Chang'an, the Zichen Hall of the Daming Palace, the bells for the court had been ringing for a long time, but Li Heng was still in the court room, alone, with the door tightly closed, and he would not let anyone in.

Li Heng stood in front of the window with his hands behind his back, looking at the thin snow falling in the sky, and there was an indescribable bitterness and loss in his eyes.

On the table behind him was a letter I just received, a handwritten letter from Chengdu, written by his father. This was the fifth letter I received in a few months. He also replied to four letters. In the letter, his father talked to him about the past thirty years ago, telling the excitement and excitement of a father when he was just born. The lines of the letter were filled with longing for life.

What Li Heng read from this letter was that his father would soon be alive. Although the letter did not say it clearly, the five letters were connected, which sent him a strong signal that his father, the Emperor of Southern Tang, Li Longji, wanted to be in him. This is why Li Heng felt bitter and lost. If he had known today, why would he have been there?

At the beginning, he was also the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty. His dignified prince was dismissed by a false witch. Although he later realized that this was a frame-up by King Qing Li Cong and the Yang family, his father refused to correct it, but only wanted his son to inherit the throne. This was something that Li Heng had been worried about throughout his life, and he would never forgive his father in his life.

But at this moment, Li Heng was not considering family affection, but his father never said anything, asking him to inherit the throne of the Southern Tang Dynasty. Why did his father choose him in the end, not the Sixteenth Lang or the Sixteenth Lang? Li Heng knew better than anyone else, because only by letting him ascend the throne, the two Tang Dynasties could be unified, and he was the only one who could be unified.

Li Heng was of course very happy with his father's choice, but Li Heng knew that if he was the one who ascended the throne and unified the Tang Dynasty, he would encounter many obstacles. His brothers, Li Lin, the Eighteen-Lang Li Mao, and the current Emperor of the Northern Tang Dynasty, and his grandson Li Shi were all obstacles to him, but the biggest obstacle still came from Li Qing'an in Anxi.

Li Heng stared silently at the snow and fell from his eyes, but he was considering various unified plans in his heart, but no matter how he thought about it, he would have to go through any problem.

"Crack!" The jade pen in his hand was folded into two pieces by him. No matter who it was, as long as it became his obstacle, he would sweep it all away!

Li Heng turned around and returned to the table, picked up the letter and read it again. Seeing the end of the letter, his brows gradually frowned. His father had another request here, hoping that he could find Yang Guifei and send it back to Chengdu.

"Hmph! Death is coming, I still miss that woman."

Li Heng folded the letter into long strips and squatted down. He placed the letter on the charcoal basin. The letter ignited it. After it had been burned to ashes, he stood up and pulled a thin rope beside the wall. The door opened. Li Fuguo walked in and bowed and said, "Please give me the order!"

Li Heng quickly wrote a text message and handed it to him: "So quickly hand over this letter to Chen Xuanli, and he said that he must find someone so that he might as well keep an eye on An Lushan, and he will definitely gain something."

Li Fuguo left with the letter, Li Heng also left the courtroom, and a chief guard came up, "Your Highness, do you want to go back to the royal palace?"

"I won't go back for now, I want to go out for a walk."

Li Heng walked out of the hall with his hands behind his back. The sky was completely dark, and snowflakes were flying in the sky, turning the Daming Palace into a dark silver world. The Daming Palace was empty, and the courtiers all went home. The entire Daming Palace was very quiet.

Li Heng walked around, and left Zichen Hall and came to Yanying Hall next to him. The main hall was temporarily closed. There was a side courtyard next to Yanying Hall, and there were several rows of bungalows in the yard. This place was originally a place where ceremonial miscellaneous items such as umbrellas and red carpets were placed, but now it has been changed to the temporary office of the Yulin Army. The Yulin Army officers all came here to hand over the order after the duty was over.

At this time, the lights in a room on duty were still on. Two Yulin soldiers on duty stood at the door. Li Heng walked to the door. The two Yulin soldiers immediately knelt down on one knee and saluted Li Heng, "See Your Highness, the Superintendent!"

"Can you General Xu be here?"

"Here, General Xu is handling official duties in the house!"

"Who is outside?" A man's voice came from inside the house.

"It's Your Highness."

"ah!"

A low voice inside, followed by the footsteps of walking in a hurry. At this time, the door opened and a forty-five-and-six-year-old officer appeared. He was not tall, had a very wide shoulders, and had a big face, which seemed very majestic. The man was named Xu Ziyao, who was the general of the Yulin Army and one of the two deputy generals of An Baoyu.

At present, the Yulin Army has a total of 12,000 people. In addition to the two thousand troops directly under the command of General An Baoyu, the remaining 10,000 troops are divided into left and right armies, commanded by two generals. Xu Ziyao is the left general. He originally governed the Taiji Palace and the Imperial City. Due to the Pinglou incident a few months ago, the left and right Yulin Army exchanged its garrisons. Now Xu Ziyao is in charge of the Daming Palace.

The other five thousand troops were responsible for governing the imperial city and Tai Chi Palace, and were commanded by the right general Zhao Yuxin. Zhao Yuxin was the personal guard of Changsun Quanxu. Following Changsun Quanxu for 20 years was also the main reason why Changsun Quanxu could influence the Yulin Army.

Xu Ziyao is also a veteran of the Yulin Army. When Li Heng was just appointed as the crown prince, Xu Ziyao was once the direct chief in the East Palace and had a good personal relationship with Li Heng.

"See Your Highness the Superintendent!" Xu Ziyao knelt down on one knee and saluted.

Li Heng quickly helped him up, "General Xu, there is no need to be too polite."

He leaned his head and looked into the room again, then smiled and said, "If General Xu is very busy, then I won't disturb you."

"Your Highness is fine now, please come in!"

Xu Ziyao quickly invited Li Heng into the house. Li Heng did not refuse and then entered happily. The room was quite messy, with various documents piled up on the table, and weapons such as armor, swords and other weapons were discarded on the ground. Xu Ziyao hurriedly packed out a seat and said, "Your Highness, please sit down!"

Li Heng waved his hand and smiled, "No need, I will leave just a few words."

He pondered for a moment and asked, "I heard that General Xu wanted to buy a house, but I wonder if he had bought it?"

"General Xu Buying a House" has become a common saying in the Yulin Army. The implication is that he just talks but doesn't do it. Three years ago, Xu Ziyao shouted that he wanted to buy a house, but after three years of shouting, the house disappeared, and the people next to him were already tired of hearing him shouting.

Li Heng actually knew about this, and Xu Ziyao's face turned red. His family had a large population. In addition to his wife, mother and five children, his brother died early, leaving his sister-in-law and four children to squeeze in his house. He also had two concubines, plus a few old servants and maids. His two acres of land was really not enough to live in, so he always wanted to buy a house, especially next month, his second son would marry, so he naturally lived with him, and there was no empty house at all, which made Xu Ziyao anxious.

Although Xu Ziyao's salary is not low, he also has a hundred acres of Yongye land, and his subordinates have a lot of filial piety, he can't afford to save money because Xu Ziyao has a bad habit of gambling, and has more losses than he loses. In addition to his salary to support his family, he basically lost all the external water he earned. It is precisely for this reason that he has become a general, but the house he lives in is no different from that of an ordinary Lang general. His house was bought ten years ago when he was a Lang general.

Xu Ziyao was embarrassed to speak, but His Highness the Superintendent looked concerned, and he had to say helplessly: "The family is large and the salary is just enough to support the family. If you really don't have enough money to buy a house."

"General Xu is only relying on his salary to support his family, and he is truly a honest general."

Li Heng sighed, then took out a contract and placed it on the table and said, "This is a house deed, a middle house in Chongrenfang. It has been locked up there and will be given to General Xu."

Xu Ziyao was overjoyed and was so happy that he couldn't even close his mouth. This was like a big beard cake falling from the sky! But he repeatedly refused: "How can you ask for such a valuable reward from Your Highness?"

"General Xu's words are wrong. When I first entered the Eastern Palace more than ten years ago, I remember General Xu had just gotten married and was worried about not having a house. Now General Xu is worried about the house again. How can I just leave it alone? Is our friendship over the past ten years not as good as a house?"

When Li Heng talked about the past ten years ago, Xu Ziyao couldn't help but sigh: "Your Highness was heroic and energetic. In a flash, fifteen or sixteen years have passed, and we are all old."

"We have at least twenty years of career. Why not talk about the word "old"? General Xu must work hard. We will strive to leave the town as soon as possible and serve as the governor. At that time, I will buy wine to celebrate General Xu's achievements."

After saying that, Li Heng nodded and said goodbye, "General Xu will continue to be busy, so I won't disturb you."

Li Heng smiled slightly, turned around and left. Xu Ziyao hurriedly said, "Your Highness, this deed!"

"Moving earlier, the dignified General Yulin will not even be able to marry his daughter-in-law!"

Li Heng's voice came from a distance, and his figure had disappeared among the rising snowflakes.

"I am grateful for my humble position!"

Xu Ziyao chased the door and bowed to show his salute. Li Heng had already walked away. He slowly returned to the room, picked up the deed on the table, opened it, his eyes suddenly widened. This was not a middle house, it was clearly a thirty-acre mansion. After staying for a while, he screamed and jumped up with joy.

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It has been more than two months since An Lushan came to Chang'an. With Li Heng's support and acquiescence, he re-established the intelligence agency in Chang'an, which was located in Wannian County under the jurisdiction of Jinwuwei. With his family, they are all located in Qinrenfang. It was originally the house of An Lushan's eldest son An Qingzong. When An Qingzong died, the house was empty and was now used as the headquarters of An Lushan's Chang'an Intelligence Agency. He appointed his aide Zhang Tongru as the intelligence manager and was directly responsible to him.

During these two periods, An Lushan used a lot of money to recruit more than 200 outlaws with high martial arts skills, and sent 300 elite Fan Yang scouts to join. The base stationed in Changlepo, east of Wannian County, is also a manor covering an area of ​​1,000 acres. This manor was awarded to him by Li Longji in the seventh year of Tianbao, so it has not been affected by Li Yu's restriction order for the time being.

Although An Lushan was doing everything else, he was not satisfied with his search for Yang Yuhuan. He searched everywhere in Chang'an for two months, and even searched all Taoist temples near Chang'an, but he could never find Yang Yuhuan's whereabouts.

An Lushan also acted ruthlessly. If Yang Yuhuan could not be found, he would never leave Chang'an. He released all the newly established intelligence agencies and gave the heaviest reward. Whoever founded Yang Yuhuan's whereabouts would be rewarded 5,000 guan. If Yang Yuhuan brought him to him, he would be rewarded 10,000 guan and promoted to the third level.

There must be brave men under heavy rewards. Yesterday, An Lushan finally got a clue: In Huaiyuanfang, one of the two garrisons with the largest number of Qianniu Guards, someone found soldiers guarding around a nunnery.

Why are soldiers guarding a nunnery? An Lushan became suspicious. Could it be that Yang Yuhuan was not in the Taoist temple, but in the nunnery? However, there were heavy troops of Qianniu Guards stationed in Huaiyuanfang. An Lushan did not dare to act rashly. He ordered the investigation of the exact information.

Cihang Academy has been quite deserted these days. After the winter begins, more than 30 nuns in the courtyard have gone to Luoyang one after another. Luoyang will hold a Guanyin Water and Land Conference on the first day of the first lunar month. The scale is unprecedented, and almost all Guanyin Academy in the Tang Dynasty will send people to participate.

After leaving for more than twenty people, there were only a dozen older nuns left in Cihang Hospital, which became very deserted. Just as dawn, an old nun left the yard and went to the West City to buy rice, grain and vegetables. Huaiyuanfang was close to the West City, and diagonally opposite the yard gate was the side gate of the West City.

Old Ni walked all the way, but she didn't know that she had been targeted. Two passers-by followed her slowly. She had just walked out of the gate. At this time, there was no one around. There was only an unattended vegetable stall at the gate. The two exchanged glances. One of them caught up quickly from behind, and moved very quickly. He knocked on the back of Old Ni's head and knocked her faint. At this time, a carriage drove from the side and dragged Old Ni onto the carriage. The carriage left.

Behind the yard, an old vegetable seller who was hiding and peeding happened to see this scene. He was stunned and could not react for a long time.

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Just half an hour later, a confession appeared on An Lushan's desk. There was indeed a woman living in Cihang Courtyard and was strictly protected. Everyone called this woman Yu Ji. No one knew what her real name was, but Yang Yuhuan's appearance was her brand. The four words "peerless beauty" in the confession were enough to prove that this woman hidden in Cihang Courtyard was the former concubine.

An Lushan was overjoyed, knocked on the table repeatedly, and smiled and said, "Give the best beauty in the world and sit in the highest position in the world. Life is like this, why do you ask for it again!"

But An Lushan also knew that Chang'an County was controlled by Li Qing'an, and there were 20,000 Niu Guards stationed. He did not dare to kidnap people during the day, so he could only act at night. At this time, An Lushan encountered another problem. The old nie had been tortured to death by his subordinates. Will the old nie buy rice in the morning and not return, which will arouse the suspicion of Cihangyuan? The answer is very likely. Since there is a secret whistle to protect Yang Guifei, they must be very vigilant. They will not be careless about this kind of thing.

After thinking about it, An Lushan decided to send someone to monitor Cihangyuan first and then take action at night. He personally formulated a detailed plan, and personally selected fifty of the most elite warriors, put on makeup and became hawkers, and immediately sneaked into Huaiyuanfang in various ways.

However, the mantis stalked the cicada and the oriole was behind. As soon as An Lushan's men came out, they were stared at by the secret whistle of the Jinwu Guard.

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Chapter completed!