The northern town of Datang is an important area in the border area.

Going north is the vast grassland, going east is the Bohai Kingdom, the northwest is Yanmen Pass, and leaving Yanmen is Yinshan Mountain. Therefore, this place is important in all dynasties and has been a place that military strategists have fought for hundreds of years.

The terrain is so important that heavy troops will inevitably be set up.

This is a huge military city.

The city center is the residence of the governor.

The mansion is very large and deep, lined up, with eaves and corridors, pavilions and pavilions, which look luxurious, but it seems to be quite as weak as the imperial palace.

A loyal minister once impeached him, and this was a serious crime that exceeded the rules. But later, for some reason, it was left unresolved.

...

An Lushan sat quietly at the table, looking at a letter on the table without saying a word.

The letter was not opened, and it was placed there intact, as if the Jiedushi had no interest and had never published the letter from beginning to end.

At the bottom of this living room, there was a slightly restrained scholar who was the one who strongly recommended the King of Shou not long ago, that is, the confidant surnamed Liu with a narrow corner of his eyes.

Suddenly, An Lushan snorted lightly, his eyes like a tiger in the mountain, with cruelty and murderous intent, and asked in a low voice: "Your name is Liu Maosheng? Is it the subordinate of King Shou?"

Liu Maosheng looked restrained and his eyes looked very erratic. Facing the power of the military governors of the vassal states, he couldn't help but tremble.

He swallowed nervously and smiled carefully and replied: "General An, respectfully, the villain is indeed named Liu Maosheng, who is from Huayin Liu family. He became the leader of the King of Shou five years ago. I am good at..."

He was about to continue introducing himself, but An Lushan suddenly waved his hand and interrupted, "Don't be so verbally speaking, I'm not interested in listening. I'll just ask you one thing, is the letter you sent by King Shou?"

Liu Maosheng shivered again, laughed more carefully, and said, "Report to General An, this letter is indeed written by King Shou. In fact, everyone knows the content of the letter... If the general is too busy and cannot take time to read the letter, then the villain can... can dictate it to you."

"Haha!" An Lushan let out a faint smile of unknown significance.

Suddenly the governor stood up, his tall and fat body was like a mountain. He left his seat, walked to Liu Maosheng, and then slowly looked down, his eyes still like a tiger in the mountain.

"Tell me, what's in the letter?"

Liu Maosheng was about to speak, but An Lushan smiled coldly and said meaningfully: "If the news of this general is correct, your King of Shou should be in Lanling now, but he was ordered by the emperor to celebrate Guo Ziyi's birth of a son..."

"This made me very curious about why King Shou wrote me a letter. When he was in Chang'an, he declined the kindness of the general several times. All the civil and military officials of the court accepted my gifts, but you, Your Highness, pretended to be noble."

"I used to hide from me, but now I'm in a hurry and am still in Lanling, making such a sudden move."

"So this general speculates that you, King Shou, are not happy. Either he wants to use me, or he wants to target someone, right?"

"You don't have to rush to defend yourself, I will continue to guess."

"The place in Lanling used to be ordinary, but since last year, a person has emerged there, Guo Ziyi, the top scholar in Wuke, was named General Langya, and guarded five prefectures on Shandong South Road..."

"The territory of the five prefectures is not large, but his title is a general. Do you know what this means? It means that he has reached the peak of his military rank with one foot."

"In a sense, he can already be on par with us governors. The reason is very simple. The military positions of our governors are also generals."

"They are both generals, and the only difference is that the guarding areas are different, some are big and some are small."

"For example, the place where this general is stationed is the border of the northern town of the Tang Dynasty. It has a wide area and a huge jurisdiction, so I became a vassal state and belonged to the peak of the Tang Dynasty's military ranks."

"Although Guo Ziyi has only five prefectures in the area guarding, no one can underestimate his potential. For example, we, the governors of the vassal states, have always regarded him as one of the same generation."

"He guarded a few areas, but he is a general. Like us, he will rise one day."

"The place where he was in charge was Lanling, the once ordinary place. Because of him, it will become a major city one day."

"And your Shou King is now in Lanling City, so the general's guess has a direction. I guess your Shou King wants to target Guo Ziyi, right?"

He is indeed a hero of a generation, and he is indeed smart-minded.

Suddenly he smiled again and said with a stern look: "You King of Shou wants to target Guo Ziyi, but you asked you to come to see me with a letter, so I still have some guesses. I guess King of Shou wants to use this general..."

"I wonder if this plan is right for two birds with one stone?"

"But have you ever thought that this general is so easy to be exploited? Even if this general is easy to be exploited, is this general willing to be rivals with Guo Ziyi?"

"We are both the general's military positions and belong to the same people on equal terms. Although he is weak now, no matter how weak he is, he is still a general... You, King of Shou, want to fight between two tigers and hide behind to benefit. This is a good plan, but unfortunately, you can only plan."

Liu Maosheng only felt cold and cold in his body.

His sophistry skills are completely useless.

He seemed to feel the living room surrounded by people, as if there were some knives and axes hiding in ambush, as if he was about to jump out the next moment.

Maybe it was because of his indifference or struggle, the guy finally thought of a solution and shouted directly: "General An, you are in danger."

uh-huh?

An Lushan's eyes were no longer like a tiger, but like a hungry wolf who chose people to eat.

He stared at Liu Maosheng in a deep voice, his tone with domineering and murderous intent: "I will give you a chance to say three sentences. If I can't explain them clearly, I will not care about killing a prince's slave."

Liu Maosheng's face suddenly turned red and he blurted out: "I am not a slave, but his highness's aide."

An Lushan slowly popped up two fingers and said lightly: "I have already said two sentences, and you still have a chance to explain one sentence."

Gudu!

Liu Maosheng swallowed with difficulty.

The body trembled uncontrollably.

The once self-righteous verbal power and the once complacent sophistry ability, only then did I realize that it was just a joke in the eyes of the strong.

Only one sentence left is the opportunity to explain!

What a contempt and indifferent feeling.

It seemed as if he was just a little bug, he could be crushed to death with a casual wave, but in fact, he could be crushed to death easily.

Gudu!

Liu Maosheng swallowed again.

He took a deep breath, his voice trembling obviously, and he said carefully: "General An once lost 120 vehicles of ordnances, and Guo Ziyi is the one who robbed the ordnances."

After saying this, he felt relaxed all over, as if he had escaped from the sea of ​​suffering and finally saved his life.

He firmly believed that after An Lushan heard this news, he would inevitably take unprecedented importance, and would definitely ask him urgently, and even start treating him with courtesy...

Treatment from a feudal state!

Liu Maosheng couldn't help but have some longing.

Unfortunately, he longed for it too early.

I saw An Lushan slowly straightening his body, no longer looking down or oppressing him with his eyes, but the words he said at the next moment made Liu Maosheng feel like he fell into an ice cave.

"Your explanation is very good, and I feel very satisfied. But unfortunately, you have exceeded the limit of three sentences..."

Liu Maosheng felt a loud bang in his mind.

Exceeding the limit of three sentences?

How could it be exceeded?

He subconsciously wanted to argue, but he looked up and saw An Lushan's eyes. What a cruel pair of eyes, as if he was born with a bloodthirsty desire.

"General An, General An, the villain is willing to vote for it, I am willing to vote..."

Before he finished speaking, he had already come to an abrupt end.

A pair of big hands appeared on his neck. These big hands twisted hard and directly broke his neck.

It was not An Lushan who took action, but a strong man with an iron tower figure. The strong man twisted Liu Maosheng's neck and dragged him out like a dead dog.

From beginning to end, An Lushan watched coldly, his face fluctuated without any fluctuation, as if only a little bug had died.

The strong man dragged Liu Maosheng's body, threw it out after going out, then walked back, bowed and saluted, and said respectfully: "Master!"

An Lushan nodded, reached out to the chair in the living room, and said, "Sit."

The strong man clasped his fists again and then sat down.

At this time, a figure flashed behind the screen, and An Qingxu's figure hurried out. The boy's face was obviously shocked, as well as a deep sense of confusion and trepidation, and he whispered: "Father, why did he kill Liu Maosheng? He is the confidant of King Shou? Isn't this a breakup with King Shou?"

An Lushan's eyes were cold, and he also pointed to the chair in the living room and said, "Sit down, and talk about it later..."

An Qingxu opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something else.

But An Lushan spoke in a stern tone and slowly added: "I know you have taken over the benefits of King Shou, and I also know that you want Guo Ziyi to die, but you shouldn't carry me on your back."

An Qingxu shivered suddenly and dared not complain any more. He hurriedly said, "Don't be angry, father, I know I'm wrong, I'll sit down now, I'll sit down obediently."

This time he was obediently about sitting down, but he never thought that An Lushan would say again, saying, "If you are blind, you can snatch it off and not use it. Your Uncle Shi Siming is present, why don't you ask him for your greetings? After the meeting is over, you can go to the military judge to receive the punishment yourself. Twenty whips, one whip is a lot."

The strong man next to him quickly spoke and said respectfully: "Master-in-law, don't use this. The nephew Qingxu made a mistake just a momentary mistake. I guess he was shocked to see the last general killing people, so..."

An Lushan waved his hand directly and interrupted: "Rules are rules."

The strong man no longer spoke.

An Qingxu hurriedly stepped forward, respectfully bowed his fists, and said, "My nephew An Qingxu, pay homage to Uncle Shi."

It turns out that this strong man is Shi Siming.

The two great heroes of the Anshi Rebellion in history were actually people who attached great importance to rules and etiquette. This has to be said to be a ridicule, or even a shocking joke.
To be continued...