Chapter 155 Lushan's Broken Claws

"Here is here! Here!"

Someone shouted, there was a riot in front of the Wei Mansion gate, and more than a hundred young men and women who were unwilling to leave rushed forward. The side door of the Wei Mansion opened and a carriage drove out from inside. More than a dozen Li Qing'an's personal soldiers guarded the left and right. Seeing a large group of people coming, more than a dozen personal soldiers hurriedly stopped him and shouted loudly: "My general is drunk, drunk and unconscious, please forgive me!"

When everyone heard that Li Qing'an was drunk, his face showed disappointment and he talked a lot, so he had to disperse. At this time, the personal army, Jiang Xiaonian, bowed to Wei Huan again and said, "Enter Wei, my general is drunk and cannot say goodbye to the envoy. I hope you can understand."

Wei Huan smiled slightly and said with a polite voice: "Please tell General Li that our Wei family welcomes him to visit at any time."

"I will tell you, Wei Jun, we will go first."

The carriage slowly drove away from the Wei Mansion. Wei Yingwu, the son of Wei Huan, saw the carriage walking away, couldn't help but say angrily: "I'm chopping my table, don't you apologize?"

"You know nothing!"

Wei Huan turned around and scolded his son fiercely, and said with a calm face: "Can you be half as good as him? He is a military governor at a young age. What are your abilities? He only knows to cause trouble for me all day long, only knows how to fight cocks and horses. Finally, I warn you that if you like poetry, learn to write poetry for me well. If I don't see you grow up next time, I will peel you."

Wei Yingwu was so scared that he didn't dare to say more. Wei Huan snorted hard again, then turned around and asked Wei Tao, "Brother, what do you think of Li Qing'an?"

"I think this person is very cunning, and writing those poems has the intention."

"I don't agree with my elder brother."

Wei Jiansu smiled and said, "This person can live and die with the soldiers. I think it is because of love. It is not intentional. Dancing swords and singing in the Yuefu, which is the heroic spirit of my Tang Dynasty soldiers. As for drawing the sword and slashing the table with anger, it is the young man who is crazy about love. I like him very much. But in the end I guess he was pretending to be drunk. Afterwards, I calmed down and found that he could not explain to the Wei family, so I simply used drunkenness to hide it. This young man is a person with a temperament, not as deep as the eldest brother said."

Wei Cang also smiled and said, "I agree with the third brother's opinion. This person is indeed a person of temperament. He actually drew his sword to seize the beauty as a dignified military governor. It is really interesting. This person can be close to the Wei family."

Wei Tao was speechless. After he caught three ships of bronze ware in Yangzhou, he suspected that Li Qing'an had removed the bag, but there was no evidence, which made him suffer a loss. He even suspected that King Qing's gold was swallowed by Li Qing'an. Of course, he also hoped that it was what Wei Jiansu said, otherwise Li Qing'an would be less provoked. Wei Tao smiled and no longer insisted on his own opinion.

"Okay! We won't mention this."

Wei Huan waved his hand and smiled, "Since all the guests have left, let's continue to discuss."

The Wei family brothers have decided that relying solely on the Wei family's strength is not enough. In the past, the Wei family was a backbone of the princelings. After Wei Jian was demoted, the Wei family left the princelings. Now that the power of the Eastern Palace is gradually rising, we can consider re-entering the Eastern Palace.

Li Qing'an's carriage took two miles to go, and Li Qing'an was sleeping heavily in the carriage, as if he was really drunk. At this time, Jiang Xiaonian whispered outside the carriage: "General, there is no one."

Li Qing'an's eyes slowly opened, and he was drunk but he was not drunk, but his headache was split. He slowly sat up, stretched his waist long, and smiled to himself, "It's better to be drunk! You don't even have to pay for the table."

"Xiao Jiang, has the Dugu sisters' carriage gone?"

"Report to the general, they are gone."

Li Qingan breathed a sigh of relief and slowly lay down, but in his mind was imagining the uncontrollable surprise look of Dugu Mingyue at that moment. The moment when the delicate face bloomed, it left a sense of stunningness to Li Qingan. Li Qingan couldn't help laughing. This girl might have heard of Cui Ningbi.

But he was really drunk too much, and a sleepy feeling came, and he became confused and knew nothing.

The Dugu sisters were the first guests to leave the Wei Mansion. The carriage was walking in the empty streets. Dugu Mingyue started from Li Qing'an to dance with his sword and has been silent until now. She sat quietly by the car window, staring at the trees and scenes on the street, her eyes were as tender as water. Li Qing'an's sword opened her heart. Li Qing'an's refreshing and masculinity deeply touched her and made her understand Li Qing'an's heart for herself.

She still reflected the style of Li Qing'an when drinking and dancing with his sword. "Watching the lights in her drunkenness, watching the sword with a lamp, dreaming of blowing the horns and camps, splitting the 800 miles under her command, fifty strings flip the sound of the block, and the autumn soldiers on the battlefield." What a heroic spirit, at this moment, Dugu Mingyue can no longer tolerate anyone in her heart.

"Hey!" Dugu Mingzhu next to her sighed.

"What are you sentimental?" Dugu Mingyue asked her sister with a smile.

"nothing?"

Mingzhu shook her head gently and whispered: "Sister, you believe him now!"

"What are you talking about? What do you believe him?"

"Sister, don't pretend to be stupid. Today, Brother Li expressed his heart to you in front of so many people. If you look down on him again, you will really lose him."

After pausing, Mingzhu said again: "Don't let my efforts down."

Dugu Mingyue didn't say anything, and her eyes turned to the night sky again. The moon in the night sky gradually became round, walking through the thin clouds, sometimes revealing the bright moonlight, exuding a faint glow, and sometimes hiding in the thin clouds. The sky became dim, and a trace of inexplicable sorrow surged in Mingyue's heart. The moon in the sky was still in phases, and can her love really be fulfilled?

Li Qing'an's carriage slowly arrived at Gao Lishi's mansion. The shaking of the carriage woke Li Qing'an up. He calmed down his mind and asked, "Where have you been?"

"General, you have arrived at the mansion, it seems that Butler Luo is waiting for you."

"Ask him what's wrong?"

After a moment, Jiang Xiaonian came back and said, "General, Butler Luo said that Mr. Gao is waiting for you, please be sure to go there after you come back."

Li Qingan pinched his temples, turned over and sat up, bent down and left the carriage. Butler Luo hurriedly ran down the steps and said, "General Li, my master has been waiting for you for a long time."

"I got it, I'll go now."

Li Qingan followed Butler Luo to Gao Lishi's study. Butler Luo reported, "Master, General Li is here."

"Please come in!" Gao Lishi's voice was quite happy, and he seemed to be in a good mood.

Li Qing'an pushed the door and entered the study. The light in the study was soft and there was a faint sandalwood. Gao Lishi was wearing a loose blue Zen suit and a flat-top scarf on his head. He was sitting under the lamp reading a book.

Seeing Li Qing'an coming in, Gao Lishi smiled and said, "Qilang, whose family invited you to this day?"

"Today, I went to join in the fun.

"Li Qing'an sat down opposite Gao Lishi with a smile.

"Wei Mansion is Wei Huan's mansion! His life is not easy now. Two days ago, Cui Yuan impeached him to be a nepotist, and there was suspicion of favoritism and fraud. It was the case that his nephew Wei Ming was appointed as the military officer of Yizhou Cangcai."

"What's the result?"

"The result is that I transferred the memorial to the Censorate."

"Isn't the Lord asking about this?"

Gao Lishi shook his head and sighed, "The emperor is old and does not know how to control himself. Now he is no longer as energetic as before. Except for military and national affairs, he has basically no longer cared about the general court affairs. He has left it to me to approve it on his behalf, and I can't stand it anymore."

Speaking of this, Gao Lishi smiled and said, "But he must be involved in the matter of becoming the governor of Beiting. Letting you become the governor of Beiting is the result of his careful consideration. Do you know? He also sought the prince's opinions on this matter."

This was something Li Qingan didn't expect. Li Longji would actually ask the prince's opinion. Since he knew that he was the prince, why did he still want to keep himself alone in the area? This is puzzling. Gao Lishi seemed to know his thoughts and smiled and said, "Because Beiting is not like Longyou, Hedong and other places. You can go to Chang'an in a few days. Beiting is long and is separated by Hexi in the middle, so the emperor can feel at ease to let you go. He is also leaving some foundation for the prince, but when you go, the other military officers in the prince's hands should not be improved."

Li Qingan nodded silently. It turned out that way. He suddenly remembered something again and asked quickly: "There is a military supervisor in Anxi, Bian Lingcheng, so can I have one in Beiting?"

"That's why I'm looking for you tonight."

Gao Lishi pondered for a moment and said, "It has always been a practice for border generals to dispatch military supervisors. In the past, he was appointed by the Censor. After the emperor ascended the throne, he was replaced by the Central Envoy. There is no special thing yet. Unless the emperor trusts it, he will send military supervisors. The military supervisors are usually sent by me and directly controlled by me. Although you and I have a good personal relationship, you cannot abolish the public because of personal gain. The only preferential treatment is that you can choose. My preliminary plan is to use the Central Envoy Yu Chaoen to go to Beiting to supervise the military."

'Yu Chaoen!' Li Qingan suddenly thought of the later Shen Ce Army. He shook his head and said, "Mr. Gao, can you change someone else?"

Gao Lishi smiled, "Yu Chaoen is my confidant. There are many things that will not make things difficult for you, but since you don't like it, I can listen to your opinions. Do you think, who do you want to go to Beiting?"

Li Qingan thought for a while and said, "Can you let Bian Lingcheng take charge of Beiting?"

Gao Lishi pondered and said, "It is not impossible to have Bian Lingcheng in charge, and he can also coordinate the relationship between the two armies of Beiting and Anxi. However, there is no precedent for one person to supervise the army in the two towns. You must obtain the permission of the emperor, which depends on your luck."

Speaking of this, Gao Lishi took out another memorial, gently put it in front of Li Qing'an, and said, "This is the investigation report of the Dongdu Supervisor Censor on your family's situation. This is a step that every Jiedu Supervisor must take before taking office. However, what is strange is that the Dongdu Supervisor Censor cannot find any record about your family. Your Majesty may ask you about this matter tomorrow, so you can think about it first!"

At the same time as the Wei Mansion was held, something unusual happened in the Prince Qing Mansion. The light in the basement of Prince Qing Mansion was dim. An oil lamp was sometimes bright and sometimes dark, which stretched more than a dozen figures sometimes and shortened. More than a dozen personal guards surrounded King Qing Li Cong. Li Cong held his hands behind his back and stared fiercely at a person on the ground. He was a man in his thirty years old, tied with huge iron chains and shackles, and was tortured to death.

Li Qiu next to him was reporting on his investigation, "Father, this person showed off in the brothel that Dong Yanguang was shot by him. He happened to be heard by a subordinate I sent to report to me, and I caught him. He had confessed that he did participate in the assassination of Dong Yanguang. The details described were completely in line with the government's investigation."

"I want to know, is he really An Lushan's personal guard?"

"In the afternoon, the child carefully investigated his identity. His name was He Mi. He was indeed one of An Lushan's personal guards. He also admitted that it was An Lushan's personal guard who assassinated Dong Yanguang. The Jinwu Guards participated in the cooperation of this matter, which enabled An Lushan's personal guard to leave the city smoothly."

Li Cong felt anger. Unexpectedly, it was An Lushan who used a slut in his back, which made him suspicious of his father. He was called to scold him this afternoon, which directly affected his image in his father's heart. Li Cong gritted his teeth with hatred. This damn Anhu man acted so despicable. If he didn't deal with him well, it would be difficult to get out of his anger.

He snorted heavily and said, "Don't stay this person anymore, just deal with him."

After saying that, he turned around and left, but Li Qi stopped him, "Father, please stay!"

"Is there anything else?"

"Does your father want to deal with An Lushan?"

"It's not a question of dealing with it, so we must deal with him well."

After pausing, Li Cong asked again: "What? Do you have any good suggestions?"

"The child is thinking, we don't have to come forward, there are people who are more anxious than us."

"Who?" Li Cong asked strangely: "Who is more anxious than us?"

"When the child was investigating the assassination case of Dong Yanguang in the past two days, he found that the Yang family had also sent a large number of people to investigate the case. I asked Yang Xuan and heard that Yang Ji was removed from office due to Dong Yanguang's murder. The Yang family was very angry with the murderer behind the scenes, and the child was thinking."

"What do you mean is to hand over this person and confession to the Yang family and let the Yang family settle the accounts with An Lushan?"

"This is the case for the boy. We don't have to stand up, so the father can explain it to the emperor."

Li Cong nodded, his son was indeed considerate, "Okay! I will leave this matter to you. We must do it as quickly as possible. I hope that the emperor will know the truth tomorrow morning."

"I understand that it's still early to stay in the gate of Guanfang. I'll go and get this done now."

More than a hundred horse-riding men suddenly appeared in front of the gate of Qinrenfang, with several carriages mixed in between. They were all dressed brightly, riding tall horses, wearing swords under their waists, and an angry expression on their faces. They rushed towards the gate of Qinrenfang with a fierce momentum. Several servants guarding the gate suddenly recognized them and couldn't help but be a little stunned. It turned out that the Yang family team was dispatched. Where are they going?

The leaders were Yang Qi and Yang Ji. Yang Zhao said he was ill and sent his two sons to Ying Mao, and dozens of other Yang family children including Yang Zhu and Yang Chu were all here. Even Yang Huahua, Yang Yuzhu and Yang Yupei also went out in person. This was related to the prosperity of the Yang family. They have never been as united as they are today. Let's find An Lushan to ask for an explanation.

Dozens of Yang family and nearly a hundred strong men roared in from the gate of Qinrenfang and rushed towards the new house in Anlushan, located south of the fang.

At this time, An Lushan was standing in front of the steps and not returning home. He had just sent Abus who came to thank him. Abus sent 100 female slaves and 5,000 sheep worth of money according to the rules of his tribe, and came to thank him in person. This time, Abus not only did not lose his official position, but also obtained the title of General Huaihua. He really owed An Lushan a great favor.

Of course, An Lushan did not care about the gifts sent by Abus. What he wanted was Abus' tens of thousands of Turkic cavalry. In order to obtain this fierce army, he racked his brains. This time, his aide Yan Zhuang seized the opportunity, which made Abus owed a great favor. Although Abus did not agree to move his headquarters to Youzhou just now and take the position of Deputy Envoy of Fan Yang Jiedu, he had already let go. It depends on the emperor's intention. In other words, only if Li Longji agrees, Abus's troops can move east to Youzhou, which makes An Lushan overjoyed. It is easy to convince Li Longji. As long as he makes some small noise on the Khitan issue, it can be achieved.

An Lushan was full of heart and was thinking about returning to Fanyang as soon as possible. At this moment, a rapid sound of horse hooves came from afar. An Lushan was stunned and looked at the sound of horse hooves and faintly saw a large group of horse riders galloping towards this side.

The guards beside him were suddenly panicked. It was too late to return home, so they all protected An Lushan.

In an instant, a large group of people from the Yang family had arrived. Yang Qi had already seen An Lushan, and he shouted loudly: "Stay An Lushan!"

As soon as he spoke, he was full of hostility. An Lushan suddenly started to play a drum in his heart. Why did he offend the Yang family?

The Yang family stopped under the steps of Anfu and dismounted one after another. More than a hundred people blocked the Anfu and even the three wives of the country came out of the carriage. An Lushan felt even more panicked. The three wives of the country came forward, which was equivalent to the imperial concubine coming forward, and the matter was serious.

He quickly bowed and smiled, "Dear Yang brothers and sisters, I wonder what will you do to visit my mansion in the evening?"

“Bring it up!”

Yang Qi waved his hand and several great men snatched the captured An Lushan guard He Mi and threw it under the steps. He said coldly: "An Lushan, you won't say you don't know this person!"

An Lushan's head buzzed loudly. This was one of his confidants. How could he not recognize him? He asked hesitantly: "This is my personal guard. Did he offend the Yang family? If that's the case, I will kill him on the spot to apologize."

"Come!"

An Lushan shouted loudly and immediately several personal soldiers came up. He pointed at He Mi at the steps and said angrily: "Beat this person to death!"

Several personal soldiers were about to step forward, but Yang Qi stopped him, "Let's wait!"

He walked up slowly and snorted coldly: "This person did something sorry for the Yang family, but he is not the culprit. The culprit is you, An Lushan!"

An Lushan was stunned. He couldn't imagine where he offended the Yang family. He couldn't help but stutter and asked, "Please make it clearer, An is confused."

"Hmph! I'm still pretending to be stupid, An Lushan, you killed Dong Yanguang!"

An Lushan then realized that he was shocked and a cold sweat broke out on his back. He remembered that Yang Ji was dismissed because of Dong Yanguang's assassination. It turned out that the Yang family came for this matter. What should I do? I admit that I can't, and I can't!

An Lushan's mind changed very quickly, and it was nothing to apologize to the Yang family. At worst, he could spend some extra money. But how did the emperor explain this? If the emperor knew about this, he would have to be in great trouble. Not to mention that the Hedong Jiedushi had no hope, maybe even the Jiedushi Fan Yang and Pinglu Jiedushi could not be saved. Killing Dong Yanguang would easily make the emperor suspect that he was colluding with King Qing. He would never allow the general to lead troops to have any collusion with the prince.

An Lushan had more than a dozen thoughts in a row, and the sweat on his forehead had already come down. What should he do? Yang Qi wanted to show the demeanor of the clan leader in front of the Yang family. He asked unyieldingly: "Do you say that it was your subordinates who did it, and you don't know?"

A word reminded An Lushan. He suddenly grabbed He Mi's collar and shouted: "Who told you to do it? You dare to hide it from me!"

He Mi read a trace of viciousness from An Lushan's eyes. He knew that he could not save it anymore, so he lowered his voice and said in a low voice: "It's Mr. Yan's arrangement!"

"Yan Zhuang! It turned out to be him."

An Lushan turned around and said angrily: "Catch him quickly!"

Several personal guards immediately rushed into the mansion. After a moment, Yan Zhuang hurried out. He had already learned about the situation from the personal guards and knew that An Lushan was going to take his back.

Yan Zhuang sighed in his heart, knelt down and said, "I am humble in the position of Yan Zhuang, please see the Grand Marshal!"

"Yan Zhuang, let me ask you, what's going on in assassinating Dong Yanguang? Why don't you report to me?"

Yan Zhuang gritted his teeth and said, "Bei Zhi has a personal grudge with Dong Yanguang, so he used the Da Zheng's personal guard to assassinate him! Bei Zhi is guilty, please let the Da Zheng give up."

"What a lent me my personal guard. I dare not report to me such a major matter." An Lushan shouted angrily: "Come here, take me a fifty sticks!"

Immediately, he rushed over to Yan Zhuang, and beat him with a stick. The Yang family next to him were all watching coldly. Suddenly, Yang Huahua clapped her hands and smiled, "Mr. An is a good show! I should call the emperor to watch it together."

An Lushan's legs became weak and he said tremblingly: "Madam, this matter really has nothing to do with me. It was my subordinates who did it without authorization. Why is it an act?"

"Hmph! Is my second brother's Guanglu Temple Qing only worth fifty sticks?"

"What will the lady do to give up?"

"I don't know, just talk about it yourself!"

Since Yang Huahua came forward and moved out of the emperor, the other Yang family members couldn't say anything, so they had to let her come forward to represent them.

An Lushan gritted his teeth and said, "I am not strict in my rule. I am willing to apologize for my crimes. I will pay 50,000 pounds. Is it feasible?"

"No, not enough!" Yang Huahua refused.

"Well, then, plus 10,000 acres of land, is it feasible?"

"No, it's still not enough!"

"Okay, I have four shops in Dongcheng City. I'm willing to give them to the Yang family. That's all!"

"The compensation is enough, but we are so angry that we can't calm down. What do you think we should do?" Yang Huahua said, glancing at Yan Zhuang.

An Lushan understood, he sighed secretly and looked at Yan Zhuang. Yan Zhuang has been with him for many years and is also loyal, but now in order to protect himself, he can only sacrifice his subordinates.

He narrowed his eyes and pointed at Yan Zhuang and said slowly: "Add another fifty sticks to break his legs and legs, life and death will come from heaven!"

Yan Zhuang was almost half-dead. Hearing An Lushan's words, he was shocked all over and could not believe his ears. He slowly looked up at An Lushan. An Lushan had no choice but to look at him. Yan Zhuang suddenly remembered a slap in the face of the polo competition, and he lamented in his heart, "I really deserve to die!"

The guards understood An Lushan's meaning. They were merciless and the big stick fell down fiercely like raindrops. Finally, Yan Zhuang screamed, his legs broke, and he fainted. After one hundred sticks, the other two soldiers took out the ox-horn wrist knife and broke his left and right tendons from Yan Zhuang's tendons.

They also sighed secretly in their hearts and stepped forward to report to An Lushan: "Master, the execution is over!"

A soldier whispered in his ear: "Mr. Yan probably won't survive."

An Lushan made up his mind and pointed at Yan Zhuang, vaguely Yan Zhuang, and ordered: "Take him out of the house. From now on, this person has nothing to do with me, An Lushan."

Several personal guards carried Yan Zhuang away and slowly disappeared into the night. Only then did An Lushan bow to Yang Huahua and smile and said, "Madam, your anger is gone now!"

Yang Huahua nodded, "You will send other agreed things before noon tomorrow, so let's stop this matter. Otherwise, we will see you in Xingqing Palace!"

"Sure! Sure!"

At this time, the sound of drums closing the gate sounded, rumbling shaking the whole city. Yang Huahua glanced at everyone again, "What do you have any other opinions?"

Everyone shook their heads together, Yang Hua glanced at her eyes and asked Yang Qi again, "Do you have any objections?"

Yang Qi was really depressed. He wanted to take the lead, but Yang Huahua took the limelight away again. Seeing that the door was about to close, he had to say helplessly: "I have no objection!"

"Okay, let's go!"

The Yang family got on their horses, snorted at An Lushan, raised their whip, and left in a mighty manner.

A personal soldier asked in a low voice: "Master, do you want to bring Mr. Yan back?"

An Lushan shook his head. Since he had done it, how could he fail? He sighed and said, "Give him a quilt again, life and death are fate, let him go!"

He walked into the mansion gate and the black gate slowly closed.

The next day, just dawn, by a small river outside Qinrenfang, several farmers selling vegetables came from afar. Suddenly, someone pointed to a big tree and shouted: "Look, it seems that there is someone there."

Several farmers surrounded him and saw that it was a bloody man, who seemed to have crawled over from somewhere. The blood was covered with the ground. Everyone was panicked, "This must be the thief who was beaten to death! Should we report to the officials?"

"Please help me!" The bloody man on the ground suddenly said weakly.

"He is not dead yet."

Several farmers bent down and asked in a verbal manner: "Who are you? What are you going to do with us?"
Chapter completed!