And Li Qingheng also found some leaf marks left by Concubine Mei on the road, and took Xie Shuyao and An Qingzong to Shangyang East Palace.

At this time, although it was winter, there was no snow in Chang'an City, and the road was still very dry.

Although it is in the imperial city, it is also remote, no one cleans it, and some dry leaves are left on the road.

It's just that every two steps you can see half of the dried leaves, neatly arranged in the same direction.

Li Qingheng made it clear that it was the mark left by Concubine Mei.

As she walked along with the markers, she crushed the dry leaves left behind by Concubine Mei to avoid being discovered.

——

Entrance of the penal department.

Shen Mo's martial arts are really strong, so many forbidden troops came to besiege him, but he jumped up and down, dodging them one by one.

After maintaining it like this for a while, Shen Mo saw that the horse that had run away in the distance had returned, and there were still two empty cages behind him, so he knew that Li Qingheng had taken people away, so he found an opportunity to escape directly by flying over the wall.

"Catch up with him! Catch up with him for me! The execution minister was about to jump in a hurry.

Now that the person is gone, how can he explain it!

Let him explain it!

Xu Zilang stepped forward and ordered: "Don't chase it!" ”

Then he turned around and comforted the minister: "Now people don't know where to run, while the time for the execution has not yet passed, let's quickly think of some other way to make a difference." ”

"If you can't make the difference, I'm afraid you and my official hat will be difficult to protect."

Xu Zilang persuaded earnestly.

The minister looked at Xu Zilang in a daze, and almost cried: "Xu Shaoqing, tell me, how can I think of a way?" What should I do? ”

What could he do?

Now that this matter has happened, An Qingzong is the person who the saint personally ordered to kill!

Xu Zilang glanced around, motioned to all the subordinates around him to retreat, and then whispered in the minister's ear: "Steal the beam and change the pillar." ”

The minister's eyes widened: "What is the change?" ”

"There are just two death row inmates in the Criminal Department, who are guilty of abducting and selling children, a man and a woman, and they will be executed today, so it is better to confuse the truth with the false."

The minister hesitated: "This ...... I'm afraid it's not good......"

If that's the case, if someone finds out, how will he explain?

"You do things, the saint has always been at ease, Yang Xiangguo also trusts you, anyway, there are four people, it doesn't matter who he dies, as long as it's not you, I'm fine, now it's time to execute, when the time comes, pull people over, and if you go, you will be beheaded directly, and no one will find out."

After Xu Zilang finished speaking, seeing that the minister was still hesitating, he made a gesture to leave: "If you don't agree, then I will ask the sage for guilt now and do my best to find it." ”

"Don't, don't!" The minister suddenly became anxious and grabbed Xi Zilang's arm.

"I do, I do, what about people?"

In the current situation, it is still too late to find a substitute for the dead.

If you send someone to search for it with all your might, then the saint and Yang Xiangguo will blame him, and I am afraid that his life will not be saved.

More is better than less, and if he gets through this time, he will be safe.

Officialdom is like a casino, so take a gamble!

Xu Zilang stopped, glanced at the minister with relief, and patted him on the shoulder: "Don't worry, I will take care of everything." ”

As he spoke, he beckoned to his men.

It was as if it were ready, and the men under him immediately carried two people over.

Because the two abducted and sold many children, and even abused the children, taking off the children's hands and feet, and the methods were extremely cruel, so they suffered many heavy sentences in the criminal department.

The two of them were now covered in blood, their hair was messy, and their faces were tortured, and they couldn't see their original appearances at all.

When the minister saw it, he was overjoyed.

God help me, it's great!

When the time comes, cut these two unrecognizable people, and no one will find out.

He commanded the forbidden troops under his command to carry the two to the prisoner car, and then set off immediately after saying goodbye to Xu Zilang.

Those present today are all their own people, and as long as they settle down a little and give instructions at that time, no one will leak out.

has been an official for so many years, and the court is indistinguishable, if you don't even have a trusted person when doing things, it is better to die early.

After Xu Zilang sent the group away, he was relieved.

He felt an itch on his forehead, like some worm crawling, so he reached out and grabbed a handful of wet sweat in his hand.

He wiped a handful of his clothes, dried his palms, and then walked back towards the punishment department.

It was a false alarm today.

Fortunately, Shen Mo and the others came in time, otherwise, he would really be ready to fight to the death.

If Shen Mo didn't come, he would let his people fight to the death with the forbidden army today, and it was a big deal to kill them all, and he would save Xie Shuyao and An Qingzong.

Fortunately, he received a message from Shen Mo a few days ago, saying that he would come to save An Qingzong and Xie Shuyao, so he was also prepared for another hand.

is to prepare two death row prisoners in advance, planning that after they rob people, they will be like Fang Cai, hide from the world and cross the sea, stealing beams and changing pillars.

The two death row inmates were supposed to be beheaded ten days ago, but he dragged them all the way and scratched their faces, making them so unrecognizable who they were.

This is the only way to ensure that nothing goes wrong.

After a stick of incense.

After the two heads fell to the ground at the execution site, and the officers and soldiers came to clean up the bodies of the two, the crowd dispersed and returned to normal.

No one found out what had happened in this, they only knew that An Qingzong and Lord Rongyi were dead, which was a punishment for An Lushan's rebellion!

But the news of An Qingzong's beheading soon spread to An Lushan, and they had already broken through several cities in the past few days.

"I want Li Longji to pay for his life!"

"Lao Tzu wants to make their whole family lose their lives!!"

An Lushan almost shouted in his throat, and he was angry.

"Kill me! Kill to Chang'an now! ”

With one order, the rebels were even more unstoppable.

An Lushan originally had room for it, but now that Li Longji dares to touch his son, he doesn't have to leave any room at all!

He's going to rebel now! He wants to be the emperor of the Tang Dynasty and trample Li Longji under his feet! Trample everyone under the feet of the Li family!

Let all the Li family members be buried with An Qingzong!

Soon news came from Chang'an's side that the rebels were attacking fiercely.

A general knelt in front of the Zichen Palace: "Qiqi Sheng, the rebel An Lushan suddenly turned around and attacked Chang'an, saying that he wanted to avenge his son." ”

As he spoke, the general's voice trembled.

"What are you afraid of, if he dares to rebel, he will let him die a good death! Dare to take revenge! Kill back! I want the head of An Lushan! ”

Li Longji was also very angry, and as soon as he finished speaking, he immediately coughed continuously.

"Ahem, ahem, ahem......"

The concubine on the side was busy patting Li Longji's back and gently comforting him.

"San Lang don't get angry, everything is An Lushan's fault, the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty will definitely destroy the rebels, don't worry about this."

Li Longji held the concubine's hand and immediately felt relieved.

"Yuhuan, you're right."

"San Lang has not been in good spirits these days, where can San Lang personally deal with these things, and hand them over to the generals in the court, or Yuhuan's brother."

"What you said is that in the future, this kind of thing will be handed over to Xiangguo, and I have a headache when I hear it."

There is only a rebel army of less than 200,000 on the left and right, there is no need to bother so much, it only takes a few months, and the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty will definitely be able to kill the rebels without leaving a piece of armor!

He didn't have to worry about these things at all.

"Liyuan's newly choreographed dance is ready, would San Lang like to go and see it with me?"

"It's good so soon? Let's go, let's take a look. ”

Li Longji held the waist of the concubine, the concubine supported him, and the two walked slowly towards the pear orchard.

The concubine had a bright smile on her face, smiling like spring, but in those beautiful eyes, it always seemed to be shrouded in a mist like a thin layer of ice.

I really don't know if she's really happy, or is it all acting?

——

Shangyang East Palace was as cold as ever.

An Qingzong has been living in Shangyang East Palace since he came back that day, and Xie Shuyao was directly taken back to the house by Xu Zilang.

No matter how cold the former Shangyang East Palace was, it could be regarded as popular.

But now that the war is happening, most people only want to escape.

In a secluded place like Shangyang East Palace, even if you secretly escape, no one will blame you.

The only one who can blame them is the lord of the first palace, Concubine Mei, but Concubine Mei never cares about this, and tells them that those who want to stay stay, and those who want to leave will leave.

As a result, in the huge Shangyang East Palace, the current handmaidens add up to only four or five.

An Qingzong stayed here for a few days, even if he was seen by the maidservant, no one exposed him, after all, the rest of the people now are Concubine Mei's henchmen, and they know what to say and what not to say.