In the evening, in the city of Chang'an.

Li Ru's car drove out of Miyagi and along the traverse road to his mansion. He doesn't need to be on duty tonight, so he can return home.

Sitting quietly in the ox cart, he opened his eyes that were pretending to sleep, revealing a cold light, looking at the scenery along the way through the curtain of the ox cart, with a complicated expression on his face, with both some comfort and a little worry.

In the past two months, it can be described as a day when Li Ru raised his eyebrows. After he returned to Chang'an, he was immediately rewarded by Li Dao, and then took over all the government affairs of Jia Xu, who stepped down from Ding Wei.

Since then, even if Jia Xu has recovered his feelings, he has been squeezed out by Li Ru and others in political affairs, and can only serve as a noble idle post such as a counselor.

It can be said that in the past two months, Li Dao, who is under one person and above 10,000 people, has been in charge of the court alone, and Li Ru has also risen and passed the addiction of taking charge of the government.

However, compared with the children of the Li family who listed the court, Li Ru, who was hungry for profit, still retained a trace of sobriety after all.

Once in Chang'an City, he personally experienced the assassination of the director, and he has become extremely sensitive to some unusual events.

Especially looking at the indulgent behavior of the Li family's children and their unscrupulous behavior in Chang'an City, Li Ru couldn't help but be a little worried.

There is a saying in "Lü's Spring and Autumn", if you fish with all your might, won't you get it? And next year there will be no fish. If you continue to indulge the soldiers in this way, sooner or later they will cause great trouble.

Although Li Ru saw the hidden dangers in this, it was difficult to persuade Li Dao and restrain the soldiers, isn't this a disguised embarrassment with the children of the Li family?

Jia Xu was angry with Li Wei's intentions, and he still wanted to take up his post and be idle, so he took advantage of this to get to the top, do you want to repeat the mistakes of the past!

Li Ru said goodbye, put away the distractions in his mind, only looked at the scenery outside the car.

Under the oblique light of the afterglow of the setting sun, the city of Chang'an in Xijing looks a little desolate. The thick clouds surrounding the head of Weiyang Palace have piled up above the city, and when you look up, it seems that the thick clouds are hanging on the eaves that are slanted out at the top of the palace.

In contrast to the towering palaces, most of the city is a flat and low market, which is now shrouded in a large dense dark cloud.

Li Ru even saw that some of the houses in the city had been turned into ashes and ruins, and from a distance, it was as if the dark clouds in the sky had fallen to the ground.

Xu was reluctant to stop some of the sergeants who had let go of their hands and feet and plundered on a large scale after breaking into the house and looting them, so they simply smashed and burned everything in the original owner's house, squandered the treasures and treasures and squandered them in the military market, and some of the remaining household lumber was discarded on the roadside at will, and was picked up by the poor people to be used as firewood to keep out the cold at night.

The ashes and ruins quickly passed with the wheels, and the wind in the distance came swaying towards the ox carts, and some wind horns even took the opportunity to get into the curtain, making Li Ru's eyes squint slightly.

The wind has a direction, but out of nowhere, many noisy crows are flying. Groups of people cried on the road where Li Ru's ox cart passed, and the black body, under the red light of the doomsday, seemed to be sprinkled with black sesame seeds in the blood, and it was clear and blurry.

Of course, they fly and cry for a purpose, most of them to call friends, scatter among the rubble to peck at the dead flesh, and in the cracks of the collapsed earthen walls, on the weedy steps, you can also see a little white bird droppings.

In the desolation of the setting sun, they will continue to make noise until the night is dark, and they will be satisfied and fed.

At that time, it will be a good time for other robbers to take advantage of the opportunity.

Therefore, when the sun sets, most parts of the city under curfew are so gloomy and treacherous that good people dare not set foot in the open air.

Even Li Ru, who has a team of guards to escort him out, will urge the coachman to speed up and return home, only where he is located where there are many noble generals living in Lilu, because there are the personal guards of the lieutenant generals and colonels, can it be regarded as safe and sound.

Otherwise, it is far from safe to travel with only a group of soldiers at night.

Once you encounter a large gang of soldiers who are in groups and looting at night, and the wealth is moving, it doesn't matter if you are a minister of the court or a soldier in the army, you will snatch the wealth and silk with a knife in your hand, carry away the remains of the broken corpses, and throw them into the ruins and broken walls.

This is Chang'an City in the second year of Xingping!

Reading the year name of "Xingping", Li Ru couldn't help but smile bitterly, but the hearts of the people in the troubled world could not be easily controlled by his own strength.

With a wry smile, the ox cart, which had always been stable, suddenly stopped, causing Li Ru's body to involuntarily fall forward, almost hitting the carriage.

Li Ru, who was a little embarrassed to tidy up his crown and court clothes, scolded angrily:

"Dead slave, how do you drive?"

"Lord-lord, there is a sergeant in front of you who is drunk!"

The driver who was driving was reprimanded by Li Ru and responded tremblingly.

At this time, Li Ru also heard the voice of the soldiers who were following the foot guards on both sides of the ox cart trotting forward to drive away the sergeants who were drunk on the street and blocking the car.

However, the sergeant, who was drunk and collapsed in the street, seemed to be sobbing again, and soon quarreled with the sergeant who had gone to drive him away, and the noise grew louder and louder, and the sound was more than the noisy crow of the crow.

Li Ru impatiently lifted the curtain, leaned out sideways to look at the soldiers in the quarrel, only to see that the four or five drunken soldiers who blocked the street were all tall and big, shouting loudly with the strength of wine, looking fearless, pushing and shoving with their own soldiers who went to drive away, but they refused to give way.

As for the faces of those drunken sergeants, in the dim light, Li Ru couldn't see it clearly from a distance.

Li Ru, who retracted back into the car, thought about it, but decided to get out of the car and deal with the dispute in person.

With the support of the coachman, Li Ru, who jumped out of the carriage, walked over with two soldiers, only to see that the one who was arguing and pushing with his own soldiers was a tall drunken sergeant with a red face.

"Which general are you waiting for?"

Li Ru frowned and asked coldly.

"Well, you come and ask—me, and who are you?"

The red-faced sergeant was not afraid of Li Ru at all, and after a wine burp, he squinted his eyes and looked at Li Ru, and asked vaguely.

"Hmph, bold, the one in front of you is Li Shizhong of the current dynasty, a close minister of the Son of Heaven, and a close confidant of Da Sima, and he still bows down!"

The soldier who acted as a guard by Li Ru's side, relying on the power of Li Ru, who is now soaring in the past, acted arrogantly, and saw this little soldier so contemptuous of his lord, he was angry and didn't fight on the spot, and wanted to force the red-faced sergeant to bow and salute.

As a result, between the two soldiers who stepped forward to grab it, they were easily pushed away by the red-faced sergeant one after another, and one of the soldiers staggered back a few steps because he couldn't stabilize his body.

"Bold, do you want to commit rebellion!"

The Li Ru guard, who was pushed down a few steps, had a dull face, his face turned red, and he was also annoyed and angry on the spot, and instantly drew his knife and yelled that he was about to step forward.

"You little pawn, do you want to use a knife!"

Looking at Li Ru's guards who rushed up two steps, the red-faced sergeant was not afraid at all, sneered and asked, just held down the handle of the knife contemptuously, but did not pull out the knife, but several sergeants behind him, who also seemed to be drunk, drew their knives at the same time, so frightened that Li Ru's guards hurriedly protected Li Ru behind him, and hurriedly pulled out the knife.

The scene instantly became tense, looking at these drunken sergeants who could also be called elite in the army, Li Ru thought about it, but still let his guards put away their swords, put on a smiling face, looked at the red-faced sergeant who was the leader and asked:

"You already know who I am, so now you should tell me which general you are under and why you are drunk here, right?"

Listening to Li Ru's words, the red-faced sergeant's eyes instantly showed a glimmer of light, he was shy, and asked suspiciously:

"Are you really Li Shizhong?"

"Isn't it like that?"

Li Ru heard the other party's tone, sneered, and asked rhetorically.

The red-faced sergeant stared at Li Ru a few more times, and then said with a smile:

"The waiter laughed, how can ordinary people pretend to have such a bearing."

After a pause, the red-faced sergeant continued:

"We are all under the command of Da Sima, but we are close to Li Shizhong. As for why you are drunk and blocking the road here, hehe, I heard my comrades in the army say that on this street at dusk, most of the cars and horses of rich and noble families pass by. ”

Listening to the undisguised words of this red-faced sergeant, Li Ru couldn't laugh or cry, and looked at this red-faced sergeant again, seeing that he had just had great strength, presumably he was also one of the proud generals in the army in the past, and he was a sergeant in Li Dao's army, which can explain why he was so bold and dared to take a few soldiers to come to Chang'an City to collect the borrowing fee for the noble passing vehicle on the east-west galloping road.

I had heard that these arrogant soldiers and fierce generals were bold and reckless, but I didn't expect that a small military official would dare and act so boldly.

Heaven wants it to die, and it will make it mad. Li Ru thought silently in his heart, and then said to the guards beside him with a smile:

"Go to the car and get two pieces of cloth and give them to these military athletes."

"Lord!"

The guards beside Li Ru were already very angry when they saw that a small military official in the army dared to block the street to collect the toll in the dignified service, but he didn't expect Li Ru to really give them the toll, which was unbelievable.

In Chang'an City, with five baht as a cheap, grain cloth has become a hard currency in the market.

Li Ru waved his hand and asked the guards not to say anything more and go get it immediately.

He didn't have any good intentions, nor did he show weakness, but he wanted to lure him into rampant, plus he would get the stolen goods, and then he would take down these sergeants, and he would not be afraid that Li Dao would be suspicious because of the gap.

Although the guards did not know where to go, they quickly brought the two pieces of cloth.

The red-faced sergeant took the cloth, and immediately smiled on his face.

At this time, in Chang'an City, the price of grain soared, cloth was scarce, I heard that even the close ministers of the Son of Heaven were poor in food and clothing, barely surviving, and the civil officials could give two pieces of cloth and silk at will, except for the hot Li Shizhong, I am afraid that there are few people who can't find it.

"Thank you, Servant!"

The red-faced sergeant took a few sergeants to thank him in unison, and then quickly took a few steps back in the face of Li Ru, at this time Li Ru also noticed the abnormality of the other party's behavior after getting the wealth, and was about to order the guards to take down these sergeants.

Unexpectedly, the red-faced sergeant moved faster, and he had already discarded the two cloth horses worth 10,000 dollars, took off the horn on his waist, and blew the horn.