Liu Senjun saw that the face of the governor was unpredictable, and the more he thought about it, the more frightened he became, and he felt remorseful. Lord Huangfu is going to be beheaded by the imperial court, and he is going to be killed by Lord Huangfu, but the words have already been said, how can he take it back, and now there is a way to save himself, he rolled his eyes twice, and said in a low voice: "Governor Li, there is a way for his subordinates to solve this matter, I don't know if you want to hear it." ”

Liu joined the army and worked as an old official in the Western Regions for 20 years, an old gun has long been sharpened to be extremely slippery, his biggest weakness is timidity, and he was scared out of the truth by Li Qingyi, but how to solve this kind of thing, every old official's heart is like a mirror, but he doesn't want to say it, but at this time, the matter has been poked out, and he has to say.

In fact, Li Qing is still hesitating about this matter, and the report to the military department will definitely not be done, the key is that Li Longji wants to write a report in three days, whether to write this matter in, seeing that Tubo Kou is about to change, if there is a temporary change of general, it will definitely affect the battle situation, but if you don't say it, you will be guilty of bullying the king in the future, this is like a payment that cannot be recovered, although the money cannot be returned after reporting to the boss, but you have no responsibility after telling the boss, on the contrary, if you don't say it, the boss will say in the end, there is hope, But because you don't say it, you can't get it back, so the responsibility is on you.

Li Qing thought about it again and again, he still had to tell Li Longji about this matter, maybe he already knew about it, no matter what, the big war was imminent, and with Li Longji's deep planning, he should also be able to distinguish which is more important and which is lighter. As for the fate of the emperor, he patted himself on the shoulder and called Xiao Li, and the friendship was not to the point of dying for him.

Li Qing glanced at the old official slightly, "Say it!" What's the solution? ”

Liu Senjun cleared his throat and laughed dryly, "What I said is not what I mean, but most of the armies in the Western Regions do this, so Li Dudu heard something unpleasant." Don't blame your subordinates! ”

"Just talk a lot of, say it quickly!"

Liu Shenjun once again put his mouth next to Li Qing's ear, looking at his Huang Chengcheng's extra-long and extra-wide tooth plate, Li Qing suddenly had a thought, would Zhang Fu, the old housekeeper of Zhangfudi in Yilong County, be his brother.

"It's all my soldiers outside, so you can talk about it from a distance."

"Yes! Be! ”

Liu Senjun smiled awkwardly. He said in a low voice: "The Doulu army is all recruited by the imperial court, if Li Dudu wants to spend money, then this gap does not need to be filled, the imperial court will send money and food according to the standard of 4,000 people, and when the war is fought, compile a list of dead or deserted soldiers and report it; If Governor Li's family is well-off, he can recruit troops to make up for it, and these soldiers are General Li's private army, and the regulations of the imperial court can be accepted correctly. ”

The implication is to use the money of the imperial court to raise troops for himself, but this has a premise, that is, Li Qing cannot be mobilized. It is a double sin to transfer him, first knowing and not reporting it. Later, it was embezzling food and salaries or privately raising the army, so Liu joined the army and said it well. In fact, Li Qing was pushed up the fire pit, and he himself escaped responsibility.

Li Qing didn't think so, he had to report this matter to Li Longji, since the war was going to start, if Li Longji didn't pursue Huangfu Weiming, it would be tacitly allowing himself to recruit troops, but Liu's method of joining the army opened a window for him to make up for the difference in the recruitment of the Doulu army. Take this opportunity to recruit another 2,000 people for yourself.

'Have your own army!' ’

This is something that Li Qing has never thought about. If you do this, what is the difference between you and An Lushan, and will you be able to bear it when the time comes? It's like a person who wants to start his own company if he has a million, then again, if he really raises money, how to manage it, how to hide it from the court, all kinds of details, if you neglect yourself, you have to be cautious! It is best for the imperial court to give itself an additional 5,000 troops.

After thinking about it for a long time, Li Qing still had no clue, and he had no intention of eating again, so he perfunctory Liu joined the army a few words, and then went back to the county first.

When I returned to the house, I saw that the courtyard was full of boxes and luggage, the family members were noisy and busy sorting out their belongings, Xiaoyu's face was flushed, her temples were sweaty, and she was directing more than a dozen maids to look for the three of them in the mountains of luggage.

The layout of the whole house is very simple, there is no corridor and false door, you can walk to the end all the way, use it to make the Thorn Shifu look at its solidity, like a male fort, even if the horse bandits attack the city, you can also rely on this to defend, Li Qing remembered the curtain body, walked quickly through the front yard, did not visit the guest hall, directly entered the back house through a small door, the back house is very large, there are many rooms, presumably the former big food merchant is also a lot of wives and concubines.

It turned out that he lived in Li Lin's house, there was no extra room, Xiaoyu had been sleeping outside their husband and wife, and now it was his own home, Xiaoyu also had a ** room, although Li Jingyan was a guest, but she also lived with them, just next door to Xiaoyu, she brought two personal maids.

Li Qing's bedroom is in the main room, which is a connected three rooms, and the outer room is where the two maids of the waiter curtain live, although she is unwilling, but she is not in good health, and she can't help it.

"The master is back!"

When the maid saw him, she shouted from afar, saving Li Qing from looking around for her room, at this moment, the curtain was half-lying on the bed and talking to Li Jingyan, seeing Li Qing come in, Li Jingyan's eyes were flustered, and he didn't dare to look at him, so he hurriedly stood up and said to the curtain: "I'll go to see Xiaoyu, and I don't know if she can find my red willow box." ”

The curtain grabbed her hand and quipped, "Didn't you just say that you forgot to bring that red willow box?" Now how to find it. ”

Li Jingyan's face was flushed, he pinched the curtain, lowered his head and hurriedly slipped away from Li Qing.

Seeing her walk away, the curtain smiled and said to Li Qing, who was as stiff as a stone carving: "People are really very subtle, two people in Qujiangchi are friends with me, and two people on the road become friends, and they say a few words lukewarmly, but when they arrive in Shazhou, they become strangers, and they don't even say hello, Li Lang, the longer you say this person, the more you say that the relationship has regressed?" ”

"Curtain, I noticed that you have a pimple on your face

After that, Li Qing's eyes widened and he reached out to grope for her face, trying to find something to corroborate.

'Smack! The curtain knocked off his hand and said angrily: "Yesterday I said that my face was smooth as a mirror, and now I have acne, I think you should ask the child how it is, it can divert my attention more." ”

"By the way, what's wrong with the baby?" Li Qing smiled awkwardly and hurriedly asked.

At the mention of the child, a gentle smile appeared on the face of the curtain, "Sister-in-law Song said that if you don't see red, the child will be fine, she was still moving just now, and she seems to be asleep at this moment." ”

"Then I'll be relieved."

Li Qing sat on the edge of the bed, helped her lie flat, kissed her again, hesitated for a long time, but couldn't help but say, "Aren't you angry with me about this?" ”

The curtain shook her head, "I don't know, when I was there, I was afraid that you would find another woman, so I pulled Xiaoyu in, and you found Awan in Nanzhao, I knew that you were suffering, so I don't blame you, but I didn't expect this to happen, I didn't expect her to give up her noble identity for you, and she cried and begged me that night.

Speaking of this, Curtain Er's eyes turned red, and she said in a trembling voice: "Am I the stupidest woman in the world, someone wants to share my husband, and I even agreed." ”

Li Qing clasped her hand and said apologetically: "It's me **, Nanzhao I did wrong, and now I want to be wrong again, I promise you, I won't have anything to do with her." ”

The curtain wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and smiled: "I didn't ask you for anything." What did you promise? Actually, I just want to test you to see if you care about me. ”

She sighed faintly, "We've been together for almost four or five years, and I don't know you yet?" You left the palace and looked left and right inside, why was that? With a gloomy face, he also said that he was a little disappointed to leave Chang'an, but when he saw the frightened geese at the city gate, his face was full of smiles. I know your thoughts, since I have promised Jingyan, I will not regret it again, but you have to think about how to place her, do you really plan to take her as a concubine? The dignified lord of the Tang Dynasty became a concubine in the end. Don't you think it's ridiculous? ”

"Don't talk about it now!"

Li Qing was a little upset in her heart, "I don't know what will happen in the end, maybe she will figure it out later, and she will go back." ”

Suddenly, there was the sound of a chair falling outside, followed by footsteps walking briskly outside.

'Who? Who's out there? Li Qing's face sank, he stood up and went out, but was grabbed by the curtain, "Li Lang, don't go." I know who it is. ”

Li came to his senses and couldn't help but sigh slightly. Besides Li Jingyan, who else could it be?

The curtain patted the side of the bed. "Sit down! I'm going to tell you about the light rain, you can't put it off any longer.

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Li Qing ate a bowl of rice at home, rode a horse and went to the state government, the state government is not far from his mansion, walk half a pillar of incense to arrive, although Dunhuang County is a county, but it covers a wide area, and the streets are also wide. Li Qing's mansion is close to the most prosperous street, called Little Suzaku Street. At a glance, all kinds of shops and flags are displayed within 500 steps, pedestrians are weaving on the road, restaurants, brothels, inns, gambling halls, and dart boards are all there, and there is quite a bit of a prosperous scene, which makes Li Qing pleasing to the eye, and he is a leader! Who doesn't want to be bustling and glamorous under their rule.

But when he turned to a street next to him, Li Qing saw a different scene, on both sides were dilapidated adobe houses, you were next to me, I was next to you, the walls were tilted, the window frames were crooked, as if they were in disrepair, each roof was full of holes, patches were made of tree bark, almost all the yards were planted with poplars, there were bird's nests on them, the dry green was full of dust, there was no one to see on the street, only a few scrawny earth dogs chased him and barked all the way.

This is the real Shazhou, I can see that Li Qingxin is sour, why is he poor and white every time he is appointed, it is true that he can start a business, but if he has a good business, it is estimated that he should be transferred away and enjoy the happiness by the next term.

While walking, while sighing, unconsciously arrived at the state office, the state government is also a century-old house, just renovated the year before last, the scale and the county government in the south of the city is similar, but much more deserted than the county government, the governor of the state is generally the governor and the history of the assassin, so that only one set of classes can be, Qi Cao is in charge of military affairs and state affairs, and the record of joining the army is in charge of Qi Cao, supervising daily affairs, because Shazhou is Xiazhou, there is no long history and other government officials, so the record of joining the army is the history of the assassin, the power is quite large, almost all official affairs have to be checked by him, The major event is then presented to the assassin history, so the assassin basically doesn't care about specific affairs, only makes some decisions, and then his staff plays a role, and the staff provides a plan for him to choose.

Li Qing's staff temporarily has only one, that is, Gao Shi, although the two of them are not speculative in Qujiang Liu, but after Gao Shi knew Li Qing's identity, he did not hesitate to agree to be his staff.

When he arrived in Shazhou, Gao Shi not only served as his staff, but also took care of his book (equivalent to a confidential secretary), of course, only a part, and the other part had to be handed over to the people sent by Tai to deal with, as for how Li Qing was deployed, he had his own measure.

After entering the state office, Qicao has its own local government office and corresponding subordinates, but unlike the county government, there is no government here, after all, the matter of urging food and money and arresting fugitives is the county's business.

Because the new secretary Wang Changling came ten days earlier than Li Qing, so he arranged everything properly, Li Qing's local government office is in the innermost part of the state office, for a suite, the outside room is placed on the left and right tables, separated by a screen, each other, by the two secretaries each occupy a place, the inside is Li Qing's office, in addition to him, there is also a secretary, that is, pouring tea and grinding ink, running errands and handing files of miscellaneous servants, generally by fourteen or five-year-old children, mainly considering that they are still young, not as cunning as adults.

Wang Changling caught a glimpse of Li Qing passing by his door, and had already thrown down his pen and chased him out, he did

County Cheng, Longbiao County Lieutenant, Yibin County Cheng, is also an old official, familiar with this journey early, only a few days to adapt to the environment, a group of local snakes know that he and the new governor is an old friend, and they all give him face, so Wang Changling also did it smoothly, the only unfamiliar is that he does not know much about military affairs, it will take some time.

"Yang Ming, stay here!"

Li Qing heard someone calling him behind him, but when he turned around, he saw that it was Wang Changling who came running, and he was overjoyed, if he met him in Chang'an, he would only punch lightly and laugh at it, but when he first came to Shazhou and saw him, his mood was very different, and he only felt very affectionate, although the two had only broken up for half a month.

"You guy, don't come to the city gate to meet me!"

Li Qing gave him a punch in the shoulder socket and said with a smile: "Do you know that I was almost slaughtered by horse bandits." ”

Wang Changling was taken aback and asked anxiously: "What happened in the end, the two younger siblings are fine!" ”

He came with Zhang Xun and Gao Shi, and also heard that there were horse bandits rampant, but he didn't run into them by luck.

"It's okay, there is no danger." While Li Qing was walking, he gave him a brief description of the encounter with the horse bandits, and unconsciously walked into Li Qing's official office, there was only one boy in the room, Gao Shi had something to do when he went home, and the book sent by Tai had not yet arrived.

Although the Sibi is young, he is quite clever, just looking at Li Qing's official uniform, he knew that it was the new Lord Assassin Shi who had arrived, so he hurriedly knelt down and saluted, pulled out the chair, and then ran to make tea.

After listening to Li Qing's description, Wang Changling suddenly remembered something. frowned and said, "Yangming, do you know anything about the Doulu Army?" ”

He was about to say more, but Li Qing stretched out his hand to stop him, "Brother Yuhu, I already know about this matter at noon, and the stakes are very high, you must not ask about this matter, everything will be handled by me." ”

He knew that Wang Changling was the most open-mouthed. If he hadn't warned him in advance, he would probably have said it, but Wang Changling only vaguely knew that the number of troops did not match, and as for the details and reasons, he didn't know anything.

"What the hell is going on, can't you tell me?"

Li Qing saw that he didn't know. The head shook like a rattle, and the two hat wings were not just two drum hammers, "I said, this matter is very important, you know that you will cause trouble, why don't you tell me about the political affairs of Shazhou." ”

Wang Changling saw that he was alive and dead and refused to say, so he had to give up, and when it came to political affairs, his already orange peel-like face was twisted into a tangerine peel face, which was a little more bitter than the old bitter gourd that had been put for three years. sighed continuously: "A dignified state, more than 4,000 households. The population is less than 30,000, not even a county in Nayuan. There are two counties in total, and the people here are pure, the people are at peace with what they encounter, they are not rich, nothing happens, and they are very dull all day, I have been here for half a month, but the things I have dealt with together are less than ten. ”

"Then I'll find something for you to do!"

Li Qing smiled and said, "I'll allocate a hundred special funds to you." You and Zhang Xun went to a banquet for some local celebrities and listened to their opinions. You'll be inspired, you'll find things to do, and then you'll write me a report. ”

Wang Changling smiled when he heard this: "Yang Ming is so generous, I have been worrying that there are only more than 100 yuan left in the treasury, what can I do?" Forget about you, a tycoon, how much money do you bring? Do you want to put it in our storeroom for the time being, what do you think? ”

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After Wang Changling left, Li Qing stretched his waist, almost from Chengdu to Beijing, he has been in a nervous state, never idle, and now the mountain is far away, he can finally cultivate for a while, but as soon as he thought of the mountain high emperor far away, Li Longji's words echoed in his ears: 'Write a report in three days, the number of words is not limited, and someone will come to pick it up at that time!'" ’

Thinking of 'someone will come to take it', Li Qing was so shocked that he almost jumped up, of course he wouldn't run from Chang'an to get it, one for three days, and he wouldn't take it from Liangzhou, it must be in Dunhuang County, maybe it was next to him, Li Qing's peeling gaze made Sibi Xiaotong tremble, how could he look at himself with this kind of gaze, should the Governor not.

Li Qingcheng paced back and forth in the room, it doesn't matter who this undercover agent is, the important thing is that Li Longji must know about the Doulu Army, so why did he delay his statement, but instead sent himself to Shazhou, did he just want to expose this matter to him?

Li Qing's head suddenly became bigger, and suddenly the Shazhou Mountain was not high, and the emperor was not far away, so it mattered! Don't think about it so much, allegiance is the most important thing, he sat down in place, lifted the pen, licked it on the inkstone, pondered for a while, and quickly wrote down the causes and consequences of Dou Lujun, after writing, he put down the pen, checked it carefully, added a few more words, dried the ink, and then put it in an envelope, and put it on fire paint, and now wait for the undercover agent to come and connect with him.

A thought suddenly flashed through Li Qingdi's mind, "Could this undercover agent be Gao Zhandao?" He already knew that Gao Zhandao was an undercover agent sent by Li Longji to monitor Zhang Qiu and Qiong, it shouldn't be, after returning from Nanzhao, Gao Zhandao went to Anxi with Li Siye, and he couldn't come back within three days, so this undercover agent could only be in Shazhou.

Suddenly, there was a 'buzzing' sound outside the window, 'It's a pigeon!' Li Qing jumped up from the chair, rushed to the window and looked at the sky, and sure enough, it was a flock of pigeons hovering in the blue sky.

"I see!"

He screamed, pushed his chair away, and ran out, only to reach the door and suddenly turned back to the boy and asked, "Do you know who raised these pigeons?" ”

Xiao Tong tilted his head and thought for a while: "It seems that he was raised by Master Liu of Hu Cao Shen Army, and he is the only one in our Dunhuang County who raises pigeons." ”

"Liu joins the army?" Li Qing was immediately stunned.