People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 532 Under the city of Chang'an, a Turkic lady

In the dark night, in the northern suburbs of Chang'an, at the Weidong Wharf, a huge official ship slowly docked.

The accompanying sergeants immediately put down the plank of the boat, Li Xuan, Yu Ze and Qiqiao got off the boat one after another, Li Zhu, Zhou Qian and Su Bao guarded the surroundings with their knives, and followed quickly.

On the deck, more sergeants looked around vigilantly, and clear traces of knives and arrows could be seen on the hull.

Standing on the pier, Li Xuan raised his head and couldn't see. Chang'an City, several miles away, was brightly lit, towering and majestic, majestic and majestic, with a majestic atmosphere like a rainbow.

Jiutianchang opens the palace, and all nations pay homage to Mianqi.

Ju Huaiyi, thriving and thinking of flying, want to go to the blue sky and embrace the bright moon.

In the prosperous Tang Dynasty, the most powerful city.

Chang'an, Chang'an, is finally back.

Unfortunately, there is a curfew and the city gates are locked.

His eyes fell on the weeping willow not far away, Li Xuan withdrew his thoughts, looked to the left and right sides, and said in a low voice: "Let's go, go to Weicheng Station."

"Here!" Everyone bowed in agreement.

……

The rain in Weicheng is light and dusty, and the guest house is green and new.

Now that early autumn has passed, the tops of the weeping willows outside the post station have turned yellow.

A postman stood respectfully at the door, watched Li Xuan and the others arrive, and hurriedly bowed his hands: "I have seen all the superiors, do you know if you have official credentials?"

There are many nobles in Chang'an City, and there are many high-ranking officials. The postmen are used to seeing officials who come from south to north, so their vicious eyes are fixed on Li Xuan, and they don't even look at Zhou Gan and Su Baotong who are wearing Qianniu guards.

Li Xuan didn't even look at him, and walked directly towards the interior of the inn, but Li Zhu, who was lagging behind, walked over, and the waist badge in his hand flashed.

The expression on the postman's face suddenly changed slightly, and then he immediately cupped his hands and walked in the front, leading Li Xuan forward.

"I will not be staying at the post station tonight. You prepare meals for a hundred people and send them to the official ship. The whole party will pay for it. Tomorrow, I will go to Zuoqianniuwei Mansion to take care of it." Li Xuan looked sideways at the postman on the side, and whispered enjoin.

"Your Majesty, please sit down for a while, and the younger one will go to the Post Office immediately." The post soldier hurriedly cupped his hands to Li Xuan, and then ran quickly to the post station to find the Post Office. Extra meals for a hundred people is not a trivial matter, he cannot afford it.

Although it was late at night, there were still many people coming and going, including officials who came and went, as well as temporary residents, and even some barbarians with high noses and deep eyes.

Just a few days ago, the sage and the empress returned to Chang'an from Luoyang, and countless dignitaries also returned to Chang'an with a large number of entourages and servants. Many of them still stayed in Weicheng post.

After a while, when everything settles down, there will be fewer people.

Soon, Yi Cheng ran out from the inside, seeing Li Xuan who was the only one sitting there, Yi Cheng hurriedly cupped his hands and bowed: "I have seen General Zhonglang, and I have already prepared a separate courtyard, please Lang will rest temporarily."

"You can talk." Li Xuan nodded in satisfaction, and then walked towards the interior of the station under the guidance of Yi Cheng.

A secluded manor appeared in front of Li Xuan, pushed the door open, Li Xuan nodded with satisfaction, and said, "It's really good, please prepare meals for a hundred people and send them to the official ship, by the way, there will be a vegetarian meal among them. "

Li Xuan made a deliberate order, and Yicheng immediately responded with his hands folded: "I will obey the order."

After finishing speaking, Yi Cheng was about to back away slowly, just as he arrived at the door, Yi Cheng suddenly stopped and turned to look at Li Xuan: "General Zhonglang, do you want to notify the city gate guard to help protect the big ship?"

"Notification?" Li Xuan was taken aback for a moment, looked at Yicheng in surprise, then calmly turned to look at Zhou Gan, and asked in a deep voice, "Who is the captain of Chang'an City Gate?"

"Reporting to General Zhonglang, he is Duan Guan, the second son of Duke Duan of Baoguo, and Duan Huaichang, the eldest son of Captain Duan, who works in Zuoqianniuwei, and is close to his subordinates." Su Baotong immediately stepped forward, and said a series of things about Captain Chengmen. identity.

After thinking for a while, Li Xuan said, "You write a letter and have it delivered to the captain of the city gate, and ask him to pass it on to the Prince of Beiping, saying that I will enter the city tomorrow, and ask him about my next steps."

Li Xuan turned to look at Yicheng, and said in a deep voice: "This letter must be handed over to the captain of the city gate in person, and no one else should read it in the middle, but anyone who reads it will be deprived of all official positions and sent to prison immediately, I understand."

"Your official understands." Yi Cheng's face was already unconsciously embarrassed, he cupped his hands at Li Xuan, and said, "Your official will make arrangements."

After Yicheng left, Yu Ze walked up behind Li Xuan and said in a low voice, "A little clever person, once this little cleverness is not used in the right way, he will be in trouble immediately."

"Not necessarily. The person in this position may be someone's eyeliner. Qianniuwei, Jinwuwei, Dali Temple, Chang'an Wannian Second County, Baiqisi, Neiwei, and Secret Guards may all stand Put people here." Li Xuan shook his hand calmly, and said: "Don't worry about him, we've arrived at the city of Chang'an now, let's see if anyone is stupid enough to snatch the coffin at this time."

The group of them traveled from Wuzhou to Hangzhou, Suzhou, Yangzhou, and then returned to Luoyang, and then to Shendu, but on the way, they were attacked several times in a row, aiming at the body of the empress on board.

Fortunately, their line is above the canal and the big river. With their sharp bows and crossbows, they have an absolute advantage. I don't know how many lunatics died under their arrows.

However, the strange thing is that among them, there are not many Tianyin believers, and many are people from the Jianghu.

And after these people were captured, they took poison and committed suicide without hesitation. The speed was astonishingly fast, and they couldn't figure out their origins at all.

Li Xuan originally wanted to visit Yuan Jiazuo, governor of Hangzhou, Duan Baoxuan, governor of Yuezhou, and even a trip to Suzhou and Runzhou, but in the end he failed to go, and left quickly under the guard of soldiers from various states.

Even in Yangzhou and Luoyang, he didn't stay too long, he just stayed outside the city for one night, asked the post station to provide food and arrow supplies, and then rushed to Chang'an quickly.

However, since they passed Luoyang, they have not encountered any attacks.

After all, the Changluo area is the core of Tang Dynasty's rule.

Even if someone can gather enough manpower, it is very difficult to prepare enough bows and crossbows for attacking.

Even if someone has this ability, they dare not move easily.

Li Xuan didn't know what the value of the Empress's body was, but she also believed that no one would be so stupid as to risk being suspected by the Empress to act recklessly.

Not to mention anything else, just being the postman of the Weicheng station, he is terribly vigilant, and he doesn't know who is behind him.

Li Xuan really hoped that those people would do something tonight.

……

Weicheng Station is close to Chang'an, and not only Chang'an delicacies are sent, but also some special products from the Western Regions.

Li Xuan's identity as Qianniuwei Zhonglang General, the official position under the fourth rank, except for the chief and deputy officials of the three provinces, six departments and nine temples, the governor of each state, the senior staff of the East Palace, the captain of Zhechong Prefecture, and the general of the sixteen guards, in terms of official positions. , really few are taller than Li Xuan.

At this moment, a sudden sound of footsteps came from outside.

Just after dinner, Li Xuan put down his chopsticks, and saw a team leader wearing a thousand cow guard uniform, walking in from the outside. When he saw Li Xuan, he immediately cupped his hands: "My subordinate Duan Huaichang has seen... …I met General Zhong Lang.”

Su Baotong couldn't help standing up: "Brother Duan, why did you come here suddenly? The city gate is closed. How did you get out of the city?"

"The warrant of the king of Beiping County was hung from the city wall." Duan Huaichang explained with a wry smile.

Even he couldn't open the gate of the city after dark, and even Li Xuan didn't dare to act recklessly without the emperor's imperial decree.

This is Chang'an, a city gate school lieutenant has an official rank below the fifth rank.

Although the official rank is not high, he does not know how many high-ranking officials and dignitaries are involved behind him, and even this position requires the emperor's order.

"Warrant!" Li Xuan looked at Duan Huaichang, and Duan Huaichang took out a warrant from his pocket and handed it directly to Li Xuan.

Li Xuan opened it and took a look, then said to the crowd: "The Prince of Beiping has ordered me to enter the city from Chunming Gate to the Zuoqianniu Guard Office tomorrow, and if there is any change tonight, I can use the warrant to dispatch two teams of city gate guards. "

Qianniuwei itself has the authority to mobilize the sixteen guards of Nanya, but very few people can be mobilized.

But with General Qianniuwei's warrant, they can mobilize more soldiers.

Looking at Duan Huaichang standing in front of him, Li Xuan still couldn't help being amazed.

The former Yicheng just said that he had mobilized the city gate guards to protect Li Xuan and the others, but in fact he was obviously tempting.

As soon as the city gate guards arrived, they immediately checked Li Xuan's official diploma.

He was suspecting that Li Xuan, the Qianniuwei Zhonglang, would be a fake. This vigilance was really amazing, but at the same time, there was something weird about it.

Keeping this weirdness firmly in mind, after a short rest, Li Xuan immediately stood up: "Let's go, let's go back to the boat."

Li Xuan took the lead to walk outside, and the others quickly followed.

When he reached the gate of the station, Li Xuan saw the postman again, nodded to him gently, and then walked out quickly.

Duan Huaichang, who was walking at the end, was just about to leave when he was grabbed by Yicheng, and couldn't help asking: "Duan Lang, the one just now was really the general of Zuo Qianniuwei, how do I remember Zuo Qianniuwei?" General Lang, where is one surnamed Ren and one surnamed Cui?"

"You remember correctly, Hu Weng, the one just now was not General Zuo Qianniuwei Zhonglang, but the king of Nanchang who inspected Zuo Qianniuwei Zhonglang. After saying a word, he left quickly.

"Nanchang County King, why does he look so young?" Hu Yicheng came to him suddenly.

No wonder there was such a misunderstanding, but having said that, when will the King of Nanchang inspect the school Qianniuwei Zhonglang will come.

People in Chang'an don't care about world affairs.

……

In a courtyard not far away, a pair of eyes quickly retracted from the darkness, and then turned back.

A middle-aged man with a big beard and a high nose and deep eyes in a gray robe walked quickly into the inner courtyard.

In the inner courtyard, a young woman wearing a red chest-length skirt, but with an obvious exotic style, fell on the middle-aged man at a glance.

The middle-aged man immediately cupped his hands and said, "Your Highness, Qianniuwei is not here for us. The one just now is Wuzhou Biejia who has just returned to Beijing. The inspector left Qianniuwei Zhonglang General Nanchang County King Li Xuan."

"Is it the Nanchang County King who is called by the sages as the model of the clan?" The woman's nose was hung with a small white bead curtain. She couldn't see her face clearly, but her face was thin and long.

The guards standing around are all Turkic guards with scimitars hanging from their waists.

The same is true for the young woman, with a high nose and deep eyes. From the address, she turned out to be a noble Turkic woman.

This Turkic lady seemed to have heard of Li Xuan's name, she couldn't help but frowned slightly and said: "When I was in Shendu, I heard that he was able to break the conspiracy of Tianyin Sect and was awarded Wuzhou Biejia. He went to the southeast, why did he come back again?"

"Your Highness, the ninth day of this month is the wedding day of King Nanchang, and he married the granddaughter of Shang Shu Zuo Pu She Lecheng County Lord." The bearded lady immediately mentioned something to the young lady.

"The ninth day, that is, the day we started... what we want to take advantage of is his marriage?" The young Turkic girl couldn't help but stood up immediately, walked to the door, looked solemnly into the distance and walked away Li Xuan under the lights of the big boat.

"Go and sort out all the intelligence information of this Nanchang king, I want to see it." The Turkic lady looked very serious, looked at her subordinates and said: "I don't want a chess piece that can be used casually to become a biting piece. Werewolf of man, our business can never go wrong."

"Here!" All the Turkic soldiers present respectfully agreed immediately.

However, no one saw it. At this moment, Li Xuan suddenly looked back.

(End of this chapter)