Tongguan is located on the bank of the Yellow River, which is now the gateway to Guanzhong, and the necessary place from Chang'an to Luoyang.

However, during this time period, Tongguan Avenue was temporarily blocked, and the merchants were temporarily blocked by the soldiers stationed there, unable to pass. I saw a team of soldiers and horses escorting several carts and horses past.

In front is a carriage closed on all sides, and directly behind is a prisoner cart, and the people in the carriage are wearing disheveled hair and sloppy images. Passers-by pointed at each other, thinking that these people didn't know what crime they had committed.

The carriage in front of it was tightly sealed, and I don't know who was inside? Anyway, they must be very important people, because if they get closer, the soldiers will drive them away with a fierce attitude, and their attitude is extremely tough.

This group of people was led by Liu Dewei, the secretary of the Criminal Department, who escorted Li You and Yin Hongzhi from Luoyang. After arriving in Luoyang from Qizhou, Li You became ill, and the imperial court decree he received at that time was that Li You was the main culprit in the rebellion case, and the stakes were very important, and there could be no mistakes before the interrogation, so he still had to be cured if he was sick.

The emperor's will must be obeyed regardless of whether it is justified or not, Liu Dewei had to stop in Luoyang, obviously the main culprit of the rebellion, Li You still enjoyed the treatment of the prince, was placed under house arrest in Luoyang Palace to receive treatment from the imperial doctor, and then recuperated for more than a month. It wasn't until before the Shangyuan Festival that he set off again and went to Chang'an again.

Liu Dewei, the secretary of the Criminal Department, had some grievances in this matter, and was forced to stay in Luoyang for a long time, and he didn't even have the opportunity to reunite with his family during the Chinese New Year.

But it's nothing, the important thing is to be frightened, and he has always held a rebellious prince in his hand, a criminal like a time bomb, the risk is very high, and he is very nervous every day. Fortunately, he was finally able to set off again, especially after passing Tongguan, Liu Dewei finally breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as you return to Chang'an, hand over the criminals to Dali Temple. Just give the emperor a mission, and you will be able to breathe a sigh of relief. However, before that, the road from Luoyang to Chang'an was cautious. Those who travel a hundred miles are half ninety, and they can't have problems at the last moment.

But fortunately, it has already passed Tongguan and entered the land of Guanzhong Wangji, and the security environment is quite better, so there should be no big problem. Although he still didn't dare to take it lightly, Andy Lau couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief temporarily.

But what he never expected was that after Tongguan, he walked on the south bank of the Wei River, only a day or two away from Chang'an. Something happened.

Because of a slight delay on the way, the team could not enter Huayin County before dark, so they had to stay overnight by the Wei River outside the city. Because Datang has strict city management regulations, the city gate cannot be easily opened after sunset.

I didn't expect that there would be a delay in advance, and there was no relevant will and coordination at will, even if Liu Dewei was the secretary of the criminal department, escorting the imperial court, the former prince could not open the gate of Huayin County.

In desperation, they had no choice but to spend the night in a small village outside the city. Camped. The officials and soldiers stayed overnight, and the small people in the village did not dare to slack off, if it had been placed more than 20 years ago, it would have been a catastrophe, and there were soldiers looting when there was chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty.

After the founding of the Tang Dynasty, this kind of thing was much less. Nowadays, this kind of thing rarely happens with strict military discipline, but Li Zheng, who has a tragic memory, still does not dare to slack off, and politely entertains these soldiers, especially the big names among them.

When an official in a purple robe was seen appearing. Li Zheng was slightly surprised, he knew that only officials above the third grade in Datang were qualified to wear purple robes, so at least this one in front of him was a scholar.

For little Lizheng. It's just an unimaginable existence, where can I dare to have the slightest slackness, so I deliberately gave up my relatively "luxurious" courtyard.

But to Li Zheng's surprise, the purple-robed official did not stay in the main room that he specially asked his mother-in-law to clean up, and gave it to a young man who was silent and low and was closely watched.

It's weird, this young man looks like a prisoner, but why should a prisoner live in a better house than a purple-robed official? It's weird.

Li Zheng was full of strangeness, and he was driven out of the courtyard by the soldiers before he had a chance to understand, and when he saw that there were soldiers patrolling outside, he avoided it with interest.

Li Zheng didn't think much about it, just regarded it as an ordinary overnight stay, since there were Sanpin masters, there should be at least polite rules, and they wouldn't be as bad as those soldiers did twenty years ago. So Li Zheng felt that he could find a place to sleep peacefully, and come together tomorrow morning to see these dignitaries leave.

The good thing was that they didn't need to prepare anything of their own, and they would have sent some food to them, but the soldiers refused. This is a bit of a surprise, but it's also a good thing, the whole village only needs to borrow a few houses temporarily, and nothing else needs to be bothered.

But in the middle of the night, something happened......

Around the time of the Shangyuan Dynasty, on the occasion of the full moon, under the cold and bright moonlight, I saw a group of black-clothed people wandering in the field and quickly sneaking into the village.

By the time the patrolling soldiers noticed the anomaly, the men in black had already entered the village, and the sound of weapon striking and shouting sounded almost at the same time. Li Zheng stood at the window and saw the sky-high fire outside, and under the light of the fire, he saw a man in black fighting fiercely with the soldiers of the government.

What kind of good thing can a man in black who dares to do something with the soldiers of the government? Years of life experience tell Rizheng that the village has suffered another disaster.

It's up to the soldiers to cope with those men in black, otherwise the small village doesn't know what fate will be? As for helping or something, he didn't have that mind, the three-legged cat kung fu of the crop man was just a one-in-one, and he didn't know how to die. Li Zheng quietly hid in the corner, secretly praying in his heart that the young people in the village would not be reckless, and hoped that the women and children would be safe.

But......

If the soldiers of the imperial court, especially the purple-robed official, had three longs and two shorts, how could the government forgive them? Alas, it seems that there will be a disaster for the soldiers to enter the village, just like back then!

While Li Zheng sighed, Liu Dewei ran over 10,000 grass and mud horses in his heart, and saw that he had arrived in Huayin, which was not far from Chang'an. The land of Guanzhong Wangji is supposed to be very safe, but I didn't think that someone would do it here, attack the imperial court, and attack a rebellious prince.

Yes, Liu Dewei has affirmed that these people are coming for Li You and Yin Hongzhi. Standing here in a purple robe, there was no one in black who cared about him, and he didn't mean to do anything to himself.

Instead, they rushed directly into the courtyard, obviously these people had figured out the situation, and seemed to be bent on putting Li You and Yin Hong, the two masterminds of the rebellion, to death! (To be continued.) )