Prince Li Heng's mansion is located in the west of the Ten Princes' Mansion, close to Li Cong's Qingwang Mansion after moving, the front of the door is cold, and it is difficult to see a guest come to the door for several months, the door has not been opened for many years, it has long been rusted, and the gatehouse is also useless, only an old family member sits in it all day long, and does not know what to do.

At night, a carriage came galloping from the west, gradually stopped in front of the steps, the horses were tired, kept snorting, but the people in the carriage did not come down, and waited for the family of Qingwangfu not far away to go back, the car door opened, and out of a clear and handsome young man, but it was Li Li, the king of Guangping.

Li Li slowly walked up the steps, tomorrow he is going to set off for the Western Regions, and it is a stone country thousands of miles away, before leaving, he wants to come to see his father, the door knocked for a long time before it opened, without the guidance of his family, he walked through the courtyard door with ease, he came to take it to his father's study, Li Heng had received the news, and stood at the door early waiting for his eldest son.

Looking at his father's thin body, Li Jiao's eyes suddenly turned red, he slowly knelt down for his father, and said in a choked voice: "The child is not filial, and he hasn't greeted his father for half a year!" ”

"Son, get up!"

Li Heng gently helped him up, lovingly wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, and said with a slight smile: "I have long passed the age of the weak crown, and I still cry like a child." ”

"Yes! Father, child tomorrow.

Li Heng patted him on the back and said with a smile: "I already know that you can think of coming to see me before leaving, and you are very happy to be a father." ”

At this time, a fat eunuch walked into the courtyard quickly, he was the monitor responsible for recording the prince's words and deeds, named Cheng Zhenyuan, who was his net open, which gave Li Heng a lot of convenience.

Li Heng hurriedly caught up, wiped a string of beads from his wrist, and quietly stuffed it to him, "Father-in-law Cheng." Li'er is leaving tomorrow. I want to talk to him about the relationship between father and son, and I hope you can make it convenient. ”

Cheng Zhenyuan's eyes narrowed into a slit, and he smiled and said, "It turns out that the little prince is here, you might as well!" Might as well! The prince is at his own convenience. With that, he slipped the beads into his pocket, turned and walked away.

Seeing that his father was still begging a eunuch softly, Li Jiao couldn't help gritting his teeth and hating: "These damn eunuchs, one day I will slaughter them!" ”

"Forget it, this Cheng Gonggong is good. I'm so grateful to him! ”

Li Heng waved his hand, took his son's hand and said with a smile: "Come!" Come to the study, and have something to say to you for the Father. ”

Li Heng's study is very simple, and there are no books and furnishings when he was the prince, which means that he has been completely cut off from the past, and the fate of the abolished prince has been very tragic since ancient times, even if the emperor does not do it. Later, Li Hengdi spent most of his time in this study, which indicates that he thought about it facing the wall. On the other hand, only there is no record of the watchman in this study, and during the rest of the week, there will be eunuchs squatting outside the tent to listen carefully, but the past two months have been much better. The eunuchs under surveillance have changed, the number of people has also decreased, and he has gone out to do some private affairs from time to time, giving him a little more freedom.

Closing the door, Li Heng's smile suddenly disappeared, he looked out the window, and said hurriedly: "There is not much time, I'll just say it, Yu'er." This trip to the Western Regions is related to your future fate, you must know why the emperor sent you to the Western Regions? And what are you supposed to do in the Western Regions? What not to do? ”

"Father, please!" Although Li Li's tone is still respectful. But there was a strong sense of confidence in his eyes.

Li Heng looked at his son silently, and suddenly felt that he was old, he sighed softly, he looked out the window, and there was endless desolation in his tone, "Since I left the East Palace, many things have slowly come to taste, and many things can be avoided, but because I am in it, I can't see through it, so that I have fallen to today." ”

He turned around suddenly, his eyes becoming more and more eager, "But you are still young, everything has not started, this is going to the Western Regions, you are nominally a pacification envoy to replace Li Qing, but you have to remember that you are actually just the emperor's smoke, the emperor's real intention is to replace Gao Xianzhi with Li Qing, remember!" Remember! You must not really take charge of the military, otherwise, you will never turn over. ”

Li Heng patted his son's shoulder heavily, his eyes moistened, "I don't want you to go back to the old path of being a father, I hope you can finally climb to the top, go!" Li Qing is a talent, you must take him well, and one day he will make a contribution to supporting you. ”

Li Jiao's heart was moved, he slowly knelt down, solemnly kowtowed to his father, raised his face and said categorically: "Please rest assured that my father will go to the Western Regions, and the child will firmly remember his father's teachings!" ”.

'The clothes are dusty

In September, the autumn of the Western Regions is extraordinarily charming, the sky is high and the clouds are light, the horses are strong and fat, the sky is boundless blue, from the Pearl River to the Atami, from the stone country to Bahanna, everywhere is the ripe golden yellow, everywhere there is the laughter of the harvest.

A fat hare was running for its life in the grass, and thirty paces behind it was rushed by a slanted thorn, and immediately the knight bent his bow and drew his arrow, and saw the hare's tracks, 'Whoosh! An arrow struck the hare, and the hare rolled and did not move.

Immediately, the knight turned around and waved his hand, and said with a smug smile: "Li Qing, you see that I can kill the enemy with one arrow, but it is much better than you shoot a deer with three arrows." ”

As time goes by, her grief over her father's death fades, and in this bloody land of war, in this era of conquest and subjugation, life itself is a luxury.

Princess Luo Yan still lives in Baishui City, and her current identity is Li Qing's mistress.

The identity is the vice king of Shiguo, and the king of Shiguo Zheng lives in Tuozhi City, and he is the new place to ascend the throne.

Li Qing Pegasus rushed, he turned sideways, and picked the fat rabbit with the tip of the knife, but the rabbit turned over, like a meteor and lightning, and ran into the grass with a 'whoosh', and disappeared in an instant, Li Qing picked up the air with a knife, and couldn't help but be stunned, and then couldn't help laughing, "What a good one to kill the enemy with one arrow, you are already a soldier of all plants and trees!" ”

Princess Luo Yan urged her horse forward and took a brief look, but no, her arrow was stuck in a tuft of grass, and the tuft of grass was knocked over by the arrow, and her face suddenly turned red, all the way to her neck, and she saw Li Qing smiling proudly. There is a lot of hatred in my heart. Grabbing the reins of his horse, he jumped lightly, jumped behind his horse, put one hand around his waist, covered his mouth with the other, and said shyly and urgently: "Don't laugh!" If you laugh again, I'll kill you with one stab. ”

Li Qing smiled, lifted her up and hugged her to the front, the two faced each other, Li Qing's hand held her extremely elastic waist, and his heart suddenly became full of desire. He glanced back, and all the local soldiers and guards were resting in the woods two miles away, and there were only two of them on the vast prairie.

Without opening her mouth, the changes in Li Qing's body were immediately sensitively captured by Princess Luo Yan, her heart was beating wildly, and she lowered her head and slammed her fist on his chest, "No! Not outside! ”

"Why not?" Li Qing tilted his head. gagged her mouth, Princess Luo Yan's body stiffened suddenly, and gradually began to snort rapidly, and her body softened. The hand inadvertently touched Li Qing's lower body, and suddenly a spirit pushed him away with the last trace of clarity in his mind, and panted: "It's not good outside!" will be seen. ”

"There are only rabbits here, where are the people?"

He smiled and pointed around, suddenly. His hands did not move, his laughing expression was gone, his eyes gradually narrowed into a slit, his expression was cold, Princess Luo Yan raised her head, followed his gaze to the east, and saw a large group of military horses on the small hill in the distance.

"Who are they?"

"It's Gao Xianzhi!" Li Qing smiled coldly, and he carried Princess Luo Yan back to her horse. Pull out a horn and look up to the sky. Woo! 'The earth sounded. In a moment, hundreds of guards rushed from afar to protect Li Qingtuantuan.

"Li Qing, let's go back!" Princess Luo Yan couldn't help but feel a little scared when she saw that Gao Xianzhi's entourage seemed to have thousands of people, all wearing armor and armor.

"What are you afraid of! Since you have met him, you will go to him! ”

Li Qing turned around and ordered: "Protect the princess, everyone come with me!" After speaking, he rode his horse and took the lead in running towards Gao Xianzhi's foothold.

Gao Xianzhi returned to Broken Leaf from Tuozhi City, and happened to pass by here, and Chebi Shi's father and son were also among them, and they wanted to send their guardian god Gao Xianzhi all the way to Broken Leaf before returning.

"I haven't seen you for a few months, but your tall and handsome appearance is much better?"

Li Qing grabbed the reins of the horse ten steps away, and smiled lightly: "The handsome man has come from afar, but you want to go to my Baishui City?" ”

"Humph! That's my stone country Baishui City, when did it become yours, He Modu made a treaty with you, my Zhengwang family does not recognize it, you must return Baishui City! ”

It was Prince Che Duolu who interjected cruelly, he had been looking at Princess Luo Yan, and found that her face was extremely delicate, her eyebrows were full of affection, obviously she was no longer a virgin, and the hatred gathered in his heart finally couldn't help but burst out.

"You are not allowed to talk too much!" Che Bishi stepped forward and pulled back Che Duodu, glared at him fiercely, and hurriedly bowed to Li Qing and said: "The dog is rude, please don't be surprised by the waiter, the waiter and He Mo have an agreement, and I should obey it." ”

"I don't think so!" Gao Xianzhi, who had been gloomy and silent, suddenly spoke, he glanced at Li Qing coldly, and said, "He Mo proclaimed himself king without the emperor's permission, how can the contract be counted?" ”

Li Qing still had a smile on his face, he gently patted the military uniform on his body, and said lightly: "I haven't seen you for a few months, I can't imagine that Gao Dashuai has become the king of Shiguo, congratulations!" Congratulations! Li Ming will be the emperor tomorrow, and the wish of His Royal Highness will become jade as soon as possible. ”

"What did you say!" Gao Xianzhi's face changed drastically, he stared at Li Qing fiercely, and said: "Li Changshi, I am the commander of the Tang Army, the envoy of Anxi Jiedu, are you slandering me for rebellion?" ”

"In that case, then my Tang Army is stationed in Baishui City, does the marshal think it's inappropriate?"

Gao Xianzhi was speechless for a while, and only after a long time did he hate and hate: "I am a military general, I only know how to kill the lord and fight and break the enemy for thousands of miles, how can I have a tongue with you." ”

"What a slaying battle!"

Princess Luo Yan, who was hiding behind Li Qing, couldn't hold back any longer, she stepped forward, looked at Gao Xianzhi angrily, and reprimanded loudly: "But the hundreds of thousands of people in my Tuozhi City were almost slaughtered by you, whether it is unarmed old and young, women and children, you don't let it go, is this your thousands of miles to break the enemy?"

"Is she Princess Luo Yan?" Gao Xianzhi glanced at Li Qing and asked in a deep voice, although Princess Luo Yan was wearing a helmet, her voice was obviously a woman.

"Not bad! I am the daughter of Hemodu, the vice king of Shiguo, and I am the daughter of Si Shi Luo. Ripping off his helmet and letting his long waterfall-like hair fall down, "Gao Xianzhi, you Tang Dynasty people have clouds, and you want to eradicate the roots of the grass, you might as well kill me, otherwise my father's enmity." Double your return in the future! ”

Gao Xianzhi was not angry. He glanced up and down at Princess Luo Yan, slowly peeled off her clothes with his eyes, and suddenly looked up to the sky and smiled: "I, Gao Xianzhi, have killed countless people in my life, and the people who want to kill me can be lined up from Qiuzi to Dawan, and it is not your turn, but you are such a fierce and beautiful woman, it is quite to my liking." ”

He turned his eyes and looked directly at Li Qingdao: "Give me this woman, you and I have a grudge."

What? ”

Li Qing's personal soldiers were furious, and they all raised their crossbows to aim at Gao Xianzhi, and Gao Xianzhi's personal soldiers did not show weakness, and also raised crossbows to aim at Li Qing, and the two sides drew their swords and opened their crossbows, and the atmosphere was extremely solemn.

Li Qing raised his head and laughed, and the laughter suddenly stopped. His eyes stared at Gao Xianzhi coldly, and the reply popped out from his straight lips word by word: "You bitch raising the land!" ”

Gao Xianzhi and his subordinates' faces changed drastically, and an officer was extremely angry, and he raised his hand. A crossbow arrow came with a 'whoosh' and pierced through Li Qingdi's helmet.

Li Qing raised his hand back, stopping the impulse of his own soldiers, he slowly pulled the arrow from his helmet, played with it, and glanced at the officer. smiled faintly: "I will return you an arrow!" ”

Li Qing's gaze was not sharp, and his tone was not stern, but the officer couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, and his back was soaked.

"Gao Duhu, we will have a meeting later!" Li Qing put away the arrow, bowed his hand slightly, ignored Gao Xianzhi's ugly face, turned the horse's head and left. Gao Xianzhi stared at Li Qing's back and didn't say a word.

Then. Duan Xiushi, who was walking at the end, seemed to have found something when he turned his horse back, he looked east for a moment, and suddenly shouted: "Dudu, look!" ”

Whether it was Li Qing's Doulu army or Gao Xianzhi's Anxi army, they all looked in the direction of his finger, only to see a group of people and horses gradually appearing in the eastern sky, about a thousand people.

"Woo~!" A loud horn sounded from the apricot yellow banner hunting in the wind, and a golden dragon on the banner was about to rise into the sky, dazzling under the blue sky.

"It's Tang Jun!" Many sharp-eyed soldiers shouted, but Gao Xianzhi saw the golden dragon, and there was a burst of surprise in his heart, this is the banner that can only be raised by the imperial driver, His Majesty the Emperor cannot go on an expedition of thousands of miles, it should be a prince.

He glanced back at Li Qing, urged the horse, and took the lead to meet him, but Li Qing did not move, silently staring at the big flag, he knew that the result he was waiting for had finally come.

Gong. It.

Li Jiao stood tall with the holy decree in his hand, his voice was clear, and he followed the wind to transmit the will of Li Long's base to everyone's ears, Gao Xianzhi was surprised in his heart, Li Qing was not only not promoted but demoted, which seemed a little unreasonable, he suddenly thought of Bian Lingcheng, could it be him? Gao Xianzhi couldn't help but turn his head slightly and glanced back, only to see Li Qing's expressionless face, also looking at him, the two looked at each other, Gao Xianzhi smiled proudly, lowered his head and continued to listen.

Li Qing smiled coldly, first give Gao Jue, and then coax into Beijing, this is Li Longji's consistent method of depriving military power, the experience of the emperor's only knowledge is still there, but Gao Xianzhi seems to have forgotten.

I only heard Li Jiao continue to read: "Sacrifice the prisoner to show the world the majesty of my Tang Dynasty.

Gao Xianzhi was stunned, 'Sacrifice to the prisoner! He suddenly remembered the little Bolu King, the Tubo princess, the Turgish chieftain, and the Shushi king, who were still imprisoned in Qiuzi, all of which showed his brilliant military exploits, which were incomparable to any border town general, An Lushan, who had been defeated repeatedly? Or is it Ge Shuhan, who caused the Tang army to suffer heavy casualties? Not to mention Guo Xuji, who is living in Chengdu for a long time, who can compare with himself? This was simply a grand ceremony for himself, and Gao Xianzhi suddenly had a desire to ride a horse on Suzaku Street, which was so strong that he couldn't restrain himself.

The Great Food Crusade has been going on for almost half a year, but there is no movement, and now it is autumn, and the merchants who come and go all say that the Abbasids are encircling and suppressing the remnants of the former white-clothed Great Food in the West, and there is no sign of the Eastern Crusade at all.

At this moment, Gao Xianzhi secretly made up his mind, first return to Chang'an to offer prisoners, and then lead his troops west to conquer Kangguo and Shiguo tomorrow spring, and establish immortal merits for his descendants.

After Li Jiao finished reading, he handed the holy decree to Gao Xianzhi, and said with a smile: "When I was leaving, the emperor said that the great merit of the border town was none other than the high envoy, and the ceremony of sacrificing prisoners was imminent, why didn't the high envoy return to the illustrious Chang'an?" ”

Gao Xianzhi stroked his beard and smiled: "Let me think about this matter again, but His Highness has worked hard all the way, please go back to Broken Leaf City with me, I should do my best as a landlord!" ”

Li Jiao glanced at Li Qing slightly, and said apologetically: "This king has done a big thing at the beginning, he should be public before private, and after I and Li Changshi have handed over the Fu Festival, I will go to Broken Leaf City to visit the high envoy." ”

In fact, Li Jiao's words already had loopholes, how did he know that Li Qing and Gao Xianzhi did not live together, but unfortunately Gao Xianzhi went back to prepare to pretend to be anxious, but he didn't hear it, he flew on the horse and arched his hand to Li Jiao and said: "Your Highness, then I'll go first!" ”

After that, he no longer paid attention to Li Qing, led more than 1,000 personal soldiers to gallop away, and left Che Bi Shi's father and son aside, Che Bi Shi saw that Gao Xianzhi was gone, and he was afraid that Li Qing would take the opportunity to make trouble, so he didn't care about meeting the new ambassador, so he hurriedly took his son and fled south in a hurry.

waited until everyone was far away, Li Qingcai smiled, stepped forward to pat Li Jiao's shoulder, and said with a slight smile: "Let you come to the Western Regions, but Gaolis's arrangement?" ”

Li Jiao nodded lightly, he took a step back, broke free of Li Qing's palm, but took out a secret letter from his arms, straightened his waist, and said to Li Qing with a solemn expression: "The emperor has a secret decree, Li Qing accepts the decree!" ”