After the end of the affairs of Duliangshan and Runzhou, Li Qing'an wrote to the imperial court in the name of serving the imperial history, impeaching the Sizhou Taishou for colluding with the Duliangshan Xiangma, and greatly praised Cui Ping Yitong in the recital, recommending him to temporarily replace the Sizhou Taishou.

Two days later, the army returned to the Jiangdu barracks, and hurried to the state government without even having time to take a sip of tea.

In the official room, Li Qingan handed over a list of the Du family's property to the Taishou Lu Lian.

"This is the property of the Du family that I seized in Duliang Mountain, except for a small part that sank into the river, the others are here, I haven't taken a penny, in addition, I also brought Du Boyuan's head, and asked Lu Taishou to accept it."

Speaking of this, Li Qingan sighed and said: "There is also Du Boyun, it's a pity that he committed suicide, I didn't ask about Du Bosheng's whereabouts." ”

Lu Jian stared at it for a long time before he slowly came to his senses, and he quickly got up and saluted Li Qing'an: "General Li's great merit, I will definitely report to the imperial court in time to commend General Li." ”

"There's no need for commendation, I passed through Xuyi County during my training, I can't see death without help!"

Li Qingan waved his hand and said with a smile: "But these belongings, since the Du family earned them from the people of Yangzhou, they should be returned to the people of Yangzhou to build bridges, pave roads, and build schools, all of which require money, I hope Lu Taishou can use this money in a clear place." ”

Although Lu Jian knew in his heart that most of the money had to be shipped to the imperial court, he was still very impressed by Li Qing'an's people's guards, and he nodded and said: "General Li loves the people, and Lu will do his best." ”

He looked at the list and asked, "Then the whereabouts of Du Bosheng, General Li has no eyebrows at all?" ”

This morning, the crown prince secretly sent someone to him, instructing him to collect evidence of King Qing's smuggling, or to be able to kill Liu Changyun and seize the post of Jianghuai capital transfer envoy.

He has Du Bosheng's confession, and the key is Du Bosheng himself, as well as account books and other relevant evidence, so it is particularly important to find Du Bosheng.

Li Qingan took a sip of tea, shook his head and said: "I also want to ask, but unfortunately Du Boyun committed suicide, and none of his subordinates know the whereabouts of Du Bosheng, but there is news that he may be hiding in the Suzhou area, waiting for an opportunity to go to sea." ”

Lu Jian showed a disappointed look on his face, and he smiled reluctantly: "It's okay, I also beg General Li to help us a lot, and catch this big salt lord as soon as possible." ”

"Of course, I'll do my best to help."

At this time, a servant at the door reported in a low voice: "Taishou, that Li Bai is drunk again, in the Xunyang wine shop, the shopkeeper wants us to carry him back." ”

Lu Jian frowned, "Why are you drunk again, alas! Forget it, come back by himself when he wakes up. ”

Li Qingan said with a smile: "That Li Taibai seems to have caused a lot of trouble to the envoy. ”

"Hey! There is not much trouble, but every one is a headache, when he first came to me, he was drunk almost every day, until he drank all my wine savings, he may also feel embarrassed, so he was going to leave, I gave a hundred pieces of coils, and hired an ox cart to pull money for him, but he only went to Jiangyang County next door, he met a poet friend, the two of them gathered in the restaurant every day, less than half a month, a hundred dollars were spent cleanly, the shopkeeper of the restaurant sent him back, the next day I woke up to apologize to me, I gave him another twenty pieces of money to wrap around, repeatedly told not to spend indiscriminately, he agreed, but when he walked to the gate of the city, he saw a beggar pitiful, so he gave twenty yuan to the family, and came back empty-handed, I was really helpless. ”

After speaking, Lu Jian shook his head again and again, sighing.

Li Qingan thought for a while and smiled: "Maybe he is depressed in his heart and feels that his ambitions have nowhere to be displayed, Lu Taishou might as well find him something to do." ”

"I found him and asked him to be a doctor, but he said that this is a small official, and it depends on people's eyes, and if he doesn't do it, I can't do it."

Speaking of this, Lu Jian suddenly smiled and said: "By the way, I see that General Li has no staff around him, so it is better to let Li Taibai be your staff member and handle the paperwork of the regimental training camp for you, I think he is also willing." ”

Li Qing'an was taken aback, Da Shixian was his staff, how could this work, and waved his hand again and again: "Lu Yuanjun doesn't know, I'm just a lieutenant general, how can I afford to use my staff, and besides, there are already two scribes on the side of the regimental training camp, who were sent by the Dadu Governor's Office." ”

"Huh! It doesn't matter, even Qipin Zhixian has its own staff, General Li is the founder of the country from Sanpin, and he is a regimental training envoy, why can't he have a staff? Besides, you officers need scribe staff even more, Li Taibai has thousands of miles of ambition and will definitely be competent, so General Li should not shirk. ”

Without waiting for Li Qingan to refuse again, Lu Jian immediately shouted: "Someone! ”

A servant entered in response, and Lu Jian ordered: "Go and move Li Taibai's luggage to the regimental training camp." ”

"This ......" Li Qingan saw that the matter was irreparable, so he had to agree hard, "Okay!" As long as Brother Taibai is willing, I have no opinion. ”

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Came to the state to hand over the money and goods of the Du family, but got a staff, and this staff was actually the famous poet immortal Li Bai for thousands of years, Li Qing'an had a feeling of complacency, and later generations wrote Li Bai's life when they wrote: 'In the seventh year of Tianbao, Bai was Li Qing'an's staff member of Anxi Zhonglang. ’

Walking out of the state office, it was already afternoon, the sun also brought a trace of fatigue, it was time for lunch, he was just about to turn over and get on the horse, at this moment, someone behind him suddenly called him, "Li Qing'an, Qilang!" ”

It was a young woman's voice, very familiar, Li Qing'an was stunned for a moment, looked back, but saw a little lady with strange makeup appearing on the steps, her lips were painted black, and her face was painted with a few gorgeous peach blossoms, and she was jumping and waving to him excitedly.

Li Qingan immediately recognized it, the unique makeup was Dugu Mingzhu, she... How did she get here?

He had a dreamlike feeling, this is Yangzhou, thousands of miles away from Chang'an, Li Qingan turned over and dismounted, Dugu Mingzhu galloped down from the steps, like a bird into his arms, "Qilang, I thought I couldn't see you?" She was excited and crying.

Li Qingan saw several officials next to him staring at Mingzhu with surprised eyes, he was amused in his heart, her trendiness was eye-catching everywhere.

"What do you mean by not seeing me, do I come to Yangzhou and have no return?"

Mingzhu laughed embarrassedly, "No, I've been here for seven or eight days, saying that you went out, waiting for you every day, and my neck is long." ”

"Oh! I went out to train. Li Qingan saw a thin scar on her snow-white neck, so he smiled and said, "Mingzhu, why did you come to Yangzhou, did you come to me?" ”

"Nope! No! Mingzhu shook her head in a panic, "I came to see Daddy, have you forgotten?" As I told you, my father was an official in Yangzhou. ”

"Your daddy? Your daddy is ....."

Li Qingan felt that it seemed that he had never heard of an official surnamed Dugu since coming to Yangzhou, who could this be?

"My father is the governor of Yangzhou, Shi Dugu Haoran."

As soon as Mingzhu finished speaking, she squinted her eyes, and immediately smiled and beckoned behind Li Qingan, "Daddy!" ”

Li Qingan turned his head, only to find that a middle-aged official came behind him at some point, with fair skin and three long beards floating on his chest, looking at Li Qingan with a smile.

Mingzhu jumped up, took the middle-aged official's arm and said with a smile: "He is Li Qingan." ”

This middle-aged man is Dugu Mingzhu's father Dugu Haoran, he was originally the prince of the East Palace, Zhongyun, the year before last, he was promoted to the governor of Yangzhou, it has been two years, Dugu Haoran has a son and three daughters, the eldest daughter Mingyang was unfortunately killed by the Khitan people because of the failure of the family, the second daughter Mingyue, the little girl Mingzhu, the three daughters he loves the little girl Pearl the most.

Dugu Haoran knocked his daughter's head with a smile, "Silly girl, how could I not know General Li." ”

Li Qingan hurriedly stepped forward and bowed, "Li Qingan has seen Uncle Dugu!" ”

Dugu Haoran was very grateful to Li Qing'an for saving his two daughters, and hurriedly replied: "When General Li came to Yangzhou, I happened to go to the countryside to persuade the peasants, and I just saw the general today, I really don't know how to express my gratitude." ”

"A little thing, Changshi doesn't have to take it to heart, in fact, I also like Mingzhu very much, how can I let her suffer misfortune?"

"In any case, I will also invite General Li to have a glass of water and wine."

Dugu Haoran groaned for a while and said, "I have to rush to Jiangyang County tonight, tomorrow night!" General Lee must appreciate the light. ”

"Good! I will definitely come. ”

Dugu Haoran stroked his beard and smiled slightly, and said to his daughter: "You talk to General Li!" Daddy had gone beforehand. ”

Dugu Haoran nodded to Li Qing'an, and walked into the state office quickly, as soon as Dugu Mingzhu saw her father leave, she immediately took Li Qing'an's hand, and said with a coquettish smile: "Daddy will invite you to dinner tomorrow, then you can invite me to dinner tonight!" ”

"No problem!" Li Qingan smiled: "Where do you want to eat?" ”

"I don't know, or let's take a look."

Unlike Jiangdu North City, which is almost full of official warehouse goods, South City is a place where private merchants are concentrated, and the pedestrians on the street are also different, Datang's overseas trade is very active, and the degree of restriction of contraband is far less than that of land trade, such as pig iron, weapons, gold and silver and other contraband are almost unrestricted, so maritime merchants from all over the world come in an endless stream, with Yangzhou, Guangzhou and other places being the most concentrated, Jiangdu streets, merchants from various countries are more lively than Chang'an, dark-skinned, wearing wide linen clothes, Linyi people wearing straw sandals; The short, solemn and reverent man himself; the Silla people who led a group of Korean slave girls across the street; Even the big cannibals in wide white robes, as well as the stout and sturdy Khitans.

In the southern city, exotic shops also abound, furs and horses from the north; spices, pearls, and ivory from the South Seas; gems and silverware from Lingxi; lacquerware and pearls of this book; Silla's medicinal herbs, paper, shouting, and shouting came and went, and there was a noisy and lively scene everywhere.

This is also the first time Li Qing'an has seen the prosperity of Jiangdu, he led the horse and Dugu Mingzhu side by side, while admiring the exotic customs that are rare to see in Chang'an, while paying attention to both sides, although an assassination attempt in Yangzhou was not over, it did not mean that the assassin let him go, his two relatives followed behind, vigilantly watching the surrounding situation.

Mingzhu looked around, looking for a satisfactory wine shop everywhere, and his soft little hand held Li Qing'an tightly.

"Shichiro, let's go to this house!"

Mingzhu found a wine shop delicate and elegant, she immediately liked it, pulled Li Qingan and ran to the wine shop, Li Qingan looked up, the wine shop is three stories high, the whole body is red, a flag fluttering high, 'Xunyang wine shop', he suddenly remembered something, and smiled: "Okay! Let's eat at this wine shop. ”

A guy greeted him and said with a smile: "Two guests upstairs, please!" ”

Walking up to the third floor, I heard someone chanting loudly from afar: "The living are passers-by, and the dead are returnees." Heaven and earth are a reverse journey, and they are sad for eternity. ”

Li Bai had already woken up from wine, but he picked up a pot of wine again, and chanted while drinking: "The ancient sages are all lonely, only the drinker leaves his name, and the poem is given to the north window, and ten thousand words are not worth a glass of water." ”

Li Qingan stepped forward quickly and said with a smile: "Brother Taibai, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

Li Bai glanced at him, and suddenly laughed: "It turned out to be Master Li, it's good, let's gamble again!" ”

Li Qingan smiled and said to the guy: "Bring me the best wine in the altar!" ”

The guy hurriedly took a jar of good wine from the corner of the house, Li Qingan took it, patted open the sealing mud, poured two large bowls, he picked up the wine bowl, drank it all, and put the wine bowl down, "It's your turn, you drink!" ”

Mingzhu quietly pulled Li Qing'an's sleeve and whispered, "Qilang, he has drunk too much and can't drink anymore." ”

"I know."

Li Qingan looked at Li Bai with a smile, "How?" Do you want to gamble with me today, or do you want to come back in two days? ”

Li Bai looked at the wine bowl blankly, and suddenly took a big sip of wine from the bowl, he drank the big bowl of wine dry, and slammed the wine bowl hard, "Okay!" Good wine, good pleasure. ”

He stumbled towards the stairs, but after only a few steps, he fell to the ground and snored loudly.

The guy was in a hurry, so he stepped forward and pushed him and said, "Guest, you haven't paid for the wine yet!" Can't sleep anymore. ”

"Let him sleep!"

Li Qingan took out a famous poster, handed it to the man, and said, "Hire a carriage to send him to the regimental training camp outside the north gate, and I will pay for his wine." ”

Li Qing'an sent Li Bai away, he and Dugu Mingzhu found a private room by the window and sat down, asked for a table of wine and food, he poured a glass of wine for Mingzhu and said with a smile: "You are honest, did you sneak out by yourself?" ”

Mingzhu blushed and said, "Not exactly, my father didn't come home for the New Year, and my mother missed it very much, so I said to send a letter to my father, and then I came." ”

"How's your sister? Did you go out with King Guangping and them to write poems? ”

"Hey! Don't mention it, my sister is angry with him! They came to invite twice, but my sister refused, and my grandfather gave her a blind date in Zhangluo. ”

Li Qingan picked up his wine glass and said lightly: "Did you find the right person?" ”

"My sister doesn't seem to be in this mood, my grandfather invited Jinke Tanhualang to my house for dinner, and my sister didn't see it, which made my grandfather angry."

"What about you? What do you think of that Tanhualang? ”

Mingzhu pouted, "Don't squint, rules and regulations, full of mouths, I don't like it at all." ”

"Huh! Doesn't your sister like that? ”

"Who said that, my sister's mind, you don't understand it at all."

Dugu Mingzhu drank a glass of wine, a touch of blush flew on her pretty face, and she suddenly said a little shyly: "Grandfather said that he will give me a blind date next year." ”

"What a good thing! This means that you are grown up and ready to marry. ”

Li Qingan drank all the wine and smiled at her: "But I don't think you are still a child." ”

"Nonsense!" Mingzhu bit her lip, lowered her head and whispered: "Where am I a child, people have grown up completely, and my mother married my father at the age of fifteen." ”

Li Qingan poured her another glass of wine and teased her: "You are so anxious to get married, do you have a favorite Langjun?"

"Qilang, you ....." Mingzhu's face was flushed with shame, she raised her wine glass and said angrily: "If you dare to make fun of me again, I will splash you with wine." ”

"Good! Good! Good! I won't say anything. ”

Li Qingan hurriedly picked up his wine glass and said with a smile: "For us to be able to meet again in a foreign land, this toast!" ”

"That's pretty much it." Mingzhu traveled thousands of miles just to see Li Qingan, and today she finally got her wish, and she was extremely happy in her heart, raising her glass and drinking it all.

"Shichiro, you know what? There's a lot going on in the capital, and do you like my latest peach makeup? ”

"I love it, huh! It's trendy and pleasing to the eye. ”

"Mingzhu, tell me about Chang'an, first of all, the polo tournament, I heard that the Anxi team won the championship in the end, is it true?"

"Of course it's true, seven to three, defeated the Shuofang Polo Team to win the championship, and your Anxi team's celebration banquet also invited me to it, by the way! I've also seen your picturesque and little lotus. ”

Mingzhu chirped like a little magpie, she spoke eloquently, telling the new things that happened in Chang'an eloquently, Li Qingan lay comfortably on the cushion, while drinking, while listening to Mingzhu's pleasant voice, her heart was full of a kind of warmth and joy of meeting her old people in a foreign land.

"Huh! How are they? ”

"They miss you so much, I like Picturesque the most, and I teach her how to put on makeup, and I'm sure she'll be shocked when you get back."

"What about poetry? Don't you like her? ”

"Of course I do! It's just that I think she's a bit like my sister's last name. ”

"How so? Your sister is always cold and rejects people thousands of miles away. ”

"That's because you don't know her, she's actually very gentle, Shichiro, invite her out to play when you return to the capital! She'll say yes. ”

Li Qing'an smiled, drank a glass of wine and asked, "What else is interesting?" ”

Dugu Mingzhu thought for a while, "That's right! The three elder sisters of the concubine are all named Mrs. Guo, the eldest sister is Mrs. Qinguo, the second sister is Mrs. Han, the third sister Yang Huahua is Mrs. Yuguo, and the two brothers of the Yang family, Yang Cheng and Yang Qi, have become high-ranking officials, and they are called Wuyang in the capital, and they are rampant and domineering all day long, and they are so arrogant, Qilang, are you listening to me? ”

Li Qingan was a little distracted, he didn't expect Yang Huahua to be crowned Mrs. Yuguo so soon, will Gao Lishi still remember his last mistake? It's a bit of a hassle.

"Shichiro, what's wrong with you?"

Li Qingan came back to his senses, shook his head and smiled: "Nothing? You continue. ”

Dugu Mingzhu bit her lip and asked in a low voice: "Qilang, I think you seem to have a prejudice against my sister, are you still angry with her last blind date?" ”

"It's that you think too much, what prejudice do I have against her? It's just that I'm not a person with her, and a lot of things can't be talked about together, Mingzhu, in two years, when you grow up, you will be able to understand what I mean. ”

Dugu Mingzhu pursed her mouth and said a little unhappily: "My sister will get married in two years, what's the use of understanding?" ”

Li Qingan smiled and diverted the topic, "Is Picturesque learning the piano?" I mean, are there any famous teachers to guide them? ”

Dugu Mingzhu thought for a while and said: "It seems that there is, last time I invited them to play at home, Xiaolian said that they went to learn the piano, it seems to be a female gentleman surnamed Jiang." ”

"By the way, there's another important thing that has to do with you."

"What's the matter?"

"Listening to Xiaolian, that Mrs. Qiuguo has come to you a few times, saying that you went to Yangzhou, she is very unhappy, saying that you are deliberately avoiding her, Qilang, you will have nothing to do with her!"

"I have nothing to do with her."

"I think so, how can she be worthy of you."

Dugu Mingzhu put down her heart, she stretched a long waist, picked up the wine glass and said with a smile: "It's rare that my grandfather is not here, I can drink well, hey!" It's so good to be in Yangzhou, I don't even want to go back to Chang'an. ”

As soon as her wine glass reached her lips, Li Qingan reached out and snatched it away.

"Just because your grandfather isn't there doesn't mean you can indulge in drinking and eat well, and I'll send you back."

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(To be continued)