"Twelve hours left, isn't it too hasty?" Li Shou asked hesitantly.

"I'm afraid that the little general has already gotten some news, I'm afraid it has reached the point where I can't wait any longer, and if I don't leave, I'm afraid I won't be able to leave."

After Huo Yun finished speaking, he fell silent with Huo Shan, and couldn't help but think of the hardships he had endured for most of the past half a month.

If they can't escape from this Chang'an city and flee to the Xiongnu, then all the hardships they have suffered will be in vain.

On that day, after Fan Mingyou was defeated and killed under the Yin Pan City, Huo Yun and Huo Shan escaped from the chaotic army together and fled all the way south.

In order to bypass the heavily guarded throat of Beishan, the two of them walked the mountain road for several days overnight in the reckless mountains of Beishan.

Wolves, insects, tigers and leopards, cold and snowy, almost failed to come back from Beishan.

After entering Sanfu, the situation has not improved at all, and you still have to be very careful.

The Han Dynasty was very strict with the management of the common people, and the wandering exiles who did not have a legend could be arrested and imprisoned at any time.

Huo Yun and Huo Shan have forged copper runes on their bodies, so they naturally have no problem dealing with ordinary interrogations and passing ordinary passes.

But they still did not dare to take it lightly, and they had to take turns when they slept, for fear that one day they would suddenly be caught in their sleep.

When they arrived in Chang'an City, after the two of them connected with Li Shou and others, they finally lived a few days in peace.

Just as they began to contact the dead soldiers to prepare for Huo Yu to explain their affairs, the news of Fan Mingyou's defeat in Yinpan reached back to Chang'an City.

The Son of Heaven acted vigorously and immediately began to search and capture Huo Dang, and there was a lot of noise for a while.

Then the blood began to flow, and the dead did not break for a day.

Thanks to the ancestors, Huo Yun and Huo Shan survived, and most of the things that should be planned were planned.

But the more towards the end of the year, the atmosphere in Chang'an City became more and more tense: Huo's house had been raided, but people were still being caught in the edict every day.

Huo Shan and Huo Yun were mixed in Beichengguo, and they had reached the point of panic.

Especially in the past few days, they have found that they have attracted the attention of others.

Take the matter of hiding in Li Shou's house as an example, although Huo Yun and Huo Shan went out day and night, they were also very careful in their dealings, and Li Shou covered them, but the chief still began to knock on the side in the past two days.

If they continue to drag on, they will either be caught in prison or driven to madness.

So, it must not be delayed any longer.

"Since the little general said so, I can just act according to the plan, and there is no need to guess, the little general will not be wrong." Huo Yun made up his mind right away.

"Yes, in the past few days, many of the swordsmen in the Huo Mansion have been withdrawn, and the subordinate officials of the Tingwei Temple have also slackened, so it is a good time to do something." Li Shou said.

"Okay, then tomorrow will do according to the plan!" Huo Shan also said fiercely.

At that moment, the three of them got together and immediately began to plan.

Their plan is very simple, that is, to do their best to make the whole Chang'an chaotic, and then take advantage of the chaos to rescue the three members of the Huo family, and then flee north from the direction of Shuofang.

As long as they escaped fast enough, they could rush through the entire Shuofang before the news spread out of Chang'an.

When they reached Wuyuan County, they naturally had their help there, which could help them quickly leave Hanse and get in touch with the Huns.

Once they entered the desert, the Han army, which was late behind them, could only be out of reach.

As soon as you cover up all the ugliness, as long as you move quickly, you can succeed if you catch the crazy son of heaven off guard.

……

However, when Huo Yun and the others conspired under the lamp to plot the final details, Dai Zong immediately sent the news in his hand to the Greenhouse Palace.

In addition to the news intercepted by the sword halberd warrior tonight, Dai Zong also played the news heard by the embroidered guards in the past few days to the Son of Heaven in great detail.

As Liu He thought, Huo Yu is really going to take risks!

"Your Majesty, Weichen still thinks it's more appropriate to take down Huo Yu and the others now!" Dai Zong once again put forward his opinion.

"No, Chang'an City is like a huge fish pond, and the miscellaneous fish raised by the Huo family are hiding in the corners, I want to provoke them ......"

"And then fish them all up, this Huo Guang and Huo Yu are bait......"

"What's more, only by letting Huo Guang and Huo Yu flee north to the Huns in full view of everyone can the people of the Han Dynasty see clearly the wolf ambitions of the Huo family!"

Liu He said coldly, subconsciously clenched his teeth again, and the half of the tooth that was broken yesterday hurt sharply again.

"However, if Huo Guang and Huo Yu really go to Mobei, I'm afraid there will be troubles." Dai Zong admonished again.

"With the protection of Emperor Xiaowu and Emperor Xiaozhao in the heavens, with you and others planning inside and outside Chang'an City, and more loyal people working hard, there will be no mistakes."

"Wechen understood." Dai Zong no longer had any doubts.

"Go ahead, prepare according to the previous plan, and wait for the fish to emerge on its own."

"Yui!"

……

The second day is the twenty-fourth day of the lunar month.

As soon as the small division is over, it means that the people of Dahan will start preparing for the New Year.

The snow is falling again, but the atmosphere of the New Year is getting stronger and stronger.

It is not quite the same as the festive atmosphere of the New Year in later generations, and the atmosphere of the New Year of the Han Dynasty is more solemn and solemn.

Because in the hearts of the Han people, they still feel that "Nian" is a real and bad thing.

Therefore, many customs and habits of the New Year are related to warding off evil spirits and removing filth.

Dancing drums to drive away epidemics, hanging god tea and Yulei to drive away evil spirits, burning firecrackers to remove mandrills......

Although children think it is an interesting thing, in the eyes of the old woman and the old man, it is a big thing that cannot be sloppy.

The slightest carelessness or disrespect will bring great disasters to the family.

In addition to dispelling impurities, there is also prayer for blessings.

In order to ensure the peace and harmony of life in the coming year, people also sacrifice to many ghosts and gods of all sizes and their ancestors.

Among the many ghosts and gods, the most important is the supreme Taiyi God and the five gods who bless a smooth family: door, household, well, stove, and middle.

There are many ghosts and gods to be sacrificed, so naturally sacrifices are indispensable, so after the small division, every household has to start preparing various sacrifices.

The rich should prepare delicacies from the mountains and seas, the princely family will even put three animals of the same color, ordinary people can use a pig's head and a few bundles, and the destitute can also pay tribute to bean rice.

In short, the ghosts and gods of the Han Dynasty know that they must be considerate of the people and will not ask too much from the world.

Those ghosts and gods who require too much sacrifice have long been abandoned by the world, although the people of the Han Dynasty believe in ghosts and gods, but the premise must be trouble-free and practical.

This year, the people of Chang'an City have prepared a lot of sacrifices for the ancestors of ghosts and gods, not because their lives have become richer, but because Chang'an City has been killed too heavily this year.

Especially in the past two months, hundreds of people in Chang'an City have been executed for rebellion.

The executioners in charge of the execution were busy, and there was not a single day in the most prosperous place in Beichengguo that was undead.

At first, it was a little fresh and exciting, but after watching more, it became terrifying.

People can't help but worry that the ghosts of the dead will go the wrong way, the wrong door.

Prepare more sacrifices, please the ghosts and gods in the house, and guard your own door, this is a good thing.

Anyway, after the ghosts and gods enjoy it, the people can still eat it in their stomachs.

Of course, at the end of this year, there is actually a new atmosphere, adding a sense of joy.

The Son of Heaven promoted many "new customs" to the people through the "Chang'an Monthly".

Couplets written on rice paper are given to children under the age of 14 to eat rice cakes that symbolize the growth of hair in the coming year, and there is also a hundred operas called lion dances......

And the most talked about and curious thing for the people is the "firecrackers" to be burned in Beique on the first day of the first lunar month - an unheard of thing.

During the Chinese New Year, the people of the Han Dynasty want to put the bamboo into the fire to burn, and use the sound of the bamboo bursting to drive away the evil spirits, which is called "firecrackers".

And the "Chang'an Monthly" said very clearly that after the firecracker is lit, it will burn and make a loud noise, which is 10,000 times larger than the movement of the "firecracker", which can drive away evil spirits and avoid trouble.

10,000 times larger than the movement of firecrackers, what kind of movement is this?

If there really is such a divine object, then there is no need to be afraid of evil.

All these new customs have made the people yearn for the New Year a little more.

In short, whether it is preparing for the New Year for people or preparing for the New Year for ghosts and gods, as long as it is over, they are getting busier and busier.

Cut the meat and measure the wine, prepare to eat, write and buy couplets, change the peach charms, and make new clothes...... It's bustling everywhere.

Whether it is Beichengguo or Beique Jiadi, or Shangguanli and Qili, there are crowds of people everywhere.

Among the pedestrians coming and going, there are some hurried and sneaky figures.

These suspicious men were all men in their twenties and thirties, and although they kept their hats low on their heads, they could hardly hide their fierce eyes.

Under their dirty robes, there were protruding places, and at a glance it was clear that there were hard objects or sharp objects hidden underneath.

These suspicious people scurried out of the middle of nowhere, into the streets, and then hid back into the shadows.

And in an unknown grange in the north of Chang'an City, there are also knights on horseback who keep entering, and there seem to be sixty or seventy people.

Ordinary people naturally did not notice these unusual things, but there were still people in higher places, staring coldly at their every move.

The last days of the year are destined to be spent in turmoil.

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