Having said this, for a moment, no one was interested in speaking again.
On the originally silent official road, soon there was only the sound of the wheels and the sound of the horse hooves of a few people around.
Perhaps, because the Tang Dynasty was not founded for a long time, these emerging officials under Xiao Lizi were not used to showing off.
At this time, even if the prime minister goes out, he rarely displays a guard of honor and walks through the city, let alone ordinary officials.
In fact, most of the time, officials of the Tang Dynasty traveled with only three or two followers.
For a general like Liu Hongji, he didn't even have an entourage. He was just a man and a horse, and he was very happy and agile. It was completely different from the gongs and drums played in later interpretations, and the streets were quiet and solemn.
Of course, this is convenient.
But the problem is: without the signs of avoidance and silence, and without the support of servants and servants, it becomes difficult to distinguish the travel of Tang officials from that of ordinary squires.
Especially in the early days of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, it was not uncommon for gangsters to rob the wrong target when they robbed officials, thinking they were wealthy households.
For example, right now, when Xiao Han's carriage was advancing recklessly on the road, suddenly, several figures in white cloaks jumped out of the snow bags on both sides of the road and stopped in front of Xiao Han and the others. !
"Watch out!"
Although the idiot driving the car had heard of the wrong robberies and stupid robberies on officials, he never thought that such a thing would happen near Chang'an, at the feet of the emperor!
Therefore, when he found someone blocking the car in front of him, he didn't react for a moment. Xiaodong on one side yelled, and he trembled violently and started to hold on to the horse's reins desperately.
"Xilulu..."
The horse's reins were suddenly tightened and pressed against each other. With a rapid neigh, the carriage that was traveling came to an abrupt stop!
And the carriage stopped so suddenly, which was very painful for Xiao Han in the carriage... He was unprepared for a moment, and his whole body rushed forward with the inertia!
Otherwise, Liu Hongji, with quick eyesight and quick hands, reached out and pulled him back, and he would probably have been hit on the head and bled!
"what happened!"
After finally regaining his balance, Xiao Han angrily pulled open the curtain and stared out.
Outside the carriage, the road was still quiet. Jia Yi and a few people who were originally scattered in front and behind had already surrounded his carriage. Xiaodong even stepped over and blocked him tightly behind him.
"Master Hou, be careful, there is an assassin!" Looking carefully at the people in front, Xiaodong nervously explained to Xiao Han behind him in a low voice.
"assassin?"
As soon as he heard these two words, Xiao Han, who was originally angry, immediately lost his temper, quickly retracted his head, and looked forward through the gap in the curtain.
After going through so many ups and downs, Xiao Han is no longer the stupid young man he was before. Even if the son of a rich man cannot sit down in court, his current net worth is more than ten thousand gold, or one hundred thousand gold?
Wouldn't it be too unfair if he stretched his neck like a giraffe and then accidentally chopped it off with a knife?
"What? There are assassins?! Let them go and let me, Old Liu, come..."
However, Xiao Han became more honest, but Liu Hongji in the carriage became inexplicably excited!
I saw him pulling Xiao Han aside impatiently, jumping out of the car, then looking around with his eyes wide open!
"Where? Where! Oh, just a few of them?"
Without Liu Hongji looking further, he had already seen four or five young men carrying several hollow sticks less than ten feet away in front of the carriage, looking at them nervously.
"Just you little brats? Are you going to imitate others and rob you when your hair is all grown up?"
After discovering a few people, Liu Hongji immediately looked them up and down. He saw that although these people were tightly wrapped, their faces were also covered with cold-proof wax.
But it was still vaguely possible to tell that they were young guys. Judging from their faces, they were only eighteen or nineteen years old at most!
Therefore, Liu Hongji couldn't help but grinned, pulled out the saber from Jia San who was cruising beside him, and walked forward with a loud voice.
"Stop...stop!"
Seeing Liu Hongji coming forward alone with a knife in his hand, the "robbers" on the opposite side did not become angry or shout, "I planted this tree and opened this road." Instead, they called out this weak point in advance. The words that Fang often yelled made Xiao Han, who was hiding in the carriage, a little confused. He couldn't figure out who was robbing whom?
"Stop? Hahaha, wait until I take you to the government, then you..."
Liu Hongji also heard the other party's shouts, but he only thought that these people were cowardly. In addition, these people had no other words except a black pipe like a fire stick in their hands, so he immediately stepped forward. Bigger!
"boom……"
Just when Liu Hongji was less than three feet away from the others, no one expected that a sudden change occurred!
On the ground under his feet, a thick cloud of smoke rose into the sky, covering Liu Hongji's entire body, making it impossible to see anyone.
"firearm?"
Hearing this familiar voice, everyone in the team, including Xiao Han, was stunned!
Immediately afterwards, everyone looked at the smoke and dust, and even forgot that they should pay attention to Liu Hongji's safety at this time!
Just when everyone's eyes were fixed on the young men wearing white cloaks.
Among them, a young man with a slightly calmer face twitched the corner of his mouth a few times, and then glared viciously at another young man with a round figure: "Like a pit!"
"Boss, it's not my fault. I, I made them stop. They had to rush forward!" When the chubby young man named Li Keng heard the boss's roar, Li Ji glanced at him with a guilty look, and at the same time, his body was still Don't forget to move behind the other companions.
But he didn't want to think about it. Among them all, he was the fattest, who could stop him?
"I'm not talking about this! I'm talking about, who asked you to bury the mine in front of the sentry post!" The boss was almost angry at Li Keng. Li Keng, Li Keng, was indeed a swindler. He even dug a hole and planted a mine. , you can all trick yourself!
"Uh..." Being called out by the boss again, Li Keng's face suddenly turned as red as a piece of cotton cloth. After holding on for a long time, he lowered his head and said, "When I was buried, I forgot where the sentry post was. So I found a similar place and buried it!”
"Almost? What do you call almost?" The boss was almost mad at Li Keng. He pointed at him with a trembling finger and said, "Then you should have known the position when you were guarding the post today! Why didn't you move?"
"Today? Today I forgot the location of the mine again..."