Chapter 371 The Skinny Camel

On the outskirts of Chang'an, the moonlight shines on a small dirt bag in the wilderness, and you can vaguely see the words "Tomb of my late father Li Gong Linfu" written in blood on a wooden sign in front of it.

Li Xiu, who was kneeling in front of the tomb, turned around and heard the barking of dogs in the distance. He first thought that the thin coffin would prevent wild dogs from digging out his grandfather's body. But if the wild dogs didn't dig out his grandfather's body, what about others?

He then stood up and stepped forward, pulled out the wooden sign, scratched off all the writing on this side with a dagger, and then wrote "Tomb of My Ancestor" again.

The Shangzhu Kingdom, Duke of Jin, Taiwei, and Zhongshu Ling, who were once the most powerful ministers, in the end, only these four words can be left, and the land they occupy is no more than a piece of loess.

After doing this, Li Xiu discovered that the two government servants who had been following him these past few days were nowhere to be found. Maybe they were lazy and fell asleep at the inn in the north?

This is a good opportunity to escape to another place and hide one's name, so as not to have to be exiled to Zhenzhou anymore and save one's life.

He glanced towards the north in the direction of Chang'an City, and driven by the desire to survive, he walked towards the east, his footsteps rustling on the dead leaves on the ground.

Suddenly, Li Xiu stopped because a conversation occurred in his mind.

"If he escapes, will Xue Lang take care of him?"

"I am responsible."

Xue Bai promised that this time he would be able to take good care of himself and carefully handle Li Linfu's burial. In addition, Xue Bai had also told him in private that he would definitely find a way to save the innocent family members of the Li family.

The pain of exile.

If he left without saying goodbye, it would be nothing more than betraying Xue Bai's trust. Wouldn't it mean that he had given up the hope of rescuing his family?

Although Li Xiu was not in harmony with his wife Lu, they were very affectionate towards their children. Then he thought that if he ran away like this, he would hide and be alone for the rest of his life. What would be the point of living?

He finally turned around and walked towards Chang'an City.

When we returned to Chang'an, it was already dawn, and the morning drums on the top of the city were ringing in all directions.

"Dong, dong, dong..."

The sound of drums entered the guest room of Xue House in Xuanyangfang.

Xue Bai woke up and vaguely smelled the faint fragrance of Li Tengkong, which made him feel a little unreal.

He carefully took out his numbed hand and was about to stand up and leave the curtain, but found that the corner of his clothes was held by her.

"Are you awake?" Xue Bai asked softly.

Li Tengkong still had his eyes closed, as if he was still asleep.

But Xue Bai found that she was holding the corners of his clothes very tightly, so he asked again: "Aren't you awake?"

"Not awake."

"Are you hungry? Get up and eat something."

Li Tengkong turned sideways, shook his head, unwilling to get up, and hugged Xue Bai as if he couldn't hold him enough.

"You'd better eat some, you've lost weight recently."

"Are you kidding me? Ji Lanzi always said that I was kidding her."

"It's not bad." Xue Bai doesn't like to say coaxing words, but occasionally he will say one or two, "I have lost weight, which makes people feel sad."

The two of them were looking at each other for a long time, but they heard Jiaonu say outside the door: "Seventeenth Mother, Shiro is here to see Xue Bai."

The morning drums had stopped for a while, and Li Xiu had walked from the city gate to Xue's house.

He waited in the front hall and was led into a guest room. He met Xue Bai and Li Tengkong holding hands and coming out of the guest room.

When Li Xiu saw it, his expression changed and he felt a little embarrassed.

His sister is the daughter of the prime minister's house. In the past, marrying Xue Bai was regarded as a second marriage, but now that the family is in trouble, she has been taken over by Xue Bai.

The law of the jungle is like this in the court, which makes people helpless.

“Juro, please sit down.”

I don't know whether it was because Li Xiu's mentality had become inferior, or because Xue Bai's status had improved. Although it was just a short sentence, the momentum completely dominated the entire scene.

Li Xiu could no longer show off the airs he had when he asked Xue Bai to assist him in the Right Prime Minister's Mansion, so he complied and sat down on the stone bench.

After a while, Mian'er came over with a food box and served the food.

Although Xue Zhai's food does not have delicacies, there are many types and the taste is good. Because Yan Yan is a very picky person, and Fengwei Restaurant is her own business, she is quite demanding in this aspect. At this time, when the food box was opened, there were several

Some snacks, pastries, and a small bottle of wine.

"I won't drink." Xue Bai placed the pot of wine in front of Li Xiu and said, "Shiro, please drink some."

"good."

Xue Bai scooped up a few more buns, handed them to Li Tengkong, and said, "Would you like some?"

"Um."

Li Xiu couldn't bear to see them like this, so he turned his head slightly and drank a glass of wine to relieve the bitterness in his mouth.

"How does Shiro view Li Xianzhong's defection?" Xue Bai brought up the matter.

"It would be unjust to say that my grandpa conspired with other Jiedu envoys to plot rebellion. As for Li Xianzhong, he was only the deputy envoy of Jiedu. How could I conspire with him? He was obviously recruited by An Lu

The mountains forced him to defect."

These were already very clear things in Xue Bai's eyes, but there was still something new in Li Xiu's words that Xue Bai noticed.

"Other Jiedushi? Who is there?"

"The total number of Jiedu envoys in the border towns is only those people." Li Xiu said: "Except Zhang Qiqiu, the Jiedushi envoy of Shuofang, and Han Xiulin, the queen of Hedong Jiedu, these two were recommended by Wang Zhongsi when he left office. The rest are from Longyou.

Jiedushi Ge Shuhan, Hexi Jiedushi An Sishun, and Anxi Jiedushi Gao Xianzhi were all appointed by my grandfather when he was the prime minister."

"Li Linfu, Ge Shuhan, An Sishun, and Gao Xianzhi also said that they would use force to prevent Li Heng from ascending the throne?"

Li Xiu hesitated and did not answer, as if he was thinking about whether he could trust Xue Bai.

Xue Bai was not in a hurry and urged Li Tengkong to eat more.

"An Sishun." After hesitation, Li Xiu made a decision and replied, "An Sishun has always wanted to serve as the governor of Shuofang, and he promised that he would not support Li Heng in the future. Therefore, he wanted to get rid of Zhang

Qiqiu, give Shuofang to An Sishun."

"An Sishun and An Lushan are brothers. The two brothers want to control the five towns in the north. Aren't Li Linfu worried?"

"They are not brothers. An Lushan's grandma brought him to marry An Sishun. The relationship between them is not good." Li Xiu said, "My grandpa wanted An Sishun to lead both Hexi and Shuofang, but instead

It was with the intention of containing An Lushan."

"I don't believe it." Xue Bai said.

Li Xiu was stunned.

Xue Bai said: "In my opinion, the relationship between the two brothers An Lushan and An Sishun is not that bad. They acted to deceive the entire court in order to seek the governorship of the five towns."

"How can I see it?"

"intuition."

Xue Bai was not familiar with An Sishun, and there was no evidence to prove his point of view, but judging from his understanding of An Lushan, the chubby Hu man had a pig-like face but a bright heart. He was very good at pretending and communicating with An Lushan.

Deceptive.

After thinking along this line of thinking, he had a vague idea.

"Li Xianzhong's defection was due to the persecution of An Lushan. For this reason, Shuofang lost his deputy envoy Jiedu, and Zhang Qiqiu, the envoy of Jiedu, was also implicated. Don't you think that An Sishun and An Lushan are brothers?

Conspiracy?"

Li Xiu said: "You mean An Lushan is helping An Sishun? If their brothers pretend to be at odds for this reason, then their intentions are too big."

"yes."

"But no, An Lushan's murder of Ge Jie has nothing to do with An Sishun."

"Then why did he kill Ge Jie? And he happened to force Li Xianzhong to rebel?"

Li Xiu said: "An Sishun reminded me many times that An Lushan built a city and stationed troops, and what he did was more than preventing the prince from ascending the throne. This shows that the quarrel between his brothers is true."

Xue Bai said lightly: "You can't see what he says, you have to see how he does it."

"I can only say that you are biased against An Sishun." Li Xiu said, of course, these matters had nothing to do with him, so he asked: "Can these words clear my grandfather's grievances?"

"No," Xue Bai said, "But you can let me know how useful you are."

Li Xiu was stunned for a moment, drank another glass of wine, and said thoughtfully: "What do you want?"

"About the military governors of various towns," Xue Bai said, "I want to know as much as possible about them, how many generals they have under their command, how much food and fodder they have, what their stance is, and where to go next."

At present, An Lushan is eyeing Hedong, and An Sishun is eyeing Shuofang. As a member of the Zhongshushe, he has no power to intervene in these matters. It is hard to say how much effect Li Xiu can have, but the camel in the Right Prime Minister's Palace is bigger than the horse.

, I think it will be of some help.

"Why do you care about this?" Li Xiu suddenly asked.

Xue Bai said: "I am worried about the country."

Li Xiu stared at him, his eyes gradually becoming appraising.

Xue Bai noticed this look and said, "What? Don't you believe it?"
To be continued...