The day was coming to an end, and under the sunset, the long and pointed bodies of the cavalry fell in front of them and quietly descended on the frozen land of Longyou.

A group of 3,000 Anxi cavalry came from the west, the horses stepped on the glacier, the snow was flying, the snow had been falling for three days, the bad weather made their march very difficult, to a leeward place, Li Qing waved his hand, and the whole army stopped advancing.

A scout galloped from afar, jumped off his horse in front of Li Qing, and sent a letter of information from Fengxiang, Li Qing opened it, and only eight words were written on it: 'Chang'an is fine, Hebei is fine'

"Let's take a break and get something to eat."

After Li Qing finished ordering, he turned his horse's head and galloped towards Li Yu's carriage, coming from Qiuzidong, they had been marching for nearly a month, Li Qing sent a large number of scouts to Guanzhong in the morning, and listened to Chang'an's intelligence at any time, but since An Qingzong's death, Chang'an suddenly became silent, and nothing happened, but Li Qing knew that this was just a calm sea surface, and the bottom of the sea had already been turbulent.

Li Yu was originally riding a horse, but not long after he set off, he fell ill and could only travel in a carriage, and since the secret decree was to order him to go west to Daqin, it was best for him not to appear in the team.

"Is Your Highness feeling better?" Li Qing walked to the carriage and asked Li Mi, who was poking his head out and looking at him.

After a month, Li Yu's condition did not improve, but had a tendency to worsen, Li Qing was very worried, and the military doctor with the team asked Li Yu to no longer trek and bump, and must lie down to recuperate, otherwise he would worry about his life.

Li Mi shook his head, his eyes were gloomy for a while, and he was silent for a moment, and he finally couldn't help but say: "General, let His Highness be raised in Longzhou for a while!" ”

"I'm just here to discuss this matter with my husband, and the situation in Chang'an is unknown. It's not good to rush into the game, His Royal Highness will be raised in Longzhou, if there is a situation, I will send someone to contact me at any time. ”

Li Mi was happy to hear that he promised to leave Li Yu in Longzhou to recuperate, but when he heard his next sentence, he was shocked, "Is the general going to enter Beijing?" ”

Li Qing nodded, "Now that Chang'an is surging, if I leave it alone." I'm afraid that if you don't make a move, you will lose all the games. At that time, it was hard to regret it! ”

"What about these three thousand troops? The general did not follow the order, and I am afraid that someone with a heart will use this to impeach the general. ”

Li Qing smiled slightly: "Neither the order." Naturally, it is not suitable to show up in public, these 3,000 troops will stay here, and I will only bring a dozen people into Beijing, if Mr. has something urgent. Just go to the palace of the king of Sining and find me. ”

With that, he bowed his hand to Li Mi, turned his horse and galloped eastward.

The New Year has passed, the Shangyuan Festival has not arrived, and the entire Chang'an is still immersed in a calm and peaceful, what will happen in the twelfth year of Tianbao. No one could have imagined. And it's no wonder. Datang has been calm for a hundred years, even if everyone knows that An Lushan is going to rebel. But most people will still live a peaceful life, no one will really take it to heart, and the huge inertia has already numbed people's hearts.

Li Lin, the king of Ning, has retired from the position of the salt and iron supervisor, and he was replaced by the fifth Qi of the Jianghuai salt and iron envoy, he is now idle at home, like all parents in the world, he began to worry about his son's future, the eldest son Li Zhao has been the governor of Shaanxi for almost five years, but he can no longer be promoted, and the second son Li Hugun was going to go to Anxi with Li Qing to join the army, but Li Lin did not want him to go away, and gave him a position as a county lieutenant of Wugong County, but in less than three days, he abandoned his post and went home, still wandering in Chang'an.

And now the person who worries Li Lin is his son-in-law, Li Qing has always been his pride, and he has been able to do Shangshu Zuo Servant Shot and Anxi Dadu in his thirties, but the current situation in the capital has filled his heart with deep worries.

"Master, someone sent this thing."

The housekeeper took a bracelet and found Li Lin in the study, Li Lin put down the book, took it and looked at it carefully, it was a jade bracelet inlaid with gold wire, but the pattern of the gold wire, Li Lin suddenly 'Teng! He stood up and said, "Where is the person who gave the bracelet now?" ”

He had already recognized that this was his daughter Li Jingyan's bracelet, how could it suddenly appear, and without waiting for the housekeeper to reply, he took the bracelet and ran quickly towards the door.

It was dark outside, and a few heavy lanterns were hung in front of the gate, and by the faint halo of the lanterns, I saw a carriage parked at the gate, and a dozen gray-clothed people stood beside the carriage on horseback, and when they saw him come out, a person came down from the carriage, also dressed in the same gray cloth, wearing a wide-brimmed hat, and his face could not be seen.

"Lord Wang, it's me!" His voice was low and powerful, Li Lin immediately heard it, this was Li Qingdi's voice, he was shocked in his heart, but at this time, he didn't have time to think about it, he hurriedly turned around and said: "These are my friends, let them enter the mansion!" ”

It wasn't until he entered Li Lindi's study that Li Qing took off the hat, the light in the study was bright, very warm and comfortable, and his mood finally relaxed, and when he arrived here, he was home.

Li Lin put a cup of hot tea in front of Li Qing and asked with concern, "Is it okay to be surprised?" He also heard that his daughter was pregnant, which made him very worried.

"There is a curtain to take care of her, so please rest assured Uncle Shi."

Li Qing said while looking at Li Lin, he should be sixty years old this year, but the years do not seem to make him old, but older than when he first saw him more than ten years ago

He is an idle person, and busyness makes his life more fulfilling.

"Does Uncle Shi have any news about his place of employment?"

Li Lin shook his head gently, he had been idle for three months, but the emperor had no eyebrows about his own arrangements, no wonder, the current situation? Alas!

Thinking of the situation, Li Lin immediately reacted, how could Li Qing come in disguise, and he didn't want people to recognize him, he hurriedly asked, "Virtuous nephew, did you enter Beijing without permission?" ”

He was scared in his heart, if Li Qingzhen entered Beijing without authorization, wouldn't he be in the net? If he has three long and two short, what will happen to the wild goose and the child in her womb?

But the truth does not change because he is afraid, Li Qing nodded silently, Li Lin's heart suddenly became anxious, he grabbed Li Qingdi's wrist, lowered his voice and shouted: "You stupid! Don't you know that Zhang Qiqiu has been killed by the emperor? ”

Li Qing was shocked, he got a lot of information from Chang'an, and he was calm and fine, but he didn't expect that there was such a big secret hidden under this 'calm and uneventful' place.

"Uncle Shi, what's going on, tell me about it!"

Li Lin was taken aback when he saw his eyes, and then regained his composure, knowing that he had prepared in his heart, he sighed and said: "This matter is extremely secret, not many people know about it, and I also learned about it by chance." ”

He let go of Li Qing's wrist, stood up and paced slowly in the room, "I heard that after Zhang Qiqiu's debriefing, even if the emperor appointed him as the general of the left guard, he promised that he would secretly run back to Shuofang that night, but when he ran to Xianyang, he was caught and beheaded on the spot, not only him, he stayed in Beijing for the texture of the two sons and a nephew were killed together." ”

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"Then who is the Shuofang Jiedu envoy now?"

Li Lin shook his head, "There is no appointment for the time being, I heard that it is Guo Ziyi, the deputy envoy of the festival, who is temporarily replaced!" ”

Li Qing was speechless, he knew that Li Longji summoned these festival envoys into Beijing to collect their military power, and the struggle would not be less, but he didn't expect it to be so fierce, and he actually used killing to solve the problem, which also shows how Li Longji was afraid of these festival envoys in his heart.

"Who else? Is Zhang Qiqiu alone? Li Qing then asked.

"Nope! This morning, the emperor has just appointed the envoy of Hexi Jiedu Feng Changqing as the general of Jinwuwei, and named him the Duke of Su Guo, the opening of the palace and the three divisions, and the envoy of Hexi Jiedu is now held by Shouwang Li Mao, and the specific military affairs are in charge of Changshi Du Hongchuan. ”

Li Lin suddenly turned his head and stared at Li Qingdao: "There is also Xian Yu Zhongtong, the envoy of the Jiannan Festival, who has taken the initiative to resign from the position of the envoy of the Jiedu, he is now Jingzhaoyin, and the envoy of the Jiannan Festival is concurrently served by Yang Guozhong, and all this happened within ten days." ”

When Li Lin said this, he slowly sat down in front of Li Qing again, and said to him gently: "You are half of my land, and I watched me come out of a small businessman, how can I not care about you, I estimate that the emperor will move next, it should be Ge Shuhan instead of you, but since you have come, then stay at home, and we will wait and see what happens." ”

Li Qing nodded silently, he suddenly remembered something, and said to Li Lin: "I have one more thing, I want to ask Uncle Shi to help inquire." ”

"Say, what's the matter?"

Li Qing wanted Li Lin to inquire about what Li Longji's secret message to Li Yu was? But in this way, Li Lin will be involved in the struggle for the reserve land, which he does not want.

Li Qing shook his head, "It's nothing, Uncle Shi don't take it to heart." ”.

Huaqing Palace, Li Longji has lived here for nearly a month and a half, although his original intention was to accompany Yang Guifei to come here for a leisurely winter, but in fact, he was not able to relax for a day, An Qingzong was killed, and An Lushan's army was abnormally mobilized; A few knots made the debriefing begin; The canonization of the crown prince is imminent, and it is a big event, but the meal must be eaten one bite at a time, and the matter must be solved one by one.

An Lushan still needs time to prepare, and there is no immediate rebellion, so this can be put aside first; As for the matter of the crown prince, Li Yu has not returned to Beijing until now, and it is estimated that the road is closed by heavy snow, so don't consider this for the time being.

The first thing to solve is the other major knots to make the military power, to prevent them from taking the opportunity to sit big or even establish themselves as kings after An Lushan's rebellion, things are going well, and the other five knots have been solved by him, but he also knows that the real difficult to deal with is Ge Shuhan and Li Qing, neither of them are fuel-efficient lamps, one is high and powerful, and his henchmen firmly grasp the military power of Longyou; And the other is a long way away, and there are no hostages available in Chang'an.

Li Longji put aside the bamboo sign with Li Qing's name written on it, but his eyes fell on Ge Shuhan's sign, how to cut off Ge Shuhan's military power, and he must not let his henchmen rebel because of excesses.

"Gotta figure figure out!"