When Xing'er heard Zhu'er say that Li Qi, the king of Mu, had something important to say that he had to meet at the palace, he originally thought that he had something to tell him about the matter that he was going to sneak to the western frontier, but after the two met, they heard Li Qi ask about Wang Wushan, and his mind flashed, and he had roughly guessed his intentions, and he was not in a hurry to answer, but waited indifferently for Li Qi to take the initiative to point out the topic. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Li Qi looked at Xing'er with a smile on his face, as if he was listening to a story that had nothing to do with him, waiting for him to continue telling, and he was secretly annoyed in his heart, so he simply threw the tea bowl on a few cases, and said unabashedly: "The reason why this king sent someone to summon you is not to ask you to come to listen to this king's account of what happened on Wangwu Mountain, but to tell you clearly, although you have made great contributions in the battle to recover Chang'an, and were given to the Marquis of Fuyuan by your father by the emperor, don't forget, the traitor Li Shu escaped in your hands." Even if your father has the heart to tolerate you, this king can't rub this grain of sand in his eyes. Therefore, while it is not too late, if you really know the exact whereabouts of Li Shu, you might as well report it to this king, so as not to cause trouble for yourself in the future. ”

"Lord Wang, about the process before and after he led the army to Wangwu Mountain to arrest the rebel leader Li Shu, when Chang'an had not yet fallen into the hands of the Tubo people, he had already told Empress Zhenyi in detail." Lai Xing'er replied without humility or arrogance, "I am also convinced that after returning to the palace at that time, Niangniang will truthfully tell the truth to the current saint." Since the prince is here to see you for this matter, there is nothing else to say here, only one sentence to make clear to the prince: Lai Xing'er will never do anything that violates the justice of the world for his own selfishness. ”

In fact, as early as more than a month ago, when Li Qiyu received an edict from the emperor ordering him to lead his army to Wangwu Mountain to search for Li Shu in Puzhou, he had already guessed that Lai Xing'er's private connivance with Li Shu was very likely to be true. It's just that at that time, Lai Xing'er was at best a lieutenant colonel who was accused of collaborating with the enemy, and it was not enough to arouse the jealousy in his heart.

And now it's different, Chang'an was lost and regained, and his father wanted to move the capital to Luoyang, but in the end he was moved by Lai Xing'er, and returned to Chang'an.

"Okay, this king is quite relieved to hear the Marquis of Fuyuan say such a thing with his own ears, and it can be regarded as my father who didn't hurt you in vain." Li Qi said in a hidden dialect, "However, today this king sent you to the mansion, but there is still a private matter to bother you, I don't know if the Marquis of Fuyuan is willing to end this wish for this king?" ”

Lai Xing'er hugged his fists and responded: "The prince is the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, and Lai Xing'er is willing to serve the prince." ”

"Oh, really?" Lai Xing'er agreed so neatly and neatly, which greatly surprised Li Qi, "This king has a word first, this matter is purely the king's private intention, and has nothing to do with the military and political affairs of the imperial court, even if you do this, it may not be very beneficial, you have to think about it." ”

"I take the liberty of asking, is this matter that the prince is going to do in the next is related to his trip to the western frontier?" Lai Xing'er saw that Li Qi said solemnly, and thought of the dismount he had just given him, so he couldn't help but be more careful, and asked tentatively.

"You guessed right. If it weren't for the emperor who chose you to sneak to Liangzhou on an errand, I'm afraid that this king wouldn't be able to think of falling on your head about this matter. Lord Lin Shulin, do you remember? ”

Li Qi stood up, walked up to Lai Xing'er, stared into his eyes and asked.

"When Lord Lin was the prince's left concubine in the East Palace, he had already become acquainted with him, and a few months ago, he was ordered to pretend to be the prince and go to Tibet with Lord Lin, but now how can you forget it?" Lai Xing'er did not shy away from Li Qi's provocative eyes, and blurted out.

"When Lin Shu was in the East Palace in the past, although he was the son of Zuo, he did not bear the responsibility of teaching the king and the princes, but this king has inherited his guidance and knowledge since he was a child, and he really has a teacher-student friendship." Li Qi put his hands behind his back, walked away from Lai Xing'er, pacing in the hall, and continued to Lai Xing, "This king has been out of trouble and returned to Beijing since Bazhou, and heard the news that Lin Shu was stranded in Luo, and he often had no appetite and couldn't sleep at night. This time Chang'an was quickly recovered, this king heard that you and one of your brothers sneaked into the Daming Palace in advance, beating drums to send a message, only to shake the heart of the Tubo army, so that the official army outside the city took advantage of the situation to enter and capture Chang'an in one fell swoop. Not only that, but the two of you also took the lead in breaking into the Xuanzheng Palace, slashing the traitor Tang Kuan with a sword, and scaring away the enemy commander Nasimo. Therefore, this king intends to entrust you with the matter of returning the forest trees to the court. You can rest assured, as long as you finish this matter for this king, whatever happened in the past in Wangwu Mountain, this king will not blame the past and will never mention it again. ”

Lai Xing'er heard this, but knew in his heart that there was something very wrong with this matter.

First, the main purpose of his westward expedition was to get in touch with the remnants of Luo Yuanqi who were lurking in Liangzhou, and to destroy the vast pastures and horses under the jurisdiction of Longyoujian, an important support base of the Tubo cavalry, so as to greatly reduce the threat posed by the Tubo cavalry to the imperial capital Chang'an. And if you want to complete this mission assigned by Li Qi, you must go to Luo, thousands of miles away from Liangzhou, and secretly try to save Lin Shu from the city.

More importantly, Lin Shu, as the deputy envoy sent by the imperial court to Tubo to reconcile with his relatives, actually betrayed the imperial court and lived in the Tubo court as an official. Receiving him back to the court, it is really a major matter of the imperial court, except for the emperor's personal edict, no one is allowed to do it without authorization, now King Mu made it clear to himself that it was out of his friendship with Lin Shu's teachers and students, and then he would take Lin Shu back to the court to explain to himself, if he refused to agree, he was bound to take the matter of Li Shu to blackmail himself, if he agreed to it, wouldn't it be self-defeating, will be abolished because of private affairs? Maybe, in the future, when the emperor learns about this, he will blame himself.

Thinking of this kind of inappropriateness, Lai Xing'er looked embarrassed and couldn't help but hesitate.

"Yesterday, when this king entered the palace to face the saint, my father mentioned to this king about restoring the reputation of your family, I don't know how the Marquis of Fuyuan feels about this?" Li Qi obviously sensed that Lai Xing'er was hesitating, so he turned around and asked him.

As soon as she heard this, Lai Xing'er's eyes lit up...... (To be continued.) )