The weasel greets the chickens with New Year's greetings, and the chickens are in a happy mood.

Because this weasel was very polite and did not come to the door empty-handed. The yard was filled with gift boxes and gifts. Gu Qing was sharp-eyed and found that the gift boxes were made of ebony and were inlaid with a lot of gems. The gift boxes alone were worth a lot of money. I guess the contents in the gift boxes were even more exciting.

Gu Qing happened to be in a financial crisis recently. The warehouse in his house was exhausted by two shopkeepers. He was worried about the monthly salary of the housekeepers, and then the weasel came to the door with a gift.

Gu Qing couldn't help but secretly wonder, was anyone who leaked the news about his poverty?

After seeing the gifts in the yard, Gu Qing's attitude became more enthusiastic and saluted An Lushan respectfully with the attitude of welcoming the God of Wealth during the New Year.

It is a traditional virtue of the Chinese people for thousands of years to treat the God of Wealth.

"Wine, wine, good wine." Gu Qing ordered the servant.

Gu Qing's enthusiasm made An Lushan feel happy. He couldn't imagine why Gu Qing was so enthusiastic to him.

"I met Gu Xiandi in a hurry last night. I didn't have time to say many things. An was quite regretful. Today he took the initiative to come to the door. He was just to drink and talk to him with his brother. He was loyal and brave and saved His Majesty in the palace of Mount Li. An admired him very much. In my life, I like to make friends with loyal ministers and filial sons. I treat you loyally and serve your parents with filial piety. Such a person must be a good person. An even broke his head and had to pay a shameless visit."

Gu Qing said in a touching manner: "Jingshuai, you are so sincere..."

An Lushan said seriously: "Brother, after a long time of contact, you will know that An is a person who has a clear conscience in heaven and earth, and is loyal to the emperor. He only talks about the three words "loyalty, filial piety and righteousness" in his life. If you don't believe it, ask the court officials, who doesn't say that An is a great husband."

Gu Qing said emotionally: "What the Secretary Jie said is exactly what the Secretary wants to say. Just like the Secretary Jie, he is also a loyal and fierce person who only talks about "loyalty, filial piety and righteousness" throughout his life. You and I are like-minded, and you can be confidants in this life."

An Lushan's eyes showed joy, as if he had found a brother who had been separated for many years. He held Gu Qing's hand with both hands and swayed up and down: "Good brother!"

"Good brother, life!"

After having to cooperate with An Lushan for a while, the food and drinks were served on the table. The two chatted again, and then An Lushan got to the point.

"Your Majesty is someone you trust. Especially after saving Your Majesty in Mount Li, Your Majesty is very favored by you. I heard that your Majesty is now appointed as the General of the Left Guard. In the future, An will have to rely on your brother to help you in the court."

Gu Qing said modestly: "My virtue is not worthy of the position, I am very ashamed. Don't blame me for being honest with you. I am actually not a martial arts person, and I do not know the strategy of military strategy. Your Majesty appointed me as the General of the Central Army. My Majesty is like walking on thin ice, trembling, and worrying all day long, almost becoming sick, afraid that if you do something wrong, you will let down Your Majesty's trust..."

An Lushan said with a serious expression: "Brother Wei, Brother Yu will not be polite to you. Please take the help you mentioned just now, please take it to your heart."

Gu Qing was stunned, but unexpectedly An Lushan turned out to be serious.

"Jingshou holds heavy troops and is deeply favored by His Majesty. How can I need the help of my brother?

An Lushan sighed: "It is precisely because of the heavy army that An is jealous. In recent years, An led troops to guard the border, but the court criticized An. In the past, Li Linfu and Li Xiang helped An. However, now Li Xiang passed away, and there is no one in the court to help me. An is responsible for the emperor's grace and loyal to guard the border for the country, but he was slandered by rumors and felt really wronged..."

Gu Qing suddenly realized.

No wonder I gave such heavy gifts just by meeting each other. It turned out that these gifts were to bribe myself.

An Lushan, the title of county marquis, did not take it seriously. What he valued was Gu Qing's identity and position.

The left guard had accusations from the Guard of the Palace. Gu Qing was the general of the Central Guard. In the future, he would need to wear armor and lead troops to patrol in the Palace of Forbidden City. He could often see the emperor. Gu Qing had just saved Li Longji, and when the Holy Family was at the height of the throne, if An Lushan wanted to put a spy in the palace, he would help him speak well in front of the emperor when necessary, and eliminate the suspicion of the emperor's opponents holding heavy soldiers. After counting, Gu Qing was the only one in the court.

After saying this, Gu Qing understood.

Then Gu Qing found it very funny.

He actually gave gifts to him. An Lushan had just returned to Chang'an, and he probably hadn't checked Gu Qing's background. He didn't know who Gu Qing was, nor who Gu Qing's parents were.

He is really a generous person. He gives gifts without saying a word. What is the difference between this and beating a dog with meat buns?

Although it is a bit inappropriate to compare yourself to a dog, this sentence is very appropriate.

If An Lushan knew the truth, I wonder if he would shed tears.

Gifts cannot be refused. It is too impolite. Don’t care whether it is a friend or an enemy. Then you will talk about it after you accept the gift.

So Gu Qing immediately showed his sincere expression: "It turns out that Jieshuai is for this matter. Please rest assured. My brother stayed in the forbidden palace and often met His Majesty and the Imperial Concubine. My brother and Jieshuai fell in love with him and would definitely speak good words to Jieshuai in front of Your Majesty and the Imperial Concubine..."

As he said that, Gu Qing shook his head and sighed: "Loyal ministers and good generals guarded the border for the country and suffered from wind and frost. There were actually villains in the court who slandered them. The general Jie really endured humiliation and was deeply admired by his brother. From now on, the general Jie must defend the general Jie in front of His Majesty, so that the general Jie has no worries and can lead troops in the northern border with peace of mind."

An Lushan was moved, and stood up and clasped his fists at Gu Qing and said, "After receiving my brother's words, An is so grateful that he will cry. In the future, we should have more contact with you and I. My friend An has made a decision."

Gu Qing pointed to the gifts in the yard outside and said seriously: "Jingshuai, making friends is the most important thing. Jieshuai gives these common things, which really defiles your friendship. Jieshuai also asks Jieshuai to take them back. My foolish brother will not receive any rewards and cannot bear the heavy gifts of Jieshuai."

An Lushan waved his hands repeatedly and laughed: "It's just some local specialties from Fan Yang Pinglu. An is a vulgar martial artist, not as good as his brother's poems and literary talent. He has to give some common things to show his heart. He should not dislike him. He must accept it. Just treat it as a common thing and throw it away when he gets tired of it."

Gu Qing looked increasingly embarrassed and struggled: "This... isn't it?"

An Lushan looked solemn and serious, and he clasped his fists and said: "I'd like to give An a face and accept it!"

Gu Qing sighed to the sky pretentiously: "This is how I am disrespectful, I will be disrespectful. Jieshuai, don't do this next time. I am really sorry for it, and I feel ashamed of it."

After giving gifts and saying this, Gu Qing was very happy, and An Lushan was also very happy. It was said that the host and guests were all happy.

Gu Qing was right. An Lushan was indeed here to bribe him. He needed Gu Qing to be his eyeliner and the soundtrack in the court. After Li Linfu's death, the court situation changed a lot. Yang Guozhong was about to be the prime minister, but An Lushan never looked at Yang Guozhong. He felt that Yang Guozhong was ignorant and was in a prominent position by relying on nepotism. Such a person was not good enough to do anything and could not make plans with him.

An Lushan is not good at leading troops to fight, but he still sees people very accurately. In terms of this cognition, Gu Qing can indeed point him as his confidant, and the two have a high degree of unity of their views on Yang Guozhong.

An Lushan felt uneasy because the court lacked spies and assistance. This time he returned to Chang'an to celebrate the court, that is, he had to buy a group of court officials in Chang'an. Gu Qing was just one of the list he bought.

Today's goal was achieved successfully, and An Lushan said goodbye to Gu Qing.

Gu Qing diligently sent An Lushan out of the gate until An Lushan's carriage disappeared at the end of the street. Gu Qing still waved his white handkerchief reluctantly and looked in the direction where the carriage disappeared emotionally.

It’s not a big deal for many gifts. What if people think the gifts are not heavy enough and they turn around and give another one?

It was not until he was determined that An Lushan's carriage would be unlikely to turn around, Gu Qing threw away the small handkerchief in disappointment and turned around and entered the door.

The first thing he did when he entered the door was ordered to move the gifts given by An Lushan to the warehouse. Gu Qing opened the gift boxes one by one and enjoyed the happiness of being smashed by someone to take money to him.

The gift An Lushan gave is indeed a heavy gift, which is not an exaggeration at all. It seems that Fan Yang Pinglu is a Feng Shui treasure land, and the local specialties are very popular. In addition to a few small boxes of silver cakes, there is also a small box of gems of various colors, as well as ivory rhinoceros horns, centennial ginseng, red coral, South China Sea East Pearl, etc., all of which are valuable treasures. Gu Qing roughly estimated that if these gifts were converted into money, they would be about 10,000 guan.

There were many strategists under An Lushan's command. The gift he gave should have been accurately estimated by Mubin, whoever has his official position and how many should he give him. Naturally, they had a precise estimate.

Therefore, ten thousand coins are Gu Qing’s current value.

When the Zuowei corruption case was in the first case, Ji Wen gave him a gift on behalf of Li Linfu worth about 2,000 yuan. In just a few months, Gu Qing's value had increased five times, which is really gratifying.

"I'm getting rich..." Gu Qing closed the gift box, closed his eyes and sighed with satisfaction.

Next time I see Zhang Huaiyu, I can finally be generous when I give her a token of love and give her a whole box of silver cakes as a token of love. I don’t believe that she wouldn’t secretly agree to her.

Carefully locked the warehouse, Gu Qing walked out of the door and called Butler Xu.

"Do you remember the big fat man I just came?"

Butler Xu nodded: "Remember, he is An Lushan, the governor of the Three Towns."

Gu Qing reminded seriously: "Remember it. If this fat man comes to get back the gift in the future, he will say that I am not at home and will go on a long journey."

Butler Xu was stunned: "How can I find a way to get a gift for someone?"

"If that fat man knew the truth, it would be hard to say whether he would have done such shameless things." Gu Qing said deeply.

…………

Gu Qing’s guess is still reasonable.

After An Lushan gave the gift, he returned to his mansion in Qinrenfang. He just sat down and took a breath when a personal soldier serving beside him hurried into the door.

His personal soldier was named Li Zhuer. He became An Lushan's personal soldier at the age of ten. He has served him for more than twenty years and is considered a confidant.

Li Zhu'er didn't even care about giving a gift when she entered the door, and said in a hurry: "Jie Shuai, have you given the gift you gave to Gu Qing just now?"

An Lushan was stunned and said, "Of course I gave it out, I was gone to give gifts."

Li Zhu'er stomped her feet heavily and said anxiously: "Jingshuai, I've sent the wrong person!"

An Lushan frowned: "What does this mean?"

"Gu Qing, you are your mortal enemy!"

An Lushan was shocked: "I only met him last night, how could I make enemies with him?"

Li Zhuer shook her head and said, "The villain just gave you a gift to the palace censor Roh Hyun on his behalf. When chatting with Roh Hyun, he learned that Gu Qing's parents died since childhood. His parents died in battle many years ago to protect Prime Minister Zhang Jiuling. Later, the villain thought, wasn't it the death of our Pinglu Jiefu's mansion doing the interception of Zhang Jiuling many years ago?"

An Lushan's eyelids twitched and he said in a deep voice: "The dead soldier in Pinglujie Mansion? Could it be..."

Li Zhuer said: "That's right, more than ten years ago, Jieshuai, you ordered the interception of Zhang Jiuling. Gu Qing's parents were famous heroes and husbands in Chang'an. After hearing the news, they went out of the city at night to help Zhang Jiuling. They fought with our dead soldiers until dawn and did not retreat. In the end, they were exhausted and seriously injured. Jieshuai, Gu Qing has a great revenge for killing your parents!"

An Lushan's cheeks twitched and he murmured: "I have such a deep hatred with Gu Qing, I miscalculated it! No wonder I always felt that the smile on Gu Qing's face was strange when I gave gifts..."

Then An Lushan’s fat body trembled involuntarily, ten thousand guan, and ten thousand guan just gave out!

I thought I had bought an important eyeliner, but I actually gave the gift to my enemy. I was afraid that my enemy would not accept it, so I forced my enemy to ask for it and reluctantly let it accept it.

An Lushan thought about how he looked when he gave a gift just now, and he felt so cheap...

Gu Qing reluctantly accepted it and looked even cheaper.

He slapped the table suddenly, An Lushan's eyes showed fierce light, and he gritted his teeth and said, "What a fool, Gu Qing, I, someone who is not aware of life or death!"

Li Zhu'er was startled and subconsciously took a few steps back, then said carefully: "Jie Shuai, does the gift you gave Gu Qing need a villain to ask for it?"

An Lushan shouted angrily: "Get out! If the gift I gave was retrieved, the powerful court officials in Chang'an knew, how could I be a human being? Who dares to accept my gift easily in the future?"

An Lushan's face turned pale and he sneered: "I've bought a lesson for ten thousand yuan. In the future, he will be asked to pay back the capital and profits."

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Gu Qing's happy mood did not last long and was immediately destroyed.

Sitting in the yard, basking in the winter afternoon sun, Hao Donglai and Shi Daxing walked into the yard with an angry look on their faces.

Gu Qing glanced at them, then immediately closed his eyes, pointed to the wing room next to him and said, "You two should hurry up and get in. Don't show up in front of me until dark."

The two were stunned: "Why?"
To be continued...