find opportunities to implicate him later.

An Lushan is more certain of success.

Perhaps this is exactly Yang Guozhong's thinking.

She was suddenly disappointed and felt powerless.

Xue Bai sighed: "Your grandfather is indeed disobedient, and it is the same in the eyes of the saints. It is impossible to get away with it."

"Um."

Li Tengkong said: "I understand. In fact, your position should be the same as Yang Guozhong."

"Not necessarily. I will still try my best to save the lives of your family, but to what extent I can do it is hard to say." Xue Bai said: "I can only promise that I will go all out."

Li Tengkong said in surprise: "Why?"

"There is no conflict. Even if your grandfather cannot solve the case, the innocent family members can be saved. Of course, the Li family is full of good and evil. There are some bad people among them, and I can't help them."

"I mean...why do you want to help?"

Xue Bai sighed: "You think too much, you don't need to think of a reason for me."

"But you are an official."

"I am an official, but first of all I am me. If there must be a reason, it is... because they are your family." Xue Bai looked at Li Tengkong and asked: "For you, is this reason enough?

"

This was almost a confession, and she couldn't help but be stunned.

She always thought that he needed a profitable reason to work in the officialdom, because she had no confidence in the friendship between the two. After all, he was unwilling to marry her.

Only then did she realize that the friendship between the two was also very important to him.

Her mind couldn't help but recall the several times they had hugged each other. She unconsciously took a step forward and raised her hand.

Without moving away from each other's eyes, the two had a long-lost hug.

"Actually, I didn't think I could change anything. I just wanted to try my best to have peace of mind."

"Yes." Xue Bai said, "You have done your best, leave the rest to me."

"May I?"

"I'm here."

With these words, Li Tengkong suddenly felt that the burden on her shoulders was relieved. She buried her head in Xue Bai's arms and finally cried hard.

It was like the tears that had been held back for many years were about to drain away today; it was like the hardest shell in my heart was suddenly broken, leaving the softest part to him.

She put aside all her thoughts of cultivating the Taoism and her mundane attitude, and she spoke her innermost thoughts to Xue Bai without restraint.

"I knew a long time ago that grandpa's behavior would lead to this result...but no matter how hard I tried to persuade them, they wouldn't listen..."

After talking about family matters, she even complained about him.

"And you, you have been gone for so long and there is no news... You finally came back yesterday and you didn't say a word to me..."

Xue Bai didn't expect that a noble person like her could act like a little girl.

He patted her back gently and said: "I endured it, but actually I really wanted to go over and hug you. If I asked who dared to bully you like that, I would give them a slap in the face, but I endured it and did not dare to talk to you.

.I am too cowardly.”

"I am more cowardly." Li Tengkong hugged him tightly, "I am also enduring it. I have been enduring it for a long time. In fact, I..."

She didn't say any more, she had no words left.
Chapter completed!