Half a year later

The Son of Heaven's honor guard came out of Chang'an City, seventy-two in a subordinate car, Lang Wei wore bright armor, rode with a halberd, escorted left and right, called for the police, Hao Hao Tangtang, all the way to Yunyang Linguang Palace.

It was May, after many years of recuperation and recuperation, the day is becoming more and more peaceful, this year, Chang'an City has not rained for nearly a month, the heat is unbearable, the emperor then went to Lin Guang Palace to take refuge, the emperor's sister Lu Yuan eldest princess accompanied, and the Empress Dowager Lu stayed in Chang'an because she was getting older and unwilling to move.

"Everyone," Chang Lu sent down left and right, and came to the side of Tianzi's car alone, "It's already in Yunyang." ”

The young man in the dark coat came back to his senses, with an indelible fatigue on his face, and asked in a low voice, "Is there any news?" ”

Chang Lu replied, "Yuan He just sent back the news. ”

Han Changliu couldn't help but think of half a year ago, when the Son of Heaven learned the news that Empress Zhang had left the palace.

After a lapse of half a day, Fang was informed by the queen's close maid that the reaction of the Son of Heaven was unexpected by the few people around him who knew about it. He closed the news with swift means, and ordered the people of Jiaofang Palace to serve the "Queen Mother" as before, creating the illusion that Queen Zhang was still in the palace.

On the Wushen day of the first lunar month, "Queen Zhang" said that she was sick and lived in the Jiaofang Palace.

In private, the Son of Heaven ordered the female imperial chief to take charge of the queen's seal, and temporarily took charge of the affairs of the six palaces on behalf of Queen Zhang. At the same time, he secretly dispatched people to thoroughly investigate the details of Zhang Yan's exit from the palace, and sent his henchman Lang Weifei to ride to the four passes to intercept and review the entry and exit records, and find out the whereabouts of Empress Zhang.

Until Zhang Yan left Weiyang Palace, the original plans were obviously in front of people: arrange the affairs of the palace people, lend the name of the palace people, arrange the name of the palace and the transmission of the entry and exit defense, the queen mother has obviously made detailed preparations for this departure, and arranged some details, although the list of people leaving the palace in Jiaofang Hall was burned by a fire that day. However, there are still records of household registration for people who left the palace on that day.

The establishment of the Great Han Dynasty has only been more than ten years, except for a few Qin Dynasty left, most of the palace people are new to the court after five years of the Han Dynasty, and now it is only more than ten years, and there are not too many people who have grown to old age, and not everyone is willing to leave the palace, therefore, the number of people who left the palace this time is not much, a total of ninety-six people. According to the list and according to the map, most of them have real people to be found. The sixteen people who remain, either have a long way to go, or their families have migrated. I couldn't find my whereabouts for a while. At the same time, Hangu Pass and other customs defenses also reported that for half a month, no woman had left the customs with the Qichuan issued by the Yushi Temple - Empress Zhang should be stranded in the pass. In the past few months, a large number of people have secretly plowed all the prefectures and counties in Guanzhong. But he found nothing, and as a last resort, he started from the beginning and re-checked the customs records of the four passes of Hangu.

If you knew today, why bother in the first place?

Han Changliu sighed softly in his heart, but his face remained silent. Fluent in the way," ...... According to the report, the whereabouts of that Zhao Gongzi have been found. Now in Yuzhi County. Will Ming Lang interrogate Zhao Gongzi on the spot? ”

"No," unexpectedly, Liu Ying shook her head gently, "You let them ......"

Yuzhi County, Northland County

She Cheng sent the boiled hot soup to the West Cross Courtyard and knocked on the door. "Zhao Langjun. The hot soup you asked for was delivered. ”

The door opened from inside, and a man leaned out. took the water, took out a string of money and threw it out, "Reward you." "About 20 years old, wearing a blue coat and a pair of bright peach blossom eyes,

Yi Cheng hurriedly took the reward, bent his waist lower, and squinted his eyes with a smile, "Thank you Lang Jun for the reward, if Lang Jun has any orders, just call me." ”

The night is deep.

Zhao Qin wrung out the handkerchief with hot soup, covered his face, sighed comfortably, and lowered the curtain.

Small voices came from far and near, very soft and swift.

Zhao Qin jumped up, grabbed the saber placed in front of the couch, and quietly pushed open the window, but did not leave, turned back, and gently knelt on the beam.

With a "bang", the door of the house was opened from the outside, and at the same time, a string of bright court fires lit up in the courtyard, and more than a dozen men in clothes rode into the courtyard on horseback. A middle-aged man walked out of the middle, dressed in a brown robe, with a thin face, raised his head, and his eyes swept through the dark light of the room, as if intentionally or unintentionally stopped above the room.

"Zhao Langjun," his voice was clear and a little slow, with a kind of superior self-esteem, but not without losing politeness, "under the orders of the master, to track down the whereabouts of Lang Jun." Now that this Yuzhi Chuan House has been surrounded by my people, since you can't run away, you might as well come out by yourself. ”

Zhao Qin's heart was racing, and with a long laugh, he jumped out and landed on the eaves, "I listened to the movement, there are ten people in the east, twelve in the west, and fourteen in the north and south. Sixty or seventy people came to capture me Zhao Qin alone, such a big battle, but it is not wronged. ”

Although he thought that he couldn't escape, he was not angry in his heart, and after all, he couldn't help but stab the man in the tea coat, thinking that the man would be uncontrollable, but the man smiled faintly, "It's easy to say, it's easy to say." "The jaw has a hard line.

The east wing on the second floor of the backyard of the Beidi County Chuan House is the most remote and quiet on weekdays. The fierce and capable young samurai was guarding the halberd outside the door, and when he heard the sound of people coming upstairs, he asked smartly, "Who?" ”

"The villain Beidi passed on Shecheng," trembling, "I brought tea to the nobleman." ”

The samurai squinted at him for a moment and said, "Go inside." ”

The blade of the long halberd shone under the fire, She Cheng didn't dare to look at it, buried his head in holding the food table, and in the small room, the man in tea clothes sat on the top, took the tea, and said lightly, "Go out." ”

Zhao Qin sat on the east couch, staring at the man in a leisurely manner, and he did not have the consciousness of becoming a prisoner.

"Planted in your hands, Zhao is also convinced."

Carefully arranged, laid a net of heaven and earth, and suddenly attacked with the momentum of thunder. Once he succeeded, he immediately withdrew from Yuzhi County with everyone, clean and neat, this person is a character, "It's just," Zhao Qin raised his eyebrows slightly, "Before you bring someone to arrest me, do you know my identity?" ”

"Zhao Langjun said with a smile," the man in the tea coat opened the teacup and took a sip, "Do you think that since I can use such a big battle, I will not find out your identity in advance?" ”

"Lang Jun is the third son of Huayangjun and the five doctors, and he doesn't like to read since he was a child, he only loves to practice martial arts. When he was thirteen years old, he fought in the world of sword rangers, and has been for more than ten years.

I don't know, what we know, is Zhao Langjun satisfied? ”

Zhao Qin sneered, his face was still leisurely, but his heart chuckled and became solemn. You must know that although his father is not in a title, his mother Lu Qiang. But it is Huayang Jun, who was personally sealed by the first emperor, the eldest daughter of the deceased Marquis of Zhou Lu Lingwu, and now the Empress Dowager Lu in Changle Palace. It's her aunt.

When Qin did not lose the world, the Zhao family was just an ordinary family in Pei County, and when Lu Qiang got married, Liu Bang had just raised troops in Dangshan. Now Liu Ying, the son of heaven in Weiyang Palace, is just a child who has not been born for a long time. Wait until Liu Bang becomes the emperor. The Lu family has made a lot of contributions in the more than ten years of laying down the Han dynasty, but Liu Bang was interested in his young son Ruyi at that time, and in order to remove the prince and set up another one, he naturally wanted to suppress the prince's mother family, the Lu family, and Lu Ze, who had enough credit to be crowned the king, only sealed a Zhou Lu Hou, and in order to appease the Lu family. The Lu clan was widely sealed as compensation.

His father, Zhao Shu, was awarded the title of the Fifth Doctor.

Although Zhao Qin's family is not prominent, it is a relative of the Lu family. has always walked the rivers and lakes, and has gained a little more of the leisurely moderation of the aristocracy. But since this person knows his family background, he still dares to show the carriage and horse, which shows that he has enough to rely on.

"Who are you?"

The man didn't answer and asked, "Zhao Gongzi can remember five months ago." What have you done? ”

"Five months ago," Zhao Qin muttered. "I entered the customs from Bashu, lingered at a friend in Lantian for a while, and then went to Jiangnan." There is nothing wrong with it.

"Lang Jun think about it again," the man lowered his eyes, "When you sent the letter to Guguan, did you encounter anything?" Who? When he said the last few words, the corners of his eyes couldn't help but jump a few times.

Zhao Qin was stunned for a moment, leaned back, and was a little surprised, "It turns out that you are the Lihou family." (Note: Lihou Lutai, the eldest son of Zhou Luhou, the nephew of the Empress Dowager Lu, the second-generation head of the Lu family, and Zhao Qin's mother are siblings.) ）

The man frowned slightly, a little stunned, and before he could speak, Zhao Qin was already mocking, "For the sake of a cousin who has left home, the Lu family dares to bring people to Dahanzhou County to arrest the relatives of the Lu family, which is really a big battle." ”

"Let Zhao Langjun laugh," he smiled, no longer defended, and said with a faint smile, "It's just that the master of the family is very concerned about the little lady, so he is a little reckless." ”

Zhao Qin's face looked a little better, "It's understandable to say this." It's just," he sighed, with a faint worry about the future of the Lu family, "The affairs of the world are nothing but prosperity and decline, decline and rebirth." Now that the momentum of the Lu family has reached its peak, the people of the Lu clan are drunk and dreaming of death, he walks among the people, but he can see some subtle signs, and he only feels that the Lu family has no momentum, if there is no long-term concern, there will be near-term worries.

A trace of surprise flashed in the eyes of the man in the tea coat, but he hid it and said lightly, "The villain on the side doesn't pay attention to it, it's just that the little lady ran away in anger a few years ago, and a single girl was left behind, and the situation was unknown, and the owner of the house was very worried." It's easy to find Lang Jun, and I dare to ask Lang Jun to tell the whereabouts of the little lady, so that the owner of the house can rest assured. ”

Zhao Qin smiled faintly, "Go back and tell my uncle that the safety of Sister Shujun is about nothing, but if you want to get the whereabouts of Sister Shujun from my mouth, it will not work." The voice changed, "Does my Zhao Qin look like someone who betrayed his cousin?" ”

"Zhao Langjun will personally say this to my master." The man was not annoyed, and got up with a smile.

"How?" Zhao Qin was furious, "Could it be that you still plan to escort me back to Chang'an?" ”

"Nature." Yuan He patted the non-existent dust on his clothes, "The owner of the family is worried about the little lady, how can he rest assured if he doesn't see Langjun in person?" He suddenly said casually, "Zhao Langjun is probably screwed up." No matter what disputes my master and the little lady had before, they are relatives after all. It's impossible not to see each other again. Why did Lang Jun say that he was like the master of the house who couldn't get along with the little lady? ”

"This ......," Zhao Qin was speechless for a while.

"Lang Jun has a good rest tonight," Yuan He smiled, got up, and said suddenly, "Count it up, Lang Jun and the master of the family are also related." In the next year, they should be treated politely, but Lang Jun is strong in martial arts, and the master of the family has made a fate, so he can only treat each other with medicine to prevent Lang Jun from getting away halfway. I am also helpless in the next day, and I will return to the master in the next day, and then ask Lang Jun for guilt. ”

From the north to Chang'an, all the way is thousands of miles, the wind and dust are served, and Zhao Qin is complicated and indescribable.

The cavalry escorted along the way, unlike the sixty or seventy horsemen who surrounded the house that day, there were only a dozen people and horses, but they were all fierce men, and the mounts were all good horses.

In fact, seriously speaking, in addition to the drugs that made his hands and feet weak in his diet, Yuan He treated him politely, arranged all the way, and was slow and moderate.

He didn't say a word, but every day he was accumulating strength in order to get out of this embarrassment of being controlled by the sun.

"Yuan Jun-" Zhao Qin turned around and asked leisurely, "How long have you been working for my uncle?" ”

Yuan He immediately owed a debt, "Since the twelfth year of the first emperor, it has been eight years since he entered Beijing as a son of Tianshui Liangjia. ”

"Eight years, Brother Yuan can be regarded as a skilled archer, right? Why don't we compare? Zhao Qin said suddenly, and suddenly stretched out his hand to capture Yuan He's veins. The rabbit rose and fell, and Yuan He was also in danger, his body was on the horse, and he stepped back an inch. Just as he was about to lift the reins of the horse, the scabbard on the opposite side pressed over, and his wrist couldn't move for half a minute, and the person was also buckled.

Zhao Qin struck hard, and his reluctant hand was also dripping with cold sweat at this time, and shouted, "You all go back." ”

Yuan He waved his other hand behind his back, and the subordinates who surrounded him all withdrew three steps.

"Mr. Yuan," Zhao Qin said and laughed freely, "I crossed the mountain just now, if I went to Chang'an to see the Marquis of Li, I should have entered the customs along the Chi Road to the west, but the general led people to the west," he sank his face, ready to go, but his voice was very soft, "I don't know where the general plans to take Zhao?" ”

The gate of life was in the hands of others, but Yuan He was not flustered at all, just looked at him, "Who told you that the master of the family is from Lihoutai?" There was a sneer on his lips.

——3,821 words, revised on May 2, 2011

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Concentrate:

Lang Jun: The term for young men in the Han Dynasty. In fact, for the title of Gongzi that gradually spread in the future, before the Qin Dynasty, it was all the title of the emperor and the descendants of the princes and kings, such as the familiar Gongzi Fusu (great love!). ）。 If people from ordinary families want to be called sons, they are under false titles and will be reprimanded. In the Han Dynasty, the title of Gongzi was slowly decentralized, but it was not so close to the people, and only people with a certain background could be called so. Zhao Qin should be called a son based on his own background, but he is out of the house, so he is more commonly called Langjun.