In the blink of an eye, it was late autumn, the north wind was howling, the leaves were falling, the crops in the field had already been harvested, and the city gate of Luoyang was still bustling. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

At this city gate, the caravans from the south to the north came in and out, bringing and taking away the products from all over the world, and the farmers and field women in the suburbs of Wanggi were busy with everything else, and it has become their hope to go to the city to work.

And no one noticed that outside the bustling east gate of Luoyang at this time, there were two men walking and dressing, who were so inconspicuous in the flow of people.

I only heard the eldest one of them touch his beard and sigh, "I didn't think that it was this season, and there were still so many people coming in and out of Luoyang City, which was very different from previous years." Saying that, the middle-aged man touched the head of the young man next to him, "Please, let's go, it's not too early." ”

The young man was a little reluctant, "I don't know how long it will take to come back, just let me see again." ”

The middle-aged man smiled, "You have only been in Luoyang City for less than a year, why are you so reluctant?" ”

"There is my sister and master in the city, and I don't know when I will see it again."

"A good man is ambitious in all directions, this is what the master said when he persuaded you, have you forgotten? Let's go, don't pretend to be a married little girl, if you let others know, they will laugh at you. ”

The young man reluctantly turned his head, raised his horsewhip, and beat Ma Nan.

The carriage was the most ordinary and simple two-wheeled carriage, with only one horse, and the two men sat in the front, and the salute in the back, and it was dressed in ordinary clothes, like the peddlers who walked in all directions, without attracting any attention. These two people are naturally Liu Million and Liu Qiu.

After walking not far, Liu Million spoke again, "In the future, we will be uncles and nephews, and we should not be in front of people, you need to know that a small family like ours is a single family, and the two of us can come out to work, but others have forked in the road." ”

"Got it, uncle. Hey, don't say it, this uncle is quite catchy when he screams. I also had a personal uncle, but I was disabled by Han Bing at home last year, and my nephew couldn't serve with his own hands, so I had to treat you as him first. It's okay, you didn't let me be your son, otherwise it would have been a big loss. ”

"What are you talking about, this kid, your parents are not here, and I really treat you as a nephew. As for father and son, haha, even if you want, we don't look like it. Liu Million laughed.

"Not really." Liu Qiu glanced at him and said, "It's just a good word Liu Qiu, why did you change it to Liu Qiu, it's so ugly." "Change the revenge for the seeking, it is Zhou Bian's idea, in fact, I am still afraid that there will be any clues to attract the attention of people with a heart, although it should be too much to worry about, but as a spy or everything is careful, and the hatred is also read as a name, in fact, the pronunciation is still the same, there is no obstacle to communication in front of people, or natural habits.

"Let's go to Zhengdu, but we want to go, but my uncle thinks it's good to change the name, hehe." Seeing that the sky was clear and Luoshui was in sight, Liu Million was in a very good mood. "Qiu'er, this journey is very hard, I'm afraid it will take ten days, you have to be ready."

"Will that also pass by the same place where my uncle was injured last time?" Liu Qiu is quite a bit of a pot that doesn't open or open.

Sure enough, Liu Million frowned, obviously some unpleasant memories in his heart were hooked out, "Alas, this time we naturally have to pass through there, last time we were careless, thinking that there were thirty or forty people would not cause the bandits to worry, I knew that it would be like that, it is better to wait for the other caravans to leave together." This time, we should be cautious, we can wait for a few more days in Xinchengyi, and we must cross the Songshan Ancient Road together. ”

"I heard that the king didn't clean up Songshan, how can there be bandits?" The last time Liu Qiu went to the mountains to train soldiers, he didn't go to succeed and was left in Luoyang to collect intelligence, which Liu Qiu has always regretted.

"Can the bandits be killed? It is rumored that the king only pulled out two last time, and there are still some left, plus the vacated cottage will soon be lived, and in this world, there will be people who will be thieves every day. If we do a small business, we should be careful, otherwise a negligence may compensate all the belongings. "Liu Million actually does things for stability, not to mention the injuries all over his body just now, so he naturally doesn't dare to be careless.

Seeing Liu Wanwan's gloomy face, Liu Qiu naturally knew that he was thinking of his companion who died a few months ago, a caravan of dozens of people, and he was the only one who survived, how sad was his life! The young man has experienced few things, although Liu Qiu can't fully understand what Liu Wanwan's mood is, but he also knows that it is inconvenient to say more, and it should be good to let him mourn alone for a while, so the uncle and nephew stopped making a noise and quietly rushed to Luoshui Ferry, leaving only the sound of horses' hooves sprinkled all the way.

At this time, in the palace in the north of Luoyang City, Zhou Bian was holding a bamboo slip to study carefully, and it was the Analects given by Yan Gao that day. Zi said: Benevolent is far away? I want to be benevolent, and I want to be benevolent! Reading so far, Zhou Bian couldn't help but read out loud. I was almost bewitched by Ning Yue's proposal that day, if I really did that, even if it was not recorded in the history books, my conscience would be uneasy, it was really not difficult to talk about benevolence and righteousness, as long as I wanted it, it came, and what the master said made sense.

It's just, alas, it's still a pity after all.

After Zhou Bian read it, he slowly closed his eyes, and couldn't help but think of the report from Jiang Ping, who thought that he had avoided a bloody storm, but he didn't think that in this calm and prosperous Luoyang City on the surface, there was already an undercurrent surging, so let's solve it, there is a way that you can still live if you do evil in heaven, and you can't live if you do it yourself.

Just in the secret preparations of all parties in Luoyang City, ten days have passed in a flash, and the uncle and nephew of the Liu family have also ended their journey all the way and came to Zhengdu, the capital of South Korea, safely. This Zheng capital is the Xinzheng City of later generations, in fact, some people also called it Xinzheng at this time. Go south out of Luoyang first, after Yiyun is the new city, then go east through the Songshan Ancient Road, all the way east through Yangcheng and Xincheng not far away, you can see the high city wall of Zhengdu.

It's strange here, there are two new cities in South Korea, one is in the south of Yi Yunzhi, slightly smaller, often called Xinchengyi, and the other is larger, just west of Xinzheng, the capital of South Korea, usually called Xincheng, the name is slightly different, Liu Qiu went out for the first time, and only after listening to Liu Million's explanation did he figure it out.

And at this time, outside the Xinzheng Gate of Handu, looking at the crowd at the city gate in front of him, compared to the prosperous scene in Luoyang, Liu Qiu couldn't help but look greedy, and the whip in his hand also forgot to raise it, the horse had long been tired all the way, and there would be no whip whipping, and the pace was slowed down a lot.

Sensing the reaction of the people around him, Liu Million smiled, "You kid, it's not like I haven't seen so many people, I've walked through Xincheng and Yangcheng along the way, are you still a countryman who just went out?" ”

Liu Qiu turned around at this time, "Uncle, how can this Zheng Du be as big as Yang City and Xincheng, just looking at this city gate, it is already comparable to Luoyang, I thought that Luoyang is one of the largest cities in the world, but I didn't think that I almost let this Zheng Du be compared." The world is so big, it's really hard to believe! ”

"Hehe, that is, if you go to Anyi and Linzi in the future, you will know what is the Xiongcheng in the world, and Luoyang is far from these two places. This Zheng capital was originally the capital of Zheng Guo, Zheng Guo had dominated the Central Plains for a period of time after King Ping moved east, and this land was originally extremely developed, but later the King of Chu and the Marquis of Jin competed with each other, and Zheng Guo was sandwiched in the middle, and Zheng Guo was weak and weak. A few years ago, Zheng Guo was destroyed by South Korea, alas, the war during that time was really miserable. After that, Han Hou occupied the prosperous Zheng Capital as his capital, but he did not change his name, it was still called Zheng Du, presumably Han Hou was extremely conceited and wanted to show his martial arts in the world. Liu Million spoke carefully for Liu Qiu, and sure enough, he was a person who walked in all directions, and he knew a lot, obviously Liu Qiu had heard a lot along the way.

"Uncle, I remember that on the way, you said that at the beginning, Han and Zheng fought repeatedly, and tens of thousands of people died in the Songshan Ancient Road, could it be that when South Korea fought this Zheng Capital, how many people died?" Liu Qiu asked curiously, although he had always been angry about not being able to lead troops with the king, he was still very interested in military affairs.

It didn't take much effort for South Korea to fight Zheng Du, and Zheng Hou surrendered by himself. It is necessary to know that the battle of destroying the country, the key is still in the periphery of the national capital, this Songshan ancient road leads directly to the west gate of Zhengdu, the terrain is dangerous, so it will be repeatedly fought for in the Songshan ancient road, and once the Han soldiers hit the city of Zhengdu, then Zheng Hou will have nothing to rely on, rather than being besieged to death, it is better to sacrifice the city and beg to surrender in order to spend the rest of his life. This capital is the weight of a country, no matter who is the lord of the country, no one will be killed under the capital of his own country, and there are very few countries that have been surrounded but can turn defeat into victory. Of course, I've only heard what people said, and I can't do it accurately, if you want to know the details, you still have to read the history books, I heard people say that the left turn of the Spring and Autumn Period of the Lu State is worth reading. Although Liu Million has heard a lot, he also knows that he is just a businessman after all, but Liu Qiu is a person valued by the king, so he still reminds him to read more at all times.

"This is natural, if you want to read the book, then you have to wait until Zheng Du settles down. It's just that I just heard what my uncle said, and I thought of Luoyang City. In addition to the north, there is no danger to defend in Luoyang, although Chengzhou and Gongyi are in the east of Luoyang, they are neither Xiongcheng nor occupy important places, if someone really wants to be unfavorable to the royal family, can they not be killed directly under Luoyang City, Luoyang City is really worrying! Liu Qiu sighed.

If Zhou Bian is here, he will definitely praise Liu Qiu for drawing inferences from others and being good at thinking. In fact, Zhou Bian himself didn't know that Luoyang City was a lonely city, but he had more than enough heart and not enough strength.

But Liu Million was so frightened that his face turned white, and after looking around, he said nervously, "The kid is talking nonsense, what does it matter to my uncle and nephew about the safety of Luoyang City?" It's still important to enter the city first, you can only find a hotel to stay in today, and then find a place to go tomorrow. And boy, you have to pay attention, although this South Korea has just been defeated in the hands of Wei Hou, it is still a powerful country in the world, especially in the capital, no one is allowed to talk nonsense, and no one is allowed to go out at night, and there are often Korean soldiers patrolling the city. You're going to take care of your mouth for me, and don't get into trouble. ”

Seeing that Liu Million was true, Liu Qiu couldn't help but stick out his tongue, raised his horsewhip, and slapped it on the lazy horse, which startled the horse and immediately roared, and struggled to pull the carriage towards the city gate.

The uncle and nephew stopped talking and rushed straight to the city gate, Liu Qiu just lowered his head and thought about it, but when he walked to the door, the carriage was stopped by a team of Han soldiers, only to hear the Han soldiers yelling, "Don't get off quickly, you must lead the horse and walk at the city gate." ”

Liu Qiu was taken aback and immediately jumped down. Liu Million hurriedly stepped forward to talk with a smile, "Don't blame the soldier, our uncle and nephew are new to your land, and they are not sensible, please bear with me!" ”

Seeing that it was a smiling person, Han Bing's face also softened, "What is on the car, why are you entering the city?" Liu Qiu was also a little moved when he saw this, and he was about to step forward, but he was pulled by Liu Million, only to hear Liu Million smile and said, "This soldier, our uncle and nephew are originally from the countryside of Wusui, Hebei Province, a few days ago, it was chaotic, and the hometown can't live anymore, and I heard that this Zheng Du is not worried about finding a job, so he collected his luggage and rushed here, please let him go." ”

The Han soldier Xu had seen too much, and he didn't answer, and after picking up those luggage and packages to check them, he raised his spear and said impatiently, "Two dollars per person, hurry up and pay the money to go in." ”

Liu Qiu couldn't hold back any longer, "What money?" How can there be a person who has to pay money to enter the city, we came all the way from Xinchengyang City, and we have never heard of paying money to enter the city. ”

When Han Bing heard this, he was furious, and he held the rod of the spear with both hands and was about to point over, but was stopped by Liu Million, "Master Bing, don't blame him, he is just a child, from the countryside, and has never seen the world." Saying that, Liu Million took the hand of the Han soldier and stuffed a handful of coins over.

Seeing that the middle-aged man was still acquainted, Han Bing withdrew his spear, checked the coins in his hand, and looked down to see that there were as many as seven or eight, and the weight was enough, and he was immediately happy, "Count you kid lucky, I met your grandfather with a good temper today." Come on, you guys hurry up and go in, don't delay grandpa and me. ”

"Yes, yes." Liu Million made a gesture, pulled the upright Liu Qiu with one hand, and led the carriage to the city with the other.