Tiantang

Chapter 264 What is Li Heng's intention?

Chapter 271 What is Li Heng's intention?
In fact, Gu San'er is not a fool, he knows that if he does not agree, it may be difficult to get out of this private room tonight.

He had already seen that Shi Jie was not like an ordinary businessman, and when he heard him admit that he was the son of General Fan Yang, Shi Siming, Gu San'er felt a little vigilant: he revealed his identity in this way, and the idea of ​​using a firearm again, How can we not kill people?
In order to survive, Gu San'er gritted his teeth secretly, and pretended to say: "Okay, for the sake of the glory and wealth of the rest of my life, I will take the risk this time. But Mr. Shi, please forgive Gu's villainous heart, this matter is no small matter , I risk being beheaded to do things, so I have to collect half of the gold first."

Shi Yan breathed a sigh of relief, and thought to himself that as long as you are willing to accept the money, it is fine, and I am afraid that you will not accept it.

"Haha, it should be so, it should be so. If Brother Gu can steal the firearm, I will be very grateful, and gold and silver are nothing. Moreover, in order to eliminate the worries of Brother Gu, after obtaining the firearm, Brother Gu and Brother Zhang can immediately Let's leave Lingzhou and go to Fan Yang to be happy and happy, then the sky will be high and the emperor will be far away, no matter how powerful Zhang Xuan is, he will not be able to control Fan Yang."

Shi Yan laughed loudly, a philistine and cunning smile that was extremely disproportionate to his age floated on his young face.

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According to the original plan, after the imperial mission led by King Jianning Li Tan arrived in Lingzhou to reward the three armies and award Zhang Xuan and others, they would rush to the newly-built Liangning Prefecture and Hezhou Governor's Mansion for inspection. , indicating that the Tang court has the real right to rule this land.

Li Tan stayed in Lingzhou for several days, having banquets with Zhang Xuan and his generals and officials every day, and distributed a large amount of gold and silver property to show the court's favor.

During this period, Li Bai proposed to Zhang Xuan that he would stay in Longshuo. Although Zhang Xuan felt a little surprised, he still accepted his request.

Although Li Bai is not very good at power struggles, it is still possible to help Zhang Xun manage the government affairs of Longshuo as an assistant official.Moreover, with his prestige and reputation in Tang Shilin, many scholars from all over the world will be attracted to Longshuo to prosper the culture of Longshuo.

What made Zhang Xuan even more surprised was that Princess Yuzhen Li Chiying also followed the brigade to Longshuo to settle down with Li Bai in Lingzhou, and had already obtained Li Heng's permission.

Zhang Xuan had no choice but to ask Zhang Xun to help Li Bai find a house for them to settle down.Li Chiying brought a lot of belongings and maids over, moved in, and soon made arrangements.From then on, Li Bai and Princess Yuzhen will live in Longshuo.Of course, whether there will be changes in the future is another story.

Entering November, the weather in Longshuo became a bit cold.Located in the northwestern border, the wind and sand were extremely strong. Most of the merchants from all over the country or countries in the Western Regions also began to pack their luggage and goods, preparing to return home and leave Lingzhou.

The northwest wind roared past, sweeping across Lingzhou City.The yellow leaves are flying all over the sky, indicating that the winter of Tianbao's [-]th year has come.

morning.General Li Tan, King of Jianning, led the imperial mission to the original hometown of Tuyuhun and now Liangning Prefecture to inspect important military and political affairs with Zhang Xuan. This was something Li Heng repeatedly explained before coming.

According to Li Tan, Zhang Xuan only needs to send a general to lead the way to guard, and there is no need to accompany him personally.But considering Li Heng's face, Zhang Xuan decided to take Li Tan there himself.Come and go, just a month.Anyway, in the affairs of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, Wu has Feng Changqing, and Wen has Zhang Xun, so he is not worried that something will go wrong.

As the coach and supreme officer of Longshuo, he only needs to grasp the decision-making power of major issues at any time, and there is no need to do everything by himself.If so, he must die of exhaustion.

Zhang Xuan is now the king of Pingxi, and his title is no lower than Li Tan, the king of Jianning.If he doesn't come out to accompany him, it's okay to be accompanied by Feng Changqing or Li Guangbi's escort, and it's not rude; but Zhang Xuan knows that he has just been crowned king, and if there is any disturbance, someone in Chang'an will secretly create public opinion and criticize him The meritorious service shakes the master and disrespects the court.

In order to speed up the journey, Zhang Xuan discussed with Li Tan, and the light car Jiancong went to Liangning Prefecture without the guard of honor.Li Tan only brought a few mission officials, while Zhang Xuan only took Xiao Shisanlang and Hua Nuer as guards, while Nan Jiyun led 5000 Shence Army cavalry to serve as guards all the way.

Li Guangbi had already rushed back to Liangning Prefecture to prepare for the inspection by the imperial mission and King Jianning.

Zhang Xuan was wearing armor and a sable cape. Because the weather was getting colder, the closer he was to Liangning Prefecture, the colder it would be.

Zhang Xuan stood in the courtyard of Jianning Wang Li Tan's residence, waiting quietly.

Standing behind Zhang Xuan, Zhang Xun suddenly heard Zhang Xuan say softly, "Master Zhang, report to Chang'an and the imperial court that this king personally led 5000 troops to guard His Highness the King of Jianning and the imperial mission to inspect various places in Longshuo and Liangning. Zhou! This news should be urgently reported to Beijing!"

Zhang Xun was startled, but immediately bowed down in response.

Zhang Xuan stared at the door of Li Tan's bedroom, a strange smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Treating Li Tan with courtesy is nothing more than giving Li Heng face, telling Li Heng about Zhang Xuan's political attitude with such practical actions.

"This may reassure Li Heng a lot..." Zhang Xuan thought to himself.

With a creak, Li Tan's door was pushed open, and Jianning Wang Li Tan, who was neatly dressed and also wearing a thick sable fur cloak, walked out surrounded by two inner eunuchs and two court ladies. When he looked up, he saw Zhang Xuan waiting in the courtyard. In the process, I couldn't help being surprised, but also a little moved.

Before coming here, many members of the royal family told Li Tan that Zhang Xuan was strong and domineering, arrogant, and had no children; but after contacting him on the ground, Li Tan felt that Zhang Xuan was not only gentle, elegant, magnanimous and very polite, but also treated him very well. With the utmost courtesy, he was faintly treated as a prince.

"King Pingxi... King Lao Pingxi has been waiting for a long time!" Li Tan walked forward a few steps, bowed to Zhang Xuan, and even bowed deeply.

Zhang Xuan was startled, quickly turned away, and said with a smile, "Your Highness is like this, how dare Zhang Xuan do it?"

Li Tan smiled respectfully, and said softly, "Before Xiao Wang came to Lingzhou, his father repeatedly told Xiao Wang that King Pingxi is an important minister of the court. , How can the East Palace have today?... Therefore, my father wants Xiao Wang to treat and respect King Pingxi as a son, nephew and junior!"

When Li Tan said this, his words were sincere, and his eyes shone with eager brilliance.

Zhang Xuan was taken aback, then returned a salute to Li Tan with a wry smile, and then began to wonder what Li Heng's arrangement meant.

He made his third son Li Tan treat him like a nephew, obviously with the intention of getting Zhang Xuan to support Li Tan.But……

Zhang Xuan immediately thought of Li Heng's sons, and thought to himself: This Li Heng - he has not obtained the throne yet, so he is starting to arrange successors?
His eldest son Li Yu is Tang Daizong in history and Li Heng's successor.According to historical records, Li Heng valued his eldest son very much, but he really didn't care much about his third son, Li Tan—in the future, Li Tan would die at the hands of his father, Li Heng.

After the Anshi Rebellion broke out, Li Tan led the army to fight and defeated the rebels entrenched in Guanzhong many times.Li Tan was an upright man, and he exposed the crimes of Li Fuguo and Zhang Liangdi to Li Heng many times. Li Fuguo and Zhang Liangdi framed Li Tan and wanted to murder his brother Li Yu. Suzong believed the slander and ordered Li Tan to die.

Zhang Xuan's thoughts flashed, but with a smile on his face, he accompanied Li Tan out of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, ready to go.

At the gate of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, Nan Jiyun led 5000 well-dressed Shence Army cavalry in two long queues, ready to go.

Under the bluestone steps, there is a luxurious carriage parked, as well as several maroon horses.

Zhang Xuan smiled lightly, "Your Highness, should we ride a car or a horse?"

Li Tan cheered up and laughed loudly, "Let's ride a horse, Li Tan, Xiao Wang is also good at shooting and hunting. Since he is here in the Longshuo army, he will naturally share the joys and sorrows with the soldiers—Pingxi King, please!"

Zhang Xuan looked at Li Tan with a smile, "Your Highness, please, this is a bloody BMW sent to me by Yang Kai from the Western Regions. If His Highness likes it, I will send one to His Highness to take back to Chang'an."

"Thank you, King Pingxi." Li Tan bowed his hand and insisted that Zhang Xuan get on the horse first, "Please, King Pingxi, go first."

Zhang Xuan smiled.

He knew very well in his heart that if Li Tan was like this, if he insisted on refusing, it was obviously a disguised rejection of Li Tan's overtures.This is probably not what Li Tan wants, nor is it what Li Heng wants.

Thinking of this, Zhang Xuan stopped being pretentious, bowed his hands to Li Tan, stopped talking nonsense, strode down the steps, took the horse's reins from the soldier, and turned on the horse lightly.

Afterwards, Li Tan stepped down and got on the horse. Out of the corner of Zhang Xuan's eye, he noticed that Li Tan's movements were skillful and smooth. It was obvious from a glance that he was a person who often shoots and hunts on horseback.

Such a small gesture between the two fell into the eyes of Feng Changqing, Zhang Xun and other civil and military officials who saw him off, and everyone felt a slight wave of turmoil in their hearts.

The team was about to move, when suddenly Lei Wanchun came galloping from the other side of the road, followed by more than a dozen sturdy soldiers, while the other horses tied up a few servants.

Zhang Xuan frowned, thinking that Lei Wanchun is really reckless, the imperial mission is about to leave, even if you have something big to do, you can't run into the army and horses and block the way.

Lei Wanchun led the soldiers to get off their horses, shouted loudly and saluted, "Commander, the general has caught some thieves who tried to steal the firearms, and I'm here to report to the commander!"

Hearing that firearms were involved, Zhang Xuan frowned even tighter, and glanced coldly at the young servants who were tightly bound by the soldiers.

Lei Wanchun was rough and detailed, and immediately added another sentence for emphasis, "Commander, according to the general's torture, these people are the subordinates of Shi Siming, the general of Fanyang Anlu Mountain. This boy is also Shi Siming's son Shi Siming." Hey."

Lei Wanchun then stood aside, waiting for Zhang Xuan to deal with him.

Although Lei Wanchun is rough, he also has a bit of scheming.If An Lushan and Shi Siming were not involved in this matter, he would never approach Zhang Xuan and report to Chang Qing directly.But since the matter was not that simple, Feng Changqing probably couldn't make the decision, so he made a decisive decision and brought the captured people here before Zhang Xuan set off.

As soon as he heard that it was Shi Siming's man, Zhang Xuan's eyes flashed a stern light of relief: Has Shi Siming finally taken the bait?

(End of this chapter)