Since he first met Li Longji in Tianbao ten years, until now, he has never treated Gu Qing so severely. Most of the time, Li Longji is amiable. Whether sincere or false, at least Li Longji is quite charming in dealing with people. His hypocrisy and suspicion are hidden under the appearance of heroic and righteousness.

So when Gu Qing understood Li Longji's reprimand, Gu Qing didn't react for a long time and always felt uncomfortable.

"Uh, did the angel read the wrong one? This imperial edict was not given to me, right?" Gu Qing took the imperial edict from the servant with both hands and looked around.

The shepherd looked helpless: "Mr. Gu, that's right, this imperial edict is for you."

Gu Qing shook his head: "No, Your Majesty should be scolding Pei Zhounan. I am not wrong, why should I be scolded? Pei Zhounan should be scolded..."

Looking at the servant with hope, Gu Qing said, "Did Your Majesty give Pei Zhounan a royal edict? Did the imperial edict given to him be scolded more ruthlessly? The angel reveals it to make me feel more balanced..."

The servant smiled bitterly: "There is no imperial edict to Jingshi Pei, only to the Marquis."

Gu Qing said disappointedly: "No, Pei Zhounan is the bad guy, I am the good guy."

The servant shook his head and said, "The lower officials don't know that the lower officials just came to the order. Who is right and wrong in Anxi Protectorate's Mansion? The lower officials have no right to judge."

"No, I will reason with the angel. When you go back, tell Your Majesty that I am a good person anyway, Pei Zhounan is a bad person..." Gu Qing pulled the servant and started to gossip.

The servant's face turned blue and wanted to say goodbye several times, but Gu Qing still grabbed him tightly.

After a long time, the servant entered the camp arranged by Gu Qing for him in a daze, and his mind was still buzzing, and waves of noise passed by.

Gu Qing returned to the handsome tent, sat alone at the table, lowered his head and carefully looked at the imperial edict. He savored every sentence and every word inside. The more he savored the more he felt the taste was wrong.

Li Longji's suspicion has worsened. Maybe it was because of killing Tian Zhen himself? Maybe it was because of training soldiers to give rewards and invites the army to buy morale? In short, Li Longji has expressed dissatisfaction with some of his actions in Anxi.

Behind Li Longji's dissatisfaction? Actually, it is uneasiness.

But Gu Qing's actions were not enough to transfer him from Anxi. An Lushan had 150,000 troops from three towns? Replaced most of the Han generals? The generals above the three town camp regiment were all Hu people, and even infiltrated the power into the courts in Chang'an. They secretly bribed many court officials. In comparison, Gu Qing's actions were relatively minor.

However, there is already an An Lushan who wants to be cut but cannot be cut ahead? Li Longji cannot sit idly by and watch the second An Lushan appear in the Tang Dynasty? So he issued such a harsh imperial edict for reprimanding.

Gu Qing quickly realized that this was actually Li Longji's beating and warning to him. He obviously just killed Tian Zhen and gave the soldiers some rewards, but Li Longji made a big fuss? He used this matter to warn him to pay attention to his position when he was in charge of Anxi and not do anything out of order? He also reminded him that there is still the emperor in Chang'an and the imperial court? Remember who you are.

Looking at the imperial edict in his hand, Gu Qing showed a playful smile on his face.

Is the power of heaven unpredictable?

In fact, this just shows Li Longji's current nervousness? He is nearly 70 years old? He has enjoyed peace for half his life? Are you finally feeling uneasy now?

At that time, he was so despised by a fat pig-like Hu man, so stupid that he dared to be appointed as the governor of the Three Towns. Over the years, he had given him many ceremonial guards and gifts that were more than the standard of his ministers. He was even closer to him than to his biological prince. He didn't realize that he had more and more soldiers and horses in his hands, and he was excluding fewer and fewer generals appointed by the court.

The gentle land is also a hero's tomb. Over the years, I have been immersed in the pear garden and indulged in singing and dancing. The colorful clothes and feathered clothes are said to be the masterpiece of eternal songs. Unfortunately, the great country is finally shaking in the singing and dancing to peace. The Emperor Taiping is about to face the uneven world. Who is the fault?

Gu Qing saw the imperial edict in his hand that he was so cruel, he saw suspicion and anxiety, and he also saw the darkness and cowardice deep in his heart of the so-called heroic king who created a prosperous era.

You carelessly manage this great country. If you don’t want it, naturally someone wants it. Even if it’s not me, it will be someone else.

Gu Qing sat alone in the tent for a long time, then put away the imperial edict and suddenly sang: "Han Jie, send the order to the soldiers, practice immediately!"

Han Jie's voice came from outside the coach's tent: "Marty, the soldiers have practiced this morning."

Gu Qing said coldly: "Then practice again. Would it be a harm to let them practice? Is it necessary for me to sweat more in normal times and bleed less in wartime?"

"Yes, Marquis."

Soon, the sound of drums rumbling came from the camp, and the soldiers gathered in the schoolyard, and the sound of training and shouting to kill was shocked and shocked the desert.

In an instant, the two places thousands of miles apart seemed to be close.

The singing, dancing, music and music in Chang'an Liyuan, the golden swords and iron horses in the Anxi School Field, two completely different pictures are in the same time and space, gradually changing and reincarnation.

In this murderous atmosphere of gold and iron, Gu Qing filled himself with a glass of wine in his tent, raised his glass far away in Chang'an, with a sarcastic smile on his face.

The king lost his deer, and the heroes chased him together. I am also one of the heroes. I am willing to find the lost deer for Your Majesty.

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Before we knew it, there were more and more Tubo merchants in Kucha City.

A small number of people are acquaintances who often travel between Tubo and Kucha, while more Tubo merchants have strange faces. They are no different from other Tubo people. They are half-dressed in leather robes and wool felt hats in hot weather. They have two red plateaus on their faces. They smile honestly when they see anyone, and they have big white teeth, looking honest and honest.

When they meet the Tang people who are a little bit kind to them, they will be happy to sing and dance. No matter what occasion or time, the wild boar rolling in mud will come, let alone whether others are embarrassed or not.

Others are still wondering why there are more and more Tubo merchants in the city recently, only Gu Qing and Pei Zhounan know what these strange Tubo merchants came to Kucha to do.

Under Gu Qing's instruction, Kucha City prepared two shops on the west side of the market under the name of the Jiedu Mansion, which were specifically responsible for the acquisition of Tubo medicinal materials.

Whether new or old acquaintances, these Tubo merchants are loaded with medicinal materials. The quality of medicinal materials is good and inferior. Gu Qing had already instructed that the officials responsible for purchasing medicinal materials were very fair. No matter whoever brought medicinal materials, they only accepted good quality and refused to accept inferior quality.

Those rejected Tubo merchants sat in front of the shop with desperate faces of medicinal materials crying, rolling around, singing, dancing and begging, in short, if they fail, they will not be qualified and they will not be able to collect a single piece of grass.

The Tubo merchants who were queuing up to buy medicinal materials naturally saw this scene. While watching the fun, they also secretly alerted themselves.

It was true that the Tang people purchased medicinal materials, but the Tang people required that the medicinal materials must be of the same quality. The ugly-looking medicinal materials must not be transported to Kucha in the future, otherwise they would have to go for nothing, and they would have to travel thousands of miles to drive camels and horses across the Kunlun Mountains. As a result, they could not even make the money back. They were clever and tried to take advantage of the little money, and their final outcome would be to lose all their money.

As for those Tubo merchants with qualified medicinal materials, the Tang people gave the money very happily, and they were given in front of the Tubo merchants lined up. Trucks of silver cakes were parked in the backyard of the shops. The servants in the shops brought out boxes of silver cakes, emitting an attractive and dazzling light in the sunlight, which made the Tubo merchants excited.

In just a few days, tens of thousands of taels of silver cakes were spent like this, and the medicinal materials that were piled up like mountains and I don’t know how to deal with them.

Gu Qing and Pei Zhounan came to the market every day to inspect. Seeing the grand occasion of Tubo merchants queuing up to buy medicinal materials, the two looked at each other mysteriously. A few days ago, the two of them had a tense and cold relationship. In the face of this major event related to the destiny of the two powerful countries of the Tang Dynasty and Tubo, the only two insiders had a kind of comrade-in-arms in the same trenches, and the cold relationship actually eased a lot.

After seeing enough fun, Gu Qing left indifferently and wandered aimlessly in Kucha City.

Before he knew it, he walked outside the Fuzhi Inn. Gu Qing unexpectedly heard a fierce quarrel outside the inn gate. He subconsciously stopped. Looking from a distance, he saw Huangfu Sisi crossing her waist, pointing at a guest's nose with anger and cursing. Gu Qing had never seen a fierce and tough look before.

As long as a woman is beautiful and charming, she will have a unique charm even if she gets angry.

The guest who was pointed at the nose was not angry at all, but instead smiled with a pair of irregular eyes staring at Huangfu Sisi's face and figure.

Huangfu Sisi was extremely angry and slapped the guest in the face with a backhand, and the guest dexterously avoided.

He was almost slapped by the woman. The guest couldn't help but become angry and stopped teasing her. Instead, he kicked her. He hit Huangfu Sisi's lower abdomen. Huangfu Sisi staggered to the ground, struggled to get up, turned his head and called the shop's servant to come out to help. Seeing that the customer was not good, he ran away decisively.

Gu Qing hurriedly stepped forward a few steps and helped Huangfu Sisi up. He was just watching the fun, but he didn't expect that the guests would attack the woman. Gu Qing was too far away to stop him.

Huangfu Sisi was kicked, her hair and clothes were a little messy, and she was covered with a lot of sand and dust and grass chips.

"Are you okay?" Gu Qing asked with concern.

He turned his head and glared at Han Jie, and Gu Qing said again: "Why are you still standing there? You chase after the guy who beat the woman just now, and you will get back ten times."

Han Jie hurriedly followed with two personal guards.

Huangfu Sisi looked a little embarrassed at this moment, and there was no longer a charming and seductive expression between her eyebrows. She frowned slightly, covered her abdomen with one hand, and cut her hair and temples with the other, trying to restore some of her appearance and self-esteem.

"Why are there disputes? Does this happen often?" Gu Qing asked.

Huangfu Sisi smiled and said, "What we are doing is to bring us a deal. How can we avoid unreasonable guests? I have been used to it over the years."

Gu Qing frowned: "Accustomed to being beaten by customers?"

Huangfu Sisi smiled and said, "Occasionally, I will beat the guests. When I encounter a quick customer, I can't hide enough, so I have to be beaten, just like before."

Gu Qing was in a complicated mood and wanted to say something that was not painful or concerned about, but he felt that the words were not meaningful, but he felt that there was another emotion in his heart, as if his car had been scratched by a naughty boy, which was both heartbreaking and angry.

"I will help you back to the backyard to sit. Are you seriously injured? Do you want to call a doctor to take a look?"

Huangfu Sisi shook her head, still trying hard to lay her hair, and said with a forced smile: "It's okay, it's just a little bit. A few years ago, I met a more ruthless guest. I punched and kicked me with disagreement. I was so painful that I lay on the ground and covered my head with my hands. I begged for mercy, but he still refused to forgive me. I beat me for two months before I got better. Today is very mild and nothing."

Gu Qing pursed his lips tightly and felt more and more distressed.

I don’t know what kind of relationship it is, but men are such a scumbag animal. The person they want to marry is Zhang Huaiyu, but at this moment, they are still feeling sad and angry for another woman and want to protect her.

"You don't actually have to take care of it yourself..." Gu Qing helped her walk towards the backyard of the inn.

Huangfu Sisi sighed and said, "If you want to survive, you have to earn some money. If you don't do this business that shows up in public, what else can I do? Have you found a man from a wealthy family to marry? Which man from a wealthy family is willing to marry a businesswoman?"

Gu Qing helped her sit down on the stone bench in the backyard and sighed: "You... can report my name in the future, no one in Kucha City dares to bully you."

Huangfu Sisi seemed to attach great importance to her current image, fearing that her embarrassing appearance would leave him with bad memories. After sitting down, she was still constantly placing her hair and slapping the dust on her body.

With his eyebrows lowered, Huangfu Sisi was still smiling: "Of course I want to report the name of the Marquis, but the Marquis is a godlike figure in Kucha City. If outsiders know that the Marquis protects a business woman of unknown origin, aren't they afraid of their reputation being damaged?"

Gu Qing smiled and said, "What is reputation? You probably don't know what reputation I have in Chang'an City."

Huangfu Sisi sighed quietly: "I am a rootless duckweed. Since the day I was sensible, I have never thought that I need others' support, because no one can let me rely on me. All I have seen in the past few years is the cold world, the kindness is like paper, and the love is like smoke. Even if the marquis asks me to rely on me, how can I know if I will suddenly be determined one day? At that time, I was used to being protected by others. Where should I go?"

Gu Qing stared into her eyes and said, "Why did I suddenly make a decision with you? Are we not friends?"

Huangfu Sisi smiled awedly: "That is the Marquis who has never seen the true face of this friend of mine."

"No matter what you have done or what origins it is, you are not a bad person after all. If I read it wrong, these eyes can really be picked down as a bubble." Gu Qing smiled and said meaningfully: "Don't have such a big psychological burden, my friend is very generous."

Huangfu Sisi's eyes turned red and she lowered her head and said, "I... I went to the house to change my clothes."

Gu Qing nodded and saw her hurriedly entering the room with her head down. Gu Qing suddenly called her: "You are just a woman, don't take anything. The world is too chaotic and the hearts of people are too dirty. You can't bear it. There is no need to pretend to be strong in front of me. I can protect you in the future."

Huangfu Sisi didn't look back, and then he walked into the house with a nod.

In the closed door, Gu Qing heard a sob of depression coming from inside.

After all, she didn't want him to see his fragile and helpless side.
Chapter completed!