Volume 2 The Rivers and Lakes in the Temple and Outside the Temple Chapter 63 The Eagle (3)
A figure fell in Chang'an in embarrassment.
At this time in Chang'an, the sky is not yet bright, the snow is piled up layer by layer like fallen leaves, the snow of the previous days has not melted, and today it is stacked with a thick layer.
Before the darkness had cleared, he came overnight, and if the sword had the same vitality as a horse, he did not know how many long swords he would have to exchange. He gasped heavily, and his breath turned into bursts of white mist when it was cold, and he recognized the direction with a dry mouth, and ran towards the imperial city.
The sky is getting white, only a little reluctant black remains in the sky, and the city gate slowly opens with a heavy sound, which also opens the bustle in Chang'an City.
Although it is a cold day, the enthusiasm in Chang'an City has not diminished at all.
Some of the trade began in the morning, and even some of the foreign vassal people pointed to the furs and souvenirs they had brought with them in this broken local language, chattering about a profit or two and the buyers.
The old man on the street picked up the mutton soup that was boiled before dawn, steaming, with flatbread, which was a must-have breakfast for many businessmen who traveled far away, and drank a mouthful of mutton soup beautifully, and the chest was warm in cold weather.
With the letter in hand, he looked up at the towering center of the imperial city, and when he looked up from the street, he could just see the Qianlong Hall high above, which was the center of Chang'an and the center of this holy dynasty.
Estimating the hour, the Qianlong Hall should not have opened at this time, he glanced at the old man selling mutton soup and steamed buns on the side of the road, and the old man also noticed the blood stains on his black clothes, and also felt his dust.
Although no one dares to make trouble at the foot of the imperial city, but if something happens, the court will not really compensate you, the old man glanced at him, hurriedly lowered his head, and played his own mutton soup.
Without saying a word, he sat down at the table and looked up at the imperial city.
The old man glanced at him, thought about it, and put a bowl of mutton soup in front of him.
He glanced at the old man in amazement, picked up the steaming bowl with his cold red hands, and devoured it.
A gust of wind swept by, knocking over the old man's outermost table and chair, the old man watched the horse gallop away, put away the silver taels that the horse threw on the ground, and shook his head: "I don't know if it's the south or the north, the war has started again." ”
He hurriedly swallowed a mouthful of hot soup and asked in a broken Central Plains language, "Uncle, how do you know?"
"At the foot of the imperial city, whoever dares to ride a horse, except for an emergency military report, even the prince will be punished. As he spoke, he threw up the money bag in his hand: "No, you see, even if it is a military report, if it destroys the people's things, it must be compensated." ”
He lowered his head, and suddenly felt the light emanating from the high hall.
It is not for nothing that the Holy Dynasty can become strong in a short period of time.
A horse rushed from the periphery of the imperial city all the way to the Qianlong Palace, everywhere he went, the soldiers showed their signs, and hurriedly let them go, all the way directly to the Qianlong Palace.
The soldier hurriedly dismounted, hurriedly ran to the Qianlong Palace, and saw the Holy Emperor with a serious face and a bright yellow robe, and knelt down at once.
"Qi Qi Sheng, the northern military situation is urgent!" he said, his hands up.
Hao Lianying, the old eunuch beside the Holy Emperor, immediately took over the military situation and presented it to the Holy Emperor with both hands.
After reading it, the Holy Emperor frowned and pondered. Suddenly, a little eunuch broke in, and was about to speak, but was stopped by Hao Lianying with his eyes, he looked at the Holy Emperor who closed his eyes, and carefully walked the little eunuch out of the Qianlong Palace.
After a long time, the Holy Emperor opened his eyes, looked at Hao Lianying, who was standing quietly beside him, and asked, "What's the matter?"
"If you go back to the Holy Heavens, the southern envoy asks to see you, but you want to see you. Hao Lianying asked.
"Xuan!"
Wuda, dressed in black, walked into the main hall, and as soon as he entered the main hall, he was glared at by that gaze, lowered his head, and did not dare to look up at all.
"Grass Folk Wuda, the leader of the Danniao Department in the Southern Seas. Uda almost threw himself on the polished floor.
The Holy Emperor nodded slightly, he had already heard of this Wuda, and the Great Prince used their Dan Bird Department to balance the forces in the southern seas.
"What happened?"
Uda buried his head in the ground.
"Qi Qi Sheng, since the Great Prince and a part of the Tiefutu left, the remaining four departments learned that they had joined forces to attack our Danniao Department, and the situation was precarious, and they hoped that the Holy Emperor would come to their rescue. ”
The Holy Emperor was expressionless, looking at the military situation in his hand in a daze.
Suddenly, he raised his head: "Order the eldest prince to go south within three days to fully support Xu Zhenwushuang's trial plan." In addition, Xu Zhenwu was promoted to the marshal of Zhenbei, except for the Imperial Forest Army, all military horses entered the north, and Xu Zhenwu's orders were the mainstay, and those who obstructed Xu Zhenwu were killed!"
Hao Lianying hurriedly lowered his head, it seemed that he had to send the Sword Immortal to pass on the news as soon as possible, and he was faintly worried about the eldest prince in his heart.
The Holy Emperor glanced at Uda, who was prostrate on the ground.
"Ask the imperial dining room to boil a pot of mutton soup, the mutton soup on the roadside is always a little worse than the royal family's. ”
After the Holy Emperor finished speaking, he brushed his sleeves and left.
Wuda was shocked, and immediately lay on the ground, not daring to move.
Hao Lianying sighed and stepped forward: "You take a sip of soup on the side of the road, the Holy Emperor knows, not to mention your small actions in the south, this time the Holy Emperor gave you mutton soup, I'm afraid that next time it will be a dog's head." ”
Uda was so frightened that his legs went limp, and he collapsed on the ground.
......
Xu Changan thought about it, tore the clothes on his body to tatters, his hair was messy, his face was dirty, and he wrapped the fiery red long sword in strips of cloth and mixed it with mud, which looked like a crutch.
Su Qing was also poisoned by Xu Changan, his figure is relatively petite, the short knife can also be directly carried into his arms, and it is more convenient to dress up, the two of them perfectly blended into Qian Laosan's team.
The group descended the mountain in a mighty way.
There are undoubtedly soldiers guarding the mountain, although they are just ordinary soldiers, but they do not dare to move, if the signs are exposed, there is only one fate waiting for them.
A barricade was erected on the path below the mountain, and Xu Changan and Su Qing followed behind.
Qian Laosan saw the officers and soldiers and stepped forward.
"Official, let's come down from the mountain, and ask the official to be accommodating. Qian Laosan groveled, and he was an old beggar who had been in the mix for a long time.
The officer covered his nose and fanned the wind in disgust.
"Are you the former Skyhawk?" "The urine of Lao Wu and his grandsons is really fucking enough.
Qian Laosan's face instantly became gloomy, and the dozen or so brothers who followed him also clenched their fists.
The officer didn't seem to see it, waved his hand and said, "Hurry up, hurry up." ”
As he spoke, the soldiers on both sides opened the barricades, and Qian Laosan walked over with his head down.
Descending the mountain, Qian Laosan turned his head and took a fierce look at the mountain.
After dozens of roadblocks, they walked seven or eight miles, and when they looked up, they could see a snow-capped mountain towering high in the distance.
Qian Laosan looked at the snow-capped mountain, turned his head and said: "This is already the boundary of Zhenman's Mansion, there is a small town in front, and the road that passes through the town is a hundred and ten miles is the boundary of Beiban." ”
Su Qing nodded and looked at the towering snow-capped mountain, which was the sacred mountain of their Northern Barbarians.
The group approached the town, they did not enter the town, and found a ruined temple to settle down.
Qian Laosan looked at the brothers who were suffering from running around with him, and sighed deeply. Then he looked at Su Qing, and his gaze became more determined.
Although they are now beggars, he knows that the war between the Shuohe Department and the Holy Dynasty is now in their hands.
He looked at the tired brothers, got angry, and then turned to the two of them and said, "Fifth, sixth, you go to the market to get some food and come back, remember to pay attention to safety." ”
After Qian Laosan finished speaking, the two of them came out.
"Why don't I go, these ordinary soldiers are no threat to me. Xu Changan glanced at the group of people worriedly and took the initiative to ask.
Qian Laosan smiled and said, "Has this little brother forgotten what we did before? What we are best at is disguise and lurking." The old five are empty-handed, and the sixth is a must whether it is disguise or disguise, and they are much safer than us. ”
Xu Changan glanced at the two of them in surprise and nodded slowly.
When the two of them went out, they gathered around the fire to keep warm.
About two hours later, a pot-bellied businessman limped in, covered with scars, Xu Changan was startled, and immediately helped Su Qing up, and the cane disguised by the long sword was tightly held in his hand.
Qian Laosan immediately signaled everyone to be quiet, helped up the "businessman", and asked in a deep voice: "Sixth, fifth, what happened?"
"Third brother, we missed, and the fifth brother was arrested. As he spoke, he covered his bleeding leg.
Qian Laosan was startled, and then pushed the sixth child away, took two steps back, his voice was low, and his face was very ugly.
"Since the fifth child has been arrested, what are you doing when you come back!"
Qian Laosan didn't know where to find a dagger and slowly approached the sixth child.
"Sixth, you've disappointed me so much. The sixth man, dressed as a businessman, propped his hands on the ground, kicked forward with his feet, and stepped back step by step.
"Didn't you hurt your leg when you came in?" Qian Laosan stared at Lao Liu.
The sixth man suddenly stood up and pulled off his clothes.
"Third brother, I've had enough! How majestic we used to be, and we were respected wherever we went, but now?" Qian Laosan didn't speak, and Xu Changan pulled Su Qing and slowly retreated to the window.
"For so many years, if you are willing, with our ability, why worry about fine clothes and food, look at what we look like now!" The sixth brother pointed to a group of brothers, all of them lowered their heads, only Qian Laosan stared at this brother who had been born and died with him for so many years.
"So you betrayed us?"
Lao Liu stubbornly shook his head: "I'm not betraying you, I'm thinking about everyone's future, we want to raise our heads and be people, we eat well, dress well, I'm fed up with being a beggar." ”
As he spoke, he looked unusually excited.
"Poof" knelt down and hugged Qian Laosan's legs.
"Third brother, I beg you, look at the way we look now, we have already reported to serve the country, we have already done it if we want to be born and die, we are not bad at this court now, we want to live a better life, let the widows of the dead brothers live a little better, is it wrong?"
Qian Laosan glanced at the rest of the brothers, they all lowered their heads and said nothing.
"Third brother, you see, the brothers all think so. And we didn't do anything hurtful, he was the prince of the Beiban, how many of our brothers died at the hands of the Beiban!"
"Where's the fifth!" Qian Laosan's voice carried a hint of anger.
"Third brother, you and the fifth brother wake up, we are really fed up, he is the prince of the Northern Barbarians!"
"Where's the fifth!" Qian Laosan roared angrily and kicked over the sixth.
The sixth brother wiped his red eyes, stood up, and said disappointedly: "Third brother, fifth brother is fine, but I knocked him unconscious." Third brother, the last chance, we killed the prince of the Northern Barbarians, you are still my third brother, the third brother for life. ”
Xu Changan held the long sword tightly with one hand, and pulled Su Qing with the other.
Qian Laosan lifted the collar of the sixth child and roared angrily: "Are you a fool, he is dead, how many soldiers and people will be displaced because of him, how many wives will be separated, have you thought about it!"
The sixth child opened Qian Laosan's hand fiercely and spat on the ground: "I didn't think about it so much, I just want to eat something good, wear something warm, and let the brothers live a good life, is it wrong?"
He threw up his head like crazy!
"I'll kill you!" Qian Laosan roared angrily, picked up a short knife and stabbed at the sixth child.
The sixth sneered, closed his eyes, and remained motionless.
Qian Laosan's blade was still an inch away from the sixth child's face, and stopped. The sixth only heard a crisp sound, and then a long sigh came.
He opened his eyes: "I know that the third brother will not kill me, the third brother, go back, as long as you arrest the two of them, you will be my third brother for the rest of your life!"
Qian Laosan ignored him and looked at the rest of the brothers.
"You think the same way?" everyone bowed their heads and did not speak.
Qian Laosan's eyes were red and he was panting.
"Good! good!"
He retreated to Xu Changan's side and said lightly: "I'm sorry for Engong, but even if my third brother dies, I will send Engong out!"
Su Qing smiled weakly: "It's okay, it's human nature." ”
"You go first, if they want to arrest you, they have to go over my corpse first!"
The sixth shook his head: "Third brother, we won't do anything with you, look outside!"
Xu Changan glanced outside, only to see the Iron Floating Tu wrapped in armor slowly surrounding him, and at a cursory glance, there were about 100 horses!
The Iron Floating Massacre, which the Grandmaster was able to break through the armor, surrounded them!
Xu Chang'an's heart was cold!
......
Zhenmanfu.
Xu Zhenwu drank tea, his hand suddenly became unsteady, and the tea spilled.
"Report, I heard that the eldest prince has found the traces of Xu Changan and Su Qing!"
Xu Zhenwu's hand trembled, he didn't care about the tea that was overturned, and stood up!
"Don't they know that if something happens to either of these two people, it's not as simple as killing a few grandmasters!
The general had not replied to the recital, and he sat down dejectedly: "I can only hope that Qian Laosan can save their lives!"
It's starting to feel like a game inside and outside the temple, is there any surprise, Qian Laosan is General Xu's person.