Xiangyi County is a small county, less than 1,000 households, after nightfall, the street is deserted, there is no figure to see, only the door of the largest Qiaojia inn in the county, but also saw someone pacing back and forth in the dark, observing the surrounding situation, at this time several people on horseback rushed over, turned over and dismounted at the door of the inn, several patrolling people hurriedly greeted Shi Li and said: "The master of Qi Hall is here!" ”

A middle-aged man about fifty years old nodded and smiled, "Have they all arrived?" ”

"It's all here, except for a few people in Chang'an who haven't arrived, the rest of the people have arrived."

"I know, you patrol well, and don't let anyone in!" After the middle-aged man finished speaking, he strode into the inn.

"Huaiyuan is here, everyone is waiting for you."

"I'm late, I'm sorry, is my brother feeling better?"

"Much better, alright! It's time for a meeting. ”

The middle-aged man's name is Qi Huaiyuan, he is the head of the Han and Tang Dynasty in the Jianghuai region, he is also one of the twenty-four members of the core of the Han and Tang Dynasty Society, this time he received a secret order, and urgently rushed to Xiangyi County to carry out a major event about their Hidden Dragon Society's century-old dream, Qiao's inn has been fully covered by the Hidden Dragon Society, and twenty members of the Hidden Dragon Society from all over the Broken Leaf and Datang held their last meeting here, except for a few people who are officials in the court, the rest of the members of the Hidden Dragon Society have all arrived, They will decide on a major matter that will matter the life and death of the Hidden Dragon Society.

In a closed room, Li Huichun's expression was extremely serious, he glanced at everyone, and said: "This time we gathered in Songzhou, it is the first time in the past ten years that our Hidden Dragon Society has gathered, the reason I think everyone already knows, the phoenix pattern jade pendant is actually on Li Qing'an's body, and he has been wearing it since he was a child, he is very likely to be the eldest prince Li Ting, who has been missing for more than 20 years, but this matter is related to whether our Hidden Dragon Society's dream of a hundred years can be realized, so we must be cautious and cautious every step." ”

Speaking of this, he said to a middle-aged man with a big beard: "Yun Pei, the Qi Hall Master has just arrived, you can tell you about Li Qing'an's life experience that you have investigated." ”

Hu Yunpei is the person in charge of the Luoyang branch of the Han Tang Society and one of the members of the Hidden Dragon Society, he nodded and said: "I received an order from Brother Li to investigate Li Qing'an's life story three months ago, and used all our strength to spend 100,000 yuan, and came to the conclusion that Li Qing'an is a person of unknown origin, and his life history in the imperial court is all fake. ”

Although everyone has already heard a report, Hu Yunpei's words still caused everyone to sigh in unison, Hu Yunpei took out a slightly yellowed document, continued: "This is the original Li Qing'an army that we got from the Ministry of War, it is the original of Li Feiyuanli, the lord of Sulou Fengshu Fort, who handled Li Qing'an's military registration in Bahuan City, which contains Li Qing'an's own narrative and his paintings, he said that he is a native of Luoyang, his ancestral home is Ye County, his grandfather Li Zengyun, his father Li Wenge, and he has practiced martial arts for generations. But we have searched all the household registration information in Luoyang and Ye County, but there are a few Li Zengyun, but they have nothing to do with Li Qing'an, and Li Wenge can't find any of them, and he said in the record of the Ministry that he is a Han with broken leaves, which is nonsense, that is a fake that we helped him do, this is a problem, secondly, how could he appear in Sulou Fengshu Fort, he said that he followed the Sogdian merchants as a guard, and was attacked and scattered by the Tuqi Shihu people, I checked the records, at that time, within a month, no Hu merchants passed through Lingshan, In other words, he is still lying. ”

In the end, Hu Yunpei raised a short robe and said: "This is a short jacket obtained from Sulou Fengshu Fort, which was worn by Li Qing'an when he appeared in the fort, we got it unintentionally, this short jacket is not a thing of the Tang Dynasty, nor is it a Sogdian thing, the workmanship is exquisite, the origin is unknown, I have asked a lot of Hu Shang, some people say that it is like an item from the country of the extreme west, put these clues together, I can assert that Li Qing'an is not from the Tang Dynasty, but he is indeed a Han person, he served in the army in Sulou Fengshu Fort, by no means from the Tang Dynasty, his life experience is a mystery, I personally support the speculation of the eldest brother that he is most likely the son of the child who was abducted and trafficked to the West. ”

After Hu Yunpei finished speaking, everyone fell into deep thought, but Chang Jin, who had always insisted that Li Qing'an was the eldest son, raised a question, "I heard that Li Qing'an's Turkic language was learned later, and he didn't understand Sogdian, which is a bit strange." ”

"It's not surprising."

Hu Yunpei said with a smile: "Gongzi Ting was abducted and trafficked to the West since he was a child, and it is normal that he can't speak Turkic dialect, I heard that the West has a vast territory and many small countries, and they don't speak Sogdian, so we can ask him face to face this question, but in addition to this doubt, I can be sure that he is Gongzi Ting, and we have the most practical way to confirm." ”

Speaking of this, Hu Yunpei looked at Li Huichun, Li Huichun nodded, took out a crystal vial from his arms and said: "This is the blood taken from Gongzi Jue's body, we only need to drop blood to recognize relatives, we can know if they are brothers." ”

Li Huichun sighed and said: "Originally, I planned to bring Gongzi Jue with me, but his physique was too poor, and he spent all the way drinking, so he became ill in Luoyang, so I had to leave him in Luoyang to recuperate." ”

"That loser, it's best to die!"

Luo Pinfang shouted angrily, stood up and said: "Listen to me, Prince Yin has passed away for a hundred years, Li Shimin's descendants sit on the throne has been deeply rooted, and Prince Yin's descendants are worse than one generation, to Li Jue's generation, it is even more unbearable Adou, to be honest, I am desperate, I feel sad for our ancestors, I thought that the hope of the eighteen families for four generations for a hundred years will eventually become a dream, until the phoenix jade pendant was born, I suddenly found that our dream may be able to come true, what kind of person is Li Qingan, Everyone has already seen it, cut off and kill, swallow thousands of miles, only such a person can be the descendant of Prince Yin, if there is no him, when will we wait, and hand over this impossible burden to our descendants? ”

Luo Pinfang's voice was desolate, full of the bitterness and vicissitudes of the eighteen families for a hundred years, he slowly swept through everyone, there were tears in everyone's eyes, he took a deep breath, and stretched out his hand to Li Huichun, "Big brother, give it to me!" ”

Li Huichun silently handed the crystal bottle containing Li Jue's blood to Luo Pinfang, and Luo Pinfang slammed it to the ground, 'Bang! There was a crisp sound, and blood splattered everywhere.

"You don't need to drip blood to recognize your relatives, he is Gongzi Ting!"

．．．．．．． Nearly a hundred horses rushed out of the Qiao's inn, the fierce sound of hooves knocked on the ground, breaking the silence of the night, at the city gate, they bribed the guards of the city, the door opened a crack, and the group rushed out of the city gate and galloped towards the south of the city.

Because Xiangyi County was too small, Li Qing'an's brigade did not enter the city, nor did it alarm the government, but bypassed the county seat and continued to go south, stationed in a forest about 30 miles away from the county seat.

In a small tent, Li Qing'an was looking at the letter written by Cui Qiao to his brother Cui Lian, which was enough to put Cui Qiao to death, in which he actually asked his brother to alter the documents of the county lord's manor and include the newly occupied 1,000 acres of Shangtian to cover up his wife's evil deeds of encroaching on the people's land. Li Qingan pondered for a long time, Li Longji, as an emperor, will not allow one party to dominate, in history he used Zhang Yun and Chen Xilie to fight against Li Linfu, when Zhang Yun and Chen Xilie were not Li Linfu's opponents, he used Yang Guozhong to contend with him, after Li Linfu's death, Yang Guozhong was the dominant party, and Li Longji used An Lushan to balance Yang Guozhong, although the result of this check and balance was failure, but Li Longji's thinking was very clear, that is, to support a heavy minister at the same time, but also to support his opponent, this is the emperor's mental technique, It doesn't change because Yang Guozhong is a relative. And now Yang Guozhong is like Zhongtian, Li Linfu is said Bo Xishan, Li Longji can not find a person to balance Yang Guozhong, whether he Li Qingan can replace An Lushan as Li Longji's candidate, it is not yet known, but he knows that there are some gestures he must do, even if it is a counterattack of the tide file, he must stand up.

Thinking of this, Li Qingan immediately wrote a letter of impeachment, impeaching Cui Qiao for conniving at his wife's embezzlement of good land and enslaving in the fish and meat township, and then put the evidence of his embezzlement of land and Tian Yi's confession together with Cui Qiao's handwritten letter, and turned it into a package, handed it to two henchmen, and said: "You go to Chang'an quickly and hand over this memorabilia and package to Yushitai." ”

The two henchmen took the order and left, and Li Qingan was about to turn off the lights and rest, when a guard came running outside and reported: "Envoy, there are many people outside, it is Li Huichun and others from Broken Leaves." ”

Li Qingan was stunned, how could Li Huichun come here to find him? He groaned for a moment, then said, "Let them in!" ”

More than 20 people were squeezed into the small tent, looking very narrow and embarrassed, these twenty people except for Li Huichun, Chang Jin and Luo Pinfang, Song Quanyi and a few other people, he didn't know anyone else, they all had serious expressions, looked at Li Qing'an deeply, making Li Qing'an feel a little uncomfortable, Li Huichun introduced him one by one, "This is Hu Yunpei of the Hantang Luoyang Branch, this is Qi Huaiyuan of the Jianghuai Branch of the Hantang Society, this is Liu Jin of the Yizhou Branch, this is Zhao Shujuan of the Jingxiang Branch..... etc., etc., etc., They are all the leaders of the Han and Tang Societies, Li Qingan immediately guessed that these were all members of the Hidden Dragon Society, he couldn't help but touch his waist, touched the piece of green phoenix pattern jade, and said with a slight smile: "You guys came to me, is there something wrong?" ”

"Li Yuanjun, we want to take a look at the phoenix pattern jade pendant, I don't know if it's convenient?"

Li Qing'an has two pieces of superb jade, one is what he got from Yangzhou Du Bosheng's property, and has been given to Dugu Mingyue as a token of love, and the other is this phoenix jade pendant, he took out the jade pendant and put it on the table, Li Huichun slowly picked it up, Chang Jin hurriedly raised the light, everyone gathered around, staring at the jade with a focused expression, through the bright light, a phoenix in the jade was about to fly in front of everyone.

"It's it, it's it!"

Qi Huaiyuan, who had gone to Dashi to look for the eldest son, muttered to himself, he looked back at Li Qing'an suddenly, the more he looked at him, the more he felt that he was the eldest son who was lost back then, and he finally couldn't help asking: "Li Yuanjun, where did you spend your youth?" ”

Li Qingan sighed slightly and said, "When I was a teenager, I had been wandering around in the far west, following my grandfather. ”

"Grandfather, is he really your grandfather?"

"I don't know if it's my own child, but I've followed him since I can remember, and in my heart, he's my grandfather."

Li Qing'an's face was a little unhappy, and he asked, "This is my private matter, why are you asking this?" ”

Li Huichun hurriedly apologized: "Let you calm your anger, this matter is very important, so we asked, please make Jun bear with me." ”

He hesitated for a moment, and confirmed one last time: "Can the envoy tell us what the West is like and what language it speaks?" ”

What this group of people are doing, Li Qingxin knows better than anyone else, from the time he said that the phoenix pattern jade was worn by himself since he was a child, he knew that today's situation would come sooner or later, but he didn't expect it to happen in a small county in Songzhou.

Initially, when he heard the origin of Fengyu, he had a kind of impostor in his heart, at that time it was more because of the strong financial resources and local forces of the Han and Tang Dynasties, which made him feel very vague at first, but with the moment he was deprived of the Beiting Festival and thrown into prison, he finally realized that no matter how clever his power was in front of Li Longji's absolute imperial power, only strong strength was the fundamental guarantee that Li Longji did not dare to touch him, for this, he needed an identity, Li Jiancheng's descendants may be the best cover, and he made this decision while in prison.

Li Qing'an waved his hand and let his personal guards go down, and this time he said slowly: "There is the same territory in the west, the Byzantine Empire in the north, and then a sea to the west, which is called the Mediterranean Sea by the locals, Egypt to the south of the Mediterranean, which is also the territory of the Great Eclipse, and dozens of small countries in the north, the Kingdom of the Franks and the Kingdom of Lombard, and I have lived in the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom since I was a child, which is an island country. ”

Speaking of this, Li Qing'an took out a piece of paper, wrote down a few lines of English, read it fluently, and smiled at a group of stunned Hidden Dragon Guild people: "It means that I am from the Eastern Tang Empire, my name is Li Qing'an, and I am very happy to see you." ”

Li Huichun glanced at a few people, and he had no objections, 'Plop! Kneeling, the twenty members of the Hidden Dragon Society in the tent all knelt down, Li Qingan was startled, and hurriedly helped him up, "What are you doing here?" Hurry up, please! ”

"Young man, please accept our worship!"

"You're mistaken." Li Qingan was a little unhappy and said: "I'm not your Li Ting, and I don't remember that my home is broken leaves, please get up!" ”

Where are everyone willing to get up, Qi Huaiyuan said with tears: "Master Ting, I took you to watch the lantern and lost it, you were only three years old back then, you may not remember, but I recognized you at a glance, and this piece of jade, Ting Gongzi is not who you are?" ”

Li Qing'an didn't speak for a long time, and finally he sighed slightly and said: "I'm Li Qing'an, this is the name my grandfather gave me, not Li Ting." ”

Li Huichun reacted very quickly, and immediately said: "Childe, it doesn't matter what your name is, the important thing is that you are the master of our Hidden Dragon Society, the descendant of Prince Yin, and the hope we have been looking forward to for a hundred years, if you want to be called Li Qing'an, then there is no such person as Li Ting in the world." ”

Li Qingan still shook his head and rejected them again.

"Your master is Gongzi Jue, if according to your words, he should be my brother, he is the inheritor of the dragon pattern jade, I hope you can assist him to make a big deal, I don't want to hurt him because of me."

"No way!"

Luo Pinfang shouted angrily, "That little bastard is not worthy of being our lord at all, nor is he worthy of being the descendant of Prince Yin, we only have a dead end with him, it is only because you have been lost since childhood that I was forced to assist him, and now that you are back, he should step aside." ”

Luo Pinfang had a fiery temper, he pulled out his sword, put it across his neck, glared at Li Qing'an angrily, and said, "If the son doesn't agree, I will kill myself in front of you." ”

Driven by Luo Pinfang, the others drew their swords and crossed their necks, and said in unison: "If the son doesn't agree, we will kill ourselves in front of you." ”

Li Qingan was so anxious that he stomped his feet and said: "It's not that I agreed, but I think you are a little hasty, just a piece of jade to identify me as Gongzi Ting, in case the real Gongzi Ting comes back in the future, how should you face it?" ”

"It's easy!"

Luo Pinfang swiped his index finger on the sword, blood suddenly gushed out, and he said loudly: "The eldest husband dares to do it, since today we believe that you are the eldest prince, we will never regret it, today I swear by blood, Li Qingan is the prince of Ting, the master of the Hidden Dragon Society!" ”

Everyone also cut their fingers and swore an oath, identifying Li Qingan, and Li Qingan said helplessly: "Okay! Since you must think that I am the master of the Hidden Dragon Society, then I will reluctantly do it. ”

When everyone heard that he finally agreed, they immediately cheered excitedly, and Li Qing'an's personal guards rushed in, Li Qing'an waved his hand to make them retreat, and said to everyone: "But I have an ugly saying in front, I am not a puppet like Gongzi, if I am made the master of the Hidden Dragon Society, I am afraid that your good life will come to an end." ”

At present, the head of the Hidden Dragon Society is Li Huichun, he saw that Li Qing'an had clever methods, forced everyone to make a blood oath, and blocked all the back roads, he couldn't help but secretly admire, but when it came to Li Jue as a puppet, his face was also a little unbearable, so he sighed and said: "Gongzi doesn't know, in fact, the power of the Hidden Dragon Society has always been in the hands of the descendants of Prince Yin, but the ancestor died early, and Gongzi Jue really can't afford this heavy responsibility, we have to discuss it, but Gongzi's talent and courage are a hundred times smarter, and recovering the broken leaves makes us convinced, Naturally, we will absolutely obey Childe's orders. ”

As he spoke, he took out the dragon pattern jade pendant and handed it to Li Qing'an respectfully, "Please accept it!" ”

"You ..... That's it! ”

Li Qingan took the jade pendant and ordered: "Okay then!" Li Huichun and Chang Jin stayed for the time being, and the others retreated outside the tent to wait! ”

Although Li Qing'an ordered them to go out in a tone that could not be disobeyed, everyone was very pleased, this is the person who can do great things, the first lord discussed everything with them, and now Li Jue is even more looking at their faces and acting, seemingly respectful, but they are extremely disappointed, they want a master who can realize the dreams of their ancestors, not weak and useless people, at this moment, their hearts are extremely happy, they agreed in unison, and they all withdrew.

Everyone retreated, and Li Qingan smiled bitterly and said to Li Huichun and Chang Jin: "You have made me miserable!" ”

Chang Jin didn't understand what he meant, and hurriedly asked, "Where did you start with this?" ”

"The dream of the Hidden Dragon Society is to realize the unfinished career of the Hidden Prince, that is, to put the descendants of the Hidden Prince on the throne, but the descendants of the Hidden Prince do not live long, it can be seen that this is against the sky, and now you let me realize your dream, isn't this harmful to me?"

Chang Jin said solemnly: "Childe, don't say that, after Childe is the hidden prince, it is your responsibility to inherit the will of your ancestors, how can you push it away because you are afraid of death!" ”

Li Huichun, who was next to him, smiled and said, "Gongzi is actually worried that the current emperor knows!" ”

Li Qingan gave a thumbs up and smiled: "Mr. is really amazing, guessed right, I am really worried that the emperor knows, if he knows that the descendants of Prince Yin are still alive, he will replace him, do you say that I still have a good life?" ”

"Please rest assured that Childe, our Hidden Dragon Society has been passed down for four generations, and it has always been a top secret, and it will never be revealed, Childe's identity is the top secret of the Hidden Dragon Society from now on, except for our Hidden Dragon Society twenty-four people, no one will know."

"What about Gongzijue? If he knew that he had been replaced by me, it would be difficult for him not to denounce him, knowing that he was a simple-minded man who would do anything to get revenge on me. ”

Li Huichun immediately smiled and said: "Childe, please rest assured, our Hidden Dragon Society has existed for a hundred years, it is because of the strict confidentiality system, Gongzi Jue does not know your true identity, and we have never planned to tell him, and Madame, who is also your biological mother, we will not tell her, because we are worried that she will leak it to the second prince, however, please return to the broken leaves as soon as possible and worship the spiritual position of the Hidden Prince, as long as you can officially become the master of the Hidden Dragon Society and become the descendant of the Hidden Prince." ”

Li Qingan nodded and sighed: "I don't want to go back, but the time has not come." ”

Li Huichun and Chang Jin glanced at each other, and said in unison: "I don't know what time the son needs?" ”

Li Qing'an pondered for a while, and said with some worry: "Gao Xianzhi is going to launch the Battle of Tocharo, I am very worried about the situation of Broken Leaf, Du Mozhi is not dead, I am worried that he will collude with the Great Cannibal to attack Broken Leaf, so I hope that the Han people of Broken Leaf will temporarily return to Beiting." ”

Li Huichun was taken aback, and hurriedly got up and said: "The Abbasids have replaced the white-clothed food, and the heavy troops are preparing to suppress the uprising of the Ali faction in Khorasan, if Gao Xianzhi fights Tocharo, the Abbasids will definitely send troops, and Gongzi's speculation is completely possible, so we will rush back to the broken leaves." ”

"Alright, you guys go back immediately!"

．．．．．．． The people of the Hidden Dragon Society left, Li Qingan paced in the woods with his hands behind his back, the golden moonlight penetrated through the woods, dyeing the treetops with a mysterious luster, Li Qingan looked up at the bright moonlight, he thought about his future life, and gradually forgot about the future generations as time passed, and many of the past events became blurred, on the contrary, these years in Datang were extremely clear in his mind.

Sometimes when he wakes up at night, he will have an illusion, whether he traveled to the later world in the Tang Dynasty, or he came to the Tang Dynasty in the later life, Zhuang Shengxiao dreamed of butterflies, did Zhuangzi become a butterfly, or did a butterfly become Zhuangzi?

Li Qingan smiled bitterly, whether he wants it or not, he has taken a new step in his life today, and Li Qing'an, who came from later generations, has since become a member of the Tang Dynasty.

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(To be continued)