Tibet

Li Ye actually lived in Dugu Mansion. In the middle of the night, he was suddenly awakened by a knock on the door. He got up and opened the door. It turned out that the housekeeper was outside.

"Uncle, I have something urgent to ask you. The second master is also here in the inner hall."

"I know, I'll go right away!"

Li Ye put on a cotton robe and quickly came to the inner hall.

The inner hall was brightly lit, and Dugu Lie and Dugu Ming were sitting in the hall talking about something, their faces serious.

Li Ye stepped forward and saluted, "See my father-in-law, see my second uncle!"

"Sit down! Something big has happened."

Li Ye sat down and asked, "What happened?"

Dugulie said worriedly: "The news just came from Jinyang that An Qingzong, the son of An Lushan, was killed in the Gaosheng Inn outside the east gate."

Li Ye was startled, "What's going on?"

Dugu Ming said calmly: "Your father-in-law and I analyzed it just now and it seems that An Qingzong wanted to escape. He took one step first, and then the carriage left the city tomorrow. He got on the carriage outside the city and avoided the inspection at the city gate."

"Will you check it?"

"Yes! He is a hostage. Someone is watching him in the Prince Consort's Mansion. Once he is found to have left, the city gate will be notified immediately to intercept him."

"Then who killed him!"

"Prince Qing Li Cong!"

Li Ye laughed dumbly, "Is King Qing taking revenge on An Lushan? He actually killed his son."

Dugu Ming shook his head, "They thought the person in the inn was you and came to kill you, but it turned out to be Anqing Zong!"

Li Ye had a thought in his mind and blurted out, "Flying dragon!"

Dugu Lie nodded, "That's right! Fei Long must have borrowed the knife to kill people and provoked An Lushan to rebel. He fished in troubled waters again."

Dugu Ming sneered, "I'm afraid the real murderer was sent by Feilong and framed for Prince Qing."

The three of you basically analyzed the situation clearly with one word from you and one word from me.

Dugu Lie glanced at his son-in-law and saw that he was deep in thought and said nothing, so he asked, "What is the good son-in-law thinking about?"

"I'm thinking, should I return to Ganzhou immediately?"

"Why should you go back immediately?"

Li Ye sighed and said: "Once An Qingzong dies, An Lushan will inevitably rebel. I have to go back and control the army."

Dugu Ming shook his head, "But it's still January, can you go back? And I heard that there were heavy snowfalls in Liangzhou and Ganzhou just two days ago. You have to wait for the snow to melt before you can leave!"

“It won’t be until early March that the snow melts completely, and it won’t be until late February at the earliest.”

"The Yellow River thaws in late February, so you still can't get across. You still have to wait until March before going back."

Li Ye said worriedly: "I'm afraid that Feilong and the Emperor will take the opportunity to kill me when I'm in Chang'an."

Dugu Lie smiled and said: "Then I will escort your father to Shannan East Road to take up his post. When you come back, you can return to Anxi."

Li Ye thought for a moment and asked, "Can my father-in-law send an eagle message to Zhangye?"

"sure!"

Li Ye took up his pen and wrote a note, 'Cover to the wife of the Jiedushi of Anxi, as entrusted to deliver. ’

Dugu Lie was startled, "Is this for Xinyue?"

Li Ye nodded, "I left a letter to Xinyue before I left. Once she receives my "original entrustment" message, she will give the letter to her grandfather and ask him to send it to the river. I will arrange it on the other side of the river. Well, after receiving my letter, my trusted general will lead eight thousand troops to Zhangye, which will save a few months."

"This is a good idea!"

Dugu Lie said happily: "I will send the eagle letter tomorrow!"

At dawn, Li Cong was still pacing back and forth in the inner hall with his hands behind his back. He was really anxious. Logically speaking, there should have been news a long time ago, but the news never came. The people he sent out to inquire about the news could not ask any questions. arrive.

At this moment, the palace steward came to report, "Your Majesty, someone is coming from the palace!"

"ah!"

Li Cong was shocked and hurriedly greeted him. It was Yu Chaoen, the eunuch of Huangmen, a confidant of the emperor.

He quickly stepped forward and said, "Mr. Fish, what happened?"

Yu smiled at Enpi and said, "We don't know what's going on. Gao Weng asked me to inform you to enter the palace immediately. The emperor is waiting for you in Linde Hall!"

Li Cong knew something must have happened, so he asked again: "Didn't Gao Weng say anything?"

"I didn't say anything, please leave quickly, Your Majesty! The Emperor is still waiting for you!"

With no choice, Li Cong had no choice but to follow Yu Chaoen in a carriage to the inner palace. Yu Chaoen squinted his eyes and remained silent. When he arrived at the Linde Hall, Yu Chaoen suddenly said: "The emperor is not in a good mood. The prince is the last It's better not to hide anything and just tell everything honestly, after all, he is your father."

"Thank you, Mr. Fish, for reminding me!"

Li Cong entered the Linde Hall. His father was standing in front of the window with his hands behind his back, and Gao Lishi was standing aside.

Li Cong hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down, bowed and paid homage, "My dear father, I see you!"

Li Longji gave him a cold look, "Did you send the samurai out last night?"

Li Cong didn't dare to deny it, so he could only lower his head and said: "My son got the news that Li Ye is hiding in the Gaosheng Inn outside Dongcheng. I want to catch him and hand him over to my father!"

Li Longji suddenly became furious, picked up the porcelain cup on the table and threw it at Li Cong, 'Pah! ’ The cup was smashed into pieces, and Li Cong was so frightened that he lay on the ground, not daring to take a breath.

Li Longji pointed at him and yelled, "You idiot, you have a pig brain, you can't do anything well, and you actually killed An Lushan's son!"

Li Cong’s brain was buzzing! ' With a sound, I almost fainted. How could I kill the wrong person and become An Lushan's son?

"I don't know, but I clearly got the news that it was Li Ye who was hiding in Gaosheng Inn. How did he become the Anqing Sect?"

"Who gave you the news?" Li Longji asked angrily.

"This is the news from Fei Long to my son."

"What?"

Li Longji's eyes instantly narrowed into slits. He took a breath of air and couldn't believe his ears, "Are you talking about the flying dragon?"

Next to him, Gao Lishi sighed secretly, King Qing is seeking death! He actually colluded with Fei Long, and even the gods couldn't save him.

Li Cong hesitated and said: "Feilong also wants to kill Li Ye. We have a common enemy, so I will exchange some information with him."

Li Longji looked at the son in front of him, and murderous intent suddenly arose in his heart. He understood that Feilong wanted to support Li Cong to ascend the throne, and he was behind the scenes.

It turns out that Li Cong is Feilong's target. Yes, Li Cong is stupid enough and easy to control.

"Tell me what happened in detail. Don't miss anything."

Li Cong had no choice but to prepare him to deal with the prince together with Feilong, but Feilong changed his plan temporarily and asked him to send people to arrest Li Ye, so he sent two hundred warriors to the Gaosheng Inn in the east of the city to arrest Li Ye.

Unexpectedly, Li Longji did not scold him again, but asked him to go back to his home to wait for his fate. Li Cong did not dare to plead, so he got up and left in despair.

After a long while, Li Longji asked: "What should Gao Weng do?"

Gao Lishi bowed and said: "Obviously, Feilong borrowed a knife to kill people. I'm afraid the person who really killed Anqingzong was also from the Feilong faction, leaving Li Cong to take the blame."

"Why did Feilong kill Anqingzong? Also, why did Anqingzong appear at the inn outside the city?"

"Your Majesty, An Qing Zong wanted to escape back to Youzhou, but Feilong got the news. He thought that as long as An Qing Zong died, An Lushan would rebel? Then he could fish in troubled waters."

Li Longji nodded, "Then what should I do now?"

"Your Majesty, on the one hand, send people to appease An Lushan and explain to him the reason. It was Feilong who killed his son, and then give him some ceremonial items, such as Qingluo Umbrella, Jiuxi, etc., on the other hand, we must strengthen war preparations. , to prevent An Lushan from really rebelling."

Li Longji nodded, "What about Prince Qing?"

"Your Majesty, he must be ignorant!"

Li Longji sneered, "He is almost fifty years old, is he still ignorant? I can tolerate him except for colluding with Feilong, which I will never tolerate!"

Li Longji was full of murderous intent and had made up his mind. He sternly ordered: "Pass on my order and give King Qing a glass of poisonous wine."