This had never been done before, and he hesitated. Soon Pei Xiaoyuan saw him and paid attention. At this time, his expression was already as usual, and his gaze was condensed.

Chen Shao thought it was because the lights were blurred, so he looked at it differently.

"I just got the message."

"The person I was looking for before, I caught it." He said.

In the southwest corner of Yining Fang in the northwest of Chang'an, there is a store. The shopkeeper is bearded, dark-skinned, and claims to be an Angolan businessman, who can speak fluent Angolan dialect, and his identity document also corroborates his self-statement, showing that he is an outsider who has just arrived. In Chang'an, there are countless people, Yiningfang is next to the Kaiyuan Gate, there are many outsiders who are different from the appearance of the Holy Dynasty, so after this person came here two or three years ago to take down this shop, it was like a drop of water like the sea, and he settled down smoothly.

The reason why this Anguo businessman, who seemed to have no problems on the surface, entered Pei Xiaoyuan's sight was because after carefully inspecting several foreigners' settlements in Chang'an, he selected a list of Xifan people whose arrival time was most suitable for what he was looking for. This man is one of them.

A few days ago, Pei Xiaoyuan sent Chen Shao to enter the mansion under the pretext of ordinary inspections, and unexpectedly called out Chada's real name in Xibo language. This man did not show any big feet at that time, but the next day, the shopkeeper and several servants went to the empty shop, absconded, and after a secret search of the shop, they found a secret room, which contained a lot of soft and goods that had not yet had time to be processed, and there were all kinds of goods, which looked like they had been plundered. Tortured the porter in the shop, the porter confessed that the store was located in a corner, the surrounding neighbors were scarce, the business was light, and the shopkeeper of Anguo was not very concerned about business, and often closed the door, but he would take his helper out for a few days every month, and then rush back. As for what to do when you go out, I don't know.

Obviously, this is a ruthless man who opens an idle shop during the day and robs business at night, which is more in line with the characteristics of the person he is looking for.

Chen Shao immediately searched everywhere, and just tonight, he had just received news that in the barren mountains near Lingaoyi in the west of the city, he had caught the group of five or six Anguo people who had fled with gold and silver.

"He admitted his identity, it was Chada who had surrendered with the dead Western Tibetan nobles, because his mother was from Anguo, so he could speak Anguo, three years ago after the death of his master, he was outside the city, killed a newly arrived Anguo businessman, and stole his identity to hide."

"But he refused to explain the matter anyway, saying that he must see the victim."

Pei Xiaoyuan quietly walked out of the city from Yanpingmen and traveled to the field where he had a secret meeting with He Jin and others not long ago. Chada, a native of Xifan, was bound by ropes, and he fell to the ground, and when he saw Pei Xiaoyuan walking towards him in the moonlight, he shouted loudly: "It's you!" ”

"I saw you three years ago at war in the West! You are a descendant of the former Great Tiger General! It's so similar! It's so similar! ”

He muttered, staring at Pei Xiaoyuan, with a look in his eyes that mixed fear and awe.

The young man in front of him reminded him of the past that had gradually become distant.

Even though so many years have passed, when he recalls the bloody sniper battle that took place in the valley at this moment, it still makes him feel palpitations.

After the hand-to-hand combat began, the enemy's general, with a mere 800 men, actually stubbornly blocked tens of thousands of Xifan soldiers for nearly half a day. They had to pay the terrible price of thousands of dead and wounded until the god-like man had fallen, and he was able to pass through the valley he had guarded.

"My surname is Pei, and General Shenhu is my father."

Pei Xiaoyuan lightly lifted the hem of his robe, bent down, and squatted in front of the person on the ground.

"Tell me, you have clearly retreated back then, why did you send troops to Beiyuan again?" He asked in a calm voice.

Chada's drumming eyes shimmered suspiciously in the moonlight: "If I say it, can you spare my life and let me go?" ”

"Yes."

Pei Xiaoyuan stood up and motioned to loosen his ties for him. Chen Shao did so.

Chada was surprised to be freed so easily, and after being stunned, his face was happy: "General Pei is the greatest hero I have ever seen, and I deeply admire it. Pei Langjun is naturally too, presumably he promises a thousand gold, and he will do what he says! I believe in you! After kowtowing, he got up and continued: "That day, the prince learned that the chaos of the Holy Dynasty had been decided, and there was a Divine Tiger Army in front of him, and he knew that he would not be able to get any benefit from fighting, so he made up his mind to retreat, but who knew that a captured general suddenly fled back, and also spread the news that General Pei had led his troops on the road to Chang'an, and the front was all bluffing, and Beiyuan's actual defense was empty, so he called to seize the opportunity to come in for revenge. ”

"General Pei is strict in governing the army, and the people sent before have either gone and have not returned, or they are equivalent to useless, and they have never found useful news, how can they let a prisoner escape back this time, and there is such a harvest. The prince didn't believe it at first, fearing that it was a trick set up by the general, and when he asked what happened, the man said that he had pretended to surrender before, so he had saved his life for the time being, but after General Pei left, he was going to kill him in order to prevent future troubles. He was escorted to be executed, thinking that he was going to die, but somehow, a cold arrow was shot from nowhere, and the guard was hit by the arrow on the spot, so he fled and reported the news to the prince. ”

"This matter is really strange, but if it is true, it is a golden opportunity, and the prince immediately sent troops to test it, and found that it was true! Who knows, General Pei is really leaving, and when he heard the news, he quickly turned back, and took the rest of the people to guard for many days. Pei Langjun must also know about the rest of the matter, so you don't need to talk about it. ”

"Three years ago, you surrendered to the Holy Dynasty, and the prince was killed in the street, do you know the inside story?" Pei Xiaoyuan groaned and continued to ask.

Chada's face was indignant: "We are so stupid! I only came to my senses later. Defeated three years ago, the prince was disheartened, knowing that even if he went back, the succession was completely hopeless, and he was afraid that he would be excluded. Unexpectedly, not long after entering the court, he was stabbed to death by a scoundrel on the street, and the verdict said that it was jealous, and the person was gone. But the more I thought about it, the more scared I became. The people who put people back to deliver the news back must have been people from the Holy Dynasty who used us to kill General Pei. Now, even if we sincerely take refuge, those people will be afraid that if we tell us what happened back then, they will not be able to tolerate us. So I fled overnight, and with nowhere to go, I pretended to be an Angolan businessman and settled down. ”

Although he used his identity as a businessman to successfully change his face to avoid trouble, he was a fierce man by nature, so that he really lived by running a business like a businessman, how could he endure it. So in the past few years, from time to time, he has also taken his former henchmen out to do some business without capital, and after selling the stolen goods, he spent all day drinking and living a satisfactory life in Chang'an. But he didn't expect that suddenly disaster fell from the sky, and now he was targeted by the descendants of the Beiyuan War, in order to be able to survive under him, he naturally tried his best to guess the other party's mind and say anything.

"Pei Langjun, although the general died in Beiyuan, it was a war between the two countries. The prince was also taken advantage of! The person who designed the battle of the Northern Abyss was the real culprit. ”

"Pei Langjun, I know you must want revenge! I've often thought about it in the past few years, maybe the person who planned that incident back then was the saint of the Holy Dynasty today. As long as you leave my life, I will obey whatever you want me to do in the future. I know that you pilgrims are famous for their teachers, and even if you rebel, you must first send a letter so that the people of the world will know your sufferings. I can testify for you in the future—"

The Xifan people were spitting when their throats suddenly tightened, and they couldn't speak.

He was still open, but his whole body froze, his eyes widened, and his gaze fell on the face of the young man of the Holy Dynasty opposite.

In the moonlight, the young man's originally calm face suddenly flashed with a fierce color. He reached out and opened one of his hands. The five fingers of that hand were like iron claws, pinching the throat of the Xifan people, tightening it, like strangling a piece of fat full of fat and blood, so that the throat embedded in the flesh of the Xifan people was completely closed, and no longer half of the qi could be revealed.

The people of Xifan came back to their senses from the initial disbelief and surprise, and their eyes suddenly burst into a furious light. He slammed his strength into the fight back. However, the young man's fingers were terrifyingly strong, and he pinched his throat like a snake that had been pinched seven inches, with a fat body, his arms fluttering, and his feet kicking the mud and rocks on the ground in front of him, no matter how much he resisted, he could not break free from the choke of that hand.

Then, Chen Shao, who reacted, quickly led his subordinates to bully forward, one left and one right, and firmly encircled the arms of the Xifan people, not allowing him to resist anymore.

Pei Xiaoyuan looked at the face of the Xifan man on the other side who seemed to be gradually inflated, and the strength of his fingers became heavier and heavier. With a muffled sound, the hyoid bones of the Xifan people were broken, and blood began to ooze from their eyes and nostrils, which was a sign of a burst blood vessel. His fingers still didn't loosen. Gradually, the resistance of the Xifan people became weak, and finally, he lost the ability to move, and his head hung weakly to the side of his shoulder, however, Pei Xiaoyuan still did not let go of his fingers, until the Xifan people completely stopped struggling in his hands, and a hot smell of filth from his body emanated from his body.

At this point, the fierce look on his face slowly disappeared, replaced by expressionless indifference.

"Kill some of his accomplices, dig a deep pit, and bury them all on the spot." He said.

Chen Shaoying was, hesitated for a moment, and then asked in a low voice: "What should I do with the Di shop?" There are stolen goods in the secret room. People can't go back, if Fang Zheng is aware of the report, in case the identity of this person is found out, it will be suspected of us. ”

"You have divided the softness in the secret room, and set a fire tonight to burn down the store."

After Pei Xiaoyuan finished speaking, he didn't stay any longer, turned around, and walked away alone.

On this night when the curfew was lifted, the lights in the eastern and western cities were lit up all night long, and tourists were weaving.

In the corner next to the Kaiyuan Gate in the northwest of Chang'an, a mansion shop may have accidentally caught fire due to a holiday fire, and all seven or eight houses in the courtyard were burned down, and the fire gradually became smaller.

In the Temple of Mercy and Grace, the Pei family's ritual that lasted for three days and three nights was coming to an end with the return of the Pei family in the second half of the night.

And for Suyu, tonight is also a sleepless night.

Li Wanwan, the county lord of Yucheng, had already learned that Pei Ji Pei Gong of the Eastern Capital had replied that he was deeply honored by her grandfather's mention of marriage, and he had fiercely praised the good name of the county lord of Yucheng, but in the end, he still politely refused. The reason seems to be that the nephew had discussed a marriage in Ganliang not long ago, although it was not possible for some reason, but out of respect for the other party, it is really not convenient now, so he will discuss the marriage again so soon.

No matter what Pei Ji's real intention of refusing to marry was, at least, this reason is appropriate, showing the Pei family's consistent gentle style, and also taking care of King Ning's face.

Whether her grandfather was disappointed in this or not, Li Wanwan didn't care, anyway, she was overjoyed, and she was even happier when she thought that she was going to Cangshan soon. Tonight, she originally invited Su Yu to go to the two cities with her and Lu Wenjun.

Su Yu didn't want to go, so he made an excuse and politely declined.

This night, her Aya didn't call her over as he had done before. He locked him alone in the west hall with the picture of the Queen Mother of the West, and did not return to the house until late at night, and under the service of Zhao Zhongfang, he coughed and fell asleep.

Su Yu waited quietly outside the fine house, and waited until the old palace eunuch walked out slowly with staggering steps, and said, "Zhao Bandang, I want to go somewhere." ”

"Come with me."

……

Inside Pingkangfang, the lights are bright, and it is as lively as a heavenly street market.

An ordinary green oil truck that can be seen everywhere on the streets of Chang'an tonight returned, unhurriedly passed through the intersection of Pingkangfang, and finally stopped at the entrance of an alley next to Jinfeng Tower.

Wei Yinniang, wearing a hat, got out of the car, and returned to the small building where she had lived for many years, accompanied by the servants.

By the help of a lantern hanging by the side of the small staircase, which flickered gently in the night breeze, she climbed the small building, pushed open the door, and walked in.

She did not ask anyone to come in and serve, nor did she call for a lamp to be lit.

She stopped alone in the dark night behind the door, stood for a moment, then walked slowly, until she entered her dormitory, groped, and was about to light the lamp, when suddenly she paused.

A ray of moonlight, together with the shadow of the lamp cast from the Jinfeng Tower opposite the small building, shone obliquely into the west window deep in the dormitory.

In the shadow of the moonlight and lights, she saw a slender and quiet figure on the couch behind the window.

"It's me."

In a soft voice, the man brushed the flint and lit a white lotus-seated candlestick on the table.

In the suddenly bright warm yellow light in the room, Su Yu looked at the woman who was frozen opposite, and a smile appeared on her face.

"Sister, it's so late, where are you coming from?"

She asked softly.

Chapter 72

After a short period of silence, Wei Yinniang slowly raised her hand and took off the hat on her head.

"It's very lively over there in the release pond tonight, so I went for a walk and put a few lotus lanterns." She smiled as she lowered her hat.

"When did the princess come? Blame me, if I knew you were coming, I wouldn't have joined in the fun. She walked up to Suyu and saluted.

Su Yu got up to meet her, took her hand, stopped her from saluting, and then took her to sit beside her.

"Sister, are your hands all right?"

Wei Yinniang unfolded her ten fingers, which had been restored to their original green and delicate appearance, and let her look at it: "It's been good for a long time." Later, he received the medicine sent by Grandpa Zhao, did the princess tell him? Grandpa Zhao has taken great care of me in the past, and now that he has finally come back, he is also old, and I am just a little thing, but I want you to keep remembering, I really don't want to go. ”

"Sister, it's okay if your hands are fine." Su Yu raised her eyes, and her gaze fell on Wei Yinniang's smiling face.

"In a few days, everyone will go to Cangshan, which is cooler than Chang'an, mainly clean. After I knew, the first thing I thought of was you, and I wanted you to go too, sister, and let's live there for a few days. I asked Zhao Bandang to bring you a message. When he came back, he said to me, "You're not going?" ”

"Yes." Wei Yinniang nodded.

"The princess thinks of me everywhere, and I am very grateful. However, it's really not appropriate for me to go, plus I've been tired lately, so I'm too lazy to go out and toss again. I will take the princess's heart, you go by yourself, get there, have fun, just like I go. She laughs.

She didn't want to go with her, which was expected by Su Yu.

"Sister, you don't want to go, I'm not reluctant. But there is another thing, I don't know if I can ask Sister Ah again? ”

"Of course! What's the matter? ”

"Sister A's naturalization was also done by Zhao Bandang herself. He said to me, you didn't ask for anything. ”

"Sister, you are now free, why do you still choose to stay in this place?"

Wei Yinniang was still smiling. She looked around at the dormitory she was in: "This matter should also be begged for me by the princess from Her Majesty, right?" I am extremely grateful, I have always wanted to thank the princess in person, and tonight I finally have the opportunity. Grandpa Zhao did say at the time that no matter what I wanted or where I went, he could arrange it for me. I've lived here for many years, I'm used to it, it's like my home, so I don't want to go anywhere, it's good to be here. ”

Su Yu's eyes fell on her face, and she didn't say a word.

"What does the princess think of me like this?"

Wei Yinniang smiled and avoided her gaze, and suddenly stood up.

"Look at me, I just saw the princess, and I didn't even prepare you a cup of tea—" she said, getting up and waiting for someone to make tea.

"Sister, can you tell me again, where did you go last night?" Suddenly, at this time, Su Yu spoke.

Wei Yinniang paused and stopped.

Su Yu looked at her back.

"Last night, you went to the Temple of Mercy and Grace under a pseudonym on the pretext of doing things."

Wei Yinniang was silent and motionless.

"Sister, I don't want to lie to you, let's be honest with you."

"Yuan Zhiben is monitoring your side, you know the reason, I won't say it. It was I who took over the matter in front of my Aye, and Yuan Wei was not allowed to interfere again. First, because I guess, you are extremely disgusted with this person, and I don't want you to be bothered by him again, and second, sister, I sympathize with my brother Li Yan and sister, this is true, otherwise how could I save him when I was arrested by you last time. I also fully understand his feelings and thoughts, or your feelings, or Sister. It's because of my Aye, Brother Li Yan has fallen into today's situation, Sister, you have lost everything, your family, and even your dignity, and you yourself, what's wrong? ”

Wei Yinniang still turned her back to her like that, and her figure froze.

"Therefore, with me, you hate my Aye, or, even if you are an enemy of my Aya, as long as you do not do what I cannot tolerate, you are still willing to recognize me as a sister, and you will always be my brother Yan and sister of the Wei family. But sister, I won't hide it from you—"

Su Yu paused, "Whether it's for public planning or out of my selfishness, I don't want Pei Langjun and Brother Li Yan to get too close." She said this sentence in an aggravated tone, and then walked over, walked in front of Wei Yinniang, and stared at her eyes, which were already slightly red.