Zhao, Taihe City.

The palace of Nanzhao is rectangular, all made of white marble, but it seems a little dark, in the half-light and half-dark light, the shadow is hanging with a huge white curtain, in the palace is placed a wide gilded throne, its owner Pi Luo Ge leans it, he has been sitting in this position for seventeen years, this is a man of great talent, after the succession of Kaiyuan ten years, he judged the situation, made full use of marriage and affinity with the Tang Dynasty to support these two sharp swords, after five years of southern expedition to the north, pull over and divide, Gradually extinguished the other five edicts and the river barbarians, and repelled the forces of Tubo, got rid of the control of Tubo, in the 20th year of Kaiyuan, Pi Luo Ge moved the capital to Taihe City, established the Nanzhao State, the Tang Dynasty then sealed Pi Luo Ge as the king of Yunnan, the Duke of Yue, the opening of the palace with the three divisions, and gave the name "Meng Guiyi".

He is not yet fifty years old, but the years of war and illness have made him more and more emaciated, his face is sunken, his skin is shriveled and old, like an old man of ten years old, his dense and long white hair hangs down from a thin golden ring ornament on his forehead, there is a blue gem shining in the center of his forehead, his eyes are bright, staring sharply at Duan Zhongguo, the general of the army who is reporting the situation in the east, behind him stand four young people, these are his four sons, the first person in a white robe, about thirty years old, with a heroic appearance and sharp eyes, He is the long pavilion Luo Feng of Pi Luo Pavilion, and the pavilion Luo Feng side by side is next to Cheng Jie, he is about twenty-seven years old, handsome appearance, it is said that his talent is no less than the Han people.

Under the stairs. More than a dozen military ministers stood in two columns to discuss the expansion plan of Nanzhao Dong.

In order to prevent the eastward expansion of Nanzhao, the Tang Dynasty pardoned the sins of the Han leaders Han Guiwang and the Han Chongdao brothers, and maintained the Yunnan strategy of 'using Yi to control Yi', and used the Han people to curb the growth of Nanzhao.

Now it's time for Pi Luo Ge to make a move, and Pi Luo Ge's best weapon is to be friendly, and this is the time. His far-sighted mind considered this ancient and effective method.

He said in a slightly hoarse voice: "Don't think about it anymore, both the Hangui King and the Hanchongdao need to be wooed, I decided to exchange my two daughters for the Eastern Region, one to marry the Han Shou of the Han Gui King, and the other to marry the Han Fu Dynasty of the Han Gui Wang, this is a matter of great benefit." Why don't I do it, it's just that the Tang Dynasty still needs to send someone to explain and tell them that marriage is just a tradition of our Nanzhao, and it has no other meaning. ”

"But Your Highness, the minister thinks that the Tang Dynasty may not believe it."

Duan Zhongguo said vaguely, how could the Tang Dynasty think that such an obvious political purpose was just a tradition.

Pi Luo Ge panted slightly: "What if they don't believe it, I told them that I am my duty as a minister, and I have done everything I should do, and morally they will not be able to pick out my thorns." And at the same time as the mission, the family sending team also set off. It's just that this envoy to the Tang Dynasty," he glanced over. "Originally, I was supposed to go to Chang'an for a meeting this year, but my body, alas! I want one of you to go to Chang'an for me. ”

"Father, I am willing to go to Chang'an for you." One step out, preemptively expressed his wish, since last year, seeing his father's body decline day by day, the battle for the succession to the throne has also reached a fever pitch. Although he is the nominal successor, because he is adopted. Many of the important ministers of the Southern Zhao did not support him, but supported Pi Luoge's subordinate to Chengjie, so if he could get the support of the Tang Dynasty, it would be of great help to his succession.

At this time, Qingping official Zhao Yandeng stood up and smiled slightly: "The minister thinks that the crown prince is the foundation of the country, and he should never leave Nanzhao lightly, if the Tang Dynasty finds an excuse to stay in Chang'an, wouldn't it become a hostage, and let me Nanzhao pay grain and pay taxes at every turn, subject to it, and let Nanzhao be passive, so the minister thinks that the crown prince is better to stay in Nanzhao." ”

After speaking, he glanced at Yu Chengjie and hinted that he came out to express his position, although Zhao Yan Deng said it was reasonable, but in fact it did not necessarily happen, after all, the Tang Dynasty's detention of Ge Luofeng would break the trust of Nanzhao and cause a bad impact on politics, which was something that a great country was unwilling to do, so Zhao Yan Dengdi's real purpose was to think the same as Ge Luofeng, hoping that Yu Cheng, who he supported, would gain the trust of the Tang Dynasty.

Yu Chengjie had long been yearning for the romance of Chang'an, and when he saw Zhao Yandeng's eyes, he immediately stood up and said: "Father, my son is willing to relieve my father's worries and send an envoy to Chang'an." ”

Both of them want to go to Chang'an, Pi Luo Ge himself is relying on the support of the Tang Dynasty to get to today, he doesn't know the trick, but he is a little embarrassed at this time, his original intention is to hope that Ge Luofeng will go to Chang'an, after all, only he can represent his own identity, but it seems that there are not many subordinates who support Ge Luofeng, Pi Luo Ge glanced at the important ministers again, hoping that more people will come out to speak.

"Lord Wang, the minister also supports the second king to go to Chang'an, and the king is indeed not suitable to leave Nanzhao." It was the army general Hong Guangcheng who spoke, and he was also a supporter of Yu Chengjie.

"The minister also thinks that the crown prince should stay in Nanzhao."

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So many people support Yu Chengjie, this is not because he has any eloquence, on the contrary, he is a typical gentleman, lustful, greedy and cruel, but his mother is the daughter of the chief of the Baiya City Department of the Nanzhao tribe, and Ge Luofeng is only raised, and Yu Chengjie is the real chief.

Seeing that so many people supported Yu Chengjie, Pi Luo Ge glanced at Ge Luofeng meaningfully, and saw that his eyes were cold, and there was no expression on his face, as if this matter had nothing to do with him, Pi Luo Ge sighed secretly and said: "Since everyone thinks that Chengjie should send an envoy to Chang'an, it's okay!" Chengjie, you come here. ”

Yu Chengjie stepped forward and knelt down to obey the order, Pi Luo Ge touched his head and said with a smile: "In addition to going to Chang'an, you have a big deal to do this time." ”

"Father, please!"

"I received a letter from the largest gang leader in Jiannan Province a few years ago, he is a member of my Nanzhao Baiya City, there are more than 10,000 gangs under his command, and he controls the shipping of the entire Minjiang River, he is willing to deliver materials for my Nanzhao, this is a very rare opportunity, you go to Chang'an this time, you can go to Chengdu to find him first, no matter how you order him to serve my Nanzhao."

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Li Qing's position as a Taishe person belongs to the jurisdiction of the East Palace Youchunfang, and is responsible for the Tailing Book and Table, but his other identity is Zhaowu Captain and Tai's personal guard chief, one by one, it seems to be contradictory, but in fact, this is deliberately arranged by Li Longji, Zhaowu Captain is Li Heng's appointment, and Taishe is responsible to him, which makes Li Qing have a dual identity.

Most of the subordinate officials of the palace are idle and do not have any affairs, although the East Palace is busier in comparison, Li Heng did not hand over the actual functions of the Taishe people to Li Qing, so his daily work is still to stand for Taishe.

Time has come to the head of February, the weather is slowly beginning to warm up, willow branches also spit out tender green shoots, the spring of Tianbao's fourth year has arrived, the world is harmonious and peaceful, and the people live and work in peace and contentment, so Li Qing's chief guard should be really idle, except for accompanying Tai to hunt once, he was idle all day long, and he gained a lot of weight.

Counting the day, the curtain and the light rain should have arrived in these days, and he began to get busy, decorating the house, buying furniture, and buying a few lovely little maids. The house he lives in is too private property, located in Xuanyangfang, close to the East Market, Li Jingzhong naturally configured for him according to the highest level, a total of more than 20 rooms in three rooms, and at present, in addition to him, only Wang Changling and Gao Zhandao live.

On this day, Li Qing was just about to go out, but the Si Ning Wangfu sent someone to send an invitation sticker, inviting him to have a light meal tomorrow night, which made Li Qing very happy, and he had planned to set up a restaurant in Chang'an. Open another trading house, and it is not wrong to be an official and make a fortune, and it can be used to house the skeletons who are about to come, but they can't find a suitable place, but Li Lin told him a few days ago that he can transfer a big restaurant, which is in the East Market, and the market is excellent. Just wait for Li Qing to have another interview when he is free to meet again, isn't it just an opportunity to go to dinner tomorrow night, and Li Lin's so-called transfer is actually to give him a little money, only a symbolic little money, hehe! Tomorrow will be the world's sword. He will also go to dinner on time.

Today is not that he is on duty, he does not go to the East Palace, but to the small school field of Yongxingfang, the small school field is close to the East Palace, it is the place where the guards usually practice martial arts, it is not very far from where Li Qing lives, only two blocks away, and it takes a quarter of an hour to arrive on horseback. But in fact, he is the worst one, and he can only learn a few tricks of taekwondo in his previous life. It's okay to deal with ordinary hooligans and ruffians, but you can practice the eyes of the family. His taekwondo is like a little kid fighting, even so, Captain Li came to the small school field just to observe, point out, respond to a scene, Jun doesn't move, although he is not a gentleman, but he doesn't want to do it.

"Big brother. Let's give it a try! ”

It was Li Hugun who was shouting, since Li Qing sent out red envelopes. The aura of 'big brother' disappeared from Li Hugun's head, and turned to Li Qingdi's head to light up, Li Hugun was naturally extremely unconvinced, his fist was the hardest, how could he be willing to be the second, no! He just hit a lying box, the fist seems to be flowing water, like a tiger and a tiger, causing a cheer, he was proud, a glance, but saw that the person riding on his neck was lying on an old locust tree, his hands were pillowed behind his head, his legs were crossed, looking at the white clouds in the sky, and his mouth was still whispering.

Seeing that all the brothers were surrounding him, Li Hugun's eyes showed envy, and he secretly thought in his heart: "This is a good opportunity to win back." ”

But he shouted for a long time, but Li Qing ignored him at all, seeing that the heat of the brothers was about to recede, Li Hugun ran forward in three or two steps, dragged his boss down from the tree, and said with a smile: "Big brother, since you are a military attaché, how can you do it twice, how can you march and fight in the future?" Come! Come! The little brother teaches you two hands. ”

Li Qing's arm was pinched by his claws, and his heart was really annoyed, he saw Li Hu's gun on his mouth to teach him to practice martial arts, but his sleeves were pulled high, his muscles trembled, his feet were eager to try, his fists were clenched, and his eyes showed the ** of conquest, and then he looked at the other brothers, they all slowly gathered over, ready to watch a good show.

Li Qing snorted coldly, and said to Li Hu disdainfully: "Since you are an official, why do you need to go into battle and fight, commanding a little soldier like you to bleed and fight hard, you want to teach the veteran martial arts, hum!" It's not qualified enough, believe it or not, the old two fingers can knock you over. ”

When Li Hugun heard this, he couldn't help laughing, he squinted his eyes and squinted at Li Qingdao: "Do you want us to make a bet, if you really knock me down with two fingers, I will rely on you for three things, otherwise, hehe!" You call me big brother. ”

"What a stupid donkey, since you want to bet, then I will fulfill you, are you ready to be beaten?"

Li Hugun sneered, he simply stripped off his clothes, refined his upper body, twisted the joints of his body, only heard the crackling sound of the joints, he stretched out his index finger and said to Li Qing: "You come!" I don't want you to have two fingers, I'll let you punch three times, if you touch one of my hairs, you'll admit defeat! ”

Li Qing smiled slightly, stretched out his index finger and thumb and pulled out a bead the size of a pigeon's egg from his arms, held it high in the air, and pointed at Li Hu's gun and shouted to the people around him: "Whoever is the first to defeat this guy for me, this bead will belong to him." ”

Li Hu was stunned, his heart suddenly screamed badly, only to see everyone's eyes glowing, staring at himself invariably, he screamed, turned his head and fled, the guards were willing to let him go, dozens of pairs of fists danced and chased after him.

At this time, there was a sudden burst of applause from the side, "Wonderful!" Wonderful! Sure enough, it was an eye-opener for me to surrender without a fight. ”

Li Qing turned around, I don't know when, a few people came to him, a man in his early thirties, dark skin, two eyes shining with a terrifying goblin light, he was unusually tall, long bones, strong muscles, two arms seemed to have the strength of a thousand catties, that momentum, as if he had just been killed from thousands of troops. ”

Li Qing saw that he was majestic and extraordinary, and he didn't dare to despise him, so he gave a long salute and said: "Under Li Qing, he is now the captain of Zhaowu in the East Palace, may I ask your Excellency's honorable name!" ”

The man smiled slightly, revealing two rows of neat and white teeth, "I am also the captain of Zhaowu, and my surname is Li, and my name is Li Siye." ”