Chapter 382 The same clan

Li Xiu never thought that one day he needed the humble attitude of the following subordinates to see Xue Bai, but he might not be able to see him. After asking Shi Zhong many times, he finally got a reply.

"My husband will be able to see you in half an hour today."

Li Linfu probably had this attitude when he was in a state of great power. Li Xiu complained in his heart, but he was still sweating while waiting for Xue Bai.

Now is the hottest time in midsummer. Even in the cooler Mount Li, the wind blows with a hot air. With the squeaking sound, the door of the house was pushed open, and Xue Bai came in with a bowl of locust leaves.

“Have you eaten?”

Li Xiu looked at the bowl with ice still emitting. The green noodles were paired with fresh vegetables and said, "I have eaten them. Only the noodles cooked with green locust leaves and pasta are cooked with noodles," he said.

"Well, the saint gave it to you, try it."

"Are you showing off your favor from the saint?"

This was not something worth showing off in Xue Bai's opinion. He shook his head casually and said, "I can't eat it anymore, the taste is average."

"Where are the Seventeenth Lady and the others?"

"They can't eat cold food, you can eat it."

Through this sentence, Li Xiu knew that Xue Bai and Li Tengkong had maintained a good relationship. He felt relieved and asked, "I heard that Wang Zhongsi died of illness. Something seemed to be happening here in Mount Li? I was in the guards loose on the outside and tight on the inside."

"Yes." Xue Bai sighed.

Li Xiu held the cold noodles of locust leaves and drank a sip of ice soup first. He was not so nervous. He pondered: "This is a good thing for you. Although Wang Zhongsi is not showing any expression at the moment, he must be closer to the prince. If he dies, he will win over the generals under his command."

Xue Bai did not deny the matter and asked with the flow: "Do you have a list?"

"Yes." Li Xiu took out a small scroll from his sleeve, "This is what I wrote according to my memory after I got the news. In fact, my grandfather's document library is even more complete, but unfortunately he was confiscated by a spit."

In the past ten years, when Wang Zhongsi rewarded the court for his merits and promoted generals to bypass the prime minister, Li Xiu naturally had some understanding of his interpersonal relationships.

Xue Bai opened the scroll and saw that he looked like Li Guangbi, Wang Sili, Wang Rai, Lai Wang and others. This is definitely an era of star-studded stars. Even without Wang Zhongsi, the Tang Dynasty would not lack famous generals. But if the root of the chaos is ignored, no matter how many famous generals there are, it is useless.

He probably compared the information about Wang Zhongsi's disciples whom he already had, and nodded and felt satisfied.

Thanks to Li Linfu's years of training, Li Xiu is talented and has a vision, but Li Linfu is too strong, which makes him indecisive and difficult to stand alone, but he can actually be a very good assistant talent.

"When it comes to this, remember why I brought you to Mount Li for?"

Li Xiu said: "Just about to tell you about this, I thought that the reason why my grandfather had to transfer those few volumes of documents before his death was after meeting someone."

"who?"

"Gaolishi." Li Xiu said: "My grandfather asked me to pour tea at that time. When I returned to the house, Gao Lishi had already left. I thought it was ordinary for him to come to visit Grandfather by the saint. But recently I thought about it carefully that it was after seeing Gao Lishi that Grandfather mentioned that your identity was different."

“Is there any more?”

Li Xiu had no more news, but he still had one thought. He asked, "Do you plan to take Seventeenth Lady as your concubine?"

After saying that, he felt the bitterness in his mouth, thinking that his sister was originally the daughter of the prime minister's family, but in the end he was willing to be a concubine.

However, Xue Bai was silent and didn't know what he was thinking about.

"You can't... don't want to?" Li Xiu couldn't help but feel nervous.

After a while, Xue Bai seemed to make up his mind, his eyes firmly became firm, and he asked, "Your family is also a royal family?"

"Yes, my Emperor Gaozu is King Changping, and he is a cousin with Emperor Gaozu."

Li Xiu responded proudly. After a moment, he felt the meaning behind Xue Bai's question, and his face changed and said, "What does this have to do with you, Na Shiqi Niang?"

Xue Bai did not answer positively, but asked back: "Why do you think your grandfather should care about my identity before he died? Why did Gao Lishi come to ask him about me?"

He made up his mind, but he was not determined to take Li Tengkong as his concubine, but wanted to show up with Li Xiu in order to completely take him for his own use.

This time, Wang Zhongsi's incident made Xue Bai realize that as long as Li Longji is still in power for one day, all his efforts to stop the chaos will be futile.

Although the Anshi Rebellion has deeper reasons for the times, even if it is called the great wave of history, Li Longji was the helmist on the ship of the Tang Dynasty. Not only could he not support the ship to avoid the big waves, but he even drove it to face the big waves.

When Xue Bai was in Huashan, he wanted to get rid of the helm in a crazy way. Things were not done. For a long time, he failed to find a better opportunity and it was difficult to muster up the courage to act again. Now he has a sense of urgency.

One day, he might find an opportunity to enter the palace with armor, but before that, he had to establish his identity.

"Who do you think I am?"

Li Xiu asked tentatively: "You are really Xue Ru's son, aren't you?"

Xue Bai said to himself: "There is only this little imagination."

In Li Xiu's opinion, Xue Bai's most realistic identity is the orphan adopted by Xue Xiu. If he says that Xue Bai is Xue Xiu's biological son in order to make a fuss, he can accept it.

As for some more exaggerated speculations, he had also heard of them, but he never thought that it might be true, so he automatically abandoned it in his mind. But at the moment, Xue Bai's eyes and tone made him frightened.

"What do you mean?"

"Would you like to support me?"

"What are you doing to support you?

“Regain my position.”

Xue Bai added another sentence in a tone that was so dull that he was completely unworthy of the major and secret news.

"I'll tell you clearly, I'm the orphan of the Three Commoners' Case, the third son left by the former prince."

"What?"

Li Xiu was stunned, and his first reaction was fear.

It's like a sleeping in person. Even though he knows it's dawn, he can still immerse himself in his dreams with his head covered. But once he lifts the quilt and sees the sunshine, he will only feel the sunshine is dazzling and closes his eyes to avoid the light.

Li Xiu took two steps back in this dodging attitude. When his body touched the pillar, he realized that he had no way out and asked, "Why did you tell me? Are you not afraid of me telling me?"

"Assisting me is the best way for you." Xue Bai said, "Your grandpa offended too many people when he was alive. If you don't have my protection, you will die sooner or later without a burial place. But how long can I protect you? It's long, even so long that you can revive your family and no longer need protection."

Li Xiu had not yet entered the rhythm of the conversation. For him, all kinds of messages came too quickly. He only heard Xue Bai telling his own life story a moment ago. Before he could confirm the authenticity of the matter, the topic had turned directly into how to obtain the throne.

But unexpectedly, Xue Bai still had a sentence that moved him.

"Do you want to be the prime minister like your grandfather and be the master of the world? This time, let's be a wise prime minister who has left his name in history."

"you……"

When Li Xiu spoke, he originally wanted to ask, "You are really the son of the deposed prince." He soon realized that this kind of question would only offend Xue Bai, and taught Xue Bai to underestimate him, so he calmed down.

He looked down and noticed the cold noodles of locust leaves in the bowl with air conditioning. He picked up chopsticks to show his calmness. In fact, his heart was in a mess.

One thing is clear. Even if he obtained the forgiveness of the saint through informing the news, he would not have to be exiled to Longyou again, the people he offended in the past would still kill him.

"I am a mediocre person, afraid of not being a virtuous prime minister." Li Xiu chewed the cold noodles and said in a slow and somewhat vague tone: "But you saved my family. If you are driven, I will do my best."

This was considered a statement, but Xue Bai did not react much.

Li Xiu was stunned and reacted. He quickly swallowed the food in his mouth, took a sip of water, tidied up his clothes, stood in front of Xue Bai, and saluted solemnly.

"Li Xiu is not talented, and he is willing to work hard for his husband!"

Xue Bai just held him with both hands and said, "You will go to Longyou for the time being. In addition to making meritorious contributions, I need you to contact my old subordinates of Wang Zhongsi who are still in Longyou. I will have a letter to you before you set off."

"yes."

Li Xiu felt from this that Xue Bai's ambition was not just about saying things, but about having the strength to hide in the dark.

He was not very worried about winning the support of Wang Zhongsi's old subordinates, and he was still worried about the thing he had not finished just now.

"Galis seems to be checking your identity. Is it dangerous?"

"It's okay, I'll handle it..."

The conversation soon reached half an hour. Xue Bai looked at the sky and left immediately because there was still something to do later.

Logically, he was not that busy with the Secretariat, but he did have an appointment with others.

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In the southwest of Huaqing Palace, there is a courtyard called "Jiaoyuan", where the peppercorns are planted.

Peppers are now extremely precious things, and they can even be used as currency as gold and silver. It can be seen that the pepper garden is extraordinary, and this is the place where saints plant peppers.

Xue Bai arrived outside the garden and was stopped by an old eunuch. He then took out a decree and said, "I won the domino with the saint. The saint asked me to pick a few kilograms of peppercorns."

He walked into the pepper garden and walked to the deepest part of the courtyard. He saw Wang Yunxiu sitting on the steps.

Looking back, the old eunuch who followed him had already walked away at some point. Xue Bai then stepped forward and talked to Wang Yunxiu for a few words.

"The funeral is completed in Chang'an?"

"Yeah." Wang Yunxiu sighed, hugged her knees and looked at the scattered peppercorn trees in the distance, and said, "When the peppercorns bear fruit around the Mid-Autumn Festival, every inch of land is valuable in this garden. Grandpa said that he often came here to play when he was young. At that time, he didn't know that peppercorns were expensive, so he swung his sword and cut many branches and leaves. The saint did not blame him."

"The saint does not plan to depose the prince." Xue Bai said, "After all, your grandfather has passed away."

What the two of them said was like they were incompatible, but they knew the conversation.

"Okay." Wang Yunxiu said: "In this way, my grandfather has got what he wants."

Wang Zhongsi and Li Heng have been in the palace since childhood, and Xue Bai did not comment on their relationship.

He came today and had what he wanted, so he said: "My teacher is going to do a big thing in Longyou. I have already told Jieshuai about this matter before."

"I brought the token that Xue Lang wanted from Chang'an."
To be continued...