The murderer was caught, and the entire Chang'an city breathed a sigh of relief, there were no villains, Chang'an was the Chang'an again, the prosperous times were peaceful, and the night market was prosperous.

Qiao Ran stretched out her arms and tried the first batch of clothes that Hongdou had brought out with people.

"It's a good fit." Qiao Ran said and turned around in front of the red beans and said, "It's just right." ”

Clinker Hongdou snorted coldly when he heard this, and then rolled his eyes disapprenorantly, pointed to the mother and daughter of Second Mrs. Fang who were sitting on the kang next to her and learned to embroider purses, and said, "The belt is sewn by them, I'm afraid that something will go wrong." ”

As soon as these words came out, Fang Xiuting was suddenly unhappy, she snorted: "My mother and I have sewn several layers!" ”

"That's why it's so ugly." Hongdou said and dragged the belt in his hand, and said with a look of disgust, "Look at what you sew, I don't know what kind of broken thing it is!" ”

Pei Qingqing, who was watching this scene of mutual dislike, rolled her eyes: they are used to watching it, they are like this every time, it is really boring and naïve.

Qiao Ran smiled and shook her head, then walked out of the door in her newly made clothes. Today is her rest day, but unlike the previous rest days, she didn't go out today.

It is always said that it is almost winter, and now it is really going to be winter. Fine, dense snow particles fall from the sky to the ground.

This is probably the so-called Ruixue Mega Year? Qiao Ran quietly watched the falling snowflakes one after another.

These days, there is nothing to do in the city, and even the Dali Temple has not received any news of any cases for several days, except for the backlog of unfinished old cases.

This is of course a good thing, after all, the world can only be peaceful in the world! Qiao Ran lowered her eyes: But there are some things...... It's time to come, too!

Her hunch never missed.

……

The snowy Chang'an City is not as lively as it used to be, except for the occasional pedestrians on the streets, the vendors on both sides of the street are also nestled in their shops, looking out of the door with their sleeves up.

As soon as the weather is cold, people become lazy and don't want to move.

A fast horse appeared on the streets of Chang'an City in the snow. It moved quickly, but even so, it surprised the crowd of pedestrians and vendors who caught a glimpse of it, and they either stopped or stepped out of the shop to look this way.

It's not surprising that there are fast horses traveling in Chang'an City, after all, this is Chang'an City, the world is so big, where else can it be more prosperous than Chang'an City? It's no wonder that Maxima who travels thousands of miles a day has seen a lot.

What really surprised the crowd of pedestrians and vendors was the man sitting on the horse, drooping his head and running forward as if he was drunk.

Why do you say that you are drunk? Because the man in the order robe had an arrow stuck in his back, probably not long after the arrow, and so rushed all the way, the blood almost flowed down the fast horse.

It was both shocking and frightened.

"Stop it!" One of the people murmured, "Look at the man who is dying." ”

It's just that the Maxima running like this is not something that anyone dares to stop, how dare ordinary people run to the Maxima to send them to death?

But in the end, it was Chang'an City, running all the way like this, after all, someone stood up, and a team of soldiers and horses from the Five Cities who were chasing after him hurriedly shook the rope in his hand and turned around a few times before slamming towards the envoy.

At the sound of an exclamation from the passers-by, the rope lassoed the envoy and quickly pulled him off his horse.

"Let's see how it goes!" The soldiers and horses of the five cities who rushed over turned over and dismounted, and ran over through the crowd.

There seemed to be a doctor practicing medicine among the onlookers, and when he saw that Ling Ling tilted his head and didn't move, even if he said "not good", he didn't care about anything else, so he squatted down and probed his pulse.

"No more." After just probing, the doctor withdrew his hand, and then shook his head again and again, "This arrow goes straight to the central vein, and the gods can't save it!" ”

"It's an arrow outside the city." The soldiers and horses of the five cities who rushed over couldn't help but shake their heads when they looked at the lying envoy, and then waved their hands to drive the onlookers away, "Don't look at it, don't look at it, don't run out if you have nothing to do, don't think that if a murderer catches this world, it will be really peaceful, and the murderer can't be caught." ”

There are always people who become murderers for various reasons, so they are needed.

The people sighed and dispersed, after all, everyone is willing to die, and the official is not rough and reasonable. After the people were swept away, several officials from the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division took the dead envoy in the direction of the imperial city.

An envoy died inexplicably outside Chang'an City, which is equivalent to bullying the eyes of the Son of Heaven, and it is naturally not a trivial matter. Of course, it is not their turn to worry about such a big thing, and they have their own people to worry about.

……

In the early winter, a cold wind rolled up in the imperial city, and the snow flakes on the imperial city road were blown by the wind like butterflies, but in the end they were trampled underfoot.

On the palace road, several old men looked solemn and hurriedly walked into the imperial study where His Majesty was.

A warm charcoal basin was also raised in the imperial study, but instead of making people feel comfortable, this warmth made people feel palpitating because of the sudden cold and heat. However, this discomfort was only instantaneous, and several old men leaned down to salute the Son of Heaven who was sitting there and got up.

On the carpet in front of him was a man, an envoy who had already drooped his head and swallowed his breath. The placket of his chest was stained red with blood, and a white feather arrow lay on the ground beside him.

"The news brought back by the envoy is that General Gu and Lord Zhao were assassinated on Shanxi Road," the empress slowly got up, looked at the old men with different expressions in front of her, and said, "People were attacked outside the city. The other party should be a sharpshooter, and there is no one to see within a hundred paces of him. ”

Several old men looked solemn when they heard this.

After a while, an old man spoke: "It's all ...... Is it arrogant like this? ”

"Taiwei Xie is right," the empress glanced at the old man with a solemn look in her eyes, and said, "Dare to make a move near Chang'an City, it can be seen that she regards the Great Chu Imperial Court as if it were a void." ”

"So the matter of Shanxi Road is at a loss, and it can't be delayed any longer," the empress said and paused for a moment, swept the faces of the old men in front of her, and after a while, she spoke, "I deliberately sent Bai Zhijun and others to set off for Shanxi Road with five thousand elite soldiers, what do you think?" ”

At present, there is no shortage of soldiers and horses on Shanxi Road, first there are soldiers and horses brought by Zhou Shilin, and there are people brought by General Gu before, and it is only General Gu and Lord Zhao who brought people to the accident. At such a time, another 5,000 elite soldiers were dispatched, which shows that the empress attaches great importance to this.

How many people dare to question the words of the Son of Heaven? Not to mention that there is no need to question this matter in the first place.

Several old men immediately bowed their heads: "Your Majesty Shengming! ”

So the matter was settled, and after a few old men retreated, the palace people who had been waiting outside walked into the hall, carried the dead envoy down, and changed the carpet and incense.

The empress who was sitting upright looked at the busy palace people and didn't speak for a while, only when the palace people cleaned up all the things in front of them and were about to retreat, she suddenly spoke: "Call Zhang Jie, I have something to ask him." ”

As a Yin and Yang Heavenly Master who is deeply valued by His Majesty, sometimes His Majesty summons him even more than the Great Heavenly Master himself, and the palace people have long been surprised.

Zhang Jie, who was rumored, did not let His Majesty wait for a long time, and soon stepped in from outside the hall, and then leaned over to salute.

"Get up!" The empress, who was sitting behind the table and reading the recital, didn't raise her head, but looked at the holy decree she had just written in her hand, and suddenly smiled, "This Shanxi Road is very dangerous, have you really thought about it?" ”

Zhang Xie replied in a low voice.

"I'm probably too old to understand you young people." The empress looked at the holy decree in her hand and suddenly sighed in a low voice, "Since you like this girl, how can you want her to go to Shanxi Road?" ”

Especially the current Shanxi Road is not an ordinary place.

"She's not afraid." Zhang Xie paused for a moment, and then said, "And what she wants to do must be approved by His Majesty before she can do it." ”

Now the two ends of the scale, one end is the two clans that can be used as a balance of chess pieces, and these two clans have also cultivated a divine doctor who can live and die human flesh and bones, and the chips at this end are so heavy, at least now a smart Dali Temple female official has no capital to compete with it.

Therefore, a trip to Shanxi Road is a crucial bargaining chip.

"In that case," the empress raised her eyes and looked at the young man in front of her for a moment, and said, "If this matter of Shanxi Road is done, I will no longer interfere in your marriage." ”

It was what he had always wanted, but she didn't let go until today.

Sure enough, under this sentence, the young man in front of him breathed a sigh of relief.

The empress looked at the relieved young man in front of her, and suddenly sighed, as if she sighed: "I really don't understand this kind of thing." "Born in the emperor's family, she was also a prisoner of the lower ranks when she was young, and the emperor was out of reach for her. But along the way, she stubbornly turned it from impossible to possible, until now the position under her has become the most important thing in her life. Therefore, she really doesn't understand Zhang Xie and giving up a shortcut for the sake of a child's personal relationship and finding another way.

"She's fine," probably finally got what he wanted, and the young man changed his previous restraints here, and said a few more words for the first time, "Your Majesty will like her if he sees her." ”

The empress glanced at him, and when she mentioned the girl, his whole person softened a lot, and she said, "Then after the matter of Shanxi Road is completed, I will come to see this girl again." As she spoke, she picked up the holy decree on the table and handed it to Zhang Jie, "Go and announce the decree!" ”

……

Sooner or later, the tears and snot that red beans cried were wiped on Fang Xiuting's body who was standing aside.

What are you crying about, it's not like the broom star won't come back? Fang Xiuting frowned and looked at the shiny snot on her clothes with disgust, daring to be angry but not daring to speak. Broom Star is leaving Chang'an to do things for His Majesty, and she is so big that she can be regarded as touching the holy decree once she touches the bald head of the broom star, which is of course a good thing. The only bad thing is that the broom star is not there, and the dead girl Red Bean doesn't know how to bully them!

Thinking of this, Fang Xiuting was also a little sad, glanced at her mother who was crying beside her, and said, "Mother, she ...... broom star."

"Your dad isn't dead yet!" Second Mrs. Fang wiped away her tears, looked at the girl walking towards the carriage, and said, "If your father came to the door when she was not in Chang'an, what should we do if we don't have a broom in Xingzhen?" ”

Fang Xiuting: "......" was originally just a little sad, but this time it is even more sad.

This line, I don't know when this broom star will come back, it's weird.

The red bean on the side was when she was sad, she pointed to Pei Qingqing, who was bouncing around with a small burden on her back, and said, "Miss, why can she go but I can't?" ”

I said before that she and Pei Qingqing were not allowed to go, so she was lost and couldn't say anything, after all, it was important for the young lady to do business. But now how can Pei Qingqing go again? Hongdou only felt that his position in the young lady's heart would soon be replaced by this demon king of the mixed world.

Pei Qingqing grimaced at her proudly and said, "My mother let me go." ”

Her mother...... Hongdou was stunned when he heard this, and then he was furious: It's amazing to have a mother!

Qiao Ran shook her head amusefully when she saw this, hurriedly grabbed the angry red bean, and said, "This trip is dangerous, she went with me for me." ”

After all, looking at the cute Pei Qingqing is not an ordinary girl, and her force value is amazing.

"Also, her mother ......" Qiao Ran said this, paused suddenly, and then shook her head and smiled, "Although I haven't confirmed it, I should not be far from ten." ”

What is said in this way, is Pei Qingqing's mother a great person? Hongdou was surprised, last time I only heard Miss Pei Qingqing's father who "rely on beauty to eat soft rice" in her mouth shocked, but I never heard her say which Pei Qingqing's mother is!

Hearing this, Hongdou hurriedly asked, "Who is her mother?" ”

Qiao Ran smiled and was about to speak, when she suddenly heard Bai Zhijun, who was sitting on a horse not far away, shouting "Master Qiao", Qiao Ran turned around and saw that everyone was ready to go, so she turned back to her and said, "I'll talk to you when I come back!" ”

Hongdou hurriedly nodded yes, and then took out a book from his arms and handed it over, saying: "Qiao Shu is tight with his homework and didn't have time to come back, but he asked someone to bring back a book that records the topographic map of Shanxi Road, and asked Miss to read it on the road!" ”

Qiao Ran smiled and said goodbye, and then solemnly told Hongdou: "You should pay close attention to Qiao Shu, let him study hard, don't think about anything else when I am not in Beijing." ”

Hearing this, Hongdou hurriedly patted his chest and promised: "Miss, don't worry, I will go to deliver food every few days, and I will definitely take a close look at Qiao Shu's little rabbit cub." "After all, Miss said that Qiao Shu is very thoughtful, but she should be optimistic about him.

Qiao Ran smiled and patted her head, turned around and walked towards the carriage.

Even though the young lady is already tall among girls of the same age, she still looks extraordinarily petite in front of these soldiers riding tall horses, looking at the back of the girl leaving, Hongdou somehow, her eyes suddenly became hot, and tears flowed down.

"My young lady hasn't left me yet......" she muttered as she looked at the girl's back.

Fang Xiuting, who was wiped with snot and tears on the side, couldn't help but glance at her when she heard this, and said, "You haven't left your young lady!" ”

Hongdou was furious when he said this, and then he heard a person's voice behind him.

"Don't worry, I'll go with you on this trip."

The person who spoke stood tall, his robe fluttered, and the streamers embroidered with scriptures moved in the wind, which really looked like a born heavenly master.

However, in Hongdou's eyes at this time, this was not a heavenly master, she grabbed the man's sleeve and told him with tears: "Uncle, you take good care of my young lady!" "Fortunately, this time, my uncle is going with me, and she can rest assured.

"It's a matter of duty." The Celestial Master, who had been called his uncle, smiled and turned to walk towards the carriage.

Fang Xiuting's eyes widened: It's really a dare to shout, a dare to respond!