The Vermilion Bird Street of Chang'an City is straight and wide, leading directly to the imperial city. From the palace is a six-row wide horse road, straight across the Royal Yulin Army Warning Zone, the street is lined with bustling shops.

At this time, although the people of the world are far from reaching the point of abundant food and clothing, Chang'an is already a first-class rich land.

An alley adjacent to Suzaku Street is called Zhuyi Lane, there are two stone lions on the left and right of the alley, and they are connected to each mansion in the inside, as the name suggests, the people who live here are all court officials.

In a certain inconspicuous mansion, above the hall, Wu'an Hou Tianxuan sat quietly with his eyes closed, and the desk in front of him was full of all kinds of bamboo slips, and there were also a few silk letters sent by friends from afar to congratulate the Double Ninth Festival, but he didn't care about these trivial matters at this time.

After listening to the report of the henchman standing on the opposite side just now, he thought silently in his heart, opened his eyes after a long time and said: "This is really a godsend, you must be clean and tidy and leave no troubles, it is difficult to reassure people with those reckless rivers and lakes, and the guys raised in the house should also be active."

The person on the other side looked at his master's face with a smile: "Those guys...... Hehe, in the past few years, I have eaten fish and meat, and I have a good meal, I am afraid that I have never had such a comfortable life in my life, and I have already promised my life to Master Hou. It's been comfortable for a long time, and the hands that are used to killing people are itching very much, and I can't wait for what the Hou Ye commands! ”

Tian Jue nodded, stood up, and smiled a little with satisfaction, but this person has a sallow face in this life, and the smile is a little hideous, and the person opposite does not dare to take a closer look, so he hurriedly lowered his head.

But I heard Tian Jue snort coldly again: "Hmph! However, this matter is very important, and the slightest omission may lead to the disaster of destruction, for the sake of safety...... Tian Yi, you immediately go to the eldest young master to pass on my message...... Such and such. ”

The henchman named Tian Yi approached Tian Jue, heard him whisper a few words, and was horrified, but his face did not change and only said yes in a loud voice, seeing that his master had no more orders, he bent down and hurriedly sent a message to arrange.

Tian Jue pondered for a moment, looked up and saw that the western half of the sky was already cloudy, the thunder was faint, and it was obvious that the heavy rain was gradually coming from the west to the east, and he sighed with his hand: "It's going to change the sky......."

At the same time, on the steps outside the Jianzhang Palace in the Weiyang Palace of the Imperial City, Mrs. Wei was anxious, and she had sent palace people to the emperor's residence in the front hall three times in a row to check the news, but the emperor went to the Ganlu Hall early in the morning and has not returned yet. Mrs. Wei just regretted in her heart that she shouldn't have softened her heart for a while and let the child go out to play today, she looked at the northwest sky again, and it was raining heavily, right? It's useless to be anxious in the palace, without the emperor's order, I can't send someone to answer it. She lingered for a while, returned to the hall and sat down, and saw that a group of palace maids were also following her panicked appearance, secretly blaming herself for losing her temper, and forced her to calm down, but she was always uneasy, and always felt that something bad would happen. I secretly prayed that my younger brother and those loyal guards could take good care of Ju'er, and that she would come back as soon as possible, unscathed.

At the patrol guard camp two or three miles away from Nanhua Gate, Tian Shaozhong looked at Tian Yi who came to deliver the message with a gloomy face, listened to his original words word by word, finished his father Tian Jue's message, nodded and only said four words: "Reply rest assured!" Then he waved his hand to signal him to hurry back.

Tian Yi has always known that this young master is gloomy and unruly, ruthless and intimidating. Not only him, but the family members are basically a little afraid of him, except for the master, including the pampered second son Tian Shaoqi, who is also obedient like a sheep in front of his eldest brother. Therefore, the letter had arrived, and he did not dare to say more, so he bowed and withdrew and went back to his home.

Tian Shaozhong saw him go away, groaned slightly, beckoned, and ordered the guards close to the guard: "Send an order to Vice General Zhao, Rong Jia is here to see, urgent military situation!"

After a while, after listening to his face-to-face lecture, the deputy general Zhao Zhongxian led a team of 300 elite armored soldiers to gather and mount their horses.

Tian Shaozhong, the general of the patrol guard, stood on the edge of the high platform and watched the backs of his subordinates, the sword in his hand was tightly gripped, and he couldn't see the face under the helmet clearly, and the smoke and dust stepped on by the elite men and horses of the lineage gradually disappeared, farther and farther away, and seemed to gradually connect with the dark clouds overhead......

In the restaurant on the outskirts of the city, Zhao Yuan and Song Jiu took off their somewhat drenched coats and thanked the shopkeepers for the wine they had sent.

After all, this season is a little cool, the two of them sneezed a few times, a bowl of scalded rice wine fell into the stomach, there was a warm meaning of dantian and born, the whole body was evacuated, the limbs were warm, and I couldn't help but praise: "Good wine"!

took the bowl and poured it to the full, and pushed it to Yuan Zhao and the little fat man at the table, Zhao Yuan smiled with a playful smile: "Do the two boys dare to drink this bowl of wine?" Ha ha! ”

The little fat man was afraid of being beaten by him when he practiced with him since he was a child, and Nuo Nuo shook his head and said that he didn't dare to drink.

Yuan Zhao pursed his lips and smiled secretly in his heart, "If it weren't for my brother wanting to be low-key, this kind of wine wouldn't kill the three of you!"

That Song Jiu was a sincere person who had read books, patted Yuan Zhao on the shoulder and smiled: "Don't listen to his nonsense." However, it is also good to drink a few sips, and it saves the cold. ”

Yuan Zhao nodded, took a sip of the bowl, and handed it to the little fat man to signal him to drink some.

The little fat man has always been obedient to Yuan Zhao, and then he took a few sips and drank it, burping a full burp, which made several people laugh.

Fortunately, they hurried and rushed to the restaurant before the heavy rain, Su Hongyun and Lingzhi were welcomed to the backyard by the young woman who called Aunt Wen to rest and talk, Zhao Yuan and Song Jiu took their two children to rest in the lobby of the restaurant, the two families came and went more on weekdays, and the shopkeeper was more familiar with each other, and he was not too polite, so he cleaned up a table by the window, a few simple dishes, and two pots of wine were served, Zhao Yuan and Song Jiu thanked him, and the shopkeeper went to be busy, and they were drinking and talking here.

After a while, the rain began to rise heavily, and soon there was a vast expanse between heaven and earth, and the raindrops hit the slanted canopy window, tinkling, and the wind mixed with the cool raindrops blew in, and the skin was cold, but it also made people feel refreshed.

At noon, most of the bustling drinkers in the restaurant have already dispersed before the rain comes, and at this time, only the sparse seven or eight tables are still drinking and chatting and watching the rain, in order to decide whether to stay here for one night or go after the rain stops. Those tables were all dressed up by ordinary people near Chang'an, and there were also a few people wearing scholars' robes and scarves on their heads to look like scholars.

There is a table in the corner of the wall that is different, a table of five people, and the clothes are different from those near Chang'an, all of them are worn by northerners. The innermost is a slightly chubby man in his forties, with a kind face, and the three people in the lower ring are all strong men in their twenties, each with their bags at their feet, faintly revealing the sheath handle of a short knife. But there was also a young man sitting next to him, wearing a gray cloth clothes, which was already a little shabby, his arm seemed to be injured, and there were faint blood stains oozing out of the layers of cloth belts, and several adults were drinking and talking, the young man only lowered his head and occasionally ate a little, but he did not speak.

Yuan Zhao took a look at the young man, and saw that his face was haggard and thin, his arm seemed to be injured, and it was very inconvenient to pick up vegetables. I only saw the young man's jaw a few times, which was considered an answer, and he didn't speak much.

At this time, the young man named Cui Hong did not know that the trajectory of his life would change significantly because of meeting Yuan Zhao, he just intuitively felt that someone was watching him, turned his head and glanced at it, and saw a seven or eight-year-old child on the table opposite the lobby retracting his gaze and lowering his head to eat. Cui Hong didn't care, he had been hunting with his grandfather in the mountains and forests since he was a child, and he had a special vigilance to danger, and it was with this skill that he survived the slaughter and chase of the Huns more than a month ago, and on the way to flee from the south, he escaped several times with this sensitivity, and in this restaurant, he didn't feel the danger of danger, as for the child...... It's just an ordinary and curious child.

Thinking of the Huns, his heart ached again, and the entire people of Tunzi in his hometown in the far north died, under the swords and hooves of the Huns. Only he himself escaped, fleeing all the way with the wounds cut by the Hun scimitar and the hatred in his heart. Later, tired and hungry, he finally couldn't support it and fell on the side of the road, a carriage passed by, and it was the middle-aged man who passed by who saved his life. gave him food, and dressed him with medicine to bandage the wound on his arm, and asked the reason, Cui Hong did not hide it, gritted his teeth and told the atrocities of the invasion of the Huns. Everyone was angry when they heard it, and the civilians had no choice but to scold, and then comforted and persuaded him, Cui Hong collected his tears and thanked him for saving his life. The chubby middle-aged man was a kind-hearted man, and when he saw that the young man was pitiful, he asked him again, there were no relatives in the world to go to, and he was already considered a homeless person. Although Cui Hong has a monstrous hatred in his heart, he can't think about it now, and it is not easy to find revenge on the Huns. Therefore, he turned over and kowtowed to the new owner, which can be regarded as his follow.

It turned out that this chubby middle-aged man's surname was Nie, but he was a merchant who sold goods from the north and south, and settled in the north-south border area, trafficking stoneware, cloth, wine and other goods back and forth.

I also went deep into the grassland to deal with the Huns a few times, this time I took a few entourages to the south to order, and walked here, unexpectedly saved the young man's life, and the next group stayed for a while, rested a little, and then the young Cui Hong followed Boss Nie to hurry south. Stop and go all over the place, Boss Nie has ordered the goods of several old stores, there is no need to go into details.

On this day, the group came to Chang'an City, the capital of the Han Dynasty, and the trip was completed very smoothly, seeing that the purchased goods were transported to the north, and they had to make a lot of money, so Boss Nie was in a good mood, and everyone was happy. Walking here, I saw a restaurant with elegant wooden wine and elegant fragrance, and a group of people were not allowed to come in to sit and rest, and by the way, it was a little celebration to ask for wine and food.

Everyone was eating happily, seeing that the heavy rain outside the building was like a note, and it couldn't stop for a while, so they discussed staying here for one night, and it was not too late to stop the rain tomorrow. I called the guy to book three rooms, and I was ready to go to rest after I was full of wine and food.

The rain outside the building became heavier and heavier, although the hour was not too late, but the sky was already a little overcast, and the remaining drinkers saw that there was no intention of stopping the rain, and gradually someone told the shopkeeper to prepare the room and slowly go in to rest.

Cui Hong gritted his teeth, the wound on his right arm was faintly painful, he didn't take good care of the injury on the way to escape, and when Boss Nie applied the medicine to him, it had already suppurated and rotted, so it couldn't heal from time to time.

Although he also wanted to lie down early, but seeing that his host was talking about the excitement, he had to endure and continue to sit, and when he was bored, he turned his head to look at the rain outside the building, but he saw that the child on the table over there was holding a bowl of wine for another fat child to drink, and the two adults were smiling and pointing at them and saying something, the little fat man seemed to be not to be outdone, and drank the wine in the bowl in a few sips, and the child who served the wine also gave the wine bowl to the person opposite to look at it, and vaguely heard what the little fat man was also very brave and so on.

It's just that before a few people finished speaking, the little fat man was already lying on the table, drunk and unconscious.

Cui Hong was also amused by them, and the two adults laughed even more, and the child seemed to be a little helpless, and put down the bowl with a wry smile.

Suddenly, Cui Hong saw that the child's expression changed, as if he had heard something, he raised his head and glanced in a certain direction outside the building, quickly withdrew his eyes, and then lowered his head as if he was thinking about something.

Cui Hong's heart moved, and he looked out in the direction he was looking, and the rumbling and muffled thunder rushed by, but it was only a white rain curtain, and the sky and the earth seemed to be connected, and the road was not clear to see, and nothing abnormal was found.

"Maybe I'm too suspicious, right......? Lately I've always had nightmares about blood and killing. ”

Young Cui Hong thought.