The seventh day of the lockdown in Kyoto.

Either the shock can no longer be restored, or the emperor's anger has turned into a city, and more decisive means are being brewed. So much so that a day that should not have been peaceful turned out to be the most peaceful.

Qin Ming's death made many of the previously drastic things become cautious and subtle, after all, who is not afraid of death? Even the second-in-command of the Tiance Mansion can be assassinated, who can still have absolute safety at all? The torrent turned sharply into a dark tide, surging at the bottom of the water. From the outside, Datang is thousands of miles away, just like the summer storm that raged in the most brutal way, and then rolled back into the eye of the storm, returning tranquility to the world.

On this day, there were no major events outside of Kyoto, and the number of beheaded prisoners in Kyoto was also decreasing, and the yacha who collected the corpses began to put the dead in coffins and send them to various places in the morning, and in the afternoon the executioner also washed the bloodstained steel knife with spirits, wrapped it in red cloth, and returned to the yamen to hand over the errand. As the officials on the prison platform left the court one by one, the hearts that were suspended in the air and didn't know when they would suddenly stop beating, but they were finally put down.

After all, everyone is afraid of death...

Kyoto, a southern suburb, is a small town seventy miles away.

The town is not big for dozens of miles, because it is full of cypress and green trees, so the town is called cypress. As one of the most important transportation hubs in the south of Kyoto, the town of Bai Ji has been the most important thing for many years to be merchants, so since the beginning of the Tang Dynasty's capital Chang'an, most of the residents of Bai Ji Town have converted their houses into inns, wine shops, restaurants, etc., to run a business, and passed down from generation to generation.

Compared with the high prices in Chang'an City, Baiji Town is not far from Beijing and the price is fair and reasonable, and the clothing, food, housing and transportation are complete, so many merchants who go to Beijing to do small business are willing to settle down in this town temporarily, enter Beijing to buy and sell in the morning, and return to the town to rest in the evening.

It's just that it was in the past, not now...

Due to the lockdown of Kyoto during this time, a considerable number of merchants who were unwilling to settle in Beijing were stranded in the villages and towns near Chang'an City, and Baiji Town is a typical example. There are only four words to say about a small town today: overcrowded.

"Rock sugar gourd, honey gourd..."

"Big steamed buns, authentic black blind big steamed buns..."

"Eh, the gods are fighting and the little ghosts are suffering, and our life as ordinary people is really difficult. If the door is not opened, the transaction will be in vain. ”

"Let's let let's go, hey..."

"Guy, be careful. ”

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. ”

"It's okay if you toss in vain, I still have three carts of old medicine pressed down. Recently, the humidity has been so heavy, I don't think it will be a few days before I have to pay my old money. Hey..."

"Come on, we're going to fight, I don't think I can do this kind of deal a few times, you two can save your worries. It's better to press Jubao Zhai at a low price and exchange some silver to go home. ”

"Fighting, where is the war? Can you believe this news?"

"Don't miss it when you pass by, old ginseng is sold cheaply..."

“......”

Disorganized, noisy and yelling.

The great streets were full of wagons and pedestrians, and any place on the side of the road where they could settle was paved by those who could not find an inn. Two or three dozing, four or five shouting, six or seven chattering, all kinds of voices mixed together, like countless flies gathered in a pile of carrion and dung, the noise made people extremely annoyed. In order to be quieter, some silver merchants would rather spend a large wallet in the restaurant, wine store, and Qinglou to pass the time, not to mention the table in the lobby, and it is impossible for later people to find a seat to sit in it. So much so that the two young men who had been standing outside the hall for most of the day began to think about whether they had to spend the night in the forest tonight...

"Can't find it?"

"I guess it's not here yet. “

"Oh. ”

"Well, that's not good..."

“......”

The two young men are Xia Xun and Mo Xian.

At midnight this morning, the two of them arrived on a white horse a hundred miles away in the southern suburbs of Kyoto. They had already heard about the series of incidents caused by the Shoushan explosion on the way here, and although they had guessed in advance that the tail would not be small, they did not expect it to have such a huge impact. Therefore, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, they specially called the white horse away before entering the town of Bai Jue and replaced it with walking. It's just that when they approached the town and saw the crowd, their heads were big...

Bai Ji Town is the agreed meeting place for Xia Xun and Mo Xian when they parted ways with Xiahou in the cliff ditch. And now two days have passed since the agreed time, so as soon as they came to Baiji Town, Xia Xun and Mo Xian walked the town from beginning to end, and Xia Xun's divine sense also swept it like looking for a needle in a haystack, but there was no trace of Xiahou and Master Sanzang in the vast sea of people. If there is no accident, these people are probably still on their way here, which means that Xia Xun and Mo Xian need to wait for some days in this crowded town. On weekdays, it's okay to wait, but how can people wait now?

Don't you see, where is there a place to lie down in the ten miles here?

"Dare to ask if the two young heroes can come from Yueyang?"

"Uh..."

Just as Xia Xun was silently considering the question of where to stay, a low and cautious voice suddenly came from behind him. Looking back, the person who spoke was a half-old man dressed in a plain brocade jacket with an ordinary face. He was clasping his fists in both hands, bowing his waist slightly, and looking at Xia Xun and the two with a friendly smile.

Xia Xun thought about it, and didn't seem to know this person in his memory, so he asked to go to Mo Xian to take a look, and Mo Xian shook his head and said he didn't know. Then Xia Xun clenched his fists, cautiously bowed back to the half-elder elders, and said simply: "It is indeed from Yueyang." ”

"But you went to the national exam?"

"Definitely. ”

"But waiting for someone?"

"Uh..."

The speaker asked Xia Xun again and did not answer, after all, he and Mo Xian had been standing here for a long time, as long as they were paying attention, they knew that he was waiting for someone. Seeing this, the speaker leaned forward for a few minutes without a trace, lowered his voice and said, "You two don't have to wait any longer. ”

"Why?" Xia Xunhu asked.

"Because Xiahou and Master Sanzang have entered Beijing. ”

Although the voice was very low, as soon as these words came out, Xia Xun and Mo Xian were all surprised, and the ominousness in their hearts suddenly became horizontal.

"Who are you?" Xia Xun asked more cautiously.

"Can you two take a step to talk?"

The speaker smiled meaningfully, did not answer the question, and at the same time motioned for Xia Xun and the two to take a few steps. After the three of them moved to the corner, the speaker cautiously peeked around again, and after noticing that no one was paying attention, he cautiously continued: "The old slave is the servant of Princess Yueyang's mansion, Fu'an. Due to the miscellaneous people outside the city, I am afraid that there will be trouble, so the two young heroes have been invited by my princess to settle in the city a few days ago, and the princess is also afraid that the two will be anxious if they can't find anyone, so the old slave is waiting here, please don't worry about the two young heroes. ”

"Tsk..."

As he spoke, the old servant took out a shriveled dry grass from his sleeve and handed it to Xia Xun. Xia Xun took the withered grass, and after seeing the two rows of tooth marks at half an inch of the grass, the suspicious heart also calmed down. Without it, it is possible to bite the tooth mark on a piece of grass and use it as a token, and it is estimated that only Xiahou can have such a strange thing in the world. And that embroidered princess can only be her...

Xia Xun didn't think much about it, threw away the withered grass casually, and saluted: "Since this is the case, there is Mr. Lao to guide the way." ”

"Don't dare to be, don't dare to be. The old servant waved his hand politely, "The old gentleman doesn't dare to call the old slave, since you are the princess's guest, you can call me Lao Fu in the future." Please come with me..."As he spoke, the old servant stretched out his hand and made a gesture of please, leading Xia Xun and Mo Xian into the crowd, going around a few times before walking out of the town, getting into a carriage parked on the side of the road, and leaving...

"Smack. ”

Hussars lead the cart and walk away in the dust.

The bird carries the letter and sways for nine days.

Not long after Xia Xun and Mo Xian's carriage left Bai Ji Town, a dark blue letter bird was first released from the windowsill in a hidden pavilion somewhere in the center of the town. Immediately following the tail of the blue bird, more than a dozen birds flew up and down the town. Without exception, these letter birds that were released by chance all flew to Chang'an, Kyoto...

Flap your wings and fly high, turn arrows into the sky, and tear through the wind without a trace.

In the blink of an eye, the flying bird crossed the hussar carriage running on the ground, and after a few blinks, the majestic southern city wall of Chang'an could be seen in the distance.

Due to the closure of the city, there are not many people walking on the customs road at this time, and dozens of people are sparse and sparse, all of whom are merchants who have entered the city or young people who are rushing to take the exam, and none of them have left the city. The city pass is strictly guarded, one step at a time, bows and crossbows are in rows, and one hundred and ten shield armor elite soldiers are strictly guarded under the city gate, checking the identity of each person entering the city and their belongings. On both sides of the city pass, there are dozens of people in different costumes, including domestic servants, officers and soldiers, reckless men in the rivers and lakes, and even a few heroic women, all of whom hold the reins and lead a horse with developed muscles, as if waiting for something.

"唲~"

"Smack. ”

"Soso..."

Half a stick of incense, more than a hundred miles, a birdsong broke the sky.

The blue light flashed above the nine heavens, and one of the handsome women on the edge of the city pass stretched out her hand leisurely. In the blink of an eye, the blue light that had fallen from the nine heavens landed steadily on her delicate palm, and transformed into a dark blue bird. The woman neatly removed the letterhead from the bird's claws and spread it out to look at it. After reading the letter, she didn't say a word, pulled the reins and turned the horse's head!

Ten days towards the guards under the city gate, shout!

"Zhenwu Mountain, get out of the way!"

"Drive!"

As soon as the words came out, she was extremely tough, and the woman didn't give the city guard any room to reply at all, and kicked the horse's belly vigorously with her hind foot!

"Smack. ”

"Smack. ”

“......”

Immediately afterwards, more than a dozen letter birds that took off from Baiji Town also landed under the south gate of Chang'an one after another.

And then...

"Urgent news from the Ministry of War, get out of the way!"

"The criminal department handles the case, get out of the way!"

"Hanlin Academy..."

"Drunken Immortal Building..."

"The Guards..."

"Drive!"

One stone stirs up a thousand waves, and two fingers pop up a thousand sounds.

The arrival of more than a dozen letter birds almost emptied the city in a few breaths, and all the centaurs standing on both sides of the city pass. As soon as they shouted, they each revealed their names, so that the guards who had been ordered to strictly guard the city pass did not dare to stop them. Obviously, they should have reported it early, and it was this urgent report that they were waiting for! Dozens of horses galloped through the alley, making a commotion like a beacon fire order from the territory. Others smacked their tongues and secretly speculated, while some people who guessed or knew the truth moved their eyes to the Nancheng Pass without a trace.

"It looks like something happened again. ”

Under the city gate, the people and horses were gone, and the deputy general in charge of the inspection said in a low voice to the chief general beside him. The Lord nodded uncertainly, and said, "He's finally here." ”

"Who is he?"

"Horn. ”