The fox minister in the late Tang Dynasty

Chapter 203
The wind and sand rolled over the roof, Li Maozhen raised his hand to let the young man sit down, and the young man smiled at everyone, with a flattering gesture, which made him even more disdainful.

In my impression, which one of these literati is not iron-boned and skilled in the six arts of a gentleman, but this person is downright flattering to the villain. No wonder he was sent here by the emperor. Thinking about it, it is right. I can't see such a person anymore.

This is to borrow my hand to get rid of it. It's okay, then be a favor.

Thinking about it, Li Maozhen relaxed her thick beard, looked at the young man opposite and smiled, "Salt and Iron Envoy Geng Qing?"

"Emissary Li Jiedu, in fact, I don't want to come here, alas, but His Majesty is really in short supply of manpower, so I sent you here."

In his voice, the young man on the opposite side took a sip of tea, splashed his clothes, and looked a little flustered, "Li Jiedu envoy, drink tea, drink tea, cold tea is good, really quench your thirst, come on the next way, your shoes are worn out Broke a double-double."

Li Maozhen's expression was indifferent, just looking at the other party's flustered behavior, she wanted to laugh.

"Really? Salt and Iron Envoy, how does it feel to come to this desolate and desolate place? It's far from Chang'an, do you regret coming out?"

He gave the lieutenant a look, and then stood up slowly while pressing the head of the knife, while the salt and iron envoy named Geng Qing was still talking, very fast.

"What's the use of regretting? Naturally, it can't compare with Chang'an. Even compared with us in the north, it's still a lot worse. Li Jiedu is originally from the north, right?"

Li Maozhen nodded, turned her face to look outside, the soldiers under her command moved quietly, and were encircling the opponent's team.There is still time, he smiled: "Boye from Shenzhou, he went to Zhenzhou to enlist in the army, and later he was stationed in Fengtian. When the yellow thief entered the customs, Li still fought with him."

"Hey, I'm also in the north, next to Hebei. I'm from Feihu County, Weizhou, and we're also half fellow villagers. If you meet fellow villagers in other villages, don't stab them with a knife."

Hearing this, Li Maozhen stopped, thinking it was just a casual word from this flattering villain, but looking back at the other party, she saw Geng Qing holding tea and looking at him with a smile.

"Oh? It seems that the Salt and Tie Envoy also noticed something, and thought you could be a fool."

Geng Qing still smiled, put down his teacup and waved his hands: "It's not easy to be a fool, I'm flattering, I can't say I'm stupid, envoy Li Jiedu wants to kill me, but it's just a casual thing, if you really kill me, it may not be for you Good luck, I was able to come here, I didn't run away halfway, and I also wanted to talk to Li Jiedushi."

Over there, Li Maozhen frowned, slowly raised his arms, and the soldiers and horses that had surrounded him stopped and stood still.

"Li would like to hear what the Yantie Envoy has to say."

What Geng Qing wanted to say was actually what he had said to Jiuyu in the carriage that day, but he just said it now and modified some words.

"The envoy Li Jiedu killed me, but it was the plan of the emperor in the palace. Yang Shouli has joined the emperor's door and changed his name to Li Shunjie. He is Yang Fugong's adopted son. This shows that your majesty and the eunuchs in the palace have reached a point where water and fire are incompatible. Li Jiedushi has something to do with the eunuchs in the palace, right? The land of Hehuang is also a place to raise horses. If you want to get there, you must take Longyou. In the name of the imperial court sending troops."

Hearing this, Li Maozhen was a little amused: "So, you have to offer the salt and iron envoy as a bodhisattva?"

"It's just that Li Jiedu made his words too serious."

Geng Qing waved his hands again and again like a careless person, "Look, the emperor sent me here, and I only have a hundred people. If there is a real conflict, it is not enough for Li Jiedu to kill him. If I am lucky enough to kill Li Jiedu , will also be chopped into meat by the soldiers outside, Your Majesty's move is really excellent, as long as we have a conflict, Chang'an will benefit."

"It's a bunch of nonsense." The thick-bearded man smiled, but the smile didn't last long, his face gradually sank, and anger appeared, "When a certain family will believe you?!"

Geng Qing also looked at him, smiled and spread his hands.

"Then you can only bet that His Majesty has no such meaning."

Compared with the skylight outside, the thatched shed was a bit dim. As the two of them sat and stood, Li Maozhen's face became more and more gloomy. He was not stupid. What I felt in the past, I just didn't expect that, being analyzed by the young man at the moment, I thought that killing the other party would be a problem, but I thought it was a wrong move.

"When two tigers fight, one must be injured, and the court will benefit"

"Li Jiedu envoy is a tiger. At best, I am nothing more than a little fox." Geng Qing stood up at the table and bowed his hands. Li Maozhen over there squinted his eyes, as if acquiescing to his statement. After a moment of silence, he raised his hand. With a backlash, the soldiers on standby outside all retreated and rearranged.

The people on the carriage side heaved a sigh of relief. They knew that this level had been passed. The previous impression of Geng Qing as a lunatic had changed to some extent. They were surprised at what he said, and saved the day.

At this time, in the thatched shed, Geng Qing walked out of the table and put his hands into his sleeves. The guards next to him subconsciously drew their swords. Li Maozhen, who is skilled in martial arts, would not worry about a frail person's assassination. He raised his hand, surrounded by " There was a chorus of "唰", and the drawn weapons returned to their sheaths one by one.

I saw that the humble and obsequious Yan Tieshi took out a folded letter from his sleeve and spread it on the table.

Geng Qing smiled and waved to Li Maozhen.

"To be honest, before I became an official, what I liked the most was tinkering with crafts. I made a lot of instruments of torture. After being caught by Gu Changshi's eyes, I squeezed into Chang'an. Now that I am here, I dare not stretch out my hands It is better to let me continue to tinker with these things, everyone will live in peace and do their own things, do you think it is okay?"

The paper was spread out on the table, and what came into view were armors that were disassembled and drawn one by one.

Capes, helmets, breastplates, breastplates, skirt armors, shoe armors, hanging legs, scorpions, falcon arms, falcon armors, scorpions, and shoulder coverings. Counting military uniforms, hoods, and cloaks, there are ten The number of six or seven.

The members of Li Maozhen's army could tell at a glance that this was Mingguang armor, and there were some differences in some places.

"Is this salt iron made to draw?"

"Naturally, on the way here, I thought about what kind of gift I should give to the Jiedu envoy. Then I thought that soldiers in the army must love precious swords and armor, so I simply painted a pair of armor on the car. I don't know if it will be okay?"

Li Maozhen laughed: "Why can't it work, with such armor on his body, he is incomparable in majesty, since the salt and iron envoy likes to play with these things, then it's the best."

There was a hint of warning in his words, and of course he didn't believe that a hundred people could make waves in this land. The team outside was just some Jianghu people who knew how to fight. This is nothing more than a dead soul under the knife.

Geng Qing looked at each other and laughed.

"Envoy Li Jiedu is reassuring. I just want to spend a few years in Longzhou safely, and then I can happily return to Chang'an to report on my work. If you don't make mistakes, it will be considered meritorious service."

"Then you can remember the words of Yan Tieshi." Li Maozhen pointed at him, such a person is placed on the ground, there is not much hindrance, the two sat back at the table, drank tea and laughed for a while, and then invited them together into the city.

In the following days, as Geng Qing said, after staying in the Salt and Iron Administration, he seldom went out, and occasionally went out for a walk, to see the customs of Longzhou, to buy some special products, and to ask Li Maozhen for some refined iron and cowhide , the latter came to visit from time to time, and most of them saw Geng Qing in front of the stove set up in the courtyard, directing his men to beat the red-hot iron pieces, and some nail leaves were being spliced ​​together in the hands of the craftsmen, and the armor could be vaguely seen. Part of the outline is gone.

More than ten days passed in the blink of an eye, and the weather gradually turned cold.

In the burning fire in the courtyard, Geng Qing wiped the sweat from his forehead, threw the rag to a craftsman, and asked Shang Dachun to go out and buy some things.

Jiuyu, Chen Hu and others followed closely behind and left the Salt and Iron Administration together.

"Ji Chang, it's been half a month. I'm afraid my subordinates will be restless if I mess with this every day." Jiuyu walked behind and said in a low voice.

"It's not very good. It's been a long time since I have so much time to do what I like to do." Geng Qing held a paper umbrella to block the sun above his head, watching the ethnic groups with different costumes wandering the streets, ".Maybe, I Boss Ke's ability will be worn out, it's a double blessing."

As he said so, when he walked past a woman with a white scarf wrapped around her head to choose some naan bread, someone suddenly rushed over from the street in front of her. It was a Jianghu man under Dou Wei's subordinates, with extremely fast feet, moving around at high speed. Drive past figure, come here.

"Boss, I just heard the news that Chang'an is coming, and Zhang Dutong has been sent to prison."

At the stall over there, the naan bread he picked up was put back. Geng Qing looked at the woman opposite and smiled, "I won't buy it."

The moment he turned his face away, a chill appeared in his eyes.

　Breaking my promise, I still feel that it is serious to add a chapter
　　
　
(End of this chapter)