On the noisy street, standing in the bustling crowd, Li Ang looked at Hua Scene alone, looking at the blonde and blue-eyed white people around him from time to time wearing Hanfu and speaking a standard Chang'an dialect, bargaining with the vendors who set up stalls, and there was a strange pride in his heart, "What kind of assimilation is the assimilation that is exchanged for being enslaved by foreign races, this is the real assimilation." Thinking of these 200,000 foreign scholars, wealthy merchants, and craftsmen who lived in Chang'an, had a Great Qin household registration, and claimed to be Qin, Li Ang said in his heart.

"Little brother, please get out of the way?" At this time, the voice of the old man came from behind him, and when he turned around, Li Ang realized that he was blocking the way of others, and hurriedly got out of the way, "I'm really sorry, old man." ”

"Grandpa, isn't he the man in his uncle's painting?" The crisp voice sounded, and Li Ang noticed that the old man was holding a little girl in his hand, the girl had red apricot eyes and lips, and her cheeks were white with a touch of pink, wearing a pale green skirt, wearing a turquoise blouse, and stepping on parrot green embroidered shoes.

"Xianghua, you can't be so rude." The old man scolded lightly, and then said to the young officer in front of him, "The little granddaughter is not sensible, and the little brother is not strange." ”

Li Ang looked at the old man in front of him, who was dressed in plain clothes and looked very ordinary, and suddenly felt several eyes staring at him behind him, giving him a sense of danger, that feeling was the same as he was in front of the White Tiger Festival, and the old man in front of him was a big man. In an instant, Li Ang reflected, and his demeanor couldn't help but freeze.

"Speaking of which, my little brother is really similar to one of my nephews!" The young officer in front of the old man was a little restrained, but he smiled and asked, "If the little brother doesn't dislike it, why don't you go for a walk with the old man." ”

Seeing that the old man was easy-going, Li Ang was not easy to refuse. So they walked with the old and the young, on the lively street, the three of them walked leisurely together under the clear lights, the little girl called Guo Xianghua was innocent, very lively, and often ran around. And at that time, Li Ang could detect that there were always several restrained masters behind the little girl.

"Uncle, there are still important things to do, so I'll leave first." In front of a street, Li Ang hugged his fist at the old man, he had already guessed the identity of the old man, most of the old man surnamed Guo was Guo Ran, the chief of the three commanders of the military hall, and most of those who followed secretly and had the same dangerous atmosphere as the White Tiger Festival Hall were directly under the military hall, and they were responsible for protecting the shadow guards of the imperial military ministers.

Behind the old man, there was a middle-aged man dressed in ordinary clothes. Something whispered in his ear. After listening, the old man looked at the figure of Li Ang leaving. Laughed, "Hmm." Yes, you can think about it! ”

Xicheng, the lights gradually dimmed, even if Chang'an is the city of ten thousand cities, but can not let everyone live a rich life, the innermost place in Xicheng is the poorest place in Chang'an City, where the poorest people live, and most of the men here live by hard work. Women work as servants in large families to support the family.

Leon walked down the dark street. Looking at the dilapidated streets, the women and children with shabby clothes and hungry faces, frowned, although he knew that no country could make everyone rich in food and clothing, but he still didn't want to see such a scene, for a soldier like him, desperately killing the enemy on the battlefield, saying that it was for the country, but in fact, his heart was still for the people, to protect the country, to protect the family, and the people with families had hope to live.

In their opinion, they fought desperately to the death, and the hegemony they fought for the Great Qin was not to make those civilian officials show off their prestige in front of those foreigners, and those big businessmen relied on the hegemony to grab land wealth from foreigners was not used to support more and more officials, they hoped that they would use their blood and lives to exchange land hegemony to make the lives of the common people live a better life.

In contemplation, Leon walked to a dilapidated mansion and stopped, this was his home in Chang'an, although he only stayed for one night, it carried all the memories of the first fourteen years of his life. Pushing open the door, Leon was stunned, he saw the dim light in the courtyard.

Hearing the sound of pushing the door, in the dilapidated room, several thin figures met Li Angdi's eyes, the woman holding scissors, next to two little boys, the woman looked at the uninvited guest who suddenly broke in with frightened eyes.

"I will definitely pay back the money I owe..."The woman's voice trembled a little, she looked at the figure of a man who was a little vague in the darkness and did not say a word, and grabbed the scissors in her hand.

"I think you've mistaken someone, I'm the owner of this house." Leon looked at the woman, and her usual cold gaze made the woman tighten in fear with the child beside her.

"I'm really sorry, I didn't know that this house had an owner, I saw it empty for a long time before I moved in, I really didn't know." The woman's words were a little incoherent, she put down the scissors and said hurriedly.

"I know, I haven't been back for more than three years." Leon slowly approached the woman, and the moonlight cast on him made the woman and the child beside her see his black uniform.

"Officer, I didn't know this was your house, I'll move out immediately." The woman said in a panic, but as soon as the words came out, she thought that her husband was still lying on the bed, unable to move, if he moved out...

"Don't worry, I won't drive you away, I just haven't been back to Chang'an for a long time, I'm just here to have a look." Looking at the woman, Leon knew her difficulties and said in a deep voice.

"Thank you, officer, I will make up for the money as soon as I have it." When the woman heard Li Ang's words, she couldn't help but be overjoyed, but when she talked about the house money, she was a little confused, "But it may be a long time later, and I will send it to you as soon as I have it." ”

"I don't need the house money, even if you look at the house for me." Leon listened to the woman's words and interrupted her, "Can you let me in and have a look?" ”

"Of course, of course." The woman pulled the child out of the way in a panic and said, "Officer, please come in." ”

"My surname is Li, just call me Li Duwei, you don't have to be afraid of me." Walking into the house, Li Ang glanced back at the restrained woman and said lightly.

Turning his head and looking at the clean house, Leon nodded, and suddenly he smelled a rotten smell. Looking at the woman, Leon frowned and asked, "Is anyone hurt?" ”

"It's my husband, his legs—" The woman lowered her head and spoke softly. Only then did Li Ang notice that the thin woman was only thirty years old, but her temples were already gray.

"Take me to see it." Li Ang said in a deep voice. His words stunned the woman, but soon she came to her senses and led him into the inner room. In the dim room, a man who couldn't see his face clearly was lying on the bed, the rotting wound on his left leg exuded a fishy smell, Li Ang frowned, looked at the woman next to him, took out a gold baht from his arms and said to her, "Go and ask Lang Zhong, his leg will be useless if it doesn't heal anymore." ”

Looking at the gold baht stuffed by the cold young officer in front of her, the woman stayed in place, she grew so big, except for out

Wait, except for the gold baht, she never saw it again, she took the gold and got up, "This is too ... It's too much..."

"I only have gold baht on me." Leon glanced at the woman. Swept by his cold gaze, the woman was stunned, carefully put away the gold baht, straightened the white-washed patched clothes for the two children, and said softly, "Listen to the army... Li Duwei's words, my mother will come back soon, good! ”

"What's your name?" Leon looked at the two boys who were looking at him wistfully, crouched down and asked.

"My name is Jing Leng, he is my brother, his name is Jing Han." The young child looked at Leon and took his brother's hand in reply.

"Your brother him?" Seeing the older boy looking at himself and suddenly lowering his head, Li Ang couldn't help frowning and asked.

"My brother can't speak, but my brother is very good, and he hurts Xiao Leng very much." The child named Jing Leng tightened his brother beside him.

"Will take care of my brother, you are a good brother." Li Ang stretched out his hand and touched the head of the child named Jing Han. His words made Jing Han, who bowed his head, happy, he was so big, it was the first time he was praised by others, not that he was a little mute.

"Can you tell uncle, how did your daddy's leg injury come about?" Leon asked, glancing at the obvious knife wound on the unconscious man's leg.

Listening to Jing Leng's intermittent narration, Li Ang's frowning brows tightened. Chang'an has two cities, the east and the west, and the east market is located near Chengtianmen, which mainly provides daily supplies for Chang'an residents. Such as firewood, rice, oil, salt, silk, cloth, pots and pans and other miscellaneous goods, so it is also called the miscellaneous market, and the west market is near the carrier gate, mainly a bulk goods trading market, through the Grand Canal from Jiangnan and Annam, rice, silk and other goods are piled up here, in order to take care of the merchant ships loading and unloading. The West Market is built along a canal that has been dug out.

Most of the men in Chang'an Xicheng do such hard work at the wharf, working as cattle and horses all day long, transporting countless materials to ensure the daily supply and demand of this great city. A place like a dock where dragons and snakes are mixed. Naturally, fights are inevitable, and those coolies who live by hard work have set up gangs, fighting each other in order to compete for work. Jing Leng and Jing Han's father was a dock coolie, in the fight half a month ago, he was cut and carried back, in order to treat the leg injury, their mother borrowed a loan shark from the gambling house, and people often come to collect debts these days. Their mother was almost insulted yesterday, so when I saw him tonight. Only then did he come out with scissors.

After listening to what Jing Leng said, Li Ang was silent. He knew that he couldn't manage the affairs of Xishi, he was a soldier, and the livelihood of these civilians should be a matter for civilian officials to worry about, all he could do was help the family in front of him.

"Uncle, can you arrest those bad guys?" Looking at the silent Li Ang, Jing Leng asked suddenly, and Jing Han beside him also looked at Li Ang in front of him with a look of longing.

Looking at the two children staring at him, Leon didn't know how to answer. The coolies in the West Market were apparently controlled by a few gangs, and behind these gangs there were faint shadows of courtiers and families. He can't manage it, and he can't manage it. But when there is land, even if some people know that there are some things that they can't manage, they will still take care of it, not for anything else, just because they are men, true men with iron shoulders and morality.

"Hmm." Li Ang nodded at Jing Leng and Jing Han, who were staring at him. The two children looked at him and laughed happily.

'Where are the children of Shenzhou today? No one in the world is heroic. Li Ang chanted this little poem in his heart, stood up and walked out of the house, looking at the night sky, if there was such darkness under the sky of Great Qin, then he would use his hands to break through this darkness, no matter how many years it would take and how much it would cost. There is a big plot involved here, so don't worry.

"Where are the children of Shenzhou today? Where is it today? Leon looked at the calluses of the knife in his hand, muttered, and his face reflected a knife-like expression.

In the darkness, suddenly there was a woman's exclamation, Li Ang frowned, opened the door, and rushed out like the wind, he saw several men surrounding Jing Leng and Jing Han's mother, and an old man in a cloth robe.

"The money is not mine, I can't give it to you." The woman dragged the man who snatched the money bag and kept saying, "I will definitely pay back the money I owe you, but the money is really not mine." ”

"Let go." The man who grabbed the money scolded loudly, and raised his other hand high, "Slut, you owe money and pay back the money, it's right, if you don't let go, don't blame me for being polite." ”

"Let her go." Sen's voice as cold as a knife sounded in the dark, and several men shivered in their hearts, looked at the person who spoke, and saw that in the darkness, a vague black shadow walked towards them, and the light reflected in the cold pupils was as sharp as a knife.

The man at the head unconsciously let go of his hand, took a step back before he came to his senses, and scolded, "Who are you, don't meddle in your business." ”

"I'm never nosy." Li Ang said coldly, "I gave her the money in her hand, and if you want to take it, you have to ask me if I am willing to give it." ”

Looking at the gradually clear figure in the moonlight, several men gasped, they have always made a living by collecting accounts for the gambling house, a pair of eyes are very thief, knowing who should be messed with or not, seeing a military uniform in front of him, the official position is a cold young man who is a captain, knowing that this time will not be pleased, he can't help but smile.

"Lord Duwei, we didn't know it was your money, let's go, let's go?"

"Stop." Li Ang shouted to a few men who wanted to leave, glanced at the woman next to him and said, "How much does she owe you?" ”

"The principal is three silver quills, and the total is one and a half gold baht with interest." The man who took the lead looked at Li Ang and replied, he was very thoughtful, and knew that the officer in front of him was probably going to pay back the money for the woman, and he didn't dare to speak indiscriminately, so he reported to the owner of the gambling house and asked them to collect the money.

Taking out two gold bahts from his arms, Li Ang threw them to the man, and said coldly, "IOU!" ”

Carefully handing the IOU to Li Ang, the man glanced at the gold baht in his hand, and then looked at Li Ang.

"You don't need to look for it, I'll reward you for the extra ones." Li Ang knew the man's thoughts, and tore the IOU to pieces.

"Thank you, Captain, thank you!" The man led a few people behind him to thank him.

"Don't thank me, I want you to tell the people in the neighborhood for me that her family is looking after the house for me, and if you ask for trouble with their family, you will trouble me." Li Ang glanced at the man with a smile on his face and said coldly.

"The little ones know, and the little ones will do it." With that, the man hurriedly left with his men.

He took out five gold baht and threw it to the woman, and Li Ang said, "Heal your husband's wound first, buy some new clothes for the children, get some delicious food, and I'll come back in a few days." With that, he strode into the distance, and his figure faded into the darkness. Only the grateful woman was left bowing behind him.