One Step to The End

As the New Year is approaching, the people in Luoyang City are completely extravagant. Every family is preparing lanterns. Geishas from all over the city have also entered the city. A large number of fancy floats have swept the market, and the four official wholesale outlets are even more overcrowded.

"I have a note, a hundred boxes of fairy flowers, bubble dragon..."

"It's not a second kick! Whoops, whoops, that's right! Going to the sky monkey..."

"Go away! I want two hundred boxes of Dragon Ball Thunder, and I want as many as the big flowers..."

Businessmen from all walks of life shouted hoarsely and almost collapsed the warehouse door. Although Datang’s firework craftsmanship has a long history, there are really few pitiful patterns, and there are no colorful fireworks. As soon as the official fireworks came out, Overtime is not enough to sell.

"Shoot Moon! How are the sales of Liuli and Jilaihu..."

Zhao Guanren led a group of people walking across the street. They were all dressed in dark green army cloaks. Inside were black hooded sweaters. Dozens of people all wore hoods. They couldn't tell who was who. Not only did they lower it. The possibility of him being assassinated was unrecognizable by those who came to him through the back door.

"It's the end of the year! Everything is easy to sell, and the self-fire came out to take away a batch..."

Li Sheyue smiled step by step and said: "The sales of fireworks are amazing, and the price has tripled. It is not because we pressed it, but it has also skyrocketed. The second is the scratch cards in tobacco. It's a bit ugly to eat, so send soldiers to guard at the door to pull money!"

"Let them pull..."

Zhao Guanren smiled nonchalantly: "You also said that it's the end of the year. All yamen want to get some oil and water. All the sausages I make by myself are let them go along. I don’t have to offend people if I have the Ministry of Households guarding me. ! How much payment has been paid in total?"

"Half a month! A total of 2.63 million taels were handed in, and the emperor was shocked from ear to ear..."

Li Sheyue whispered: "Master Xu let me know that the Ministry of War is asking for money like crazy. And the emperor also wants you to pay more, and is now discussing how much more is appropriate!"

"Let's see! Even if we hand in 10 million a month, they will feel that it is less..."

Zhao Guanren raised his head in disdain. A long float was parked on Tianhe Street. Kabuki geisha from all over the country were performing hard, attracting countless people to watch. This is the Internet celebrity of the Tang Dynasty, the most popular one. Will be sent to perform in front of the emperor.

"That's a huge pomp, it looks like it's very professional..."

Zhao Guanren pointed to an oversized float. Dozens of geishas were singing and dancing in the car. Li Sheyue laughed and said: "The floats in Yongxin County, Jizhou, the ancient song "Women of the Young Woman" is their singing. The oiran of Yichun Academy Half of them are from Yongxin County, and they are the second place almost every year!"

"Get out of the way! Don't get in the way..."

suddenly!

A large number of prisoners came from outside the city, and the soldiers escorted them loudly and yelled at the people. Not only were the prisoners crowded with prisoners and officers, there were also many prisoners of war following them on foot, and the people who were immersed in joy just remembered that the southwest was fight.

"Hey! Soldier slaves, where did the people come from..."

Zhao Guanren showed up the goldfish bag and walked over. A soldier hurriedly clasped his fists and said, "My lord! Some of these people are deserters from Nanzhao, some are prisoners who have connected with the enemy, and even their family members have copied them, and they have taken a group of Tibetan prisoners and sent them away. Come to stand trial!"

"Fortunately! What happened to the war in the Southwest..."

Zhao Guanren threw two silver beans to the other party, and the other party gratefully shouted: "Thank your sir! I have been waiting for some time to set off. I heard that all armies have rushed to Jiannan Road. The Tubo rebels have temporarily suspended their offensive. It is said to be in Jiannan. Fix it to the west!"

"Go! Take a good rest..."

Zhao Guanren waved his hand gently. Nanzhao Dao has been completely occupied. It is a very large territory, covering almost half of Southeast Asia, and Jiannan Dao is the Bashu area, indicating that Tubo has left Yungui and is eating hot pot in Bashu.

"What are you looking at?"

There was a sudden sound of screaming, Zhao Guanren was looking at the prisoners in the car. The familiar accent almost made him reflex, and he stared and said: "What are you looking at?"

"Look at it again and try to pick out the eyeballs for you..."

A young lady from the northeast slammed on the prison fence and stretched out her hand to point at him fiercely. The car was full of female prisoners with disheveled hair, but Zhao Guanren was stunned for a moment to realize that many female prisoners were undressed, and the little ladies were right next to them. There is one without pants.

"Stop! Stop all for the officer..."

Zhao Guanren suddenly raised his hand and shouted, but they were all a great cloak of navy. It was not a local who could not understand their identities. A military commander rushed over immediately and said in surprise, "Who are you? All of them are prisoners of war, do you stop when you say stop?"

"If you say stop, you have to stop..."

Li Sheyue walked out arrogantly, showing a golden badge and shouting: "The minister of the Ministry of Industry, sponsored by the Office of the Officials, gave the surname Luo Ning Gong, the magic envoy of Datang Town Mosi Town, and the chief officer of the Incense Management Department. , Li Zhiping, Li Zhiping, Li, yes!"

"..."

The military commander was dumbfounded with his mouth open, and he had never heard so long and so many official names.

"Oh, that's the end, what a long official name..."

The face of the little lady from the Northeast changed suddenly, and her companion was also horrified and said: "It's miserable! This is a high-ranking official. The master said that the longer the name, the bigger the background, so you should not cause trouble. Gods are everywhere. , How can this be good?"

"Come down!"

General Zhao Guanren beckoned, pointing to a car of female prisoners and asking: "You are fighting in the southwest, why did you catch a car of northeastern women? These are Khitan...no! These are Jurchens, right?"

"Uh~ Oh, my lord is really knowledgeable and talented..."

The military commander hurriedly got off his horse and bowed his hands to salute, saying: "This car is a family member of a criminal officer from Jiannan Road. They were taken for colluding with Tubo. They are from the Heishui people. Their ancestors are all Heishui Mohe tribe. In the previous dynasties, the Khitan people called it Jurchen. This dynasty is regarded as Han people!"

"My lord! I was wronged..."

The little ladies suddenly knelt up and shouted: "My father did not collude with the Tubo thieves. He is only a small seven-pin county magistrate. Just because he angrily rebuked Zhechong Mansion for eating out money, leading to the loss of many passes, they framed my father. Collaborating with the enemy is really wrong!"

"Oh~ what's up..."

Zhao Guanren walked over with his hands on his back, and asked with a smirk: "You weren't a tiger just now, are you going to cut me? It's urinary? Why do you kneel down suddenly? The corrugated lid is stuck with bald skin. Take a look. Are you still damaging you?"

"Hey mom~ Uncle! My fellow villagers..."

The little lady grabbed the hem of his clothes and said excitedly: "Uncle! My eldest niece drips pus-it hurts my eyes. Your grown-up doesn’t remember the villain’s fault, but the eldest niece really didn’t pull the calf, please help us. Call the shots, and I will repay you as a cow, okay?"

"Hey~ you grandson, what are you doing, I'm an authentic Henanese..."

Zhao Guanren smiled and slapped her hands away. He turned around and asked people to pass their case. After turning over their case, he said, "If you really didn't provoke the calf, the officer will definitely return you innocent, otherwise you will be waiting for a copy. Right, the prisoner will go to Dali Temple, and the female relatives will be held in jail!"

"Here!"

The general hurriedly waved his hand and started on the road again, but the little ladies hurriedly said: "Uncle! My father's name is Zhu Mingtang, and your eldest niece is called Zixia. She is twenty-nine years old and unmarried. I will repay you!"

"Damn! Zixia, I still have a supreme treasure..."

Zhao Guanren interrupted her in a dumbfounded manner, but turned around and found several carriages, only to see Lu Poyan lying sickly on a pile of straw, one of his left arms was broken at the elbow, he yelled pretendingly with concern. Said: "Lu Shapi, why are you hurt like this?"

"My lord! Revenge for me..."

Lu Poyan cried and sat up, crying in grief, "Shooting Sun Sects are all crazy demons. I have more than a thousand lives in Taiyi Dao, and only a hundred people came back. Tianyangzi also let them be captured alive. Yes, you must avenge us!"

"You calm down!"

Zhao Guanren hurriedly supported him and said, "You are the right envoy of my town's devil, and I will avenge you if something happens, but you are the master, and your uncles are also good. Didn't come back?"

"My lord! I won't lie to you, they can do magic..."

Lu Poyan said excitedly: "There are many masters of the Sun-Shooting Sect, but we still made it into the altar, but then they activated the Ecstasy Formation and trapped us in it, unable to escape. There are tens of thousands of followers of the lunatics. Besiege me and wait, even if I was chopped down, I laughed. It's so scary!"

"Tough you!"

Zhao Guanren patted him on the shoulder, and said, "The Tiger Army has already started pulling out. Our company has sent troops to assist. We will definitely avenge you. You go back and take good care of your injuries. If you can walk on the ground, you will definitely come to my house to eat tomorrow. Wedding wine!"

"I must go, and I must go crawling..."

Lu Poyan nodded again and again moved, Zhao Guanren waved his hand to let the carriage transport them away, but suddenly he heard a burst of crackling, just watching a float set off the fireworks, attracting everyone’s attention, at the same time it opened the curtain. A statue of a god.

"Master, look at the statue of Houyi, they are a sun-shooting cult..."

Li Sheyue yelled in surprise. The image of the idol was a man bending a bow to shoot a large eagle. It looked almost like Hou Yi, but in the past two days, the cult was full of ups and downs, and the crowd suddenly dispersed. The geishas on the float looked dumbfounded.

"Don't cup the bow and the snake shadow. The one who bends the bow is Hou Yi. Isn't it possible to be Guo Jing? Besides, it is written on the car, the Emperor Shenwu who restored the Tang Dynasty..."

Zhao Guanren waved his hand and walked back. Li Sheyue had to pouting and followed, but he said again: "Don't always follow me, you will get married tomorrow. Ask your mother to go shopping and buy more gold and silver. Jewelry, don't let the two second-hand brides steal the limelight!"

"Don't you say that they are second-hand goods. Someone has already asked you to be a second-hand concubine. Besides, I am a concubine. How can I take the lead, but I'll buy some more, hehe..."

Li Sheyue happily took a few people and ran away. Just in time, a few more eunuchs came to the palace, and they flattered Zhao Guanren to the Huae Xianghui Tower. Zhao Guanren knew that the emperor had "bribered" and rebuilt the calyx that hadn't been a few years old. The building is only open during festivals.

"Go! Go and see the first building that day..."

Zhao Guanren strode towards the royal garden, but in a house not far away, a large group of people were kneeling on the ground and worshiping. "Yi" idol.

"Are all the halls ready..."

A man in a gray cloak slowly got up, and someone whispered in the back: "The altar master! All preparations are ready. Tomorrow is only waiting for your order. Yin Zhiping’s wedding day will be the time of his death. It must be called that servant forever!"

"Order to go down! The Zhao family must die, let's add another fire to this troubled Tang Dynasty..."