"Whoa! Crash! ”

The piercing sound of the chain knocked Li Qingan awake from his slumber, his eyes opened a slit, and he faintly saw a woman standing outside the fence, his first reaction was that Mingyue was coming, but when he thought about it, it was not right, Mingyue had already come once just now, who could this be?

"Li Qilang, you seem to be doing well!"

The woman's voice was cold, with a hint of mockery, Li Qingan yawned and closed his eyes again.

"Li Qilang, don't you want to beg me?"

In the dim light, Yang Huahua's smug smile was reflected.

"What are you going to do?"

Li Qingan slowly opened his eyes again, and said with a sarcastic smile: "Such a stinky prison, you are such a delicate lady, aren't you afraid of smoking you out?" ”

"Don't be afraid! I'm so happy to see you unlucky, so happy, you know? I never drink soju, but yesterday I made an exception and drank three glasses because I was so happy. ”

Yang Huahua smiled like a beautiful snake, her face radiant beyond description, this was the first time in her life that she had tasted the pleasure of self-esteem, before this man had brought her only insults and contempt, and today, he was reduced to a prisoner.

She took a step forward, squatted down and smiled: "You crawl over and beg for mercy from me, and I will plead with the Holy Lord and let you go, how about it?" Closing the deal? ”

Li Qingan glanced at her contemptuously and said lazily: "Who do you think you are, you can influence the power struggle in the imperial court?" You think too highly of yourself, ma'am, and go! You're here, affecting my appetite for breakfast tomorrow. ”

"You!" Yang Huahua was furious, she stood up suddenly, "Li Qing'an, just wait and see, I see how long you can still be hard-mouthed?" ”

After saying that, she snorted heavily and hurried away angrily.

Li Qingan yawned again, turned over, closed his eyes, and soon fell into a deep sleep.

．．．．．．．． Contrary to Li Qing'an's sweet sleep in the dim prison, in the palatial Xingqing Palace, the Tang Emperor Li Longji was restless, he never felt as lonely as today, Gao Lishi was not around, which made his life inconvenient everywhere, those eunuchs and palace ladies were not close to Gao Lishi, for example, now, Yuhuan is not around, he is uncomfortable in his heart, that unbearable loneliness, Gao Lishi does not need his orders, he will immediately take Yuhuan back, but these eunuchs, one by one, stood there dumbfounded, Do you have to wait for him to give the order?

Li Longji couldn't help but sigh secretly, Gao Lishi was about the abolition of the prince, and he could still endure it, but Yuhuan was not by his side for a moment, and he felt that his life had become boring.

"Go quickly, bring me the concubine back!"

Li Longji's roar finally sounded in the Xingqing Palace.

．．．．．．． Chang'an City has been curfew, the street is empty, there are almost no pedestrians, but there is a footstep of Jinwuwei patrolling the street in the distance, at this time, the gate of Xingqing Palace opened, dozens of palace guards galloped out on horseback, galloped straight to the direction of Xuanyi Fang, and ran to Xuanyi Fang in a moment, and shouted straight for the head of the guard: "Come on the order of the saint, open the door quickly!" ”

The guard was so frightened that he hurriedly opened the door, and dozens of guards and eunuchs rushed into the gate of the fang, running towards Yang Guozhong's house located in the fang, and soon arrived at the gate.

Yu Chaoen, the head eunuch, stepped forward and saluted: "Yang Shangshu, on the orders of His Majesty, I will take Niangniang back to the palace." ”

Yang Guozhong's heart was relieved after being nervous for a day, this is great, the mother has fallen out of favor, and their Yang family is finished.

"Father-in-law Yu, wait a minute, I'll go and invite the mother."

Yang Guozhong spread his feet and ran towards the inner house, through several doors, until he ran to the golden attic where Yang Yuhuan was temporarily housed, just as Yang Yuhuan's personal maid came out, Yang Guozhong panted and said: "Go and tell Niangniang that the saint will send someone to take her back to the palace." ”

The maid hurriedly turned around and went back, in the room, Yang Yuhuan sat in front of the lamp, staring at the lamp in a daze, she was thinking back to her life as a girl, at that time, her father was still alive, her family was well-off, she was carefree, and the third sister quietly discussed their future husbands, nearly twenty years have passed in a flash, she has become the most noble woman in the Tang Dynasty, but she feels that she has lost the most precious thing, she can't tell what it is, these years, this feeling is getting deeper and deeper, she feels like a moth falling into a spider's web, Wrapped in invisible nets, she was suffocated, making her powerless to resist, she couldn't help but think of the story she had just heard two days ago, Li Qingan was angry at the crown, sent troops to Ge Lulu, and shot the prince of Ge Lulu who wanted to rob him of the bright moon with an arrow, which made her leisurely fascinated.

"!" The maid's hurried voice interrupted her musings.

"What's the matter?"

"The Holy Lord has sent someone to take you back to the palace."

"Tell them I'm not going back!"

"But the mother ......"

The maid was very embarrassed, and when she saw that the mother was resolute, she had to sigh and turn around and walk out.

"Wait a minute!" Yang Yuhuan stopped her.

The maid turned around and looked at the lady in surprise, did she change her mind? Soon she was disappointed again, Yang Yuhuan took a pair of scissors from the table, cut off her hair, handed it to the maid and said, "Let them bring it back to the saint, and the saint will naturally understand." ”

"!" The maid knelt down.

"Go!" Yang Yuhuan sternly ordered: "Did you hear my words?" ”

"Yes!" The maid wiped away her tears and turned to run out the door.

．．．．．．．． Xingqing Palace, Li Longji was stunned to hold Yang Yuhuan's green silk, and he didn't say a word for a long time, he remembered the situation when Yuhuan was forced to become a monk, Yuhuan was to cut a strand of green silk for him, 'The concubine enters the empty door, and Wangjun takes it back early', and today is the same scene.

Li Longji panicked, he couldn't do without Yang Yuhuan for a moment in his life, if she became a monk again, wouldn't this kill him?

At this moment, the 40,000 beauties of the harem were left behind by him, and the joy of cheating in the imperial study was also lost by him, and he only had one thought, no matter what, he wanted to take his concubine back.

"Prepare for the drive, I will pick it up myself."

The gate of Xingqing Palace was opened again, and nearly a thousand guards surrounded Li Longji's dragon chariot and rushed towards Yang Guozhong's mansion.

The Tang Emperor was fortunate to visit the minister's mansion, whether it is the official history or the wild history, this is a major event, as early as a few months ago, the minister will start to build a large number of preparations for construction, and then the internal service province will be visited again and again, and the prince will not see the concubine once, and it will consume nearly half of the Jia family's property, not to mention the emperor's arrival.

But tonight, Li Longji was fortunate to come to Yang Guozhong's mansion, but he was in a hurry, and it could only be regarded as a private matter, and Li Longji looked forward to it in the night breeze.

In Yang's mansion, the eldest sister Yang Yuzhu, the second sister Yang Yupei, as well as Yang Guozhong and his wife Pei Rou are all trying to persuade Yang Yuhuan.

"Fourth sister, the saint has come to pick you up in person, this is something that the saint has never done, which shows the grace of the saint to you, you don't have to take the surname anymore."

"Fourth sister, it is common for husband and wife to quarrel, it is too trivial to become a monk for this little thing, the prosperity of our Yang family is on you, the ancestors and ancestors are looking at you, even if the ancestors are too far away, you have to think about your deceased father! He still hasn't had a posthumous gift, which is our unfilial piety as a daughter! ”

Li Longji's low profile, the hard persuasion of his brothers and sisters, and the determination in Yang Yuhuan's heart collapsed little by little, and finally she thought of promising Mingzhu to save Li Qing'an, but she has not spoken yet.

Helpless, Yang Yuhuan had no choice but to sigh, "Okay! I'll just go back. ”

The Yang family cheered and cheered, and Yang Guozhong even crawled out with a roll, shouting loudly: "Hurry up, Niangniang is going back to the palace." ”

Li Longji's convoy outside the gate of the mansion had been waiting in the night breeze for almost an hour, and when they heard the news, they immediately cheered together, and Li Longji also smiled, and hurriedly said: "Hurry up and prepare to let the concubine board." ”

Dozens of eunuchs and eunuchs were busy together, laying out a long carpet, wrapped in yellow silk on both sides of the carpet, and hundreds of guards guarded Huang Aya's surroundings to the fullest.

About a quarter of an hour later, a soft sedan chair sent out Yang Guifei, who had been away from the palace for half a day, and the guards shouted three times, 'Niang Niang Chitose!' ’

Surrounded by a large group of palace maids, Yang Yuhuan, who bowed his head and was silent, finally walked out of the sedan chair, lifted his long skirt and slowly boarded the dragon chariot, Li Longji greeted him excitedly, "Let the lady suffer." ”

Yang Yuhuan's nose was slightly sour, and Ying Ying said: "It is the crime of a concubine to let Your Majesty wait in the wind for a long time." ”

"Not guilty! In the clear! ”

Li Longji's heart was overjoyed, and he took Yang Yuhuan's hand and said, "If you have anything to say, let's go back to the palace and say it." ”

Long Yuan slowly turned around, surrounded by thousands of guards, and headed towards Xingqing Palace.

．．．．．．．．．． The next morning, the imperial study of the Zichen Palace came out of the will, the Beiting Jiedu made Li Qing'an without the approval of the imperial court, used troops without authorization, and the crime should be beheaded, but it was an unintentional mistake, so he was dismissed lightly, and was dismissed from the five positions of the Beiting Jiedu envoy, the Beiting Duhu, the prince's guest and the Tingzhou Governor and the Xizhou Governor.

Although Li Qingan was removed from three positions, he still had the post of Imperial Historian on his head, and it seemed a little inappropriate to go to Liuzhou, Xiazhou, with such a high title.

He was in a dilemma, thinking that it must be a mistake on the part of the saint, so he immediately found Yang Guozhong, who was also the new secretary of the ministry, and told him about this omission.

Yang Guozhong didn't speak for a long time, if Li Qing'an didn't have the title of Imperial Doctor, it would be the lower rank of the fourth grade, and they could be left to tidy up, but he still had this title, and dealing with Li Qing'an was within the scope of the saint's authority, although this detail was small, it was extremely subtle.

Although Yang Guozhong guessed that this might be a deliberate reservation from the saint, he was still a little unwilling, maybe it was really a mistake from the saint, and he decided that no matter what, he had to give it a try.

Yang Guozhong hurriedly rushed to the Zichen Palace, handed the fold in his hand, and waited for a while, Li Longji passed out the will, Li Qing'an's position as the imperial historian was retained, and he would not be deprived, and quickly completed Li Qing'an's transfer, and left Beijing to take up his post the next day.

At noon, in a bright sunshine, Li Qing'an, who had been imprisoned for two days and two nights, walked out of the dungeon, the dazzling sunlight illuminated him so that he couldn't open his eyes, Pei Min, the young secretary of Dali Temple, hurriedly greeted him, and said with a smile: "Congratulations to Li Yuanjun for regaining his freedom!" ”

Li Qingan also replied: "Thank you Pei Shaoqing for taking care of these two days, Li Qingan remembers it in his heart." ”

"Li Yuanjun is polite, I just abide by my duties, Gao Weng's carriage is already waiting outside the gate, Li Yuanjun please!"

The two walked towards the gate together, and Pei Min whispered again: "I heard that Gao Weng was also deposed, and the Holy Lord ordered him to go home to retire, hey!" Even Gao Weng has been deposed, and sooner or later, petty officials like us will inevitably be demoted, and we won't be able to sleep at night! ”

Li Qingan smiled slightly: "Pei Shaoqing don't worry, as long as the news of the prince's abolition is officially out, this tide file cleaning will come to an end." ”

"I hope so!" Pei Min sighed, the two walked out of the gate, a carriage from the Gaolishi Mansion was already waiting for him outside the Dali Temple, Steward Luo saw him come out, and immediately stepped forward and said: "Envoy, my lord is already waiting in the mansion, please make you get in the car!" ”

Li Qingan nodded silently, and couldn't help but feel a little moved in his heart, the old man himself was deposed, but he hadn't forgotten to pick him up, this friendship was so warm in the ruthless power struggle.

"Thank you!"

He boarded the carriage, Pei Min stood on the steps and arched his hand: "Li Yuanjun is going to Liuzhou, thousands of miles away, I hope to take care." ”

"Pei Shaoqing, please take care too!"

The carriage started, drove away from Dali Temple, and drove towards the Gaolishi mansion.

Li Qing'an sat in the carriage and looked at the people coming and going on the street, everything was very calm, no different from three days ago, the tragic struggle of the power center of the Tang Dynasty did not affect the lives of ordinary people, but in fact, the Tang Dynasty situation has undergone a huge turning point in the past three days, and its impact will be extremely far-reaching, Li Qingan sighed secretly, the position of the East Palace is empty, and from now on, the government and the opposition will fall into another more cold and tragic power struggle.

The carriage slowly slowed down, and was about to arrive at Gao Lishi's mansion, when Li Qingan seemed to hear someone shouting loudly in the distance: "The general is back!" ”

The voice is getting closer and closer, and someone is running towards this side, "The general is back!" ”

Li Qingan opened the window of the carriage, he was stunned, only to see that the front and back of the carriage, left and right, surrounded by hundreds of young and strong men, all of them dressed in white robes, running with his carriage, their expressions were very excited, many people burst into tears, this is his three hundred personal guards.

Li Qingan's nose was sour, and tears poured into his eyes, from surviving the Battle of Chiling, these three hundred guards have never abandoned and never left, sharing weal and woe.

The carriage stopped, Li Qingan opened the door and walked out of the carriage, and the three hundred guards suddenly quieted down, and everyone looked up at him expectantly.

Li Qingan took a deep breath and said loudly: "Brothers, I have been demoted to Liuzhou Taishou, I go to Liuzhou, thousands of miles, and I don't know when I can come back, I am willing to give the brothers a thick coin, everyone goes their own way, this is my heart, please accept it!" ”

The three hundred pro-soldiers were silent, and at this time, Jiang Xiaonian, the captain of the pro-military battalion, stood up and said: "General, whether it is Beiting or Liuzhou, we are willing to follow the general, please take us." ”

"We want to follow the general!" The crowd shouted in unison.

"Good! Good! ”

Li Qing'an was surging and said loudly to everyone: "If you don't abandon Li Qing'an, then Li Qing'an will never live up to your monarchs, everyone will go with me." ”

．．．．．．．． At dusk, in Gao Lishi's study, Gao Lishi placed a table of wine and practiced it for Li Qingan.

"Shichiro, are you going to leave tomorrow?"

"Yes! The officials went through the formalities quickly, and all the formalities were completed in the afternoon, and they had to set off before dawn tomorrow. ”

In just two days, Gao Lishi looked a lot older, the energetic, shrewd and capable old eunuch was gone, and sitting opposite Li Qing'an at the moment was an old man who was nearly seventy years old, he drank a glass of wine, and said with a slight smile: "Guess why the Holy Lord asked you to leave immediately?" ”

Li Qingan pondered for a moment and said, "I guess it has something to do with the concubine!" ”

"Clever!"

Gao Lishi stroked his palms and laughed, and said with a thumbs up: "You guessed well, I heard that the concubine interceded for you, if I guessed correctly, the saint agreed to the concubine's higher conditions, but the case of the East Palace was not closed, and the saint did not dare to spare you, so he demoted you to Liuzhou, and he was afraid that the concubine would know, so he had to hurry up and urge you to go, his thoughts, I know better than anyone else." ”

Li Qingan raised his glass and asked, "That Gao Weng said, how serious will the Donggong case be this time?" ”

"It won't be your average tragedy!"

Gao Lishi sighed and said: "He even degraded me, I know that this time he is ruthless, the backbone of the tide file, except for you, no one will have a good result." ”

Li Qingan smiled bitterly and said: "Being demoted to Liuzhou, how is it different from exile?" Is this still a good result? ”

"You know what? Yangzhou Taishou Lu Jian has committed suicide in prison. ”

Li Qingan was shocked, Lu Jian was actually dead.

"Why is that?"

"Lu Lian's surname is Ge Ganglie, he boasts that he has been honest all his life, so he would rather die than admit his responsibility for taking bribes, and hanged himself in prison last night."

Li Qing'an was gloomy, and after a moment, he asked again: "What about Dugu Haoran?" ”

"Dugu Haoran is a relative of the emperor, a little better, he was demoted to Xunyang County Order, and the dignified Shangshu Zuo Servant shot was actually demoted to a county order, hey! Tide stalls are dead and depreciated, this time the prince is really not guaranteed. ”

Gao Lishi sighed, "But I'm not reconciled, I must let the prince re-enter the East Palace." ”

"Gao Weng has ambitions, I should help you!"

The two drank a few glasses of wine, Gao Lishi suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly took out a book from the box next to him, handed it to Li Qingan and said with a smile: "This is the Zongzheng Temple, requesting the canonization of Dugu's eldest daughter as Princess Mingyue, I intercepted it for you, since Prince Gelulu is dead, it is estimated that Miss Mingyue's position as the princess will be gone." ”

Li Qing'an was overjoyed, and hurriedly thanked: "Gao Weng's great grace, let Li Qing'an report later!" ”

"Alas! What is there to reward for this little thing, when you played polo for me, I thought that you were a very good young man, and we have this fate! Now that we are all being degraded, it can be said that we share weal and beyond, come! Let's have another drink. ”

"Gao Weng, I salute you for this glass of wine."

The two drank a few more glasses, and at this time, Steward Luo hurriedly came over and reported: "Master, there is someone at the door who wants to see General Li. ”

"Who is it?"

"It's Mrs. Dugu!"

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(To be continued)