It was very deep, the sky was dark and dreary, there was no starlight, the houses were wafting thin, except for the noise near the city wall in the east city, the rest of the place was terrifyingly silent, the doors of every house were closed tightly, a team of Tang Dynasty cavalry in the house galloped through the street, running straight in the direction of the Wu Temple, the roaring horses' hooves dispersed the mist, and countless pairs of frightened eyes flashed out of the crack in the door, seeing that it was the Tang Army, they were relieved, and then their eyes disappeared.

Li Qing took the lead, in his arms, the young man was still asleep, his head resting on his arm, his skin was fair, his body was thin, his long eyelashes looked like a girl, he was Han Rijin's alone, according to his own name is Han Shuang, he is only eleven years old this year, according to the agreement between the two parties, Han Rijin will send him to the Tang Army as a hostage, and he will also be sent to Chang'an to study in the future.

The lights and candles in front of the Wu Temple were bright, several believers were preparing to close the door, and saw a team of cavalry rushing from a distance, and hurriedly went in to report the news, a team of Tang troops soon came to the Wu Temple, Li Qing turned over and dismounted, the young man woke up, he glanced at Li Qing in fear, saw his arms stretched out towards him, instinctively shrank back, but could not dodge, was hugged off the horse by Li Qing.

"Don't scare the kids!"

The witch who heard the news saw the horror on Han Shuang's face, and hurriedly came down to hold his hand, "Hanshuang, do you still know me?" ”

Han Shuang looked at the witch, and when Huoguang saw her kind eyebrows, he had a vague impression, and this impression immediately turned into a dependence, hiding behind her like a bird, and looking at Li Qing timidly.

Li Qing handed over the child to her and asked in a deep voice, "Is he really a son of the cold sun?" ”

The witch stroked his head, a trace of strangeness flashed in her eyes, nodded and smiled: "Han Rijin actually sent his heart's flesh here, it seems that he has made up his mind." ”

"That's good, this kid will be handed over to you, I think he is a little scared, it's not appropriate to put it in the barracks." After Li Qing finished speaking, he felt something, and subconsciously looked at the Wu Temple, but saw a black-clothed disciple standing at the gate, holding his hand on the door, his face covered with a black scarf, only revealing a pair of beautiful eyes, his eyes were misty, and he was staring at him stupidly.

Li Qing was stunned, he wanted to run up, his feet seemed to be nailed to the ground, he wanted to call her, but he choked in his throat, he couldn't say a word, the two were separated for less than ten days, it seemed that tens of millions of years had passed, extremely familiar, but extremely unfamiliar.

"Go ahead! Say a few words to her. ”

Li Qing followed the witch up the steps and slowly walked in front of her, Ah Wan slowly took off the black scarf covering her face, revealing a beautiful face, although her face was a little pale, but the dazzling brilliance stunned all the people, and even covered a trace of gloom, she didn't speak, only gently held Li Qing's big hand with her slender and cold hand, and experienced the warmth that could be relied on.

"Son, let's go inside."

The witch put her arm around Han Shuang's shoulders and walked towards the temple, but Han Shuang couldn't help but look back, looking at Ah Wan blankly, and her eyes were full of nostalgia.

Walking into the wing, Li Qing grabbed her, hugged her in his arms, and kissed her frantically and roughly, as if a long-accumulated volcano suddenly erupted.

She suddenly felt his hand reach into her clothes, and as if she thought of something, she pushed him away in a panic, panting and saying, "We can't do this!" ”

Li Qing's heart suddenly became cold, he slowly turned around, and said indifferently for a long time: "So, you have decided to be a witch?" ”

Ah Wan felt the indifference in his tone, and her heart was extremely uncomfortable, she walked over slowly, hugged his waist from behind, put her face on his back, but her eyes were red, "Things are not what you think, I really want to go back to Chang'an with you, but, but. Okay? ”

"And how much time are you going to have? Days, months, or years. ”

"I don't know how much time it will take, but when I figure something out, I'll go to you."

"I think you're really fascinated by witchcraft!"

Li Qing suddenly turned around, pressed her shoulder, stared at her eyes and said, "Do you think you can really hide it?" Your father will soon find out that you are not dead, and he will take you back and marry someone else as a means of winning over him. ”

Ah Wan shook her head, "I don't care about him, he can't catch me, I just want to calm down and think about it, this is my lifelong decision, I don't want to be hasty." ”

She grabbed Li Qing's hand tightly, her eyes expectant and determined, "If I go to you, I will be with you, I am not rare, but you also have to think about it for me, I am also eager to do something, please, don't force me, okay?" ”

Li Qing was stunned, he seemed to know Awan for the first time today, in this era of male power, in this Tang Dynasty where women were only vassals of men, the beautiful girl in front of him actually had a ** heart, he was a little moved, but he was sad, he could understand her pain, but what about himself?

Li Qingqiang squeezed a smile, stroked her face and smiled: "I once told the witch that it is your own business to stay, if you want to stay, I will not force it, this was originally said to her, but now it falls on my own head." ”

Ah Wan took off a necklace from her neck, hung it on Li Qing's chest, stared at him blankly, a teardrop quietly slipped down her white porcelain-like face, suddenly, she tried her best to hug his neck and kiss him hard, her tears bloomed into a bright smile, and then she rushed out, and the beautiful figure gradually disappeared at the end of the temple.

Li Qingmu watched her back disappear, stroked the necklace on his chest, and after a long time, he gritted his teeth and strode towards the main hall.

The shrine maiden stood under the idol and watched him stride away with her head held high, a smile on her lips, and she said to herself, "Wait in hope!" Li Qing, there are some things that you can never think of. ”

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The camp of the king of Hangui has also been quiet, from tomorrow the fierce battle is about to begin, the soldiers will return to their accounts early after dinner, several veterans on duty gathered in front of the military gate to wait for the change of guard to come, at this time, a tall soldier came running, holding a few pieces of freshly roasted meat in his hand, and was busy saying to everyone: "One piece per person, take it quickly!" ”

Everyone was overjoyed, and hurriedly stretched out their hands to take it, devouring it and chewing it, presumably they were all very hungry, the tall soldier squinted, but saw that the oldest veteran was secretly stuffing the barbecue into his arms, and couldn't help laughing: "Brother Ngawang, you can't keep it, this battle is not sure when it will end, then the meat will be spoiled early, eat it first!" If you are full, you can run faster tomorrow and save your life. ”

When the veteran soldier named Ngawang saw that he was discovered, his face turned red, so he had to take out the meat and say, "My family will return the grain!" It's just that the cubs in the family wanted to eat some meat, and they wanted to go up the mountain to hunt some game, but when they encountered a war, they were sent over by the village chief. ”

"You've got a piece of at home!" Another veteran scolded rudely: "Now that the grain of which family has not been requisitioned, there will still be grain in your family?" Unless the sun rises in the west, our family will survive by digging up the hills, and it would be good if we didn't starve to death. ”

"That's it! Now it's a time of scarcity, and the family is counting on me to go into the mountains to get some mountain goods, but I have to fight again, and it's just a war, but there is still my uncle in the east city, the defenders on the city wall, and my cousin, let's talk about it, what is this called! ”

At this time, the tall soldier looked over, and just saw a few people walking briskly towards this side, and hurriedly said, "Don't say it, someone is coming!" ”

When everyone heard this, they immediately bowed their heads and remained silent, and the footsteps approached, only to hear one laugh and say, "You all go back to sleep!" I'll send someone else to stand guard tonight. Everyone recognized that it was the military advisor and stood up one after another.

Han Rijin seemed to have lost a lot of weight, his expression looked a little haggard, and seeing that everyone was not moving, he smiled and waved his hand and said, "Go!" It's not early, go to bed early! ”

Since the military advisor spoke, everyone went back to the camp tent, seeing everyone walking away, the smile on Han Rijin's face gradually disappeared, he waved his hand lightly, and his subordinates quickly stepped forward to hold the gate of the barracks, he looked up at the sky again, and secretly thought: "It's time!" Then he turned and walked towards the great tent of the king of Hangui.

King Hangui is more than fifty years old, but his demand for women is even stronger than that of young people, he doesn't like to live in tents, go out to fight in the army, once he is stationed for a longer time, he always asks someone to build a small castle to house his concubines with the army, but this time he did not bring a woman for the first time, he wants to end the war in a few days, full of prisoners of war and women to return triumphantly, he thinks this is not unreasonable, a few days ago he came to Dongcheng has found that this is the city gate, Dongcheng is built on a mountain, there is no moat, There was only a shallow ditch, and as long as he could withstand the enemy's bow and arrows, he could break through the city gate with a giant log, so he specially made a batch of wooden beasts to block the arrows, and only tomorrow could break the city.

At this time, there was a sound of footsteps outside the tent, first the soldiers whispered and asked, and then it was the answer of Han Rijin, it was the brother who came, just to discuss tomorrow's war with him, Han Gui Wang stood up from his seat, only to see the door curtain lifted, and Han Rijin walked in.

"How's the camp going?"

Han Ri swept his eyes, saw that there was no one else in the tent, a short sword quietly slipped out of his sleeve, and he replied casually: "Very good, nothing is wrong!" ”

King Hangui glanced at him, and saw that his face was unusually pale, and his heart was a little surprised, and just as he was about to ask, he heard a sound of fighting at the door, followed by a few low howls, and immediately returned to silence.

"What's going on!" King Hangui frowned, strode towards the outside of the tent, suddenly, he reacted, turned his head and waved his fist, but it was too late, the ribs were cold, a sharp short sword did not enter the body, only the handle was exposed, King Hangui screamed, stumbled backwards, pointed at Han Rijin, couldn't say a word, and finally only heard him say apologetically, "Big brother, I'm sorry!" I also want to be the Lord of the East. ”

This was the last sentence that King Hangui heard in the world, and a self-deprecating smile slowly appeared on his face, his lips moved, his hand fell suddenly, and he fell to the ground and died.

It wasn't until his brother died that he closed his eyes in pain, and in a moment, his eyes opened suddenly, shooting out two fiery glances, and immediately rushed out of the camp and shouted, "There are assassins!" There are assassins! ”

His men shouted, "Catch him!" Catch him! ”

The whole camp was in a commotion, Han Rijin's henchman Duan Rujian commanded a team of heavily armed soldiers to begin to control the camp in a planned and step-by-step manner, no one was allowed to leave the big tent, the generals were invited to the military tent for urgent discussion, the head of the king of Han Gui had been cut off by the assassins, the body was covered with black cloth, and he was closely guarded, no one was allowed to approach, several generals who were loyal to the king of Han Gui also disappeared mysteriously, and the people present looked at each other, and everyone saw a little clue, Not to mention that the soldiers on duty that night were all replaced by Han Rijin's people, and all the Han Gui King's personal soldiers were killed by the assassins, how could this be possible, but these are no longer important, Han Rijin sat on the handsome seat in a grand manner, giving orders without any scruples, and strongly hinting at something to everyone.

About an hour later, in a corner of the camp, a ringing arrow flew in the direction of Dongcheng, making a sharp whistling sound, Li Qing, who had just returned from the Wu Temple, looked up at this ringing arrow, and his heart fell quietly, and Han Rijin had already succeeded.

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In the early morning of the next day, the huge and dull drum beat rhythmically, dispelling the mist, echoing in the empty valley, the whole army of the camp of the king of Han Gui mourned, and began to slowly withdraw the army, the defenders of the city were inexplicable, at this time, a cavalry rushed over, shot a letter up the city tower, a soldier picked it up and handed it to Han Chongdao, Han Chongdao looked at it, his eyes showed an unbelievable look, Li Qing stepped forward and smiled slightly: "Congratulations to Han."

, the death of the king of the cold, the king of the east will be your bag sooner or later. ”

Han Chongdao suddenly woke up and stared at Li Qingdao: "King Han Gui was assassinated, but you sent someone to do it?" ”

Li Qing smiled faintly and handed him a wooden box, "I saw that the two colds were fighting each other, and there were heavy casualties, so I helped you, but the cold day had no intention of fighting, and I wrote a letter to ask for peace, according to my opinion, if the cold stabbing Shi thinks about the people, then I should do it!" ”

Han Chongdao took it, opened the wooden box suspiciously, his hand suddenly trembled, he stared at the sworn enemy of the wooden box, and couldn't help but look up to the sky and laugh, as if years of grievances were released at this moment, gradually, his laughter stopped, a vicious gaze shot out of his eyes, and a cruel smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, "No!" I can't let go of this God-given opportunity. ”

He no longer paid attention to Li Qing, turned around and shouted loudly, "Quickly assemble the team and follow me out of the city to kill the enemy!" ”

Li Qing looked at his extremely excited back, an imperceptible sneer flashed in his eyes, and he glanced at Nan Jiyun behind him, Nan Jiyun understood, and quickly turned around and went up the city wall.

After a while, the gate of the East City was opened, Han Chongdao led the army to cover up, the cold army seemed to be unprepared, it seemed panicked, when the two armies were still a hundred steps apart, the cold sun march suddenly changed its position, and the panicked soldiers behind scattered to both sides, revealing the main force of the brigade with neat and bright armor, and the cold spears were flat, and thousands of crossbow arrows were aimed at the pursuing enemy.

Han Chongdao suddenly found out about his plan, so shocked that the knife in his hand fell to the ground, he shouted and ordered to retreat, but at this moment, by the side of Han Rijin, a crossbow arrow quietly shot out, the force was strong, and the castration was as fast as electricity, straight to the face of Han Chongdao, Han Chongdao's eyes were like copper bells, and he watched the god of death rushing towards him, but he was powerless to dodge, the arrow pierced through the mouth, straight through the head, and the entire battlefield was quiet, everyone was stunned, watching Han Chongdao's corpse slowly fall from the horse and fall to the dust.

Han Rijin turned his head suddenly, staring at the ruthless Wu Xingsu, his heart was extremely shocked, and he suddenly understood why Li Qing wanted to send such a taciturn person to be a lobbyist.

Wu Xing withdrew the steel crossbow casually, as if what he shot was just a worthless earth chicken and tile dog, and finally glanced slightly at the city wall, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and on the city wall, Nan Jiyun regretfully withdrew his bow and arrow, his left hand was raised high, and he stretched out his thumb forward, his eyes showed a rare look of admiration.

As soon as Han Chongdao died, his subordinates had no intention of fighting, snatched the corpse back, and fled back to Dongcheng.

Several generals in the eastern city disagreed, quarreled, and demanded to go out of the city immediately and fight to the death with the enemy; Lao Cheng is steady and hopes to hold the city, and fight a protracted war with the enemy, they each hold their own opinions, do not give in to each other, at this time, the witch in the crowd of a large number of people to the city gate, she stood on a high place, waved her hand to everyone gently, the quarrel immediately calmed down, listen to the opinion of the noble witch, her voice is not loud, but clear and decisive: "Since we are all subjects of the Tang Dynasty, then the future of our Dongcheng should be handed over to the Tang Dynasty's envoy General Li to decide." ”

Li Qing walked out slowly, his eyes looked around everyone, and in a look of expectation, he said loudly: "In order for everyone to live peacefully, and for the sake of no more fratricide between the Han people, I have decided to accept Han Rijin's proposal, and everyone will sit down to discuss peace, discuss the future of the Han people, and not fight any more meaningless wars." ”

He glanced at a few of the generals who were boosing, and gestured with his hands behind his back, and the Tang army immediately rushed forward, surrounded several officer regiments, stretched their bows and arrows, and did not allow them to move.

Li Qing sneered and said: "If there are dissenters, you can mention it now, if you dare to make trouble in the future, then don't blame me for being ruthless!" ”

Several generals saw that the soldiers of the Tang Army were already in full array, and the arrows on the bows and crossbows flashed with cold light, and they all aimed at themselves, as if they only dared to say 'No!' Then look at the people and soldiers, everyone's eyes show a yearning for peace, and the generals know that the negotiation of peace is already the desire of the people, and the dissatisfaction of the heart has to be forcibly suppressed.

Seeing that no one dared to object, Li Qing said loudly: "Okay! Since there is no objection, then I can declare that Dongcheng has officially accepted the peace. As soon as he finished speaking, the surroundings boiled over, and cheers rang out among the people and soldiers.

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In March of the fourth year of Tianbao, the Eastern Han people infighting, due to the effective intervention of the Tang Dynasty, the Nanzhao forces were expelled from the east, the Han Gui King and the Han Chongdao subsequently died, the pro-Tang Han Rijin suddenly emerged, under the mediation of the Tang Dynasty, the North and South Han people after a month of negotiations, the two sides finally reached an understanding, from the Han Rijin to the Han Clan's great chieftain, the North and the South Witch Sect into one, by the Wuyue Sect Witch Witch as the merger of the Witch Sect High Priest, and then the imperial court decree arrived, Feng Han Rijin as the governor of Nanning Prefecture, Guide General, Donghou, and appointed Yao Governor Shi Zhang Qiantuo as the Queensland Assassin History, On behalf of Datang, he manages the eastern region and coordinates the peace between the north and the south.

Five days after the armistice, Li Qing received a secret decree from Li Longji, praising his great achievements in the east, and at the same time removing him from the post of Taisheren, ordering him to be a full-time martial artist, and rewarding him after the completion of the Nanzhao affairs, Li Qing led three hundred Tang troops to the Taihe City of Nanzhao after the handover with Zhang Qiantuo.

Note: Because of the font, the "cold" in the east should actually be written as "". The Eastern Struggle is a historical fact, and it is a turning point in the relationship between the Tang Dynasty and Nanzhao, in history, the Tang Dynasty used Li as a special envoy and finally failed, and the consequence was that Nanzhao rose from then on. But in this book, Lao Gao changed to a Tang envoy, thus changing history.

In addition, please encourage Lao Gao, if you have a recommendation ticket in your hand, just give it to me!