At noon on March 18 in the thirteenth year of Yuanping, a spring rain fell on the capital of the Han Empire, shrouding the heavy capital with a history of thousands of years in a hazy rain and fog.

In this slightly chilly spring rain, Yan Liqiang and his party finally came to the capital of the Han Empire.

"Is this the imperial capital?" In the glorious spring rain, Yan Liqiang, who was wrapped in a poncho, looked at the tall city wall like a giant beast in the distance, and couldn't help but turn his head and asked Hu Haihe next to him.

"Yan Guard, here, it's the Imperial Palace, go straight along this road, in front of us is the Xihua Gate of the Imperial Palace, the west of the Imperial Capital, there are three city gates, and the Xihua Gate is only one of them......" Hu Haihe's voice also carried a sense of exhaustion and sadness, while speaking, Yan Liqiang saw Hu Haihe's hand and couldn't help touching a bag hanging on his mount, which contained the ashes of Hu Haihe's brother.

Yan Liqiang just nodded, didn't speak again, just gently pinched the horse's belly, let the rhinosaurus horse follow the team, and at the same time pressed back the head of the yellow hair peeking out of the poncho.

The battle with the Black Wind Thieves that day seemed to be just yesterday, and the people who died for that battle could never come back, and the people who died in that battle wanted to protect the person did not enter the imperial capital alive in the end, which made Yan Liqiang wonder what was the meaning of the road from leaving Pingxi City.

The whole team looked a little dull, and all of Sun Bingchen's honor guards were also put away, and they didn't beat the honor guards out, and everyone rode on horses and drove in the rain with their heads stuffy.

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What happened in Huizhou City was too noisy, delayed for several days, and finally the local government came and was busy, and finally waited until the other escort teams arrived in Huizhou City, Yan Liqiang and Sun Bingchen and them joined the team that came behind and returned to the imperial capital together.

It's just that there is no more Ye Tiancheng in the team.

Sun Bingchen's back looked a little sluggish in the drizzle, but he was still upright and stubborn, Yan Liqiang glanced at Sun Bingchen's back a few times, and probably could guess Sun Bingchen's feelings at the moment.

A close minister next to the emperor and a criminal minister who was going to be escorted to the imperial capital died inexplicably in Huizhou City, and the murderer naturally wanted to be wanted, but Sun Bingchen, who was involved in this matter, I am afraid that there is also a lot of trouble, if someone wants to find fault, Sun Bingchen took the court felony Ye Tiancheng to leave the escort team in disguise and go to Huizhou City, without providing enough protection for Ye Tiancheng, which is one of the causes of Ye Tiancheng's death.

And as Sun Bingchen's attendant guard, he did not protect Ye Tiancheng well, and he also had responsibility.

Yan Liqiang muttered in his heart, he had already thought about these things on the way here, and Yan Liqiang didn't care about responsibility or anything, because anyway, he was alone, and he didn't have any entanglements of interests in the imperial capital, and his official status hadn't come down until now, and he couldn't get anything, so he didn't mind losing it.

It's just that there is one more thing that makes Yan Liqiang a little entangled in his heart - where did the silver needle on Ye Tiancheng's body come from?

On Ye Tiancheng's corpse, Yan Liqiang found two long silver needles, and when he found them, those two silver needles were still pierced on the two big points of Ye Tiancheng's corpse, and Ye Tiancheng was using those two silver needles to open up the meridian acupuncture points, wanting to regain his freedom.

He has not given Ye Tiancheng a silver needle, and it is even more impossible for Liang Yijie and Sun Bingchen, so the silver needle on Ye Tiancheng's body can only be given to Ye Tiancheng by someone in this team who can contact Ye Tiancheng. And along the way, before Sun Bingchen took Ye Tiancheng and separated from the escort team, there were at least twenty or thirty guards who could contact Ye Tiancheng, so it was obvious that someone in this escort team couldn't withstand Ye Tiancheng's temptation and quietly gave Ye Tiancheng the silver needle.

With Ye Tiancheng's eloquence and deceit, it may not be difficult to get an ordinary guard in the team to agree to an exchange of interests with him.

In the face of this matter, Sun Bingchen's handling was very intriguing, he asked Yan Liqiang and Liang Yijie to stop making noise, and not to tell the other guards in the team about this matter, because Ye Tiancheng was dead, so he was ready to let this matter pass like this.

Yan Liqiang understood Sun Bingchen's intentions a little, because if this matter spreads among the team, then, a team for the rest of the catastrophic life, I am afraid that in the blink of an eye, the little friendship that everyone has accumulated after going through those hardships together before will collapse, because it is difficult to find out that person, so the final result is that everyone doubts each other, and there is no longer the trust before.

This may be the most warm decision Sun Bingchen has made along the way.

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The group came to the Xihua Gate of the imperial capital, the city wall and the city tower that were more than 30 zhang high let Yan Liqiang take a few more looks, and after Sun Bingchen revealed his identity, the group rode smoothly and entered the city.

The prosperity of the imperial capital, needless to say, is just that Yan Liqiang at this moment, after he really came to this city, his previous curiosity about this city has slowly dissipated unconsciously. The more he walked through the city, the more Yan Liqiang understood that the characteristics of a city are actually determined by the people here, and the reason why Dijing is Dijing is not because of how beautiful this city is, but because it is the center of power in this huge empire, and the most powerful people in this empire basically live in this city, so this city has become different. In other words, the city is Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and it is the people here who really deserve its attention.

Soon after entering the city, the group separated.

Hu Haihe and other guards went directly to Ma Busi's yamen to report, and they returned to the team after completing the task, and they had no direct relationship with Sun Bingchen from then on, unless they were sent to Sun Bingchen's side again to perform some tasks, and Sun Bingchen directly took Yan Liqiang and Liang Yijie back to his residence in the imperial capital.

Sun Bingchen's home in the imperial capital is another place called Chema Lane, the house is not big, but it is clean and tidy, from the appearance, that is, the appearance of the middle and upper family, not like a wealthy family, when the three of them stopped, Liang Yijie jumped down from the rhinosaurus horse and knocked on the door, Yan Liqiang knew that Sun Bingchen lived in this place.

"The house is just a place to live, a person can't stand more than an inch, and the bedroom is only seven feet, so the house doesn't need to be too big, and there is no need to strive for beauty, just enough to live......" seemed to see the trace of doubt in Yan Liqiang's eyes, Sun Bingchen patiently explained to Yan Liqiang.

"Liqiang has been taught!" Sun Bingchen's words, Yan Liqiang nodded even if he didn't agree with all of them.

Liang Yijie tapped the door a few times, and the door opened, and an old servant with an umbrella opened the crack in the door to reveal half of his face, and when he saw Liang Yijie and Sun Bingchen outside the door, his face finally showed a hint of surprise, "Ah, master, are you back......"