Chapter 35: The Scorching Sun (Part 2)
Luoyang, the eastern capital, Renhefang, is located in the southeast corner of Luoyang City, surrounded by two tributaries of Yishui on the side, the scenery is beautiful, although it is far away from the palace, the housing prices are still high, the powerful and wealthy businessmen in the eastern capital are happy to buy property here, in order to use it for leisure and entertainment, and to cultivate the body and mind.
Or, there are other uses.
In the evening, a group of carriages and horses came out of a mansion in Renhefang, the male owner circled at the door for a moment, strode into the carriage, and the hostess dressed as a noble lady led a boy carved in pink and jade, waved for a long time, and watched the carriage go away.
Soon after the carriage left, at the back door of the mansion, a servant in a green coat and a small hat pushed a wheelbarrow out, familiar with the road, from the nearest Changxia Gate out of the city, out of the city about four miles, someone on the side of the road to answer, the servant threw away the wheelbarrow, changed to a fast horse, and galloped west along the official road.
The horses under the crotch jumped around like crazy, swayed their front hooves a few times, and fell to the ground.
The servant was thrown out and flew far away, slammed on the road, his bones were in severe pain, and several iron nails on the road pierced into his body, the pain was extreme, and he howled miserably.
The official road between the two capitals, tonight's unevenness does not stop there.
A post station in Tongguan, there was a food poisoning accident, the thieves were cunning, smeared poison on the tableware, all the residents in the post station were poisoned, the guards of the post station, because they were busy with official business, were spared, fortunately, the effect of the poison is only cartilage, not fatal, and then rushed into several black-clothed masked gangsters, the post station up and down to fight for their lives, the gangsters were fierce, killed several people, everyone thought they would die, suddenly heard a whistle, the gangsters shook a shot, scattered and fled, but it turned out that they had another accomplice, sneaked in from the back door, and plundered a carriage from Princess Gao'an's mansion.
The post station sent someone to invite a doctor overnight, according to the official position of diagnosis and treatment, the doctors are not good at these rivers and lakes, it took half a day's effort, but also let people resume their actions, the body is paralyzed and weak and weak did not go to the roots, after the horse captain Wang Miao can move, he ordered a quick start, a group of people hold the stairs and walk hard, has not yet come downstairs, the post station suddenly ignited a fire, and there are gangsters attacking, I don't know whether it is the last wave to go and return, or there is a new group of interested in this place, this time not only more people, but also more ferocious, lime powder, darts hidden weapons, jingle and scatter down.
The head of the post station wanted to cry without tears, ", hurry up and resist it, don't hurt the horse"
The guards of the post station had lost their courage, hiding behind the pillar door wall, shouting in their mouths, refusing to come out, but the gangsters ignored them, and rushed straight to the horse Wang Miao and his party, there was the loyal servant guard who supported the soft body to block, all of them were slashed and killed by random knives, without any mercy, Wang Miao was frightened and collapsed to the ground, Wang Hui held the stairs with both hands, and blocked a person dressed as a servant behind him, such a posture, but the gangster was overjoyed, jumped up with a chain of feet, kicked Wang Hui away, several Xueliang machetes, He chopped it into the servant and chopped it into pulp.
With a whistle, the thieves scattered in a mess.
"Poof......" Wang Hui was kicked in front of the chest, vomiting out a mouthful of blood, blood on his legs, looking at the servants who were broken into a piece of meat, he was nauseous again, and he was remorseful in his heart, he really shouldn't listen to Da Lang's persuasion, this road to the eastern capital is like a tiger's den in Longtan.
Wang Miao's whole body was covered with layers of cold sweat, he moved his body, and muttered an order, "Let's go, go to the eastern capital"
"Father, the matter has come to this, why go to the Eastern Capital?" Wang Hui was puzzled.
Wang Miao glared at him angrily, "Cure your illness"
Wang Hui shrank and didn't dare to say more.
Daming Palace, Chenghuan Palace, many sons and nephews of the Li family's martial arts family came to see each other, and congratulated the Empress Wu on the Spring Festival in advance, not everyone had the opportunity to show their faces, Wu Sansi, Wu Chenghei, Princess Taiping, and Ruizong all came with their families, Wu Youji and Wu Youning brothers came alone, and other side branches, only a few representatives, accompanied the last seat.
The palace is full of family affection, and it is happy.
Quan Ce hid behind the curtain and wrote a brief line of words, "Shang and His Royal Highness Taiping, Wu clan relatives enter the Chenghuan Hall to congratulate the New Year", then stopped writing, his eyes drifted to Wu Youji, this public gentle and honest temperament does not change, even if it is a toast from the juniors, it is also a smile to greet him, and quietly glanced at Princess Taiping, she and the Empress Wu are sitting in the same case, Quan Ce's angle can only see her side, her neck is slender, her face is like a silver plate, and her body is slightly plump, a little thicker than her mother next to her.
There are many rumors about the marriage between these two, but I don't know what the truth is?
Quan Ce's mind was flying, and someone was unafraid that someone would target him.
Wu Yanxiu, the third lang of Wu Chenghe's family, saw him and remembered the dispute between the royal horse at the beginning, "Aunt and grandmother, my grandson wants to be a horseman, please give it to me."
"Horsey?" Empress Wu drank a few glasses of wine, her cheeks were a little red, and after thinking about it, she remembered, "Emperor Gaozong's horse, I have already given it the right to policy, and Yanxiu can choose another one"
"Grandson, don't want anything else, just be a fool" Wu Yanxiu was coquettish.
"Presumptuous" Empress Wu threw away the wine glass and scolded angrily, and the atmosphere in the hall became tense, Wu Chengsi slapped Wu Yanxiu with a big mouth, and knelt down with him to plead guilty.
Quan Ce left the table and took the initiative to retreat, "The queen of heaven, arrogant and arrogant, the minister is quite difficult to control, if the queen of heaven allows it, the minister is willing to choose another horse"
Empress Wu stared at him, her breath was quite uncalm, "Why is this so?" ”
The right strategy is not clear, so I don't dare to answer indiscriminately and remain silent.
"I heard that you moved to Gao'an Mansion?" Empress Wu asked a question that was not related.
"Yes, the minister is alone in Chang'an, and his aunt is worried, so he ordered the minister to move to the house to take care of it" Quan Ce didn't understand the number of roads, and answered truthfully, in the palace of Princess Gao'an, he lived like a second ancestor, and was spoiled to the sky, the more so, the more he felt that he had a heavy responsibility on his shoulders.
"Do you know the peace?"
The questions are more and more weird than the other, Rao is the power of the two worlds, and at this moment there are no six gods, kneeling on the ground, "The minister is afraid, the minister recognizes Her Royal Highness the princess"
Empress Wu suddenly became excited, "That's it, I gave you the Horse, you can take it alive and disperse."
Ruizong left first with Empress Wu, and Princess Taiping deliberately went around in a circle, stopped in front of Quan Ce, swept his face coldly, and brushed his sleeves away.
Quan Ce finally came out of the hall, someone was waiting for him, Wu Yanxiu, as he saw it for the first time, rushed up like a leopard, but unfortunately, the effect was not satisfactory, Quan Ce trained and prepared for the battle again, and his body was no longer Wu Xia Ameng, he only shook twice, and did not fall, but Wu Yanxiu himself, who used too much force, took a few steps back in a row, was unstable under his feet, and sat on the ground with his buttocks.
Quan Ce stepped forward, stretched out his hand, was opened by him, and got up from the ground with a bone, his angry and red face slowly became proud, and his index finger pointed at his nose, "Quan Ce, you wait, don't you want to save your unlucky uncle, not only can you not save it, but the uncle wants you to die too, don't worry, I will let that damn cheap horse bury you with you, hum" turned around and strode away.
Quan Ce looked at his back, no sadness or joy.