Seeing that he was arrogant, his eyes and nose were facing the sky, his heart naturally understood, he was helpless, he touched a pearl from his arms, and said with a slight smile: "But the emperor is looking for me." ”

This eunuch is Yu Chaoen, a few days ago he did not accept Li Linfu's gift does not mean that he does not love money, but weighs the pros and cons, refusing to receive more benefits than receiving gifts, the fact is also true, when he 'truthfully' reported to the emperor that he refused to accept the bribe of Xiangguo, although the emperor did not say anything, but obviously sent himself more times.

And he didn't have any taboos about Li Qing, just put on his face and asked for money, a pearl was stuffed, Yu Chaoen's heart suddenly blossomed, and he immediately smiled and said: "Li Dudu guessed well, the emperor ordered you to enter the palace as soon as possible!" ”

After a pause, he added in a low voice in Li Qing's ear: "The emperor is not in a good mood today, Li Dudu should be careful when he speaks, especially don't hide anything." ”

What do you mean by that? Li Qing wanted to ask, but Yu Chaoen refused to say another word, only urged Li Qing to enter the palace quickly, Li Qing was helpless, so he arched his hand to him and asked: "Thank you father-in-law, I don't know what to call my father-in-law?" Rong Li Qing will thank you later. ”

"Li Dudu is polite, our family's surname is Yu, and the palace will know it as soon as you ask."

"Fish?"

Li Qing was slightly stunned, and secretly wondered: "Could it be that he is Yu Chaoen?" ”

This person is exquisite, won the trust of Tai Li Heng, after the Tubo invaded Chang'an, and because of the meritorious escort, he continued to be favored in the Daizong Dynasty, and later the Tang Dynasty eunuch was the first to take charge of the army. It was opened by him.

Li Qing took a deep look at him and kept his appearance firmly in mind.

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Li Longji is indeed very troubled, early in the morning there was a royal history to impeach Fan Yang Jie Du to make An Lushan to the Khitan Khitan and Xi with soldiers, teach the Khitan and Xi Li Longji not to object, not only to the foreign race, but also to use majesty to suppress if necessary, then the Khitan Li Huaijie is quite arrogant, when he came to the court at the beginning of the year, he first asked himself to marry the lord of Pingyang to him. Later, when the family affair failed, he insulted the princess and the princess every day, which was a lesson to be learned, and more importantly, although An Lushan was a festival envoy and had the right to dispose of it on the spot, he still asked himself for instructions on everything. Although he is of a different race, his loyalty is more commendable than that of ordinary Han generals, and he is a brainless rectum, which can also reassure him.

Li Longji was not annoyed by this, but by another secret report he received this morning, the army of Huangfu Weiming of Longyou and Hexi Jiedu had exceeded 30,000 people, and 30,000 people was almost equivalent to a small Jiedu Mansion.

In fact, he also knew that Beiting, Shuofang, Anxi, Annan, and even Fanyang in An Lushan did not have a private placement army in the Duhufu and Jiedu Mansions. The soldiers of the military government are only three or four out of ten, and even the Jingzhao area with the largest concentration of troops. The government is not too full of soldiers, if it is not recruited. There are no soldiers available to fight a war, it's difficult! He ordered the investigation of household registration and the pursuit of deserters every year, but the source of soldiers was still decreasing year by year, the fundamental reason was that the land balance was destroyed, a large amount of land was concentrated in the court elites, and the land used to stabilize the source of soldiers was gone.

There were no volunteers. You can only pay for recruitment, but where is the money? It's not about paying taxes with money. In addition, in recent years, the financial income of the imperial court has decreased sharply year by year, and last year's war in the east, the imperial court paid for a part of the army.

"Can you only open your eyes and close your eyes?"

Li Longji sighed, the border generals can make a living on their own, and it is of course good that they do not consume the imperial court's food and salary, but it is indeed a dilemma to support the army and sit on the throne, this is indeed a dilemma, as if it is a medicine with great side effects, knowing that it will hurt the lungs, but in order to cure the disease, he has to drink it.

But today's secret report made Li Longji extra vigilant, Huangfu Weiming was too young to protect and too diehard supporter, if he had a different heart and led a private army into the court, who could guarantee that the palace coup he launched back then would not happen again?

'Huangfu Weiming', Li Longji read the name softly, his eyes narrowed into a slit, and a trace of cruelty appeared at the corner of his mouth, "I'm going to play chess, I'm afraid you can't dream of it." ’

"Your Majesty, Li Qing is here."

Gao Lishi reported in a low voice at the door, and pulled Li Longji's mind back to his eyes, his eyes fell on the imperial case, there was a latest report, Taiyue Li Qing met in Taibai Restaurant, but the content was unknown, Li Longji sneered in his heart, he sent Li Qing back to the Taidang, hoping that he would help Tai deal with Li Linfu, but he couldn't tolerate Li Qingzhen becoming a Tai person, in the end, Li Qing was just his commissioner, and he should be loyal to him Li Longji, so after receiving the report that the two of them had a secret meeting, Li Longji's face sank.

"Let him in!"

Li Qing strode in and saluted Li Longji, "Minister Li Qing knocks to see His Majesty the Emperor!" ”

"Sit down, you've been busy for the past two days, haven't you?" A faint smile appeared on Li Longji's face, but there was cold and joyless in his eyes.

"I feel that there are too many things to do, but the minister has no clue, so I slept yesterday afternoon, and I went to see Tai again this morning."

Yu Chaoen's words have been haunting Li Qing's mind, let him tell the truth, this is by no means an ordinary kind word, something must have happened, Li Qing is not sure what it is, but he decided to gamble, how can his pearl be given away for nothing?

"Oh! Are you going to see too? What did they say? ”

Li Qing's confession made Li Longji really a little surprised, and a trace of warmth began to appear in his cold eyes, perhaps he had misunderstood him.

The subtle changes in Li Longji's eyes were captured by Li Qing, Yu Chaoen asked him to tell the truth, it was very likely that he was referring to his secret meeting with Tai, Li Qing's heart was shocked, if this was the case, it would be too terrible, and now it was less than an hour before the end of the secret meeting with Tai, that is to say, as soon as he entered the Taibai Restaurant, someone immediately reported Li Longji, he pinched the time, once the meeting was over, he immediately sent Yu Chaoen to announce his entry into the palace, but he was the one who personally promoted the Tai Party, Didn't he allow himself to meet with Tai?

A large piece of cold sweat oozed from Li Qing's back, and at this moment, he suddenly understood Li Longji's thoughts, he actually didn't really let himself become a party!

Think about it, if he really became a Tai party, how could he let himself go out to lead the troops, a Wang Zhonghei, an Huangfu Weiming, and a Gao Xianzhi are all supporters of Tai, do you still want to add icing on the cake?

Li Qing not only figured out this section, but also swept Gao Lishi out of the corner of his eye to see that Gao Lishi was not there, so he did not hesitate to whisper: "Tai ordered someone to come to the minister last night, but the minister didn't have time to report to the emperor, so he went to Taibai Mansion early in the morning, and only said a few words, I wanted to appoint someone to sort out the book for the minister, and the minister agreed, so I didn't say anything." ”

Li Longji: 'Oh! With a sigh, his eyes were scattered, he flipped through the music on the table at will, and said casually: "Didn't you say anything about Zhongtong?" ”

He said it casually, but to Li Qing's ears, it was like lightning and thunder, and his head was 'buzzing!' With a bang, his mind was blank, and it turned out that Li Longji knew all the things, and he was rarely in Fuli, Wang: e

He suddenly had the feeling that he was in Yibin as the main book, at that time he was a chess piece of Zhang Qiu and Qiong, and at this time he was a chess piece of Li Longji, any Nanzhao credits, all of them were fake, and he must have his deep meaning to go to Shazhou

I know that I am still complacent, from the three products, how can it be so easy!

Beads of sweat rolled down Li Qing's forehead, but he couldn't say a word.

Li Longji glanced at him and said with a faint smile: "It's good if you understand, after you go to Shazhou, write a note to me every three days, not how many words you have, but you can't break it once, and someone will naturally come to contact you at that time, you go!" ”

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Li Qing is like a walking corpse. I went home in a daze. Just came in." Public. There's an official waiting for you in the guest hall. I hugged a lot of books. ”

"Got it!"

Li Qing held his mind, this must have sent someone to complete the delivery procedures of various departments for him, and he needed to sign and draw the mortgage by himself.

"Light rain!"

Li Qing was just about to leave but remembered something, and stopped her: "Tell the curtain to leave Zhang Yiming with the key to the house that I was rewarded with last time, and let the guys move over." ”

Xiaoyu turned around and smiled: "My lord, don't worry about these little things, Sister Lian'er has already arranged it, you go and do business!" ”

"That's really a lot for me."

Li Qing smiled, raised his feet and entered the guest hall, only to see a person sitting inside, drinking tea with his head down, a thick stack of books on the small table beside him, seeing Li Qing come in, he quickly got up, bowed to Li Qing and said: "I came here on the order of Tai Zhan, I have seen Li Tingshi, and some books must be signed by Li Tingshi." ”

Li Qing looked at him. Seeing that he was about thirty years old, with a white complexion, clear eyes, and three black beards, he seemed to have seen him, and he was also an official of the East Palace, but he didn't speak, so he smiled and replied, "I seem to have seen you before." Are you the one you sent to settle for me? ”

"Yes! However, the Ministry of Officials has approved me as the county magistrate of Dunhuang County, and I will ask Li Tingshi to take care of me in the future. ”

Li Qing's eyes were raised, and two eyes pierced this person, except for the person who sorted out the books for himself, did he even install someone in the county order of Dunhuang County?

"May I ask your honorable name?"

"Oh!" The man smiled apologetically, "I forgot to report my name." Under the surname Zhang Mingxun, a native of Hedong, Puzhou, the current Taitong Shishe. ”

"What!"

Li Qing suddenly screamed, pointing at him and couldn't speak, he was already a little cold when he got up early, and after talking to Li Longji, he was even more haggard, and at this time his heart was agitated, from extreme cold to extreme heat in an hour, Li Qing felt that his head began to dizzy. Slumped into his chair.

Zhang Xun, the end of the Kaiyuan Dynasty Jinshi Tanhua. In the early years of Tianbao, he was appointed as a Taitong minister, and later Li Linfu did not like it. Transferred to the county order of Zhenyuan County, he led thousands of weak people to resist the army of more than 100,000 people in An Lushan, which lasted half a year, killed tens of thousands of enemies, and finally most of the soldiers and civilians in the city starved to death, and the city fell to death unyieldingly, loyal and righteous through the ages. Forever.

At this time, he was serving as a Taitong minister, because Li Qing was the assassin of Shazhou. He was elected by Li Heng, and was promoted by half a level and transferred to the county magistrate of Dunhuang County.

"My lord, are you feeling unwell?"

Li Qing waved his hand, "It's okay!" Thank you Zhang County Order,"

He stood up slowly, solemnly saluted him, and said solemnly: "I, Li Qing, sincerely welcome Master Zhang to Shazhou as an official. ”

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As soon as it was dawn the next day, there was already a lot of noise in front of Li Lin's house, nearly a hundred carriages full of items, and the family members who accompanied the car.

Women and children sat in chariots, and men followed on both sides on horseback.

Three hundred of Li Qing's old troops came from all over Chang'an before dawn, there were many people, bright clothes and armor, all of them were in good spirits, Wu Xingsu took the lead, escorting the convoy, and was going to the Western Regions, everyone's heart was excited and yearning.

"Virtuous nephew, when will you return?"

On the steps, Li Lin and Li Qing said goodbye, Li Qing had already looked at the mansion three times, but still did not see Li Jingyan's figure, his heart was extremely lost, and his heart was as uncomfortable as a knife, "Didn't she come to see herself?" ”

But he couldn't help but answer the elder's question, so he had to arch his hand and smile reluctantly: "I will come back at the beginning of next year to report on my work, and I will see it at that time." ”

"Take care!" Li Hugun came over and patted him on the shoulder.

"Take care, everyone!"

Li Qing hugged his fists to everyone, gritted his teeth, and turned over on the horse.

"Let's go!"

The axle rumbled and turned heavily, driving along Suzaku Street towards Mingde Gate, Li Lin looked at his back and gradually moved away, and a cloudy tear flowed out of his old eyes.

"Child! I wish you all a safe journey. ”

The bell to open the city gate had already struck, and at the city gate, the soldiers were busy checking the business travelers, and Li Qingdi's convoy began to slowly leave the city.

"Li Lang, aren't you happy?"

The smile of the curtain came out of the car window, yesterday's delivery book, and did not let her stay in Chang'an's order, which made her heart flutter, the most worried thing finally did not happen, her heart has flown to a distant place, where will be her new home, will also be the place where her child was born.

"It's nothing, seeing that I'm leaving Chang'an, I'm a little disappointed." Li Qing couldn't help but look back again, the wide Suzaku Street was empty, and there were few pedestrians.

He sighed in his heart, slowly turned around, and suddenly, by the city gate, he saw a familiar carriage, and beside the carriage, he saw a snow-white dress, Li Qing was stunned.

In the wind, her skirt fluttered, like a fairy in the wind, her face was filled with a bright smile, her eyes were full of perseverance and determination, as if for her ideals, for the people she loved, she was willing to give up everything, all status, all fame, she didn't care.

"Shocking Goose wants to go to the Western Regions with us, she wants to see the scenery outside the Saiwai, I promise my uncle will take good care of her!"

Li Qing turned his head suddenly, looked at the gentle and tolerant smile of the curtain, and looked at Xiao Yu's vinegary gaze, at this moment he suddenly understood, a pride rose from the bottom of his heart, as if there was nothing between heaven and earth that made him afraid, let it blow strongly, let it spread the sand dunes, and ten thousand golden lights sprinkled on the city wall, and also sprinkled on the vast territory of the Tang Dynasty.

The carriages and horses gradually moved away, leaving only laughter echoing under the majestic city walls of Chang'an.

'Why don't you take Wu Hook and collect Guanshan Fifty Prefectures!' ’

He went, and a butterfly that came to the Tang Dynasty finally turned into an eagle and began to vibrate his powerful wings and fly towards the vast and magnificent Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty.

This year is the fourth year of Tianbao of the Tang Dynasty, the year of the Rooster, 745 AD.