The rain outside the city tower kept falling, and the battlements were dripping and clicking, and the entire Chang'an City was shrouded in the vast autumn rain.

Outside the gate, Wuling teenagers returned from autumn hunting, chasing each other in the drizzle, and cheerful laughter echoed in the rain.

Under the city gate, the flow of people is not blocked by the drizzle, some caravans have just returned from the distant Western Regions, some caravans have come out of the West Market, the silk, tea, paper and other goods on the camels are tightly wrapped in oilcloth, and they are preparing to go to Longyou, Hexi, Anxi, and even cross the green ridge to the river.

The people who returned from thousands of miles were very emotional, and they wept with joy under the city. The emotions of those who are preparing to travel thousands of miles are relatively complex, some look happy and full of expectations for foreign lands, and some are nervous and full of uncertainty about the future. Some fold willows on the side of the road and send them away, reluctant to give up.

Such joys and sorrows are staged outside the Kaiyuan Gate every day, and as a soldier guarding the gate, Liu Sanbao on the city tower has long been accustomed to this.

Liu Sanbao took off his helmet, shook off the rain, put it back on, and then looked westward, stunned.

The work of guarding the gates was stable, but dull and hopeless. Liu Sanbao really wanted to go up to the battlefield to make meritorious deeds, and heard that there were fifty people who followed Li Tanhua deep behind the enemy, broke through the ambush city, and captured the Tubo Da Theory, and after coming back, all of them made great contributions, and many people were promoted to lieutenants at once.

When Li Tanhua went to Longyou, he went out from the Kaiyuan Gate, and out of respect, under the crowded city gate, Liu Sanbao also helped him lead the horse. Out of the city gate, Li Tanhua politely thanked him, which flattered Liu Sanbao.

Every time he thinks of this scene, Liu Sanbao can't help but wonder, if he had followed Li Tanhua to Longyou at the beginning, would he have been promoted to captain now?

Just when Liu Sanbao was stunned, in the rain and fog outside the city. Suddenly, a number of horsemen galloped over, the bowl of big iron hooves hit the ground rapidly, and the stagnant water on the ground splashed up, Liu Sanbao couldn't help but be startled when he saw the flag on their backs, and hurriedly shouted and ran down the city: "Six hundred miles to hurry!" Six hundred miles expedited! ”

The soldiers under the city listened. He hurriedly took his spear and shouted, and drove away the crowd that had entered and exited the city gate, so that he could get out of the passage.

Six hundred miles of urgency, usually a major military intelligence, along the way the messenger even if he runs a dead horse can not stop, according to Tang law, anyone who delays the urgent message, will be whipped. Exile is no joke.

The horsemen came galloping, their clothes soaked, and when they approached the gates, they suddenly shouted:

"Great victory! Stone Castle Victory! Li Tanhua rode through the stone fort and turned the tide of the battle; Ambassador Wang broke through Tibet with heavy troops and annihilated 20,000 enemies. Stone Castle Victory! Stone Castle Victory! ”

“……”

The messenger who reported the victory rushed into the city shouting all the way, and galloped away in the direction of the imperial city, Liu Sanbao looked at the messenger's back and muttered: "Li Tanhua rode lightly to break the stone fort." Turn the tide of battle; Ambassador Wang broke through Tibet with heavy troops and annihilated 20,000 enemies ......"

The crowd near the city gate had already reacted at this time. For a while, cheering, from Kaiyuan Gate to Daming Palace, the messenger of the good news shouted all the way, and the crowd on the street was like firecrackers, and the enthusiasm was ignited all the way, cheering everywhere. Resounding throughout the city.

The gate has been blocked by the excited-looking crowd, making it difficult to pass.

Yang Nan had a five-colored rope tied in his bun, a light veil hanging down his face, and he had just returned from outside the city with a girl and a small servant, and he was blocked at the city gate and couldn't move.

Yahuan Biyu said excitedly: "Little lady." Uncle has won the battle again! We've won the battle again, let's go home and report the good news! ”

Yang Nan didn't want to hurry through the city gate, but it was blocked and it was difficult to move an inch, she lifted the light veil and looked back to the west, the autumn rain was boundless, and she couldn't see Longyou, but she seemed to feel that Li Ang was watching her.

Out of his understanding of Li Ang, Yang Nan had expected that he would not be able to live in peace when he arrived in Longyou, but he didn't expect that in just half a year, he would ride deep into the Peerless Domain again, and he would fight a bloody battle to defend Hechuan, and now he was going to attack the stone castle again, endlessly.

When she was in Yizhou, she saw that Li Ang's whole person fell into the eyes of money, and persuaded him to say that he should be loyal to the country and make meritorious contributions......

And at this moment, all she has is infinite worry, she doesn't want him to make any contributions, she just hopes that he can be safe and come back as soon as possible.

"Get out of the way! Get out of the way! Let this little lady enter the city! ”

Suddenly, the soldiers guarding the city shouted loudly, and the people crowded in the hole in the city gate stopped doing it, and shouted one after another: "Why? Why did she let a little girl enter the city first? ”

"Like, can't we do it first?"

Liu Sanbao took a spear and drove away the crowd while scolding: "Why? Why, you ask? Just because she is Li Tanhua's wife. Li Tanhua was born and died in Longyou, even broke Tubo, and now recaptured the stone castle, if you have the ability, you can try it, get out of the way! Hear no! ”

Hearing this, Yang Nan realized that the soldiers guarding the city were opening the way for her, and suddenly became a little uncomfortable.

As soon as the crowd heard that she was Li Tanhua's wife who had not passed through the door, no one spoke back, including those noble sons who had returned from hunting, and they all stepped aside and asked Yang Nan to go first.

The originally congested city gate and street quickly gave way to a passage, and people looked at Yang Nan and congratulated her one after another.

Yang Nan enjoyed the general treatment of this princess for the first time, people's respectful eyes and enthusiastic congratulations made her, who has always been smart, not know what to say.

Li Ang is in the bloody field of Longyou, which seems to be a very distant thing, but her wife, who has not passed through the door, enjoys such preferential treatment in Chang'an, Yang Nan's heart is warm, and he even wants to cry.

She got off the horse and thanked the crowd who gave way, and people said: "The little lady tortured me and waited, Li Tanhua was born and died for the Tang Dynasty, she is my hero of the Tang Dynasty, and I should make way for the little lady." ”

"Yes, little lady, go home and report the good news!"

"Fang is the one who has no eyes to come, please forgive the little lady, the little lady will go home and report the good news!"

In the sound of people's persuasion, under the gaze of thousands of pairs of eyes, Yang Nan finished the salute, got on the horse and went home, along the way, people always took the initiative to give way to her, all the way, countless congratulatory voices came and went, so that Yang Nan's mood has been difficult to calm down, and finally returned to the front of his house, the neighbors who came to Daohe had already crowded the courtyard of the Yang family.

Her mother was greeting the people from the neighborhood, and when she saw her coming back, she greeted her with a happy face and said, "Yannu, have you heard of Longyou's good news?" My mother had already sent someone to the military department to inquire about the specific news. ”

Yang Nan nodded, she didn't know the specific situation, she only heard what the messenger who reported the victory shouted, "Li Tanhua rode through the stone fort and turned the tide of the battle, Ambassador Wang broke through Tubo with heavy troops, and annihilated 20,000 enemies ......"

Recalling this, she suddenly felt that something was wrong, and before she could say more to her mother, she immediately commanded the little maid at home: "Quick! Hurry up and go to the Shangshu Mansion of the Criminal Department, and ask Gongsun Xiaolangjun to go to the mansion immediately, go quickly! You just say I have something urgent to discuss, go quickly! ”

At the urging of Yang Nan, the little maid in the family hurriedly rushed to the Shangshu Mansion of the Criminal Department.

It didn't take long for Gongsun Jingyu to follow the Yang family's servants to the Yang Mansion, and Yang Nan asked him to lead him through the side door to the flower hall.

"Congratulations to my sister-in-law, congratulations to my sister-in-law, my eldest brother has made new contributions, great!" Gongsun Jingyu was overjoyed, and he congratulated him when he entered the door.

"Xiao Langjun doesn't have to be polite, please take a seat, I have something to say."

"Hey, sister-in-law, even if you don't want to call me second uncle, you can just call me by my name, what is the name of Xiao Langjun, won't you see .......the outside" Gongsun Yujing was halfway through speaking, only to find that Yang Nan's expression was wrong, and quickly changed his words, "Sister-in-law, nothing will happen, my eldest brother will go to Longyou, but I promised him, no matter what happens, sister-in-law, you say it." ”

Yang Nan bowed to him and said: "It's still your eldest brother's business, this time he is afraid that he will be in big trouble, the battle of the stone castle, Dong Yanguang was in command, but the messenger who reported the victory said that it was your eldest brother who broke the stone castle with a light horse and reversed the defeat, and the messenger who reported the victory will never shout, although I don't know the specific situation, but as long as your eldest brother attacks the stone castle and reverses the defeat, there will definitely be big trouble." ”

"Sister-in-law, how could it be? The stone castle was attacked by the order of the saint, my eldest brother captured the stone castle, and he should be crowned a marquis and worship the prime minister, how can there be trouble? ”

"Dong Yanguang's attack on Shibao is a move used by Li Linfu to deal with Wang Zhongsi and the crown prince, now that your eldest brother has ruined Li Linfu's good deeds, how can Li Linfu let him go?"

"Sister-in-law, my eldest brother now has a great merit in capturing the stone castle, what are you afraid of?"

Yang Nan sighed: "Now above the court, Li Linfu can be said to cover the sky with one hand, no matter how great the credit, it can't stop the malicious slander of the Manchu officials." Think about it, how many heroes have died under slander throughout the ages? ”

"Sister-in-law, what should I do?"

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In the political hall, when Li Linfu first heard about Longyou's victory, he thought that Dong Yanguang had taken the stone fort, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed.

He had already made two plans beforehand, no matter whether Dong Yanguang won or lost, he had a way to make Wang Zhongji unable to eat and walk around.

Dong Yanguang won, Wang Zhongji found a lot of reasons in advance to refuse to carry out the holy decree, and this alone is enough to ask for guilt.

Dong Yanguang is defeated, and the responsibility for the defeat can also be put on Wang Zhongsi, Dong Yanguang's impeachment of Wang Zhongsi has already been sent to Beijing, and Li Linfu can only wait for the time to come, and he can be presented to the imperial front.

However, after Li Linfu figured out the specific content of the good news, he was dumbfounded.

Judging from the good news, Dong Yanguang was indeed defeated, but Li Ang and Wang Zhongsi turned things around at the critical moment, and the victory of Shibao had nothing to do with Dong Yanguang at all.

Ren is Li Linfu tried his best, but he didn't get such a result.

For a while, Li Linfu had no countermeasures, and the emperor was extremely concerned about the Battle of Shibao, and would personally inquire about Longyou's news every day. Such an important news as the victory of the stone castle has been spread all over the city, and it is impossible to hide it from the emperor anymore.

But if it is reported like this, Wang Zhongji will not only escape the catastrophe, but even be promoted to the rank of knight, and the holy favor will be even greater.

"Leon, it's Leon again!"

Li Linfu was extremely angry and slapped the table, which frightened the little officials outside the door and made their feet weak.

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(To be continued.) )