The fox minister in the late Tang Dynasty

Chapter 208 Geng Qing's plan

The sun was shining on the wet roofs of the houses, and the dense crowd was exiting the Salt and Iron Office in an orderly manner with weapons, and evacuated in the streets outside.

In the innermost courtyard, the sound of fighting has disappeared, and all that is left are wounded soldiers or people from the Jianghu waiting for treatment. At the feet of passers-by, corpses and scattered weapons are also in the hands of the assigned soldiers one by one. Gather it up.

Li Maozhen and Li Jipeng were dead, and the enemies who were lucky enough to survive this fight did not need to make up for it.

Under the eaves, Li Jiji was sitting on a big chair. Blood dripped down the nail leaves and formed a puddle.

The sun shines on the body, only a little warmth.

After the corpses were being cleared away one by one, a figure came over from there, his eyes moved, and he asked in a low voice: "Yantieshi, what should I do next? The imperial court. But is there really an imperial decree?"

"There is no decree."

Geng Qing seemed to have just eaten something, chewed it over, patted the dust off his hands, and then sat on the chair brought by Dachun. When the young and strong in the village were fighting in the early morning, they fainted in the house with fright, but now they woke up, smelled the blood, and ran to the backyard to vomit.

'useless'

Dachun forcibly calmed down his trembling legs, and when he was muttering, Li Jiji laughed lightly on the two chairs sitting side by side in front of him.

"I really hope there is an imperial decree. Now we count as killing Jiedushi without permission, will we be arrested by the court?"

The soldiers in the courtyard splashed water to wash the blood on the ground, and the smell of blood became stronger immediately. Geng Qing took out a handkerchief to cover his mouth and nose, and leaned back against the chair.

"Are you afraid?"

Li Jiji didn't speak, and was silent for a moment. He still nodded, and then silently watched the blood flow on the ground.

He is full of rage, his arrows are on the line, he has few worries about doing things, and now he has killed people, but once he calms down, it will be scary how it will end later.

Behind Longzhou, there is Guiyi Army. In front is Chang'an Emperor Li Ye. In the south is the South Sichuan West Road. To the north is Jingyuan Army. Now that Li Maozhen has been killed, he has no doubt that as long as His Majesty in Chang'an makes an order, there will be enemies in all directions. .

Li Jiji swallowed hard, blinked his eyes, raised his face, and looked to the right. Geng Qing found fried beans from somewhere, put them into his mouth one by one, and bit them indiscriminately. ring.

"Mister is so calm, is there a way?"

"The smell of blood is too heavy, eat something to suppress it." Geng Qing grabbed a handful and stuffed them into Li Jiji's hands, and threw the last two into Li Jiji's mouth. He patted the ashes, "Actually, this is not difficult to do." Forgot to ask, can you hold the army in the city in your hands?"

Li Jiji nodded, and simply squeezed out: "Yes!"

Snapped!
Geng Qing slapped his hands and laughed, "Then it will be easier, you can report to the court by claiming to be the empress of Longzhou."

"What if it's not allowed over there?"

"There is no doubt." After hearing Dou Wei's report on the casualties of his subordinates, Geng Qing sat down again, pulled the chair closer to the other party, gestured with his fingers, and said softly: "Small soldiers and horses, are you not afraid? Right now, the imperial court is focusing on eunuchs and Xichuan, so how could they focus on you? The only soldier Li Ye dispatched was Wang Chongrong from Hezhong, but he was old and didn't have the heart to fight you. .”

After listening to the analysis, Li Jiji gradually regained his composure from the initial panic. Now that this road has been passed, he can only bite the bullet and continue down.

Before he could speak, Geng Qing patted him on the shoulder, "There is also Fengxiang, Li Maozhen is dead, but it doesn't mean that they must listen to you and must be taken down as soon as possible."

"and then?"

"Soldiers force Chang'an!"

Geng Qing raised his finger, "This is the next step, to force Li Ye to admit that you are staying in Longzhou, and to designate you as Jiedu envoy. He has to do this at such a juncture. After two steps, you will be justified. It embraces Longzhou and Fengxiang."

"Mr. Geng!" After hearing this, Li Jiji got up from the chair abruptly, lifted his armor, lifted his cloak and knelt down on the ground, folded his fists and lowered his head, "Mr. Sir is my staff member, after he was appointed as Jiedu envoy, he was originally treated in a high position!"

"Aren't you afraid of me, plotting against you like plotting against Li Maozhen?"

"Don't be afraid! Sir, if you don't harm me, I will die in Li Maozhen's hands sooner or later."

Geng Qing nodded, helped him up with his own hands, took out a handkerchief and wiped off the blood on his face, "I'm glad you think so, but things haven't been done yet, and Ji Ji still has to kill the grass."

"Sir, are you talking about Li Maozhen's family?"

"Count Li Jipeng."

Now that the army is under control, there are still factors of instability. Geng Qing dare not risk his life. Besides, even if he doesn't say this, Li Jiji will gradually think about it when he becomes Jiedushi in the future.

After all, he killed Li Maozhen and Li Jipeng with his own hands. How could the brothers and heirs of the two families not hold grudges?

Li Jiji hesitated for a moment, and then nodded silently. He knew some things without saying anything. If he died, the family members might not be able to save them.

After his thoughts settled down, he didn't linger any longer, he pulled himself together, followed the steps Geng Qing had planned for him just now, and led his personal guards and subordinates to the military camp outside the city.

After he left, all the Jiang Hu people in the courtyard looked at the figure standing behind the eaves with their hands behind their backs. At this moment, they were convinced, and finally understood why Boss Dou wanted to follow each other.Many of them are desperadoes, people from the rivers and lakes and green forests, and they are really attractive to this practice of using small things to make big things.

Among the mixed thoughts in the courtyard, Geng Qing, who was holding his hand under the eaves, naturally didn't know what they were thinking, but kept chewing fried beans in order to suppress the disgusting blood, which fell into the eyes of others. Superior demeanor.

Behind him, Jiuyu came up, "You don't really want him to be Jiedushi, do you?"

"Besides, he is familiar with the soldiers and horses in Longzhou. The 'weapons' made by himself are easy to use." Geng Qing is not a person who likes to stand in the front to protect others from the wind and rain. If he can retreat to the back, he would love to.

"However, Li Jiji's chess game is over, and mine is only halfway through. Helping him is not so easy. He led troops to force Chang'an, in fact, just to let Li Ye let Zhang Huaiyi go."

Geng Qing took a deep breath, still coughing from choking, stopped talking and waved to the Jianghu people over there, telling them to move out their luggage quickly, there is no room for people to live here, they have to move to another yard.

'Damn, in a place the size of a palm, so many people died, only ghosts can sleep at night. '

With a mutter, he hooked his hands at Jiuyu, walked out around the courtyard, changed to another room, and finally had a good night's sleep.

Soon, the sky darkened, and when white trails lit up in the east the next day, the city gradually became alive. Several neighbors near the Salt and Iron Department got up early to buy vegetables and fetch water, and those who had to take a break gathered together to gossip.

"Did you see it yesterday? A lot of people died."

"I saw it, I saw it, it was at the Salt and Iron Administration over there, ouch, it pulled several carts."

".I seem to have seen Li Jiedushi, but I haven't seen him come out for a long time."

"Who knows, maybe they stayed overnight."

"When such a big thing happened, which official dares to sleep, he is not afraid of death!"

"What if it's already dead?"

"Hey, there seems to be some excitement ahead, let's go!"

Amidst the babbling of the market, someone came running from other streets, calling for familiar people to go to the front, and people who heard the news rushed over in a swarm.

On that long street, there were many soldiers with spears, leading a luxuriously dressed team through the eyes of everyone. The hair buns were scattered, and their hands were tied together by a rope.

In the team, sobbing faintly sounded, and some people couldn't hold back their sobs, and they were beaten by the escorting soldiers.

"Mother, where are we going? I'm scared."

Among the slow-moving figures, there were also children, looking at the ferocious soldiers with horror in their eyes. They couldn't understand that these people were very kind before, and they were even willing to be his horses, but suddenly they didn't know him.

"Don't be afraid, mother is here."

The woman's eyes were red, and she took the child to her side, tears falling down uncontrollably. Half an hour later, the long procession passed through the small half of the city.

At noon that day, under countless gazes, Li Maozhen, Li Jipeng's family members and side branches, totaling more than 300 people, were beheaded at Caishikou.

　Four more, more than 8000 words.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)