The streets of Jincheng are narrow, the houses are low and dilapidated, the streets and alleys are completely devoid of pedestrians, and every house is closed and locked, and it is clear that the people have fled.

Jincheng is just a small city, Zhang Xing according to Guo Congjin said, all the way through the city, after a while, then came to the west of the city, sure enough, there is a small alley, Zhang Xing entered the alley, not far ahead, there is a big locust tree in front of him, a thatched hut under the tree.

Zhang Xing walked to the door, the door was not locked, raised his hand and knocked on the door.

It was silent, and no one answered.

Zhang Xing pushed, but failed to push it open, and the door was closed inside. Apparently, there were people inside.

Zhang Xing straightened his clothes, arched his hand towards the door, and said: "Miss Guo, Zhang Xing in Chang'an, my grandfather has something to bring to you, please Miss Guo open the door." ”

Inside is still silent.

"Miss Guo. Zhang is not a villain, and he asked Miss Guo to make it convenient. Zhang Xing said.

There was a click inside, but no one answered.

Zhang Xing was anxious and said hurriedly: "Zhang knows that Miss Guo is inside. To tell the truth, my grandfather Guo Congjin offended the officials and soldiers, and the officials and soldiers were about to enter the city, if Miss Guo refused to open the door, she was afraid of danger! ”

There was a cry from inside, with a frightened trill: "What's wrong with my grandfather?" ”

Zhang Xing sighed: "Miss Guo, the matter is urgent, Guo has to make a long story short, Uncle Guo wanted to offer chaff cakes to the emperor, but was beaten by the forbidden army, Zhang couldn't look past it, killed the captain of the forbidden army, caused a big disaster, the forbidden army arrested people, Uncle Guo has fallen into the hands of the forbidden army, I am afraid that ...... Uncle Guo entrusted Miss Guo to Zhang and asked Miss Guo and Zhang to escape together. ”

A woman's cry came from inside: "I want my grandfather, I don't want you!" Don't want you, you go, you go away! ”

The woman cried miserably, Zhang Xing was sad and angry, so he had to take out the Taiping money: "Miss Guo, this is Uncle Guo's Taiping money, Zhang was entrusted by Uncle Guo to pick up Miss Guo." Please also Miss Guo, hurry up and open the door and escape with Guo, otherwise, the forbidden army will not be able to leave when it enters the city! ”

The crying inside became more and more miserable, but they refused to open the door. That Guo Xiu was only sixteen years old, still a child, hiding at home alone, already scared to the extreme, and heard that his grandfather had encountered an accident, and he was already a master of the six gods, except for crying loudly, he didn't dare to do anything, he didn't know what to do, and he didn't dare to believe strangers.

Zhang Xing's strength is incomparable, this firewood door can't stop him at all, it's just that Zhang Xing is kind-hearted, knowing that Guo Xiu is afraid, afraid of scaring her, he doesn't dare to break in, so he has to say patiently: "Miss Guo, Zhang is not a villain." Zhang was originally a fast arrester of the Chang'an County Ya, but later, because of the case, he went to Changshan to arrest criminals. coincided with An Lushan's rebellion, so Zhang stayed in Changshan and assisted Changshan Taishou Yan Gaoqing to resist the rebels. There are only 3,000 soldiers in Changshan, but the rebels in An Lushan have 200,000 people, which is difficult to resist! Yan Taishou and the marching army Bu Yunfei designed, in the name of offering a sword in Baolun Temple, assassinated An Lushan. As a result, things were not good, and the success fell short, allowing An Lushan to escape from Changshan City. Bu Yunfei was also seriously injured, Yan Taishou knew that he couldn't hold Changshan City, so he was determined to live and die with Changshan, and sent someone to send Bu Yunfei out of the city. Yan Taishou originally wanted to send Bu Yunfei out of Jingcheng Pass and go to Hedong. Not long after Bu Yunfei left the city, Yan Taishou found out that Wang Chengye and Zhang Tongyou of Hedong wanted to be unfavorable to Bu Yunfei, so they ordered Zhang to go out of the city at night, chase after Bu Yunfei, and let him change his route. After Zhang passed the word, he said goodbye to Bu Yunfei and prepared to live and die with Yan Taishou and Changshan City. But when Zhang arrived at Changshan City, Mrs. Yan kept the four gates closed, and Zhang was not allowed to enter the city......"

"Why didn't he let you into town?" In the door, Guo Xiu's timid inquiry sounded.

Girls are curious, and even in the midst of great grief, they have to ask the truth.

Zhang Xing said: "Zhang only then understood, Yan Taishou asked Zhang to send a message to Bu Yunfei, which gave Zhang a way out!" Changshan City can't resist 200,000 rebels at all, and it must be a dead city! Mrs. Yan guarded the four doors tightly, just not letting Zhang enter the city to die! Zhang knelt under the city gate and begged Yan Taishou to open the door, but Yan Taishou was unmoved. Zhang was helpless, so he asked Yan Taishou to let his son Yan Quanming out of the city, and also left roots for the Yan family. Yan Quanming also refused, and wanted to die with his father......"

When Zhang Xing said this, the dignified five-foot man was already in tears, and he couldn't cry.

"Yan Taishou is a good person!" Guo Xiu said through the door panel.

"Zhang can't enter the city, he can only stay outside the city, and the next day, the rebels attacked the city, and 200,000 soldiers were attached! All the soldiers of Changshan were killed in battle, and none of them surrendered! The father and son of the Yan family sat on the city gate, lit a fire, and turned into ashes along with the city gate! Zhang watched Changshan City break, and Yan Taishou and his family died, but he couldn't save him, and his heart and lungs hurt! had to kowtow to Changshan City with tears. Previously, Zhang was determined to follow Yan Gaoqing's death, so he asked Bu Yunfei to go south to Chang'an to avenge Yan Gaoqing's grievances, but now, Zhang did not die, so he left Changshan and went all the way to the south, planning to chase Bu Yunfei and enter Beijing together to avenge Yan Gaoqing's grievances. But Zhang hurried up, but he couldn't find any trace of Bu Yunfei along the way, and it wasn't until he passed Luoyang that he heard that Bu Yunfei didn't take the south road at all, he was besieged by the rebels in Cangyan Mountain, and the whole army was wiped out! ”

"Don't cry, sir!" Guo Xiu's voice of consolation came from inside the door.

Zhang Xing wiped his tears and sighed in his heart, the girl lost her grandfather, and her heart was sad, but she didn't forget to comfort others, although she hadn't met, she was also a sensible girl, but she didn't know what she looked like.

Zhang Mou was left alone, seeing An Lushan breaking through Luoyang, the officers and troops were defeated again and again, the rebels were in Tongguan, Geshuhan had a heavy army to guard Tongguan, but he did not move, Zhang saw that the officers and soldiers did not have the determination to fight to the death with the rebels, the world was in chaos, Zhang had no skills to return to the sky, and he wanted to leave. It's just that Yan Gaoqing's family was martyred, but they were regarded as traitors by the imperial court, which was really a strange injustice in the world. However, Yang Guozhong controls the government, and Zhang is soft-spoken, but there is no way to enter! You can't enter the Daming Palace, you can't see the emperor. After more than a month in the capital, there was nothing to be done. Yesterday, news came that the rebels broke through Tongguan, the Tongguan army was annihilated, and Yang Guozhong escaped from Chang'an with the six armies of the forbidden army, protecting the emperor and the concubine. Zhang thought to himself, the emperor is in Chang'an City, the palace gate is deep and secluded, Zhang is difficult to meet, and now the emperor is running, on the road, Zhang may have the opportunity to meet the emperor. Therefore, Zhang quietly followed the emperor's car and traveled all the way west. ”

"Have you seen the emperor?" Guo Xiu's voice was very concerned.

Zhang Xing sighed: "The forbidden army is extremely well guarded, and Zhang followed him for a day and a night, but he didn't find a chance. Today, the car was driving close to Jincheng, and Zhang wanted to look for opportunities in Jincheng, so he quickly overtook the driving team and wanted to see the situation in Jincheng in advance. But seeing that your grandfather was bullied by the captain of the forbidden army, Zhang was not angry for a while, killed the captain of the forbidden army, and harmed your grandfather! Miss Guo, the official army is about to enter the city, hurry up and open the door and follow me, if it's late, I'm afraid it will be too late! ”

The door opened, and a girl walked out of it, dressed in coarse cloth clothes, patched, combed with two pigtails, a goose egg face, and two tearful eyes.

Zhang Xing smiled bitterly in his heart, he thought that Guo Congjin's family was poor, and the girl from a poor family was not much better in appearance, and it would be good to look passable, but where did he think that this Guo Xiu was a little beauty, just because of the sadness in his heart, his face was sad, and his tears were full of tears, but it was more and more heart-wrenching and pitiful.

Zhang Xing arched his hand and said: "Xiu'er, the matter is urgent, Zhang said directly, your grandfather is afraid that you will be lonely, and will marry you to Zhang as his wife, even so, Zhang does not dare to use strong, if Xiu'er can see Zhang, Zhang will be high!" If you can't look down on it, Zhang will never dare to force it! Zhang, your brother and sister are commensurate, in the future, Zhang will be the master and find a good family for Xiu'er! ”

Guo Xiu nodded tearfully.

"Will you agree to be my wife or sister?" Zhang Xing asked anxiously.

Guo Xiu bit her lip and bowed her head silently.

In fact, if Guo Xiu wanted to be Zhang Xing's sister, she would have said it a long time ago. The reason why she bowed her head and was silent was that she agreed to marry Zhang Xing, but the girl was shy and didn't dare to say it clearly.

The girl who Zhang Xing didn't understand, seeing that Guo Xiu was silent, was anxious: "Whether you are a wife or a sister, Zhang will protect you out of the city first!" Zhang Xing said, leaned down, picked up Guo Xiu, took a big stride, and rushed out of the city.

……

Outside the east gate of Jincheng, Guo Congjin was prostrate on the ground, surrounded by the soldiers of the forbidden army.

Guo Congjin is very old, he was kicked in the chest by the captain, spit out a few mouthfuls of blood, the pain in his chest was unbearable, and he was worried about his granddaughter Guo Xiu, and he was panic and sorrow in his heart, and he couldn't stand up when he saw the forbidden army like a wolf and a tiger.

The lieutenant who escaped from Zhang Xing's hand, holding a sword, pointed at Guo Congjin's chest, and scolded viciously: "Old thief, Lao Tzu has ripped you!" ”

"Stop!" A shout rang out behind him.

The lieutenant hurriedly put away his sword, turned around and knelt on the ground: "Dashuai, he is the traitor who killed my Longwu Army!" General Chen is the master of my soldiers and chops him into meat puree! ”

On a black horse, there sat a silver-haired veteran, although the veteran was old, he was burly, with bright armor, eyes like torches, his hand pressed the sword, and he held the war horse, and his voice was like a bell: "You are Guo Congjin?" ”

Guo Congjin endured the pain in his chest and nodded.

"You're here to pick up the driver?"

"He's a!" The captain shouted: "This old thing is a poor stick, it is actually a toad who wants to eat swan meat and wants to see the emperor!" Dashuai, what's even more ridiculous is that this old guy actually wants to offer chaff cakes to the emperor, damn, can the emperor eat chaff cakes, this is obviously teasing the saint! My brother saw that he was acting absurdly, and kicked him over, but he gathered bandits to kill him, the commander, the last general, this old thing is fake, and it is true that he wants to assassinate the emperor! ”

More than a dozen chaff cakes were scattered in the loess around Guo Congjin, and the chaff cakes were full of dust.

With a "squeak", the veteran pulled out his sword from his waist.