Started pacing back and forth in the room, his brows twisted, coming to Nanzhao is close Although the other party's courtesy is grand, but he is becoming more and more anxious day by day, if it is just to return the courtesy, then their mission has been completed, but the turbulent rapids inside Nanzhao, even a few years old children can see that before leaving, he told himself to take the lead in Nanzhao, he probably means that he wants to come forward to straighten out the relationship between Datang and Nanzhao, the words are simple, but it is difficult to do, not to mention that he has no clue about how to straighten out the relationship between Datang and Nanzhao, Even if he had a way, how could Chen Xilie, the old fox who had become a spirit, give him the opportunity, he was restrained by Chen Xilie everywhere, and there was no room for speech.

Wei Jian was a little frustrated, Chen Xilie also found out about Nanzhao's infighting, and took countermeasures, a few days ago, the imperial court sent a lot of money and goods is what this person meant, he wanted to please the lower echelons of Nanzhao, but when did the political struggle in the past turn to speak to the lower echelons, Chen Xilie was a little wishful thinking, and the method used was also the bull's head not the horse's mouth, which could not affect Nanzhao's high-level decision-making at all.

Wei Jian has been figuring out the emperor's meaning, with the emperor's eyes, it is impossible not to see the infighting of Nanzhao, let alone just let them return the salute, if you can understand the emperor's thoughts and play the right chess, it is possible to get the emperor's authorization, and you can also get the dominance of Nanzhao's affairs and complete the entrustment, but what does the emperor think?

It wasn't until yesterday that Wei Jian had a bit of a retrospective. Yesterday he received an urgent secret letter from Tai, the secret letter mentioned a person, that is, Li Qing who mysteriously disappeared after being sealed in Yibin County, until he read Tai's letter, Wei Jian knew that Li Qing had gone to the east, and did a good job there, and finally succeeded in solving the east problem, and according to the reliable information obtained from the palace. The emperor issued another secret decree ordering him to return to the mission as soon as possible, that is, in the past two days.

It seems that the key to solving the Nanzhao problem is very likely to lie in this person, although he didn't say it explicitly, Wei Jian also knew that Taixin regretted it, and he shouldn't have kicked Li Qing out of the party. Obviously, Li Qing did not take refuge in Li Linfu, otherwise, Chen Xilie would not have played his cards like this, and he used a long time to describe this person in a secret letter, and the implication was to re-woo him himself.

"Human feelings are overturned like waves" knew today, why bother in the first place?

There was a sound of footsteps at the door, Wei Jian took out two letters from the drawer, greeted them with a smile, and congratulated him loudly: "General Li has made great achievements without us!" ”

The people who came were Du Youlin and Li Qing. On the way here, Du Youlin chattered a lot about the changes in Chang'an to Li Qingxu. He was related to him by giving him a mansion in Xingrenfang as a congratulatory gift for his marriage. This made Li Qing really a little surprised, but it was reasonable, he had said to Li Heng at the beginning that whether he had taken refuge in Li Linfu or not, time will tell, it seems that he finally believes in himself now, but he kicked himself out of the room three days before the wedding, and he felt the pain. He, Li Qing, did not forget, and the emperor dismissed him from the post of Taisheren. I just hope that I don't have anything to do with Tai anymore.

Without waiting to step into the gate, Li Qing guessed that Wei Jian wanted to enter his own purpose, which was nothing more than that he saw that he had solved the East problem, and suddenly found that he was still useful, so he wanted to pull himself back into the Taidang through Wei Jian, but things changed over time, and at this time he was no longer Li Joining, who was so nervous when he first saw Tai that he didn't even have a place to put his hands.

Seeing Wei Jian's hot hands welcoming him, Li Qing bowed to the ground, "Li Qing, the captain of the Yulin Army, has seen Master Shang Shuwei!" ”

"No need to be polite! No need to be polite! ”

Wei Jian affectionately took his arm, patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "On that day, Li Xiangguo recommended you as Sima of Yizhou, I felt strange, who is Li Qing, can Xiangguo pay so much attention, this time I sent Nanzhao at the same time as you, I saw you intercepting and killing the assassin in Yibin, I always thought that it was just some luck, a few little thieves, and it could be destroyed by others, until the East changed, I didn't know that General Li was really a big material, did I value you so much, no wonder Li Xiangguo favored you, I actually looked away!" ”

Li Qing smiled slightly, and said: "Wei Shangshu has won the award, and the solution to the East Problem is because of the Wei Deze of my Heavenly Dynasty being Quartet, I didn't go over to publicize the emperor's kindness, and some are just a little hard work, how to talk about the word 'great merit', but Li Qing has not been an official for a long time, and his qualifications are still shallow, and he still needs Wei Shangshu to help him a lot." ”

Wei Jian secretly praised him for being able to speak, and sighed too much, as long as this Li Qing sharpens for a few more years, he is definitely the mainstay of the party, I really don't know what Tai thinks, there are a lot of people under his command who see the wind and make the rudder, and there are very few people who can really do practical things, and such a useful talent doesn't know how to take care of it, just for some rumors that catch the wind and catch the shadows will drive him out of the East Palace, such a mind, how can he be the enemy of Li Linfu, without too much hint, Wei Jian himself made up his mind that he must recruit this person back to the Tai Tent.

Thinking of this, Wei Jian pulled his hand and said with a smile: "General Li has worked hard all the way, go into the house and sit." ”

The two of them entered the house and sat down, and the servants served tea, Wei Jian took out two letters from the table and handed them to him: "General Li is not here, there are two letters from you, both of them came two days ago, one is your family letter, and the other is written to you by Lord Zhang Qiu, I have collected them for you." ”

Li Qing took it casually, Zhang Qiu and Qiong's letter didn't read him, he also knew the content, it was nothing more than to persuade him to be loyal to Tai, don't forget his roots, he has his own opinions, and the family letter is what he is looking forward to, there is a curtain of Awan's attitude towards Awan, but Li Qing has no time to consider the personal affairs of his children at this time, so let him return to the team, if this step is wrong, then he will not want to mix in Datang in the future.

But if he really returned to the Taidang, not to mention Li Linfu, even Li Longji would not be able to spare him, for this matter, he thought carefully and already had a corresponding strategy.

He first accepted the two letters together, pondered for a moment and said slowly: "Wei Shangshu knows that the emperor has removed me from the post of Taisheren and asked me to be a full-time martial artist. ”

"Huh! General Li has made meritorious contributions to the east, so he will naturally be promoted, and the emperor will exempt you from being too reluctant, just to prepare in advance for the promotion of you, a good thing! ”

Wei Jian said this, but his heart was secretly frightened, he understood Li Qing's implication, he implicitly told himself that the emperor would not let him be associated with the East Palace anymore, but Wei Jian was old in officialdom, he knew

The idea will change due to the change of the situation, the key is Li Qing's attitude, his plan to return to the Tai Party, and how close he is to Li Linfu? I heard that when Li Qing got married, Li Linfu and several of his henchmen and generals went, and it was rumored that even the emperor went, so what does it have to do with this?

He glanced at Li Qing, and said earnestly: "Being an official is actually the same as being a man, you also have to talk about human feelings, loyalty, too high-level, some things can't be done with the heart of ordinary people, and some things are also forced to do so, I hope you don't mind, he actually cares about you very much, you are not in Chang'an, and he often sends people to take care of your family, I just hope you can understand his difficulties." ”

Li Qing smiled lightly and said: "Li Qing is a petty official, let me be so concerned, I am really frightened, how dare I talk about the word 'mind', Wei Shangshu is too exalted to me." ”

Wei Jian listened to him sleekly, his heart sneered slightly, he leaned forward, stared at his eyes tightly, and said word by word: "I don't like to go around ***, you might as well say it clearly, I want to know, is General Li's heart too heavy, or is it important to be a country?" ”

Li Qing's waist was straight, and he also looked back at Wei Jian, his eyes were resolute, and he replied solemnly: "I have no merit, first recommended by Lord Zhang Qiu, and then I have to appreciate it too much, so that I have the opportunity to give full play to my ability, these kindnesses, Li Qing never dared to forget, but he only listened to one-sided words and decided that I betrayed him, took away my waist card to enter the East Palace, and drove me out of my residence, which is also chilling, if Wei Shangshu must ask me to answer, I can tell you very clearly." In Li Qingxin, the country is the most important! ”

Wei Jian was stunned, he didn't expect Li Qing to say such a loud and loud thing, he was a little ashamed, and at the same time a little moved, and said apologetically: "It's me who is abrupt, General Li is right, it should be the country first." ”

Li Qing was not furious when he saw Wei Jian. Instead, he showed a look of shame in his eyes, apologized to himself as a dignified scholar, and his heart felt good about him, so he smiled slightly: "Li Qingjiu heard that Wei Shangshu is famous for his hard work in my Tang Dynasty, and Nanzhao is related to the safety of the country, and he needs to go all out." Why don't we do this together, and talk about other things in the future! Lord Shangshu thinks it's good to look like this. ”

Wei Jian was overjoyed, what he wanted was this sentence, and now he can be sure that Li Qing must have received the emperor's secret decree, as long as he grasps this person, the initiative of Nanzhao will still be in Tai's hands in the future, Wei Jian's face has become as bright as the sun outside, and his mood is extremely comfortable, he has already touched his eyebrows.

He filled Li Qing with tea with his own hands, and said with sincerity in his eyes: "I really don't hide it." I also want to deal with the matter of Nanzhao, but I don't know where to start. I wonder what General Lee's thinking is? ”

"Lord Shangshu is far greater than me regardless of age and rank, call me Li Qing, a little Guoyi Lieutenant really can't afford the word 'general', I have a humble opinion, please refer to the adult."

Li Qing took a sip of tea, cleared his throat, and the corners of his mouth showed his habitual sneer, "Since ancient times. If you want to do a good job in Nanzhao, you must first settle inside. First of all, we have to work together within Datang, and then we must clearly state Datang's position, Nanzhao is a subject country of Datang after all, as long as we have the right medicine, why worry about Nanzhao's affairs not being solved. ”

"If you go outside, you must first settle inside," Wei Jian muttered a few times, this is to the point, isn't his biggest problem now that he can't be the master? But Chen Xilie is like a fox who has become a spirit, and he can't catch him!

After a moment of silence, he didn't see Li Qing's movements, he realized something, and his eyes were picked, only to see Li Qing was holding the tea and tasting tea, with a faint smile in his eyes.

"Chen Xiangguo is old and frail, Wei Shangshu should care more about him on weekdays, don't fall ill in a foreign land and miss the major event of the mission."

Wei Jian suddenly understood, and the two met their eyes, and couldn't help but smile.

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Chen Xilie is in his early teens, proficient in metaphysics, attaches importance to the way of health preservation, he is a vegetarian, he has not been involved in meat since he was young, and he is even more paranoid when he is old, even the broth is not stained with a star, he only eats some vegetables and fruits on weekdays, Nanzhao is rich in products, there are many rare and exotic fruits that cannot be named, which is right for his taste, and Nanzhao women are straightforward, which is very different from the original woman, so that he becomes young in bed, and he comes and goes, and the original boring envoy career is actually tasted by him, and he is busy all day long for the appetite and the entertainment of the voice, So much so that the envoy has become a side job, but although his priorities are reversed, there is one thing that is unambiguous, that is, he is the official envoy of the Tang Dynasty, and no one is allowed to override him to contact Nanzhao, which Li Linfu has repeatedly explained.

There are two people he has to guard against, one is Wei Jian, the party is clear, and he does not seek to seek out different ways; The second is Li Qing, who has sprung up, just as Wei Jian got a secret letter from Tai, Chen Xilie also received a secret letter from Li Linfu, asking him to pay attention to Li Qing, this person's identity is probably not as simple as a small deputy general of the local army, if he can be wooed, he will be wooed, if he can't be drawn, he must be prevented from overstepping his authority and taking away the dominance of Nanzhao.

But Chen Xilie didn't have time to think about how to deal with Li Qing, but he suddenly fell ill, very sick, like the wind, lying on the bed and unable to move, even unable to speak, the whole person seemed to have aged ten years old overnight, according to a number of famous doctors in Nanzhao, Chen Xiangguo was due to excessive intercourse, resulting in the imbalance of yin and yang in the body, which was invaded by external evils, and he had to stay in bed to recuperate for a month, not tired, otherwise his life would be in danger.

At this time, the Nanzhao State held a grand welcome banquet to welcome the Tibetan envoys, and also invited the Tang envoys to attend, Chen Xilie was sick and could not move forward, in order not to fall into the prestige of the Tang Dynasty and let the barbarians despise it, Wei Jian, the deputy envoy of the Tang Dynasty, took over the burden and attended the banquet on behalf of the Tang Dynasty, and then a series of state affairs were frequent, all attended by Wei Jian on behalf of the Tang Dynasty, and gradually Wei Jian became the only legitimate representative of the Tang Dynasty, as for Chen Xilie, his illness was just getting better, but it deteriorated inexplicably, in the words of the famous doctor of the Southern Zhao, " The color is a bone scraper, a teenager, but do not pay attention to the maintenance of the body, it will naturally take a year and a half to scrape, and then slowly recover. ”

Sometimes in the middle of the night, a weak and short curse would occasionally come out of Chen Xilie's room, "Wei Jian, you have gone too far, God can't tolerate you!" ”