At this time, although it is said that it is a troubled time, heroes rise together, but fortunately, Kyoto is the foundation of the country, and there is no great chaos, and each has its own restraint. It's just that the people's hearts are slightly unstable, and the prosperity is still there.

Wang Mang and the three of them packed up, went out of the gate of Wang's house, got into the sedan chair, and entered the city.

Wang Mang took a look at the window of the sedan chair, and the prosperity of its street market and the prosperity of the population were not comparable to other places.

I slightly compared the scenery of the future in my heart, and found that it was really a cloud and mud difference, and I didn't know how many times better the scene in front of me. I couldn't help but sigh again and again, feeling that two thousand years later, the next generation was not as good as the dynasty two thousand years ago.

"Hey, the turmoil of the country, the suffering of the people. If you want to come here, the prosperity can only be extended for more than ten years. Once the powerful invaded Kyoto in the future, these people had no home to return to, and their wives were separated. ”

He deeply knows that the prosperity in front of him will not last long. The decay of the royal family is irreversible, and the contradictions of the major families are irresolvable. Even if the Qin Emperor and Han Wu are reborn, they are powerless and can only push everything and reshuffle the cards.

After walking for another half day, he suddenly saw a stone statue in the center of a wide street in front of him, which was a young man. Straddle the horse, saber and bow on his back, holding a gun, the fighting spirit is soaring, and he is very heroic.

There is a stout stone pillar on the left and right sides, seven or eight meters high, there is a plaque hanging on it, the inscription "Huo Wolf Juxu Street".

Wang Mang looked at it, and there were three big characters at the lower end of the stone statue, which were the words "Huo Quai".

It turned out that this street was specially built by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in order to welcome the triumphant return of "Huo Qu's disease". At that time, "Huo Quai" returned triumphantly from the western expedition of the Huns, and hundreds of civil and military officials aimed to kneel down to greet each other.

At that time, only those who had the permission of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty could cross horses and ride in sedan chairs. The rest of the people are all on foot, otherwise they will be regarded as bullying, which is also an honor given by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to "Huo Quai".

Now that the Han family is declining, this rule has long been broken and no one respects it. The straddle of the horse, the sedan chair of the sedan chair, there will be no one to hold accountable. There are even a few empty-eyed people who beat the stone statue with a whip and disrespect the military exploits of "Huo Quai".

Wang Mang saw the statue and the street, and was silent for a while.

He had often heard storytellers talk about the two gods of war, "Huo Quai" and "Wei Qing", and admired and admired them in his heart.

Now that I see the statue, I have a burst of emotion, and sighs: "Hey, the champion Hou "Huo Quai" is really a hero of the world, with high merit in the world, shocking all directions, pacifying barbarians, and righteousness. How can I ride in a sedan chair? How can a conscience be at ease? ”

After sighing, he said to the person carrying the sedan chair: "Stop the sedan chair!" ”

The person carrying the sedan chair heard the words and hurriedly stopped the sedan chair.

Then Wang Mang slowly walked out of the sedan chair and ordered: "You just wait here, you don't have to follow." ”

After that, he quickened his pace to the other two sedan chairs and spoke a few words to the people inside.

Shangguan Ningxuan and Wang Jingyan in the sedan chair heard the situation, and they also walked out of the sedan chair and walked on foot.

The three of them walked for a while, and saw a column of soldiers walking slowly one hundred and ten meters in front of them, about a dozen people.

These soldiers are the ones who patrol the streets on a daily basis, keeping the streets peaceful.

Wang Mang saw a trace of laziness on the faces of these soldiers, and knew that this was because the army was unstable and had no intention of patrolling. Now this trip is just a routine and a formality.

There are hawkers on both sides of the street, there are many materials, varieties are full of eyes, people come and go, and it is very lively.

Wang Jingyan saw the prosperity of Kyoto, and couldn't help but feel good, looking left and right, with a happy face.

Wang Mang was careful, and bought some small things and some cooked food to give to Wang Jingyan.

Shangguan Ningxuan nodded straight at it, and secretly praised Wang Mang for knowing how to coax women's hearts and being a peach blossom boy.

Halfway through, in the midst of the bustle, I suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves surging behind me.

Pedestrians on the street saw the situation and hurriedly retreated to the sides to get out of the way.

Among them, there was a scholar who looked like a man and scolded in a low voice: "Why does this young master of the Huo family ride his horse here every day? There is really no king's law, and he doesn't treat the people as human beings. ”

"Shhh

Next to this person, another person tugged at his cuffs and whispered, "You don't want to live anymore?" The day before yesterday, this man had the horse trample a man to death and killed a man who cursed him, so you must be cautious. His Huo family is powerful, be careful to let him hear, and the whole family will not be at peace. ”

When the scholar heard the words, he hurriedly stopped his words and retreated into the crowd, for fear that he would be killed by his gaffes.

Wang Mang and the three of them heard the movement behind them, and couldn't help but turn their heads, but they saw five people galloping on horseback, with arrogant expressions.

Of these five people, one of them is dressed as a young master, about his early twenties, and the other four are dressed as guards.

When Shangguan Ningxuan saw this person, she hurriedly pulled Wang Mang and Wang Jingyan aside and explained: "Little uncle, this person is Huo Rongsheng, the descendant of the Huo family, and the grandson of the Huo family. Known as notorious, he ranks second among the Seven Evil Sons of Kyoto. This person is a little different from the others, although he has a bad reputation, but he also has some knowledge. If it is used properly, it is not a talent. ”

"Seven Evil Sons? What is this statement? Who is the first? Wang Mang said strangely.

Shangguan Ningxuan explained: "The Seven Evil Sons are also the seven most arrogant and lawless young masters. The royal family is not entered, and the remaining seven families have one person each. The first place is the young master of the Nawei family, that is, the younger brother of the current queen. There is also a person in our Wang family, who happens to be the third, named Wang Chang. ”

"Oh? Our royal family also has such people? Why doesn't the patriarch care? Wang Mang asked again.

"What about what?" Shangguan Ningxuan shook her head and said, "I can manage this, but I can't manage that." As soon as the family population is large, the hearts of the people are not aligned, and rebellion will inevitably arise, which cannot be stopped. There is no young master and son of a family who are all good at reading and good at martial arts. For example, you are not the same as domineering? Although this domineering is not for ordinary farmers, it is still inevitable to be domineering. ”

In the sound of horses' hooves, a cloud of dust was raised.

In a short time, the five men on horseback arrived at the patrol soldiers.

When these soldiers saw it, they were secretly angry, and then they all bowed down and saluted, and Qi Dao saw the young master of the Huo family.

It can be seen that in the name of the Huo family, the royal guards have to salute a young master of the Huo family who has no proper official position.

If the person riding the horse had no identity and was an ordinary person, I am afraid that he would have been taken down by the patrol soldiers and killed on the spot for the crime of disturbing the peace.

With identity and rights, you can be at large, ignoring the law and trampling on civilians.

The son of the Huo family didn't even look at these inspecting soldiers, sat high on the horse, whipped at the pedestrians on both sides, and shouted: "If you don't want to die, get Ben Shao aside." ”

Pedestrians see that this person has a bad temper, where do they dare to say more? Even those who were accidentally whipped by the leather whip crawled to the side, not daring to come forward at all, and were very afraid.

Wang Jingyan picked up a string of sugar gourds in his hand and was about to eat them, but found that there was a thick layer of dust on them, and he couldn't help but be angry. Throwing it on the ground, the green face scolded: "Bastard...."

Seeing this, Wang Mang frowned slightly.

"Sister-in-law, what do you think of this?" Wang Mang asked tentatively.

"Whatever you want, anyway, after three days of Jingyan, you will be your authentic young grandmother." Shangguan Ningxuan said lightly.

"Can Mother be blamed?" Wang Mang asked again.

"It depends on the specific situation, I can't say." Shangguan Ningxuan replied.

Wang Mang knows that if he can't bear it, he will make a big plan, if he does too much, maybe the Huo family will be angry and desperate.

After weighing it again and again, he looked at Wang Jingyan's angry expression, and gritted his teeth suddenly, "Jingyan, this fang is rude, wait for me to settle accounts with him." ”

"Don't, forget it, more is better than less. I've heard my mother say that we're going to have to leave here for a while soon, and it's not good to mess around at this time. Wang Jingyan replied.

"It's okay, I'll be measured, I won't mess around."

Wang Mang responded, and shouted at Huo Rongsheng, who was riding a horse in front: "The thing in front that doesn't have long eyes on a horse, roll over to Ben Shao." ”

This time he drank loudly, and his voice was like thunder, full of energy, and it spread far and wide.

When the pedestrians on both sides heard this, their legs and feet were trembling, and they hurriedly retreated, not daring to approach Wang Mang and the others, for fear of harming the pond fish.

At the same time, everyone was secretly speculating, not knowing whether Wang Mang was a stunned young man who was not afraid of death, or a big demon king of the mixed world, who dared to take the initiative to provoke the Huo family.

Huo Rongsheng, who was not far from the front, heard this, turned his head and looked at Wang Mang.

At first glance, he didn't know him, and couldn't help but say to the four guards: "Have you ever known that person?" ”

"Young master, I don't know each other." The guard replied.

"Hmmm! You go with me, and see what kind of reputation he has, and dare to let Ben Shao get over. ”

Huo Rongsheng rode his horse and turned around and ran in the direction of Wang Mang.

He just wanted to whip and whip, but when he saw Shangguan Ningxuan and Wang Jingyan, he stopped and shouted, "Boy, do you want to find death?" ”

"Humph!"

Wang Mang snorted coldly, "What are you?" Dare to talk to Ben Shao like this? Give Ben less to roll down. ”

Shangguan Ningxuan saw that this person was riding on a horse, Wang Mang couldn't take advantage, and with a flip of his wrist, a flying knife shot out, hitting the horse's front hooves.

Suddenly, the horse was in pain, and the front two hooves were raised high, and the neighing continued.

Huo Rongsheng was unsteady and rolled to the ground. Hurriedly climbed up, looked at it, and found that the horse's hooves were bleeding nonstop, and he was immediately furious, "Who is it?" Who hurt Ben Shao's love horse? ”

Wang Mang expected that Shangguan Ningxuan secretly helped him, threw a grateful look, strode to Huo Rongsheng, and said coldly: "Boy, I am Wang Mang, just now you rode your horse and galloped, raised dust, and soiled my concubine's food." You must give me an explanation of this matter, otherwise you will not blame me for not being merciful. ”

"Wang Mang?"

Huo Rongsheng was taken aback and took three steps back.

He had heard of Wang Mang's murderous name, and knew that this son was even more arrogant than himself, killing people without blinking, and faintly overriding the first evil son.

Originally, even if Wang Mang killed more people, it would not make this person afraid, but Wang Mang still used a knife on those elders, which is very worrying, and he is purely a reckless man with no bottom line at all.

He was about to speak, when the four guards hurriedly arrived, turned over and dismounted, and asked anxiously, "Young Master, how are you?" Have you ever been injured in a fall? ”

"Shhhh

When Huo Rongsheng heard this, he thought of the severe pain on his body, and he couldn't help grinning.

Glancing at Wang Mang, he was a little afraid, and asked, "Wang Mang, what do you want?" ”

"It's very simple, Ben Shao is in a good mood today, and he doesn't want to fight. You just apologize to my concubine and compensate for the loss. Wang Mang replied.