In Baihe County, the lanterns in front of Duanwang's mansion are colorful, and the cars and horses are like dragons, celebrating the 50th birthday of Duanwang. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The ceremonial officer in front of the door faced the red list, looking at the auspicious time approaching, and the guests came one by one, but the most important thing was missing, Du Hanlin, the special envoy sent by the emperor himself, was so anxious that he stomped his feet.

Finally, at the last moment, three tattered blue cloth carriages stopped in front of the palace, and the guards frowned disdainfully, and were about to rush, when an attendant jumped out of the carriage, took a few steps forward, and handed the name slip to the officer. The ceremonial officer proudly flipped through it, and was so shocked that he hurriedly ran down the steps, bowed down and said, "Lord Du? How...... How...... I came here in this car. ”

Du Shuyan was pale and was helped out of the car by his subordinates, I don't know what frightened, he waved his hand again and again, as if he couldn't even speak, the two scholars carried a box with the imperial seal and got out of the car, Du Shuyan said weakly: "It's all given by the emperor, be careful." ”

When the palace heard that Du Hanlin had arrived, someone hurriedly came out to greet him to the side room to change clothes and freshen up, changed into court clothes, and sent him to the main hall.

Duanwang was full of red light, was sitting on the couch in the hall, congratulated by the guests, saw Du Shuyan come in, quickly got up and bowed down, knelt three times and knocked nine times, and solemnly accepted the gift list in front of the case, then took Du Shuyan's hand, sat on the couch, and asked about the fatigue of the boat.

Du Shuyan excused himself several times, and finally sat sideways, and after a long time, he told him how to go the wrong way, how to stay in the inn and encounter horse bandits and officers and soldiers, and how to hide in the firewood room to escape, so that he came here to explain clearly, and the guests were all amazed. When King Duan heard that there were such bandits under his rule, he made amends again and again, set up alcohol to suppress the shock, and told Du Shuyan from time to time that this kind of thing would not happen once in a few years, and he must not tell the emperor, so as not to worry the emperor.

After three rounds of wine, the ceremonial officer rang the bell and said that the auspicious time had arrived, and he respectfully asked King Duan to invite him for a birthday gift.

The servant brought the box given by the emperor, opened the imperial seal in front of King Duan, and held it one by one to King Duan and the guests to enjoy. In addition to a set of "Jialan Ji" and a volume of "Disguised Diagram" and various colored jewelry and jade in the Wei and Jin dynasties, there was a brocade box that had not been registered on the gift list, which even Du Shuyan had never seen when he counted the gifts.

Duanwang took the brocade box and looked at it again, it was really strange, this brocade box was just a very ordinary object in the shop, how could it be in the royal gift? He opened the brocade box suspiciously, took out the picture scroll inside, and slowly unfolded it. As soon as he opened the small half, Duan Wang's face suddenly turned from red to white, from white to blue, his knees weakened, and he fell on the couch.

"This ...... It's ......"

Du Shuyan picked up the scroll and looked at it, and his face changed greatly: "This ...... How did it end up here? ”

This inconspicuous picture scroll turned out to be a confidential picture scroll lost in Beijing, which marked the latest border defense forces.

Did this scroll be sealed in the gift by mistake? Or did the thieves want to take advantage of this to secretly cross Chen Cang, but they didn't have a chance to get it back? No one knows.

King Duan hurriedly ordered someone to put away the scroll, personally sealed it with a three-layer brocade box, and asked the county lieutenant to send 500 elite soldiers to the capital overnight, and repair another book, 800 miles to urgently ask the forbidden army in Beijing to respond.

Du Shuyan also hurriedly said goodbye, and wanted to return to Beijing to report the matter to the saint in detail, and King Duan also knew that the situation was urgent, so he hurriedly sent a lot of gold and silver treasures, and many good words and persuasions, before letting Du Shuyan go on the road.

Longmendu was still intertwined with wind and snow, Du Shuyan ordered Guancheng to stop the carriage, and from a distance, looking at the rocky river beach that seemed to have happened to nothing, and on the river surface, there was already a thin layer of ice floe floating over. He smiled slightly, and was about to put down the cotton curtain, but saw a man leading a horse on the hillside in the distance, standing in the wind and snow, as if the sky was old.