Four horses were unusually handsome, snow-white, and without a single stray hair, pulling a box car made of nanmu, galloping on Suzaku Street, attracting the sideways of pedestrians on the road.

In front of the Suzaku Gate of the Imperial City, the carriage stopped, and the general guarding the gate hurriedly greeted him: "Meet Xu Xiang!"

The curtain was lifted, and an official in a purple robe walked out, it was Xu Fan.

After Xu Fan got out of the car, four sturdy palace people trotted over with a shoulder.

The Vermilion Bird Gate is the main gate of the imperial city, there are nine large and small gates, the middle door will only open when the emperor goes out on patrol, but Xu Fan walks a side door close to the middle gate.

After entering the imperial city, a steward and eunuch in the palace immediately greeted him.

"Where is the Holy One now?" Xu Fan asked.

"Back to Xu Xiang, the Holy Lord is now feasting in Hanyuan Palace!" the eunuch in charge of the affairs trotted all the way behind Xu Fan's shoulder, and replied respectfully.

"Who is the banquet?" asked Xu Fan.

"Pinglu Jiedu envoy An Lushan!" replied the steward eunuch.

Xu Fan recalled for a moment, and then remembered this person: "Okay, send the old man to Hanyuan Palace!"

As a result, the speed of shoulders has accelerated a lot.

After a while, Xu Fan arrived in front of Hanyuan Palace.

In the Hanyuan Palace, An Lushan bowed to the ground, Li Longji saw a big lump of meat in front of him, a smile appeared on his face, got up and walked to An Lushan and grabbed his arm, and said with a smile: "Haha, I haven't seen you for a few years, but An Qing has gained a lot of weight." ”

With Li Longji's strength, it was determined not to move An Lushan, but although An Lushan's body was fat, his actions were quite fast, where did he dare to let the emperor exert his strength? Hurriedly got up, got up, and bowed down and said: "Wei Chen's Majesty Xià Hongfu, so his heart is wide and fat, which proves that the country is rich and the people are strong, and the minister is really fortunate." ”

Li Longji saw that An Lushan was very good at talking, so he thought it was funny, so he quipped: "I'm afraid that An Qing's body will be fatter and fatter, so he will neglect the battle formation, can the matter of the border pass be stable?"

"Please rest assured, although the minister is fat, he can still fight across horses, and he does not dare to let outsiders invade Tang soil by an inch. An Lushan immediately replied with a resolute face.

"An Qing is late, I heard that because An Qing didn't dare to gallop when he rode a horse, how could he go into battle?" Li Longji said with a smile.

"Your Majesty, when Weichen rode the stagecoach, he really didn't dare to gallop. However, the horses prepared by the ministers in the camp all have special saddles, and there is a bag fixed on the back of the horse, which can restrain the belly of the minister, so that it is not in the way, and he can gallop and fight. An Lushan hurriedly replied.

Although An Lushan knew that the emperor's words were mostly a joke, but accompanying the king was like accompanying the tiger, and An Lushan now had a request in his heart, and he did not dare to be sloppy in front of the emperor.

Li Longji laughed and said: "In the past, Zhang Jiuling created a wat bag, and now An Qing has a meat bag, which is really interesting." General Gao, you instruct that in the future, An Qing's post house along the way to Beijing must be equipped with a saddle with a meat bag for An Qing, so that An Qing will not miss the itinerary when he comes to Beijing again. ”

When An Lushan heard this, he immediately knelt down and thanked: "Your Majesty treats the ministers with kindness, and the ministers are grateful." ”

Li Longji called him to calm down, gave him a seat, and said warmly: "An Qing, Zhang Shouqi has been punished for embezzling merit and concealing reports, and in the future, the military in the northeast will be presided over by Qing." I summoned you to Beijing just to ask in person, are the Khitan and Xi people still living in peace recently?"

An Lushan was about to answer, but he heard a person walking into a palace outside the palace, bowed to the emperor and said: "Qi Sheng, Xu Xiang asks to see him, and he is already waiting outside the palace at this moment." ”

"Oh, Zhiyuan is here, hurry, let him in!" Li Longji said happily.

An Lushan's lowered head still saw the joy on the emperor's face with a pair of eyes, and he was really surprised in his heart: "It seems that this Xu Xiang has a lot of weight in the heart of the saint!"

"Minister Xu Fan, meet the saint!" Xu Fan leaned over as soon as he entered the hall.

"Okay, okay, how many times have I told you, don't come to this!" Li Longji also walked quickly to Xu Fan and helped him up, but An Lushan on the side could see it clearly, compared to the false support when he helped himself just now, the emperor was clearly attentive this time.

"The last general will meet Xu Xiangye!" An Lushan gave a military salute.

Xu Fan smiled and nodded.

"Zhiyuan! You came just in time, Fang Cai is talking to An Qing's family about the northeast border affairs, and you are also the prime minister now, let's listen to it!" Li Longji said with a smile.

An Lushan has a desire in his heart, and he has naturally made some preparations for the position of Fan Yang Jiedu envoy, although the time is in a hurry, but An Lushan is not incompetent, and he also has his own views on the border matters.

If you can win the post of Fan Yang Jiedu envoy this time, and gather the two armies of Fan Yang and Pinglu, there will be hundreds of thousands of horses, and the national strength of the Tang Dynasty is not what it used to be. With this force, it is more than enough to deal with those Khitans and Xi people who are scattered and brave. The Khitan and Xi people relied on the flexibility of horses and familiarity with the terrain, and often set up ambushes to bargain for some cheapness, but if these methods wanted to be used on An Lushan in the future, they were wrong ideas. An Lushan was in control of the victory at this time, and he did not look at the enemy at all. He believed that if he took office and took up the army to defeat the enemy, there would be no more fighting in the northeast within a year.

If a border general wants to get the attention of the imperial court, he must portray the enemy he faces as extremely vicious, and the imperial court will allocate money and materials to send people to help him; if he wants to get the court's reward, he must always win battles, and he cannot win completely, so that he can flow for a long time. Of course, if you want to achieve this state, you must have the ability to play with the opponent's enemies.

An Lushan has this ability.

The emperor now asked this question, and An Lushan gushed about the enemy's general situation. In his words, he tried his best to exaggerate the strength of the enemy and the danger of the mountains and rivers, and of course, he also showed that he had the ability to control the general situation.

Li Longji felt very satisfied after hearing this, and remembered the past in his heart, thinking that he had not listened to Zhang Jiuling's words to kill An Lushan, but he had actually retained a good general who could do great things for Datang.

Li Longji said: "Zhang Shouqi concealed the military situation and has been reprimanded, now that the post of Fan Yang Jiedu is vacant, An Qing has been on the border for a long time, is there any suitable candidate in his heart?"

An Lushan's heart was beating wildly, and he really wanted to blurt out: "Let the last general lead it!"

However, An Lushan is not a rough person like Huangfu Weiming, and after his mind turned, he opened his mouth and said: "The last general is a martial artist, if the saint asks some things about the military array, the last general can still answer one or two, the festival envoy is the head of a town, the official of the frontier, the appointment of such high-ranking officials The saint is the one who agrees with the prime ministers, if you ask the last general this martial artist, it is really a blind question!"

As soon as Li Longji heard An Lushan's words, he immediately laughed: "Haha! An Qing's words really don't look like a rough person!"

"I'm ashamed, I'm ashamed, I specially asked the gentlemen to make up for a few days before the end, and I sharpened my guns in battle, and I didn't want to be happy!" An Lushan smiled innocently.

"Okay! Then I won't ask you!" Li Longji smiled, then turned his head to look at Xu Fan, and asked: "Zhiyuan, you are the prime minister, who should take over this Fan Yang Festival, do you have any plans in your heart?"

Xu Fan's eyes narrowed slightly, staring at An Lushan, but seeing that An Lushan still had that honest and honest expression, he pondered for a moment before he said: "The minister has just ascended to the stage, and he doesn't know much about the affairs of the army, so the saint still recruits Lin Xiang and Li Xiang to discuss with each other!"

"Sure enough, Mr. Yan is right, this Xu Fan doesn't want to mess with right and wrong now!" An Lushan remained silent, but he was overjoyed in his heart.

Among the three prime ministers, in fact, An Lushan is the most unsure of this new Xu Fan, who knows too little about this person, and can't think of any good countermeasures, and now seeing that Xu Fan is unwilling to meddle in this matter, he is naturally relieved.

"You, you, you, alas! Okay! Then let's not talk about it for now!" Li Longji stretched out his finger and nodded at Xu Fan, sighing.

At this time, Yang Yuhuan had already changed into a dance costume and led a team of dancers into the hall.

"Haha! Zhiyuan, you came at the right time! I was fortunate to see the dance of the concubine today!" Li Longji pointed at Yang Yuhuan and smiled at Xu Fan.

Although Xu Fan didn't like it in his heart, he didn't move on his face, and nodded with a smile.

"What kind of dance is Concubine Ai going to dance today?" asked Li Longji with a smile.

"What the concubine danced today is a Hu Xuan dance!" Yang Yuhuan replied softly.

"Hu Xuanwu, good, good, come and dance!" Li Longji saw that Yang Yuhuan's graceful body was only wearing a light veil, and a touch of snow white was looming, and his heart was moved, and he hurriedly urged.

The sound of the orchestra sounded, and a group of dancers formed a circle around Yang Yuhuan, lining Yang Yuhuan in the middle more and more coquettishly.

The rhythm of the music became faster and faster, and Yang Yuhuan's rotation speed also increased, and in the end, I saw a red light spinning rapidly in the field.

"The strings and drums are raised, and the snow is fluttering and dancing. ", also like "running the wheel slowly whirlwind late", people can't tell the difference between the beauty of the stage and the beauty of the people.

After the music was over, Yang Yuhuan's rotating body gradually stopped, and Jiao Qi gasped: "The concubine is still satisfied with this dance?"

The coquettish face and the little fragrant sweat between the foreheads, the seductive tone made Li Longji's belly hot, and he couldn't wait to hug him into the ring, so he felt pity. Anyway, he still knew that there were people on the left and right, so he had to suppress that desire and said loudly: "Okay, good!

"What do you think of the two Aiqing?" Li Longji was like a child who had a good toy to show off in front of his friends.

After reading it, Xu Fan sighed in his heart: "No wonder the saint did everything possible to snatch this woman from his son, it was really a disaster for the country!"

Although he thought so in his heart, he praised on his lips: "Seeing the concubine dancing today, the minister is only afraid that he will not know the taste of meat in March!"

"Hahaha!" Li Longji laughed heartily when he heard this.

"Xu Xiangye praised it falsely!" Yang Yuhuan said.

"An Qing!" Li Longji turned his head to look at An Lushan, but saw that An Lushan's eyes were already dull, staring directly at Yang Yuhuan, his eyes revealing a strong desire, so he showed displeasure and said loudly.

As soon as he heard the emperor's voice, his heart trembled, and his mind turned to lightning, and he hurriedly blurted out: "The wonderful dance steps of the noble concubine Niangniang are the best in the world! The last general used to think that he was also a master of dancing the Hu Xuan dance, but when he saw it today, he realized that he was sitting in a well and watching the sky in the past!"

Li Longji looked at him and said with a playful smile: "Oh? An Qing can also dance this Hu Xuan Dance?"

As he spoke, he cast his eyes on An Lushan's fat belly, and his sneering expression was clear at a glance.