The night lights of Xingqing Palace are as bright as day, and laughter and laughter are wafting everywhere.

Calyx Tower is even more full of people, the dancers in the hall wear the most gorgeous clothes, wrap their graceful bodies, twist and dance in a laughter and drinking victory, tonight's court song and dance with a little exotic style, dignified with a trace of sultry charm and charm.

All of this is for the sake of a Hu people who are on the border.

After Gu Qing performed in front of Li Longji, Li Longji was overjoyed and gave him to sit next to the Son of Heaven, and surrounded Li Longji with An Lushan on the left and right, just as Li Longji said "left and right-hand".

An Lushan sat on Li Longji's right, and his seat was unique.

The uniqueness is that a piece of screen-like thing is placed on the side of his futon, this thing is called "sitting barrier", and a golden rooster walking alone is painted on the sitting barrier, which is used by the emperor and named "Golden Rooster Barrier", and at this moment Li Longji actually gave it to An Lushan for use.

The depth of favor can be seen.

The hall was full of joy, the monarchs and ministers were happy, the courtiers toasted Li Longji and An Lushan one after another, An Lushan did not refuse to come with a modest attitude, and did not see the slightest prestige of the border commander in front of Li Longji, but there was really a kind of innocence and recklessness under the knees of a child's father, and Li Longji looked at An Lushan's eyes were also extremely gentle and spoiled, just like an old father looking at his long-lost son.

Gu Qing sat down after toasting Li Longji and An Lushan, he was looking at everything around him with cold eyes.

A strong dynasty, the king unconsciously dug into his own corner, no one knew that in the end, this self-proclaimed son of the Hu man, a few years later, raised the knife to the person who kept calling his father to him, raised the flag high, swept the world, the most powerful dynasty in history was easily pushed to the ground, and since then the fortunes of the country have taken a sharp turn, and the latecomers are nothing more than just to continue its life.

The decline of the Tang Dynasty was only in the hands of An Lushan?

Tonight, it's still the same as the prosperous world.

In the middle of the banquet, An Lushan suddenly stood up and asked Li Longji to remove the maiko in a low voice, and asked the musicians to change the music.

Li Longji agreed, An Lushan walked to the center of the hall, and with the passionate and fast drum beating of the musicians, An Lushan's fat body actually danced.

Then the strings of the musician played, and in the rhythm of the strings and drums, An Lushan kicked his feet, stretched his arms and sleeves, like a sensitive lynx chasing prey in the forest, and as the drum beat faster and faster, An Lushan's fat body spun rapidly.

"What a song! I'm coming! Li Longji was overjoyed, snatched the drum in the hands of the musician, stood on the sidelines and personally beat the drum for An Lushan, An Lushan danced more and more vigorously, spinning like a spinning top, tiptoeing on the spot and stretching his legs and bending his knees, like the wind and lightning.

The dancing of the monarchs and ministers attracted the applause of the whole house, and the people wrote down the grand occasion of tonight, leaving this paragraph in the history books, thinking that it was a good story for later generations, and the painter Zhang Bu painted and depicted, Li Longji's drum sound and An Lushan's dance posture were included in the picture scroll.

The scenery of the prosperous Tang Dynasty seems to have reached its peak tonight.

Yang Guifei was already drunk, she was intoxicated by the palace feast tonight, the beloved man was the wise monarch who created this prosperous era with his own hands, his charm made the Hu people and border generals also fall for him, willing to swear allegiance to him, and the praise of the ministers like waves added a dazzling brilliance to this prosperous world.

"Gu Qing, come and drink with me!" Yang Guifei laughed in the drums, smiling like a child in the New Year: "I'm so happy, what about you?" ”

Gu Qing respectfully saluted her with a glass of wine, and said with a smile: "The minister is also happy, and it is a blessing for the minister to be fortunate to be born in a prosperous era." ”

Yang Guifei glanced at him with a smile and snorted: "You lied to me, your appearance is not happy, Gu Qing, young and old are deserved, but tonight is the time for the monarch and the ministers to have fun together, you don't have to hold the old shelf anymore, don't you see that even San Lang is playing like a child?" ”

Gu Qing smiled bitterly: "Chen is really very lively, but Chen was born with an unhappy face, obviously he is in a happy mood, but others look at me as if they are crying......"

Yang Guifei laughed again: "You, you can't be happy for the rest of your life, come and drink this cup with the palace." ”

Saying that, Yang Guifei suddenly stood up, and in the non-rotating dance of An Lushan, Yang Guifei raised her voice and said: "All the ministers work and drink full, ode to the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, for the birthday of His Majesty the Emperor, drink to win!" ”

The ministers got up one after another, saluted Li Longji, who was immersed in the drums and strings, and then raised their glasses and drank together: "The ministers ode to the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty and the birthday of His Majesty the Emperor, drink and win!" ”

In the roaring praise, Li Longji lowered his head and closed his eyes, his expression was intoxicated, like a sweet dream.

The drum beat in his hand more and more rapidly.

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At the end of the song, Gu Qing was already a little drunk, and walked out of Xingqing Palace in a daze.

As soon as he boarded the carriage, he suddenly heard someone calling him, Gu Qing looked back and saw that it was Yang Guozhong, who had not been seen for many days.

Gu Qing settled down, turned around to meet him, and said with a smile after saluting: "The lower official has seen Yang Xiang, there are many people in the Calyx Building, and he has never had time to greet Yang Xiang, so it is no wonder that he is rude." ”

A "Yang Xiang" made Yang Guozhong so happy that he wanted to fly, laughed twice with a smug face, waved his hand and pretended to be reserved: "Brother Gu Xian, don't scream, after Li Xiang's death, the post of right minister is vacant, and Your Majesty has not yet made a decree to decide on the candidate for the right minister, if the right minister is not me, wouldn't this 'Yang Xiang' of Brother Xian slap me in the face?" ”

Gu Qing said with a smile: "Yang Xiang's words are serious, several times up and down the court, except for Yang Xiang, who is still qualified to be this right minister?" You are Your Majesty's most trusted courtier, and you should not be presumptuous. ”

Yang Guozhong laughed and said: "I don't know why, the longer I know the virtuous brother, the more I feel that the virtuous brother is amiable and approachable. ”

Gu Qing said seriously: "What Yang Xiang said is exactly what the foolish brother thinks, and the foolish brother also introduces Yang Xiang as a confidant, but he hates not knowing the rhythm of music, and he can't play a song "Mountains and Flowing Water" with Yang Xiang. ”

The faces of the two suddenly showed sympathy.

The acting skills are very careful, and they don't show any disgusting and numb appearance at all.

Yang Guozhong, an old oil bastard, is selfish, and it is strange that he can treat Gu Qing as a confidant. And Gu Qing only acted as if he had acted in another side story, which was full of drama inside and out.

"The wine banquet in the palace is over, why did Yang Xiang leave so early? You are Your Majesty's most trusted person, and you are the brother of the noble concubine, so it stands to reason that you should stay and drink with Your Majesty and An Jieshuai. Gu Qing asked curiously.

Yang Guozhong's smile froze, a trace of jealousy flashed in his eyes, and he said lightly: "An Jieshuai is also His Majesty's most trusted courtier, it is rare for him to come back to Chang'an to congratulate, Your Majesty and him must have a lot of thoughtful things to say, I am inconvenient to disturb." ”

Gu Qing said with a smile: "It's just a Hu general, and he has won the trust of His Majesty with clever words, where is it better than Yang Xiang's dedication to sharing his worries for His Majesty, and in a few days, His Majesty will appoint you as the right minister, and Yang Xiang will have more places to work at that time, how can An Lushan compare with you?" ”

These words came to Yang Guozhong's heart, and when he heard the words, he couldn't help but show a touched look, Gu Qing sensitively found that this time Yang Guozhong's moved color was really heartfelt.

"The virtuous brother is really an upright person, he dares to tell the truth, and the foolish brother is not as good." Yang Guozhong smiled again: "I almost forgot, the virtuous brother is the marquis of the county, and the official is promoted to the middle general, the foolish brother congratulates you here, Your Majesty's favor to the virtuous brother is also extraordinary, he has been named the marquis at a young age, and in a few years, I am afraid that even the foolish brother will look up to you." ”

Gu Qing hurriedly said: "No matter how fast the foolish brother rises, where can you compare to Yang Xiang, you are now the first minister of the court, under one person, above ten million people, in the future, in the court, the foolish brother will rely on Yang Xiang to take care of it." ”

Yang Guozhong sighed: "Brother Xian is a real person, Yang likes to make friends with people like you, unlike some Hu people, relying on His Majesty's favor and no one in his eyes, what kind of three steps and one worship when entering the city, the appearance of flattery and slander is extremely ugly, how wise is Your Majesty, how can this little trick on flattery blind him?" ”

After speaking, Yang Guozhong was stunned for a moment, and then sighed gloomily.

Wise or not, let's not say first, An Lushan's flattering trick has clearly blinded the Son of Heaven to death, and everyone has seen the scene of the monarchs and ministers dancing together in the Calyx Building just now.

A hint of playfulness flashed in Gu Qing's eyes.

Listening to Yang Guozhong's tone, he seemed to be very dissatisfied with An Lushan. There are probably many reasons for this dissatisfaction. Maybe it's because An Lushan didn't give him a gift, or maybe because An Lushan really has no one in his eyes and doesn't take Yang Guozhong in his eyes, but it's more likely that Li Longji is too fond of An Lushan, and Yang Guozhong is jealous.

Thinking of this, Gu Qing couldn't help but snort.

Obviously it was three men, but Gu Qing smelled the rancid smell of love, such a bloody love-hate entanglement, it would actually happen to three men, tsk!

Gu Qing blinked quietly, and then sighed: "An Jieshuai is a Hu person, the etiquette of the Hu people may be different from our Datang, they are the Jiedu envoys who hold the heavy troops of the three towns, and they are the Northern Great Wall that the Tang Dynasty relies on, Yang Xiang still endures this breath, if the Tang Dynasty will lose harmony, it will inevitably make His Majesty dislike......

Yang Guozhong turned his head to look at Xingqing Palace, and said with a sneer: "In the hearts of this Hu people, I am different from Li Linfu, when Li Linfu was alive, An Lushan respected him very much, and listened to his teachings in everything, and he was so happy that he danced like a child when Li Linfu boasted about it, and now that Li Linfu is dead, this Hu man does not put me in his eyes at all, just now in the Calyx Building, this Hu Leng did not come to toast with me, let alone say a word, is it really when I Yang Guozhong is a bodhisattva temper?" ”

Turning his head to look at Gu Qing, Yang Guozhong said heavily: "It's not my race, the virtuous brother can't have a deep friendship with him, this Hu person seems to be heroic and upright, but in fact he is insidious and cunning like a fox, and when he interacts with him, the virtuous brother should beware of being harmed by him." ”

Gu Qing said seriously: "In addition to Yang Xiang, who else in the world is worthy of being a foolish brother?" Yang Xiang rest assured, the foolish brother's dealings with An Lushan are just a scene of false tricks, and he will never confess to him like he is to Yang Xiang, who is a true friend and who is a fake friend, the foolish brother is still clear. ”

After a pause, Gu Qing added: "If it weren't for the fact that he held the heavy troops of the Three Towns and was deeply relied on by His Majesty, the foolish brother wouldn't want to deal with him." ”

Gu Qing said twice intentionally or unintentionally, "holding the heavy soldiers of the three towns", Yang Guozhong finally listened to it this time, frowned when he heard this, and said: "I am a brilliant Tang Dynasty, and there are hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the three towns, how can I hold them all in the hands of a Hu person?" This is a hidden danger, I don't believe that in addition to An Lushan, Datang will not be able to find a second general who can lead troops to fight, well......"

Gu Qing exhaled softly.

Immortal Banban'er, after spending so much tongue to sow discord, you turtle finally heard the point.

It's too hard to talk to a fool, this kind of fool is about to become the prime minister of Datang, Gu Qing feels sad for Datang, if it weren't for his cousin, this fool wouldn't even have the ability to be a seven-rank official.

Yang Guozhong stood in the cold wind outside Xingqing Palace, his expression fell into deep thought, obviously thinking about Gu Qing's words just now.

Gu Qing was not in a hurry, and stood with him with a smile.

It is not easy to bring down An Lushan, it is not something that can be done by sowing discord with a few words, today Gu Qing is just planting a seed of suspicion and jealousy in Yang Guozhong's heart, I don't know when this seed will germinate, but it is certain that it will definitely sprout and bloom a flower that is not enough to achieve and more than to lose, An Lushan's great cause of rebellion needs Yang Guozhong, a fool, to help act as a shit-stirring stick.

I don't know how long he stood there, Yang Guozhong nodded, and said: "It's late at night, the foolish brother has returned to the house, farewell to the virtuous brother, I have time in the future, and I hope that the virtuous brother will come to my house to drink a few cups together." ”

Gu Qing saluted and said, "Foolish brother sends Yang Xiang off." ”

With a respectful expression, he watched Yang Guozhong get into the carriage, and the carriage gradually walked away, and Gu Qing quietly showed a gloomy smile on his face.

Immediately, Gu Qing was startled, he suddenly found that his smile was too much like a villain, in addition to his face full of unhappiness, there must have been four words engraved on it, "a bad guy".

Gu Qing quickly smiled, his eyebrows were full of heroism, and his gaze was firmly fixed on the dark sky, like a sharp sword piercing the darkness. At this moment there is a light on his face, which is called "the right way".

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Early the next morning, Steward Xu woke up Gu Qing.

I had to wake him up, because there was a distinguished guest in the house, and the guest's name was An Lushan.

Gu Qing's three-point sleepiness suddenly woke up completely, and his mind was spinning rapidly.

He is just a new county marquis, and he played with each other for a while last night in front of Li Longji, and the purpose of acting in that play is clear to each other, and it is all for life.

It stands to reason that everyone will finish work after the performance, and there should be no more intersections, right, where is it worth visiting An Lushan in a county?

Thinking about the purpose of An Lushan's visit, Gu Qing didn't dare to delay, and hurriedly called the maid to dress him neatly.

The decadent life of feudalism gradually changed Gu Qing's color, he is no longer the unpretentious peasant boy in the mountain village at the beginning, now Gu Qingfan comes to open his mouth, clothes to stretch out his hand, without the care of the maid, he can't even wear clothes.

After dressing, Gu Qing walked quickly to the front hall, An Lushan sat in the guest seat, half-closed eyes motionless, like a monk who was out of the world and was quietly contemplating the Zen machine.

Gu Qing walked outside the hall and saw him like this, so he suddenly stopped and looked at him deeply.

An Lushan's current appearance may be the real him.

He is not a hero, nor a hero, he is just a thief with evil intentions, he conquered Li Longji with his superb acting skills, conquered all the courtiers in the court, such a Hu general with ill intentions and heavy troops, it is ridiculous that no one in the Manchu Dynasty doubted his loyalty.

Whether it is claiming to be a son-in-law, dancing a Hu Xuan dance with a fat body in front of Li Longji, or worshipping the Khan with an extremely respectful attitude, these are all illusions to deceive the monarch and ministers.

This person is obese, and the appearance he shows in front of outsiders is also deliberately clumsy and ridiculous, but when Gu Qing saw him at this moment, he was in good spirits.

The person who can leave a name in the history books, whether it is good or notorious, is not a simple character, if you think that An Lushan is really as ridiculous and clumsy as he shows, it is too ridiculous.

After settling down, Gu Qing let out a cough lightly.

An Lushan opened his eyes suddenly, turned his head to look out of the hall, and the moment his eyes looked at Gu Qing, Gu Qing suddenly felt uncomfortable being pierced by an invisible sword.

The eyes at that moment were so sharp.

"An Jieshuai came to the cold house, and the lower officials failed to go out to greet them, so they really neglected the distinguished guests, and hoped that the festival marshal would forgive his sins." Gu Qing smiled and saluted.

An Lushan once again showed his signature heroic smile, laughed and got up to hold Gu Qing's arm, and said: "Before Your Majesty drove last night, it was inconvenient to talk to Brother Gu Xian, but An admired Brother Gu Xian's grace very much, and he came to the door without telling him. ”