Tiantang

Chapter 66
Chapter 072

Hearing steady and powerful footsteps coming from the corridor outside the door, An Qingxu raised his eyebrows, knowing that it was Zhang Xuan who had come.

There are more than a dozen private rooms on the second floor of Juxiang Pavilion, but he, the son of the Jiedu Envoy of the Three Towns, is here to entertain guests. In fact, the boss of Juxiang Pavilion does not dare to do business in other private rooms, for fear of disturbing An Qingxu was dissatisfied with the loss of distinguished guests.

An Lushan father and son are very powerful, especially among the people.In a sense, merchants and common people are more afraid of warlords like An Lushan, who have hundreds of thousands of armored warlords.These people, relying on their military power, will draw their swords against each other if they don't come, and almost no one dares to provoke them.

An Qingxu regained his composure, got up and opened the door on his own initiative, and raised his eyes to meet Zhang Xuan's clear eyes.

The two stared at each other for a moment, An Qingxu lowered his body and smiled slightly, and let the guests pass by with bare hands, "Mr. Zhang, please, An has been waiting for a long time."

Zhang Xuan also smiled, and bowed his hands in salute, "With General Lao An to welcome you, how dare Zhang Xuan act?"

"Mr. Zhang, please sit down. A certain family has heard that Xiang Yang has recommended his son to the emperor and the court for the post of doctor of the Ministry of Rites... Mr. Zhang came from a famous family and is a celebrity in Chang'an. He holds an important position at an age that is not weak enough. With Yang Xiang's support, he has a bright future , is really a matter of joy and congratulations.”

Zhang Xuan smiled and said nothing.At this moment, he wished that An Qingxu could misunderstand him—it would be the best if An Qingxu could regard him as Yang Guozhong's close confidant, only in this way could he form a certain "deterrence" against Anlu Mountain far away in Fanyang.

Seeing Zhang Xuan acquiescing, An Qingxu's heart tightened even more.

In the past few days, he has learned about Zhang Xuan's "social relations" in detail, and found that he has close contacts with the Yang family, especially Mrs. Guo Guo's mother and son. Various signs indicate that Zhang Xuan must be the best friend of the Yang family.This means that Zhang Xuan is appreciated by the imperial concubine and the emperor, and it has become a matter of course.

And his words and deeds must have been inspired by Yang Guozhong—then, Zhang Xuan's "knocking the mountain and shaking the tiger" that day had a different flavor.

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"Young master has learned a lot, and is favored by Prime Minister Yang. It can be said that he is going straight to the top of the sky... Please drink!" An Qingxu figured out the joints, and suddenly became a little absent-minded about today's banquet, and there was something in the words It means to deal with it at will.

Zhang Xuan was well aware of An Qingxu's state of mind, but it was impossible for him to tell the truth, sitting there with a calm smile on his face, chatting with An Qingxu about some unnutritious gossip.

Then they drank a few cups with each other, An Qingxu wanted to see off the guests, and Zhang Xuan didn't want to get entangled with An Qingxu anymore, so they "hit it off", bid each other goodbye seemingly enthusiastically, and made an appointment to meet later.

Zhang Xuan was sitting in the carriage, picking up the curtains, casually browsing the bustling Chang'an street scene, and was slowly sorting out his slightly messy thoughts, when suddenly the carriage stopped abruptly and pulled over.

Zhang Xuan frowned, and was about to ask Zhang Zhang what was going on, when he heard the sound of horse hoofs behind him, he poked his head out, trying not to wait for him to see clearly, the three fast horses were wrapped in a gust of wind, Speeding towards the direction of the imperial city, he could only faintly see three soldiers who were busy in the world.A cloud of smoke and dust was raised, causing merchants and passers-by who were avoiding by the roadside to curse endlessly.

Zhang Xuan's heart skipped a beat, could it be that the border has changed?

But according to the historical process, in the past few years, the border of the Tang Dynasty has been very peaceful and there should be no war disturbances...

Zhang Xuan frowned, and greeted Zhang Li who was driving the car with his head, "Li Zhang, speed up, and hurry back to the house."

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Ge Shuhan, the Hexi Jiedu envoy who had just taken up his new post, rushed to send a secret report at [-] miles away. When he arrived in Chang'an, he "divided his troops into two groups", went all the way to Yang Guozhong's mansion, and then went straight to the imperial city.

As the new central prime minister of the Tang court, Yang Guozhong learned "very well" from Li Linfu, and he is also used to working at home, turning the well-behaved Yang mansion into a "second small court". The central point where the administration of the feudal towns and Daozhou converge is the Yang Mansion.

Only for some particularly important matters, Yang Guozhong would selectively enter the palace to report to the emperor, and other general matters, he, the executive prime minister, dealt with them together.

However, the Jiedu envoys of the world's feudal towns, especially some important feudal towns, have the authority to directly report to the emperor.Therefore, Ge Shuhan's secret report was passed into the palace at the same time.

Li Longji should have gotten the news earlier than Yang Guozhong.

Gao Lishi carefully took out the secret report from the well-sealed metal box, and presented it directly to Li Longji.Li Longji glanced hastily, and an elusive smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

He raised the secret report in his hand to Gao Lishi, "I really let you, an old man, be sure. This Absi really killed the Huihe Khan in the west, wiped out thousands of Huihe people, and took the ancients with him. The human heads, cattle, sheep, etc. were returned to the Tang Dynasty. Now they have entered the outskirts of Liangzhou and are waiting for my disposal."

In fact, Li Longji already knew about the matter of Albus.Whether it is Yuzhen or Gao Lishi, they have recently said a lot of good things for Albus from the sidelines.Today, Ge Shuhan's secret report is nothing more than turning the "pleading" of Gao Lishi and Princess Yuzhen into reality.

Gao Lishi was overjoyed.Naturally, he took people's money to eliminate disasters for others. He accepted a gift worth tens of thousands of gold from Albus and his son, and also received a private entrustment from Yuzhen.

"Everyone, this rebellion of Absi came out of helplessness, and most of it was the result of An Lushan's persecution. Now that he has cut his own back and swore to return to Tang, his sincerity is obvious." Gao Lishi tentatively said softly, seeing that Li Longji's face remained unchanged. , then laughed again, "The people under Albus..."

Before Gao Lishi finished speaking, Li Longji waved his hands lightly and said, "Let's see how Yang Guozhong will deal with it."

Gao Lishi smiled softly, "Everyone, if the old slave guessed correctly, Yang Guozhong will definitely suppress Ge Shuhan's secret report..."

Li Longji raised his eyebrows, "That's all. Lishi, pass my oral order to Yang Guozhong, pardon all the people under Abus, and place them on the front line of Liangzhou, under the control of Ge Shuhan. Order Abus and his son to come to Beijing to plead guilty, and I will deal with it personally. "

"Here." Gao Lishi took the order, and was about to go out to order his little eunuch to pass on the emperor's oral order to Yang Guozhong, but Li Longji asked indifferently, "Lishi, did Yang Guozhong call that Zhang Xuan into the mansion?"

Yang Guozhong personally recommended Zhang Xuan as the doctor of the Ministry of Rites, and his intention to win over and bring him back to his disciples was obvious.This kind of great favor, of course, is to call Zhang Xuan in person, point it out in person, and hit it off.And Li Longji's previous "exploration" and "hint" was to vaccinate Zhang Xuan in advance.

Without any hesitation, Gao Lishi smiled respectfully, "Not yet. Everyone, do you want the old servant to send someone to Zhang's house to beat Zhang Xuan again?"

Li Longji was stunned, and then laughed dumbly, "Forget it, there is no need to do anything extra. By the way, old man, is there any movement in the East Palace recently?"

Gao Lishi sighed softly in his heart, but said respectfully and indifferently, "As for everyone, His Royal Highness studies behind closed doors all day and rarely leaves the palace, but the Crown Princess occasionally visits relatives."

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