Chang'an City, in Qunxianfang.

There is an ordinary courtyard in the capital, which is so ordinary that you may forget its appearance as soon as you pass by it.

If you insist on finding a feature for it, it will probably be convenient for travel. If you walk out of the door and walk to the left, you will be able to reach the busy West Market. On the other side of the courtyard is the Golden Light Gate leading to the outside of the city.

Few people know that this is Li Jingzhong’s residence outside the palace.

Just as few people know how much power Li Jingzhong can control now is.

As far as people know Li Jingzhong’s perception, inside and outside the palace are like two worlds.

Most people in the palace knew that Li Jingzhong should not be underestimated, but people outside the palace were very unfamiliar with him. Except for a few people, including Yang Guozhong, most officials had never heard of his name.

At this moment, this powerful and mysterious man was sitting in his ordinary courtyard, looking at Shan Ying in front of him with a smile on his face, who was pouring wine into the glass.

Shanying picked up the wine glass, raised it high at Li Jingzhong, and smiled and said, "Congratulations, sir, you have eliminated a stumbling block."

Seeing Shan Ying drinking all over, Li Jingzhong did not raise his glass. He shook his head and said softly: "It's not a stumbling block, but I'm a little sensible and can't tolerate him."

"Hmm?" Shan Ying frowned and then smiled, "I really can't tell, sir, you are honest."

"I still have this kind of self-knowledge," Li Jingzhong played with the wine glass on the table. "Chao En is simple-minded and likes to listen to stories of heroes since he was a child. How could such a person stab me in the back?"

"Why can't you tolerate him?" Shan Ying asked back.

Li Jingzhong smiled bitterly: "Because I'm worried, I'm worried that one day, he will stand up and sing against me because he wants to be a hero. In that case, the trouble will be great. Instead of doing it at that time, it's better to do it now. At least in this way, he will live to the end as my brother." As he said that, Li Jingzhong reached out and stroked his temples, and a few strands of silver threads emerged there, which seemed very eye-catching.

"So you burned your brother to death?" Shan Ying showed ridicule.

"Are you the same?" Li Jingzhong asked back, "Well, that boy Mo Li treats you like his own sister, didn't you do the same?"

"Oh," Shan Ying sighed helplessly, "I don't want to do it either. After all, I have spent so much energy to raise it. But in recent days, the boy has become increasingly disobedient. With his martial arts, if he loses control, I can't control it, so..."

Speaking of this, Shan Ying seemed to feel a little emotional. She shook her head, raised the refilled wine glass, and drank another glass. While putting down the wine glass, its sleeves whispered at the corner of her eyes, quietly wiping away a little crystal light from there.

But Li Jingzhong was not convinced of her words. He put the wine glass on the table, squinted his eyes and said, "Drug lady, you have done everything, what else can you put on? Mo Li is loyal to you. If you say he is disobedient, who believes it? Are you worried that he will be unfavorable to Juro because of his indulgence in love with you?"

At that time, Prince Li Ying had made friends with five people from the world, and brought Li Jingzhong, Yu Chaoen and Cheng Yuanzhen to form Jinlan with them. Among these ten people, Cheng Yuanzhen was at the last age, so he was called Juro.

Shan Ying was stunned for a moment, then lowered her head and sighed: "Mr. Li, it's fine if you know these things, why bother to expose them?" After that, he became silent and stopped talking.

Li Jingzhong was also silent for a long time before saying in a vague tone: "After that being said, are Lao Jiu and the others really dead?"

Shan Ying was stunned: "What do you mean? Haven't you sent someone to check it? The physical signs of the two charred corpses in the cave are basically the same as those of them. And I kept staying outside the cave that day, and there was no abnormality from beginning to end. Is there anything else to doubt?"

Li Jingzhong shook his head: "I can't say it well, I'm just nervous, so I asked, "Just as if nothing is wrong."

At this moment, a young servant trotted to the door and bowed to Li Jingzhong and said, "Sir, a guest is here!"

"Who is here?" Li Jingzhong raised his eyebrows slightly. There were very few people in his house, and two of them had just turned into charred corpses. So who would be the one who came?

"It's a man in his twenties. He said his surname is Luo, Luo from Luoyang." The servant responded.

"It turns out that His Highness Ye Hu has arrived." Li Jingzhong's eyes flashed and he waved to the servants, "Hurry! Please come in!"

The servant responded, turned around and retreated.

As soon as he left the room, Shan Ying said suspiciously: "How did he know the location here?"

"It doesn't matter," Li Jingzhong is much calmer than her. "No matter what, he has come, let's see what he says later."

As soon as he finished speaking, Luo Miao's figure appeared in the sight of the two of them. He was seen floating in white clothes, as if a banished immortal came to the world.

Li Jingzhong stood up to greet him with a smile on his face: "Your Highness Ye Hu, please come in quickly."

Luo Miao nodded, stepped into the door, and bowed to Li Jingzhong and Shan Ying: "Eunuch Li, Miss Shan, don't be fine!"

The two of them hurriedly bowed back and then exchanged a few more greetings. Just as they were about to sit down, Luo Miao's gaze quietly passed over the two of them, bowed to their backs, and said with a serious expression: "Senior, I am polite!"

Shan Ying was stunned and quickly turned his head in the direction of Luo Miao's bow. He saw a group of green robes standing quietly in the corner of the hall, looking at them without any sorrow or joy.

Seeing that a group was present, Shan Ying was more confident and thought to herself: "With a group, Luo Miao must not dare to act rashly."

On the other hand, she was also surprised: "I have been sitting here for so long, but I haven't seen him!"

Li Jingzhong's eyebrows moved slightly, and then he returned to calm. The party nodded slowly and smiled at Luo Miao and said, "Your Highness's martial arts are really a thousand miles a day. It won't take long to make me feel like this old bone."

"Senior is a joke. I will be satisfied if I can hold on for a few more rounds in my hands."

Luo Miao's tone was polite, but it was meaningful when Li Jingzhong's ears came to his ears. He naturally would not forget that when the Wolf King rebelled, Luo Miao was almost killed by a group.

The person involved was calm and composed because he happened to be crazy at that time. He heard Li Jingzhong describe everything he had done later. He only knew about the grudge between him and Luo Miao, but he didn't feel anything in his heart. After hearing what Luo Miao said, he didn't even think about the past, but just thought it was Luo Miao's humble words.

Luo Miao seemed unwilling to investigate it in depth, so he stopped mentioning the matter after saying this. Seeing this, Li Jingzhong quickly invited Luo Miao to sit down and immediately asked the servants to serve the tea, for fear that he would change his mind and would continue to get entangled.

He looked at the servants serving refreshments with a smile, but Luo Miao did not move at all. He smiled at Li Jingzhong and said bluntly: "Eunuch Li, let's not be careless. I'm here for serious business this time."

Li Jingzhong laughed and waved his hand to disperse the servants: "What your highness said is that with your daughter-in-law, there must be something to tell me when you visit the humble house. If you have any instructions, please give me some instructions."

"I can't say anything," Luo Miao stroked the short beard that had been growing on his jaw recently, "I just wanted to ask my father-in-law, how are you preparing for An Lushan's uprising?"

The venue suddenly became silent. After a while, Li Jingzhong said in a deep voice: "Where does Your Highness start with this?"

Luo Miao said, "What's the point of hiding me like this? Who doesn't know that An Lushan refused to attend his son's wedding on the grounds of being seriously ill. Now that His Majesty's second order has been delivered for many days, but there has never been a reply. Isn't this intention to rebel, so what is it?"

Li Jingzhong stared at Luo Miao for a long time, then sighed: "Your Highness, I really have to look at you with admiration."

"What do you mean?" Luo Miao seemed very interested.

"To be honest, although Your Highness three years ago was handsome and heroic, he always seemed to me just a ranger. But now, Your Highness is becoming more and more heroic."

"Hero? Do you compare me with Wei Wu?" Luo Miao said happily.

Li Jingzhong smiled slightly and then turned back to the original topic: "I have prepared everything here, but I don't know what your highness wants to know?"

"Do you have any soldiers?" Luo Miao said with a smile.

"This..." Li Jingzhong was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Is Your Highness joking? I have a huge army of one million in the Tang Dynasty. Even if An Lushan is in charge of the army and horses in the three towns, how could we have no soldiers to use?"

"It's not necessarily," Luo Miao said slowly, "An Lushan's subordinates are all border soldiers, and they have been on the battlefield for a long time and are well-equipped. Most of the so-called powerful soldiers are pampered. The only available Anxi Army lost all its might after the Battle of Tanros, which was very useful. Can such an army be able to defeat An Lushan's tiger and wolf army?"

"What Your Highness said is reasonable, but our country is vast and we have all the advantages of the territory. At that time, we only need to guard Tongguan and consume the food and grass of the rebels. When their morale is exhausted, we will work hard again, and An Lushan will be defeated without fighting." Li Jingzhong said this with confidence and resounding sound.

"But in my opinion, Tongguan may not be able to be defended!" Luo Miao curled his lips and stared at Li Jingzhong with bright eyes.

Li Jingzhong was silent again. After a while, he said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, I feel that my evaluation of you just now seems to be a little low. I dare not interrupt, tell me. What if Tongguan cannot be defended, what should I do?"

"It's very simple," Luo Miao spread his hands, "You don't have soldiers, we, Uighurs!"

(End of this chapter)
Chapter completed!