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It's snowing, the goose-feather snow is falling in the wind, turning the world into a large white expanse, the weather is very cold, and it is close to the unitary time, the west gate of Chang'an City is deserted, although the city gate is still open, but there is no pedestrian at all, it is no wonder that at this time the snow is all over the sky, the Silk Road has not been opened, and the merchants who come and go will not take measures at this time, and even if the people of Beijing go out of the city to play, they will only choose to go down to the south of the city, or the east of the city to go to the forest garden, How could it be to wander around on such a business road with no scenery at all, the officers and soldiers who defended the city were happy to be idle, most of them gathered in the warm ear room, gossiping, and secretly drank a few sips of old wine behind the commander's back, not to mention how comfortable, of course, not all officers and soldiers can be refreshed, and Song Laosan did not have this blessing.

Luck back, what a fucking back! Listening to the laughter from the ear room not far away, Song Laosan was a little angry, but in addition to scolding himself, Song Laosan had no rut at all, who made him bad luck, and smoked a bad lot, at the moment when such a big guy was happy, he Song Laosan could only carry a spear to patrol outside the city gate that was so deserted that there was not even a single bird feather, if it was just a patrol, the snow and wind were stronger at this time, and the violent north wind swept the goose feather-like snowflakes on the body, and it was faintly painful, Rao is Song Laosan is wearing a thick cotton jacket, but he can't stand the invasion of the cold, he was shivering from the cold, but he had nowhere to hide, so he could only scold and scold in the snow and keep stomping his feet to get some warmth, fortunately, the time to close the city gate is approaching, Song Laosan's uneven psychology finally has some comfort, so while calculating the hour, he thought about the value, should go to that stall to extinguish the fire, to go to the bad luck.

"Huh? Who? Hold it! Just when Song Laosan was thinking nonsense, he suddenly heard a faint sound of horses' hooves in the distance, and immediately became alert, staring at it, but because of the heavy snow, he saw nothing, and when he heard the sound of horses' hooves getting closer, Song Laosan immediately put the spear in his hand and hoed loudly.

Maybe it was Song Laosan's shouting that played a role, the person who came reined in the horse, and slowly emerged from the heavy snow - the person who came was dressed in black, riding a black high-headed horse, the horse looked like a famous horse outside the gate, this person was very burly, sitting on the horse, steady, there was a faint kind of imposing momentum, wearing a veil on the head, he couldn't see the face clearly, but just looking at the calm posture, you can know that the person who came was not an ordinary person.

Song Laosan guarded the city gate for a long time, and his eyesight was naturally good, when he saw that the person who came was extraordinary, he didn't dare to be presumptuous, and received the spear that had been raised in his hand to his side, and when he was hesitating how to ask, he heard the man open his mouth first, and asked in a hoarse voice: "Master Jun, is this Chang'an?" ”

"Yes, this is Chang'an City!" Song Laosan responded proudly, tilted his head, looked at the person carefully, and suddenly found a big black iron gun resting on the side of the saddle, and his heart moved, so he asked with a smile: "Are you here to take the exam?" Oh, it's very early, it's not the Lantern Festival, it's more than two months away from Dabi, but what, Bill arrived early, and the civil and military moves are not old or young, if you don't know the situation, you suggest that you live in the Hongyun Inn, where it is full of people who are rushing to take the exam, there are many people, lively! ”

The knight on the horse didn't seem to pay attention to listen to Song Laosan's nagging at all, and reached out to take off the hat on his head, revealing a young face, which looked heroic and extraordinary, but it was a pity that a narrow wound on the right side of his face looked a little hideous, but for the military clan, the scar was a medal, at least Song Laosan didn't think this scar was terrible, but felt that this scar added a lot of color to the knight.

"Chang'an, Chang'an, so-and-so has finally arrived." The knight couldn't see Song Laosan's admiring gaze at all, and his eyes were staring at the two huge seal script characters "Chang'an" on the tower of the West Gate City, and he muttered in his mouth, and tears slowly came out of the corners of his eyes.

People who have just arrived in Chang'an, there are almost no people who are not out of shape, this Song Laosan, who has been guarding the city gate for a long time, has long been surprised, at this time he saw that the people were inexplicably excited, and he just shrugged his shoulders, and did not say anything, and after letting the comer sigh for a while, he stretched out his hand and said: "Road? ”

"Oh, I'm sorry." The black-clothed knight was awakened by Song Laosan from his reverie, smiled apologetically, took out a small cloth bag from his arms, leaned over and handed it to Song Laosan.

"Li Wanquan? Camel bell caravan guards? Song Laosan opened the small cloth bag, took out an official document covered with a big seal, only glanced at it, and was a little stunned when he landed - there are countless caravans coming and going to Beijing, and the most famous is naturally the "Yan Ji Firm", as for other big caravans, such as "Liu Ji", "Du Ji" and so on are also very famous, these big caravans set off from Chang'an every year There are thirty or forty teams, and this "camel bell caravan" obviously belongs to the small caravan that does not enter the stream, with the bearing of this black-clothed knight, turned out to be just an unknown guard of a small caravan, and this kind of strange thing can't help but Song Laosan is not puzzled.

"Yes, a certain is a foreigner, just hired as a guard, because there is an urgent matter at home delayed, I couldn't catch up, here is to meet the brigade in Chang'an for the winter, I don't know what the military master can say?" The black knight did not dismount, but bowed down on the horse, clasped his hands into fists, and explained very politely.

"I said, it turned out to be from outside the Guan, no wonder the accent sounds a little weird, tsk, it's good outside the Guan, but now it's booming, hehe, it's all the country that the prince laid down at the beginning, since you are from outside the Guan, have you ever seen the demeanor of His Royal Highness the Prince?" Song Laosan suddenly laughed like a realization, slapped his thigh, and a series of words erupted.

"Prince? Oh, I've seen, I've seen, hehe, amazing majesty! A gleam flashed in the black knight's eyes, his face twitched a few times, and he replied hoarsely.

"Ha, then you are really blessed, tsk, we are guarding this Chang'an City in vain, but we have never seen His Royal Highness the Crown Prince once, tsk, regret, alas, I didn't see His Royal Highness the Prince, we have no strength at all as a soldier......" Song Laosan talked about the prince Li Zhen, and he came to the spiritual head, and the words were endlessly ripped out.

"This military master, the hour is not early, I still have to find a team, you see......" The black-clothed knight was a little impatient, and hugged his fists a little stiffly, interrupting Song Laosan's nonsense.

"That's it, that's it, you can go into the city." Song Laosan was interrupted to talk, and he was a little unhappy, but what he said was also right, so he had no choice but to return the small cloth bag to the black-clothed knight, and said to himself: "If you are free, you can come to us and tell us about the miracles outside the gate of His Royal Highness the Prince, hey, let's treat you." ”

"I'm tired." The black-clothed knight stretched out his hand to take the small cloth bag handed back by Song Laosan, still put it back in his arms, hugged his fists, said thank you, and rushed into the city gate hole, and soon disappeared into the streets and alleys of the capital division.

"Song Laosan, where did the previous person come from?" Song Laosan had just sent off the black-clothed knight, and was thinking that he would be able to get off duty in a few moments, when there was a sudden sound of interruption from behind, which shocked Song Laosan and almost fell to the ground one by one, and when he looked back, it was his own boss Huangfu who was high, so he hurriedly stepped forward, bowed and replied: "General Yu, it is a caravan guard, an outsider, who said that he came to Beijing to meet the caravan." ”

"Caravan guards? Which caravan? "Huang Fu Gao was patrolling the city gate tower before, just saw the black-clothed knight rushing out of the city gate hole, with Huang Fu Gao's eyesight, he could see that this person was extraordinary, especially after noticing that the person who came had a strong killing aura, his heart immediately became suspicious - such a snowy hour, a black-clothed knight with extraordinary bearing rushed to Chang'an, God knows what the problem is, so he went down the city gate tower and came to ask what happened.

"Ah, look at the road, it's a ...... called 'Camel Bell Caravan'" Song Laosan didn't know why, but he still replied honestly.

'What?' Camel bell caravan'? Have you ever looked closely? Huangfu Gao was taken aback, waved his hand, interrupted Song Laosan's words, and broke off.

As soon as he saw Huangfu Gao behaving like this, Song Laosan was stunned, scratched his head suspiciously, and said: "Yes, there is no problem with that road, it is clearly written 'camel bell caravan' Li Wanquan." ”

"Bastard! You, that guy is a spy! Damn, I'll settle accounts with you later! Huangfu kicked Song Laosan angrily, no longer looked at Song Laosan, rushed into the city gate hole, led a war horse, led a few guards and rushed into the city, leaving Song Laosan at a loss to sit in the snow and scream......

Time flies, in a blink of an eye, half a year has passed, since the old man set up a bureau to test the reaction of the princes, there has been no other movement, but he has never appointed government affairs to Li Zhen, so Li Zhen, who has no errands and nowhere to go, can only stay in the East Palace and mess with his wives and concubines, fortunately, there are many children at home, and it is quite interesting to tease, but he is not very idle, after teasing this, teasing that, he is very busy, and it is rare to enjoy the joy of family, especially for his daughter, Every day, I have to spend a few hours with the side, I am really afraid of melting in my mouth, and I am afraid of falling in the palm of my hand, no, the snow is big today, Li Zhen is too lazy to go out, and after going to the palace early in the morning to ask the old man for peace, he slipped back to the East Palace, and no visitors were seen, and he was accompanying several wives and concubines to live a happy life, and he was teasing the little princess of Anning at this time.

"Yaya, come and laugh one, laugh again, and go back to Daddy to take you to the play." Li Zhen held the little princess An Ning in her arms, shook it gently, squeezed her eyebrows and coaxed, with that proud look, Princess Mingyue couldn't help but cover her mouth and smile.

The little princess Anle looks like Princess Mingyue, with snow-white skin and big eyes, the only difference is that Princess Anle's hair is black, her eyes are also black, her high/straight nose bridge, and her pointed chin are a beautiful fetus at first glance, but the personality of the little guy is not like Princess Mingyue at all, but it is somewhat similar to the noisy Salanyini, who was teased by Li Zhenyi at this time, although she didn't understand what Li Zhen's father was chirping there, but she laughed and giggled, as if she was singing and harmonizing with Li Zhen, Li Zhen smiled so much that her mouth was almost crooked.

As soon as the father and daughter made a fuss, it was over, and the third Li Kangke, who was originally lying quietly in Princess Mingyue's arms, was not happy, squinted at Li Zhen with squinted eyes, glanced at his mouth, and cried loudly with a "wow", although the sound was not as earth-shattering as the original boss Li Chun, but it was also very angry, and when she cried so much, she couldn't even persuade Princess Mingyue.

Yes, I praised my sister, my brother quit, obediently, why is this kid so virtuous every time. Li Zhen didn't say that she always spoiled the little princess Anle, but complained that Xiao Li dared to come, but why, complaining is complaining, her son is crying, you have to coax it, right? Helpless, Li Zhen had no choice but to hand over the little princess Anle to Princess Mingyue, held Xiao Li Dang with both hands, raised it high above his head, and coaxed with a smile: "Boy, go back and your father will teach you to ride a horse, man, don't shed tears." ”

Xiao Li dare to know what Li Zhen is nagging, this cold is lifted so high, be careful how to eat the liver, not only did not stop crying, but cried a little harder, making Li Zhen extremely faceless, just thinking about coaxing a few more words, but saw Wang Binghe walking in lightly, this stopped coaxing, and handed Xiao Li Dang, who was crying endlessly, into the arms of the nurse, looked at Wang Binghe and said, "What's the matter?" ”

"Your Royal Highness, the Ximen guard will ask for a meeting outside the palace, saying that there is something important to report." Wang Binghe cautiously approached, bowed down, and reported in a low voice.

"Oh?" As soon as Li Zhen heard that it was Huangfu Gao who came to ask for a meeting, he was stunned for a moment, frowned and thought for a while: "Announce him to the Xiande Hall to meet him." ”

"Yes." Wang Binghe replied respectfully, withdrew from the room, and went to the palace gate to summon the emperor Fu Gao without mentioning it.

"Xiao Yue'er, go back to the palace, you don't have to wait for the palace for dinner, you can use it yourself." Li Zhen nodded at Princess Mingyue, and after giving a command, she stroked Princess Anle's little face lovingly, and then walked out of the door and hurriedly walked towards the Xiande Palace......

Strictly speaking, Huangfu Gao is not a member of Li Zhen's lineage, the reason why he can get close to Li Zhen is that in addition to the fact that he is the descendant of the Jingzhao Huangfu family, but also because Huangfu Gao owes Li Zhen a great favor - the Huangfu family is a Jiangmen family, but compared to the era of Huangfu Song at the end of the Han Dynasty, it is already decaying, both financial resources and county prestige can only be regarded as a second-rate family in Jingzhao, although the family is still passable, but it is also quite difficult to support the scene of the big family. A few years ago, after Li Zhen pacified the Western Regions, the Silk Road was immediately unimpeded and helpless, the major families in Beijing have invested in the operation of the Silk Road, the Huangfu family is weak, and can only join hands with others, basically the Huangfu family has connections, relationships, businessmen take money to invest, and set up a small-scale caravan - camel bell caravan, tossed for a year and a half, but also made a good profit, but unfortunately there are unforeseen circumstances, at the beginning of September last year, when the caravan returned from the Western Regions, it was robbed by a sand thief, and the people died and the goods were lost. This kind of blow made the Huangfu family red-eyed, seeing that the New Year was approaching, and the days without dividends would be sad, so they had to ask Li Zhen's head, counting on Li Zhen's ability to order the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate to come forward to suppress the bandits, originally with the idea of a dead horse being a live horse doctor, but he didn't expect Li Zhen to give an order, and in less than half a month's work, he really suppressed the small sand thieves, and rescued all the money and property lost by the "camel bell caravan", and sent a special trip to escort the master of the "Yanji Firm" back to Beijing. It can be regarded as a great favor to the Huangfu family, so the Huangfu family secretly threw themselves on Li Zhen's side, which can be regarded as the peripheral people of the East Palace.

Huangfu's family is doing business is a dry stock, this matter is not good to publicize to the outside world, and it is a shameful thing to be robbed of goods, whether it is Huangfu's family or Huangfu Gao is not embarrassed to talk about this matter to outsiders, this time I heard that someone actually came to Beijing with the road of "camel bell caravan", Huangfu Gao knew that the identity of the person who came was definitely problematic, and then thought of the black-clothed knight's bearing, Huangfu Gao could already be sure that this person was definitely Xibei goods, although he immediately led people into the city, but unfortunately it was delayed for a long time, In addition, the snow was falling too much, how could it be possible to find someone in the huge Chang'an City, and in a daze, I had to go to the East Palace to find Li Zhen to report the situation in person.

"The last general, Emperor Fu Gao, see His Royal Highness." The emperor on duty today was dressed in neat armor, and when he saw Li Zhen turning out of the apse, he immediately gave a military salute respectfully and shouted for peace.

"General Huangfu doesn't have to be polite." Li Zhen smiled and raised his hand, motioned to Huangfu to stand tall, strode closer, and said with a smile: "What, is General Huangfu on duty today?" ”

"Back to His Royal Highness, the last general happened to be on duty today, just half an hour ago, there was a black-clothed knight holding the road of the 'camel bell business', pretending to be a caravan guard Li Wanquan had already mixed into the city, the last general intercepted a step late, told this guy to get away, please punish His Highness." Huangfu Gao knew that today's events were very strange, so he didn't dare to be polite, so he bowed and hurriedly explained.

What the? Camel bell caravan Li Wanquan? When Li Zhen heard this, his heart was beating wildly - Li Zhen had personally inquired about the total destruction of the "Camel Bell Caravan", and he knew that the "Camel Bell Caravan" had already been wiped out, and he also knew who did it, and he also knew that the person who came to Beijing to do something, although Li Zhen's face was still plain at this time, but his heart turned waves, and after a deep groan, he said very calmly: "This palace knows about this matter, and General Lao Huangfu has come to pass the ceremony, and it is not early. General Huangfu should go back and rest earlier. ”

Huangfu Gao saw that Li Zhen did not blame himself, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and when he heard that Li Zhen had issued an eviction order, he didn't dare to delay more, and bowed down and said, "The last general will retire." As soon as the words fell, he withdrew from the main hall and returned to the house without mentioning it.

Damn, this haunting dog thief is still here at the bottom, hey, enough seeds! Li Zhen's heart burst into flames, paced back and forth in the empty hall for a few steps, stopped suddenly, raised his voice and said: "Come on, Chuan Yan Eighteen, Ying Da, and Gao Heng will come to see you immediately!" ”

Li Zhen's voice was already full of anger, and Wang Binghe, the chief eunuch who had been waiting outside the palace, was taken aback, and hurriedly answered, leading the little eunuch to hurriedly go to the outer palace guard to call someone......

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