The next morning, Li Qing'an finished his morning training, and was carefully checking the resume background of the 500 sergeants in the big tent, after four months of training, they would each bring 500 troops into Beijing to be reviewed by the military department and the emperor, for Li Qing'an, these 500 troops were the strong force he had painstakingly trained, and it was an army that belonged to him, so it was a pity to leave them in Yangzhou, a place like fireworks, and he was thinking about how to take them away.

"General, there is a scribe outside the camp gate asking to see you!" Outside the door came the sergeant's report.

"I'll get out of here."

Li Qingan quickly sorted out the paperwork, stood up with a smile, this is naturally Li Bai came, Li Bai woke up in the morning and went back to the state office, and he didn't go long and returned, it was undoubtedly Lu Lian who told him about the staff.

He walked quickly to the gate of the barracks, sure enough, it was Li Bai, his wine had completely woken up, he was dressed in a moon-white robe that was clean and fitted, his hair was neatly combed, and he was wearing a flat-top scarf, which was clean and refreshing, and he did not have the wild and uninhibited appearance of drinking at all.

Li Bai was a little worried, early this morning, Lu Lian told him about recommending him to Li Qingan as a staff member, at first he was a little reluctant, what future would a Zhonglang general's staff have, but he couldn't stand Lu Lian's repeated persuasion, saying that Li Qingan had Gao Lishi as a backstage, Gao Sheng pointed out that it could be seen that Li Bai agreed to give it a try, on the other hand, he was also extremely shy in his pocket, and he really needed to find an errand to do.

Seeing Li Qing'an come out, Li Bai's face turned slightly red, and he hurriedly bowed down and saluted: "General Li, I caused you trouble yesterday." ”

"Brother Taibai is serious, Brother Taibai and I hit it off at first sight, and the effort of raising my hands is not enough to worry about."

"Thank you, General Li, I'm willing to give it a try."

"Good!" Mr. Li, please come in. ”

Li Qing'an walked with the clerical room next door to Li Bai, and said with a smile: "Brother Taibai's name moves the world, but he is committed to being my staff, Qing'an is ashamed!" Please rest assured, Brother Taibai, I will never treat you badly, not only will I bear the cost of your wine, but also the amount you need, just ask. ”

Li Bai smiled: "I won't be polite, General Li doesn't have to worry about this." ”

He changed his tone and said: "Although General Li is a lieutenant general in Anxi, he is highly valued by the imperial court, which can be seen from sending the general to the core area of Jianghuai to train troops, I can assert that within three years, General Li can be expected to be promoted to the deputy position of Anxi, I don't know what specific plans the general has?" ”

Li Qingan glanced at him and said with a smile: "What plans will I have, just an ordinary middle-level officer, slowly getting promoted, as for coming to Yangzhou for military training, it's just a coincidence, Brother Qinglian don't think too much." ”

"Definitely! I think General Li is also a hero, and he is willing to be General Li's staff, if General Li is short-sighted, how can he become a big weapon, Qinglian hopes that General Li can be ambitious, don't be arrogant, since he is a general in Anxi, he should be said to be an envoy of Anxi Festival as soon as possible, and realize the ambition of a male husband. ”

"Mr. Qinglian's teachings, Qing'an remembers, come! Sir please. ”

Li Bai and Li Qing'an walked into the clerical room, there were already two scribes in the clerical room, both of them were sent by the Metropolitan Governor's Office to assist in handling official documents, there were not many written affairs in the regimental training camp, and most of them were trivial, nothing more than calculating the consumption of grain and rice, the training results of the soldiers, and collecting the whole account, which required a lot of patience, the two scribes were old officials who had been doing more than ten years, and they were very handy in dealing with various documents, although these two people were dutiful, Li Qing'an's heart was always uncomfortable, and Li Fei Shouyu also reminded him, Under the pretext of checking the training data, the two scribes went to the barracks twice last night to talk with the soldiers, which made Li Qing'an vigilant.

At this time, the two scribes were waving their pens behind the case, and when they saw Li Qing'an coming in, both of them stood up and said with a smile: "General Li is early!" ”

"Morning, come! Let me introduce you to it. ”

Li Qingan introduced Li Bai to them: "This is my staff Mr. Qinglian, who just arrived from Chang'an, and will be handed over to Mr. Qinglian in the future for training, and the two of them can only calculate the expenses of grain and rice, so they don't have to be so busy." ”

The two scribes looked at each other, helpless, they had to agree: "Everything is arranged by General Li." ”

They bowed to Li Bai and said, "Please take care of Mr. Qinglian in the future." ”

Li Bai snorted, his eyes glanced at the roof, Li Qingan smiled, took Li Bai to an empty room again, and said with a smile: "Brother Qinglian, you will be here for official business in the future, and the collection of military training records will be handed over to the Ministry of War, which is very important, so please sir, in addition, if there is something important, I will discuss it with you." ”

Li Bai nodded, "General Li, don't worry!" I will do my best. ”

Li Qingan thought for a while, and said: "Brother Qinglian, there is an ugly thing I want to say in the front, you can't see wine in the barracks, you can drink it if you want to, you can only go outside to drink, if you return with wine, the military guards will not let you enter the barracks." ”

Li Bai was stunned for a while, and then said helplessly: "Since General Li said so, then I will abide by the rules of the barracks." ”

"Okay, I'll go and tell the people below, and later, my relatives in charge of money will also come to you, what do you need, just ask him."

Li Qing'an explained a few words, and then went to the barracks, Li Bai put his hands behind his back, looked around the room, the furnishings in the house were simple, a couch, a bookcase, a bookshed, the bookcase room was full of four treasures, the wall was painted snow-white, but it also looked clean and tidy, and there was a hut inside, which was where he rested and slept.

At this time, a sergeant came with a thick stack of training records, which were all kinds of achievements recorded by the soldiers themselves, which were very rough and needed to be re-written and organized into a book, and at the same time, the daily training list had to be calculated as the basis for the reward.

"Sir, this is my general's asked me to send it, please sort it out according to the style, in Xia Wang Dalang, the general asked me to send some settling-in allowance to Mr. first."

So saying, he put two silver ingots of fifty taels each on the table, together with the papers, and gave a salute and went away.

Li Bai sat down slowly, flipped through the paperwork casually, and was stunned, and suddenly he looked up to the sky and sighed: "Alas! I can't imagine that my immortal has fallen to Si. ”

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At noon, Li Qingan was just about to go to lunch, when a doorman came to report: "General, the transfer envoy has urgent business outside the barracks." ”

"I see."

Li Qingan walked out of the camp gate quickly, only to see Liu Changyun pacing back and forth at the door with his hands behind his back, looking worried.

"Liu Yuanjun, is there something wrong?"

As soon as Liu Changyun turned around and saw Li Qing'an coming out, he hurriedly stepped forward and said, "General Li, I have time now, I have something urgent to find you." ”

"If there's anything, just say it."

"It's not convenient here, follow me to the White Jade Hall!"

Liu Changyun looked left and right, lowered his voice and said to Li Qing'an: "The little prince is here, and I want to talk to General Li." ”

"That's good! I'll go with you. ”

Li Qingan went back to lead the horse, brought a few relatives, and followed Liu Changyun to Baiyutanglou.

In a private room in the Baiyutang Building, Yan Kai was reporting the situation in the past two days to Li Li, who had just arrived in Yangzhou.

"Little prince, our people have obtained detailed information on Duliang Mountain, the nest secretly built by the Du family in Duliang Mountain has been taken by Li Qing'an, and the property of the Du family has fallen into the hands of Li Qing'an, I heard that he has been handed over to Lu Jian yesterday, according to the information we have collected, Li Qing'an's action in Duliang Mountain this time is also very accidental, not that he knew it in advance, but according to the latest information, after Li Qing'an left Duliang Mountain, he did not go back to Yangzhou directly, but crossed the river to the south, and what to do is not known for the time being, I doubt he'll ever get a clue about Du Bosheng. ”

Li Li lowered his head and pondered for a moment before saying: "Mr. Yan, it should be very simple to find out these suspicious points, I can at least say three ways, one is to buy his soldiers, the second is to inquire along the way, and then you can ask the local government, these three ways, I don't care which one you use, but you must find out to me as soon as possible what he has done and what secrets he has mastered, this matter is very important, you have to send someone to do it immediately." ”

"Don't worry, little prince, I'll send someone to do it."

"And!"

Li Li raised his hand to stop him, "He was assassinated when he first came, I think this matter is very strange, I have determined that this matter was not done by An Lushan, nor by Lu Lian, let alone by us, who did it?" Because as soon as Li Qing'an died, the problem of Yangzhou will immediately be concerned by the saint, and my father will be in trouble, this is obviously someone fishing in troubled waters in the middle, and you must also investigate clearly. ”

"Little prince, I'm a little eyebrow about this matter."

"Oh? Tell me about it. ”

"After the assassination, I sent people to search carefully near Tingshuiju, and the little prince guessed what I found?"

"What?"

Liu Changyun took out a blue-black bronze vessel and put it on the table, and said with a smile: "Little prince, what do you think this is?" ”

"Ballista!" Li Li recognized at a glance that this was a crossbow machine on a military crossbow, he picked it up and looked at it carefully, and it was also engraved with a number. ”

"And then?" Li Li asked with great interest.

"Then, I sent someone to check the number on this crossbow, and I didn't find out the source of this crossbow until yesterday."

"Where did you come from?"

"The little prince would not have thought of it, this crossbow machine is owned by the treasury of the Yangzhou Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, I bought the little official to check the records of the warehouse, this military crossbow was temporarily borrowed by Luo Tao, the military of the Yangzhou Metropolitan Governor's Mansion a month ago, and later returned, that is, the day after Li Qing'an's assassination, but the number on the crossbow machine and the military crossbow is inconsistent, but it is exactly the same as this crossbow machine, this is interesting, Li Qing'an's assassination case is actually related to the Yangzhou Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, what did the little prince think?"

Li Li thought for a moment, and suddenly his eyes widened, "You mean he .....?"

"That's right, he is the father-in-law of King Di, if someone fishes in the troubled waters of Yangzhou, attracts the attention of the saints, and causes King Qing to suffer, then who will benefit?"

"King Di!" Li Li slammed his fist on the table.

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(To be continued)