In the fourteenth year of Xuanren in the Great Xia calendar, on the first day of October, winter clothes were sent. The scholars all went out of the city to feast on the tombs, and the clan's chariots and horses all went to the palace to pay homage to the tomb.

Just after the hour, a rain added a bit of sorrow to the entire Chang'an City. In less than two hours, the cold rain gradually turned into crystal white snowflakes fluttering all over the sky. This is a good sign for the people of Chang'an City.

In the evening, a horse-drawn carriage came with snow, and the coachman's coat was covered with snow. This ordinary carriage was not at all conspicuous among the carriages and horses returning to the city, and no one would have looked at it unless it had the emblem of the royal family on the carriage.

In front of the Mingde Gate of Chang'an City, a black-clothed young general with a long knife at his waist led his horse and stood with more than a dozen guards standing neatly in two rows behind him, with a spear in his hand flickering. The people who entered the city knew that this was the palace guard, and they all made a detour.

The young general saw the carriage galloping from a distance and took a few steps forward to block the way. The carriage stopped on the side of the road, the curtain was lifted, and a teenager of fourteen or fifteen years old jumped down. This young man is burly, with a simple face, and a dazzling white filial piety suit.

The young general hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "The last general, Cheng Zhao, is hereby ordered by His Majesty to welcome the little prince into the palace." ”

The young man waved his hand impatiently, but his eyes were staring at the black horse behind Cheng Yuan, and he exclaimed: "General Cheng is really lucky to be able to get such a treasure horse!" ”

At this moment, the young man's eyes circled around the horse with bright eyes, and Cheng Zhao felt palpitations when he saw this. This dark cloud stepping on the snow is a peerless treasure horse from the Western Regions, and there are no ten horses in the whole world. Three years ago, on my grandfather's birthday, His Majesty gave this horse to my grandfather, and a few days ago at the coming-of-age ceremony, my grandfather gave this horse to himself.

Seeing that the young man wanted to get on the horse, Cheng Zhao hurriedly stopped him and smiled embarrassedly: "Little prince, this horse has a strong temperament, the road is slippery on this snowy day, and the little prince can't afford it if he falls." Your Majesty and the Queen Mother are still waiting for you in the palace, you see ......"

A touch of displeasure flashed on the young man's face, he touched the horse's head, and said, "General Cheng is underestimating this king?" This king practiced martial arts at the age of four, and was skilled in bows and horses at the age of ten, you say that this king will fall? ”

Cheng Zhao hurriedly greeted the smiling face and said, "The little prince is brave, so naturally he won't fall." The last general was just worried that His Majesty and the Queen Mother were in a hurry, and asked the little prince to get on the car and follow the last general into the palace. ”

"General Cheng is right, you can't let grandma and uncle Huang wait." As he spoke, the boy jumped onto the horse, holding on to the saddle, and the black horse hissed and jumped up with his front hooves, and then stepped heavily on the snow.

"Little prince, this horse ...... I ......"

Without waiting for Cheng Zhao to speak, the young man arched his hand on the horse and said: "Thank you General Cheng for waking me up, grandma and uncle Huang must be in a hurry after waiting for me for a day, I have to enter the palace immediately." Thank you Brother Cheng for giving you the treasure horse for helping, and I will thank you again for Tang Xiao. ”

Looking at Tang Xiao who was riding away, Cheng Zhao wanted to cry without tears, and the corners of his mouth twitched: When did I say that I would give a horse? Bandit! No, I must find a way to go back to the snow, and if it doesn't work, I will go to the emperor to sue him!

Seeing the guards behind him snickering, Cheng Zhao happened to find an outlet, raised his foot and kicked at a guard, and said angrily: "Don't follow up yet!" If you lose it, get out of here! ”

An old eunuch and a little maid stood next to the carriage, and the two hurriedly lowered their heads when they saw this. The little prince of his own family has been naughty since he was a child, and he has not stopped in Jingzhou all these years, let alone come to the capital with a lot of sorrow. Looking at the little prince who rode into the city, the two servants lowered their heads and wiped their tears.

As it darkened, the streets leading to the palace were swept by, and pedestrians avoided them, leaving behind a lot of paper money. Today is the Winter Clothes Festival, and the ancestors are sent to send winter clothes. Seeing that the person on the horse was dressed in filial piety, he secretly scolded two sentences and stopped pursuing it.

The wind and snow were like knives, and Tang Xiao on horseback endured the pain of a knife cutting his heart, and looked coldly at the palace wall not far away. The red wall tiles were exactly the same as when he left fourteen years ago, and he never thought he would see them again in this life.

His name is Tang Xiao, and this name accompanies him in both his past life and this life. When he first came to this world fourteen years ago, the first thing he saw was this red wall and colored tiles, as well as his mother's tears and his father's relief. Tang Xiao's father, King Anle, had no intention of competing for the throne, but now that the dust has settled, he took his wife and children to the Jingzhou fiefdom, and has been away from the court ever since.

In the next few years, Tang Xiao found that the history of this world had all changed after the Western Jin Dynasty. There is no Wuhu Chaohua, there is no Sui and Tang Dynasties, but this Great Xia Dynasty has appeared, and it has been more than 300 years since the founding of the country.

In this world, wheat has long been popularized, multiplication formulas have been born for more than 300 years, the windows of every household are made of glass, and there are even vegetable greenhouses and blast furnaces to make steel. The imperial examination of the imperial court not only examines essays and poems, but also examines miscellaneous studies such as mathematics, and there are many people who are hopeless in the imperial examination who choose to do business or join the army. The national strength of the whole country is strong, and the martial style prevails.

Knowing all this, Tang Xiao was instantly depressed. He felt that the ancestor of the Tang family who had crossed into this world like him must be a science and engineering man, and he didn't leave any room for him, a pseudo-literary youth, to play at all. So, he asked his father to invite the martial arts taught by his master, and danced with knives and guns all day long, hoping that one day he could take his beloved girl to fight the sword and hoe the strong and help the weak.

However, the ideal is beautiful, and the reality is cruel. Everything had changed drastically a month ago, and he didn't expect it.

Looking at the Vermilion Bird Gate under the heavy snow in front of him, Tang Xiao said softly: "Fusheng only respects the former elders, and the snow is full of Chang'an Road." Father, Worry-Free has finally returned. ”

The guards of the Suzaku Gate saw someone riding a horse in front of the palace gate, and four or five people came with swords drawn and surrounded Tang Xiao. Tang Xiao sat on the horse, and had no intention of getting off the horse at all.

"Boy, you're guts and fat! Dare to ride a horse in front of the palace! ”

Tang Xiao glanced at the guard who was talking, and said slowly: "I like it, master, can you manage it?" ”

"You!" As he spoke, he was about to swing his knife and slash, but was stopped by another guard.

"You're stupid, don't look at this horse! This is Commander Cheng's snow, do you think about why Commander Cheng went out of the city today? ”

Hearing this, the guard hurriedly put away his sword and stood aside tremblingly.

"You, you're the King of Anle?"

Tang Xiao glanced at a few guards, and didn't embarrass them anymore: "This king doesn't understand the rules, and I hope that a few big brothers will bear with me." ”

A few people were just guards of the Vermilion Bird Gate, and when they heard Tang Xiao call them eldest brother, they hurriedly arched their hands and said that they didn't dare, they didn't dare. At this moment, Cheng Zhao didn't know where to get a horse, and then rushed to the Suzaku Gate. Seeing that the guards stopped Tang Xiao, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. Just now he asked the little maid about the temperament of the little prince, and the more he asked, the more he felt his scalp tingle. It seems that from now on, there will be another little demon king in this Chang'an City.

Cheng Zhao led the horse, trotted all the way to Tang Xiao, and said with a sneer: "Little prince, you don't wait for the last general." The last general will lead you into the palace. ”

The sky had already darkened, and there were two palace people holding the lamps in front of them, Tang Xiao followed behind Cheng Zhao, and glanced at the surrounding pavilions and pavilions from time to time. The buildings in the snow seemed to be the same, hazy and white.

It took more than half an hour to pass through the Taiji Palace and the West Inner Garden, and you can see the palace wall of the Daming Palace in the distance when you turn a corner. However, at this time, the night completely fell, and it didn't take long to walk along that row of lanterns, and I saw several palace maids waiting in front of the Yong'an Palace.

Sending Tang Xiao here, Cheng Zhao finally completed his mission. was about to turn around and leave, but he heard Tang Xiao say, "Brother Cheng, that horse is called Treading Snow, right?" I forgot to tell you that I have let people take it away, and thank you again Brother Cheng for giving me the horse. ”

Hearing this, Cheng Zhao stumbled under his feet and almost slipped. He squinted at Tang Xiao, and a flash of resentment flashed in his expression.

The candles in the Yong'an Hall are bright, and it doesn't look as magnificent as imagined. Tang Xiao followed a palace maid into the inner hall, and at a glance saw the two people on the main seat, his grandmother Empress Dowager Xiao and imperial uncle Tang Yu.

Although Empress Dowager Xiao is over seventy years old, she is extremely well maintained, she looks only in her early sixties, wearing a blue-brown phoenix-patterned shirt, white hair combed high, and two phoenix hairpins are simply inserted. Emperor Tang Yu was dressed in a black dragon-patterned regular robe, folded a turban, a nine-ring belt around his waist, and a pair of six-fold boots on his feet.

Seeing the palace maid leading Tang Xiao in a filial piety suit, Empress Dowager Xiao suddenly had tears in her eyes, wiped her tears with a handkerchief, and choked up for a while.

"Grandson Tang Xiao kowtowed to the imperial grandmother and met the imperial uncle."

Tang Xiao bowed to the two of them separately, and before he could get up, a pair of hands were on his arm. When he looked up, he saw his grandmother's smiling and tearful face, and he hurriedly got up to support her grandmother.

Empress Dowager Xiao gently stroked Tang Xiao's cheek, and her heart swelled with sadness for a while: "Good grandson, you have suffered all these years." Come, come and sit with grandma. ”

Tang Xiao was dragged to sit next to the Empress Dowager Xiao like this, tilted his head sideways and secretly looked at His Majesty the Emperor on the side, and muttered in his heart: This imperial uncle is six or seven points similar to his father.

"Don't worry, do you have something on my face?" Tang Yu joked with a smile.

Sneaking a peek at being caught, Tang Xiao was suddenly embarrassed, touched his head and smiled: "I haven't seen Uncle Huang without worry, I am curious to look at it twice, and please don't blame Uncle Huang." ”

"You kid, you can take a few looks if you want, Uncle Huang is not a tiger, can he still eat you?"

Tang Xiao rolled his eyes, lowered his head and whispered: "The Son of Heaven is angry and bleeding, but he is much more powerful than a tiger." ”

Although the voice was quiet, Empress Dowager Xiao and Tang Yu could hear it clearly. One of them was amused, and the other was embarrassed. Fortunately, the bath water in the conservatory has been boiled, and a palace maid has come to report it, otherwise Tang Xiao would really have to use the escape method.

Lying in the big bath, he fell asleep unconsciously, and it was half an hour later when the palace maid came in and woke him up. When he returned to the inner hall in clean new clothes, the round table was already full of delicacies, and his grandmother and uncle were sitting and chatting.

"Don't worry, why don't you sleep a little longer?" Empress Dowager Xiao asked gently.

Tang Xiao looked at the table full of food, and his stomach was already protesting. Hearing grandma's question, she sneered and said, "Don't dare to let grandma and the imperial uncle wait for a long time." ”

"You're starving, you're starving, aren't you? Come and sit. As she spoke, Empress Dowager Xiao sandwiched a chicken leg into the bowl on the side.

Tang Xiao was not polite, grabbed the chicken leg and stuffed it into his mouth. He is fifteen years old this year, and it is the time to grow his body, plus he has practiced martial arts all year round, as if he can't eat enough anymore.

It didn't take long for there to be little food left on the table, and most of it went into Tang Xiao's stomach. Empress Dowager Xiao basically didn't eat, and watched her grandson gobble it with a smile. Earlier, I heard the news from Jingzhou, saying that this grandson didn't like to study and practiced martial arts, and he was a little stupid. Now that I see it with my own eyes, I think it's an honest child, where is it as unbearable as the rumors? Now that the child's parents are dead, she has to take her grandchildren back to Chang'an despite the opposition of the courtiers. In the future, by her side, I have to let my grandson read more books, so as not to make people laugh.

Thinking of this, Empress Dowager Xiao turned her head sideways and asked, "Don't worry, what books have you read all these years?" ”

Hearing this, the meatballs in Tang Xiao's mouth fell into the bowl with a 'click', and the whole person was instantly bad.