The fox minister in the late Tang Dynasty

Chapter 277

The hot sun shone through the thin clouds on the streets and alleys. A luxury carriage with curtains woven with silk and satin drove across the long street. Amidst the sound of shouting to passers-by in Spring, the people in the carriage lowered the curtains to cut off the noise of the market outside.

"I heard that the Minister of the Ministry of War came to the house to look for you just now?"

"Yeah, but I didn't see him." Geng Qing put down the curtain, took the warm water from Jiuyu, and said with a smile, "Go to the Three Treasures Hall for everything, and we don't have much contact with each other on weekdays. There must be something unusual coming here suddenly. Hehe, these veterans will think of me except for one thing, I'm not stupid."

He doesn't need to say the following words, Jiuyu can guess what it is - get rid of Zhu Wen, the king of Liang, and return to the emperor.

Moving from Chang'an to Luoyang almost cut off the foundation of the former group of veterans. Even the number of servants and guards in the mansion was fixed. It is difficult to guarantee that there will be no one arranged by King Liang.

"When they think of you, they are probably looking at the Eight Thousand Dragon Army in your hands."

"This is my baby. Why do you think King Liang is so polite to me? Why do you want this cavalry?" Seriously speaking, Geng Qing has no shortage of cavalry. Everyone knew how to ride a horse, even if he couldn't, he was familiar with some horses, but far away in Luoyang, holding a soldier and horse in his hand was a token of life-saving at any time.

Looking at the corners of the curtain lifted in the wind, the market outside, and the people in the city still passing by, rushing about for today's life, Geng Qing envied them a little.

"I don't want to bother you about the affairs of the imperial court. The Li family can't support this stall. On the contrary, what I want more is to go back to Chang'an, meet Li Jiji or Zhao Zhouyi, and know what happened in Longzhou, you know , people are not there, no matter how good the friendship is, it will be diluted by time."

"There will be a chance, don't worry, as long as you really want to, I will take you out."

"Hehe, what about the rest? If Zhu Wen catches them, they will die."

While the two of them were talking, the carriage stopped suddenly, and the cup in Geng Qing's hand spilled warm water onto the bench. Before asking what happened to Dachun who was driving, he heard Dachun shouting outside: "What are you doing?! Do you know who is sitting in the car!"

"Ouch~~ You bumped into someone and still want to leave."

"Come and see, this person broke my hand, don't let them go"

There was a sudden commotion outside the car, Geng Qing frowned, followed Jiuyu out of the car, an old man was lying on the ground with his arms folded on the side of the rough horse pulling in front of him, Geng Dachun stood beside him and roared loudly, gesticulating with the surrounding people The people argued.

"He rushed over and bumped himself, not to mention my speed is so slow, how could I break his arm."

Jiuyu frowned, for this kind of thing, he probably knew that when he met someone who was touched, he turned around and was about to get out of the car, but was held down by Geng Qing, he looked at the person on the ground, and got out of the car, followed by Following them, the three musketeers Chen Hu and Zhao Long also brought a few cavalry pawns of the Longxiang Army over.

"Shang Shuling, let us solve it."

The old man on the ground didn't seem to be afraid of the soldiers, so he took aim at Geng Qing, rushed over, hugged his calf, lay down on the ground and moaned.

"It's you. You must be the owner of the carriage. I'm not afraid of you. If you hit someone, don't even think about leaving!"

Just when Chen Hu and others got angry and took him, the old man suddenly lowered his voice.

"Shang Shuling, Cui Shilang is hosting a banquet in Shengyue Tower, please come to the banquet, otherwise, even if the old man is beaten to death, you will not be allowed to leave. If I die, there will be other people behind, stopping your carriage every day!"

Good guy.

Geng Qing frowned. This rogue move obviously made him unhappy. He raised his hand to make Chen Hu and others stop, and said softly to the old man on the ground:
"Okay, then I'll go over now. Let's see what your servant can say."

"The little one will lead the way for Shang Shuling."

The old man's legs were no longer hurting, and his hands were also healed. He got up immediately, and walked to the front with a smile to lead the way. According to Geng Qing's previous temper, he turned around and got into the carriage and left. Get in the car and ask Dachun to follow.

"With such good intentions, we must see each other."

Roughly speaking, after half an hour, the carriage stopped in Dongshi. Shengyue Tower is not a place for fireworks, but an ordinary restaurant for lodging and eating. Geng Qing got off the carriage and only brought Jiuyu, Chen Hu and others They are lined up at the entrance of the stairs to block people coming and going.

The second floor was empty and there were no other diners. At the table next to the window lattice, Cui Yuan saw the figure coming up and hurriedly got up to greet him.

"It's really hard to see Shang Shuling."

As he said that, before Geng Qing approached, he cupped his hands from a distance, and stretched out his hand not to hit the smiling face. Geng Qing also smiled and bowed his hands back. Looking around, the second floor was probably taken down by the other party, and he said casually in the past Sentence: "Let the servant spend the money." Following the gesture of the other party's invitation, he lifted the hem of his robe and sat down on the seat, and extended his hand to invite.

"Don't just stand there, servant, please, too."

With a simple sentence, he took the right to speak.

When Jiuyu walked up and stood standing behind him, Geng Qing took the jug and poured wine for the military servant in front of him. He also filled a glass for himself, and raised his glass with a smile to clink with him.

"Cui Shilang invited me twice, I don't know why? Geng has been a little busy recently, no, just now I was invited by King Liang to sit in the palace. Over there in Chang'an, some women are going to have children, and they are locked up in the mansion. I tried my best to think of naming them, and I was so annoyed that I didn't want to be a consultant for many things outside."

"Shang Shuling is joking, how can some small things make Shang Shuling troubled."

"Children and grandchildren are not trivial matters. You have to be careful with every stroke and painting. If you choose the wrong name, you will suffer."

Cui Yuan raised his sleeves to hide his drink, he had a different opinion about these words.

"Shang Shuling is right. It's about the fate of children and grandchildren. It's not a trivial matter. But Cui feels that the name is wrong for a while, and he can change it later if he thinks it's inappropriate."

Geng Qing then put down the cup and said with a smile: "But the children and grandchildren will complain, don't you think so? Cui Shilang."

Over there, Cui Yuan followed suit with a smile, his eyes were a little anxious, what the two said seemed to have nothing to do with each other, but in fact they were all using metaphors to compare, no wonder this Shang Shuling stood upright for four dynasties, these words collided, it was really tight.

Right now, some words are at a loss, so I had to laugh a few times, and I decided to explain directly in the future.

"Shang Shuling naturally knows that it is not a trivial matter that concerns children and grandchildren, so why do you help a big thief? You and I are both old ministers in the court. What kind of grievances Shang Shuling had with the late emperor back then should not fall on His Majesty today. He is still a child. In the future It may not be impossible, and the Tang Dynasty may not be impossible."

"Then Geng said it directly."

Geng Qing saw that he was speaking bluntly, and did not hide it, took the drink and served it to Cui Yuanman.

"Every town in the world has long disrespected the king. Now His Majesty Thirteen, how many years will it take to revive the Tang Dynasty? In these many years, can he become a Mingjun? Even if he is not a Mingjun, he can be a tyrant. Cui Shilang thinks that the two Is there any hope for today? My whole family votes for him, what will I get in return in the future? If I am not careful, it will be a situation where the whole family will die."

"Shang Shuling, you and I are courtiers, how can you use the words of merchants?"

"Okay, there's no need to talk about businessmen." Geng Qing drank the wine in one gulp, rolled up his sleeves and refilled a glass, and spoke neatly: "The king of Liang has 26 troops, and Luoyang alone has 8. What are you fighting for? My [-] cavalry might attack the city? The royal palace has [-] armored soldiers, and your nursing home may be close? The imperial city has [-] soldiers, and you can get one or two? The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty mostly followed Liang Wang, and you are the only ones. The old minister yells nonsense every day, can he curse the king of Liang to death? The right time, the right place, and the right people don’t take advantage of it, and death is not like this!”

"Farewell!"

After finishing speaking in one breath, he drank the full cup with his head up, threw it on the table, and jingled a few times when it touched the plate. Geng Qing got up and flicked the sleeve of his robe, carried it behind him, and went straight to the stairs.

At the same time, the voice also came from here.

"The best way is to find what you like, build a good relationship, and wait for the right time, instead of getting caught in the net and struggling indiscriminately!"

The empty wine glass was still shaking slightly on the table.

Cui Yuan held up his cup and sighed. He also knew what Geng Qing said just now, but King Liang's power became stronger and stronger, so he was afraid that there would be no time for them to struggle.

"Heaven is dead and I am in Tang Dynasty." '

However, not long after, a piece of news suddenly broke the tranquility of Luoyang. When he heard the news, Geng Qing was hugging Mrs. Zhang and Zhu Wen in Liang Wang's mansion, talking and laughing.

While talking about the war in Hebei, when Xie Tong returned to the imperial court, Niu Cunjie quickly came in holding a sealed letter and handed it to Zhu Wen.

He unfolded the letter paper, quickly read the content on it, his beard and hair stood up one by one in an instant, he slapped the letter paper on the wine table with his palm, and Wang's beautiful face, who was lying on him, stood up pale in fright.

"Brother, what's wrong?"

"look by youself."

Geng Qing pushed away the plump Mrs. Zhang, and brought over the information, which was about military affairs.

A familiar name fell into his eyes.

On July [-], the Jin army went south to Luzhou, and Jin general Li Cunxiao took the vanguard to attack Zezhou!
At the same time, the two armies of Li Keyong and Li Cunmao moved from Luzhou to the south, followed Li Cunxiao at the fastest speed, rushed straight to Zezhou, and approached the Yellow River.

(End of this chapter)