Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Chapter 1016
Chapter [-]

In the sky prison of Dali Temple in Chang'an, Li Anyan, the general of the guard of the left guard, walked into the corridor of the cell holding his nose.

On the screen wall of the corridor, candles as thick as a child's arm were burning on the wall, illuminating the corridor brightly.

It's not that Li Anyan can't stand the smell of blood in the dungeon, and he really can't stand the smell inside.Holding the handkerchief, he suppressed his disgust and ordered the jailer beside him, "Go directly to the execution room!"

In the torture room, Wang Renbiao's arms were hung on the wall by two iron chains. He was dressed in a middle single, with loose hair, bruises all over his body, and a messy beard on his face. Bright, glowing with blood inside.

Li Anyan covered his nose and paced in front of Wang Ren's surface. Two criminal officers from Dali Temple held their breaths and stood behind him with their heads bowed.

The two jailers held their whips, panting slightly.

Li Anyan asked with a long tone: "I'll ask you again, what do you intend to do? Who is the mastermind?"

Wang Renbiao let out a "bah", spit out a mouthful of bloody spittle, and said with a hoarse smile: "In the ages, there is no hero to be found, and Sun Zhongmou is here. The dance pavilion and singing stage are always blown away by the rain. The grass and trees in the setting sun, Ordinary alleys, where human slaves once lived. Back then, gold and iron horses swallowed thousands of miles like a tiger...

The muscles on Li Anyan's face twitched slightly, and he leaned closer to Tan Shen's face, and said with a sneer, "I'm not afraid of death. Come and tell me, who is Sun Zhongmou? Who is Liu Jinu?"

He straightened up, wiped his nose gently with a towel, and said without changing his expression, "Keep beating!"

"Clap clap clap..."

There was a crisp whip sound.

- clap clap
The sound of the whip whipping flesh echoed in the air.

The whip was whipped to the flesh, and blood was seen with the whip, and Wang Renbiao's buttocks and thighs were bloody.

Li Anyan was unmoved.

Suddenly, the jailer who was executing the sentence raised his whip and did not beat him down.

Wang Renbiao's head was tilted to one side and he was already unconscious.

The executioner was hesitant to draw it any longer, and looked back at Li Anyan.

Li Anyan said coldly: "Keep fighting!"

The jailer said timidly, "If you beat him again, you will die."

Li Anyan said without a doubt: "Continue to fight..."

……

Outside the Kaiyuan Gate, the west gate of Chang'an City, there was an endless stream of people entering and leaving the city gate. Several soldiers were guarding the gate with long spears.

The guard guard looked at the sky and shouted loudly: "It's time, close the door!"

With a creaking sound, the city gate slowly closed.

However, at this moment, a rush of horseshoes sounded.

The guard guarding the city followed the prestige, and saw a postman with a pond newspaper on his back riding a fast horse, galloping in a hurry.

There were hundreds of steps away from Kaiyuan Gate, so he raised the five-color inverted pennant in his hand and shouted: "Urgent military situation!"

The captain's expression changed, and he raised his hand and said, "Open the door!"

The postman galloped into Kaiyuanmen.

……

In the Provincial Political Affairs Hall under the door, outside the Political Affairs Hall, a group of imperial warriors stood straddling with swords in their hands, without looking sideways.

A hall official held a pond newspaper and walked into the political affairs hall with footsteps like the wind.

Shen Zhizheng Shi Dai Zhou yawned and beat his sore back.

With the sound of drums in the distance, it's time for the next duty.As if in a millennium later, Dai Zhou, who was originally weak in limbs, regained his strength, stood up and said, "Lord, lock!"

However, at this moment, a court official walked up to Dai Zhou with the postman's pond newspaper.

Dai Zhou took the pond newspaper and looked at it, his face changed drastically, and he said anxiously, "Come on!"

A hall official came in, bowed to Dai Zhou and said, "Da Shen."

Dai Zhou said: "Go and ask, who is the permanent attendant in the Taiji Hall today?"

The hall official looked at him in astonishment.

There was no smile on Dai Zhou's stern face, and he said coldly, "I want to face the saint."

……

The Tai Chi Hall is brightly lit.

Wearing a suit, Dai Zhou bowed and stood under Dan Chi.

On the altar, Li Jiancheng stood in front of the book table in regular clothes, with unconcealable anger on his face, and asked in a low voice, "What do you say about this?"

Dai Zhou replied respectfully: "Your Majesty, I think this is nonsense."

In Dai Zhou's eyes, riding fast for eight hundred miles is actually the fastest way for the court to deliver news.To travel the [-]-mile journey, nearly [-] post stations need to be prepared along the way, and more than [-] stage horses need to be transferred.

Usually troops march, at most three hundred miles a day, amazingly like the Anxi Army, which is very wealthy, each cavalry with three horses, riding in rotation, can only travel more than four hundred miles a day.

Whether it is a post pawn or a cavalry, it is necessary to advance lightly, otherwise it will not be able to reach such a speed.Even if he could barely achieve this speed, it would be a great torture for the knight on horseback.

But Chen Ying can travel more than a thousand miles a day, which is faster than riding a horse for eight hundred miles.It took five days to arrive at Yumen Pass and six days to Lanzhou.

This is simply impossible, even if Anxi's army is all elite soldiers, but Chen Ying still has Li Ruoxi, who is less than three years old, and Chen Qian, who is seven or eight years old, by his side, these children can't stand the trouble.

Li Jiancheng said angrily: "The information pond of the case, we took the military post, eight hundred li in a hurry, non-stop around the clock. Within 27 days, we arrived at the capital. Ordinary memorials, we took the official post, and it will take [-] days to reach the capital. How could they not know that they are so absurd..."

Li Jiancheng laughed angrily and said: "You are really daring, these thieves, do they still pay attention to the court? Do they also pay attention to me?"

Dai Zhou bowed and said: "Your Majesty, I think this matter is appalling! It should be strictly investigated. The Ministry of War and the Ministry of Military Affairs should issue an order to question the crime, so as to deter Xiaoxiao and warn the world."

Li Jiancheng's face sank like water, and he asked casually, "Where is Chen Ying?"

Dai Zhou was stunned and said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, if you follow the pond report, I am afraid that you will have to reach Chencang Pass by this time!"

Li Jiancheng said angrily: "The Political Affairs Hall plans to set up the Ministry of Rites, and start to arrange reception matters!"

In fact, at this moment, Li Jiancheng still did not believe that Chen Ying could reach Guanzhong in just eight days.

You must know that it is more than 1 miles from Shule City in Anxi to Chang'an, and I am afraid that it will not be able to fly in eight days.

Dai Zhou hesitated for a moment, forced himself to suppress the urge to speak, and bowed his head in response: "I will obey the imperial edict."

……

Until now, Li Xiuning still feels that she is dreaming. The climate in Anxi is completely different from that in Guanzhong, especially the air in the air is full of water mist, and the wind with water vapor is like a pair of invisible hands touching her face. On, there is an indescribable pleasure.

Although Li Xiuning was extremely tired, she still said excitedly: "Chen Lang, tell me, I'm not dreaming!"

Chen Ying looked at Li Xiuning and said seriously: "San Niang, you are not dreaming, we have already arrived in Guanzhong!"

In fact, this speed is already considered a snail crawl for future generations.In later generations, it will take about three and a half hours to travel from Anxi to Chang'an by air, and about [-] hours by high-speed rail (there is no high-speed rail to date).Even the slowest slow train is less than two days.

And the Bison train deserves its name.Although the speed was not slow, the vibration was so loud that Chen Ying almost felt deaf.

In eight days, Chen Ying almost collapsed.

Chen Ying looked at Li Xiuning and said with a smile: "If the Tang Dynasty wants to rule the world, it must increase its speed. Now with the steam engine train, everything becomes possible!"

In ancient times, it was always claimed to be unified, but in fact it was only a literal unity. Remote areas are still self-governing.The court couldn't control it at all.

It is not because there are not enough officials, nor is it because the officials are extremely incompetent, but because of the distance.For example, from Chang'an to Lingnan Panyu, if the walking speed of this era is still the same, it is hopeless. It will take at least three months. If it is due to the weather, this time will be longer.

If a rebellion broke out in Lingnan, the children would have time to give birth.

For example, in the Battle of Talas in history, Gao Xianzhi was defeated, and the court immediately dismissed Gao Xianzhi from the position of the Anxi Grand Protector, and appointed Feng Changqing as the Anxi Grand Protector.This time has passed a full year, five months and 23 days.

Remember, this is just the appointment of the Jiedu Envoy of the Four Towns of Anxi in Fengchangqing. As for the soldiers and horses lost in the Anxi Dufu, there is no time to send more.Waiting for Feng Changqing to lead Anxi to attack Dabolu Kingdom (now Palestine in Kashmir).When we entered Bodhisattva Rao City (now central Kashmir), it was already December 12th, the [-]th year of Tianbao, and more than two years and four months had passed since the Battle of Talas.

If there was a train at that time, the army and supplies could be transported up at any time, the ending of the Battle of Talas would definitely be rewritten, and the Tang army would definitely be able to fight a big cannibal called Dad.

Li Xiuning, who was born as a leading general, naturally saw this.

With the train, Datang can respond quickly at any time, quickly know about accidents in remote areas, and can quickly quell civil strife or support foreign invasions.

Li Xiuning hugged Chen Ying affectionately and said, "Thank you Chen Lang..."

"Why should we husband and wife be so polite!" Chen Ying put his arms around Li Xiuning, looked at the night sky and said, "This is exactly the prosperous Tang Dynasty I want to see!"

……

In Zheng Rentai's estate outside Luoyang City, Zheng Rentai woke up and looked at the blue light coming in from the window, and the fog was heavy.

A major event was in sight, and Zheng Rentai had trouble sleeping and eating these past few days.Hearing the sound of horses' hooves like drums in the early morning, Zheng Rentai's arousal just now melted away like the first snow poured with hot water. He turned over and sat up, looking at the window vigilantly and blankly, not knowing what happened again. something happened.

Two pretty concubines were also awakened, poking their heads out of the brocade quilt, looked at Zheng Rentai suspiciously and said, "What happened?"

The people in the guard's room outside were also startled by the sound of the horse's hooves, and they heard someone shouting from a distance: "My lord, something is wrong, something has happened to Mr. Wang Renbiao!"

"What happened to Wang Renbiao?" Zheng Rentai climbed out of bed, stood barefoot on the footboard of the bed, and ordered: "Bring the clothes quickly."

Seeing Zheng Rentai's stern expression, the two concubines didn't dare to neglect, they hurriedly got out of bed to help him get his robes, they were naked and didn't bother to put on their clothes, they waited for Zheng Rentai to get dressed first.

Zheng Rentai couldn't wait for his clothes to be fastened, so he put on an open robe and went to the outside room, and the two concubines dressed and dressed calmly.

The people outside were talking in a low voice, after a while, there was a "clang" sound, someone smashed the teacup on the brick floor and smashed it to pieces, the two concubines were startled, their eyebrows were crooked , Then I heard Zheng Rentai yelling so gloomyly that people could only shudder in his heart: "Trash, trash, no one is born, no corpse is dead-what kind of military situation are you investigating? You all eat shit! Give me Find out, who the hell took people away..."

At this time, a staff member in green shirts murmured: "My lord, the Taiyuan Wang family is not a small family, who dares to touch their people?"

"You mean..."

Zheng Rentai hesitated for a moment and said, "You mean...the guard of the left prison?"

"Very likely!" The staff analyzed: "The Wang family of Taiyuan is famous in the world, ordinary robbers, who would dare to offend the Wang family of Taiyuan?"

Zheng Rentai is not a fool. The Taiyuan Wang family lost Wang Renbiao. It is absolutely impossible to be an ordinary kidnapping case.

Zheng Rentai pondered and said: "I know this matter well in my heart. It is very likely that the news has leaked. Now... Hurry up and notify the other families. The arrow is on the string, and they have to send it out. Let them prepare their manpower and equipment and wait for the opportunity!"

Speaking of this, Zheng Rentai hastily ordered his guards to settle his wife and children first, and it would be best to send them outside Chang'an. The farther away from Chang'an, the better!
Zheng, who was originally calm, poured a pot of water into the boiling oil in an instant, and it boiled.

The room was suddenly pushed away, Zheng Rentai strode in, went to get the saber on the desk, saw the concubine sitting on the dressing table looking at him in panic, hesitated for a while, and said: "Clean up quickly, don't bother Those useless things... live with me in the barracks!"

The two concubines were even more alarmed after hearing Zheng Rentai's words: "What happened?"

However, they didn't dare to ask Zheng Rentai again.

If you don't use it well, you will be beaten.They are not wives, but concubines, and concubines have no human rights.

(End of this chapter)