Placid Chang'an

There is Tianshui City in Longxi, which is located on the border between Longyou Road and Guannei Road.

In the dim light of the day, there was already a long queue outside the city gate, and the traffickers, carrying baskets and burdens, rushed into the city early in the morning to sell some fresh melons and vegetables, in exchange for a few small money to support their families.

You can't see your five fingers when you stretch out your hand, but no one is willing to spend the two cents for sesame oil. A group of people waited silently in the dark, letting the morning dew gradually wet the corners of their hair and clothes.

In the darkness, one can vaguely discern the notices posted on the city wall. The sky is high and the emperor is far away from the small city. The outer city wall is too lazy to take care of it. The notices are posted here and there, and they are wrinkled and wrinkled by the wind, sun and rain. Rusher, like the old wall peeling off the city wall.The most conspicuous place is also posted a notice issued from the capital to all states and counties across the country half a month ago. A case of the theft of the imperial tomb restored the truth about the death of the former emperor. King Ning returns to the palace.Half a month passed in a blink of an eye, the news that shocked the world at the time faded in the streets and alleys, and the new notices covered the old ones, but even the half of King Ning was not found.

There are rumors that King Ning has given up on the court, and now he has lived a happy life in seclusion outside the pass; some say that King Ning did not leave at all, but was hidden by someone. The notice was just a cover to deceive people; what's more, it said that King Ning had contracted a serious disease not long after he left the capital, and he had already died in a foreign land at this moment, so there was no news after so long.

In the darkness, the two cuddled together, the head leaning against each other and whispering.

"After passing Tianshui City, you will be in the pass. It took a lot of effort to get out, but I didn't expect to go back so soon." Su Cen leaned his head on Li Shi's shoulder, looking at a remnant star in the sky. He said without a word, "I put you in a coffin before transporting you out, do you remember?"

Li Shi slightly lowered his eyes: "What do you think?"

When he just escaped from Chang'an, he was barely awake. Su Cen had prepared two sacks of drugs in the carriage, and immediately poured another bowl down when he saw that someone seemed to be awake.Combined with the ecstasy drug and the ecstasy soup that Su Cen kept nagging in his ear, "keep the green hills alive without worrying about no firewood", Li Shi seemed to make up for the sleep he owed in the past few years in one go.

He couldn't figure it out, this little bastard had the guts to blow up the Xingqing Palace, why didn't he have the guts to look him in the eyes and talk to him about it.

Of course Su Cen didn't dare to talk about it. You always prepared to kill yourself with the thought of going to the country to die. In such a big game of chess, Feng Yiming died and Chen Ying died. At the last moment, he threw gunpowder into the sky. .He was afraid, afraid that Li Shi would wake up and scold him, and even more afraid that Li Shi would go his own way and go back to die.

Su Zhuangyuan is confident that he is quick-witted, and he has to prepare a set of impeccable rhetoric to ensure that he can move the world and let Li Shi die before returning to Chang'an.

It's a pity that Li Shi woke up before he was ready.

He didn't know exactly when the old fox woke up, and how long he had been planning secretly. That night, he put Li Shi to sleep as usual, took a sip of water from the teacup near the window, and swallowed it. It didn't take long to find myself in a trance, and then I saw the person who should have fallen asleep sitting up from the bed calmly, looking at him with extremely sober eyes.

The last thought in my mind was: "It's over."

Two days later, Master Su woke up slowly in the carriage, ignoring the tearing pain in his head, he got up and wanted to chase after him.

Until seeing the person driving the car outside, and the continuous snow-capped mountains hidden behind that person, a group of tears suddenly fell down.

Li Shi did not abandon him, but went all the way west according to his previous plan.Su Cen attributed all this to his good ideological work, which finally made people change their minds, but they didn't know that the reason why Prince Ning was still here was mainly because Su Cen blocked the way back.

He ran away the night before the truth came to light, which meant that he was convicted of murdering that bastard Li Xun. Now he will only be sieved when he goes back. He didn't just die for the sake of death. How could you throw yourself into the trap?It's just that Su Cen's concern is chaotic, and he only thinks that he is going to die, but forgets that the premise of the big net he set up is that this is a case that has no evidence, cannot be investigated clearly, and is decided by heart.

So Prince Ning could only start his life in exile half helplessly and half out of novelty, until the Empress Dowager Chu Bintian, the imperial tomb was stolen, and the truth came out to the world, then he drove back to the palace.

It's just that he can't go back with great fanfare according to the way the little emperor arranged for him. There are many people who want him to go back, and there are also many people who don't want him to go back. For example, Li Sheng wished he could be dragged back to Dongshikou for public execution Now, I can only pray that he hides in some corner, and he will never go back in this life.

As soon as Yinshi arrived, the gate of the city was about to open, and the team that seemed to have fallen asleep slowly woke up and moved forward slowly.

Su Cen followed Li Shi forward silently, the figure in front of him in the dimness was especially tall and mighty, which only made people feel indescribably at ease.

After a while the city gate opened, and two teams of officials came out, yelling to get the teams lined up, and took out two portraits from their pockets to compare them one by one.

Su Cen's face darkened slightly, unexpectedly, Li Sheng's tentacles had already reached here before entering the customs.

Li Shi turned his head and looked at Su Cen. Fortunately, they had already prepared for it. The current appearance was disguised. Su Cen didn't make much changes, the main thing was to cover his eyes, which were too bright. With a frown and a smile, he was in high spirits, and now he drew a circle around his eye sockets with charcoal, giving him the appearance of an overindulgent young master.Li Shi, on the other hand, made a big deal, added a lot of lines on his face, dyed his jet-black hair gray, and stuck a goatee on his chin—today they were pretending to be father and son.

"Lower your figure," Su Cen said with a low voice, "An old man like you is more energetic than my son."

Li Shi smiled lightly, "Call Daddy to come and listen."

Su Cen rolled his eyes silently, what kind of hobby does this person have, originally he wanted to pretend to be a business partner, but Li Shi insisted on pretending to be father and son, so he just pretended to be, he got used to it.

"This is a practice in advance, so that you won't be able to scream." Li Shi suddenly lowered his voice and leaned over, with his lips close to Su Cen's ear. "This time I call you Daddy, next time we will pretend to be husband and wife."

Su Cen's face turned red along with the pinnae of her ears, but thanks to the darkness, no one saw her.

But still suppressed his voice and whispered: "Father..."

Before he could say anything, he was kicked on the butt and kicked out of the team, and before he could recover, he heard Li Shizhong angrily say: "Don't call me daddy, I don't have your bastard son! "

Su Cen: "..."

The silence of the team was broken, and all the officials who were checking their identities looked over.

Su Cen looked at Li Shi with a black line on his forehead, and saw that someone kicked him, but he was about to step forward to make up for it. Cai's old man separated the two of them with a shoulder pole, and pulled Li Shi to persuade him: "Little brother, little brother...Father and son have no overnight feud, so if you have something to say, don't do anything."

Li Shi flicked his sleeves, "I'm not such an unfilial son!"

"What's the matter?" The big brother who was carrying firewood behind him also rushed to join in the fun, "Don't get angry, tell the big guy and let you judge."

What kind of commentary, obviously just want to see a joke.

Unexpectedly, the reclusive Prince Ning took advantage of the fact that no one recognized him here, so he let himself go, pointed at Su Cen, and the two goatees on his face trembled, "This bastard left me alone!" Tell him well that if you don't marry a lady, you must marry an old woman in her 40s!"

There was a sound of breathing around, obviously quite satisfied with the gossip.

Li Shi blinked at Su Cen, and then changed another sad tone: "The old woman is still a widow, what are you looking for in her?!"

All the eyes around were attracted, and the whole team slowed down.

Su Cen simply accompanied Li Shi to play the trick to the end, and said with a cock in his neck: "You are not allowed to say that about Chunfang, the short-lived ghost of her family has been dead for more than 20 years, and I will never marry her in my life!"

"You...you bastard..." Li Shi made a gesture to kick again, but was held back by the people around him.

"Little brother, this is your fault," the old man who bought vegetables persuaded earnestly: "It is said that it is the order of the parents and the words of the matchmaker. Marriage is not a trifling matter. You should listen to your father. Go back and tell me quickly." The young lady got married."

"But..." Su Cen suddenly smiled slyly, "Chunfang already has my flesh and blood."

Seeing that the time was right, Li Shi picked up the firewood on the side and was about to strike a piece of firewood. Su Cen ran away with quick eyesight and quick hands. , laughed and let him go.

At the end, I still didn't forget to make a joke: "How does the widow feel?"

Su Cen replied while running: "It's wonderful!"

It wasn't until he ran into an empty alley that Su Cen slowly stopped, panting and laughing unceasingly, and gradually calmed down when he was surrounded by a faint sandalwood-scented embrace from behind.

The man kissed his sweaty neck from behind, breathing heavily, "Again, how does the widow feel?"

"A widow is no better than a widower in his 40s." Su Cen turned around and tore off his goatee and kissed her on the face. "I will never marry you in my life."

"Little bastard," Li Shi smiled and rubbed him in his arms, "Let's go."

Taking advantage of the fact that there was no one around, Su Cen clasped fingers with others: "It's agreed, next time you pretend to be husband and wife, you will pretend to be my wife."

Li Shi raised his eyebrows and smiled, "That's really an old widow in her 40s."

Su Cen smiled brightly, "A husband does not think his wife is ugly, but I will take care of the poor wife."

After entering the customs, the road behind is even more difficult, and the inspections are more stringent. Even though Su Cen and the others are well dressed, there are times when they are almost unable to fool them.The closer you get to Gyeonggi, the more weird the surrounding environment becomes. Although there were barbarians rampant at the border at the beginning, there was still a big market to catch up with, and everyone was bartering and it was very lively.When we arrived here, the gates of every household were closed, and there was no one on the street on weekdays. Everyone hid in their own houses, with their packed luggage guarding them, as if they were waiting for an unknown fate to come.

The closer he got to Chang'an, Li Shi's emotions gradually gathered together, and the civilian atmosphere he had finally acquired became that decisive prince again as he got closer to Chang'an.

Su Cen's heart was hanging in the air. More than two months had passed, and Chang'an City didn't know what it was like, and no one knew what was waiting for them.

They arrived at a small village on the outskirts of Beijing before it got dark. Su Cen knocked on several houses but found nothing. Li Shi suddenly stopped him when he was about to try the last one.

Following Li Shi's deep gaze, he saw a group of black shadows suddenly appearing in the slowly enveloping night. This group of people were tall and fast, but they were silent, like rakshasas walking at night. .

Su Cen held his breath unconsciously, and slowly retreated to Li Shi's side, stretched out his hand and grabbed half of Li Shi's sleeve, waiting for a moment when the situation was wrong, he pulled Li Shi up and ran away.

But seeing Li Shi's eyes were deep and deep, he didn't flinch in the slightest.

The group of people approached in a blink of an eye, there were two to thirty people covered in black clothes and black veils covering their faces.Su Cen's palms were dripping with cold sweat, and he bowed involuntarily. It was a deadly posture, but he didn't know if he could stop them in the slightest.

Just a few steps away from them, the group of people stopped suddenly.

After a while, these people knelt straight in front of them.

The one in the lead took off the black veil, and stared at Li Shi with a pair of pale eyes that danced violently.

Qi Lin bit his lower lip hard, and knelt down on the ground in an almost pious posture: "Tuduo Sanwei, return to life!"