Fu Tang

Li Congjia asked in surprise, "What?"

Zhu Yuan choked up and said, "I just heard the news from the scouts that Zhou's army has arrived at the city of Nanchang!"

Li Congjia:! ! ! ! !

The Zichen Palace was completely quiet, and almost everyone was in shock and couldn't recover. After a long while, Li Congjia said in disbelief: "How is it possible?"

That's right, it's impossible. Li Congjia remembers very clearly that there are still more than ten years before the end of the Southern Tang Dynasty. Isn't Zhou Jun fighting against Khitan now?How could he go to fight Nantang?

Zhou Zong asked: "How is Nanchang now?"

Zhu Yuan shook his head and said, "I'm afraid it's hard to support."

Before Zhou Zong could say the next sentence, he rolled his eyes and fell backwards.

Li Ping beside Zhou Zong hurriedly caught him, and at this moment Zhou Ye couldn't help but run over and shouted in a choked voice, "Daddy, Daddy!"

Li Congjia looked up and found that everyone in the hall except Li Ping and Zhu Yuan had pale faces, as if they were about to faint at any time, but this is normal, after all, everyone's family members are in Nantang, although not necessarily in Nanchang, But Nanchang, the capital of the country, is about to be taken by Zhou Jun, so if their family members can't do it together, I'm afraid it will be over!

In these turbulent years, even the aristocratic family can hardly survive alone.

Li Congjia was thinking about whether he should also faint, after all his parents, mother and brothers were all there.

At this time, Li Ping said quickly, "Nantang is at stake now, so please make a decision early!"

Now, except for Zhou Zong who fainted, everyone looked at Li Congjia eagerly.

Li Congjia... Li Congjia now has two big heads on one head!He wanted to save it, but it was thousands of miles away, how could he save it?

However, now he can only make up his mind, he thought for a while and said: "Zhou Guo claims to be orthodox, even if he breaks Nanchang, he will never massacre, and it is not a matter of a day or two for the Zhou army to attack Nanchang. My father can't do anything when he sees something, so he will definitely make preparations early, and everyone's family should be able to hear the news, so at this time, the most important thing for us is to contact there first."

Li Congjia looked at Tian Wen while talking, and Tian Wen immediately stood up and said: "Zhou Jun was indeed cruel at first, but later as the territory increased, he gradually restrained himself a lot. Your family is not small, even if it is Guo Rong. Also give three points of courtesy."

Li Congjia immediately said: "That's it. Let's contact and work out a charter first. Chunsheng, you find someone to send Shoufu home first, and then find a doctor to go for treatment. Zhou Ye, you stay here."

Zhou Zong lay down, and the representative of the Zhou family here was Zhou Ye, so he couldn't leave.

Zhou Ye also understood this truth, wiped away his tears, and stood beside Li Congjia with red eyes.

Li Congjia then said: "To be honest, I need to send someone to pick up my father and mother. It's just that it's hard to leave your homeland, and if there are too many people and the goal is big, I'm afraid it will not be easy. Come here, but you can't leave it alone, let's work together to find a way out."

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay. To be honest, even the oldest Zhou Zong who came here now could only talk in the family, but he could not be regarded as the patriarch, let alone the other few people who were younger. Han Xizai and Song Qi Both Qiu and Xu Xuan sent their sons to save a way out, but they can't be the masters of the family!

According to them, life in the Western Regions is still good, and the future is bright. The production of jade horses here is something that is relatively lacking in the Central Plains. They have already made a lot of money doing business with the Northern Han Dynasty. There is nothing wrong with being ambitious.

However, even if they say something, the family members will probably think that the Western Regions are a place of wind and sand, and as long as Zhou Jun doesn't overdo it, they will stay if they suffer a bit.

Li Congjia observed it for a while, and he had a good idea, and said decisively: "It's hard to make up your mind right now, everyone should find a way to contact your family first, Yang Xin, I will choose some elite soldiers, and you go organize a caravan to Nanchang Find a way to find the saint lady, and after finding it, arrange it properly, and if it is really urgent, bring them back, no other idlers are needed!"

Yang Xin took the order to come out immediately, and everyone realized at this time, yes, if you don't want Zhou Guo to know their existence, then pick them up under the guise of a caravan.

Xu Liang and Song Huaijie were going to fix the books for the family right away, and no matter what the situation was, they would send someone over, and they couldn't be juniors anymore!

Seeing that Zhou Zong is in power, and even Li Ping, Zhu Yuan and Tian Wen are being reused, the younger generation can only make soy sauce by the side, it's no wonder they are not in a hurry!The earlier you join, the more benefits you will share in the future!

By the way, Li Congjia sent someone to inform Han Yu, who was still in Suzhou, and Han Yu also thought the same, and wrote to ask for help!

Although he is now the most important among the newcomers and able to get in touch with the core secrets, but he has been away from the court for a long time, which has blocked his eyes and ears, which is not a good sign!

After Li Congjia made all the arrangements, he went to the Zhou Mansion to see Zhou Zong in person. After hearing what the doctor said, Li Congjia finally understood that Zhou Zong was suffering from overwork, and Hearing the bad news suddenly, he didn't recover for a while and fainted. Now the doctor has prescribed medicine, as long as he takes the medicine on time, there will be no problem.

Li Congjia felt much more at ease now. Zhou Zong must not fall down now. After all, one of them counts as one. They are all newbies. Li Congjia will not talk about it. Let him monopolize the power. When Zhou Zong woke up, he would be so angry that he would faint again.

As for the others, Li Congjia felt that they were younger than himself!

I miss Shi Xueting, the monk is not here, and Zhou Zong has put down his picks when such a big incident happened, Li Congjia always feels that he is not at ease, even if he has come up with a solution, but he is always worried that this solution is not good enough, not enough Perfect, but now...he is the only one who can come up with such a way.

Zhou Zong woke up the next day, but even though he woke up, he was still weak. No matter how unreasonable Li Congjia was, it was impossible for him to abuse an old man and let him go to work with an illness. With a wave, he directly gave Zhou Zong an indefinite vacation, and told him to come back after recovering from his illness—the kind with pay.

Li Congjia turned around and forced himself to deal with all the previous problems. Once again, he felt that there was no difference between whether he had a cabinet or not. The real chief minister of the cabinet was lying down and the second minister could work. Here... the first assistant is lying down, so the city lord can only fight in person, and the original Zaizhi... is still fighting a hundred miles away!

Li Congjia had a rare taste of monopolizing power, but if he could, he really didn't want it.

Perhaps a monarch with a strong desire for control and confidence in himself will like this feeling of being in control of the power and following the law. However, Li Congjia is always worried that if he makes a wrong decision, he will drag the entire Anning City into the abyss. In the final analysis, their current foundation is still too shallow .

Half a month later, news about the south finally came one after another.

Just as Li Congjia expected, when Li Jing saw something bad happened, he straightened up and drove away, and started to walk northwest. Most of the ministers of the court and China followed him, but it was not easy along the way. Those who died of illness on the way, in the end the only capable people beside Li Jing were Han Xizai, Song Qiqiu and Xu Xuan.

But Li Congjia's brothers and sisters were all brought out, oh, there is one more person to be eliminated--Li Congshan.

Li Jing left by himself, but left Prince Li Congshan to guard the city.

Li Congjia was sympathetic to Li Congshan and worried at the same time. In the current situation, even he could not defend Nanchang. After all, Nanchang was promoted to the national capital in a hurry, and many supporting facilities were not qualified to be the national capital, and Zhou Jun came too much. Hurry up, before they even finished building, they came to the city.

Not to mention Li Congjia, even Li Hongji and Shi Xueting may not be able to defend it together!

In this case, Li Congshan had almost only one way: Kaesong surrendered.

Li Congjia frowned and said, "Father... how could you leave Qilang behind?"

Zhou Ye stood aside without saying a word, but he felt in his heart that the sage just wanted his son to delay Zhou Jun's footsteps in order to give him enough time to escape, and judging from the direction of escape, Li Jing Naturally, he wanted to come to Li Congjia.

After Li Congjia asked this question, he didn't expect anyone to answer him, because he soon figured it out, and the answer was naturally similar to Zhou Ye's.

At this time, Li Congjia felt more sympathetic to Li Congshan, but there was no way to save him, and he only hoped that he would not hold back.

However, after a few days, Li Congjia got the latest news and found that Li Congshan did not insist on it, and he didn't even do it. When Zhou Jun came, he made an agreement with the other party not to hurt the people in the city. After receiving an affirmative answer, He opened the city gate and surrendered.

The speed was very fast. It can be said that Li Jing's wish for Li Congshan to delay the time was almost shattered. From this point of view, Li Congshan's stay was not voluntary, but forced.

After Zhou Jun captured Li Congshan and found that Li Jing was not there, he naturally wanted to pursue him. Fortunately, Yang Xin led the team to gallop day and night, and finally found Li Jing before Zhou Jun. When he saw Li Jing, he found that Li Jing was still there. I was putting on the emperor's guard of honor, and I was almost pissed off at that time—what time is it, and I still put on a show, for fear that others will not find you, right?

Don't even look at how many people are left around you!Yang Xin went there with Li Congjia's order, and also brought a team of about 50 elite soldiers. The number is not too many, but they are all capable of recruiting and fighting. He directly suppressed the group of civil servants.

Li Jing is now in a state of desperation, and after seeing Yang Xin, he finally found some comfort, knowing that his son has not given up on himself, for the sake of his life, let's keep it simple.

Only in this way did Yang Xin integrate the team, avoiding Zhou Bing's pursuit all the way to the Western Regions.

Li Congjia calculated the time. According to their marching speed, it is estimated that it will take at least half a month to reach Anning City. There are too many variables in this half month. I'm afraid I have to ask the chief minister, Zhou Ye, to take the urgent documents to the chief minister for approval, and if it's not urgent, I'll keep it until I come back to read."

Zhou Ye was taken aback: "The city lord's entry... I'm afraid it's dangerous."

If you enter the customs, you can't avoid Zhao Kuangyin's territory. I think Zhao Kuangyin was considered a general of Zhou State at the beginning, but he was cheated by Li Congjia and jealous by Guo Rong. Being able to occupy the land of five states to protect himself, he must hate Li Congjia to death in his heart. If he finds out about Li Congjia's whereabouts... no, it's too risky.

Li Congjiayi said straightly: "I am a son of man, how can I let my parents run around and not go to greet me?"

Zhou Ye persuaded: "If it's for the saint's wife, the city lord should not go. Yang Yuanwailang will definitely be able to bring the saint's lady back safely. If the city lord really wants to go, at most he will go to Yumen Pass to meet him. Being discovered by Zhao Kuangyin will bring danger to the saint lady."

Li Congjia was silent, Zhou Ye knew that his weight was still not important, but fortunately Li Ping and the others were also here, they almost came to persuade Li Congjia together, Li Congjia had no choice but to agree with them, and promised that he would only go to pick up people at most. Yumen Pass.

After making the decision, Li Congjia began to work overtime. He wanted to settle things before going out, so as to save Zhou Zong's task after he left. After all, the old man should still be recuperating now. It was a coincidence, if this was not the case, Li Congjia would have asked Zhou Zong to rest for a while.

Zhou Zong heaved a sigh of relief. People from the south are coming soon. It is not a good choice to stay away from the court at this moment. He can almost foresee that the people brought by Li Jing will soon find a place in Anning City, especially Han Zaixi and Song Qi. Qiu Xuxuan also has Xiao Yan, Zhou Zong asked himself, he is almost inferior to anyone here, especially Xiao Yan, who is a veteran of the two dynasties, the kind that Li Jing treats him politely!

Zhou Zong could think of this, and there are others who can think of this—Li Ping and Zhu Yuan.

So when Li Congjia was so busy, Li Ping and Zhu Yuan came together and asked to resign!

Li Congjia, who was already busy with dark circles under his eyes, was about to go crazy. He stared at Li Ping and Zhu Yuan for a long time before saying, "What did you just say?"

Li Ping stood aside with his head down, Zhu Yuan stared at him for a long time, and found that he was unwilling to speak, then he said: "City Lord, Lao Zhu, I am quick to speak, I will just say it, you don't mind, we just don't want to repeat the same mistakes. "

Li Congjia began to wonder if his IQ had dropped due to being too busy recently, otherwise why couldn't he understand Zhu Yuan's words?

Seeing Li Congjia's bewildered face, Zhu Yuan had no choice but to say: "Back then we worked so hard on the front line, but those people were dragging our feet behind us. It's enough to have experienced this kind of thing once."

When Zhu Yuan mentioned this point, Li Ping could no longer pretend to be dead, and said: "City Lord, you have to be careful. Although you and the saint are father and son, there is no second day and no second master in the city of Anning. It is the one who decides, those people must not be reconciled."

Only then did Li Congjia understand what these two people were worried about. However, it was said that the court did something wrong at the beginning, and Li Congjia was not without grievances in his heart. What are you worried about? Dad and the others came out in a hurry this time. They didn’t bring any troops, but only some guards. Don’t worry, as long as I’m here, what happened back then won’t happen again, not to mention that it was because of villains who hindered it. , whether it is Han Xiang, Song Zhigao, or Xiao Qing, they are not that kind of person, so don't worry."

After Li Congjia finished speaking, seeing that Li Ping and Zhu Yuan were still hesitant, he couldn't help but explode in an instant: "You two, get the hell out of here, what are you doing, the military power is in our hands, what are you worried about? I didn't see that I was so busy here." Is it? Hurry up and help, don’t you want this month’s salary?”

Li Ping and Zhu Yuan trembled. Seeing that Li Congjia was so powerful, the two felt relieved. What they were most worried about was that Li Congjia had no desire to fight for power. After Li Jing came, they would hand over all rights to Li Jing. They couldn't push Li Congjia Against his biological father, he had no choice but to resign himself!

Well now, Li Congjia mentioned an important point, they have military power in their hands!

Li Ping and Zhu Yuan walked away boldly, but at this time there was still one person who was worried, and that was Zhou Zong.

Zhou Zong specially invited Li Congjia over and asked, "Is the city lord ready?"

Li Congjia was not in the mood to guess riddles with him, and said weakly: "Shoufu has something to say, just say it."

As expected, Zhou Zong said very bluntly: "The city master should be prepared. The sage brought all capable ministers this time. These people may not be willing to live in seclusion. I am afraid that they will unite around the sage and compete with us."

Li Congjia suddenly felt very headache. Before the person came, this drama of fighting for power and profit was enacted, but he didn't think that Zhou Zong and the others were worried, because these people were more worried about Li Congjia's power being emptied.

Li Congjia had no choice but to say: "Today Li Shangshu and Zhu Shilang also reminded me that I only said one sentence at that time, that is, the military power rests with me."

Zhou Zong was very pleased. He felt that Li Congjia had grasped the key point, so he couldn't help exhorting, "It's true that the city lord said so. I don't want to separate the saint from the city lord and his son. It's just... I said something disrespectful. If the saint is in Taiping In a prosperous age, one can defend the country, but now...he is not a hero, the city of Anning is the heart of the city lord, it cannot be ruined, and the city lord must be careful."

Li Congjia sighed: "Those are veterans, I'm afraid I'm no match for them, the chief assistant needs to get better soon, well, if the war ahead comes to an end, the chief minister should be transferred back."

Call Li Hongji back to help grab the site!

Zhou Zong was very relieved that Li Hongji had been tricked once by the ministers including Li Jing, and he would definitely not give in this time.

Li Congjia wrote a letter directly to Li Hongji. When Li Hongji received it, he exploded on the spot. He hid in the Western Regions. Are these people still haunted?

Li Hongji directly handed over the affairs of the front line to Shi Xueting, he could tell that Shi Xueting was also a mighty general, so it was no wonder that Li Congjia boldly handed over the Tiance Army to him.

After Shi Xueting knew the cause and effect, he was very worried. Everyone stood in line according to their own interests. Only Li Congjia was forced to oppose Li Jing because of other people's interests. Fortunately, there was another Li Hongji. If Li Hongji was willing to stand up, then Li Congjia would be much better off.

Half a month later, Li Congjia led 300 people all the way to Yumen Pass. After waiting there for two days, they finally arrived at Yang Xin.

He and Li Jing hadn't seen each other for a long time, and now the identities of the two were slightly different. Li Jing only had the title of emperor, and a group of old ministers, and nothing else. Li Congjia didn't know what to say after meeting.

But after seeing it again, Li Congjia was shocked: "Why are you so haggard? Dad?"

Well, the object of Li Congjia's shock was originally Yang Xin. At this time, Yang Xin really didn't look very good. In just over a month, he lost two laps of weight. In comparison, although Li Jing was not in good spirits, he was still in good health. Not very thin.

But when Li Congjia said those words, he knew it was not right. In this situation, he should care about his father first, not a small official named Wailang.

After seeing Li Congjia, Li Jing was quite relieved. Just as he was about to say something, he saw Li Hongji standing beside Li Congjia. His face was a little embarrassed, so he could only vaguely say: "You brothers are all here, yes, yes."

Li Congjia said considerately: "It's windy and sandy here, Dad should go back to Anning City with us first, rectify and rest, and then catch up on the old days."

Li Jing responded, and returned to his carriage. Li Congjia then spoke to several important officials who vowed to follow Li Jing, comforted them one by one, then turned his horse's head and started to march towards Anning City.

Before arriving at Anning City, they passed by other cities in Li Congjia's fiefdom. Li Hongji and Shi Xueting were also more powerful. They led the Tiance Army to chase after the Guiyi Army and directly captured four or five cities. Li Congjia directly captured them. These cities were all replaced by cities that were closer to Anning City.

This can be regarded as a sudden expansion, so these cities now look like typical western cities. When Li Jing saw these small cities, his face was slightly sad. In his opinion, Anning City might be similar to these small cities Many, maybe not as good, after all, how long has Li Congjia been in the Western Regions?

Li Jing was already very surprised when he saw the outer city of Anning City, and was almost shocked when he saw the inner city.

The layout of Anning City was modeled after Chang'an of Tang Dynasty. The city was well-ordered. Apart from the style of the Central Plains, it also had some exotic flavors.

It can be said that Li Jing was dizzying along the way. When he arrived at the City Lord's Mansion, Li Jing naturally lived in the main courtyard. After a rest, Li Congjia held a banquet the next day.

During the banquet, Li Jing admired the characteristic dance of the Western Regions, and said with a smile: "Liu Lang, I just found out today, there is really a paradise."

Li Congjia also admires Li Jing, he can be regarded as the king of subjugation, his son is lost, and now he can still laugh, I don't know if it is coldness or big heart.

Li Congjia was thinking about these thoughts, but smiled reservedly on his face: "Daddy is too famous, but a small town in the mountains, how can it be called a paradise?"

Li Jing glanced at Empress Zhong with a smile, and Empress Zhong immediately said: "It's not bad, but, it's just... Isn't Liulang's City Lord's Mansion a bit too desolate?"