The first Taoist priest of the Tang Dynasty

As for how Amano Sakurako and the others learned about Zhong Wen from some mouths, it's hard to say.

However, Zhong Wen was also guessing who in Chang'an City had objections to Zhong Wen.

But come to think of it, there are definitely not a few people who have opinions.

Zhong Wen offended a lot of people, moreover, among those offended, it can be said that they were civil servants and military generals of the Manchu Dynasty, ranging from the Duke of the state to some small officials.

Otherwise, the gate of Zhong Wen's mansion would have been trampled down long ago.

However, in the current County Marquis Mansion, few people come to pay a visit, which makes Zhong Wen live a more comfortable life, and does not need to spare some free time to deal with those people.

After Xu Fu saw off the people, he returned to the pavilion and told Zhong Wen, "Master Daoist, those people have been sent away."

"Well, in the future, if there are strangers coming again, just send them away." Zhong Wen replied after hearing the sound.

"Okay, Taoist priest, then I'll go get busy first." Xu Fu knew that Zhong Wen didn't like people coming to visit him, so it could be said that he liked to be quiet and not noisy.

"Go." Zhong Wen closed his eyes, sat in the pavilion, and responded casually.

Afterwards, Xu Fu left.

What happened to Xu Fu was not limited to what happened in the County Marquis's Mansion.

The main thing, most of the time, is concentrated in the restaurant.

Although, the current restaurant does not have too many seasonings available, it is still in the restricted sale.

However, the shop at the Lizhou Merchant Group will send some items about Lizhou every day, which can be regarded as enriching the variety of restaurants.

The Lizhou business group, except for the reason of the winter snow, has been suspended for a while, but recently it has started to sell goods again.

Although the quantity is not large, once the goods from Lizhou arrive in Chang'an, they will definitely be in high demand. After all, the taste is there, and the price is relatively not too expensive.

Because the restaurant is Zhong Wen's property, it naturally has many conveniences. It can get some goods from the Lizhou business group to enrich the restaurant's takeaway business.

Therefore, after Xu Fu left the County Marquis Mansion, he went straight to the restaurant, where there were still many things to do, and he was left to busy himself.

There are not many people for him to choose from, so he can only do it himself.

On the other hand, Zhong Wen, the master, didn't worry about the restaurant at all.

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It is said that at this time, in a certain mansion in Chang'an City.

An old steward was talking carefully to a middle-aged man.

"Da Lang, just now, I heard that the woman from the Fusang Kingdom went to the mansion surnamed Zhong. We didn't dare to come forward, and we didn't know what they were talking about."

After the middle-aged man heard what the old steward said, he didn't even open his eyes, but just listened quietly, as if he didn't care about it.

"Dalang, what should we do next? That Zhong is not a good person. If that Zhong finds out, it may cause unnecessary trouble." The steward said again.

"Just be careful, everyone. We didn't do anything shameful. We just told the Fusang man where the Zhong Mansion is. Even if he knows, so what?" The middle-aged man finally opened his eyes. eye, replied.

At this time, a woman with a full stomach walked in outside the house, looked at the two people in the room, and said softly: "Husband, there is news that people from the Taiyi Gate have appeared near Yuanzhou. People went looking for it."

When the middle-aged man saw his wife coming, he got up quickly, helped his wife to sit down, and said: "Madam, don't worry about it, just leave those things to him and them, and be careful not to move the baby." gas."

"Husband, it's fine, anyway, it's only five months, it's still early." The woman responded with a smile.

Who are the talking middle-aged couple?

It's a long story.

However, the couple had some enmity with Zhong Wen, otherwise, they wouldn't have had the above conversation.

And the couple are the two most senior disciples of Xuanzhen Sect, Yu Ku and Yu Ruo.

After the Xuanzhen Sect was attacked the year before last, the two of them returned to Guangzhou after finishing the funeral of the Xuanzhen Sect. Afterwards, they searched for an unknown number of people and began to investigate the traces of Zhong Kui.

Finally, in the middle of last year, I realized that Zhong Kui is Zhong Wen.

Afterwards, the two of them lived in Chang'an City, and at the same time, they were also investigating all the news about Zhong Wen, and even began to prepare some things to avenge their Xuanzhen sect's enmity.

It's just a pity that they hadn't seen Zhong Wen last year, so after staying here in Chang'an, they had been waiting for Zhong Wen to come to Chang'an again, but this time, they waited until this year.

And after Zhong Wen came to Chang'an again, the minds of the couple were moved again.

However, when they knew that the current emperor had appointed Zhong Wen as a permanent attendant, they began to feel helpless again.

Of course, this helplessness is only temporary.

Because, from some things, they also found out that Taiyi Gate and Zhong Wen seemed to have a very big enmity.

Although the Xuanzhen Sect is just an ordinary sect, it has not been able to gain the insight of the seven major sects.

But who knows that the husband and wife have some energy, gradually they also know about the affairs of the Jianghu, even the three major sects of Zhongnan Mountain, they also know a little bit.

Whether it's a dispute above the court, or something above the rivers and lakes, for the two of them, it can be said that the family is clear.

Why?

Because this Yuku is the son of Zhang Zhong, the governor of Guangzhou. His father is not only a governor, but also a county official.

The Zhang family was in Guangzhou, and they were definitely first-class nobles. His ancestor was a military general in the Northern Wei Dynasty. Speaking of which, he was a son of an honorable man, no worse than some other honorable men in Chang'an City.

If you really want to talk about your identity in detail, it is much higher than Zhong Wen.

However, at this time, it was no longer the Southern and Northern Dynasties, but the Tang Dynasty, no matter how noble it was, it was not as noble as the Li family.

Not to mention that in addition to Zhong Wen's status as a county marquis, his master is also a relative of the Li family, so his status naturally rises as high as the tide.

Zhong Wen had long forgotten about the Xuanzhen Sect.

It is even more impossible to know that there are still some people in the Xuanzhen sect who are thinking about him, and are still making some efforts for revenge.

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A few days later, it was time for Xiaohua and the others to rest and take a bath.

And this day, after breakfast, Xiao Hua pestered Zhong Wen, insisting that she would take Ren Fei and the others to the Chang'an city wall to see something about Chang'an City.

Zhong Wen had no choice but to listen to his younger sister's wishes, and led a few children towards Yanping Gate.

Have no idea.

Whoever calls the young one the biggest, the old one can only listen to the young one.

Besides, Zhong Wen still wanted to keep his ears quiet. If he really refused, maybe this girl would cause some trouble.

When a group of people came to Yanping Gate, the city gate officer hurried to greet Zhong Wen when they saw Zhong Wen coming.

"I took my little sister and the others to go up to the city wall to have a look. Is it okay? If you need to report it, go and ask for instructions." Zhong Wen directly explained the reason for his visit when the city gate official came over.

"Zhong Changshi, you can go up, you don't need to report." The city gate official didn't have any intentions to report or report, as long as the time came, he would tell the superior.

In Chang'an City, others don't need to know him, but they can't know Zhong Changshi in front of him.

Besides, they were all soldiers, so there was no one who didn't know Zhong Wen, the immediate superior who had the authority to mobilize them.

Zhong Wen nodded after hearing the sound, and then walked towards the city wall with a few children.

As for Xiaolu's servants, they consciously didn't follow them.

As a servant, he naturally knew his identity.

In some places, you can go there just because the host's house is available.

And when Zhong Wen and the others had just climbed up to the wall of Yanping Gate, a fast horse outside the city was galloping towards Yanping Gate.

There were two white feathers stuck on his body, and when the galloping horse was approaching the city gate, he was still shouting: "Songzhou urgent report, Songzhou urgent report".

"Brother, where is Songzhou?" Xiao Hua, who was standing beside Zhong Wen, raised her head and asked Zhong Wen after seeing the sergeant shouting 'Songzhou Emergency'.

"Songzhou is located on the border between Tang and Tubo, about [-] miles away from Lizhou." Zhong Wen responded to Xiaohua.

However, when Zhong Wen responded, he was also thinking about the "Songzhou Express" in his head.

If there is an urgent report from Songzhou, it must be the Tubo state-owned news, otherwise, there will be no courier to rush the report to Chang'an.

As for Songzhou's urgent report, although Zhong Wen didn't know the specific situation, it was definitely not an easy matter to imagine.

And as the messenger galloped all the way into the Yanping gate, the passers-by along the way hurriedly dodged to one side, for fear of being hit by the messenger's fast horse.

A courier with a plume can gallop freely in the city of Chang'an, even if he kills someone or knocks down a prince, he has no right to be held accountable.

Why?

Because this is an urgent report from the border.

In such an era, there are no good communication tools, only fast horses can be used.

Of course, there are things like pigeons sending messages, but they are very few.

If it is not necessary, you will never use the pigeon to send the message.

Breeding homing pigeons is not as simple as imagined.

If you want to use carrier pigeons to send messages, although it is fast, it is also easy to be intercepted by the enemy, and its loss is also scary.

This is one, and the second is the difficulty of cultivating pigeons.

At this time, the messenger galloped all the way, heading towards Miyagi.

And those passers-by, or others, all stepped aside and exclaimed in a low voice: "Is this going to war again? There will always be some wars in Songzhou, and the Tubo people are really bold."

"Isn't that right? Tubo people are warlike. They always go to Songzhou to plunder and then return to their Tubo country. I have pity on the people of Songzhou."

"My son is in Songzhou now, what should I do, the Tubo people are killed today."

"My son is also in Songzhou. Is there really going to be a war? No, I have to write a letter to my son quickly."

As soon as the messenger came, Chang'an was startled, and the people heard their voices, their faces and hearts filled with bitterness, joy and sorrow.

Chapter 4 Thirteen: Two Confrontations at the Songzhou Border

"Captain, Captain, Nahodo is here and stationed ten miles in front of us." At this time, Ningyuan Town in Songzhou was close to the border between Tubo and Tang, and a scout rushed to his superior and shouted.

"What? Stationed ten miles away? How many troops do they have? Is Hoduo leading the army?" The school lieutenant was shocked when he heard the scout's report.

Who is Hodo?

Hodo was a general who belonged to Zhalong Chieftain of the Tubo Kingdom.

The name of Huo Duo can be said to be a nightmare for Tang Jun in Ningyuan Town.

In previous wars, hundreds of Tang soldiers died at the hands of this person, and all of them died without burial.

As long as Hoduo goes out, there will be no living people.

This is one of the reasons why the scout and the captain were shocked.

Second, apart from being brutal, Hoduo also has a method that is particularly frightening to the Tang State, that is, in every war, the troops under Hoduo's command are as fast as the wind, never stay too long, and want to stay It can be said that it is difficult and difficult for him.

"Returning to the school captain, the young ones dare not approach, and can only wait and see from a distance. According to investigations, there are many more troops than before, at least 2000." The scout responded nervously.

Yes, the scout was nervous and also afraid.

He has been stationed in Ningyuan Town, Songzhou for two years.

In the past two years, he had encountered this Hoduo who attacked Tang Jing three times.

Every time, many of his comrades died, not to mention some Tang people.

Although the scout was nervous and afraid, he also hated this Hoduo.

Why?

Because one of his cousins ​​died at the hands of this Huo Duo, and even the body was never found.

The scout hated the name Hoduo in his heart, and hoped that Hoduo would die early every day, but every time he couldn't fulfill his wish.

The arrival of Huoduo made him fear in his heart, and he had to face it as well.

"2000 troops? When did Hodo have so many troops? Didn't there used to be only a hundred people? How come there are 2000 troops this time? Go, check again, and we must find out how many troops there are in Hodo." The captain listened to the scouts The response made me even more nervous.

"Yes." The scout replied, and then rushed out immediately.

The captain watched the scouts leave, thinking about the war between Tu and Tang, and whether he could resist this time.

Although there are more than 3000 people in Ningyuan Town.

However, the captain was very clear in his heart.

As long as Na Haoduo enters the Tang realm, half of the 3000 people on his side will surely die.