Last night, the rain began to rain non-stop, tirelessly falling from the sky, the sky is still a vast rain and fog outside, dripping, the rain flows down from the tile mouth, turning the small ditch in front of the door into a stream, the new raindrops, into many small bubbles floating on it, disappearing again in an instant, a few pieces of yellow locust trees that are knocked down by the raindrops, small fish generally float away on the water surface.

Spring is sleepy and autumn is lacking, the mood of love bed is permeated in everyone's heart, the palace of Si Ning is quiet, you can occasionally hear a cat running from the roof, Li Qing woke up from a night of spring dream, only to feel that the whole body is sore, but the hand is empty, the newlywed wife is no longer in the bed, the curtain has been opened, shooting into a large area of bright light, the room is very clean, only the bright red joy reminds that this is still a cave room last night, the incense cage is lit with precious sandalwood, the faint green smoke is emitted into the air, and the room flows with warmth and tranquility.

Li Qing closed his eyes, and recalled the beauty of last night's scenes in his mind as if he was playing a movie, the gentleness and shyness of the curtain, his clumsiness and his heartfelt desire, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but show a knowing smile. After a long time, he opened his eyes and seemed to feel something, but he saw a bright gold box placed on the table next to the bed, and suddenly remembered that this was a wedding gift from Li Longji to himself, and he made it so mysterious, soldering it to death, Li Qing reached out and took it out, and started it heavily, not to mention twenty taels, I don't know what kind of treasure is inside, the night pearl? Or a big diamond? It must be a rare treasure in short, and once again he carefully examined the gold box, and saw that it was exquisitely made. It is embossed with a pattern, and there is a small hidden button, but the seams are roughly welded, presumably sealed and not made by a special craftsman.

Li Qing pondered, and the curtain quietly walked in with the freshly boiled ginseng white fungus porridge, she had already removed her wedding dress and changed into an ordinary dress. The heavy makeup has been removed, the light makeup has been put on, and her face shows the joy and shyness of being a first-time wife, although she is also tired, but the habit she has developed for a long time still makes her get up early and clean up the house. According to the custom, she made nourishing ginseng porridge for her husband by hand, she and Li Qing have been together for many years, but it seems that they have just met for the first time.

Curtain sat at the head of the bed and lovingly combed her husband's hair with her fingers, "Why don't you sleep a little longer?" ”

"I should have asked you this sentence." Li Qing put the gold box on the table, and said with a smile: "Where is Xiaoyu?" ”

"I guess I slept with Sister Jingyan last night, and the two of them couldn't finish talking all day long?"

Li Qing was a little surprised, "You mean the county lord of Pingyang?" ”

Curtain Er smiled and said: "I always heard you say that she is a cold county lord before, and I was almost misled by you, where is she cold?" Kindness! Don't talk about this. I'll go get you a pillow and sit up and eat it while it's hot! ”

Li Qing hasn't eaten since yesterday afternoon. I was so hungry that my chest was close to my back, and I drank the porridge in a few bites. Seeing that he was eating sweetly, the curtain was happy, "Or I'll go and bring you another bowl!" ”

Li Qing nodded, suddenly stopped her again, pointed to the gold box and said with a smile: "By the way, bring me a dagger!" ”

After a moment, Curtain brought a pair of scissors and watched him fiddle with it curiously, and Li Qing took the gold box. Use scissors to cut a little bit along its original gap, picking the last weld. Gold Box' Click! The ground popped open, only to see a gold-painted embroidered bag inside, the two looked at each other, and the curtain looked curious, "Let's see what's there?" ”

Li Qing nodded, picked up the embroidered bag, but felt that it was surprisingly light, there were no night pearls and diamonds in it, pinched it, it seemed to be a small silk scroll, "Is it still some martial arts secret?" Li Qingxin is funny, if he hears too much about this kind of thing, he will naturally think about it in that direction.

But he guessed wrong, unfolding the yellow brocade, Li Qing's face gradually became serious, it was not a secret martial arts secret, but a secret decree, ordering him to have full authority to dispose of the affairs of Nanzhao, with Li Longji's signature and bright red seal, he immediately understood, it was not Li Linfu who wanted to go to Nanzhao by himself, but the current emperor wanted to go to Nanzhao by himself, since he was also given a secret decree, that is to say, Li Longji wanted him to do it according to his strategy, let him exert his strength in the dark, but how could Li Longji know his thoughts, Li Qing thought about it, There is only one possibility, which was too told to him.

"What's wrong, what do you say?" Seeing that his face was not good, Curtain couldn't help but ask worriedly.

"Nothing!" I'm still going to Nanzhao! ”

Curtain's lips bit white, "Didn't you say no?" ”

"Originally, I wouldn't let me go, but I didn't expect the emperor to let me go!"

He tried his tone to be as flat as possible, "At most, you and Xiaoyu will only go here, since you get along well with the county lord, I can also put my mind at ease, and I will go and talk to the prince again, so that he can take good care of you." ”

The curtain lowered her head and was silent, and she forced a smile for a long time before she forced a smile and said, "Then when will you go, I will pack your luggage for you." ”

Li Qing looked at her, and it took a long time for two words to pop out of his mouth: 'Tomorrow!' ’

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"Weicheng is light and dusty towards the rain, and the guest house is green and willow-colored"

In February of the fourth year of Tianbao, the Tang Dynasty sent an envoy to Nanzhao to bid farewell to Chang'an at Baqiao, and the pilgrimage delegation of Nanzhao also returned at the same time, the main envoy of the Tang Dynasty mission was Chen Xilie, the chief envoy of the Criminal Department, and Wei Jian, the secretary of the Criminal Department, was the deputy envoy, and ordered Yulin Junlang to escort Chen Xuanli with 3,000 troops, and two of his lieutenants, Zhaowu Captain Li Siye and Zhaowu Captain Li Qing.

A tight drum sounded, the army finally opened, a group of soldiers walked neatly, the black light on the armor flashed, to the Nanzhao thousands of miles away, although not to fight, but the road was still crowded with relatives and friends who came to see him off, the daughter-in-law supported her father, the wife took the children, looked at the son, looked at the husband, looked at the father, and said goodbye, Li Qing rode on the horse in military uniform, waved goodbye to the curtain and Xiaoyu standing in front of the car from afar, and in the carriage, another pair of bright eyes were also silently watching him.

The mission crossed the Qinling Mountains and walked all the way south from Han, and when it arrived in Han County, Chen Xilie felt sick and difficult, and everyone decided to rest in Han for three days, but Yu Chengjie received news that his father was seriously ill, which involved the succession to the throne, and he was anxious to return to China.

came to discuss with the Tang delegation that he would go first, and Chen Xilie agreed, and sent Zhaowu to lead 300 troops to escort Yu Chengjie first.

The group traveled to Chengdu, Zhang Qiu and Qiong came to greet him, and he was worried that the mission would have an accident, so he sent Nan Jiyun to lead 500 people to escort by land, and the Nanzhao mission changed to a boat to go to the Minjiang River.

Three days later, in front of Jiazhou, Li Qing on the side of the boat, facing the river wind, silently watching the river, the wind will blow his hair up, the heart ups and downs, just here, a few months ago he experienced an unforgettable battle, even he himself almost died, but only a few months, but things are wrong, Li Qing looked at a parallel boat on the river, a flag was inserted on the canopy, and a big 'righteousness' was written on the flag, he was shocked to realize that not far ahead was Yibin, and I don't know where it is now?

At this time, Wang Bing slowly stepped forward, stood beside him and said with a smile: "Are you thinking about the Hai family?" ”

Li Qing nodded, but shook his head again, and said, "Don't mention this matter, let me ask you, don't you want to be helped by going to Nanzhao like this?" ”

Wang Bing grinned, revealing a row of neat white teeth, "When will I not be in the Min Gang, besides, I didn't finally decide to go to Nanzhao, go and see first, I heard that the king of the pavilion Luo Feng is a hero, this time I want to go with me to see, if it's really good, I'd rather follow the king, have a future, if not, then go back to Chengdu to be my gang boss." ”

Speaking of this, Wang Bing's mouth tilted back slightly, and he snorted lightly: "And this kind of person." The biggest hobby in his life is women, he has to find three every night, he likes women, the key is that his eyes are on the top of his head, drinking three and four, it seems that I am one of his slaves, which makes me really unhappy! ”

"You just said that Yu Chengjie's biggest hobby in his life is to like women?"

"Yes! If you don't believe me, you'll see. He will definitely stop in Jiazhou to find a woman. ”

As soon as the king's soldiers finished speaking, one of the guards hurriedly ran and shouted, "Chief, the king orders you to go over immediately!" ”

"See, the ship must be stopped." Wang Bing shook his head and went helplessly.

It didn't take long for the ship to slow down. Slowly approaching the direction of Jiazhou Wharf, Li Qing was about to return to the cabin, but suddenly found that the word on the flag on the small boat just now had changed to the word 'Jia', and the boat also stopped and docked with them to Jiazhou Wharf.

Li Qing had encountered a conspiracy in this area, so he was particularly sensitive to this subtle strangeness, and he actually had a trace of vigilance in his heart, and kept staring at the ship, seeing that it was docking, and more than a dozen men and women with swords walked down from the boat. The costumes are weird, and it's clearly a group of people. They watched as their boat came to shore before disappearing from the dock.

"It's weird. There's no reason for that! Li Qing was puzzled.

He had just taken two steps when a thought suddenly flashed through his mind, "Could it be.

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The ship docked in Jiazhou, the steward on the wharf heard that the Nanzhao VIP arrived, and hurriedly drove away all the idle people, the originally lively wharf became empty and deserted, seeing that they had no intention of staying, the steward on the wharf prepared more than 20 carriages to invite the VIP into the city.

"Captain Lee. My lord invites you to go. As soon as Li Qing got off the boat, a Nanzhao guard ran to call him.

There are more than 300 people in Nanzhao. Except for more than 20 large and small officials, the rest are all guards guarding Yu Chengjie, the goods purchased from Chang'an are as heavy as a mountain, so they are temporarily on the ship, when Li Qing rushes to go, he is already horny, waiting quite impatiently, according to his nature, where do you need what Tang Dynasty guards, if it were not for the Qingping official Zhao Yandeng to persuade him not to be rude, he will drive Li Qing away in Chengdu.

Yu Chengshu is twenty-seven years old, first-class, carefully picks his figure, especially his waist is the same as a woman, all men who are scheming and cannot be considered cunning, most of them will have this kind of waist, and then look at his face, the general skin of women is very soft, with a pair of amorous big eyes, a short chin is extremely noble, a mouthful of neat teeth set off pink lips, but the corners of the mouth are habitually slightly upturned, showing a trace of arrogance on his beautiful face.

Li Qing rushed to his side, clasped his fists and saluted: "The second king is looking for him, but what's the matter?" ”

Yu Chengjie glanced at him, his hand was turned behind his back, but his eyes turned to the sky, ignoring him, and Zhao Yandeng, the Qingping official next to him, saw it and hurriedly stepped forward with a smile and said: "My lord means that he wants to ask Captain Li to stay at the dock for one night, I don't know if it's convenient?" ”

Qingping official is equivalent to the Tang Dynasty land minister, a total of people, its prime minister is also known as the internal calculation official, for the king to deal with daily affairs, although Zhao Yan Deng did not say it explicitly, but the meaning is obvious, their things are inconvenient to carry, so they want Li Qing to take care of their items at night, as if Li Qing is their dog, very rude.

Next to him, Wang Bing took a step forward and said, "It's better for your subordinates to stay!" ”

Li Qing waved his hand, stopped him and smiled slightly: "I will be stationed outside the city after joining up with the land guards, and I will send someone to take care of your belongings." ”

He also told Wang Bing: "The area of Jiazhou has not been very peaceful recently, you must be cautious to protect the king, and you must not be careless." ”

Yu Chengjie listened to his instructions to Wang Bing, snorted coldly in his nostrils, turned around and walked away, leaving Li Qing alone on the shore, Li Qing looked at his arrogant back, his eyes narrowed slightly, but the corners of his mouth showed a hint of imperceptible smile.

Gao Zhandao led more than 100 people to wait on the shore, and some of the sergeants took the latter boat, and gradually docked after a while, although 300 people were not much, but they were selected from the elite of the 3,000 guards, especially one of its low-level officers, named Wu Xingsu, who was one of the best archers in the Tang Yulin Army, 100 steps through Yang, the arrows were not missing, and he had 50 crossbowmen under his command, all of whom were skilled, and soon, Nan Jiyun led 500 people to arrive, and the two families joined forces and set up camp tents outside the city.

Li Qing was pacing back and forth in the tent, Gao Zhandao had already been ordered by him to guard Yu Chengjie, the group of people he saw on the dock just now really reassured him, although there was no evidence that they were assassins, but it was better to be careful, once something happened to Yu Chengjie, it would not only affect the relationship between Datang and Nanzhao,

's Nanzhao plan will also be in vain.

According to the prior agreement, Gao Zhandao will send someone every other hour to report the news, it is getting dark, but Gao Zhandao has not sent someone back to report safety, Li Qingxin secretly felt bad, walked out of the tent and said to the deputy general Wu Xingsu: "Take a team of brothers, follow me into the city!" ”

Wu Xingsu is about thirty years old, with a pair of hands like ape arms, his face is slightly dark, the corners of his mouth are severe, and he is usually silent, so although his martial arts are high, he cannot be reused, and he has been in the army for ten years, but he has only mixed up with a rank of Renyong lieutenant, and his military position is only a team.

Li Qing led a team of cavalry into Jiazhou City like a gust of wind, and soon found a place for Yu Chengjie to stay, they chartered a whole inn, and saw Wang Bing walking out of the inn with Gao Zhandao from afar, and was hating and scolding, obviously encountering something unpleasant.

Li Qing rode up to him and shouted, "What's wrong? “

Gao Zhandao snorted coldly, and said with a blue face: "Yu Chengjie is on the rise, he ordered someone to get us out, I can't stand this shit!" ”

"If you can't stand it, you have to bear it, who asked you to provoke him, can't you spread it in the dark?"

Wang Bing took a step forward and said apologetically: "It's me who is not good, I found that there was a person on the roof, I didn't know it was Brother Gao, so I pulled him, no!" I was invited, but Yu Chengjie happened to hear the movement. ”

Gao Zhandao looked at Li Qing, who had a serious face, suddenly remembered something, and said with a smile: "Then Yu Chengjie has an evaluation of you, do you want to listen to it?" ”

"What did he say?"

Gao Zhandao ignored Wang Bing, and each tried his best to give himself a look. only said lightly: "He asked you to soak the dog's urine to take care of yourself, a shit like a miscellaneous official, and he is also worthy of supporting his people!" ”

Li Qing listened, but there was no expression on his face, he changed the topic, and said to Gao Zhandao in a displeased tone: "Didn't I tell you to send someone every other hour to report the news, why don't you send it?" ”

Gao Zhandao was surprised. "I've sent two brothers back, haven't you seen them?"

Li Qing suddenly felt bad, he looked around hurriedly, at night, the street was very quiet, and Yu Chengjie's guards were everywhere. But there was no pedestrian, suddenly, he caught a glimpse of a few black shadows standing on the corner of the street not far away, originally motionless, it can be seen that he looked this way, and disappeared in an instant, Li Qing's mind turned quickly, he suddenly remembered what Gao Zhandao had just said, and hurriedly said: "You just said that he is on the rise?" Is there a woman in his room? ”

"Yes! Out of nowhere, two flowery women came and threw themselves into his arms. They had just entered the room. ”

Li Qing shouted, "Not good! Come with me. ”

He rolled over and dismounted. rushed towards the inn, but was caught by Wang Bing. "What the hell is going on?" Li Qing shouted one after another, "Go quickly, those two women are assassins!" ”

Before he could say it again, Gao Zhandao and Wang Bing immediately disappeared in front of him, and before the two of them reached the backyard, there was a faint sound of fighting, and they saw Yu Chengjie wearing a silver-gray close-fitting short coat and only a pair of shorts underneath. His limbs were covered in blood, and he was leaning against the wall with a chair in his hand panting. There were a few guards lying on the ground, with a few holes poked in their bodies, and blood was gushing out.

More than a dozen people outside the two are surrounding two women dressed in obscene clothes, to be precise, they are blocking the offensive line of the two women, only to see that the two women are sparsely dressed, bare and back, with more than a dozen bracelets on their wrists, their bodies fluttering, the hand dagger flies up and down, the cold light is shining, and the bracelets on the wrist jingle as if they are like a life talisman, killing more than a dozen guards and retreating, and they are less than two feet away from Yu Chengjie.

Gao Zhandao and Wang Bing each glanced at each other, and at the same time rushed to the second daughter, one enemy one, the situation on the field was immediately reversed, although the second girl was skilled, but where is the opponent of these two, only a few rounds will be in danger, the second daughter saw that there was no chance, so they began to look for a way out, Wang Bing saw that the other party was going to escape, sneered, the figure flew, the giant bear-like body was like a shadow, blocking all the ways of the other party, only to listen to a series of broken sounds' The click' sounded, and the woman's screams continued to scream, and the king's soldiers each stopped, and like a black bear capturing its prey, he squinted at the woman and collapsed to the ground.

Gao Zhandao's opponent seems to be more powerful in martial arts, and he is vicious, teasing yin legs, locking throat and grabbing, all kinds of yin tricks emerge in endlessly, she saw that her companion had missed, and suddenly her long hair was flicked, and her body turned around twice, and a few puffs of blood-red fog powder shot out of the bracelet, Gao Zhandao knew that this fog powder was powerful, and a harrier turned back and avoided the powder mist.

The woman took the opportunity to jump, her toes on a tree, by the elastic force of the branches, obliquely flew up to the roof, seeing that she was about to escape, Wang Bing toe a little, a small stone flew away, the woman heard the sound of breaking the sky, twisted her waist, dodged the flying stone, just when her body lost its center of gravity, 'whoosh', a crossbow arrow shot like lightning, the force was strong, the arrow actually pierced through the chest, the front chest and back splashed two blood mist, the woman wailed, the bones rolled down from the roof, fell to the ground, and saw that she could not live.

At the door, Wu Xingsu put down the strong crossbow, licked his lips, and shook his head again, as if he was dissatisfied with his miss.

Yu Chengjie saw that the two daughters were killed and injured, and he didn't know where he got the strength, so he threw away the chair and rushed up, grabbed the injured woman's hair, slapped her a few times with all his strength, and said viciously: "Say!" Who sent you to assassinate me? ”

The woman sneered, a stream of blood flowed from the corner of her mouth, her head was soft and tilted to one side, and she actually killed herself by chewing her tongue.

Yu Chengjie was stunned, the two women were dead, and the clues were all broken, but how to do it, at this time, he only heard a cold laugh behind him, "These are all sent by your eldest brother Luo Feng, and there are more than a dozen outside, all looking for an opportunity to kill you!" ”

Yu Chengjie turned around, but saw that it was Captain Li, the Tang general he looked down upon, who was leaning on the gate of the courtyard, looking at him with a smile, Yu Cheng's program flickered, slowly got up and put on the clothes handed by the guards, and suddenly turned around and sneered: "How do you know?" Have you already caught it alive? ”

Li Qing shook his head and said with a faint smile: "If I were Ge Luofeng, I wouldn't let you return to Taihe City alive." ”