The fox minister in the late Tang Dynasty

Chapter 185 Accompanying the king is like accompanying a tiger

Looking at the letter sent from thousands of miles away, Geng Qing was in an indescribably strange mood. He had that kind of relationship with his sister-in-law Bai Yunxiang, but suddenly a letter came, telling him that there was another child, who was three years old. Years old.

Rao has experienced a lot, and his mind is inevitably in a state of confusion. He took the letter from Jiuyu's hand and opened it again, and read it word by word again, only then did he confirm that this is what was written in the letter.

But why did Bai Yunxiang send a letter before, but never told him?

Did they even cut off correspondence later on?

Geng Qing frowned while thinking, Jiuyu at the side saw him like this, couldn't help asking: "Do you believe it's fake?" He looked at the person delivering the letter again.

Over there, the person carrying the letter hastily bowed his hands and said, "The young one is Qin Shilang's subordinate, and the young one doesn't know anything about the contents of the letter."

Geng Qing looked at the handwriting on the letter, raised his face, nodded to Jiuyu, agreed with the statement, and then asked a few questions about Qin Huaimian. Answer it.

"The waiter said he met Mr. Geng, he will definitely ask these questions, let the little one remember them one by one."

Hehe, Qin Huaimian was thoughtful, Geng Qing smiled, took the letter and read it a few more times, then let the man go down, the other party just walked to the door, and suddenly turned back.

"Mr. Geng, I just remembered one thing. When I came to Taiyuan, the old lady at home also knew about it. She told the husband to find the child no matter what and let her have a look. Otherwise, she would go directly to Chang'an."

Geng Qing and Jiuyu looked at each other speechlessly, waved their hands to let people go down first, the eunuch closed the door of the public room, turned his head, looked at the back facing him, looking out the window, and said: "Is it true that we will go through eventually Look, it's just King Jin's side, I'm afraid it's not easy to go."

"That's what I was thinking about."

Geng Qing looked outside for a while, the experience of more than 20 years in the last life, counting the years in this life, there are few things that can make him feel troublesome.

Turning around, he picked up the pen and ink on the table, spread out a piece of white paper, and began to write. There are two letters in total, one to be sent to Yunzhou, and one to Li Keyong, Changan He must go there.

'Just be Guan Gong and ride alone. '

He muttered, thinking that he suddenly had a son, the corner of his mouth curled up into a smile again. He didn't know that he had a child in the past three years, and he had never seen him. He didn't know what kind of scene it would be.

It's just that Qin Huaimian can't solve any troubles he encounters.
The letter only said that there was a child next to Bai Yunxiang who looked very similar to Geng Qing, and that someone was after the mother and son, and they were investigating, so Geng Qing should go to Chang'an as soon as possible.

In terms of finding out, with Qin Huaimian's position as the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, it is very easy to know something, and being able to write like this is probably beyond his ability.

"Jiuyu, accompany me to the Prince Jin Mansion and bid farewell to His Highness."

After arranging the upcoming departure, Geng Qing took the written letter and hurried out of the Taiyuan Yamen with Jiuyu. While leaving in a carriage, he also notified the few young people who followed in the Gengjia Village outside the city to come back. Pack up your things and go to the official road in the southern suburbs to meet him when he comes over.

After handing over the letter to Li Cunxiao to the post office, he drove straight to Jinwang Mansion in a carriage and asked to see Li Keyong.

The porter naturally recognized the dark young man in front of him, he was a close relative of the King of Jin, from an official to the Zhongmen envoy, it can be said that apart from Li Keyong, he was the only one who could mobilize the Han soldiers in Taiyuan.

As for the Shatuo soldiers around Li Keyong, Geng Qing had no way of commanding them. They were composed of tribes, and without the approval of the leaders of the tribes, he could not use the orders of the Han court to drive them.

"The envoy of the middle gate, unfortunately, King Jin went out in the morning. He may be in the barracks at this time. The envoy of the middle gate may as well wait and come back in the evening."

The concierge didn't lie to Geng Qing at this point, and it took less than half an hour for the news to spread, and it was impossible for Li Keyong to know in advance that he would hide in the barracks and not see him.

Jiuyu frowned, and was about to speak, when Geng Qing raised his hand and interrupted, took out the prepared letter from his sleeve, and the talisman of the Zhongmen envoy, and handed them to the concierge.

"Your Majesty received news today that something happened to an old man in Chang'an and he needs to go there in person. This will delay Taiyuan's government affairs. Please tell Your Highness to choose someone else to replace me and continue the matter of relocating the population and farming the land."

The concierge looked at the letter and seal in his hand, "This... Zhongmen envoy should tell King Jin personally, how dare the little old man take this matter."

However, Geng Qing ignored him, turned around and got into the carriage. The concierge chased him out holding the letter and talisman, trotted beside the carriage, and shouted: "Master Zhongmen, when will you come back?"

"I don't know, I have to try my best."

Hearing the words from the curtain, the concierge could no longer catch up, so he had to stop and watch the carriage gradually drive away on the street. After returning to the gate of the mansion, he hurriedly went to the front yard to find the steward of the palace, and told him about the matter , the latter knew that the matter was a bit serious, so he hurried to the eastern suburbs military camp in a horse-drawn carriage.

There are [-] Han soldiers and vassal soldiers stationed here. The camp stretches for ten miles. The walls of the village stand every seven feet. The archers hang their bows and arrows to look into the distance. The Shatuo cavalry robbed it and stopped it. Knowing that it was the steward of the palace, they sent out several cavalry to escort the vehicle to the gate.

It was already afternoon when the stewards of the palace saw Li Keyong, the king of Jin was planning to steal Youzhou with Gai Yu, Shi Jingsi, Li Siyuan, Fu Cunshen, Li Sizhao's adopted sons and confidant generals.

Hearing that outside the account, the steward of the mansion asked to see him, Li Keyong suddenly felt something was wrong in his heart, for the steward of the mansion to come to the barracks, there must be something serious to come here.

He and the old man looked at each other and called people in.

"Is something wrong with the palace?"

The steward knelt on the ground, shook his head, and hurriedly said: "Your Highness, there is nothing wrong with the mansion. It is the middle gate envoy who wrote a letter to His Highness, and there is..."

"...and this sigil."

The steward tremblingly handed over the fist-sized talisman and a letter to Li Siyuan who had come over. Before they put it on the desk, Li Keyong probably guessed what it was when he saw the talisman.

He unfolded the letter, quickly scanned the contents, silently pressed the paper under his palm, looked at the burning lamppost and did not speak, and for a while, no one in the tent could speak, and there was a sudden silence.

Gai Yu, an old man who had followed him for many years, saw the King of Jin frown and his eyes were slightly hostile. He knew that Li Ke was angry in his heart, so he got up and took the letter from his palm. After reading it, Can't help but sigh.

"This person really doesn't know what to do. His Highness treats you so courteously, but he leaves as soon as he says it. He doesn't have any sympathy at all. But it's okay, such a person leaves early, it's like confronting someone in the future, and it's better to turn your back on the battlefield."

"Mr. Gai, don't speak for him." Li Keyong closed his eyes, the hostility on his face faded, he waved his hands and smiled, "Perhaps, the Zhongmen envoy is really in trouble and needs to go to Chang'an urgently."

He stood up and walked out of the long case. The generals looked at the tent with their hands behind their backs and sighed deeply.

"There are always gains and losses. The two strategies used by the Zhongmen should be regarded as the courtesy of Huangu."

Gai Yu smiled and didn't speak, however, out of the corner of the eye of the old man, a young man named Li Siyuan came out, looking at the back of his adoptive father with clear eyes.

"Father, Siyuan has been watching him for the past two months. If he is really talented, he can't just let him go. If he is allowed to go to Chang'an, he will most likely become our enemy in the future."

Li Ke smiled and looked sideways at the boy.

"Stay by force? If there is really something important, and being delayed by the orphan, wouldn't it make the Zhongmen envoy resentful? It's better to let him go, so that I can leave a good impression on my father."

Li Siyuan opened his mouth and didn't speak any more. On the contrary, Li Cunxin, another young man beside him who had been silent all the time, walked out with his fists clenched indignantly.

"Father, do you know that Liu Bei let Xu Shu go? Even though there are differences, it is not appropriate to let him go. Rather than letting him enter Chang'an, it is better to rob and kill him halfway."

Li Ke restrained himself with a smile, looked at the young man who was filled with righteous indignation, returned to the case in silence, closed his eyes and lost himself in thoughts, and soon after, he spoke in Turkic.

"Order. Kill him. Let's pretend to be a robber and make trouble."

Inside the tent, Gai Yu sighed softly.

(End of this chapter)