Chapter 830: West and East

Although the mountain path is not as flat as the official road built in the Great Sui Dynasty, and the carriage is slightly bumpy on the path paved with a layer of gravel, it is also a little more interesting. Even if the trail is bumpy, there is nothing to find fault with those who are in a good mood.

Hundreds of tall horses escorted a carriage slowly, or because this trip was not a war, so the expressions of the guards in front of and behind the carriage were also quite relaxed, and someone whispered a few words from time to time. Some people also pointed to the mountain scenery in the distance and exclaimed, and everyone looked relaxed.

But in fact, these hundreds of iron riders are as relaxed as they seem on the surface. Although this trip is not an expedition, it seems to be a little more dangerous than an expedition.

The man in the carriage they were trying to protect was too noble, too noble to allow for a single accident.

If there is a little surprise, it will also cause an uproar.

The carriage is pure black, and it is extremely sturdy and spacious. The carriage was more than twice as large as a normal carriage, and even ten people in the carriage would not feel too crowded. One or two horses in such a huge carriage must not be able to pull it, and it is eight magnificent grassland horses that are pulling.

On the side of the carriage, a big black horse trotted along with the carriage, perhaps because of boredom, the big black horse snorted from time to time.

The formation of hundreds of iron horsemen advancing seems to be scattered, but in fact, the division of labor is clear. These hundreds of people were carefully selected from the 100,000 elite horsemen, and each of them was an elite of a hundred battles who didn't know how many lives they had taken. These hundreds of people were on the periphery, and close to the carriage were twelve green-shirted swordsmen.

Ti Cai and the green shirt swordsman, the identity of the person in the carriage is about to be revealed.

The big black horse flicked his tail in boredom, and looked at the carriage from time to time with dissatisfaction in his eyes. The curtains of the car were opened, and a handsome face appeared in front of the big black horse.

"If you dare to crash again, I will stew you and eat meat at night!"

This handsome-looking magnate in the world actually threatened a horse, and the horse snorted aggrievedly as if he understood, and turned his head to the side to not look at him.

Li Xian smiled, retracted his head into the carriage and said with a smile: "This beast seems to be able to really understand human speech, and it has been with me for eleven years." After returning to Chang'an, I will find a mare with beautiful signs, big eyes and double eyelids to be a lady, so that it can live a good life. ”

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The big black horse outside seemed to hear this and barked happily twice.

The people in the carriage immediately laughed, and Daxi Changru, who was lying in the carriage covered with a velvet blanket, said with a smile: "I still remember that when I was on that nameless mountain in Saibei, the people in the blood rider at that time, including the four of them including the iron fang, of course, including me, were a little curious, how did this big black horse get into Zhong Jian's eyes. At that time, I couldn't see any magic in him, and all the mounts and fierce horses that were ridden by the blood were obedient to it. Only later did I find out that ......"

He fled for a moment, but he didn't say anything because there was a woman in the car.

But Ashina didn't know about the past, so he chased after him and asked what happened. Ou Siqingqing pulled her over and whispered a few words, and the little girl's face suddenly turned red. She turned her head out the window to look at the scenery, pretending to be casual and making people laugh.

"Do you miss your sister?"

Li Xian asked.

Ashina nodded but didn't answer. She didn't look back at Li Xian, and she didn't know if she was still shy because of what happened before, or because of something else. The six or seven people sitting in the carriage were all smart and clear-minded, except for Daxi Changru, who didn't see the fleeting reluctance in her eyes with her eyes half-closed, almost all of them keenly captured what was in her eyes.

Ye Huaisleeve took Ashina's hand and didn't say anything. The warmth in her palms made Ashina feel very comfortable, so she glanced at Ye Huaisleeve with gratitude.

"Out of Yanshan, not far north is the original Suotou Xi people's grassland, but now it belongs to our great Khitan tribe Da Aijin Ou Si Qingqing."

Li Xian deliberately changed the topic, pulled up the curtain of the car, pointed outside, and said, "I remember that when they came back with the iron wolf, they also set a fire not far from here. That was when I came back, and now the pasture should have long since come to life, or there would be no trace of the fire that year. ”

Daxi Changru squinted his eyes and smiled: "There are always a lot of memories on this grassland, but the memories are just in people's minds, people are old, but the grassland looks like there will always be vitality." ”

Zhang Zhongjian shook his head and sighed: "It's a pity, I wasn't with you during that time, and it's a pity to think about it." ”

Zhang Wancheng pursed his lips and said: "What are the regrets, if you want to regret them, they regret it." ”

Li Xian hurriedly patted his ass and said, "It's just to make up for our regrets, that's why I brought you aunt this time." ”

"Oh, you mean that this trip is all about making up for your regrets, and your grandfather and I are your tools to make up for your regrets?"

Li Xian was dumbfounded and didn't know how to answer. He looked at the smart women around him for help, only to find that they all had gloating expressions.

Ye Huaisleeve gave Zhang Wancheng a thumbs up and praised: "Sharp"

The eldest grandson praised: "Domineering"

Ou Siqingqing thought about it for a long time and didn't know how to express it, but finally remembered a word and hurriedly said: "Enough for you!" ”

They talked and laughed, and the four big men riding horses in front of the carriage also laughed. They were the Four Tigers of the Blood Horse, and they once again followed Daxi Changru into the prairie. The iron horsemen who were in charge of guarding the periphery were all focused on observing the surrounding environment, and did not dare to relax a little.

But no matter how careful they were, they would not have noticed a group of men and horses thirty miles away riding in the opposite direction. It was thirteen women, dusty.

Thirty miles away, the first month urged the horse to catch up with Ashina Duoduo, who was at the front, and said a little tiredly: "Miss, do you want to rest?" ”

Ashina Duoduo wiped the sweat on his forehead, pointed to the mountain that had appeared in front of him and said, "Let's rest after passing the Yanshan Pass, there is still a long way to go." ”

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Chang'an City

Daming Palace North Ya

Shengtu Xiaohua handed a thick stack of papers to Xie Yingdeng, who was sitting on the chair, and after taking a sip of cold tea from the cup, he felt a lot more happy: "The list of this person is basically complete, and his subordinates have checked it in the past few days, and all the spies secretly arranged by the Military Inspectorate have moved, so it shouldn't be any worse." These guys think they are doing it meticulously and properly, how do they know that not to mention this Chang'an City, but the whole world, if the people from the Military Inspectorate want to investigate, how can there be something that can't be investigated? ”

Xie Yingdeng smiled and read the thick list of people very seriously from beginning to end.

"The three people involved in the Duke of the Kingdom are all old ministers of the Li Yuan Dynasty. Several heads of the Longyou family are afraid that they have lived too long. There were thirteen officials below the marquis, and almost all of them were Li Yuan's subordinates. Most of them are also from the Longyou family. There are 67 officials from the fifth rank and above, 12 from the fourth rank and above, and two people from the third rank and above. There are no more than 70 names on this first page...... There are at least 200 names on the next page. ”

Shengtu Xiaohua said: "There are thirty-six pages in total, and the names of the servants are not listed. ”

"How many men?"

Xie Yingdeng asked

Shengtu Xiaohua replied: "One thousand six hundred and seventy-eight, including two hundred and sixty-one for the elderly over fifty years old and two hundred and ninety-nine for children under the age of fourteen. Many of these big families are serving in foreign enemies, and many of them have already achieved the positions of county commander, county officer, or even county commander and county guard. If you really do it, almost all the people in the military inspection department will have to be scattered. In order to ensure that people are taken at about the same time, the spies who are far away will set off first, and those who are close will wait for a while. ”

"Hmm"

Xie Yingdeng nodded and said, "The city doesn't know that I've come back, even Lord Du Ruhui and General Cheng Mingzhen don't know, and after lunch, they sent a car to take the two of them to Beiya." Take a few more circles, change a few more cars. ”

"My subordinates obeyed...... Why did you bring the two adults after lunch? ”

Shengtu Xiaohua couldn't help but ask.

Xie Yingdeng replied seriously: "Save the rice." ”

Shengtu Xiaohua couldn't help but squirt out the cold tea she had just drunk, and said in her heart that Xie Da had a rare sense of humor, but this humor can make people laugh to death at one time. The head of the dignified military inspection office, the helmsman of the two yamen, the north and the south, who can call the wind and rain in the future, is actually calculating a meal.

Xie Yingdeng himself also laughed, waved his hand to stop laughing, and said: "Send news to Jiangdu as quickly as possible, and let Wan Yulou send someone to be responsible for arresting those families in the Jianghuai area who are officials there." That orthodox sect is just a big sect, he's just afraid that he's been idle and fat a lot these days, and it's time for him to do something serious. ”

"Whoa"

Shengtu Xiaohua replied softly.

Xie Yingdeng picked up another list from the table and handed it to Shengtu Xiaohua and said, "You just gave me a copy, and I'll give you a list now." It's not as many people as you gave me on the list, but it's not light. ”

Shengtu Xiaohua took the list and looked at it roughly, and then her face changed: "So many? There are a total of thirty-nine people from the fifth rank and above, and there are more than a dozen of the four rank generals and above. ”

Xie Yingdeng waved his hand and said, "This will almost be dead, and the spy chased after me with the news before I returned to Chang'an City." The lord planned to take down these people after the city of Zhaozhou was broken, and the tricks of those people from the family standing in line on both sides completely annoyed the lord. You take this list of people and send people to stare at them from house to house. Whether it is a servant or a relative at home, none of them can get away, they should stare at it first, and wait for the people sent back by the lord to Chang'an before they start to take people. ”

When he said that the two sides of the family were standing in line, his tone was natural, and he seemed to forget that he was born in the Xie family in Jiangnan, and he was once one of the most famous families.

"Subordinates obey."

"One more thing."

Xie Yingdeng thought for a while and then ordered: "Outside the courtyard where the person in the palace lives, how many black robes are guarding?" ”

"Forty-eight people rotated."

"When it's over...... There is no need for these forty-eight people to stay. It was useless to let people pass the news back and forth under their noses, even if they were not bribed. When the matter is over, these forty-eight people will go out to Hedong to do things, and I will arrange for Tiqi to wait halfway. ”

"Whoa"

Shengtu Xiaohua felt a little unbearable in her heart, but quickly left it behind: "It's just that I don't know what the one in the palace is planning, he is trapped so tightly, how to get out?" ”

Xie Yingdeng shook his head and sighed: "He can't go out at all, unless he goes out lying down." ”

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The deserted courtyard was overgrown with weeds, and from time to time a few crickets jumped out and appeared in sight. This small yard is a small patch of grass, which is their paradise and home.

Emperor Li Chengde moved a small stool and sat down at the door, looking at the crickets jumping around in a daze.

The ladies with thick hands and feet sat down beside him, following his line of sight but not knowing what the emperor was looking at. Her hand was playing with the pill in her cuff that was much heavier than the poison that Li Chengde was hiding, and after smiling, she asked softly, "Your Majesty, are you afraid of death?" ”

Li Chengde was stunned for a moment, and then nodded: "Afraid of death, how can anyone not be afraid of death?" ”

The palace maid lowered her head, her ugly face flushed slightly: "I'm not afraid...... If you can accompany Your Majesty, you are not afraid of anything. ”

Li Chengde was shocked in his heart, and he couldn't help but have a sour nose when he looked at the rough face of the palace maid. He thought in his heart, if the big thing can really be done, it is good to really agree to her to let her be the queen, although she is ugly and she is vulgar, but she treats me sincerely, this is the most rare.

"I'm afraid of death, so I have to fight."

Li Chengde raised his head and looked at the dazzling sun: "Crickets take square inches as their home, but my home is the whole world." If this small courtyard is not my dragon's place, then it can only be my tomb. You are buried in the west, and I am buried in the east. At that time, the world was not my home, this courtyard was. ”