Lin Fu had just returned from Xingqing Palace, and he personally impeached Li Longji for Yang Guozhong's killing of the imperial court minister, which was the first time in his fifteen years as prime minister.

Song Hun has confessed that he did have forcibly occupied the good land, and the task force has gone to Xianning to collect witnesses, Yang Guozhong's uncle Zhang Yizhi got the correct name, at this time almost all the court officials have realized that the emperor is going to take the right Xiangguo knife, within one day, there are more than 500 people to Yang Guozhong's mansion to hand over the post, and his Xiangguo Mansion is deserted, the door can be dropped, the former protégé and the old officials are not able to avoid it at this time, for fear of being contaminated with Li Linfu's twilight atmosphere, even the Yongwang Li Lan is also sick at home, and sent someone to secretly contact Pei Kuan.

But at this moment, Yang Xuan's killing of Zhao Yue seemed to be a pie falling from the sky, which made Li Linfu's neck suddenly loosen when he was about to suffocate, and he actually took a breath, but Li Longji's ambiguity and ambiguity made Li Linfu's heart half cold again.

"Xiangguo, there are many suspicious points in this matter, for example, the two murderous daggers need to be carefully investigated, and in the long run, I have ordered Dali Temple to take over the case, so Xiangguo doesn't have to worry about it."

What is called long-term consideration, it is clear that he can't think of it, and he actually let Dali Temple take over the case, how can Ji Wen not please Yang Guozhong, it is easy to wait for the opportunity, but it is Shuiyue, Li Linfu has to look up to the sky and sigh, 'Is the sky going to die and I can't do it!' ’

"Father, please have tea!"

Li Linfu's chief will be the supervisor and order Li Xiu to carefully bring a cup of tea, and when he looked up, he was suddenly stunned, only to see that Li Linfu's hair was completely white, and his face was old, as if he was in his seventies, and his hair was still half white yesterday, but this night, he was more than ten years old.

"Dangchang!"

The tea bowl in Li Xiu's hand fell to the ground, the porcelain pieces were shattered, and the tea splashed. He fell to his knees with a thud. He said sadly: "Father, you beg for bones from the emperor!" ”

"What! Do you want me to throw in the towel and give up my position to that scoundrel? ”

Li Linfu coughed violently in a hurry, hissed and panted, curled up in a ball, and after a while, he slowly eased up, stroked his chest and glared angrily: "I have been a prime minister for fifteen years, and I have never experienced any winds and waves." What kind of ruthless character I haven't met, but it's just a relative, a scoundrel who can't even call his official name, can he replace me? ”

"Yang Guozhong is not afraid, but, but this time the emperor wants to move you!"

Li Xiu's last sentence pierced Li Linfu's heart, and he couldn't hold back any longer, 'Pounce! A mouthful of blood erupted from the ground. Fell limply on the wicker chair.

"Father!" Li Xiu shouted in panic, "Someone! Come on! ”

"It's okay!" Li Linfu reluctantly sat up, waved his hand to a few henchmen who rushed in, and said, "Let's all go out!" Let me be quiet. ”

"You go too!" He touched his long head and smiled lovingly: "You are also a high-ranking official from Sanpindi." In the future, this family will depend on you to support it. ”

At this time, there was a sound of footsteps in the corridor, and the housekeeper said at the door: "Master, Li Qing, the household servant, is outside the door of the house, and he said that he has something to see the master!" ”

"Li Qing?" to incomplete evidence. A glimmer of hope suddenly arose in my heart.

"Hurry up and help my father to invite Li Shilang in!"

Li Linfu held his son's shoulders and instructed the housekeeper: "Open the door!" Open the door to greet Li Qing. ”

"But father. Li Xiu couldn't help but be shocked when his father opened the door for a squire.

"You don't understand! The last hope of being a father may be in him. ”

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The gate that has not been opened since Tianbao three years ago finally opened again today, the sound of the 'squeak rattle' earth shaft was extremely harsh, slowly and heavily opened to the inside, and a large piece of red rust peeled off from the door, but it was a pity that there were no pedestrians in front of Li Linfu's door, otherwise. This will be a big news sensation in Chang'an, and the Xiangguo Mansion has opened the door for the household servant.

Li Qing stood on the steps with his hands in his hands. Quietly watching the two heavy doors slowly open, his face was flat, smiling and silent, from the opening of these two doors it means that the time he chose is completely correct, Li Linfu is almost cornered, only in this case, can he get the greatest benefit from him.

"The fact that the squire can come to see the old man at this time shows that he is kind-hearted, and he is not comparable to those villains who tend to be inflammatory."

Li Linfu appeared in the door with the support of his son, although it was a kind word, but it was also from the heart, and his tone revealed a bit of desolation and emotion.

"I knew that Xiangguo was going to open the door, Li Qing wouldn't come, how could I let Xiangguo's Mansion open the door."

Li Qing stepped forward, bowed to the ground, and said loudly: "Li Qing, the right attendant of the household department and the secretary of the Taifu Temple, see the right minister." ”

"Since the political pen was taken away by the emperor, there are few people who can remember that I am still the right minister." Li Linfu stepped forward slowly, took Li Qingdi's hand, made a gesture of please, and said with a slight smile: "What kind of gate, second door, Li Linfu is down, it is just two rusty iron doors, please come in!" ”

"Xiangguo is too humble, please first!" After speaking, Li Qing and Li Xiu helped Li Linfu to the study.

At this time, there was already a maid who cleaned the broken porcelain pieces in the study, wiped off the blood stains with water, changed the incense, and served two bowls of good tea, Li Linfu smiled with satisfaction, he took a sip of fragrant tea, and said with a smile: "Taste it, this is this year's Mengding best new."

Two gold, one or two teas, and the price is out of stock, and the old man only had to be given half by the emperor

Li Qing picked up the tea bowl and took a sip, and couldn't help but praise: "It's really good tea, I heard that the Mengding tea tree suffered a snow disaster this winter, and the harvest was only a few catties. ”

"But Yang Guozhong was rewarded with a catty, what can I say!" Li Xiu, who was waiting next to him, couldn't help but interject hatefully.

Li Linfu's face sank, and he reprimanded: "I'm talking to the waiter, you have to interject, let me go down!" ”

drove away, Li Linfu smiled apologetically and said: "Recently, there are rumors that Yang Shilang wants to put the old man to death, so Li Xiu is a little dissatisfied and rude. ”

Speaking of this, Li Linfu raised his eyelids and stared at Li Qing sharply, seeing how he answered himself, did he say something constructive?

Li Qing smiled slightly. "Sangkook entered the palace today. It's for Yang Guozhong's murder! I also heard that the emperor ordered Dali Temple to investigate the case, and it seems that the emperor can't think of it, but doesn't Xiangguo think that this case is a little strange? ”

"Strange?" Of course, Li Linfu felt that this case was strange, and it was obvious that someone had set up a situation for Yang Xuan to be fooled, but he just couldn't think of who was the secret arrow, but now that Li Qing was talking about it, Li Linfu suddenly realized something, and looked up at Li Qing. I saw that his eyes were full of smiles, and there was any doubt.

"It's you. Li Linfu's eyes widened suddenly, his hand trembled and pointed at Li Qing, he had always been happy and angry, but at this time, he couldn't control the shock in his heart, his heart turned to countless thoughts, this matter turned out to be Li Qing's doing. Why? Why did he do it?

Li Linfu couldn't sit still any longer, he stood up and walked quickly to the window, brushed the ground and opened the curtains, using the dim night to hide the shock in his heart. Gradually, he calmed down, and quickly thought about Li Qingdi's intentions in his mind, which was obviously a gesture of favor to himself, but he and he had always been friends and enemies, and the death of Zhang Qiu and Qiong was inseparable. So what is his intention in doing this, doesn't he want Yang Guozhong to succeed?

Li Linfu thought about it, there was only this one possibility, he held back the ecstasy in his heart, and said coldly: "If Li Shilang has anything else to say, you might as well say it together, the old man is old and can't think of too profound things." ”

Li Qing smiled faintly. straightened his waist and said, "Does Xiangguo know what my relationship with Yang Guozhong is?" Why does he hate me so much, he wants to kill me whenever he has the chance. Why is that? ”

"The old man only knows that you have an old relationship with him, and he once told the old man that when he became the county lieutenant of Chengdu, you recommended Xianyu Zhongtong, and later turned his face over some trivial discord."

"Trivia?" Li Qing sneered for a while, "He just arrived in the capital and spent a lot of money, so I sent him money, his wife has food and clothing in Chengdu, and I have always taken care of him. ”

"Why is that?" Li Linfu turned around, his eyes quite interested.

"That's because he used to be my buddy, and only I know what he was like when he was at his worst." Li Qing's eyes narrowed into a slit, and he said coldly: "Yang Guozhong is a mountain wolf, he has never been willing to be under me, and has always been jealous of me, so every time he has the opportunity to harm me, he will not let it go, so if he is in power, he will never let me go, and King Qing, these two have colluded, if King Qing ascends the throne one day, who do you say he will kill first?" ”

Li Linfu suddenly realized that Li Qing had already said this, how could he not understand that now that he had betrayed his relatives and left, with a heavyweight like Li Qing willing to help him, how could he not seize this opportunity.

Li Linfu's heart was overjoyed, he stepped forward and grabbed Li Qing's hand and laughed, "I knew that the squire would get together with the old man one day, do you remember the first time we met in Li Lin's mansion?" That's when I felt like we were destined. "How he wanted to kill Li Qing at the beginning, and then he was an enemy repeatedly, but now he doesn't mention it at all.

With this unexpected harvest today, Li Linfu's spirits were greatly lifted, and his decadence was swept away, he pulled Li Qing to sit down, and asked straight to the point: "Since you hate King Qing so much, why don't you take it out Li Li?" And the evidence you held in your hand, why didn't you show it? Isn't this enough to stop King Qing's hope of entering the East Palace? ”

Li Qing smiled and didn't answer, he knew that he couldn't hide this matter from Li Linfu, and he didn't plan to hide it from him when he came over today, for an old and treacherous person like Li Linfu, telling the truth would win his trust, and Li Linfu would never believe that he really came to join him, and they were just using each other.

Li Qing picked up the small tea bowl, took another sip, and said with a smile: "Xiangguo, if I guessed correctly, the emperor should have sent someone to find you in the past two days, right?" ”

Li Linfu glanced at him, and secretly admired in his heart, no wonder Zhang Qiu valued him so much, he was really powerful, and he saw the problem thoroughly, but he didn't say anything, he just nodded and said: "The squire is right, Gao Lishi came to me, but what does it matter?" ”

"Sangkook is testing me!"

Li Qing smiled slightly: "The key is the emperor's real thoughts, he doesn't want to build the East Palace at all, so he created a situation where King Qing and King Yong compete for the throne, indicating that he is in a dilemma, and this situation must continue forever, so he doesn't want King Qing to have an accident and break this balance, Xiangguo, am I right?" ”

Li Linfu looked at Li Qing in a daze, he could see through this. There are really few people in Chang'an officialdom. I'm afraid that's the only one besides him and Colliers, no wonder myself

In his hands, he is indeed not wronged! It's no wonder that the emperor must be there before moving too much, I'm afraid it will be another situation.

Thinking of this, he sighed secretly, patted Li Qing's shoulder, and said again: "I have twenty-five daughters. Except for a few married people, you can choose the rest, even if it is a concubine. ”

He said it very sincerely, but Li Qing didn't seem to hear it, so he only smiled faintly and said: "The government and the opposition say that the emperor wants to replace the prime minister with his uncle, but in fact, I think the emperor is still hesitating, and he may not really make up his mind." ”

"What do you mean by that?" Li Qing's understatement seemed to be like a morning bell and a dusk drum. Ringing in Li Linfu's ears, he couldn't be reserved because of Xiangguo, grabbed Li Qing's arm, and said hurriedly: "Tell me quickly!" "At this moment, even if Li Qing will go to all his daughters. Maybe he'll say yes.

"The key is still in Yang Guozhongdi, although he has ambitions, but his ability is too poor, if he is the prime minister, how many ministers will obey him? Like An Lushan, Gao Xianzhi, Ge Shuhan, An Sishun and others, how many people bought his account? He only took advantage of nepotism to rise to prominence. There is no merit and inaction, compared with Li Xiangguo, who has been in charge of the government for fifteen years, the emperor can not consider this, so the emperor used the 'little three divisions' to investigate Xiangguo, not to mention the low level, and asked them to go to Xianning again, this time to come and go, at least for a month. Doesn't he know that Zhao Fengzhang has all the evidence there? ”

Speaking of this, Li Qing looked directly at Li Linfu. The tone affirmed: "It can be seen that the emperor's determination to move Xiangguo has not been completely decided, he asked people to go to Xianning to investigate the purpose is actually delaying time and waiting, if Yang Guozhong's means are powerful, there is really a possibility of replacing Xiangguo, then he will push the boat down the river and replace the prime minister, if Yang Guozhong's ability is not good, the emperor must have another plan." ”

Unconsciously, Li Linfu was completely held by Li Qing's nose, he pondered for a moment, and said, "You say very reasonable, then according to Shilang, how should I deal with it now?" ”

"It's very simple, just let Yang Guozhong soften, once the emperor is disappointed in him, he will naturally adopt the second plan, so that Xiangguo will have no danger to get through this difficulty."

Li Qingshen leaned slightly towards Li Linfu, and said in a low voice: "You can do it in a two-pronged manner, one is to catch Yang Xuan's murder case and hold on, so that Wannian County does not cooperate with Dali Temple, and all the required witnesses and evidence are not given, and at the same time, he ordered Dali Temple to close the case within three days, if the case cannot be closed, the case will be transferred to the Criminal Department, this is one; The second is to let out the wind first, saying that the arson case in Suzhou was committed by King Qing sent Li Li, and I will take a little bit of Li Li's watch to Xiang Guo, and Xiang Guo sent someone to King Qing and ordered him to put pressure on Yang Guozhong, otherwise he will open up the matter, so a two-pronged approach, I think Yang Guozhong should soften. ”

Li Linfu let out a long breath, sure enough, the layout was ingenious, and he was ruthless step by step, if Li Longji did not use Yang Guozhong and replaced himself with Li Qing, then he would definitely die, he suddenly glanced at Li Qing vigilantly, "This person kept saying that the emperor has a second plan, could this second plan be to replace himself with himself, so he only came to help himself today." ’

The more Li Linfu thought about it, the more likely it became, he rubbed his huge nose, and said to Li Qing with a dry smile, "Shilang is willing to help me this time, if I get through this difficulty, I will definitely promote you to be the secretary of the Ministry of Industry." ”

"Actually, I came to visit Xiangguo today because I have something to ask for!"

Li Qing caught a glimpse of Li Linfu's strange expression in his eyes, and knew that he was suspicious, and they were originally using each other, and frankly speaking, they could dispel his doubts.

Sure enough, Li Linfu heard that Li Qing had something to ask for, so he was a little relieved, and said with a smile: "If the waiter has something to say, please say it directly, if I can do it, I will definitely agree." ”

"I'm tired of the intrigue of the court, and besides, King Qing, Yang Guozhong and others hate me to the core, and they want to kill me quickly, and I really can't prevent it, so I think about it again and again, I still want to return to the Western Regions, and I hope that Xiangguo will be fulfilled."

Li Qing's request did not surprise Li Linfu, he understood Li Qingdi's thoughts, and now the situation in the dynasty is chaotic, so he wants to avoid trouble outside, and wait for the new emperor to ascend the throne and then return to Beijing as an official, Li Linfu knows that this is Li Qing's condition, if he does not agree, he will not give himself the token of warning Qingwangdi, and even everything he said just now is invalid. However, Li Linfu has his own thoughts, if Li Qing goes to the place, then the threat he is worried about will disappear, this is the best of both worlds, why not!

Thinking of this, Li Linfu replied angrily: "Since the squire has decided to go to the border again, I have no choice but to obey my fate respectfully, and tomorrow morning, I will hand over the fold to the emperor." ”

After a pause, Li Linfu asked tentatively: "Then what the waiter said just now is Li Biaoji.

Li Qing stroked his short beard lightly, his eyelids drooped, and he said slowly: "Don't worry!" As long as Xiangguo proposes to the emperor to release me, I will naturally present Li Li's note with both hands. ”

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The purpose of writing to return to the Western Regions is to write about the battle of Rus' in the tenth year of Tianbao, and then the Anshi Rebellion broke out in advance, and Li Qing, who had strong strength, led the army back to Chang'an, pacified the Anshi Rebellion, and re-enacted the Ma Weipo mutiny full of scheming.

In addition, there will be a classified monthly ticket award from May, and the old Gao Datang has hope to be on the list, so I implore everyone to support me, and I will write a successful completion of this work.