In the fifth year of Taihe, the first day of October, the beginning of noon.

Chang'an, Chang'an County, Chongye Fang, somewhere.

The target of this group of brocade-robed teenagers was Li Shangyin, and they never thought that a poor man would go with the princess of Zhengyipin, which one is this? Isn't this woman bluffing here? But the Nine Trees and Flowers are real, and if the civilians are decorated with it, they are guilty of trespassing.

The leader of the young man beat the drum in his heart, and he didn't dare to take another step forward, maybe he was afraid of taking risks, and after a while, the leader of the young man snorted coldly, and left with a group of floating waves behind him. At the end, he didn't forget to turn around and glared at Li Shangyin, and shouted, "Let's see!" ”

Looking at the group of flower arms drifting away, Wang and Li Shangyin both breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts, and Li Shangyin hurriedly approached Wang's side, "I didn't expect that the little lady's words really scared that ......" Before the words were spoken, Li Shangyin saw Wang's makeup at a glance.

"This ......" Li Shangyin was shocked in his heart, could it be that what this "maid" just said to the head of the floating waves was true? hurriedly crossed his hands and saluted, "Dare to ask the little lady...... Honorable, isn't it really ......"

Wang silently covered the veil and bowed his head gently.

"Rude faux pas!" Li Shangyin leaned over and bowed his hand, but Wang waved his hand as if he didn't take it to heart, but after looking around, he couldn't help frowning with some disgust.

They had just fled so far, not paying any attention to where they had run in, nor had they written down the way they had been, and now that there were no pursuers, Li Shang faintly noticed that they seemed to have run into the most pickled place in Chongye Fang.

The streets and alleys are narrow and cramped, sparsely populated, and dilapidated, and the hem of Wang's shirt and skirt is also soaked by the sewage in the alley, and there is a stench in the air. Li Shangyin almost thought for a moment that they had run out of Chang'an City.

In fact, they didn't even go out of Chongye Fang, and Li Shangyin only then realized that fresh clothes and angry horses, drunken gold fans are Chang'an, and broken tiles and ruined ruins, hiding dirt and dirt are also Chang'an. The latter may be more true......

It wasn't daylight here, but with a good sense of direction, Wang thought that they had been running to the west all along, and that they should be in the northwest corner of Chongye Fang at this moment.

Chongye Fang is no different from most of the Li Fang in Chang'an, with a Fang Gate in the east, west, north and south, and there will be a central axis road in front of the Fang Gate. Their immediate priority now is to search for Kuan Street first, and then continue to search for Zhang Yijun's traces.

As the two of them walked deeper down the street, the brick houses became less and less, and gradually they were replaced by shacks, which were joined together, and from time to time an oil tarpaulin spread over their heads.

It was noon now, the sun was in the sky, but Li Shangyin and the Wang family only felt that there was no daylight, even the Wang family, who had seen the bottom world, was the first time to see such a dirty place.

From time to time, there were terrible screams and cries in the shack in the distance, and Li Shangyin poked his head into a nearby shack out of curiosity, but he was shocked to see that there were no less than ten people squeezed into this cramped space that was only five steps square, all of them skinny and skinny sitting on the ground.

In the darkness, a pair of eyes looked at Li Shangyin, an "uninvited guest", and the scene was very terrifying, so frightened that he took two steps back again and again, and hurriedly followed the Wang family in front.

Li Shangyin felt that his throat and eyes were dry and smoking, he had difficulty breathing, and his heart was beating rapidly. The Chang'an City here reminds him of Shura Purgatory, which is a place that the law can't reach, and I'm afraid that the population statistics of the government will not go so far.

After they finally turned out of the shack area, Li Shangyin suddenly felt that his breathing was much easier, and Fang Cai's depression gradually lessened, but he never said a word.

The streets and alleys here are much more spacious, and there are brick houses and even small brick and stone courtyards around it, but they are still not comparable to the vicinity of Cross Street.

Walking on this street, I can smell a sour smell from time to time, only to see that at this time there are more than a dozen beggars scattered on both sides of this street, lying horizontally and reclining, so lazy, some like apes scratching lice on their bodies, Li Shangyin Every time they walked, they saw beggars stretching out their dirty palms to the two of them to beg for copper coins.

When Li Shangyin passed by a beggar, he heard that the man seemed to be muttering something incessantly, so he casually glanced at the beggar's hand, and the beggar did not reach out to him like the others, but sat on the old felt blanket with no hair off, and carefully examined something in his hand.

Li Shangyin froze his footsteps and looked fixedly, in stark contrast to the beggar's swarthy palm, it was white and flawless, and the square inches were clear, like white jade.

"What is this?"

The beggar didn't notice someone approaching until he heard Li Shangyin speak, and hurriedly took the thing into his arms. Hearing this, Wang also turned around and walked over.

The beggar shook his head again and again, his voice slurred, as if he hadn't spoken for a long time, and kept repeating: "Witch things, witch things......"

"Witch?" Li Shangyin and Wang glanced at each other and said suspiciously.

The art of witchcraft originated in ancient times, often borrowed things to cast spells, used to curse and hate the enemy, was strictly forbidden by the Tang law, in the past, Emperor Gaozong Wang Empress was abolished because of the magic of witchcraft, and then was harmed by the Empress of Heaven. However, it is rumored that there are a large number of folk believers, and most of them are from the bottom of the market.

"Show it to so-and-so!" Li Shangyin stretched out his hand and said.

When the beggar heard this, he quickly pulled back and shook his head without saying a word.

"If the witch Gu is entrusted with non-things, it will backfire, and it will backfire, and if you have heard of it, why not hand it over to a certain person?" Li Shangyin's expression was serious, and in order to convince the beggar, his words were also a little harsh.

In fact, Li Shangyin did not deceive the beggars, when he was studying in Luoyang, he read everything in his spare time, and because he never forgot it, he even involved in the forbidden witchcraft.

The beggar was suspicious, and squinted at Li Shangyin with his small eyes stained with eye feces. Wang hurriedly cooperated and took out a string of money from his waist, which was enough for ten yuan, enough for the beggar to eat for several days.

Obviously, it was more tempting than faith or money, and the beggar's eyes lit up when he saw Dengshi, so he took the money with one hand and handed the white jade into Li Shangyin's hands with the other.

Wang stood aside and looked closely, but found that although the jade was quite worn, the fineness was excellent, like Hetian jade, and one end of the jade was engraved with crooked words like a book from heaven, no wonder it was regarded as a witch by beggars.

Li Shangyin pondered for a moment while fiddling with the jade, and muttered: "Sogdian......

"Dragon Assault Riding Branch......" Li Shangyin muttered to himself: "Yanqi Kingdom? ”

Li Shangyin recalled it carefully, and then he was shocked, just because he remembered that he seemed to have seen this white jade-like thing on Zhang Yijun, so he hurriedly asked the beggar: "This is not a witch Gu thing, where did you get it?!" ”

The beggar did not answer, but stretched out his palm, as if he meant to give money before he spoke.

Although Li Shangyin did not explain, the Wang family had already seen some clues from Li Shangyin's expression, so he took out all the money, which was enough for the beggar to eat and drink for two months.

Wang said: "Ten dollars to open the mouth, ninety dollars to buy this thing!" ”

The beggar smiled and took the string of money, and then pointed slightly to the south: "The dead man's body is in the shack over there......"

This remark made Li Shangyin and Wang's hearts cold, Li Shangyin looked along, and sure enough, he saw a dilapidated shack dozens of steps ahead, and there were wide carts and thatchs piled up in front of him.

Li Shangyin didn't want to believe it, "You, you lied!" ”

He wanted to keep his tone stern, but he didn't want to say it with some trills, and he lost his momentum at all.

The beggar laughed back, "You go and see ...... It's just ...... inside."

Li Shangyin put aside the beggar, hurriedly ran towards the shack, and forcefully moved the wide cart that was lying outside, and saw a person lying on top of a pile of thatch, dressed in brown clothes, motionless.

"Yi...... Brother Yijun? Li Shangyin stood in place, his breath stagnant, and then carefully turned the man over, and couldn't help but gasp.

This person Li Shangyin will never admit his mistake, it is Zhang Yijun, but the difference from the past is that half of his face at the moment is full of bloodstains, so that Li Shangyin almost did not recognize it.

Li Shangyin was a little at a loss, stunned, after the Wang family hurried over, she was also shocked when she saw Zhang Yijun, but she calmed down, leaned down slightly, and pressed her fingers on Zhang Yijun's neck.

Both of them held their breath for a long time, and Li Shangyin had never felt that the time to breathe was so long......

It had a pulse, but it was weak and slow-paced, as if it were in a deep sleep.

Wang opened his eyes, looked at Li Shangyin, and said softly, "He's still alive......"

Li Shangyin was relieved, and he sighed and said, "That'...... We now have to hire someone to carry Brother Yi Jun out of Chongye Fang, as long as we get into the carriage...... Everything is easy to do......" Li Shangyin said half of his words, and only then did he look at the Wang family and remember, in order to get the words out of the beggar's mouth and buy the white jade, the Wang family had long run out of money.

"That ......" Li Shangyin stretched his hand to his waist, but he didn't touch the money bag, he suddenly remembered that he was in a hurry to travel this morning, and he got into the carriage before he could bring the money, and he was also penniless at the moment, what to hire someone?

"Then let's do it ourselves...... Li Shangyin pointed to Zhang Yijun's shoulder and said, "You may be able to help someone lift that ......" Li Shangyin said half a sentence, and suddenly realized that he was speechless, so he immediately stopped his mouth, he almost forgot that this woman in a maidservant costume was a princess!

Wang was about to bend his knees and join hands, but Li Shangyin hurriedly stopped him, and then walked alone to Zhang Yijun's side in three steps and two steps, leaned down, wrapped Zhang Yijun's arms around his neck, and then got up and carried him behind his back.

Sometime and moment.

The location is unknown.

Zhang Yijun woke up slowly, but his brain was aching, as if the soreness after a hangover permeated his whole body, making him still unable to move at the moment.

Zhang Yijun only felt that his eyelids were very heavy, and he couldn't lift them up for a while, but what he could feel was that he seemed to be lying on a soft bed, his fingertips were itching like pins and needles, and his nose could smell the thick incense lingering around the room, what about his ears? But it was as if he could hear nothing.

When?

Where are you?

More importantly, what happened before?

Fragmented memories are like ink paintings, hazy and distant in front of Zhang Yijun's eyes: first received the vassal king's token from King Ying, entered Chongye Fang late at night, Jinwu guard, Xuandu Guan......

And then what?

My head hurts......

As soon as Zhang Yijun used his brain, he felt a splitting headache, as if his consciousness and thinking were temporarily split, Zhang Yijun felt his brows frown, as if this was the most complicated action he could do at present.

The sound of the drum "Knock Knock" suddenly came from afar.

Zhang Yijun knew that this was the time drum of Danfengmen.