On the eighth day of the lunar month, it is the time when every family boils Laba porridge, when the lights of thousands of homes in Dingzhou City are lit, the fragrance of Laba porridge wafting out from every household overflows in the streets and alleys, and the pedestrians who hurriedly walk on the street smell this fragrance, and involuntarily speed up their pace, hurriedly walk towards home, return to the warm home from the outside covered by the wind and snow, and then drink a bowl of Laba porridge cooked by the family, how comfortable it is!

Dingzhou has not suffered from the invasion of war for more than three years, as the central city of the entire west, its development can be described by the new age, Dingzhou has attracted a large number of foreign population into the area under its jurisdiction, three years, Dingzhou City has nearly 400,000 people, not to mention the west, that is, in the Central Plains, in the hinterland of Great Chu, in addition to Luoyang's population of more than one million, can reach the scale of Dingzhou this kind of city, is also Liao Liao.

If you have been away from Dingzhou City for more than three years, and now come back, you must have felt completely unfamiliar with this city, the majestic city wall built by Dingzhou in order to resist the barbarians in the past has now become the inner city, most of the people living in the inner city are the old residents of Dingzhou City, and outside the city wall, the criss-crossing roads divide the original wilderness into blocks or squares, or rectangular normative areas, and houses are erected in these areas according to certain specifications and styles, and the buildings of different styles have become a beautiful scenery of Dingzhou City.

Compared with the inner city, the newly planned outer city is more beautiful, the wide waiting road can accommodate four carriages in parallel, the evergreen trees that have been transplanted stand tall, and now they are wearing silver, and some of the branches are under the branches, and even hang down long ice ridges, together with the ice under the eaves, under the light of the dead wind lamp, slightly flickering brilliance, the planner of this urban pattern is naturally from Li Qing's handwriting, seeing the horizontal and vertical streets, he suddenly has a kind of trance of dreaming back to his hometown. No more majestic walls were built in the outer city, and the people who lived in the outer city were later immigrants.

Although the inner city is dilapidated, the streets are narrower, but the residents of the inner city naturally have their pride, it is because of the blood and sacrifice of the old Dingzhou people like them from generation to generation, there is the prosperity and strength of Dingzhou today, and the old Dingzhou city is the power center of the entire west, under the command of Zhenxi Hou, almost all the important yamen are in the inner city, so compared with the outer city, although the houses in the inner city are more dilapidated, but the house price is more than double that of the outer city.

As time went on, the wind and snow became heavier, the streets were already scarce, almost all the shops were closed, and the owners and men hurried back to their homes, either around the stove or sitting cross-legged on the kang and drinking a bowl of laba porridge.

In this silence, a carriage passed the street quickly, speeding towards the town west of the Houfu, although the carriage with the shock absorbing spring was extremely fast, but the car did not seem bumpy at all, Mingyan was half lying in the carriage, actually sleeping very sweetly, and opposite her, two female guards with waist knives in their arms were wide-eyed, carefully guarded.

The carriage passed through the square and ran straight to the town west of the Houfu, at this time, a waitress also got out of the carriage and stood behind the coachman, holding a sign high in her hand, which represented the identity of the person in the car.

When he steadily parked the carriage at the gate of the Houfu in the west of the town, the smoke in the car also miraculously opened his eyes, and another female guard who was still in the car immediately handed over a warm wet towel, and the smoke took it, wiped it on his face, reached out and patted his cheek to make himself look more energetic, and then bent down to get out of the carriage. Since entering the territory of Li Qing in the west of the town, Gou Yan, who does not need to hide his identity, has been hurrying all day and night, and the situation he knows from Li Huaiyuan, the Duke of Anguo, is too important, and he must report the news to the marshal as soon as possible.

The gate of Zhenxi Houfu opened, and the iron leopard strode out, and when he saw Mingyan, he hurriedly hugged him and said, "Director Li, why did you come here on this big holiday night?" "Mingyan was originally bought by Li's Shadow since he was a child, and his original surname has long been remembered, so he has always followed Li's surname.

Mingyan nodded, "Is Da Shuai at home, I'm going to see Da Shuai soon!" ”

Iron Leopard glanced at her apologetically, "Director Li, Li Dashuai is not in the mansion today, and he has gone to Taoyuan Xiaozhu!" ”

Mingyan was taken aback, "Isn't it Laba Festival today?" The handsome didn't accompany the princess in the mansion for the holiday? ”

Iron Leopard shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile: "Mrs. Jiyue of Taoyuan was a little uncomfortable a day ago, Dashuai took Doctor Huan and Lord Huanqiu to Taoyuan Xiaozhu, and he hasn't come back today, and the important official documents in the past two days have been sent to Taoyuan Xiaozhu, Director Li, if the matter is urgent, I'm afraid you will have to go to Taoyuan!" ”

Mingyan nodded, "Thank you, Captain Tie." "Although the level of Mingyan is much higher than that of the Iron Leopard, for the people around Li Qing, you can't just talk about the rank and rank, like Tang Hu, who only has the rank of general, but even if it is a Zhengyin general such as Lu Dalin, Deng Peng, Guo Shanfeng and others, who saw him who was not affectionately shouted to the elder brother, patted his shoulder and beat his chest to show that the two were close.

The carriage turned around and ran towards Taoyuan, but Mingyan who was sitting in the carriage frowned, the handsome man was indeed very fond of Mrs. Jiyue, and Mrs. Jiyue, Mingyan involuntarily remembered another woman, which was a shadow of her.

"What are you talking about, Mingyan is here, she came back from Luoyang? As soon as you come back, you want to see me in such a hurry, is there something big happening in Luoyang? Li Qing couldn't help but be shocked when he heard Liu Qiang's report, no, the Statistics and Survey Department has not received any information about this!

"Come in!" Li Qingdao, Huan Xi had rushed home in the afternoon to go to the Laba Festival, but Huan Qiu was still in the garden, Ji Yue only moved a little fetal gas, there was a prescription from Huan Divine Doctor, Huan Qiu was waiting here, what could happen? At this time, Ji Yue was smiling and taking Laba porridge from Qiao'er's hand and putting it in front of Li Qing and Huan Qiu, Huan Qiu quickly stood up, "Thank you, madam!" ”

Ji Yue said with a smile: "These people are bothered, and in addition to being busy with official business, they have to come to work hard for me!" I can't go back for the festival today, Ji Yue is very uneasy, but these bowls of porridge are made by the concubine herself, Lord Huan tastes it, but I don't know how it tastes? ”

Li Qing and Huan Qiu both picked up the porridge, and the taste was really bad, but both men smiled and gave a thumbs up and shouted, "Good taste!" Ji Yue, who was looking at the two of them with a dazzled smile, "Is it delicious?" If it's delicious, then eat more, Qiao'er, go and serve more! ”

As he spoke, Mingyan had already walked in, "See Dashuai!" "Mingyan gave a military salute to Li Qing, although Mingyan is a woman, but the Military Intelligence Investigation Department is a military agency, and Mingyan is also a soldier on the register.

"Thanks, just returned to Dingzhou?" Li Qing asked.

Mingyan nodded, "Yes, I just came back, I went to Houfu to ask to see the marshal, and I learned that the marshal was here in Taoyuan, so I rushed over!" ”

Li Qing was slightly stunned, and then said, "Is there anything important?" What's going on in Luoyang? He knew that if it wasn't for a particularly important matter, Mingyan wouldn't chase him to Taoyuan Xiaozhu.

Mingyan nodded, but did not speak, Huan Qiu on the side immediately understood what Mingyan meant, and stood up, "Dashuai, I'll go down first to see how the tocolytic medicine made for Mrs. is going, this medicine is very important." ”

Li Qing nodded, Huan Qiu was just about to leave, Ji Yue handed over another bowl of porridge, "Doctor Huan, let's drink another bowl if it's delicious!" Huan Qiu took it with a smile, "Thank you, madam!" He went out with a bowl.

Ji Yue nodded to Mingyan, "Big brother, I'll go rest first!" ”

Li Qingdao said: "Okay, you go and rest first, and Huan Qiu will have someone send the medicine over after a while." ”

Watching Qiao'er help Ji Yue into the back hall, Li Qing turned his gaze to Mingyan.

"Here's the thing!" There were only two people left in the room, Li Qing and Mingyan, and Mingyan reported to Li Qing in detail the results of this trip to Luoyang.

"So that's the case, I still Daoning Wang Bingfeng is so sharp, it turns out that Xiao Haoran is showing weakness, it's really a big set, Xiao Haoran is big, amazing, powerful, but this time even I didn't see it, the old man is a long-standing person, just based on some clues, I deduced Xiao Haoran's overall plan, I am not as good as him!" Li Qing sighed.

Mingyan said with a smile: "As the saying goes, there is an old man in the family, just like a treasure, Grandpa Anguo has been through ups and downs for a long time, and has dealt with Xiao Haoran for decades, he knows him well, and the two of them can't hide from anyone, Dashuai, you have only seen Xiao Haoran a few times, and you don't know him at all, so it's natural that you can't see through this trap." ”

"I'm still too young!" Li Qing touched the neatly trimmed little beard, and said, "Knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent, one hundred battles will not be defeated, so people are honest and do not deceive me, it seems that we have to vigorously collect information about these old people, otherwise we will fight against them in the future, and I won't know how I lost if I lose." ”

"The general has won a hundred battles, how can he lose to Xiao Lao Pifu?" Mingyan laughed.

Li Qing shook his head and said: "From this plan, you can see Xiao Haoran's old spiciness, even if King Ning wins a hundred battles in the early stage, as long as he loses the last battle, he will lose to the bottom, this plan is indeed seamless." ”

"Dashuai, what should we do?" Mingyan asked.

Li Qing took out a map from the desk, looked at it repeatedly for a long time, and said: "King Ning has stepped into the cliff with half a foot, let's pull him and let him fall later, you find the right time to secretly reveal this situation to Zhong Ziqi, but the timing must be grasped accurately, and King Ding must lose his vitality, but he can't let him lose too much blood and lose the capital to fight against Xiao Haoran, their duel ended too quickly, which is very disadvantageous to us." ”

"But Dashuai, we don't have much to do with Zhong Ziqi, how can we quietly reveal the information to them? Too obvious will alert them, and too late will not have the desired effect! Mingyan was a little embarrassed. The Military Intelligence Department had not been established long ago, and there was almost no infiltration between the intelligence structure of King Ning.

Li Qing nodded, "You go back to discuss this matter with Qingfeng, there should be a way on her side." ”

(To be continued)