Zhang Qiu and Qiong hurriedly helped Li Qing up, and looked at his protégé with infinite emotion, he was just a small businessman back then, he hesitated again and again, and even reluctantly accepted him in order to eradicate the Hai family, but in just a few years, he became his best protégé, and over time, he will surpass himself.

"I remember that I sent you to Beijing at this time last year, but you never returned, and when I saw you again, you had already become the governor of a state, hey! What do you want me to say? Yang Ming, it is good to be a soldier and a nobleman, but it is not necessarily a good thing to be an official! ”

Li Qing smiled bitterly, he had just realized this truth, although it was a good word, it was a pity that it came too late, he stepped forward and hugged Zhang Qiu and Qiong, "Teacher, it's cold outside, go sit in the house." ”

The winter sky is like a forty-year-old woman, just now it was still sunny, but in a blink of an eye it was dark, the lamp in the study had been lit, the brazier was burning, and it was full of cold outside, but the room was as warm as spring, which was the atmosphere of the fireside night talk.

The servant brought a small table, and put more than a dozen dishes and a pot of wine, Li Qing greeted with a smile: "The teacher must not have eaten dinner, you might as well have a few drinks with the students to say goodbye." ”

Zhang Qiu and Qiong were not polite, sat down directly, smiled slightly, and said, "It seems that Yang Ming has not eaten enough in Li Linfu's mansion, and now that it is just dark, will he have dinner?" ”

Li Qing was suddenly silent, and after a while, he smiled and said, "The teacher is from Tai!" ”

Seeing Zhang Qiu and Qiong's acquiescence, he nodded and said lightly: "There is nothing to explain, I did go, Li Linfu wanted to accept me again under his banner, so he specially invited me to his house for dinner." ”

Zhang Qiu and Qiong sighed, and said seriously: "I said that you were promoted too quickly, the problem is here, although you have merit, but after all, the qualifications are too shallow, of course others are not convinced, if you are not convinced, you will be red-eyed, and you will be troubled by red-eyed, unless you never make a mistake, otherwise, as long as you take half a wrong step, you will immediately be caught, although the emperor can be flexible and spare you, but you can't always be flexible, so, you must have a backstage, someone must protect you, to put it mildly, this is called beating the dog depends on the master, But the most taboo in officialdom is to swing at both ends, you are my hand-picked up, and you are my protégé, I hope you can stand in line, don't be jealous of Tai and Xiangguo in the end. ”

Li Qing listened to Zhang Qiu and Qiong's euphemism and sincerity, he was moved, and said frankly: "I know that the teacher is for my good, I just met Li Linfu on the road, he wants me to go to his house, I can't refuse!" He is a dignified minister, the head of a hundred officials, call me Li Tingshi one by one, such an obvious hint, how can I put on a face and walk away, this is the basic way to be an official, which does not understand, but too does not think about others, last time I just met Li Linfu in Li Lin's mansion once, and I was kicked out of the room, fortunately, this house is the emperor's mouth, otherwise I estimate that I will have to sleep on the street tonight, teacher, too mean, and suspicious, don't you understand? ”

"It's too cold and selfish, but he is more reassuring than Li Linfu, do you know Li Linfu? In the twenty-fifth year of Kaiyuan, the death of the former Tai, the dismissal of Zhang Ling, Pei Yaoqing, and Li Shizhi, which one was not from his hand, have you forgotten that he once wanted to put you to death? This man has honey on his mouth, but he has stabbed him in the back, and if you believe him, you must not even know how he died! ”

Zhang Qiu and Qiong became more and more excited, and finally stood up and said loudly: "People can't forget their roots, you were just a small businessman at the beginning, I recommended you to be the master of Yibin County, and I recommended you to enter Beijing, if there is no me, I'm afraid you are still in Chengdu Wangjiang Restaurant to settle your accounts!" But you don't think about reciprocating, but you want to curry favor with Li Linfu at a critical time, have you thought about it for me, how can I hold my head up in front of Tai! ”

Zhang Qiu and Qiong were so excited that they didn't catch a breath, but they were panting, and they couldn't even straighten their waists.

"Teacher, sit down quickly, don't worry, I didn't take refuge in Li Linfu."

Li Qing saw that Zhang Qiu and Qiong's face was full of pain, and he felt very guilty, so he quickly helped him sit down, brought him tea again, and then stood behind him and beat his back.

Zhang Qiu and Qiong drank two sips of tea, his panting stopped slightly, he waved his hand to signal that it didn't matter, and calmed down his mood again, then he sighed and said apologetically to Li Qing: "Yangming, don't blame me for my gaffe, you don't know, Li Linfu's old thief has forced me so badly this year, I want food but no food, I want money but no money, I will supervise the imperial history for a while to check the accounts, and for a while the military department will come to some people, and I don't know how many bad things I said in front of the emperor behind my back, I hate it!" If you don't take refuge in him, it's best, and I'm relieved. ”

Li Qing poured the tea for him again, held it in both hands and said with a smile: "Teacher, Li Linfu treats you like this, I think it's a good thing!" ”

"A good thing?"

Zhang Qiu and Qiong looked at him suspiciously, "How can you say this!" ”

Li Qing picked up the wine glass, first saluted Zhang Qiu and Qiong, and then drank it dry, and then slowly explained: "The emperor's meaning of abolishing the Tai is becoming more and more obvious, if the emperor falls, no one can run away from the backbone of the Tai party, in this way, the court will only have Li Linfu's party left, how can the emperor let him dominate the party, and he will inevitably give him another opponent, Yang Guozhong or I are too young to be qualified, not suitable, the minister of the court is either old, or has an inextricable relationship with Li Linfu, and it is not suitable, so, so, The emperor will inevitably transfer senior officials from the local government to Beijing to counter Li Linfu's one-party dominance, this person must be Li Linfu's opponent, and he must have qualifications, and he must have appeal in Shilin, An Lushan has enough qualifications, but he is a Hu person, and people don't buy his account; Wang Zhonghei is straight but not round, and he is unbearable for power and scheming; Fumonchaling was not in good health and was not up to the task; Although there are a few thorn histories that are not bad, the qualifications are not as good as those of the teacher.

The leader has fought with Tubo, and has been the governor of Yizhou, and he is still born in the government and the opposition, so I think he can only be a mentor to replace Wei Jian and become the leader of another party in the court in the future. I suggest that when the teacher reports on his work, he might as well scold Li Linfu more, and it is best to quarrel with him face to face, pointing out that he is not in power, such as people's livelihood, land, etc., so that the effect will be better, and since he has already offended, he is not afraid of offending him again. ”

Zhang Qiu and Qiong laughed when he said it, "You stinky little one, no wonder you can rise to the top so quickly, you really have a bit of vision." ”

He thought for a moment, and suddenly asked, "What if it doesn't fall too much?" ”

"Maybe it's a possibility."

Li Qing's eyes flashed with wisdom, and he smiled slightly: "The emperor's heart to abolish the prince has long been there, but it is going on slowly, Liu Sheng sat on the stolen case, and the emperor shoveled Han Chaozong and Li Shizhi; The reason why the Donggong case half a year ago was lucky to pass was that the emperor was worried that Huangfu Weiming would be in trouble, so he placed me in Shazhou, this time he will definitely get rid of Huangfu Weiming and even Wei Jian in one fell swoop, if the conditions are ripe, he will even directly abolish Tai, if the conditions are not ripe, the emperor may let Tai Ma go again, but Huangfu Weiming and Wei resolutely will not be spared. ”

"Insert you in Shazhou?

Zhang Qiu and Qiong suddenly clapped their hands and laughed, "Yangming, you lost your words." ”

Li Qing touched his nose and said with a dumb smile: "So far, I don't have to hide my teacher, I got the emperor's secret decree, otherwise I wouldn't have left Longyou." ”

Zhang Qiu and Qiong suddenly remembered Tai's instructions, and hurriedly asked, "What happened to Longyou, why did you leave?" ”

Li Qing glanced at him deeply and said: "If the teacher wants to know, I can tell you that the emperor only walks on the front foot, and Dong Yanguang will come to seize power on the back foot, so I entered Beijing, but I want to advise the teacher, don't go to the private meeting anymore, the emperor knows that there is his eyeliner around him, which is very hidden, I have learned a lesson, if the teacher has a private meeting again, and is caught by Li Linfu, it will be over." ”

Zhang Qiu and Qiong nodded silently, and then slowly shook his head: "I understand your kindness, but there are some things you still can't understand, I've been with him for ten years, and I can't do it when I see that he is going to be abolished and I stand by and watch." ”

After a while, Li Qing lowered his head and smiled, his voice low but resolute, "Teacher, do you think I will stand by and watch?" ”

Zhang Qiu and Qiong suddenly understood what Li Qing meant, his eyes became more and more round, and he pointed at him and said, "You are not... Why do you have to help Tai. ”

"The emperor's man?"

Li Qing smiled self-deprecatingly, "Maybe I can claim to be his person, but what about him?" Do you really think I'm his person? If so, then why let Dong Yanguang seize power and let such arrogant people insult me? If so, why do you want people to come to Shazhou to spy on me? If so, why did my son-in-law make a great contribution and desperately take the city of Stone Castle, but he did not share the reward, but those defeated soldiers and others took the honors and got the rewards. No! He didn't think of me as his person at all, I was just a piece of his chess, and I was just using it outright. ”

Li Qing let out a long sigh, he walked to the window, pushed the window open, and let the cold wind blow in his face, he seemed to be hateful to Zhang, and seemed to be talking to himself, "I retreat, the emperor thinks that I am easy to deceive, and can arbitrarily deprive me of my credit; I endured it, Yang Guozhong thought I was weak and could smash my shop and hurt my people; I avoided it, and Li Linfu even pointed the finger at me. Since there is no way to go left, right, and back, and there is nowhere to avoid, why not go forward and carve out a path for yourself. ”

Zhang Qiu and Qiong stepped forward and patted his shoulder, and smiled gently: "Do you remember the words you wrote when my father was celebrating his birthday?" The font is round and rich, but the pen force is strong and sharp, and the word can be used to identify people, when I looked at you, I found that you have a temperament different from this era, you do things sleekly, know how to be flexible, but you take the initiative to cross the border to attack the enemy; You have traveled thousands of miles from Shazhou; You killed Tubo Zampu without authorization, but these show that you are unruly in your bones and have your own opinions. ”

He slowly walked to Li Qing's side, looked up at the deep and boundless sky, and sighed: "Maybe you did the right thing, life is only ten in the world, pinch the head and remove the tail, and the only thing that can be used is those twenty or thirty years, just a few decades, like a white horse passing through a gap, I am now almost ten, if I can do a career, I will die without regrets." ”

He turned to stare at Li Qing, his eyes were clear, shining like stars in the sky, "If it's really like what you said, are you willing to help me?" ”

Li Qing looked back at Zhang Qiu and Qiong, his eyes were a little red, he took a long breath and said: "I have only knelt two people in my life, one is the emperor, and the other is the teacher, in my heart, I regard you as my father." ”

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After Zhang Qiu and Qiong left, Li Qing immediately rushed back to the study, spread out a piece of paper, he thought about it a little, and then moved the pen like flying, and poured anxiety and expectation into the tip of the pen, just now Zhang Qiu and Qiong told him a news when he said goodbye, Nanzhao is very likely to break out of civil war, King Yu Chengjie has issued a conscription order in the country, all men over ten years old and under ten years old must join the army, he wants to go to the west to conquer another Nanzhao.

Li Qing quickly wrote a letter, stuffed it into the envelope, carefully sealed his mouth, and called Wu Xingsu, half of the instructions but half of the discussion: "I have something important and I want to ask you for help, can you help me run to Nanzhao?" ”

Nanzhao's civil war has nothing to do with him Li Qing, but he remembers Awan in the distance, separated by thousands of rivers and mountains, according to time, she should have given birth, but so far she has not heard from her, Li Qingxin suddenly had an ominous premonition, today he got the news of Nanzhao, he couldn't help it anymore, please martial arts

Nan Zhao, send a letter for him, if possible, it is best to bring Awan

"You go to the Nanzhao Palace, find Queen Yinan, just say that I called you here, and after seeing Awan, you give her this letter."

Wu Xingsu took the letter and nodded silently, he has always been taciturn, but loyal and reliable, he will never say 'no' to Li Qing's words! Although Nanzhao was thousands of miles away, he still did not hesitate to accept the letter.

Wu Xingsu immediately went back to clean up, and immediately led more than a dozen of his subordinates, while the city gate was not closed, rode away on horseback, listening to the sound of horses' hooves gradually disappearing, Li Qing stood in front of the window and stared at the far south, and his thoughts flew away, as if he had returned to the years of the East and South Zhao.

"Proprietor Li, morning!" The delicate face and the deep pool-like eyes reveal the joy of the encounter.

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The long black hair is like a waterfall, and the white robe decorated with silver silk outlines the body to drive tall and slender, like a budding flower in the early spring morning, but it is pure and contains a mature woman's taste, her plump lips are slightly pursed, like naughty and coquettish:

"I am not allowed to see outsiders for five days after entering the earth, but from today I will be free."

She spun like a swallow, her skirt floated up, revealing two white and delicate legs, and the laughter of silver bells pierced the mist,

"I'll be able to attend the banquet tonight."

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Ah Wan had already wiped away her tears, her expression was resolute, her full forehead was shining with holy brilliance, she ignored the cold return king, strode towards Li Qing, and put her slender little hand into his persistent and warm big hand without hesitation.

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The sporadic fragments reminded Li Qing of the bonfire that night, recalling Ah Wan who danced with him like a swan, everything seemed to happen last night, vividly, but he could taste it carefully, but he felt that hundreds of millions of years had passed, and that feeling had become distant and unclear, but the promise of taking care of her life was as heavy as a thousand catties, and he never left his heart.

"Don't worry, I will never leave you here, I want you to be a carefree little swallow forever like you did in the morning."

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"Awan, you promised to come to Chang'an to find me!" Li Qing looked at the far south, and couldn't help but shout loudly.

The night has gradually deepened, the wind began to be tight, blowing a large area of dark clouds, shrouding Chang'an City, the thick clouds are low, the cold wind is cold, seeing that a heavy snow is coming, the streets and alleys are empty, everyone is hiding at home to enjoy the warmth of family reunion, occasionally a carriage gallops by, a few people who are late for the New Year have accelerated their pace, eager to get home immediately.

But a man in black was a little different, he wore a big bamboo hat, the brim of the hat was very low, covering his whole face, but the clothes on his body were very little, shivering from the cold, as if he had just walked out of a warm room, forgetting the cold outside for a while, under a thin robe, from time to time a corner of the eunuch's costume was revealed, he stopped after walking a few steps, looked back for a while, and then continued to walk forward, looking so cautious.

In front of him is a tall black and heavy wall, occasionally revealing the corner of the eaves of the towering palace, where is the Xingqing Palace, the Xingqing Palace is still bright, but it is blocked by the wall, the light can not be seen, although Li Longji's honor guard has left Chang'an in the morning, but a team of Yulin Army is still dutifully patrolling the periphery, and civilians are not allowed to approach the palace.

The man in black approached the back door of Xingqing Palace, and immediately Yulinjun stepped forward to stop him, he lifted the corner of the bamboo hat slightly, revealing a clean and beardless chin, and shook a token in front of Yulinjun, and then stood aside without saying a word.

Yu Linjun saw the token, did not dare to slack off, immediately ran back to the palace to report, after a while, a eunuch on duty came out, walked to the man in black, the two whispered a few words, the man in black took out a folded paper from his arms and handed it to the eunuch on duty, then turned around and left, and soon disappeared into the night.

The eunuch on duty ran through the imperial garden, passed two palaces, and came to a palace that was tightly guarded by guards, as if beating a drum and passing flowers, and handed the report to the big eunuch Yu Chaoen standing at the door, and finally, Yu Chaoen came to the door of a study with a light on, raised the book above his head, and whispered to an elderly man who was writing with his back to him: "Your Majesty, today's Tainei Palace living record has been delivered." ”

The man turned around, and it was Li Longji, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty who left Chang'an in the morning to go to Huaqing Palace, and the dragon chariot of the honor guard was empty, but it was used to confuse Huangfu Weiming and confuse everyone, and he did not leave Chang'an or Xingqing Palace at all.

Li Longji opened the 'Tainei Palace Living Record', carefully read Taizai's words and deeds behind him, and saw that there was a sentence at the end: 'Tai afternoon met Zhang Qiu and Qiong in the Cold Moon Hall of Taibai Building, and Li Qing's matter was inserted from time to time, which was too angry. ’

"Li Qing?" What happened to Li Qing again, making Tai so angry, Li Longji was slightly surprised, because Gao Lishi went to Huaqingchi for acting, so he couldn't know a lot of information in time, and it was only the next day that the information was sent.

"Looks like something interesting must have happened again!"

Li Longji smiled coldly, this must be related to Li Linfu, and then his eyes fell on the four words 'Zhang Qiu and Qiong', his eyes suddenly flashed a trace of annoyance, and he said to himself: "Even you dare to see too privately, can I be wrong about you?" ”