The sky was gray, it had passed dawn, but the heavy snow was still dense in the sky, like fluttering, clumps, clusters, densely smashed to the earth, the northwest wind curled, shuttling in a vast gray haze, half a footprint, except for the officers and soldiers on duty, everyone hid at home, caged their hands, anxiously hung on their faces, waiting for the snow to go out to make a living.

Chang'an Tonghuafang, there is a vast area of the house, the owner of the house Huangfu Weiming also looked out of the window with an anxious face, he has cleaned up, ready to go to the Huaqing Palace to realize the dream, at the moment he is waiting for the news of Xianyang, he has been snowing yesterday under the cover of the Huaqing Palace, it stands to reason that the reply should arrive last night, even if it is a little late, the city gate is closed by mistake, then it should come early this morning, but now, the people who believe in the city gate are not even seen.

"Has something changed?"

Huangfu Weiming's neck began to stiffen, a few points harder than the granite, no one knows better than him the consequences of the leakage of this matter, the family and the extermination of the clan are still light, it will involve a large number of officials, cane death, exile, loss of office, and Tai will also be driven out of the East Palace, and even a glass of dove wine will be over.

Huangfu Weiming's heart became colder and colder, he forced himself to calm down, and once again carefully reviewed the loopholes in his actions, Li Longji's plan to visit the Huaqing Palace in the New Year was learned two months ago, and he had already started planning at that time, but he did not tell anyone, there was no problem in this link; After the end of the battle of Longyou, he wanted to enter Beijing to offer prisoners, approved by the Ministry of War, and ordered him to garrison Xianyang, he did it one by one, and there was no problem; The Ministry of War approved the release of 5,000 prisoners, but he brought 20,000 men, but the people sent by the Ministry of War to inspect had already greeted them in advance, turned around at the camp gate and left, and the Yulin Army who came to pick up the prisoners of war did not enter the camp, and it stands to reason that they should not be noticed;

Could it be that the king is rare? Huangfu Weiming shook his head, it shouldn't be him, not to mention that he has been with him for many years, he is his hardcore confidant, even if he has a heart, but before receiving the order, he doesn't know his true intentions, and he can barely rule it out;

Maybe it's Li Qing, Huangfu Weiming immediately denied it, it shouldn't be, last night Tai told him that Li Qing had entered Beijing and met Li Linfu, although it made him very annoyed, but that only affected his own back road, Li Qing could find out from the official book that the number of people who entered Beijing was still 5,000, and he couldn't guess his plan.

As for the person who gave the order to denounce, it is even more impossible, he uses three people to give the order, and each order is taken out of context, and the sum is complete, unless three people denounce at the same time.

There seems to be no loophole, but how can this be explained by the fact that the messenger who was supposed to return did not return? After waiting for two hours, seeing that it was almost noon, there was still no news, Huangfu Weiming couldn't wait any longer, he called dozens of personal soldiers, rode on horses and galloped towards Xianyang in person, the snow was still falling, the sky was full of fluffs, and it was boundless.

When Huangfu Weiming rushed to Xianyang with difficulty, the snow had stopped, it was dusk, and a round of blood-red remnant sun shone on the snowy ice and snow world, and also reflected in Huangfu Weiming's eyes that were colder than ice, in front of him, the remnants of the barracks were especially there, but the battalion and 20,000 soldiers seemed to have evaporated, and there was no trace.

"Handsome! Handsome! ”

The soldiers next to him found the strangeness of Huangfu Weiming, he seemed to be frozen, staring straight and motionless in front of him, at this time, a horse galloped over, and when he came closer, it was the three people who came to give the order yesterday, he also found Huangfu Weiming, and immediately jumped off the horse to report, "Dashuai, my subordinates have failed to complete the order, and I am here to receive the guilt." ”

As soon as he saw this person, Huangfu Weiming immediately came to life, and he said urgently: "Say it quickly!" What happened? ”

"Marshal, my subordinates arrived here yesterday, and they found that the barracks were gone, and their subordinates followed the trail and chased them westward until they reached Fengxiang, and the defenders there told me that General Wang was ordered by the military department, and he had already left Fengxiang and went west, and he was missing."

"What! Dispatch of the Ministry of War? ”

Huangfu Weiming was so angry that he felt dizzy with a white flower in front of him, and then his vision turned black, and he shook twice on his horse, "Plop!" So he turned over and dismounted.

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Three days later, the excitement of the New Year shifted from home to outdoors, and the streets were full of citizens who gave New Year's greetings to friends and colleagues, especially in the area of Suzaku Street and East and West Market, where there was no need to manually shovel snow, and the feet of passers-by had almost flattened the snow, and they held it at home for a few days, even if they had nothing to do, they had to go to the street to take a walk, not to mention that there were countless Shengdou small people who needed to go out to forage for food.

In front of the Shugui Restaurant in the West Market, more than a dozen children are divided into two factions, and they are fighting each other's snowball fights, snowballs are flying all over the sky, and sometimes they are unanimous to the outside, and the snowballs wrapped in gravel are smashed together to the shopkeeper who came to pick up people, and then they run away with a grin, and when they rub the red and swollen big bag shop Shop Er goes back, the children slipped back and continued the unfinished battle.

At this time, a few horses galloped from a distance, in front of the restaurant, the people on the horse dismounted, talking and laughing and walking towards the restaurant, it was Li Qing and a few of his servants, suddenly'whoosh', a snowball drew an arc to Li Qing smashed, he grabbed it casually, caught the snowball, Li Qing laughed, childlike, bowed his head and pinched a few snowballs, joined the snowball fight, pointing to the east and the west, the enemy and me

Then he beat a group of children and ran away crying.

"Governor, let's go eat! We're all hungry! A few servants stood by coldly, and Li Fei Yuanli despised him for bullying children, so he reminded in a long voice.

"Huh! Let's go, let's eat. Li Qing patted the snow stains on his body, smiled and led everyone upstairs, and Xiao Er hurriedly came over to lead the way.

"Xiao Er, are the Dushe people here?"

Du She is the protagonist of the East Palace case, Du Youlin, after the East Palace case, he has been demoted to Taishe, he is a frequent visitor here, Li Qing has something to find him, so he asked him to meet here.

"The guest officer was looking for the Dusher people, and he has already arrived."

went up to the second floor, Xiao Er introduced him into a private room, but found that there were two people sitting in the room, one of them had gray hair and was quite old, it was Du Youlin, and the other was extremely tall, about thirty, he also knew, but it was Cui Guangyuan, the county magistrate of Chang'an County, who was killed with a cane.

When the two saw Li Qing coming in, they hurriedly stood up and bowed to Li Qing, and Du Youlin thanked him first: "Thanks to Li Dudu for what happened last time, the old man is grateful." ”

He pointed to Cui Guangyuan again and introduced: "This is the old man's colleague, I wonder if Li Dudu still remembers?" Donggong Zuo Shanzan doctor Cui Guangyuan. ”

"Oh! When will Brother Cui be transferred to the East Palace? ”

Cui Guangyuan didn't seem to want to mention this matter again, so he only smiled and said: "I missed and hurt people, and it is a blessing not to be demoted. Okay, since you guys have something to do, I'll go first. ”

Du Youlin grabbed him and said hurriedly: "Actually, it's nothing, Brother Cui might as well sit together." ”

After a twist and turn, he became extremely timid, and he no longer dared to deal with officials alone, Li Qing asked him, but he brought Cui Guangyuan with him, but in this way, Li Qing had something to say.

"I heard that the Dushe people want to sell the store, I don't know if they can do it?"

Du Youlin's eyes showed joy, and he hurriedly shook his head and said, "I originally wanted to sell it, but now I have changed my mind and won't sell it?" ”

Li Qing smiled faintly, his face was expressionless, as if he was casually asking, "Why don't you sell it again?" ”

"Don't you know that Governor Li still doesn't know?"

Du Youlin was surprised: "That damn Yang Guozhong actually wants to investigate the officials and businessmen and the officials who occupy more land, and Li Dudu is ranked first, such a big thing, Chang'an has spread all over the place, and Li Dudu doesn't know?" ”

"I've heard a little about this, and I've heard that many people want to sell the shop, and my shopkeeper told me that the Dushe people also want to sell the shop, and I intend to take over, but I don't know why I don't sell it now?"

Without waiting for Du Youlin to speak, Cui Guangyuan next to him sneered: "Yang Zhao's house is not clean himself, and he wants to say goodbye to others, this time it can stab the hornet's nest, Li Dudu may not know, these days, the complaint to Yang Zhao has blocked the yamen of the Ministry of Officials, some have accused him of losing public money in Shu gambling back then, some have accused him of forcibly occupying land, some have accused his wife of opening a shop in Chengdu, and some have accused him of leaving the housewife (that is, Bao Ermi, since the third year of Kaiyuan, the Tang Dynasty has strictly prohibited Bao Erwives, and the offender has been sentenced to exile), a crime should be charged, and there are dozens of total items. Yesterday, this guy was forced to publicly state that his investigation was wrong, and he wanted to take it back from the emperor. ”

Du Youlin also smiled and said: "This is called public anger, since he wants to take back the discount, so I don't plan to sell it, and many officials who originally planned to sell the shop don't sell it either." ”

Li Qing laughed and said: "This is an interesting thing, it seems that Yang Guozhong wants to be promoted and wants to go crazy, the law does not blame the public, hasn't he heard of it?" Commit the first taboo in officialdom, see how he mixes in the future. ”

Cui Guangyuan snorted and said disdainfully: "He has a noble concubine cover, what are you afraid of, it's a big deal to push the responsibility on his subordinates, he doesn't have a." ”

Li Qing glanced at him and said with a little surprise: "Listening to Brother Cui's tone, it seems that he knows Yang Guozhong." ”

Cui Guangyuan got up, with a look of disdain on his face, "How could I not know him, he was the county lieutenant of Xindu back then, and I was the county magistrate, speaking of which, he still owes me a hundred gambling debts that have not been repaid, so ask him to ask him for it another day!" ”

After that, he said goodbye again: "There is something, I really can't stay for a long time, and we will talk about it later." ”

Li Qing laughed, also got up to send Cui Guangyuan, arched his hand and said: "Yang Guozhong also owes me an old debt, let's be together another day." ”

When Cui Guangyuan walked away, the Li Fei brothers and a few of his subordinates stood at the door, and no one was allowed to approach, Li Qing looked at Du Youlin and smiled without saying a word, looking at Du Youlin's heart hairy, and said with a dry smile: "Is there anything else to do with the governor?" ”

Li Qing smiled, and said to Du Youlin casually: "Actually, it's not a big deal, I've been away from the capital for too long, I don't know a lot of things, I heard that on the tenth day of the first month, there is a grand event in Baisun Temple, and many people have made a big bet, I don't know what is going on?" ”

"So that's it."

Du Youlin was relieved, he explained with a smile: "This year is the first Shangyuan Festival of Yang Niangniang's concubine, the emperor attaches great importance to it, in order to encourage the younger generation of the Li Tang royal family to be positive, the special Zongzheng Temple held an event in Baisun Yuan on the fifteenth and eleventh days of the first month, and the grandchildren of the Li Tang royal family participated in the competition, and the martial arts were not limited, this matter caused a great sensation in Chang'an, and several big casinos were set up for people to bet, and Li Dudu said that the big note refers to this matter. ”

Li Qing: 'Oh! After a while, he continued to ask: "I also have the heart to try, and I am going to take out three thousand yuan to bet, but."

Which little prince should be better, Lao Du might as well recommend one or two. ”

"Huh! I was ordered to prepare for the preparation of Li Li, the king of Guangping, and if you ask me, I naturally recommend you to bet on the king of Guangping. ”

Speaking of this, Du Youlin suddenly reacted, Li Qing had a very good relationship with Li Lin, the Zongzheng Siqing who hosted this game, and instead of asking him, he came to ask himself, did he think.

Thinking of this, Du Youlin sneered slightly: "If Governor Li has something to say, please say it directly, Governor Li has a great favor to me, are you still afraid that I won't agree?" If you have to turn the corner and ask, let's talk! I need help with something. ”

Li Qing looked up to the sky and smiled, pointed at Du Youlin and said, "It's really amazing, you guessed my mind at once." ”

He pondered for a moment, and said slowly: "I am also an old man from the East Palace, and naturally I also placed a note on Li Jiao, the king of Guangping, a total of five thousand, and the amount is not small, so I want to ask Lao Du to hand over the little prince's martial arts competition to me to undertake, I don't know if you can help me arrange it." ”

Du Youlin knew that Li Qing would never be so simple as gambling money, but he had a great favor to himself, how could he refuse, it would not be a problem to promise him, and it would be regarded as repaying the favor, but this matter must be agreed by King Guangping himself.

"I want to ask His Royal Highness King Guangping for this matter first, but there is one thing that Li Dudu should pay attention to, if it is a military training competition, it must not involve in-service officers, this is the rule set by the emperor."

"What about the soldiers?" Li Qing asked again.

Du Youlin shook his head and said: "Only in-service officers are not allowed to participate, and soldiers are not mentioned." ”

Li Qing nodded slowly: "Okay, I want to see King Guangping, please ask Lao Du to arrange it for me." ”

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Although Li Longji issued an edict in the Kaiyuan period: 'The clan shall not contact foreign relatives and foreign officials without authorization. But there are many unreasonable consequences of this order, for example, there are also officials in the court, so can't they talk to their colleagues? In fact, the real purpose of Li Longji's order was to target Tai, but he didn't say it explicitly.

After more than ten years, it is gradually not as strict as it was at the beginning, and in the end, this order is limited to Tai alone, as long as the other clans do not go too far, Li Longji will also turn a blind eye.

Li Li, the king of Guangping, is also the Tang Dynasty in history, Li Yu, born in the 14th year of Kaiyuan, and was crowned King Guangping in the 20th year of Kaiyuan.

He is the eldest grandson of the emperor, deeply liked by Li Longji, since he was a child, he invited a famous teacher to teach him, the history books say that he is rich and profound, wide and can be broken, joy and fear are invisible, and benevolence, filial piety and courtesy, moving must be courteous, this is the result of a good education since childhood, when he grew up, he not only liked, but also good martial arts, too he invited the first Mo sword of the Tang Dynasty Li Siye to teach him to practice martial arts, practice a good martial arts.

This contest between the disciples of the Shangyuan Festival clan is very important at the juncture of the rumor abolition, and it is even the epitome of the struggle between their fathers.

Li Jiao, the king of Guangping, also held back his strength, eager to try, to earn back for his father, although his talent is good, but he is not absolutely leading in the clan, if you want to win, you have to be surprised.

On this day, as usual, he was about to go out to the East Palace to ask his father for peace, but Du Youlin suddenly came to him, although there was no blood relationship between them, but Du Youlin was still his grandfather in name, and he was raised since he was a child, and he was responsible for organizing the participation in this competition (equivalent to the agent of later generations), Li Li was also looking for him and urgently summoned him to meet.

"Grandpa, the day before yesterday, my father asked me to bring Li Hugun's guards to the field, and I heard that many other people use the Yulin Army, I'm really a little worried, I don't know what your opinion is?"

"Li Hu gun?"

Du Youlin sneered, shook his head and said: "These guys are quite famous in the capital, if they are better than eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling, and fighting and brawling, they are better than the two armies facing each other and fighting hard, not to mention the Yulin Army, they are afraid that they will not even be able to beat Jin Wuwei, and they will definitely lose with them." ”

"What then? Originally, it was enough to say that martial arts were the same, but now it is said that martial arts are all comparable, and there are only ten days left, how can it be in time. ”

Li Li scratched his head in distress, and said: "I also want to ask Yulin Jun for help, but my father is not allowed, only these guys have practiced a little, if they can't do it, how can I do it?" ”

Du Youlin waved his hand and said with a slight smile: "Since this matter is hosted by me, don't listen to your father's words, I have already found a suitable army for you." ”

"Where is the army?" Li Jiao couldn't help but be in good spirits.

Du Youlin stepped forward, approached him and whispered: "Three hundred elite soldiers of the Shazhou Doulu Army!" ”

"Doulu Army!"

Li Jiao's heart was pleasantly surprised, the Shazhou Doulu Army was the most famous army in the Tang Dynasty in the past two months, the bloody battle in Shazhou, the killing of the enemy chief for thousands of miles, and the surprise attack on Shibao City, these legendary stories were all done by them.

But he immediately reacted, "Have you seen Li Qing?" ”

Du Youlin nodded, "He took the initiative to bring it up, I wonder if the little prince wants to see him?" ”

Li Jiao pondered for a moment, then nodded happily in agreement, "It's okay, it's okay to meet him, it's up to you to arrange this matter, just tonight." ”