Chang'an Palace.

Cheng Chan was dressed in a hunting suit, with gauntlets on his hands, and was training an eagle in the hunting garden.

"Your Highness, how are you ......?"

When Changping Jun walked into Cheng Chan, he didn't pay much attention to it at first, but the eagle standing on the stake saw it approaching, and suddenly spread its wings, which were two meters long, and flew down on Cheng Chan's gauntlet.

Changping Jun subconsciously avoided it, and after taking a closer look, he found that this eagle was a little unusual.

The feathers are shiny, the beak is thick and long, the whole body is gray, and the eyes are shiny, although they have been tamed, but the fierce color has not subsided.

"What kind of eagle is this, why is it so big?"

Cheng Chan loved it very much, and with a wave of his hand, he saw it spread its wings, suddenly flew up, and soared in the sky.

"Recently, a caravan came to Xianyang, and the goods came from Donghu. This eagle was brought by them, and it was called Hai Dongqing. ”

"It's rare to see such a handsome eagle!"

Changping Jun sighed, even if he was not good at hunting, he knew the extraordinaryness of this eagle.

"I heard from the people in the caravan that in order to capture this Hai Dongqing, the Donghu tribe that traded with them died a lot. It cost me 3,000 gold to buy it. ”

Three thousand gold, which is not a small amount.

It's just that Cheng Chan didn't care, looked at the sky, and lowered his head again.

"The people in the caravan said that although this eagle is a cub, it is also fierce, it is a master falconer, and it will take at least two months to tame it, but it only took me half a month."

Changping Jun knew in his heart, no wonder he couldn't see any trace of Cheng Chan these days, it turned out that he was busy with this matter.

Cheng Chan is brave and healthy, and he has been like this since he was a child. For field hunting, he also has an extraordinary hobby.

Changping Jun arched his hand slightly and said.

"Your Highness, Empress Dowager Xia's condition is getting worse at this moment, why do you still have the heart to be busy with this?"

Cheng Chan glanced at it, with a hint of a smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Strong and strong, and a minion. No matter how chaotic this world is, the truth remains the same, people and eagles are the same, does Changping Jun think so? ”

"Your Highness."

If Empress Dowager Xia dies of illness, the power of her relatives who are dependent on her in the Qin State will have no support, and the decline in power is also expected. But these people, like some of the clans of the Qin State, were staunch supporters of Cheng Chan.

Qin had a system of twenty-rank military merit titles, and the feudal monarch was only a supplement to this system.

But Chang'anjun is different, although he and Changping Jun are both feudal kings of Qin, but his jurisdiction is Chang'an and rich, only a water away from the royal capital Xianyang, and there are many people and private soldiers under his command.

And in Xianyang, there are also a large number of courtiers and generals in the army who support him.

For a long time, the situation in Xianyang has been complicated, and the forces of Lü Buwei and Zhao Ji and the forces of Chang'an Jun and Empress Dowager Xia can be described as the same situation, fighting openly and secretly.

"Grandmother is seriously ill, I should go and visit, but now is not the time."

"Now the people of Xianyang are panicking, if His Royal Highness doesn't go back to stabilize people's hearts, I'm afraid that he will be taken advantage of by Lu Buwei."

Changping Jun didn't understand what was more important than this.

At that time, Lü Buwei suddenly rose and broke the balance of power within the Qin State, and I don't know how much resentment he provoked.

Changping Jun did not deal with Lü Buwei, and was very close to Cheng Chan, but he was not attached to him, and he was considered an ally.

Cheng Chan stretched his arms, and Changping Jun saw Cheng Chan's two attendants carrying over a longbow.

"Uncle Cousin saw that his grandmother was seriously ill, and Lu Buwei and Zhao Ji would inevitably make waves. But I don't see, between them, there is no monolith now. Zhao Ji went to Yong, there are a lot of articles in it! ”

The adult toad stretched out his longbow, his arms full, and the strings were like a full moon. An arrow was shot, and Changping Jun only heard an eagle roar in his ears, and Hai Dongqing, who was originally soaring, was killed by an arrow from Cheng Chan, and fell from the sky in an instant.

Changping Jun was surprised by Cheng Chan's courage at the same time, and he was very surprised.

"Your Highness, what are you doing?"

"Five days ago, when Benjun tamed this Hai Dongqing, he was very satisfied. But he wasn't happy for long, and Benjun thought of a question, so he couldn't be happy. ”

Cheng Chan threw the longbow in his hand, and the two attendants took it and took a few steps back before they could stop the momentum.

"This monarch tamed it, and a group of attendants and subordinates praised the bravery. Of course, there is something special about it. ”

Cheng Chan smiled, although he was boasting, but there was no arrogance on his face.

"But the person who can bring this Hai Dongqing to Benjun and let Benjun tame him, isn't his ability even higher?"

Cheng Chan and Changping Jun walked on the path of the hunting garden, followed by a large number of attendants.

"Thinking of this, when Benjun looks at this eagle again, the more he looks at it, the less he likes it used to be."

"Merchants are seeking profits, even thousands of mountains and rivers will compete to come, why should Your Highness worry too much?"

"That's true, but Benjun checked the classics and pictures, the place where Donghu lives, the ice and snow, so far, how many miles? Such a long distance, but to be able to bring the goods back to Xianyang safely, this ability can not be underestimated. ”

Speaking of this, Chang Anjun stopped and looked at Changping Jun.

"So, Benjun sent ten of his most powerful men to secretly track down this caravan, but Uncle Cousin knows what the result is?"

"No one returned. Three days ago, the last news came back about the situation in the land where they were shang. After that, it was gone. ”

Business?

Hearing this place name, Changping Jun felt different, but a smile appeared on his face.

"Your Highness thinks there is something wrong with this caravan, why don't you go to Pinghuai Ling to check it out?"

"Benjun sent someone to check, the caravan is a time-honored shop in Xianyang City, and a commission was given, and all the procedures are complete, there is no problem, but I can't find out who is behind this?"

"This ......."

Changping Jun knows very well that in the Qin State, there are not many people who can do this! Changpingjun suddenly remembered the stern admonition of the Empress Dowager Huayang not long ago.

At this moment, a fast horse came galloping in the distance, and before he could get close, the man on the horse dismounted and stumbled over.

"The lower official knocks to see the king!"

Those who come cowered and could not help themselves.

"Lord County, it doesn't have to be like this?"

Chang Anjun's words made the comer dare not raise his head.

"This gentleman summoned the county lord to come, but there is one thing I want to ask. A few days ago, several of Benjun's subordinates passed through the jurisdiction of the county lord, but they disappeared, I don't know what happened? ”

"It's... Xiaguan... I really don't know. ”

Cheng Chan smiled, pulled out his saber, and gently placed it on his shoulder, and the other party trembled with fright.

"The county is the head of a county, how can he not know?"

"Xia Guan really doesn't know!"

Seeing this, Cheng Chan put away his sword, squatted down, and patted the dust on the shoulder of the county magistrate.

"Don't be nervous, I just want to ask the county lord's jurisdiction, what's unusual recently?"

"There is nothing abnormal, a few days ago, the people of the Yin and Yang family were chasing a gangster, and a few days ago, Pavilion Chief Zhao asked for leave and has not returned. A few days ago, there were a few ......."

The territory under his jurisdiction is calm, and the county order really can't figure it out, so he can only report some trivial things that have happened recently.

"Pavilion Chief Zhao?"

"Ahh It is a noble son from Xianyang, Zhao Dabao. ”

The county magistrate usually hears that a group of bandits and errands call him the first evil arrest in Guanzhong, and I remember this Zhao Ting's long character Dabao.

It spread, shouted well, what his name was, recorded in the case file, the county order was frightened, but he couldn't remember it for a while, so he didn't dare to say more.

Zhao Shuang!

There was no superfluous expression on Cheng Chan's face, but Changpingjun suddenly remembered the name, but there were turbulent waves in his heart.