[Sword Three] Ju Huai Yi Xing Zhuang Si Fei

He laughed at himself and said, "It's time to let go."

sinking valley (1)

As dusk fell, Li Tan left Changgemen by boat alone and arrived at Hecheng in Qiandao Lake.

Hecheng is an ancient city, the folk customs here are simple and honest, and the person who governs here is Yongwang Li Lin.

In the 13th year of Jian'an in the Eastern Han Dynasty, He Qi, a general of the Eastern Wu Dynasty, built the city here, which has a history of more than 500 years.He Qi built Hecheng at the beginning, and divided Hecheng into inner and outer city. Stone bridges and wooden gates are artificial barriers, surrounding the outer city. The inner city is equipped with commercial goods markets and residential buildings. Prosperous and prosperous, the people are rich.

An Jun met Li Lin according to Li Tan's request and returned to Hecheng.Li Lin promised An Jun to station the Jianning Tiewei in the outer city of Hecheng, but An Jun declined Li Lin's kindness and did not live in Li Lin's palace in Qiandao Lake, but stayed with the Jianning Tiewei. Lived in the outer city of Hecheng.

An Jun came to Hecheng Wharf early after receiving Li Tan's letter. The afterglow of the setting sun spread on the surface of Qiandao Lake, and Qiandao Lake seemed to be dyed golden in an instant.Under the setting sun, Li Tan, in a broad robe and wide sleeves, came with his hands behind his back, and An Junyao bowed to Li Tan.When Li Tan approached An Jun, he glanced at his confidant who bowed in salute, stretched out his hand, and brought An Jun up: "Is everything okay?"

An Jun said: "According to His Highness's instructions, I went to pay a visit to King Yong as soon as I arrived here. King Yong arranged for his subordinates and Jianning Tiewei to camp in the outer city of Hecheng, but the subordinates in the inner city have already found out everything."

Li Tan nodded, at this time the setting sun had completely disappeared behind the mountain, and the moonlight and firelight intertwined, illuminating Li Tan's slightly haggard face.An Jun was able to be promoted from an ordinary Jianning Tiewei to a school lieutenant because Li Tan took a fancy to his ability to handle affairs.An Jun said that everything has been done, so it must be done.

"Pass down the order, return to the Western Capital tomorrow morning, and let the soldiers rest as soon as possible." Li Tan raised his head and glanced at the bright moon hanging in the sky. Why hid in the thick clouds and could not see the light, Li Tan laughed silently, and after a while continued to say to An Jun, "What's the matter, let's talk about it tomorrow."

"Yes." Li Tan's order was irrefutable, An Jun could see that Li Tan looked tired, but Li Tan's affairs were never for him to intervene, he just had to follow Li Tan's orders.An Jun didn't say any more, and watched Li Tan walk into the room he had arranged to rest, then turned around and walked to the camp where the Jianning Iron Guard was stationed behind him, the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River was only in this last night.

In the early morning of the second day, Li Tan left Qiandao Lake with a team of Jianning iron guards.

The news that King Jianning had left Qiandao Lake reached Changgemen at noon. Yang Yifei, who was studying with Lei Bian in Huairenzhai on how to restore the Liuting Qin, just nodded indifferently when he heard the news.Yang Qingyue stood aside and looked at her younger brother all the time, Yang Yifei hid all the melancholy, but forgot to hide the look of disappointment in his eyes, perhaps, Yang Yifei didn't want to hide it.

"Tell me about the situation you have found out in He Cheng in the past few days." Li Tan did not sit in the carriage, he rode a white horse, and An Jun walked at the front of the team. , I don't think there is any heat.

An Jun said seriously: "He Cheng is well organized under His Royal Highness Yongwang's jurisdiction, but recently it has been unstable."

"Oh?" Li Tan raised his eyebrows, Yongwang Li Lin is not enough to be an outstanding military talent, but it is more than enough to govern a small city, that is to say, this last sentence An Jun should not refer to Yongwang. "My Uncle Wang, who looks like a wild crane, was also a person who used his skills when he was young. He was also taught by Li Bai and Gao Lishi at the same time. It is not difficult to govern a city. If Hecheng is not stable, it should be my 'talented' Tang. Brother must be playing tricks."

When Li Tan saw Li Ju for the first time when he was in the Western Capital that year, he felt that there was a sly look in the young man's brows, and seeing the coldness in his eyes, Li Tan could feel that Li Ju and his father Li Lin were in harmony. Not the same, or quite different.

"What Your Highness said is right." An Jun was not surprised by Li Tan's accurate guess. He had seen too many of them. Unless Li Tan made a mistake, An Jun would be surprised. Walking around in Hecheng, I found that the people in Hecheng were very afraid of and hated King Xiangyang. After careful inquiries, I learned that King Xiangyang's reputation is really bad. I am afraid that the good reputation that King Yong has accumulated over the years will be destroyed. The king of Xiangyang is corrupt."

Li Tan asked, "What did Li Tan do?"

"The King of Xiangyang did not do one or two things, such as forcibly accepting the women of the people, ordering Longtu Tiewei to forcibly demolish Hegong Temple, extorting money, ignoring etiquette and distorting right and wrong, covering up his erring subordinates, etc., etc., are really countless. "As An Jun spoke, his tone gradually became colder. Everything Li Jue did was exploiting the common people, and he really couldn't bear it.

Seeing that An Jun's tone was not kind, Li Tan laughed: "I'm afraid these are minor."

An Jun was startled, and looked at Li Tan suspiciously. According to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, the crimes he just mentioned are felonies. What Ju did was not only these things, could there be more unscrupulous things than these?

"His father didn't have that idea, but he did." Li Tan reined in the horse, raised his hand to stop the Jianning Iron Guard behind him, and asked everyone to find a shady place to rest.

Li Tan and An Jun also found a cooler place to sit on the ground. Li Tan took the water bag around his waist, drank half of it, and handed the water bag to An Jun: "Now he is 14 years old. When Wang was 14 years old, he was praised by the sage as "outstanding wisdom". He showed extraordinary intelligence when he was [-] years old. Taizong's blood, how could this king not know what he wants to do?"

An Jun just took a sip of water when he was startled by Li Tan's words and coughed, "The King of Xiangyang wants to... cough cough... wants to..."

Li Tan waved his hand to stop what An Jun was going to say next, King Yong didn't want to rebel, but his son always thought about the throne in Xiduli.

"This trip to Qiandao Lake is not bad, King Yong can let it go first." Li Tan stood up, and at this moment, there was a wind blowing in the mountains and forests, which relieved Li Tan of the heat.

After An Jun's cough and shortness of breath subsided, he returned the water bag to Li Tan: "Who has Your Highness decided to choose?"

An Jun's question is also a question in Li Tan's heart. Yongwang Li Lin is the person Gao Lishi and Li Bai both fancy, but Li Lin is not the candidate for the emperor. In addition to his ambitious son, even if he joins hands with Li Lin, Li Lin will not be able to win. He will not listen to his own instructions, and he will raise tigers, not to mention that in Qiandao Lake, Li Ju's reputation is already bad, and it will be easy to overthrow King Yong in the future; It is equivalent to borrowing Li Lin's influence, and the ending is the same as the previous one. What's more, Li Tan is very contemptuous of Gao Lishi in his heart, and Gao Lishi covets the Shence Army, so Li Tan excludes Gao Lishi; There are no big disturbances in the court; Yang Guozhong came to his current position with the help of a noble concubine, and flatterers have no real talents and learning, and joining forces with them may backfire.Today, the only person Li Tan can use is An Lushan, who Zhang Jiuling said at the time as the "chaoser in Youzhou".

However, Li Tan laughed at himself: "This king originally wanted to choose Changgemen. After all, I gave Changgemen a favor when I was very angry, but now I can obviously use this favor, but I can't do it." I thought that since my sister left, I would never take care of anyone, so I still take care of him." In the end, Li Tan changed his name, and from the beginning to the end, he regarded Yang Yifei as a friend, and did not care about him. There is a difference of status, but when Yang Yifei called him "Prince" every time when he was in Changgemen, Li Tan knew that the gap between him and Yang Yifei was deep.

An Jun stood behind Li Tan, pretending not to hear what Li Tan said to himself just now, he waited for Li Tan to make a decision, he didn't wait too long for this decision, the person standing in front of him turned his back to him, He gave An Jun an answer: "Choose An Lushan."

In the early autumn of the 13th year of Tianbao, Jianning King Li Tan returned to Xidu from Qiandao Lake. On the court, An Lushan and Yang Guozhong became more and more at odds.

sinking valley (2)

Chang'an City, where snow falls every year at the end of the year, has not yet had a snowfall this year, and the cold wind at night cuts people down. Even if they are wrapped in a big cloak, Li Tan feels that this year's chill is unusual.

"It's really cold." Li Tan got out of the carriage, stood at the bottom of Fengqi Tower and stomped his feet, as if to dispel the chill that spread from the soles of his feet.

An Jun was about to give the stove to Li Tan, but Li Tan waved his hand and said to An Jun, "You guys stay on the first floor, don't follow me up."

"An Lushan is insidious and cunning, His Highness will go alone, if there is a conflict..." An Jun said hesitantly.

Li Tan smiled indifferently: "He can't hurt me."

As soon as the wine was served, Lu Yanhe asked all the waiters to leave, and went to An Lushan himself to pour a glass of wine into An Lushan's glass.

An Lushan narrowed his eyes to see the wine filling the wine glass, and then laughed loudly: "I, An Lushan, am really flattered to have the head of the world's money house pour wine for An Lushan!" Pass Lu Yanhe.

Lu Yanhe put down the jug, a sharp gleam flashed in his eyes, and he showed a strange smile: "I'm afraid I will disappoint Lord An, the one who poured wine for you is not Lu Yanhe, the leader of the world's money house."

An Lushan's expression remained unchanged: "Oh? Why?"

"Lu Yanhe" stood up straight, and slowly peeled off the human/skin/mask/