readx; Chang'an, like Luoyang, also snowed heavily, the heavy snow fell for three days, has gradually stopped, the sky and the earth are white, the distance Chang'an City is like a big white cloak, stretching out into the far gray twilight haze, the willow tree has become a bloated silver bar, many branches are crushed by the heavy snow, lying miserably in the snow, some low-lying places are also filled in by the heavy snow, become a white flat land. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

This is the Baqiao barracks, Li Qing'an's army arrived at the barracks half an hour ago, at this time it was already dark, most of the tired soldiers went to bed early, but the lights in the tent of the commander of the Chinese army were still bright, and hundreds of soldiers stood guard outside the big tent, and they were very tightly guarded.

In the big tent, Nan Jiyun, the general of Qianniuwei, and Hu Peiyun, the commander of the Internal Guard Intelligence Hall, had just arrived from Chang'an, and Yan Zhuang also came, and the three of them were reporting to Li Qing'an about the assassination that happened in Chang'an.

"The assassination occurred on Chunming Street, it was midnight, according to our investigation, Pei Xiangguo had to review and fold until late every day in those days, the murderer obviously mastered his law, from the investigation of the scene, the murderer was hiding in a big tree, and did his hands and feet on the road in advance, when Pei Xiangguo's carriage passed by the big tree, the right wheel suddenly fell into the pit, his entourage came down to lift the car, Pei Xiangguo also opened the window to look at it, and the murderer took advantage of this opportunity to shoot Pei Xiangguo with a poisonous crossbow arrow."

Nan Jiyun rushed to the scene at the first time, and knew the situation well, he sighed and said: "At that time, the scene was chaotic, most of Pei Zunqing's entourage had no training, they were all his family members, and the two murderers ....."

"Wait!" Li Qingan interrupted him, "You mean there are two murderers?" ”

"Later, I learned that there were two murderers, they were masked, they fled separately, they were very fierce, they killed five or six people in a row, Pei Xiangguo's entourage couldn't stop them at all, just when a patrol of mine passed by, heard the shouting, and blocked one of them, that person saw that he was cornered and committed suicide."

"What about the other murderer?"

"Another murderer carried a wall climbing rope with him, he climbed the high wall and jumped into Pingkangfang, and disappeared, and then I sent 5,000 soldiers to block Pingkangfang, and searched from house to house, but I couldn't find the murderer, and I was incompetent in my duties, so I asked the general for guilt!"

Li Qingan shook his head and said: "It's the middle of the night, and the other party is masked, I don't even know if it's a man or a woman, how can you find it, maybe it's a singer from Pingkangfang, it's not your dereliction of duty, I don't blame you." ”

"Thank you, General!"

Li Qingan turned his head again and asked Hu Peiyun: "What is the progress on the internal guard's side?" ”

Hu Peiyun hurriedly got up and said, "Back to the general, we are still investigating. ”

"Is there a catch?"

"I found a lot of clues, but my subordinates didn't think they were ideal."

"Tell me, what clues have you found?"

Hu Peiyun took out a portable booklet, turned two pages and said: "We mainly start with the murderer who committed suicide, his identity has been checked, his name is Qi Ping, is a scout of the original Longyou Army, Chang'an, his parents died when he was a child, he fled back to Chang'an from Jingzhou half a year ago, and he worked in a dart bureau opened by his uncle, we posted pictures all over the place, it was his uncle who recognized him, and I carefully investigated the background of the dart game, which can basically rule out suspicion. ”

"Why?"

"General Hui, this Qi Ping is just under the name of the dart game, in fact, he has never done a thing for the dart game, he is all alone, his whereabouts are secret, no one knows what he is doing? We went through his belongings again, he had burned everything the day before, buried it under the bed, and couldn't find any clues in his room, but ....."

"But what?"

"However, we found clues about the poisonous crossbow he used, and there was a number on the crossbow machine, which was not completely polished, and we asked the people of the ordnance supervisor to identify it, and found out the number of this crossbow machine, and also found the records of the ordnance superintendent, this crossbow machine was distributed to Fan Yangjun by the ordnance superintendent four years ago."

"An Lushan?"

"Yes! It was indeed led away by An Lushan's army, but this kind of crossbow was very small, with a range of only sixty steps, which was different from ordinary military crossbows, and was generally used by scouts. ”

Li Qingan walked a few steps with his hands behind his back, turned around and asked, "You mean to say that the assassination of Pei Xiangguo was committed by An Lushan?" ”

Hu Peiyun shook his head, "The subordinates think it's not, if it's really An Lushan's doing, the number on the crossbow machine should be the Jiannan Army, and the subordinates think it's an obvious planting." ”

Li Qingan smiled slightly, and said: "What if it is the virtual and the real, and the real is virtual?" An Lushan deliberately let others speculate that this was a false accusation, and there is also this possibility, right! ”

Hu Peiyun still shook his head, "Returning to the general, An Lushan's spies in Chang'an and even Guanzhong have all been cleared, this subordinate has self-confidence, such a major event as assassinating Pei Xiangguo requires planning, premeditation, observation, buying murder and other steps, not one or two people can do it, it cannot be done by An Lushan, in addition, the subordinates have also checked the murderer's body, and found that the wine he drank for dinner is a high-grade Sanle pulp, there are few companies in Chang'an that can sell this kind of wine, and the subordinates are investigating this clue, and they have basically found it, A detailed investigation is underway, and if there is any progress, the subordinates will immediately report to the general. ”

Li Qingan was quite satisfied with Hu Peiyun's investigation, decisively ruled out when it should be ruled out, and conducted an in-depth investigation when it should be meticulous, worthy of being the master of the intelligence hall, he smiled, and then changed the topic and asked: "After the fall of Xiangzhou, what is the situation of Qi Yuhua and them?" ”

This is also something that Li Qing'an is extremely concerned about, Xiangzhou has fallen, An Lushan's army will inevitably rush into the city and kill, and the news of the Hebei Intelligence Hall has been cut off, which makes him very worried.

Hu Peiyun hurriedly said: "This is also something that his subordinates want to report to the general, Qi Yuhua and they broke through successfully with the army, and now in Bozhou, they have no carrier pigeons, so they can't pass on the news, or the Xiangzhou branch advocates that Debao fled to Heyin, and the news has just been sent." ”

Li Qing'an's heart relaxed, and he said to Nan Jiyun and Hu Peiyun: "You guys go back first!" In the future, it is necessary to strengthen the protection of officials from the third rank and above, at least strictly train their family members, and I don't want to hear the news of the assassination of important ministers again. ”

"Yes! Humble obedience. ”

Nan Jiyun and Hu Peiyun left, only Li Qingan and Yan Zhuang were left in the big tent, Yan Zhuang did not speak, Li Qingan asked him with a smile at this time: "What is the opinion of the gentleman?" Who killed Pei Zunqing? ”

Yan Zhuang stroked his whiskers lightly and said unhurriedly: "I thought that Pei Zunqing was not killed by outsiders, but must have been committed by the ministers of the DPRK and China." ”

"You mean partisanship?"

Yan Zhuang nodded and said with a smile: "It should be like this, now the imperial court has been split into three parties, one is the Pei party, Pei Zunqing, Lu Huan, Wang Jin; the other faction is the Wei Party, Wei Tao, Cui Ping, and Zhang Yun; There is also a faction of the new party, that is, the newly established privy council, headed by Pei Min, the new party is fine, but there are conflicts with the political hall from time to time, Pei Min and Pei Zunqing quarreled several times, I heard that the uncle and nephew have turned their faces, and the relationship is very stiff, but Pei Min has always hated this kind of political assassination method, I suspect that it was done by the Wei party. ”

At this time, Li Qingan suddenly remembered that he was almost assassinated in Yangzhou Post House back then, which was done by Wei Tao, although he was persecuted by his son-in-law King Di, but after all, this person had a precedent.

He smiled and said: "Pei Zunqing is a strong person, unscrupulous in order to maintain the power of the family, and wants to emulate Li Linfu to monopolize power, there are many people who have offended, plus he is the right minister, killing him can cause chaos in the court, whether it is beneficial to An Lushan or Li Heng, so no matter who he is killed, it is possible, let's not jump to conclusions, the top priority now is to stabilize the situation and elect a new right minister as soon as possible." ”

Yan Zhuang nodded silently, paused and asked again: "General, how is the war in Hebei?" ”

"I got the news when I crossed Tongguan, Guo Ziyi withdrew to Hedong, although An Lushan conquered Xiangzhou, but his forage was burned by my scouts, he was sad this winter, the war in Hebei should be calm for a while, just use this time, I want to do something in Chang'an."

The two talked about some logistics in the army, and Yan Zhuang took his leave, and Li Qingan pondered for a moment in the big tent alone, and then ordered his own soldiers to say: "Go and find Zhang Zhijie for me." ”

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Zhang Zhijie is the son of Zhang Yun, now in the Anxi army, is a civilian officer, and now he is in another military camp near Baqiao, and after a short time, he hurried into the big tent with his own soldiers.

"Clerical Lang Zhang Zhijie see the general!"

Zhang Zhijie is a military Chinese officer, and he does not need to kneel and salute like a soldier, just bow down and salute, Li Qingan waved his hand and said, "Sit down!" ”

Although Zhang Zhijie is the son of Zhang Yun, he has a strict family education, never relies on his father's power to bully others, is low-key, strictly restricts himself, and has a very good character.

Zhang Zhijie knew the rules in the army, he didn't sit, but stood with his hands down, waiting for Li Qing'an to speak, Li Qing'an nodded, his son was teachable, and said with a smile: "How do you feel in the army?" The military regulations of the Anxi Army are strict, can you adapt to it? ”

"Returning to the general, do your duty well, although the military regulations are strict, but others can abide by them, and they can also abide by them."

Li Qingan nodded, he casually flipped through Zhang Zhijie's evaluation on the table, and couldn't help but be slightly stunned, he had only been in the army for half a year, and he had already received three evaluations, and if he took another evaluation, he would be able to get the evaluation in April next year, and he would be promoted to one level after three consecutive years of evaluation, which was good!

"Hmm!"

Li Qing'an closed the assessment and smiled: "There is just a shortage of clerical seals in my tiger army, so I will transfer you over!" ”

Zhang Zhijie was overjoyed, Hu Benjun's clerical seal pen was mainly responsible for drafting Li Qing'an's military orders, just like the Zhongshu people in Zhongshu Province, although the position was not high, it was a confidential position, and it was very easy to get promoted, Li Qing'an This is reusing himself in disguise, he hurriedly bowed down and saluted: "Humble General Xie promoted!" ”

Li Qingan smiled slightly and said, "There is another matter, you go to the city and bring a message to your father for me." ”

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Pei Zunqing was suddenly assassinated, which plunged the Chang'an court into chaos, although the real murderer was confusing, but many courtiers pointed the finger at the Wei Party and the New Party, and the masses were angry.

Political assassination has always been a taboo in the imperial court, which involves everyone's vital interests, so it has gradually become an unspoken rule of officialdom, no matter what kind of officialdom struggle, the means of political assassination must not be used, once it is exposed, it will inevitably lead to official discussion, so that the reputation is notorious, and the political future is lost.

The last time Li Yan was assassinated, it caused a big wave, whether it was Li Yan's allies or political enemies, they have always condemned this bad behavior, so that Li Heng was under great pressure, but in the end, the survivors revealed the truth, it was An Lushan's doing, so that Li Heng escaped, but An Lushan's reputation was completely ruined.

This time Pei Zunqing's assassination also aroused public anger, although Pei Zunqing is usually harsh, relying on himself to be Pei Wan'er's grandfather, trying his best to seize power, offending many people, most of the courtiers are disgusted with him, but his assassination this time has caused hundreds of officials to condemn, not for him, but for the crusade against this kind of behavior that violates the rules of officialdom.

All the suspects have become the targets of condemnation by hundreds of officials, Wei Party, New Party, Li Heng, An Lushan, and even the Cui family have been criticized by hundreds of officials, including various political forces, and there are many dissatisfactions, for this reason, the Wei Party also held an emergency coordination meeting, and everyone unanimously denied that they had killed Pei Zunqing, and even Wei Tao, Zhang Yun, and Wang Jin were suspicious of each other.

Zhang Yun is one of the three giants of the Wei Party, and this time he is also under great pressure, because he once publicly scolded Pei Zunqing: 'Father Qing is not dead, and it is difficult to be reckless', everyone knows that the father of Qing he said refers to Pei Zunqing, not Li Qingan.

Zhang Yun is in an extremely bad mood these days, and he has no intention of going fishing, he locks himself in the room all day long to read, he doesn't care about the affairs of the court, and he is at the disposal of the privy council, there is no man who does not love power, Zhang Yun has been in the eunuch for decades, and he is already a senior bureaucrat, although he has also experienced several ups and downs, but he has always been enthusiastic about power.

At this time, Zhang Yun also gradually felt that the government hall had been hollowed out by the Privy Council, although the executive body of the Privy Council, but there was a clause: if the government hall is undecided, the Privy Council can deal with it.

In other words, the Privy Council can dispose of the affairs of the court by itself without passing the resolution of the government hall, which is not equivalent to the separation of powers?

Obviously, Li Qingan is starting anew, which makes Zhang Yun very frustrated, he would rather be improperly left Xiangguo and demoted to the privy council, which means the future future, but Li Qingan has no such meaning at all, which makes Zhang Yun have a feeling of a bleak future.

Zhang Yun was reading in the study, he was a little upset, he couldn't read a word, when a man was upset in his career, he always thought of finding a woman, Zhang Yun was trying to get up and go to find his favorite concubine, and suddenly the housekeeper's report came from the door: "Master, Erlang is back, I have something urgent to see the master." ”

Erlang is the second son Zhang Zhijie, who worked as a clerk in the Anxi Army, Zhang Yun was stunned, he looked at the hourglass, it was almost time, what was he doing so late?

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(To be continued)