. For the right servant of Shangshu, the opening of the palace with the three divisions, the prince Shaobao, the real seal of thousands of households, ten rooms of slaves and maids, a district of the village and the house, a reward of 10,000 taels of silver, 5,000 horses of silk; Feng his son Zong is Honglu Siqing, Yinqing Guanglu Doctor; His sons are General Yunlu and Marquis Yu, and the above two sons and wives are of the same quality, Qin this! ”

An Lushan and his son An Qingzong knelt in front of the incense case, kowtowed three times, and said gratefully: "Minister An Lushan thank you Lord Longen!" ”

After Yu Chaoen announced the decree, he almost bent over, maintaining the same height as An Lushan, and stuffed the holy decree to An Lushan with a flattering smile, "Lord An is extremely favored by the Holy Family, and I have no right in the court, I think that Li Linfu only has the position of the Grand Master, and the Lord An is not only a thousand miles, and Lord An's legs are sore!" Come, let the little one help you grow old. ”

Yu Chaoen almost exhausted his strength to help the fat An Lushan up, but he was already tired and out of breath.

"Thank you, Father-in-law, come on! Take five hundred taels of gold. ”

After a while, two attendants walked briskly with two plates of yellow and clear gold ingots, An Lushan grasped Yu Chaoen's two chicken paws with his fat hands, and said with great sincerity: "An knows that Father-in-law Yu is incorruptible, and he doesn't dare to stain his feathers, but even if this gold is used to buy candy for Father-in-law Yu's subordinates, please ask Father-in-law to reward it." ”

Yu Chaoen looked at the two large plates of gold, his face turned blue, he swallowed hard, and stammered: "An Dashuai is too generous, too generous.

Keeping looking at Yu Chaoen away, An Lushan's grateful smile slowly disappeared, and he immediately turned to An Qingzong and said, "Go and invite Mr. Gao to my study immediately, and you will come too!" ”.

Just like paper can't hold fire, what happened in Xingqing Palace has gradually been discovered by some well-intentioned people. An Lushan is of course one of them, Li Qing can understand the situation through Wei Yingwu, doesn't he have eyeliner in An Lushan?

For a whole afternoon, An Lushan's father and son and the strategist Gao Shang hid in the study to discuss countermeasures. An Lushan was a little puzzled by Li Longji's high-ranking officials.

But his advisors were noble but keenly guessed what Li Long had in mind. In the afternoon, he summoned Li Qing, and in the evening, he was furious. also used a sword to kill the white parrot of the concubine, what a hatred, but now he used Chongjue to appease. Ordinary people would think that this was Li Longji's rumor that An Lushan was going to rebel, but Gao Shang thought that this was never the case.

"Needless to say, I'm sure that Li Qing definitely gave the account book to Li Longji." With disdain and a sneer on his face, Gao Shang said to their father and son without hesitation: "Li Longji may have come to Li Qing for something else that day. But Li Qing must have taken advantage of this opportunity to denounce Dashuai, so Li Longji was furious. Kill the white parrot in the land to vent his hatred. ”

But how do you explain today's bounty? I thought that Li Longji was specially refuting the rumors for us. Still immersed in the aura of Doctor Yinqing Guanglu, An Qingzong asked puzzledly.

"Stupid, this is naturally an arrogant tactic!" An Lushan, who had just reacted, glared at his son fiercely. He reprimanded angrily: "The military horses of Hebei are loyal to me. Does he dare to kill me? ”

After speaking, he glanced at Gao Shang again, and saw that his eyes looked a little worried. Then he asked, "Sir, are you worried that we can't leave Chang'an?" ”

Gao Shang shook his head lightly and said, "Did you ever think that Dashuai would have thought that we are actually fighting with two people now. One is Li Longji, who is in the light, and the other is Li Qing, who is in the dark. Li Longji: I'm not worried, after all, he is the king of a country, and there are some things he wants to get but may not dare to do, but Li Qing is different, he just humbly helped the handsome man out of the house, but he turned around and sued in front of Li Longji. This kind of person is really terrible, and I strongly recommend that Dashuai kill him to get rid of future troubles. ”

An Qingzong, who had just been reprimanded by his father, immediately invited merit and said: "I will do this matter, even if Li Qing has three hundred iron cavalry guards, the dead soldier I raised can still stab him to death in bed." ”

Gao Shang smiled slightly, waved his hand at him and said, "Don't worry, eldest prince, I still have a series of plans to get rid of Li Qing." You can also find a meat shield. ”

After that, he turned back to An Lushan and smiled proudly: "Has the marshal forgotten Yang Guozhong's letter of guarantee?" Use it to lure Yang Guozhong into forming an alliance with us against Li Qing. An Shuai might as well simply join the Yang Party, I think since everyone is wearing a pair of pants, can he not take more care for Dashuai in the future? ”

An Lushan patted his head lightly, and couldn't help but smile: "Sir, do you mean to use Yang Guozhong as our shield?" ”

"Of course! If you rebel, you want to punish the nine clans, Yang Guozhong is his brother-in-law, can't he punish himself? ”

The three of them looked at each other and laughed.

In the past two days, Yang Guozhong's mood has been like this weather, sunny and cold, and the scenery is infinite when he has risen to the right, but the news of the discord between the emperor and the concubine in the palace annoyed him, Yang Guifei is the pillar of their Yang family, offending the emperor and being beaten into the cold palace, their Yang family is finished, so Yang Guozhong went to Yang Huahua's mansion several times a day to ask her to come forward to relieve Yang Guifei's emotions.

Of course, Yang Huahua and he thought differently, it was okay for her to mediate the conflict between husband and wife, but please pay the mediation fee first, and she really knocked Yang Guozhong hard, she went out, coaxed Yang Yuhuan and then forced Li Longji, the quarrel between the husband and wife was just a breath, Li Longji apologized, and then promised not to use the sword to cut things around, this anger is also considered to be the end of the gamble, Yang Huahua took a thank you fee from Li Longji, and then returned home happy, this is called 'eating the plaintiff and eating the defendant', the same in ancient and modern times.

The concubine regained her favor, Yang Guozhong's heart was also relaxed, that night, he was in the study pondering tomorrow's debriefing, tomorrow is the first day of the debriefing, the three Jiedu envoys will report on their work, and Longyou Jiedu makes Ge Shuhan the first; The three towns of Fanyang, Pinglu and Hedong made An Lushan the second; Anxi Jiedu made Li Qing the third;

The emperor is the main question, and the cabinet ministers can raise objections to let the Jiedu make an explanation, and the debriefing will be smooth and will be over soon, if it does not go well, it may not be able to pass the test in one day, the key is to see whether the preparation is sufficient, which is quite like the thesis defense of later generations.

Yang Guozhong cared about Li Qing and An Lushan, the two enemies, needless to say, Li Qing had already thought about using the slaughter of the Grolu people to make trouble. But An Lushan made him a little embarrassed, he had the heart to put on small shoes for him, and he was afraid that he would shake out the guarantee and let him go. The heart is unwilling. Shall a son be beaten in vain?

I was thinking about it, and suddenly I was outside the door

Newspaper: 'An Lushan is visiting! ’

Yang Guozhong was taken aback. Could it be that there was a leak in the matter of sending Shuo Fangjun to be absorbed by him? In fact. As early as November last year, the Ministry of War sent people to Hedong at the request of Zhang Qiqiu, the envoy of Shuofang Jiedu, to investigate Li Xianzhong's defeat against the Khitan. Among them are tens of thousands of elite places. After Yang Guozhong reached a compromise with An Lushan. He quickly sent someone to inform the investigators. It's not a matter of time. But he was worried that it would be too late to send the local people. An Lushan's sudden visit deepened his worries, and Yang Guozhong went out to greet him worriedly.

"The old man is slow to hear from him. I just heard that Yang Xiangguo was promoted, and I came to congratulate him! ”

An Lushan is full of spring breeze. stepped forward and held Yang Guozhong's hand tightly, generally speaking. The hand-holding ceremony of the Tang Dynasty was for the elders to take the hands of the younger generations, and An Lushan seized the opportunity. made Yang Guozhong look like a little daughter-in-law who was lightly treated. Under the warm breath of the other party. Cold sweat and hot sweat flowed out at the same time, and my hands were wet. I want to smoke but can't break free. It's really uncomfortable.

He forced out a smile that was more ugly than crying, and said, "I also heard that An Shuai was also promoted today." was thinking about what to give a congratulatory gift, but he didn't expect An Shuai to come first, Guozhong was ashamed! ”

An Lushan laughed. He put his arm around his shoulder and patted him hard. "We brothers are really blessed to share it!"

An Lu Mountain blessed Yang Guozhong did not enjoy it. But he let go of his hand. It made Yang Guozhong feel as if he had suddenly found a window in a very hot closed room. Thousands of pores on the ground are all dripping.

"Yes! Be! An Shuai inside please. Yang Guozhong happily invited An Lushan into his study. Just as women show each other their wardrobes as a sign of intimacy, so a man invites each other to his study to show him or her a certain kind of friendship.

Since An Lushan came with a smile on his face. Then it can't be that Shuo Fangjun has made a leak, and the reaction is done, and Yang Guozhong suddenly has a glimmer of hope in his heart. In this case, can An Lushan be allowed to compromise on this. What about returning your own guarantee?

Yang Guozhong was itchy for a while, and hurriedly took An Lushan to his study, although he was a straw bag. But after all, he is not a stupid person, and he has heard rumors that An Lushan is going to rebel in the past two days. Although it is just a rumor, and the emperor also uses the method of adding officials to the knighthood to quell this rumor. But it is an indisputable fact that An Lushan holds a heavy army, and he has been the secretary of the military department for several years. also knew that the imperial court would not be able to mobilize the troops in An Lushan's hands at all.

Regardless of whether An Lushan really wants to rebel or not. But as a dignified prime minister, there is still a handle in the hands of others, how ridiculous is this. Let him exercise his power in the future, Yang Guozhong secretly made up his mind, and today he will get the paper guarantee back no matter what.

An Lushan just sat down. He bowed to Yang Guozhong slightly and smiled: "I have received news that the person who investigated Li Xianzhong in Hedong has returned. This is thanks to Yang Xiangguo's great help. Thank you, old man. ”

"Where! Where! If Guozhong can do it. Of course I will do my best, but if I can't. Even if An Shuai forces me to death, I can't. Speaking of this, Yang Guozhong took out the letter written by Li Linfu to Li Xianzhong and pushed it towards An Lushan's side, "This letter Guozhong didn't use it either, and returned it to An Shuai." ”

"Hey! It's a pity that I can't share my worries for Yang Xiangguo. "Letter. But he took a sip of tea, frowned slightly, and said, "This is green tea!" I'm not used to it. ”

He put the teacup down. smiled at Yang Guozhong: "The old man is obese, and he has been drinking Korean ginseng tea, which is really good, and I will ask someone to send some to Yang Xiangguo tomorrow." ”

Yang Guozhong saw that he received the letter but talked about him left and right, without mentioning his guarantee at all, and couldn't help but be a little anxious: "An Shuai, my guarantee may be returned to me?" ”

"Guarantee?" An Lushan stroked his short beard under his chin, squinted his triangular eyes and looked up at the roof and smiled slightly: "At that time, Yang Xiangguo promised me two things, but now I have only done one thing, and there is still one thing to do!" How do you want me to pay you back? ”

"But, but!" Yang Guozhong said two times in a row, but the anger in his heart gradually rushed up, "You don't know, the Anxi Modao Army is transferred to Fanyang, which must be approved by the emperor, even if I replace the Anxi Jiedu envoy with my own henchman, it must also be approved by the emperor, how can this be done!" ”

An Lushan's face sank, and his eyes pierced Yang Guozhong fiercely and said: "Whether it can be done or not, that's your local business, but if you promise me, I have to do it, believe it or not, I'll go to the emperor to ask for soldiers now, this is what I promised to be the right minister of the Tang Dynasty and Zhongshuling personally." ”

Yang Guozhong only felt a cold air rushing straight to his backbone, he was furious, suddenly straightened his waist and slapped the table fiercely and shouted: "An Lushan, do you want to threaten your true appearance?" ”

An Lushan smiled gloomily, stared at Yang Guozhong's eyes and said word by word: "I threaten you, so what? ”

"You!" Yang Guozhong pointed at An Lushan, trembling with anger, but saw An Lushan pick up the tea bowl and swallow it with water and tea leaves, Yang Guozhong suddenly felt weak, he sat down on the chair in a dejected manner, and said hoarsely for a long time: "Then what conditions do you need to return my land guarantee, I will give you the food, and I can give you the money, you can say it!" What do you want? ”

An Lushan laughed softly, and at this moment, he suddenly changed his mind, he didn't want him to kill Li Qing, find something simple for him to do, and then control him step by step in his own hands.

"I don't want food, I don't want money, I can also return this guarantee to you, but I want the military department to order the transfer of a few generals who are not under my control."

"Alright! You give me a list. "Yang Guozhong is extremely weak, he can do this, as a normal transfer.

An Lushan's smile became more and more cordial, and he suddenly found that this guarantee was much more useful than the 10,000 Mo Sword Army, it was the rope that wore a bull's nose, and Yang Guozhong was the cow, so how could he return it to Yang Guozhong?

An Lushan patted him on the shoulder again, and smiled at him very gently: "Don't worry, as long as you finish this matter, I will definitely return the guarantee to you." ”