In the depths of winter, the night came very early, and not long after the afternoon, the sky began to darken, and the night on the plateau was so cold that the blood of the people seemed to solidify, and when the hunting party returned to the city, it was already dark.

"Governor, shall we go back to the barracks?"

Duan Xiushi saw that Li Qing had been silent all the time, and he had not yet stood up and looked at the city, so he reminded him: "We are going back tomorrow, so the governor should go back and rest early!" ”

"Take the brethren first!" Li Qing said slowly: "I still have some things, it's inconvenient to publicize it, just bring two people."

"The governor wants to ......." Duan Xiushi and several pro-soldiers glanced at each other, with ambiguous expressions on their faces.

"Not what you think!" Li Qing tapped his helmet lightly with a horsewhip and said with a smile: "I'm going to visit a friend, and I can't let Gao Xianzhi know."

"Oh!" Duan Xiushi remembered the vice king of Shiguo he met during the day, and suddenly realized, he knocked on his helmet embarrassedly and said, "It's that I want to be crooked, but I'll wait here, and the governor will go early and return early."

If he is the assassin of Suzhou, the focus of his tenure is to develop people's livelihood, dredge rivers, and level prices; In terms of functions, Li Qing is a long history, and the focus of his government affairs should be the internal affairs of Anxi, and the external and Zhuhu are the responsibilities of Gao Xianzhi, but from the point of view of Li Longji's appointment of him as the commander of the Western Route Army this time, the expectations for him should be far from being so simple.

Containing and replacing Gao Xianzhi is not as simple as words. In fact, Gao Xianzhi has been operating in the Western Regions for so many years, whether it is the prestige of the army or the influence of the Anxi countries, he Li Qing is far beyond his reach, especially in the Anxi countries, his influence is even more than Chang'an, so if he wants to gain a foothold in Anxi, he must be recognized by the Anxi Zhuhu.

This time, Shi Guo came to ask for mediation, and Li Qing was keenly aware that this was a rare opportunity. This is an opportunity that he must seize firmly.

Mo Hedu said that he lived in the old store of Dawan in the south of the city. It was an inn opened by the people of Shi Guo, and it was also one of the best in the Shushi country. The appearance is resplendent and splendid, like a small palace, which is very conspicuous, but Li Qing did not visit directly, he went around the corner, and first found Tochar's envoy Lost Mitar, and he accompanied him.

Lost Mittal was a Tocharian nobleman. When he was young, he lived in Chang'an for a long time, and it was then that he met Mo Hedu, and the two became friends, this time he waited in Chang'an for more than a month without a solution, and after using Li Qing's name, he was received by Li Long's base in only one hour. He also deeply realized Li Qing's influence in the court, so when Mo Hedu found him, his first thought was to recommend him to Li Qing.

It is about two miles from the residence of the lost Mitar to the old store of Dawan. The two of them crossed an alley and took a straight road to the ground, and it was dark, and only the sound of horses' hooves could be heard. Da! , neither of them spoke.

Lost Mitar smiled and was the first to break the silence: "Do you know why there are two kings in Shiguo?" ”

Li Qing shook his head and said with a smile: "I don't know, please give me advice."

"It's very important to you, but the history is far away, so I won't be verbose, so I'll tell you this! One of these two kings is pro-Da Shi, and the other is pro-Da Tang, if I guess correctly, mediation and the war in the country of Bakhana are just a pretext, and the real reason is that the country of Shi has been divided internally."

After Lost Mitar finished speaking, he secretly glanced at Li Qing, he was reminding Li Qing that things were not so simple, and it could be regarded as repaying him for saving him.

The other party's words made Li Qing's eyes suddenly light up, he seemed to see something, but it was not clear, but he had a strong premonition in his heart that Shi Guo would have a great effect on him.

Li Qing gently pinched Mittal's arm to show his gratitude for his reminder.

While talking, the two came to the old shop of Dawan, although now the merchants of the Shushi Kingdom gathered, but the old shop of Dawan seemed to have no intention of doing business, the door was closed, and the eighteen big lanterns that were shining on weekdays were also extinguished.

Tal stepped forward and knocked on the door, the door opened a crack, he whispered a few words to the people inside, the door closed again, and in a moment, there was a sound of hurried footsteps inside, and the door suddenly opened, revealing Mo Hedu's smiling face.

Li Qing stepped forward and apologized to him: "I want the class teacher to return to Qiuzi tomorrow, so I took the liberty of disturbing His Highness tonight."

Mo Hedu waved his hand lightly and said with a smile: "I was still telling the little girl just now that the waiter might come tonight, and sure enough, I said it."

After speaking, he glanced at Li Qing, and it happened that Li Qing was also looking at him, the two looked at each other, and both laughed slightly, there are some things that need not be said thoroughly, both of them know it.

Dawan's old shop was very quiet, except for Mo Hedu and his entourage, there were no other guests, and then Li Qing found that Mo Hedu's entourage was at least more than 200 people, and more than a dozen people were seen during the day, just his personal attendants.

"Squire, please!" Mo Hedu let Li Qing into the guest hall, the attendants immediately closed the door and guarded it tightly, the guest hall was bright, and I saw a young Turkic warrior sitting inside, wearing a tight-fitting beard suit, with a fair and delicate face, Li Qing took a closer look, it turned out to be the princess Luo Yan who he saw during the day, it seems that his father had explained to her the reason why he did not let her see Gao Xianzhi.

"Chief Guard of the Lower Stone King's Palace, see Li Shilang." Princess Luo Yan got up and saluted Li Qing with a serious expression, but a mischievous smile flashed in her eyes.

"I should call you His Royal Highness, being the chief of the guard is too aggrieved."

Li Qing smiled and turned back to Mo Hedu and said, "Since His Royal Highness is the heir of the vice king, you might as well let him also come to our meeting tonight."

Mo Hedu patted the back of his daughter's head lovingly, "Since the waiter has allowed you to listen, you can sit down!" But don't talk too much."

"Thank you, father!" Princess Luo Yan smiled, and secretly glanced at Li Qing again, seeing that he was looking at herself with a smile. Her heart couldn't help but beat violently, and at this moment, there was a subtle change in her heart, and she felt that whether she could shoot a fox or not seemed to be something that people looked down on.

"Then I'll avoid it!" The lost tower next to him suddenly tasted something, Li Qing and Mo He were about to talk about big things, and hurriedly wanted to leave, but Li Qing grabbed him, "This matter is also related to your Tocharo, you might as well listen to it."

"This ......."

Lost Mittal hesitated. He looked at Mo Hedu, meaning. 'What do you say?' , Mo He nodded and agreed with Li Qingdi's suggestion.

Li Qing and Mo He both sat across from each other. And Princess Luo and Lost Mitar sat at the bottom of the head.

Li Qing saw that the time had come, so he said openly and honestly to Mo Hedu: "Does Your Highness think that it is unorthodox to find a high-ranking marshal to settle the dispute between your country and the country of Bahanna?" ”

Mo He was stunned, "What does the squire mean......"

"I mean, Your Highness should go to Chang'an instead of Qiuzi." Li Qing pointed at the lost Mitar, and said in a slow tone as much as possible: "Tocharo sent envoys to the court thousands of miles away, not to Qiuzi, he is very aware of the Tang Dynasty's system of respect and inferiority, and the country of Shi and Bahanna are both subject countries of the Tang Dynasty. If there is a dispute but does not ask the court to mediate, it starts a war without authorization, and puts the prestige of the court behind, which in itself is the duty of a vassal, which is already a mistake, and now His Highness thinks of mediation. But instead of going to Chang'an, he found a general on the other side, where did he put the imperial court? Your Highness. This is even more wrong, if the country of Bahanna sent an envoy to Chang'an to tell all kinds of injustices in the country of Shi, then do you say that the court is biased towards the country of Shi or the country of Bahanna? ”

After listening to Li Qing's words, dense beads of sweat had already appeared on Mo Hedu's forehead, in order to compete for the power gap left by the division of the Turgish, the country of Shi and the country of Bahana started almost at the same time, there was nothing right or wrong, if the Tang Dynasty really turned to support the country of Bahana because of his own faux pas, it would really be worth the loss.

Mo Hedu hurriedly got up and bowed to Li Qingchang and thanked: "Thank you for reminding me, Xiao Wang knows that he is wrong."

"Your Highness is gracious." Li Qing hurriedly got up and saluted back, invited him to sit down, and said with a smile: "Looking for a border general instead of looking for the imperial court, in fact, this is just a lack of etiquette, the key is that His Royal Highness is here to find Datang instead of asking for help from Dashi, this is the matter of principle, Brother Tár, am I right?" ”

Lost Mittal was silent, he understood what Li Qing meant, the Tang army captured the Shushi country, and the kings of the surrounding small countries came to express their submission to Gao Xianzhi, and even his earth protector was ready to come to see Gao Xianzhi in person, no one thought that he should go to Chang'an to apologize, it was indeed a bit of putting the cart before the horse, and he secretly made up his mind, and as soon as the protector arrived, he immediately persuaded him to go to Chang'an to meet him.

Li Qing saw that the lost Mitar was silent in thought, and knew that he had listened to it, so he smiled and said to Mo Hedu: "I heard that Da Shi is fighting a civil war in Khorasan, I don't know if it will end?" ”

The real reason was that the Abbasids were about to quell the civil strife in Khorasan and had the intention of expanding eastward, and King Chebishi, who had always been close to the Great Eclipse, took advantage of this opportunity to ask for help from the Great Eclipse, and also asked the Great Eclipse to mediate the dispute between the Shi Kingdom and the Bathhana Kingdom.

This is a dangerous sign, if the forces of the Great Food enter the Shi Kingdom, then the Shi Kingdom will end the situation of the two kings ruling the land, Mo He saw the conspiracy of Che Bi Shi, so he immediately decided to ask the Tang Dynasty for help, asking the Tang Dynasty to interfere in the internal affairs of the Shi Kingdom.

But Li Qing didn't let him contact Gao Xianzhi and asked him to go to Chang'an for help, but Chang'an was thousands of miles away, and it was probably too late to come and go.

At this time, Princess Luo Yan saw her father's doubts, she was a bystander, from Li Qing's step-by-step persuasion and his deep gaze, Princess Luo Yan slowly discovered the key to the problem, she saw that her father was undecided, and finally couldn't help but remind him: "Father may wish to ask Lord Shilang to help."

This reminded Mo Hedu, he looked up at Li Qing, and just saw Li Qing casting an approving glance at his daughter, and suddenly realized that Li Qingming was going to be a class teacher tomorrow, and the purpose of coming to find himself tonight was here!

He admired Li Qing's vision very much, this person only had a relationship with himself and discovered the potential contradiction between Datang and Dashi, he was worthy of being an important minister of Datang, in this regard, Gao Xianzhi's vision was far inferior to him.

Mo He quickly straightened out his thoughts, he had been away from the country for a few months, if he didn't go back, he was afraid that the parliament would be in turmoil, he immediately made a decision, since Li Qing was willing to take care of this matter, then he would return to China directly tomorrow, Mo He made up his mind, he stretched out his right palm, and said slowly: "Okay, please leave this matter to the waiter."

Li Qing nodded solemnly, and also stretched out his right palm and Mo He to strike, and said earnestly: "Let's work together to stop the eastward expansion of the Great Food."