On the last night spent in Yellowstone, Li Xuanbai felt that he had made a big profit. Although this woman named Qiu Xiang is very difficult to control. But I finally have someone around me who can be trusted and can protect me for the time being. Regarding the return to Beijing, the emperor has not yet issued a holy decree on the surface. So in order to prevent those in the capital who wanted to harm him, Li Xuanbai could only secretly return to Kyoto.

If there is no master around to protect him, Li Xuanbai will always have a trace of uneasiness in his heart. Although I don't know if this so-called autumn fragrance woman is as simple as she said. But remembering that in the ghost city of Xudu, she created a way for herself regardless of life and death. Li Xuanbai still has some ripples in his heart. Such a woman like fine wine needs to be tasted slowly to know her "taste". Li Xuanbai, who likes to play dice, always likes to gamble. I'm willing to gamble for her.

As for her real name and origin, Li Xuanbai believes that it will always be found out.

Early the next morning, the three of them simply cleaned up. I bought two horses in Huangshi City and went straight to Luoyang.

Feiyu, this girl, really likes Qiu Xiang, a woman with phoenix eyes. Along the way, "sister, sister" shouted, and rode a horse with her. Li Xuanbai had no choice but to obey her.

Li Xuanbai looked at Qiu Xiang, who was playing and laughing with non-fish, and felt very strange in his heart. Why did this cold woman never smile at herself, but she loved the little girl Feiyu very much.

Woman, I can't guess.

In this way, the three of them left Yellowstone City and rode away.

Ten days later.

After running all the way, Li Xuanbai and others finally stepped into Ruyang City in Zhongzhou. The road was peaceful.

Looking at the head of Xiongcheng City, which was close at hand, Li Xuanbai said to Danfeng Qiuxiang: "After Ruyang City, it is not far from Luoyang, Kyoto. You have to think about it, it's not for nothing that there are three masters in Luoyang. If you lose your life and become a ghost, don't blame Ben Gongzi. ”

Qiu Xiang didn't pay attention to Li Xuanbai, but smiled and said to the little fish in her arms: "Sister Feiyu, when you enter the city, my sister will take you to eat something delicious." ”

Fei Yu nodded again and again, and his eyes lit up when he heard the delicious food. Thinking of Li Xuanbai's words just now, he couldn't help but ask curiously: "Brother Xuanbai, what you just said is so strange." Why did Sister Qiu Xiang lose her life?"

Li Xuanbai smiled and said, "I joked with her." ”

As he spoke, the gate of Ruyang City suddenly opened, and two teams of black cavalry rushed out of the gate. From afar, it was black and pressing. The sound of the hooves of the tall horses came from far and near, and it was extremely powerful and mighty.

The leader is a young man, wearing silver armor and holding an eight-foot silver python spear. Horses galloping in.

Behind the silver-armored youngster, two teams of black cavalry sprinted to follow.

Ten steps away from Li Xuanbai and the others, the sound of horses' hooves suddenly disappeared. Two groups of black cavalry lined up on either side. The leading silver-armored young general turned over and dismounted, slowly walked to Li Xuanbai and knelt down on one knee, and said respectfully: "Zhou Hao see the young master." ”

Li Xuanbai looked at the silver-armored young general, and the corners of his mouth rose. Then he turned over and dismounted, and helped the silver-armored young general up. Haha laughed and patted his armor and said, "Xiao Mingzi, you really didn't disappoint Young Master Ben. The weak boy has now become a tall man. Ha ha. ...... Do you still grudge that Young Master Ben didn't let you go to Longling with me three years ago, but let you go to the frontier to enlist in the army?"

Zhou Hao, who was called Xiao Mingzi by Li Xuanbai, suddenly had tears in the corners of his eyes, and said, "Zhou Hao has never held a grudge. ”

Li Xuanbai didn't say anything, and hugged him tightly into his arms. Whispered, "Good brother." ”

The two women on horseback looked at the two big men hugging each other tightly, and there was a look of incomprehension in their eyebrows.

After a few words of greetings, Li Xuanbai got on the horse and rode in front of the three of Feiyu. The silver-armored teenager Zhou Hao followed.

The four entered the city one after another.

As for the two teams of black cavalry behind him, they guarded both sides.

Just before Li Xuanbai stepped into Ruyang City, His Majesty the Emperor issued an edict to pardon Li Xuanbai to return to Beijing. Kyoto Luoyang exploded all at once, and the news spread like thunder all over the streets and alleys of Kyoto in an instant. Li Mu, the Duke of Lu, was afraid that what happened three years ago would happen again, so he recruited Zhou Hao, who had already been a captain on the northern border, back and brought the black cavalry to guard Li Xuanbai into Beijing.

Afraid of causing more trouble on the road, they only rested in Ruyang City for one night, and left for Luoyang, Kyoto, early the next morning.

On the official road outside Ruyang City, two teams of black cavalry lined up on the left and right sides in a menacing manner. In the middle of the Black Cavalry, a luxurious carriage sits in the middle. It is well protected.

The sound of the wheels of the carriage and the hooves of the tall horses of the black cavalry filled the empty official road outside the city.

At this time, Li Xuanbai was lying in an unusually wide carriage. Only one side of the car was covered with a stool, and the rest was covered with very expensive snow-white brocade. Li Xuanbai was lying on the very soft brocade quilt and drinking the precious Huadiao wine from the glass cup, looking at the Danfeng Yanqiu Xiang and non-fish sitting on the bench far away with a confused look.

After drinking the wine in the cup, Li Xuanbai stretched out very comfortably, threw the glass cup aside casually, looked at Danfeng who was still dressed in black, and said, "Isn't it uncomfortable to lie down?" I'm not afraid of wronging your tender ass. Then he said to Fei Yu: "Why, I don't listen to my brother now." I really don't know what kind of medicine this woman gave you. ”

Danfeng looked at the gentleman in front of him, who was wearing a white sable robe and a purple and gold crown. Snorted coldly and scolded: "Deng's disciple." ”

Li Xuanbai smiled and looked at the two who didn't speak, feeling bored. called Zhou Hao outside the car in.

"Tell me about Kyoto, please?"

"Yes. Master. Zhou Hao replied: "Presumably, the young master already knows that about a month ago, the Shangshu of the Criminal Department was suddenly beheaded by a raider. All people in the world have heard is that Tian Song is corrupt and perverts the law. But Zhou Hao heard Grandpa Guo talk about it, and things didn't seem to be so simple. That night, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince suddenly broke into the palace and said that he wanted to meet His Majesty. But when His Royal Highness the Crown Prince saw His Majesty, Prime Minister Zhu Yan had already been there for a long time. ”

"Oh?" Li Xuanbai felt the complexity of this matter, frowned and said, "You go on." ”

Zhou Hao nodded and said, "According to the news from the palace." The purpose of the prince's palace is to present the evidence of Tian Song's collaboration with the enemy and betrayal to His Majesty, so as to overthrow the prime minister's party in one fell swoop. But what the prince didn't expect was that Prime Minister Zhu Yan seemed to get the news first. ”

"Are you saying that Zhu Yan rushed in front of the crown prince and presented Tian Song's incriminating evidence to the emperor?"

Zhou Hao was not surprised that Li Xuanbai was able to guess this, and continued: "Yes. Master. However, his subordinates didn't understand why it was rumored that Tian Song was beheaded for corruption. ”

Li Xuanbai said with a straight face: "In order to protect the treacherous Prime Minister Zhu Yan." It seems that the emperor still trusts Zhu Yan very much. ...... Think about it, Tian Song is Zhu Yan's protégé. When Zhu Yan was the secretary of the Criminal Department, Tian Song was his right and left hand. Later, Zhu Yan was promoted to prime minister by the emperor, and Tian Song naturally took over Zhu Yan's post as the secretary of the criminal department. It can be seen that the two have a great relationship. If Zhu Yan really collaborated with the enemy and treason, how could those imperial historians of the Imperial History Observatory easily let Zhu Yan go. You must know that Cao Dan, the imperial historian of the Imperial History Terrace, and Zhu Yan have always been at odds. ”

Zhou Hao cautiously spit out the doubts in his heart and said, "Then did Zhu Yan collaborate with the enemy and betray the country?"

Li Xuanbai squinted his thoughts, thought for a while and replied: "Zhu Yan can win the emperor's favor for decades, which shows that he is a very smart person. I guess he would never do it if he collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country. ”

"Why?" asked the other three in the carriage at the same time. I thought I was also shocked by Li Xuanbai's words.

Li Xuanbai looked at the interested Danfeng Yan Qiuxiang and the troublesome Fei Yu on the side, and smiled. Then he replied: "Zhu Yan is so smart. He must have understood that everything he had was given by His Majesty. If he collaborates with the enemy and betrays the country to the northern Yan country. Will the Yan Kingdom give a position above one person and below ten thousand people? Definitely not. So a person as smart as him would never do such a stupid thing. In fact, he understands better than anyone else that as long as the emperor is alive for one day, he can always be prosperous and rich, and his power will dominate the world. ”

Zhou Hao and the three of them nodded again and again when they heard this.

The treacherous prime minister Zhu Yan is really a powerful person. For the sake of his own powerful position, he did not hesitate to send his cronies to the guillotine. In order to protect himself, he showed his loyalty to His Majesty the Emperor. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince thought that this victory was in hand, but he didn't expect that this game of dead chess would be revived by Zhu Yan. Li Xuanbai couldn't help but feel apprehensive about this treacherous character.

It didn't take long for Li Xuanbai to remember another thing, and hurriedly asked Zhou Hao: "Li Mu gave me a letter saying that the emperor promised me a family affair?"

Zhou Hao replied respectfully: "It's the daughter of the imperial historian Cao Dan, Cao Jinghong." ”

"Oh. It's her. Li Xuanbai whispered the woman's name.

Fei Yu on the side asked curiously: "Brother Zhou Hao, who is this Cao Jinghong?"

Zhou Hao glanced at Li Xuanbai and saw that he had no objection. opened his mouth and replied: "Cao Jinghong is the only daughter of Cao Dan, the imperial historian, and is known as the first beauty in Luoyang because of her voice, color, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. ”

"The first beauty. That's not exactly what you're thinking. Li Xuanbai, it's time for you to laugh secretly. Danfengyan Qiuxiang couldn't help but sneer when she heard the words 'first beauty'.

Zhou Hao glanced at the beautiful woman with phoenix eyes, and wondered why she dared to speak so presumptuously. But seeing that the young master was not angry, he didn't dare to say more.

Li Xuanbai didn't seem to hear Dan Fengyan's sarcasm, but had a trace of concern on his face.

Three years ago, His Majesty the Emperor had married Cao Jinghong to him. But within a few days, he was caught in the "floating corpse" case in Kyoto and sent to the Longling Mountains thousands of miles away. This family business is over.

Now that the old things are coming back, this is not a good sign for Li Xuanbai.

The carriage kept moving forward, and Zhou Hao also went out. There were three people in the carriage and two women talking and laughing. Only Li Xuanbai was left to lift the curtain and look out of the car.

At dusk, outside the capital city of Luoyang.

A luxurious carriage stopped on the official road, and two teams of black cavalry lined up in an orderly manner on either side. Li Xuanbai slowly got out of the carriage and did not rush into the city. Instead, he looked at the extremely majestic head of the capital not far away. Flags are displayed on the head of the city, and on one of the largest flags, there is a big 'Chu' character painted and written.

Li Xuanbai looked at it quietly and said a word for a long time.

"Kyoto, I, Li Xuanbai, are back. ”