"I'll go!" Han Qi and Xue Ping said in unison.

After leaving Wuwei Academy, the two did not rush back to the city, but strolled on the Sushui River embankment. On the embankment, paved with a smooth bluestone slab, every ten steps, weeping willows are planted, on the slopes of the embankment on both sides, the green grass is green, the flowers are mixed with small flowers, from time to time there are birds falling, pecking in the grass with sharp beaks, there are waves fluttering on the shore, the birds immediately flutter their wings, one hovers, and then falls back again without seeing any danger, chirping and cooing, and once again go to carry out their great foraging business. On the river, there is an old master of Wuwei Academy driving a boat on the river, a hat, a fishing rod, and a pot of old wine, enjoying a quiet time.

The Sushui River, which used to be a victim, has now become a major landscape in Wuyi.

"I'll go to Pinglu to see Li Ze." Han Qi said: "You also know that Li Ze has always been wary of me, and this time I am afraid that it will be me." Whether he wants me to go to work or exile me, in short, I will accept him, as long as this thing can be done, my personal honor and disgrace are trivial. You have always had a good relationship with him, and you can also talk to other civil and military generals in the court, and you can play a greater role than me in the future in the court."

Xue Ping sighed: "Han Shangshu, he is not targeting you, but me. ”

"Why?" Han Qi was puzzled.

"Han Shangshu, you are a person who has been temperate, above the locality, you have a deep foundation, even if Hedong has now been completely incorporated into the imperial court system, but where is your prestige, you still have it. Moreover, Li Ze finally needs to take care of the faces of Li Cunzhong and Han Rui. Moreover, whether it is Xue Jun who went to Tubo or Sima Fan who went to the Western Regions, you still have a strong influence, and if Li Ze deals with you, it will affect these people more or less, so Li Ze will not do this. Xue said slowly.

"I've always been a nail in his eye." Han Qi said with a smile.

"Li Ze is not a person who cannot tolerate others." After being silent for a long time, Xue Ping said: "But this time, he will definitely not tolerate both of us in the court, you must stay, in addition to the reasons I said above, there is another reason, you must stay in the military department." In the future, many things will have to be done only when you are in this position. ”

The two stopped, silent for a long time.

"If you leave, who will take your place?" Han Qi asked. "How about if we recommend Ding Jian to sit in this seat? Ding Jian still has his own ideas, and he is more attracted to us, and those people in our bags are far from qualified. ”

"Ding Jian has just been on the right track in the river, and at this time, he will not come. Li Ze would not agree to let the river change generals at this time, the geographical location of the river is too important, and it should be quiet and not moving. Xue Ping said: "After I leave office, I will either be Guo Fengxiao in Texas or Tu Hu who will be imprisoned, in my opinion, Guo Fengxiao is more likely." Since the beginning of the construction of the city in Texas, he has been there, and he has worked hard, and it is time to be promoted. There are a lot of secrets in the prison, and the tiger will not move easily. ”

"Looking around, they are all Li Ze's henchmen." Han Qi let out a long sigh and said, "We worked hard, but we found that our strength was getting weaker and weaker. ”

"It's a long way to go!" Xue Ping groaned in a low voice: "You always have to work hard, and if you don't reach the last moment, you won't despair." After you go back, you stabilize Xiang Zhen first, and I'll go to Pinglu immediately. ”

Han Qi nodded.

As soon as Xue Ping arrived in Dezhou, he learned that Li Ze had left Pinglu and actually went to Cangzhou Haixing, and before he could think about why Li Ze wanted to go to Cangzhou, Xue Ping hurried to Cangzhou Haixing without stopping.

When the secretary and supervisor knew about Li Ze's trip, there was no trip to Cangzhou.

Xue Ping met Li Ze on the Wuwei, the flagship of the Navy's commander and the Zhonglang General Pan Motang.

"I've seen Li Xiang!" Xue Ping threw his hand to the ground.

Usually when they meet, they just bow hands to each other, but this time, Xue Ping is very respectful.

What surprised him was that Li Ze, who had his back to him, turned a blind eye to his great salute, still holding the side of the boat with both hands, staring at the sea in the distance, and the sea breeze blew his clothes backwards, which was quite fluttering.

Xue Ping straightened up and looked at Li Ze's back silently. The person in front of him, although young, was as heavy as a mountain, and he was a little breathless.

He took a few steps forward and whispered again, "Li Xiang." ”

Li Ze tilted his head slightly, looked at Xue Ping, and said after a while: "Xue Shangshu, do you know why I suddenly came to Haixing this time?" ”

"The lower officials are also strange." Xue Ping shook his head and said he didn't know.

Li Zeho laughed, raised his hand and beckoned to the other side, a white-haired, but unusually strong general walked over, this person only had a right hand, and the left hand was an iron hook. It is the sailor Zhonglang general Pan Motang.

"What do you want?"

"Set sail, let's take Xue Shangshu there to have a look, and let Xue Shangshu open his eyes." Li Zedao.

"Yes!" Pan Motang turned around and left, and after a while, the Wuwei was busy, unmooring, anchoring, Wuwei slowly left the dock, and the two vehicles and ships set sail immediately, one after the other, sandwiching the Wuwei in the middle, heading towards the vast sea.

Xue Ping was at a loss in his heart, not knowing what Li Ze was going to take him to see. It's just that I vaguely feel that something is not good in my heart.

It can be seen that Li Ze's mood is not bad, but very bad, Li Ze, who has always been extremely polite to himself, has not given himself a smile since they met.

It's not just about doing things in private.

The speed of the Wuwei was extremely fast, riding the wind and waves on the sea, Xue Ping, who was meditating hard, suddenly remembered something, and in an instant, a layer of sweat suddenly appeared in his vest, and in an instant, he was soaked and heavily clothed, and his body was crumbling.

"Xue Shangshu, are you feeling any discomfort?" Li Ze asked coldly.

Looking at Li Ze's appearance, Xue Ping knew that it was definitely that incident.

Swallowing hard, he reached out and held on to the side of the ship, trying to keep himself from falling.

A small island appeared in everyone's field of vision, the Wuwei also began to slow down, and finally, three ships anchored more than 100 meters away from the island, the weather is very good today, standing on the boat, you can clearly see the rows of military tents on the island, and a team of fully armed soldiers.

"Xue Shangshu, do you know why I came to Haixing now?" Li Ze sneered: "My Tang Army, something really strange happened, General Pan, you come and listen to Xue Shangshu." ”

"Whoa!" Pan Motang took a step forward, looked at Xue Ping, and grinned: "Xue Shangshu, our sailors have always been responsible for coastal security patrols and inspections, five days ago, when we were on routine patrols, we found a fleet, originally just wanted to get close to ask questions, unexpectedly they actually accelerated to escape, the weather that day was not very good, the fog was not small, this fleet originally wanted to use this fog to avoid us, but they underestimated the speed and ability of our warships, so they only escaped more than fifty miles above the sea, And they were surrounded by us. ”

Xue Ping hung his head weakly.

"As soon as our people got on the boat, they were immediately detained by the other party's people, and they actually wanted to help us with this, who is my iron hook Pan Motang, how can I be coerced by others? Tell them right away that they only have one pillar of incense to choose whether to surrender or fight, and after that is over, I will attack. As soon as I hardened, the other party softened, and they chose to surrender. ”

Pan Motang turned his head to look at Li Ze and said, "The five merchant ships are full of people, and all of them are our Tang Dynasty soldiers, Zuo Xiaowei's fully armed soldiers, a thousand people." This made me dumbfounded, and I thought it was some secret operation of the imperial court, but I didn't expect that these people couldn't get any documents, and the leading officers couldn't ask anything, they only said that they were ordered to do it, and asked them whose orders they were in, but they didn't know anything. If they hadn't tried to attack us in the first place, I might have let them go, it's so weird. ”

Li Ze said lightly: "It just so happened that at this time, the internal guard Tian Bo also happened to arrive in Cangzhou, and Pan Motang was originally a messenger who sent someone to Zuo Xiaowei to report to Qin Zhao, but he was detained by Tian Bo. Then Tian Bo asked for my order and mobilized Chen Changping's subordinates to disarm this group of people and monitor them here. After Tian Bo's interrogation, he was surprised to find that before that, 1,000 people had used merchant ships to open Haixing. After a detailed investigation, it was found that the names of these detained people were all soldiers who died in the Pinglu Battle reported by Zuo Xiaowei. Xue Shangshu, what does Qin Zhao want to do? ”

Xue Ping couldn't hold it anymore, and knelt down in front of Li Ze with a snort: "Li Xiang, this matter has nothing to do with Qin Zhao, it was all planned by the lower officials." ”

Li Ze laughed and said teasingly: "I didn't expect Xue Shangshu to have such great ability, and he could avoid Qin Zhao and directly give orders to Zuo Xiaowei?" ”

"I forced him." Xue Ping said stiffly.

Li Ze snorted coldly: "At this time, Tian Bo and his people should have arrived at the camp of Zuo Xiaowei in Qingzhou." Chen Changping's department, Li De's department, Li Hao's department, and Liu Chenglin's department, who had just arrived in Pinglu, were also moving closer to Qingzhou. ”

Xue Ping was shocked: "Li Xiang, Qin Zhao has no objection, this matter was indeed planned by the minister." ”

"Whether there is any objection or not, I will only know when I see it. If Qin Zhao is tied, it is a way to say, if he intends to resist, hehehehe! Li Ze sneered.