The road slip written by Shangguan Yun is quite effective, and the sergeant who passes the pass does not block it, and stays at the post station and treats him like a guest.

Ling Hu Yong and Ling Hu Yan successfully passed Tongguan, Huayin, Weinan and Lintong. On the Baqiao, thinking that it took more than half a year to arrive in Chang'an City, Hu Yong could not suppress the excitement in his heart, and unconsciously shed two lines of tears. I didn't know that the old man driving the car in front of me was the close attendant of Princess Taiping back then, and he was a member of the different party who had not been caught for decades.

Sitting in the carriage, Ling Hu Yan was overjoyed, seeing the Baqiao, and finally going to the graceful and atmospheric Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, the most impactful is the tall and stretching city wall of Chang'an, how big does this city have to be? She has downplayed the emotional twists and turns she experienced in Qinglong Town. Chang'an is the yearning of the people of the Tang Dynasty, and she is no exception.

Ling Huyong drove the car through the Tonghua Gate, did not enter, but walked four or five miles south along the city wall to a Chunming Gate before rushing in. Ling Huyan asked, "Why didn't Father enter through the gate in front?" ”

"That's the gate where the emperor and officials enter and exit."

"Oh!"

Entering the city from the Chunming Gate, Ling Hu Yan lifted the curtain, looked ahead, and felt that he had entered an unimaginable street market, with wide streets, maybe ten carriages would not be crowded when they went hand in hand; The streets are endless; The streets are full of officials, noblewomen, and peddlers; The streets are lined with shops of all kinds.

Ling Hu Yan saw that there was an independent city in the city, with people guarding the gate and high walls. Ling Huyong said that it is called a workshop, a workshop is the size of a village, and hundreds of households can live, and there are about 100 such workshops in Chang'an City. To the north of Chang'an City is the Imperial Palace, and the closer to the Imperial Palace, there are more officials and nobles, and the south of the city is mostly inhabited by ordinary people.

"Yan'er, when we find an inn to live in, we will go to Xu Chen. In the future, you can take a slow stroll in this Chang'an City. ”

Ling Hu Yan hid back in the car to cover her mouth and smile.

"You know Chang'an now, right? So many people want to come to Chang'an to see. ”

"Uh-huh"

After walking about two or three miles in the city, Ling Hu Yong turned the carriage into an alley, turned seven or eight times, and stopped in front of a house called "Jieyi Inn", which was in such a deep alley that few guests frequented. Xiao Er, who looked handsome and had a white face, hurriedly came up to greet him when he saw the horse: "Two guest officers, are you going to eat or stay in a hotel?" The hotel has a good guest room, and you can also make a roast tail feast for dinner! ”

Ling Huyong listened to it and smiled, "There is still a tail feast, and there are almost no guests." ”

Xiao Er didn't get angry when he heard this, and said a little slickly: "Aren't you here?" ”

This little student looks handsome, but he is still far behind Captain Nalan, which makes Hu Yan think in her heart.

Ling Huyong said: "Eat and stay in the hotel." Lead the horse over, unload the cart, and feed some hay! After speaking, he took out ten cents and stuffed it into the small second-hand. Xiao Er was stunned for a moment, then took Ling Huyong's hand, returned the money to Ling Huyong's hand, and led the horse. Ling Hu Yong was stunned, "Hey! It's a bit arrogant. With that, he walked into the store. Ling Hu Yan covered her mouth and smiled in the back.

When he entered the lobby of the store, he looked around the inn as if he had been there. At this time, the shopkeeper sitting in the cabinet, who was also an old man with a white beard, saw Ling Huyong walk in, slowly got up, and looked at Ling Huyong intently.

Ling Hu Yong walked over, the two looked at each other for a moment, Ling Hu Yong didn't believe his eyes, "Old Seven, I didn't expect you to be alive." ”

"Ahh What a third brother! ”。

"Seventh brother, it's me! I didn't expect you to be alive! ”

The old shopkeeper stepped forward and grabbed Ling Huyong's arms and wept bitterly. Ling Hu Yong also burst into tears, making Ling Hu Yan next to him unreasonable and at a loss.

Seeing Ling Huyan beside him, the shopkeeper hurriedly suppressed his tears and said, "Third brother and little lady, please sit!" After sitting down, Ling Hu Yan found that the old shopkeeper's left leg was disabled, and he walked with a limp.

Ling Huyong introduced Ling Huyan to the old shopkeeper, "This is my nephew, this time I came to Chang'an, and I was also entrusted by my brother to send her to Chang'an to marry her virtuous son-in-law." ”

"Oh! I thought it was the third brother's daughter. ”

Ling Huyan interjected at this time: "Old shopkeeper, I am her daughter. ”

The old shopkeeper looked stunned.

A trace of seriousness but a pleasant look of relief flashed across Ling Hu Yong's face, and said, "Yan'er, don't be in front of this uncle. ”

The old shopkeeper smiled when he heard "haha", "It's not in the way, if you don't invite the little lady to live in the guest room first, I will prepare a dinner party to catch the wind and wash the dust for you." ”

"Old Seven, what kind of wind and dust to wash, just treat me as an outsider if you say this."

"When we were sixteen or seventeen years old, we went to Anxi to fight against the Turks, and that time we fought with the Turkic soldiers in Broken Leaf City, killing and wounding hundreds of thousands, and seven of our brothers survived by luck, and met and became brothers on the battlefield, and even saved their lives and returned to Chang'an. If it weren't for you and my eldest brother risking death to carry me back, I'm afraid that I would have seen Hades earlier in this life. ”

"Seventh, don't mention the past. When I came to Chang'an after 40 years, I also tried to come to this inn to see, I didn't expect you to be alive, I am really happy! ”

"Third brother, the two of us are the only seven brothers." The old shopkeeper whimpered again.

"I know that the eldest brother will definitely die that year, if the princess hadn't sent me to Taibai Mountain to get holy water and escaped with my life, I wouldn't have survived in this world."

"Later, they came to me and pressed me to tell me where you were. I told them that I had opened this inn with this stump leg when I came back from Anxi, and I was already a commoner, so I didn't know anything about the palace. I don't know his whereabouts, it doesn't matter if you want to kill or chop, Anthy didn't die at the hands of the Tartars, and he died at your hands. Maybe these words made them conscience and didn't embarrass me anymore, but there were many scouts who came to the inn to investigate and secretly visit, and they have been monitoring the inn for more than ten years. ”

"Fortunately, few people know that I am from Huating, so there is no way to find me."

"So, Nangong Xuan didn't betray you?"

"Well, it should be. But he told his son? ”

"Third brother, how do you know it's his son?"

"We had a relationship with a place called Qinglong Town on the edge of Hangu Pass."

"Oh......"

At this time, Xiao Er came in and shouted to the old shopkeeper, "Dad!" ”

The old shopkeeper hurriedly pulled him over and introduced: "I've seen my uncle soon, he is my father's savior." ”

Xiao Er saw Ling Huyong, showed a hint of a smile and hurriedly arched his hand: "My nephew has seen my uncle." I just didn't know that my uncle arrived, and it was rude, so please forgive me. ”

Ling Hu Yong hurriedly smiled and returned the salute: "The virtuous nephew doesn't have to be so formal. I had a lifelong friendship with your father. I am glad to see you today. ”

The old shopkeeper was happy when he heard this, and said, "I have a son and a daughter, and the dog has a single name. ”

Ling Hu Yong muttered: "Situ Yuan, yes, worthy of this skin." After speaking, he patted Situ Yuan's shoulder as an elder to show his closeness. But he slapped on him, and this kid had a force of King Kong that bounced back into his hand, and he was secretly surprised that he had such a deep internal force.

The old shopkeeper said to Situ Yuan: "I have met your third uncle, and go to the kitchen to prepare some good wine and food, I will get drunk with him tonight." ”

Situ Yuan quietly took the order and left. That night, Ling Huyong and the old shopkeeper had been separated from each other for 40 years, and the wine cup was changed.

At night, Ling Hu Yong couldn't sleep for a long time, remembering those past events more than 40 years ago, Ling Hu Yong was in the army on behalf of a wealthy family with the surname of Ling Hu in Yangzhou, his name was Ling Hu Zhao at that time, his parents died when he was a child, and his cousin and sister-in-law treated him well and raised him until he was fifteen or sixteen years old.

At the beginning, my cousin went to Yangzhou to sell sea bass and yellow croaker, and the rich man in Yangzhou saw that he wanted to rob his cousin of his livelihood, which was tantamount to cutting off his cousin's livelihood, but he was weak and could not help the rich family in Yangzhou.

Soon, the rich family in Yangzhou had a fear, the court to consolidate the border defense to recruit new troops, the family has three sons to draw a Ding to join the army, the three sons are pampered, knowing that there are often wars in the border area, said that they would rather die than the border fortress, and the rich family does not want his son to suffer from the border fortress in the army, so he deliberately wants to use money to buy a person to replace him. After Ling Huzhao heard about it, he went to the rich family's house in order to repay his cousin's kindness, and was willing to go to Biansai on behalf of the rich man's son, not on the condition of asking for money, but not to embarrass his cousin in business. After drawing up the agreement and drawing the pledge, Ling Huzhao handed over the agreement to his cousin, who was deeply moved, but he was worried that he would be more auspicious and less lucky, so he was ready to rather not do business and break the contract than let his cousin go to Biansai. But just as he was about to go to Yangzhou, Ling Huzhao left a book and left Huating to go to Biansai. That cousin is Ling Huyan's father.

Ling Huzhao followed a hundred household chiefs surnamed Wei and walked with dozens of new troops from Yangzhou Mansion for three months before coming to Anxi Qiuzi. When he first arrived in Qiuzi, the southerners were very unaccustomed to the climate of the Western Regions, and the Gobi Beach that could not be seen at a glance made Hu Zhao very uncomfortable compared to the rich land south of the Yangtze River, and he also wavered and wanted to escape back to Huating. But if you can escape back, the rich man will not let go of himself and his cousin, and it is better for him to suffer alone than to involve his family.

When he first arrived at the barracks, Ling Hu Zhao was still young, and he couldn't pull the bow of a hundred catties, and when he practiced running, his feet could not be lifted and his feet were covered by stones, and his nose and face were swollen. For this reason, he was inevitably laughed at by those veterans, saying that this power of binding chickens started a war, and it was strange if he didn't pee his pants.

Despite this, Ke Ling Hu Zhao likes to play with knives, guns, sticks, and other weapons, and he is familiar with routines. When the head of the hundred households saw it, he did not praise him, but scolded him for engaging in some showmanship and impracticality, and he had to practice drawing bows and stone locks more, so that Hu Zhao was young and vigorous.

Until the first encounter with the Turkic soldiers, it was a change of guard, the head of the hundred households with more than 100 of them with weapons and baggage, in a long and narrow valley suddenly encountered more than 30 Turkic soldiers on horseback, more than 100 people against 30 people was very sure, but these teams of Tang soldiers who had not experienced the battle and did not have any preparation suddenly messed up, and it was useless to shout no matter how the head of the hundred households shouted. More than 30 Turkic soldiers saw this, suddenly rushed over, suddenly the sound of horses' hooves, shouting to kill shook the sky, the Turkic soldiers were good at shooting, while rushing and shooting, a rain of arrows, the Tang army was in chaos, the first sergeant was afraid of the Turkic soldiers' horses and axes, and they retreated one after another, and actually gave way to a passage, killing and wounding more than a dozen people.

After Linghu Zhao was in the team, he saw a Turkic soldier rushing over, and seeing that the Turkic soldier was so arrogant, he ignited his young and vigorous courage, so he picked up a Mo knife that he didn't know who discarded, rushed to the horse and cut at the horse's leg, the leg was broken immediately, and the horse neighed and howled.

Just when Ling Hu Zhao was proud, the Turkic soldier who rolled off the horse saw that it was a small soldier who dared to cut his mount, and rushed over with a scimitar to split, so that Hu Zhao hurriedly raised the Mo knife to block, "clang" sound, the tiger's mouth was in sharp pain, the whole arm was numb, his arm strength was too weak, he couldn't withstand the cut of the Turkic soldiers, the Turkic soldiers raised their knives and wanted to cut him again, just thinking that this was over, the head of the hundred households rushed over, cut down the Turkic soldiers from behind, and saved his life.

After this battle, Linghu Zhao understood the importance of strength in the fight, and began to practice hard, drawing bows, throwing stone locks, wrestling, climbing, and running for a long time...... Five or six months later, his hands were already thick with calluses, and the bow of two hundred and forty pounds was opened when he said it was open, and five hundred paces away, he said that if he shot his left leg, he would not shoot his right leg; Carrying a Mo knife, the tree with a thick bowl mouth, a knife passed, fell in response, and the knife edge was chopped; Three or four sergeants couldn't get close to him.

However, in the early years of Jingyun, the Turks learned of the change of power in the Tang Dynasty and the instability of the DPRK and China, they gathered tens of thousands of people to raid Anxi Broken Leaf City. Ling Hu Zhao's battalion has been moved from Qiuzi to Broken Leaf, and he has also been promoted to the head of the team, and he is the top soldier in the battalion, Broken Leaf City only has 4,000 defenders, and the city walls are low, mostly earthen walls, and the supplies are insufficient.

In this battle, fought for three days and three nights, the Tang army fought to more than 2,000 people, and the corpses of the Turkic soldiers under the city wall were not less than three or four thousand, it was early autumn, the weather was still hot, the corpses smelled of the sky, there was a plague in the Tang army, and the general manager of Broken Leaf City decided to abandon the city and withdraw to Gaochang. More than 300 people in Hu Zhao's battalion were in charge of the palace, and more than 300 people lost the protection of the city and confronted tens of thousands of people, which was tantamount to using a mantis arm as a car.

This is a contest in which it is impossible to win by stratagem, and there is a huge disparity in strength. Breakthrough in the early morning, three trumpets sounded, shouting and killing shook the sky, three hundred people rode out of the city and suddenly rushed out of the city to kill the main camp of the Turkic soldiers, the Turkic soldiers were not good at night fighting, heard the shouting and killing of the second monk was puzzled, thinking that it was the Tang Army reinforcements to the attack camp, and suddenly the formation was chaotic. Taking advantage of the chaos, the main force of Shattered Leaf City came out and headed southeast. The Turkic soldiers did not believe that the Tang army would abandon the city at first, and always thought that it was the arrival of Tang army reinforcements, but later understood that this was a plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, and frantically pounced on the 300 Tang troops covering the retreat.

The 300 warriors in Hu Zhao's battalion became fish and meat on the sword, but they faced the Jedi, with the heart of death, and fought with the Turkic soldiers for most of the night. By the time the sky dawned, Ling Hu Zhao couldn't remember how many enemies they had killed, and he didn't know how many people he had killed in battle, but he felt that the hand holding Mo's knife couldn't let go, and his fingers and the handle of the knife seemed to be connected together. At this time, they also saw how many Turkic soldiers were around, and the black pressure was overwhelming.

He thought that this life might end in this foreign land, and his mind flashed to Huating, boating on the river, fishing in the sea, and following his cousin to Yangzhou......

When they were preparing to make a final charge with the Turks, the Turks set up an arrow array, and the besieging army retreated a few hundred paces, and they were encircled in the center to be shot as prey, and only fifty or sixty of the three hundred men remained, all of whom were scarred.

It was still the head of the hundred households surnamed Wei who shouted: "Brothers, I'd rather die in battle than be shot!! After speaking, he picked up his Mo knife and rushed towards the Turkic soldiers, and the Turkic soldiers' arrow array shot a rain of arrows, one of which passed through his chest, and he did not stop, but rushed forward dozens of meters and fell to the ground.

At this time, the red sunrise has been seen in the east, Linghu Zhao saw the head of a hundred households fall, and sorrow and anger suddenly surged in his chest, he was running wildly, in the rain of arrows, a sharp pain in his chest, his eyes were blurred, he wanted to struggle up and rush forward again, but he had fallen to the ground, only heard the sound of a distant fight in his ears, and slowly could no longer hear it.