Gu Qing felt that there was nothing wrong with being commensurate with Zhang Huaijin's brothers. In addition to not being able to go to the bathhouse together, not to take a sauna together, and not to go to the toilet together...... Everything else is good, at least it's a pleasure to get along with, and who says there isn't pure friendship between men and women? As long as the brothers are commensurate, they can strangle all the ambiguous little feelings that are still in the embryonic stage in time and rationally.

The carriage swayed, Li Twelve Niang sat in it and did not move, looking at Gu Qing helplessly, and sighed: "How long have you been in Chang'an, and you have been in prison twice for one after another, say that you are young and frivolous, you are a very calm person on weekdays, why are you so impulsive when you encounter things?" ”

Gu Qing smiled bitterly: "I have no choice, I can't help myself." ”

Li Twelve Niang nodded slowly: "I think you have the 'righteousness' you insist on, but for the sake of righteousness, you will sacrifice your life and forget death, but you will not fall into the pride of your father, but you must think twice about acting in the future, and consider the consequences in advance, I am worried that if you continue to make trouble like this, sooner or later you will have to risk your life." ”

"Thank you Aunt Li for reminding me, I just don't want to leave regrets for the rest of my life."

Li Twelve Niang and Zhang Huaijin both looked at him puzzled.

Gu Qing sighed: "When it was time to stand up, I chose cowardice, when I should die calmly, I chose greed, when I should protect others, I chose to escape, and when I should make a promise to a woman with a heart, I chose to let go...... These are all regrets, regrets that cannot be made up for in a lifetime. ”

Li Twelve Niang listened, her eyes gradually reddened, and she didn't know what she remembered.

Zhang Huaijin looked at him steadily, with a strange look in his eyes.

Li Twelve Niang calmed down after a long time, and said quietly: "Back then, your mother asked your father if you wanted to accept me as a concubine, but your father said he didn't want to, he only had your mother in his heart, and I also said no, because I Li Twelve Niang didn't want the affection of others to give alms......"

Zhang Huaijin said puzzledly: "If the three of them can be happy together, what's wrong?" ”

Li Twelve Niang smiled bitterly: "You are still young, you don't understand." ”

Zhang Huaijin looked at Gu Qing again: "Do you understand?" ”

Gu Qing nodded and said, "I understand, but I haven't met a woman who is in line with my heart, so I can't imagine what crazy things I can do to pursue her." ”

Zhang Huaijin was stunned when he heard this, and then muttered dissatisfiedly: "I am a woman......"

Gu Qing said quickly: "No, you are not. ”

Li Shiniang, who was sad, looked at Zhang Huaijin and then at Gu Qing, and a smile suddenly appeared on the corner of her mouth.

The carriage stopped, Gu Qing lifted the curtain and found that this was Changle Fang, but he didn't expect Li Shi Niang to also live in Changle Fang, not too far from his house, and it was almost the time to burn incense on foot.

Li Twelve Niang's house is very large and looks magnificent, and every decoration of the house is luxurious and exquisite under the premise of not exceeding the system.

As Li Twelve Niang entered the door, there were many women in strong suits in the spacious front yard, who were practicing swords in the courtyard.

Gu Qing suddenly realized, it turned out that these women were all disciples of Li Twelve Niang, and sword dancing was an art and a craft, and it was also to be apprenticed.

After the women saluted, they all looked curiously at Gu Qing behind Li Twelve Niang, some of the cheerful women covered their mouths and smiled secretly, and some turned their faces away embarrassedly.

Gu Qing was also a little nervous, he had rarely been watched by so many women at the same time in his two lives, so he unconsciously covered his face with his sleeves and lowered his head to rush through.

Who knew that Zhang Huaijin, who was unconscious, jumped out, took out the dagger given to her by Li Shiniang from his arms, first hugged his fists at the women, and said arrogantly: "All the heroes are invited!" When Zhang first arrived in Guibaodi, who compared a few tricks with me......"

Before he finished speaking, Gu Qing covered his mouth with one hand, and took it away with the back collar with the other, Gu Qing also smiled awkwardly at the women: "See laugh, see laugh, the family is unfortunate, and evil obstacles are rampant......"

carried Zhang Huaijin all the way to the front hall, Zhang Huaijin broke free of Gu Qing's hand and glared at him vigorously: "Who is from your door?" Who is the obstacle? ”

"Brothers are commensurate, of course they are a family, as for who is the evil obstacle...... Gu Qing pointed at herself, and then pointed at her: "Isn't it obvious enough?" ”

Li Twelve Niang quietly watched the quarrel between the two, and the smile on the corner of her mouth became deeper and deeper.

The three of them sat down in the front hall, Li Twelve Niang looked at Gu Qing and said, "I heard that you were promoted, but I forgot to congratulate you." ”

Gu Qing smiled bitterly: "This official was promoted in a daze, I was obviously robbing the prison and hurting people, Your Majesty did not kill me but promoted me to the official, is it to praise me for robbing the prison well, robbing the hearts of the people, and encouraging me to make persistent efforts?" ”

Li Twelve Niang glanced at him and snorted: "What kind of sweet dream, is it reasonable to rob the prison?" If it weren't for the fact that His Majesty happened to knock Li Linfu, if it weren't for the fact that so many civilians in front of Dali Temple pleaded for you and created a momentum for you, do you think Your Majesty would spare you? ”

Gu Qing was stunned: "There is still such an inside story? What I do has nothing to do with others, why do civilians go to the gate of Dali Temple to intercede for me? ”

Zhang Huaijin affectionately grabbed Li Shiniang's arm on the side, and said with a smile: "If it weren't for Aunt Li's secret strategy, why do you think so many civilians went to the gate of Dali Temple to intercede for someone they don't know for no reason?" ”

Gu Qing suddenly realized that the people who interceded for themselves were secretly organized by Li Shiniang, no wonder he was able to easily survive this catastrophe, he thought that he was lucky, and it seemed that someone was silently carrying the weight for himself.

Gu Qing hurriedly got up and saluted Li Twelve Niang: "Thank you Aunt Li for saving me." ”

Li Twelve Niang waved her hand: "You don't have to thank me, I said that I am your only relative in this world." ”

Gu Qing still bowed, and after sitting down, he said, "Aunt Li said that Your Majesty wants to beat Li Xiang?" What does this have to do with my robbery? ”

Li Twelve Niang said: "The one who instructed the Wannian County Order to take down those two businessmen is Li Linfu, you know about this, right?" ”

Gu Qing nodded: "When I was in prison, the third brother told me. ”

Li Twelve Niang was once again frowned by the nondescript titles of the two, but she still held back.

"The gossip report you ran, Yang Guozhong has obtained the consent of His Majesty and the concubine, and after they agreed, Li Linfu, who is the right minister, still instructed Wannian County to order people, what do you think Your Majesty will think?"

Gu Qing smiled: "I must feel uncomfortable." ”

"Not only that, the East Palace and Li Linfu have fought hard in the past few years, but recently Li Linfu has been seriously ill, and it is said that time is running out, in such a situation, what do you think Your Majesty should do?"

Gu Qing thought for a while and said, "Li Linfu is seriously ill, and there is an imbalance between the two powers of the Korean East Palace and the Prime Minister, Your Majesty must adjust the intervention and create a new balance again......

Li Twelve Niang looked at him in surprise: "Have you studied imperial art?" ”

"I haven't learned it, but I've heard of some leather *** king techniques, that is, balance techniques, as long as the court can achieve balance, the world and the court will not be chaotic."

Li Twelve Niang approvingly: "This is not a fur, you already know very incisively, that's right, the imperial technique is the balance technique...... After His Majesty spread the news of your promotion to the palace the day before yesterday, I wondered for a long time, and I couldn't figure out why Your Majesty wanted to promote you......

"Many people in Chang'an City know that Li Linfu's time is running out, but his power is still really in his hands, refusing to let go, Li Linfu said that he will die, if he dies, the court will inevitably be unbalanced in a short time, at that time, the East Palace family is dominant, and there is no second force in the court to balance him, how can Your Majesty rest assured?"

Gu Qing realized: "So, Your Majesty must support a new force before Li Linfu dies?" ”

"That's right, this force may not be too strong at the moment, but the East Palace has been fighting with Li Linfu for many years, and has repeatedly fallen behind, and has been hit by Li Linfu for many years, and now the power of the East Palace is not much stronger, so after Your Majesty supports the new forces, it happens to be able to form a new balance with the old forces in the East Palace."

Gu Qing's eyes flashed: "The person at the head of this force should be Yang Guozhong, right?" ”

Li Twelve Niang looked at him with more and more appreciation: "It seems that you are really an official, your vision is very accurate, if you can make less trouble, you may really be able to make a name for yourself in the officialdom in the future." ”

"I'll keep sending a few." Gu Qing said humbly.

"Yang Guozhong took over the position of prime minister of Li Linfu, it is already a matter of nine times out of ten, before supporting the new prime minister, the first thing to do is to beat down the old prime minister, this force must be severely suppressed before Li Linfu dies, and as soon as Li Linfu dies, they will immediately fall and scatter, be squeezed out of the court or defect to the new force in an instant, the court will form a new balance, and Your Majesty's goal will be achieved."

Gu Qing pondered for a moment and said, "Therefore, Your Majesty first used my robbery as an excuse, not only did not punish me, but promoted me to an official, in order to beat Li Linfu." Let everyone take a good look, anyone who goes against Li Linfu can be promoted, this is a signal to the court? ”

"That's right, Your Majesty didn't say anything, about the gossip report, Li Linfu must not have known that His Majesty had agreed, otherwise he wouldn't be so bold, he can only say that this matter has nothing to do with you personally, you are just a chess piece in the hands of Your Majesty, even if Li Linfu doesn't do anything, Your Majesty will find a reason to beat him, not him, but Xiangquan headed by him, understand?"

Gu Qing let out a long breath and said with a wry smile: "I thought that His Majesty admired my demeanor, so no matter what I did right or wrong, I could get his reward, it turns out that I am just a chess piece......"

"Figured it out? Feeling uncomfortable? ”

Gu Qing shook his head: "No, I'm not uncomfortable. Chess pieces are chess pieces, at present, I am soft-spoken, and being used as a chess piece by His Majesty shows that I still have use value, I will slowly accumulate strength, and one day in the future, I want to be a chess player. ”

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