Three-foot sword, six-jun bow, Lingbei to Jiangdong. 81 in the Δ Summer Palace, the Heavenly Guanghan Palace. On both sides of the strait, the smoke and willows are green, and the spring rain in a garden is red. Two sideburns wind and frost, the morning of the journey, a cloud of smoke and rain, last night's wind and clouds.

The twelfth day of the first month, cloudy.

The more than 30 branches of the pure yang veins that nominally rebelled from the immortal line arrived outside the four cities of Yuyang, Xiangyang, Xianyang and Luoyang in the afternoon. Because this move was sudden, and the Pure Yang Taoist Temple in this city could not settle so many people and horses at once. In desperation, they had no choice but to temporarily set up camp outside the outskirts of the city. After a few days, the Taoist chiefs who were in charge of daily affairs in their respective views bought the land in the city and moved in.

That's actually pretty good. There are tiles to cover your head, there are warm quilts to stay in, except for some tiring travel overnight, there are no major accidents in these 34 Pure Yang branches, which can be regarded as a stable thing.

It's not like some unlucky people who can't even find anyone after a night, let alone find a place to sleep...

"Get out of the way, get out of the way..."

"Da Da Da..."

"Smack!"

In the afternoon, Yueyang Tower.

A pot-bellied businessman grabbed a crumpled piece of stationery, hurriedly ran in from the gate of Yueyang Tower, and ran up to the lobby on the second floor. Without stopping, he went directly to the wine table in the center and slapped the letter paper on the table. Before he could speak, he picked up the teapot on the table and poured water into his mouth.

Looking at his embarrassed appearance, it is estimated that he is tired of something.

"Tut-tut... Are you in a hurry to be reincarnated?"

"Gollum... Gollum..."

And the seven or eight middle-aged men and women who were originally sitting at this wine table obviously knew this sweaty businessman. One of the noble ladies who was holding steamed dumplings and putting them in her mouth stopped her chopsticks and asked jokingly, "Are you stealing chickens and touching dogs?"

"Ahh

The pot-bellied merchant drank all the tea in the kettle in one go. Fang Cai let out a big sigh of exhaustion, put down the kettle, held on to his sleeve to wipe the stinky sweat on his face, and said breathlessly: "Again... Again... Go out... It's a big deal!"

"Hehe..."

The joke was even stronger, and the lady took the steamed dumplings she picked up and ate them in one gulp, chewing them while joking: "The sky is about to collapse, what worse thing can happen?"

"Oh, no..."

The woman's words had just been finished. The yellow-faced man sitting next to Shang Jia suddenly became a little unsettled. Eyes slowly widen... He was staring at the letter paper that had been slapped on the table by the merchant earlier!

"It's really fake..."

It seems that something really big happened.

The more the yellow-faced man looked at it, the more bitter he became. Eventually, he picked up the letter in one hand and placed it in front of him, and looked at it word by word with an unconfident eye. The rest of the people sitting there suddenly had a lot of doubts when they saw him like this...

"What's the situation?" asked the woman, swallowing the food down her throat.

"Look..."

After reading the contents of the letter, the yellow-faced man looked very gloomy. He didn't answer the lady's question, and handed the letter to the other person next to him. Then, he turned his face to look at the merchant who was still sweating profusely, and asked in a deep voice: "Where did the wind come from? The wind is so strong, could it be that it is blowing nonsense in the market?"

"How can this be?"

Shang Jia waved his palms, as if he was afraid that the yellow-faced man would not believe his words, he raised his throat and affirmed: "This wind must not be wrong, I don't believe you will wait and see, it won't be long before I guarantee that the whole Datang will know about this..."

“......”

At this time, the person next to the yellow-faced man had already finished reading the letter. The change in his face was exactly the same as the former, and he looked completely unconvinced of the facts in the letter, and he silently handed the letter to the person next to him, without speaking.

And such a scene is even more curious and confusing in the eyes of other people who have not read the letter. It stands to reason that the major events in the past few days have been one after another, and everyone should also be immune?

The noble lady put down the chopsticks in her hand, looked at the person who was reading the letter, and said, "Old man Guo, what the hell is this letter written? You read it out and let everyone listen to it..."

The man called Old Man Guo is actually not old, but his skin is slightly wrinkled. At this time, his face had begun to stiffen with the contents of the letter. However, he did not refuse the lady's request, nodded solemnly, and then read word for word...

"At the beginning of the second watch, the northern suburbs of Penny, Cangyuan, Dumuzhou, and other forty-eight places in the north of the southern region caught fire at the same time. At the end of the second watch, the fire stopped, no trace was checked, and the remnants of the goods were left, and there were a few traces of tearing. One of the things is related to the forty-eight branches of pure yang at the end. The cause of the incident and who did it are being investigated.

At the beginning of the third watch, Hanyang Meihua Villa, Fuyang Centennial Gate, Huyang Dahai Gang, and other 173 large and small courtyards in the southern region were broken one after another. At the same time, there was no sound of strange news. After the incident, there was no trace of the scene, and there were traces of blood. According to the clues at the scene, the conspirators from all over the country deduced that the attacking side had the apocalypse to subvert it. Who did it is under investigation.

At the end of the third watch, the ninety-six veins of pure yang branched north, and the northward journey was unsuccessful. Half of them were ambushed and their whereabouts are unknown. Half of them retreated for millions of miles overnight, and hurriedly converged in seven places, including Taluo Zhoutou, Viper Territory, Zhuankou, and Judumen. So far, there has been no movement, and the trend of action is unknown.

At the beginning of Chen, the 34-vein pure yang branch successfully gathered in the south, and successively arrived outside the four cities of Yuyang, Xiangyang, Xianyang, and Luoyang, and there was no abnormality on the road. ”

A short paragraph, clearly written. However, as if he was afraid that he would read the contents of the letter wrongly or mispronounce it, he read it very slowly. So much so that when he had read the letter in its entirety, the pastries on the table were much colder.

However, if it's cold, it's cool.

Even if it is still hot at the moment, I believe that the people at this table are not in the mood to move those chopsticks anymore.

Believe, read it for a long time.

The noble lady who had spoken to urge before moved her gaze to Shang Jia with difficulty, and said in a trembling voice: "You... Are you sure the wind is on point?"

"See for yourself..."

Shang Jia didn't bother to explain to the woman, and pointed directly out the window and said. Everyone at the table also looked at it smoothly...

Saw...

Outside Yueyang Tower, up and down the street for more than ten miles, there are fast horses galloping. Some come to Yueyang Tower, some go in other directions, and they come and go very frequently. It has taken up most of the wide avenues and forced pedestrians to both sides.

Seeing this, in fact, there is no need to argue whether the matter is true or not. The thing that can make so many people rush to deliver the message will definitely not be fake...

"Indeed... Something big happened again. ”

Although it was difficult to be confident, in the face of the facts, the noble lady had no choice but to withdraw her gaze from afar, and said in a deep voice: "Overnight, I ambushed the forty-eight veins of the north of Pure Yang. At the same time, it also broke the cities in the Southern Regions, one hundred and seventy-three wealthy families... The work is so leaky that not even a single witness can be found. How much energy does it take to accomplish this?"

"At least a million troops..."

The yellow-faced man also retracted his gaze, and there was a little more anxiety in his stiff face, and the panic in his heart was self-evident. Put down the chopsticks and look at the noblewoman. Perhaps thinking that what he said was too simplistic, he slowed down and added an explanation: "There are forty-eight veins of pure yang, and each vein has about three thousand disciples. Those Jianghu forces are weaker in strength, but they will not be too far apart in terms of numbers, and there must be more than 2,000. The sum of these two is indispensable to 500,000 people, and to take down these horses silently, at least twice the military strength. ”

"What if it's captured alive?"

After the yellow-faced man finished speaking, the merchant next to him couldn't help but cringe and asked: "According to the words of those conspirators, killing people without leaving corpses, arson without leaving people, is because of the intention of the one who shot it, and he wanted to catch him alive..."

“......”

As soon as these words came out, the faces of everyone at the table became even more frightened.

It is already unbelievable that millions of troops will attack at the same time. The knife rises and falls, and the head falls to the ground, which is murder. The opposing side can do so as long as it has a clear advantage. If you want to be captured alive, you have to have an absolute advantage. The military power required must not be as simple as twice the military strength...

After calming down a little frightened, the yellow-faced man slowly raised his palm, slowly spread it out, stretched out five fingers, and said solemnly: "At least five times the enemy's strength can be captured alive without damage." ”

"Five-fold..."

“......”

No words, no words.

The faces of the people were as heavy as stagnant water, and they were so frightened that they could no longer express the panic in their hearts. At the same time, the letter horses that were rushing outside the Yueyang Building had already driven into the stable downstairs. The messenger hurried upstairs, and did not make a loud announcement, but quietly went to the various tables, bowed over his mouth, and whispered something. Those diners who heard the news, without exception, all turned pale in an instant, and then lowered their eyebrows and looked around, quietly looking at the expressions of the people around them...

"It seems that this day must be overturned..."

The pot-bellied merchant looked at the people around him who were as panicked as himself, so he shook his mouth, bent down a little waist, and whispered to a few people on his table: "It's just, what does this tiger want to do with such a big move?"

“......”

The question of the businessman...

Actually, it's a lot of extra to ask.

The dragon soars for nine days, the earth snake rolls, if even these little people in business can know the thoughts of that big man, then they are not worthy of standing on that level. The yellow-faced man picked up his chopsticks, dipped some tea into the teacup, and then wrote four words in Shang Jia's hand...

"The fifteenth day of the first month. ”

"Hehe..."

Write it, don't say it, and laugh it off.

An answer is equal to an answer that is not answered.

The fifteenth night of the first lunar month.

Since the invitation three days ago, it has spread all over the Southern Regions of the Tang Dynasty through the soldiers of various cities. Everyone knows that this is an extraordinary time. Whether it is the reposting of the official list, the reopening of the yamen, or the changes in the power in the army in the past few days, the robbery of the Chunyang branch, or the appalling things last night. The end of everything is closely related to the night in a few days.

It's just, what is that night, that person, going to do?

This is the answer that everyone wants to know most at this moment.

The lady smiled slightly...

"It was a death day. ”

"Huh?"

“......”