readx; "The old slave heard that His Majesty was unwell, so he rushed to visit, and he really didn't know what crime he had committed? Your Majesty, please! ”

"Humph!" Li Longji snorted heavily, "If you are still pretending to be confused in front of me, then I will tell you clearly that Li Qing'an is the hidden prince back then, what do you say?" Over the years, you have spoken good things about him in front of me every day, blinded my eyes, and finally I was deceived by you and promoted him to be the envoy of the Anxi Festival, Gao Lishi, are you not responsible? ”

At this time, Gao Lishi's heart calmed down, and he said unhurriedly: "Your Majesty, please listen to the old slave, Li Qing'an was promoted because he had outstanding performances in the Battle of Xiaobolu and the Battle of Shibao City, and it has nothing to do with the old slave, the old slave really didn't know that he was built after the prince, and it was only because he played polo for the old slave that he established a personal friendship, if the old slave knew that he was built, he would never dare to hide it from His Majesty, and took 10,000 steps back and said, in fact, even if he is built, it is not a big deal, it can only prove that he is a clan, It was only a hundred years ago that the crown prince was built, will his descendants definitely make waves? The so-called Lin wants to be quiet and the wind does not stop, as long as His Majesty looks down on this matter, he will naturally be safe, the old slave thinks that it does not matter whether Li Qingan is built or not, the important thing is that His Majesty cannot force him because of this, but make him desperate and rebel, please think twice! ”

It should be said that Gao Lishi's suggestion was very sensible, reminding Li Longji not to make a big deal and not to force Li Qingan to rebel, but at this time, Li Longji's heart was full of murderous intentions, he could no longer listen to anyone's advice, Gao Lishi's persuasion made him even more disgusted, he sneered and said: "I want to hold you responsible, but you have taught me a lesson, do you still think that you are the former Gao Lishi?" Come! ”

A few guards came in at the door, and Li Longji pointed at Gao Lishi and said: "Pull this slave down, beat him with a hundred sticks, drive him out of the East Palace, and never hire him!" ”

Several guards grabbed Gao Lishi's arm and dragged him out, and Gao Lishi struggled and shouted: "Your Majesty, it is better to kill me with a knife, it is more painful!" ”

"Drag it off!"

Li Longji was furious, pointed at Gao Lishi and yelled, the fish next to him was full of joy, how could Gao Lishi's old bones withstand a hundred sticks, and the opportunity to kill this old bastard had arrived. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

At this moment, Li Yu's sad shout came from outside the door: "Grandfather Huang, spare the life of Grandpa Gao!" He served the emperor's grandfather for 50 years, and he had no merit and hard work! ”

"Holy Lord, spare the life of Grandpa Gao!"

All the palace maids and eunuchs outside knelt down and pleaded for Gao Lishi together, Li Longji finally calmed down a little, and he realized that if he was beaten with a hundred sticks, Gao Lishi would not be able to live, and in a blink of an eye, he suddenly felt that Gao Lishi could not die, in case Li Qing'an entered the Guanzhong, he could also let him negotiate with Li Qing'an.

Thinking of this, he hurriedly changed his words and said, "Okay! For the sake of the emperor's eldest grandson, I spared his life and beat him with thirty sticks. ”

A eunuch rushed to deliver the decree, and he gritted his teeth with hatred, and it was easy to wait for a golden opportunity, but this old thing escaped.

"Yu Chaoen."

Li Longji called him, and Yu Chaoen hurriedly stepped forward and sneered: "The slave is here!" ”

"You go and persuade the imperial grandson to return to the East Palace, just say that I am in a bad mood and don't want to see anyone, and I will summon him later."

"Yes! Minions understand. ”

Yu Chaoen was just about to leave, but Li Longji stopped him again, "After the imperial grandson leaves, you will go and call Yang Guozhong to me." ”

Yu Chaoen left, Li Longji closed his eyes again, although he was old and mediocre, but decades of political experience were still there, he pondered, how to get rid of Li Qingan as soon as possible?

After a while, Yang Guozhong hurriedly came, he didn't sleep well all night last night, and his eyelids were still a little swollen, he bowed down and saluted when he entered the door: "The minister was so worried that he didn't sleep all night, and when he heard that His Majesty was getting better, the minister was finally relieved." ”

He said that he was telling the truth, he really didn't sleep all night, but he was not worried about Li Longji, but thinking about the way back for himself, if Li Longji returned to heaven and Li Yu succeeded to the throne, he Yang Guozhong would be finished, if Li Longji really returned to heaven, then what should he do? Li Yu will definitely not let him go, and now it seems to be too late to have a good relationship with Li Yu, Yang Guozhong has been thinking about it all night, but there is still no result, and the only hope is to pray to God to bless Li Longji with a long life.

Li Longji saw that his eyes were bloodshot, and he couldn't help but be a little moved in his heart, although this Yang Guozhong's ability is not as good as Li Linfu's, but he is loyal to himself, which is rare!

He nodded and said, "I want to ask about the Hidden Dragon Society first, how did you search for it?" ”

"Back to the saint, last night the minister ordered Jing Zhaoyin to search the East City, and caught Li Huichun, the owner of the Hidden Dragon Society's big boss Huichun Tea House, this person is a famous Han man with broken leaves, he is the leader of the eighteen generals Li Zhongyuan, but unfortunately he committed suicide by chewing his tongue in prison last night, and the minister was incompetent, and he was unable to trace other members of the Hidden Dragon Society from his mouth."

'Dead? ’

Li Longji's face showed a look of disappointment, "Is there anything else to gain from that?" ”

"Yes!"

Yang Guozhong took out a long list and said with a smile: "I found 80,000 yuan of the Hidden Dragon Society from the Huichun Tea House, and the minister immediately seized the Juhaixing cabinet shop, and I heard the tea house guy say that the shopkeeper of the cabinet shop is Li Huichun's son, although he escaped, but the minister found 500,000 guan money and 30,000 taels of silver from the underground treasury of the cabinet shop. ”

"Is all this money from the Hidden Dragon Society?"

"Part yes, part not, the minister plans to clean up the accounts and officially report to the saint."

Li Longji thought for a while and said: "I have two opinions, first, the Juhaixing cabinet shop was opened by the Anxi Army, and there is a lot of money in it that is stored in the cabinet by the soldiers of the Anxi Army, so except for the money of the Hidden Dragon Society, other money is not allowed to be moved, and the cabinet shop will continue to open; Second, to search for the members of the Hidden Dragon Society and the Han and Tang Societies with all my might, I would rather catch a hundred by mistake than let go of one, do you hear clearly? ”

"Obey the order!"

Yang Guozhong couldn't help but be a little disappointed when he saw that Li Longji actually let go of Juhaixing, but after all, he was Xiangguo, and he also understood the subtleties, Juhaixing was opened by the Anxi Army, and many generals had saved money there, Li Longji had to deal with Li Qingan, and if he closed Juhaixing, he offended the entire Anxi Army, which was tantamount to helping Li Qingan in disguise.

At this time, Li Longji said slowly: "I have thought about it repeatedly, originally I planned to use Feng Changqing to seize Li Qing'an's power, but Feng Changqing's qualifications are obviously a little shallow, and it is not enough to convince other Anxi generals, so I thought of a person, this person is more qualified than Feng Changqing, and is more qualified to serve my trust." ”

Yang Guozhong suddenly reacted and said in surprise: "What Your Majesty said is ....."

"That's right! I'm talking about Fumon Lingcha. ”

Yang Guozhong thought of Gao Xianzhi, he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, why don't you use Gao Xianzhi, transfer him from Jiannan and let him go to Anxi, the two tigers will fight, and one will be injured, and the minister thinks that this will be more effective." ”

It should be said that Yang Guozhong's suggestion is very vicious, which can not only relieve Gao Xianzhi's control over Jiannan, let Jiannan return to his hands Yang Guozhong, but also let Gao Xianzhi deal with Li Qing'an, for Gao Ming's plan to kill two birds with one stone, this strategy is Linghu Fei's suggestion to Yang Guozhong, Yang Guozhong seized this opportunity to say it.

But Li Longji shook his head, "Although this plan is good, I am worried that the matter of Anxi has not been resolved, and the turmoil in Jiannan has risen again, you have to think that Gao Xianzhi is not a fuel-efficient lamp, he is the king of Annan, what is it to go to Anxi?" What if he doesn't obey? Will it disturb the calm situation in Jiannan? I have to consider all of this, and if Gao Xianzhi gets rid of Li Qing'an, then how can I get rid of Gao Xianzhi, maybe there will be more trouble, so I decided to use Fu Meng Lingcha, he is the old Anxi Festival envoy, he is more suitable than Gao Xianzhi, you find him, I want to talk to him. ”

"Your Majesty is far-sighted, and the minister will never be able to do it, so the minister will go to the husband to find the husband."

Yang Guozhong was convinced, slapped a sycophant, and hurried away.

Yang Guozhong left, Li Longji slowly sat down on the case, wrote the names of Gao Xianzhi and Fumeng Lingcha on a piece of paper, he looked at it carefully for a long time, drew a big circle on Fumeng Lingcha, thought about it, and drew a small circle on Gao Xianzhi, Yang Guozhong's suggestion is actually not unreasonable, but the risk is too great, and it can only be used when it is forced to do so, but whenever there is a little leeway, he will not use this method, but it can be used as a backup plan.

After a while, a report from the eunuch came from outside the door, "Your Majesty, Fu Mengling has noticed it!" ”

"Announce his audience."

Fumeng Lingcha has been waiting outside the Daming Palace since last night, exposing Li Qing'an has certainly balanced the jealousy in his heart, but Fumeng Lingcha is more looking forward to what he can get from this matter, although he is old and about to retire from the age, but his ** of power has never aged, he has been looking forward to the day when he can return to the glory of the past, instead of disappearing on the stage of the Tang Dynasty.

At this moment, he was so excited that he felt like crying, and as soon as he entered the room, he knelt down and said in a trembling voice: "Old minister, see Your Majesty!" ”

Li Longji was originally afraid that he didn't want to go, so he comforted him and encouraged him with a few words, but seeing his appearance, he knew that there was no need to appease him, so he got straight to the point and said: "I plan to appoint you as the envoy of the Anxi Festival, you may be competent?" ”

A line of hot tears rolled out of Fu Meng Lingcha's eyes, and he choked up: "The old minister is willing to do his best for His Majesty, and then die!" ”

Li Longji nodded and said, "I plan to appoint you as the envoy of the Anxi Festival, but not now. ”

Fu Meng Lingcha was stunned, he didn't understand what Li Longji meant, but he didn't dare to say anything, only heard Li Longji say again: "I first appointed you as the deputy envoy of the Anxi Festival, the envoy of the soldiers and horses of the five towns, and then gave you a governor of Xizhou, when will you take Li Qing'an for me, then when will you be the envoy of the Anxi Festival, do you understand?" ”

This appointment was expected by Fu Meng Lingcha, since Li Qing'an was the crown prince, how could Li Longji allow him? If he wants to get rid of Li Qingan in Anxi, who else can he rely on besides himself? Thinking of this, Fumeng Lingcha proudly raised his head and said: "Please rest assured, the old minister has been in Anxi for decades, and the foundation is strong, as long as the old minister goes to Anxi, I dare not say that ten percent of the soldiers and horses, at least eighty percent of the army will obey the command of the old minister, this is the old minister's connections." ”

Li Longji liked his self-confidence, so he happily said: "Okay, I'll wait and see!" ”

．．．．．．．．．． The news that Li Qing'an is the crown prince has spread like the wind throughout the Chang'an government and the opposition, and also spread to Li Linfu's mansion, at this moment Li Linfu has resigned from all his posts and is recuperating at home, but Li Linfu is already in his last years, and he is about to come to the end of his life, and his last public appearance was half a year ago to attend the court meeting, and since then, he has never gone out again, and even most of his children have not seen him again.

If an official comes to see him now, he will be surprised, and he must not believe that this skinny old man lying on the bed will be Li Linfu, who has been in charge of the Tang Dynasty for more than ten years, and the torture of illness has almost wiped out his life in half a year.

Although his family no longer told him anything about the court, his son Li Wei still told Li Linfu the secret of Li Qing'an's construction.

This news was so shocking that Li Wei said it three times in a row, and Li Linfu understood what his son meant, and a meaningful smile appeared on his skeleton-like face, and he said in a low voice: "I know.... He... Not ordinary people. ”

"Father, what are we going to do?"

After a long time, Li Linfu asked with difficulty: "He didn't... Denial? ”

"No, the saint did not deny it, he seems to have acquiesced, and this matter has spread."

There was a hint of mockery on the smile on Li Linfu's face, and he said intermittently: "That's.... He made a mistake. ”

"Father means to say that the Holy Lord should deny that Li Qing'an is after it was built?"

Li Linfu didn't answer, closed his eyes, and after a long time, he opened his eyes and said to his son: "Send someone to the Tang states to publicize this matter, and you will ... Write a letter to him! ”

Ten days later, Li Linfu passed away, and he didn't even leave a will, but he pointed out a way for his son at the last moment of his life, and his family wanted to take refuge in Li Qing'an.

．．．．．．．． Li Qing'an is the secret of the descendants of Li Jiancheng, the prince of the early Tang Dynasty, only spread in the court at the beginning, but only one night, it was deliberately spread by people such as Li Linfu's family, spread all over the streets and alleys of Chang'an, this secret is the most interesting, for a time, teahouses, wine shops, green buildings, inns, almost all public places are talking about this matter, this news surprised everyone, and just at this time, a poem written by Cen Shen about General Li's expedition to the west also swept Chang'an.

You don't see the snow on the seaside, and the flat sand is reckless and yellow into the sky.

Luntai roared in September at night, and the gravel of a river was as big as a bucket, and the stones were all over the ground with the wind.

The Huns grass and yellow horses are fat, Jinshan sees smoke and dust flying in the west, and the Han generals go west.

The general's golden armor does not take off at night, and the army marches in the middle of the night, and the limelight is like a knife.

．．．．．．． It is under the background of this poem that Li Qing'an once again became the focus of attention of Chang'an people, and once again set off Chang'an people's yearning for Anxi, and in only three days, more than 100 enthusiastic Guozijian students resolutely embarked on a journey to Anxi with swords to realize their ambition to follow Li Qing'an to establish a meritorious career.

This poem not only made the commoners and Guozijian students full of admiration for Li Qing'an, but more scholars and doctors began to look at him with admiration, especially after Li Qing'an was a clan, he had an extra layer of aristocratic aura on his body, which made his Cinderella-like life experience suddenly noble, and he was actually the great-great-grandson of Li Jiancheng, the eldest son of Gaozu, this kind of bloodline is even more noble than Li Shimin's descendants, which is very important in the Tang Dynasty, which attaches great importance to birth background and bloodline.

In this way, Li Qingan is no longer an ordinary general, no longer an eye-catching poplar willow, he has become a sycamore tree that can attract phoenixes to attach to, especially some Guanlong clans, began to have a different kind of mind about him, they are thinking, can Li Qingan become their spokesperson for their interests?

But some people will be jealous, just when Li Qing'an's reputation is like Zhongtian, a decree issued by Li Longji made Li Qing'an's fate confusing again, and appointed Fumeng Lingcha as the deputy envoy of Anxi Jiedu and the governor of Xizhou, the envoy of the soldiers and horses of the five towns, and the envoy of the camp of Anxi.

．．．．．．． Fumeng Lingcha was so excited that he almost didn't sleep all night, he turned out the dusty map of Anxi from the top of the bookshelf, he stroked the names that were once extremely familiar, the past Jin Ge Iron Horse years resurfaced in front of him, Qiuzi, Yanqi, Khotan, Shule, Broken Leaves, the former four towns of soldiers and horses became five towns, this is the most powerful position in Anxi in addition to the Jiedu envoy, currently concurrently held by Li Qingan, controlling the military power of Anxi.

Of course, Fumeng Lingcha also knew that Li Qing'an would not give up willingly, but this was Li Longji's will, and it was an official appointment of the imperial court, unless he had raised the banner to rebel, he would not dare not disobey, as long as he went to Anxi, those old departments that he had single-handedly raised, Bi Sichen, Wang Tao, Kang Huaishun, Chen Fengzhong, etc., they were still officials in Anxi, and they were squeezed by Li Qing's arrangement, and they had been resentful for a long time, they would not tolerate Li Qing'an's doing whatever they wanted, and they would definitely support themselves and quickly form his power, which Fumeng Lingcha was very confident in himself.

"Master, you can sleep for a while!"

When the day was about to dawn, the old wife of her husband Meng Lingcha brought a bowl of ginseng tea into the study, she saw that her husband Meng Lingcha was so excited that she couldn't sleep all night, and she couldn't help but sigh and persuade him: "Master, you are already sixty and seven, and you will retire in three years, why bother to go to Anxi again!" I also heard that Li Qing'an is young and promising after becoming the prince, or the king of Anxi County, you are so old, what else can you fight with him, since you have a lot of grandchildren, you should live at home in your old age and enjoy the joy of family. ”

Fu Meng Lingcha was discouraged by his old wife, he slapped the table and scolded angrily: "You old woman, what nonsense! How can a husband say that he has no power, and I will be willing to die in obscurity? I've been looking forward to it for a few years, and I finally got a chance, Li Qingan is a fart! When Lao Tzu was the envoy of the Anxi Festival, he was still a soldier in the fort, and he dared to fight with me? ”

"Master, dissipate your anger, I won't talk about you, go to bed early, you will set off the day after tomorrow, stay with your family more!"

The old wife was helpless, so she had to comfort him for a few words and went out, and her husband's mind returned to the map, what to do as the first step to seize Li Qing'an's power? His eyes were fixed on Gao Chang, he was the governor of Xizhou, and the first step was of course to firmly grasp the Tianshan Army in his hands, so that he would have the foundation to fight with Li Qing'an.

(To be continued)