A butterfly that fell into history, he was small and humble at this time, fanning the delicate and delicate dust, leaving a very small trace in Tang's history, and it was like a loose screw on the liftoff rocket, quietly changing Tang's trajectory. At the beginning of the fourth year of Tianbao, Li Shizhi, the prime minister of the left, was dismissed from the governor's affairs, moved to the Taitaibao, and Chen Xilie, the servant of the door, was appointed as the prime minister of the left, which happened a year later, but because of the political variables brought about by a smuggling case of the Hai family, Li Qing, who caused this political change, was at a loss to know what happened. But his own fate also gradually changed with his flapping wings.

Early in the morning, in the East Palace, Tai Li Heng was pacing back and forth in the study with his hands behind his back, his eyebrows twisted into a dry willow, and his eyes couldn't hide his surprise.

"Are you sure that Li Qing knew about the emperor's revocation of the marriage before the palace came?"

He's asked this sentence three times, but he still can't figure out where his joints are. The emperor's cancellation of the Pingyang county lord and his affinity Yang Yuhuan are related, and Li Heng, the eyes and ears of the palace, already knows, but what does this have to do with Li Qing, he can't figure it out anyway.

Standing at the bottom of the head is Li Lin, he is also at a loss as to how Li Qing would know about this matter in advance, he didn't sleep all night, thinking about it, there is only one possibility, it is too shot, he met Li Qing at the gate of the East Palace yesterday, it is very likely that when Tai told Cui Qiao about this, Li Qing heard it on the side, Li Lin came to the East Palace early in the morning to thank him, but found that Tai Ye felt incredible about this matter, and now, Li Lin completely fell into the chaotic world.

"Your Highness, if this matter is not done by His Highness, the minister thinks that the minister thinks that .

He wanted to say that he would send someone to investigate, but he suddenly realized that he was actually taking revenge, and if he found that it was not good for him, Li Qing was afraid that there would be a big disaster, and he couldn't say it.

"Huh! Brother Lin, this is a good thing! I haven't been able to help with this matter, my heart has been uneasy, it can be solved like this, it is the best, there must be a lot of people who come to visit Brother Lin today, we will talk in detail another day, you go and get busy first! ”

As soon as Li Lin left, Li Heng immediately called Li Jingzhong and ordered in a low voice: "You go check it out immediately and see where that Li Qing went yesterday?" ”

Li Jingzhong was stunned, this was like looking for a needle in a haystack, how could he investigate, he said with a sad face: "Can Your Highness give the slave a clue." ”

"Idiot! None of this trivialities can be done. Li Heng scolded angrily, lowered his head and walked two steps, and turned back and said, "You first check where Princess Yuzhen went yesterday, and then check whether Li Qing saw her yesterday." ”

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Yesterday drank a few more glasses, Li Senjun only got up at noon, the whole inn was quiet, it is estimated that it is because of the greed and joy in the night of the Shangyuan Festival, everyone goes out day and night, and it is the hour, he looks for three circles inside, three circles outside, and finds the front desk until he finds a yawning guy, "Xiao Er, bring me a bucket of water." ”

Xiao Er couldn't cry or laugh, "My lord, the well is downstairs from you, aren't you tired of coming so far?" ”

Li Senjun glared and said: "I have paid the store money, given tips, and am an official of the imperial court, when will it be my turn to fetch water, be less wordy, and fetch water for the old man!" ”

Xiao Er was helpless, so he had to go crookedly, and when he arrived at the door, he muttered: "It's the official, it's really an official, why don't you live in Fengyuan, but come to squeeze such a low-grade inn." ”

One sentence reminded Li Qing that the matter was done, he planned to go back to Chengdu tomorrow, but the luggage or something was still entering the Fengyuan, although there may be someone waiting for him, but there were a lot of jewels in the luggage and a 5,000 Wang Bao Ji counter ticket, don't worry about the counter ticket, the token of the money is in your own hands, but those jewels are worth 2,000 yuan, if you lose it, it's a pity, anyway, you still have to go back to see, maybe it will be collected by the deacon!

Li Qing was thinking about a way to enter the Fengyuan, but suddenly heard someone shouting at the door: "Here!" It's been found. ”

Li Qing was startled, turned his head to look, but saw more than a dozen guards jumping off the horse, the first one was tall and burly, compared with Wang Bing, it was the second eldest of Li Lin's family, Li Hugun.

He rushed forward in two steps and grabbed Li Qing, but the tiger-like man wailed: "My lord, looking for you to run our legs thin, why do you live in this shabby place?" ”

"Didn't I tell you last night that I was staying at the Sanyuan Inn?"

"Uncle Li, there are thirty or forty inns in Pingkangfang, if you want to live, you have to find a better one, prefer to find the most broken one, I patted my chest in front of Tai, and I found you in half an hour, but two hours have passed."

Li Hugun volunteered to take this errand in order to appreciate it too much, and now it is almost noon, and he can't get too much appreciation, but he has a meal.

Li Qing wanted to scold, 'Who wants to live in this place, it's not that you have touched the old silver!' But when he heard the meaning of his words, he immediately changed his words: "You mean, looking for me too much?" ”

"What's the matter with yourself again?" Li Qing thought of yesterday's careful inquiry about himself, one

After thinking all night about what decision to make, he faintly felt that he was lucky,

Li Hugun didn't have time to explain more, so he dragged him onto the horse, and said with a smile as he walked: "It's too rare to see a person like this, I saw you twice yesterday, and I want to see you again today, we all estimate that my brother is going to make a big deal, and if I am in a good mood later, can my brother ask for a favor for me, and ask him to spare me." ”

Li Qing saw that these people were all freshly dressed and angry, their eyes were on the top of their heads, and they were disdainful of the envious eyes of the people around them, they must all be ** in Beijing, he smiled, patted Li Hugun's shoulder and smiled: "Don't worry, Tai Ji will not beat you, if it is a good thing today, I will invite everyone to drink." ”

It's a waste to make friends with these ** not well!

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The results of Li Jingzhong's investigation are the same as Li Heng's guess, Li Qing really saw Yang Guofei in the old mansion of Princess Taiping yesterday, Li Heng gasped, and his teeth hurt faintly, this is a ridiculous idea, but it seems that there is only this one reasonable explanation, Li Heng only has the idea of giving it a try, but this ridiculous idea turned out to be a fact.

"How many secrets is hidden in him?" Li Heng's curiosity was already suppressed.

Li Heng kept pacing back and forth in the room, calculating the time of Li Qing's arrival, he wanted to write something, but he picked up the pen several times and put it down, Li Qing had become no longer pure in his heart, "Does this person use it or not?" Li Heng's heart was extremely conflicted.

Li Jingzhong stood at the bottom, closed his eyes and lowered his head, with a consistent smile on his face, but the corner of his eyes was secretly observing the expression of the Lord, he knew what the Lord was thinking, and he also knew that now was the moment to decide Li Qing's fate, this person was very good, he liked it, and gave himself a gift worth nearly three thousand yuan when he met for the first time, Li Jingzhong went to Qibao Zhai last night, only to know that the best emerald was worth at least two thousand yuan, and his mouth was so smiling that he couldn't close it all night, this was the first time in his life to make such a fortune.

"We've got to help him!"

Li Jingzhong secretly made up his mind, he turned around and gave the maid a look, then took the bird's nest porridge handed by the maid, and brought it to Li Heng with a smile, "Your Highness, don't worry, then Li Qing is still just a petty official, listen to His Highness's call, and come here without being flattered?" ”

reminded Li Heng in one sentence, yes, this Li Qing is indeed just a petty official, and he is making a bit of a fuss, just call him over and ask him clearly. Li Heng squinted at Li Jingzhong, and secretly thought, "No, Li Qing has something to do with him!" ”

"It can't be!" Li Heng immediately denied his idea, Li Jingzhong had been with him for many years, and it was impossible for him to have anything to do with Li Qing.

At this time, there was a sound of footsteps outside, and the guards brought Li Qing here.

"Minister Li Qing see His Royal Highness!"

For a long time, there was no movement of Li Heng, the room was unusually quiet, Li Qing's heart couldn't help but feel a little hairy, but he didn't dare to raise his head at will.

"Li Qing, you should raise your head."

Li Qing looked up, what he saw was a face that seemed to be smiling, his eyes were scattered, but there was a trace of coldness, he squinted at him with his hands raised, his slender eyebrows were slightly raised, Li Qing's heart was sudden, people said that a companion is like a tiger, this is not a gentleman, it is so difficult, yesterday's attitude towards himself was gentle, which made people feel like a spring breeze, but it became a cold winter every other day.

"Let me ask you, how did you know Princess Yuzhen?"

Li Qing's heart suddenly fell into a cold cave, "How could he know about this?" After thinking about it again, "Needless to say, this must be his unpredictable prophet's ability to make him guess what happened, this mouthy prince!" ”

The thought of his heart was spinning quickly, denial? Or admit? No, it doesn't work! It can neither be denied nor admitted.

To make up lies and tell a story, you need to pay attention to skills, sometimes you have to use ten more lies to round it, the farther you go, sooner or later people will hear the flaws, so the most clever lie is to tell a half-truth, just say half a lie in the key place is enough.

"In fact, the minister also happened to have nothing on him, so he wanted to borrow money from the younger brother of the Yang family, and happened to meet Princess Yuzhen.

So, Li Qing said that he met Yang Zhao, and later saved the Yang family by chance, and met the Yang brothers and sisters in Taibai Building, and then how Yang Yuhuan met him, and he asked Yang Yuhuan for help for the purpose of repaying his kindness.

Li Heng's face gradually softened, he had been in the palace for a long time, what was the truth and what was a lie, he knew as soon as he heard it, he knew that Li Qing was telling the truth, which was completely consistent with the records of the officials and his files, Li Heng's heart was not only angry at this time, but because of Li Qing's honesty, he appreciated him more.

The atmosphere of the room returned to spring, Li Heng looked at Li Qing, this person has good character and ability, but I don't know how he has seen, if it is not bad, it can be of great use, he sat back on the bed, reclined on the soft pillow, and returned to his usual lazy posture.

"Li Qing, you are an official in Yibin County, you should know about this south

, tell me, what do you think of Nanzhao? ”

Recently, the imperial court has been arguing very much about the affairs of Nanzhao after the war, and the emperor ordered himself to write a report on Nanzhao, which Li Qing can listen to as a representative of the lower-level officials.

"Come on! You sit down and speak slowly. ”

Li Qing didn't know that this was an opportunity, he closed his eyes and briefly sorted out the debate with Wang Changling about Nanzhao in the past few months.

"Your Royal Highness, Li Qingwei does not dare to forget the country, the minister has been thinking about Nanzhao, the minister thinks that Nanzhao is sitting big, this is already a fact, since the Eastern Campaign, Nanzhao's power has expanded to the East, so we must first face it, the court should give it the corresponding status, in order to stabilize its heart; Secondly, we must strictly prevent the alliance between Nanzhao and Tubo, in the view of the minister, Nanzhao is one, Tubo is also one, they are separated, are not terrible, what is afraid is the addition of the two, this is not equal to the problem of two, I Yizhou is the country of abundance, fertile fields for thousands of miles, Tubo has been coveted for a long time, if Tubo attacks Songzhou from the west, and at the same time Nanzhao attacks Yaozhou from the south, this belly and back by the enemy, once the rescue is not effective, Jiannan is in danger! ”

Li Qing talked eloquently, Li Heng listened to the smile and was silent, what Li Qing said was discussed in the court, and it was already the consensus of the imperial court to gather Nanzhao and prevent Nanzhao and Tubo from forming an alliance, but giving Nanzhao an equal status, which involves the face of the Celestial Empire, is currently extremely controversial, and he and Li Linfu have the same views on this issue, and the status of Nanzhao's subject state must not be changed.

"Not bad! Not bad! It's good that a little character officer can see this, so what good measures do you have? ”

Li Qing's eyes flashed, his ideas were recognized by the superiors, this was undoubtedly a huge encouragement, he couldn't sit still, he had forgotten that he was facing a high-ranking Tai, he stood up and walked back and forth unwillingly.

"Your Highness, the minister thinks that the fundamental reason for the rise of Nanzhao is people, so the solution is also in people."

"People? Let's go into more detail. Li Heng leaned forward slightly, and his eyes flashed with great curiosity.

"Yes, it's a person, the reason why Nanzhao rose is because of the emergence of such an eloquent leader as Pi Luo Ge, it is his political vision and thunderbolt means that unified the Zhao and won the situation of Nan Zhao today, but I heard that Pi Luo Ge's health has deteriorated sharply in recent years, and I am afraid that he will die soon, so the solution to Nanzhao is on his heir."

Li Qing stepped forward and took a step closer and said in a low voice: "Pi Luo Ge four, Chang Ge Luo Feng Taowu is quite similar to his father, and he is deeply popular, so he should inherit the throne, but it is said that Ge Luo Feng is not Pi Luo Ge's own child, just raised, and then Yu Chengjie is dissatisfied with him, and has publicly turned his face with him many times, Yu Chengjie This person is arrogant and greedy, if he becomes the lord of Nanzhao, I Datang will raise it with brocade again, and the voice will be tempting, within five years, Nanzhao will be destroyed in his hands." ”

Speaking of this, Li Qing did not hide the pride in his heart, and sneered: "If you can provoke the civil war of Nanzhao again, the west will be defeated and the west will be saved, and the east will be defeated and the east will be saved, so that the civil war will never stop, so that if it doesn't cost me a single soldier of the Tang Dynasty, Nanzhao will no longer exist." ”

Li Heng stared at him tightly, nodded for a long time, and secretly thought: "If this person sincerely votes for me, he can be of great use; If it can't be used by me, then it must be killed to get rid of the consequences. ”

Li Heng lowered his head and walked a few steps, then suddenly turned around and smiled at Li Qing and said, "Your Jiannan Jiedu Mansion has not yet reported to the imperial court, you are just a false official, don't do it!" You're willing to do things for me. ”

Li Qing didn't think about it, immediately took a step back, knelt down on one knee and said, "The minister is willing to smear His Highness's liver and brain, and never give up!" ”

Answering neatly and with a clear attitude, Li Heng was overjoyed, and hurriedly helped him up and said: "I have already considered for you, you have no merit and fame, and the restrictions on being an official are too great, and you can't go to a high position, so it is better to be my guard officer first, I will make you a captain of Zhaowu, and you will be promoted with meritorious service in the future, do you think it is good?" ”

"I would like to listen to His Highness's arrangement!"

The army that protects Tai is the rate of the government, and the chief is called the rate, but the guard officer appointed by Li Qing is not in the rate of the house, which is equivalent to Tai's personal bodyguard, and does not belong to the official establishment, so Li Heng named him the official Zhaowu captain of the genuine loose official, the official system of the Tang Dynasty is extremely complicated, so I won't talk about it here, in short, Li Qing has been promoted from the military of the seventh grade to the captain of the genuine Zhaowu, and more importantly, he has become the personal guard officer around the Tai, but the actual status is much higher than the official establishment.

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Less than an hour after Li Qing was promoted, another ink ink was quietly placed in front of Li Longji's case, which recorded in detail the words and deeds of Li Qing and Tai when they met, including the relationship between Li Qing and the Yang family, Li Qing's theory of the Southern Zhao, and finally the Tai accepting Li Qing for his own use.

At night, Li Longji read this report carefully, his eyes flickered, no one knew what he was thinking, but the name Li Qing was deeply imprinted in Li Longji's mind.

After a long time, he put down the report, and mentioned that Zhu Bi criticized the word 'Xu' on the edict canonizing the daughter of the Dugu clan as Princess Jingle, and she married Li Huaijie, the governor of the Khitan Songmo.