Horse on the World

Chapter 962
This year's winter is indeed as expected by Luoyang. It came earlier than in previous years. After mid-November, it seems that overnight, the weather suddenly cooled down, and the sun hid in the thick clouds. It disappeared, replaced by dark clouds, which seemed to be pressing down from the sky.
Li Qing, Qingfeng and the others set off from Fuchun early in the morning. Not long after they crossed Niujiao Village, there was a sporadic drizzle in the air.

Li Sizhi looked a little haggard, wrapped the cloak around his body, looked at Li Qing who was full of interest and Qingfeng who was smiling, and showed a trace of unhappiness on his face imperceptibly.Li Wen was demoted, and Guo Shanfeng was actually deprived of his military power, which showed that Li Qing knew the little tricks behind the Li clan, and Li Qing's decision to send Anmin overseas actually announced the early stage of the Li clan. The plan fell to nothing.
The general trend of the Li family sweeping the world has been achieved, but in Li Sizhi's view, if this momentum continues, the Li family will be the weakest royal family in history. Li Qing seems to be intentionally or unintentionally weakening the power of the future royal family. After Li Qing made this unusual and even inconceivable move, the clan decided to join forces with Qingfeng and vigorously support Anmin, hoping that the future royal family could actually control the power of the empire.

But now it seems that Li Qing is extremely wary of this point.

Li Sizhi didn't think there was anything wrong with the clan's doing this. If the royal family was not strong, it would be very easy for the foreign surnames to become powerful, thus forming the chaotic situation in the last years of the Great Chu.

It's just a pity that for some reason, Qingfeng was not very enthusiastic, even indifferent. After the Li Wen incident, Qingfeng returned to Ningzhou. Li Sizhi always wanted to meet Qingfeng alone and have a good talk. The clan and Qingfeng worked together to influence Li Qing to change his mind, but what annoyed him was that Qingfeng didn't give him this chance at all. Since arriving in Ningzhou, Qingfeng has been almost inseparable from Li Qing.

Qingfeng didn't want to meet with him. Li Sizhi easily came to this conclusion. As the head of the Overwatch Council, if Qingfeng wanted to meet him alone, he could easily find an opportunity. The situation can only show that Qingfeng acquiesced to Li Qing's handling of Anmin.

"Looking at it today, I'm afraid it will snow and the mountain road will be difficult. I think we should stay in Niujiaozhai first and make a decision after seeing the situation!" Li Sizhi said.
"It's okay!" Li Qing waved his hands and said with a smile: "This light rain is nothing, and besides, the mine is only half a day away from here. Let's hurry up and try to come back early and spend the night in Niujiao Village. We will return to Fuchun tomorrow and Ning the day after tomorrow." Zhou. This trip has been out for a long time. I have to go back to Dingzhou as soon as possible. Lu Yiming has already started to complain in the official document a few days ago. Hahaha, I don’t want to go back late. His bitter face."

What he said made everyone laugh.Only Li Sizhi lowered his head.In the core system of Dingzhou, people with foreign surnames such as Lu Yiming and Yan Nanfei occupy an absolute advantage. Among the Li clan, Li Tuizhi is in Yizhou and he is in Ningzhou, both of which are far away from the central core. Although Li Muzhi In the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, if Li Qing ascends to the throne, he will be regarded as the supreme emperor with no real power. How could Li Sizhi figure out the danger at the core?
Li Sizhi couldn't understand why Li Qing spent so much effort to curb the power of the Li clan. Didn't he know that his foundation was the Li clan?
Li Sizhi couldn't understand what Li Qing was thinking, but Li Qing never recognized that his foundation was in Yizhou. From Li Qing's point of view, only Dingzhou was where his most fundamental strength lay.Abandoning Yizhou and choosing Dingzhou as the future capital is due to this, and the power to curb the royal family is due to the political structure of the future empire that Li Qing has drawn in his mind. The royal family must not be allowed to have huge power to hinder their actions.

After climbing up a ridge, he turned his head and stretched out his big hand, pulling up Qingfeng behind him. Seeing Li Qing holding Qingfeng's hand and struggling to climb the mountain road, Li Sizhi sighed, Qingfeng's thoughts were always unpredictable, but Undoubtedly, even setting aside the huge power in Qingfeng's hands, Li Qing's love for her alone can greatly influence Li Qing's decision-making, so I must find an opportunity to have a good talk with Qingfeng. talk.
Qingfeng is such a smart person, she should know very clearly that the power she possesses is really dreaded by any high-ranking person. After Li Qingding ruled the world, the first thing to do is probably to reduce Qingfeng's influence and potential. Forces, if they negotiate with Qingfeng on this condition, can Qingfeng change his mind?
The future royal family needs a strong force to guarantee sufficient interests, and Qingfeng also needs a strong backup to guarantee her rights and interests, and the connection between the two parties should be Anmin, but why Qingfeng is so indifferent to this now, could it be that she Are you really willing to retreat behind the scenes from now on and hand over the power in your hands for Li Qing?
Looking up at Li Qing holding Qingfeng's hand and walking up side by side, Li Sizhi really couldn't figure out whether Li Qing really liked Qingfeng from the bottom of his heart, or did he deliberately make a gesture out of fear of Qingfeng's strength to win Qingfeng over.
In fact, Li Qing didn't think as much as Li Sizhi. Now he is really happy. All along, he and Qingfeng have been together less and more apart. He often ran to Qingfeng, and Qingfeng couldn't go to the palace to meet him, but now, after Qingfeng successfully hunted down Yuan Fang in Bazhou, he returned to Ningzhou, without all the ministers and people in the palace, Li Qing was very happy to finally And Qingfeng had more chances to get together.This time the two said they were going to inspect the saltpeter mine in the Shiwan Dashan, but in Li Qing's view, it was more like a revisit with Qingfeng.
The cheerful Li Qing led Qingfeng Rouyi, the cold wind and rain were not so annoying at this time, on the contrary, it added a bit of fun.The people around them also kept a certain distance from the two of them. Anyway, on the periphery of the two, thousands of security personnel cleaned up their way forward, not to mention assassins, even one The rabbit was also driven out of sight.
"Beheading Yuan Fang this time not only got rid of one of our confidantes, but also cut off a powerful arm of Tian Qi." Li Qing said enthusiastically: "This removes a huge problem for us to launch a general attack next year." obstacle."
"It's a pity that he still let him take away the secret of our Shenwei Cannon." Qingfeng said regretfully, "Yuan Fang is really a formidable enemy, and he always makes unexpected moves. This time he actually came to steal the Shenwei Cannon himself, which is surprising. But from another point of view, our Shenwei cannon also made the Luoyang side helpless, and even came up with such a method."
Li Qing said with a smile: "It's okay to let them get it. First, even if they have blueprints, it doesn't mean that they can make them. Second, our Shenwei Cannon has made some new progress, as I said before." We have been imitated all the time, but we will never be surpassed.”
Qingfeng chuckled, "The general is as confident as ever."

"Of course!" Li Qing said: "I see that you look a little regretful these days. Could it be that after Yuan Fang's death, there is a feeling that there is no rival in the world, and the master is extremely lonely?"

Qingfeng Qiao blushed, "Don't be joking, General, I don't want to meet another opponent like Yuan Fang, oh, yes, speaking of it, Zhong Ziqi's whereabouts are still unknown, no one alive, no dead body , it’s really worrying.”
Li Qing dismissively said, "Without King Ning's support, what tricks can Zhong Ziqi do? No matter how clever he is, he is alone and alone. He can't stir up any big waves, and he can't affect our progress. .”
"It's not just Zhong Ziqi, there's also Zhou Yu!" Qingfeng frowned, "Zhong Ziqi is scheming and full of tricks, and Zhou Yu's martial arts can also be said to be unique in the world. Xiao Wang, General, now that Li Wen is out, and Li Wu is serving as the commander of the palace guards beside the King of Zhou, but you don’t have any masters by your side, let Han Yong follow you during this time.”
Li Qing smiled and said: "There are like clouds of guards around me, so let them get close. Besides, I am not a weak scholar. I think back then, I was also a veteran general in the battlefield. If you want to assassinate me, how can you do that?" so easy."
"Although Zhou Yu is a cripple, his lightness skills are unique in the world. Even Zhong Jing back then was willing to be inferior in this regard, so I asked Han Yong to be your guard for a while, and when he returned to Dingzhou, he could do it." Transfer back to Li Wu, and then transfer Han Yong back, unfortunately, Han Renjie was seriously injured this time, otherwise, let him follow you, I will feel more at ease!"
"That's fine!" Li Qing said: "You have said that, and if I disagree, I will let you down, so let it come, go back to Dingzhou, and return him to you. The people around you are not happy now." not much."
"It doesn't matter to me!" Qingfeng said with a smile.
"Sun Zewu led people to sneak to Suzhou, has any news come back?" Li Qing said.

Shaking his head, Qingfeng said: "Suzhou is now surrounded by a large army in Luoyang, and the control is extremely strict. Although we have done some preliminary preparations there, it is difficult to use our hands and feet under such a situation. Before leaving, I want him to lurk down, accumulate strength in secret, not to act rashly, and wait for orders when our army starts to attack, so that they can give the opponent a fatal blow at the most critical moment."
"Did you send Hu Dong back to Luoyang? He showed his face in Luoyang. I'm afraid it would be dangerous to go there next time."

"Well, now that Yuan Fang is dead, it will be difficult for Luoyang's Fang Si to regain his original strength in a short period of time. Hu Dong will return to Luoyang to form an underground army. With Xie Ke covering him, there shouldn't be any problems."

"Where is Shang Shuhuan?"

"Shang Shuhuan built a tomb for his mother in Qingyang, and he doesn't want to do anything for us anymore. He said he would keep his mother's filial piety, and he would never step into the world again. It's a pity, but he is actually a good young man." Qingfeng sighed road.

"Everyone has his own aspirations, don't force them, he is caught between Shang Haibo and us, he is in a bit of trouble, this time, killing Yuan Fang, his wish has been fulfilled, let him go!" Li Qingdao.

(End of this chapter)