Chapter 253 Hasty Concealment
Under the imperial edict, Yang Guozhong was appointed as the right prime minister and ranked first among the prime ministers. At this point, Yang Guozhong reached the peak of a minister. If he still had the courage to be a good minister and had ambition, he would have to rebel and become the emperor.
The servant who sent the order left the Yang Mansion, and the Yang Mansion was filled with joy. Not long after, the powerful court officials in Chang'an City learned about this and came to the door to congratulate him in person. The gift lists and gifts were piled up like a mountain. Yang Guozhong counted the money and had cramps in his hands, so he waved his hand and held a banquet to entertain all the bribers who were given the name of congratulations.
Unlike the situation where the Yang Mansion is full of guests, the atmosphere in the An Lushan Mansion, which is only separated by a yard by a house, is a miserable mist.
Ironically, An Lushan’s mansion in Qinrenfang and Guo Ziyi, the Left Guard General, were actually neighbors.
According to historical facts, this neighbor will be the one who destroyed An Lushan's rebellion in the future.
Therefore, from ancient times to the present, we must be careful of our neighbors. Whether our surname is Guo or Wang, we are destined to be incompatible.
In An Lushan's mansion, several servants were lying in the yard with blood. An Lushan was furious and beat several servants to exhale.
The confidant guard named Li Zhuer stood far away and was trembling with fear.
If An Lushan, who has a mild temper on weekdays, is a domestic pig, then An Lushan, who is angry, is a wild boar that is rushing forward. He must not provoke him or even speaks. There are already many guards and servants who have died under An Lushan's fist for venting his anger over the years.
"What bad luck did I have? Why did everything go smoothly in Chang'an this year?" An Lushan roared.
Li Zhu'er hid far away and dared not say anything.
Angry An Lushan's eyes were red, and his fat body was rising and falling rapidly with his breathing, like a tsunami suddenly coming on the calm sea.
In a state of rage, he kicked a lying servant away. The servant screamed and his body was kicked out. He stopped after hitting the stone steps. His chest was gone.
An Lushan, gasping, looked around and saw Li Zhuer hiding timidly in the distance. An Lushan pointed at him and said, "Zi Er, come here!"
Li Zhuer knelt down with a pounce and cried: "Jie Shuai, please spare me, Jie Shuai, please spare me!"
An Lushan frowned: "Why spare your life? Come here, I won't kill you."
Li Zhuer approached tremblingly.
An Lushan closed his eyes and tried hard to calm down his emotions. When he opened his eyes, his eyes were calm.
"The secret letter appeared in a daze. It is said that the city guard met a panicked person outside Yanping Gate. The man fled into the woods and was shot dead by arrows after setting fire to the forest. This person obviously has nothing to do with my three towns..."
Li Zhuer raised his courage and said, "Yes, after Jishuai came to Chang'an, the three towns were handed over to Shi Siming, Cai Xide, and Li Guiren. They were all close friends of Jishuai. The three people decided on all matters inside and outside the three towns. It was impossible to send someone to Chang'an, especially the letters that were written inexplicable. This letter was clearly caused by evil thieves in Chang'an, who wanted to frame Jishuai."
An Lushan sneered: "The secret letter was indeed fabricated by someone, but the content in the letter was not ordinary. I heard from the Censorate that the content of the letter, and the names and numbers in it were all in line with the numbers. It is true that someone in Chang'an framed me, but there were also internal thieves around me, otherwise others would not be so clear about my background."
Li Zhuer said in surprise: "Jingshuai means that we bring from the personal guards we have brought from the three towns..."
An Lushan didn't say anything and glanced at him in a daze.
Li Zhu'er was so scared that she was out of her mind. She knelt down again with a plop and said sadly: "Jingshuai, the villain has known each other for many years, and the villain will never betray Jishuai!"
An Lushan said sinisterly: "Is it you who I said?"
"The villain is not very brave. Jieshuai, you will be distracted when you look at the villain..." Li Zhuer said sternly.
Li Zhuer and An Lushan have indeed known each other for many years. Li Zhuer has been a personal guard and slave for twenty years. Compared with other personal guards, Li Zhuer is indeed relatively trustworthy.
An Lushan suddenly calmed down his suspicion and instead put the suspect on another guard, frowned and thought about who the person who betrayed him, but he did not lock in the target for a long time.
Finally, An Lushan, impatient, gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "Zhu'er, immediately send all the personal guards around me back to Fanyang, and then another group of personal guards come to Chang'an."
Li Zhu'er hurriedly took the order.
An Lushan then said something that made him shudder: "After returning to Fanyang, all of these personal guards were killed, leaving no one behind."
Li Zhu'er was so scared that her hair stood up on her back and responded in a trembling voice.
Li Zhu'er, who was pale, suddenly remembered something and plucked up the courage and said: "Jie Shuai, this morning, a head of the Ministry of Revenue came to find the villain quietly. He said... Yang Guozhong intercepted the 10,000 stone of grain and grass and thousands of weapons that the Ministry of Revenue originally planned to send to Fanyang, and forwarded the intercepted grain and grass and weapons to Hou Guqing, Qingcheng County, who went to Anxi to guard the border..."
An Lushan was stunned, then furious and roared: "Yang Guozhong, you are too bullying!"
Li Zhuer shrank his shoulders and simply told all the bad news: "Also, an eunuch who was bribed by us in the palace also came this morning, saying that His Majesty sent a provincial official in the palace named Fu Zhaolin, who had left Beijing and secretly rushed to the three towns to check our details..."
Now it was An Lushan's turn to be shocked, and his fat face immediately turned pale, and he said in surprise: "No! Your Majesty has become suspicious of me!"
Then he gritted his teeth and said, "It's all because of that secret letter! It's so miserable for me!"
Trying to calm himself down, An Lushan said calmly: "Immediately sending people 800 miles of fast horses to Shi Siming, Cai Xide and Li Guiren. After receiving the letter, I quickly hide my strength. Regardless of the number of troops, food, grass, weapons and war horses, I can hide anything I can hide. In addition, I immediately send a scout to monitor the trends of the auxiliary Zhao Lin. If he arrives in the three towns, no matter how much money he spends, he must bribe him!"
Li Zhuer nervously wrote down one by one.
An Lushan wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, sighed with a complicated expression, and said, "I must go back to the three towns immediately, Chang'an is not a place to stay for a long time... Zhu'er, Your Majesty is already suspicious of me. If we can't hide it this time, we may have to raise the trouble in advance."
Li Zhuer said in surprise: "Jingshou, will the uprising be too hasty if this year's uprising? There is not enough preparation for food, grass, war horses and weapons, and there is no negotiation with the Khitan and the Xi people to send troops..."
An Lushan shook his head and sighed: "A real man should break it. If he hesitates, he will end up with a steel knife and a neck. He will not care much if he is not prepared enough. I hope... that person named Fu Zhaolin can be bribed, so that I can buy me one or two years."
If rebellion is also considered a kind of entrepreneurship, then this entrepreneurship is undoubtedly full of all kinds of dangers and difficulties, and there are too many uncertainties. If you are not careful, you will lose your life.
Under the bright spring sunshine, An Lushan felt cold on his body.
With his future uncertain, he seemed to be in the snow and ice, surrounded by tigers and wolves, and he had no choice but to fight a path to survive.
Although it was a despicable and shameless act of rebellion, for some reason, An Lushan always felt that he was very tragic.
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The march is not only hard, but also boring, especially day after day, after a month of marching.
Every day, sitting on the saddle, his butt was called out. This fact made Gu Qingyou feel sad and angry.
She was obviously still a boy, and she entered the wedding chamber with Zhang Huaiyu in the future. She found her cocoon. This misunderstanding was hard to explain. If it was a little evil, she might doubt which man he had with over the years. Thinking about how quickly he was promoted and awarded a title, it was incredible. Everything had a perfect answer...
"After camping, I searched all over the army and got me a few blankets or cushions. Everything is fine. I want to put it under my butt..." Gu Qing couldn't stand it anymore. He suddenly realized that he should cherish his butt like his own chastity, otherwise some misunderstandings would not be explained in the future.
Seeing Gu Qing’s uncomfortable look, Han Jie advised: “Mr. Marquis, I’ll get used to it after a few more days. Most of our corps, especially the cavalry, will feel uncomfortable for a few days at first, and then they won’t feel any pain in the future…”
Gu Qing smacked his lips, why did these words sound more ambiguous?
"How long will we go? Are we almost at Yumen Pass?" Gu Qing asked weakly.
"Mr. Marquis, we have been walking for a month and we are almost at Ganzhou. After passing Ganzhou along the Qilian Mountains, we will reach Suzhou for a few more days. After passing Suzhou, we will be Yumen Pass..."
Gu Qing slowly faded like a ball that was stabbed by a needle.
I feel like I may die on the road, not starving or freezing, and be bored to death.
It would be great if Zhang Huaiyu or Zhang Huaijin also followed the army. Gu Qing would not feel bored after leaving for a year. He would say a few local love words to Zhang Huaiyu every day to tease the silly Zhang Huaijin, secretly burrowing into Zhang Huaiyu's tent when camping. If Zhang Huaiyu couldn't beat him to death, he might be able to do something more impure than holding hands. He would be charming all the way, so how could he be bored?
But now, it is very lively. There are ten thousand men, Gu Qing, who doesn’t want to drill his tent, but instead has to beware of others’ tents...
Seeing Gu Qing looking desperate, Han Jie tentatively said, "Mr. Marquis, after arriving in Suzhou, do you want to buy you a few Hu Ji to serve you all the way? After passing Suzhou, it will be Yumen Pass. It is about to go out of the frontier. The journey outside the border is more difficult than now. If Marquis can have more concubines who know the cold and the hot, it will be more comfortable..."
Gu Qing couldn't help but feel a little moved when he heard this: "What's Hu Ji... like?"
Han Jie thought for a while and said, "There are all kinds of things. The eyes are different from those of us Tang people. Some are green, some are blue, and some are gray. The hair color is also different, there are blonde and those born with curly hair..."
As he said that, Han Jie curled his lips and said disgustingly: "The barbarians are barbarians. Their hairs are curved like the armpit hairs of our Tang people. If their bloodline is not pure, they are ugly."
Gu Qing opened his mouth and found that he was speechless.
The generals disliked him so much. Do you have the nerve to bring the barbarian woman into the tent?
Besides, the barbarian woman went into her tent to serve her. One was a long-lived person and the other was a virgin who lived for two lifetimes. Who took advantage of whom?
The dignified Marquis of Datang County and Deputy Governor of the Jiedushi were actually ruined by the barbarian woman who was transformed from abroad. Is this a shame to the entire army?
After a long time of measurement, the disadvantages outweigh the benefits.
Chapter completed!