At noon on March 18, the 13th year of Yuanping, a spring rain fell on the capital of the Han Empire, shrouding the heavy capital with a thousand-year history in a hazy rain and fog.

In this slightly chilling spring rain, Yan Liqiang and his group finally arrived at the capital of the Han Empire.

"Is this the imperial capital?" In the miraculous spring rain, Yan Liqiang, who was wrapped in a raincoat, looked at the tall city wall in the distance, which looked like a giant beast, and couldn't help but turn his head and ask Hu Haihe next to him.

"Yan Guard, here is the Imperial Capital. Follow this road, we are in front of us. There are three city gates to the west of the Imperial Capital. Xihua Gate is just one of them..." Hu Haihe's voice also felt exhausted and sad. While talking, Yan Liqiang couldn't help but touch a luggage hanging on his mount. In that luggage was the ashes of Hu Haihe's brother.

Yan Liqiang just nodded and stopped talking. He just gently pinched the horse's belly, allowing the Xilong Horse to follow the team, and at the same time pressed the yellow haired head that was exposed from the rain poncho.

The battle with the Black Wind Thieves that day seemed to be yesterday, but the person who died for that battle could never come back. The person who died in that battle wanted to protect did not enter the imperial capital alive, which made Yan Liqiang doubt what the meaning of the way he walked from leaving Pingxi City.

The whole team seemed a little dull, and Sun Bingchen's entire ceremonial war was put away, and the ceremonial war was not defeated. Everyone rode on horseback in the rain with their heads in the rain.

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The incident in Huizhou City was too much trouble and delayed for several days. In the end, people came to the local government and worked hard. Finally, after the other guards arrived in Huizhou City, Yan Liqiang and Sun Bingchen and others met with the teams coming from behind and returned to the imperial capital together.

But there is no more Ye Tiancheng in the team.

Sun Bingchen's back seemed a little desolate in the drizzle, but he was still tall and stubborn. Yan Liqiang looked at Sun Bingchen's back a few times, and he could probably guess how Sun Bingchen felt at this moment.

A close minister around the emperor and a criminal who was about to be escorted to the imperial capital all died in Huizhou City for no reason. The murderer will naturally be wanted, but Sun Bingchen, who was involved in this matter, may also have a lot of trouble. If someone wants to find fault, Sun Bingchen took Ye Tiancheng, the court's repeated criminal Ye Tiancheng disguised himself and left the guard team to Huizhou City without providing enough protection to Ye Tiancheng, which was one of the causes of Ye Tiancheng's death. If it was really investigated, Sun Bingchen would inevitably be implicated.

As Sun Bingchen's servant guard, he also has a responsibility to not protect Ye Tiancheng well.

Yan Liqiang muttered in his heart that he had already thought about these things clearly on the way he came. Yan Liqiang didn't care about responsibilities or something, because he was alone and had no interest in the imperial capital. So far, his official identity has not yet come down. Since he can't get anything, he doesn't mind losing it.

But there was another thing that made Yan Liqiang feel a little confused - where did the silver needle on Ye Tiancheng's body come from?

On Ye Tiancheng's corpse, Yan Liqiang found two long silver needles. When he found them, the two silver needles were still pierced on the two major acupoints of Ye Tiancheng's corpse. Ye Tiancheng was using the two silver needles to open up the meridian acupoints and wanted to regain freedom.

It was even more impossible for Liang Yijie and Sun Bingchen to have never given Ye Tiancheng silver needles. Then, the silver needles on Ye Tiancheng could only be given to Ye Tiancheng by someone who could contact Ye Tiancheng in this team. And along the way, before Sun Bingchen took Ye Tiancheng and separated from the guard team, there were at least twenty or thirty guards who could contact Ye Tiancheng. Therefore, it was obvious that someone in this guard team could not withstand Ye Tiancheng's temptation and quietly gave the silver needle to Ye Tiancheng.

With Ye Tiancheng's eloquence and deceit, it is probably not difficult to get an ordinary guard in the team to agree to exchange interests with him.

When facing this matter, Sun Bingchen's handling was intriguing. He told Yan Liqiang and Liang Yijie not to speak out, nor to tell the other guards in the team about this matter. Because Ye Tiancheng was dead, he was ready to let the matter go.

Yan Liqiang understood Sun Bingchen's intention a little, because if this matter spreads among the team, then the team that survived the disaster would probably be broken in the blink of an eye, the little friendship that everyone had accumulated after experiencing those hardships together would collapse because it was difficult to find that person, so the final result was that the group of people doubted each other and no longer had the previous trust.

This may be the warmest decision Sun Bingchen made along the way.

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The group came to Xihua Gate of the Imperial Capital. Yan Liqiang took a few more glances at the city walls and towers more than 30 meters high. After Sun Bingchen revealed his identity, the group successfully rode into the city on horseback.

Needless to say, the prosperity of the imperial capital is, but Yan Liqiang, who has truly arrived at this city, his curiosity about the city has unknowingly dissipated. The more cities he walks, the more Yan Liqiang understands that the characteristics of a city are actually determined by the people here. The reason why the imperial capital is the imperial capital is not because of how beautiful the city is, but because it is the center of the power of this huge empire. The people who have the most power in this empire basically live in this city, so the city has become unique. In other words, the people who are really worthy of their attention are the people here.

The group separated shortly after entering the city.

Hu Haihe and a group of guards went directly to the Mabusi's yamen to report that they had returned to the team after completing the task. From then on, they had no direct relationship with Sun Bingchen, unless they were sent to Sun Bingchen to perform some tasks again. Sun Bingchen directly took Yan Liqiang and Liang Yijie to his residence in the imperial capital.

Sun Bingchen's home in the imperial capital was another place called Chema Lane. The house was not big, but it was quite clean and tidy. From the outside, it looked like a middle-class family. It didn't look like a wealthy family. When the three of them stopped and Liang Yijie jumped down from Xilong to knock on the door, Yan Liqiang realized that Sun Bingchen lived in this place.

"A house is just a place to live. You can only stand in a square inch and lie seven feet apart, so the house does not need to be too big or strive for beauty. Just live in it..." It seemed that the doubt in Yan Liqiang's eyes was seen, and Sun Bingchen patiently explained to Yan Liqiang.

"Liqiang has been taught!" Yan Liqiang nodded even though he didn't agree with Sun Bingchen's words.
Chapter completed!