Chang'an [Rebirth]

The largest restaurant in Chang'an is called Songhe Tower, on which there is still a plaque mentioned by the late emperor.

Songhe Tower is recognized as lively, and the food is indeed delicious, but the taste is a bit bland, and the portions are relatively small, so you should be full.

When Zhao Qian proposed to treat guests, Chai Yuandao called friends and wanted to bring the whole family with him——

Chai Zheng also has an older brother named Chai Ji, a typical nerd, who spends all day in his study room and has already spoken well in his teens. It's hard to get him out of the room.

The conversation between father and son usually goes like this, Chai Guogong said, "Son, your uncle the emperor treats you to dinner and go out for a walk?"

Chai Ji didn't raise his head, "Oh, I won't go."

It stands to reason that Chai Guogong has only one son and one daughter in his life, but this son was born prematurely, with insufficient womb, and it doesn't look any different if he doesn't do physical work, but he has to lead soldiers... Chai Ji thinks that Chai Yuandao is still afraid that his family will be defeated light.

Chai Guogong also sighed, fearing that his son would be useless, but Chai Zheng slandered in his mother's arms, "Your son and my elder brother will be the Minister of the Ministry of Households in the future, in charge of the money and food of the whole world. ' Suspicion, it is not possible to die so quickly."

Sometimes it is also a disaster for children to be too competitive.

When the unrivaled hero was also short of breath in his mother's arms, Chai Zheng yawned, stretched out his small hand from Zhao Linlang's arms, and tugged on Ruan Linshuang's clothes, unwilling to let go, and was determined to have his arms broken.

Probably because mother and daughter have the same aesthetics, Zhao Linlang also likes the girl of the Ruan family very much, and takes it with her wherever she goes, but Ruan Yuzhang follows behind, becoming an awkward outsider.

"My family, Chai Zheng, is very skinny, not at all as well-behaved as a girl should be. Lin Lang probably saw your girl is quiet, and she wants to recognize Chai Zheng as a sister."

As soon as Chai Yuandao finished speaking, Chai Zheng's ears were all pricked up. If it wasn't for her slurred speech, she would be able to read a set of long poems to her father right now, and persuade her father to be a man.

Ruan Yuzhang smiled wryly, "Although Shuang'er has been short of a mother since she was a child, she has a bad temper. She is far from being so peaceful on the surface. What's more, Miss Chai is energetic and smart. Maybe she can take over your mantle in the future."

"I think so too, but Zheng'er is only two years old, and it depends on what she wants to do in the future, lead the army or study, it's up to her. As a father, I just want to support my children." Chai Yuan said Putting your palms together, you looked at the sky and said, "God bless me with a long life."

"..." Chai Zheng thought to himself, "You old man still thought about it that way. I thought that beating me to death was a hobby you cultivated out of boredom."

Then I found out that I was indeed born by Chai Guogong, and I like to pray to heaven for things that are difficult to accomplish, such as being reincarnated as a mosquito, or... a long life in this life.

The group of them was not a large group, but they were familiar with each other. The waiter and the shopkeeper all came up to greet them, and opened a private room on the east side.

As soon as the curtain covering the window was lowered, Ruan Linshuang saw the face of the Eldest Princess change, her gentle and kind smile was instantly like a sharp knife, revealing some danger that cannot be ignored.

Her original beauty is bright and graceful. If it weren't for the royal family, it would not be possible to raise such a noble girl like the sun. Even if she is married, she will be a few years old. Zhao Linlang is still a bright pearl in the sea. After picking up the gold and iron horse, it suddenly became frightening. This is the result of tempering the day after tomorrow. No matter how big a family wants to raise it, they can't raise one or two cents.

Ruan Linshuang had a keen intuition. From the moment the eldest princess lowered the curtain, she held Chai Zheng's fingers—dangers were gathering in this small place, and big things might happen later.

"Brother Huang, you are so unpopular." Zhao Linlang smiled, "Even a meal can cause trouble."

Zhao Qian smiled helplessly, "There is no way, the current situation is not stable."

In the few years before the death of the first emperor, internal and external troubles, Jiedu envoys colluded with foreign countries, resulting in the sixteen prefectures in Mobei changing hands several times overnight. It was Chai Yuandao who was ordered to take charge of the seal when he was in danger, and Zhao Qian was sent to manage money and food for him. For armaments, Zhao Linlang is the vanguard of the advance army.

The three of them grew up as childhood sweethearts, and after several years in the army, they honed their minds, so they can be regarded as fateful friendship.

Chai Zheng is not surprised by this change in her mother, her Chai family's daughter, Lang, has a wild nature in her blood. Zhao Linlang also fought against all three armies back then, but she is different from Chai Zheng.

Zhao Linlang is more inclusive and gentle than Chai Zheng's fierceness, she is the indomitable pampas grass that grows in the water.

Chai Guogong lamented in the future, because he lamented that his daughter followed him, and he was afraid that his life would not last long. If he could be like the eldest princess by even three points, the road in the future would not be so difficult...

Even if you don’t order food in the private room, you will be served three small dishes of snacks and a pot of tea first. As long as you have enough money, even if you just sit in the room and doze off without eating, the shopkeeper will allow it.

The middle of the upper and lower floors of Songhe Tower is elevated, and most of the sounds can be filtered without disturbing each other.

But even so, it was too quiet outside at this time, almost no sound could be heard——

Songhe Tower welcomes and sees you off. There are private rooms with open windows facing the street, where you can see the pine garden and Berlin and the ebb and flow of the tide, and there are also noisy lobbies.

The boss took this situation into consideration when he built the building. The spiral outer corridor can go directly from the first floor to the second floor without going through the lobby, which is convenient for dignitaries to avoid people.

But now the lobby, which was supposed to be the busiest, was completely silent, but instead there was some slight movement from the outer corridor.

The visitor was very careful, and even the wind chimes were not disturbed, but in this room, except for the Ruan family father and daughter, they were all masters who sleep on their arms... Chai Zheng, who was only two years old, thought that he was better than four-year-old Ruan Linshuang in terms of boxing and kicking. sharp.

"Give me the child." Ruan Yuzhang also became alert. He took the initiative to undertake the logistics work, and said, "If I knew it earlier, I should have asked His Majesty to bring more guards. After all, his identity is different from the past."

"Hey," Chai Yuandao became unhappy, "Xiao Ruan, are you looking down on me? With me here, Zhao Qian's life won't be lost."

"..." Chai Zheng said in his heart, "Father, my dear father, if you do me a favor, can I stab Zhao Qian in the chaos later?"

However, the two-year-old child really had no right to speak, and Chai Zheng was stuffed directly into Ruan Yuzhang's arms with his head down.

Chai Yuandao and Zhao Qian worked together to set up the mahogany Eight Immortals table in the corner, forming a large space for Ruan Yuzhang to hide in with the children.

The top of the mahogany table has a thickness of three or four inches, and a general blade will never pierce it.

Chai Zheng stuck her head out, barely able to look over the edge of the table.

Her immature brain was overloaded, trying to think about why the Songhe Tower assassination incident failed to form a climate, even she had never heard of it.

"Here we come." Zhao Linlang picked up the cup on the table, and immediately a small sleeve arrow shot in from the window. The sleeve arrow didn't have enough follow-up force, it was trapped at the bottom of the cup, and broke into three pieces with a crisp sound.

Looking at the division of labor, Chai Yuandao was responsible for protecting Zhao Qian, Zhao Qian was crazy to die, and Zhao Linlang was guarding beside the table, so when the sleeve arrow fell, Chai Zheng could clearly see the casting process.

This thing obviously does not belong to the Central Plains. Although it is a conscious imitation, the amount of copper produced in the Central Plains is not large. Generally, the arrowhead of the sleeve arrow is made of iron, and the shaft is made of wood. If it is used for a long time, even if it is properly maintained, it will still produce rust stains.

And the arrowhead of this sleeve arrow is made of brass. Although the arrow shaft is also wood, the grain of this wood is very strange, and it exudes a faint fragrance of green grass after being broken in the middle.

Chai Zheng used to conquer the north and the south, and has knowledge of the customs and customs of various places. This kind of fragrant wood branches likes shade, tide, and saline-alkali land, and most of them grow in coastal areas.

After observing these details, Chai Zheng's eyes fell on the intruder again.

There were four people in total, and Chai Zheng estimated that there should be one or two people outside who responded when they retreated, but the people who broke in were all masked and did not wear night clothes. It was too eye-catching to wear night clothes during the day and day, and they were suspected of being ostentatious. Chances are they were caught by the Yamen before they started doing bad things.

The clothes of these people are relatively simple, coarse linen clothes, gray or dark brown, they can't be found among the traffickers and pawns at all, and the foot of the emperor in Chang'an City is extremely prosperous. Come up with five similar ones.

Judging from these sophisticated arrangements, the people behind the scenes should have some brains, but they are not familiar enough with the Dajing Dynasty, and they have not done field investigations.

Chai Zheng thought again, "If it were me, I would definitely not make such a mistake."

These four people's skills are very good, they are more than enough to be trained as dead soldiers, and they all use short weapons, which can be used in a small space. On the contrary, Chai Yuandao and the others are unarmed.

"Although the skills are good, not everyone can do the job of assassination. With such a detailed layout, but finally sent a few people from the rivers and lakes, it is obvious that they don't want to succeed."

Chai Zheng frowned, "Setting up the blame?"

At this time Ruan Linshuang's voice sounded from behind her, Chai Zheng was faintly startled, but did not show it.

Ruan Linshuang said, "They seem to be very afraid of death."

Even Ruan Linshuang could tell that they were afraid of death, and it was basically written on their faces. If these people tried their best, Chai Yuandao would probably suffer a little bit, but it was obvious that their purpose of assassination was to retreat. They are unwilling to give any labor.

Chai Yuandao divided a pair of chopsticks into two, held one in his hand, and threw the other to Zhao Qian. The chopsticks made of emerald jade can remain unbroken as long as they don't hit heavy objects sideways.

He stretched out his hand to grab the ocher-clothed man in front of him, and when the short knife stabbed towards him, he pressed the chopsticks against the back of the knife. The blade suddenly sank and fell on the ocher-clothed man's own finger. Next, opened the ladle on the head of the ocher-clothed man.

Chai Zheng turned her head and covered Ruan Linshuang's eyes.