(Thanks to Dameng, Chubby, add motivation every day)

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Chang'an, Qili.

To the east is the North Palace, to the south is the Weiyang Palace, to the west is the Gui Palace, and to the north is the East Market. Lifang Mansion is mostly the mansion of the powerful of the current dynasty, as well as the bus Sima Ya Office area, because it is located in the north of the Weiyang Palace, so it has the name of "North Que Jiadi".

Chang'an City in the Han Dynasty was established on the basis of Qin Xingle Palace, so there was a palace first and then a city. Because it is built according to the old site of the palace in the Qin period, the shape is tortuous like a bucket, and it is far from being compared with the neat scale and majestic scale of the Tang Dynasty that "hundreds of thousands of families are like Go games, and the twelve streets are like planting vegetable furrows".

Due to the cramped terrain and the large number of palaces, it occupies most of Chang'an City, so most officials and heroes can only live outside Chang'an. To be able to occupy a mansion in the "Beique" in the center of Chang'an, where every inch of land is valuable, is not a first-class magnate of the dynasty, or a descendant of the emperor's fathers, it is not even a thought of it.

At dusk, the afterglow of the sunset shines obliquely on the Huayang Street between Guigong and Qili, and when the guards of the twelve city gates hear the drums and trumpets, and are about to close, a fast horse gallops in from the northwest horizontal gate. As soon as the guard stepped forward, the knight took out a sign from his bosom and flashed it to the guard, and the two guards immediately smiled and saluted, and opened their mouths to speak. The knight sped through a gust of wind, and the smoke of dust enveloped the two guards.

The dust and smoke cleared, but the two gray-faced guards still kept smiling, and with one mouth, they spewed out a mouthful of "yellow smoke": "...... Noble, walk slowly......"

At this time, the east and west markets have closed, and the streets are becoming more and more pedestrians. The dusty knight galloped along Huayang Street and galloped into Qili.

The Lu Li of the Han Dynasty, like the Li Fang of the Tang Dynasty, had Li (Fang) gates and guards. In such a place as Beique Jiadi, even if it is a high-ranking official of 2,000 stones, he must dismount and get off the car and enter the car. Even if the knight was anxious, he did not dare to exceed the limit, and after entering the inner door, he handed over the waist card to Li Zheng to see, and then led the horse away. Walking to the middle and rear of the street, in front of a house with a thick stone high step and a vermilion lacquer gate, he tied the reins to the bolted horse stake, and hurried to the side door to knock on the knocker.

Large households, powerful mansions, the door is not visited by VIPs, the example is not opened, ordinary exchanges, only go through the side door.

Leaning less, the side door opened, and a young servant answered the door. Wearing a scarf on his head, a short shirt with a collar, and a cloth shoe on his feet, although he was dressed as a servant, he was clean and tidy.

When the young servant saw the visitor, he sighed, showed surprise on his face, took two steps back, and saluted respectfully: "Guard Tao is back." ”

The knight said eagerly: "Steward Yang is here?" ”

"In ......"

"Take me to him."

Seeing that the Tao guards were anxious, the servants did not dare to delay, and hurriedly led the way to the "outer hall" where Steward Yang was.

Steward Yang is the steward of the outer courtyard of the mansion, in addition to managing the daily cleaning, maintenance, and reception of guests in the outer courtyard, and screening the guests who come to the mansion to pay their respects to the host. What must be reported, what can be ignored, and what can be refused...... It is also one of its most important functions. In other words, whether the master is in the house or not, you need to ask Steward Yang first. The so-called Houmen is as deep as the sea, just ask a guy who answers the door, how can you know?

As soon as Guard Tao saw Steward Yang, his first sentence was: "Steward Yang, is the prince in the mansion?" ”

Steward Yang was obviously quite surprised when he saw Guard Tao, stood up from behind the case, bowed his hand, and said: "Guard Tao, I haven't seen you in the moon, I must have been out of the house on business, this body is dusty, but it's hard." Oh, are you going to meet the master? It's not an inconvenience......"

Tao Guard hurriedly said: "Isn't the prince in the mansion?" ”

Steward Yang said: "That's not it, the master has been in good health for the past few days and has not gone out." A number of courtiers and nobles had already come to pay their respects, and the last group of visitors had just been sent away. It's hard to rest, if there's nothing important......"

Guard Tao sighed and said nervously: "Does it matter if the prince's body matters?" ”

Steward Yang shook his head: "According to what Doctor Lu said in the palace, it's not a big deal, it's just that it's stuck in the chest and his emotions are damaged." ”

Escort Tao breathed a sigh of relief and smiled: "The news brought back here is believed to make the prince feel free and heal without medicine." ”

Steward Yang was suspicious, but at the request of Tao Guard, he reported the news of his return to the Inner Mansion, and sure enough, the Inner Mansion soon came with news and summoned him inside.

"The subordinates were ordered by the prince and the marquis to lead a cadre of guards in the palace to go all the way to the west, inquiring along the way, focusing on the place where the incident occurred in Nagyro Mountain. But before he got here, he heard a strange anecdote...... "Tao Guards will happen to the "Manna Golden Boy" in the Black Fog Ridge, one by one, and finally concluded, "The subordinates carefully questioned many villagers who witnessed this incident that day, and confirmed that the appearance of the 'Manna Boy' was very similar to that of Gongzi. The subordinates were afraid that the prince and the mistress would be anxious and worried, so they asked the guards to continue to inquire, and the subordinates returned to report to the prince first. ”

This is an elegantly furnished and luxurious reception room, the panes are painted with vermilion, the four walls are painted, the ground is covered with snow-white reed mats, a pitch-black shiny desk, the four sides are decorated with moire, the desk is placed with a white jade pen holder, a half-rolled book of simple books, and behind the desk are four white marble screens depicting Meilan bamboo chrysanthemum.

At this moment, between the screen and the desk, there is a man in his early thirties wearing a cyan forehead, supporting his hands and muttering. This man's face is like a crown of jade, with long eyebrows and phoenix eyes, a straight nose and thin lips, three locks of long beard hanging down his chest, and a white robe, extremely elegant and handsome.

The man was groaning, and a person flashed out from behind the screen, fell into the man's arms, and said in a wailing voice: "Husband, there is no doubt that it must be our child!" Our children are not dead! ”

The person who flashed out from behind the screen was a beautiful woman, but thirty people, with a beautiful face and a graceful figure. If Zhang Fang saw it, he would be surprised, because the appearance of "he" and this beautiful woman was too similar......

Guard Tao hurriedly bowed his head, not daring to raise his head. Although the housemother snooped behind the screen, which was inappropriate for etiquette, she must have loved her son and could fully understand it.

The man hugged his beloved wife lightly and hesitated: "What kind of person our child is, don't you know yet?" How could he kill a giant serpent? And, if it was really him, why did he not return for nearly two months? ”

The beautiful woman cried: "The so-called mother-son connection, the concubine has already felt something, and there must be no doubt that it is a child." Maybe the child is in trouble, maybe it's dangerous...... Husband, husband must bring our children back safely! Speaking of the back, she had grabbed her husband's arm tightly and pleaded with a sad face.

The man sighed lightly, his gaze was finally firm, and he said in a deep voice: "Tao Sheng! ”

"The subordinates are here." Guardian Tao responded.

"You and the guard Deng Zhan, and then lead eight guards, immediately set off to Gyro Mountain and Black Fog Ridge, and make every effort to investigate, and be sure to find the young man who looks like a son."

"Obey the Commandment......"

"Remember, only when you find someone can you go back to Chang'an; If you can't find it, you don't have to go back! This sentence was added by the hostess, and her voice was cold and without the slightest emotion.

Tao Sheng bowed deeply.

……

That night, another wealthy mansion in Chang'an, "Shangguanli", a mansion next to the mansion of Emperor Xuan's first minister and general Huo Guang's mansion in the past, the screen window was transparent, and the silhouettes of the two heads and ears whispered.

"Step-brother, the younger brother just got the news from the Hou Mansion, that kid ...... Probably not dead. The voice was clearer, and although it was low in voice, it sounded like that of a young man.

"How is that possible? That drama Xin Ke is one of the three major swordsmen under Wanzhangmen, known as the 'five-step killing sword'. Even if the thief he hired misses, as long as he himself goes out, he will never miss, how can he ......" The voice was equally young, but it seemed sharp and floating compared to the other.

"However, there has been no news from Ju Xin for a whole month, and even no one has been heard from him so far, and we have all been suspicious before...... Now there is conclusive news that a young man who resembles that person has appeared in the area of the Black Fog Ridge in the Northern Canal. Step brother, you also know that there are young people in this world who can look like that person, but I am afraid that there are not many people in this rich and noble Chang'an City, let alone the poor and evil land in the north. Xiao like? I'm afraid that nine times out of ten, it is. ”

The step-grandfather was stunned and gritted his teeth: "It's not that I don't want to believe it, I really can't believe it, you and I have seen the ability of the drama with our own eyes, and we can do it." I wanted to wait for him to return, so I was included in the door to ensure a future for him, but I didn't want to...... Bastard! Since the 'Five-Step Killing Sword' won't work, then I'll find Wan Zhang again and ask him to send out the two great swordsmen under the sect, Yi Gu Brain......"

The deep voice hurriedly dissuaded: "Step brother, don't! At present, the Hou Mansion has sent Zheng Zhan and Tao Sheng's two major guards, these two are the personal guards of the prince, Zheng Zhan is brave, Tao Sheng is shrewd, once they find out the clues......"

"Then kill them all together!" The step-grandfather said viciously.

"No, these two people also brought eight guards from the Hou Mansion, and there were nearly ten guards who were investigating outside. With so many manpower, don't say whether the swordsmen under Wanzhang can be defeated, that is, these two great swordsmen can be one enemy and ten, if you can't kill it cleanly, you only need to get rid of one, and you and I may be implicated! ”

The step-grandfather groaned: "Hmm...... Reasonable, but let's stop there? I can't get out of this bad breath, and you won't have a chance to sit on the ......."

The deep voice coughed dryly, cut off the words of the step-grandfather without showing a trace, and said indignantly: "What is the matter of the younger brother compared to the humiliation suffered by the step-grandfather? What is the identity of step-grandbrother? Who would dare not give face to his step-grandbrother? It's just that this kid relies on the shadow of his ancestors and takes the favor of others, even if he is angry, he is angry at the crown, and the scholar in the hall makes him evil? ”

The step-grandfather didn't say a word for a while, but kept panting, obviously remembering the old things, and was so angry that he finally roared in a roaring voice: "Then you say, how to clean up this kid!" ”

The deep voice said slowly: "When the junior brother first heard about this, he also felt quite troublesome. However, there is a guest in my house, who used to be the assistant of the Governor of Sanshui State in Beidi County, and after being reminded by this person, the younger brother has an idea......

"Oh, what is the plan of the virtuous brother? Let's hear about it. ”

"Sanshui is very close to Gyro Mountain and Black Fog Mountain, and most of the Huns who ambushed my Han Dynasty here. These Yidi, as long as there is benefit, will kill people and set fires. That's all we have to ......"

The voice became lower and lower, and after a long time, a smug laugh like a night owl rang out, startling several resident birds.