Chapter 311: Conflict intensifies

The deposed prince Li Heng's mansion is located west of the Ten Kings' house, next to Li Cong's palace. Since he moved from the East Palace, he has been neglected in front of the door and has not seen a guest come to him for several months. The door has not been opened for many years and has long been rusted. The door is useless. There is only an old family member sitting in it all day long, not knowing the world.

At night, a carriage rushed from the west and gradually stopped in front of the steps. The horses were tired of eating and kept sniffing, but the people in the carriage did not come down. After waiting for the family of Prince Qing's Mansion to return not far away, the car door opened and a clear and handsome young man walked out, but it was Prince Li Chu of Guangping.

Li Chu slowly walked up the steps. Tomorrow he was going to set out for the Western Regions, and it was Shiguo thousands of miles away. Before leaving, he had to come to see his father. The door knocked for a long time before it opened. Without the guidance of his family, he walked through the courtyard gates familiarly. He came to take him to his father's study. Li Heng had already received the news and stood at the door early to wait for his eldest son.

Looking at his father's thin body, Li Chu's eyes suddenly turned red. He slowly knelt down to his father, and his voice choked: "The child is unfilial and has not greeted his father for half a year!"

"Kid, get up!"

Li Heng gently helped him up, wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes lovingly, and said with a smile: "I have passed the age of twentieth, and I still cry like a child."

"Yes! Father, my child tomorrow..."

Li Heng patted his back and smiled and said, "I already know that you are very pleased for your father to come to see me before you leave."

At this time, a fat eunuch quickly walked into the courtyard. He was the monitor who was responsible for recording the prince's words and deeds. His name was Cheng Zhenyuan, who was his net-opening and gave Li Heng a lot of convenience.

Li Heng quickly walked up to him, wiped a string of beads from his wrist, and quietly stuffed them to him, "Eunuch Cheng, Chu'er is leaving tomorrow. I want to tell him the relationship between father and son, and I hope you can do it."

Cheng Zhenyuan's eyes narrowed into a slit, and he laughed and said, "It turns out that the little prince is here, maybe! Maybe! The prince just lets his composure." After that, he stuffed the beads into his pocket and turned around and left.

Seeing that his father was still asking a eunuch softly, Li Chu couldn't help but gritted his teeth and said hatefully: "I will kill these damn eunuchs one day!"

"Forget it, Eunuch Cheng is a good person, I am very grateful to him!"

Li Heng waved his hand, took his son's hand and smiled, "Come! Come to the study, I have something to say to you for my father."

Li Heng's study was very concise. He had no books and decorations when he was the prince. This means that he had been separated from the past. Since ancient times, the fate of the deposed prince has been very miserable. Even if the emperor of the dynasty did not take action, the later heirs would not let him live in the world. After leaving the Eastern Palace, Li Heng spent most of his time in this study, which means that he was thinking about his mistakes. On the other hand, there were no records of the surveillance officers in this study. In other occasions, even when he was performing Zhou rituals in the inner room, there would be eunuchs squatting outside the tent and listening carefully. However, the past two months have improved. The eunuchs who were watching were replaced, and the number of people has also decreased. They also went out to do some private affairs from time to time, giving him more freedom.

When he closed the door, Li Heng's smile suddenly disappeared. He looked out the window and said anxiously: "I haven't had much time, so I just said it, Chu'er, this trip to the Western Regions is related to your future destiny. You must know why the emperor sent you to the Western Regions? And what should you do in the Western Regions? What should you not do?"

"Please give me advice!" Although Li Chu's tone was still respectful, his eyes were filled with strong confidence.

Li Heng looked at his son silently, and suddenly felt that he was old. He sighed softly. He looked out the window with endless desolation in his tone, "Since I left the Eastern Palace, I have slowly tasted many things. Many things could have been avoided, but because I was in it, I couldn't see through it, so I fell to this day."

He suddenly turned around and his eyes gradually became enthusiastic, "But you are still young and nothing has begun. When you go to the Western Regions, you are nominally a pacifier who replaced Li Qing, but you must remember that you are actually just smoke given by the emperor. The emperor's real intention is to use Li Qing to replace Gao Xianzhi. Remember! Remember! You must not really hold the military power, otherwise you will never have a day to turn over."

Li Heng patted his son's shoulder heavily, his eyes wet, "I don't want you to go back to the old path of being a father again. I hope you can finally climb to the top, go! Li Qing is a talented person, and you must win him over. One day in the future he will make a contribution to support you."

Li Chu was moved. He knelt down slowly, kowtowed to his father solemnly, raised his face and cut the railway line: "Don't worry, when you go to the Western Regions, the child must remember his father's teachings!"

‘The wind and dust of the battle are transformed into clouds and smoke, and the bow is bent and the Hu is not aware of the year’,

In September, the autumn in the Western Regions is particularly charming, with high sky and light clouds, strong and fat horses. There is endless blue above the sky. From the Zhenzhu River to the Rehai, from the Shiguo to the Paihan, there is mature golden yellow everywhere, and there is a harvest of laughter everywhere.

A fat hare ran away in the grass. Thirty steps behind it, a slanted thorn rushed over. The knight immediately bent his bow and pulled the arrow, and he took the hare's running track, and shot it away with an arrow, hitting the rabbit's body. The hare rolled away and stopped moving.

The knight immediately turned around and waved his hand, and said with a smug smile: "Li Qing, look at my killing of the enemy with one arrow, which is much better than shooting deer with three arrows."

She was naturally Princess Luo Lan. As time went by, her grief for her father's death gradually faded. In this bloody land, in this era full of conquest and conquest, living itself is a luxury.

Princess Luo Lan still lives in Baishui City. One of hers is Li Qing's mistress, the other is the deputy king of Shi Kingdom, and the Zhengwang of Shi Kingdom lives in Tuozhe City. He is Che Bishi, who was re-held by Gao Xianzhi.

Li Qing ran over with a horse. He turned sideways and used the tip of the knife to lift the fat rabbit. Unexpectedly, the rabbit turned over and rushed into the grass like a meteor lightning, and disappeared in an instant. Li Qing took the air with a knife, and was stunned, and then couldn't help laughing, "What a killing of the enemy with one arrow, you are already a soldier!"

Princess Luo Lan urged her to step forward and looked at it slightly. No, her arrow was inserted into a cluster of grass roots, and the cluster of grass was shot overturned by the arrows. Her face suddenly turned red and red all the way to her neck. Seeing Li Qing laughing proudly, she felt very hatred in her heart. She grabbed his horse's reins and jumped gently, then jumped behind his horse, put one hand around his waist and the other hand over his mouth, and said shyly and anxiously: "Don't laugh! If you laugh again, I will kill you with one knife."

Li Qing smiled and hugged her in front of her. The two of them were in close contact with each other. Li Qing held her extremely elastic waist with his hands, and suddenly felt aroused desire. He glanced back and saw that all the personal guards were resting in the woods two miles away, and there were only the two of them on the vast grassland.

Without opening his mouth, Li Qing's body changes were immediately caught by Princess Luo Lan sensitively. Her heart pounded wildly, and she lowered her head and punched his chest with her fist, "No! No outside!"

"Why can't it work?" Li Qing tilted his head and blocked her mouth. Princess Luo Lan's body suddenly stiffened, and gradually began to breathe rapidly. Her body softened, but her hand accidentally touched Li Qing's lower body. Suddenly, she shuddered, and pushed him away with the last trace of Qingming in her mind, panting: "No outside! You will be seen."

"There are only rabbits here, where are there people?"

He smiled and pointed around. Suddenly, his hands stopped moving, his teasing expression disappeared, his eyes gradually narrowed into a slit, and his expression was cold. Princess Luo Lan looked up and looked east along his gaze. She saw a large group of horses appearing on the small hill in the distance.

"who are they?"

"It's Gao Xianzhi!" Li Qing smiled coldly. He immediately carried Princess Luo Lan back to her horse, took out a trumpet, and blew it up to the sky, "Woo! Woo!". After a moment, hundreds of personal guards rushed from afar and protected Li Qingtuan.

"Li Qing, let's go back!" Princess Luo Lan couldn't help but feel a little scared when she saw that Gao Xianzhi's entourage seemed to have thousands of people, and each of them was covered with helmets and armor.

"What are you afraid of! Since you meet him, you will go!"

Li Qing turned around and ordered, "Protect the princess, follow me!" After that, he rode his horse and ran towards Gao Xianzhi's foothold.

Gao Xianzhi returned to Suiye from Tuozhe City, and happened to pass by here, Che Bishi and his son were among them. They wanted to send their patron saint Gao Xianzhi until Suiye returned.

"I haven't seen each other for several months, and my tall and handsome look has improved a lot?"

Li Qing held the reins of the horse ten steps away, bowed his hands and smiled, "The general is here, but I think of me going to Baishui City?"

"Hmph! That is the Baishui City of my Shi Kingdom. When did it become yours? He Modu signed a treaty with you. My Kingly Clan does not admit it. You must return Baishui City!"

The one who was ruthless was Prince Che Duo. He kept staring at Princess Luo Lan and found that her face was extremely beautiful and her eyebrows were affectionate. It was obvious that she was no longer a virgin. The hatred gathered in his heart finally couldn't help but burst out.

"You are not allowed to talk too much!" Che Bishi stepped forward and pulled Che Duodu back, glared at him fiercely, and bowed to Li Qing urgently and apologized: "Your son is rude, please don't be surprised. Since both the Minister and He Mo have made an agreement, I should follow it."

"I don't think so!" Gao Xianzhi, who had been gloomy and silent, suddenly spoke. He glanced at Li Qing coldly and said, "He Mo won't be allowed to be the king. How can he count the contract?"

Li Qing still had a smile on his face. He patted his military uniform gently and said lightly: "I haven't seen each other for a few months. I didn't expect that Gao Dashen would become the king of the Shi Kingdom. Congratulations! Congratulations! Li Qing will report to the Emperor tomorrow and become His Highness Gao's wish as soon as possible."

"What did you say!" Gao Xianzhi's face changed drastically. He stared at Li Qing fiercely and said in a sequel: "Shi Li, I am the commander of the Tang army and the governor of Anxi. Are you slandering me for rebellion?"

"Since that's the case, then do the Grand Marshal feel that it is inappropriate for my Tang army to be stationed in Baishui City?"

Gao Xianzhi was speechless for a moment, and after a long time, he said angrily: "I am a general. I only know how to kill the clan and fight and defeat the enemy for thousands of miles. How can I speak out with you?"

"What a killer! "

Princess Luo Lan, hiding behind Li Qing, could no longer help it. She stood up, stared at Gao Xianzhi with anger, and shouted loudly: "But the tens of thousands of people in my Tuozhe City have almost been massacred by you. No matter you are unarmed, young, young, and children, you will not let go. Is this your defeat of the enemy for thousands of miles?

"Is she the Princess Luo Lan?" Gao Xianzhi glanced at Li Qing and asked in a deep voice. Although Princess Luo Lan was wearing a helmet, her voice was obviously a woman.

"Not bad! I am the daughter of He Modu, deputy king of Shi Kingdom, Qian Shi Luolan." Princess Luolan pulled off her helmet and let her long hair like a waterfall fall down. "Gao Xianzhi, you people in the Tang Dynasty have a cloud. You should cut the grass and get rid of the roots. You might as well kill me, otherwise my father's grudge will be doubled back to you in the future!"

Gao Xianzhi was not angry. He glanced up and down at Princess Luo Lan, slowly peeled her clothes with his eyes, and suddenly smiled at the sky and said, "I, Gao Xianzhi, killed countless people in my life. Those who want to kill me can be ranked from Kucha to Dayuan, and it's not your turn, but you are a fierce and beautiful woman like me."

He turned his eyes and looked directly at Li Qing and said, "Give this woman to me, and you and me will be waived, how about it?"

Li Qing's personal soldiers were furious and raised their crossbows to aim at Gao Xianzhi. Gao Xianzhi's personal soldiers were not showing weakness, but also raised their crossbows to aim at Li Qing. Both sides drew their swords and hung their crossbows, and the atmosphere was extremely solemn.

Li Qing looked up and laughed loudly. His laughter suddenly stopped. His eyes stared at Gao Xianzhi coldly, and his reply popped up word by word from his straightened lips: "You bitch!"

Gao Xianzhi and his men all changed their faces. An officer was extremely angry. He raised his hand and shot a crossbow arrow, piercing through Li Qing's helmet.

Li Qing raised his hand back and stopped the impulse of his personal soldiers. He slowly pulled out the arrow from his helmet, played with it, glanced at the officer with a sideways, and smiled faintly: "I will give you an arrow!"

Li Qing's eyes were not sharp and his tone was not stern, but the officer couldn't help but burst into cold sweat, and his back was wet.

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"Protector Gao, we will have a date later!" Li Qing stopped the arrow, bowed slightly, ignored Gao Xianzhi's ugly face, turned his head and left, while Gao Xianzhi stared at Li Qing's back without saying a word.

At this time, Duan Xiushi, who was walking at the end, seemed to have discovered something when he turned around. He looked east with a curtain of hands for a while, and suddenly shouted: "Governor, look!"

Whether Li Qing's Doulu army or Gao Xianzhi's Anxi army, they all looked at him with his fingers and saw a group of people gradually appearing in the eastern sky, about a thousand people.

"Woo~!" A loud trumpet sound echoed from the grassland, and the team was approaching. Countless apricot yellow flags were waving in the wind. A golden dragon on the head flag was about to rise into the sky, which was particularly eye-catching under the blue sky.

"It's the Tang army!" Many sharp-eyed soldiers shouted, but Gao Xianzhi saw the golden dragon and was shocked and suspicious. This was a flag that could only be fired by the imperial commander in person. His Majesty the Emperor could not go to the expedition for thousands of miles, and he should have come a prince.

He looked back at Li Qing, and urged his horse to meet him first. Li Qing did not move and silently stared at the banner. He knew that the result he was waiting for was finally here.

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Li Chu stood upright with the imperial edict in his hand. His voice was clear and he passed Li Longji's will to everyone's ears along the wind. Gao Xianzhi was very surprised. Not only did Li Qing not be promoted, but was demoted. This seemed a bit unreasonable. He suddenly thought of Bian Lingcheng. Could it be him? Gao Xianzhi couldn't help but turn his head slightly and glance backwards. Li Qing was expressionless and was also looking at him. When the two of them touched their eyes, Gao Xianzhi smiled proudly, lowered his head to continue listening.

Li Qing smiled coldly, first giving Gao Jue, then coaxing him to Beijing. This was Li Longji's usual method of depriving his military power. Huangfu Weiming's previous lessons were still there, but Gao Xianzhi seemed to have forgotten it.

I heard Li Chu continue to recite: "......... The birthday of the imperial concubine is approaching, and I ordered the border towns to offer prisoners to show the world the majesty of the Tang Dynasty......"

Gao Xianzhi was stunned, "Please give prisoners!" He suddenly remembered the Xiao Bolu, the Tubo princess, the Tuqi Chief Shi, and the King of the Imperial Army who were still imprisoned in Kucha. Those who all showed his brilliant military achievements, which were incomparable to any general in the border town. An Lushan, who was defeated repeatedly? Or Geshuhan, who caused the Tang army to be killed and injured? Not to mention Guo Xuji, who was in Chengdu, could compare with himself? This was simply a grand ceremony for himself. Gao Xianzhi suddenly had a desire to ride a horse on the Zhuque Street, which was so strong that he could not suppress himself.

The Great Food Eastern Expedition lasted almost half a year, but there was no movement. Now it was autumn. The merchants who were traveling all said that Abbas was encircling the remnants of the white-clothed Great Food in the West, and there was no sign of the Eastern Expedition. Now that the King of Guangping is here, I am not afraid that Li Qing will go to heaven.

At this moment, Gao Xianzhi made up his mind to return to Chang'an to offer prisoners first, and then lead troops to the west to fight against Kangguo and Shiguo to make unparalleled achievements for his descendants.

After finishing reading, Li Chu handed the imperial edict to Gao Xianzhi and said with a smile: "When I left, the emperor once said that the great achievements of the border town were Gao Envoys. The ceremony of offering prisoners was about to be held. Why didn't Gao Envoys go east to Chang'an?"

Gao Xianzhi stroked her beard and laughed: "I will think about this matter again. Your Highness has worked hard all the way. Please go back to Suye City with me. I will do my best to be the landlord!"

Li Chu glanced at Li Qing briefly and said apologetically: "I am doing a major event for the first time. We should first be public and then private. After I hand over the talisman with Li Changshi, we will go to Thunder Ye City to visit Gao Envoy."

In fact, there was a loophole in Li Chu's words. How could he know that Li Qing and Gao Xianzhi didn't live together? Unfortunately, Gao Xianzhi was going back and was ready to pretend, but he didn't hear it. He flew on his horse and bowed to Li Chu, "Your Highness, then I'll take a step first!"

After saying that, he ignored Li Qing and led more than a thousand personal soldiers to rush away, leaving Che Bishi and his son aside. When Che Bishi saw Gao Xianzhi leaving, he was afraid that Li Qing would take the opportunity to attack. He didn't care about paying homage to the new ambassador and hurriedly took his son Xiangnan and fled.

After waiting for everyone to go away, Li Qing smiled and stepped forward to pat Li Chu on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "I asked you to come to the Western Regions, but what is Gao Lishi's arrangement?"
Chapter completed!