The original Zhangfu, the heavy twilight bell echoed in the sky above this century-old mansion, this one arrived, the originally silent and silent outer house began to become noisy and lively, florists, cooks, tents, west seats, all kinds of craftsmen or helpers serving the Zhang family came out from all corners, and gradually converged into a stream of people, like a trickling stream, on the main road of Zhang's mansion converged into a huge flow of people, laughing, running, everyone's face was filled with a relaxed smile, rushing towards the gate.

But the Zhang family's inner house is still very quiet, and even the atmosphere is a little depressing, since the fire in the ancestral hall at the beginning of the year, the Zhang family has gradually fallen into a kind of turmoil and unrest, the men and women in each room are used to talking in a low voice and walking quickly, the door is always closed, and the curtains are never opened.

The people who lived in the house became fond of gathering in small rooms to exchange stories about what happened every day in their respective master rooms, and over time, this became one of the great pleasures of their lives.

Today's focus of attention is the wife of the head of the family, Wang Yanluo, her mood today is a little abnormal, since noon, she will lock herself in the room, it has been three hours now, the water and rice have not been touched, attracting maids, people are talking, the biggest possibility is that the family wants to divorce her, it is no wonder that in January this year, the ancestral hall fire, the head of the family returned angrily, punished many people, including Wang Yanluo grounded for half a year, the ancestral hall fire has nothing to do with her, everyone guessed, It is very likely that those rumors that she had an affair with the third uncle aroused the suspicion of the head of the family.

As Mrs. Wang's status in the Zhang family declined day by day, people were no longer as taboo about her as before. Even when it comes to her, she no longer calls her Madame, but calls her by her first name, Wang Yanluo.

Today, Wang Yanluo's abnormal behavior has naturally become a side dish for the men in the mansion to drink, there is no scandal, they naturally have to use their imagination and add some ingredients to it, this is the current situation of Zhang's mansion, full of restlessness and uneasiness.

Wang Yanluo was indeed in an unusually low mood today, she kept standing in front of the window, staring at the little change of the sun. As if that was her life, a touch of the setting sun shone on her face, and she looked unusually old.

On the table behind her, a letter lay quietly. It was her brother and the patriarch of the Wang family, Wang Ang, who wrote and ordered her to accuse the family of Zhang Ruoho's collusion with the Wang family, and privately allocated a large amount of money to the Wang family. But in this way, her status in Zhangjiadi will also be ruined.

Wang Yanluo is about to face the biggest choice in her life, whether to protect her husband's rights and interests or the interests of her own family. But does she really have a husband? In the eyes of outsiders, they may still be called husband and wife, but in the past sixteen years, he has never stepped into his own room.

It was supposed to be his son's seat. was also mercilessly deprived by him. But he gave it to a concubine. No! It should be his illegitimate child, Wang Yanluo has always thought so. The woman became a monk just to cover up the absurdity of Jang Ruoho's youth.

In the past few months, his son has become decadent and debauched, and he comes back drunk every day, and he has despaired of his future, and all this is caused by his callousness.

Wang Yanluo's heart was full of hatred, she seemed to see Zhang Ruofu ruthlessly cross out her son's name from the inheritance book of the head of the family with a pen, and saw the always cold gaze in his eyes.

An unforgettable hatred finally burst out from the bottom of her heart, and what she couldn't get, she would rather destroy it.

Wang Yanluo resolutely grabbed the letter, opened the door and strode towards Zhang Ruofeng's courtyard.

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Shaanxi County, here is the most important transit station for north-south trough transportation, Tianbao three years, Shaanxi County Thorn Shi Weijian dug Tianbao Canal here, so that a large number of materials can be transported directly to Chang'an by small boat, thousands of huge warehouses are densely spread on both sides of Tianbao Canal, the grand occasion is unprecedented.

After the Anshi Rebellion, Shaanxi County has been devastated, and the situation of the prosperous era of the Kaiyuan Dynasty in the past no longer exists, but with the implementation of a series of decrees on recuperation and recuperation issued by the imperial court, the economy of the Tang Dynasty gradually began to recover.

On this day, an army came from the west, waving the flag, the momentum was magnificent, it was the holy car of the Tang Dynasty Emperor Li who went to Hedong to inspect the disaster, he left Chang'an for four days, and then walked dozens of miles to cross the Yellow River to the north.

The escort team is about 2,300 people, in addition to the Tianqi Battalion and the Longwu Army each sent 1,000 military horses, there are more than 300 palace guards, they are the core of this army, the Li Department of Longchaan Regiment guards, and the Tiancai Battalion and the Longwu Army are guarding the periphery.

In the front of the team, Zhu Jun and Zhang Huan walked side by side, he pointed to a high post, and said with some emotion: "Go to the sick brother, look there, the army of the two towns in Geshuhan Hexi and Longyou was wiped out by Cui Qianyou's 20,000 Tongluo army there, and it was really a wretch." ”

Zhang Huan followed his finger and saw that the bushes were already overgrown under the high hill, but the large red rocks were still shocking, and the tragedy of people shouting and neighing at the time seemed to be still vivid.

He also shook his head lightly and sighed: "The fierceness of the eunuch's disaster can also be seen from this, didn't Yu Chaoen's hundreds of thousands of Tang troops sixteen years ago also be defeated here by 50,000 Hui Iron Cavalry?" ”

"Speaking of Huifu, I think of one thing."

Zhu Jun smiled and said, "It is said that Chief Hu offered a reward of 30,000 taels of gold to buy your head, and even I was tempted." ”

"Oh! I have not heard of any of this. Zhang Huan was a little surprised, and he continued to ask with a smile

Where is the bounty posted? ”

"Someone saw a bounty in Dai County and Yunzhou County." Speaking of this, an ambiguous look flashed in Zhu Jun's eyes, "But it is said that there is a princess of Hui who is also going to sneak into the Central Plains to assassinate you, and she has to be less close to women when she is sick!" ”

Zhang Huan looked up to the sky and smiled, "The princess died under her skirt, and she was also a ghost, where is she, I can't ask for it!" ”

Zhu Jun laughed out loud when he heard him say something funny.

At this time, a horse came galloping from behind, and he shouted to Zhang Huan from afar: "General Zhang, Your Majesty has summoned you." ”

"Brother Zhu, Your Majesty summoned me, and I will be absent."

"Go ahead!" Zhu Jun smiled, and he suddenly remembered something again. Hurriedly said: "I drank rudely last time, and I will invite you again when I arrive in Taiyuan." ”

Zhang Huan's horse was already a hundred paces away, and he heard his laughter from a distance, "Brother Zhu, doesn't you want to get me drunk and exchange it for wine money with Chief Hu?" ”

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Drawn by forty-eight horses, it was actually a huge oval-shaped tent, elegantly furnished with palace maids and eunuchs on both sides, no different from his usual living environment.

Of course. Compared with the emperors' patrols, the Li family's honor guard and pomp were much inferior, at least there were no officials from the six ministries to follow, not beforehand

Issued an edict to clean up along the way. There wasn't even a farewell to hundreds of officials.

At this moment, in the 'imperial study' in the tent, Li was carefully inspecting a schedule map, and next to him sat Zhang Ruohao, the former secretary of the Ministry of Rites, who had just retired. He was still skinny and extremely weak, and every night the severe pain in his stomach tortured him to death, and on his side, Zhang Huan stood with his hands down. Waiting for Lee's inquiry.

Li watched so attentively that a bump did not distract him as the car drove through an undulating section.

"Captain. It took us four days to come from Chang'an. If you continue to move at this pace. I'm afraid it will be half a month before I get to Taiyuan. ”

Li Xie stroked the paperweight on the case, looked up and smiled at Zhang Ruohao: "I mean." Can the Taiwei go first and arrive in Taiyuan as early as possible, and I will arrive later. ”

Zhang Ruohao nodded lightly, "Your Majesty is right, the old minister really wants to take the first step." ”

"Aiqing dragged her sick body, I really don't want to go."

Li smiled apologetically, he groaned for a while, and said to Zhang Huan: "You send some people to escort the Taiwei back first, you don't want to go." ”

Zhang Ruohao has been in the world for a long time, he can't hear the temptation in Li Xian's words, he was just about to hint at Zhang Huan, but he heard him respond loudly: "Your Majesty has an order, and the ministers should obey it." ”

Zhang Ruohao's heart quietly put down, and he smiled with difficulty to Li Shishi: "Then the old minister will go first." ”

He held Zhang Huandi's arm and slowly walked to the car door, Li looked at their backs without saying a word, he saw Zhang Huan's pace slowly slowing down, so he smiled faintly and said: "Tai Lieutenant's body is weak, General Zhang should personally escort him back to Taiyuan!" That's how I can rest assured. ”

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Half an hour later, Zhang Huan led three hundred guards to escort the carriage of the head of the family to the ferry, the ferry has already stopped ferrying, all the big boats lined up, waiting to transport the emperor across the river, Shaanxi County Thorn Shi Cui led dozens of officials to wait by the river in the morning, heard that Zhang Shangshu was going to cross the river first, Cui immediately arranged three ferries, everyone got on the boat, in the shouting of the boatman, several boatmen used the boat on the shore a little, and the two big boats swayed to Hedong County a few miles away.

"Eighteen Lang, you can see that it is the emperor's temptation of you, and I am also relieved."

In the cabin, Zhang Ruohao was half-lying on the soft mattress, he stared at the rolling Yellow River, and said with some emotion: "Since you have chosen to be loyal to the emperor and break out of the world by yourself, then you must be more careful, Li is his person I have dealt with him for more than ten years, he is very tolerant, but being able to endure does not mean that he is broad-minded, on the contrary, he is a person who is very easy to hold grudges, if you don't go along with him in the car today, he will provoke you in the future, Eighteen Lang, the sea is stormy, I will not be by your side in the future, you yourself have to be careful step by step!" ”

Zhang Huan realized Zhang Ruohao's care for him, he gave a deep salute and said sincerely: "Please rest assured, Zhang Huan will definitely live up to the expectations of the family owner, but instead of becoming someone else's chess piece, it is better to be a chess player yourself." ”

Zhang Ruohao seemed to understand what Zhang Huan meant, a trace of brilliance flashed in his faint eyes, and then it dimmed, and after a while, he sighed softly and said: "Your heart is actually higher than I thought, it seems that I am really old." ”

He nodded with satisfaction, changed the topic, and said with a smile: "But with you accompanying me, I am indeed much more relieved about the matter in Taiyuan, let's talk about it, where do you think Zhang Ruojin will start?" ”

"Madame!" Zhang Huan said these two words almost without hesitation, Cui Yuan had put so much blood on her, how could he not make good use of it?

Zhang Huan walked to the window and looked at the other side of the Yellow River that was getting closer and closer, and he smiled calmly: "My own soldiers reported to me, and on the night of the resignation of the head of the family, Wang Ang also went to Cui's mansion. ”

At this moment, a rush of footsteps approached, and a personal soldier shouted outside: "General, there is an abnormality in the river." ”