Infinite Brilliant Scroll

Chapter 152 The City Under the Rising Sun
Chang'an, Chang'an.

In today's world, the world is the most prosperous city.Li Tang royal family, dignitaries, soldiers, common people, Buddhists, Taoists, monks and nuns, have millions of people.

Eight avenues running north-south and fourteen avenues running east-west divide the entire city into more than a hundred squares. Almost every lifang has teahouses, wine shops, and sundry department stores.

The East Market and the West Market are extremely prosperous. All the famous and good things in the territory of the Tang Dynasty will see similar shadows here. Customs and commodities are sold and performed here.

Envoys were sent from nearly [-] far-away countries on the sea, in the desert, and living here has become an embellishment of Chang'an's prosperity.

There is a poem chanting "the founding of the country, Wei Dongjing, the city rises from Beichen", Chang'an's palace city, imperial city, and outer city are arranged in parallel from north to south.The streets are wide, the squares are neat, and the shape is unified.

Miyagi symbolizes Beichen, which is the center of the universe, and the imperial city and government offices symbolize the Ziweiyuan surrounding Beichen.

Outer Guocheng, a symbol of the stars arching to the north.

Between the imperial city and the outer city, there is a ten-foot-high city wall surrounded by soldiers wearing heavy armor, holding spears, spears, and sabers. between.

The inside of the wall is regarded as a restricted area that cannot be peeped by the common people. Ordinary Chang'an residents have no reason to get close to it.

Even in other places in Chang'an City, if you want to climb high places and look down at the scenery, there is a certain possibility that you will be regarded as wanting to spy on the restricted area of ​​the imperial city and be arrested and imprisoned.

But these things can restrain ordinary people, but they can't restrain a black-red light and shadow flying from the eastern clouds when the fog is hazy and the sky is slightly white.

Even the sharp fighters on the city wall, ninety-nine percent of them could not see that extremely swift flying image. It was not until they flew into the range of the imperial city that they attracted the attention of experts from all walks of life.

When the dark red light and shadow they were looking at flew down to the eastern corner of the imperial city, some people already remembered what it was.

——The inner guard's blood eagle.

It was not a falcon that was born naturally, but a set of falcon taming methods left by Xu Maogong, who was well-versed in a hundred schools of thought, in Tiance Mansion, who personally prepared medicine and used his true energy to comb the tendons of the flying eagle.

In the process of domesticating each blood eagle, at least a thousand gold worth of medicinal materials must be spent, and people who have trained in the blood eagle's true energy need to accompany them day and night, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive.

Once the blood eagle comes out, it can soar more than [-] miles in an hour and carry a weight of ten catties. Among the birds of prey in the sky, there are no natural enemies. It can hold high above the sky, and it is also a fearless archer. It can go straight into the imperial city without any restrictions.

The pigeon houses of the inner guards of the Tang Dynasty are all over the place, even as far away as Nanzhao and Pyu, east to the seashore, and west to the nine surnames of Zhaowu, but among these pigeon houses, all of them can have blood eagles. There are only twelve.

Unless it is an urgent news such as a large army going out, a rebellion, a sudden death of a royal family, etc., otherwise, such a method of communication is not allowed to be used easily.

The people in Chang'an Neiwei Yamen haven't seen the blood eagle summoned for ten years.

When the bird of prey with its blood-red wings spread out and its wings folded, but only its black feathers remained, it landed on the sundial in the courtyard. Immediately, several inner guards appeared from the surrounding corridors, but none of them acted rashly. .

The blood eagle danced lightly, a red rope mixed with gold and silver luster was tied to its foot, and a huge bamboo tube was tied to the end of the red rope.

A well-dressed inner guard hurriedly fetched the blood eagle's bait, poured a rouge-colored pill the size of a longan into the palm of his hand, gently twisted a layer, exuding a strange fragrance.

The lingering aroma made the blood eagle's gaze fixed, and watched the well-dressed inner guard approaching, pecked away the pill, and then quietly waited for the man to untie the red rope from its feet and take it away. Communication bamboo tube.

The well-dressed inner guard didn't leave immediately, but just threw the communication bamboo tube to his colleagues, and a burst of reddish zhenqi arose, and when the blood eagle was pecking at the pill, he gently stroked the back of the bird of prey.

The blood eagle will lose a lot of vitality once it is sent to the news, so it can be recuperated and appeased in time. This is also the rule that the blood eagle breeders in the inner guard must bear in mind.

The bamboo tube for communication was quickly sent to a study room where the smell of books and ink was blowing in the wind.

Sitting in the room was a handsome red-robed man with a slight beard and black hair.

There are two commanders of the inner guard, divided into the left division and the right division. Li Gong, the commander of the left division, is said to be a relative of the emperor.

He took out a piece of cloth that was rolled up in the messenger bamboo tube, and slowly unfolded it, almost flattening most of the tabletop.

Words such as "Han Wengong", "Huo Luo Dao", "Guan Luoyang", "Yu Tu Zhenren" came into view one after another. Even the news of the death of Xu Miyuan, a master who has been famous for decades, can only make Li Gong confuse. He frowned slightly, his eyes slightly turbulent.

But when he saw the passage "Shao Lingxiao destroyed Laojun Mountain", there was an extremely obvious expression change on his face after all, his upper body slightly pressed forward, and his fingers were already pressed on the stern handwriting.

As if he wanted to get closer, his fingers brushed over each word, reading that paragraph clearly over and over again.

He read this summons for a full quarter of an hour, "Come here!"

"Commander."

"Your Majesty went to Xingqing Palace yesterday, did you ever turn around?"

"Never."

Li Gong rolled up the cloth and immediately set off for Xingqing Palace to see the emperor.

The Xingqing Palace was originally the former residence of the late emperor when he was crowned king. After the late emperor ascended the throne, there was a lot of construction work, and the expansion there was included in the scope of the imperial palace.

The current emperor has a very close relationship with the first emperor, and he often misses his father who died young, so he will move to live in Xingqing Palace for a while.

After Li Gong stepped into the Xingqing Palace, he saw eunuchs and attendants by a pond. The court ladies held up the ceremonial guard of the canopy, and the emperor sat and fished in the morning mist with a cigarette from the stove.

This young man is well maintained. He looks at least 20 years younger than his real age. He seems to be just a young man. His skin is as radiant as warm yellow jade. fold.

Although the emperor died because of his obsession with practicing martial arts, the current emperor dare not pay too much attention to martial arts, but after all, he already had some internal skills when he was young, and with his status, there are a group of people in the palace who are dedicated to him. skill.

Every half a month, he will perform the "Comprehensive Preservation, Washing and Solidification Dafa" created by Sun Simiao, the king of medicine at that time, to remove impurities between the blood vessels, muscles and bones, so as to ensure that he will be free from all diseases and stay young forever.

"Ai Qing looked in a hurry, and came to see her before dawn. What's the matter?"

The emperor turned his head to look at Li Gong and smiled, and said, "You came just in time, and the queen gave me another riddle. I have been puzzled by it for the past few days, and you will report the matter later. After that, follow me to solve the riddle."

When he said this, he seemed to be a little annoyed, but in fact, his eyes were full of smiles, joyful and peaceful. He obviously enjoyed the game he played with the queen, and was not dissatisfied because he was stumped.

In the past ten years, this emperor has become more and more idle in front of his confidantes. He often plays around, enjoys a variety of operas and music, loves calligraphy, painting and ancient books, discusses Taoism with Taoist priests, and debates Zen with Zen masters. Drinking by leaning on a railing can also enjoy oneself, and it takes half a day in vain.

Although he is still youthful on the outside, he has already reached middle age on the inside, and he understands more and more that he is not a heroic and magnificent emperor through the ages, so he does not expect to be compared with those great ancestors and Taizong, and only wants to be safe and stable. , enjoy the day.

Anyway, Datang is now in its heyday, and his pleasures are not considered extravagant, and he has made great achievements in pacifying the Southwest ten years ago. He has the reputation of a Mingjun.

The emperor with this kind of mentality, after Li Gong took out the silk book and explained the few important things above, his expression became a little stiff.

"You said... the leader of the Demon Cult has come out of the rivers and lakes again?"

The emperor turned around, the bamboo pole in his hand turned with his body, the fishing line had already cut a wave from the water surface, and the hook directly dropped to the shore.

He couldn't take care of this little idleness anymore, and asked repeatedly, "Is it ten years ago, in the southwest mountains, the Demon Cult that ruled the land of Liuzhao? This Shao Lingxiao must be the Shao Lingxiao of that year?!"

"The news is that real Yu Tu and the six generals of Xiushuo City will seal and send back together, there will be no fakes."

Li Gong said, "Shao Lingxiao once again colluded with an evil faction of the Western Regions, Huo Luo Dao, or he has already controlled the entire Huo Luo Dao, planned many events, assassinated the old general Han Wengong, took action to occupy Laojun Mountain, and chased and killed Yu Tu. wait."

"In the past ten years, his hatred has not disappeared at all. I am afraid that he wants to let the Demon Cult rebirth, and take revenge on those who besieged and killed the Demon Cult back then. It may even... be detrimental to His Majesty!"

The emperor scolded coldly, and threw the fishing rod into the pond: "Still guessing? He has made me very angry, and I'm very unhappy. The devil's religion must never be revived. Li Gong, how do you say that these devil's religions can be brought back to life?" The remnants of evil are strangled again and wiped out?"

The Devil's Cult must not be resurrected from the ashes! !

The emperor repeated in his heart, "Do you want to send troops to send generals again, and send a large army to kill him?!"

"No."

Li Gong said, "If you want to kill the master, you must first cut off the wings. Shao Lingxiao's wings were all used in the Six Commandments of the Southwest back then, enough to cover [-] mountains and block out the sky and the sun. It is the only countermeasure for disaster."

"Now the Huolo Taoists are his wings again, but they are not as powerful as they were back then. They have also sneaked into our Tang territory from Yumen Pass, and the congregation is scattered. If you want to mobilize the army, the three armies will eat food and grass, and people will eat horses. The gain outweighs the loss."

"Furthermore, when fighting against the Grandmaster, the elite is more valuable than the many. The situation this time is quite different from the great battle that put down the Six Edicts."

"Grandmaster..." the emperor calmed down, breathed a sigh of relief, and said slowly, "Then what countermeasures do you have?"

Li Gong said: "It is mentioned in the letter that we have already achieved some results regarding the distribution of altars in various places in Huo Luo Dao, but the government offices at all levels below are too slow to transmit letters."

"Wei Chen implores His Majesty to issue an order. After that, all the information related to Huo Luo Dao will be passed on through the inner guard forces, and the local governments are required to actively cooperate with the inner guards. We will bring the inner guards to dispatch and kill the Huo Luo Dao sub-altar separately. "

The forces of the inner guards are all over the place, and the members are all elites, there are many masters, all kinds of means of communication and mobilization, and the ability to link up the righteous sects in the rivers and lakes is far beyond the reach of ordinary government offices.

But since the Empress Wu Zhao came to the court, she used the inner guards to supervise the world, which made the inner guards notorious. Later, the Shenlong coup and Li Tang's revival imposed many restrictions on the power of the inner guards.

Ten years ago, when the army went to the Southwest, the inner guards were not able to participate too much.

"In addition, please Your Majesty transfer Cao Jisheng, Yan Miaoqing, and Juyu, and the three of them will go out of Chang'an with the inner guards, and ask the three of them to follow the arrangement of the humble minister for the time being."

Cao Jisheng, Yan Miaoqing, and Juyong are also known as the three masters of Chang'an, who are inextricably linked to the imperial court. Although they are not masters, they have soldiers who have dissolved into the body, but they have no intention of officialdom and no serious official positions.

Only the emperor's decree can make the three of them have to give this face.

The emperor pondered: "It is not difficult to cooperate with the inner guards everywhere and let the three of them obey your orders temporarily, but Cui Lingfang is dead, and Chang'an's masters suffered a lot in the first battle back then, so you have to take away the inner guards." Wei Jingrui, if someone takes this opportunity to assassinate..."

"Naturally, I dare not put the Holy Majesty in danger."

Li Gong said, "Your Majesty may have forgotten that there is also a master master in the palace city. Moreover, there are many civil and military dignitaries in Chang'an City, with centuries-old families, such as Lu Gu'an, Minister of the Ministry of Households, and others. They are asked to go to the rivers and lakes with my ministers, and bathe in blood." Fighting is naturally a big mistake."

"But if they want to bring their children with them and do their best to protect Miyagi, they will never dare to do their best."

The emperor thought for a long time, finally nodded, and said: "Okay, everything is according to what Aiqing said, I only hope that I can hear that Aiqing sweeps the caves in Liting as soon as possible. Good news for the disappearance of Tang territory."

"Sir, obey the order."

Li Gong acted resolutely, and after getting the emperor's permission, he sent a message to the commander of the right department and the inner guards of various places, and personally brought the imperial decree to invite those three people, and wrote back to Xiushuo City at the expense of the blood eagle.

Wait until the morning fog clears and the scorching sun rises.

Hundreds of riders in black robes and soft armor rushed out of Chang'an City with the sound of iron hooves.

………………

A round of orange in the eastern sky turned into a blazing white that cannot be seen directly.

When the sunlight lit up the entire Xiushuo City, Guan Luoyang was going to take a good bath.

Although the Qianhuan Baoyi has the miraculous effect of being spotless, after he was injured in the night visit to Laojunshan, he ran all the way and relied on the useless mentality to fight people, his body was stained with sweat and blood, which made people feel a little uncomfortable.

The situation has been reported to the six generals of Xiushuo City, the entire city has been mobilized and guarded tightly, and Guan Luoyang has time to clean himself up.

Wu Pingqiang, Jiang Jiusi and the others originally looked concerned, with extremely complicated eyes, regretful and grateful, and had something to say, but didn't know how to comfort them. When they heard him requesting the soldiers to take a bath and eat They all froze in place.

Guan Luoyang asked a little strangely: "Xiushuo City can be regarded as safe for the time being, right? You ran around all night and were injured in fierce battles. Don't you want to take a bath?"

"Well, quite a bit."

Jiang Jiusi rubbed his face, he could feel a layer of dust shell being rubbed off between his palms, he was a little at a loss, "But, Brother Guan, you..."

Wu Pingqiang hugged Jiang Jiusi and said, "It's time to take a bath. The leader of the Demon Cult is certainly terrifying, but they just showed up in a flash. Could it be that we are scared out of our wits?"

He called out to Qian Wanliang's men again, "Everyone go wash up, let's shake off our doubts and think about what's next, should we go or stay?"

"Anyway, as far as this old man is concerned, it's not for anything else, but because he forced me to build a sword villa and run to my death in embarrassment. For the sake of my blood ten years ago, I have to fight them again."

The gloom in everyone's hearts seemed to have subsided a little, and each of them smiled more or less sincerely, and left with undiminished pride.

After they were all gone, Wu Pingqiang took out the blue-gold magic weapon, grabbed Guan Luoyang's hand, and made Guan Luoyang's fingers tightly grasp the handle of the magic weapon.

"Luoyang, the old man was still a little hesitant, but the magic weapon should be given to the hero, just because of your one night, your jokes and bathing, even if this sword waits for you for another ten years, you are completely worthy of it."

After he finished speaking, it seemed that he was afraid of hearing Guan Luoyang's refusal, so he practiced lightness kung fu and walked away in a flash.

Guan Luoyang stood in the courtyard of Zhuang Guogong's mansion and looked at the sword in his hand.

It was something I wanted before, and this time it was just right, and I got what I wanted, but...

"What the hell is he thinking about? I really just want to take a shower."

Anfeiyu stood next to him. Hearing this, he smiled, took the armor summoner and turned on the music, and walked away shaking his head: "I'm going to take a bath too, and we'll have dinner together later."

A soldier brought hot water and a large bathtub to Guan Luoyang's guest room. He was about to go in when he heard someone calling him.

"Hero Guan!"

General Yin's voice came from the other side of the corridor, "We have almost finished talking with Master Yu Tu, he has something important to ask you."

(End of this chapter)