Li Hongxiao looked at the expression on Li Jingye's face. Before Li Jingye came back to his senses, his eyes shifted to King Cao and others. After some greetings, everyone followed Li Hong and others into the pavilion. .
Chen Qinghan's hands were shaking, especially when he saw Li Jingye for the first time, it seemed that his whole body was shaking.
Bai Chun immediately gave Chen Qinghan a comforting smile, and shook Chen Qinghan's hand firmly to signal her not to be too nervous.
The tacit luncheon ended with Li Hong in a relaxed and happy state, while Li Jingye and others had forced smiles on their faces.
Li Hong even asked King Cao and others why they came to Yangzhou for nothing.
As for Pei Wang Li Xian, Li Hong seemed to pretend that he did not exist in Yangzhou City and never mentioned it from beginning to end.
At the banquet, Li Jingye was most worried about Chen Jingzhi, but Li Hong also didn't mention a word.
This made them unable to figure out the purpose of Li Hong's coming to Yangzhou alone. However, compared to Li Jingye's demeanor, King Cao and others were much more calm, and even occasionally, they could feel it from the three of them. There is a sense of mystery and mystery.
When he moved from the banquet place to the pavilion by the lake in Manjiang Garden, Li Jingye finally couldn't help the doubts and nervousness in his heart. When Li Hong slowly sat down in the pavilion by the lake and admired the beautiful scenery, he finally He stood up and saluted Li Hong.
"Your Highness, the young lady who followed Miss Bai just now, is Chen Jingzhi's only daughter Chen Qinghan?"
"You don't know it?" Li Hong asked, following King Cao Li Ming's finger and looking at a boat in the middle of the lake.
"This...I'm not sure. I've seen him several times in the past, but it took so long that it's already blurred." Li Jingye had no choice but to think of an excuse.
"Do you know Yang Yue?"
"I've never heard of it." Li Jingye said decisively.
"Yang Yue once served as a household secretary in Lin'an County when Chen Jingzhi was in Hangzhou. He served as a household secretary for nearly forty years. You said that Chen Jingzhi is the same. Since he admired Yang Yue so much, why didn't he promote him when he was in Hangzhou? Where's Yang Yue? Oh, by the way, that woman is Chen Qinghan, Chen Jingzhi's daughter. Do you have anything to do with her?" Li Hong turned his gaze back to Li Jingye and asked.
"I came to see her when I had nothing to do, but I was afraid that she would come to see me when something happened. The reason why I asked Your Highness was naturally because of Chen Jingzhi's rebellion. After Chen Jingzhi was detained, it was said that his daughter had come to see me, but she was The minister refused and did not see her." Li Jingye saw that Li Hong kept letting him stand and talk after he stood up, so he did not dare to sit down after several others sat down. Next, he had no choice but to continue standing and replied.
With a playful smile on his face, Li Hong said lightly: "Is Chen Jingzhi's rebellion now confirmed?"
Needless to say, now that Li Jingye has planned to rebel, Chen Jingzhi's trivial matter is naturally not worth mentioning. I am afraid that Li Jingye has already wanted to take action.
"It's been done."
"Execution?"
"not yet."
"Why?"
"Back to Your Highness, the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple, and even the Yushitai have now concluded that Chen Jingzhi is guilty, but... Chen Jingzhi hoped to see his beloved daughter before he died. I see that after many years of serving as an official in the same place, In terms of friendship, I hope to find his daughter and meet him before executing him," Li Jingye said with a stiff smile.
"So, wouldn't it be that I did you a big favor? Didn't I bring Chen Qinghan to you personally?" Li Hong looked at Li Jingye's face, which looked like a sculptured smile.
"Your Highness, what you said is wrong. Regarding Chen Jingzhi's rebellion, I have gone through a lot of trouble to find evidence. Now that his daughter appears next to you, I am afraid that she will say something to you to exonerate his father..."
"The Tang Dynasty has never been tolerant of rebels and traitors. If Chen Jingzhi has been proven guilty, I think... it doesn't matter whether we meet or not, but since you take into account the friendship between officials in the same place, you might as well let them meet. I Agreed, let Bai Chun accompany her to see her father." Li Hong was still smiling, making Li Jingye unable to guess what his purpose was in bringing Chen Qinghan with him.
The secret confrontation with Li Jingye made King Cao and others keep wondering what kind of strength Li Hong had hidden to dare to break into Yangzhou City alone.
But no matter how the three people asked, no matter what they asked, Li Hong was able to avoid the core issues, laugh with them, and cover up the important issues.
In the end, Li Hong couldn't resist the temptation and curiosity in the painted boat in the middle of the lake. After the boat approached the edge of the lake, he still stepped on it.
But what disappointed him was that there were no surprises waiting for him. Except for the singer who heard the strings and knew the meaning of the song, there was no sign of Li Xian.
In other words, in their view, Li Xian's matter has become an object for them to speculate and guess.
"Does it exist or not?" Li Hong looked at Bai Chun in front of him and asked coldly.
"Exist!" Bai Chun replied firmly.
"But it's not like it. Whether it's King Cao, King Yue, or Li Jingye, there is no trace of Li Xian's existence from their words and deeds." Li Hong seemed to be talking to Bai Chun, but in In Chen Qinghan's eyes, His Highness seemed to be talking to himself.
Whether it is Li Jingye or King Cao and others, whether they are in the middle of the lake or in the pavilion by the lake this afternoon, the behavior of these people does not seem to be that there is someone behind the scenes, or a tacit understanding of the same enemy. .
It seems that Li Jingye is Li Jingye, and King Cao and the others are in the same group, and there is no sign that they are one.
After racking his brains, Li Hong couldn't figure it out. In his opinion, King Cao, Li Jingye and others were obviously their own masters, and it didn't look like they were conspiring together to do something big.
But after thinking about it, he couldn't figure out the reason, so he had to put aside the troublesome things and said to Chen Qinghan and Bai Chun: "After meeting Chen Jing, let him not stay in Yangzhou for a long time and take this letter." , immediately rushed to Chang'an."
"Will they let my father go?" Chen Qinghan asked eagerly as he watched Li Hong hand a letter to Bai Chun.
"Of course I won't, so I ask you to leave Yangzhou as soon as possible." Li Hong looked at Chen Qinghan, who had become much more haggard these days. She was originally a beauty raised in a water town in the south of the Yangtze River, but during this period, she became even more miserable due to the torture of her father. His appearance was thin and pitiful.
Bai Chun took a deep look at Li Hong. Although she didn't know what the consequences would be if Fang Zhan and Heng Qiao took Jingwei and forcibly took away Chen Jingzhi, she still decided to follow Li Hong's order.
After nodding silently, he took Chen Qinghan, accompanied by Mang Zhong and Cheetah, and slowly walked outside Manjiang Garden.
And because Bai Chun accompanied Chen Qinghan to the prison, Wei Siwen had to solemnly prepare a luxury carriage for Bai Chun to dispatch.
The carriage gradually left, and the entire garden of Manjiang Garden returned to calm. Princess Dalai, like a ghost, secretly blocked Li Hong's path from the alley: "You are finished."
"Why?"
"You gave a beautiful lady to your enemy." Princess Dalai said with contempt on her face.
"So you didn't hear what we said just now?" Li Hong asked, raising his eyebrows.
"I'm talking about Sister Bai Chun. What would she do if she wanted to cover Chen Qinghan's departure with your minister? Wouldn't she fall into the trap of the pursuers?" Princess Dalai was once again smart.
Li Hong smiled, looked at Princess Dalai confidently and said, "Do you think Bai Chun doesn't know what you said?"
"So what?" Princess Dalai asked strangely.
"Where did you go today? After dinner." Li Hong asked without answering.
"I won't tell you." Princess Dalai turned around and left, leaving a faint scent lingering on the tip of Li Hong's nose.
Li Hong smiled as he watched Princess Dalai leave. He did not move, but said lightly: "Come here."
After he finished speaking, he saw only one soldier running over in a hurry. When Li Hong entered Manjiang Garden today, he was the soldier assigned by Li Jingye to guard Manjiang Garden.
"The last general, Pei Zhong, has met His Highness."
"Are all the people here from Futu Camp?"
"Yes, Your Highness."
"What about lawlessness?"
"Go back to your highness, and wait for your response near the prison." General Pei Zhong replied. As for who he would be responsible for, he didn't know.
"It may not be too stable these days. You are the person recommended by Uncle Ji Wang and you are good at speaking. How many people in the Yangzhou Zhechong Mansion can be persuaded by you?" The expression on Li Hong's face was worse than when he faced Princess Dalai just now. Much more solemn.
"Back to Your Highness, there are nine Zhechong mansions in Yangzhou city. Except for the three that have been wavering and whose position is unclear, the final general has won four Zhechong mansions with the help of Yangzhou Lushi and the army. But..." General Pei Zhong looked at it. Li Hong said nervously with a serious face.
"But it doesn't matter. Are King Cao and the others not of the same mind as Li Jingye?" Li Hong felt as if he had caught something.
"The general is not sure, but he only knows that of the other two Zhechong Mansion, one of them is led by King Cao and others. It is said that Li Jingye assigned it to King Cao and others, but since the general contacted them secretly, he discovered that they I don’t have much respect for Li Jingye, but on the contrary, I highly respect King Cao and others.”
"Is there a roster that has not been submitted to the Ministry of War or the Jingwei for inspection?" Li Hong frowned even more, and he realized that he seemed to have been fooled.
"Today just one copy was delivered to the Ministry of War and the other to Jingwei. The general doesn't know the details."
"Go down, be sure to protect Bai Chun." Li Hong nodded, watching Pei Zhong leave, and then did not go towards the pavilion, but towards the lake again.
Li Jingye, King Cao and others must be in harmony with each other and have their own hidden agendas. If this is the case, they themselves will be in a little bit of danger.
(End of chapter)