A scholar of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty

Gu Qing raised his teacup and looked at Li Er strangely.

Li Er also looked at Gu Qing and said, "What? Are you still afraid that I will poison the two most important people in the dynasty?"

"How could it be? How could my father-in-law use poisoning? If you really want to kill me, it's best to stab me to death with a knife. Presumably the old man doesn't bother to use poisoning as a method, so he must use it." Consider whether I am an invulnerable person."

"Are you still drinking?" Li Er looked at him and said.

"Drink." Gu Qing drank it in one gulp.

Chapter 1043 The Story Between the Farmer and the Snake

Seeing that Gu Qing drank the tea in the cup and drank the tea in one gulp, he glanced at Li Er's expression, then observed Li Chengqian's expression, and said involuntarily: "After drinking this cup, I should drink until the next one. .”

Li Er forced a smile, "When did you think I wanted to take your life?"

"It's nothing, let's continue." Gu Qing sat upright

Li Er said: "One of you is my son, and the other is my son who grew up under my watch. Gu Qing, I don't need to explain some things after so many years. Do you still care about the past?"

"Don't worry about it." Gu Qing shook his head and said.

"Chengqian, when I appointed Gu Qing as Prime Minister, I hesitated in my heart, but if Gu Qing hadn't supported the court, do you think the court would be where it is today?" Li said.

Li Chengqian bowed his head and said: "My son knows the good intentions of my father."

"No one can say who is innocent in front of the desire for power. The same goes for Changsun Wuji, Tang Jian, and the elders in the court. In the past, I could suppress them. Now that I have come down, ambitious people naturally want to To go up, Fang Xuanling had already mentioned the disadvantages of the position of Prime Minister."

Li Erchang sighed.

"Haven't I ever thought about the contradictions in the position of Prime Minister? In ancient times, there was Lu Buwei, Shang Yang, and Li Si, and now Gu Qing?" Li Er said in a low voice: "Actually, I never wanted Gu Qing to be Shang Yang, and Gu Qing didn't want to be a king. Shang Yang, because you, Gu Qing, just don’t want power, and you just want to live well on your own one-acre land, am I right?”

"Because I'm lazy, right?"

Gu Qing blinked at Li Er, and Li Er also looked at Gu Qing meaningfully.

Withdrawing his eyes, Gu Qing looked at Li Chengqian again and said: "You continue to be your emperor, as long as you want to do, I will retire from the position of Xiangguo, but not now."

Li Chengqian stared at Gu Qing and asked, "When?"

"You will know when the time comes." Gu Qing beckoned Wang Qin to refill his tea.

"I don't know what to do, and I don't know how much room there is for doing anything." Li Chengqian said.

"Since you don't understand, why don't you play a game of chess?" Li Er asked Wang Qin to bring a game of chess, "I played chess with Gu Qing for a month, and Gu Qing's chess game inspired me a lot. Now I have a broken game in my hand. I don’t know what it would be like if the two of you could get down together.”

The chess game was placed in front of the two of them, Li Er carefully observed their expressions, Li Chengqian frowned at the situation on the chessboard, while Gu Qing was expressionless.

Gu Qing and Li Chengqian entered Li Er's house together, which shocked many people, Yang Sheng hurriedly came to Li Junxian's side and asked, "You think Gu Qing and Li Chengqian won't fight, right?"

"I don't know." Li Junxian shook his head numbly.

"No one will die, right? You said that if Gu Qing killed Li Chengqian, would Gu Qing be the emperor?" Yang Sheng continued to ask.

"Speak less." Fang Xuanling walked up and said, "No matter how mischievous Gu Qing is, he is not an ignorant person. Even if Li Chengqian overcorrects, he won't be able to touch Gu Qing."

"Really?" Yang Sheng was still a little worried, and had an urge to climb into the fence of Li Er's house.

Cheng Yaojin pulled Qin Qiong along the way and walked along: "The old man feels that something is wrong with the rumors these days, and I'm afraid something big will happen."

The old master Kong Yingda came, and Cen Wenwen, Wei Zheng, and Yan Liben all followed. For a while, Li Er's residence was filled with old ministers from the previous dynasty and many dignitaries.

Wu Mei was sitting at home, the concierge had notified her several times, and many guests, businessmen and dignitaries came to inquire about the news.

"Now that Gu Qing is not here, anyone who comes to inquire about the news will be blasted out." Wu Mei's face was rarely filled with anger.

The Gu family closed their doors and saw no guests, and the court was silent. Li Chengqian and his ministers were all discussing under the Chengtian sect this morning. Many people already knew about it. This time Li Chengqian and Gu Qing came together in front of Li Er, as if there was something wrong. Big things are about to fall.

There are more and more people in Li Er's house, besides Fang Xuanling, Kong Yingda and others who are nearby, there are many villagers in the distance.

"Does Mr. Fang think that Gu Qing should abdicate?" Cen Wenwen asked Fang Xuanling.

Fang Xuanling just shook his head slightly, and he didn't know whether the shaking of his head meant something should not be done or something else, so everyone had to hold their breath and wait.

Moments passed by.

In the guest house, Wang Qin poured tea for the two of them with his own hands and had already drank two pots of tea. Wang Qin was still cooking the other pot for fear that it would not be enough. It was a bit hot in the house, so Gu Qing pulled his collar so that he could Be more comfortable.

More than an hour passed, and the chess pieces on the chessboard fell two or three steps away.

The difficulty of this chess game was also beyond Gu Qing's expectation. Right now, Li Chengqian made a move. Seeing that the white piece in his hand could not be dropped for a long time, Dou Da's sweat fell on the chessboard. It took a long time for Li Chengqian to make a move.

Gu Qing took off his coat, it was almost noon and the heat in the room became more and more breathless.

Seeing that Li Chengqian had already given birth, Gu Qing poured a sip of tea into his mouth and said, "I want to drink cold water!"

"Only hot water." Wang Qin said with a smile.

Gu Qing looked at Li Er who was at the side again. This old guy seemed to be asleep with his eyes closed and breathing evenly. He could sleep in such a hot and dry environment.

"It's your turn." Li Chengqian wiped the sweat from his forehead, obviously he couldn't bear the heat here.

Looking at the situation on the chessboard, the white pieces and the black pieces are still evenly matched. After making these few moves, it seems that there is an illusion. As long as the two sides do not make big mistakes, the game will always be a draw.

Holding the sunspots in his hand, Gu Qing pondered for a long time, then tentatively dropped a stone and ate a few of Li Chengqian's white stones.

When it was Bai's turn, Li Chengqian was not in a hurry to pick up the pieces but asked, "Before you came here, you told a story about a farmer and a snake."

"It's just a fairy tale, I think it's quite similar to the situation between you and me." Gu Qing said with a smile.

"Tell me about it, and I'll listen to it." Li Chengqian said.

After taking another sip of boiling tea, Gu Qing said, "One cold winter day, a farmer warmed the snake that was about to freeze to death with his body, and the snake woke up from the warmth, but bit the farmer. Before he died, he said that he actually saved a poor poisonous snake."

After hearing this story, Li Chengqian looked strange.

Gu Qing said again: "This is a story spread in my hometown, and it is usually told to children."

"Even if it is told to children, the truth is intriguing."

"It's natural."

Li Chengqian stared at Gu Qing and said: "You told this story, which made me think of many things, so between you and me, or between Gu Qing and Datang, who is the farmer, and who is this poisonous snake?"

Chapter 1044 The Incompatible Two

"I didn't want to be a viper, and I didn't want to be a viper."

"I don't want to either." Li Chengqian dropped his voice after finishing speaking.