Chapter 341: The Kingdom is like a chess (Sixth)

"General, is it you?" the carriage stopped slowly, and Gao Lishi asked in a low voice through the window.

The other party didn't say anything, but just gently lifted the bamboo hat up and showed a slightly smiling face. In the snowy night, Gao Lishi vaguely recognized that it was Li Qing. He nodded slightly and gave him a wink.

Gao Lishi suddenly realized and immediately ordered the side door to open. Li Qing quickly led his horse into the car with his follower, and his figure quickly disappeared into the long wind and snow.

The light in the room was soft and warm. Gao Lishi took a sip of hot tea to let the heat dispel the chill in his body. He put down the tea cup and then smiled at Li Qing: "I really feel a different feeling when I meet an old friend on a snowy night."

"When I looked back for a few years in Anxi, many old friends passed away or disappeared, which shows that Gao Weng was healthy, just like before, and Li Qing was relieved."

"I'm old, I'm getting up at night and I'm not as energetic as before."

Gao Lishi smiled and waved his hand, and suddenly he seemed to have just reacted, and asked in surprise: "Didn't the emperor let you down for reporting your duties this time? Why are you...?"

"I'm here to visit my wife and children." Li Qing thought of his children, a hint of gentleness flashed in his eyes. He lowered his head and plucked the brazier, and said to himself: "They are lonely in Chang'an, and I'm afraid someone will bully them."

"Do you mean Yang Guozhong?"

Gao Lishi suddenly remembered that Li Qing taught Yang Guozhong a lesson last year, and thought he was worried about Yang Guozhong's revenge. He then explained to him with a smile: "Your Majesty has warned Yang Guozhong for that matter. He is not allowed to take revenge with private matters. Please rest assured General!"

"No! I'm not referring to Yang Guozhong." Li Qing shook his head and said, "What I'm worried about is An Lushan!"

"An Lushan?"

Gao Lishi was shocked, and then he reacted and waved his hands repeatedly, "Impossible! You are in Anxi, you don't know some things. The emperor has made sufficient preparations this year. Do you know how many troops there are in Guanzhong now? Do you know how many granaries have been built in Chang'an this year? General, you are over-concerned."

"Maybe!" Li Qing smiled faintly. He stopped talking about this matter. He changed the topic and said, "I visited Mr. Gao tonight to ask about the situation in the court." Seeing Mr. Gao pondering, he smiled slightly and continued to add, "I mean the founding crown prince. Mr. Gao should know what I mean."

Gao Lishi's expression gradually became solemn. He stood up, lowered his head and walked slowly in the room. He looked up at the roof of the room and suddenly turned around and said, "Do you know that the emperor summoned Li Heng today!"

Generally speaking, after the crown prince was deposed, the emperor would never see him again. When the next emperor ascended the throne, the first one to kill was the unlucky former crown prince. Therefore, after the news of Li Longji summoning Li Heng came out, almost everyone was shocked.

Li Qing sneered slightly, "Mr. Gao, others don't understand, don't you understand what the emperor means?"

"I guessed one or two about the emperor changing the name of King Guangping to Li Yu!"

Gao Lishi held his hands behind his back and said without saying a long time before he looked up at the sky and sighed: "I only now understand that the emperor has actually set up a plan. When he gave you a jade paperweight, he said it clearly that he hoped you would assist the crown prince. Later, he let you go to Anxi and sent the King of Guangping to the point of being the one. However, I thought he wanted to make Li Cong the crown prince, which made me confront him repeatedly and worry for a year. Now it seems that he used Li Cong to divert everyone's attention and to better protect his eldest grandson. He had good intentions, but I couldn't see it."

Speaking of this, Gao Lishi suddenly turned around and stared at Li Qing's eyes, and said sincerely: "Li Qing, the emperor actually trusts you very much, so he entrusted King Guangping to you. Don't let him down in Anxi."

Li Qing nodded silently and said nothing.

When Li Qing and his party came out of Gao Lishi's mansion, the wind was gradually getting smaller, and balls of snow fell from the sky like pine balls. A thick layer of snow had already been covered with on the ground. After their ankles, they turned their horses and galloped westward.

About two quarters of an hour later, Li Qing arrived at his mansion, but he did not go to the main entrance, for fear of being discovered by Yang Guozhong's family opposite, so he turned to the back house to call the door.

After a moment, a servant opened the door with a tired face and looked impatiently. Outside was a group of soldiers holding horses, and in the middle was a man with a hat. He went away tiredly. He asked vigilantly, "Who are you looking for?"

"It's me!" The man wearing a hat in the middle gently lifted the edge of the hat, then walked up the steps, pushed the door and entered. The servant suddenly stood there as if he was struck by lightning, watching the master strode past him.

In the room, Lian'er was busy sewing thick jackets for her husband in the distance, and her son Li Huan played alone with his butt sticking out. His daughter Li Tingyue knelt on the bed of the Arhat, practicing calligraphy at the desk with all her heart. Xiaoyu held her cheek and stared out the window with some thoughts, with shy joy flashing in her eyes.

Yan'er glanced at her and frowned slightly, "Xiaoyu, don't daydream anymore. Wouldn't you give me a line if you're fine?"

Xiaoyu seemed to wake up from a dream. She smiled embarrassedly, picked up a bunch of threads, and carefully sorted it out, but after a few strokes, her hands slowed down again and couldn't help asking, "Sister, do you think you can come back in the New Year?"

Lian'er smiled and whispered to her: "Little girl is Chunxin moving again?"

"You're talking nonsense!" Xiaoyu blushed, lowered her head and muttered, "Aren't you the same for talking about others?"

"Mom, what is spring heart?" Li Huan beside her asked in a slight voice.

"Mom said it wrong!" Li Tingyue, who was practicing calligraphy, had his ears high. She turned her head and corrected seriously: "It's winter now, it should be said that Er Niang's Dong is moved!"

"Go! Go! Go! Write your words, what do you think the child is slapping?" Xiaoyu's face turned red with shame, and she gently slapped her little butt.

Li Tingyue shrank his neck, stuck out his tongue, and continued to turn around and write her words. The last stitch was sewn on the curtain and bit off the thread with her teeth. Then she sighed and said to Xiaoyu: "I heard that the emperor has waived Li Lang's report next month. Besides, Jingyan is pregnant again, I'm afraid he won't come back."

"Who said I won't come back?" Li Qing stalked into the outside with a smile, and everyone in the room was stunned.

"Dad!" Li Tingyue was the first to react. She threw the pen and opened her arms to rush towards her father.

Li Qing squatted down and picked her up. The thorny stubble kissed her little face, "My Niu Niu, Dad misses you so much."

"Dad, you left when I was asleep again." Li Tingyue's eyes turned red and tears rolled in her eyes. She suddenly hugged her father's neck tightly and started to cry.

Li Qing hurriedly patted her back and coaxed her repeatedly: "Dad promises not to separate from Niu Niu again."

"Dad, are you saying true?"

Li Tingyue burst into tears and smiled, stretched out her pink little finger, "You must hook and make sure!"

"Please!Please!" Li Qing stretched out his thick and dark fingers in panic and drew solemnly with her.

"Li Lang, why are you back?" Lian'er walked over with her son in surprise and joy, leaned over and looked behind him, and asked in surprise: "Where is Jingyan? Did you leave her alone in Anxi?"

"She is in Kucha and she is inconvenient, so someone is taking care of her!"

Li Qing's face turned slightly red, and he freed up a hand to carry it to his son. Unexpectedly, the little guy looked at him in fear and tried his best to get into his mother's arms. Seeing that he had no choice but to hide, he finally opened his mouth and burst into tears.

"Li Lang, he may not know you anymore."

Lian'er hurriedly handed him to Xiaoyu, then stepped forward and put his daughter down, then came over to take off her husband's outer clothes and asked, "Are you here to report your work this time?"

"No! I'm here to pick you up." Li Qing waved to Xiaoyu, asked her to step forward, turned around and told Yan'er, "Just pick some important fines and soft things, start cleaning up tonight, and I'll take you away tomorrow morning!"

That night, the family tidily packed up their things. It was not until midnight that they packed up several large bags of soft and soft bags. They called the old housekeeper and gave him the family's contract and some valuable things, and ordered him to distribute them to the servants after they left.

The next morning, it was dawn and the snow had stopped. It was thick and thick to the knees. The officials had just gone to court. There were only some merchants and Chang'an citizens who needed to get up early to find food on the street. Li Qing and his men changed their clothes and guarded a wide carriage and slowly headed towards Mingdemen.

The Tang Dynasty was not as strict as it was during the Ming and Qing dynasties. Although it also had a complete household registration system, it was open-minded and broad-minded, and opened its arms to people from all over the world. Except for some special people to monitor it, for example, An Lushan's anti-intention was exposed in the late Tianbao period, so Tang Ting controlled the freedom of An Qingzong. However, for the family members of the border general who were placed as hostages in the capital, there was more of a systemic constraint. If the family members were taken away without authorization, it would mean a betrayal, and the court would not allow you to continue to serve. This was to a greater extent a tacit understanding and a hidden rule. Li Qing took his family away when An Lushan's anti-intention became more and more obvious. He bet that Li Longji would never attack him at this time.

The same is true when passing through the city gate. Except for the order from the Ministry of War to be transferred to the army above a certain scale, other normal pedestrians and soldiers guarding the city did not care about it. The group slowly drove out of the city gate and began to accelerate. The carriages became faster and faster, and the horse's hooves became more and more urgent, and everyone gradually disappeared into the vast snow world.

The next morning, the carriage left Fengxiang, and the five hundred elite cavalry who had already been waiting outside the pass immediately surrounded Li Qing and his wife and daughter and rushed towards the faraway Anxi.

After lunch, Yang Guozhong came to the Xingqing Palace Political Affairs Hall to wait. He also had a room here that specializes in handling official duties. While reviewing the memorials transferred by Gao Lishi, he patiently waited for Li Longji to come from the harem. Generally speaking, Li Longji would stay in the study for half an hour after taking a nap.

Just like Li Qing bet on King Guangping, Yang Guozhong and even their entire Yang family would bet on King Qing Li Cong, and they could no longer withstand any mistakes. Ji Wen said it very reasonably. After suppressing Li Heng for so many years, Li Longji would never allow Li Cong's power to expand unscrupulously. He was full of energy and could still have sex every night, and at least ten years could live. How could Li Cong replace him early? The Imperial Concubine said that he had the idea of ​​becoming a crown prince. It seems that it would not refer to Li Cong.

After thinking for a night, he finally decided to adopt Ji Wen's strategy and force An Lushan to rebel to stop Li Longji from establishing a crown prince. There are two specific strategies to force An Lushan to rebel. One was to reduce the vassal states and seize his position as the governor of Hedong; the other was to kill An Qingzong, making the court think that An Lushan had rebelled, which caused a fait accompli.

But Yang Guozhong waited for more than two hours. Seeing that it was almost evening, he didn't even see Li Longji's shadow. He couldn't help but hesitate. It was snowing all night yesterday. The emperor would have gone with the imperial concubine to enjoy the snow scenery! The more he thought about it, the more he could have such a possibility, so he walked out of the room. The yard was clamoring. Several small eunuchs were shoveling snow in the yard. Yang Guozhong quietly pulled someone over and stuffed him a piece of golden seed and said, "Go! Come find Eunuch Fish for me."

There was no other person named Yu in Xingqing Palace. The little eunuch knew it and immediately ran to the inner palace like flying. After a moment, the little eunuch ran back in frustration and said to Yang Guozhong: "Prime Minister, Eunuch Yu accompanied the emperor to Huaqing Palace early in the morning."

Yang Guozhong was stunned, but Li Longji had no signs and left as soon as he said he would leave.

He paced back and forth in the yard with his hands behind his back. What should he do? Should he go to Huaqing Palace or directly arrest An Qingzong? He was so confused that he couldn't make up his mind for a moment.

After a long time, he stomped his feet. Forget it, I went to Ji Wen to discuss it first. As soon as he walked out of Xingqing Palace, he suddenly saw his eldest son Yang Xuan coming, his eyes full of excitement and excitement.

Yang Guozhong's face darkened. His son was already a doctor in the Ministry of Revenue and was about to be promoted to the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue next year. He was still so impatient. The anger in his heart slightly rose.

"What's so panicked?"

Yang Xuan threw his saddle off the horse, ran to Yang Guozhong, and said anxiously: "Father, Li Qing came back last night and had already taken his wife and daughter away."

Yang Guozhong was stunned and asked in disbelief: "How do you know?"

"Just just now, our janitor found that many family members left in Li Qing's mansion with packages, so he reported to me. I grabbed the two and asked, and then I found out that Li Qing had come back last night and quietly left before dawn."
Chapter completed!