Li Qing'an did not stay for a long time, after drinking a few glasses of water and wine, he left Xiangguo Mansion, tonight the moonlight is clear, a round of crescent moon is bright and bright, and the silver-like moonlight is like flowing water, quietly pouring on the streets of Chang'an, the sound of horses' hooves is mixed, walking on the silent street.

Li Qing'an's mind still haunts her soft figure like a hollow valley orchid, and he can't forget her lonely back when she left, as well as her helplessness and sadness under the fence......

Li Qingan let out a long breath of white air, and he looked up at the bright moon in the night sky, as if the bright moon had become her beautiful and delicate face.

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Time has long passed the moment of closing the fangmen, tonight is Chinese New Year's Eve, countless families are waiting for the dawn, tonight Chang'an's fangmen are exceptionally closed, from time to time a carriage from the street speeding by, in the dark there are bursts of dog barking.

Suddenly, several black shadows rushed out from the darkness in front of him, running straight in the direction of Dongshi, Li Qingan instinctively pulled the reins, looking at these black shadows a little strangely, his eyesight was extraordinary, he faintly saw that these people seemed to be wearing the soap clothes of the servants.

'Could it be that they are catching thieves?' ’

Li Qingxin had a trace of doubt in his heart, he continued to walk forward, and when he was about to reach the Dongfang Gate of Chongrenfang, suddenly, a thick smoke rushed up in the direction of Dongshi, which was particularly clear in the night sky with a full moon and sparse stars.

"Ahh Gone out of the water. Several of the guards at the gate shouted together.

Li Qing'an grabbed his war horse and rushed towards the direction of Dongshi, he was really a little strange in his heart, the strangeness of the official came first, and the fire came later, is there any connection between the two?

He was now very close to Dongshi, but only two miles away, and before he reached Dongshi, he heard the gong ringing properly, and someone shouted: "Go to the water!" Walk the water! The city office is on fire, go and put out the fire! ”

On the street, there were people running to see the excitement, men, women and children, and everyone's faces were full of excitement to see the excitement.

When Li Qing'an arrived at the East Market, it was already a sea of people, and the people of several nearby squares all came to see the excitement, the gate of the East City had been blocked by the government officials, and no one was allowed to enter, but from the gate could faintly see the scene inside, only to see the smoke billowing from the city office, although the fire was very large, but it had been controlled, the figures were running, countless government officials and Jinwuwei soldiers were carrying water to fight the fire, among which there were also patrol battalion soldiers, and the city office that had just arrived was in a hurry to jump to his feet, but one person was calm and calm, commanding the government officials and soldiers to fight the fire.

This person is Yang Zhao, the commander of Wannian County.

His image is extremely heroic, his official uniform is neatly dressed, pointing east and west, full of majesty, only to hear him faintly shouting, "Save people first, no matter what, you can't let the fire burn down the shop!" ”

More than a dozen businessmen next to him knelt down in front of him and kowtowed, grateful.

At this time, a government official galloped out on horseback and shouted to all the people watching the excitement: "Yang County ordered to fight the fire bravely, the fire has been controlled, and no one has been injured!" ”

The crowd suddenly erupted in cheers, and countless people applauded warmly, at this time, Li Qingan suddenly saw Li Fei Shouyu, who was leading more than a dozen cavalry to maintain order on the side.

Li Qingan urged him to step forward and shouted in a low voice from afar: "Shouyu! ”

As soon as Li Fei Shouyu turned around, he saw Li Qing'an coming, he hurriedly stepped forward and said, "General! You're here too? ”

"I just happened to be passing by."

Li Qingan waved his hand and asked in a low voice, "Let me ask you, how did this fire burn?" ”

Li Fei Shouyu looked to both sides, and when he saw someone, he hurriedly pulled Li Qingan to the dark place and said in a low voice: "It's really strange, we have a brother who happened to be nearby, and he found the problem. ”

"What's the problem?"

"About half an hour ago, the brother found a Kong Ming lantern flying in the air, flying very low, did not exceed the city wall of the East City, it should be flying nearby, after the Kong Ming lantern flew into the city office, it was ignited, but the strange thing is that the other two places also burst into the fire at the same time, which is the same as we burned into the concert hall, and then what is even more strange is that the fire has just been ignited, and even before the alarm has been issued, Yang Zhao led a large group of officials to arrive, hum! It's all too obvious. ”

Li Qingan nodded, "I know, you must tell that brother not to spread it." ”

After speaking, Li Qingan turned his horse and headed towards the Xiangguo Mansion in Pingkangfang.

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There was a fire in Dongshi, and Li Linfu, who had just received the news, had already driven out of the mansion in a carriage, just as Li Qingan arrived on horseback.

"Xiangguo, please stay!"

The guards knew Li Qing'an, the carriage stopped, and Li Linfu pulled the corner of the curtain and said with a smile: "Qilang, why are you back again?" ”

"Xiangguo, I just came from Dongshi."

"Oh! What happened to the fire in Higashi? ”

Li Qingan smiled faintly and said, "Under the heroic command of Chang'an Yang County Order, the fire in Dongshi has been controlled. ”

"Yang Zhao?" Li Linfu smiled quietly and said, "He is very conscientious as a county magistrate!" ”

"Of course, the bell still has to be tied to the bell, if he doesn't save this fire, who else can he expect to save it?"

Rao is Li Linfu was calm, but he was still shocked by Li Qing'an's words, his face changed several times, and he whispered to Li Qingan: "Get in my carriage and talk." ”

Li Qing'an got into the carriage, and the carriage slowly headed in the direction of Dongshi.

In the carriage, Li Linfu sighed and said, "As you said last time, the top priority of the Holy Lord is not to promote Yang Shenyu, but to urgently find an excuse for Yang Zhao to improve, tonight's Chinese New Year's Eve fire came too timely, and no matter why the fire started, but Yang Zhao saved Dongshi, this credit is enough to reinstate him as an official." ”

Li Qingan pondered for a moment and then said: "Xiangguo, Yang Zhao is only the official Wupin County Order now, even if the Holy Lord wants to promote him, he must be recommended by Xiangguo, if Xiangguo believes that this Dongshi fire is his responsibility rather than merit, how can the Holy Lord promote him?" ”

"Shichiro, you're thinking too simply, not bad! I have the right to intervene in the appointment and dismissal of officials below the third grade, and if I resolutely oppose it, the saint is helpless, but the question is the person he wants to promote, can you finally resist him? To put it bluntly, he does not have the right to directly appoint and dismiss officials below the third rank, but he has the right to directly dismiss you. ”

In fact, Li Linfu knows in his heart that a very important reason why he has been a prime minister for a long time is that he has not really played the role of a prime minister to a large extent, and he has never used the power of the prime minister to resist the imperial power like Zhang Jiuling, not once, he always looks at Li Longji's face to do things, and what Li Longji thinks in his heart, he has not even said it, so he has done it safely.

It is precisely because of his obedience that he has been able to sit firmly in the position of Xiangguo for so many years.

Li Qingan smiled and said: "My subordinates have overstepped their duties, please forgive Xiangguo!" ”

"No!" Li Linfu waved his hand and said with a smile: "I am very pleased that you are willing to take the initiative to tell you, and what you said is also very weighty, I have mostly adopted it, and in the future, you will be as bold as you are today." ”

Li Qingan hurriedly bowed and said: "Xiangguo has an order, and his subordinates should obey it, and his subordinates have another humble opinion, I don't know if Xiangguo wants to listen?" ”

"You say!"

Li Qing'an pondered for a while, and said: "The current situation is very chaotic, there is not only Wang Zhonghei's case, but also Yang Zhao's possible promotion, and then there are two new candidates for Shangshu, and even Gao Weng Libao Prince, all kinds of complicated things are tangled together, in fact, these are superficial things, and the real core things are considered to be only one thing, that is, the saint intends to replace Xiangguo with Yang Zhao, but the time is not yet ripe, Yang Zhao is far from being Xiangguo's opponent regardless of strength and connections, Therefore, the saint used Yang Shenjin and even two new Shangshu to be Yang Zhao's shield. ”

Li Linfu nodded slightly, Li Qingan can actually see this, it's not simple! He stroked his beard and smiled: "Then tell me, how should I deal with the current matter?" ”

"It's very simple, since Yang Zhao has to be promoted, then Xiangguo will do a personal favor, and play him as the head of the household department and the middle of the imperial history, didn't the saint ask the third division to try Wang Zhonghe's case after the year? That Xiangguo ordered Yang Zhao in the imperial history to preside over the case. ”

Li Linfu was silent for a while, and suddenly, he asked, "Qilang, if I let you inspect the camp to take responsibility for this fire, do you have any ideas?" ”

Li Qingan was stunned for a while, and after a while, he bowed down and said: "The subordinates have no ideas, everything is arranged by the Xiangguo." ”

Li Linfu smiled and was silent, he closed his eyes slightly, the carriage continued to move forward, the flickering light shone on his huge nose through the gap in the curtain, he couldn't see a trace of expression on his face, Li Qingan was also silent, Li Linfu actually meant to let himself take responsibility, but why, why did Li Linfu let himself take responsibility?

Not far from Dongshi, Li Linfu finally opened his eyes, he patted Li Qing'an's shoulder, and said with a slight smile: "Go!" Play well for Gao Weng. ”

At this moment, Li Qingan suddenly found that Li Linfu was old and had an indescribable tiredness.

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The fire in Dongshi is still burning, but it has nothing to do with Li Qing'an, Li Linfu's last decision is undoubtedly a loud alarm bell, which woke Li Qing'an up, he knows that Li Linfu let himself take responsibility, not to show favor to Yang Zhao, but Li Linfu has regarded Yang Zhao as his number one political enemy, and promoted himself to a core chess piece to deal with Yang Zhao, it should be like this, he saw that he had the ability to fight with Yang Zhao, so before implementing the steps, he first set aside his relationship with him.

But the question is, what will he think, Li Linfu doesn't care about his thoughts at all, he just regards himself as a chess piece, an important chess piece that can make subtle moves, maybe this is a political struggle, treacherous, ruthless, and only interests and use of each other.

Maybe Yang Zhao will become the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, maybe Li Linfu will last for another five years, maybe the Anshi Rebellion will hit the Tang Dynasty hard, maybe the Tang Dynasty will lose Anxi Longyou, but all this is just maybe, and he Li Qingan crossed into the Tang Dynasty, so will the Tang Dynasty still follow the original trajectory?

Since everyone is playing chess, then he, Li Qingan, will also come to a big game of chess to see who will become the chess piece.

Li Qingan exhaled a long breath to the moon, at this time the moon was no longer a delicate face in a dance dress, but became Li Linfu's huge nose, he quickly sorted out the ideas in his mind, the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Rites were vacant, Yang Shenjin's entry into the cabinet became a foregone conclusion, this fire will also be an opportunity for Yang Zhao to turn over, if he guessed correctly, Li Longji will definitely take advantage of the changes in Shangshu and start to cut Li Linfu's power, so Li Linfu will be so willing to wait for death? Definitely not, he will definitely have a move, and this move is most likely to be his own move.

Li Qingan couldn't think of what kind of chess he would play for a while, but he knew what he should do now, that is, wait for Li Linfu's arrangement.

Li Qing'an returned to Chongrenfang, and as soon as he entered the courtyard gate, he laughed loudly: "Is there anyone at home?" Your big brother is back! ”

The door creaked open, and the three little ladies rushed out, excitedly surrounding him in the middle.

"We thought the eldest brother would come back very late, but now he is back."

Li Qingan put his arm around the picturesque sister's shoulders and smiled: "What? You don't think you want me back! ”

Ruhua pulled his arm and said coquettishly: "No! We've been waiting for you to come back for dinner, and we're almost hungry! ”

Li Qingan was stunned, he looked at Rushi, "You.... Haven't had dinner yet? ”

Rushi nodded a little embarrassedly and said in a low voice: "We originally wanted to eat first, but we were worried that you wouldn't be full, so we decided to wait for you to come back and eat together." ”

"Hey! You three little girls ......."

Li Qingan was moved and distressed at the same time, he patted their heads lovingly, and said, "This is the last time, you are not allowed to wait for me like this in the future, do you hear?" ”

"Big brother, we know."

"It's good to know!"

Li Qingan touched his stomach and said with a smile: "But then again, I really didn't eat enough, let's add wine and return to the lamp to reopen the feast, the feast will start now!" ”

The three girls cheered, and Xiaolian hurriedly said to Ruhua: "Sister Ruhua, let's go to hot dishes!" ”

"I'm going to warm the wine!" Rushi walked quickly to the room.

Li Qingan followed her into the room, hugged her from behind, and kissed her on her white neck.

"Like a poem!"

Rushi's face was flushed, and she lowered her head shyly, "Big brother....."

Li Qingan liked her tenderness the most, he turned her over, took her into his arms, raised her chin, and looked eagerly at her delicate face, Rushi's eyes were flustered, and he didn't dare to look at him.

Li Qing'an smiled, stretched out his mouth and kissed her delicate cherry lips heavily, and Rushi trembled

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"Stay with me tonight!" Li Qing comforted the jade body in his arms and said in a low voice.

"Hmm" Rushi nodded shyly and lightly, and at this time, a picturesque laughter came from the courtyard, "Sister, don't patronize and make love, hurry up and come to the bar!" ”

Rushi's face flushed and snorted, "This dead girl!" ”

"I see, I'm pouring wine!"

She put her arms around Li Qing'an's neck and kissed him, and whispered in his ear: "Big brother, let's do it at night!" All right? ”

"Isn't it night?"

Li Qingan smiled and touched her ** again, and then reluctantly let her go, Rushi hurriedly tidied up her skirt, smiled at Li Qingan, and walked out quickly with the wine jug.

Li Qingan stretched for a long time, he walked to the door and laughed loudly: "Prepare more wine, let's get drunk tonight!" ”

At this time, even if Yang Zhao burned down the palace, it had nothing to do with him.

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(To be continued)