Li Yan's assassination suddenly became tense in the originally calm and calm court, Li Longji was furious, and Sun Quanxu, the general of the Zuo Yulin Army, was demoted one level for dereliction of duty, transferred to the East Palace Liurate Mansion, and ordered Jingzhao Yin Wang Heng to thoroughly investigate the assassination case.

The assassination case immediately spread all over the government and the opposition, and the Manchu Dynasty had a lot of civil and military discussions, and many people realized that this assassination case would ignite the fire of the East Palace dispute, and it was obvious that King Di was assassinated, and the other kings of Rong, Ying and Yong, who were also very loud in the East Palace, would face great suspicion.

And this assassination happened in front of the saint's eyes, shocked the saint, and the concubine Niangniang was also seriously frightened, which means that the murderer is suspected of assassinating the saint, once it is found out, the consequences will be extremely serious, who is the truth, both officials and civilians in Chang'an City are speculating, all kinds of rumors are circulating in the market, gossip is flying all over the sky, in the afternoon, Jing Zhaoyin broke the news again, the assassin who died of poisoning turned out to be the thief Liu Yun who had been wanted for a year, Jingzhao Mansion posted a notice offering a reward of 5,000 yuan to arrest Liu Yun's accomplices, and soon someone reported it, said that not long ago, I heard someone calling himself Liu Yun at the Hedong Inn in Pingkangfang, and for a while, all kinds of speculations about this Liu Yun became the first topic of conversation among major restaurants.

In the afternoon, a group of Jin Wuwei and patrol battalions and soldiers appeared on the streets of Chang'an, and Pingkangfang was the focus of the government's attention, and the guests, shopkeepers and men of the Hedong Inn were all brought back to the yamen for questioning, and the officials were interrogated from house to house in Pingkangfang, and people of unknown origin were all brought back to the yamen.

Also affected was the Anxi Army's entry into the city, which was temporarily canceled in consideration of Li Longji's safety concerns, and in the afternoon, Li Qing'an entered Chang'an City under the escort of 300 personal soldiers.

Chang'an City in the eleventh year of Tianbao is no different from before, the walls are still the same dim, the trees are still the same dense, the Vermilion Bird Street is still the same wide and straight, and the men and women on the street are still the same confident and gorgeous.

Li Qing'an has forgotten that he is the first time to set foot on this most glorious capital in history, when he entered Chang'an for the first time in the sixth year of Tianbao, he once thought of the Anshi Rebellion, but at that time he thought it was still far away, but now it is the eleventh year of Tianbao, and there are only three years left before the Anshi Rebellion, Li Qingan is confused, will the Anshi Rebellion still happen? Historically, An Lushan was largely forced by Yang Guozhong to raise the banner of rebellion in hesitation, and now?

With his own intruder who transcends time and space, Yang Guozhong's jealousy that should have pointed to An Lushan turned to him, and An Lushan never got the position of Hedong Jiedu Envoy, although he has been named the king of Dongping County, but in the core position of Hedong Jiedu Envoy, he has always been difficult to do as he wishes, once An Lushan can't become the Three Towns Jiedu Envoy, is it still possible for him to rebel?

But the land annexation and encroachment did not improve because of a purge in Henan Province the year before last, but there was a tendency to intensify, he went all the way into the Guanzhong, everywhere he saw were granges, the village system replaced the uniform land system, the homesteaders in the Guanzhong were almost lost, and then what he heard was the land struggle and uprising again and again, although they were all suppressed, but the strength of the resistance was more and more fierce each time, and the scale was greater than the other, Li Qing'an began to wonder whether the Anshi Rebellion would be replaced by a large-scale peasant uprising.

However, when he met with Li Longji yesterday, Li Longji did not mention this matter at all, so did he not know about the outbreak of peasant uprisings in various places?

All kinds of questions and intertwined complex questions were intertwined in his mind, and he couldn't figure out a clue for a while.

"General, look!"

Li Qing'an's musings were interrupted by the shouts of a personal soldier, and when he looked up, he saw more than twenty Sogdian merchants leading camels approaching him.

"General Li, we're in a rut." They complained in a rambling manner.

Li Qingan smiled and waved his hand: "Don't worry, let's talk slowly, what difficulties have you encountered?" ”

An old Sogdian merchant said: "It is the use of silver money, and all the shops in Chang'an refuse to accept silver money, so we went to the black market to exchange it, and it was very smooth at first, but because there were too many people to exchange it, the amount of silver money was too large, and it was not easy to redeem it on the black market, or it was exchanged at a low price, and we suffered heavy losses, so I begged General Li to call the shots for us." ”

Li Qingan smiled slightly, and said loudly to everyone: "Don't worry, yesterday the saint has agreed that the silver money can be circulated throughout the country, and it is estimated that the plan of the household department will be introduced in a few days, in addition, in the next two days, two new counters will be opened in the east and west markets, which are specially exchanged for silver money, everyone wait patiently, I will definitely solve this problem for you." ”

The Sogdian merchants cheered and said, "Then we must go back and tell the people not to sell the money cheaply." ”

Everyone was very excited, leading the camel to the East City in a hurry, Li Qingan thought about it, took out a name post, handed it to a personal soldier and said: "You go to the Atami Ju wine shop in the West City, and find Li Huichun, just say that it is my order to speed up the progress." ”

The soldiers took the name card and headed towards the West Market, and Li Qing'an continued to move forward, and soon came to the front of the Gaolishi Mansion in Yishanfang.

To Li Qing'an's surprise, Gao Lishi was actually in the mansion, and when he heard that Li Qingan had arrived, Gao Lishi personally greeted him.

"Shichiro, we haven't seen each other in almost two years!"

Colliers' laughter was still as hearty as before, but he was much older than before, his hair was almost completely white, the self-confidence that could not be concealed was gone, and his eyes were calm and calm, full of indifference to see through the power field.

Li Qingan stepped forward and gave a deep salute, "See Ah Weng!" ”

"You're welcome, let's go inside!"

Gao Lishi ordered the housekeeper to arrange the soldiers, and he affectionately took Li Qing'an to the inner mansion.

Entering Gao Lishi's study, the two sat down separately, Li Qingan smiled and said: "How could Gao Weng be in the mansion, I thought that Xingqing Palace would be in a mess, and Gao Weng must be busy." ”

Gao Lishi smiled bitterly and asked rhetorically, "Did you see me in Huaqing Palace yesterday?" ”

Li Qing'an shook his head, and Gao Lishi said: "Isn't that clear, now there is no need for me in front of the Holy Lord, there is a group of young eunuchs who are more capable than me, what else do you need me to do?" It's just to show the world that he is a nostalgic person. ”

"Wouldn't it be better for the surname Gao Weng Suo to retire and go home for retirement?"

Colliers sighed, "Actually, I want to too!" It's just that I always feel that something has not been done, so I just retreat, and I am really unwilling. ”

"Ah Weng refers to the former prince!"

"No!"

Gao Lishi shook his head slowly, "It may have been before, but now it's not, now I just hope that he can set up a prince, don't let the continuation of the Tang Dynasty be in danger, only by establishing the prince, the cornerstone of the Tang Dynasty can be stabilized." ”

At this time, a maid came in with tea, Li Qingan took the tea, took a sip slowly, and asked, "Then Gao Weng thinks who is the master of the East Palace in the end?" ”

Gao Lishi smiled but did not answer, and said after a while: "Then what do you think?" ”

Li Qingan said with a smile: "Now the highest voice is King Di, today he was hit by another arrow, it is estimated that he can earn some bitter points, I think his surname may be sixty percent." ”

"Sixty percent?" Gao Lishi shook his head and smiled: "You think too highly of him, he can have three achievements is good, when the new prince was established in the twenty-sixth year of Kaiyuan, Zhang Jiuling once proposed him, but the saint said that he has more than enough heart and insufficient strength, and his prestige is not enough, maybe he has improved a little in the past two years, but he can't reach the prestige of the East Palace, if it is me, I am more optimistic about King Ying, after all, there is still a little courage." ”

"Does Gao Weng think that King Ying may have a larger surname?"

"Half a year ago, I did think it would be King Ying, but now I have changed my mind."

"Who does Gao Weng think will win in the end?"

Gao Lishi looked to both sides, and said in a low voice: "The emperor's eldest grandson." ”

"Li Li!"

"Shh Gao Lishi waved his hand and whispered to Li Qingan: "You just have a plan in your heart, don't publicize it." ”

"Don't worry, Gao Weng, this matter is very important, and I will never say more."

Li Qing'an is quite weird, Li Jiao is the Tang Dynasty Sect in history, will history really skip Li Heng and go directly to his son? He's really a little confused, history has been completely distorted.

Gao Lishi saw Li Qingan bowing his head and pondering silently, so he smiled and said: "You don't care who enters the East Palace for the time being, you should take care of yourself!" You have to find a way to get through the crisis in front of you. ”

Li Qing'an was in good spirits, this was indeed what he was most concerned about, and he hurriedly said, "Please make it clear to Gao Weng." ”

"Hey! You have developed too fast in Anxi in the past two years, the army has exceeded 100,000, and you have a vast land, Yang Guozhong has visited you more than once, saying that you are too dangerous, I can see that the saint is indeed suspicious, don't look at him yesterday to meet you, and invite you to dinner, that doesn't explain the problem, the real thoughts in his heart are incomprehensible to anyone, and changeable, you have to be careful that you become the second of Wang Zhonghei! ”

Li Qingan nodded silently, sure enough, this is the problem, he pondered for a while, and said, "Then Ah Weng can avoid it?" ”

"The solution is very simple, it is to eliminate his doubts, if you can't eliminate his doubts, I'm afraid you won't be able to go back to Anxi this time, I can't think of a specific way for the time being, but it's right for you to send him the loot, and it's right to have a good relationship with the concubine, but that's not enough, you have to convince him that you don't have the heart to rebel, this is the fundamental solution."

"Alright! Let me think about it. ”

Gao Lishi patted him on the shoulder and smiled: "You will live with me temporarily for the past few days, I am also different from before, there will be no criticism, you can live in peace." ”

Li Qingan got up and arched his hand with a smile and said, "Then I will continue to disturb Gao Weng." ”

．．．．．．．．．． In the afternoon, Yang Guozhong, who had been busy all day, returned home, and the assassination of King Di made him so busy that he couldn't get to the ground, first led a group of civil and military officials to meet him, and then was called by Li Longji to Xingqing Palace to reprimand him, he was the predecessor Jing Zhaoyin, and he was not able to arrest the thief Liu Yun, and he could not escape the blame.

An assassination case of King Di made Chang'an chickens and dogs jump, both the army and the officials were arresting another gray-clothed man who had escaped, and their eyes were focused on the upper echelons, but they did not mention the suspicious King Rong, King Ying and King Yong, Yang Guozhong also knew that if it was really done by the three kings, I am afraid that Li Longji would also let this matter go away.

"Xiangye is back!"

As soon as Yang Guozhong's carriage stopped in front of the mansion gate, the two subordinates at the door shouted loudly, and their tones were very hurried.

"What's going on at home?" Yang Guozhong stepped out of the carriage and asked.

"Sir!"

As soon as Yang Guozhong's words fell, his wife Pei Rou ran out surrounded by more than a dozen maids, her face full of panic.

Yang Guozhong knew what was going on, but he pretended to be surprised and said, "Madam, what's wrong?" ”

"Master, my brother is going to be killed by Li Qing'an, you save him!" Pei Rou took Yang Guozhong's arm and begged bitterly.

Pei Xiao was recruited into the Anxi Army by Li Qing'an, which made Yang Guozhong unexpected, and also seriously disrupted his deployment, he got the flying pigeon message last night, but the matter has become a foregone conclusion, Li Longji readily agreed, and the eldest grandson Quanxu also acted very fast, even if he made a handover with Li Qing'an, so that this matter became an ironclad matter, although the Ministry of War can object, but the Anxi Army is a border army, and the control of the Ministry of War is much smaller, and this is Li Longji personally agreed, in the afternoon he was scolded by Li Longji so much that he dared to mention this matter again.

Pei Xiao was transferred to Anxi, which made Yang Guozhong very frustrated, which was tantamount to handing over a hostage to Li Qingan, unless he was ruthless, he didn't want this brother-in-law, but he didn't have that confidence, the brother-in-law was his mother's baby, and she was such a younger brother.

This incident made Yang Guozhong's head as big as a fight, and he couldn't think of any good way to redeem it for a while, so he had to comfort Pei Rou and said: "Don't worry, lady, things are not as bad as you think, Pei Xiao just went to Anxi to serve in the army, and he will come back in a few years, and I will better promote him at that time." ”

"Master, I'm afraid that Li Qing'an will let him die on the battlefield! You have such a stiff relationship with him, can he not retaliate against you? ”

"Madam, you don't understand, the more stiff the relationship between me and him, the more he will keep Pei Xiao's surname, otherwise he will be suspected of communiqué personal vendetta, and he will not do this kind of thing."

Yang Guozhong is comforting his wife, and at the same time comforting himself, I hope Li Qingan is really as he said, throwing a rat bogey, but Yang Guozhong also understands in his heart that people fall into the hands of Li Qingan, and there are many ways to beat Pei Xiao, hey! They did a lot of calculations, but they didn't count Li Qingan, and when it came to it, they still blamed him for moving a stone and hitting his own foot, so what if they gave Li Qingan a way to enter the city?

Pei Rou is a strong woman, although she is a woman, she doesn't understand the sinister nature of politics and Li Qing'an's deep meaning that he wants to leave Pei Xiao, her brother's crying made her panic, and now although her husband swears that he will not get in the way, she is still not at ease, what is Anxi? It's a long desert, not a place for people to stay, she still didn't agree, pulled Yang Guozhong's sleeve and refused to let it go, she must let Yang Guozhong get Pei Xiao back, she must not go to Anxi, Yang Guozhong said that it was still useless, and in the end he was a little angry.

"I still have something to do, I won't be back in the evening!"

As soon as he flicked the sleeves of his robe, he broke free of Pei Rou's hand, got into the carriage, and ordered: "Go to Linghu Fei Mansion!" ”

The carriage started, and when I was far away, I faintly heard Pei Rou scolding: "You old killer, don't go home if you have the ability, the old lady is not finished with you!" ”

．．．．．．．． Yang Guozhong sat in the carriage and was a little upset, he had been planning a big game of chess, he had been planning for a few months, according to Ling Hufei's deployment, step by step, seeing the final ending, but he killed Li Qing'an in the air, destroying an important step in his game of chess, Pei Xiao was actually transferred overnight.

Yang Guozhong was extremely angry in his heart, but at the same time he was nervous, Pei Xiao was accidentally transferred, which made him suddenly understand that there is nothing invulnerable in the world, only loopholes, only loopholes that he can't think of, which will pop up at any time, and he is a little weak-hearted.

"Master, it's here!"

The carriage slowly stopped, and Yang Guozhong was shocked to realize that the carriage had arrived in front of Linghu Fei's Mansion in Xuanyangfang.

"I knew Shangshu would come to my mansion."

Ling Hufei greeted him with a smile and arched his hand: "I also want to go to Shangshu's mansion." ”

"You know I'm going to come for you?" Yang Guozhong was stunned.

"Of course I do!"

Ling Hufei squinted his eyes and smiled: "Did Shangshu forget?" I was your staff. ”

Ling Hufei's smile made Yang Guozhong's heart let go of the road slightly, and he also smiled: "Okay, then let's talk in the house." ”

"Shang Shu, please!"

"Mr. Linghu, please!"

Ling Hufei is currently the right attendant of the Ministry of War, Ji Wen is the left attendant, the two of them are one left and one right, Ling Hufei is the main officer, he is the twenty-first year of the Kaiyuan Jinshi, with a full stomach of talent, but unfortunately the appearance is not good and he has not been able to pass the selection of the Ministry of Officials, and has been a staff member, until he became Yang Guozhong's staff, he finally turned over and gradually rose to the Ministry of War, which is also the main way for Tang intellectuals to enter the office, to be the staff of the powerful, and to be recommended to enter the office.

Although Ling Hufei has become a squire, he is still Yang Guozhong's military advisor, and Yang Guozhong's various strategies are planned by him.

The two walked into the study, Ling Hufei locked the door, Yang Guozhong could no longer hide the frustration in his heart, took off the gauze hat on his head and fell on the table.

"Pei Xiao's bastard didn't know how to advance or retreat, and provoked Li Qing'an in front of him, and it turned out to be a big deal for me!"

sat down, glared at Ling Hufei with his eyes and said, "Sir, tell me, is there any way not to transfer him to Anxi?" ”

Ling Hufei poured a cup of tea for Yang Guozhong with his own hands, and said with a slight smile: "Don't hide it, I have already approved Pei Xiao's transfer order to the Anxi Army in the afternoon, and this matter is irreparable." ”

"What!"

Yang Guozhong stood up in shock, sat down heavily, and sighed after a while: "I understand, you are also inviolable to the holy will, I can understand." ”

"It's not entirely the Holy Will."

Ling Hufei shook his head and said: "Actually, even if there is no holy will, I have to persuade Shang Shu, don't let him be the general of the Yulin Army, from his recklessness in Li Qing'an's actions, I know that this person will sooner or later be bad Shangshu's big thing, and it is also a good thing to let him leave the Yulin Army, it is said that this person also has a love affair with the palace maid, even I have heard of it, isn't Shang Shu afraid?" ”

"This ....."

Yang Guozhong's words were stopped, Pei Xiao's nonsense in the palace In fact, he had also heard of it, it was said that a palace maid was caught cheating, although there was no evidence, and it was over, but Yang Guozhong knew that it was true, his brother-in-law was such a person, and it did make sense for Hu Fei to take the opportunity to send him away.

"But he will become a lever for Li Qingan to blackmail me, and that's what I'm worried about."

Ling Hufei smiled and said, "Shangshu doesn't take Pei Xiao to heart, how can he blackmail?" ”

Yang Guozhong sighed secretly, he didn't take it to heart, but his wife took it to heart, this sentence was not easy to say, he also knew that the matter was irreparable, so he had to change the topic and said: "To be honest, I was very worried that Li Qing'an would harm our big things, Pei Xiao's incident happened suddenly, I really didn't expect it." ”

Ling Hufei smiled, how could Pei Xiao's incident happen suddenly? If it weren't for Yang Guozhong's jealousy of Li Qing'an and making some extraneous things, it wouldn't be like this, but he couldn't say anything about Yang Guozhong, so he said: "Although this matter has affected our arrangements in the Yulin Army, it can only be regarded as our loss of side branches, and it will not affect our plans, our plan will continue, if Shang Shu really doesn't worry about Li Qing'an, Shang Shu might as well persuade the saint to cut Li Qing'an's power again, so as to disturb Li Qing'an's attention." ”

(To be continued)