Chapter 362 Mawei Slope (Five)

The dark clouds rolled over his head, and the sky became darker and darker. It was noon. The sky was no longer blue and white, and the fields were pitch black. The whole earth seemed to be swallowed by a monster in one go. Li Longji's carriage took great effort to finally arrive at Mawei Post. He helped Yang Yuhuan and just entered the inn, when the raindrops as big as beans fell down, hitting the ground forcefully, and the air was filled with the smell of soil.

The poor soldiers had no time to support the camp, so they ran to the pine forest to shelter from the rain. They were cold and hungry, crowded together, and looked at the inn in the rain in silence. There was no one in the inn and the food was taken away. Fortunately, the place was quite large, with two inside and outside. Li Longji and Yang Yuhuan moved into the courtyard inside and left the outside room to the prince and grandson, Yang Guozhong and other ministers who accompanied him.

Gao Lishi had not eaten since last night. He secretly saved his thick maw to his accompanying grandson. At this moment, he was so hungry that he could hardly walk. Despite this, he still did his duty and helped Li Longji, who was equally exhausted, comforted him, "Your Majesty, wait for the rain to stop, let the soldiers catch some wild game or catch some fish in the river, or kill a few horses to satisfy everyone's hunger."

In just one night, Li Longji seemed to be ten years older. His face was dark, his hair was mostly white, and he sat down with difficulty with a crutch. Gao Lishi's words made him sigh. He used to be rich and frugal, but he didn't expect that he would have such a down-and-out time now.

Gao Lishi seemed to understand his thoughts and added: "Let's go long distances without horses. If you can, don't kill them!"

Li Longji nodded silently and said, "Eunuch, go and see my beloved concubine. She hasn't eaten since last night. I'm worried that she can't hold on."

"Your Majesty, please rest assured. The old slave went to see it just now. The empress stayed in the Buddhist temple and was in good spirits."

Li Longji couldn't help but sigh again, "What I regret most now is that I don't listen to what Zhang Jiuling said back then. If An Lushan was killed at that time, I wouldn't have fallen to this day."

The atmosphere in the room was very heavy. Gao Lishi wanted to say something, but he was exhausted and fell silent. He only heard the storm of the roof tiles. Suddenly, he seemed to hear something, but it was very unreal. Just when he was stunned, the guard Wei Yingwu ran in. He knelt on the ground and reported loudly: "Master, we all heard the sound of horse hooves, very dense, and seemed to be coming to this side."

Li Longji was so scared that he stood up, was he soaring. Was it because he was most afraid of?

"Hurry! Go and tell General Chen and order him to meet the enemy!"

After saying that, he threw away his crutches and ran towards the Buddhist temple. But he was old and almost fell down after he ran a few steps. Gao Lishi quickly supported him, "Your Majesty, you may be a passing merchant!"

As soon as Gao Lishi finished speaking, a few guards shouted happily outside the door: "Your Majesty, it's the Tang army! It's the Tang army's cavalry!"

Li Longji was stunned. He immediately helped Gao Lishi and walked out of the inn in the heavy rain. He saw more than a hundred Tang cavalrymen turning their horses back and forth in the rain. He was tall and tall. He had dark skin and a grim expression. His eyes were sharply shot towards the inn gate through the rain. It was Li Qing, the governor of Anxi.

When he saw Li Longji come out, he immediately turned over and dismounted and half-kneeled to him to salute him, "My minister Li Qing is late to save the enemy. Please forgive me!"

"General, please get up quickly!" Li Longji staggered a few steps, and was about to help him get up, suddenly his eyes turned dark and he fainted on the ground.

"Father! Your Majesty!" The princes and grandchildren behind him were suddenly panicked and rushed up together, but Yang Guozhong stood at the door without moving. He stared at Li Qing in a cold manner, and deep hatred burst out in his eyes.

At this time, several princes had already carried Li Longji into the inn, and Gao Lishi was pushed aside and couldn't get in. He glanced at Li Qing, walked up slowly, and asked with a complicated expression: "Li Qing, why did you come here?"

Unlike Li Longji's ecstasy, Gao Lishi's eyes were filled with a hint of worry. He remembered the letter sent by Li Qingming Duan Xiushi. He came here in person at this time, but what is his purpose?

At this time, King Yong Li Lin quietly walked to the door, listened to the conversation between Gao Lishi and Li Qing with his ears. He did not say a word, but his eyes flashed. Li Qing glanced at him from the corner of his eyes, and sneered in his heart, saying, "Mr. Gao, I led the army to pass by here. I heard that the scout said that it was abnormal here, so I came to see it myself, but I didn't expect it to be the emperor."

"How many soldiers have you brought?" Gao Lishi continued to ask.

"If you go back to Gao Weng, I will only bring a thousand cavalry. I have ordered Li Siye to lead them to fight."

Li Qing said, but his eyes swept around him. He suddenly found Wei Yingwu. He saw him secretly pointing to his stomach. Li Qing suddenly woke up and urgently ordered the soldiers to take out the dry food they carried and handed it to the guards. Then he sighed slightly: "Your Majesty is excited now, and I don't want to see him. I will arrange the army and horses first, and then order people to send some food. Gao Weng, I will station troops under the hills. If Your Majesty wants to see me, you can send someone to summon me at any time."

After saying that, he bowed to Gao Lishi, turned his horse's head, and instantly led three hundred cavalry to disappear into the vast rain and fog. Gao Lishi kept staring at his back, his eyes full of worry.

Let’s talk about Li Longji’s great sorrow and happiness, and was wet from the rain again. In addition, his physical condition was weak, and gradually became feverish at dusk. At this time, everyone knew that Li Qing had arrived and had food, and heavier and heavier, and the sky and earth were covered with white mist.

Only Gao Lishi was restless. Li Qing appeared too suddenly and only brought a thousand soldiers. No matter how he thought about it, there were problems inside, but what was the problem? He couldn't explain clearly.

The room was very quiet. Li Longji was already drowsy. An imperial physician was taking care of him. Gao Lishi walked around the room with his hands behind his back, unable to stop for a moment. At this time, the rain outside seemed to have been a little lighter. Gao Lishi finally made up his mind, grabbed the oil-paper umbrella at the corner of the house, and hurried into the rain and fog.

Li Qing's 1,000 people were stationed one mile away. The terrain was open. Apart from a pine forest that stretched down the hills, there was no place to hide around.

"Please inform General Li that I am the one around the emperor, so I come and ask for my meeting!"

Gao Lishi waited for a moment, and suddenly the camp gate opened wide. Li Qing walked out quickly from inside. He smiled from a distance, "I just saw Mr. Gao want to speak but stopped, so I knew Mr. Gao would come, please! Please talk to the tent."

Although the tent was also very wet, it was much more comfortable than outside. Gao Lishi drank a cup of hot tea. He was so comfortable that he breathed a long breath and his whole body became warm. He ate a few more cakes, then he clapped his hands and said, "General, why don't you tell me directly, where did you come from, Longyou or other places?"

Li Qing smiled faintly and said, "Jiang Yong was by my side just now. I didn't tell the truth, but I came to chase me from Chang'an. You walked for a long time and a night, and only took more than a hundred miles. I caught up in less than two hours."

"Chang'an?" Gao Lishi was shocked all over. He looked at Li Qing incredibly, "Where is the rebels! Have you ever encountered them?"

Li Qing walked to the tent with his hands in his arms and stared at the green mountains outside the tent, which were shrouded in rain and fog. He suddenly turned around and smiled slightly, "Cui Ganyou's 30,000 Youzhou cavalry have been completely annihilated by our Anxi Army, and even Tongguan has been recaptured."

Gao Lishi was stunned. He seemed to have turned into a stone sculpture, and he did not move for a long time. Duan Xiushi's letter supported the advice of the King of Chu, the emperor's escape, Li Qing fell from the sky, and a series of things seemed to be threaded up by an invisible thread. He finally understood that Li Qing had actually come a long time ago. He had been waiting. When the emperor left Chang'an, he suddenly took action and took everything in his hands.

Now, in the wilderness, the emperor only had more than a thousand weak soldiers guards with low morale, and how could he beat the Anxi Army like a wolf or a tiger? Gao Lishi swallowed hard and looked at Li Qing secretly. He also turned his head. When the two of them touched their eyes, Gao Lishi suddenly captured a murderous intent in his about to disappear. His legs immediately shook violently. Is Li Qing going to kill the emperor? In the end, he was shirking to An Lushan, so he only brought a thousand people to cover up his eyes.

With a 'Pu!', Gao Lishi, the most powerful official in the Tang Dynasty, knelt down for the first time to those outside the emperor and the imperial concubine. He said in a trembling voice: "Please show mercy to the general and let Your Majesty live a life."

Li Qing did not rush to help him up, nor did he comfort him that he was loyal to the emperor. He would definitely not do such a thing that both heaven and man were angry with each other. No, he said nothing, but just glanced at Gao Lishi coldly, and he was silent.

Gradually, Gao Lishi also felt Li Qing's coldness. He stood up from the ground, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said in a deep voice: "So, do you definitely refuse to let the emperor go?"

"Hmph!" Li Qing snorted gently in his nasal voice, and said slowly with his back to him: "When did I say I would kill the emperor?"

"Don't you kill the emperor?" Gao Lishi was overjoyed. Although he and Li Qing supported Li Yu together, it was a normal rotation for the emperor. He had always been loyal to Li Longji and had no other intentions. Now Li Qing suddenly stated that he would not kill Li Longji, which finally freed him from a cage that scared him. This cage was made up by him.

Li Qing turned around slowly, stared at Gao Lishi, and said in a tone that was resolutely unbargainable: "However, he wants to abdicate immediately and let the King of Chu ascend the throne. This is the only condition for me not to kill him."

Li Qing's sudden arrival not only made Gao Lishi feel uneasy, but the other person felt deeper uneasy and even fear. This person was Yang Guozhong.

He had a long relationship with Li Qing. During his ten years of official career, Li Qing followed him closely like a shadow. Every ups and downs and setbacks of his life, he could see Li Qing's existence. When he was promoted to right prime minister, he thought he could surpass Li Qing from now on. Unexpectedly, just today, in a small inn called Mawei Post, he found himself in frustration that he was once again trampled by Li Qing.

"Hateful!" Yang Guozhong's fist hit the table hard. With a 'bang!', the teacup hit the ground and smashed it to pieces, which scared his son Yang Xuan and the censor Wei Jincheng, who were in the same room.

"Sir! Why are you?" Wei Fangjin asked in confusion. He was Yang Guozhong's confidant. Because the governor of Yizhou Cui Yuan was his old subordinate, Li Longji also brought him with him. He really couldn't understand. After running for a night like a betrayal dog yesterday, there was finally a place to rest now. Li Qing also sent food. Seeing that the safety was also guaranteed, he should be happy. How could the Prime Minister be so angry?

But Yang Xuan knew his father's heart disease, so he quietly pulled Wei Fangjin's sleeve and signaled him to go outside with him. Seeing that Yang Guozhong's face turned blue and purple and red, it was really scary.

He quietly walked out of the room with Yang Xuan, but as soon as they arrived outside, they saw Prince Yong Li Lin coming hurriedly and asked them, "Captain Yang is here?"

Yang Xuan pointed to the room and whispered: "Where is my father getting angry?"

"Get angry?" Li Lin asked in surprise: "Okay, why do you want to get angry?"

"Isn't it because of the person who suddenly appeared at noon?" Yang Xuan sighed. He didn't know whether Li Qing's sudden appearance was a blessing or a disaster.

Li Lin smiled, a little weird. He patted Yang Xuan on the shoulder and said, "I have something to discuss with your father. Just watch here, no one is allowed to put it in."

After saying that, he quickly walked into the room. The cooperation between him and Yang Guozhong was matched by Geshuhan, but also because of the sharp conflict between Geshuhan and Yang Guozhong, the relationship between him and Yang Guozhong has faded a lot. Now Geshuhan is over, Li Lin's biggest supporter has been lost. However, he is unwilling to accept that he wants to slowly make up for his relationship with Yang Guozhong. However, Li Qing's appearance suddenly discovered a crisis. If Li Yu comes to power in the future, how can he forgive him? So he will die or live.

In the room, Yang Guozhong was bowing his head dejectedly, noticing that Li Lin had walked in front of him. Li Lin looked at him for a long time and suddenly laughed: "Can you solve the problem by sitting here and thinking?"

Yang Guozhong slowly raised his head and looked at Li Lin blankly, wondering what he meant?

Li Lin looked left and right, then attached himself to Yang Guozhong's ear and whispered: "He brought troops here must be for Li Yu. If we don't take action first, you and I will die without a place to bury!"

His words seemed like a basin of cold water, which immediately woke Yang Guozhong up. He looked around nervously, stepped forward and closed the door, and whispered: "Are you crazy? He brought troops here. What are we fighting with him? Are you looking for death?"

"I have considered it carefully, there is a chance." Li Lin stared at Yang Guozhong's eyes and said in a gloomy way: "It depends on whether you, Yang Xiangguo, will help me."

"What are you doing?" Yang Guozhong suddenly felt a little reminiscent, and he looked at him vigilantly and asked.

Li Lin was not in a hurry to say that he seemed to feel that the blade was not hot enough and needed to polish it for a while. He smiled and said, "Prime Minister, don't look at me with that kind of eyes. Now we share the same hatred of the enemy. What we do to help me is to help you."

"Your Highness just said, what kind of help do you want me to help?" Yang Guozhong became a little impatient.

Li Lin smiled and said lightly: "I want you to tell the concubine and ask her to persuade the emperor to make me the crown prince."

"What!" Yang Guozhong jumped up in shock, "You said lightly. When is it now? You dare to talk about this?"

"Didn't I have a sudden delusion? Do you know what nonsense the emperor said when he was sick this afternoon? I asked the imperial doctor and wrote it down without missing a word."

Yang Guozhong knew that Li Longji had been talking nonsense for the whole afternoon, but he didn't know what he was talking about. Seeing Li Lin mentioning this, he asked, "What did the emperor say?"

Li Lin sneered and said, "He said he was guilty and should not use An Lushan more seriously. He wanted to abdicate to the people of the world."

Yang Guozhong said disdainfully: "What's the matter? He will naturally say this when he gets sick. When he gets sick, it's another matter."

"So I want you to help. Only now, when he is sick and weak, will the matter of the prince be settled. This opportunity cannot be missed. Otherwise, Li Yu ascended the throne in the future and Li Qing will definitely gain power. Will there be good results for your Yang family at that time?"

Perhaps the last sentence touched Yang Guozhong. He was silent for a while and suddenly said, "If I help you this time, what benefits will you give me?"

Li Lin said readily: "Then what do you want? I can agree to it, and it is a written guarantee."
Chapter completed!