The Legacy of the First Auxiliary House of the Tang Dynasty

"Bang bang bang" -

At night, the palace reported the sound of clappers for striking the watch.

The candle wick in the Ganlu Hall flickered a few times, Li Shimin rubbed his head, said "to be discussed later", dismissed the prince, the two teachers of the East Palace, and the son-in-law who caused trouble, but he returned to Concubine Wei Gui.

Concubine Wei thought that the emperor had something to do suddenly and would not come again, but she did not expect Li Shimin to come back again, and Gao Yang in her palace was still here at this time.

Glancing at Princess Gao Yang, Concubine Wei Gui was really worried, every time Gao Yang saw the emperor, it would cause a commotion.

She signaled Gao Yang to leave, but Princess Gao Yang was about to say something to her father.

"Aye, I think there may be some problems with the son-in-law." Princess Gao Yang frowned, looking worried and puzzled.

"It's not that he has problems, it's that there are too many problems." Li Shimin was annoyed.

"——Aye, I mean..." Princess Gaoyang looked hesitant, and when Li Shimin took a sip of the hot tea, she gritted her teeth and said, "Aye, I mean the son-in-law...maybe bewitched!"

"..." Concubine Wei Gui suddenly didn't know what to say, her face was very ugly, the emperor rarely came to her palace, and she was disturbed by Gao Yang, and it was related to "ghosts and gods". Can't talk about this—"Gao Yang, speak carefully!"

No matter how ugly Li Shimin's face is, she continued to say: "Aye, my daughter is not talking nonsense. Think about... what my son-in-law was like before, as his wife's daughter can still I don't know? Besides, how could he compose the song "Will Enter the Wine"?"

"It's not uncommon to do it on behalf of me." Li Shimin chuckled, he still doesn't know what the children of these noble and heroic officials are like.

He never believed that Fang Yi'ai had any romantic and poetic talents, if it was said that Fang Yi'ai was a well-behaved and studious parent, Fang Yizhi, he would be three-thirds convinced.

Princess Gao Yang stomped her feet anxiously, and hurriedly continued to lobby: "Not only this, but no matter how mischievous he used to be, he didn't dare to touch his daughter's finger, and now he has such a temper... Also, at the East Palace, I heard that he said something. There are a lot of things that are not there, and the prince Zhan is all pissed off with brother-"

"Shut up." Li Shimin sternly yelled, "You can also talk about the matter between the former court and the prince?!"

Princess Gao Yang trembled from being drunk, and immediately kept silent.

Concubine Wei also looked at Princess Gao Yang angrily, Gao Yang had offended the emperor's Ni Lin, she said that it's okay to have more than one wife's legacy, but she should never reveal what she shouldn't.

Sure enough, Li Shimin dusted off his robe and got up, and directly reprimanded Concubine Wei: "Concubine Wei, don't stretch your claws too long in the palace, you are just a concubine, not a queen!"

Concubine Wei immediately went to bed, bent her knees and gave a "here", not daring to show a look of grievance on her face.

Gao Yang pursed her lips tightly, she looked dissatisfied, but she didn't dare to say any more.

……

Li Shimin didn't go to other palaces and concubines tonight, he left Yeting Palace, but ordered the palace servants to return to Ganlu Palace and rest directly in the back hall.

It was just that before he went to bed, he pondered for a while, and ordered Chen Muzhi to be told to let his master, the Taishi of the Taishi Bureau, order Li Chunfeng to visit Liang Guogong's house.

Fang Yiai made a false alarm. After he returned to the mansion, he was very grateful to the eunuch who was in charge of the palace. For being the prince's teacher, the most dangerous and difficult thing in this world is, in his opinion, being the prince's teacher.

If the prince teaches well, the teacher may not be good in the future; if the prince does not teach well, he will be dismissed, and the teacher will not be good in the future... In a word, it is not good to be the teacher of the prince.

— Just look at Zhang Xuansu and Yu Zhining.

If the level is not enough to be the teacher of the prince, the good seedlings will be tortured and disabled by them.

Thinking of this, Fang Yiai was stunned, Li Chengqian was considered a "good seed" in his heart, he clicked his tongue twice, and he didn't want to think about him anymore, so he slept soundly all night with his head covered.

The next day Fang Yiai woke up and had to go to the East Palace to continue his work of "studying with him", but as soon as he rode out of the house early in the morning, he heard——

"Supreme Taiyi Duer Tianzun!"

Fang Yi loves to rein in his horse and is not happy anymore.

This is cursing him.

Unlucky -- In Taoism, only when you say that you have a disaster about to happen, will you say "Tianzun Duer".

He stared at the old Taoist priest under his horse, and said in his mouth, "The Taoist priest is polite." But the next sentence became less serious, "Do you want to ask for alms? Xiaoqi, it's not easy to give the old Taoist a few food money. It's so big. age."

The old man's hair and beard were gray, Fang Yiai sighed and shook his head, suddenly forgiving him for the "curse" just now.

Xiaoqi, the servant who accompanied him, threw a hundred coins into the arms of the old Taoist. Li Chunfeng was taken aback by the money. He hadn't "begged for money" for a long time.

"'Almsgiving' is a good name for monks asking for money, but I don't need it if I am an old man." Li Chunfeng said while putting the copper money in his sleeve.

Xiao Qi couldn't help laughing out loud, Fang Yiai didn't have time to talk to him, but the old man didn't see what he was doing, so he came over and grabbed Fang Yiai's horse by the reins in two steps.

"Old Daoist Wu Na—" Xiao Qi was in a hurry, and wanted to step forward to stop him.

But Li Chunfeng smiled "gentlely" at Fang Yiai, and pointed out: "You don't have to go to the East Palace for classes, the prince has other important matters today—"

Fang Yiai frowned and looked at him ponderingly, at this moment his head suddenly turned for some reason, his thoughts became deep, his eyes were deep, and he said lightly, "So that's how it is."

Li Chunfeng was stunned again, he didn't expect Fang Yiai to react like this, he immediately believed what he said just now, he was sure that the other party had never seen him, but Fang Yiai seemed to have insight into his purpose and identity.

Fang Yiai urged the horse back to the mansion, and Li Chunfeng followed, but he didn't ask anyone to stop him, he just whispered something to Xiao Qi, and Xiao Qi turned around and went to the back house of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Li Chunfeng followed into the house and did not receive a cold reception, instead he was served hot tea, "Is the Taoist priest Taishiling Li Taoist?" Fang Yiai's voice was clear and cold, but his gesture of pouring tea was familiar.

"It's the old way." He replied in his mouth, but Li Chunfeng was thinking about the gentleman in front of him.

He thought for a long time before he realized that Fang Yi'ai had shadows of people around the emperor, a bit like the eunuch of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but also a bit like his disciple Chen Muzhi's demeanor, cautious and neither humble nor overbearing.

If you want to know that the slaves and courtiers who serve the nobles in the palace, they should not be arrogant and winking in everything they do, but they should not be humble or flattering, otherwise they will not go far.

These thoughts just flashed in Li Chunfeng's mind, he took Fang Yiai and poured the tea soup, and enjoyed it leisurely, not in a hurry to explain why he came.

Fang Yiai took a sip of the tea soup, then put down the teacup. He doesn't like to drink this boiled tea very much today, as he remembered that fried tea after the Tang Dynasty was very popular.

"Did the Taoist priest come here by the emperor's order?" Fang Yiai suddenly laughed, and he guessed that it was the emperor's intention.

Do you suspect him?

Hmph, a common problem of those in positions of power.

"Uh, Layman Fang, you are overthinking. Passing by, passing by... the old Taoist is destined for you." Li Chunfeng laughed dryly.

"The Taoist priest said that if there is a destiny, then it is a destiny." Fang Yi was full of thoughts, but his face did not show the slightest, as if he did not know Li Chunfeng's intentions.

He lowered his head and twirled the teacup without saying a word.

Li Chunfeng thought he was good at nourishing Qi, but after a few cups of tea soup, the people on the opposite side were not in a hurry, but if he drank any more, he couldn't help but go to the toilet.

So he had no choice but to take the initiative to talk about seeing Fang Yiai's face and fortune-telling...

The corners of Fang Yiai's mouth raised slightly, and her eyebrows twitched. She didn't mind saying her horoscope, showing Li Chunfeng's palmistry, and looking at her face. Instead, she chatted with Li Chunfeng about counting, astronomy and calendar from time to time.

Li Chunfeng's eyes were brightened by what Fang Yiai said, and the two chatted enthusiastically. When Mrs. Lu came over in a hurry, he saw the old man tightly holding his son's hands Hold on—

"Hey, you old man—" Lu Shi yelled, and Fang Yiai took the opportunity to grab her hand back.

"Hehe... Madam is well, blessings are supreme!" Li Chunfeng bowed with a smile.

It's not easy for Lu to return the salute.

"Aniang, this is Li Daochang, Taishi Ling of the Taishi Bureau, the royal enshrinement." Fang Yiai deliberately introduced the other party's identity in detail.

Lu's expression of doubting the liar disappeared, but his face was immediately full of suspicion.

Tai Shiling is also an official, and a special official, mainly in charge of astronomy, calendar, astrology and divination. He has a special status and has been highly valued by the royal family in all dynasties. It is an extremely noble but boring place... But, what is he doing at her house? ?

Lu Shi had such a question in his heart, so he asked directly.

Li Chunfeng looked embarrassed, and almost forgot the emperor's entrustment, but - he turned his head to look at Fang Yiai, Fang Yiai smiled at him in a "warm and easy-going" way, and at this moment specially took a piece of paper and handed it to him, and said : "The Taoist might as well accept it, take it back and study it first. After all, this is my own opinion. If you have any doubts, you can come to the Xiangfu to find me at any time..."

The paper is full of numbers and formulas, and even a simple astronomical chart——

Li Chunfeng accepted the piece of paper very preciously, and smiled mischievously.

The other party treats people with sincerity, but he deceives each other like this, really... He hesitated to ask Fang Yiai a few questions, although it was already tactful enough, Lu Shi who was on the side immediately understood.

This is because the palace suspected that his son was a "ghost", and came to find the Taoist priest to exorcise ghosts and demons!

It must be the slander of that vicious princess!

Lu Shi was furious.

"She beat up my family Erlang, and even slandered my son. Which family in the world is so insulting, I will go to the palace to find a saint."

Lu Shi was trembling with anger, she was not an ignorant woman or child, those demonic things were all slander, but some ignorant believers relied on this to judge life and death with cruel means.

When Lu Shi was a child, he saw a woman in the countryside who was injured. When she woke up, her memory disappeared, but she was burned to death by the ignorant villagers, who said that she was caught by a little ghost, and burned to death alive... But later I heard that the woman's A man welcomed his bride into the house within seven days. Isn't that a clear murder? !

Fang Yiai didn't expect Lu Shi to be so excited, he stroked Lu Shi's hand, turned to Li Chunfeng and said, "Forgive me, Daoist, and I don't blame my mother for being angry." His eyes were half down, and he stated lightly, " It’s no wonder that everyone has doubts about me. In fact, since I was hit on the back of the head by your lord, I have been suffering from headaches, but I have also gained some benefits that I have not told everyone.”

Both Lu Shi and Li Chunfeng were surprised when they heard this, Lu Shi was worried, and Li Chunfeng was curious.

Fang Yiai smiled, with some helplessness, and said: "It's just that the mind is clearer, and it's faster to read the book. It's just that sometimes the headache is unbearable, and the temper is a little bit stronger."

"..." Lu Shi was startled, she knew the family affairs best. "No wonder Erlang you always like to read books recently..."

Fang Yiai asked Li Chunfeng to choose a book in the house at will, he read it a couple of times, then closed his eyes——

After half a cup of tea, Lu Shi broke through his tears and laughed, quite complacent. "It's not bad! Erlang, your brain is better than your father's."

Suddenly, she was worried about Fang Yiai's brain injury.

"I'm still taking the doctor Zhang's medicine, and the acupuncture doesn't help much anymore, so I think it's not a big problem." Fang Yiai comforted her.

"...It's better to let a certain person see it." Li Chunfeng interjected, Taoism and medicine are not separated, and he will be easy to deal with after seeing it.

Fang Yiai generously stretched out his arm to check his pulse. Li Chunfeng frowned. The pulse seemed normal, but it was a little strange. It should be due to the blockage of the meridians in the head, but it was also in line with Fang Yiai's description.

When Mrs. Lu heard about it, she became even more reasonable, and spoke unceremoniously: "The princess broke my son's head, Erlang didn't become a fool because of the blessings of the ancestors of the Fang family, she dared to doubt Erlang—who would dare to say that my son was wrong?" , See if I don't settle accounts with him!"

All she could do was point fingers at Sang and scold Huai, saying that the emperor was being unreasonable.

……

Li Chunfeng felt embarrassed for the emperor when he heard it, he hurried back to the palace to return to his orders, but the corners of Fang Yiai's lips were slightly raised, with mocking eyes, he reached out and pulled out a silver needle from the bun on the back of his head.

Then he threw it casually, and the silver needle was like a bolt of lightning, quickly sinking into the beams and columns in the room, leaving only an invisible pinhole——

The blood in his brain had already dissipated, so it was better to use the previous excuse.

Fang Yiai hid the smile on her face, and walked out of the house calmly...

In the East Palace, Prince Li Chengqian received a report, "Your Highness, the son-in-law is here—"