Chapter 43: How much sorrow can you have?(1/2)
Wang Dao was about 40 years old and was born in the Wang family in Taiyuan. His official residence was located in the back house of the government office. He lived with his old father, wife and children and two concubines.
Wang Daozhou has three sons, the eldest and second sons are both studying at Chang'an Imperial College. The youngest son Wang Lu is only twelve years old and lives with her parents.
Wang Daozhou had just received a secret letter from King Xue, asking him to escort the 38th son of the emperor and the case back to the capital tomorrow morning and hand it over to the Ministry of Justice for trial.
Wang Daozhou is really a big deal. He knows very well that this is not a criminal case, but a power struggle.
"Master, what's wrong?" His wife Fan put a cup of tea on his table.
"Hey! A bloody incident occurred in Qingfeng Tower tonight. The suspect was the 38th son of the emperor. Just now, King Xue sent me a secret letter, asking me to escort the 38th son of the emperor to Chang'an tomorrow morning."
"What does King Xue mean?"
"It is probably because King Xue was afraid of the thirty-eighth son of the emperor's slaughter in Luoyang to investigate the case, so he set up a trap and drove him back to Chang'an. Maybe his reputation would be bad."
"What is the attitude of the Regent?"
"I am so overwhelmed. I can't contact the Regent now. Should I obey King Xue's arrangements?"
"Master, the Regent and King Xue have always been allies!"
Wang Daozhou nodded, "I know, so I have sent someone to notify the county government office. I will transfer the criminal to the government office early tomorrow. If it really doesn't work, I'll send him back to the capital! I still can't offend King Xue."
At this moment, a maid ran away in a panic, "Madam, master, it's not good."
"What's so panicked?"
"Master, young master... The young master is gone!"
"What?"
Wang Daozhou widened his eyes, "Why are you missing?"
"I don't know either. The young master is practicing calligraphy. I will pour him a cup of tea, and I will no longer see anyone when I come back."
At this time, the butler also came and handed a note to Wang Daozhou, "Master, look at this!"
Wang Daozhou hurriedly took the note, which was covered with a bloody sentence.
"The emperor's thirty-eighth son returns to Beijing, and your son's head falls to the ground. If the government office receives the case, he will give the son a pair of ears!"
Wang Daozhou was so scared that he had encountered such a thing.
Fan's body shook beside him and fainted suddenly.
"Madam! Madam!"
Fan quickly woke up. She grabbed her husband's sleeve and cried loudly, "Master, save Sambo!"
Wang Daozhou was in a mess, and he realized the cruelty of the imperial power struggle for the first time.
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The female captain Zi Linfeng leaned against the door and asked curiously: "What method did your highness use to deal with Wang Daozhou?"
She was really curious that Wang Daozhou did not transfer the criminals, but just transferred the case file and called it back within an hour. ‘The reason for the case is unclear, so I will be beaten back for retrial!’
He actually handed over the dominance of the case to the county government.
Li Xiu was half lying on the bed, enjoying the body of Zi Linfeng.
Tsk! Tsk! It's a pity if you don't have a model for this figure.
Zi Linfeng wore a white warrior uniform today, with a slender figure, strong curves and magnificent chest.
"Miss Zi, I want to ask you a question."
"What do you want to ask?"
Li Xiu originally wanted to ask, "I wonder how long Miss Zi has been learning martial arts?"
Unexpectedly, what he said was what he was thinking in his heart.
"I wonder how many Miss Zi's measurements are?"
"What did you say?" Zi Linfeng's pretty face sank.
It's over, I've missed it, how can I explain this?
"Ha! Haha! You don't understand!"
Li Xiu laughed dryly and made a random joke, "I saw in a martial arts book that the three dimensions are the heavenly circumference, the earthly circumference, and the human circumference, of course, it refers to martial arts. The heavenly circumference is the origin of family and martial arts, the earthly circumference is the natural qualification for martial arts practice, and the human circumference is the degree of acquired efforts.
Simply put, I think that Miss Zi is so young and becomes the headmaster of Jinyi. She must be extremely talented. I wonder how long she has been learning martial arts. Do you have any family background?”
In the end, even Li Xiu admired himself. He actually compiled a set of martial arts theories so quickly. Fortunately, it is now the Tang Dynasty, otherwise he would be really embarrassed.
"So that's it! It seems that I misunderstood Your Highness. I thought Your Highness was learning some disciples who teased women and said some trash."
Li Xiu was stunned and couldn't say a word. Could it be that women in the Tang Dynasty had the meaning of the three measurements?
Just then, footsteps came from outside, and Pei Kuan walked in with a helpless look on his face.
He knew what Li Xiu did. Although he achieved his goal,... this method was not glorious!
"Your Highness, as long as you pay a guarantee of one thousand stale money, I can let you out now."
Li Xiu shook his head, "If I go out like this, my reputation will be ruined. Captain Zi said just now that there is another way."
Pei Kuan looked at Zi Linfeng.
Zi Linfeng hurriedly said: "Since the county government has obtained the preliminary trial authority, it can be determined that the evidence of Your Highness’s crime is insufficient. At this time, as long as Qingfeng Tower withdraws the case, Your Highness will be acquitted."
Pei Kuan thought for a while and said, "This is a solution, but the question is whether King Xue is willing to withdraw the case?"
Li Xiu smiled and said, "Pei Jun, I just asked Miss Zi. The owner of Qingfeng Tower is Gao Xuan, and it is also Gao Xuan who registers in the county government. It is not King Xue. As long as Gao Xuan withdraws the case, it has nothing to do with King Xue!"
"Your Highness thinks Gao Xuan will withdraw the case?"
"Please invite Gao Xuan, I'll talk to her!"
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Gao Xuan wore a long black dress with gold embroidered edges, and her hair was wrapped in twig. Her face was a little pale. She didn't sleep well last night.
"Miss Gao thinks I'll do that kind of thing last night?"
Gao Xuan said lightly: "You don't know when you are sober, but I don't know if you drink too much."
Li Xiu stared at her, "You know that I didn't kill anyone."
Gao Xuan was silent for a moment and said, "This is a matter between you and King Xue, I can't help you!"
After saying that, she turned around and wanted to leave, and Li Xiu stopped her.
"Miss Gao, let's make a deal!"
Gao Xuan turned around with a hint of mocking on her face, "Do you have what I want?"
"I have!"
"Tell me, what do you have?"
"I have a poem that if it can move you, obsess you, and susten you with emotions, then I'm sorry to ask you to cancel this case."
"It's that simple?"
"Miss Gao, it is also a great happiness to be moved by true emotions with your vicissitudes!"
"What if I don't think I'm touched?"
"Miss Gao, I have two ways to go out now. One is to pay a guarantee of one thousand guan. I can go out immediately, but my reputation has been ruined.
The second method is to determine that the county government has insufficient evidence and I can be acquitted by Qingfenglou. Miss Gao, I hope I can go out cleanly.”
Gao Xuan sighed softly, "This is not a transaction. If your poems really touch me, I will give you a cleansing!"
Li Xiu spread out the paper, picked up the pen and wrote a noun for eternity, and handed it to Gao Xuan.
Gao Xuan took the paper and a sad poem came into her eyes.
"Yu Meiren. Thoughts on the Homeland"
When will the spring flowers and autumn moon come? How much do you know about the past? The building was windy again last night, and my hometown was unbearable to look back at the moonlight!
The carved railings and jade bricks should still be there, but the red faces are changed. How much sorrow can you have? It is like a river of spring water flowing eastward.
Gao Xuan murmured and read it over and over again. She thought of her homeland and the homeland that made her dreams entangled with her. How much sorrow can you have? Tears flowed out unknowingly.
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It was late at night, and in the rain pavilion behind Xuanhua Lefang, a tinging dong sound flowed in the air.
Gao Xuan was wearing a long white satin dress, her weak and boneless hands stroking like flowing water on the piano, the beauty was as beautiful as jade, and her white wrist was as snow.
The sound of the piano is grieving, like a complaint or a cry, and thousands of feelings flow in the sound of the piano.
At this time, a sob sound of a flute sounded, and the sound of the piano immediately became murderous, as if thousands of war horses were galloping on the battlefield.
The sound of the flute stopped, and a sigh rang out, "Why should Sister Xuan do this?"
A man wearing a brocade robe and gauze hat walked into the Yuting. It was King Xue Li Chengye.
Li Chengye looked helpless. Every time his flute sounded, her piano sound became murderous, making him unable to continue.
To be continued...