Whoever wanted to return home as soon as he got home, the servants all came out and told him that his own brother Li Shidao heard that he was going to return the Sanzhou edition, and he quickly ran back from his appointment as the Mizhou assassin.

Li Shigu walked to the middle hall, and saw Shi Dao and his wife Wei, as well as several house slaves, all kneeling there and crying, the sound of the beams and pillars, and felt bad luck in his heart, so he sat on the couch, glared at Shi Dao and shouted: "Even you are against me offering Sanzhou, do you want to sacrifice your Mizhou as the king, you are unhappy, and you have run hundreds of miles to lose your temper at my brother." ”

"Brother, how dare my brother oppose Brother's plan for the sake of the history of Mizhou." Li Shidao cried and said, "My brother is just afraid to go to Beijing, and his name is Brother Zunrong, but he is actually a hostage for Chang'an." Think about Liu Shining, who is Xuanwu, after being conscripted into the court, lives a life worse than a prisoner, of course, my brother is not unable to live a hard life, but if the court intensifies, takes my brother as a hostage, and threatens my brother to cut out more states and counties immediately, then the family business of the Li family in Pinglu will be destroyed in the hands of our brother! ”

At this time, Li Shidao's wife Wei, and two concubines from Mizhou, Pu and Yuan also cried, babbling and saying, "This younger brother under the festival, life and death should not be separated, if one is in Chang'an and the other is in Yunzhou in the future, this family will be broken." ”

Several house slaves also pretended to howl, shouting something, "Ziqing originally had fifteen states, all of which were fought by Sikong (Li Zhengji) with a knife and a gun, it was not easy, but first Xuzhou was cut away by the imperial court, and then Wang Wujun occupied Dezhou and Dizhou, and the remaining twelve states must not be cut again, I would rather die and continue to accompany Sikong, rather than watch the good situation of the Pinglu army and be dismembered!" ”

"War, and there is no certainty of victory. and, and not to your heart. One, two, three, all of them are invading me, so it's better to let me go to Chang'an as a hostage. Li Shigu was really upset by the quarrel of this group of close relatives and minions, and got up angrily and shouted.

Immediately, he tore open the folded collar of his shirt, panted, and said to Li Shidao angrily: "If you fail the contract, the court will make it difficult to levy, do you think you can rely on Liu Wu and Liu Yanping's group of goods to confront Du Huangshang and Gao Yue?" They received the soldiers today, and tomorrow they will sell my brothers and I for three or five cents. ”

"Brother is not afraid, they all have wives and children hostages in the military palace, who dares not to fight to the death?" Li Shidao raised his face and comforted Shigu in turn.

Li Shigu looked at this unsuccessful younger brother hatefully, sighed, and then scolded: "In this world, wife and children are a fart!" I can repent to the court, who can guarantee that others will not repent to me? ”

Li Shidao cried so much that his snot flowed out, and said sadly: "Since my brother has made up his mind, then my brother will go to Chang'an, if the court turns his face, my brother will learn from Wu Shaoyang, first kill his wife, kill his concubine, kill his son and kill his daughter, and then burn himself with a fire." ”

"Burn, burn a dog's feet." Li Shigu was angry, "You and your wife and concubine go to Chang'an, but your sons Hongfang and Ming'an stay for me, you have to leave a bloodline for the Pinglu army." ”

As a result, when Wei heard this, he suddenly made a trombone, and his five bodies fell to the ground, like a mourning exam.

At the critical moment, Si Yan came to report that Wei Bo had a secret envoy.

Half an hour later, in the side hall, Li Shigu's eyes lit up, as if he saw a life-saving straw floating on the water, and said to Wei Bomi's envoy: "Shanshanshan, go back and tell your family to stay, from now on, I will be your unswerving friend of Wei's life and death, Wei will not live up to me, I swear not to sell Wei." Also, have Zhao and Yan been contacted? ”

The secret envoy replied: "Rest assured, King Wujun of Chengde and Liu Ji of Youyan have expressed their willingness to join hands and fight side by side against the imperial court. ”

"Wang Wujun is my elder, and he is a person who is unparalleled in the field in the entire Yannan River. Liu Ji's Youyan army is also a brave general, with you here, I am safe and sound! Li Shigu stretched out his arms and was overjoyed.

Then he assured the envoy:

After winning the imperial court, Xing Cihuan is your Wei Bo's, Xu Si is my Ziqing, Youyan can get Zhenwu, Tiandezhen, Hedong is Wang Wujun's, everyone is the king side by side, I am the king of Qi, your young master Tian Ji'an is the king of Wei, Wang Wujun is the king of Zhao, Liu Ji is the king of Yan, at that time the court fell apart, Gao Yue is a handsome man who knows the times, the big deal is that the king of Wu is his, Wei Gao can be the emperor of Shu, Du You can be the king of Nanyue, and then let that Mu Di Zampu be a king of Liang, my Tang Tianzi is only in Chang'an City, hanging arch and rule, The princes do not invade each other, and they rescue each other in danger, isn't this also in line with the righteousness of the Spring and Autumn Period? What kind of book in the line is provincial, and it is around the brain.

After the secret envoy left, Li Shigu suddenly felt that his footsteps were like flying, and he had a good night's dream, and the next day he happily held the shoulders of Adi Shidao, saying that you don't have to go to Chang'an as a hostage.

"Really?" Li Shidao felt that the joys and sorrows were up and down, and his eyes were about to fall out.

"Wei Bo, Hengji, and Youyan have all agreed to join forces with us, the imperial court, I'm not afraid!" Li Shigu stretched his neck and almost pressed it against his brother's face.

Then the two brothers laughed and hugged each other with excitement.

On the same day, Li Shigu sat in the military palace, specially pointed out Cui Gongdu, and said to him: "The twelve states of Ziqing are all left by the ancestors. In addition, my brother suddenly became seriously ill and was unable to get up and go on the road. Please go to Chang'an Daming Palace to apologize to the court for me. ”

Cui Gongdu was disappointed, his heart was like ashes, but he could only accept his life.

Just about to say goodbye, Li Shigu called him and reminded: "Wait, the previous sentence I just said doesn't count, if you go to Daming Palace Ke Province, just say that Wei Bo will not offer Xiangwei, I will not offer Sanzhou, when Wei Bo will offer Xiangwei, I will offer Sanzhou." ”

Cui Gongdu couldn't wait to rush up and slap this big mouth......

But Cui doesn't know yet, this is not the most sassy.

Li Shigu and Li Shidao actually found Linghu Zao, saying that you go to Xuzhou and Yangzhou to win over Zhang Jianfeng and Gao Yue, if these two can adapt to the current situation, Zhang, King Xia or King Song will choose with him, and Gao Yue is undoubtedly King Wu.

Linghu Zao was also dumbfounded, but the next thing was to leave without touching the ground.

Half a month later, in the Imperial City Slaughterhouse, the prime ministers were furious, and Cui Gongdu, who came to confess, was sweating profusely, lying on the ground, and he didn't dare to breathe.

"The first to say that you want to sacrifice the soil is your family marshal, but it is your family marshal who rebelled, according to my opinion, there is no need to argue about the Li Shigu Temple, this Pinglu Li temple, it can be destroyed immediately, and it can be used for your handsome brothers to repair the tomb." Du Huangshang coldly threw Li Shigu's essay at his feet.

"You are the ones who atone for your sins, you are the ones who atone for your ......sins," Cui Gongdu first begged for mercy, and then said: "I don't want to go back to Ziqing, and I am willing to guide the Pinglu Army for the official army." ”

"Okay, General Cui, you finally know the current affairs, but don't you miss the wife and children and parents who are hostages in Li Shigu's military mansion?"

"The Li brothers of Pinglu are burdened with disobedience to the imperial court, and their families are about to be destroyed, and a certain is a pioneer of the imperial court, and he can't take care of his personal feelings." Cui Gongdu replied categorically.