Chapter 349: Mysterio
Seeing off Xiao Haotian, Li Qing sat quietly in the study for a while, thinking of Xiao Haoran's argument that there are only two or three heroes in the world, and he couldn't help but laugh a little in his heart, which reminded him of the story of Cao Ying's Qingmei cooking wine on heroes, he would not be particularly happy about Xiao Haoran's argument, just like Liu Bei in the Three Kingdoms who was scared out of the wine glass after hearing Cao Ying's words, he was so taken seriously, which made Li Qing, who wanted to keep a low profile, quite unhappy. Being taken seriously means that others' wariness of you will also escalate, which will cut off the opportunity for yourself to fish in troubled waters. The ensuing battle in the Central Plains was more complicated and arduous than the battle of the barbarians.
Back to the inner courtyard, but saw that Allure was crying a lot, since that night in Bayan Kala, the relationship between Li Qing and Allure is much closer, seeing Allure crying sadly, Li Qing walked over curiously, and the palace lady on the side saw Li Qing's eyes aimed at herself, and hurriedly stepped forward and whispered: "Don Ma, it was the father-in-law from the palace who brought a letter to the princess, and the princess read it, and it became like this, it has been a while!" ”
Li Qing frowned, walked to the table and sat down, picked up the letter that was soaked in tears in Allure, and read it at a glance. Zhaoqing Emperor Li Qing has never seen it, but he should still be just a teenager, a child of a normal family, this age is the age when he leans on his parents and is coquettish, but he has to wear a dragon robe, sit on the dragon chair and pretend to be dignified, as a puppet, it must be very boring. The letter was very long, there were several pages, and Li Qing read two pages and laughed.
This smile didn't matter, and it immediately attracted Allure's angry eyes.
Li Qing shook the letter paper and said with a smile: "Allure, how old is your nephew this year?" ”
Allure glared angrily: "Husband, he is not very old, but he is the emperor of Great Chu." ”
Li Qing smiled and said: "Okay, okay, then our Emperor Majesty is only a teenager this year, do you think this family letter that is full of emotion, quotes scriptures, and tears can really be written by him?" ”
"What do you mean by that?"
"I mean, this letter was probably figured out by the well-educated man in the court, and then asked you, the emperor's nephew, to copy it, judging from your sadness, this knife catcher is really extraordinary! I will definitely see you when I have a chance in the future! Li Qing said with a smile.
Allure raised his head in confusion and looked at Li Qing.
Li Qing put down the letter paper and said, "Xiao Haotian is also here, do you know what he is doing here?" ”
Allure stood up, strode to pick up the knife hanging on the wall, bluffed Li Qing, and grabbed her, "What do you want to do?" ”
"I will see one of the Xiao family, and I will kill one!" Allure glared.
Li Qing snatched the knife from her hand and said, "Nonsense, can he kill if he wants to?" You don't want to think about it, why is there such a letter to you? This is to remind you that it is still your family that sits on the emperor's throne now, and the emperor is still your nephew, which is to remind you that the purpose of Xiao Haotian's coming here is to help you vigorously to ensure that your nephew is safe. ”
Allure suddenly sat down, and couldn't help but sit down, the Xiao family now controls the center, is it difficult to create another thing about the emperor's violent death? Thinking of his nephew in the den of tigers and wolves, he couldn't help but burst into tears again.
"What does the Xiao family want to do?"
"They want to form an alliance with me and deal with King Ning together!"
"You promised?"
"Why don't you agree, the Xiao family will give me the merger." Li Qing played with Allure's waist knife and said casually.
"Merge states?" Allure said in surprise: "The Xiao family is willing to pay such a big price? ”
Li Qing smiled: "What's so strange, Xiao Haoran just feels that he can't give up the child and can't be a wolf, in his opinion, Bingzhou is just letting me run for two years temporarily, and when he defeats King Ning and turns around, are you still afraid that I won't be obedient?" ”
"Are you so obedient?" Allure laughed suddenly.
"Let's see!" Li Qing also laughed, "Oh, by the way, I'll eat at your place at night, and I have to go out to meet a very important person after eating." ”
Although the two are husband and wife, but there are only a handful of people who can sit together and eat a meal, hearing Li Qing say this, Allure has a few joys, and while instructing his subordinates to hurry up, he said: "Where to meet people, it's so mysterious, isn't it just to recruit the marshal's mansion." ”
Li Qing shook his head, "This person is one of the envoys who came to Dingzhou with Xiao Haotian this time, he is the nail planted by Qingfeng in his early years, and now he is developing well in the Xiao family's forces, and there are some situations I want to learn from him." But he can't meet me in a grand manner. ”
As soon as he heard the word Qingfeng, Allure's face sank, and he said angrily: "It turns out that I am going to the Investigation Division, where are you going to eat, presumably Director Qingfeng is very happy, but I have no preparation here!" ”
Looking at Allure's calm face, Li Qing stretched out his nose and sniffed around the house, seeing Li Qing's strange appearance, Allure said angrily: "What are you doing, is it possible that there is still something strange in my house?" ”
"There is no strange smell, but there is a sour smell, sour!" Li Qing teased.
Allure blushed all of a sudden, "What kind of sourness, do you mean I'm jealous?" Does Qingfeng have the right to make me jealous? ”
Li Qingbian flattened his mouth and said: "Okay, don't make trouble, hurry up and let them bring the food, I'm really a little hungry, besides, this is a big deal, this person probably knows something about your brother's death at that time." ”
Allure's expression also became solemn, and while instructing the following to hurry up and deliver the meal, he asked: "Who is this person, can know such a major event, his status on the Xiao family's side should not be low, right?" ”
Li Qing nodded, "Three years ago, it happened to be the year of the Great Chu Dabi, Qingfeng arranged this person to participate in the imperial examination, through a series of tricks, completely erased all his ties with Dingzhou and the Li family, three years, this person deliberately approached the Xiao family, and slowly gained the trust of the other party, although it is not said that he is still entrusted with a heavy responsibility, and the grade in the court is not high, but he has real power in his hands, and he is the most powerful chess piece in the Xiao family. You said, this person arrived in Dingzhou with Xiao Haotian by chance, Qingfeng arranged for him to meet with me, but he tried his best to set up several bureaus to give him a chance to come out alone, do you think I can not go? ”
Li Qing said easily, but Allure was moved when he heard it, and he had a little more understanding of Qingfeng, this woman should be really scheming, she laid out a number of chess pieces three years ago, and now they all play a role at the beginning, like Chen Gong in Luzhou, and this time he actually let the nail enter the core of the Xiao family. The vigilance against the breeze has risen to another level.
Li Qing didn't expect these words to have such an effect, and while eating a big meal, he said to Allure who was pouring wine for him: "Allure, I want to be someone with you, I don't know what you mean?" ”
Handing the wine glass to Li Qing, Allure filled a glass for himself, took a sip, and said casually: "Who do you want, do you want Qin Ming, Qin Ming is strong in martial arts, proficient in the art of war, and it is indeed condescending to be a guard commander by my side, and it is just right to go down and lead the troops." ”
Li Qing said with a smile: "I know that Qin Ming is talented, but now Dingzhou will not only not expand the army, but will also reduce part of the troops, Qin Ming has no position for a while, and when we are ready to attack, I will definitely ask you for him, but this time I want another slave!" ”
"Another?" Allure took a chopstick and put bean sprouts to his mouth, and looked at him in dismay.
"I'm talking about Yan Nanfei!" Li Qing smiled.
Dingzhou City, not far from the official post, there is a very good restaurant, on the second floor of a private seat, Xie Ke is sitting in a corner by the window, drinking alone, in his position, you can see any position in the room at a glance, if there is danger, he can jump down the window at the first time, he was admitted to the Jinshi, and became a civil official, but when he was on the battlefield, he did not dare to pull down for a moment when he learned a kung fu in the Statistics and Survey Division, maybe when he could use it. Through the crack in the window, he can occasionally see people wearing the clothes of the Statistics and Survey Department walking by, he is very envious that these people can walk in the sunshine in a bright light, and he, who seems to be beautiful, is always tense in his heart, and he can't even relax when he sleeps, for fear that he will say something in his dream that he shouldn't say, he knows that in his house, there are Xiao's spies. The bigger the official is and the more power he has in his hands, the heavier Xie Ke knows that he has in Dingzhou, and the less likely it is to get out of this side as soon as possible and return to those brothers in the Dingzhou Investigation Division, this is the price! Although every step is thorny, Xie Ke is proud that he may be the best nail in the statistical survey department.
There was a soft jingling sound on the wall on one side of the seat, Xie Ke immediately sat up straight, waited for a moment, and then there was another ding, and then a small door opened on the wall, and two people in cloaks bent down and walked in. Lifting the cloak, Xie Ke's eyes widened, and he jumped up: "Big handsome, director!" ”
Today he got a secret letter asking him to come here to meet someone, but he never expected that it would be Li Dashuai and Director Qingfeng himself.
Li Qing smiled and grabbed Xie Ke's body that was about to kneel, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Thank you for your hard work!" ”
It was this simple sentence that made Xie Ke burst into tears, feeling that with this sentence, everything was worth it.
"Dashuai rescued me from fire and water, gave me a new life, a new destiny, and went to the soup for Dashuai, Xie Ke did not hesitate!"
"Good, good!" Li Qingdao: "Come, sit down, it's not easy for you to come out, let's hurry up and get down to business!" ”
"What does the marshal want to know?" Xie Ke asked.
"I want to know the details of the changes in the court?" Li Qingdao.
Xie Ke calmed down, sorted out his thoughts, tried his best to recall every detail at that time, and spoke in detail to Li Qing and Qingfeng, and after half an hour, he finally finished speaking.
"Are you saying that when you entered the palace, the Emperor of the Apocalypse had retreated into the inner palace and set fire to the palace?" Li Qing asked.
"In other words, you haven't seen the scene of the Apocalypse Emperor really killed?"
"At that time, the fire was too big to go in, and after going to extinguish the fire, we found several corpses, although they were charred and blackened and could not be identified, but one of them was wearing a golden crown and wearing the dragon ring of the Emperor of the Apocalypse on his finger bones, and the Empress also carefully identified that it was indeed the Apocalypse." Xie Kedao.
Li Qing nodded, "In that case, the Emperor of the Apocalypse should be dead." ”
Qingfeng Qi said: "General, this matter has already been decided, do you still doubt that the apocalypse is not dead, with Xiao Haoran's shrewdness, how could he make such a mistake?" ”
Li Qing exhaled heavily, "I've seen the apocalypse several times, and I feel that this person shouldn't be such a nonsense person, how can he be unaware of this coup?" It's just a little strange, since Xie Ke said so, and the queen also admitted it, it must be that I am too careful. ”
(To be continued)