When I arrived outside the south gate of Changshan City, it was already the fourth watch.

On the south gate, the lights are bright, the drawbridge is lowered, and the city gate is wide open.

Under the city gate, a row of Changshan soldiers wore helmets and armor, and the formation was solemn.

Officials dressed in various official uniforms gathered in front of the suspension bridge, and the first old man, dressed in a five-grade official uniform, bowed to Cai Xide: "Changshan guards Yan Gaoqing, welcome General Cai!" ”

Yan Gaoqing is in his early sixties, with a thin face, a long beard, but his body is extremely tough, standing in the wind and snow, full of energy, ruddy complexion, and hearty complexion, his demeanor is quite similar to Yan Quanming.

Cai Xide jumped off the war horse and saluted Yan Gaoqing: "Lord Yan, you and I are old friends of Fan Yang, in terms of age, Lord Yan is an elder, why bother to be polite, isn't this a torture!" ”

Yan Gaoqing said with a smile: "General Cai led the victorious army to triumph, and Yan naturally wants to do his best to be a landlord!" ”

Bu Yunfei heard the conversation between Cai Xide and Yan Gaoqing, and nodded secretly, Yan Gaoqing called Cai Xide a "victorious army", it seems that Cai Xide's department has indeed just been withdrawn from the front line, but I don't know who Cai Xide is asking for. The Khitan, Tongluo, Xi, Turkic and other alien races in the northeastern frontier are capricious, sometimes attached, sometimes rebellious, and it is common for border armies to go on expeditions. It's just that Cai Xide has just returned from the expedition and has not yet rested, so he immediately waved his army south and came to Changshan, which is unreasonable.

Could it be that An Lushan rebelled in advance? It's entirely possible, Cai Xide's official position is the vanguard of Yanshan, and if An Lushan rebels, Cai Xide's department will be the vanguard!

"General Cai, please!" Yan Gaoqing said.

"Lord Yan, please!" Cai Xide replied respectfully.

In terms of official rank, Yan Gaoqing is above Cai Xide, but Fan Yang is an important military town, An Lushan is reckless, and the generals are also high-flying, so an unwritten rule has been formed.

Cai Xide, as an An Lushan's confidant general, when he was in Fanyang, even Lu Xun, the deputy envoy of Jiedu, saw him, and he had to give three points, in fact, in the three towns of Hebei, Cai Xide's actual status was above Lu Xun, the deputy envoy of Jiedu, and far above Yan Gaoqing, who was too protective of Changshan. However, Cai Xide was extremely respectful in front of Yan Gaoqing and did not dare to trespass the slightest.

Taishou Yan Gaoqing and Cai Xide are old friends.

Back then, when Yan Gaoqing was the household Cao in Fanyang, Cai Xide was still a small general, although he was also a "general", in fact, he was in charge of more than a dozen people, which was equivalent to a small squad leader in the 21st century.

At that time, most of the tribes in the Northeast were attached to the Tang Dynasty, and the border was safe and sound. This is a good thing for the people, but it is not a good thing for the border generals, because without war, the border generals will have no military merits, and without military merits, they will not be promoted. Therefore, many border generals deliberately sent Tang soldiers to attack and harass the Hu tribe, and the Hu people were unbearable to be oppressed and killed the Tang soldiers.

Once, An Lushan's generals Shi Siming's subordinates robbed the Khitan women, the Khitans rebelled angrily and killed the Tang soldiers, Shi Siming sent troops under the pretext of sending troops, and Cai Xide also went out with the army. Cai Xide was the only one who found nothing, but let go of several Khitans, including a small head named Yeludan. Because of this incident, Shi Siming falsely accused An Lushan of Cai Xide's collaborator with the enemy, An Lushan was furious and ordered Cai Xide to be arrested and beheaded for public display.

Yan Gaoqing was Fan Yang Hucao at that time, and he was An Lushan's right-hand man, and he didn't know Cai Xide originally. Knowing the reason for this, he made a statement to An Lushan, asking An Lushan to spare Cai Xide's life and let him make meritorious contributions. An Lushan originally didn't keep a little capture in his heart, but since someone pleaded, he took the opportunity to do a favor and let Cai Xide go.

Therefore, Yan Gaoqing has a life-saving grace for Cai Xide. That Cai Xide is also grateful for his kindness, and he has great respect for Yan Gaoqing. Cai Xide is stubborn and bold by nature, and he is a capable person, in Fanyang City, whether it is a civil minister or a military general, Cai Xide does not pay attention to it, there are only two people who can direct Cai Xide, one is An Lushan, and the other is Yan Gaoqing.

Cai Xide was born in Hu, although he has courage, he is illiterate. Yan Gaoqing is a generation of famous families, and today he is a great talent. The two turned out to be close friends. Cai Xide followed Yan Gaoqing, read and wrote, and later, he became one of the few generals under An Lushan who could write and write.

Later, Yan Gaoqing was promoted to Changshan Taishou, and Cai Xide still stayed in Fanyang, and the two had not seen each other for several years.

Therefore, Cai Xide did not dare to be disrespectful in front of Yan Gaoqing.

Yan Gaoqing was in front, Cai Xide was behind, and other Changshan officials followed behind and entered Changshan City.

Bu Yunfei rode a war horse, and together with the cavalry, followed behind the officials, but his heart became more and more suspicious, among the officials who came to greet Cai Xide, there was no Ma Sui!

Ma Sui did not appear in the fort, which was already suspicious. An Lushan's henchman Cai Xide came to Changshan, Changshan Taishou led all the officials out of the city to greet him, Ma Sui's public identity is the retainer of An Lushan's eldest son An Qingzong, and the relationship with An Lushan is closer than Yan Gaoqing, how can he avoid it!

Something happened to Ma Sui!

Yan Gaoqing is An Lushan's cronies, and this person is shrewd and resolute, and the princess stayed in Changshan for five days! Could it be that Yan Gaoqing heard something and attacked the horse! If this is the case, An Lushan should know that Bu Yunfei is also Ma Sui's accomplice!

However, An Lushan sent his henchman Cai Xide to rescue him!

There is only one possibility, Ma Sui has been taken by Yan Gaoqing, but he has not yet confessed Bu Yunfei! And An Lushan attaches great importance to Bu Yunfei because of the protection of honey iron, and he does not doubt Bu Yunfei.

Bu Yunfei was hesitant.

Chang Shan stood on both sides of the street with torches in his hands, illuminating the street.

In the houses on both sides, it was dark and blind. When the army entered the city, the common people were afraid, and no one dared to provoke right and wrong, so they all stayed in the house and pretended to sleep, but they didn't see it.

The procession followed the street all the way north to the front of the post house.

The four Changshan guards were guarding in front of the post house, but they didn't see Fan Yangbing who followed Ma Sui.

Bu Yunfei secretly screamed badly!

The guards of the post house have always been in charge of Fan Yangbing, who Ma Sui arranged to escort the princess's car, but a few days ago, Ma Sui gave Fan Yangbing a day off, and temporarily let Changshan Bing take over Fan Yangbing's guard for a day, and since then, Fan Yangbing has been guarding.

And today, Cai Xide entered the city, and those Fan Yang soldiers who followed Ma Sui disappeared!

Ma Sui must have had an accident!

For Bu Yunfei, the good luck is unpredictable!

If Ma Sui's disappearance is because the plan to assassinate An Lushan is revealed, then Yunfei will be over!

And if Ma Sui disappeared because of something else, it would be a blessing for Bu Yunfei - no one would coerce him to do that headless thing!

However, Bu Yunfei still felt relieved: no matter what happened to Ma Sui, Qin Xiaoxiao should be fine. Changshan soldiers guard the post house, indicating that the two princesses are still in the post house.

Bu Yunfei reined in his war horse and was about to dismount, when a cavalry captain beside him said, "Mr. Bu, please keep going." ”

"General, I'm at my lodgings."

"Mr. Bu won't stay in the post house tonight!"

"Where do I live?"

"Lord Yan instructed that Mr. Bu is a distinguished guest of Lord An, and he will escort Mr. Bu to Oiran Fang."

"Oiran Place?" Bu Yunfei was dumbfounded.

Oiran is the place of fireworks in Changshan, and of course there are the best inns in Changshan.

An Lushan, this is really treating Bu Yunfei as a distinguished guest!

In this way, no matter what happened to Ma Sui, at least, An Lushan didn't know that Bu Yunfei was involved in that assassination plan!

Bu Yunfei couldn't help himself, and followed the cavalry team to the Oiran Fang.

Oiran Corner is a city that never sleeps, and even in the middle of winter at night, the shops on both sides of the street are still lit up with red lights, and the red lanterns flicker in the cold wind.

Under the leadership of Yan Gaoqing, Changshan officials accompanied Cai Xide and several middle and senior generals into Wannian Winery, the largest winery in Oiranfang.

That Wannian Winery is a time-honored brand in Changshan, legend has it that Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty led the army to crusade against the rebels in Changshan, and the queen Yin Lihua accompanied the army, stationed in Changshan Wannian Village, and gave birth to the later Emperor Liu Zhuang of the Han Ming Dynasty. The owner of the winery wanted to be auspicious, so he made the name of the store Wannian.

Yan Gaoqing held a banquet at Wannian Winery to wash the dust for Cai Xide.

Yan Gaoqing governs Changshan, is well-organized, and selfless. In order to prevent the army from disturbing the people. , Yan Gaoqing ordered that no army should enter the city if it crosses the border. Last autumn, more than 1,000 officers and soldiers of Taiyuan Yin Wang Chengye passed through Changshan, heard about the reputation of Oiran Fang, and asked to enter the city, but Yan Gaoqing sternly refused, and even did not hesitate to use Changshan soldiers to enter the city, and Taiyuan soldiers swords and guns to meet, Taiyuan soldiers had no choice but to go around the city. Because of this incident, Wang Chengye was very dissatisfied with Yan Gaoqing, and secretly reported to the court that Yan Gaoqing had rebelled, and Prime Minister Yang Guozhong originally wanted to remove Yan Gaoqing from his post and take it over, An Lushan personally presented to the emperor to ensure that Yan Gaoqing did not rebel, Yang Guozhong was afraid that An Lushan would be powerful, so he had to give up.

And tonight, Yan Gaoqing put Cai Xide's five hundred light horsemen into the city. First, the relationship between the two is extraordinary, and second, Yan Gaoqing knows that Cai Xide governs the army strictly, and the people in his department dare not disturb the people.

Cai Xide's five hundred light horsemen were accompanied by Cao Senjun to the school military field not far from Wannian Winery, where a temporary shed had been set up, and a banquet and delicious food had been set up in it. Cao joined the army and recruited dozens of singers from the Oiran Fang Qinglou to sing songs to cheer up.

This time Cai Xide came to Changshan, and Yan Gaoqing, in order to show his solemnity, sent all the officials in the palace to entertain Cai Xide's subordinates. There were not enough people, so I invited a few Changshan squires to help.

Bu Yunfei, Fang Ruoxu, Baye Gu, and Song Wuyang were accompanied by a Changshan squire named Zhai Wande and entered a Sifang Inn. Although this Sifang Inn is not as luxurious as the Wannian Winery, it is also one of the largest inns in Changshan City, with two floors, more than 50 guest rooms, and a back garden that can accommodate three or four hundred people.