An Lushan is very self-aware, he knows that only by staying in Fanyang to command the army, can he continue to please the emperor's capital, once he leaves the position of the commander of the army, relying on humorous and witty sycophants alone, it will not last long, and sooner or later he will lose the emperor's favor. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

And the Beijing official is Li Linfu's world, and now Li An is also very favored, he entered the capital as the prime minister, and he simply does not have enough strength to compete with these two, so of course, it is better to continue to stay in Youzhou.

As the prime minister in the capital, he is at most just a minister next to the emperor, and when he is an envoy in Youzhou, he is the local emperor of the soil, and everything is up to him, and the feeling in his heart is completely different.

The most important thing is, of course, that there is no opportunity to reflect the value of existence and meritorious service, and when Fan Yang is the envoy of the festival, he can rely on his ability to lead troops to attack the tribes of Liangbo and the north in order to obtain military merit and spoils, but in the capital, he does not have such ability.

In terms of dealing with political affairs, he is far inferior to Li Linfu, and in terms of research and development of high technology and changing the fate of the Tang Empire, he cannot be compared with Li An at all, except for slapping horses and leading troops to fight, he has no other ability.

After losing the ability to lead troops to fight, the various rare beasts needed to slap horses were also lost, and how long could it last to coax the emperor with just one mouth.

However, An Lushan is still relatively confident in his eloquence, he believes that as long as he enters the palace to meet the emperor, he can rely on his eloquence to persuade the emperor to let him return to Youzhou and continue to guard the Tang Dynasty in the northeast.

The emperor's decree was very clear, but he was given the title of squire of the Ministry of Rites and the prime minister, and did not strip him of the position of the envoy of the two towns, that is to say, the emperor did not deprive him of the military power in his hands, but only let him go to the capital to be the prime minister, and the soldiers and horses of the two towns were temporarily led by his lieutenant general.

Considering that Liangbo has been completely defeated by himself, he has absolutely no strength to fight back against the Tang Dynasty in a short period of time, and let Shi Siming sit in Liangbo and have the ability to stabilize the situation in the two towns, thinking about it this way, it is completely reasonable for the emperor to let him go to the capital to enjoy the blessings, who made him so humorous and witty, so pleasing to the emperor?

Thinking that the emperor may miss himself, An Lushan's mood slowly relaxed, anyway, he believes in his eloquence, as long as he says more good things in front of the emperor, the emperor will definitely let himself go back to Hebei, when the time comes, he is still the emperor of Hebei, and he can continue to be powerful, when he has nothing to do, he will crusade against the nomads in the north, earn some military merits, and then loot the rare treasures of Hebei Province to the emperor, so as to continue to maintain the emperor's favor for him.

An Lushan, who was completely relaxed, lay comfortably in his ironclad carriage, hugged the twenty-eight girls inside, and thought of his bright future.

Compared with An Lushan's relaxation, Yan Zhuang who accompanied him was very nervous, he was worried that An Lushan would receive news from the capital on the way, so he killed him in a fit of rage, or An Lushan tried to return north, but was blocked by Guo Yang, once the two sides moved, he was likely to suffer.

In order to prevent the people returning from the north from suddenly sending back the news, Yan Zhuang sent his henchmen to set off in advance and block the way back to the north, so as to be the first to discover the henchmen of the Jieshuai Mansion who returned to the north.

Of course, Yan Zhuang was a little worried, and near Tongguan, An Qingzong and his party, who had absconded in makeup, were intercepted by Li Hanlu in a valley.

Li Hanlu herself only had four subordinates, two men and two women, but before she set off, she contacted more than 20 elite dead soldiers lurking in the capital by Li Yanpet, and asked these people to obey her orders.

These elite dead soldiers have been lurking in Chang'an City, naturally they have long learned the news that Liangfan was broken by An Lushan, and they hate An Lushan to the core, in addition, they also know Li Hanlu, so as soon as they heard that Li Hanlu was going to intercept and kill An Qingzong, they all expressed their support, and followed Li Hanlu to set off immediately, chasing An Qingzong and his party as fast as possible, and finally caught up with them near Tongguan and surrounded them.

Both sides are elite, but the ratio of numbers is two to one, and Li Hanlu's side has an overwhelming advantage.

"Two against one, one can't let go."

In order to prevent anyone from escaping, Li Hanlu gave a cruel order not to stay, while she herself was in charge of watching the battle.

The two sides quickly fought together, and because Li Hanlu's side was two people biting the other party, the advantage became extremely obvious, and An Qingzong's side soon suffered heavy casualties.

"An Qingzong, you should die!"

Under the siege of the two dead soldiers, An Qingzong looked embarrassed, and Li Hanlu took the opportunity to shoot An Qingzong with a crossbow arrow, and accurately shot An Qingzong in the chest, ending An Qingzong's life.

"Oh no, someone escaped."

Although the two fought against one person, one of them managed to escape, this person had the highest martial arts, and actually cut all the dead soldiers of the two sieges, while he himself was only slightly injured, after seeing An Qingzong killed by a crossbow arrow, he immediately began to flee, preparing to return to Youzhou to report the news.

"Chase, you must kill him, you must not let him escape."

Li Hanlu gave an order to the twenty dead soldiers to pursue the one who escaped, while she herself returned to the capital with four of her subordinates, after all, she ran out quietly and must go back as soon as possible to get rid of the suspicion of assassinating An Qingzong.

Before leaving, she ordered An Qingzong's body to be dragged to the big tree on the main road and hung on the trunk to show the public, so as to relieve the hatred in her heart.

An Lushan's team marched quickly, and a few days later arrived at the ferry north of Luokou, and temporarily stopped to rest and prepare to cross the river to Luoyang City Railway Station early the next morning.

Yan Zhuang seemed a little restless this day, the closer he got to the capital, the more nervous he felt, it was a kind of nervousness of being a thief, he didn't be a thief, but his mistake made An Lushan suffer heavy losses, which was more serious than being a thief.

"Mr. Yan, our people are back, seriously injured, and they are in the woods next to them."

A confidant came to report.

"How did he get seriously injured, what did he say?"

Yan Zhuang asked nervously.

"He didn't say anything, he just said that he wanted to see the marshal."

Yan Zhuang thought for a moment and said, "It's getting late, the festival commander has already rested, we can't bother rashly, let's lead the way!" Let me go over and see. ”

His henchmen immediately led the way and went to the woods with Yan Zhuang.

"Alright, you guys are on alert."

Yan Zhuang divided all his subordinates, let them be in charge of the surrounding guards, and leaned over to greet: "What the hell is going on, why is it injured like this, who did it, is the eldest prince okay?" ”

"Mr. Yan, where is the marshal? I want to see the marshal. ”

An Qingzong's henchman, who was injured, opened his mouth to demand.

"The festival marshal has rested, if there is anything, tell me directly!"

Yan Zhuang asked.

"Mr. Yan, the eldest prince is dead, killed by the remnants of the Xi clan."

An Qingzong's henchman said very painfully.

"What? The eldest prince has been killed by the remnants of the Xi clan, how is this possible, the remnants of the Xi clan actually dare to commit murder in the capital of the Tang Dynasty, this is too bold. ”

Yan Zhuang pretended to be angry and reprimanded sharply.

"It's not the capital, it's near Tongguan, there are changes in the capital, the eldest prince didn't dare to stay for a long time, and led us to escape, but I didn't expect to fall into the trap of the Xi thieves, only I escaped, and everyone else died."

"There have been changes in the capital, what is going on, you can tell me carefully."

Yan Zhuang lowered his voice and asked anxiously.

"Rumors suddenly appeared in the capital, saying that Princess Jingle and Princess Yifang had returned to the capital intact, and the ministers accused the marshal of bullying the king, and asked His Majesty to severely punish the marshal, but His Majesty suddenly crowned the marshal as the prime minister, and let the marshal enter Beijing, the eldest prince felt that something was wrong, and was ready to send someone to report the news, but found that the Chang'an City Railway Station was suspended, and the eldest prince dared to be bad, so he fled, and the result was still ......"

An Qingzong's henchman closed his eyes in pain.

"I didn't expect that there would be such a thing, you are seriously injured and died, so go on the road with peace of mind!"

Yan Zhuang suddenly pulled out the needle-like sharp knife hidden in his sleeve and stabbed it into the heart of An Qingzong's henchman.

"Mr. Yan, you ......"

"You can go on the road with confidence! I will be handsome and bury you. ”

Yan Zhuang quietly pulled out the needle-like sharp knife, looked at the surrounding henchmen, and said loudly: "You bury him immediately, and I will report to the commander." ”

"Yes, Mr. Yan."

Yan Zhuang walked back to the camp, while thinking about how to deal with the current crisis, let the two princesses escape, it was all his poor planning, now that the two princesses have returned to the capital, the emperor must have begun to suspect An Lushan's intentions, and he should have prepared early.

"Mr. Yan, where did you go just now?"

An Lushan did not rest, and he didn't find Yan Zhuang after looking for Yan Zhuang for a long time, of course he was very unhappy.

"Jieshuai was angry, someone reported just now that someone from the capital was coming, and he was seriously injured, and his subordinates didn't dare to disturb Jieshuai, so they ran to take a look."

Yan Zhuang said weakly

"How's it going, what's the situation?"

An Lushan heard that his own people were seriously injured, and of course he attached great importance to it.

"Don't worry, this person just met a robber on the road, so he was seriously injured, and now he has died of his injuries, and his subordinates let him be buried."

Yan Zhuang said calmly, at this moment, he felt that he could not tell An Lushan about An Qingzong's death, An Lushan would find his mistake after a careful investigation, and the consequences would be more serious.

"Oh, it turned out that I just encountered robbers, no wonder I couldn't return to Youzhou on time, okay, don't mention it at this time, Mr. Yan, I have something to discuss with you, come with me."

An Lushan said and walked into the tent, and Yan Zhuang followed in.

In the direction of Chang'an City, the news that An Qingzong had fled and was beheaded by a mysterious person near Tongguan soon spread to the capital, and An Qingzong's body was also transported to the capital and properly kept.

Li Longji felt very angry when he learned that An Qingzong had fled the capital, and ordered to stop An Qingzong, and after learning that An Qingzong was killed, he felt upset, after all, An Qingzong was killed as a proton in the capital, and he was killed like this, of course, it can't be said, however, An Qingzong was not killed in the capital, but in the process of escaping the capital, he was killed by bandits in Tongguan, so the court was not responsible at all.

"This An Qingzong is really innocent, as a proton, he actually dared to flee the capital, and who are those bandits, who dare to kill people in broad daylight, and hang An Qingzong's body on the tree of the official road, it is really audacious."

Li Longji said angrily.

"Your Majesty is angry, Weichen has sent someone to investigate, and no clues have been found yet."

Li Longji looked at several ministers and asked, "Where is An Lushan now?" ”

"Your Majesty, An Jieshuai should have arrived in Luoyang City soon, and it is estimated that he will arrive in the capital tomorrow."

"Well, I will arrive in the capital tomorrow, if An Lushan finds out that his beloved son has been killed, I don't know what will happen!"

Li Longji was also helpless about this, he was very dissatisfied with An Lushan's audacity, and at the same time, he didn't want to deal with An Lushan and cause everyone under An Lushan to endanger themselves, and An Qingzong's killing, of course, was not a good thing for Li Longji, which would disrupt his deployment and make him appear a little passive.

In Li An's courtyard, fifteen miles south of the capital, there was already a low-key celebration going on, and Li Hanlu soon returned to the capital after killing An Qingzong, and returned to Li An's courtyard to tell Li Ya'er the good news.

Both of them felt that An Qingzong was killed, which was a very relieving thing, especially Li Yaer, she was openly molested by An Qingzong on the street many years ago, and now she heard that An Qingzong was killed, of course she was very happy, but she felt a little regret that she could not go to kill An Qingzong in person.

Li An returned to the mansion as soon as he learned that An Qingzong was killed, he knew that it was Li Hanlu who had succeeded, but if such a big thing happened near Tongguan, the imperial court would definitely investigate it, and he was worried that Li Hanlu would be found out, so it would be troublesome.

"Hanlu, congratulations."

Li An opened his mouth to congratulate and said with concern: "An Qingzong was killed in Tongguan, the imperial court will definitely go all out to track down the murderer, you should stay in the other courtyard recently, don't run around, so as not to arouse suspicion." ”

"Don't worry! If I dare to do it, I will never be found. ”

Li Hanlu seemed to have a lot of confidence in herself, but Li An was still a little worried, and persuaded her to let her run around less outside recently, so as not to be seen by the officials of the imperial court, so as to have associations.

However, to be honest, Li Hanlu was able to kill An Qingzong, Li An's heart was very happy, after all, Li An also hated An Fatzi's eldest son very much, this guy is the best to die, and it is a waste of Datang's food to live.

Anyway, there was nothing to do, so Li An simply sat down and accompanied Li Hanlu and Li Ya'er to celebrate the successful killing of An Qingzong.

"Li Shilang, is there any liquor? I want to drink some. ”

A rare smile appeared at the corner of Li Hanlu's mouth, and he offered to drink some spirits.

"Big brother, of course you have to drink some wine when there is a happy event, and I want to drink it too."

Li Ya'er then made a request to drink the spirits treasured by Li An's Courtyard.