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Zhao Kuangyin and Ling Tianyun chatted for a long time, and it was breakfast time, while there were only two people in Ruoda's Zhao Mansion, Zhao Kuangyin and Ling Tianyun, eating breakfast in this Ruoda living room. The rest of the Zhao family seemed to have disappeared as if www.biquge.info no one appeared in front of them, and they didn't seem to want to disturb the conversation between the two brothers.

"Second brother, why don't you see your sister-in-law, and the rest of the people in the Zhao Mansion. Why are there only two of us brothers in this courtyard? Even the family in the house sent breakfast, but it no longer appeared. Why is this, is it because of the younger brother? Ling Tianyun couldn't help but ask curiously when he saw that this big Zhao Mansion seemed to be just the two of them.

"Oh, it's twenty-four today, and everyone in the house has gone out, and there are still a few days before the New Year, so the people in the house are busy buying some New Year's goods. What about my brothers, but to be quiet. Later, I will eat breakfast, and take you for a walk in this Bianliang City, so that you can really see the majestic style of this imperial capital. Zhao Kuangyin pouted a few grains of porridge in his mouth, and said to Ling Tianyun with slurred teeth.

However, Ling Tianyun's heart was shocked, he didn't expect that he had been out for many days, and he didn't expect that the first day he arrived in this imperial capital was already the twenty-fourth day of the lunar month. There are still a few days to celebrate the New Year, which means that the new year is coming, and the first year that I will spend in a foreign land, I suddenly have mixed feelings in my heart, and all kinds of tastes suddenly come to me. But they didn't know what happened to their father in Baishui Pass, only a loyal old housekeeper was taking care of the Ling family, and they didn't know what was going on.

"Hurry up, the second brother will take you to see the prosperity of this imperial capital later, and you will not be disappointed." Zhao Kuangyin urged again, he saw that Ling Tianyun's expression was in a trance, thinking that this breakfast was for his appetite, and then said: "At noon today, the second brother will take you to eat the most famous food in this imperial capital, and you will be served early." ”

"The second brother misunderstood, the younger brother just thought about the things at home, so there was some gaffe, I hope the second brother will not be surprised." A warm current flowed through Ling Tianyun's heart, and he hurriedly explained to the other party. Since he has walked out of Baishuiguan, he has to face all kinds of difficulties, the pain of homesickness, and the affection of family is also an experience. Thinking of this, he let go of his nostalgia in his heart, and his emotions stabilized.

The two of them ate hastily early, and Zhao Kuangyin took Ling Tianyun and rode two horses out of Zhao's mansion. The horses of the Central Plains are thinner than the horses of Baishuiguan, and they are not as tall and strong as the horses of Baishuiguan, but they are not unusual to ride. Ling Tianyun sat down on an ordinary variegated brown horse, while Zhao Kuangyin sat down on a white horse without any variegation.

"The third brother will ride this horse for the time being, and after the eldest brother is done, we will ask him for a horse that you like." Zhao Kuangyin said to Ling Tianyun with apologetic eyes, they walked side by side, and the horse was in pain under the whip, so he galloped away. Although there was a thick layer of snow on the road, the horse was fast and calm, and there was no slippage, which made Ling Tianyun look at the horse sitting down again.

The snow was thick on the street, and the horse galloped past, leaving a deep hoof print in the snow, and the street gradually became more and more pedestrians. Most of them were watching the snowy scene, and at this time the people in the public gate had begun to organize the people of the city to clear the snow from the streets, and the crowd began to gather.

When they galloped to a crowded place, they turned over and dismounted, and did not go on horseback. Ling Tianyun didn't know where Zhao Kuangyin was going to take him, he only felt that the horses had been galloping for nearly half an hour, and they had dismounted and walked for nearly an hour. All around, the snow on the street had almost cleared, except for the white snow that remained a few feet thick on top of the house, which was struggling to absorb the heat in the air, turning into strands of crystal clear snow water, splashing and falling straight down.

In front of them were denser clusters of houses, high and low, not in a certain order, large and small. The houses here are chaotic, most of them are crowded and narrow, and there is only a path less than a foot wide through this group of houses, and the path is branched off into a number of smaller paths, which connect the group of houses in all directions. This place is obviously not consistent with the architectural style of the houses on the Zhao Mansion, and looking at the messy houses here, there are at least a few hundred families.

When they stepped into the path, which was less than three feet wide, children came out from time to time, happily playing snowball fights, and a few thick men looked at their children with shy smiles. The women in thickly wrapped cotton clothes stood shyly behind their men, raising their cheeks red from the cold, looking at the children covered with snow slag, and a wordless happiness rippled on the path.

Zhao Kuangyin led the horse and led Ling Tianyun to the door of a courtyard that was not luxurious, but this courtyard gave Ling Tianyun a solemn aura. The stone wall of one man was high, and a thick layer of snow was piled up on the wall, and the dead branches in the courtyard that were pressed low by the snow could be faintly seen, and there was a lot of frolic in all directions, but here it was quiet and dreary. The compound was noticeably larger than the other houses in the vicinity, and a snow-covered fence stretched to the end of the path.

Zhao Kuangyin bolted the horse to the horse stake in front of the courtyard gate, and Ling Tianyun followed his example and bolted his mount to another horse stake. The two horses stopped on this path, and the path had been blocked, and this courtyard should be the innermost courtyard of the path, so they didn't worry about anyone passing by.

Pushing open the hidden door, Zhao Kuangyin went straight inside, followed by Ling Tianyun, who was full of suspicion.

When Ling Tianyun followed Zhao Kuangyin's footsteps and came to this courtyard, he was shocked. I saw that this courtyard was full of eighteen kinds of weapons, and the muddy ground that was trampled flat could be seen at any time. The eighteen weapons were placed on a row of weapon racks, polished as bright as new, and there was snow on the ground in this courtyard, but there was not a single snow to be seen. Except for the dead branches with lost leaves everywhere covered with residual snow, and the grass in the corner of the wall covered with a thick layer of snow, the ground in this courtyard was only a remnant of stagnant water.

This is obviously a miniature martial arts arena, although there is not a single figure here, but there is a solemn aura here, which is difficult to disperse. It can be seen that the people here have accumulated a condensed and murderous aura after many years, which will make the depressive and murderous aura permeated here for a long time.

A figure appeared in front of the door of the house in the courtyard, but it was a dark-skinned man in his thirties dressed in cloth. As soon as the man saw Zhao Kuangyin and the others, his eyes showed a hint of joy, but then he showed a touch of melancholy. The man rushed towards Zhao Kuangyin at high speed, his pace was swift and steady, it could be seen that he must be a refiner. And the True Yuan aura emanating from his body was pitifully weak, and he was not a real martial cultivator.

"Boss, you're here." The black man hugged his fist at Zhao Kuangyin, and to Ling Tianyun's surprise, what they were holding was the courtesy and righteousness of the army. It was a kind of etiquette for subordinates to their superiors, but this was a secret military training ground, and Ling Tianyun quickly came to a conclusion in his heart.

"What about the other brothers." Zhao Kuangyin looked around, but he didn't find anyone else, his face couldn't help but sink, and he asked the black man.

"Alai disappeared last night and did not return overnight, his subordinates sent his brothers to look for him, and so far none of his brothers have returned, which is really worrying." The black man's eyes showed a hint of melancholy, and he reported back to Zhao Kuangyin. Ling Tianyun looked at this person's demeanor, it didn't seem that his subordinates were afraid of his superiors, but he had a little more respect, it should be said that it was called awe, but there was more respect than fear, this was not the kind of ordinary relationship between superiors and subordinates in the army, but what, Ling Tianyun was difficult to say, but this feeling seemed familiar.

"Lai didn't return all night yesterday, did you find anything unusual?" Zhao Kuangyin frowned, and asked the black man opposite, because something strange happened, he didn't have time to introduce this black man and Ling Tianyun. And Ling Tianyun didn't say anything, this should be Zhao Kuangyin's military affairs, he didn't want to ask anything, faintly, he felt that as soon as he and Zhao Kuangyin returned to the imperial capital, such a thing would happen, which showed that someone must be targeting them. As for whether it was aimed at Zhao Kuangyin or him, he couldn't judge it in his heart for a while.

"It's still the same as usual, last night the subordinates waited for him to come back to report, but they waited for a night and didn't see others, and the subordinates arranged for the brothers to search the whole city early this morning. He searched all the places he frequented, but he didn't see anyone else. According to the brothers, Lai went to the 'Linyan Pavilion' last night, but the girl said that he only stayed for an hour or so before leaving. ”

"He's still like that, sooner or later he'll make a mistake, just because that girl looks like Miss Feng'er, he often goes to her. If someone with a heart knows his living habits, it is inevitable that he will do things that are not good for him. Now that no one has come back to report for duty, issue the highest search order, and you must find Alai, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable. Zhao Kuangyin's eyes flashed, and he quickly thought of the crux of the matter, because as soon as he returned to the imperial capital, his subordinates disappeared, which must have something to do with himself. And the person targeted must be the righteous brother Chai Rong in the end, in this case, the consequences are very serious.

"But the supreme search order can only be issued with the consent of His Royal Highness the King of Jin, and the entire Flying Sparrow Battalion will not alarm the Holy Lord, which will inevitably bring trouble to His Royal Highness the King of Jin." The black man's eyes were even more worried, and he hurriedly explained to Zhao Kuangyin. There is another reason, that is, he doesn't want to bring any irreparable losses to the boss because of Alai. That's why he persuaded like this, only when he moved out of King Jin could he say that Zhao Kuangyin would be moved.

When Zhao Kuangyin heard this, he stared at the big black man fiercely for a while, and then pondered for a while. He instructed the black man: "Don't send it for the time being, but you must arrive at Alai early today, and there must be no mistake, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable." After finding Alai, send someone to inform the envoy as soon as possible. ”

"Yes!" The black man's face turned grim, and he responded in a deep voice with his fists clenched.

Then, Zhao Kuangyin pulled Ling Tianyun who was standing beside him over, introduced the black man, and also introduced the black man to Ling Tianyun. Only then did Ling Tianyun know that the black man had only one name, called Lao Li. And he saw that Lao Li's age was not old, but why he took such a pronoun was weird. It's just that he didn't know that since Guo Wei founded the Flying Bird Camp, the people in his camp had no real name record, just a pronoun, so this practice continued until the establishment of the Great Zhou. And the Flying Sparrow Camp was founded by Guo Wei, so the people in this camp only obey his dispatch and are not subject to any military camp. Later, he passed half of the Flying Bird Camp to Chai Rong, and kept half of the manpower himself.