The news of the Beiting Army's recovery of broken leaves finally reached Chang'an, Chang'an was boiling, people were celebrating everywhere, and Li Longji, who was extremely excited, ordered that the gate of Chang'an Fang would not be closed for three nights, people beat gongs and drums, and stayed awake all night, and the homeland that had been lost for thirty years finally returned to the embrace of the Tang Dynasty.

Three days later, the much-anticipated reward finally came down, Li Longji generously crowned Li Qing'an as the Duke of Tingguo, the champion general, the protector of the Beiting capital, the imperial historian and the prince's guest, rewarded 10,000 taels of silver, 5,000 horses of silk, and at the same time rewarded 500,000 pieces of military money and 200,000 horses of silk to the Beiting army.

Although many people guessed that Li Qing'an would be rewarded heavily, Li Longji's generosity of the reward still surprised many people, and gradually, many people understood Li Longji's thoughts, and it was his will to let the broken leaves go back then, and taking back the broken leaves would allow him to explain in front of the first emperor.

But Li Qing'an's promotion also made many people feel deeply lost, Yang Guozhong is one of them, Li Qing'an's victory has completely overshadowed his glory in Nanzhao, although he was promoted to the secretary of the military department, but he did not get the title of the duke, let alone the title of champion general, loss and jealousy made him not sleep well for a few days.

Similarly, Li Qing'an's victory doubled the glory of the crown prince Li Heng, and Li Longji specially summoned the prince for this reason and praised him for recommending Li Qing'an's meritorious service, which made Qing King Li Cong extremely disappointed and resentful, and he locked himself in the mansion and tortured his subordinates.

The crown prince Li Heng was so excited that he didn't sleep all night, and he also received a good news letter from Li Qing'an, and early in the morning, he spread out the letter and prepared to reply to Li Qing'an.

'Lonely Hearing of the Great Victory of Broken Leaves, I am overjoyed in my heart, Jun led the three armies, Weijia Western Regions, is the pillar of the Celestial Empire, Lone Special Permission You Broken Leaves Yu Wei, Thunderbolt Westward, the prestige and benevolence of the Heavenly Khan, Ze was ...... thousands of miles in the Western Regions'

After writing the letter, he read it again, and felt that something was wrong, so he tore up the letter, crumpled it into a ball and threw it away, and took a piece of letter paper again and wrote: "Lonely and broken leaves are victorious, and my heart is overjoyed, Jun led the three armies, Weijia Western Regions, is the pillar of the Heavenly Empire, Lone should ask the Holy Lord for approval, allow you to take the broken leaves Yu Wei, thunderbolt westward, the prestige and benevolence of the Heavenly Khan, Ze is thousands of miles ...... the Western Regions'

The two letters are separated by the five words 'Lone Dang please the saint', but the meaning is completely different, one is Li Heng's own decision to let Li Qing'an go west, and the other is Li Heng's request for the approval of the saint, Li Heng finished writing the letter, sealed his mouth with fire paint, and ordered someone to send broken leaves to Li Qing'an.

He was excited all night and couldn't sleep, and after writing the letter, he was a little tired, so he simply sorted out the bookcase and went back to the dormitory to rest.

Li Heng rested, the historian also left immediately, and several eunuchs in the study were busy cleaning the study, every day, which was already a custom.

Several eunuchs are old eunuchs who have followed Li Heng for many years, which can make him trust, among these eunuchs, the eunuch who is responsible for cleaning up the book case is called Wang Anliang, who has followed Li Heng for five years, and has never been at fault.

The weather was cold, and several other eunuchs went back after packing up, and at this time, only Wang Anliang and another eunuch who cleaned up the charcoal basin were left in Li Heng's study, and Wang Anliang was responsible for burning the discarded documents written by Li Heng in the charcoal basin.

The eunuch who packed up the charcoal basin had been waiting for him, and when he saw him swallowing slowly, he couldn't help but hurriedly say: "Princess, you just hurry up, I am in a hurry to urinate, and I can't hold it back." ”

It has always been a painful thing for eunuchs to hold urine, especially when they are on duty, they can't leave at will when they serve the prince, and when they want to urinate, they often can't hold it, so eunuchs generally don't drink water in the morning.

Wang Anliang looked back and smiled: "Then you go to pee first!" I'll be fine when you come back. ”

The eunuch couldn't hold it back anymore and shouted, "Then I'll go first!" ”

He ran away as soon as he slipped away, and Wang Anliang was the only one left in the study, he moved very quickly, picked up the letter that Li Heng had just torn up and crumpled into a ball, and took out a pig urine bubble from somewhere in his body, wrapped the letter tightly, and then stuffed it back into his body.

As soon as he sorted out his clothes, the eunuch ran back, and when he saw that Wang Anliang was still burning letters, he couldn't help frowning and said, "I'm still burning letters, hurry up!" ”

"That's it! All right! Wang Anliang threw the letter into the charcoal basin, and it burned in a moment.

The eunuch poured out the charcoal basin, which was also to be examined, and the letters had to be burned to ashes, and they had to be pulled with a stick in the charcoal ash to prevent them from being buried underneath.

Wang Anliang walked out of the side hall of the study, and immediately came up with a few guards, this is to be routinely checked, he raised his hand high, but his heart was so nervous that he was pounding, the search was very strict, it was necessary to search by different people, clothes, shoes and socks, hair, and the mouth should also be opened for inspection, this is the rule of the palace, elsewhere is to prevent the eunuch from stealing things, and the study is to prevent the leakage of secrets, the palace maid is the same, by the old palace maid search, but also jump in place to check.

Since Wang Anliang and the others are all old eunuchs who follow the crown prince, and they have never had any problems, some inconvenient things are exempted, and Wang Anliang has drilled this security loophole.

"Alright, it's okay!"

The guard gave a long order, Wang Anliang breathed a long sigh of relief, his heart was relieved, he put on his shoes and hurriedly left the side hall.

In the afternoon, Wang Anliang was not on duty, he found an excuse, and asked for leave to leave the East Palace.

After a long walk around Chang'an City, Wang Anliang finally appeared at the back door of King Qing's mansion, he reported to the porter, and was soon led into King Qing's study.

In the study, Li Li carefully stapled the torn letters on a large white paper, and soon, a complete letter appeared in front of their father and son.

Li Cong read it twice, he quickly found the key point of the letter, but he was a little disappointed, the lethality of the letter was not very great, although Li Heng lost his words, but he also realized it, and tore the letter apart, which shows that he has realized that he has made a mistake and immediately corrected it, so that as long as he explains a little to his father, the problem will be solved.

He had always wanted to get a letter from Li Heng ordering Li Qing'an to send troops to Guanzhong, so that it would be possible to bring down Li Heng, and now.... Li Cong's face showed a look of disappointment.

Wang Anliang next to him was uneasy, Li Cong found him half a year ago, promised him a generous reward, and ordered him to get out the prince's secret letters, he was illiterate, he didn't know which letters were important or unimportant, but he was very smart, and today he saw that the prince wrote a letter and tore it up, so he guessed that this waste letter might be useful, so he took the risk of stealing it, but King Qing's face didn't seem to be very happy.

At this time, Li Li smiled and said: "Father, this letter is very useful, and we want to reward the prince and father-in-law." ”

Li Cong was stunned for a moment, what was there to reward for stealing this kind of letter, but when he saw his son's serious expression, he nodded and said, "Wang'er, this reward is up to you!" ”

Li Li smiled and said to Wang Anliang: "Princess, what reward do you want, say it!" ”

Wang Anliang swallowed his saliva, and timidly said the longing in his heart: "The slave wants five hundred taels of gold and five hundred acres of upper fields. ”

"Good! I reward you. ”

Li Li turned around and ordered: "Come on, bring the reward." ”

After a while, two guards came in, holding two large plates, each with ten ingots of yellow and clear gold, which was official gold, twenty-five taels of bread, and a paper field deed, on which were 500 acres of Shangtian in Gaoyang County.

"Princess, it's yours."

Wang Anliang was so excited that he knelt down and kowtowed, "Slave thank the prince for the reward!" ”

Li Li waved his hand and said with a smile: "Do things for us well, the prince will have a heavy reward, and he will never treat you badly." ”

"The slave understands and is willing to serve the prince!"

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Wang Anliang was sent away, and Li Cong, who had been silent, said unhappily: "My son, this letter is really not worth so much reward, why are you so rewarded?" ”

Li Li hurriedly bowed down and explained: "Father should know the story of buying horse bones!" ”

"You're trying to get this guy to work for us?"

"That's right! This man was on duty in the prince's study, and his position was extremely important, and the child felt that we should put a long line and catch a big fish. ”

"Hmm!" Li Cong agreed with his son's idea, and he pointed to the letter and asked, "What about this one?" ”

"Father, this letter burned it, it is useless, once it leaks out, it will startle the snake."

Saying that, Li Li picked up the letter and burned it directly in the charcoal basin, until it burned to ashes, Li Li clapped his hands and smiled: "Father, there is one more thing, which is extremely important, I hope my father will hurry up." ”

"What's the matter?"

"Did Father forget? Lian Heng Yang Guozhong formed an alliance with him to reverse the prince. ”

"Oh! I've talked to him about it, and we've come to a consensus. ”

"Father, this kind of thing should be talked about often, and when you talk about it, the solution will come out."

Unconsciously, Li Cong was held by his son's nose, and he nodded happily, "Okay!" I'm going to talk to him. ”

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In the evening, Yang Guozhong's house is quite lively, today is the birthday of Yang Guozhong's wife Pei Rou, Yang Guozhong is very low-key, only invited his family to celebrate his wife's birthday, this is his cleverness, the Yang family's arrogance and flying domineering has aroused public anger in the capital, in order to show that he is different, he deliberately held a simple birthday banquet to celebrate his wife's birthday.

Of course, this simple birthday banquet must be publicized afterwards, especially to let the saint know, otherwise it will lose the significance of his invitation to Qingyu.

The birthday banquet was held in the guest hall, a total of twenty-three guests came, all of them were from the Yang clan, Yang Guozhong and his wife Pei Rou sat on the main seat, next to the three Yang sisters, and his four sons were taking turns to toast their mother's birthday.

There was a lot of laughter in the guest hall, Yang Huahua drank a little too much wine, her face was red, she asked Yang Guozhong with a hint of drunkenness: "Third brother, how does this taste like Xiangguo?" ”

Yang Guozhong shook his head, "It's good to be admired by thousands of people, but it's too tired." ”

Pei Rou next to him said with a smile: "Your third brother always says that the name of this Xiangguo does not match the truth, and there is only one real Xiangguo, and that is the right Xiang." ”

Yang Huahua drank it all in her hand again, and said with a smile: "Do you want me to help, drive Li Linfu off the stage, and let the third brother be the right minister." ”

Yang Guozhong was startled, and hurriedly said, "Third sister, you are drunk." ”

Yang Huahua waved her hand, "Where am I drunk, do you believe me?" ”

Yang Yupei, the Korean lady next to her, hurriedly persuaded: "Third sister, the power struggle is played by men, we women don't understand this, it's best not to ask." ”

"Whew!" Yang Huahua snorted disdainfully, "That's you, don't say that others don't understand if you don't understand, I'm just too lazy to ask, if I play power struggle, make them all dumbfounded." ”

At this moment, a family member shouted: "Your Majesty the Emperor, the concubine Niangniang congratulatory gift has been delivered!" ”

I saw hundreds of sturdy eunuchs carrying dozens of large boxes in, and the eunuch Yu Chaoen took the gift list and smiled and said: "Yang Xiangguo, Mrs. Yang, distinguished guests, I am ordered by Your Majesty and Niangniang to send a little birthday gift to congratulate Mrs. Yang on her birthday." ”

"To be able to get the gift of the saint and the mother, Weichen Sansheng is lucky."

Yang Guozhong hurriedly went up to receive the gift, and the children of the Yang family rushed up to watch the birthday ceremony, only Yang Huahua sat on the seat and sneered.

At this time, she suddenly saw a family member running in and whispering a few words in Yang Guozhong's ear, Yang Guozhong was stunned for a moment, explained something to his wife, and hurriedly followed the family.

Yang Huahua was a little curious, what was the matter, she let the three of them walk away from the emperor's ceremony, she also stood up and quietly followed Yang Guozhong.

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In Yang Guozhong's study, King Qing Li Cong was pacing back and forth with his hands behind his back, he didn't expect that today was Mrs. Yang Guozhong's birthday, but there was no gift, but his mind was not here, he just thought of a question in the carriage, the last time his father said that he wanted to expand the phase, there was a lot of uproar, and those eligible people all made grass and trees soldiers, but it was only less than a month, and this matter was silent again, what happened here?

Just as he was thinking about it, there was a sound of footsteps behind him, and then Yang Guozhong's laughter appeared at the door, "Let the prince wait for a long time, forgive your sins!" Forgiveness! ”

Li Cong arched his hand and said: "It's me who should apologize, I didn't know that today is Mrs. Zun's birthday, and I came to disturb Yang Shangshu, please make up a birthday gift later." ”

"If the prince has a heart, I will receive it."

Yang Guozhong waved his hand and smiled: "Lord Wang, please take a seat!" ”

The two sat down, a maid served tea, closed the door and retreated, Li Cong asked: "Yang Shangshu, why is there no news about the expansion of the photo some time ago?" ”

Li Longji talked to Yang Guozhong about this matter, he thought about it and said: "Lord Wang, the saint originally considered letting An Lushan enter the phase, but there was a sudden mess on the Khitan side, and there was also a Cui Qiao, but there was a royal history to impeach him for raising another housewife, and the two things came together, and the saint temporarily suppressed the expansion of the phase." ”

"I see!"

Li Cong said with a smile: "This Cui Qiao is too big because of a small loss, and it is really not worth it to lose the opportunity to enter the photo for a woman." ”

"It is estimated that he didn't know that he had a chance to enter the photo, otherwise he would never be so stupid, but Chen Xilie, who recommended him, didn't communicate with him in advance, which is strange."

Li Cong said disdainfully: "That's Li Linfu's means, Chen Xilie is his person, he doesn't want Cui Qiao to enter the prime minister at all, isn't Yushitai in his hands Li Linfu?" Maybe the impeacher was instigated by Li Linfu. ”

Yang Guozhong nodded approvingly: "It's very possible." ”

The two exchanged a few words, and the conversation gradually turned to the main topic, Li Cong pointed to the east, and asked tentatively, "I don't know if there is any news over there?" ”

Yang Guozhong understood, he sighed and said: "I have also been paying attention to him, Beiting has won a big victory in the past few days, he is proud, and now he wants to find trouble with him, but it is difficult!" ”

"Humph! The most proud time, that is, the most prone to problems. ”

Li Cong thought of the burned letter, and couldn't help but regret it in his heart, he knew that he should still stay and let Yang Guozhong denounce it.

The two couldn't think of a good way for a while, and they were relatively speechless, and at this moment, a laugh suddenly came from the door: "Two high-ranking men can't even do this little thing, if the old lady comes out, within half a month, let him step down and get out." ”

The sudden voice frightened Li Cong to the point that his fat body trembled, and Yang Guozhong was also startled, but he immediately heard that it was Yang Huahua's voice, and hurriedly asked, "Third sister, is it you?" ”

Yang Huahua Shi Ran pushed the door in, glared at the guards who wanted to stop her, and said with a smile: "His Royal Highness King Qing, Yang Shangshu, welcome the little girl to participate?" ”

King Qing had some memories of what Yang Huahua had just said, and he hurriedly got up and bowed down and asked, "Does the third lady know who we are talking about?" ”

Yang Huahua closed the door with her hand, sat down, raised her eyebrows and smiled: "Don't you want to drive the prince out of the East Palace?" ”

Yang Guozhong had never seen Yang Huahua interested in power struggles, so he couldn't help but ask in surprise: "Didn't the third sister never ask about this kind of thing?" ”

"I wasn't interested before, but I was bored during this time, so I wanted to have a fun, why, don't you want me to participate?"

King Qing was a little dumbfounded when he heard this, and he hesitated and asked, "Third lady, you, you really have a way?" ”

Yang Huahua smiled and said: "Of course I have a way, but if I do it, how can His Royal Highness King Qing thank me?" ”

Li Cong suddenly gave a deep salute, "If the third lady can do it, as long as I have it, what does the third lady want, what will I give?" ”

"Where's the third brother?"

Yang Huahua's charming eyes glanced at Yang Guozhong again, Yang Guozhong was still a little unconvinced, so he smiled and said: "I am the same as His Royal Highness King Qing, as long as I have it, I will give the third sister what she wants!" ”

"I want your official seal of the military department, can you give it?"

"This...."Yang Guozhong smiled bitterly, "Third sister, don't be joking." ”

"Oh well! I'm not kidding you. ”

At this time, Yang Huahua's smile had disappeared, and a vicious color appeared in her eyes that only snakes and scorpions had, now was the time to take revenge on the crown prince Li Heng for insulting herself, whoever dared to offend her, she would let whoever went to hell.

She said coldly: "I know that you also have a little connection, and I need you to contribute some money and manpower." ”

Li Cong and Yang Guozhong glanced at each other, feeling that Yang Huahua didn't seem to be joking, and the two said in unison: "Please just give orders!" ”

Yang Huahua lowered her head and thought about it, and then said to Li Cong: "If this matter is successful, I will harm others and myself, but His Royal Highness King Qing is the biggest beneficiary, so I can't advance money for you, Your Highness must spend a sum or two first." ”

"Madame, just speak!"

Yang Huahua gestured a finger like a jade onion and said, "His Royal Highness King Qing wants to give me 10,000 mu of Shangtian and 10,000 yuan of money first." ”

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(To be continued)