readx; Hu Peiyun took out a dossier from the cabinet and put it in front of Li Qingan, "General, please look at this!" ”

Li Qing'an took the file and looked at it, the bag said 'Dali Temple Shaoqing Qi Xun', he frowned slightly, and asked, "Is there such a person in Dali Temple?" ”

"General, this person has only served as the Shaoqing of Dali Temple for two months, or two years ago, because the time is very short, so many people are not familiar with it, this person is now Dali Temple Qing of the Southern Tang Dynasty. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Li Qing'an opened the file and shook out a bunch of materials, most of which were the past evaluations of the officials, he was not interested in this, he found a booklet bound with red thread from it, which is called the red line book in the Anxi Army, that is, the intelligence department's investigation records of some important people, including his background, faction and some shady handles, will be recorded in it, which is the most valuable thing for the intelligence department.

Li Qing'an opened this red line book, turned a few pages, and saw that it was clearly written that Wang Heng's second son married his daughter, and this person was Wang Hui's confidant, and he thought of what he just said, Wang Heng was the person in charge of a series of actions against himself this time, and Li Qing'an had an understanding.

He closed the booklet and asked, "Is this the person who replaces Yang Zhongyi?" ”

"What the general said is right, the 'anti-Qing' operation deployed by Li Heng is carried out by full authority, and this continuous appearance of Ruizhao was planned by him, and he is now in Chang'an, and he is actively contacting many important officials."

Hu Peiyun took another large piece of paper and unfolded it in front of Li Qing'an, it was a picture drawn on it, in the middle was Qi Xun's name, his name was surrounded by a circle, surrounded by countless small squares, most of the squares were empty, but there were three squares with names written in them, Li Qing'an looked at it carefully, one was Li Kaifu, the waiter of the Ministry of Works, one was Zhang Bingguo, the envoy of the Dushui Supervisor, and the other was Shao Yi of Dali Temple, what does this mean?

Hu Peiyun explained: "According to our inference, Qi Xun has had contact with at least twenty court officials in the past two months, and this afternoon, he visited three officials and stayed in each official's mansion for more than half an hour, and he was a little suspicious of his humble position......

"Suspect what?" Li Qing'an's eyes met Hu Peiyun's eyes and asked.

"The lowly position is just a little skeptical, and I dare not make a conclusion."

"It's okay, tell me, what do you suspect?"

"I suspect that this series of Ruizhao incidents is not entirely the work of the Southern Tang people, and I think there are court officials involved."

"Is there any basis for your suspicions?" Li Qingan asked him again.

"A little bit!"

Hu Peiyun pointed to Zhang Bingguo's name on the drawing and said: "I got inspiration from this person's name, he is the left envoy of the capital water supervisor, and yesterday on the eve of the burial of the white jade stele in Gaoling County, someone found a boat moored in the Zhongbai Canal not far from the stele, moored overnight, I left a subordinate to investigate the boat, today at noon the subordinate came back to report to me, the boat is the canal survey ship of the water supervisor, I went to investigate the measurement record of the water supervisor, they did not send a boat to Zhongbai Canal to measure anything in the past month, So I suspect that this ship was privately allocated by Zhang Bingguo to transport the white jade stele, because it is an official ship, it can be exempted from any inspection, which is very convenient, and I even suspect that the Millennium Turtle was also put by this ship, if my inference is true, then Zhang Bingguo participated in the operation of making Ruizhao. ”

Li Qingan also felt that Hu Peiyun was reasonable, this six consecutive Ruizhao incidents were very thorough and very hidden, and it was probably difficult to do it by relying only on the Southern Tang Dynasty's own people, and it was very likely that he was helped by court officials, if Zhang Bingguo was also involved in the case, then he was by no means alone, and other officials must also be involved in the case, which was tantamount to the emergence of a bureaucratic group that opposed him Li Qingan.

Now Li Qing'an is most concerned about what level is the highest among the officials contacted by Qi Xun, whether it is up to Li Kaifu, the waiter of the Ministry of Industry, or whether there are higher-level officials.

At this time, Hu Peiyun said again: "General, now that Yang Zhongyi has been arrested, I am worried that this Qi Xun will get the news and abscond, I want to arrest him, I don't know if the general agrees." ”

Li Qingan pondered for a moment, shook his head and said: "It's better to make the line a little longer, don't be in a hurry to arrest, you might as well go and talk to Yang Zhongyi and let him do things for us, in addition, it is necessary for that Zhang Bingguo to be arrested and asked, ask him if he is really involved in the case, if he is really involved in the case, then he is not the only official involved in the case." ”

"I understand the lowly position, but how should this Zhang Bingguo be arrested? will not alarm Qi Xun. ”

Li Qingan smiled faintly, "Okay, I have my own way." ”

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Coming out of the information hall, Li Qingan went home directly, the family was naturally overjoyed, happy, and had dinner at home, Li Qingan accompanied the children to play for a while, and then returned to his study, not long after entering the study and sitting down, his wife Mingyue came in with a cup of ginseng tea.

She put the tea on the table and asked with a smile, "What about Wu Niang?" Why didn't I come back with you? ”

Li Qingan took a sip of the teacup and said with a smile: "She recruited a thousand female soldiers in Taiyuan, and she was busy training female soldiers, so she didn't have time to come back for a while. ”

"And what should I call her now?"

Mingyue's eyes revealed a smile that couldn't be hidden, "Call her sister?" ”

Li Qingan shook his head, "No! You should call her General Gao. ”

"You ..... No...."

"No... What the? Li Qingan said with a smile.

"Nothing!"

Mingyue diverted the topic, and she smiled: "I summoned Hu Peiyun this morning, and Qin Haiyang also came with me, this matter.... You're not mad at me, are you? ”

"Why is it for the sake of Ruizhao?" Li Qingan smiled slightly.

"Yes, this matter has a serious impact and has greatly damaged your reputation, and I will not interfere in your affairs unless I have to."

"Hmmm! I've heard Hu Peiyun say about this, and I should say that you did the right thing, but there is one thing, I don't want similar things to become the norm. ”

Li Qing'an's conversation with his wife also used the style of a soldier, and he told his wife very clearly that she did the right thing this time, but he didn't want his wife to do it often because she was right this time, and to put it bluntly, he reminded his wife not to interfere too much in military and political affairs.

Mingyue nodded silently, she can understand her husband's attitude, this is not blaming herself, but a kind of protection, in the Tang Dynasty, most of the harems that interfered too much in political affairs did not end well, Wu Zetian, Wei's, Princess Taiping, etc., after the Tang Dynasty, it was difficult for the imperial court to tolerate women interfering in politics, not to mention, Mingyue wanted to be the second eldest grandson, not Wu Zetian.

Seeing that his wife understood, Li Qingan held her hand and smiled: "Tell me about the children's interesting stories!" Last time Tan'er gave me a painting, I liked it very much, but I don't understand why his eyes are so big, like copper bells, a little fierce and vicious. ”

Mingyue pursed her lips and smiled: "That's because once he saw Zhong Kui's portrait, he said that my father's eyes look the same as the person in the painting, so the last time he painted your portrait, he specially turned out Zhong Kui's portrait and compared it to the painting." ”

"This stinky boy!"

Li Qingan laughed, he touched his chin and said, "Am I like Zhong Kui?" ”

Mingyue also smiled, "Of course the husband is not like Zhong Kui, Zhong Kui is to catch evil ghosts, husband is to catch evil people, An Lushan, Shi Siming and the like, husband defeated the thief army in Luzhou, Chang'an is full of celebrations, thousands of fathers and villagers personally came to our house to bow down, do you know?" At that moment, we were so excited that I couldn't stop crying. ”

Speaking of this, Mingyue's eyes were a little moist, and Li Qingan patted her hand gently, "I fought bravely to kill the enemy in front of the enemy, in fact, it was also to protect you and the children, I am not only for the common people in the world, but also to protect my wife and children, I am in a high position, but I must be cautious and careful, one wrong step, not only my surname is not guaranteed, you will also fall into a catastrophe, you know, I am under a lot of pressure." ”

Mingyue picked up her husband's hand and put it on her face, she said softly: "I know the pressure of my husband, I will do my best to reduce the burden on you and educate the children well, I will also be a mother in the world, so that you can be proud." ”

Li Qing'an was moved, he remembered one thing, and said to his wife: "In a few days, the wives and children of many Anxi generals will come to live in Chang'an, and the imperial court will arrange them for mansions, but I hope you can comfort them for me, ask them what practical difficulties they have, and let them settle down in Chang'an with peace of mind." ”

Mingyue nodded, "When I was in Anxi, I had a good relationship with them, don't worry!" I'm going to take care of them. ”

Mingyue saw that it was not early, so she got up and said, "Then I won't bother you, you take care of things earlier and rest early." ”

"Oh well! We'll talk slowly in the evening. ”

Mingyue heard her husband's voice, she nodded shyly, turned around and left.

The room was quiet, and Li Qing'an's thoughts gradually returned to the daytime, although the occurrence of Ruizhao brought him some damage to his reputation, but this incident also brought him a great harvest, because of the ability of Hu Peiyun and others, a group of officials who opposed him gradually surfaced, this is exactly what he wants to do most in front of him, clear out dissidents, clear the way for the future accession to the throne, and the crime is very sufficient, colluding with the Southern Tang Dynasty.

Li Qingan slowly walked to the window, he pushed open the window, looked at the dark night outside with his hands behind his back, he was thinking about his next move, now that the An Lushan Rebellion has become a climate, he should consider his ascension to the throne, he wants to clear all obstacles for his ascension, including the obstacles of Chang'an and the obstacles of the Southern Tang Dynasty, this Ruizhao incident is his best opportunity, why doesn't he seize this opportunity? He had to act now.

Thinking of this, he turned around and ordered, "Come on!" ”

A personal soldier walked in outside the door, bowed down and said, "Please give the order of the general!" ”

"Go to Xiangguo's mansion and invite Zhang Xiangguo to me, just say that I have something urgent to find him."

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(To be continued)