A eunuch was led to the main cabin, and the white-faced eunuch led by the eunuch held his head high, squinted at Li Zai and dismounted handsomely, and was ordered by the emperor to find Lord Lang in an urgent matter. He glanced at the soldiers on both sides of the sanitation, and saw that Li Qing did not move, so he reminded again: "Li Shilang, here is from Xingqing Palace." ”

Li Qing smiled slightly and waved his hand to everyone, "Go down a few, there are too many people to scare my father-in-law." ”

At this time, the person next to him brought a plate of gold and silver, Ma Yingjun glanced at it, immediately changed his smile, and took out a secret letter from his bosom and handed it to Li Qingdao: "This is the emperor's urgent instructions to the squire." ”

Li Qing took it, but he didn't immediately open it to inspect it, only gently put it aside, and asked with a smile: "Has something happened in Beijing in the past two days?" ”

Ma Yingjun was surprised: "Wang Zhongsi was arrested yesterday, which caused a sensation in Jingshi, doesn't the squire know?" ”

Li Qing's eyes gradually narrowed into a slit, "The crime is to construct the East Palace and plot against it!" ”

Ma Yingjun nodded and smiled: "Exactly, it turns out that the squire knows a little, and the news is so fast!" ”

'Know? Li Qing sneered slightly, of course he knew that Li Longji was going to do it three years ago, but he endured it so far, it seems that Li Heng still hasn't learned his lesson, and he was caught again.

Ma Yingjun sighed, "Tai Ye is too careless, he actually met Wang Zhongsi in private, and was bumped into by Yang Cheng, even if he wrote to impeach, the emperor was extremely angry, and on the same day, Wang Zhongsi was imprisoned and ordered to be tried by the third division, it is said that the conviction is to construct the East Palace, which is a capital crime!" ”

Li Qing was silent, Wang Zhongsi became a victim of the palace struggle, this price is too great, it seems that Li Heng's catastrophe is inevitable, Li Qing secretly sighed, he doesn't want to care anymore, even if he wants to take care of him, he can't do anything, but Zhang Qiu and Qiong let him always rest assured, he smiled faintly, and asked quietly: "Then Zhao Fengzhang's impeachment of Li Xiangguo has a result?" ”

"The emperor sent the imperial historian Song Hun to investigate the case, but Song Hun is Li Linfu's henchman, let him investigate, isn't this just seeking skin with the tiger?"

Speaking of this, Ma Yingjun suddenly felt speechless, hurriedly laughed twice, arched his hand and said, "There is still something in the palace, I have to rush back." ”

Li Qing glanced at Li Fei Shouyu and said with a smile: "In this way, I won't keep my father-in-law, Shouyu, send off guests for me!" ”

Lifei Shouyu stepped forward and led Ma Yingjun out, and when he went out, he faintly heard his voice, "This is a little bit of the heart of the governor of my family, father-in-law, please smile, and please say a few words for the governor of my family in front of the emperor." ”

Li Qing frowned, things really went as he expected, Li Longji asked Song Hun to investigate, I am afraid that Li Linfu will fight back, if Zhao Fengzhang goes to reveal the news, Zhang Qiu and Qiong will be in danger.

Li Qing didn't have time to read the secret decree, he immediately repaired a book, summoned a confidant, handed the letter to him along with his own name sticker, and instructed: "When you return to Chang'an by land, you must hand over the letter to Zhang Qiu Xiangguo, remember, give it to him personally!" ”

The henchman put away the letter, turned around and left, until his footsteps disappeared, Li Qing's heart settled down slightly, he took Li Longji's secret decree, unfolded it and skimmed it, his face gradually became serious, the letter ordered him to strictly investigate the case of the Suzhou cabinet factory being burned, no matter who was involved, all will be severely punished, the implication is that the Suzhou cabinet workshop is not Li Longji's plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, but someone really set fire to it.

After a while, Li Fei Shouyu came in and reported, "Dudu, they are gone." ”

"Order the boatman to anchor immediately!"

Li Qing stood up and raised his hand, and sneered: "Our business has come to the door." ”

The big ship creaked away from the revetment, marched into the wind, and gradually sailed into the Yellow River, sinking into the dark night.

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The big ship goes down the river, all the way is safe and sound, this day arrives at the boundary of Bianzhou at dusk, here will be changed to a slightly smaller boat to go Bianshui to Yangzhou, Bianzhou is also the transfer station of Caoyun, the huge granary is one after another, the ships on the river are dense, and the wharf is crowded with businessmen and people who go south to do business.

The official ship slowly docked, the officials on the shore waved big sticks to drive away the people, and the local county commander had heard the news and rushed to the dock to greet the head of the household, and the narrow and crowded dock suddenly became spacious, of course, behind the dock, I don't know how many people were jumping and scolding their mothers.

"Student, Linbian County, county order, Ma Hu to see the envoy."

As soon as Li Fei Shouyu jumped off the board, a young man with a thin face squeezed over and bowed to him, "My lord has been tired all the way, and the students have specially prepared a few glasses of thin wine for the envoy to wash the dust, and now it is getting late, so the envoy might as well rest in the small county tonight." ”

Seeing that he was sincerely afraid, and that he was still calling himself a student when he was older, Li Fei Shouyu couldn't help but smile and said: "I'm not Li Shilang, my family sent me to ask, do you have to change boats to move forward?" ”

Ma Xianling looked up and saw Li Fei Shouyu clearly, and said with a red face: "This is just the rule set by Pei Xiangguo when he was a transshipment envoy, mainly because he was afraid that the big ship would affect the shipping, but in fact, the channel is wide and does not change."

Anyway. ”

"The squire said that his ears were scolded, so we won't stop the boat, let's go, you let the people come and take the boat!"

After speaking, Li Fei Shouyu's face turned the color of pig liver regardless of Ma Xianling, he jumped on the board of the boat, and ran towards the boat.

At this time, a large number of people poured onto the dock again, and several passenger ships docked and began to pick up passengers on board, just as the official ship was just about to leave the dock, suddenly, Li Fei Shouyu saw a silver light shooting from the barge, and went straight to Li Qing's cabin. With a plop, the silver light shot through the window paper and rushed in, Li Fei Shouyu was taken aback, he had already seen that the silver light was actually a flying knife, and before he could think about it, he rushed into the cabin in three steps and two steps, but saw Li Qing holding a piece of paper that had been punctured in his hand, and the flying knife was placed on the table beside him.

It was a flying knife that reported the news, Li Fei Shouyu breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly asked, "Du Du, is this sent by Wu Xingsu's people?" ”

Li Qing shook his head, handed the letter to Li Fei Shouyu and said: "There is no secret seal on it, it should not be a person from Wu Xingsu, and besides, he will only answer us in Yangzhou, I don't know who it is?" But the news was surprising. ”

Li Fei Shouyu hurriedly took the letter, opened it and hurriedly browsed it, the letter only had two sentences, there would be people attacking them in the Bianzhou area, there were many people, they must be careful, the words on the letter were written crookedly, obviously, the messenger didn't want Li Qing to recognize his handwriting, but it didn't matter who reported the letter now, Li Fei Shouyu's brows were twisted into a 'one' shape, and someone who wanted to assassinate him on a business trip that was originally very easy, he relaxed his nerves and immediately tensed.

"Otherwise, let's go by road! Let the army be guarded from front to back, left and right. ”

Li Qing stretched his waist and said with a faint smile: "Since leaving the Western Regions, it has been dull, it's rare that someone is practicing for us now, why not?" Tell the brethren that they should be ready, and that no one should sleep at night. ”

The night has passed the second watch, the official ship in the wide channel quietly moving forward, it is the early spring, the southeast wind is blowing on the river, the boat is against the wind, walking very slowly, the grain ship on the river is almost nowhere to be seen, there is no large-scale fleet, only on the shore can occasionally see one or two moored and resting passenger boats, there is a little fishing fire flickering in the night, the black hills on the shore are like a black barrier, stretching into the distance.

Li Fei Shouyu was already fully armed, iron helmet and iron armor, the black helmet on his head reflected the clear light in the bleak moonlight, he was carrying three pots of wolf tooth arrows on his back, holding a huge sky-shaking bow in his hand, and his fierce eyes scanned the slightest movement on the river and the bank.

"Governor, could it be the Jiang bandits in this area?" The warning letter said that a large number of people would come to attack, and Li Fei Shouyu, who was born as a horse bandit, immediately thought of the Jiang bandits, and it is no wonder that the two sides of this area are hills, and the army escorted by land cannot accompany them along the coast, which creates an opportunity for the bandits' sneak attack.

Li Qing is playing with the flying knife, this flying knife is well-made, the handle is sterling silver, inlaid with gold edges, the blade is made of iron, the edge is extremely sharp, it is worth a lot of money, it is obviously a portable knife, it seems that the messenger also suddenly discovered the situation, and was not prepared, and was willing to present such a fine saber, indicating that the people who care about him are secretly protecting all the way, as for who this person will be, Li Qing can't guess for a while.

He smiled coldly and said: "Before I arrived in Suzhou, someone wanted to put me to death, it seems that this trip to Suzhou will be very fruitful, whether it is a Jiang bandit or an assassin, let's kill one by one, let's kill two and kill a pair, let them see, I Li Qing is not a clay Bodhisattva." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Fei Shouyu suddenly found that twenty zhang in front of him, three thick iron chains were volleyed in the air, locking the surface of the river, and dozens of small boats poured out two hundred steps downstream, shooting at the big boat like arrows.

"They're coming!" The sound fell and the arrows came out, and the three powerful arrows broke through the air, and the figures in the three small boats led by them shook, 'Plop! 'Falling into the water, the arrows shot out like beads, as fast as lightning, and the people in the small boats behind had no time to move, and they fell into the river one after another.

Li Qing stared for a moment, and suddenly said: "They really want to attack with fire, and order the big ship to turn around immediately and throw down the obstruction!" ”

At this time, the small boat lit a fire one after another, the people on the small boat jumped into the water, along with the wind, the fire rose rapidly, through the iron cable, straight to the big boat, at this time the big boat has turned around, by the southeast wind back sailing, one by one prepared in advance with the crown and branches thrown into the river, instantly in the river connected together, blocking the fire boat.

The hundreds of soldiers who accompanied the boat rushed to the bow of the boat, and the arrows were like rain, shooting at the people in the river, but when the front was lively, a small boat was like a ghost, quietly approaching from behind, a flying rope hung on the big boat, and two black shadows climbed onto the big boat like apes, they were all wearing Tang army uniforms, and quickly mixed into the Tang army when they got on the boat.