After Li Qing left, Mo Hedu fell into deep thought, the former Hubu servant of the Tang Dynasty had sharp eyes and could see the essence of the problem, which really made him happy, but Mo Hedu was the king of a country after all, he would not leave with confidence because of Li Qing's promise, he thought about it for a long time in the room with his hands behind his back, and finally made a decision, this matter could not jump Gao Xianzhi over.

He wrote a letter, summoned his deputy, handed him the letter, and solemnly instructed: "Tomorrow you go to Gao Shuai, don't tell him that I have come, just say that you are my special envoy, and convey my intentions."

Seeing that her father was still looking for Gao Xianzhi, Princess Luo Yan couldn't help but persuade: "Father, I think this matter must be cautious, if the two of them fight for merit, I'm afraid it will be a big deal."

"You're still young, you don't understand something!" Mo Hedu looked up at the window, his eyes became cold again, "After all, Gao Xianzhi is the commander of Anxi, this person has always been ruthless, if we know that we bypass him, I am afraid that our Shiguo will suffer a great disaster in the future, I tell him now, although there will be two generals competing for merit, but this is an internal matter of the Tang Dynasty, I know in my heart which is more important, so you don't care anymore."

Mo Hedu slowly walked to the window, staring at the dark night sky in the north, where was the Stone Country, a small country between the two empires, and I didn't know what kind of storm this stone internal strife would cause.........

The road from Shushi to Qiuci is more distant, but the road is very smooth, this way to eat and sleep, at the end of January of the following year, the army returned to Shule, Xi Yuanqing's army returned to the city, in February, Li Qing led the Doulu army to arrive in Qiuci, on this day, the Doulu army was stationed outside the city of Qiuci. Replenish supplies and prepare the army.

The sun just showed a smile, the purple glow spread all over the sky, the snow-capped mountains in the distance flashed with magnificent light, Li Qing got up early in the morning, but sat alone in the big tent and pondered, as early as when he passed Shule, Li Qing sent his own soldiers to Chang'an day and night with his letters, seeking Li Linfu's support, he was not worried that the imperial court would be put out of the way, and the effective intervention was to maintain the dignity of the great power. This point Li Longji will not hesitate to support.

Li Qing was worried about time, and most of his time was spent on the march. But if you don't wait for the will of the imperial court to act, I'm afraid that the Great Food Army has already arrived in the city.

Then. There was a faint commotion outside the camp gate, Li Qing got up and walked to the front of the tent and said to the soldiers: "Go and see what happened, why is it noisy?" ”

As soon as the words fell, I saw a personal soldier hurriedly running over, panting and saying to Li Qing: "Governor, Madame, Madame is here, just outside the camp."

"What?"

Li Qing was overjoyed. Throwing off the tent curtain and striding out of the barracks, the soldiers in front of the barracks were gathering together for breakfast in twos and threes, and they were all huddled together at the moment, and looked out of the camp gate, and several veterans who recognized Zhao Curtain with Li Qing exchanged heads and ears. With an excited face, it was as if his relatives had come.

"The Governor is here!" Somebody shouted, and the soldiers immediately dodged a way. Let Li Qing pass.

Li Qing ran to the camp gate, only to see more than 100 carriages lined up outside the door, the carriages were full of family and goods, nearly a thousand Yulin Army cavalry guarded left and right, and there were dozens of men and women in strange costumes, wearing long swords at their waists, all with their heads held high, and their weapons were extraordinary, and they seemed to be people who knew martial arts.

"Daddy!"

A crisp cry interrupted Li Qingdi's train of thought, and he saw a little girl in a red jacket running towards him, "It's Tingyue!" , Li Qing's chest was about to explode with joy, he knelt on one knee, opened his arms, and hugged his beloved daughter, at this moment, tears of joy couldn't help but flow down his face.

"My obedient boy has grown taller, and it is all up to Daddy's waist." He picked up his daughter, stroked her hair, and choked up, "Good girl, do you miss Daddy?" ”

Li Tingyue hugged her father's neck tightly and cried with a whimper, "Daddy, why haven't you come back after walking for so long."

"It's not good for my father, leave my little mother, and my father won't be there in the future."

Li Qing suddenly thought of the place where he hadn't met yet, and couldn't help asking, "What about your mother?" ”

"Mother is there!"

Li Qing looked up and saw Curtain standing in front of a carriage, looking at him gently, holding a swaddling cloth in her hand, behind her, Li Jingyan and Xiaoyu got off the carriage one after another, their eyes were complicated.

Li Qing walked to the curtain with her daughter in her arms, and she didn't know where to start with a thousand words, the curtain looked at her husband's unusually dark and thin and haggard face blankly, her eyes suddenly turned red, she covered her mouth and turned her head, and her shoulders shrugged gently.

Li Qing put Li Tingyue down and said with a reluctant smile: "I thought you would go to Shazhou!" ”

The curtain wiped away her tears, took Li Tingyue, handed over the swaddling clothes in her hand, and said with a smile: "Li Lang, look at our son, he looks like you very much."

Li Qing hesitated, carefully took the child, and his voice trembled slightly, "This is.... My son? ”

Lifting the scarf covering it, inside was a small pink face, sleeping sweetly, his own shadow could be vaguely seen between his eyebrows, and he muttered: "Like me!" It's like me! ”

At this moment, Li Qing suddenly felt that his mind was extending infinitely, and tens of thousands of years were just a flick of his fingers, he suddenly turned around, raised his son high, and faced the rising sun, his smile was extremely bright, and the three armies immediately cheered, "Dudu!" Governor! Governor! ”........

In Chang'an Xingqing Palace, a little eunuch hurriedly walked through the Qinzheng Hall and came to the front of the harem hall, bursts of music came from inside, the little eunuch whispered a few words to the guard, the guard nodded, turned around and entered the main hall.

In the main hall, the cloud board sounded softly, the silk and bamboo surrounded the ears, and several Liyuan disciples were playing and singing, their voices were tactful, Li Longji listened attentively, suddenly frowned, shook his head, and said to Yang Yuhuan on the side: "Meng Xia is waiting late, and the grass and trees in Hu Country are long." The horse gallops past the birds, and the sky is poor beyond the sunset, which is clearly the meaning of the soldiers of the Western Regions, and it is a poem of mighty slaughter, but the tune is too clear, it is really not a good match, what does Yuhuan think? ”

Yang Yuhuan's beautiful eyes fluttered, smiled lightly, and said to Li Longji: "I just think that San Lang has a soft spot for the poetry of Biansai these days, yesterday was Wang Changling's stopper." Today is Cen Shendi's poem again, you can talk about it. Why is that? ”

Li Longji stroked his beard and smiled, "I, the Tang Dynasty soldiers, are powerful in the Western Regions. I am naturally happy to defend Xiao Bolu and Pacify the Shushi Country, and make great contributions, so I want to listen to these exciting songs."

Yang Yuhuan gently pinched the back of Li Longji's hand, and said with a slight disappointment: "You also know that people have made great contributions, but they don't let their wives and children go to reunite, if it weren't for the concubine's insistence." Didn't San Lang's move hurt the hearts of the border soldiers."

Li Longji smiled awkwardly, "This is my Tang Dynasty routine, and the generals who lead troops in the frontier must have their families to stay in Beijing, and besides, don't I depend on you in the end?" ”

While the two were talking, Gao Lishi quietly walked behind Li Longji and reported in a low voice: "Your Majesty." Lee Sang-guo has something important to see! ”

Li Longji was swept away with interest, his face sank, and he waved his hand and said, "I am not free now." Another day! ”

Yang Yuhuan saw that Gao Lishi wanted to speak and stopped, knowing that he had something important, so he pushed Li Longji and begged softly: "San Lang should go!" You haven't cared about the government for a few days, and the concubines don't want to be scolded by the ministers."

"They dare!" Li Longji's face was blank, and then he patted Yang Yuhuan's hand again, and comforted: "I listen to my concubine."

After speaking, he turned back to Gao Lishi and said, "Let Xiangguo wait in the imperial study, and I will arrive later." .......

Li Linfu came to Li Longji naturally for Li Qing's business, he was in Chang'an, and he was not well-informed about the information that happened thousands of miles away, he only knew that the civil war broke out in the Great Food Country, but he didn't know that the civil war had gradually ended, and he didn't know that the sword of the Great Food had pointed to the east, but Li Qing's thick book of folds told in detail the importance of the Zhaowu surname Hu region to the Tang Dynasty, it was the Tang Dynasty and the Great Food Zone, if they were annexed by the Great Food, the next target of the Great Food would be the four towns of Anxi, if it formed an alliance with Tubo again, the Tang Dynasty would suffer from the enemy, The border troubles will be difficult for a hundred years.

After all, Li Linfu has been the prime minister for more than ten years, and his vision is also difficult for ordinary people to reach, and he has participated in the formulation of many important strategic decisions in the Tang Dynasty, and he fully agrees with Li Qing's performance, the situation is urgent, and he immediately entered the palace to ask to see Li Longji.

"The emperor has arrived!" The shrill shouts of the eunuch on duty interrupted Li Linfu's contemplation, and he immediately stood up and walked in front of the door to take the car respectfully.

After a long time, Li Longji walked slowly surrounded by a large group of guards and eunuchs, and Li Linfu immediately greeted him, and said with a deep salute: "Minister Li Linfu sees Your Majesty!" ”

"I've kept Sangkook waiting." Li Longji waved his hand and motioned for him to come in with him.

The imperial study has been cleaned up, the light is bright, the room is filled with a faint fragrance, and there are a few books on the imperial case, which Gao Lishi felt was important and did not approve it.

Li Longji flipped through it casually, the first one was the letter of request for merit from Gao Xianzhi of the Anxi Festival, sprinkled with nearly 10,000 words, Li Longji sneered slightly, and did not look closely, what Gao Xianzhi did in the land of Shushi, he had already learned through Bian Lingcheng's secret report, Li Longji was particularly annoyed by the fact that he lived in the palace of the king of Shushi without authorization and accepted the audience of Tocharian Zhuhu, and he wanted to deprive Gao Xianzhi of all his duties immediately, seeing that he still dared to be arrogant, but Li Longji was very deep in the city, and he knew that it was not the time to move Gao Xianzhi, He has the elite of Anxi in his hands, and his morale is strong, if he is forced to be in a hurry, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not really establish himself as the king, 'This matter cannot be rushed, you must first be arrogant, slow down, wait for the opportunity to come, and then slowly clean him up!' ，

Li Longji thought about it, so he said to Li Linfu: "Gao Xianzhi has made a great contribution this time, I plan to teach him to open the palace and the three divisions, what does Xiangguo think?" ”

"The emperor is in charge of this matter, and the ministers have no objection!"

Li Longji smiled slightly: "Xiangguo has become slippery now, and everything is pushed to me."

He handed Gao Xianzhi's letter of request for merit to Li Linfu and said: "The soldiers will be rewarded for their meritorious service, and this will be approved and handed over to the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Officials for consultation.

Since Li Longji mentioned Li Qing, Li Linfu immediately smiled and said, "It's also a coincidence, the old minister is here for Li Qing today."

Li Longji remembered that Li Linfu had a major report, and immediately returned to his seat and asked, "What happened to Li Qing?" ”

"The minister just received an urgent letter from Anxi."

Li Linfu took out Li Qing's recital from his bosom, handed it to Li Longji with both hands, and said: "This is an urgent recital by Li Qingdi, the chief historian of Anxi, and the minister feels that the matter is very important, and it must be presented to the emperor immediately."

"What's at stake?" Li Longji frowned, if Li Linfu felt that the matter was very important, then the matter would definitely not be small, so he put aside the matter of rewarding Gao Xianzhi, took the fold handed by the eunuch, and read it carefully.

Time is slowly passing, Li Linfu saw Li Longji's brows wrinkled for a while, relaxed for a while, covered the scroll for a long time, and opened it for a while to read again, his expression was unpredictable, but it showed that he was looking very seriously, and I don't know how long it took, Li Linfu's back was soaked with sweat, at this time Li Longji finally closed the fold, and slowly walked to the window to look at the west, he knew for the first time that in the West, the territory and strength of Dashi was no less than that of the Tang Dynasty, and the thousands of mountains and rivers in the Western Regions could not stop them from peeking into the rich Tang Dynasty.

"Xiangguo, what do you think about this?" Li Longji's voice was a little hoarse.

"Does the emperor mean Da Shi or Shi Guo?"

Li Longji glanced back at him, and his hoarse voice slowly became clear and tough, "Aren't these two things the same?" ”

"Your Majesty, the old minister agrees with Li Changshi's suggestion, and must not let Da Shi stretch his hand to the shore of Atami Lake, and the old minister proposes that Li Changshi send an envoy to Shi Guo to mediate the contradiction between Shi Guo and Bakhana State."

"It is not enough to mediate, but if necessary, to teach dissenting ministers a lesson."

Li Longji slowly turned around, a cold gaze shot out of his squinted eyes, and he resolutely ordered: "Spread my will, appoint Li Qing as the pacification envoy of the two towns of Anxi and Beiting, and mediate the dispute between the Shi State and the Bahanna State on behalf of the Tang Dynasty, and in addition, order Gao Xianzhi to march into the broken city immediately."

A magnificent battle is about to begin