Horse on the World

Chapter 585 The Final Arrangement
When the lights came on, Li Qing came back drunk, the Duke of the State was about to leave, he felt unbearably sad, and he was so depressed that he couldn't drink, but Li Huaiyuan was in high spirits, pouring wine for him again and again, and the wine brought into the room was huge Part of it entered Li Qing's stomach.When Jiang Kui and others carried Li Qing out of the room, Li Huaiyuan's eyes sparkled, and he couldn't help laughing when he heard Li Qing yelling in a daze that he would come back tomorrow to conspire with grandpa to get drunk.

Li Sizhi, Li Tuizhi, and Li Muzhi entered the room and waited quietly in front of Li Huaiyuan's bed.

Li Huaiyuan stared at the faces of the three of them for a while, and said, "After I die, Li Qing will take over as the patriarch of the Li clan. Do you have any objection?"

"No!" The three said in unison.

Li Huaiyuan nodded and looked at Li Sizhi, "Boss, the theory is that you should take over the position of patriarch, but I handed it down to Li Qing from generation to generation. You have complaints in your heart. There are only you and my father and son in the room today. You might as well speak up!"

Li Sizhi smiled and said: "Father, if Qing'er does not have the achievements today, then I definitely disagree, but today Qing'er is already full-fledged, with him leading us, Li's family will definitely become a dragon, and I will at least be in the future." A prince is thousands of times stronger than living in Yizhou, why should I not want to?"

Li Huaiyuan looked at Li Muzhi, "Qing'er is your son, you, I, want to listen to your son in the future, do you have complaints in your heart?"

Li Muzhi lowered his head, "I dare not disobey my father's orders!"

"Well, there's no need to talk about retreating. Qing'er was discovered and supported by him. The three of you brothers are here today. Remember it for me. When Li Qing is in command of the whole family, it will be against the law. Whose fate hinders my Li family's great cause, the whole family will attack it!" Li Huaiyuan shouted sternly.

The three of them knelt down on the ground together, and Li Sizhi raised his head, "I would like to follow the orders of my lord father, the emperor and the empress, and I will enshrine Li Qing as the patriarch of the Li clan for the rest of my life. The arrow pierces the heart, and after death, it is not allowed to enter the clan cemetery. It will always be cast aside by descendants of the Li family!"

Li Tuizhi and Li Muzhi swore a heavy oath following Li Sizhi.

Li Huaiyuan smiled with satisfaction, "Don't blame me for forcing you. If you unite, you will gather together, and if you divide, you will disperse. You are all elders of Li Qing. If you can't follow Li Qing's order, someone will follow suit." In other words, Li Qing has no shortage of methods against the enemy, but he is very soft-hearted towards his own people. I have to be on the safe side."

"Father, don't worry, we will help Qing'er wholeheartedly!" Li Sizhi said loudly.

Li Huaiyuan gasped for a moment, and said: "You all get up, Qing'er is very drunk today, who is in charge of his subordinates?"

"It's the one-armed general Guan Xinglong!" Li Sizhi said.

"General Guan, please come and see me!" Li Huaiyuan said.

Guan Xinglong was invited into Li Huaiyuan's bedroom full of doubts. He really couldn't figure out why the dying Lord Li Laoguo wanted to see him, and he refused to go, but Li Guogong was famous, and he really wanted to see him. Now Li Qing He was too drunk, and he really couldn't find anyone to pay attention to him. He discussed with Jiang Kui and Wang Yan. Can I eat you?"

"Hengdao immediately, I am the only general, General Guan. I have heard of General Guan's name for a long time. When I saw him today, he really is a tough man!" Li Huaiyuan praised.

Looking at the withered and sickly little old man in front of him, it was really hard for Guan Xinglong to connect him with Li Huaiyuan, the military god of the great Chu generation, the Duke of Anguo who was famous throughout the great Chu. Seeing Guan Xinglong's appearance, Li Huaiyuan smiled, "Why, you are disappointed to see me. Is it difficult to live up to the fame?"

Guan Xinglong stroked his chest with his right hand, and bent down to salute, "You are a late student, Guan Xinglong, a boy from Dingzhou, has met the Duke of the State. The Lord of the Kingdom is a role model for my generation of great Chu soldiers. It is really lucky for Guan Xinglong to meet him today."

"Hehehe!" Li Huaiyuan laughed and said, "Unexpectedly, General Guan fought well and spoke well! Do you know what I want from you today?"

Guan Xinglong's expression froze, and he said: "I don't know, I will respectfully wait for the order from the Lord!"

"Your Hengdao Battalion will immediately enter Yizhou City and take over the defense of all the city defenses and vital parts of Yizhou City!" Li Huaiyuan's light words surprised Guan Xinglong. "My lord, this, this..."

Li Huaiyuan ignored him and turned to Li Sizhi, "Sizhi, our city defense battalion must unconditionally switch defenses with the Hengdao battalion and withdraw from the city, understand?"

Li Sizhi stood up and said, "Yes, father, I understand!"

"But Lord Guo, I have to ask the Commander for instructions on this matter!" Guan Xinglong said anxiously.

Li Huaiyuan shook his head lazily, "Forget it, I will do it for him and give him an order. Now he is still drunk, but I don't know if I will live until tomorrow? You are a smart person, you know me Letting you take over Yizhou City means that if I die, there will be no trouble in Yizhou City, and your Marshal will immediately take over the position of Li Clan Chief after my death!"

Guan Xinglong took a deep breath, "I understand, thank you, Duke."

Sure enough, the sound of the drum could not help beating heavily, Li Huaiyuan smiled, Li Qing's subordinates are full of talents, but most of these talents are concentrated in the army, and the cultural and political aspects seem to be too weak, this is the beginning of Li Qing's rise, the form Because it was too sinister, at that time, it was a typical knife talk, but after the Li clan was fully integrated into Dingzhou, Wenzhi would be improved to a certain extent.Hundreds of years of accumulation of the Li clan has accumulated a lot of talents.

"Sizhi, you three brothers are all going down, I still have a few words to say to General Guan!" Li Huaiyuan waved his hand.

The three Li Sizhi brothers looked at each other in astonishment, stood up, bowed and left the room.

"General Guan, sit next to me!" Li Huaiyuan whispered.

"Don't dare!" Guan Xinglong said a few steps closer.

Li Huaiyuan didn't force him, "Once Qing'er escapes from Shenzhou, the first order will be to you, and you will be dispatched from a long distance away. It can be seen that Qing'er has a lot of trust in you, and takes you seriously!"

"The Marshal's trust and kindness will eventually be smashed to pieces, and it will be difficult to repay him!" Guan Xinglong said solemnly.

"Very well, since Qing'er trusts you so much, I can also trust you unconditionally." Li Huaiyuan said, "But do you really do it for Qing'er, regardless of reputation, gain or loss? Would you be willing to die for Qing'er? ruin it?"

Guan Xinglong didn't know what kind of medicine Li Huaiyuan sold in his gourd, but he still replied solemnly: "Of course the general can!"

"Very good!" Li Huaiyuan reached out and took out several envelopes from under the pillow, "This is my last order."

Guan Xinglong opened his eyes wide and took a step back, "Grandpa, I am the commander's soldier, please forgive me for not being able to accept your order, please forgive me!"

Li Huaiyuan smiled, arranged several envelopes on the edge of the bed one by one, and said to Guan Xinglong with great interest: "I see that you are very different from ordinary generals, so I would like to test you. Tell me, what is so fatal about your general?" weakness?"

Guan Xinglong remained silent.

"Okay, I know you're in a difficult situation, and I won't force you. Let me tell you for you. Your commander-in-chief is too soft-hearted. The several orders in my letter are to help him solve possible problems in the future."

"Three of these letters are aimed at my three sons, and they all have their names written on them. If any of them dares to do something disrespectful to Li's great cause and Qing'er, you can follow my order in this letter, Kill him."

Guan Xinglong's eyes widened suddenly, "Master Guo, you should be my boss!"

Li Huaiyuan shook his head, "As I said, your commander-in-chief is too soft-hearted, and he is a junior, how can you let him do this. If it really happened, would you dare to share your master's worries?" Li Huaiyuan was serious. He said: "Besides, after doing this, you will inevitably attract resentment from the Li clan. Do you dare to bear all this behind you? If you don't dare, I will immediately burn these letters and pretend that I didn't say anything."

Guan Xinglong was sweating profusely, and if Li Qing's great career is successful, these people are all royal family, at least they are all princes, how dare you?Seeing Li Huaiyuan's squinted eyes, Guan Xinglong gritted his teeth, took a step forward, and put away three of the envelopes, "The general is willing to bear a bad name for his master!"

"Good!" Li Huaiyuan praised.

"This letter is even more important. If you accept it, if you did it then, I'm afraid even Li Qing will hold grudges against you. Are you willing to accept it?" Li Huaiyuan asked.

Guan Xinglong understood that Li Qing had something against him, and that was Qingfeng.The things in Li Huaiyuan's letter must be aimed at Qingfeng.

"If Qingfeng goes away before Li Qing, this is a piece of waste paper. If Li Qing goes away before Qingfeng, and he doesn't want Qingfeng to go with him, then you take the order in this letter and give Qingfeng death. If Li Qing becomes the founding emperor, and he makes Anmin the crown prince, Qingfeng must die at this time. If Li Qing is unwilling, you can hand over this order to Li Qing. Hehe, at that time, maybe I will definitely be killed If I posthumously confer the title of emperor, then my will still have some binding force on Mr. Li Qing."

Guan Xinglong's hand trembled violently, he stretched it out several times, but then retracted it again. After repeating it three times, he finally picked up the letter.

"Okay, okay, it's his luck that Li Qing got his minister like this! Go ahead and set up Hengdao Battalion to take over Yizhou City. Next, I'm afraid you are still busy. I'm tired and going to bed. You can go." !” Li Huaiyuan waved his hand.

Guan Xinglong knelt on the ground respectfully, kowtowed a few times, and left the room.

In the early hours of the morning, Li Qing woke up from a hangover, only feeling a terrible headache, and worried about his grandfather's safety, so he got up early to go to visit him, but just as he was leaving the door, he saw Guan Xinglong standing there with his body on his back. His clothes were wet, his hair was covered with a thin layer of frost, and his lips were blue from the cold. It was obvious that he had been waiting here for a long time, so he couldn't help being surprised, "What happened?"

Guan Xinglong said in a low voice: "Marshal, the Duke summoned me after you were drunk yesterday!"

"Oh?"

"Grandpa ordered my Hengdao Battalion to fully take over Yizhou City Defense last night, and the original Yizhou City Defense Battalion has now left the city!"

Li Qing was startled at first, and immediately understood his grandpa's painstaking efforts, "It's hard for the old man."

"But, the Duke also gave me several other orders!" Guan Xinglong took out several envelopes from his pocket and handed them to Li Qing.

Li Qing didn't answer, and said in silence for a moment: "But it has something to do with my elders?"

"There is another letter related to Director Qingfeng!" Guan Xinglong said.

Li Qing lowered his head, took several deep breaths, and said slowly: "You take it, I don't know anything!"

(End of this chapter)