A piece of sincerity is a mistake after all.

To be honest, when Gu Qing commanded his command to annihilate the Tubo army, he didn't think of Bian Lingcheng at all. I didn't expect Bian Lingcheng to go all the way and pull all the way, as if he was enclosing territory in the vast desert, and then turned around to find Gao Xianzhi halfway, it is hard to imagine what Gao Xianzhi's mood was when he saw Bian Lingcheng running away from the dust.

Gu Qing does not object to the prison army is a big truth, the premise is that the prison army is best knowledgeable in his own army, knows how to behave in the world, and it is best not to stab a knife in the back and sue the black and the like, otherwise he will not be tolerated.

Bian Lingcheng said it, and Gu Qing didn't hide it.

"Border Supervisor, when we first met, I said that I came to Anxi to mess around, and after a year and a half, His Majesty will call me back to Chang'an to be an official, so I hope that life in Anxi will be smooth and stable, and there will be no accidents, do you understand what I mean?"

Bian Lingcheng became more and more angry: "Master Hou's words are so unreasonable, the slave and maid have always been very polite to you, and have never complained with you, whether your life in Anxi is stable or not, what does it have to do with the slave and maid?" ”

Gu Qing asked coldly: "Border Supervisor, did the Son of Heaven give you a secret decree?" ”

Bian Lingcheng was taken aback and looked at him with a shocked expression.

Gu Qing smiled: "You and I know the content of the secret decree, so you don't have to say it directly, it is your duty to supervise the army in Anxi, I will not contradict you, but it is best not to make something out of nothing, otherwise, you are likely to be in big trouble......"

"What does Master Hou mean by this? The slave didn't understand...... "Bian Lingcheng blushed, and Ai Ai said.

Gu Qing smiled leisurely and said, "Border Supervisor, guess again, did the Son of Heaven give me a secret decree?" ”

Bian Lingcheng was so frightened that a layer of white sweat broke out on his back, and he looked at him with horror.

Gu Qing laughed: "Border Prison Army, the power of heaven is unpredictable, and the will of heaven is unpredictable, do you think that Your Majesty gives you a secret decree is an unconditional trust in you, right?" To say something that offends people, a guy like you who dares to go on a rampage in Anxi with a holy decree can live until now and tell fortunes, but when good luck is always exhausted, it is better to be low-key. ”

"Bian Jianjun, in fact, I am a very good person, I have opinions and resentments against me, you can say it to your face, no matter how ugly it is, I will accept it, but don't make a name for yourself behind my back, I have a bad temper, it's really bad, well, don't say it unexpectedly."

Seeing Bian Lingcheng's frightened appearance, Gu Qing smiled brightly.

There is really no need to be subtle for some people, and it is more effective to say it clearly, especially for those fools who think they are in power.

The three positions in the Anxi Jiedu Embassy, Gao Xianzhi ranked first, worthy of the name, Gu Qing ranked second, he was the second to squeeze out the first row at any time, and Bian Lingcheng was only third at best.

The third-ranked person jumped up and down to brush his sense of existence, and Gu Qing, as the second-in-command, occasionally had to slap him to make him sober up.

The guest and the host talked very happily, and the side order was like sitting on pins and needles, and it didn't take long for him to get up and say goodbye, the original posture of asking the teacher to ask for guilt, but when he left, he was a little more frightened and suspicious, and he was still thinking about whether the "secret purpose" that Gu Qing said was true or false.

Gu Qing personally sent him out of the tent and warmly kept him.

"It's still early, why don't the border guards eat in the camp before leaving? It is said that the food in the camp is very abundant today......"

Bian Lingcheng stumbled suddenly, didn't even say a word of euphemism, and left without looking back.

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Chang'an City.

It took half a month for the fast horse to send the good news to Xingqing Palace.

At the same time, the news of Anxi's victory has spread all over Chang'an City, and the officials and people in the streets and alleys have been discussing, and they have found a long-lost sense of pride on their faces.

Since the era of Wu Zetian, the Tang Dynasty has gradually adopted a strategic defensive posture towards the outside world, and many lands occupied by Taizong and Gaozong from the Western Regions and the Turkic Xue Yantuo Nanzhao have been gradually encroached upon and annexed by neighboring countries during the Wu Zetian period.

The good news of Gu Qing's annihilation of more than 20,000 Tibetan enemy troops is really good news that has been rare in recent years, and the subjects of the Tang Dynasty have not been so happy for many years.

So when the good news spread, Gu Qing's name was also known to the people of Chang'an.

At the beginning, the boy who could compose poems, dared to rob the county prison, dared to kill the assassination history, and squatted in Dali Temple twice, now he has become a hero who attacked more than 20,000 enemies on the border, under the command of Gu Qing, the Tang Dynasty won a complete victory, 30,000 Tubo troops were annihilated, and Tubo was also considered to be broken, the guy who often caused trouble in Chang'an City, but he had such a great ability, the subjects of Chang'an admired and appreciated Gu Qing more and more, and Gu Qing's reputation has spread all over the streets and alleys.

Under the urging of Hao Donglai and Shi Daxing, the gossip newspaper was engraved that night, with the title on the front page: "Anxi Jiedu Deputy Envoy Gu Qing's Anecdotes", as for the content inside, it was a collection of rumors and touts of distorting things, and after leaving Gu Qing for many days, the desire to survive of the two shopkeepers plummeted.

Honglu Temple Qing Zhangfu.

Zhang Huaijin rushed into Zhang Huaiyu's boudoir with an excited face, blushed and shouted: "Sister, Brother Gu has made meritorious contributions, so powerful!" ”

Zhang Huaiyu is reading quietly in the boudoir, reading Gu Qing's "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", she doesn't remember how many times she has read it, every time she reads it, she always has a different experience, for Gu Qing's talent, Zhang Huaiyu admires it more and more, but this admiration is buried deep in her heart, never showing, let alone praising him to his face.

A talented man can't let him be too scared, too much is often a precursor to being beaten, Gu Qing is especially.

Closing the book, Zhang Huaiyu sighed helplessly: "Can't you change your temperament?" I often shout and scream, and I don't change how many times I have been taught by the second ancestor......"

Zhang Huaijin jumped up and ran in front of her and said, "Oh, it will be changed, it will be changed, and it will be changed tomorrow." Sister, Brother Gu has made meritorious service in Anxi, great achievement! He led his troops to annihilate more than 20,000 Tibetan troops, and the good news has arrived in Chang'an. ”

Zhang Huaiyu's eyes showed a look of surprise: "More than 20,000 annihilations? He can't lift a scholar with his hand but has the ability to lead troops into battle? ”

Zhang Huaijin nodded vigorously: "Brother Gu's ability is very great, he won't be able to do it, this time he is outnumbered, Brother Gu has only 15,000 people, defeated Tubo and a ragtag army that came out of nowhere, a total of more than 20,000 people, captured the Tubo commander and many enemy generals, the enemy commander has been escorted to Chang'an on the way, and he will be taken prisoner to the Son of Heaven in a few days." ”

Zhang Huaiyu showed a rare look of joy and said with a smile: "It is indeed a rare victory, Gu Qing is very capable, and Datang can raise his eyebrows again." ”

Zhang Huaijin said excitedly: "Hmm! It was Brother Gu's ability that made Datang raise his eyebrows! ”

Zhang Huaiyu smiled: "You, Brother Gu is a five-body thrower, Huaijin, Gu Qing's eyes are getting higher and higher, you also have to read more books and learn more skills, if you can help him in the future, he will pay more attention to you, and he will leave a place for you in his heart, understand?" ”

Zhang Huaijin smiled for a moment, thought about it for a while, and said: "I will read more, I will study tomorrow, sister, you also have to read more, our sisters should join forces, don't forget that there is a princess in the palace who covets Brother Gu's beauty and eyes him, even if our identity can't compare to her, at least we can surpass her in knowledge." ”

Zhang Huaiyu said with a smile: "What coveting beauty, what eyeing you, what are you thinking about all day long, do your own thing, princess or something, it doesn't matter." ”

The breeze entered the room, opened the books on the table, and happened to turn to the page of "Cooking Wine on Heroes", Zhang Huaiyu's eyes glanced inadvertently, and only saw the sentence above, "The husband is a hero, with great ambitions, good intentions, and the opportunity to contain the universe, and the ambition to swallow heaven and earth." ”

Zhang Huaiyu was a little distracted in an instant.

The book was written by Gu Qing, so is this sentence actually a story about his own life through Cao Cao's mouth? "Containing the universe" and "swallowing the world", this man's ambition is so ambitious, what kind of big things will he do in Anxi next?

Zhang Huaijin sat in front of her with his hands on his cheeks, looking at the blue sky outside the window with his eyes in a daze, for a long time, and said faintly: "Sister, I miss him so much, I really want to go to Anxi secretly, stay by his side, accompany him to fight, accompany him to govern Anxi, see his majestic appearance in front of the soldiers, and accompany him through all the joys, sorrows, and sorrows......"

Zhang Huaiyu shook his head and sighed: "Don't make trouble for him, let's be realistic, a few students from Shiqiao Village will come to Chang'an tomorrow, I have been waiting for them in Chang'an, and I will accompany me to meet tomorrow." ”

"A student from Shiqiao Village?"

"Hmm." Zhang Huaiyu showed a happy look and said with a smile: "There are a few people who are quite talented in reading, they have been reading for more than two years, and they are a little successful, I wrote to them to come to Chang'an to have a look, it is a study tour, Gu Qing said, 'It is better to read ten thousand books than to travel ten thousand miles', this sentence is very reasonable, sometimes it is more useful to broaden your horizons and broaden your experience than to read." ”

Zhang Huaijin wondered: "How many students need to pay so much attention?" ”

Zhang Huaiyu said solemnly: "Everyone from Shiqiao Village is worthy of attention, they will be Gu Qing's trustworthy right-hand man in the future, Gu Qing will have a brave and invincible general under his command in the future, and there will also be a literati with extraordinary strategy. ”

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Xingqing Palace.

Li Longji stroked his beard and smiled, holding Anxijie in his hand.

Yang Guifei's face was radiant, Gu Qing's victory made her face more and more bright, and today's Yang Guifei's small appearance actually had a little more proud of being forced and reserved.

Gao Lishi bowed and stood next to him to laugh, Li Longji was happy, and Gao Lishi was also happy from the bottom of his heart.

"The old slave congratulates Your Majesty, Your Majesty's knowledge of people is unparalleled in the future, and he actually discovered Gu Qing's peerless pearl from thousands of courtiers, I really didn't expect this Gu Qing to be able to write and martial arts, not only the poems are famous all over the world, but also the handsome talent is amazing, the Tang Dynasty has a large number of famous generals, both new and old, all of them are Your Majesty's discerning eyes, and the prosperous era can last for thousands of years."

Li Longji laughed, pointed at Gao Lishi and scolded with a smile: "You dog slave, did you smear honey on your mouth today?" It's not that I have the wisdom to know people, Gu Qing's pearl was discovered by my lady at the beginning, and it is all the work of my mother, haha. ”

Yang Guifei covered her mouth and giggled: "Your Majesty, how can the concubine have any credit, when I found out that Gu Qing didn't see that he had such ability, it was nothing more than because he was a concubine's little fellow countryman, his parents died when he was a child, and the concubine felt pity in her heart, and she just wanted to give him a fortune, but fortunately, Gu Qing was angry and never lived up to the grace of the saint, and the concubine was also regarded as having a glorious face." ”

Li Longji laughed and said: "The lady is not modest, Maxima also needs to meet Bole to work hard, the lady is Gu Qing's Bole, let the historian write it down, it is not a good story for the ages......"

"In the Han Dynasty, Huo Quai, the nephew of Emperor Wu and Empress Wei, was just a gentleman, and he made trouble with his status as a relative, who would have thought that this gentleman would be able to break through the Hun court and seal the wolf Juxu to achieve a peerless feat, and I can't let Huo Qu's illness be beautiful, Gu Qing is my Huo Qu's disease, haha!"

Yang Guifei was overjoyed and said with a smile: "Your Majesty is a wise monarch through the ages, with Your Majesty's mind and grace, Gu Qing will also have the day when he will be sealed as a wolf." ”

"What the lady said is very true, how can there be no singing, dancing and feasting on today's good news? The lady went to the calyx building to summon the musicians Kabuki, and I stopped for a while to enjoy the dance and drink, and congratulated the lady on the victory of Anxi. ”

Yang Guifei glanced at Gao Lishi quickly, and then retired with a sense of humor.

There were only two people left in the hall, Li Longji and Gao Lishi, and Li Longji's smile gradually rose, and his expression no longer had the joy just now.

Gao Lishi said softly: "Your Majesty, the prison army is secretly playing, Gu Qing has controlled most of the power of the Anxi Protectorate, Gao Xianzhi has noticed something now, and his words and deeds are quite restrained and tolerant, it seems that His Majesty asked Gu Qing to contain Gao Xianzhi, and he has done it." ”

Li Longji snorted and said: "After letting Gu Qing gain a firm foothold in Anxi, let Gao Xianzhi return to Chang'an next year to take up his post, it can be seen from this battle that Gu Qing has the ability to pass through Anxi to protect the Mansion, I don't mind letting him pass through Anxi, provided that he doesn't do anything out of the ordinary, compared to Gao Xianzhi, I still trust Gu Qing more." ”

Gao Lishi smiled: "Yes, Gu Qingqing is light but very steady, especially since there is no party between the DPRK and China, and the mountain fire in Lishan can also see Gu Qing's loyalty to His Majesty, and Anxi is quite relieved to hand it over to Gu Qing." ”

Li Longji lowered his head and glanced at the report on the table again, and said slowly: "Gu Qing's note also mentioned one thing, after this battle, the left guard soldiers and horses he brought with him also lost a lot, and asked the imperial court to allocate additional troops, and also to meet the war horses, weapons, grain and grass ......"

Gao Lishi looked at Li Longji's face and said carefully: "Your Majesty means ......"

Li Longji pondered for a long time, and said: "Tell Yang Guozhong, give it to him, from Jin Wuwei and Zuo Wei to allocate another 20,000 soldiers and horses to Gu Qing, since the beginning of the Kaiyuan period, the Anxi Protectorate has always been 40,000 to 50,000 soldiers and horses, if it weren't for the fact that Gao Xianzhi led his troops to fight with Dashi the year before last, and lost too much, why would I transfer Gyeonggi soldiers and horses to reinforce Anxi, this Gao Xianzhi, hum!" ”