At the beginning of February of the eighth year of Bao, Suzhou cabinet workshop suddenly caught fire, hundreds of cabinets were burned to death, nearly 100 people were burned, 100,000 taels of official silver disappeared mysteriously, the situation was serious, Suzhou assassin Shi Cui Huan immediately wrote to Li Longji, asking the imperial court to send someone to intervene, Li Longji immediately appointed Li Qing as the Jiangnan East Observation Envoy, Imperial Doctor, and urgently went to Suzhou to find out the case.

"Smack!" A piece of music fell hard in front of Yang Guozhong, Li Longji's eyes were like ice, and he asked him coldly: "You say!" But you sent someone to do it? ”

This afternoon, Li Longji received a second letter from Cui Huan, the assassin of Suzhou, saying that there was a severe drought in the Taihu Lake basin and that he hoped that the imperial court would send a large number of officials to pacify Zhou County, and this was the excuse for Li Longji to transfer Li Qing away, which immediately made Li Longji stunned.

Li Longji almost exploded in anger, kicked him fiercely, and said: "One hundred lives, one hundred thousand taels of silver, your hands are so good!" ”

Yang Guozhong was so frightened that he kowtowed again and again, "The minister doesn't dare, this matter has nothing to do with the minister, from the emperor's summoning of Weichen to the arson case, there was only a three-day gap, if it was done by the minister, it was too late in time, please let the emperor know." ”

Listening to Yang Guozhong's words, Li Longji also lost his anger slightly, he didn't think about this matter himself, but it happened to happen by chance, and it happened to be under the jurisdiction of Li Qing, so he thought that Cui Huan acted according to his own will and transferred Li Qing, but he didn't carefully consider the time inconsistency, although Li Longji already understood that it was his own mistake, but how could he admit his mistake in front of the minister, he couldn't help but snort coldly: "Of course you won't admit it, I have no evidence now, and when I find out that it was really you, I will never spare you, now you get out!" ”

Yang Guozhong was so frightened that his legs were weak and numb, he got up and left, but Li Longji stopped him: "Come back!" ”

"Yes! Be! Yang Guozhong turned his head tremblingly, stood by the wall with his hands down, and didn't dare to take a breath.

Li Longji glanced at him and said lightly: "Put your heart on the right thing these two days, don't miss my big thing." ”

Yang Guozhong understood what the emperor meant, and the implication was that Li Heng would have movement in the past two days, he couldn't help but get excited, bowed deeply to Li Longji, and replied in a deep voice: "The minister will never let Your Majesty down!" ”

After Yang Guozhong left, Li Longji immediately wrote a secret decree and handed it to Yu Chaoen: "Quickly send someone to catch up with Li Qing and give him my handwritten message, there must be no mistake!" ”

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And said that Yang Guozhong left Xingqing Palace, and did not go back to Jingzhao Yin directly, but turned a corner to go to Qingwangfu to ask for the crime, although the Suzhou cabinet workshop was not committed by him Yang Guozhong, but he knew that this case must have something to do with King Qing, in the area south of the Yangtze River, King Qing and King Yong both have strong strength, King Yong and Li Qing have no enmity, it is unlikely, but he King Qing was planted on the cabinet shop three years ago, and lost 100,000 yuan.

As the saying goes, 'people are in good spirits when they are happy', this sentence is the most appropriate for King Qing, he has been doing everything smoothly in the past few months, first with the full support of the Yang family, and then his father gradually forgave him, and now he signed an alliance with Li Linfu, in exchange for his support for his own entry into the East Palace for his guarantee of the prosperity of Li Linfu's family.

At this time, the prestige of the imperial commander Li Cong is like the sky, and the clan, the inner palace, relatives, and courtiers have all expressed their positions, hoping that he can take another step and have everything, only the east wind is owed, and now only Li Heng is left to move out of the East Palace.

At this moment, Li Cong is sitting in the back garden by the pool fishing, the breeze is blowing, the willow has spit out tender green sprouts, a group of red carp is around Li Cong's golden hook up and down, from time to time the hook is dragged away again and again, but Li Cong doesn't seem to mean this, let the fishing rod sway left and right, his eyes are staring at the water in a daze, the day before yesterday, Li Xiangguo personally told him that the emperor's abdication may be just a pretext, the real purpose may be to do something to the East Palace, and let him ask Yang Guozhong to verify the matter.

If Tai is really abolished this time, then will he be the next to enter the East Palace, himself or King Yong? Li Cong is silently balancing the advantages of himself and King Yong, and now he is far superior to King Yong in terms of financial resources, connections, and prestige, and he is the emperor's chief, so he has obvious advantages.

The only drawback is that the father seems to be more inclined to Yongwang, which is the only advantage of Yongwang, but it is also the most important one.

"Your Highness, Uncle Yang is here, and his subordinates have taken matters into their own hands and invited him to your study!"

Wang Junshi's report interrupted Li Cong's train of thought, 'Yang Guozhong is here? Li Cong couldn't help but perk up, he was looking for him for something!

"You're doing a great job, I don't blame you."

He threw the fishing rod to his entourage, and then rushed to the study, at such a critical juncture, Yang Guozhong must have brought good news to himself, but as soon as he saw Yang Guozhong, he split his head and asked: "Let me ask you, did you send someone to do the Suzhou cabinet case?" ”

Yang Guozhong's questioning tone made Li Cong's heart extremely uncomfortable, and after a long time, he said coldly: "What did I do?" What if I didn't do it? You made it clear. ”

"It seems that I didn't guess wrong, and it was really you." Yang Guozhong's fire! Then he got up, and he scolded with a thick throat: "I see that you are really a fool, what time is it now, don't you want to enter the East Palace?" The emperor just asked me about this, and he was very annoyed, if Li Qing found out that it was you

You're done, there's no hope, you know? ”

Yang Guozhong's words immediately made Li Cong panic, he hurriedly pulled Yang Guozhong to sit down, and then whispered to him: "This matter is actually Li Xiangguo's order, a few days ago, he ordered me to attack Suzhou Cabinet Fang, I obeyed his words, and sent the dog Li Li to Suzhou to act in person, but I didn't expect to alarm the emperor." ”

Yang Guozhong sneered secretly, that's right, it seems that Li Linfu also thought of this step, and transferred Li Qing away first, but Li Linfu couldn't let him go to the cabinet shop, at most let him make some trouble, the burning of the cabinet shop must be done by King Qing without authorization, he suddenly had a thought in his heart, since Li Linfu participated in it, why didn't he take this opportunity to leave a backhand?

And King Qing actually sent his son to Suzhou, it seems that this matter will never be so simple, Yang Guozhong glanced at King Qing, saw that his eyes were obviously panicked, and his heart was clear, so he smiled kindly and said: "Your Highness told me the truth, do you still plan to kill Li Qing directly in Suzhou." ”

King Qing was helpless, so he had to smile awkwardly, and acquiesced in the matter, but he hurriedly explained: "Although I want to kill him, it is not our people who will do it, but with the help of others, even if the emperor finds out, it has nothing to do with us." ”

"If you want to do it, just do it ruthlessly, don't leave a tail like last time in Yangzhou."

Yang Guozhong took a sip of tea, stood up, and said with a gloomy smile: "Even if I don't hear about this, I still go all out to deal with Li Heng, and let His Highness enter the East Palace as soon as possible, I will leave." ”

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It is said that after Li Qing left Chang'an, he boarded the boat from the Wei River according to the plan, and rushed to Suzhou by transport, the waterway was far slower than the land route, and it took three days to arrive at Shaanzhou (today's Sanmenxia), and that night, the ship was about to sail out of the Tianbao Canal, and Li Qing ordered the boatman to anchor here for the night.

A big ship slowly docked, here is the distribution center of Caoyun, the large and small grain ships raise their sails like clouds, dense and unsightly, there are several miles of granaries built on the shore, and there are heavy guards stationed on the shore.

Jiang Jingyue is white, the wind pushes the water waves to gently lap the river, the boat rises and falls with the waves, Li Qing slowly walked to the bow of the boat with his hands, staring at the black river, he has been leaving the capital for three days, and he doesn't know what happened in the East Palace? Li Heng has any tricks to be caught by Li Longji, something happened to Longyou, Wang Zhongsi should return immediately, I just hope that Li Heng will remember the lesson of Wei Jian's case, and don't meet Wang Zhongji secretly in Taibai Mansion again, and be caught by Li Longji.

There is also Zhang Qiu and Qiong, if he wants to impeach Li Linfu now, doesn't he know that when he is too late, Li Linfu, Yang Guozhong and others are all wearing a pair of pants? He didn't listen to his own hard advice, so why couldn't he wait until the contradictions between Li Linfu and Yang Guozhong began to sharpen before impeachment.

All kinds of unpleasant things make Li Qingxin very upset, if the finances are not good and the treasury is not full, maybe Li Longji will pay more or less attention to people's livelihood and political affairs, but now.

Li Longji is addicted to singing and dancing, does he also have a certain responsibility? 'Born in sorrow, defeated in peace', this is true!

Li Qing sighed, he felt that his strength was small at this time, knowing that there would be an Anshi Rebellion in a few years, but he could not do anything, the land annexation caused a large number of peasants to flee north, and brought an abundant source of soldiers to An Lushan, and this person was very good at observing words and feelings, and sent a large amount of money and silk every year to hand over to the inner palace of the ministers, and took the initiative to hostage in Chang'an, thinking of various tricks to please Li Longji, and he was good at manipulating his wrists, and he stopped fighting against the Khitan, and never moved its roots, so that the court felt that he could not suppress the Khitan.

He has long been full-fledged, but he has never forgotten to express his loyalty to Li Longji, Li Longji sent his husband Meng Lingcha as Anton's deputy capital protector, his intention was to spy on him, but he instead sang praises for An Lushan, if he didn't know what would happen in the future, he would never believe that An Lushan would rebel, maybe An Lushan at this time in history had no objection, just wanted to keep his own territory.

Li Qing looked at the bright moonlight, he exhaled a long breath of white air, the biting chill made his thinking extremely clear, Li Heng, Li Linfu, and An Lushan seemed to be a mirror, so that Li Qing faintly saw a road, even if he did it, what could Xiangguo do, wouldn't it be slaughtered on the board at any time?

Li Longji transferred himself away today, it was because he could bring him a lot of money, but once he lost his use value, would Li Longji still talk like this?

Lian'er is right, whether it is Li Heng or Li Cong, no matter who succeeds to the throne, he will not be spared lightly, even if it is really King Guangping who ascends the throne, will he forget the revenge that he shot Li Heng with an arrow back then?

Li Qing's heart gradually became clear, since he couldn't change the fact of local separation, why didn't he learn from An Lushan, hold the military power of a town, don't look at people's faces and act, arsenic is poison, but it is not a good medicine, just look at where he uses it, after thinking about this section, Li Qing's heart suddenly opened up.

He chuckled and turned to walk towards the cabin, when the wind faintly shouted, 'Is Li Shilang on the boat?' The voice came from the shore, Li Fei Shouyu stared for a moment, and suddenly turned to Li Qing and said: "Dudu, the person who came seems to be a eunuch in the palace!" ”