After an hour of not seeing, Wang Zhongsi seems to have completely changed a person, wine, dressed neatly and neatly, although the appearance is still so old, the back is still rickety, but the mental outlook has been renewed, the cloudy eyes are gone, revealing a trace of the former clear, he entered the door and said to Li Qing: "I came to you for a big business!" ”

"Please sit down and speak!"

Li Qing moved a chair, carefully wiped off the dust on it, and invited Wang Zhongsi to sit down, he smiled slightly: "I also have something to ask you, but please make the king say it first." ”

Wang Zhongsi sat down and did not speak immediately, he gently stroked the inkstone on the table, his eyes were calm and calm, as if he was recalling something far away, "Since I was imprisoned, I have never touched the pen and paper again, and I will never touch it again." ”

Wang Zhongsi's tone was full of sadness, "Every night when I go to bed, my back hurts unbearably, and I can only feel numb when I am drunk, you know? This was the day before I was released from prison, in Dali Temple Prison, Ji Wen personally beat his spine with an iron rod, he said that my waist was too straight, and he wanted me to live like a dog in the future. ”

'Givin! ’

Li Qing's mind appeared a thin, elegant and humble image, soft-spoken, always with a smile on his face, although he was Li Linfu's sworn friend, but Li Qing has always had a good impression of him, I didn't expect him to be so ruthless.

"Jiwen is just a minion, it's Li Linfu who can't allow me to turn over again."

Wang Zhongsi waved his hand, "Don't talk about this, drinking almost missed my big event." He took out a thin book from his bosom and handed it to Li Qingdao: "This is my experience in marching and fighting for more than ten years, I have copied a total of three copies, one was given to Li Guangbi in Shuofang, and one was given to Ge Shuhan in Longyou, this one will be given to you!" ”

Li Qing opened the book casually, only to see that it was full of dense small characters, the characteristics of the battle, the march, the Tubo and Khitan armies, and described them in detail one by one, he looked up at Wang Zhongsi in surprise, "Could it be that you want me to return to the Western Regions?" ”

"Yes! I want you to go back to the Western Regions. Wang Zhongsi nodded affirmatively, "Three years ago, I told the emperor that transferring you back to the imperial court was a big loss to my Western Regions border defense, and the emperor also promised me that he would transfer you back to the border army at the appropriate time, but after three years in this flash, he must have forgotten the appointment of the year, but I did not forget, I wanted to talk to him several times, but I saw that you were busy with financial reforms, and the court was indeed inseparable from you, so I gave up this thought, but now I have seen through it, since he named the Yang family as a concubine, my Tang Dynasty government has begun to degenerate, and the tyrannical power of the prime minister, the villain is ambitious, no longer can hear the drums of the early dynasty, no longer see the diligent officials, lazy, perfunctory full of court, no longer worried about the country and the people of the officials, everyone only sharpened their heads to keep their official positions. ”

Speaking of this, Wang Zhongsi was extremely emotional, he coughed so much that he was almost out of breath, but he still held his heart down, and continued with great indignation: "He sings every night, distributes feasts every day, and consumes thousands of dollars at a time, he can reward hundreds of thousands of dollars to the Yang family without blinking, but he is reluctant to take out a little bit to comfort the border soldiers, the superior is poor and extravagant, and the following can not follow suit, Zhumen wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road, in the long run, I have to go into chaos." ”

Li Qing saw that Wang Zhonghe's eyes were bloodshot, his face was red, and his chest was so swollen that it was almost exploding, so he hurriedly brought a glass of water and put it in front of him, "Let you calm down, and speak slowly if you have something to say." ”

Wang Zhongsi took the water cup and drank it all, he exhaled a long breath, his emotions gradually calmed down, he put the water cup on the table, looked at Li Qing and said word by word: "So there must be a person who cleans up the mess, this person must not only lead the army to fight in all directions, but also be able to manage the people's livelihood for the prime minister, and this person is you." ”

Wang Zhongsi took out a sword from the package beside him and solemnly handed it to Li Qingdao: "This sword was left to me by my father, and it has followed me since I was seventeen years old when I fought on the battlefield, and I have never left it. ”

Li Qing shook his head and didn't answer, "Don't hide it from you, I also have the idea of going, we can be said to coincide, but I hope that you can go to the Western Regions with me, where is the stage for you to display your talents, why wait for death in this small county of Xunyang!" ”

"Wait for death!" Wang Zhongsi smiled proudly, "You are right, I am waiting for death, but what is there to fear from death, I want to die uprightly, I can't let him Li Longji catch my dissenting handle, the sky has mercy on me, let me have the opportunity to arrange the future affairs today, so that I can wait for the day when it is completely concluded in Xunyang County." ”

He pushed the sword in front of Li Qing, got up and looked up to the sky and laughed, Li Qing looked at the staggering back of the first general of the Tang Dynasty, and his heart was in awe of him, and gradually, Wang Zhonghe's figure disappeared, and he still left his chant on the river that had not yet dissipated:

"What joy is there in life, and what is there in fear of death; Only the history of the youth, leave my name! ”

The following year, Wang Zhongsi died of 'melancholy' in Xunyang.

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Ten days later, Li Qing's boat slowly docked in Weishui, and after a simple handover,

Surrounded by ten cronies, they rode to Chang'an City, the prosperous city wall of Chang'an City, the wide Chunming Street, merchants of different skin tones, greeting each other in broken Chinese on the street, it is always a lively and noisy restaurant, with a flow of people like weaving and sweating like rain.

After only leaving for less than two months, Li Qing felt like a world away, everything was so familiar, but it was so unfamiliar.

"Dongshi is next to it, let's go around from the inside!"

He is not only the head of the household, but also concurrently serves as the secretary of the Taifu Temple, the east and west cities are under the jurisdiction of the Taifu Temple, a group of people entered the gate of the East City, which is more lively than Chunming Street, the carriages of goods pass by, the sound of bargaining can be heard everywhere, it is the middle of spring at this time, the pear blossoms on the street are in full bloom, colorful and snow-white, and the air is filled with a rich fragrance of flowers.

Suddenly, from the shop of the jewelry store in the East Market, there was a frightened cry from the shopkeeper Qiu, "Master Yang, these are Tianzhu diamonds, they are worth thousands of yuan, to say the least, why do you only give a hundred taels of silver." ”

Then a vicious voice said: "Now the silver is expensive and cheap, and a hundred taels of silver is worth five hundred yuan, and you can make some more profits, isn't it okay?" ”

"Where is a hundred taels of silver worth five hundred? The official price of the cabinet is 100 taels of silver for 200 yuan, you take the silver, I won't sell it! ”

"Bullshit cabinet shop, always the royal family, if you don't sell it today, you will always say that you colluded with Tubo and skinned you in Dali Temple to cramp."

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Li Qing grabbed the reins, and the other party's disrespectful words made his face sink, and he glanced at Li Fei Shouyu, who jumped off his horse and strode towards the store with a few servants.

In the jewelry store, a stout black-faced man was holding the thin Qiu shopkeeper and foaming at the mouth, "You goddamn black shopkeeper, these diamonds are going to be paid tribute to the concubine Niangniang, giving you money is already grace, if you dare to fart again, I will drag you to Dali Temple." ”

Li Fei Shouyu saw that although this person looked vulgar, he was wearing a five-grade official uniform, especially a purple gold fish bag hanging on the leather belt around his waist, which was very conspicuous.

"This court official, keep your mouth clean, and when you hear it, you will be impeached."

The black-faced man glanced at Li Fei Shouyu, and saw that although he was wearing a military uniform, his rank was low, and there were only three soldiers behind him, which was far from his own dozen people, so he couldn't help but pout: "Where did the dog bark here, do you want to beg for a beating?" ”

Li Fei Shouyu was furious, but he was a cautious person, since the other party's surname was Yang and he was an imperial prince, it was very likely that he was a member of the Yang family, so he couldn't help but say coldly: "Since you dare to say that it is the imperial family, you have the ability to report your name." ”

"Get out of the way!" The man rolled his eyes and no longer paid attention to Li Fei Shouyu, but one of the attendants next to him sneered: "What are you, and you are worthy of listening to my master's name?" ”

Li Fei Shouyu was so angry that he trembled, he couldn't help it anymore, and was about to have a seizure, but Li Qing walked up to him, patted him on the shoulder and said, "This is a dog of the Yang family, he can't speak human words, so he doesn't care what he does." ”

Li Qing recognized this person's name as Yang Qi, and he was also a brother of Yang Yuhuan, and he was also one of the chicken dogs of the Yang family's ascension.

Yang Qi also knew Li Qing, if two months ago, he wouldn't dare to provoke, but now that Zhang Qiu and Qiong are dead, Li Qing's backstage is gone, and Yang Qi no longer takes him seriously.

"Li Shilang compares our Yang family to dogs, which is blaspheming the concubine."

Yang Qi squinted his eyes and a sinister smile appeared on his face, "If you don't explain it to me clearly, I will tell the emperor." ”

After speaking, he crossed his hands on his chest and proudly waited for Li Qing's apology.

"Let's go!" Li Qing pulled Li Fei Shouyu and strode out, at this time the door was already three layers inside and three layers outside the door was full of people watching the excitement, and the office of the East City was hiding far away and did not dare to show up, he wanted to come forward to meet his boss, but he was afraid that Yang Qi would not dare to provoke Li Qing and take him under the knife.

"Li Shilang, haven't you been away from home for too long and miss your mother! The monkey is in a hurry to leave. Yang Qi saw that Li Qing was showing weakness, thinking that he didn't dare to offend himself, so he laughed proudly while following out to ridicule him.

"You're wrong, I just think it's too narrow." Li Qing sneered slightly, and dozens of fierce cronies had already surrounded Yang Qi and more than a dozen of his entourage.

"You, don't mess around, I'm the concubine's brother." The sky-high murderous aura was terrifying, especially when Li Fei Shouyu held a giant bow in his hand, and a cold wolf tooth arrow was aimed straight at his front door, "Li Shilang, I was just joking just now. ”

If it was two months ago, Li Qing would never face him face-to-face, but grabbed his handle to impeach him, so that his dream of promotion was shattered, but now, if he blindly retreats, he will only be regarded as weak and easy to bully by the other party, and he needs to declare war directly on Yang Guozhong with a tough attitude.

"Break both of his legs!" Li Qing smiled faintly with his hands behind his back, "Send this person to the Wannian County Government again, and treat him for the crime of pretending to be a royal relative." ”