"letter."

Li Xiu hesitated and spoke several times. Finally, he whispered: "My father told me your identity..."

Xue Baizheng picked up a pigeon egg with chopsticks. When he heard this, he thought to himself that Li Linfu had indeed told Li Xiu.

At that time, Li Linfu pretended to be stupid and tested him. But he also followed the trend and deliberately responded according to the position of the emperor's grandson Li Qian, in order to make Li Linfu unpredictable and suspicious.

This was one of the reasons why he was willing to save Li Xiu. He wanted to know how much Li Xiu knew.

The round pigeon egg was clamped and put firmly into Xue Bai's mouth. He chewed it calmly and after swallowing it completely, he asked: "What is my identity?"

Li Xiu held the wine glass and lowered his eyes slightly to avoid Xue Bai's direct gaze. He recalled in his mind the words Li Linfu said when he was seriously ill.

"My father suspects that Xue Bai is the son left by the deposed prince Li Ying, but he can't remember what the situation was like back then."

After saying this, after a while, Li Linfu murmured again: "I don't even remember why I have such suspicion... Go and get some documents."

At that time, Li Xiu only thought that his grandpa was sick and confused and talking nonsense, but several questions from Xue Bai today made him suddenly think of this matter.

The yard became quiet.

Li Tengkong didn't taste good, so he put down his chopsticks, picked up the cup and drank the warm water, saying, "Brother, you should trust him. If you have anything to say, just tell him."

"You can't stay in college if you're a female."

Li Xiu sighed and said slowly: "I don't know your identity either. However, before my death, I went to Huaqing Palace to meet the saint. At that time, I brought several files, which seem to be related to your life experience, right?"

Xue Bai was not afraid that these files could reveal anything, because he was not the emperor's grandson Li Qian, but these files were obviously extremely useful for him to pretend to be the emperor's grandson.

He had been coveting them for a long time when he saw them in the Prime Minister's Mansion.

He remained calm and asked, "Is it the time when you want to taint the saint's vitality?"

"yes."

"Then you still have a separate business in Lishan?"

"Not in other industries." Li Xiu said, "When my grandfather arrived at Lishan, he went directly to the Huaqing Palace to pay his respects. When I passed the Wangxian Bridge, I placed the things I brought with me in the Xiaoyao Palace next to me."

Xue Bai nodded and took notes, realizing that Li Xiu's role for him was not only to advise him on the battle for the official position of the governor of Bianzhen, but also to play a very important role in his future plans to usurp the throne.

Although he promised to protect the innocent people of the Li family, there were many ways, such as letting Li Xiu be exiled to other places, or sending people to protect him in Zhenzhou. Now he decided to show more kindness and win over people's hearts.

However, I just thought that Dali Temple had sent someone to take Li Xiu back to his cell.

~~

Zhongshu Menxiasheng.

Yang Qixuan finally recovered from his injuries and returned to the Yamen to take care of matters.

He tidied himself up very decently and restored the demeanor of an important minister. Unfortunately, his broken teeth could no longer grow back, so he decided to speak as little as possible.

Stepping into the vestibule, he first looked around, looking for Xue Bai's figure, but worried that he might actually encounter him.

"What are you looking at?"

Someone tapped him on the shoulder, and a bad smell came from his breath. He knew it was Ji Wen without looking back.

"Don't worry, Xue Bai hasn't come to see things for two or three days." Ji Wen said with a smile, "It is said that he got Ge Nu's daughter, and he must have died drunk in the gentle village."

Yang Qixuan is most concerned about this matter, so he naturally knows it.

He sent someone to keep an eye on Li Tengkong, and Xue Bai personally carried Li Tengkong back. There was also Li Jilan, who said he was temporarily staying at Princess Hezheng's mansion, but in fact, he followed Xue Bai home that day and never came out again.

Seeing the lewd smile on Ji Wen's face at this time, Yang Qixuan felt a burst of heartache.

"Look at you like this." Ji Wen said, "If a man is a real man, why should he have no wife? I want to talk to you about something serious."

As he spoke, he put his arms around Yang Qixuan's neck, came closer, and whispered to him.

"This time, Xue Bai committed many serious crimes. As admonishing officials, we should impeach him."

"But he relies on his achievements in conquering Nanzhao. I'm afraid the saint won't touch him easily."

"Simple." Ji Wen said, "dig up Ge Nu's new grave and take a look. As long as the purple and gold court uniform is still there, it will be a serious crime of deceiving the emperor."

"this……"

Ji Wen said: "Let me tell you this way, Li Xianzhong is Li Linfu's adopted son and defected. This shows that Li Linfu must be treason. Xue Bai is also treasonous by covering up Li Linfu."

Yang Qixuan was a little worried, but it was not because of his long-term relationship with Li Linfu, but because he was afraid of Xue Bai. He said: "In this way, we will really set the stage to fight Xue Bai."

"He beat you in public, do you still have a way out?"

Yang Qixuan thought about it and said, "Xue Bai is treasonous? Yes, he must be treasonous to dare to beat the officials in public."

Now that he had the idea, and as a remonstrating official, he returned to his official residence and wrote a letter to impeach Xue Bai.

After drying the ink, he soon felt embarrassed again. The current prime ministers, Yang Guozhong and Chen Xilie, did not want to cause more trouble. How could he deliver this memorial after it was written?

However, at noon, Ji Wen came to his mansion again, asked him for the memorial, and nodded with satisfaction.

Yang Qixuan couldn't help but be curious, so he asked about his doubts.

Ji Wen then smiled and said: "You have forgotten that it is not only Yang Guozhong and Chen Xilie who are under the leadership of Tong Zhongshu. There is also one person, even Xue Bai who helped him up."

Yang Qixuan was stunned and said in surprise: "He? He is also on our side?"

Ji Wen patted him on the shoulder and said: "Fu Jun's strength is far stronger than you expected."

~~

The next day, Xue Bai planned to put aside the many matters in his hands temporarily and go out of the city to pick up Yan Zhenqing.

This was the second time Yan Zhenqing came to Longyou, and he stayed there for more than a year. This was because a Subi tribe in Tubo wanted to rebel against Tubo and join the Tang Dynasty.

This matter had been known before the Battle of Nanzhao. Now that the Battle of Nanzhao has ended, Su Pi has not made any big moves yet, but I don't know how it will progress.

Even Xue Bai didn't know much about such confidential matters and could only talk to Yan Zhenqing in private.

Xue Bai brought back the Tubo princess Na Lanzhen this time, thinking that having such a prisoner in hand might be able to help Yan Zhenqing.

On this day, before he went out, he told Du Jin to take Nalanzhen to Xue's house, and she could meet him at any time after he had talked with Yan Zhenqing. After that, he got on his horse and was about to go out, when he met a team of officers approaching.

"Xue Sheren, please come with us to Dali Temple. The temple minister would like to ask you a few words."

"What's the matter?"

"It's just a routine matter, it doesn't matter."

Xue Bai could probably guess the reason. Seeing that it was still early, Yan Zhenqing would not arrive so early. So he nodded and went to Dali Temple.

He hasn't rescued the innocent members of the Li family yet, and it seems that he himself is about to fall into it.

Li Daosu, the Minister of Dali Temple, was an old minister. He had a relatively harmonious relationship with Li Linfu in the past and was not willing to participate in various party disputes. Therefore, he treated Xue Bai well and said what he had to say.

"Xue Sheren, you have been impeached. As a matter of routine, Dali Temple has to examine you. I attach great importance to this case, so I personally intervened."

"Yes, thank you Li Siqing for your hard work."

"I heard that you protected the family of the rebellious minister Li Linfu..."

Li Daosui was old and lacked energy. Halfway through his words, he handed over the official document in his hand and said, "Xue Sheren, please read it yourself."

Xue Bai took a look and found that it was indeed Yang Qixuan.

"Li Siqing, this is a simple matter. Yang Qixuan is jealous of me, harbors resentment, and deliberately slanders me."

Li Daosui didn't care whether he was right or wrong. He wrote down as if he was just for communication.

But in fact, this seemingly careless attitude in handling cases can sometimes lead people to take things lightly and lead to serious consequences.

"Jealous and deliberately slandering." Li Daosui muttered and then asked: "The saint reduced Li Linfu's official title and took back the posthumous gift, but Xue Sheren kept his purple and gold court uniform. How to explain this matter?"

"Does Yang Qixuan have any evidence?"

"According to what the government officials present said, you drove them away."

"So what?"

Li Daosuo reminded: "As long as we open the coffin and conduct an autopsy, the truth of this matter will be clear."

"Open the coffin and conduct an autopsy?" Xue Bai said: "Li Linfu was the one who had conspired against Li Xianzhong. He was a veteran who served the saint for more than ten years. The saint was always merciful. If he did this to the deceased for a piece of court clothes, he would lose the saint's face.

, Yang Qixuan's suggestion was unfaithful; moreover, Yang Qixuan had been Li Linfu's son-in-law for many years, so he just divorced his wife and did not remember the old feelings and dig up the body, which was unfilial. What an unfaithful and unfilial person said is somewhat true.

talk?"

After asking a few more questions, Li Daosui put down the brush in his hand.

"I will submit the results of the inquiry, but who the saint believes more is beyond my control."

"Thank you Li Siqing."

Xue Bai bowed and resigned.

After leaving Li Daosui's official residence, the front yard was the familiar front yard of Dali Temple. Through the wall, a whirring sound could be heard.

"Let me tell you, there is no serious case of rebellion. It's just that Yang Qixuan and Xue Bai are jealous."

It was Du Wulang's voice.

As soon as Du Wulang heard that Xue Bai had been taken away by Dali Temple, he rushed to rescue him immediately.
To be continued...