After retiring from the court, the courtiers who still felt sad in their hearts walked out of Wude Hall one after another.
When they turned back and looked at the plaque of Wude Hall that seemed to shine with infinite golden light above their heads, they felt a little different in their hearts than before.
Wude, Wude! What a funny word that is? Since you have chosen martial arts, why should you stick to virtue? !
Just later in the day.
The subjects of Chang'an were still discussing today's court affairs, and many people did not have time to react to this sudden change in the direction of the situation.
The news from Shuofang City that came from nowhere was like a heavy bomb, making everyone's minds buzz.
"Marquis Xiao led three hundred soldiers across Mobei, destroying several Turkic tribes! Countless cattle and sheep were captured!"
This is the first sudden piece of news!
Immediately afterwards, the second, third, and one after another came, making people dizzy!
"On their way back, Marshal Xiao's soldiers were pursued by thousands of Turkic soldiers and horses, killing a thousand enemies and injuring countless others!"
"The Turkic soldiers and horses changed their tactics and surrounded Xiaohou's soldiers and horses with speed and numbers. Xiaohou was trapped in a life-or-death situation!"
"Xiao Hou was so anxious that he used the Fire Bull Formation to drive the livestock to fight a bloody path, then destroyed another group and broke out of the siege."
"The Turks pursued madly. Xiao Hou's soldiers ignored Xiao Hou's order to live and die together and took him hostage to retreat to Shuofang alone. The rest of the troops took the initiative to rush towards the southwest wasteland in order to attract the attention of thousands of Turkic cavalry!"
These dense and urgent news spread throughout Chang'an in an instant through various channels! It’s just that the previous news just arrived, and the next one followed! But at the critical moment, the news suddenly disappeared? This made almost everyone in Chang'an feel astonished and felt what it means to have a hundred claws scratching the heart!
Just imagine, on the grassland and desert, a lone army resolutely embarks on a dead end in order to protect its comrades! Ahead is a desolate wasteland, behind is a vicious enemy!
This picture that was deliberately rendered by someone almost satisfies everyone's fantasy of a lone hero! Now everyone can't wait to know their ending, whether a miracle will happen!
Chang'an, Fair Tea House
The originally deserted teahouse was now crowded! Not only were the several tables in the store full, but even the door and windows were crowded with people at the moment.
So many people suddenly crowded here, naturally not because the tea here is delicious. In fact, except for one or two tables in the middle where tea was served, most of the others were folding their hands and stretching their necks, as if they were waiting for something.
"Coming, coming! Keep your voice down!"
Finally, while everyone was waiting anxiously, a rush of footsteps was heard, and the originally noisy teahouse suddenly became silent. Everyone looked towards the backyard that was covered by a green cloth curtain.
Soon, the footsteps stopped, the curtain was lifted, and a boy who looked like a waiter showed half of his head in embarrassment, and said with a guilty conscience: "Ahem, dear guests, the new news hasn't come down yet..."
"Boom..." Before the waiter could finish his words, there was already an uproar in the teahouse.
"No news came, why did you come back?"
"Gunqiu, go find out! What happened to those soldiers? Why are they so annoying!"
"Hey! What's your attitude? Didn't you see that the child is sweating profusely from exhaustion? Come on, come on. I have a mace here. I'll help you loosen your muscles and bones. Your legs and feet will be more flexible when you get some information later!"
The poor waiter was shouted at and scolded by this group of people before he even entered the room. He was so frightened that he hurriedly lowered the curtain and continued running to find out the news.
But when the tea patrons here saw that the waiter had run away, the atmosphere that had just been quiet for a while became boiling again! There were people talking to each other, people speculating loudly, and people secretly feeling annoyed. But the strange thing is that on this occasion, there was no one who slapped the table or kicked the counter!
Moreover, whenever someone in the teahouse couldn't control his temper and raised his voice, he would glance at the corner consciously or unconsciously.
There, a plain-looking middle-aged man was quietly drinking a cup of tea, his eyes indifferent, as if everything around him had nothing to do with him.
"He must know more!"
This is what many tea drinkers are thinking, but no one dares to ask.
Because everyone who is familiar with this place knows that the owner of this store has great powers. No matter what news you want, he can answer it for you!
I just want him to have a problem, but I don’t just need to give him tea money, I need gold!
In the past, there were people who did not believe in evil and wanted to ask the king because of their good skills. It turned out that the gold for asking the matter was not paid, but the money for seeing a doctor later was worth several gold...
Since then, the name of this humble shop owner has spread throughout Chang'an. Many people know that there is such a ruthless person who cannot be offended easily.
"Hey, hey, hey, get out of the way!"
Just when many people were muttering secretly in their hearts, a loud shout suddenly sounded at the door of the teahouse!
Then I saw a commotion there, followed by a few strong men, escorting a noble son who was only more than ten years old and slowly walked into the teahouse.
"Ahem..." Perhaps because he was not used to the smoky atmosphere in the teahouse, the richly dressed noble man rubbed his nose and coughed lightly, with a hint of disgust in his bright eyes.
"I heard that you know everything? Then I want to ask, what happened to Xiao Hou and the others after that!"
Arriving directly in front of the middle-aged man drinking tea, the noble prince threw a small cloth bag on the table with a dull sound. It was obvious that the contents inside were extremely heavy.
The middle-aged man put down the tea cup, glanced at the cloth bag on the table, and frowned unnoticed: "The money given by the young master is a bit too much."
"If it's too much, tell me more things that I don't know!" Your Excellency urged impatiently. It seemed that the extra gold was just a handful of dispensable ordinary stones to him, not worth taking back. .
The middle-aged teahouse owner smiled, tapped the table and asked, "Are you talking about it here?"
When the other people in the teahouse heard this, they immediately fell silent and stared directly at the unknown noble master.
They are not that courageous to just casually throw out a bag of gold to find out the news, so at this moment they really hope to get a chance to get some of his glory and follow this news that is worth thousands of gold.
"Right here!"
The young nobleman was obviously not a stingy person. He nodded, then stretched out his hand and pulled out a stool from under the person next to him, preparing to sit down and listen carefully.
As for the person whose stool was taken away, not only did he not complain, but he even cooperated by raising his buttocks so that he could take the stool away more smoothly.
"Okay!" Looking at the hopeful look in your young master's eyes, the teahouse owner spread his hands and said: "That day, Xiao Hou and a guard beside him fled to Shuofang, but they met General Chai Shao on the way, so General Chai Shao He led his troops to rush to support and encountered Turks in an abandoned Guo city in Shuofang..."
