【Chapter 21: Death and Birth】(2)

Out of prison, Pei Yaoqing couldn't help but say: "This guy is really too deceitful, and he must not be let go!" ”

I saw Zhang Jiuling lightly straighten his clothes, stroked his beard again, and said: "This is a state affair, it has nothing to do with selfish desires, everything is handled fairly, and it is not his way." ”

In fact, when he heard that Li Linfu let him do this, An Lushan refused, because he spared his life. Even after Li Linfu persuaded him, when he really did that in prison, he was more apprehensive than down-to-earth, so he said countless good things about Li Longji before he saw him, hoping that someone could spread it, preferably directly to Li Longji's ears.

Fate really favored An Lushan very much, making his wish come true - when Zhang Jiuling and Pei Yaoqing interrogated him, Li Longji was overly curious, and quietly sent Xiao Jiangyuan to listen, and Xiao Jiangyuan was hiding next door at that time.

Knowing that An Lushan turned out to be such a god man, Li Longji wanted to meet him even more.

And when I saw it today, it really lived up to its name.

Seeing that in addition to Zhang Jiuling and Li Linfu, Pei Yaoqing and the permanent staff officers showed a little disdain, Xiao Jiangyuan frowned slightly-An Lushan came as soon as he opened his mouth, his face was not red and his heart was not beating, this is also an extraordinary ability. It's all flattery, and the courtiers didn't give the Son of Heaven an honorific title, and they also set the birthday of the Son of Heaven as the Thousand Autumn Festival, but it was much more subtle than An Lushan. But just because of this, the courtiers despised him like this, and some of them couldn't help but laugh at fifty steps and a hundred steps.

Xiao Jiangyuan is also a courtier, and he feels that Li Longji, as a monarch, doesn't care about that. He knew that An Lushan was advancing by retreating, and he was still very happy to hear it, but he didn't want to let him go like this, so he said, "What does Zhang Xianggong think?" ”

Zhang Jiuling arched his hand and said: "During the Spring and Autumn Period, the State of Qi had Sima Sui Tho, and in order to take Zhuang Jia, the favorite minister of the King of Qi, as the supervising army, Zhuang Jia just missed the time, and was beheaded by Sima Sui Tho to show the public; There is also Sun Wu training for King Wu, taking the palace maids as an example, among which the two concubines of King Wu are in the first place, but together with all the palace maids, they ignore the military regulations, laugh as usual, and are also beheaded by Sun Wu. What about favored ministers, and what about loving concubines? The military order is like a mountain, how can it be forgiven? ”

An Lushan secretly rolled his eyes - if he doesn't forgive, he won't forgive, and he talks so much nonsense.

Although Li Longji had long known how Zhang Jiuling would reply, when he really listened, he still couldn't laugh or cry: "God has the virtue of a good life, and General An is not a traitor and evildoer, and he also had military merits in the past, but now he only made a mistake once, how can he be executed like this." It's not easy for General Zhang to train a general, isn't it? ”

Zhang Shouqi hurriedly picked up the conversation: "What the sage said is very true! The minister also felt that this person was rare, so he valued him so much, he lost the battle, and the minister was also heartbroken. General An is proficient in the six Chinese languages and the customs and folk customs of various parts of the northeast, and he is really a rare general! I also hope that the saint will look at his past merits and give him a chance to make meritorious deeds! ”

An Lushan also said busily: "Whether in this life or in the next life, the criminal ministers are willing to break their bones for His Majesty the Emperor, and they will not give up!" ”

Zhang Jiuling said: "An Lushan lost his discipline and lost his teacher, and he must be punished in the law!" ”

Li Linfu was responsible for revising the law, and when he heard Zhang Jiuling mention the law, Li Linfu immediately stood up: "Although there is a law that does not tolerate mercy, there is also a saying that there is a situation outside the law, and the law is reasonable and reasonable, so it is a good law." The minister thinks that the saint abides by the law, and it is okay to kill criminals, and the saint loves talents, and it is okay to give Long's grace, just to see whether the person is worthy. General An is here, how does the sage see him? ”

Li Longji smiled: "It is indeed a talent that can be created - what does Zhang Xianggong think?" ”

Zhang Jiuling knelt down and said: "The minister looks at this person's appearance is opposite, if you don't kill him at this time, it will be a trouble in the future!" ”

An Lushan was shocked and said in a panic: "Zhang Xianggong said it so scary, the criminal minister is just a small attacker, where did he get the courage and ability to have the heart to rebel?" Isn't it true that all the people Zhang Xianggong is not used to looking at each other? ”

Li Linfu and Zhang Shouqi glanced at each other, neither of them expected that Zhang Jiuling would be able to spit out such a sentence, but fortunately, An Lushan reacted quickly.

Li Longji saw that Zhang Jiuling was so unscrupulous in order to kill An Lushan, and he also spoke wildly, and most of his happiness went away: "Zhang Aiqing should not compare himself with Wang Yan, and General An is not Shile." I've been an emperor for nearly 30 years, can I still make mistakes in such a trivial matter? ”

Wang Yan, the minister of the Western Jin Dynasty, once met Hu Shi Le, and he also felt that Shi Le's face was extraordinary, and he was afraid that it would be a big disaster in the world, but when he sent someone to arrest Shi Le, Shi Le had already left. And in the end, Shi Le did kill Wang Yan and established the state of Zhao.

Li Longji refuted the allusions with allusions, and finally finalized An Lushan's matter: military law cannot be violated, so An Lushan was dismissed, but since this person was a loyal and capable person, he let him be an ordinary soldier and leave him for meritorious service in the future.

Zhang Jiuling wanted to say something again, but was stopped by Xiao Jiangyuan who walked in front of him:

"This matter is over, Zhang Xianggong should not say more."

An Lushan finally fought his life back, and only then did he notice Xiao Jiangyuan. He immediately remembered the last thing Li Linfu said to him-

"You have to pay special attention to one person, that is General Xiao next to the Son of Heaven. You must not offend this person, but treat her with courtesy at all times, and it is best if you treat her very respectfully, so that the saints can also see it, and this is only good for you, and there is no harm. ”

An Lushan originally disagreed, but at this moment he realized that Xiao Jiangyuan was indeed an unusual existence for the Son of Heaven. can come and go and talk freely beside the Son of Heaven, the Son of Heaven does not interfere at all, nor is he angry, even Zhang Jiuling buys her account, what kind of person is this?

Now that the matter had been decided, Li Longji immediately asked An Lushan to loosen his bonds, and at the same time issued an expulsion order to Zhang Jiuling and other permanent staff officers. Xiao Jiangyuan personally sent them out, and when they returned to the hall, An Lushan had already sat on the lower left of Li Longji, and Zhang Shouqi was the lower right.

Don't...... This An Lushan is like that for her family's Ah Lang? Xiao Jiangyuan couldn't help but observe carefully. I saw that he looked stupid and stunned, and he was grateful to Li Longji, and he could always make Li Longji laugh. According to him, his father was a Sogdian, his mother was a Turkic priestess, and when he was a teenager, he was a Yalang in the mutual market, so he was articulate and had the two abilities mentioned by Zhang Shouqi. And his original name was not An Lushan, but the homonym "Rolling Mountain".

"'Rolling Mountain' is the protector of the Sogdian merchant travel, and it is also the god of war of Zoroastrianism, and the minister's mother gave the minister this name, that is, she hopes that the minister can one day become a great hero, a hero like the god of war! But the minister is a citizen of the Tang Dynasty, so he should have the name of the Tang Dynasty, so when the minister joined the army, he changed this name to himself. ”

"It's all good names." Li Longji listened to it with interest, and said with a smile, "I will look at you, and one day become the god of war of my Tang Dynasty!" ”

And the weight of the words was heavy. Zhang Shouqi immediately got up and knelt down, bowed solemnly, and saw that An Lushan was stunned again, and he couldn't kick his feet, so he had to cough and cough, but An Lushan was still unmoved.

- An Lushan was really stunned this time. His goal today is to save this life, but he never thought that he would be able to have such a close conversation with the Son of Heaven. And his ideal has not been told to others before, but no one believes in him and makes fun of him. Isn't this the first time Li Longji has seen himself, why can he believe it like this and take it so seriously?

He can no longer treat Li Longji simply as a life-saver.

Li Longji asked Zhang Shouqi to hurry up, then got up and walked to An Lushan, and gently patted An Lushan's shoulder: "I hope that the next time you come to Beijing to see me, you will no longer be so disgraced, and I will definitely let you have a good look at what Chang'an looks like." ”

An Lushan's eyes were immediately filled with fanaticism and longing for prosperity.

After Zhang Shouqi and An Lushan also retreated, Xiao Jiangyuan said lightly: "It's just pretending to be stupid, everyone can be so happy?" ”

"Can't I see that he's pretending to be so much?"

"That ......"

"Then I'm happy to hear it." Li Longji spread his hands, "If he is really stupid, how can he be valued by General Zhang?" They will be wise and foolish. He is different from other courtiers, he is willing to pretend to be crazy and stupid to make me happy, even if he is despised, can you do this? ”

Xiao Jiangyuan shook his head.

"Isn't that it?" Li Longji chuckled, "The courtiers can't do it either, only he can do it, I don't favor who he favors?" ”

As soon as he returned to the door of Zhongshumen, Zhang Jiuling stopped and turned his head to look at Li Linfu. From Li Linfu's reaction, he already knew that An Lushan's matter must have a lot to do with Li Linfu.

As soon as Li Linfu saw Zhang Jiuling's bland eyes, he knew that he was exposed. Seeing Zhang Jiuling staring at him and being speechless for a long time, Li Linfu stepped forward with a smile on his face, bowed respectfully and said, "Zhang Xianggong, what does he say?" The lower officials listened attentively. ”

Seeing Zhang Jiuling look at him fixedly, he seemed to sigh lowly, and then stepped into the door of the middle book.

After Pei Yaoqing also brushed his sleeves in, Li Linfu straightened his waist and breathed a long sigh of relief.

As soon as the matter of An Lushan ended, the haunting of the Eastern Capital was brought up again.

Since the rumors were rumored to be haunted, Li Longji hadn't slept well, followed by the crown prince and An Lushan, he finally couldn't bear it anymore, no matter how much Xiao Jiangyuan persuaded him, it would be useless.

Li Longji insisted on returning to Chang'an, but naturally he was still opposed by Zhang Jiuling and others, on the grounds that he was still the one before, and he couldn't miss the farming. This opportunity, Li Linfu can't let it go. After the court, he deliberately walked slower and his leg was lame, which really attracted Li Longji's attention.

The swan song of the Tang Dynasty listens to the book