The Yellow Turban Rebellion had just subsided, although there was no major war in the Han Dynasty at this time, but local wars continued, so curfews were popular everywhere, and only a few large cities would not implement curfews, one of which was Luoyang.

Zhao Yue and Zhang Duan walked for a while to Luoyang City Gate, before entering the city, you can see the fire in the city, almost reflecting a red night sky, like day, it is conceivable that this is early summer, is the heyday of the imperial capital Luoyang Night Market.

The gatekeeper of the city saw that someone entered Luoyang City at night, and routinely interrogated the two, Zhang Duan revealed the identity of Dong Zhuojun's chief, and the doorman let him go.

Before Zhao Yue entered the city, she didn't forget to ask the doorman: "Have you ever seen a young man who looks like a child enter the city from here?" ”

The doorman thought about it carefully, shook his head and said, "I haven't seen it, you are a new recruit of the Han Dynasty from the old military house?" If you want to come from that side, if you want to enter Luoyang City, only this city gate is the most convenient, but I have been standing here for a long time, and I have not yet taken a shift, and I have not seen the person you mentioned. ”

Zhao Yue had no choice but to give up, and entered the city with Zhang Duan, and did not forget to muttered before leaving: "It seems that Cao Ping's kid really didn't come to the city, but went to the woods to play, alas, I thought too much." ”

After speaking, Zhao Yue patted his head gently, he didn't let Cao Ping come to Luoyang City, but he followed Zhang Duan, if Cao Ping knew about it, Cao Ping might not be angry.

However, Zhao Yue's attention was soon attracted by the lively night market in Luoyang City, where the lights were full of lights, and the lights were on, as if it was a festival, and many businesses on both sides of the road were not closed because of nightfall, but business was more prosperous.

"Come and see, come and see, the best treasures from the Western Regions." The crappy Chinese dialect resounded through the streets.

Zhao Yue followed Zhang Duan all the way forward, entering a street where merchants from the Western Regions were selling goods, and it seemed that he also saw many foreign merchants doing business here, it was estimated that they had come from afar, and they had to return after selling things, so they had no patience to wait until daytime.

Since Zhang Qian's mission to the Western Regions in the Western Han Dynasty, the Silk Road has been connected, and Luoyang, as the imperial capital of the Han Dynasty, is naturally indispensable for these foreign merchants who came to trade.

Zhao Yue sent Zhang Duan to the door of the barracks, and the patrol team of the Dong Jun's barnhouse had just circled, and the light and shadow of the passing torches reflected the faces of the two of them red.

The two brothers were reluctant to give up, but after all, they had to separate, before Zhang Duan left, he remembered something, turned back, and said: "Changjiao, tomorrow we will practice, you can also come and see, anyway, your Han army has nothing to do." ”

"Is that okay?" Zhao Yue asked a little excitedly, his fair face was full of anticipation, and he was instantly gloomy, he had already guessed in his heart that there was a gap between Han Jun and Dong Jun, and if he did this, if he was discovered, I am afraid it would not be good.

Zhang Duan patted his chest and promised: "You just have to rest assured, there is no problem, you don't know how to use your fists and feet, it's good to follow more drills and drills." ”

Zhao Yue agreed, and watched Zhang Duan disappear into the thick night. But his mind was confused: what to do next? Back to where to stay? If you go back empty-handed, Cao Ping will find out, and you may not be embarrassed, so it is better to bring him something back.

Zhao Yue thought so in his heart, but he also had to accept a reality, that is, he only had a few coins on him, which was enough to buy a bun at most, obviously, Zhao Yue was reluctant to buy even half a bun.

Glancing at the steaming steamer, he sighed regretfully and continued to follow the endless tide of the night market.

The place not far away is still so radiant, Zhao Yue knows the prosperous mansion, when he first arrived in Luoyang, Liu Zheng once said that it was a big merchant in Luoyang, specializing in collecting and selling all kinds of rare treasures.

At this time, Zhao Yue's footsteps couldn't help but stop in the center of the crowd, looking at the vermilion gate, and the flaming red lanterns hanging on both sides, the air was still filled with the smell of incense from the Western Regions, Zhao Yue obviously felt a rich and peaceful atmosphere.

In front of the gate of the big business, there are three large tables made of nanmu, on which are placed large and small boxes, the boxes are lined with red silk, and the objects wrapped in red silk are even more dazzling, there are various colors of beautiful jade, there are strange shapes of gold and silver ornaments, and there are all kinds of ancient books that cannot be named.

Zhao Yue heard the person next to her talking about a bamboo slip.

"Do you know what that bamboo slip is?"

"Of course I know, it seems to be the "Art of War" of Sun Wu, a soldier in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. I just don't know if it's the original. ”

Zhao Yue squeezed into the crowd, looked sideways at the two scholars who spoke, and then scratched his head a little puzzled, he knew that in the previous dynasties of the Han Dynasty, there was the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, but he didn't know what Sun Tzu's Art of War was, let alone the set of tattered bamboo slips in front of him, the content recorded on it would become a military holy book that would be circulated for thousands of years!

Zhao Yue walked around the crowd, watching all kinds of things placed by the big merchants.

The kung fu of walking from one table to another, Zhao Yue's ears were also very rewarding, and he heard a lot of people talking about the owners of big merchants.

It is said that the owner of the big merchant is the richest man in Luoyang, named Ma Lu, and he is still a female streamer.

I also heard that this Ma Lu is the daughter of the late Confucian, the former speaker of the Han Dynasty Lang Ma Rong, who is very young, only twenty-eight, the same age as Zhao Yue.

thinks that although she was born in a celebrity, she has no intention of officialdom, although she is graceful, she is not married, she only focuses on business, focuses on the end of her business, and I don't know when she made a fortune and placed such a big industry. The world only knows that she is exquisite, and the princes of the Quartet have her support, so everyone has to give her a little thin face.

It's just that in troubled times, men are respected, and as a woman, even if she has a lot of money at a young age, she can't become a big deal, and she is a businessman after all.

At this time, Ma Wu, a partner of a big merchant, stood in front of the vermilion lacquer door and said with joy: "Visitors, buyers, and the small owner thank you in advance for patronizing the business, the current situation is not peaceful, you can pick one or two good weapons here, in order to protect yourself; Or buy one or two ancient books, go home and study them carefully, and in the future, you will have filial piety, in short, the goods of big merchants, everything you need, welcome you. ”

Everyone is in an uproar, the things sold here are either unique products, or rare, and the price is also expensive.

Zhao Yue was obviously fascinated by all kinds of precious things here, he didn't know that the value of these things was expensive, just to see a novelty, at this time, he was looking at a sword, the material of the sword seemed to be bronze, but it was a little like iron, although the whole sword seemed to be some years, but the cold light from the blade of the sword was compelling, and after careful inspection, there seemed to be two ancient characters on the sword surface.

When Ma Wu saw it, he hurriedly walked over and said, "It seems that this little brother has a soft spot for this sword." ”

Everyone then looked at each other, Zhao Yue's face turned red all of a sudden, but Ma Wu calmly introduced the sword.

"Everyone, everyone, this sword is called Tai'a Sword, it is the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Ou Yezi and Gan will be cast by the two swordsmiths, placed in the Chu State, after Qin Shi Huang once worn, after Qin Shi Huang died, this sword was also brought into the tomb to accompany the burial, as for the two words on the sword, it is a small seal text created by Qin Shi Huang after the unification of the Six Kingdoms, the word Tai'a."

After saying that, everyone was even more surprised.

"Tai'a sword, there is a famous sword Tai'a here!"

Soon, however, there were doubts in the crowd.

"Stop talking nonsense! That Tai Ah Ke was a sword used by the first emperor of the Qin Dynasty, and you also said that it was brought into the tomb of the first emperor of Qin, how can this be true? ”

Ma Wu smiled faintly and explained: "When Chu and Han were fighting, Xiang Yu dug up the tomb of Emperor Qin and stole a lot of burial treasures, how did this benevolent brother know that there was no Tai'a sword in it? ”

"This ......" the man was speechless for a moment, causing a burst of laughter and ridicule from the people around him.

Ma Wu glanced at Zhao Yue with a smile on his face, and continued to explain: "However, this sword is indeed not genuine, it is actually an imitation that my family master collected a few years ago, but you must not underestimate this imitation." This sword is also very precious, it is by the Western Han Dynasty in the Western Regions of a swordsmith, using the same material as Ou Yezi and the cadre, after 9981 days, with a very high temperature flame casting, sharpening iron like clay. ”

Zhao Yue heard everyone's stunned sound in his ears, and the crowd began to whisper.

"Hey, do you hear me? If it is as he said, then this imitation Tai'a sword is also a sword. ”

"A big merchant is a big merchant, and the things sold are not ordinary."

While everyone was talking, Zhao Yue looked at the sword and was distracted,

Although he is short-sighted and not deeply involved in the world, he also knows who Qin Shi Huang is, he knows that Qin Shi Huang unified the six countries and established the Qin Dynasty, but he also does not know what small seal Qin Shi Huang created. And as Ma Wu said, the real Tai'a sword is still in the tomb of Qin Shi Huang.

"If only I could enter the tomb of Qin Shi Huang in the future and bring the sword out." Zhao Yue looked at the imitation Tai'a sword, muttered to herself, but suddenly shook her head desperately, and denied: "Oh, no, how can I do such a thing, I heard the old man in the village say that people's graves are related to the lifeblood and luck of their descendants, if I bring out the things in the tomb of Qin Shi Huang, causing his descendants to have a bad fate, wouldn't it be a sin!" ”

The night sky was lit up by fire, but the moon had risen in the middle of the night sky, and a few red clouds occasionally drifted through the sky, as poignant and gorgeous as the sunset. In such a bright starry sky, only the brilliance of the bright moon can be seen by everyone, and the slight glimmer of the rest of the stars cannot compete with the red sky of the sky.

Zhao Yue was about to leave, but suddenly saw a strange person, that person was standing behind him, not tall, slightly fat, with a beard, although he was not handsome, but his eyes were resolute and sharp, and the whole person seemed to have an arrogant aura.

"Hmph," the man's nose let out a sound of disdain, and he whispered lightly: "A group of small people in the market, do you only know how to admire an imitation of the predecessors, if Lone will become a king in the future, my sword will definitely be admired by future generations!" When the words fell, the man turned around and left.

This person is Cao Cao, Cao Mengde, more than a month has passed since he played against Yuan Shao in the rain, and in the face of Dong Zhuo's increasingly rampant actions, he has changed his original mind and given up the idea of saving the Han family, but at this time, he thinks that the time for his incident has not yet come. In the troubled times, a traitorous star is rising, which is undoubtedly a foil to the bright moon at night......

Zhao Yue watched the person's back disappear into the night, but in his mind, the person's appearance lingered.

When he was distracted, a person from the big merchant walked out and stopped Zhao Yue.

Zhao Yue turned his head to look at it, this person was polite and polite, different from Ma Wu's sturdy physique, but he was wearing the same satin clothes as Ma Wu, and his gorgeous appearance was intimidating.

"This little brother, I am a guy in a big businessman, named Marven, my master saw you tonight and led to a wonderful story, so I want to give you something."

It turns out that this is also a practice of large merchants in Luoyang, that is: those who can promote the goods of large merchants in the night market and attract everyone's attention can receive a treasure in the large merchants.

Zhao Yue was very lucky to be the person who was elected tonight.