Born seventy years old, Tianbao twelve years, Gao Lishi is also nearly seventy years old, is not open to him, he is also inseparable from Li Longji, if serving the emperor is a career, Gao Lishi is undoubtedly the success of this cause, Li Longji's imperial history is also Gao Lishi's life history, in more than 40 years, he lived in the palace, doing the same thing day after day, and also silently affected the trajectory of the Tang Dynasty.

After Li Longji went to the Qing Palace in China in November, Gao Lishi was by his side, he had not returned home for more than a month, and he was really tired, and when Li Longji returned to Beijing, he could also take a breath, and this evening, he finally dragged his tired body back home.

At this moment, Gao Lishi is wearing a wide-sleeved Zen robe, using a flat scarf to tie his hair, leaning on an Arhat bed, the family sits together around the fireplace and talks, talking about the New Year in Chang'an, talking about which family in the neighborhood gave birth to a child, which family married a bride, although they are all trivial things, but Gao Lishi feels very warm, the old wife's nagging and the obsession of his grandson are enough to iron his aging heart.

"Sir!" The housekeeper stepped into the door of the room, and when he saw the scene in the room, he was so frightened that he immediately retreated, and Gao Lishi looked at him and said unhappily: "Since there is something, why don't you say it?" ”

The housekeeper had to enter the door again with a bitter face and answered: "Master, King Si Ning is here, saying that he has something important to see." ”

Gao Lishi's brows furrowed, "King Si Ning? In his impression, it seemed that Li Lin, the king of Xining, had never come to his mansion.

"What is he here for?" Gao Lishi was puzzled, although he was reluctant to reunite with his family in this atmosphere, but King Ning was the emperor's concubine, he couldn't slack off, and he didn't have time to change clothes, Gao Lishi put on a hat and walked to the guest hall.

Li Lin was entrusted by Li Qing, now that she understands Li Longji's true intentions. Li Qing rushed back to Longzhou that night, although the matter of Qingwang Li Cong was not resolved, but it did not hinder the overall situation, so that Li Yu could smoothly establish the reserve, and it was the top priority at hand not to make extraneous branches.

But before leaving, he still left the secret decree to Li Lin and asked him to hand it over to Gao Lishi.

"Huh! Let the prince wait for a long time. The moment Gao Lishi entered the door, he suddenly understood the reason why Li Lin came from here, he was here for Li Qing.

Li Lin hurriedly turned around and saluted him. "Li Lin came abruptly and disturbed Gao Weng's rest."

Gao Lishi waved his hand lightly and smiled: "Okay!" Might as well! Lying is also idle, and sitting is also idle. It's the first time the prince has come to my house, a rare guest! ”

He invited Li Lin to sit down. The maid served two cups of tea and slowly retreated. Gao Lishi picked up the teacup and blew it, sucked it lightly and said with a smile: "Tell the prince a little news, the emperor has preliminarily designated you as the national eunuch sacrificial wine." ”

Li Lin was overjoyed, this was an unexpected gain. He thought that he would become an idle official, and in his old age, he didn't expect that the emperor still sealed him for a real shortage, and the state supervisor sacrificed wine, which means that he will fill the world with peaches and plums.

He couldn't hide the joy in his heart, and got up and bowed. "Gao Weng. Li Lin won't be able to sleep tonight! ”

Colliers looked up to the sky and smiled. "I didn't expect that the prince was still an interesting person, although the state supervisor was a real job. But how can it compare with your salt and iron prison? ”

Li Lin shook his head, "I've been in the salt and iron prison for a long time, and even my body is full of copper smell, in comparison, I still like the ink fragrance of books." ”

Speaking of this, he remembered the purpose of his trip, took out the secret decree from his arms, and slowly pushed it towards Gao Lishi, he didn't say anything, just took the teacup and tasted the tea carefully, Li Qing told him that he didn't need to say anything, Gao Lishi would naturally understand his deep meaning.

Sure enough, Gao Lishi didn't pick it up, just stared at its cover, silent, and compiled No. 33, this is the letter he has been checking, it turns out that it really exists!

After a while, he picked it up gently, but he took a vacancy, and there was nothing in the envelope.

Li Lin's eyes showed a trace of regret, and said sentimentally: "Li Qing was entrusted by the king of Guangping to hand over the secret decree to his father Li Heng, and wanted to ask him to tell the emperor about the truth, but he didn't expect Li Heng to suffer misfortune because of this. ”

Gao Lishi had already heard some clues, and Li Heng's death really had something to do with it, and he asked in a deep voice: "What is the content inside?" ”

"Listening to Li Qing, the content is to order the king of Guangping to envoy Daqin to the west, and seek to fight the Great Food with Daqin."

"Impossible!" Gao Lishi shook his head decisively, the emperor has already intended to set up Li Yu as the prince, it is impossible to order him to send Daqin again, it should be to call him back, this must be a good thing for Yu Chaoen to do, suddenly, he suddenly understood what Li Qing meant, Li Qing was actually helping himself to deal with Yu Chaoen, as soon as this letter skin came out, Yu Chaoen would be involved in Li Hengdi's case.

He nodded slowly, and then asked, "When did Li Qing come to Chang'an, why didn't he come to see me?" ”

"He came up the night before yesterday and left early this morning, and the king of Guangping was sick in Longzhou, and he was quite uneasy."

Gao Lishi couldn't sit still at this time, Li Yu had already arrived in Longzhou, Li Longji didn't know that this matter could not be delayed, he immediately got up and said apologetically to Li Lin: "Lord, I want to go to the palace, so I can't accompany him for a long time." ”

"Gao Weng, please!"

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A carriage drove out of the Gaolishi Mansion and galloped towards the Xingqing Palace, the light outside the window of the car shot in one after another, lining Gaolishi's face uncertainly, he was thinking about whether it was appropriate to say Li Qing at this time, Li Longji will personally summon Ge Shuhan tonight, and finally complete his plan to cut the domain, of course, there is Li Qing next, but Anxi is too far away from Chang'an, and it does not pose a substantial threat to Chang'an, Li Longji will not move him now, and he will use him to expand westward, at least before solving the threat of An Lushan's rebellion, He should be safe.

However, he and Li Yu are involved together, I am afraid that things are more variable, people are very complicated, although Li Longji's arrangement for Li Qing is to assist the new emperor in the future, but he has set up many frames, he cannot lead the army, he can only be an official in the court, and more importantly, he must be after the new emperor ascends the throne, before he can display his talents, and it should never be now.

A shadow passed through Gao Lishi's heart, he had already faintly sensed that there was a conflict lurking between Li Qing and Li Longji, and he felt deeply worried in his heart, I am afraid that the road to the East Palace of this new prince will not be so smooth.

Thinking about it, the carriage gradually stopped, Xingqing Palace arrived, and Gao Lishi got out of the carriage. A little eunuch has already come to give it

Shang is summoning Goshuhan.

Gao Lishi walked quickly into Li Longji's outer study, where there were several eunuchs to be called, the first one was Yu Chaoen, seeing Gao Lishi come in, everyone got up and saluted, only Yu Chaoen sat still, closed his eyes, and seemed to be napping.

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Colliers sneered and ignored him. He turned around and asked, "Who is serving the emperor?" ”

"Back to Ah Weng, the emperor is meeting Ge Shuhan alone. No one was around. ”

Gao Lishi nodded, commanded a few eunuchs, and said, "Don't be idle. Go and raise a few braziers for backup, after the emperor summoned Ge Shuhan, he will be replaced immediately. "Seeing that a few eunuchs were about to run away, Gao Lishi stopped them again." Remember, put eight carbons, and if you burn too much, you have to replace them with new ones. ”

After that, he squinted at Yu Chaoen and snorted lightly, meaning to say. Can you replace me?' Far from it! ’

Yu Chaoen didn't seem to see anything. He remained silent.

Moment. The door opened, "Wechen retires!" Ge Shuhan bowed and slowly retreated. With a look of pride in his eyes, he got the biggest color in the same book, which is more than a step higher than the bottom line of his Ministry of Rites.

Yu Chaoen opened his eyes suddenly, he was just about to get up, but Gao Lishi rushed in one step, and then several eunuchs followed with braziers and blocked Yu Chaoen.

In the room, Li Longji seemed to have just recovered from a serious illness, his head leaned back on the chair, his eyelids drooped slightly, and he looked tired, although he paid a great price, but finally solved the problem of Ge Shuhan, which also made him breathe a long sigh of relief, the new Longyou Jiedu made him not ready to send any more generals, so he adopted the model of Hexi and Shuofang, with the prince Yao leading the Jiedu envoys, and the governor of the Jiedu Prefecture Shi was in power, and several Jiedu deputy envoys led the troops and controlled each other, so as to eliminate the situation of the dominance of the feudal town.

Next, it's time to have a showdown with An Lushan, a grim smile appeared on the corner of Li Longji's mouth.

"Your Majesty, the old slave will loosen your muscles and bones for you!"

It's Colliers! Li Longji opened his eyes slightly, and smiled approvingly, the old man is the old man, knowing that tonight was unusual, he rushed back from home.

Gao Lishi gently rubbed his temples, not light or heavy, the force was just right, and he clearly felt that Li Longji's muscles were slowly relaxing.

"Your Majesty is also getting older, and you can't stay up all night to deal with government affairs like when you first ascended the throne, and you need to rest more!"

Gao Lishi told Li Longji about the past more than forty years ago in a soft tone, "I still remember when Your Majesty was the king of Linjun, he was majestic and heroic, and even Emperor Zetian praised him again and again, this is the first person of my grandson, and the first emperor laughed at him when he saw young people, and sent my family Saburo too far, does Your Majesty remember?" ”

"It's so hard for you, remember these little things!" It's been fifty years, and we're all old. ”

"Nope! Your Majesty is not old, but the minions are old. ”

Li Longji patted the back of his hand lightly, showing his understanding of his kindness, and after a while, he suddenly asked: "Inner servant, do you say that I let Ge Shuhan be the left minister and the head of the household is too high?" ”

Gao Lishi was slightly surprised, the left minister is Chen Xilie, and the head of the household is Zhang Yun, and they are both reigning now, is the emperor going to move them? After a little thought, he understood that the person Li Longji wanted to move was actually Li Cong, the king of Qing, Li Yu was about to enter Beijing, and Li Cong had no need to exist, not only that, but all the people who had a close relationship with him in the past year, Li Longji had to clean up them one by one, and in his list, Chen Xilie and the Zhang brothers were all in the front.

But Li Longji was now waiting for his answer, and he was not allowed to think about it, Gao Lishi smiled slightly and said: "Although Brother Shuhan is small, he is a wild wolf that will attack people at any time, and now although Geshu Xiangguo is big, he is a cage tiger, and it is in the hands of His Majesty, even if he is made the right minister, what does it matter?" ”

After listening to Gao Lishi's answer, Li Longji nodded with satisfaction, "The inner servant knows my heart very well, and I think like this, but An Lushan is eyeing the side, and the pace of the imperial court layout cannot be too big, so the right minister I don't want to move for the time being, and I will talk about it when An Lushan is calmed down, and Li Qing, I hope he can do it himself." ”

"Your Majesty, Li Qing came to Chang'an yesterday." Guide the thinking of Li Long's base.

"Oh!" Li Longji sat up suddenly, his eyes suspicious, "What is he doing in Chang'an?" ”

"The old slave listened to what King Ning said, he escorted King Guangping into Beijing, but he doubted His Majesty's holy decree, so he came to Li Heng and asked him and His Majesty to confirm whether the content of the holy decree was true."

"What about him now? Where is Yu'er now? Li Longji's relaxed state has completely disappeared, and this matter must have something to do with Li Heng's death, his waist was straight, and his eyes stared at Gao Lishi and said: "What is the content of the secret decree received by King Guangping?" ”

"Your Majesty, I heard King Ning say that the king of Guangping received the will that the emperor ordered him to send an envoy to Daqin and make an appointment to fight the great food together, he and Li Qing both thought it was impossible, so they went to Beijing to verify, and now they are all in Longzhou, I heard that the king of Guangping is sick."

Speaking of this, Gao Lishi took out the cover of the secret decree from his bosom, and continued: "Li Qing came to Li Heng to inquire about the news, the secret decree has been given to him, and now there is only one letter skin left. ”

"Envoy to Great Qin?" Li Longji's eyes shrank suddenly, when did he make such a secret decree, and now he finally understood why An Qingzong died suddenly, and Li Heng's violent death, these are clearly two links in a big conspiracy.

Brushing the ground, Li Longji shot towards the fish at the door with a sharp gaze, but he passed on this secret decree, where did he pass it on?

He was just about to give an order to take people, when a eunuch's high-pitched voice suddenly came from the door, "The noble concubine asks to see Your Majesty!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Yang Yuhuan, who was dressed in plain clothes and did not apply powder, broke in, she didn't dare to approach, so she knelt down to Li Longji from a distance, and said in a trembling voice: "The concubine's family is unfortunate, and I have come to ask Your Majesty to send it!" ”