According to the practice of the year, the towns, the state festival envoys, observation envoys, pacification in the Shanhua Qing Palace held, but this year due to the death of Mrs. Qin, so that Li Longji returned to Beijing ahead of schedule, plus the Hajj into the Hu State envoys quite a lot, from the second day of the new year Li Longji began to get busy, Xingqing Palace is only powerful, this year the pilgrimage ceremony of all states is placed in the traditional Taiji Palace Chengtianmen, this is Li Longji painstakingly selected the place, when Taizong Li Shimin is spread thousands of miles.

Early in the morning, the major streets in Chang'an City began to be lively, although Honglu Temple has a hall to provide accommodation, but this time there are more than 200 small countries of the ministry, family, not to mention more than 3,000 people, Honglu Temple where to live, most of them are scattered in the squares, but also for the convenience of playing, the sky is not yet bright, scattered in the various squares of the direction of the Suzaku Gate, as for the later foreign affairs activities are often there, such as vehicle bans, people stop, police cars open the road and other ceremonies are not available, in the eyes of the Tang people, they are just small countries and widows, let

Today is the second day of the first month, and it is also the beginning of each family to begin to look for relatives and friends after sacrificing their ancestors, with Suzaku and Chunming two streets in the most urban area, inns, wine shops, and green buildings are the most dense, and here is also the most concentrated place for foreign population, after the battle of Rus, the east and west trade routes were swept away, and the western regions of Chang'an to do business came to, in addition, the scholars who prepared for the spring boudoir exam, and the local officials who entered Beijing to find their way were mostly concentrated in this area.

Dongshi Qianjinyi Drunken Restaurant, that is, the restaurant where Li Bai was frustrated and drunk, is still the same. But over time. Its Cuitao wine is more and more mellow and long, and it also makes more and more drinkers indulge in it and can't extricate themselves, Li Hugun is one of them, Li Hugun is Li Jingyan's second brother, Li Lin Dici because he offended too many people, and he was also disbanded. Li Hu's father, Li Lin, is a salt and iron supervisor, holding the power of taxation, and his brother-in-law is an envoy of the Anxi Festival. He is a famous ranger in Chang'an.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, the officials who came to pay New Year's greetings to Li Lin also lined up in a long line, and Li Hugun was tired of pretending to deal with the greetings, so he ran out early in the morning. Invite a few brothers to hide here and drink, go to the Qinglou to have a happy lap after half a drunk, and sleep until dark before returning home.

Today, there are few people in the restaurant, and most of the guys have gone out to deliver takeaways, and the shopkeeper is busy accounting for last year's old accounts, and he has no time to look up. The third floor was occupied by Li Hugun and a few brothers, and the sound of fists and shouts could be heard even on the first floor, and a few tables of guests sat sporadically on the second floor, struggling to talk, and from time to time casting a resentful glance at the third floor.

At a small table by the window sat two people, one old and one young, who looked quite similar, with unusually wide foreheads and long, straight noses. Not only the looks, but also the demeanor. They all frowned, and sighed for a long time, it can be inferred from their appearance and age that these two should be father and son, in fact, they are indeed father and son, the older one is called Yan Qing, Ren Fan Yangcang Cao participated in the military, and the younger one is his son Yan Jiming.

Yan Qing gave up his post five days ago and returned to Beijing, he was just a small official from the seventh grade, and his resignation did not cause a ripple in the Chang'an Ministry of Officials, but it caused a big wave in Fan Yang, because he took away the account books that recorded Fan Yang's grain and grass storage status in the past three years, and the records of these account books are completely different from the data of Fan Yang Bao and the capital, if the account book is leaked, it means that An Lushan's ambition is fully revealed.

Yan Qing sighed a long sigh, he has been active in Beijing for the past few days, he wants to denounce An Lushan for rebellion, but he is always soft-spoken, high-level officials can't see it, low-level officials either laugh at him for not being able to do anything, or they can't help, and the yamen can't find anyone because it's approaching the New Year, even if he finds it, he doesn't dare to act rashly, and finally only votes a letter of denunciation in the dark.

In the past few days, the wall has made his mood more and more heavy, An Lushan has such an obvious expansion of military warfare, but the court has turned a blind eye, and friends and family members have persuaded them to stop, An Lushan has won the trust of the emperor and the concubine, and it is lucky to ignore them as madmen, if they are tied up with a rope and sent to An Lushan, is it not like a pig and sheep to be slaughtered?

Yan Qing was originally from Chang'an, but yesterday morning, he suddenly found some suspicious people near his house, needless to say, this must be someone sent by An Lushan to find him troublesome, Yan Qing did not dare to spend the night at home, and moved to a relative's house in Pingkangfang that afternoon.

"Father, do you regret it?"

Yan Qing's sigh made his son Ji Ming feel a little uneasy, and he said in a low voice: "Otherwise, our whole family will move to Shuzhong to avoid this disaster and come back." ”

"What about avoiding Shuzhong? Under the nest, is there an egg? Son, the tone gradually became stern, "How do I teach you on weekdays, donating your life to go to the country, seeing death as if you were going home, if everyone is like you shrinking your head and not coming out, then let the traitors run rampant, let the national disaster will arise?" ”

Seeing his father angry, Ji Ming was silent in his heart, but he was also a stubborn man, his heart was horizontal, and he stiffened his neck and said: "The court is suddenly deaf and dumb, and the powerful are drunk and dreaming of death, haven't we seen enough these days?" We are worried about the country, but they treat us as something, a villain who tells right and wrong, a whistleblower who forgets his righteousness, such a court simply lets it mess around, and when it hurts, he knows that we are not talking nonsense. ”

"Bang!" There was a loud bang on the ground, which frightened the people in the restaurant, the shopkeeper trembled, painted a ball of ink under the pen, and swiped the numbers just written, and Li Hugun, who was going downstairs to relieve Xiaojie, was also so frightened that he slipped and almost rolled downstairs, he was annoyed in his heart, and looked at the person who took the case

The old man stood up and pointed at his son and angrily rebuked, "Wicked! You dare to speak, I, Yan Qing, am for the country and the people, and I am worried about the lives of the world, is it to save the lives of those powerful people, if I ignore them, and the thieves rebel, what will happen to the people in the world? What about the people of the world? ”

"For the common people of the world?" Li Hu gun's snort! He burped, leaned on the handrail of the stairs, and laughed with a puff of wine coming out of his mouth: "That man, who do you mean is going to rebel?" It's a lot of fun. I think you're drinking too much. The lady in the family wants to rebel! ”

Speaking of this, he teased to the diners: "Everyone, this person is the life of the world, then we are also a member of the people, why don't he pay for today's wine!" ”

"That's it! It is! The diners were disturbed by Yan Qing's palm, and they followed Ying He, and even some cheeky people waved to the shopkeeper, pointing at Yan Qing and saying, "Give him my bill!" ”

Yan Qing's face was gloomy, and he didn't say a word. took out a handful of money and slapped it on the table, pulled his son and turned around and left, but as soon as he walked to the staircase, he saw several people rushing up below, and the person led by was An Lushan's henchman Liu Luogu, who stared at Yan Qing tightly, with a fierce light flashing in his eyes.

Yan Qing was shocked and pushed his son away. turned around and fled, but unfortunately the tables and chairs in the store were dense, and after he knocked over a few chairs, he also tripped and fell to the ground. He snorted, his forehead slammed through the sharp corner of the table, and blood flowed profusely.

"Don't kill him, catch him alive!" Liu Luogu shouted, stopping the two subordinates who were about to draw their swords, and the two stepped forward to hold Yan Qing. The other two knocked down Ji Ming, and the diners in the restaurant began to sit still, and it was obvious that the people flashed their knives, and they couldn't help but be in a mess, and fled to both sides, and Li Hu's gun on the stairs also put away and laughed, looking at everything that happened in surprise, he recognized Liu Luogu. This man had twice visited his father, who was An Lushan's spokesman in Chang'an. He suddenly remembered Yan Qing's words just now, and was secretly shocked in his heart, "Could it be that the person he said was a rebel.

Seeing that Liu Luogu was looking at the surrounding situation, Li Hugun flashed back slightly, blocking his face through the eaves of the stairs.

Liu Luogu didn't see Li Hugun, he saw that the diners around him were ordinary people, and saw that the shopkeeper had already hid in the belly of the table, so he was relieved, he slowly walked to Yan Qing's head, squatted down and sneered at him: "Hmph! Yan joined the army, do you think that if you are from Chang'an, you can escape my palm? Acquaintances, hand over the account books, I see that I have been colleagues for many years to say a favor to the marshal, otherwise.

Speaking of this, Liu Luogu smiled gloomily, lowered his head and whispered in his ear: "Hang the heads of your father and son on the tower of Youzhou City, and see who dares to betray the handsome!" ”

"Phew!" Yan Qing smacked him fiercely, turned his head and ignored him.

Liu Luogu wiped the saliva from his face with his sleeve, kicked him in annoyance, and shouted, "Take them away!" ”

"Wait!" Li Hugun propped up the handrail of the staircase and jumped over the railing to the ground, although Li Hugun was mixed in Chang'an, but after all, he was the leader of the guards of the East Palace, and he was the grandson of King Ning, he was not ambiguous on major issues, from the dialogue between Liu Luogu and Yan Qing, he heard some clues, this Yan joined the army must be An Lushan's subordinates, and he was chased and killed by An Lushan after what evidence of rebellion he had, this matter is very important, although Li Hugun didn't want to cause trouble, but he couldn't ignore it, he hesitated for a long time in the dilemma, seeing that the other party was leaving, Only then did he jump out to stop it, he pointed at Yan Qing and said viciously: "This person owes me five hundred yuan, I am here waiting for his family to send money, are you not his accomplice who invited me to take him away?" ”

At this time, more than a dozen fox friends of Li Hugun walked down from the upper floor, all standing behind him, looking at Liu Luogu coldly.

"You are. Wu, his eyes are indifferent, the leader is even a head taller than himself, Liu Luogu has made a wide range of friends in Chang'an, and he has seen thousands of people, but he feels that Li Hugun is a little familiar, but he can't remember who he is?

"You don't care who we are, I only have one word for you, leave the Yan family father and son, and you guys get out!"

Li Hugun found that Liu Luogu didn't know him, he couldn't help but be more bold, and he didn't bother to talk to him, Li Hugun turned his head and made a look, and said in a low voice: "It's natural to repay debts, and I will snatch people back." ”

More than a dozen people rushed up, and snatched Yan Qing's father and son back, Liu Luogu was angry and anxious, "What five hundred? It's clearly an excuse to interfere in this matter! But the other party was so powerful that he had no choice but to watch Yan Qing being carried upstairs on his back.

Liu Luogu stared back at Li Hugun for a long time, desperately searching for information about this person in his mind, and suddenly he remembered who this person was, the second son of Li Lin, the salt and iron supervisor, he smiled coldly, and arched his hand and said: "Since you want to take care of An Shuai's affairs, then you can go, as long as you don't regret it!" ”

Liu Luogu waved his hand and yelled, "Let's go!" A few people ran downstairs and left quickly, he wanted to rush back to mobilize troops and horses to see if he could block them and snatch Yan Qing's father and son back.

"Big brother, what should I do now?" Guan, all of them were scared in their hearts, and they all found excuses to leave, and the rest of the people were also worried, all looking at Li Hugun in a daze, hoping that he could get an idea.

Li Hugun looked at Yan Qing, who had fainted due to excessive blood loss, and was really conflicted in his heart, whether to care or not? If it was a trivial matter, he might have walked away, but this matter involved An Lushan's rebellion, which had a close relationship with his Li family, and he was also one of them, so how could he ignore it.

Finally, he gritted his teeth and said to everyone: "What else!" Bring them to my house first. ”