Squire, please look! ”

The shopkeeper unscrewed the golden pill, pointed to a line of thin small characters on the inner wall and said to Li Qing: "There is a name engraved here, obviously this is a Taizhi thing, how could it appear in the hands of a beggar, and he was suddenly assassinated, his subordinates felt that this matter was extraordinary, so they wanted to report it to the waiter." ”

"You're doing the right thing, this involves too, and you should report it to me." Li Qing took the golden pill, pinched it gently, and closed the golden pill with a "click", if you don't look closely, you can't see that there is still a thin slit on the inner tank, he frowned, and asked: "There should be something in here, what did you see at that time?" ”

"When you bring it, it's empty." The money shopkeeper wiped the sweat from his forehead and replied tremblingly: "I also asked the shopkeeper Qiu, and when he saw it, it was already empty." ”

Li Qing took the golden pill away, and repeatedly instructed: "I will take the golden pill away, and the corpse will be disposed of by you, remember!" You have to keep your mouth shut, and you don't give it to anyone, you know? ”

"My subordinates understand, I'll shut up all the guys!"

Li Qing ordered people to pack up the corpse, under the strict protection of the guards, and quickly galloped towards the Yamen of the household department, he encountered a confusing thing, a golden pill flowing out of the East Palace, the beggar who got it was assassinated under his nose, a strange thing connected together, with intuition, Li Qing faintly felt that there must be a big thing hidden behind this golden pill.

As soon as he arrived at the Suzaku Gate, Li Qing seemed to hear someone calling him, and Li Fei Shouyu also heard it, his eyesight was different from ordinary people, he visited for a while, and immediately came over to report: "Dudu, it seems to be the money housekeeper." ”

'What's going on at home?' Li Qingxin was puzzled, and after a while, Steward Qian was brought over to report, "Master, the king of Guangping is in a hurry, and Madame specially ordered me to come and find the master to go home." ”

"King Guangping?"

Li Qing realized something, and hurriedly ordered his entourage: "Turn around and go home!" ”

More than 20 horsemen turned around and ran towards the house.

"Squire, something is going to happen to my father!"

As soon as Li Qing jumped off the horse, Li Jiao, the king of Guangping, ran over from the steps and whispered in Li Qing's ear in a panic: "My father has made a mistake and has fallen ill. ”

In three years, he has grown from a high-spirited teenager to a steady adult, and like he is so breathless today, Li Qing is the first time to see it, from which it can be inferred that something big must have happened.

"This is not the place to talk, follow me!"

Li Qing grabbed his wrist, strode towards the mansion, and entered the study, he let go of Li Li's wrist, stared at him and said, "Say it!" What happened? ”

Li Jiao had gradually calmed down, but when he thought of the consequences of this incident, he still held back the chill in his heart, and couldn't help but say gloomily: "My father was impulsive and sent a secret letter to Wang Zhonghei, but the sender disappeared, the secret letter was gone, and my father was anxious and scared, and finally fell ill. ”

Li Qing took out the golden pill from his arms, stared at Li Li's eyes and asked, "Is the secret letter sent out here?" ”

Jin Pill suddenly appeared, and Li Li's eyes burst into ecstasy, but before he could speak, Li Qing waved his hand and stopped his words and said, "I only got an empty shell, and the letter inside has disappeared." ”

"Then, will the letter have already been obtained by those who have a heart?" Li Li's voice trembled.

"I don't think so!"

Li Qing smiled and patted his shoulder lightly, comforting him: "This golden pill was obtained from an old beggar, do you think that if Li Linfu or King Qing succeeded, they would only win the trust and not the golden pill?" ”

Li Li's eyes lit up, "That's right! Wouldn't it be more credible to have this golden pill as evidence, it seemed that there was still hope for that letter, and his originally depressed mood immediately became active. ”

Li Qing couldn't help but sigh secretly when he saw him, "After all, he is still young, he hasn't seen the essence of the problem, and if he wants to add to the crime, there is no excuse, Tianbao has let Li Longji go too much in five years, is it just because he didn't find an excuse?" ”

The reason why he succeeded in keeping Tai three years ago was because Li Longji threw a rat trap, so he pushed the boat down the river, but after three years, he should have completed the deployment, and the abdication was just a lead.

"Come on! You sit down and listen to me. ”

Li Qing sat down King Guangping, looked at this young and sincere face, he pondered for a long time before slowly saying to him: "In my opinion, it doesn't matter whether your father can ascend the throne, the important thing is that you can ascend to the throne and remove Xingli, this is the goal I pursue, believe it or not, even if your father is deposed, the emperor will not be established for a while.

"My father the king has said that if he is deposed, the most likely one to be made is the eternal king." Li Li was a little excited, and he interrupted Li Qing's words.

Li Qing looked up to the sky and smiled, gently brushed his short black beard, his eyes flashed with wisdom, "That's because your father is in the bureau and doesn't understand the emperor's heart, he is not immoral, and he is not at fault, why does the emperor have an heir waiting for him behind, he is in his early teens this year, if he is well maintained, it will be no problem to live for another twenty years, but your father has been doing it for ten years, right."

Is it? ”

Li Jiao nodded silently and said in a low voice: "I understand, the emperor would rather let this seat be empty, let the competition be broken and bleed, and he will make profits again?" ”

"Exactly!" Li Qing nodded, he got up and walked to the window, staring at the misty distance, just like the future of the Tang Dynasty, everything is still a fog.

"But we can't leave it to fate!"

Li Qing suddenly turned around and said firmly to Li Jiao: "My goal is to push you to the top of the treasure, for this, patience and opportunities are needed, and patience we have, but opportunities need to be created by ourselves!" ”

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After Li Qing sent the king of Guangping away, he fell into deep contemplation, today he gave Li Jiao the bottom, bypassed Li Heng, and directly let the king of Guangping ascend the throne as the emperor's eldest grandson, which is not impossible, this is also the best choice for Li Longji, the key is to let Li Longji find a suitable successor, he will naturally set his sights on the next generation.

Judging from the current situation, Li Longji has said twice that he wants to abdicate, maybe everyone's understanding is different, but in Li Qing's view, this is a trap dug by Li Longji, making the authorities move, forcing Li Heng to dance with him.

Li Qing held the golden pill in his hand, the thin hair-thin hollow line flashed with a faint golden light, the disappearance of the eunuch who sent the letter showed that the authorities had begun to fight, whether it was King Qing, King Yong, Li Linfu or Yang Guozhong, they would not sit on the sidelines, but Zhang Qiu and Qiong were taking the opportunity to plot to bring down Li Linfu and let him be the funeral of the deposed.

And what about yourself? He didn't actually want to participate in it, but if he didn't make some gestures, I was afraid that his image in the heart of King Guangping would be completely destroyed, Li Qing sighed, he found that he was becoming more and more hypocritical.

"Guard!"

He called softly out of the door, and in a moment, Li Fei Shouyu strode in, Li Qing's current personal guards are less than thirty people, in the year before last, that is, in the spring of Tianbao year, Li Fei Yuanli returned to Shazhou to serve in the army, and took most of the people away, although a little reluctant, but for the sake of their future, they really can't tie these brothers who have been born and died with themselves to their side, and the guards who stayed behind are all Chang'an families who need to be taken care of, Li Fei Shouyu is an exception, he voluntarily stayed to guard Li Qing.

"Governor, what's the matter?"

Li Qing handed him the golden pill and said with a smile: "I have a mystery for you, go and solve the secret of this golden pill." ”

Li Fei Shouyu happily took the golden pill, turned around and left, but Li Qing stopped him again, took out a jade pendant from his bosom and handed it to him, and instructed: "Go to the West Market to find Wu Xingsu and let him help you!" ”

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Li Fei Shouyu is Chinese New Year's Eve, one year older than Li Qing, he was the actual head of the horse bandits in the Hexi Corridor, skilled and resourceful, and has been following Li Qing since the disbandment of the horse bandits, being his right-hand man, but also his friend and brother.

Without Li Qing's orders, he was also full of interest in this golden pill case, especially the death of the old beggar at the door of the cabinet, the strength and skill of that flying knife were comparable to his arrows, and Li Fei Shouyu had a joy of meeting his opponent in his heart.

Early the next morning, Li Fei Shouyu hurried to Qinrenfang with a few brothers, in his opinion, the key to the case is how the old beggar got the golden pill, as long as he unlocks this answer, he can follow this clue to touch, although the old beggar is dead, but people close to him may know a little.

The old beggar is the flower head of Qinrenfang, this is the news he asked from the mouth of the beggar in Dongshi last night, and he usually lives in the abandoned Tianshi Taoist Temple in Qinrenfang.

"Head, there it is!"

A brother pointed to the tattered Taoist temple, Li Fei Shouyu's face was expressionless, he whipped the horse, the war horse neighed, and instantly rushed to the Taoist temple, almost trampling on the belly of a beggar lying under the steps basking in the sun and catching lice, so frightened that he crawled out of the five zhang away, and looked at these strangers with a probe.

"Ask you a question, and the 100 will be yours if you answer it correctly."

Li Fei Shouyu took out a bunch of money and shook it in front of him, and when he saw that his eyes were shining, he took out the golden pill and shook it in front of his eyes and said, "Have you ever seen this thing?" ”

When the beggar saw the golden pill like an egg, his face suddenly changed, and he turned and ran.

"Give you five times the money!" He took off his bow from the saddle and drew two arrows, and the temptation of five pieces of money slowed the beggar's pace, but he gave up anyway and continued to run forward, but what Li Fei Shouyu wanted was his momentary hesitation.

Just as the beggar was about to flee into the woods, 'Whoosh! With a thud, two arrows of wolf's teeth flew past his ear chakras, and they were nailed to the tree in front of him, and the beggar's ears ached, and his head became dizzy, and his legs immediately weakened, and he slowly collapsed to the ground.

"Grandpa spares his life! I said yes. ”

"Toast and don't eat and drink!"

Li Fei Shouyu sneered, he waved his hand, and ordered left and right: "Take him inside for interrogation." ”