In the fifth year of Taihe, September Bingchen, the beginning of the child.

Jiannan Road, Chengdu Mansion, Jiedu Embassy Mansion.

Compared with the relaxed atmosphere of Li Deyu and Li Huaishen in the middle hall, the atmosphere in the main hall of the front hall has gradually become serious.

It was late, and since the news came from the dark pile, Wei Rong, Yu Zangjian, Liu Zhan and other civil officials had already been allowed to go home to rest. However, Yang Zong, the general of the Yabing Army, was in charge of the personal guards of the Jiedu Envoy, and he could not leave his post without the approval of the Jiedu Envoy. Therefore, Yang Zong had dutifully stood in front of the hall with the guards for more than an hour, but now even he was obviously a little unable to stand.

Yang Zong was wearing bright light armor, tied with a dark green ribbon symbolizing the six grades, his hands were stuck on the armor belt around his waist, and there were extremely smooth iron armor pieces on his chest and back, "Seeing the light of the sun, the world is bright, it is called Mingguang." He stuffed two dried mint leaves from western Zhejiang into his mouth, giving himself a strong boost, and the eight characters on his upper lip jumped and jumped as he chewed. Strange to say, Yang Zong has not done it before, but tonight he always has some uneasiness in his heart, and the indescribable nervousness tickles his heart.

At the beginning of this year, he was one of the soldiers who was ordered to send northern soldiers to defend Xichuan, and it was the first time in Yang Zong's life to see such a flowery Furong City.

At that time, Xichuan was not long after being recruited by Nanzhao, and it was the time to employ people, and everything was waiting to be rebuilt. Yang Zong was later favored by the Jiedu envoy, so he was quickly promoted to the rank of general from the six-rank tooth soldiers.

Yang Zong looked back at the main hall of the front hall with bright candles, except for the secretary Ling Hu who was still splashing ink and copying books in front of the mountain of case documents piled up in front of the case, the entire hall could be said to be empty. The copper leak showed that it was already the first moment, Yang Zong slowly paced back into the hall and sat down in front of the desk not far from Ling Hu. The night was still very long, he looked out of the hall attentively, gnawed his nails, shook his right leg, and when he was bored, his thoughts returned to Hequ Luzhou, which had been absent for a long time.

Luzhou is located in the border area, Emperor Gaozong revealed the first year, in the south of Lingxia to descend the Turks, its place is located in Liuhu Prefecture, with the Tang people as the state assassin history, including Luzhou, in the Lingxia West River meander, under the jurisdiction of Shuofang Domain. There was a lot of wind and little rain, and the war was constant.

Since Yang Zong remembered, the people in the city had long been accustomed to the successive siege and plundering of Hui and Tubo. After giving birth to Yang Zong, his mother died in childbirth, and his father was said to be unbearable, so he took Yang Zong and his uncle, who was not yet weak, to desert and fled to Guannei, and was captured by Shuofang's army in Xiazhou, and the whole family was exiled to Luzhou, when Yang Zong was still a child in swaddling clothes. When his father passed away early, Uncle never married a wife, and regarded Yang Zong as his own. Uncle was also angry, relying on chance and bravery, he achieved the integrity of the Luzhou defenders, and with a meager salary, it was barely enough to pull Yang Zong big.

However......

Yang Zong took out a half-palm-sized jade talisman from his waist, which was also the only thing that Uncle left him after his death, and it was said that it was originally a token that his father carried with him. The talisman was full of crooked symbols and words that Yang Zong couldn't understand. Touching the ravine above, Yang Zong couldn't help but smile bitterly, the two big living people have now become this stone.

Yang Zong has asked others more than once what the words written on this talisman mean, but no one knows, and Yang Zong doesn't know what this jade is for, but every time before killing the enemy on the battlefield, he will always be glad to have this token by his side, which seems to bring good luck, and now Yang Zong has this thing with him.

Ling Hulu was still writing papers, Yang Zong got up and looked at the copper leak, and found that he was stunned for a while, only half a moment of work, and suddenly felt a little desperate, how long will this night be?

"Linghu Langjun," Yang Zong was really bored, "Your Excellency came to Xichuan with Li Jiedu last year?" ”

Looking at his face, Ling Hu, who had just passed the age of the weak crown, didn't look at him, but just said "um" lightly, which was regarded as a response. He was dressed in a light green official robe from the eighth grade, the hood on his head was meticulously tied, and there were some beards on his chin sporadically, and he looked childish and far away from the world, but his temperament looked like a child of an official family.

Although it is only from the eighth grade, two levels lower than Yang Zongguan, but the position of secretary, not only is the drafting of the marshal's office documents, but also the pilgrimage, condolences, recruitment, sacrifices, prayers and orders, and promotions.

"Your Excellency, what kind of book is this?"

"Anzai Jiangmen Lineage Table"

"It looks so thick, how long do you have to copy it?"

"Just starting to copy ......"

"Why are you copying this?"

"It is one of my duties to be in charge of the library and copy ancient books......"

"Your Excellency, is this month's income enough to support the family?"

"Enough ......"

"It's so late, is Your Excellency often busy at this time?"

"Hmmm......"

"Your Excellency......"

Ling Hu was finally upset by Yang Zong's unknown "harassment", so he simply put down the wolf's hair, rolled his eyes, and his white face evoked a slightly embarrassed smile, and he saluted Yang Zong solemnly, and his voice was quite magnetic.

"If General Yang wants to know anything, just ask so-and-so now."

"Isn't it right to be right after a while," Yang Zong grinned innocently, "Stay is also stay, seeing that your Excellency should not be much younger than Yang, I want to chat with Your Excellency, and I have no other intentions." ”

Ling Hu had no intention of chatting, but only wanted to complete the tedious transcription of ancient books as soon as possible. But seeing that Yang Zong's eyes were sincere, coupled with a martial arts atmosphere, there was no official frame that he had seen in the Xichuan officialdom, but he was a little interested in him. The boredom of being disturbed by Yang Zong gradually disappeared by three points.

"A certain person was born in Jingzhaohuayuan, a jinshi in the second year of Taihe, the ancestor Linghu Chengjian is a Gongcao of Taiyuan Mansion, and his father is currently the ...... of Guizhou Thorn History"

Speaking of this, Ling Fox couldn't help but pause, stroked the beard that came out of his chin, sighed, his expression was a little gloomy, and he looked at the tooth guards patrolling outside the hall, as if he wanted to add something, but he wanted to stop talking.

"Hey, what ...... said" Yang Zong was not good at observing words and feelings, but continued to ask: "Yang remembers that the envoy of the Shandong Tianping Army seems to be called Linghu Chu, and your surname is the same as it, I don't know...... Isn't there some kind of kinship? ”

"Oh, that's my uncle."

As soon as Ling Fox's words fell, Yang Zong couldn't help but gasp, his chin raised at an angle, and his lightly picked eyelids and slightly open lips were full of breath.

"That'...... Yang heard that," Yang Zong immediately raised his hand again, swallowed his saliva, and emphasized: "Really...... I just heard that, Linghu Chu...... Eh, Ling Bo seems to be a world friend with Niu Xianggong in the DPRK? Ignorance...... True or false. ”

Ling Hu was really amused by Yang Zong's panicked and overwhelmed appearance, and explained as if he was comforting: "Don't worry, although my uncle is indeed a proper cow party, but a certain one is not." ”

“…… What do you mean by that? ”

Ling Fox's expression was gloomy for a moment, he took a deep breath, and looked at the nave with a slight sideways face, which was also the direction in which Li Deyu should be.

"During the Zhenguan period, I was full of martial virtues, and those who should be broken and those who were struck were served; In the prosperous era of Kaiyuan, it is the coming of all countries, and the guests from all over the world are served. Why is it that so far the temple in the territory is in power, and the traitors are in power; Overseas crises lurking, eyeing the tiger? Ling Hu Mian never figured it out, but he believed that there was one person who could change all this! ”

"Who?"

"The grandson of Emperor Li Qiyun, the son of Li Jifu, the Duke of Zhao, and the envoy of Jiannan Xichuan Jiedu Li Deyu!"

The corners of Ling Hu's mouth rose slightly, and his eyes became brighter, "Since you have chosen to follow Li Jiedu, you are determined in your heart, you have made a choice, and you will not regret it." ”

"Not to the point of dying or living......"

Yang Zong smiled jokingly, but saw that Ling Hulu only smiled lightly at Yang Zong's words, with a firm expression, not like he was joking at all. Only then did he feel that Ling Fox was serious, so he looked at him in a daze for a long time, as if to confirm that what this young man who seemed to have just passed the age of the weak crown said was true or false, but he couldn't see the reason for a while.

Suddenly, as if he remembered something, Yang Zong decided to try his luck with Ling Hulu, so he took out the talisman-like token left by his father and showed it to Ling Hulu.

"Hey, Your Excellency helped Yang taste and taste, what is the text carved on this thing?"

Ling Hu saw the "talisman" made of white jade, squinted his eyes slightly, took it and held it and looked at it for a long time, and then touched the strange words carved on it with his hand. Judging from the square inch of this jade, it is really a little too big to say that the talisman is really too big, and there is a slight wear and tear around it, and it looks like it has been some years.

After a moment, Ling Hu looked at Yang Zong and concluded in an extremely serious tone: "This is definitely not a Chinese character. ”

"Nonsense!" Ling Hu looked at it for so long, but only gave Yang Zong such an answer, which made him stunned, "If it's a Chinese character Yang, do you still want to ask Your Excellency?" Although a certain is a martial artist, he is not illiterate. I am asking you if you know the meaning of this word? ”

Ling Fox shook his head.

"But then again," Ling Hu stared at Yang Zong's face for a long time, his eyes fixed on Yang Zong's high nose and cheekbones, and asked with some curiosity: "Are there many people with such a look as General Yang in the river meander?" ”

After entering Sichuan, Yang Zong had been asked this question many times because he looked like a Hu person, and was about to answer, but he saw Li Deyu and Li Huaishen walking slowly from behind the palace, so he hurriedly got up with Ling Hu and saluted with his hands.

Li Deyu waved his hand to excuse him, and his eyes swept over the two.

"What time is it?"

"Back to Gong Li, it should be ......" Ling Hu crossed his hand and glanced at the copper leak that was about to run out, "It is about to be corrected." ”

"Xiangyi, you immediately take the documents drafted by Ling Hulu to Chengdu Mansion Bing Cao, go to Lu Qi, and tell him to plant scout eyeliner along the main road between Victoria and Xichuan before Yu Choushi, always pay attention to his movements, and report at any time."

"Whoa!"

Yang Zong didn't dare to slack off, and after receiving an envelope order from Ling Hulu's hand, he picked up a felt cloak in the hall and exited the main hall of the front hall.

In order to avoid going out from the main gate to attract unnecessary attention, Yang Zong did not go to the direction of the mansion gate, but entered the Jianfeng Pavilion through the side door, passed through the middle hall of the Jiedu Envoy's Mansion along the pavilion road, bypassed the inner hall where the administrative documents were stored, and walked straight to the back garden. Got out of a small inconspicuous porch in the back garden. This is also the exit of the mansion agreed upon by all those involved in the conspiracy since the Victorian conspiracy.

There is no other reason, the hour is nearly half of the night, if you step out from the main gate, you have to pass through the closed Yacheng Jiandefang Gate, which is eye-catching, especially the eyes and ears of the Niu Party.

However, what Yang Zong didn't calculate was that in fact, from the moment he stepped out of the Tooth City, he had been followed by a black shadow.

The beginning of the day.

Chengdu Mansion, Yajiang Mansion.

Yang Zong has been busy until he is almost ugly, and he can really go back to his house to rest, I am afraid that Li Deyu will only be busy until later. At the beginning of the morning, the direction of Shushan in Chengdu Mansion was just bright, and Yang Zong was in a daze, and he was woken up by his own servant.

"Alang, Alang...... Someone is looking for it. ”

Yang Zong's eyelids sank as if they were filled with lead.

"Who, the door hasn't opened yet, who's coming to find it?"

"He said he was...... The festival is on the envoy's house. ”

Yang Zong was so shocked that he immediately sat up.

Li Zhi, the envoy of Xichuan Jiedu, was the subordinate of Li Zongmin, the prime minister of the Niu Party. Yang Zong only sighed for a while, and a layer of fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.

Don't...... When the Victorian conspiracy is about to end, the Xichuan Cattle Party has heard the rumors?