Chapter Seventy-Seven: The People of Kyoto

[In this chapter, I really don't know whether Wei Jian is the criminal department book that Tianbao has been sealed for three years or four years!

On the evening of August 12, Wan Ping drove to the Mingde Gate in the south of Chang'an City, and it took only nine days to reach Chang'an from Xunyang.

"Dolls, Chang'an has arrived!" Wan Ping said to Xiao Yan and Tang Xueying.

"Thank you grandpa for sending me all the way!" Tang Xuejun bowed to Wan Ping and said.

"There's nothing to thank, the old man didn't protect you to Beijing for your own good, and those people who prevented you from entering Beijing didn't necessarily mean that it was not good for you, so it really didn't deserve to be thanked. Wan Ping shook his head and said.

"At least I'm still alive and can do something for my father, that's enough!" Tang Xuejun said firmly.

Saying goodbye to Wanping, Wan'an only appeared once, and then disappeared, and the two teenagers followed Lao Wang into Chang'an City.

There are no checkpoints at the Chang'an City Gate, and the soldiers guarding the gate are only symbolically maintaining the order of the city gate.

As soon as you pass through the Mingde Gate, you will be the world-famous Suzaku Street! It is at night, the street is crowded, people from all over the world gather in Chang'an City, and from time to time there will be a Fanbang person with blue eyes, high nose bridge, and colorful hair. There was also the Dongying man who was less than six feet tall, with a bare front head, a high bun in the back of his head, a wide robe hanging from his body, and clogs on his feet. There are even more orchids who are constantly selling on the roadside, selling not only the goods in their hands, but also the black Kunlun slaves who are like carbon can only be busy carrying goods by the stall.

A qiē and a qiē are so novel, what used to only appear in his father's memories is being vividly displayed in front of Xiao Yan at this moment, the young man's eyes are staring at the qiē in front of him, but his heart has never beaten violently.

It's just that Tang Xueying didn't pay attention to the prosperity of this prosperous world at this time, she asked Lao Wang who was leading the way in front of her, "Uncle Wang, where should we go now?"

After the battle in the woods, Tang Xueying naturally determined that this old king was a person from the Wanjia family, and it seemed that Duan Zhang's guess was true at the beginning, and it was the people of the Wanjia who killed Wu Bo and Wu Ma.

The girl who should have been angry has already put away her excess feelings, for the past, she is no longer demanding, now she just wants to find her father and mother, since all this is just a fight between the two families, then she doesn't care who loses or who wins, she just wants to end this qiē as much as possible, because only in this way can her parents appear again.

Now that she is in the hands of Wanjia, she can only follow the footsteps of Wanjia first, follow Wanjia's requirements, and take one step at a time.

"Let's find a place to stay today, and then go to the yamen tomorrow. Lao Wang smiled and said.

Soon, the three of them found a wine shop, which was specially designed for tourists to stay in a sharp hotel, and it was not easy to go to a place like a orchid restaurant or a place like Pingkangli with a female dependent.

At night, Xiao Yan got up, did not alarm others, climbed out of the window, the street was empty, today is not a festival, the order of curfew is still strictly enforced in Chang'an, but the flower street and willow alley in the distance are still singing and dancing.

Xiao Yan identified the direction, his father had shown him the map, and he also kept it in mind, found the right direction and touched it.

The place where they live is Dongshi, and to the north is Shengye Fang and Chongren Fang, and to the north of Chongren Fang is the destination Yongxing Fang.

The wall of the square is very high, it has to be more than three zhang high, and the west side of Yongxing Fang is the imperial city across a street, and most of the people who live in the square are dignitaries.

Xiao Yan really found a half-human-high hole in a corner in the southeast corner of Yongxingfang according to his father's instructions, and the small hole was also built with bricks and stones, and the surface did not look the slightest abnormal.

This hole in Yongxingfang is actually a little secret shared by the rich boys in the workshop, after all, everyone will have a time when they go out late at night and forget the time and have to rush home. Therefore, such a secret passage was tacitly preserved by everyone, not to mention Yongxingfang, such a passage is estimated to be stored in every square in the city.

Xiao Yi was also a frequent visitor to this passage back then, so he naturally knew a lot about it.

Xiao Yan carefully took out a layer of masonry piled up on the outside, the passage appeared, drilled in, and restored it, the wall of the workshop was a foot thick, and there was also a layer of bricks at the other end.

It is really a big family, and the courtyard walls are high, which is convenient for Xiao Yan, in the shadow of the courtyard wall, Xiao Yan walked through quickly.

Finally arrived at the house that my father had said!

Xiao Yan obeyed his father's instructions, did not go to the main gate, came to the side of the courtyard wall, looking at the two-zhang high courtyard wall, Xiao Yan took a deep breath, not frightened, but began to prepare.

Xiao Yan took a few steps back, and suddenly rushed forward, with the power of the forward rush, his right foot stepped heavily on the courtyard wall, and the whole person jumped up and rushed into the sky, just halfway through, when the strength began to fade, this was Xiao Yan's limit. But at this time, Xiao Yan held the long sword that had already been drawn, stabbed his right hand against the wall, the tip of the sword entered the soil, and suddenly the long sword was pressed down, and the tough sword body immediately rebounded, Xiao Yan took advantage of the power of this rebound, and lifted his breath again, his body rose again, and he jumped up on the high wall in a blink of an eye.

The whole process was done in one go, like flowing water, obviously after many years of practice, Xiao Yan had never understood his father's intention to let him practice this trick before, but now it is clear.

Entering the yard, Xiao Yan landed on the lawn, did not make much sound, just wanted to take a step, but saw a few silver rays shot out of the short grass pile, Xiao Yan hurriedly swung his sword away, a few crisp sounds, the silver mangs broke in response, but it was a few slender steel needles.

Now Xiao Yan completely understood his father's intentions, this is to let himself break through, no wonder he deliberately did not let him go through the gate! Looking at the silent courtyard, Xiao Yan clearly felt a burst of murderous intent coming to his face.

The lawn looked disorganized, but Xiao Yan clearly saw a trace of law in it, it was a kind of formation that his father had taught, Xiao Yan walked carefully step by step according to the route in his memory, swinging left and right to avoid a few small silk threads in the air, and gradually came to a big tree.

Xiao Yan looked down, the map in his memory began to be different here, this should be the change that his father said, but this kind of change in the formation map does not need to take a long time to calculate, Xiao Yan is hesitating whether to stay and calculate clearly, or take a risk.

Forget it, there's not much time, let's fight! Xiao Yan clenched his long sword, resting concentratingly, preparing to deal with possible accidents.

Xiao Yan looked at the big tree in front of him, stepped on the trunk, jumped up on the tree, and came with him small droplets of liquid like a dripping rain, and no matter how dense the long sword dance was, he was still drenched.

Xiao Yan thought it was poisonous, but after looking at it, he found that it was just some pale green liquid, and after asking about the taste, he found that there was no peculiar smell, and he took the risk to taste it, and there was a hint of sweetness, a faint fragrance.

Xiao Yan didn't know what he meant, after his fitness was unharmed, he stood on a branch, looked in one direction, and jumped over, which was another safe position.

Gradually, Xiao Yan walked through the front yard, passed through the room full of organs, and came to the backyard, after staring and watching, he did not find the slightest abnormality, and when he was hesitating, a black shadow flashed over, Xiao Yan raised his sword and stabbed, the black shadow was knocked away, but there were bursts of fire on his body, it was the long sword that cut into the metal, you must know that the sword in Xiao Yan's hand can pierce even a steel knife several inches thick, and the armor on the black shadow is so strong at this moment.

The black shadow didn't pounce, but opened its mouth and barked wildly, it was actually a dog!

After the dog barked, the lights in the house were also lit up, and then a team of stubborn guards quickly surrounded Xiao Yan.

"Haha, I said who dared to break into my flower house, but I didn't expect it to be a young hero, which made Hua a little surprised!" With a loud laugh, a man in his forties appeared in front of Xiao Yan.

"Boy, where did you get the sword in your hand!" Before the big man surnamed Hua could say anything, he was attracted by the long sword in Xiao Yan's hand.

"This is what my dad gave me. Xiao Yan was deeply encircled but still not panicked, he believed that his father had wasted so much effort, and he must not let himself be sent to death.

Xiao Yan's unfazed appearance made the middle-aged man surnamed Hua look at him. Immediately, he was shocked by the young man's words, and subconsciously asked, "Your father gave it to you?"

"What's your father's name?" the man asked, glaring.

"Xiao Yi!" Xiao Yan replied.

"What!" Dahan rushed directly towards Xiao Yan this time.

"Show me the sword!" The man surnamed Hua didn't wait for Xiao Yan to refuse, and directly stretched out his hand.

Xiao Yan hesitated for a moment, and out of trust in his father, he handed over the long sword in his hand.

The man surnamed Hua took the sword and looked at it carefully, but asked quietly, "Does your father have anything else for you to send over?"

Xiao Yan took out the letter written by his father and handed it over, Xiao Yan's eyes were sharp, and he obviously saw that the hand of the man surnamed Hua was trembling.

The man surnamed Hua took the letter and read it from beginning to end, but after reading it, he looked up to the sky and smiled.

"Hahahaha, there's finally news of the fifth child! The fifth child is really alive!"

"Quick! go and inform a few of them, let them hurry over and meet the fifth son!" the man surnamed Hua hurriedly ordered his subordinates.

"Your name is Xiao Yan, right?" asked the man surnamed Hua excitedly.

"Yes!" Xiao Yan said lightly.

"Not bad! Not bad! He really looks like a talent, like your father!" Seeing that Xiao Yan still looked calm and indifferent, the man surnamed Hua really became more and more satisfied.

"Haha, come on! Uncle! I'm your father and his big brother!"

"Uncle?" Xiao Yan said in a questioning tone, he was still a little confused.

"Haha, don't you know? It's okay, you'll know each other later!" Seeing Xiao Yan like this, the man surnamed Hua only thought that he was cautious, and he was satisfied.

"Come on, stop standing stupid, come into the house and talk!"

Xiao Yan followed the man surnamed Hua into the back room, and after taking a seat, the man surnamed Hua handed the saber on his waist to Xiao Yan.

"Look! Is the pattern on it the same as the one on your father's sword?"

Xiao Yan took a look, and compared it again, it was really exactly the same as the pattern on his father's sword, but the word "one" was engraved on the bud.

"Also, look at these, this is your father's portrait back then, see if it's very similar, and this is your father's handwriting back then, take a good look. The man surnamed Hua handed over a bunch of things.

After Xiao Yan read them one by one, he finally believed the words of the man surnamed Hua.

"Haha, what's the matter, now believe it, right?" The man surnamed Hua laughed and asked, yes! Yes! It is rare to be so meticulous at such a young age!

"Big brother, where is it? You said that the son of the fifth brother is here, where is the person?" A strong man with a height of eight feet quickly rushed outside the house, and the rough voice of the strong man was still far away.

"Old eight, what's the panic! Aren't people like that!" The man surnamed Hua pointed at Xiao Yan and said.

After the strong man saw Xiao Yan, he immediately ran over, grabbed Xiao Yan's shoulder, and didn't care whether Xiao Yan could stand it or not, a pair of bull's eyes stared at Xiao Yan's face, and his mouth kept exhaling bursts of wine.

"Like, it's like, it's too similar!" the strong man shouted loudly, and the sound shook Xiao Yan's eardrums.

"That's enough! Old eight, don't scare the child!" said the man surnamed Hua.

"Oh! Oh! Haha, isn't it too exciting! Not only did I have the news of the fifth brother, but I also saw the fifth brother's child, this ...... This is really good!" the strong man was a little incoherent, and he seemed to be really happy.

Subsequently, a few more people came to the house, all of them were middle-aged men, and after seeing Xiao Yan, they also patted Xiao Yan's shoulder happily, poor Xiao Yan's shoulder was probably already red and swollen.

"Big brother, where is our nephew?" asked a man dressed as a scribe next to the man surnamed Hua.

"It's not bad, I've made it to the backyard!" said the man surnamed Hua smiled.

"Oh, the backyard! yes. The scribe was visibly disappointed.

"Alas, second brother, it's the first time Xiao Yan has come here, and it's already good to be able to go to the backyard!" said a middle-aged man who looked like he was in his thirties next to the scribe, this person had a face like a peach blossom, and he was a real beautiful man!

"Xiao Yan, huh?" the scribe asked Xiao Yan.

"Hmm!"

"Didn't you put a set of clean clothes and a jar of clean water at the end of the room in front of you?"

"I ......" Xiao Yan was also a little embarrassed at this time, the dog should have smelled the smell of those green beads on his body just now, so he rushed over.

This...... Who would have thought that!

"Okay, second brother, don't always look like you're begging for everything, this little nephew has just arrived, don't scare people!" Boss Hua spoke, and he was still very satisfied with Xiao Yan's appearance.

"Hehe, get used to it!" the middle-aged scribe also smiled wryly.

"Okay! Today we finally have news of the fifth child, and we have also met our nephew, which is really a great joy! Tell the kitchen, prepare the table! Let's not get drunk tonight!" said the flower boss proudly.

"That's right! Have a good drink!" "Lao Ba is excited when he mentions drinking, not to mention such a happy day today.

Others look the same way.

"No, I still have to go back, Xiao Jue is still waiting for me!" Xiao Yan said suddenly.

"Xiao Jue, when I hear it, it's a woman's name, and she must be a beautiful woman! Little nephew, is what Uncle Nine said right?" It turned out that this man with a peach blossom face was the ninth in line.

"Yes......" When Xiao Jue was mentioned, Xiao Yan was embarrassed.

"Haha! That must be my niece and daughter-in-law! Quickly call someone, and let her meet our uncles and uncles!" said Boss Hua with a smile.

"No! No! It's not a daughter-in-law...... Xiao Yan hurriedly shook her head, if this word reached Xiao Jue's ears, it would be another random beating! Besides, Xiao Jue has been in a bad mood recently, and she doesn't dare to make jokes.

"Eh, little nephew, it's not okay now! It'll be in a few days!haha!" Old Jiuyin smiled.

"Alas! No! We came to Chang'an because we had something to do! Xiao Jue's family was wiped out, two old people died, and his parents were missing!" Xiao Yan really didn't want to dwell on this topic, so he hurriedly said.

"What's wrong, Xiao Yan, don't worry, explain it slowly!" The second brother who looked like a scribe began to realize that something had happened, otherwise the fifth child would not have let his son come to Chang'an for no reason.

The others also understood, and quieted down and stopped making noise.

Xiao Yan told everything that happened to Tang Xueying's family from beginning to end, including Duan Zhang's affairs, Yuzhang's affairs of guarding them, and the things encountered on the road.

"Big brother, look at ......," the middle-aged scribe said to Boss Hua.

"It seems that it's really a big thing!" Boss Hua muttered, not to mention the history of a county magistrate, as well as the two major families behind, there were three grandmasters at once, such a big trouble came to Chang'an, this is the rhythm of chaos!

"Xiao Yan, did you just say that your little daughter-in-law is still in the hands of that surnamed Wang?" asked Boss Hua with a frown.

"Yes!" Seeing the other party's strict expression, Xiao Yan didn't have time to care about those details.

"Stupid! It's all at this time, how can you still run behind other people's butts!" Boss Hua scolded angrily.

"Lao Jiu, bring someone to bring people back immediately!" Boss Hua ordered.

"Big brother, I'll go!" said the eighth standing up.

"If you go, it's going to be bad! I don't know if those old guys are here! I'm relieved when I go. Boss Hua said.

"Don't worry, big brother, I will definitely bring people back!" Lao Jiu said.

"Let's go, little nephew, let's go and get that little daughter-in-law of yours back!" Lao Jiu came to Xiao Yan and said with a smile.

"Uncle Nine, but it's already a curfew outside!" Xiao Yan was stunned.

"Silly boy, when did we talk about curfew in the internal guard!" Lao Jiu scolded with a smile.

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The next day, outside the province.

At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the political affairs hall was set up, after Zhongzong ascended the throne, the political affairs hall was moved to Zhongshu Province, and in the eleventh year of Xuanzong's opening of the first century, the name of the political affairs hall was changed to Zhongshu Menxia.

Therefore, the current Zhongshu Province has become a place where the prime ministers discuss military affairs together.

Li Shizhi, the left prime minister, who had been busy all morning, rubbed his tired eyes and walked out of the gate of Zhongshu Province.

Outside, a middle-aged official hurriedly greeted him after seeing this.

"Zuo Xiang!" the person who came bowed and saluted.

"Zijin, why didn't you stay in your imperial platform so early, what are you doing in this imperial city?" asked Li Shizhi.

"Zuo Xiang, you can see that something happened last night. "The person who came was the Taishou of Shaanxi County, the water and land transfer envoy, the Yuanhe River and the Jianghuai South Lease Yong Transfer Disposal Envoy, Wei Chengnan, who was crowned by Xuanzong in the first month of last year.

"What's the matter?" Seeing Wei Jian's mysterious look, Li Shizhi was also a little curious.

"Yesterday, at midnight, the flower house of Yongxingfang went out to find a woman in a wine shop in Dongshi, and also took away a middle-aged man surnamed Wang, who claimed to be sent by Yuzhang Taishou Wang Xian to Chang'an on business. Wei Jian said.

"Oh, Neiwei, Yuzhang, Wang Xian?" Li Shizhi lowered his head and thought about it, but didn't come up with a connection.

"What else?" asked Li Shizhi.

"I don't know, the internal guard moves quickly. Wei Jian replied.

"Oh, in that case, let's wait, I'll know in the next two days. Li Shizhi said.

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In Zhongshu Province, in the duty room of Li Linfu, the right minister, a middle-aged man dressed as a scribe was reporting to Li Linfu, and he obviously got a lot more information than Wei Jian.

"Yuzhang, Wanjia, Lu family, Wang Xian, there are even internal guards......" Li Linfu closed his eyes, tapped his fingers on the desk, and kept muttering in his mouth, "There is going to be a good show to watch now! This time Yang Liumei's canonization ceremony seems to be very lively!"

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