At this moment, when the banquet was in full swing, Youzhou General Li Changlin actually appeared outside the gate, which had to make Gu Hao, who was the host of the banquet, stunned, because as far as he knew, Emperor Tang ordered Li Changlin to return from the border pass when the Qianlong was released yesterday, how could he arrive in Youzhou City in just one day?

The answer is definitely not that Li Changlin travels thousands of miles a day, although this Youzhou general who practices body exercises has already reached the height of the seven-story building, it is impossible to return from the border pass so anxiously, it must be Li Changlin who opened from the border pass earlier, and just in time for Nie Fengdi to take over the position of assassin and appear here. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The dignified General Youzhou came to congratulate him in person, Gu Hao naturally couldn't ignore it, he quietly glanced at Duan Pingsheng, who was "intriguing" with Li Qingmei, and laughed softly: "Everyone, General Li Changlin and General Li returned from the border pass thousands of miles away, congratulating Lord Nie, and at this time he was standing outside the gate, Gu Mou was absent first, which welcomed General Li into the banquet." ”

As soon as these words came out, several people at the main table couldn't help but be stunned, who would have thought that General Youzhou would actually come back at this juncture! Duan Pingsheng drank a glass of wine with a calm face, not caring about the gazes of others, but there was a little impression of Li Changlin in his heart.

In Li Jiangnan's memory, the general in the palace has always been the same role, even when the martial king Li Changfeng was in power, he dared to argue with his brother.

And this phenomenon in Li Changfeng prison, after the Wuwang Mansion lost power, intensified, not only in the palace, only allowed to exist in his voice, resulting in the Wuyou throne reduced to a decoration, and in the Wuwang Army, despite the opposition of many generals, the four banners of Jiangdong Banner, Mobei, Central Plains and Southern Xinjiang were abolished, and as a Changlin army, wantonly cultivated henchmen, so that the once majestic Wuwang Army became his personal arm.

Although compared to the Wuwang Army, the number and equipment of the Changlin Army are far inferior, but Li Changlin's voice has become unprecedentedly strong, and most of the many generals who have been dismissed have not died well because of resolute opposition, and many people are imprisoned in the dungeons of the Wuyou Palace, suffering day and night, and the veteran of Southern Xinjiang who died at the hands of traitors is the longest living one.

Duan Pingsheng glanced at the white hair of the veteran who was placed in the mustard seeds in Sumeru, and silently recited the word "Taoyuan" in his heart, and a rather heroic figure appeared in front of him.

Youzhou General Li Changlin, is a martial artist, with a majestic physique, wearing heavy armor, still able to walk with a tiger, with a resolute face, with a beard, sharp eyes like a goshawk, not as black and white as ordinary people, but with a faint gray trace, like a swimming dragon, dormant in a small black pupil pool.

Seeing Li Changlin's sudden appearance, the Youzhou magnates present almost dropped their jaws in shock, and they raised their wine glasses to greet him, but Li Changlin didn't squint, didn't give others any face at all, just talked to Gu Hao expressionlessly, until he came to the main table.

Li Changlin, who was holding a box in his hand, stood still suddenly, and didn't look at the others at the main table, and directly said to Nie Fengdi, the protagonist of the banquet, in a rough voice: "Brother Nie, I will be ordered by Lord An to congratulate you on taking over the history of Youzhou Thorn, this is a congratulatory gift carefully prepared by Lord An and Changlin, and I hope Brother Nie can like it!" ”

After speaking, his arm was slammed, and the box fell into the hands of the cold-faced judge, seeing the curious eyes of others, Nie Fengdi opened it in public, and then raised his eyebrows slightly, because when the box was opened, there was a bloody breath coming to his nose, with the cold-faced judge's years of experience, he didn't need to look at it to know that it contained a human head.

Li Qingmei, who was sitting next to Duan Pingsheng, saw the dead head, her eyebrows furrowed deeply, and she really felt that such a good day had been ruined by this so-called well-prepared congratulatory gift.

The other people present didn't say much, because Li Changlin dared to make a move, which showed that the identity of the owner of this head was bound to be extraordinary, but Luo Hou, who was sitting in Longmen, looked at it carefully, but he still couldn't see the identity of this person.

The last question was asked by the cold-faced judge Nie Fengdi: "General Li, I don't know what is extraordinary about this person?" ”

"A few days ago, two big spies of the Khitan alien race went south with the tide of disaster victims, one died next to Wanbei Mountain, and the other died under Youzhou City. And this person is the newly sent spy leader of the Khitan, ready to take over the position of those two and integrate all the secret spies set up by the Khitan alien race in my Datang, but before the general left, Lord An happened to intercept the relevant information, so as to bring this person's head as a gift for Brother Nie to take office! ”

Li Changlin's rough voice spread throughout the banquet, although those Youzhou magnates felt that using their heads as a congratulatory gift was a bit out of line, but I have to say that a significant Khitan spy head, as a congratulatory gift for Nie Fengdi to take over the history of Youzhou Thorn, can indeed reflect the importance that the Anderson Jie Du attaches to the cold-faced judge.

And this also revealed the message that the envoy of the Anda Festival was ready to win over Nie Fengdi.

Gu Hao, who had already stepped down as the assassin of Youzhou, saw this in his eyes, and Yu Xintian said: "It seems that An Chongshan has begun to seize the power of Youzhou!" As the rear of the entire Liaodong territory, Youzhou is the most important place to fight, five years ago, he was suppressed by Li Changfeng, empty festival to make his name, these five years by the emperor's grace, wanton expansion, has been in addition to Youzhou Hebei Province states in the bag. ”

"If it weren't for me and King Yan to advance and retreat together in the general direction, so that An Chongshan couldn't meddle in the affairs of Youzhou, otherwise he would have become the second Li Changfeng a long time ago!" Thinking of this, Gu Hao looked at Nie Fengdi, "I don't know if the cold-faced judge will continue to maintain his true colors or seek help from others!" If it is in collusion with An Chongshan, the day when the second Wuwang Mansion will appear in the land of Liaodong will not be too far away! ”

Gu Hao, who has been operating in Youzhou officialdom for five years, has seen the situation too thoroughly, and in the past five years, as a confidant of the Holy Lord, it is by virtue of his good relationship with King Yan that he has been able to resist several secret battles of the envoys of the Lower An Festival, so that the power of Youzhou has always been firmly in the hands of the imperial court.

Gu Hao was extremely jealous of An Chongshan, who also carried the emperor's grace, he always felt that this person would make a monstrous disaster sooner or later, but he had no choice but to see that Emperor Tang attached great importance to An Chongshan, and even recently prepared to accept him as a righteous son, so he couldn't keep his heart clear, so he could only sit and watch An Chongshan grow stronger and stronger.

Today, Li Changlin came to congratulate alone with the gifts he and An Chongshan, which made Gu Hao vigilant in his heart, it seems that this Youzhou general has already made up his mind to take refuge in An Chongshan. In the past, the Changlin Army was an outlier among the border troops, just because Li Changlin still maintained the arrogance that belonged to the Wuwang Army, and the Qingluan wedding was imminent, no matter how proud Li Changlin was, this rebellious goshawk always had to find a more comfortable place to live.

Undoubtedly, it is a good choice to invest in the command of An Chongshan.

Li Changlin, who holds the power of the military in Youzhou, almost officially announced his position, which made Gu Hao very anxious about the future of Youzhou, this is the place where he has struggled for five years, seeing that future generations have no way to keep it, there is something wrong in his heart, and the most important thing now is Nie Fengdi's opinion of An Chongshan.

The cold-faced judge looked at the box in his hand, nodded slightly, a cold face was not sad or joyful, others couldn't see whether he was happy or angry in his heart, but his tone was very happy, and he got up and thanked Li Changlin and An Dajiedu: "Thanks to Lord An and Brother Li, the two of you have a heart, this congratulatory gift is very much in line with Nie's heart!" ”

After speaking, he closed the box, handed it to the little servant waiting on the side, and invited Li Changlin to sit down.

However, in the face of Nie Fengdi's invitation, General Youzhou chose to refuse: "The congratulatory gift is brought, there is no need to enter the table, the general has just arrived in Youzhou with the army, and he has come into the city non-stop." There are many people outside the north gate city, and the general has not had time to arrange the troops, so in order to avoid a mistake, he can only go out of the city quickly, everyone, I am out of company! ”

As soon as the words fell, Li Changlin ignored the persuasion of others and strode out of the mansion, this situation made Gu Hao fall into deep thought again, and he finally came to a conclusion that was better than Fang Cai. Even if Li Changlin throws himself into An Chongshan's arms, he will not gang up for his hard-working gangs, and it is not easy to come forward to give gifts, and he wants to let him put down his arrogance and enter the table to persuade him, with An Chongshan's current power, it is not enough to make him so.

Thinking of this, Gu Hao and Yan King Li Zhong glanced at each other, and nodded secretly, thinking that Li Changlin was the bloodline of the Martial King Mansion after all, and his arrogant nature could not be erased, and he completely ignored the Martial You King who was sitting on the main seat, which also meant that he completely ignored the existence of Duan Pingsheng.

For Li Changlin's indifference, Duan Pingsheng not only did not feel unhappy at all, but was very happy to see such a situation, this Youzhou general had better be arrogant to the point of ignoring him, so that it would be convenient for him to continue to develop steadily, and he could take the opportunity to catch the other party off guard.

Li Changlin's sudden appearance was just a small episode for this banquet, although most of the people present were thinking about what kind of changes he would bring to the existing situation after he returned to Youzhou, but on the surface he was still happy and peaceful, and it was not until the end of the banquet and the guests were happy that they dispersed on their own.

Li Qingmei, who was sitting next to Duan Pingsheng, always maintained the reserve of her youngest daughter's family, and did not put her and Duan Pingsheng's fights on the table, but she was also too addicted to sneaking, and followed Yanwang Li Zhong into the carriage.

And because Duan Pingsheng wanted to talk to Nie Fengdi about the disposition of the Xicheng guards, he deliberately stayed and prepared to leave at the end. Zhuang Bancheng didn't deal with Duan Pingsheng from beginning to end, and when Luo Hou left the table, he also followed, and what Duan Ping's business didn't expect was that the old Confucian student of the Confucius Academy actually had something to say to him.

It is not the first time that Duan Pingsheng and this old Confucian have dealt with each other, as early as when he was in Heming Town, this person led many scholars from the Confucius Academy, with the Tao Te Ching, and retreated from the evil spirit, leaving an extremely deep impression on Duan Pingsheng, thinking that the old Confucian was highly respected and worthy of admiration, and this impression lasted until the day he went to Wanbei Mountain.

The old Confucian sat in the carriage of the Confucius Academy, and went to Wanbei Mountain with Duan Pingsheng and others, originally, he thought that the old Confucian wanted to worship the martyrs of Wanbei Mountain, but he didn't know that this person was to help the Zhang family master and forcibly seize the slaughter.

Later, the old Confucian stayed in the Confucius Academy and did not come out, and Zhang Yu, who had many contradictions with Duan Pingsheng, also returned to the Master's Academy, and it was not until today that he saw the old Confucian student's righteous face for the third time, and asked lightly: "I don't know the old man, what do you have to tell the king?" ”

Duan Pingsheng's attitude was neither humble nor arrogant, and he did not show respect, and the old Confucian also knew that he had done something wrong, so he didn't care, and said directly: "Old man, on the order of the master, I have come to inform the prince that he will intercede with the saint and release the proud son of the Xu family as soon as possible." ”

In this regard, Duan Pingsheng was silent, because he had already judged that Xu Deyi did not have the slightest problem of life safety, and the Zhang family's master interceded for Xu Deyi, which was also a matter of course in his opinion, Xu Deyi chose to be arrested in front of the Three Treasures Eunuch and the power of Dinglin Temple in order to take care of the master's own court, if the living saint chose to remain silent, it would chill the hearts of the world's scholars.

Seeing that Duan Pingsheng's interest was not high, the old Confucian had no choice but to say again: "Master informs me that if necessary, the prince can ask the academy for help, no matter what, the old man and all the scholars and Confucian students in the academy will go all out!" ”

Hearing this, Duan Pingsheng's eyes lit up, it seems that this is the real compensation of the Zhang family's master, of course, for the sake of the little stool, otherwise, such a good thing would not have fallen on his head.

Duan Pingsheng smiled slightly, arched his hand and said: "Master's kindness, this king understands it, old man, please rest assured, this king will not make a request that hurts morality." ”

The old Confucian nodded slightly, then said goodbye and left, and the banquet came to an end, Gu Hao, who officially left office, was ready to pack his bags and leave Youzhou with his family, and this Thorn History Mansion has officially become Nie Fengdi's residence.

However, out of respect, the cold-faced judge still chose to stay in a day, so he left the mansion with Duan Pingsheng, and by the way, he checked the dragon hunter Qianli who was imprisoned in the iron carriage.

Finding that Jia Longyang was still standing by the carriage as usual, Duan Pingsheng breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed that the general did not meet Jia Longyang in advance, and this once again showed Li Changlin's arrogance.

Nie Fengdi didn't care too much about the change in Duan Pingsheng's expression, because he was all about how to persuade Qianli, and he didn't hesitate for long for Duan Pingsheng's sudden request, so he chose to agree. He had personally observed the behavior of the Xicheng guard, and felt that this person was a good target, but he was not the kind of evil man who had to be eliminated, anyway, in the Youzhou officialdom, he was destined to be unable to be alone, and by the way, it was not a big deal to sell Duan Pingsheng.

Duan Pingsheng was a little surprised by the cold-faced judge's cheerfulness, but seeing that people were conceited and opened the car door directly, there was nothing to say, so far, the congratulatory gift he prepared was officially delivered, and he didn't care much about how Nie Fengdi was going to persuade Qianli, so he found a reason to take people away.

Without waiting for him to officially return to the palace, a bad news directly reached his ears, that is, hundreds of border troops in the palace were forcibly taken away by Li Changlin!