Volume 1: The Night Change of Chang'an I: A corpse on horseback
It's just dawn, and it's not too bright yet.
The sun had just shown a corner, but the intense light was already shining on the earth, covering the world.
The light of the day awakened Chang'an City, and the light illuminated the earth little by little. A corner of the gate was out of the darkness, and the soldiers defending the city stood straight like a boulder, looking ahead, their straight figures leaving a long shadow on the ground.
On the bell tower, a monk in a robe stepped up the steps to the high platform, he was already old, and he was followed by all his disciples and believers. He exerted all his strength at every step, but he always maintained a quiet and peaceful countenance, and did not ask the people around him to help him.
Finally walked to the bell tower, his forehead was already sweating profusely, but he was still indifferent, and walked steadily to the huge clock.
With his hand stroking the long wood, he slammed it into the bell with reverence in his face, and let out a loud cry.
"It's dawn!"
The morning in Chang'an City is not quiet, just because every morning there is this bell ringing, anyone will be woken up by this sound, and then start the day's life.
Early in the morning, there were not many people on the streets, because most of them gathered around the wet market.
The morning market is the most popular because the dishes are at their freshest and the prices are cheaper. But this is a good thing that not everyone has, and once the time is reached, the price becomes back to a fixed level.
So, it's not wrong to say, 'The early bird gets the worm'.
In the crowd, a young man in a white robe squeezed through the crowd and found that the vegetable basket in his hand was missing. I saw him get into the crowd again, and it was a long time before he rushed out again.
He always had to experience this kind of thing every morning, just because the expenses of Chang'an City were too big, and he didn't have much money.
"Hello Uncle Liu!"
"Brother Wang, business is booming!"
"Grandma Wang, how much money do you have for this melon?"
“.........”
Along the way, he was full of acquaintances, and he could always contact his feelings with a greeting on his lips, although many of them he couldn't name.
Out of the morning market, he walked out into the street. The 13th Lane of the West of the Home City is also some distance from the morning market, and most people are too lazy to go. But he's not, it's not a long distance, and it's good to go out for a walk in the morning.
Seeing that there was only one street left from his home, he had just stepped on the ground to cross the road, when suddenly a horse roared, and he saw a man in an official uniform covered in blood lying on his horse, galloping all the way.
Call!
Speeding by, hanging a puff of dust.
"The one just now, it seems to be the catch of Dali Temple"
"Covered in blood, it looked like it was no longer working. ”
"It must be a blood demon, it must be a blood demon!"
"What, blood demon!"
When I heard this, the people on the street were all terrified, as if they thought of something terrible.
Li Qinglian stood on the side of the road, looking at the pool of blood on the ground. After a long time, he crossed the street with his basket and disappeared into the alley.
Chang'an City has "three guards", Tianyu Guard, Shenwei, and Shadow Guard. Tianyuwei is led by the god general Cheng Yanjin and guards the army of Chang'an. And the Shenwei is in the palace, which is specially used to protect the empress.
Speaking of shadow guards, it is also called 'heavenly punishment', which is the power of Dali Temple detectives, and generally only obeys Dali Temple Shaoqing or Dali Temple Cheng.
Dali Temple is located in the west of the city, and the horse just now is running in the direction of Dali Temple.
Di Renjie stood in the courtyard and quietly looked at the lotus leaves in the pond full of gardens. It's summer, and it's the time when the lotus flowers bloom. But today, as in previous years, the lotus leaves do not bloom.
It's been 10 years!
He sighed by the pond, and although he was young and in his prime, this sigh was like that of an old man.
There was a sound of footsteps outside the door, and a man who was about to dress up hurried in, "My lord!"
Di Renjie's expression was indifferent, and he turned his head and walked out of the courtyard without waiting for the man to finish speaking.
Soon, the two came to a room. It is a house made of black stone that looks like a black bunker from the outside. Pushing open the door and walking in, the room was dark with no end in sight.
Di Renjie snapped his fingers, the lights on both sides lit up, and the originally dark room returned to its appearance under the illumination of the lights, and at the same time, an ice bed made of boulder ice also appeared in front of him.
There was a man lying on the ice bed, the same man on horseback as before.
"Is there any help?" Di Renjie walked to the ice bed and looked at the young subordinate quietly.
"The heart has been shattered, and there is no help!" Cheng Yaoxue said with a gloomy face.
"Is it true! bury him well, give his family a pension, and say that he died heroically in battle, and posthumously send the British. Di Renjie sighed and said.
"But my lord, the shadow guard stipulates that he can't reveal his identity in life or death, not to mention that he was killed as an agent. If it's traced above, we'll ......"
Syllable!
Halfway through the man's speech, he only heard the sound of the floor cracking, it was the floor under Di Renjie's feet, and he was so frightened that he knelt down directly.
"Yao Xue! Di Renjie looked at the man kneeling on the ground with cold eyes, "As long as I am still in Chang'an for a day, this Dali Temple will only be surnamed Di!"
"Yes!"
In less than half a day, the entire Chang'an City already knew about the killing of the shadow guard, and all knew the identity of the shadow guard.
As the shadow of Dali Temple, the identity of the shadow guard has always been secret, and even the palace cannot know its identity, so that everyone thinks that the identity of the shadow guard is fake.
And now that the identity of the shadow guard is exposed, the entire Chang'an is trembling. The fear that was originally dominated by the blood demon was covered by the presence of the shadow guard in an instant.
"It's worthy of Chang'an, I originally wanted to take advantage of the chaos in Chang'an, but I didn't expect to be suppressed so quickly!" On the second floor of the Zuixiang Residence in the thirteenth lane of the west of the city, two men were sitting there talking at the window opening.
"The basic veins of Chang'an are deep-rooted, and the panic you see on the surface is actually fake, and it is not enough to really mess up. Just one god general Cheng bites gold, and he can ensure that the entire Chang'an City is worry-free, not to mention Di Renjie, Li Yuanfang and others. After speaking, the old man raised his glass and took a leisurely sip.
The red-clothed man on the opposite side turned red, and he didn't know if he was drunk or angry, but he slapped the table heavily, "There is no impregnable fortress, even if it is Chang'an, isn't it just relying on the blessing of the Star Picking Tower?"
"Ahem!"
The old man coughed dryly and motioned for the other party to look around. There weren't many people in the store, but there were a few people not far away, and they didn't talk loudly, but they would inevitably be heard.
The man in red also suddenly came to his senses, his face gradually returned to normal, and he sat down quietly.
"Chang'an is deep and has many forces, our plan can't be rushed, otherwise we will definitely lose everything, you better remember it for me!"
"Well, I'll be careful!"