Horse on the World

Chapter 350 The Mysterious Guest

Sending Xiao Haotian away, Li Qing sat quietly in the study for a while, thinking of Xiao Haoran's argument that there are only two or three heroes in the world, he couldn't help but laugh a little. There is something particularly happy about Xiao Haoran's argument, just like Liu Bei in the Three Kingdoms, after hearing Cao Cao's words, even the wine glass was scared away. Li Qing, who wanted to keep a low profile, was quite surprised by being so valued. accurate.Being valued by others means that others will be more wary of you, which means that you will never have the chance to fish in troubled waters.The ensuing battle in the Central Plains was more complicated and arduous than the Battle of Pingman.

Back in the inner courtyard, I saw that Qingcheng was crying. Since that night in Bayan Hara, the relationship between Li Qing and Qingcheng has become much closer. Seeing that Qingcheng was crying sadly, Li Qing walked over curiously. Seeing Li Qing's eyes on her, Gong E hurried forward and whispered: "My son-in-law, it was the father-in-law from the palace who brought a letter to the princess. After reading it, the princess became like this. It has been quite a while. !"

Li Qing frowned, walked to the table and sat down, picked up the letter soaked in Qingcheng's tears, and read it at a glance.Zhaoqing Emperor Li Qing had never seen him before, but he was probably only a ten-year-old child, a child from a normal family, this age was just the time to act coquettishly and foolishly in front of his parents, yet he wanted to wear a dragon robe and sit It must be very boring to pretend to be dignified and puppet on the dragon chair.The letter was very long, with several pages. Li Qing read two pages and burst out laughing.

It doesn't matter that this smile immediately aroused Qingcheng's glaring glare.

Li Qing shook the letter paper and said with a smile: "Qingcheng, how old is your nephew this year?"

Qingcheng glared and said: "Husband, he is not very old, but he is the emperor of Great Chu."

Li Qing said with a smile: "Okay, okay, then our emperor is only about ten years old this year, do you think he can really write this family letter full of emotion, quotes, and tears?"

"what do you mean?"

"I mean, this letter was probably figured out by that learned man in the court who stayed up all night, and then asked you, the emperor's nephew, to copy it. Judging from your sadness, the man who caught the knife People are really talented! If there is a chance in the future, I must meet them!" Li Qing said with a smile.

Qingcheng raised her head in confusion and looked at Li Qing.

Li Qing put down the letter paper and said: "Xiao Haotian is here too, do you know what he is doing here?"

Qingcheng stood up abruptly, strode to pick up the knife hanging on the wall, startled Li Qing, grabbed her, "What do you want to do?"

"I see one of the Xiao family, I will kill one!" Qingcheng glared angrily.

Li Qing snatched the knife from her hand and said, "Nonsense, can he kill if he wants to? You don't even think about it, why is there such a letter from home for you? This is to remind you that sitting here now Your family is still on the emperor's seat, and the current emperor is still your nephew, this is to remind you that the purpose of Xiao Haotian's visit here requires your great assistance to keep your nephew safe."

Suddenly, Qingcheng couldn't help but slumped down. Now that the Xiao family controls the center, is it difficult to create another incident of the emperor's sudden death?Thinking of my nephew being in the den of tigers and wolves, I couldn't help crying again.

"What does the Xiao family want to do?"

"They want to form an alliance with me to deal with King Ning!"

"You promised?"

"Why don't you agree, the Xiao family will give me Bingzhou." Li Qing said casually, playing with Qingcheng's waist knife.

"Bingzhou?" Qingcheng said in surprise, "Will the Xiao family pay such a high price?"

Li Qing said with a smile: "What's so strange, Xiao Haoran just feels that he can't let go of the child and can't be a wolf. In his opinion, Bingzhou just let me run it for two years temporarily, and when he defeats King Ning, he will turn around. , are you still afraid that I won't obediently obey?"

"Are you so obedient?" Qingcheng laughed suddenly.

"Let's wait and see!" Li Qing also laughed, "Oh, by the way, I'll have dinner at your place tonight, and I have to go out to meet a very important person after dinner."

Although the two are husband and wife, the days when they can really sit together and have a meal are few and far between. Hearing what Li Qing said, Qingcheng felt a little joy, and while ordering his servants to do it quickly, Said: "Where do you go to meet people? If you are so mysterious, you can recruit him to the Marshal's Mansion."

Li Qing shook his head, "This person is one of the envoys who came to Dingzhou with Xiao Haotian this time, he is the nail planted by Qingfeng in the early years, and now he has developed well in the Xiao family's forces, I want to know some things from him. But he can't meet me openly."

As soon as he heard the word Qingfeng, Qingcheng's face darkened, and he said angrily: "So I'm going to the Investigation Department, where can you go for dinner? Director Qingfeng must be very happy, but I'm not prepared here!"

Looking at Qingcheng's calm and pretty face, Li Qing stuck out his nose and sniffed around the room. Seeing Li Qing's strange appearance, Qingcheng said angrily: "What are you doing? Could it be that my room still smells strange?"

"There is no strange smell, but there is a sour smell, sour!" Li Qing teased.

Qingcheng blushed all of a sudden, "What sour smell, do you mean I'm jealous? Does Qingfeng have the right to make me jealous?"

Li Qing pouted and said: "Okay, stop making trouble, let them bring the food quickly, I'm really a little hungry, besides, this is a big deal, this person probably knows something about your brother's death at that time .”

Qingcheng's expression also became serious, and while ordering the subordinates to deliver the food quickly, he asked: "Who is this person? To know about such an important event, his status in Xiao's side should not be low?"

Li Qing nodded, "Three years ago, when it happened to be the year of the Great Chu Dabi, Qingfeng arranged for this person to participate in the imperial examination. Through a series of operations, he completely erased all his connections with Dingzhou and the Li family. Over the years, this person deliberately got close to the Xiao family, and slowly gained the other party's trust. Although it is not yet entrusted with a heavy responsibility, and his rank in the court is not high, but he holds real power in his hands. He is the most powerful of us among the Xiao family. You said, this person came to Dingzhou with Xiao Haotian by chance, and Qingfeng tried his best to arrange for him to meet me, and set up several games before he had the chance to come out alone. Can you not go?"

Li Qing said it easily, but Qingcheng was moved when he heard it. For Qingfeng, she understood a little more. Chen Gong from Luzhou actually let the nail go into Xiao's core this time.The vigilance against Qingfeng has been raised by another level.

Li Qing didn't expect that these words would have such an effect. While eating, he said to Qingcheng who was pouring wine for him: "Qingcheng, I want to ask you for someone, what do you mean?"

Handing the wine glass to Li Qing, Qingcheng also filled a glass for himself, took a sip, and said casually: "Who do you want, do you want Qin Ming? Qu Cai, it’s just right to go down and lead troops.”

Li Qing smiled and said: "I know that Qin Ming is talented, but now Dingzhou will not only not expand its army, but will also reduce some of its troops. Qin Ming has no place for a while, and when we are ready to attack, I will definitely ask you for him." Yes, this time I want another slave!"

"Another one?" Qingcheng put a chopstick of bean sprouts to his mouth, and looked at him in astonishment.

"I mean Yan Nanfei!" Li Qing smiled.

In Dingzhou City, not far from the official post, there is a very good restaurant. In an elegant seat on the second floor, Xie Ke is sitting in a corner by the window, drinking alone. Seeing any position in the room clearly, if there is danger, he can jump out of the window at the first time, passed the Jinshi examination, and became a civil servant. I don't dare to pull it down, maybe it will be used anytime.Through the crack of the window, he could occasionally see people wearing the costumes of the Statistics and Investigation Department passing by. He was very envious that these people could walk under the sun in an upright manner, while himself, who seemed to be beautiful, was always tense Tightly, he couldn't even relax while sleeping, for fear that he would say something in his dream that shouldn't be said, he knew that there were Xiao's spies in his house.The bigger the official is, the more power he has in his hands, Xie Ke knows that his weight in Dingzhou will be heavier, and it will be harder for him to leave this side early and return to the brothers of the Dingzhou Investigation Department. This is the price Bar!Although every step is thorny, Xie Ke is very proud. He may be the most outstanding nail in the Statistics and Investigation Department.

There was a light ding sound from the wall on one side of the private seat, and Xie Ke sat up straight immediately. After waiting for a while, there was another ding sound, and then a small door suddenly opened on the wall, and two people in cloaks He bent over and walked in.Lifting the cloak, Xie Ke's eyes widened, and he jumped up: "Marshal, Director!"

Today he got a secret letter asking him to come here to meet someone, but he never expected that it would be Dashuai Li and Director Qingfeng himself.

Li Qing smiled and grabbed Xie Ke's body that was about to kneel down, patted his shoulder, and said, "Thank you for your hard work!"

It was this simple sentence that brought tears to Xie Ke's eyes, and felt that with this sentence, everything was worth it.

"The Marshal rescued me from the fire and water, and gave me a new life and a new destiny. Xie Ke will go through fire and water for the Marshal!"

"Okay, very good!" Li Qing said: "Come on, sit down, it's not easy for you to come out, let's hurry up and get down to business!"

"What does the commander-in-chief want to know?" Xie Ke asked.

"I want to know the details of the changes in the palace that day?" Li Qing said.

Xie Ke calmed down, sorted out his thoughts, tried his best to recall every detail at that time, and told Li Qing and Qingfeng in detail. After half an hour, he finally finished.

"You mean that when you entered the palace, Emperor Tianqi had retreated into the inner palace and set fire to the palace?" Li Qing asked.

"That is to say, you didn't see the scene where Emperor Tianqi was actually killed?"

"At that time, the fire was too big to go in. After we went to put out the fire, we found several corpses. Although they were burnt black and couldn't be identified, one of them was wearing a gold crown, and on the finger bones was the Emperor Tianqi's Coiling Dragon Ring. , the queen has also carefully identified that it is undoubtedly the apocalypse." Xie Ke said.

Li Qing nodded, "In this case, Emperor Qi should be dead that day."

Qingfeng wondered: "General, this matter has already been settled, do you still doubt that Tianqi is not dead? With Xiao Haoran's shrewdness, how could he make such a mistake?"

Li Qing took a deep breath, "I've seen Tianqi several times, and I feel that this person shouldn't be such a fool. How could he be unaware of this coup? It's just a little strange, since Xie Ke said so , the queen also admitted, it must be my overthinking."

(End of this chapter)