The twilight drums of the Danfeng Gate of Daming Palace sounded, and in the next moment, the drums of all the bell and drum towers in Chang'an City rang out, and the sound was low and rapid and vibrated for dozens of miles.

The sky gradually darkened, and when it was time for the second watch, the twelve mothers woke up the sleeping children, changed them into the brown linen clothes worn by the poor, and changed themselves into small household women. Only Du Jiuniang followed them, and the servant girl was gentle and in charge of Chen Niangzi.

Cao Anding had already set up the carriage in the backyard, and after they boarded the carriage, he personally carried the paper lantern, and the coachman dragged the horses to Suzaku Street behind him.

Tang Luzhong allowed officials above the third rank to open a mansion gate on the wall of the fang, so they didn't need to alarm the martial marquis in the fangzhong, the only trouble was the soldiers patrolling the streets back and forth.

At this moment, there was no one on Suzaku Street, and Cao Anding was moving forward quickly with a lamp in front of him, only the sparkling sound of the wheels of the carriage sounded. Not far ahead, there is a night funeral procession, all wearing white linen clothes, which looks very infiltrating. When they reached the next cross-street, a group of street patrol soldiers came up to them, and the sound of their armor was very crisp as they walked.

Cao Anding couldn't help but hold his breath, and he didn't know whether Li Chongyun's kid was reliable, and the officer headed by him saw the word "Xiliang" written on the paper lamp in his hand, and immediately led the soldiers to turn around, as if they didn't see the car.

He breathed a sigh of relief, and continued to lead the carriage forward, coming to the gate of Anyifang.

This Anyi Fang is the most remote workshop in Chang'an City, with a large area of cultivated fields and barren mountains, as well as a Yizhuang where the corpses are parked. Mi Chagan had been waiting at the door of the fang for a long time, and said in a low voice: "I have already bought Fang Zheng and Wuhou, please follow me in."

They led the cart into the deserted house in the middle of the fang, took the twelve mothers and them out of the carriage, and then loaded the stand-ins into the carriage and returned along the original route. Cao Anding ran away again in fear.

He took the substitutes to the palace, placed them in the inner courtyard, and took out all the money in the palace and rewarded them to his close subordinates. Since Madame had lived in seclusion a while ago, only a few of her henchmen had access to them, and the rest of the servants were rarely able to see Madame. The mansion had been vacant for many years, and the servants in the mansion had long been accustomed to the days without a master, and now they continued to manage everything in the mansion in order.

After dawn, Cao Anding came to Anyifang to organize Twelve Niang and them out of the city, in order to avoid attracting attention, he bought two dilapidated oxen carts, and drove them out of the door from Shude Gate.

At this time, the Mingde Gate had a large flow of people, and the bustling caravans came and went, and the soldiers on the city gate would not pay special attention to a few ordinary people who went out of the city.

After leaving Chang'an and marching eastward to twenty miles, they encountered two caravans near the abandoned post station, and these were the guards left by Li Siye to escort them.

Nowadays, Guanzhong has been greatly damaged by the war, and there are rogues fifty miles away from the capital, especially in the Qinling Mountains near Tongguan. They encountered two groups of thieves along the way, but fortunately, the caravan played by the pro-soldiers carried weapons and engaged in fierce battles with the mountain bandits.

But after the team left Tongguan, they encountered Lingbao and the local officials of Shaanxi County to arrest Ding, Cao Anding had to endure the pain and blood to bribe the officials, and after all the way upside down, he finally came to Luoyang City.

After entering Luoyang, he couldn't go directly to Li Siye, so Cao Anding first bought two mansions in the remote Fang City and settled them, and Cao Anding came to Zhang Luo for the rest.

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When the twelve mothers arrived in Luoyang, Yu Chaoen orthodox led the Zhongjiedu envoys to attack Weizhou in Huaizhou, Guo Ziyi led the Shuofang army as the vanguard to feint Weizhou City, and induced An Qingxu to send a large army to help, Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi cooperated tacitly, and defeated the reinforcements in one fell swoop, eliminating most of the rebels' forces.

The Tang army marched forward with great vigour, advancing all the way to the foot of Yecheng, surrounding An Qingxu and other rebel regiments in the city, and it seemed that victory was within reach. But in this process, Yu Chaoen thought that the previous victory had nothing to do with him, and when it came to the most critical battle to capture the rebels' lair, he must not let others interfere.

He used the power in his hands to issue orders to all armies to attack the city on all sides, and never consulted with the envoys of the various sections under his command, and he led the Hexi army under his command to sit in the rear, and only sent artillery battalions to bombard the city.

However, since the artillery battalion of the Hexi Army fought out of Tongguan, it has broken off contact with Zhao Zhengyi, Qingliangguan in Lanzhou, and one shell is one less shot, Yu Chaoen stopped the shelling of the city in order to preserve its strength, but ordered the rest of the Tang army to attack the city repeatedly, and the two sides could not hold each other.

In the early days of the campaign, many problems of the Tang army were exposed, and the eunuchs who did not understand military affairs were in charge of the army, and another was that the Tang army's various sections made their subordinates uncoordinated with each other, and each had selfish intentions. In the past, when Li Siye was there, the three armies of Anxi, Xiting, and Hexi cooperated with tacit understanding, but now the three armies are under the command of different people, which also exposes problems in this regard.

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The only important officials in the rear of Luoyang were Cui Yuan, the queen of the eastern capital, and Yin Suzhen of Henan, as well as Li Siye, who temporarily served as the envoy of Luoyang Cao. Even Li Kuo, who only had the title of Empty Temperance Envoy, was ordered to supervise the transportation of grain and grass on the front line.

After Li Siye arrived in Luoyang, he also honestly mobilized river workers to do dredging for a while, and when Cao Anding came to find him, he was wrapping his trouser legs and pedaling on the empty riverbed to pedal the waterwheel and twist the mud out.

When he heard that Cao Anding had taken his family to the city, he was so happy that he hurriedly ran over, held the other party's hand and said excitedly: "Anding, you are really my benefactor."

Cao Anding hurriedly knelt down and crossed his hands and said: "The lord is serious, you and I had the grace of knowing each other in the past, how can Anding not repay the lord with his liver and brains."

"Get up quickly, take me to meet the twelve mothers."

They returned to Luoyang City and came to the Xingjiao Workshop where they temporarily lived, and when the two met, they held hands and saw each other with tears in their eyes, and their daughter Li Chongle and son Zuoguo also came to their father crying. Li Siye wiped away the tears from their faces one by one, what could be more joyful than a family reunion.

"Now only the eldest son Chongyun is far away in Chang'an, and the third son Chongbao is still in the Anxi army under Xiangzhou City, didn't the lady inform Chongyun to leave as soon as possible?"

"He won't leave for the time being, I really don't know what this kid thinks?"

Li Siye sighed and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, the rich Michagan still stays in Chang'an City for me, and when the time comes, I will send a letter to him to pick up Chongyun and leave."

He squatted in front of his son Li Zuoguo again, held his thin shoulders and said, "The name Zuoguo is not good, so we won't call it in the future." Grandpa will change one for you, well, the Han people are precious to a single name, so it is better to call it Li Xu, which means the rising sun. ”

Li Xu asked puzzledly: "Grandpa named the three brothers and sisters with a Chong character, why don't you add this word to your son?"

He lowered his voice and said, "No need to add it, perhaps, save them from changing their names in the future."

Li Twelve Niang's face was shocked, and she closed her trembling lips tightly and wanted to stop talking.

Li Siye had already noticed that Du Jiuniang was not in this room, and only then did he ask, "It seems that there is one person missing." ”

The lady asked with a sour smile on the corner of her mouth, "You said that you don't covet beauty, why are you still worried about it?" ”

"I'm looking for a chance to restore her freedom, but the timing of the choice must be appropriate, and the heart of harm must not be necessary, and the heart of prevention is indispensable."

Li Twelve Niang pursed her lips and smiled: "Leave this matter to me." ”