An has a first snow in the daytime, the ground is melting, there is nothing left above the clouds but thickened and dense, the wind blows strongly, to dusk, the sky finally floated goose feather snow, gradually, the wind is getting stronger and stronger, Chang'an was annihilated in the white vast sky of wind and snow.

Xingqing Palace is very quiet, quiet a little weird, the palace maids on duty, the eunuchs are standing against the cold wall, everyone is afraid to take a breath, the atmosphere is very tense, the emperor has locked himself in the imperial study for nearly two hours, even Gao Lishi was driven out, but this is not the real reason for the tension, the real reason is that the emperor has just summoned a person, a person who no one can imagine: the former abolished prince Li Heng.

At the door of the imperial study, the light was dim, and the flickering *** lined Gao Lishi's gloomy face a little hideous, his eyes were complicated, and he looked worried, he didn't expect Li Longji to re-summon Li Heng, without the slightest warning, let alone passing through himself, Gao Lishi thought of the night An Lushan fled last year, Li Longji had received a secret report before Gao Xianzhi's report, who arranged the spy for him at that time? And when did he summon Li Heng tonight?

He narrowed his eyes slightly, recalling the loophole that appeared today, he only left for a while when Li Longji was napping, could it not be at that time?

But now these are trivial matters, and they don't matter, the important thing is that Li Longji summoned Li Heng again, and he couldn't think of it at all, this should not be a momentary thing, but something he had planned for a long time, although he didn't know the content of Li Longji's summoning of Li Heng, but Gao Lishi was faintly aware of it by his intuition, which should have something to do with the East Palace.

This thought together. Colliers immediately thought of Li Cong. Yes, he has only now discovered many places that do not conform to Li Longji's consistent style, such as acquiescing to Li Cong's own business. took the virtuous and raised scholars, and Li Ying and Li Heng only hung a prince's name, and Chongwen Pavilion and Liurate Mansion only belonged to the East Palace in name; secondly, he allowed Li Cong to communicate freely with hundreds of officials, but in the past, he had very strict rules for Li Ying and Li Heng, and it was strictly forbidden to be alone with hundreds of officials; and he took the initiative to let Li Cong review the folds and participate in the court discussions, but in the past, Li Ying and Li Heng tried every means to cut their power.

None of this makes sense!

Gao Lishi thought that the East Palace was still empty. Li Longji didn't let Li Cong enter the East Palace at all, it seemed that there was a little bit of thunder and little rain in Li Cong's affairs, the more he thought about it, the more confused he became, if Li Longji had no intention of setting up Li Cong, then, in the past year, he has uncharacteristically favored Li Cong and let him do the prince's business, why?

Colliers suddenly broke out in a cold sweat. Is it another game he has carefully set up?

He couldn't help but look at the imperial study, where there was a cold door, and at this moment Gao Lishi's heart was also cold, and he suddenly found it. I can't see through Li Longji at all.

The room was exceptionally warm and brightly lit without dazzling. Li Longji leaned on the thick cushion, his face was slightly red because the room was too warm, he silently looked at the third son Li Heng who was standing with his hands down, his eyes were soft and kind, he hadn't seen him for more than three years, he had lost a lot of weight, there was no cringe that disgusted him, and his eyes were not as timid as before.

"I heard that you go to the restaurant every day at noon?"

"Yes! Erchen goes for a few drinks every day. The two fell silent again, although they were father and son, but the knot in their hearts had not yet been untied, and the struggle of a few years ago was still vivid.

The atmosphere in the room was a little awkward, but Li Longji smiled casually, picked up a roster on the table and flipped it up, this is the list of officials who have entered and exited Li Cong's mansion in the past year, there are detailed records of their arrivals and exits, time and times, among which the first place is Yang Guozhong, followed by Chen Xilie, the left minister, and the most unexpected is the third person in Li Longji, who is actually Zhang Yun, the head of the household, and then his brother Zhang Yan.

"Lu Yao knows the horsepower, and sees the hearts of the people over time", Li Longji secretly sneered in his heart, thinking about how humble he was when he first used Li Cong at the beginning of the year, he didn't dare to look at the twists and turns he sent, and sent them back as they were, let him discuss the government affairs, he was silent, but now it is less than a year, the officials of the Ministry of Officials are transferred and promoted, and the money and grain in and out of the household department must be approved by him first.

Li Longji put down the booklet, glanced at Li Heng again, and saw that he was still looking down and not moving, so he smiled and said, "Recently, I received a letter from my family, how is my eldest grandson in Anxi?" ”

Hearing his father mention Li Jiao, Li Heng's heart jumped suddenly, he received a decree from Yu Chaoen at noon, his father wanted to summon him at night, he was excited and dazed, excited because his father had not forgotten him, but he didn't know what his father had summoned him? From the moment he entered the imperial study, his father and he talked about family trivialities, and after a few rounds, he suddenly mentioned Yu'er, and bit the words 'emperor's eldest grandson' very hard, Li Heng sensitively realized that the real purpose of his father's summoning him tonight was probably on Yu'er.

He hurriedly replied: "Erchen received a letter from Yu'er the day before yesterday, he is now running a school in Broken Leaves, and he is quite hard, and he has lost ten pounds in a few months. ”

"Running a school?"

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Tou He smiled and said: "I once told Li Qing that the most important thing for immigrants to Anxi is not to forget their roots, so running a school has always been the top priority in my heart, and my grandson can shoulder this heavy burden, which makes me really happy." ”

Speaking of this, he pondered for a moment and said: "Yu is a young man's name, my eldest grandson is an adult, it is not appropriate to use this name anymore, so I want to change his name, I will find you today to discuss this matter, can you agree?" ”

Li Heng's heart jumped wildly, he remembered that his father changed his name to Heng and then became the crown prince, did he repeat the old thing?

He tried his best to restrain the excitement in his heart, and whispered to Li Longji: "It's all up to my father, and my sons have no objections." ”

Li Longji slowly paced in the room with his hands behind his back, and he suddenly turned around and smiled: "There is a saying in "The Mean", everything is determined if you are prepared, and if you don't hesitate, you will be wasted, so I will change the name of my eldest grandson to Yu, 'Li Yu'." This name is very meaningful! ”

Li Heng suddenly knelt down. kowtowed heavily to Li Longji, and said with tears in his eyes: "Erchen thanked his father for Yu'er's favor!" ”

Li Longji sighed softly and helped him up. patted him on the shoulder and said, "I've wronged you all these years, go ahead!" For the sake of you giving birth to a good grandson for me, I will forgive you for the past. ”

Li Heng slowly retreated, and Li Longji stood in front of the window with his hands in his hands, silently watching the heavy snow outside the window. looks thin and old, the twelfth year of Tianbao is about to come, and there should be an explanation for the prince's matter.

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The wind blew very tightly, the snow flakes flew in the air like tearing cotton wool, falling everywhere without purpose, the streets were long empty, and in the snowy night, it was undoubtedly a great pleasure to talk around the fireplace at home.

The road in front of the Ten Kings' Mansion was just as empty. At this time, a carriage galloped from the dense snowflakes, and the sound of horses' hooves and wheels was heard far away in the empty street, which was Li Heng's return from Xingqing Palace. The carriage drove quickly in front of a large mansion, and Li Heng glanced at the mansion through the window. Snorted coldly with disdain, the coachman seemed to understand the master's thoughts, raised the whip and pulled the whip in the air, 'popped', he shouted vigorously, the carriage drove arrogantly, a snow mist stirred up behind the wheels, the main entrance of the mansion was still closed, but the side door opened a crack, after a while, a pair of eyes approached the crack in the door, and the eyes were complicated to look at the carriage stopped in front of the mansion in front of him, and then Li Heng walked out of the carriage with the support of the two little guys, and quickly entered the gate, the gate. The thud slammed shut, but it hooked the anger of the distant voyeur.

He also slammed the door shut, and turned his head angrily, only to see that he had a big face, like a big round cake, and a few white sesame seeds, and his eyes bulged out like crabs with anger, but it was Li Cong, the king of Qing.

He had received a secret report from the palace half an hour earlier, that his father had summoned Li Heng, and that he had closed the door and kicked everyone out, and no one knew what they were talking about.

Li Cong looked up at the sky, his heart was restless, Tianbao eleven years, he did everything well, but he didn't expect such a thing to happen at the end of the year, just like a widow who kept the festival for ten years, and saw that she wanted to get the chaste archway, but at the last moment, she was raped by the old king next door over the wall.

"Did the person who informed Yang Xiangguo go?" He stared at the butler with murderous eyes and asked viciously. The image of humility and virtue during the day is gone at this time.

The butler replied tremblingly, "Go, it should be coming soon." ”

As soon as the words fell, the sound of a carriage was faintly heard in the wind, mixed with the sound of horse hooves like popping beans, "Yang Xiangguo is here!" ”

In a moment, a wide carriage slowly stopped in front of the steps under the protection of hundreds of horse guards, which was obviously imitating Li Linfu's pomp, two people got down from the carriage, and the person in front of him was like a duck with a big belly and staggered walking, it was the high-powered Yang Guozhong, Yang Guozhong's momentum was much more majestic, and he had obviously gained weight, perhaps in response to the saying 'the prime minister can support the boat in his belly', so his fat was mainly reflected in the belly, and the belly became extremely fat, of course, the boat may not be able to hold up.

The thin and small man behind him is Ji Wen, the soldier of the military department, Ji Wen is now Yang Guozhong's number one confidant, and he is now relying on the adviser, Ji Wen was originally An Lushan in Chang'an, but when An Lushan's attempt to rebel has been known to passers-by, Ji Wen immediately avoided it like a scorpion, and threw himself into Yang Guozhong's arms again, in order to win his trust, his first plan to Yang Guozhong was to dispose of Li Linfu's family, which is well versed in Li Longji's heart, when Yang Guozhong's impeachment was folded, Li Longji accepted it half-pushed and half-on-place, He issued an edict to count dozens of major crimes of Li Linfu, ordered Li Linfu to be dug up from the coffin, whipped 300, and violently corpsed in the wilderness, and then killed, degraded, and exiled Li Linfu's sons and sons-in-law.

This move made Li Longji and Yang Guozhong rise in prestige, and countless ministers and their families who were persecuted by Li Linfu were grateful, and also made Yang Guozhong value Ji Wen even more, and discussed everything with him.

"Yang Xiangguo, do you know the matter?" Li Cong greeted him and asked urgently.

Yang Guozhong nodded, then turned around and beckoned to Ji Wen,

Following himself, he turned back to Li Cong and said, "Let's talk about this matter inside!"

Li Cong led the two into the secret room, closed the door, and did not wait for him to speak. Yang Guozhong preemptively said: "Your Highness." When you get the news, the emperor summons him? ”

Li Cong shook his head depressedly, and then he asked, "I got the news when my father had just summoned him. Is there any progress ahead? ”

"When he came out, he was overjoyed, and the bad luck on his face that had not been dispersed for many years was swept away, which was really worrying." Yang Guozhong sighed and said, "I heard from Niangniang that the emperor has been worried about things these days and has the idea of becoming a prince. But it happened that he was summoned at this time, and this timing was intriguing! ”

A sentence hit Li Congdi's heart, this year, his father used him, trusted him, and gave him the greatest power, but he didn't mention it at all in the matter of the East Palace, he thought that there would be progress in the New Year next year, but he didn't expect things to change suddenly, although he was extremely uneasy. But he still comforted himself: "Maybe my father just wants to find something for him to do, but we are thinking too much." ”

Yang Guozhong glanced at him with pity, shook his head and said, "If you find something for him to do, then how can you explain driving Gao Lishi out." Your Highness, you may have gone a little too far in the past few months. ”

Li Cong's face turned pale in an instant. He couldn't say a word, sat down dejectedly, and complained hoarsely for a long time: "Yang Xiang, you did a lot of things for me, why didn't you say it earlier?" ”

Yang Guozhong touched his nose (this is also a habit of imitating Li Linfu), he also just got Jiwen on the carriage to remind him how to say it earlier.

"This, Your Highness, since it has happened, let's think about countermeasures!"

Li Cong raised his head weakly and said with a wry smile: "I can't think of a way, do you have it?" ”

Yang Guozhong gave Ji Wen a look and asked him to say what he thought of, Ji Wen took the order, walked up to Li Cong and whispered: "Your Highness, now there is only one way to stop the emperor from putting his ideas into action. ”

"What's the solution?" Li Cong's gray eyes suddenly had a glimmer of hope, and he hugged Ji Wen tightly without blinking.

"War!" Ji Wen smiled viciously, "Only war can distract the emperor's attention, and we can take advantage of it." ”

"You mean An Lushan?"

Ji Wen nodded slowly, he was actually selfish, he was too close to An Lushan in the past, and many people knew that in order to wash away his innocence, he had to force An Lushan to rebel early.

"But if An Lushan rebels, how can I avoid the loss of my Datang land?" Li Cong hesitated for a moment and asked worriedly.

"Has Your Highness forgotten my position?" Lang, some things can't be hidden from my eyes, the emperor has been preparing for An Lushan for a year, he has gradually transferred seventy percent of the country's troops to Guanzhong in the name of garrison, and the grain transferred from Jianghuai, Shannan, Jiannan and other places has also filled the Jingshi warehouse, this is actually the time for a showdown with An Lushan. ”

Ji Wen's words slightly untied Li Cong's knot, but he was still a little worried, "However, two months ago, Wei Jiansu persuaded the emperor to remove An Lushan and Hedong from the post of envoy, but the emperor's attitude was ambiguous, and in the end, it was over, I am worried that this time it will be the same." ”

"It's okay, two months ago, the emperor was not ready, and now the situation is different.

Ji Wen lowered his voice and said: "I have two plans, one is to let Yang Xiangguo go to the emperor tomorrow to say that he will be removed from the post of envoy of An Lushan Hedong.

"What about the other option?"

"Another plan!" Ji Wen suddenly laughed gloomily and said in a low voice, "Kill An Qingzong!" ”.

The snow is getting heavier and heavier, and even his vision has been blurred, he can only see the road thirty steps ahead, Gao Lishi returned to the house it was very late, he was indeed a little tired, he had been a little tired about Li Longji's summoning of Li Heng tonight, but from Li Longji's renaming of Li Yu to Li Yu, he had already vaguely guessed one or two, but he still needed to see the evidence, maybe when things developed, it would naturally come to light.

"Master, there seems to be someone in front of the house." The coachman interrupted Gao Lishi's train of thought, looked out through the crack in the window, and sure enough, he saw more than a dozen people on horseback standing under the steps, as the carriage got closer and closer to them, Gao Lishi saw clearly, the others were Tang Jun uniforms, but this person was wearing a wide-brimmed hat, and the hat covered all the faces of this person, looking at his familiar figure, Gao Lishi suddenly remembered a person: Could it be him?.