The industrial and commercial area of Chang'an City is mainly distributed in the northwest of the city, Hengmen Straight Street, that is, both sides of Huayang Street, the east is the East Market, which is mainly the distribution center of commodities, retail and wholesale, and the West Market is the West Market, which is mainly the handicraft workshop area.

There are more people in the east and west cities, and there are people from three religions and nine streams, and Hu people can often be seen. Gongsun Yu walked all the way, passing through small cities, and he had never seen such a big bazaar, so he couldn't help but look around, and he was curious to see everything, Jiang Chong and the three of them often traveled south and north, so they didn't feel very strange.

The four of them have been walking around the East Market, looking for a restaurant called Xiaoyaoju, and finally found it at the junction of Xiyin Street and Huayang Street.

The restaurant is divided into two floors, quite large, it is indeed lively, and it is almost evening, Jiang Chong and they finally found a table in the hall to sit down; Xiao Er hurriedly stepped forward to greet them, Lu Ji ordered a few dishes, and asked for a pot of Xifeng wine.

There were three middle-aged men sitting on the floor at the adjacent table, all of them well-dressed and polite, and they knew at a glance that they were cultural people; While drinking, he was talking about the foreign wars of the imperial court.

The older man with the long beard sitting on the south side picked up the wine jug and poured the wine, and said as he poured it: "Zihua, Brother Wen Dao hasn't come yet, let's wait a while." ”

"Let's do it first, Brother Wen Dao doesn't know when he will arrive, he lives far away, let's wait for him while drinking." The one sitting on the east side also raised his glass, and the three of them clinked glasses and drank them all.

After two glasses of wine, the conversation box naturally opened, and I only heard the one sitting in the east say: "I heard that Your Majesty sent Li Guangli, the general of the Second Division, to attack Dawan this time, and the army has 30,000 or 40,000 people. ”

"Hey, it's another waste of money." The little man sitting across from him lowered his voice and let out a long sigh.

The one sitting in the south heard the two of them talking about this expedition to Dawan, and asked curiously: "Brother Wen Dao works in Li Ling's mansion, and you usually have dealings with him, did he say why Li Ling did not be a pioneer this time, but was responsible for escorting grain and grass?" ”

The one on the east side took a bite of the dish and chewed it slowly, and said, "It's not his unlucky grandfather who was a prisoner of the Huns, so His Majesty has always distrusted their Li family." ”

"You mean General Li Guang, didn't he escape back later, and he also made great achievements."

"General Li Ling is also good at riding and shooting, their Li family is all brave and good at fighting, but it's a pity that the family luck is not good, all of them are unlucky, and the war is hard, but when it comes to dividing the war merits, they don't have their share."

Seeing that everyone was complaining about Li Jia's grievances, the one in the east continued: "I heard Wen Dao say that when General Li Ling learned that His Majesty ordered him to escort grain and grass for General Ershi, he immediately ran to the emperor to kowtow and petition, saying that all he brought with him were a group of Jingchu warriors, all of whom could restrain the tiger and shoot the enemy, and they were willing to form a single army and divide the troops in the south of Langan Mountain; Your Majesty said that the horses are now scarce, and there are no horses to allocate to you; General Li patted his chest and said that he did not need to give horses, and that he was willing to attack more with less, and only 5,000 infantry could be used to smash the single court in the royal court. ”

"Okay, General Li Ling is really behind the gate, and he is arrogant and worthy of admiration."

"Angry Xiaohan, he is really a big husband."

When everyone heard that General Li Ling was willing to take 5,000 infantry to the royal court, they all applauded; Jiang Chong and the others listened quietly to their conversation on the side, and nodded in admiration when they heard this.

"Later, His Majesty was moved by General Li Ling's courage, so he agreed, and ordered the strong commander Lu Bode to lead the troops to meet Li Ling's troops in the middle.

"Okay, I hope General Li can be victorious, come, we can make a toast to him to return with honors."

"...

Each of the three men raised their glasses and drank them all.

At this time, I saw a person hurrying over, and when he saw the three of them, he hurriedly stretched out his hand and said, "I'm sorry for the three, I'm late." ”

"Oh, Brother Wen Dao is here, and if you are late, you will be fined three cups first."

The long-bearded man to the south got up and poured his glass.

"Punished, willing to be punished." Wen Dao took the wine glass and drank it all.

Seeing Wen Dao's hurried appearance, the one in the east also asked, "Brother Wen Dao, why is you in such a hurry, could it be that there is an urgent matter in the house?" ”

Wen Dao said with a sad face: "General Li's attendant Li Zhong ran back to inform him that General Li fought alone and encountered the main force of the Xiongnu in Junji Mountain, with more than 30,000 people, besieged by him, and was captured during the breakout. ”

"Didn't you say before that General Lubod was behind to help? How can you fight alone? ”

Wen Dao sighed and said, "Hey, Lu Bode, this old fox, just refuses to come to the aid of General Li; General Li is not familiar with the world and is eager to serve the country, so he hurriedly brought 5,000 infantry and went deep alone; Unfortunately, he was unlucky, and he met Shan Yu's main force, and he was outnumbered after all. ”

When Wen Dao said this, his voice was choked.

When all the people in the restaurant, including Jiang Chong, heard this, they all applauded General Li Ling's heroism, and complained about what happened to him, everyone shouted loudly for the boss to add wine, and the long-bearded man sitting in the south also got up to greet everyone, it turned out that he was Guo Tao, the boss of Xiaoyaoju, who was the person Gongsun Yu they were looking for.

Lu Ji walked up to the boss, folded his hands, and bowed: "May I ask if you are Guo Tao, the boss here?" ”

Guo Tao hurriedly replied: "The little one is exactly, where is this big brother from?" How do you know the little ones? ”

"We came from Yan Kingdom, and when we passed by Yanglingyi, we visited Yangling Daxia, and he asked me to come here to find you, and we have something to ask for."

"It was introduced by Yangling Daxia, as long as I can help, it's no problem."

Hearing that he could help, Lu Ji hurriedly pointed to Gongsun Yu on the side and said: "That's the case, this brother's name is Gongsun Yu, and he is the nephew of Lord Gongsun Qing, we want to go to him, Yangling Daxia said that he has a brother who is your good friend, and he works in Lord Gongsun's mansion, and wants to trouble you to help call him over, so that he can take us to see Lord Gongsun." ”

After Guo Tao heard the reason, he laughed: "What a coincidence, the person you are looking for is there." ”

After speaking, he pointed to the man who was sitting on the east side and said, "Lilun, someone is looking for you." ”

The man sitting in the east was Zhu Anshi's brother Zhu Lilun, I saw him looking Gongsun Yu and the four of them up and down, and said quite vigilantly: "Lord Gongsun is a god today, a celebrity around the emperor, and he will not meet ordinary people." ”

At this time, Gongsun Yu took out a bamboo slip from his pouch, handed it to Zhu Lilun and said: "Brother Lilun, when you were in Yanglingyi, the hero has already introduced you, saying that you can ask for help if you have something, this is a letter written by my father to my uncle, please help give it to my uncle, and the younger brother is grateful." ”

"You're polite, brother, since I am the nephew of Lord Gongsun, then it is my duty to send the letter, so let's wait for me at Fengqi Tower on Jiadi Street in Beique at noon tomorrow."

"That's very good, thank you, Brother Lilun."

Gongsun Yu hurriedly thanked him.

Lu Ji is a cheerful person, seeing that Zhu Lilun was willing to help deliver the letter, he hurriedly asked Guo Tao to drink, saying that everyone was a brother, and he wanted to get drunk before resting.

Everyone had a good drink, and everyone was drunk.

When parting, Lu Fu gave Zhu Lilun some silver taels, asking him to help introduce him to Gongsun Qing, Zhu Lilun was also very gracious, and promised to hand him the letter when Gongsun Qing returned to the house tonight.