War horses gallop on the Hexi corridor, here is the base of the Tang Dynasty horses, the sky is vast, the wind blows the grass and sees the cattle and sheep, but at this time, the vast white snow will be thickly wrapped in this rich land, the river is frozen, the winter of Tianbao four years is particularly cold, even the branches are hung with crystal ice strips, jade tree Qiongzhi, stretching for thousands of miles.

This cavalry was Li Qing and his entourage who rushed back to Longyou from Shazhou, and the world-beating feat of seizing Shibao City and the audacity of killing Tubo Zampu were like two robbers who had unevenly distributed the spoils, which turned the court upside down, and the Tai Party and the Xiangguo Party fought openly and secretly; On the stage and off the stage, there has been endless competition, and it has been inconclusive.

But Li Qing doesn't care about these anymore, his heart is still indulged in home, indulged in his newborn heart and liver baby, she looks very much like her mother, and she also has a pair of small, crooked eyes, but her expression is very similar to herself, the kind of infinite love that cannot be described in words, the kind of infinite love that is unique to father and daughter, and makes his heart tremble, has made him obsessed to this day.

Thinking of her daughter, an intoxicating smile immediately appeared in Li Qing's eyes, as if her milk was still faintly lingering on her lips, her soft pouting mouth, and the refreshing feeling remained on her face.

The group had already passed Ganzhou, and then fifty miles, in front of Liangzhou, Li Qing saw that everyone was sweating profusely and steaming, so he pulled the reins, slowed down the horse, turned around and smiled at everyone: "Let's go to the post station in front to rest for a while!" ”

Saying that, he looked back in the direction of Shazhou with nostalgia, and sighed secretly, after Chu Zhilian died in battle, the emperor ordered Li Qing to temporarily act as the deputy envoy of Hexi and Longyou Jiedu, and Huangfu Weiming saw that he was going to Beijing to report on his work, and he had to rush to hand over daily military affairs with Huangfu Weiming.

"Now that there is not a shortage of war horses, it is better for us to run for a while." Li Fei Yuanli next to him said with a smile.

Li Qing looked up at the sky, the sun was clear, and a few gray clouds were lazily floating in the air.

"It's good! Let's work hard again and go directly to Liangzhou for the night. ”

"Let's go!" He raised his hand and whipped it, and the horse was in pain, neighed, and jumped out, like a javelin, and galloped straight forward.

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State, Huangfu Weiming's study, the curtains are tightly placed, the light is dim, the gray-haired two towns are slowly pacing back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, Longyou's unexpected victory made his already dead heart nearly 150,000 people, plus the new army and private equity army, there are 200,000 in total, just like the boss who controlled the state-owned assets in later generations, Huangfu Weiming If he doesn't want his life goal, it is incredible, his life goal is very simple, support Tai Li Heng to take the throne, and after the battle of Longyou, He wants to go to Beijing to sacrifice prisoners, and the opportunity has finally come.

But Chu Zhilian's death disrupted his plan, after he left, who would guard Longyou and Hexi for him? That's what worries him.

In his study, there was another person, this person was Huangfu Weiming's confidant Wang Rare, who silently looked at his boss, his eyes were sometimes happy, sometimes sad, and flickering.

After the death of Chu Zhilian, he became the most trusted person of Huangfu Weiming, this time he entered Beijing to offer prisoners, he will also follow, his task is to lead 20,000 people to escort the Tubo prisoners of war, the soldiers are not many, these 20,000 people are Huangfu Weiming's private army, which is composed of the most elite army selected by the two towns, including the 2,800 people drawn from the Doulu army in Shazhou.

"Envoy, there is a sentence that my subordinates don't know whether to say or not?"

Huangfu Weiming's cloudy old eyes flashed with a fine light, and he glanced at him, "Speak!" ”

Wang rarely picked up the corner of the curtain first, looked out the window, outside the window was surrounded by soldiers, heavily guarded, he said in a low voice: "Li Qing borrowed troops from Anxi, then Gao Xianzhi is also very likely to know about the Doulu army, if he reports to the emperor secretly, how can the emperor not be suspicious?" How can you not be on guard? Therefore, the subordinates think that this time the emperor ordered the king to enter Beijing, I am afraid that it must have a deep meaning. ”

Huangfu Weiming chuckled, the nasolabial folds on his cheeks were deeply exposed, and he said lightly: "What did Gao Xianzhi say, didn't he himself also privately fund 10,000 turquoise cavalry?" Also, the 50,000 private troops in An Lushan, you don't know 10,000 people as the emperor, this is a small number, and the emperor knows nothing. Moreover, I also believe that people with unclean buttocks would not dare to report others at will, forgive him Gao Xianzhi

"What about Li Qing? Will he denounce the envoy? ”

Li Qing seized Shibao City, so that all the people who failed under Shibao City were jealous, Wang Rare was no exception, and he also killed Tubo Zampu, Wang Rare was even more despised, too tender, no officialdom at all, if Zanpu was escorted into Beijing, now it is not to mention that it is also the Duke of Guo, and he killed Chide Zuzan without authorization, so the reward of the imperial court will not be delayed.

Huangfu Weiming didn't answer, he was silent, not everything can be told to his subordinates, even confidants, in fact, he is not cautious, since Li Longji sent Dong Yanguang to garrison Lanzhou, Huangfu Weiming was vigilant, if Li Longji appointed Dong Yanguang to replace Chu Zhilian as the deputy envoy of Longyou Jiedu, then he could immediately determine that Li Longji summoned him to Beijing must have wanted to get rid of him, and then use Xun Yanguang as the envoy of Longyou Jiedu to stabilize the situation in Longyou.

However, Li Longji appointed Li Qinglai as the deputy envoy of Longyou Jiedu, and transferred Dong Yanguang back to Fengxiang, which made Huangfu Weiming feel relieved, indicating that Li Longji had not moved his plan for the time being, and he could enter

For Li Qing, Huangfu Weiming has been observing for a long time, and he has always suspected that Li Qing is a chess piece that Li Longji planted in Hexi and Longyou, but Tai's secret letter said that Li Qing is quite reliable, and judging from his handling of the Doulu Army, he knows that his heart is towards Tai, and he can indeed rest assured that with him, once there is something in the court, he can still come back.

Thinking of this, Huangfu Weiming smiled slightly, and said to Wang Rarely: "I have my own measure in this matter, I have already sent an urgent to Li Qing, he should come in the next two days, I will leave after explaining, I called you here to let you prepare earlier, so as not to rush the itinerary and not think it through." ”

He took a thick inventory from his bosom and handed it to Wang Tianren, which was full of dense names, and said: "These are the 20,000 soldiers who entered Beijing with me this time, you should go and deploy them properly." ”

Wang rarely took it, bowed down to give a salute and took the order, Huangfu Weiming opened the curtains, the room immediately became bright, suddenly, he saw a soldier from a distance leading a person hurriedly coming, met the king who went out, the two exchanged a few words, then bowed goodbye, entered the courtyard, Huangfu Weiming saw clearly, the person who came was Li Qing.

"It's coming so fast!"

Huangfu Weiming muttered to himself, and casually lowered the curtain again.

Li Qing just arrived in the state, first went to the official office, but learned that Huangfu Weiming was at home, and fell off the horse and rushed to come, although this deputy envoy of the festival is only an agent, and is not formally appointed, but Huangfu Weiming is not in Beijing, this Longyou, Hexi is his final say, the responsibility is heavy, Li Qing did not dare to be careless, and hurriedly came to see his top boss.

Only when he arrived at the hospital, Li Qing saw that the curtains in the study were slowly lowered, he had already seen himself, and he gave up the bright sunshine in winter, did he have something to talk to about with him?

Li Qing shook his head, it shouldn't be, and he can't say that he can't say that he has been an old friend for many years, but he hasn't seen him for a long time, and this first meeting is also a reminiscence rather than a secret talk.

Li Please and Huangfu Weiming have actually only met twice, one is when he first came to Shazhou to take office, and he specially came to visit him once, and the other time was the end of the battle of Longyou last month, Huangfu Weiming came to meet him again, and then he returned to Shazhou, until a few days ago he received an urgent letter from the Ministry of War and Huangfu Weiming, so he rushed to the state and saw him for the third time.

"My subordinates have seen the envoy!"

Li Qing gave him a military salute, and the smile on Huangfu Weiming's face blossomed, and he stepped forward. took Li Qing's hand, but looked at his face left and right, and said with a dumb smile: "Last time I saw Yang Ming have a beard, why is it shaved again?" ”

Li Qing touched his smooth green chin, and said with a wry smile: "It's not that I don't want to keep it, it's just that I left the little girl's face for fear of stabbing it, and I scraped it when I went back." ”

"I've heard about it too, congratulations to Brother Yangming!"

He took off a piece of jade from his waist and handed it to Li Qing, and said with a smile: "This is also an ancient jade, which can suppress evil spirits and avoid demons, and it can be regarded as a meeting gift for the little lady." ”

"Thank you!"

Li Qing took it and put it away, and then turned the topic to business, "I came in a hurry, I was afraid that I would miss the envoy's itinerary, and now it seems to be okay, I don't know when the envoy will be on the road?" ”

"That's why I called you urgently."

Huangfu Weiming took Li Qing's hand and walked to the coffee table, pointed to the chair and said with a smile: "Come!" Let's sit down and talk. ”

Li Qing sat down, and another maid came to serve him tea, and Huangfu Weiming casually took a Kaiyuan miscellaneous newspaper from the table, pointed to the news on it and said with a smile: "Night attack on Shibao City, Yang Ming is now my Tang celebrity." ”

Kaiyuan miscellaneous newspapers were sent to the whole country, Li Qing had already read it, he smiled faintly, he didn't care, but he was a little worried: "I led the army to run thousands of miles this time, and the soldiers under my command were brave and fearless, and they also made a lot of contributions, but the court didn't seem to have anything to say, more than a month has passed, and the soldiers' eyes have seen through. ”

Hearing Li Qing talk about this matter, Huangfu Weiming snorted heavily and said: "This matter is all Li Linfu making trouble behind his back, just because Yang Ming is a member of the Tai Party, he will make things difficult in every way, you can rest assured, this matter will definitely fight for you with all his might." ”

Speaking of this, Huangfu Weiming picked his eyes, stared at Li Qingyu and said seriously: "In fact, the most important thing to be an official is to stand in line, Yangming has always been too trusted, there are countless people who are impeaching you for killing Tubo Zampu without permission, and ask for severe punishment for you, but only Tai is trying his best to defend you, this heart of caring for his subordinates is rare in ancient times, and I hope that Yangming will also be loyal and repay Tai." ”

What he meant, Li Qing naturally understood, was nothing more than telling himself that he was also a member of the Tai Party, and he wanted to obey him, Li Qing said solemnly: "If you can see Tai when you go back this time, please tell him for your subordinates, Li Qing respects him and respects him, and everything is as before." ”

But what kind of old, he didn't say, although there was a little ambiguity, but Li Qing's decisive statement made Huangfu Weiming very satisfied, he got up and walked two steps, suddenly turned his head and stared at him, word by word: "Longyou I will hand it over to you, this is the inherent territory of our Taidang, you have to hurry, if there is anything undecided, you can ask Tai for instructions, or send someone to report to me." ”

At the end of the conversation, Huangfu Weiming patted Li Qing on the shoulder again, and said with a smile: "Early tomorrow morning, I will go through the formalities for the transfer of military affairs at the official office, and then I will leave Longyou immediately in the afternoon and go to Chang'an." ”