Ever since Tianbao first met Li Longji ten years ago, until now, I have the impression that Li Longji has never treated Gu Qing so harshly. Most of the time, Li Longji is amiable. Whether he is sincere or not, at least Li Longji is quite charming in dealing with others.

His hypocrisy and suspicion are all hidden under the appearance of heroism and righteousness.

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

"Uh, did the angel read it wrong? This imperial edict is not for me, right?" Gu Qing took the edict from Shiren with both hands and looked around.

Sheren looked helpless: "Master Guhou, yes, this imperial edict is for you."

Gu Qing shook his head: "No, Your Majesty should scold Pei Zhounan. I'm not wrong. Why should he be scolded? Pei Zhounan should be scolded..."

Looking at Sheren expectantly, Gu Qing said: "Did His Majesty give Pei Zhounan an imperial edict? Did he scold him more harshly in the edict? The angel revealed it, so that I can feel more balanced..."

Shiren smiled bitterly: "There is no imperial edict for Pei Yushi, only for the Marquis."

Gu Qing said disappointedly: "That shouldn't be the case. Pei Zhounan is the bad guy and I am the good guy."

Shiren shook his head and said: "I don't know, I'm just here on orders. I have no right to judge whether the Anxi Protectorate is right or wrong."

"No, I'll reason with the angel. When you go back, tell your majesty that I'm a good guy anyway, and Pei Zhounan is the bad guy..." Gu Qing pulled Sheren into chattering.

Shiren's face turned blue and he tried to excuse himself several times, but Gu Qing still held him tightly.

After a long time, Shiren entered the tent arranged for him by Gu Qing in despair, his head still buzzing, and bursts of noise passed through his head.

Gu Qing returned to the handsome tent and sat alone at the table. He lowered his head and carefully studied the imperial edict, smacking every sentence and every word in it carefully. The more he tasted it, the more he felt that something was wrong.

Li Longji's suspicion increased? Maybe it was because of his own killing of Tian Zhen? Maybe it was because of the training officers who were given generous rewards to buy military morale? In short, Li Longji had expressed dissatisfaction with some of his actions in Anxi.

Behind Li Longji's dissatisfaction is actually uneasiness.

But Gu Qing’s actions are not such that he must be transferred away from Anxi? Anlu Mountain supports 150,000 troops in the three towns? After replacing most of the Han generals, the generals above the three towns’ battalions and regiments are all Hu people, and even the power will be reduced.

Infiltrating the court in Chang'an? How many court officials were secretly bribed? In comparison, what Gu Qing did was relatively minor.

However, there was already an Anlu Mountain in front of him that he wanted to cut but couldn't cut. Li Longji couldn't sit back and watch the second Anlu Mountain appear in the Tang Dynasty? That's why he issued such a severe edict of reprimand.

Gu Qing quickly realized that this was actually Li Longji's beating and warning to him. He obviously just killed Tian Zhen and gave some rewards to the soldiers, but Li Longji made a fuss about it and used it to warn him when he was in charge of Anxi.

Be careful and don't do anything outrageous? And remind him that there is still an emperor in Chang'an? There is also a court? You must remember whose official you are.

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

Is the power of God unpredictable?

In fact, this just explains Li Longji's current uneasy mood. At nearly seventy years old, he has enjoyed peace for half his life? Has he finally noticed his uneasiness now?

In the past, I was so fond of a fat pig-like Hu man, and I was so stupid that I dared to appoint him as the governor of the three towns. Over the years, I have given him countless honor guards and gifts that exceed the standards of a minister. I am even closer to him than to my own prince.

, unaware that he had more and more soldiers and horses in his hands, and that he was squeezing out fewer and fewer generals appointed by the imperial court.

Wenwen Township is also the Tomb of Heroes. Over the years, we have indulged in pear gardens, singing and dancing, and the colorful clothes and feathers are said to be eternal songs. Unfortunately, the great country is finally crumbling amid the prosperity of singing and dancing. The Taiping Emperor is about to face an unstable world. Who is at fault?

From the imperial edict in his hand, Gu Qing saw the fierceness and inner sorrow, the suspicion and uneasiness, and the darkness and cowardice deep in the heart of the so-called heroic king who created a prosperous era.

But you take care of this great country carelessly. If you don’t want it, of course someone will want it, even if it’s not me, it will be someone else.

Gu Qing sat alone in the commander's tent for a long time, then put away the imperial edict and suddenly raised his voice: "Han Jie, order the soldiers to practice immediately!"

Han Jie's voice came from outside the commander's tent: "Master Marquis, the soldiers have drilled this morning."

Gu Qing said coldly: "Then let's practice again. Is it harming them by letting them practice? Sweat more in peacetime and bleed less in war. Do I need to explain the truth?"

"Yes, Lord Marquis."

Soon, the rumble of drums came from the camp, and the soldiers gathered in the school grounds. The bursts of drill shouts were shocking and shook the desert.

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

The singing, dancing, and music in the Chang'an Liyuan, and the fighting and iron horses at the Anxi school field, two completely different scenes in the same time and space, gradually changing and reincarnating.

In this solemn atmosphere where gold and iron intersect, Gu Qing filled a glass of wine for himself alone in the handsome tent, raised his glass in the direction of Chang'an, with a sarcastic smile on his face.

The king lost his deer, and all the heroes chased it away. I am also one of the heroes, and I am willing to find the lost deer for your majesty.

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Unknowingly, there were more and more Tibetan merchants in Kucha City.

A small number of them are acquaintances who often travel between Tubo and Qiuci, but the more Tibetan businessmen are unfamiliar faces. They are no different from other Tibetans. They are all half-covered in fur robes and carrying wool felts on hot days.

He wears a hat and has two patches of plateau red on his face. He smiles honestly to everyone he sees, showing his big white teeth. He looks honest and honest.

When they meet people from the Tang Dynasty who are kind to them, they will sing and dance with joy. No matter what the occasion or time, they will dance like a wild boar rolling in mud at any time, let alone whether others are embarrassed or not.

Others are still wondering why there are more and more Tibetan businessmen in the city recently. Only Gu Qing and Pei Zhounan know what these strange Tibetan businessmen are doing in Qiuci.

Under Gu Qing's instructions, Kucha City prepared two shops in the west of the market in the name of the Jiedu Envoy Office, specifically responsible for purchasing Tibetan medicinal materials.

Regardless of whether they are new arrivals or old acquaintances, these Tibetan merchants are all loaded with medicinal materials. The quality of the medicinal materials may be good or bad. Gu Qing has already given instructions. The officials responsible for purchasing medicinal materials are very fair. No matter who brings the medicinal materials, only the medicinal materials will be collected.

Good quality will be rejected, but poor quality will be rejected.

The rejected Tibetan merchants looked desperate and sat in front of the shops holding medicinal materials, crying, throwing tantrums and rolling around, singing, dancing and begging. In short, if they were unqualified, they would not be qualified.

The Tibetan merchants who were waiting in line to buy medicinal materials naturally saw this scene. While they were watching with excitement, they also secretly warned themselves.

It is true that the Tang people purchased medicinal materials, but it is also true that the Tang people required medicinal materials to be of high quality. Unsightly medicinal materials must not be transported to Qiuci in the future, otherwise it will be a wasted trip, traveling thousands of miles and driving camels and horses.

After crossing the Kunlun Mountains, I couldn't even earn back my travel expenses. I was trying to get some advantage by being clever, but I ended up losing all my money.

As for those Tibetan merchants who had qualified medicinal materials, the Tang people quickly gave them money, and they gave it in front of the Tibetan merchants who were queuing up. Carloads of silver cakes were parked in the backyard of the store, and the servants in the store took a box of silver cakes to them.

When the boxes were moved out, they emitted an attractive and bright light in the sun, stimulating the blood of the Tibetan merchants.

In just a few days, tens of thousands of taels of silver cakes were spent, and mountains of medicinal materials were collected that I didn’t know how to deal with.

Gu Qing and Pei Zhounan came to the market every day to inspect. Seeing the grand scene of Tibetan merchants queuing up to buy medicinal materials, the two smiled at each other mysteriously. The tense relationship between the two in the past few days was at stake in this matter concerning the Tang Dynasty.

Faced with the great national destiny of the two great powers of Tibet and Tibet, the only two insiders developed a sense of comradeship in the trenches, and the icy relationship actually eased a lot.

After seeing enough of the excitement, Gu Qing left in dismay and wandered aimlessly in Qiuci City.

Unconsciously walking outside the Fuzhi Inn, Gu Qing unexpectedly heard a fierce quarrel outside the inn door. He subconsciously stopped and looked from a distance, only to see Huangfu Sisi with his hands on his hips and pointing angrily.

One of the guests cursed loudly, with a fierce and aggressive look that Gu Qing had never seen before.

As long as a woman is beautiful, she will not look charming even if she is angry.

The guest who was pointed at and scolded was not angry at all. Instead, he smiled playfully and stared at Huangfu Sisi's face and figure with a pair of irregular eyes.

Huangfu Sisi was so angry that he slapped the guest on the face with his backhand, but the guest nimbly dodged it.

The customer was almost slapped by the woman. The customer couldn't help but became angry and stopped teasing her. Instead, he kicked Huangfu Sisi, hitting her in the lower abdomen. Huangfu Sisi stumbled to the ground, struggled to get up, turned around and shouted to the shop assistant to come out for help.

The guest saw that something was not going well and ran away decisively.

Gu Qing hurriedly stepped forward and helped Huangfu Sisi up. Just now he was just watching the fun, but he didn't expect that the guest would actually attack the woman. Gu Qing was too far away and had no time to stop him.

Huangfu Sisi was kicked, her hair and clothes were a little messy, and there was a lot of sand, dirt and grass clippings on them.

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

Turning his head and glaring at Han Jie, Gu Qing said again: "Why are you still standing there? Chase the guy who hit the woman just now and pay him back tenfold."

Han Jie hurriedly chased after him with two personal guards.

Huangfu Sisi looked a little embarrassed at the moment, and there was no longer a charming and seductive expression between her brows. She frowned lightly, covering her abdomen with one hand, and trimming her hair with the other, trying to save some appearance and self-esteem.

"What caused the dispute? Does this kind of thing happen often?" Gu Qing asked.

Huangfu Sisi smiled forcefully and said: "We are in the business of welcoming guests and sending them off, so how can we have so many unreasonable customers? I have become accustomed to it over the years."

Gu Qing frowned: "Are you used to being beaten by customers?"

Huangfu Sisi smiled and said: "Occasionally, I will beat up guests. When I encounter a guest who strikes quickly, I can't avoid it, so I have to be beaten, just like before."

Gu Qing's mood was complicated. He wanted to say something indifferent and caring, but he felt that the words did not express his feelings. He felt more of another emotion, as if his car had been scratched by a naughty child. He was both distressed and angry.

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

Huangfu shook his head Sisi, still trying hard to smooth his hair, and said with a forced smile: "It doesn't matter, it's just a little bit. A few years ago, I met a more ruthless guest. He punched and kicked me if I disagreed.

His body hurt so much that he lay on the ground and covered his head with his hands, begging for mercy, but he still refused to give in. It took me two months to recover from the beating, but today it is considered very mild, nothing like it."

Gu Qing pursed her lips, feeling even more distressed.

I don’t know what kind of feelings it is, but men are such scumbag animals. The person they want to marry is Zhang Huaiyu, but at this moment, they are still distressed and angry about another woman and want to protect her.

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

Huangfu Sisi sighed and said: "I have to live and earn a living. If I don't do this publicity business, what else can I do? Find a husband from a well-to-do family to marry? Which man from a well-to-do family?

Sir, are you willing to marry a merchant woman?"

Gu Qing helped her sit down on the stone bench in the backyard and sighed: "You... can tell me your name from now on. No one in Qiuci City will dare to bully you."

Huangfu Sisi seemed to attach great importance to his image at the moment, fearing that his embarrassed appearance would leave a bad memory for him. After sitting down, he kept combing his hair and patting the dust off his body.

Eyebrows lowered, Huangfu Sisi was still smiling: "Of course I want to report the name of the Marquis, but the Marquis is a god-like figure in Qiuci City. If outsiders know that the Marquis protects a businesswoman of unknown origin, he is not afraid of reputation.

Is it damaged?"
To be continued...