The sudden sharp voice startled Gu Qing, and Gu Qing hurriedly bowed his head.

"The minister is guilty."

Li Longji reversed the warm and cordial look he had when he met just now, his expression became gloomy and fierce at this moment, and his sharp gaze was like a sharp sword, piercing Gu Qing's chest.

"The people I sent to Anxi, whether it was Bian Lingcheng or Pei Zhounan, or the inconspicuous lieutenant Chen Shufeng, all represented me, what they did was what I asked them to do, what did you behead Chen Shufeng in public, how is it different from cutting off my head? Gu Qing, do you want to rebel? ”

Gu Qing sweated coldly, and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, the minister has been wronged." The minister has no intention of rebellion. Chen Shufeng deceived people too much, locked up the soldiers of the Anxi Army for no reason, tortured to extract confessions and was killed and seriously injured by the soldiers, this move has aroused the public anger of the soldiers, the minister was afraid that the situation was out of control, and had to order Chen Shufeng to be beheaded, to calm the anger of the soldiers, Your Majesty, if the minister does not behead him, the Anxi army may be at risk of mutiny, and the minister can not afford it. ”

Li Longji said angrily: "The Anxi Army dares to mutiny, I will let their heads fall to the ground, and their families will be slaves for generations. Are you so afraid of the mutiny of the Anxi army, are you my courtiers or the princes of Anxi? ”

Gu Qing suddenly felt a chill in his heart.

Being able to say such ruthless and cruel words shows how cold Li Longji is in his heart, and the ruthlessness of the emperor can be regarded as seeing it in person today.

Tens of thousands of people suffered from the wind and sand for the Tang Dynasty, but the emperor of the Tang Dynasty had no gratitude, but killed at every turn, and the decline of the Tang Dynasty was due to the fact that the monarch who created the prosperous era died too late.

Impulsiveness is Gu Qing's personality, but he is not stupid enough to sell his character in front of Li Longji, he should be cowardly.

So Gu Qing lowered his head and said in a low voice: "Of course the minister is His Majesty's courtier, the minister is still young, he doesn't know the stakes in everything, he kills the angel in vain, and the minister is guilty." ”

Li Longji's face finally softened a little, and he sighed: "Don't blame me for speaking ruthlessly, the huge country is in my hands, there can be no mistakes, the subjects are all clouds are now prosperous, but there are still countless natural and man-made disasters every year, where there is danger, where there is a disaster, I have to deal with it personally, Anxi is located in the Western Regions, far away from the imperial court, if there is a storm among the soldiers on the border, I must impose heavy punishments, otherwise how can I shock the hearts of the army." ”

Gu Qing's eyelids drooped, and he said softly: "Yes, the minister understands His Majesty's hard work. ”

Li Longji glanced at him lightly, and said: "Your strategy of leveling Tubo is very good, I have ordered it to be implemented, and the imperial court has allocated hundreds of thousands of silver dollars to Anxi, if you can use this strategy to level Tubo without blood, Gu Qing, Er's achievements can be famous through the ages, the policy of leveling Tubo has been smoothly implemented, it doesn't matter if you are not in Anxi, the following things are left to Pei Zhounan to do, his temperament is at least more stable than yours." ”

Gu Qing hurriedly said: "Yes, the minister's temperament is too impulsive, and he is really not suitable for commanding the Anxi army, besides, the minister is good at leisure and hard work, and he is used to eating and drinking, and the border land of Anxi has made the minister suffer enough, His Majesty has recalled the minister back to Chang'an, so that the minister can continue to enjoy the luxurious and rich life of Chang'an, and the minister feels very gracious." ”

Li Longji finally smiled, pointed at him and scolded: "The shaft has finally revealed his true face, he has the heart of greedy pleasure, why do you pretend to be so innocent and wronged?" ”

Gu Qing also smiled: "The ministers are not more important, many things are only done on the spur of the moment, and the enthusiastic people don't care about the consequences at all, Your Majesty has taught you a lesson, and the ministers are not wronged." ”

Li Longji's smile gradually narrowed, his sharp eyes looked at Gu Qing for a long time, and said slowly: "Gu Qing, I have always valued you very much, at the age of twenty, I became the marquis of the county, which caused an uproar in the government and the opposition, but I still insisted on being the marquis, it is precisely because I value your resourcefulness and merit, I believe that you are the pillar of the Tang Dynasty, in my heart, you are my Huo Quai, and you can bring me and the Tang Dynasty supreme merit and glory." ”

"In fact, you are also very competitive, rarely let me down, the fledgling annihilated 20,000 Tibetan thieves, and offered the Pingtu Tibetan policy, you took office as the envoy of the Anxi Festival in the past few years, the trade routes in the Western Regions have been firmly controlled in the hands of the Tang Dynasty, the trade routes are peaceful, the east and west are unimpeded, and the exchanges between the Tang Dynasty and foreign countries are more frequent and stable, these are your credits."

Gu Qing looked ashamed and said, "The ministers don't dare to take credit, they all owe it to Your Majesty." His Majesty wanted to compare the minister to Huo Quai's illness when he was in the Han Dynasty, and the minister felt even more ashamed, but since His Majesty regarded the minister as Huo Quai's illness, he should also know that Huo Quai's illness was also a young and vigorous person, and he had suffered a lot of disasters, and even shot Li Guang's son Li Kang, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty never punished him......"

Li Longji was stunned for a moment, and then he was so angry that he picked up a brush in his hand and threw it at him, Gu Qing subconsciously flashed and didn't hit it.

Pointing at Gu Qing's nose, Li Longji scolded with a smile: "It's a good idea, you actually know how to quote scriptures to refute me, use the examples of predecessors to exonerate yourself, and polish the frontier for a few years, your courage is a lot bigger." ”

Gu Qing smiled bitterly: "The minister's words are true, ask Your Majesty for forgiveness, the minister's killing of Chen Shufeng was indeed impulsive, there was no other purpose, I only felt that this person had offended me at that time, if I didn't kill him, it would be difficult to eliminate the anger in my heart, so I ......"

After a few conversations, Li Longji smacked Gu Qing's words, and then recalled the content of Pei Zhounan's recital, and finally felt that Gu Qing's killing of Chen Shufeng should be really impulsive, not intended to fight against the imperial power.

An important reason is that Gu Qing is much more obedient than An Lushan, although he killed people impulsively, he had a good attitude of admitting his guilt, and said that he wanted him to relieve Anxi Jiedu from his post and was happily relieved, and returned to Chang'an without a moment's delay.

Since ancient times, there have not been many tricks of the princes rebelling against the ministers and supporting the army to raise themselves and raise their own respect?

A courtier who has no rebellious thoughts in his heart will be as happy as Gu Qing, and he will come back when he comes back.

Thinking of this, Li Longji's suspicion of Gu Qing relaxed a lot.

There is no harm in everything if there is no comparison, and the reason why Li Longji dispelled his suspicions about Gu Qing so easily was that there was also a negative teaching material.

A few days ago, Fan Yang came to envoy and said that An Lushan had abscesses on his body this year, and he was in great pain when he stood and lay down, and he couldn't travel far, so he couldn't come to Chang'an to congratulate him this year.

One said that he was sick and didn't dare to come to Chang'an, and the other quickly only brought his personal guards back to Chang'an.

Compared with An Lushan, isn't Gu Qing still a loyal minister?

Impulsively kill a lieutenant or something...... There's really no need to worry about him.

Li Longji looked at Gu Qing, his expression became more and more kind, and the smile on his face became a little more sincere.

"That's it, think about it, whether in Chang'an or Anxi over the years, you have gone through so many disasters, if I really want to deal with you, ten heads will also be cut clean by me."

Gu Qing said in a low voice: "Yes, the minister is still an ignorant child......

Li Longji shivered and said in astonishment: "You are in your early twenties, and you dare to call yourself a child, how thick can you say this without changing your face?" ”

Gu Qing had no choice but to explain seriously: "The minister said that he is a child, not because of age, but mainly because the minister is innocent and innocent, of course, occasionally there will be a little willfulness, occasionally causing trouble, Your Majesty can't think that the minister is a bad person because this innocent child occasionally makes trouble, the minister is not bad, just a little naughty......"

Li Longji waved his hand and said: "Okay, don't say it, if you continue to talk about it, I can't help but reward you for killing Chen Shufeng, don't mention this matter, Gu Qing, there are two and three, 'trouble' cannot be used as an eternal excuse, you were also a prince who held a military power in one side, I can't be a child from now on, the next time you commit a crime, I will do it according to the law of the Tang Dynasty, I won't forgive you every time, understand?" ”

Gu Qing bowed and said, "The minister understands, the minister will never cause trouble in the future." ”

Li Longji sighed and said, "What do you say...... I can't believe it, and I don't think you believe it yourself. ”

After a pause, Li Longji said again: "After returning to Chang'an, I will rest at home for a few days, and then take up the post of General of the Right Guard, and I will be by my side for the past few years, polish your temperament well, and when your temperament is calmer, I will let you go out to be an official." ”

"Minister, thank God."

Li Longji said with a smile: "Stop and go to the lotus pond for a while, my lady has also missed you a lot in the past few years, you can get together." ”

"Yes, the minister retired."

Gu Qing bowed and withdrew from the outside of the hall, and under the leadership of the eunuch, he slowly walked towards the lotus pond.

As soon as he turned around the Kowloon Corridor, Gu Qing suddenly found a familiar face, standing under the pillars of the corridor and looking at him with a smile.

Gu Qing suddenly showed a look of surprise, walked forward quickly and saluted: "Yang Xiang has been gone for a long time, don't come to harm?" ”

Yang Guozhong was wearing an official uniform, smiling brightly, he hadn't seen him for a few years, Yang Guozhong's complexion seemed to be a little older, obviously after being promoted to the right minister, he had a hard time in the past few years.

Holding Gu Qing's hand with both hands, Yang Guozhong patted it gently, and said with emotion: "After a few years, it is very rare for you and my brothers to see each other today, Brother Gu Xian seems to have lost a lot of money, and he has suffered in Biansai." ”

Gu Qing said movingly: "Yang Xiang has worked hard for the Tang Dynasty, he has done his best, he has seen that he is much older, his temples are also dyed a little frosty white, and there are a few more wrinkles at the corners of his eyes. ”

reunited after a long absence, but the lines of a pair of plastic brothers moved the world, and every word revealed the taste of dedication to the country and the people, and justice was a mess.

Yang Guozhong sighed: "The heavy responsibility is on my shoulders, no matter how hard and tired I am, I have to grit my teeth to support it, and I dare not relax for a moment when I bear the weight of social responsibility...... I heard that Brother Xian was suddenly transferred back to Chang'an by His Majesty because he had trouble in Anxi? ”

Gu Qing said ashamedly: "Kill a school captain, alas, the foolish brother is too young, and he will inevitably act impulsively." ”

Yang Guozhong sighed, then shook his head and said: "It's a pity, the foolish brother still plans to allocate some grain, grass and weapons to Anxi after the spring, since the virtuous brother is not in his position, the foolish brother saves trouble......"

Before he finished speaking, Gu Qing suddenly grabbed his arm, stared at his face and said word by word: "Yang Xiang, this ...... Yes, there can be. ”