Yuncheng, Yuanxiangtang, Gongsun Jianzhuang.

There was a knock on the door, and the porter went over and opened the door, only to see three officials standing outside.

"I'm from Chang'an, I'm Zuo Qianniu Guard Cao Shen Military Liu Luogu, Gongsun Auntie is here?" The other party asked as he picked up a talisman.

This person's momentum was too strong, and the porter hurriedly went to report it.

After a while, Aunt Gongsun personally went to the front hall to meet them.

She lived in seclusion in her hometown, practicing swords under the flower tree, with flower petals on her clothes, and her face was ruddy.

"Aunt Gongsun is unharmed, her complexion seems to be better than when she was in Chang'an?"

Aunt Gongsun carefully looked at the middle-aged man in front of her, and saw that he had a very high nose bridge, very handsome, but very raw, and couldn't help asking, "Have we met?" ”

"I saw my eldest mother a few times when I was guarding the city gate, and I guess my eldest mother didn't see me."

"The old woman is clumsy, don't mind if Liu joins the army."

"The saint has a reward for the eldest mother, and I am specially ordered to bring it here."

A box was pushed in front of Aunt Gongsun and opened, and inside was a gold comb back, which was inserted into the woman's bun.

This is indeed a thing in the palace.

"The old woman thanks the saint for his grace."

"In addition to the reward, the saint hopes that the eldest lady will return to Chang'an City as soon as possible to worship."

Aunt Gongsun said: "The old woman and the saint returned to their hometown for a year, why did the saint think of the old woman?" ”

"The envoy of Cheshi is about to arrive in Chang'an, and the sage hopes that the eldest lady can dance the sword at the imperial banquet."

Although Aunt Gongsun is still reluctant to give up her hometown, she is actually mentally prepared to return to her hometown for a period of time, and she still has to leave after all, and her skills belong to Chang'an.

"A saint has a calling, and he should be called."

Liu Luogu asked, "Then how about we leave tomorrow?" ”

"So urgent? There are many disciples of the old woman, and it is a little too hasty to set off tomorrow. ”

"The time for the imperial banquet is approaching, and I can't delay it. The eldest lady can not bring a disciple, and she can dance alone at that time. ”

The two agreed on the matter of departure, and chatted again, Liu Luogu casually talked about an idle matter and asked, "By the way, when I passed by Yanshi County, I saw Zhuang Yuanlang." ”

"Liu Senjun also knows Champion Lang?"

"I am a friend in Chang'an, I heard that he took up the post of Yanshi this time, and also subdued the bandits on Erlang Mountain, so as to pacify the mastermind behind the Lishan assassination case, which is another great achievement."

When Aunt Gongsun heard this, she couldn't help but be a little puzzled and didn't answer.

Liu Luogu had already read from her reaction what he wanted to investigate.

~~

That night, the three people from Chang'an were arranged to live in the guest room of Jianzhuang.

Tian Qianzhen pushed open the door, looked around carefully, and said, "Lang Jun, the dust in this guest room is very thick, it doesn't look like someone has lived in it recently." ”

Behind him, the middle-aged man was holding Liu Luogu's talisman, but it was noble.

He only glanced at the guest room and said lightly: "That Xue Bai didn't live here at that time, but I'm sure he came." ”

"How is Lang Jun sure?" Tian Qianzhen was very curious.

"Fan Jiao sent someone to say that Aunt Gongsun rescued Xue Bai, this is a trap, if I ask so, she will know that I am here to check Xue Bai. But I asked in a different way, deliberately missing some small flaws, and her expression betrayed her. ”

Tian Qianzhen listened carefully and said, "Lang Jun is smart. ”

Gao Shang shook his hand and sighed: "It's not smart, if you lose, you lose." ”

He was not willing to lose to Xue Bai, but even so, he had to be ready to win back a city.

Xue Bai wanted him in Yanshi, but he planned to use the name of Gongsun Auntie to travel in the name of Yanshi, bypass Yanshi, and go directly to Chang'an to expose Xue Bai's crimes.

He quickly fell asleep, recuperated, and ready to fight back.

On the way to escape, because of the fear that Xue Bai sent someone to chase him, when he rested at night, Tian Qianzhen and Kang Bu would take turns to guard, although they stayed in Jianzhuang tonight, they were still like this.

It's not that I thought that Xue Bai could send someone to chase after him so quickly, but Fan Yang's old man was naturally more thoughtful than ordinary people.

Tian Qianzhen slept first, and soon there was a thunderous snoring.

Kangbu put two large axes in his hand and sat there looking at the stars.

The starry sky tonight is beautiful, but it is very windy. In addition, it has not rained much since the beginning of spring, and the weather is very dry, and there is dust when the wind blows.

Looking at it, it was the second half of the night, Tian Qian's snoring was still ringing, and Kang Bu planned to keep watch for him for a while.

Before he knew it, he was also sleepy, took a nap, and lowered his head.

At this moment, a cold light flashed in the night, and someone rushed towards him with a knife.

"Whew-"

At the same time as the knife fell, Cambu quickly avoided it, reaching out to pick up the axe, but the other party stepped on one of the handles and slashed it again.

But Khambu picked up another axe and began to fight the other party.

At the same time, more people have rushed forward and rushed straight to the noble.

Enraged, Cambu slammed the axe in his hand, smashing half of the man's head, but he himself was stabbed.

Unaware of it, he blocked the door with his body, and immediately received another knife.

"Ah Tian! Take Lang Jun away! ”

The snoring in the room has stopped, but a flame is burning from the window, which is Tian Qianzhen in the house who has lit the curtains and bedding.

The fire quickly erupted and spread to the wooden walls.

Kamp had been stabbed many times, and he was still standing in the way of the house.

"Poof."

Lao Liang was furious, stepped forward and slashed it with all his might, cutting off the head of this big man to the ground. Camb's head rolled around on the ground a few times, still glaring angrily.

At the same time, there was a "bang", and two people crashed out of a burning window.

After Tian Qianzhen crashed out, he immediately knocked down one person, leading Gao Shang to break through. However, Lao Liang has already made arrangements, and there are people guarding the courtyard in front of him.

"Let's go!"

Tian Qianzhen roared angrily, and rushed towards the gate, and then suddenly changed direction and killed inside the Sword Village.

Lao Liang also arranged manpower over there, but he didn't bring enough people, and the disciples of Gongsun Auntie were arranged here, and his martial arts were extraordinary.

But Tian Qianzhen was even more proficient, slashing with a big sword, forcing the disciples back, he didn't ask for killing, he took a few sword stabs, and led Gao Shang to rush through their defense line.

"They can't run away." Lao Liang shouted: "Chase!" ”

Tian Qianzhen and Gao Shang didn't seem to be in a hurry to escape, and separated and ran into the dark flowers and trees, refusing to be easily taken by them.

There was still fighting and fleeing here, and the wind over there fueled the fire, and the fire in the guest room had quickly spread to the trees in the courtyard.

There are still several sources of fire in the sword village from time to time, which are really ordered by Tian Qian.

"Whew-"

The weather was dry, and the fire grew bigger and bigger, and in a very short time it reached the point of being out of control.

Seeing this, Lao Liang had no choice but to stop letting people run after them, but to guard the periphery of Jianzhuang, not letting them escape, and preparing to extinguish the fire.

The sky was not yet bright, but Yuanxiangtang was getting brighter and brighter, and there was a crackling sound everywhere.

Li Twelve Niang hurriedly took out a few of her precious objects from the room, and then wanted to go back to rescue other things, but was grabbed by Aunt Gongsun.

"Burn it, burn it." Aunt Gongsun looked at the firelight and sighed comfortingly: "I said that I want to live in seclusion, what is it to live in a place where everyone can find it?" ”

A wooden building collapsed in a fire.

Lao Liang took everyone to retreat outside, fighting the fire while preventing Gao Shang and Tian Qianzhen from escaping, and in the end he didn't see them again......

~~

This fire burned Lao Liang's heart, and when he returned to Yanshi, he immediately asked Xue Bai for his guilt.

"It's useless to take so many people to a sneak attack, and let them burn Gongsun Jianzhuang under my nose."

"It's to pay to Aunt Gongsun." Xue Bai didn't think so, and asked, "Gao Shang is dead?" ”

"I think I'm dead."

Lao Liang has been following Xue Bai for so long, and it is the first time that he said that he should. At that time, there was really not much chance that Gao Shang could escape.

Xue Bai originally wanted to take it alive, he knew Fan Gao's thoughts, and he also wanted to explore the situation of An Lushan again, but it was not a big deal to die.

A fire in Gongsun Jianzhuang is not a bad thing for him.

Since he planned to pay a mansion to Aunt Gongsun, he invited her to live in Yanshi with her disciples for the time being; He also planned to send people to Yuncheng to buy a house, so as to contact the officials of Yuncheng, and planned to restart the smuggling of copper and iron.

But the old cool ones should be reminded.

"Have you learned any lessons from this?"

"You need to be more careful."

"Fan Yang is not ordinary, and he will cheer up when he sees it later." Xue Bai said: "Also, it was on fire at that time, it didn't matter if you were noble, you just fled, you should have put out the fire earlier, so as not to harm the innocent." ”

"Whoa!"

Lao Liang responded, kept it in his heart, and then held Kangbu's head and said, "Old man Fan Yang is here." ”

"Pickle the lime and send it to Chang'an to Yang Guozhong and make a fuss for him."

"Yes, and these, noble things."

Xue Bai looked at it, picked up a signet and looked at it carefully, and saw that it was engraved with the words "Zuo Qianniu Guards Cao Shen Military Liu Luogu", and his eyes flashed with doubt.

has the prophecy of the golden knife, and this "Liu Luogu" can serve as an official in Zuo Qianniuwei, which shows that he is quite trusted.

This matter will be investigated again when I return to Chang'an.

Aunt Gongsun also came, and handed the back of the golden comb given to her by Gao Shang to Xue Bai.

"The reason why the old woman believes that he is from Chang'an is because it is indeed a thing in the palace."

Xue Bai took it and looked at it for a while, and said: "It's not strange that there are things in the palace that are noble, it was given to An Lushan by a saint, and then An Lushan gave it to him......

At this point, he paused for a moment, and suddenly felt a little funny.

So, put the back of the gold comb together with the card charms and put it up carefully.

Noble is wise, and he fled in anticipation of danger. What's smarter is that he also wants to take away Aunt Gongsun and fight back in a few words.

It's a pity that being smart is mistaken by being smart, and doing more is wrong.

~~

Xue Bai wrote a letter, put it with Kangbu's head, and sent it to Chang'an by stagecoach, arriving in Chang'an only two days later.

Now Yang Guozhong has moved to the luxury mansion in Xuanyangfang, and the reason why he can be so prosperous is because he is now the first person to take care of the Son of Heaven's private money.

On this day, when he returned to the house from Taifu, he saw a wooden box on the front hall, so he smiled and said, "Who gave the gift?" Placed here. ”

The steward was about to speak, Yang Guozhong waved his hand, and said: "Don't worry, I guess, this wooden box is made of poor materials, and I haven't seen such an inferior wooden box for a long time." But the more broken the wooden box, the more valuable it must be......"

As he spoke, he opened the wooden box directly.

"Ahh

Seeing an angry-eyed and murderous head, Yang Guozhong was so frightened that he took two steps back.

It's not that he's timid, it's that he's too sure of his guess and he's frightened for a while.

"Which one sent it with a dog's intestine?!"

"It's Xue Lang, and the letter came with the gift."

"Gift fart."

Yang Guozhong took the letter and opened it directly.

Xue Bai's handwriting is getting better and better, but his writing is casual, without any champion style, and he is even inferior to him Yang Guozhong.

"At the beginning, the demon thief Lishan was in turmoil, and the sage asked me to go to Yanshi to have a look, and now I have seen the results......"

Yang Guozhong raised his eyebrows, but he actually approached Kangbu's face, looked at it carefully for a while, and finally asked Kangbu.

"You're really a gift?"

(End of chapter)