In the fifth year of Taihe, Bingchen in September, the third quarter of the first month.

Chengdu Mansion, the festival of the embassy.

Li Huaishen has always had a bad relationship with Yang Zong. Li Huaishen was born in a famous family and was the great-grandson of Li Sheng, the famous general of Xiping County, while Yang Zong was just the son of an exiled sinner. The two have very different backgrounds, but they are trusted and reused by Li Deyu at the same time. Yang Zong was personally promoted by Li Deyu to the general of the Liupinya Soldier to control the Wuwei Army. Counting last night, Yang Zong has confronted Li Huaishen in public three or four times in a year, and the two of them are on the same page in private, and they have gradually turned from secret to a fact known to officialdom.

Li Huaishen's sudden accusation of Yang Zong made Li Deyu a little suspicious, and he didn't know for a while whether it was Li Huaishen's personal vendetta or whether it was true. Moreover, Yang Zong, as a tooth general, is a confidant of the festival, if this person defects to the Niu Party, if the negative effects are spread, the consequences will be unimaginable. In addition, the Victorian conspiracy is entering the final stage, if this matter is known to everyone present, it will inevitably shake the morale of the military and start to suspect each other.

Li Deyu looked at the other six people present very calmly, and said, "Yijun may be here soon, Wei Rong, you take Zhugong to the front hall to wait first, and a certain Tonghuayuan will come later." Other than that...... There is another thing, you go to the front hall and ask the secretary to order the fox to retrieve the entry and exit records of the sixteen squares of Chengdu today, and you have to take a closer look......"

The other six said "whoa" in unison, and then retreated like a tide. Before leaving the inner hall, Wei Rong quietly glanced at the envoy and Li Huaishen, not knowing what he was paying attention to.

Only Li Deyu and Li Huaishen were left in the inner hall, and the inner hall, which was still slightly crowded, became quite spacious for a while. Li Deyu got up from the Hu bed, walked to a gilded green incense burner in the corner, cast a not fierce gaze at Li Huaishen, and asked Li Huaishen half-staringly: "Yang Xiangyi was born as a soldier, and he was promoted by me, how could he take refuge in Li Zhi?" ”

It may be because of Li Deyu's gaze that Li Huaishen couldn't help but turn his face sideways.

"Gong Li, this matter is absolutely true!" As soon as Li Huaishen finished speaking, he was suddenly afraid that Jiedu would suspect that he had framed Yang Zong and announced his personal vendetta, so he immediately knelt down and crossed his hands, adding: "This matter is definitely not a false accusation, Huaishen has indeed been on discord with General Yang for a long time, but at this time and that time, how dare Huaishen use his selfish intentions to harm the military affairs?" ”

As soon as he finished saying this, Li Huaishen subconsciously rubbed his forehead with the sleeve of his robe and wiped away a little cold sweat. Li Huaishen sighed in his heart, when Li Deyu stared at people seriously, it made people's hair spill and a little breathless.

Li Deyu took out the best incense sold by the Lian's incense shop in Biji Fang from the drawer under the incense burner, lit it with a fire fold, threw it into the incense burner, and then covered it with a gold and copper cover.

Li Deyu sniffed the green incense burner, nodded with satisfaction, turned around and saw Li Huaishen kneeling on the ground, hurriedly helped him up from the ground, and straightened Li Huaishen's official robe with both hands.

"Wen Rao is just a festival envoy, forty and four years old, neither Zaifu nor Ruchang, how can he kneel?" Li Deyu raised his hand again and bowed on the upper right to show respect, "Huayuan, your official robe was given by today's saints, you only need to kneel to the saint, you don't need to kneel to a certain person." ”

Li Huaishen listened to it, and after saying "喀", he was made to have a sour nose by the words of Jiedu.

"How did you see that Yang Zong had taken refuge in Li Zhi?" Li Deyu asked lightly.

Li Huaishen's answer seemed to have nothing to do with this question: "Huayuan has nothing to do with it, one is tea, one is incense, I can say that I know everything about the incense of Chengdu Mansion." ”

"Oh?" Li Deyu laughed out loud, and casually pointed to the green incense burner and said, "Then Huayuan said, what kind of incense did I burn?" ”

"Back to Li Gong, this is the signboard of the Lian's incense shop in Biji Fang, rue incense, which contains the essence of green bamboo, which is refreshing and refreshing, and has a unique charcoal fragrance, which can go to fatigue and fatigue, and it is the best incense in Chengdu Mansion."

Li Huaishen had a confident look on his face, even if he flicked his fingers and said that the incense shop was opened by his family, Li Deyu would feel no surprise.

Li Deyu showed admiration, looked at the incense burner, looked at Li Huaishen again, and said with a smile: "This incense was originally loved by Humble Jing when he was in Chang'an, originally from Xichuan, and was transferred to Chengdu, and his family was in Chang'an, so it can be regarded as thinking about people with this incense...... But why does Huaishen have a soft spot for incense? ”

"It's also because the people in the family love incense, so they basically have memories of the incense in Chengdu Mansion." Li Huaishen replied, groaned slightly, and then said: "Back to Li Gong's question, this section is the envoy Li Zhi, has Li Gong ever found anything strange about him?" ”

Li Deyu thought for a moment and said, "Huaishen, when you say this, I think of it, sometimes he likes to clear his throat between words, I don't know if what you said is this?" ”

Li Huaishen nodded and said, "Envoy Li has been in Chengdu Mansion for five years, and Huayuan is in the spring of this year...... When chatting with him for tea on the way home, I found that he would always make a 'lotus' sound when talking, and after the summer, it was gone. Hua Yuan was very strange, but he didn't care too much...... Later, I went to Wenshu Fang with my insiders to see the incense, entered an incense shop, and overheard that Li Zhizhi had a nasal disease, and as soon as he entered the spring and autumn, he couldn't stop crying...... And Wenshu Fang this incense shop, specializing in medicinal incense, there is a fragrance called Qingsai Lianxiang, its fragrance is unique, it can alleviate this disease after a long time, Li Zhi often sends people to buy, in the spring and autumn seasons in the embassy to smoke this incense, smell it for a long time, easy throat hair tight, speak inadvertently and want to clear the throat, so there is the voice of the 'Hehe' mentioned by the lowly party......"

Li Deyu thought thoughtfully, bowed his head lightly, and motioned for Li Huaishen to continue.

“…… This is also a trivial matter, but only then did Xue Yuanxian, the assassin of Hanzhou, come to submit the report, in fact, Yang Zong also came together, and he smelled a faint fragrance of Qingsai lotus incense, which is by no means owned by the Shuai Mansion, Yang Zong is a martial artist, and he has never burned incense on weekdays. At first, Hua Yuan thought that it might be Xue Tingshi's body, after all, he heard that this person was exquisite, and it was very likely that he had visited Li Zhi's envoy. However, Huai Shen later asked General Yang to retreat first, and sure enough, the aroma also dissipated, so ...... I concluded that Yang Zong was probably defective......"

If it were an ordinary person, he must have been a little at a loss at the moment, but Li Deyu looked calm, and his voice was light, "Let's go, let's go to the front hall......"

Li Huaishen didn't understand why Jiedu was so calm about his political enemies, if he didn't know that in this Chengdu Mansion in terms of talent and observation, no one can compare to Li Deyu, Li Huaishen is afraid that "the emperor is not in a hurry, and the eunuch is in a hurry".

Out of the inner hall of the apse, in addition to the spacious pavilion connecting the front hall, the nave and the apse, there is also a stone step path on one side, the stone step path winds and turns, and finally drills into the bamboo forest, along the path can go all the way around the nave, directly to the front hall.

Li Huaishen once walked on this road, the path is full of green bamboo, rockeries, and even a gurgling stream introduced from the fish pond in the East Garden. The scenery is secondary, but the main thing is that this place can be avoided by people's eyes and ears, and it is a good place for secret conversations.

Li Deyu really didn't take the pavilion road, and took Li Huaishen along the stone steps and walked forward unhurriedly.

Li Huai understood deeply, so he waited for the bamboo forest to enter the bamboo forest, and after the guards were all covered, he asked: "Gong Li, about Yang Zong, what should we do?" ”

"Yang Zong didn't come before noon today, so I already suspected it," Li Deyu sighed: "But have you thought about it, since he has already taken refuge in Li Zhi, why did he come to Shuaifu to see me again?" ”

Li Huaishen was silent for a while, he was only disgusted with him because he suspected that Yang Zong had defected, so he wanted to take him away as soon as possible, but he didn't think of this layer at all.

"I single-handedly promoted him to be a general in the tooth soldiers, even if he defected to Li Zhi, it is impossible that he does not have a trace of friendship for me, he must have something to tell him at that time, Xu is conscience, and you drove him away, is it inappropriate?"

Only then did Li Huaishen realize that the way he handled it at that time might have caused a big disaster, and hurriedly leaned over to apologize, Li Deyu just shook his head slightly.

"The matter has come to this, and the top priority is to respond to Yijun in a timely manner, and it is necessary to understand the movement of Victoria before the Xitan Department arrives in Chengdu Prefecture, and then send troops into the city as soon as possible to stabilize the Xishan defense line."

"Uh......" Li Huaishen had some concerns in his speech, "Since Yang Zong has taken refuge in Li Zhi, the details of Victoria's conspiracy must have been revealed by He, so if he sends troops like this, will he be impeached by the Niu Party?" ”

"That's not it," Li Deyu raised his eyes and looked at the cloud feet on the horizon that emerged from the bamboo and wood, and his words were extremely relaxed, "I have been avoiding the plan before, and I am afraid that he Niu Sidian will interfere with it and hinder it in every way, and in the end the plan will inevitably fail." And now it is different, on Ke Reckless has died, Xi Tanmou has led his people to Chengdu, and when Victoria is recovered, I will immediately write to the sage, and the big thing will be accomplished. ”

"If Niu Sidian is derogatory in the court, what is it?"

Li Deyu smiled faintly and said as he walked: "Although he Niu Sidian has been an enemy of his father and me for a long time, he is also a courtier of the Tang Dynasty. No matter what the way we regain the lost territory, the deputy envoy of Victoria will take the initiative to surrender, and this will never change. Surrendering the lost land that took the initiative to surrender is unprecedented, no matter how selfish he is, he will not set this precedent and be this sinner. ”

Li Huai couldn't help but breathe deeply, he had only known that he was bent on guarding against the Niu Party, but he had never considered this layer, and he suddenly realized, "Hua Yuan only then understood what Li Gong meant...... It is precisely because Xi Tan's plot is a foregone conclusion that he has taken the initiative to surrender, so Li Gong is not suspected of restarting the war, and the Niu Party naturally can't make a big fuss here? ”

Therefore...... If the more than 300 people who have surrendered to the Ministry of Counsel are not handled well, and their hearts are different, and they cause trouble, then it is really a big thing that is not good......" Li Deyu emphasized the last four words word by word.

Yang Zong defected, and Li Huaishen's mood was a little complicated. One is secretly happy to be able to remove this thorn in the eye, and the other is a little depressed because of the passive situation caused by his defection.

Now after listening to Li Deyu's analysis, I know that the Victorian matter is about to come to an end, and even if the Niu Party knows the details, there is nothing they can do to change the overall situation. Now the focus should be on how to deal with the aftermath and settle the more than 300 surrendered Tubo defenders, and for this purpose, the importance of Zhang Yijun, who is familiar with Victoria's secret pile, is highlighted. Li Huaishen suddenly felt at this time that the original chaotic thinking was easily cleared up by the festival.

Li Huaishen knew that Li Deyu didn't like other people's compliments the most, so he just bowed behind Li Deyu, which was regarded as a solemn thank you for Fang Cai's mouth.