Baiyutang Restaurant is the most luxurious restaurant in Jiangdu County, located outside the north city of Jiangdu County, it is said to be the family property of King Qing, the restaurant is five floors high, the wealthy and dignitaries like to come here to eat, the restaurant is prosperous all year round, and the wealth is rolling.

Liu Changyun's reception banquet is set up in the elegant room on the fourth floor, which is the most luxurious room in the whole restaurant, the room is all the red sandalwood furniture, the golden cup jade bowl, the two-zhang long floor-to-ceiling white jade screen, the front of the screen is Wang Wei's 'Broken Ink Zen Realm' landscape painting, and the back is Li Sixun's Beizong painting, Fu color is strong and calm, the pen tone is gorgeous, these two different styles of pictures make the style of the elegant room become a little compatible, but the most attractive thing is that there are ten beautiful girls standing against the wall, specially serving left and right.

Li Qing'an followed everyone into the room, but when he saw a middle-aged scribe in the room, he stood up with a smile and nodded slightly to Li Qing'an.

Liu Changyun introduced to him: "This is my staff Mr. Yan, and he has long admired General Li's fame. ”

Mr. Yan is Yan Kai, the staff of King Qing who came from the capital, and he currently has all the resources of King Qing in Yangzhou, and his status in King Qing's Mansion is so high that even Liu Changyun has to give him some face.

Yan Kai smiled at Li Qing'an and said, "General Li's battle against Shi Siming in Chang'an is wonderful and convincing. ”

Li Qingan smiled slightly: "Mr. Yan is from Chang'an? ”

"Exactly, I went back to Chang'an to visit relatives, and I just returned to Yangzhou half a month ago, so I know more about General Li's situation."

"Don't just stand and talk, please sit down."

Liu Changyun warmly beckoned everyone to sit down, "Come!" General Li sits here, and General Lifei asks you to sit here. ”

Liu Changyun arranged everyone one by one, and Li Qingan sat between him and Yan Kai, at this time Li Qingan smiled and said: "I don't know if you have any news of Chang'an, I mean the polo competition." ”

When it came to polo, everyone present immediately became interested, and a captain smiled and said: "I just got the news yesterday that our Yangzhou team defeated the Hongzhou team and entered the top twenty. ”

"How's the Anthy team doing?" Li Qingan hurriedly asked.

"Of course, the Anxi team is the strongest, I heard that it defeated the last champion Yulin army, and the momentum is very strong, and they all say that it is the first place."

Li Qing'an was so excited that he actually defeated the Yulin army, and he asked again: "What about the Flying Leopard team of Gaolis?" ”

"That team did a good job as well."

Another lieutenant said with a smile: "I made it to the top ten, but when I entered the top six, I lost to the Thousand Niu Guards by one goal, and it is estimated that it will be either seventh or eighth in the end." ”

Colliers' team finished in the top 10, which made Li Qing'an very happy, but he was more concerned about another big thing, he groaned and asked with a smile: "Is there anything big happening in the court?" ”

Liu Changyun said with a smile: "Yang Shenjin and Pei Kuanbai must be General Li already knows!" ”

"I had this before I came to Beijing, and I'm talking about what happened after the ninth day of the first month of January, it should be very bland!"

"Nope! And one more big thing. ”

Yan Kai said slowly: "The latest news, Wang Zhonghei was convicted of conspiracy and sentenced to death. ”

His words caused everyone present to be moved, especially the officers, Wang Zhongsi was like a god in their hearts, and he was actually sentenced to death, and immediately several lieutenants scolded, "Damn, who is in charge of the case, has your conscience been eaten by dogs?" actually sentenced Wang Dashuai to death! ”

"It is said that it is Yang Zhao in the imperial history who presides over the trial."

"Idiot!" A lieutenant scolded: "What kind of shit, relying on nepotism, you dare to convict Wang Dashuai of death, dare to ask the soldiers of the world to agree?" ”

"What if you don't say yes? Ay! This is Wang Dashuai's life. ”

There was a shouting and scolding at the wine table, but Li Qingan quickly glanced at this Yan Kai, when this person said that Wang Zhongji was convicted of death, even Liu Changyun was surprised, could he be Liu Changyun's staff? And where does the news come from? is faster than the official news, and Liu Changyun's flattery when pouring wine for him is as if Liu Changyun is his staff.

Li Qingxin has an understanding, I am afraid that this Yan Kai is King Qing's staff, at this time, Liu Yunchang raised his glass and stood up, and said with a smile: "Good day, don't talk about state affairs, today is General Li's first arrival in Yangzhou, we will salute General Li with the friendship of the landlord." ”

"A toast to General Lee!" The crowd stood up. ”

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Just when Li Qing'an was drinking in Baiyutang Restaurant, in a Hu Ren liquor shop in Bei City, Jiangdu County, a Hu merchant hurriedly walked in.

The Hu merchant walked into the wine shop and nodded to the shopkeeper of the Hu people, who gave him a look and pointed upstairs, and the Hu merchant walked up the stairs quickly.

Walking all the way up to the third floor, he pushed the door and entered a room, where the prince of Shiwang, Yuan En, was standing in front of the window, staring at the scenery of Beishi in the distance, and next to him, several of his subordinates were sitting.

Hearing the knock on the door, Yuan En turned around and asked, "Is it Li Qing'an who has arrived?" ”

"Your Highness, he just arrived by water, and the transfer envoy of the Tang Dynasty invited him to drink."

"I didn't come until now."

Yuan En snorted disdainfully, turned around and asked Huo Yanbai, "Sir, can you be sure that the gem is still on him?" ”

Huo Yanbai shook his head, "I can't be sure, but it's impossible for His Highness to go to King Qing to ask for gems, so let's bet that the two thieves stole fake gems." ”

He sighed softly again, and said: "Judging from the information I heard, this person is a shrewd and sleek person, since he already knows the important surname of the gem, then he will not put the gem in the box at will, it must be hidden, and it is likely to be carried with him, so I suggest that His Highness bet this time." ”

Yuan En asked helplessly, "Then what should we do now?" ”

"Your Highness, don't worry, there will definitely be a chance, we have to wait patiently, don't make a move at will, so as not to startle the snake."

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When Li Qing'an returned to his residence, it was almost dark, his residence was temporarily arranged in Jiangdu Tingshuiju, which was actually an official building, specially for high-ranking officials from Beijing to live, the building was built in the north of the city next to the pear blossom water, a shallow river surrounded the building, the pear trees on both sides were in pieces, full of young buds, the flowing water flowed on the rocks, and the murmuring of the flowing water could be heard in the building, so the name was Tingshuiju.

Li Qing'an drank a few more drinks and couldn't ride a horse, so Liu Changyun arranged a small sedan chair to send him back to his residence, Li Fei Shouyu and several other entourages followed on horseback, got down from the sedan chair, and Li Qing'an entered the gate with one foot deep and one foot shallow.

But as soon as he entered the courtyard, his drunkenness suddenly disappeared, stretched his waist and smiled: "I knew that Jiangnan women were like clouds, so I rode a horse, and it was really unpleasant to sit in the sedan chair." ”

Li Fei Shouyu smiled: "Qilang, it turns out that you are deliberately pretending to be drunk!" ”

"I didn't deliberately, I just didn't want to listen to Liu Changyun's noise, and I wasn't an interviewer, so I wanted to listen to what he reported."

At this time, a young pavilion official greeted him, bowed down and said with a smile: "General Li, the room has been packed, your luggage is in the room, I will lead you over." ”

"Thank you! I don't know what the librarian is called? ”

"Don't dare, under the surname Luo."

"It turned out to be Pavilion Luo, thank you for your hard work."

Li Qing'an smiled and followed him to the door, this is a single house, the house is quite exquisite, carved beams and paintings, hidden in a few old pear trees.

"General Li, I'll open the door."

The curator stepped forward and was about to push the door, Li Qingan suddenly grabbed him, pulled back, and he also hurriedly took half a step back, at this moment, I saw a string sound, and an arrow whistled out from the left window, grazing Li Qingan's nose, 'Take! 'The ground is nailed to the pear tree.

"There are assassins!" Li Fei Shouyu yelled, drew a knife and kicked the door open, Li Qingan also pulled out a horizontal knife and rushed to the backyard, he was still a step late, only to see a gray shadow jump out of the wall, 'Plop! Someone jumped into the river.

Li Qingan slowly retracted the knife from the scabbard and snorted heavily, on the first day he came to Yangzhou, someone wanted to assassinate him, and this person was really afraid that the world would not be chaotic.

He walked back to the front yard, and Li Fei Shouyu came out of the room, carrying a pair of bows and arrows in his hand, and said hatefully: "I was jumped out of the back window by this bastard." ”

"General, there is poison on the arrow."

A soldier carefully pulled the arrow from the tree and handed it to Li Qing'an with both hands, Li Qing'an took the arrow and glanced at it, the tip of the arrow was indeed blue and biphosphorus, and his eyes were raised, and his gaze was directed at the curator.

The pavilion official's face turned pale, he knelt down and said, "General Li, this matter has nothing to do with me, I really don't know anything." ”

"Pavilion Officer Luo, whether you know it or not, you can't escape this crime of dereliction of duty, you will be dismissed from your post at the least, and you will be sent to prison for strict interrogation, you should understand it in your heart!"

The curator's lips trembled for a while, and then he begged in a lamented voice: "I beg General Li to spare me, I am old and young, and they all live on my little money, if I go to prison, they will have nothing to eat." ”

"It's okay if you want me to spare you, but you have to listen to my arrangement and don't leak a word, otherwise I'll say you're the same party."

"Yes! Be! General Lee is what he says, and I absolutely listen to what General Lee says. ”

"Good! You hurry up and ask for a famous doctor now, and at the same time report to Lu Taishou. ”

He turned back to Li Fei Shouyu and said, "That's fine, I don't have to visit him." ”

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Soon, several famous doctors from Jiangdu County hurried over, busy for a long time, and concluded that the arrow did not hurt the vital point, he had heart disease, and he was fine after sleeping, and prescribed him some reassuring medicine, and told him not to think too much about it.

As soon as the famous doctor left, Yangzhou Taishou Lu Jian hurriedly came.

"It was I who didn't arrange it well and frightened General Li!" Far away, Lu Jian said apologetically.

Li Qingan smiled slightly, "Lu Yuanjun doesn't have to blame himself, the assassin is prepared, he has the intention to kill me, how can Lu Taishou prevent it." ”

Although Li Qing'an said it lightly, Lu Lian's mood was very heavy, Li Qing'an was a regimental training envoy sent by the military department, if he was really assassinated in Jiangdu, he probably couldn't keep his black gauze hat that was too guarded.

He pondered for a moment, and then asked, "I wonder what enemies General Li has in Yangzhou?" ”

Li Qingan shook his head and said with a smile: "I am a general of the border army, and I have only been in the Central Plains for more than two months, how can I have any enemies?" To be honest, I really don't know anything. ”

"I know, General Li, please rest assured, after I go back, I will immediately arrange capable personnel to investigate this matter, and never let the murderer escape."

"Thank you for being too guarded."

Li Qing'an smiled, and said with a slight change of topic: "I caught a fleeing Yangzhou thief in Chang'an, according to his confession, he is the henchman of Yangzhou salt lord Du Bosheng, I suspect that today's assassination may be related to Du Bosheng, I heard that this Du Bosheng's whereabouts are unknown now, Lu Taishou needs my help one or two?" ”

Lu Lian's heart jumped, Li Qingan's meaning couldn't be clearer, he hurriedly smiled: "I'm just short of manpower, if the military is willing to help, of course it's the best." ”

"Okay, I will do my best to help Lu Taishou search for this Du Yanxiao, and I hope Taishou will provide him with detailed information."

"Definitely! Certain! I'll go back and send someone to General Lee. ”、

After a few more pleasantries, Lu Jian said goodbye, and Li Fei Shouyu immediately said: "Qilang, I doubt it will be An Lushan who is making trouble?" ”

Li Qingan shook his head and said: "If it is really An Lushan who sent people, how many chances does he have along the way, is it necessary to assassinate me in Yangzhou?" ”

Li Fei Shouyu thought about it, and suddenly had a realization, "Shichiro means ....."

"That's right!" Li Qingan smiled faintly and said: "This person wants to muddy Yangzhou, and he fishes in troubled waters." ”

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Lu Jian didn't leave for long, and Liu Changyun's shrill voice sounded in the courtyard, "Has General Li been assassinated?" Take me to see him. ”

Li Qingan frowned, he came so soon, he hurriedly lay on the couch and pulled the quilt to cover himself.

The door opened, Liu Changyun walked in quickly, and asked eagerly, "General Li, are you not injured?" ”

Li Qingan struggled to sit up, but Liu Changyun hurriedly held him down, "General Li, don't move, don't flash the wound." ”

Li Qingan smiled bitterly and said: "Thank you Liu Yuanjun for your concern, but there is no danger, scratching a little skin, and not hurting the vital point." ”

"That's good, it scares me to death!" Liu Changyun took an exaggerated long breath, took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat on his forehead.

His face suddenly sank, and he pointed at the pavilion official at the door and scolded: "Useless things, what is the use of letting assassins into the pavilion, raising you?" ”

The pavilion official knelt down in fright, kowtowed again and again, Li Qingan waved his hand and said with a smile: "Liu Yuanjun, Luo Pavilion Keeper should be rewarded for meritorious service, if he hadn't pulled me in time, I would have died in Huangquan at this time." ”

Liu Changyun's face looked a little better, and he stretched out his voice and said: "Since General Li intercedes for you, I will spare you this time, and if there is a next time, I will arrest you to be the assassin." ”

"Thank you, Envoy, General Li."

The curator glanced at Li Qing'an gratefully, turned around and went down, at this time, only Liu Changyun and Li Qing'an were left in the room, Liu Changyun said: "General Li, do you know who did this?" ”

Li Qingan shook his head, "I don't have any enemies in Yangzhou, so I really can't think of who sent the assassins?" ”

Liu Yunchang squinted his eyes and smiled: "General Li doesn't know, but I know very well. ”

"Oh? Please ask Liu Yuanjun to give advice. ”

"I'm afraid General Li can't think of who this person is, he just came to see you....."

"You mean Lu Taishou?"

"Shh Liu Changyun looked left and right, turned around and closed the door, then lowered his voice and said, "That's right, it's this person!" ”

Li Qingan frowned, "I have no grievances with him, what did he do to kill me?" ”

"General Li doesn't know, two months ago, there was a salt lord case in Yangzhou, I had laid a net, ready to wipe out the salt lord Du Bosheng and his henchmen, but unexpectedly was destroyed by Lu Lian, although he pretended to catch Du Bosheng, but on the way to send him to Beijing, he let him go, put the responsibility on my head, and also went to me, and then the matter was over, but the arrival of General Li increased the variables....."

"Wait!"

Li Qing'an stopped him, "According to you, assassinating me will only make his situation more difficult, why did he do this?" ”

"General Li doesn't know, that Du Bosheng is actually his person, he caught Cao Cao and released Cao, and hid Du Bosheng, and now when General Li arrives, it is very likely that he will spoil his business, so he has to strike first."

'Explanation full of loopholes..... Li Qing'an thought secretly, he glanced at this big official who controlled the northward movement of Jiangnan materials, and really didn't understand, how could he get such a high position?

Seeing that Li Qing'an was silent, Liu Changyun smiled slightly and said slowly: "If General Li is willing to help me catch this Du Bosheng, I guarantee that General Li will be promoted to another level after the training is over, and he will be General Qianniuwei, which is also the promise of His Royal Highness King Qing." ”

"But how do I know that this is the promise of His Royal Highness King Qing?" Li Qingan asked quietly.

"General Li doesn't need to worry, in a few days, the little prince of His Royal Highness King Qing will also arrive in Yangzhou, and at that time, he will personally make a promise to General Li."

"Alright! I see, let me think about it. ”

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The night is getting deeper, Li Qingan sits at the table and opens the information that Lu Jian gave him, the information is a thick book, Du Bosheng from the development of a ranger to his control of Jianghuai's underground salt transportation, and his confession after being arrested, full of all kinds of dirty transactions between him and King Qing, the loss of the Tang salt tax is shocking, Li Qingan slowly closed the information, walked to the window, the lush pear trees in the yard are like several burly generals, standing in the night, there is a faint shadow on the wall in the distance, and the rustle of patrol soldiers walking.

He smiled to himself, he had gradually understood, now all the key is on that Du Bosheng's body, without this witness, all his testimony cannot be effective, now Lu Jian and Liu Changyun are trying their best to catch this person, as long as they catch him, the testimony will develop in their favor, but where is this Du Bosheng hiding?

Who is the mysterious group of people who rescued him? Is it his accomplice, or is it someone else?

Also, who was the person who assassinated him, and what was the purpose of this person to muddy the waters?

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(To be continued)