Placid Chang'an

"I will definitely bring back the murderer who killed the son before dark."

"No!" As soon as Su Cen finished speaking, the black-robed man who had been silent for a long time immediately objected, "What if he goes back to rescue soldiers? None of the people who are here today can leave!"

Li Shi glanced at the man in black robe, he didn't bother to talk to him at all, he turned to Qi Lin and said, "Get the dog out."

"You!" The man in black took a step forward, and Qi Lin drew his sword out of its sheath.

Seeing that the two sides were about to fight, Xiao Yan looked unhappy, and blocked in front of the black-robed man, "This man is my military adviser, and he is also for my consideration, let him stay."

Li Shi was not in any trouble, he raised his hand slightly, and Qi Lin withdrew his sword and retreated.

Xiao Yan seemed to be still struggling with Su Cen's risk in releasing him, but he was unwilling to let his son's death be unknown.

Li Shi smiled unhurriedly: "I haven't seen you for a few years, but you are getting less and less courageous. I'm still here, what are you afraid of?"

Xiao Yan finally made up his mind, he held Da Zhou's lifeline in his hand, and he was not afraid of any tricks played by this young boy, so he waved his hand and said, "Just before dark, I want to see the murderer who killed my Chen'er."

Su Cen secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately cupped his hands and said, "I will definitely live up to my mission."

"Come on," Li Shi beckoned, and Su Cen immediately went over and knelt down in front of Li Shi.

Li Shi rubbed the wound on the corner of Su Cen's mouth with his fingertips, and asked, "Is the wound on my body okay?"

Su Cen was slightly stunned, the touch felt like a kiss, with the cold sandalwood, he was not willing to leave for a while.After Li Shi let go of his hand, he came back to his senses and nodded, "I will definitely come back."

Li Shi took off the black jade wrench from his thumb and put it on Su Cen's hand, "Let go of Cha, the three provinces and six ministries will make it easier for you."

"Okay." Su Cen nodded, got up and looked at Qi Lin seriously, and said word by word: "We must protect him."

Qi Lin nodded, Su Cen then turned around and left, his feet were unstable, Qi Lin gave him a little support, only to hear Su Cen whisper in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Beware of that military advisor."

Qu Ling'er protected Su Cen all the way out of the barracks, no one dared to stop her, but she had to think that the official road had to pass through a dense forest, the two of them had no cars or horses, so they could only trek with their legs.

It was almost noon in the sun, and it would probably be noon when they arrived at the city gate. Qu Ling'er looked at Su Cen with admiration, she had no clue, how could she dare to make such a promise.

Curiously asked: "Brother Su, where do we start from?"

Su Cen glanced at Qu Ling'er, "What are you looking for?"

"Huh?" Qu Ling'er was taken aback, "Aren't you going to investigate the murderer who killed Xiao Shizi?"

Su Cen smiled at Qu Ling'er: "I lied to them, I came out to rescue soldiers."

"..." Qu Linger was dumbfounded.

Su Cen sighed softly, "The murderer is kept by his side, so I have nothing to investigate."

He deliberately didn't mention that he had blocked the news early this morning, so apart from him, Xiao Sun and the two jailers, the only one who knew Xiao Yuanchen was dead was the murderer.It can be seen that Xiao Yan's information comes from that military advisor, so even if Xiao Yuanchen was not killed by the military advisor himself, he must have something to do with him.

And the reason why he didn't say it was because he had the last chip in his hand.He bet that Xiao Yan would not let Xiao Yuanchen die without knowing why, so he would let him out to investigate.If it is said, no matter who Xiao Yan believes in in the end, he will be a worthless person.

"What?" Qu Ling'er obviously didn't understand. Just as she was about to continue asking, her expression suddenly turned cold, and she quickly put her hands on her waist. Almost at the same time, she shot the butterfly dart, facing two hidden arrows.

Qu Ling'er frowned, "Brother Su, it seems that someone doesn't want us to leave."

After everyone left, Xiao Yan ordered people to clean up the camp, let Li Shi sit on the main seat, and he took the lower seat, and let people serve him with good tea and water.

Li Shi took the lid of the cup and skimmed off the tea foam, and said, "Since the juniors are gone, let's talk about the business. What do you want?"

Xiao Yan sat upright and said bluntly, "I want Suzhou and Ganzhou."

"Hmph," Li Shi sneered, and put his teacup heavily on the table. The tea splashed and the cups and plates were messed up. Li Shi sneered, "What you want is not Ganzhou and Suzhou, but the whole Longyou Dao, right?" ?”

During the reign of Wude, Emperor Taizu pacified the world. At the beginning, ten states and three hundred prefectures were established, and later expanded and consolidated during Yonglong and Tianshou years, and increased to fifteen states. Among them, Longyou Road was named after it was located in the west of Longshan Mountain, and connected to Qin Dynasty in the east. The state crosses Quicksand in the west, connects Shu and Tubo in the south, and borders Shuomo in the north. It has been dealing with Tubo and Turks all year round, and its strategic significance is self-evident.More importantly, Longyou Road goes eastward directly to Guannei Road, that is to say, if Longyou is lost, the important land of Gyeonggi will be directly under the eye of the Turks and Tubo.

The Ganzhou and Suzhou mentioned by Xiao Yan, together with the Liangzhou where he is located, are the throats of the Longyou Road, and all military supplies and food must pass through these three places to enter Longyou, holding onto Ganzhou and Suzhou. , and the Anxi Protectorate and Beiting Protectorate to the west are all under its control.

"With such a big appetite, I'm afraid you won't be able to eat it by yourself." Li Shi leaned on the back of the chair and squinted his eyes to look at the seats. "How do you plan to divide it with Turkic?"

"The territory of the Great Zhou was laid by us together. I will not give them land. What they want is tribute."

"Tribute?" Li Shi sneered. The so-called tribute, to put it mildly, is to offer property to the Turks every year. In Dazhou, he bosses around.Li Shi's eyes turned cold, "The heroic General Wuwei turned around to lick their dog legs. Turkic has a big heart. He killed them all before, but now he can tolerate you."

Xiao Yan was ambiguous, obviously unwilling to bring up those past events, and said directly: "After all, we have fought bloody battles together, I will not do anything to you, you obediently decreed to give me Ganzhou Suzhou, and then go back to be your regent Prince, I will do what I say."

Li Shi smiled lightly, "Aren't you afraid that I'll go back on my word, and then I'll lead the troops to take you all out?"

"You won't," Xiao Yan still has this bit of self-confidence, "the emperor is young, you can't go away, and the little emperor can't let you risk yourself in this kind of thing, Longyou is still the whole Zhou Dynasty. , I believe he can still make a judgment. Looking at the whole territory of Dazhou, you are the only one who can compete with me. If you don’t make a move, I am confident that no one can capture Liangzhou."

"There are talented people from generation to generation, Xiao Yan, you are getting old." Li Shi's eyes slowly wandered out of the tent, "If you underestimate these young people, you will suffer a lot."

At the same time, Su Cairen rushed up the official road almost scrambling, dusty, disheveled, almost lost one of his shoes.

Qu Ling'er was not much better, these people chased him closely, he used up all his concealed weapons and had several wounds on his body.

Fortunately, the gate of Chang'an City was already visible as soon as they entered the official road. There were many caravans and pedestrians on the official road, and there were even cavalry patrolling the security of the capital.

The two supported each other and entered the city gate. Su Cen looked back and saw that the killers in the distance did not catch up. He was relieved when he was slapped on the back shoulder so hard that he almost slapped him on the head. fell to the ground.

Su Cen hurriedly turned her head, and couldn't help being shocked.This man is taller than Qi Lin, standing in front of Su Cen, he can almost block out the sun, with big arms, round waist, strong fleshy bumps, a scar across his face, ferocious and frightening.

Is the scene at the gate of Dongshi going to be repeated again?

Su Cen backed up hurriedly, bumped into another person before taking two steps back, turned around slightly, and met a pair of wolf-like eyes.He hurriedly looked for Qu Ling'er, only to see that Qu Ling'er was also surrounded by two people, one had a red face and the other had a big beard, Qu Ling'er's small figure was not enough to look at.

Robbing people at the gate of Chang'an City, these robbers are too arrogant!

Su Cen swallowed, and was about to yell for help when the scarred face grinned at him.

Maybe it was even creepier when he laughed, and Su Cen was scared back to his stomach when he called for help.

The man looked at Su Cen, and said in unfamiliar Mandarin, "Wuchiha, Tuduo Sanwei, Lord, let us... wait, Mr. Su."

"..." Su Cen tried his best to translate: "Your name is Wu Chiha, and you are from Tuduo Sanwei. It is the prince who asked you to wait for me here?"

Scar face nodded with a ferocious smile, the scar on his face moved like a twisted centipede, he raised his hand to pat Su Cen on the shoulder again, Su Cen took two steps back hurriedly, his small body Take two more shots and it falls apart.

Four people stood in a row to form a human wall, attracting attention frequently.From this point of view, it's no wonder that Li Shi always brings Qi Lin with him when he goes out. He looks more handsome than Qi Lin.

Su Cen watched the four people clear their throats: "My lord is still in the enemy camp, I have to go to the palace to rescue soldiers, please send me there."

These people can't speak official words well, but fortunately they can understand them. Wu Chiha, who took the lead, nodded.

Su Cen then ordered the red face and the bearded man respectively, one to go to the British government to find Zheng Yang, the other to pick up the official uniform at Su's house, and then gather in front of the palace gate.

After assigning tasks, each of them took orders. Su Cen had just taken two steps when he saw Qu Linger was still in place. Seeing him turn around, he said, "Brother Su, you are safe here, and I have nothing to do with you...I want to go back."

Su Cen was slightly taken aback, and understood what Qu Ling'er meant.

Su Cen nodded slightly, Qu Ling'er grinned, turned her head and walked out of the city gate.