On the first day of the first month of January, it is a New Year festival worth celebrating for the Zhao people who use the summer calendar, but for the Yan people who use the Zhou calendar, it is just an ordinary beginning of the month. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the past month, many things have happened in Jicheng, such as the king of Yan hurriedly running back from Wuyang, the lower capital that was approached by the Zhao army, causing the people of the entire Yan country to panic, and the soldiers have no heart to fight; For example, at the request of King Yan, Zhao agreed to this request and sent Chang An Jun as an envoy to Yan.

After this prince came to Jicheng, he forced the king of Yan to agree to cede the land and sue for peace by virtue of his eloquence, and then he was involved in the aristocratic circle of Yan State, coping with all kinds of banquets and entertainment, and was noticed and welcomed by all sides.

Chang'an Jun selected talented and special elders as guests, and after half a month, there were more than ten people headed by Cai Ze, who were either full of clever ideas, or proficient in copywriting, or good at shooting, all of them were good.

For another example, Empress Yan, who recovered from the sadness of childbirth, adopted the third prince who lost his mother in the epidemic at the beginning of the year, and wanted to leave him in the mill hall to raise him, and this matter was also approved by King Yan - Yu Li, this is what Queen Yan should do as a mother-in-law, Yu Qing, when Queen Yan took care of the third son, he did regard him as his own, and even King Yan was a little moved, and even promised to lick the calf and take the deep Queen Yan with no food without her, and the third son who cried all day long returned to Handan to return to Ning Province.

The feudal monarchs and high-ranking officials of the Yan Kingdom smelled a strange breath from this, compared with these major events related to the survival of the Yan Kingdom and the ups and downs of their careers, the life and death of the dog slaughter who killed the heroes in righteousness is not worth their waste of energy......

Only at the bottom of the Jicheng well, there are people who loudly praise the deeds of the dog slaughter, he killed people for righteousness, beheaded heroes, and eliminated harm for the people, he resolutely surrendered in order not to let innocent people be substitutes for the dead. Anyone who listens to it will give a thumbs up and exclaim: "Gao Yi!" ”

Due to the public opinion that was almost boiling, the Sikou Judge of Yan did not dare to sentence Gou Tu to death, but ordered him to leave the capital under the escort of the servants within a month and go to Liaodong to serve thirty years of hard labor.

As for the old mother of Goutu, she was sat down and arrested to be Yan Jun's washerwoman.

The people of Yan all felt sorry for Gou Tu and his mother, on the day Gou Tu left Yandu, the people who went to see him off were dense, blocking the road, and after his mother was arrested, there were also some people who admired Gou Tu to instruct their wives and daughters to help her, help her work, and give her food. But even so, washing and scooping rice is a slow sentence of hard work, you can't eat enough, you can't wear warm clothes, and you have to keep repeating heavy work, especially in the cold winter months, who is not full of frostbite? If this continues, it is only a matter of time before the old mother freezes to death.

But on the last day of December, the people of Jicheng who visited again found that Goutu's mother was gone!

As soon as this incident spread ten, the people, who already admired the righteous act of dog slaughter, were angry, and they couldn't help but say, picked up their farm tools and ink rulers, and went to the officials in charge of the criminal's family to trouble, asking them where they got the mother of dog slaughter?

The officials could only close the door of the official office and ask the patrolling soldiers for help, they couldn't say their troubles, because they didn't dare to slaughter the mother of the dog, she disappeared so inexplicably, wasn't she still there when the number was counted last night!

The people outside didn't believe this set of arguments, so they slammed into the vermilion gate of the yamen, smashing off a layer of paint.

It wasn't until noon that the siege was relieved by the soldiers patrolling the city, and the government didn't take it as a big deal.

It wasn't until late afternoon that Jicheng Sikou learned a shocking news: the guards who escorted Goutu to Liaodong a few days ago were ambushed! Almost all of them were wiped out, and even the dog slaughter was robbed!

"What!" Jicheng Sikou shuddered at that time, he felt that there must be a connection between the two, it was obvious that Goutu's accomplices attacked the convoy escorting the exiles and rescued Goutu, and at the same time, someone broke into the alley where the criminal's family lived last night and took the mother of Goutu!

All of this is carefully planned!

For a while, the people applauded this, but the government was shocked, and the soldiers sent by the Jicheng Sikou, who felt that they were being teased, searched all the corners of Jicheng, hoping to find Goutu and his mother. Throughout the night, the streets of Jicheng were filled with the incessant barking of dogs, the sound of hurried horses' hooves, the rude shouts of soldiers, and the hurried knocks at the door.

However, there is one place, the Yan soldiers dare not go in to disturb, that is Chang'an Jun lives in the small courtyard of the pavilion, all the searches have avoided this place, and now the Yan Zhao peace talks have been completed, because of the return of the Yan Hou, everything is developing towards a warm and affectionate in-law relationship, regardless of whether this is true or false, borrowing a hundred guts from Jicheng Sikou, and not daring to risk breaking into the relationship between the two countries.

The last night of the year passed, the morning light on the first day of the first month of January quietly came, Jicheng Sikou found nothing, and the small courtyard of the pavilion that had been closed for a long time also opened the door, and the envoys of Zhao State who packed their bags left with Yan Shi who decided to follow Chang Anjun to a foreign land, and went to wait outside the city first, and Chang Anjun wanted to enter the palace again to meet King Yan, and welcome Yan to return to Ning.

When Chang'anjun's convoy left the city, according to the usual practice, the luggage of the envoy group was also checked, but it was only a cursory look, and it was released if there was nothing suspicious.

At noon, after eating the farewell banquet of King Yan in the palace, after welcoming Yan and the third prince on the car, Mingyue also left Jicheng with her, the return journey was long, the horse's hooves were hurried, and only rested for a moment in the small pavilion of ten miles to the south......

Looking at the appearance of these people, the accompanying officials of the Yan State were suspicious, and asked with a smile: "Chang'anjun, this is ......?"

"This is my doorman, I asked them to go out of the city to buy some Yandi specialties and bring them back to Handan."

The officials of the Yan State were full of suspicions, but Chang'anjun was very frank and asked people to open the wooden barrels, but saw that most of them contained pickled fish, fragrant wine, or chestnuts, dates and other things.

When they went back, they were still resting near the Golden Terrace Palace, and after settling down Empress Yan, Mingyue asked people to close the door of the courtyard, and asked Lu Goujian and a few rangers to avoid eyeliner and carry a wooden barrel in the middle of the house.

Mingyue personally held the iron chisel in her hand, and opened the lid of the large wooden barrel with only a few small holes for ventilation, and a young man with a small stature and a naked body immediately poked his head out of the barrel, holding the edge of the barrel with both arms, greedily sucking the air outside, but saw that his body was full of sores left by the whipping and torture, the injuries were all fresh, and his face was also full of frostbite abrasions.

When he came back to his senses, he found the smiling jade-faced boy in front of him.

Lu Goujian said to him beside him: "This is Chang'anjun." ”

When the young man heard this, he tried to stand upright, but because he was too weak, he only knocked over the barrel, and then rolled onto the hard muddy ground, but he still hurriedly bowed down to the bright moon, and bowed his head three times in succession.

"Villain Yan City Dog Tu, thank you Chang'an Jun for saving his mother!"

PS: I just arrived in Beijing to participate in a writer's activity, and I was so sleepy that I couldn't open my eyes