readx; The sky gradually darkened, the last ray of light on the edge of the day was swallowed by dark clouds, and the night completely enveloped Chang'an City, Li Heng only stayed in Ling Hufei's mansion for less than half an hour, and then left, Li Heng just left, Ling Hufei immediately changed his clothes and rushed to Yang Guozhong's mansion by carriage. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Although Yang Guozhong was demoted to Yuzhou Sima, he has not taken office so far, in fact, he will not go to Yuzhou at all, he does not accept Li Yu's decision, how can he leave Chang'an at this moment of chaos?

Yang Guozhong doesn't like fishing like Zhang Yun, and he doesn't read much, he only likes women and gambling, this is his lifelong hobby, women are managed by a lady, he doesn't dare to be too presumptuous, but gambling his wife doesn't care much about him, so his hobby is focused on gambling, even if he wants to pay attention to the image of Xiangguo, he will secretly bet on two.

Although he is not a prime minister now, but in order to make a comeback in the future, he still has to pay attention to his image, but he is idle in the house, Yang Guozhong is itching, so he went to a gambling house he invested in, not far from his mansion, Yang Guozhong's yellow face, and a beard, his eyebrows are thickened, and he is dressed up as a Hu man, and he is mixed in the lobby among the gamblers.

Today Yang Guozhong was extremely excited, he met a master, won him three times in a row, he lost 1,500 silver dollars, it doesn't matter if he loses money, the key is that he hasn't been so exciting for a long time.

Yang Guozhong took out four gold sticks, this kind of gold sticks are like the weights of the casino in later generations, the gold sticks are the highest one, a gold sign is five hundred silver dollars, he slapped the gold sticks on the table, and shouted: "Two thousand silver dollars, dare you bet?" ”

Yang Guozhong's opponent is a tall and thin man in his thirties, it is said that he is a big businessman from Yangzhou, and he has superb skills in playing calamus, he won three in a row, and he also gambled well, so he did not hesitate to draw out four gold sticks and slap them on the table, "I bet with you!" ”

They play with the calamus, cut into a diamond shape with peach wood, one side is painted black, one side is painted white, the black side is painted with cows, and the white side is painted with chickens, a group of five, after throwing, according to different pattern combinations to determine the winner or loser, generally black and white evil, the worst is all white on five sides.

At this time, all the gamblers in the hall surrounded them, looking at the duel between these two masters, none of them could have imagined that this yellow-faced bearded Hu man from the Western Regions turned out to be the former Tang Dynasty right minister.

The winner threw it first, and the tall and thin man slowly groped for the cattail, looking for the feel, and he suddenly shouted and threw it, 'Bang! With a sound, the canopy settled, four black and one white, the surrounding was amazed, and the pheasant color was thrown, which was the second highest color, but the face of the thin man was very depressed, every one in front of him was Lu Cai, and now he only got the pheasant color, which was very passive.

Yang Guozhong was very proud, although he lost three in a row, but his feel has been getting better and better, the next one, he is sure to throw Lu Cai, Yang Guozhong picked up the calamus, played in his hand, and found the best feeling of the moment, he threw it, sure enough, all five sides were black, and there was a round of applause in the lobby, Lu Cai, this is the highest color.

Yang Guozhong was so proud that he looked up and laughed, and at this moment, a henchman came over quickly, whispered a few words in his ear, he nodded, and smiled at the thin and tall man: "Under the surname Yang, tomorrow afternoon, let's continue to gamble, do you come?" ”

The tall and thin man wiped his sweat and said, "Okay! I bet with you. ”

Yang Guozhong arched his hand, then turned around and left, walked out of the gambling hall, lit eight large lanterns at the door, illuminated as day, he saw Ling Hufei's carriage at a glance, only to see Ling Hufei beckoning to him, he was stunned for a while, stepped forward and said, "Can you recognize me?" ”

Ling Hufei smiled slightly: "Your guard said, the thick eyebrows and beard are Xiangguo, how can I not know him?" ”

"I see!"

Yang Guozhong laughed and said, "I said, how can you recognize me." ”

Ling Hufei smiled and said, "My subordinates have important matters to discuss with the envoy. ”

Yang Guozhong nodded, "Let's go to the mansion to talk." ”

He got into the Linghu flying carriage and headed for the mansion not far away.

．．．．．． When he returned to the house, Yang Guozhong first went to take off his makeup, and then took Linghu Fei into the study, the two sat down, Yang Guozhong took a sip of tea, calmed down the excitement brought by gambling, and asked, "But there is a movement over there Li Longji?" ”

Yang Guozhong was dismissed by Li Yu, but Li Longji ignored it, as if he had nothing to do with him, Yang Guozhong understood in his heart that after Li Mao withdrew from the army, Li Longji didn't take him to heart at all, the so-called Li Mao as the prince was just coaxing him, Li Longji's mind was all on Jiannanjun's body, after he resigned as prime minister, Zhang Yun ran to Xingqing Palace twice in three days, and Li Longji didn't call him at all.

Li Longji was so affectionate that Yang Guozhong was discouraged by him, and his name was changed, calling him by his first name.

Ling Hufei smiled and said, "Emperor Li Heng just came to me. ”

Yang Guozhong pursed his lips disdainfully and said, "What is he looking for you, can he still represent his son?" ”

"Definitely!"

Ling Hu Fei leaned close and whispered two words in Yang Guozhong's ear, Yang Guozhong was stunned for a while, and then said, "Are you telling the truth?" ”

Ling Hufei nodded slowly, Yang Guozhong was suddenly a little confused, Li Heng had an extremely bad relationship with himself, and he had been fighting for so many years, how could he give up his past suspicions and shake hands with him! Moreover, Li Heng still has such great ambitions, he usually can't see it at all.

Ling Hufei sneered and said: "Don't be surprised, he wants to do great things, how can he not even have this little open-mindedness, there is no family enemy in this world in front of power, even if it is his own son, he will not let it go, not to mention that a little enmity with the envoy is really nothing." ”

Yang Guozhong pondered for a moment, and then asked, "What about the envoy's will?" ”

"According to my intentions, you might as well cooperate with him, I think this person is very sober, it is likely to be a strange soldier, in fact, there is no way out for you, Li Mao can't help him, Li Longji we can't rely on it, Li Yu can't tolerate us, since Li Heng came to us, it means that we have use value, you might as well help him."

Yang Guozhong is still a little hesitant, he is no longer the stunned young man who didn't understand anything back then, after so many years of officialdom struggle, he knows a lot about the power struggle, he knows that Li Heng wants to use himself now, but what about the future? After he is done using it, what will he do with himself, his enmity with him is so deep, how can he let himself go easily, but Ling Hufei is right, there are no eternal friends and enemies in the power struggle, only interests.

Ling Hu Fei saw that Yang Guozhong was still a little hesitant, so he persuaded again: "Don't worry about the envoy, if he takes power, I am sure he will treat the envoy more kindly, he must make this gesture, he needs to let the world know that he Li Heng has this heart and can tolerate the former enemy." ”

Yang Guozhong was persuaded by Ling Hufei repeatedly, and finally moved, he really had no way out, Li Heng would spare him, I don't know for the time being, but the king of Shu would never spare him, if he was in power in the future, the first thing he would kill was himself, and now, he would either go to Yuzhou to be Sima, or take a gamble, he groaned for a while, and asked: "What basis do you say he has?" ”

Yang Guozhong was still a little worried about Li Heng's strength, Ling Hufei smiled and said: "Although he didn't tell me, I have already guessed, if I didn't guess wrong, Ge Shuhan is his person." ”

Yang Guozhong patted his head and suddenly realized, no wonder everyone couldn't see through Ge Shuhan's intentions, it turned out to be Li Heng, he nodded and said with a smile: "I understand, okay!" Since it's gambling, I'll press hard and watch me throw another handful of Lu Cai. ”

．．．．．．．． The reason why Li Heng found Ling Hufei directly without temptation was because the situation was urgent, Li Qingan would not enter Chang'an, and if he didn't act, he would have no chance, and similarly, Ling Hufei also understood that time was running out, and under his persuasion, Yang Guozhong came to Chang'an Tongyifang that night.

Since Li Yu ascended the throne in Chang'an, the curfew system has been officially canceled, except for the city gate, the gate is not closed at night, and the people of Chang'an can come and go freely, but Li Yu after the case of Princess Huo Guo, in order to prevent the clans from colluding at night, they began to implement the curfew system again, but in the past two days, because of Li Qing'an's defeat of An Lushan, the curfew has been relaxed a little.

Yang Guozhong's carriage galloped all the way into Tongyifang, and stopped in front of a large mansion that covered an area of land, which was originally the house of Li Longji's cousin Youwang Li Shouli, which was inherited by his eldest son Li Chenghong after Li Shouli's death in the 28th year of Kaiyuan.

Li Chenghong was named the king of Guangwu, he not only inherited his father's tens of millions of assets, but also inherited hundreds of concubines left by his father, and inherited his father's lifestyle of seeking pleasure and spending all day and wine, but in this stormy land reform, Li Chenghong also suffered a heavy blow, his 10,000 hectares of fertile land in Guanzhong was ruthlessly confiscated, and at the same time, it was confiscated, as well as the grain accumulated in the past five years, he did not have time to sell it, and was removed by the army sent by Li Yu. Even he himself did not know how much food had been lost.

Not only that, Li Chenghong was also forced to pay Li Yu a million tenant peasant resettlement fees, in fact, this money is exempt from the family fee, if he does not pay this money, he will be placed on at least a dozen felonies, especially the use of forbidden weapons to arm the family, it is enough for him to be exiled from the house, among all the unlucky clans, he is the one who has suffered a relatively heavy loss.

Li Chenghong is over fifty years old this year, his grandfather is Li Xian, the sixth son of Tang Gaozong, that is, the second son of Wu Zetian, his father is the eldest son, and he himself is also the eldest son.

When Yang Guozhong arrived, Li Chenghong was discussing with several backbone clans to deal with Li Yu, Li Chenghong and Yang Guozhong had a very good relationship, the year before he was appointed as the secretary of Zongzheng Temple was Yang Guozhong's proposal, after Li Yu ascended the throne, he was not convinced, so he resigned at home.

Hearing that Yang Guozhong was coming, he personally greeted him, and he stepped forward and gave Yang Guozhong a fist in the shoulder, "Yang Xiangguo, you haven't come to me for two years!" ”

"The prince is wrong! It should be a year and three months, you resigned last year, didn't I come to persuade you? ”

The two of them looked at each other and laughed together.

"Come on! Come! Come! Since you're here, have a drink with me, I'll prepare the food and drinks, and when I'm drunk, I'll stay in my house tonight, and I'll let the most beautiful Rogie sleep with you. ”

Yang Guozhong touched his beard and laughed, he had already taken a fancy to that beautiful Luo Ji, and he came at the right time tonight.

"Okay, I'll be respectful and obey."

The two walked up the steps hand in hand, and happened to meet Li Chenghong's brother Li Chengning, Li Chengning is different from his eldest brother, he is tall and powerful, quite powerful, and brave and brave, and has won the reputation of Xiao Meng in Chang'an heroes, his eldest brother raised a large group of concubines, and he raised a large group of warriors, to some extent, Li Chenghong's heavy setback is related to his brother, Li Chengning trained five hundred warriors in the eldest brother's manor, they held spears and crossbows, and secretly wore fine armor, which was a serious violation of the Tang Dynasty's weapons control, If you put it seriously, you will be suspected of rebellion.

He trained for several years without much trouble, but after the case of Princess Huo Guo, he was denounced, because the samurai was hiding in the eldest brother's manor, he involved Li Chenghong and was forced to pay a million yuan for exculpation.

Yang Guozhong came here today, also looking for this Li Chengning, he hurriedly pulled Li Chengning and smiled: "It's just right!" Let's drink together. ”

Li Chenghong saw that his brother was a little hesitant, so he gave him a look and smiled: "Let's go together!" ”

The three of them came to Li Chenghong's study, sat down, and several concubines quickly arranged a table of wine and food, Li Chenghong also wanted the three concubines to accompany the wine, although Yang Guozhong couldn't ask for it, but he came tonight with business, so he smiled and said: "Let's talk about it after drinking!" I have something I can't leak. ”

Brother Li Chenghong glanced at each other, and realized that this Yang Guozhong had nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, and after figuring this out, the atmosphere in the room became a little solemn, not as relaxed as just now.

Li Chenghong poured a glass of wine for Yang Guozhong, and said with a smile: "Although my brother has been demoted to Xiangguo, but he is used to calling it, he still calls you Xiangguo, I know that Xiangguo must have something serious to do when he comes to my house, you just say it, we have been friends for so many years, there is nothing to taboo." ”

Yang Guozhong drank all the wine and said: "I came to remind you that Li Qing'an has been named the right minister, and he will enter Beijing as the prime minister, and Li Qing'an's arrival will be the beginning of your nightmare." ”

"Yang Xiangguo's words are too exaggerated!" Next to him, Li Chengning interjected.

Li Chenghong waved his hand to his brother, filled the wine for Yang Guozhong, and said in a deep voice: "Xiangguo, please continue, why is Li Qingan's arrival the beginning of our nightmare?" ”

Yang Guozhong shook his head and said, "It seems that you don't care about what happened in Anxi, what did Li Qingan do in Anxi?" ”

He drank all the wine in the cup, stared at the wine glass in his hand and said: "Li Qing'an is restricting land and slaves in Anxi, and the means are not known how many times more ruthless than Li Yu, those who disobey the ban will be warned once and corrected within a time limit, and those who do not correct will be beaten to death with sticks, according to the information I have obtained, the year before last, the rich households in Anxi who were accused of being killed for two violations of the land restriction order and the slave ban order, a total of 151 people, 446 households escaped from Anxi, and the fields and houses were confiscated, such a person is about to serve as the right minister of the Tang Dynasty, are you not afraid?" ”

The Li Chenghong brothers also heard a little bit about it, but there was no detailed data like Yang Guozhong, and the two of them were dumbfounded and couldn't say a word for a long time.

Yang Guozhong glanced at them, and continued: "The reason why Li Yu is willing to let Li Qing'an serve as the right minister is not because he defeated An Lushan, but because both of them have a common goal, this goal is to slaughter you as a fat sheep, Li Qing'an will inevitably transfer the Anxi army into the pass, in fact, it doesn't take long to wait, Li Qing'an has tens of thousands of troops in his hands, if I guess correctly, within three or five days, his army will enter Chang'an, where can you flee to at that time?" ”

Li Chenghong showed a frightened look in his eyes, and at this time, Li Chengning couldn't hold back any longer, slammed his fist on the table and said: "Time is not waiting for me, we must kill Li Yu as soon as possible and support the first emperor to re-ascend the throne." ”

Li Chenghong reprimanded in a low voice: "Third brother, don't talk nonsense! ”

Yang Guozhong stroked his beard and smiled, "Actually, the third prince is right this time!" ”

Li Chenghong was stunned, "Xiangguo really wants to kill Li Yu?" ”

"It's not that I want to kill him, I don't have the ability, I'm Yuzhou Sima now, and I'll take office in two days, but I can't swallow this breath, so I'm here to remind you that your time is running out."

Li Chenghong lowered his head and pondered for a long time, and said: "Even if we want to kill Li Yu, we don't have a chance!" ”

"Nope! There is a chance. ”

Yang Guozhong narrowed his eyes, and said with a yin smile: "Isn't Li Yu going to Huangzhuang the day after tomorrow?" ”

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(To be continued)