Spring Hope

After the heavy snowfall, the people of the Holy Dynasty ushered in a year of rejoicing.

Especially in Tongzhou, every household has posted Spring Festival couplets, and the skillful girls have cut their own window flowers and pasted them on the windows, and every household has hung up red lanterns, and the sound of artillery is endless. Occasionally, there is a cannon boom in the street, which always startles a group of people. But those who were frightened were not annoyed, they just watched the naughty children silly.

This year's Tongzhou is particularly happy, in front of the Zhenmanfu won a big victory, and they also opened normal trade with a small part of the Northern Barbarians, whether it is horses or Beiban fur and other things can be traded normally, those Northern Barbarian merchants do not have to take huge risks to obtain Tongzhou silk.

Of course, the things traded were only limited to daily necessities, and the bows and arrows of the Northern Barbarians and the standard long knives of Tongzhou were naturally not within this range.

But on a tall building, a young man was holding a huge bow and watching, and his mouth was amazed.

"You said that in this bitter cold land of the Northern Barbarians, there is no tall wood, why can such a good bow be made?" he said, putting down the bow and arrow in his hand, and standing side by side with the woman in red clothes, looking down on most of the Ling'an Mansion.

The woman glanced at him, and the man immediately lowered his head, grabbed his head and smiled, looking honest.

"Aren't you worried about your good friend at all?" the woman asked him helplessly, and snatched the sugar gourd from his hand.

"You think you are a child, and you still eat sugar gourds, and you are reluctant to have a string of sugar gourds when you are here, and you are holding a sugar gourd every day when he leaves. ”

The man scratched his head, laughed embarrassedly, and watched as the woman stuffed the sugar gourd into his mouth.

"What do you see, the old lady can't eat sugar gourds?"

The man is naturally Chai Xintong, and the woman is of course Fan Jiuxian.

"I don't know what happened to Xu Changan's stinky boy, after all, he was treated as a prisoner. ”

Chai Xintong was stunned for a moment, a trace of worry quickly appeared on his face, and then quickly disappeared, and he pulled out an ugly smile and said: "What's the use of us worrying? Chai Xintong paused, and then said: "After all, the order to press him to Chang'an was given by the Holy Emperor himself. ”

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A prisoner's cart slowly passed through the market.

There weren't many people in the market, but most of them looked at the prisoner cart coldly.

The old woman nibbled on the bun in her hand and looked at the man in the prisoner car viciously.

The man in the prison cart looked very young, but at this time he was already lying weakly in the prison cart, his chest was already soaked with blood, his eyes were slightly closed, and he seemed to care about all the sounds of the outside world.

This town is in Zhenmanfu, and it is different from the joy of the rest of Tongzhou, this place seems to be shrouded in an inexplicable desolation.

The women all nibbled on the buns in their hands, and looked coldly at the people in the prisoner car, as if they had a grudge against their father.

The young official escorting the prisoner car was a little stunned when he saw this scene, and in his understanding, shouldn't the whole people in Tongzhou be grateful to this young man? How could anyone still look at him with such eyes.

The cold-eyed women took a step forward at the same time, and the procession escorting the prisoner cart stopped.

The group of women dropped some dry and hard buns, licked their chapped lips, their sharp and long nails were black, and their clothes were messy and dirty.

The young official looked at the group of women in a hurry.

Originally, he could have avoided this town, but before leaving, the eldest prince gave him some advice to make sure that he lived from now on.

"Is this the rumored Xu Chang'an who colluded with the Northern Barbarians?" a voice came out.

The young escort officer nodded, then immediately shook his head vigorously, his face full of vigilance.

In the prison car, a dirty kitten next to Xu Changan was lying next to him, and when he heard this, he seemed to understand, and glared at the woman with bared teeth.

The woman was frightened, and unconsciously took half a step back, she should have felt that she was actually frightened by a cat, and she was a little embarrassed, so she took half a step forward with courage, and straightened her shriveled chest.

These women are as thin as wood, like wandering beggars. But if they are beggars, but not necessarily, the Zhenman Mansion will send a large amount of supplies every year, but they are unwilling to move a single bit.

They only hope that their men will come back safely. Their husbands, their sons.

They don't want to accept the funding of the barbarian government, they just want to make up a lie to deceive themselves.

When spring arrives and the war is won, their relatives will return, and they want living relatives more than those cold supplies.

Seeing that the young escort officer nodded, they were like crazy female beasts, rushing towards the prisoner cart with their teeth and claws, and the escort soldiers hurriedly resisted, but these people were just some ordinary poor women, so naturally they couldn't draw their swords against each other. In a few moments, the women's dirty nails were stuffed with minced flesh, and the soldiers had more blood on their bodies.

"Why!"

The women were hysterical and yelled.

"Why do you want to shield this wicked man, if he doesn't collude with the Northern Barbarians, maybe my husband will be able to come back, come back!" After saying that, she knelt in the muddy water and cried loudly.

There was a blank look on the young official's face.

He wanted to explain something, but he didn't know where to start, so he could only stand aside and be in a hurry.

"My husband once wrote to me and told me that he would probably be back in the spring, but he couldn't wait for the spring. After finishing speaking, she looked at Xu Changan viciously.

"I really didn't expect that you are not very old, but your heart is so vicious. ”

"Those who are not of my race will have different hearts. I didn't expect you to have the blood of the Central Plains like me, and you would collude with the outside world. ”

"Phew!"

When Xu Changan heard this, he finally turned over with difficulty.

Although he was in the prison car, there were cushions underneath, and when it was cold at night, he would use a few wooden planks to leak air on all sides.

If it weren't for the scruples of some people, this escort official would have sent the young man directly to Chang'an in a luxury carriage, and he even felt that such courtesy was not enough to express his respect for Xu Chang'an.

"You ......" The escort officer looked at Xu Changan, who was about to get off the carriage, and immediately stopped him.

"Rest assured, we'll take care of it. The escort officer hurriedly dissuaded.

Xu Changan interrupted him with a wave of his hand, gently ripped open the lock on the prisoner car, and limped down.

When those women saw Xu Changan get out of the car, they all quieted down.

Xu Changan smiled, took two steps forward holding his chest, and then walked back slowly.

He didn't explain anything, and got into the prisoner cart.

......

The prisoner car walked all the way towards Chang'an, accompanied by an accompanying military doctor, who was specially transferred by General Xu Zhenwu to take care of Xu Chang'an.

No matter what the Holy Emperor thinks of Xu Chang'an's identity, but this Zhenmanfu is proud of Xu Changan, and through him and Qian Laosan, the Zhenmanfu can trust each other with the Shuohe Ministry, otherwise I don't know how long it will take to suppress the arrogant Shuofeng Ministry, and return the border people to peace.

The young escort officer thought about it, and he felt that there were some things that he should talk to Xu Changan, after all, he himself was also from the Zhenman Mansion.

"It seems that the eldest prince ...... all the way when he left" Xu Changan had already guessed, otherwise who would spread rumors and slander himself.

"Let him vent too!" Xu Changan smiled lightly, recalling the events of the day.

......

When the spear of the eldest prince pierced Qian Laosan's body, General Xu Zhenwu finally arrived, and at the same time arrived with the belated holy decree.

The Great Prince was ordered to return to the south, and all military power in the north was vested in General Xu.

The eldest prince looked at the holy decree, his face was full of incredulity, and the holy decree specifically stated one thing, if you still want to stay in the north, all the force will be under the jurisdiction of Xu Zhenwu, the generalissimo of Zhenbei.

He looked at the grieving old general, glanced at Xu Changan, and the unwillingness in his heart slowly turned into madness.

He knew that he was no longer able to catch Xu Changan alive, but the backlash of his own cultivation was getting more and more serious. So, he had to make a crazy and bold move.

He glanced at General Xu in grief, and picked up the spear again!

It's easier to have a dead Xu Changan than a living Xu Changan!

At this moment, he figured out one thing, as long as he got the essence blood of the dragon, what did it matter if the Sea Beast Diagram could be obtained or not? The most important thing was to solve the urgent need!

When the spear of the eldest prince was only an inch away from Xu Chang'an's eyebrows, Xu Changan seemed to see the blood splashing on his head, he heard Su Qing's roar, Chai Xintong's shout who hurried over, and saw Zhao Qingzhi's desperate anger shot, but all of this, compared to the spear close at hand, seemed too far away.

He had already closed his eyes, but the eldest prince was struck by lightning and froze in place.

With a "clang", the silver gun smashed to the ground, and there was a crisp sound.

Everyone looked at this scene in confusion, even the eldest prince himself looked incredible, he didn't know why his hand was numb, and the spear came out of his hand.

He looked behind him, no one could threaten him, and just as he was about to pick up the spear again, a figure fell from the sky.

A middle-aged man in a dark red robe, with a sense of elegance, slowly fell.

Xu Changan opened his eyes hard and gritted his teeth tightly, he knew this person, this person was the initiator of the three-day game, the great master of unknown origin.

When the eldest prince saw this person's personal appearance, his eyes were red, and he said unwillingly: "There are still a few hours left in three days!

The middle-aged man glanced at him, and the eldest prince was hit hard, and the corners of his mouth were bleeding.

"I said that the time has come, do you need a reason?" the eldest prince was silent, the rules have always been made by the strong.

"Little one, you're far worse than your father!" the middle-aged man suddenly laughed.

"This time I want you to remember one thing, if you don't cultivate well, any cat or dog can come to bully you!" said the middle-aged man who wanted to mention Xu Changan.

Suddenly there was a shout in the distance.

"Wait a minute, sir. An old man dressed in tatters rushed over, and although he was not particular about his body, he had a goatee on his chin.

Chai Xintong was naturally happy when he saw this person, but he immediately became worried about his master, after all, he was facing the existence of a suspected great master!

The middle-aged man frowned slightly, and in this old man with an elegant aura, he also felt an uncontrollable and uncontrollable righteousness.

"Confucius Temple?"

The old man nodded.

"I'm not going to hurt him. "The middle-aged man knew the relationship between Confucius Temple and that person, so he naturally didn't want to have an estrangement, even if he was already a great master now.

The old man stroked his beard, tidied up his clothes, and then said slowly: "I naturally know that sir, you will not hurt this child, when he returned to the Confucius Temple, he ordered us to find classics and pharmacists, to detoxify the strong men on the front line of hundreds of thousands of blood, but unfortunately, we have not found a way until now." ”

The middle-aged man's eyes froze, what hundreds of thousands of strong men he knew was a pretext, it must be the one who gave him the ice silkworm at the beginning, he couldn't rest assured, so he told Confucius Temple to think of a way.

In this way, he still owes a favor invisibly.

"You can't take care of him. The middle-aged man said lightly.

"But that person once said that if you have a strength that does not match virtue, I am afraid that it will be a disaster for the common people, not a blessing!"

The middle-aged man thought for a while, since it was the man's arrangement, it was inconvenient for him to interfere more, after this time, he suddenly found that this little guy and his friends were also cute, although they were far inferior to their fathers.

"Where?"

"Chang'an!" The middle-aged man looked at the old man with a fixed gaze.

"Sir, please rest assured, since the Holy Emperor wants him to go to Chang'an, will our Confucius Temple still stand by and watch?"

"The existence of the Confucius Temple is to educate the world!"

The middle-aged man nodded slowly, glanced at Xu Changan, and then his figure gradually blurred and disappeared in front of everyone.

If necessary, what does it matter if he goes to Chang'an again!

A Taoist with a wooden sword suddenly jumped in, startling the old man.

"Have you seen Ah He?" everyone looked blank.

The old Taoist priest sighed, gritted his teeth, found a direction, and chased after him.

Everyone didn't pay attention to the old Taoist priest who suddenly appeared and disappeared, and they all looked at Xu Changan anxiously.

The old man suddenly bared his teeth and leaned over to approach Xu Changan.

"Little guy, do you know that you lost a lot of money in the gambling fight with the young master of the Holy Mountain, in that case, you can take the prisoner's car. ”

As he spoke, he straightened up suddenly.

"Holy Emperor, you still can't rest assured! Since you want to play, then my Confucius Temple will use this world as a chessboard with you!" he muttered to himself, his voice inaudible.

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I didn't sleep last night, and it's even more late, and I'll slowly fix these bad habits. The old man appeared in the previous chapter of the gambling fight, he went to open the market and cheated money.