Three Kingdoms

In Chang'an, there is no problem that a meal of meat buns cannot solve. If there is, then two meals.

Although it is sometimes exaggerated, it also represents the popularity of meat and the promotion of pasta in Guanzhong. More wheat is ground into flour. Although this flour is still a bit rough for later generations, it is already excellent now...

After the cavalry general Fei Qian promoted the raising of pigs, he added water-powered flour milling, and Fei Qian also invented various ways of eating pasta as later generations. The first one to try it and promote it was Bingbei Guanzhong.

Meat buns are a food that was inconspicuous at first, but unexpectedly became popular and is suitable for both refined and popular tastes.

You can do street stalls, you can also do restaurants and tea shops. There are expensive ways to make expensive things, and there are cheap ways to make things cheap.

When Xinpi passed the third bun shop, he happened to meet the owner of the bun shop who had just opened the steamed bun shop. The thick smell of meat mixed with the fragrance of wheat and disappeared with a burst of white mist. Xinpi couldn't help but sniffed, well, when he turned around and saw his son and daughter in the bullock cart, they were already lying beside the cart. Two pairs of four shiny eyes were almost stuck in the bun shop. Up……

"Stop the car..." Xinpi took out some Zhengxi money from his body and handed it to the guard, "Go and buy some food..."

The little girl's eyes suddenly shone, she sweetly held her hands, pretending to be an adult, and said to Xinpi: "Thank you, father~" Then she saw her younger brother, who was still staring at the bun shop. Suddenly his eyebrows rose and he slapped his brother on the back of the head.

"Ouch!" The little boy covered the back of his head and turned to look at his sister, his little face wrinkled together.

"Hey what! Where is the Book of Songs that you just memorized yesterday? Have you forgotten it?" The little girl spoke quickly and crisply, crackling together, "How did you teach me? 'Give me a papaya, and give me a Qiongju in return'. Now Father bought us food, shouldn't you also want to repay it with gold?"

The little boy said "Oh", then turned to look at his father Xinpi, then looked at the bun shop nearby, frowned and said, "Sister, you said this is a papaya? Doesn't it look like it?"

"Papaya, what papaya? Did I say this is a papaya?"

"You just said papaya!"

"The papaya I'm talking about is the papaya from the Book of Songs, not this papaya!"

"Look, you said this is a papaya!"

Xinpi couldn't help but smile when he heard the noise in the car. He didn't stop it, but allowed the two siblings to argue with each other.

Traveling long distances for several days was a very difficult thing in the Han Dynasty, and what made Xin Pi more uneasy than the hardships of the journey was the worry in his heart.

The guard came over carrying a large reed bag filled with gray-yellow buns.

The steamed buns of the Han Dynasty are not the snow-white color of later generations, because the color of wheat flour is a little yellowish if no bleach is added, and if some magazines are added, it will turn gray and black. Seriously. It is similar to the beautiful ones of later generations, which are only found in a few big restaurants.

It doesn't look very good, but the taste is not bad.

When you take a bite, you can see the pork fat meal mixed with the dried tofu. Although it is not a pure meat bun, the dried tofu itself is called vegetarian meat. After the lard is mixed in, it is even more difficult to distinguish the real from the fake. In addition, it has just come out of the cage. , the steaming heat adds a third of flavor.

The two siblings had long forgotten their previous dispute. Each of them was holding a bun and chewing it, while their eyes were still fixed on the next one.

"My lord..." the guard whispered, "I just asked, from this street to the west, and then to the north, you can see the General's Mansion... Should I go there now?"

Xinpi pondered for a moment, shook his head, and said: "Find a place to stay first...the General's Mansion...don't be in a hurry..."

Although Xinpi's brother asked Xinpi to come to Chang'an, Xinpi also needs to observe to see if the Cavalry General Fei Qian is indeed as rumored and worthy of his bet...

Xinpi himself had met General Hussar back then, but at that time...

And now...

Alas, it’s really hard to put it into words.

While Xinpi was eating steamed buns with his children and guards, Shi Huan and Li Tong passed by Xinpi's car. Shi Huan glanced at Xin Pi and his party slightly, but didn't pay much attention to it. After all, during this period, many gentry children came from all over the country. It was also very common for Xin Pi to bring his family and four or five guards.

Xinpi seemed to have noticed something. He turned around and saw only the busy flow of people on the side. He couldn't help but compare it with Yecheng in his mind. He was stunned for a moment and sighed slightly...

Xinpi asked the guard to lead the car and continued to move forward, looking for a temporary foothold. However, he felt a little more emotional in his heart. Was it wrong from the beginning?

……(\u003e﹏.)……

Shi Huan and Li Tong both had gloomy expressions on their faces.

Yesterday, the two of them heard that the Hussar General was going to Qinglong Temple to attend a lecture, and at the same time they also heard that the Hussar General was holding a military exercise in Huaili, west of Chang'an, and dispatched a large number of cavalry and infantry...

Of course, military exercises may also be a test of routine training and have no special meaning. However, what if it does?

Although Shi Huan and Li Tong had prepared for the worst before coming to Chang'an, when they really saw that it might happen, they still couldn't feel the pleasure of predicting something like a god.

"This place is good..." Li Tong stood, looking up at the roof of the towering building on one side of the street, "If we place archers on the house, if everything goes well..."

"This place?" Shi Huan frowned and said, "This place is indeed good. It can cover most of the street from a high position... but it is also a mixed place with people. Let's not talk about it during the day. Even at night, it is brightly lit. I want to hide it from others. It may not be easy to get to the roof... Let's see if there are other places..."

Li Tong thought for a while and nodded, and the two of them continued to move forward, "However, we must make a decision as soon as possible, time... time is really running out..."

Although some curfews were relaxed in Chang'an City because of the Qinglong Temple debate, they were only relaxed a little. Around the city, in the tombs, and in some important administrative offices, they were closed on the second day of Xu Chu. The gate of the square will not be opened until the fourth quarter of Yin Zheng. During this period, idlers are strictly prohibited from wandering around in the neighborhood. Violators will be whipped for thirty years.

After thirty lashes, you will generally not die, but you will have to lie down for at least a month or two.

Therefore, Shi Huan and Li Tong could only travel unimpeded during the day, observe the terrain, and go back at night to avoid being discovered. Of course, there are still manpower around the Cai Mansion to keep an eye on it, but General Hussar has not shown up for the time being...

"How about... we don't care whether we go or not, and set fire to Cai Mansion first?" Li Tong walked a few steps, looked at the patrol team that just passed by, and whispered, "There are patrols everywhere in the city. Check...I'm not sure when I'll hit you..."

Shi Huan frowned, pondered for a moment, and said: "If we are not in Cai Mansion... Even if we set a fire, it will only be a commotion at most, and it may not be able to cause..." If the Hussars General is in Cai Mansion, then under the fire , it must be like a smoked field mouse, it can be smoked out, but if the Cavalry General is not in Cai Mansion, then most of them will send some people to put out the fire. Normally, it is impossible to come in person to carry a bucket and pour two buckets of water. .

"If that doesn't work, we can only stay outside the city..." Li Tong said in a low voice.

Shi Huan nodded and sighed.

There are some buildings in the city that are condescending and have a clear view. Naturally, they are the best places to assassinate with bows and arrows. In addition, due to the restrictions on the direction of the streets in the city, once you enter the street, you will inevitably pass by an ambush point, but it is different outside the city. Well, one is that the height may not be enough, and the other is what if the hussar general is traveling in a direction other than his ambush point?

However, there were a lot of patrols in the city. Shi Huan and Li Tong were just rangers, not reincarnated and possessed by later generations of special forces, so they could handle normal situations, but when the situation became complicated, the two of them naturally found it a bit tricky.

But if we really miss this opportunity, maybe the Cavalry General will be in the army in the next stage, preparing to go out, and then there will be no chance at all?

Li Tong glanced at Shi Huan, who was concentrating on inspecting the terrain and evaluating the plan. Then his eyelids lowered slightly and his eyes rolled a few times. To be honest, Li Tong is still a little conflicted. Although Boss Cao can be regarded as a blessing, is it really worth it to risk his life here?

Although what I told Shi Huan before was that he was so tragic and so loyal, how could he let others know about his unloyalty? Do you really use your body to practice it? If so, how many times can you be loyal?

If Li Tong was really willing to go out of his way for his friends, I'm afraid it's not his friends who are in grave danger now, but himself. When Li Tong came to Chang'an, he originally thought that this matter was not complicated. It was just an assassination, and it was not like he had never done it before. However, when he arrived in Chang'an, he discovered that there was actually a huge difference between assassinating ordinary people and assassinating a hussar general.

Do ordinary people have heavily guarded mansions?

Will ordinary people be protected by heavy armored guards?

Not to mention the patrols roaming the streets, if there is any trouble or abnormality for these veterans who have retired from the battle with the hussar generals...

Maybe in the end there will be no chance of assassination, which is also a good result? After the hussar generals go on an expedition, the city of Chang'an will be more relaxed. When the time comes, finding one or two targets at will can be considered a job, right?

Compared to the heavily guarded Cavalry General, that chubby guy is a good target. When a person is fat, his movements are inevitably less flexible, and he is larger and more difficult to evade. There are not as many guards as the Cavalry General... …

But for now, let’s just follow Shi Huan. This guy is a deadbeat, and it’s not time to talk about this yet...

……(﹁﹁)(??????)……

Naturally, Pang Tong didn't know that Li Tong had already begun to think about changing his goals. He was now sitting in the general's mansion like a fat spider, gathering all kinds of information that was constantly being collected from all directions...

Suddenly, Pang Tong grabbed a wooden tablet, looked up and down a few times, then rummaged around on the other side of the table, found another wooden tablet, put it twice together, and looked at it for a while, haha He laughed loudly, stuffed the two pieces of wood into his arms, stood up, and went to the inner hall where Fei Qian was.

Fei Qian was now looking at the person in front of him with interest.

"Where did you find this?" Fei Qian stared at it. He didn't know whether it was a psychological effect or a similarity in nature. He felt that the person in front of him was somewhat similar to himself.

Huang Xu stood aside and looked at the trembling stand-in who was kneeling in the hall, and said: "It's in Chang'an Prison. He was a little thief who stole, but he was caught on the spot by the owner... I thought it was somewhat similar. , I brought it up...but now it doesn’t look very much..."

Fei Qian smiled. Huang Xu accompanies him every day, so he can naturally tell the difference between his substitute and himself at a glance, but for outsiders, or those opponents who have only met once or twice, a three to four point similarity is enough.

Pang Tong rushed over and turned his head to see a man kneeling in the hall. He didn't pay attention at first. After taking a closer look, he discovered that he was wearing the armor of a hussar general. He couldn't help but be startled. Then he saw Fei Qian sitting in the hall. , suddenly laughed, took two steps forward, looked before and after the shivering substitute, and said: "The body seems to be about the same, but a lot thinner... Also, the eyes and beard don't look alike... But it’s pretty good…”

"The body shape can be improved by eating it for a period of time..." Fei Qian didn't care and said, "Beards and other things are easier, just find some isinglass to stick on... As for other things, there is no need. Too careless..." Fei Qian only needs to be able to deceive outsiders, but if they are too similar, he may not be at ease.

Eyes take up a large part of a person's aura and temperament. There is really no way to modify this. After all, Fei Qian has come up step by step over the years and has experienced many battles. There is naturally something in his eyes. This sharp aura was there, but the little thief in the hall had his eyelids drawn, looking timid and weak.

"Let's use it first..." Fei Qian waved his hand and asked someone to take the substitute down. It's pretty good to be able to find something three to four points similar in a short period of time. Use it for a while first, and then change it if there is something more similar in the future.

"By the way, let's find someone to teach him how to ride a horse first..." Fei Qian turned to Huang Xu and said, "If it doesn't work, then we'll just take a ride instead..." Riding a horse cannot be taught in a day or two. But you have to learn a little bit. To participate in the Qinglong Temple Grand Lecture, it is considered etiquette to switch to riding a car. You can deal with it more or less, but you must learn to ride a horse in the future.

Huang Xu nodded in agreement and went to make arrangements without mentioning it.

Fei Qian said to Pang Tong: "Looking at Shi Yuan's joyful expression, could it be that he has found it?"

"Ah ha, the one who knows me is my lord..." Pang Tong laughed twice, took out two wooden tablets from his arms, handed them to Fei Qian's desk, and then said, "My lord, please look at this piece of paper." , it is the sales record of an abandoned manor on the outskirts of Chang'an... here... the person who bought it wrote that it was the Wu family of Sichuan, but the person who sold it said that these people did not have any accent in central Sichuan... This part belongs to a certain sect. At Pianjue Tower, the store clerk reported that he saw the same person Wang Wenshu met last time, so he followed him all the way to this village..."