The gap with imagination is too big. After all, she is the queen of the previous dynasty, but along the way, she has not shown her identity at all when she lives here. What popped up in Luo Gan's mind was "Tiger fell in Pingyang and was bullied by dogs", there must be a more appropriate word, but this sentence is also appropriate.

The tattered dirt roads have not been repaired, and the pedestrians have no sense of awe, let alone any sense of happiness. There are no guards guarding the place where Empress Xiao lives, and a subordinate sweeps the snow in front of the door, that's all. After Xiao Zhi and Yan Shan repeatedly confirmed with passers-by that this was Empress Xiao's residence, Luo Gan was skeptical.

The dignified-looking old woman had no sorrow or joy on her face, and when she saw someone reporting outside, she only felt a little strange.

In the year of Empress Xiao's sixtieth year, her conversation was still extraordinary, and the royal style on her body did not die out due to poverty, leaving more of an impression that she was neither humble nor arrogant.

Empress Xiao: "But my eighth brother sent you?" ”

Luo Gan was a little puzzled, and Yanshan replied.

"Yes, it was Song Guogong who sent us."

Empress Xiao smiled and instructed the slave Wan'er to quickly bring them hot water and greet the long-waiting guests.

"I didn't expect that there would be someone who would always think about me in my lifetime." There was a dim light beating in the old man's eyes, mixed with a trace of moving tears.

Luo Gan thought without further ado, and presented the envelope to Empress Xiao, and the subordinates on the side got up to pick it up, but Empress Xiao stopped her.

Empress Xiao: "No need, the guests came from afar, they must have experienced the test of heavy snow and Hu people, it is not easy to make a trip, I will come by myself." ”

The two handed over the envelope, and at that moment, Rogan seemed to be able to sense the old woman's sorrow, passing it in the residual warmth of his hand.

Empress Xiao smiled politely at Luo Gan, Luo Gan didn't know what expression to choose, he looked very frightened, so he hurriedly retreated, and then Queen Xiao sat on the support table and read the envelope.

Not long after, Empress Xiao's brows stretched slightly, she sighed, and her eyes stared at Empress Xiao's face, and Empress Xiao nodded.

"It doesn't matter, the person who can come to my down-and-out old woman's residence won't be someone who wants to be unfavorable to us, we haven't seen any wind and rain."

Wan'er: "Is it good news from Datang?" ”

Empress Xiao nodded: "Eighth brother has always been like this, he will only report good news and not bad news, what tells us is that everything is fine, and Datang will send an ambassador to try his best to broker the two parties to resolve the dispute peacefully." ”

Wan'er: "We are royalty, and we are still now. ”

Empress Xiao severely reprimanded Wan'er: "You yourself also have eyes, you naturally understand the gap between our royal family and the front and back, and now the emperor has been demoted to the king of Sui, and the king of Sui has died, and he is dead in name, isn't this an irony?" ”

Rogan was in an awkward position, and it was not convenient for him to make too many remarks, but he felt that it was not so good for the two to fight.

"Nowadays, in the Tang Dynasty, there are also many former ministers of the Sui Dynasty, and many of them are reused, so I think it is not a bad choice to join the Tang Dynasty."

Wan'er was very resentful and blamed Luo Gan: "It's not all because of you, and now you have to pretend to be a good person to take us in, hypocrite." ”

The subordinates were unobstructed, although Empress Xiao kept stopping her, she never let her go down, Luo Gan thought in his heart that maybe what the subordinates said was exactly what Empress Xiao was worried about, but she couldn't say it.

"There are constant disputes in the world, and everyone must understand people, but whoever makes the last knife will become the next housekeeper. The blame should be found in Nayu Culture and go, this is the great enmity of the common heavens. Datang stands up for the country and the people, I think this is a good time, otherwise it will not be the heart of the world. ”

Empress Xiao let out a long sigh, as if she had finally found an outlet for years of depression.

"You said that back then, that girl told Yang Guang that there was a rebellion outside, and ran to tell Yang Guang out of the intention of wanting to protect, but she also cut off her head, so she shouldn't be killed."

Wan'er: "I heard my mother say that at that time, you said that the emperor was upset, and he didn't want to hear this, which made him more troubled." ”

Empress Xiao looked at the sky outside the window, revealing a contemplative expression.

"We have been abandoned by the times, and we have tacitly gone to extinction along the way."

The atmosphere was very solemn, and when it came to this kind of topic, Xiao Zhi and Yan Shan naturally couldn't interject, but Empress Xiao didn't want them to leave earlier, and basically everyone present could hear what the intention of this letter was.

"Since Song Guogong sent us here, we must be concerned about the safety of Empress Xiao, please don't worry."

Empress Xiao was very satisfied, and showed a sad look.

"At the beginning, Princess Yicheng had the intention of protecting us and brought us here, but now it seems that I don't know whether it is joy or sadness, I am also old, I can't go back with you, I only hope to be reunited with my relatives in my lifetime, you sit here for a while, and I will go back."

Wan'er helped Queen Xiao to the back room. Luo Gan looked at Ash and Yanshan, and the three of them breathed a sigh of relief.

"The purpose of this trip is half completed, and the rest is to return to Datang smoothly."

Xiao Zhi sighed very emotionally, "Queen Xiao is really pitiful, once the country is famous, she is not there." ”

Yanshan: "Brother Xiaozhi is literate, do you want to consider staying in Dingxiang City to gain fame?" ”

Ash: "Don't tease me, I still have to test the fame of this place?" One day, the city was broken, and the first one was captured and beheaded. ”

As he spoke, Ash and Yanshan kept shivering, and the cold wind outside was biting, and the wind whistled through the hall. 
The three of them laughed together, and Wan'er hurried back.

Wan'er: "This letter has to be returned to Song Guogong by the three of them." The queen said that the three of them could rest here for a few days and then set off when the weather was clear. ”

Rogan just wanted to refuse, but Ash and Yanshan accepted it very warmly.

Somewhere in Anping County, Du Langzhong got the news, so he hurried back to his house, and saw that Erhu and Uncle De were in a hurry.

Du Langzhong: "Why are you so alarmed?" ”

Erhu: "Du Langzhong, it's not good!" The fire burned down our Anping Village, and all the houses burned down. ”

Du Langzhong was taken aback and looked at the weather, fortunately, it is still winter, if it is encountered during spring sowing or autumn harvest, it will definitely be a disaster.

Du Langzhong: "Why don't you tell Liu Shilang at this time?" I don't have anything I can do for you here. ”

Uncle De: "We have already looked for Liu Shilang, and it just so happens that he is not in the mansion, saying that he has an urgent matter to go to the capital." ”

Du Langzhong: "Then you should go to Wang County, of course he is in charge of disaster relief." ”

Erhu and Uncle De looked embarrassed and didn't want to do it.

"We used to be prisoners of the Wang County Order, and now we go to report this matter, I'm afraid it's ......"

Du Langzhong tried his best to shirk these things, since he bought Liu Chengyu's favor, the back of this group of Tian Shenu has been coming in a steady stream, and the ones who really let us be officials are slaves for them, and I really don't know how thick the sky is.

Du Langzhong shook his head and explained: "You can find someone else to do justice for you, since the village is burning, you must thoroughly investigate the cause, find out the real culprit, and bring it to justice as soon as possible." ”

Erhu: "Which of us wants to catch the murderer the most, the weather is wow-wow-wow-cold, where are we going to live if it burns out?" ”

Du Langzhong closed the door, and a faint voice came from afar: "There must be a road before the car reaches the mountain." ”