Dagu Empire, the imperial capital of Qucheng, South Gate.

The magnificent city wall, blue bricks and white gray, regular inlay.

The tall city wall towering between heaven and earth is majestic and breathtaking.

The tall and thick city gate weighs more than thousands of catties, and it is difficult for manpower to push this heavy city gate, so it is necessary to control the opening and closing of this huge city gate by the gears.

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The tall city gate at the south gate of the imperial capital was guarded by twenty city guards, who lined up in two teams on the left and right, standing neatly on both sides of the city gate.

And the eight soldiers at the front, all with straight and tall bodies, were draped in golden heavy armor.

The weapons of these eight men were different, some of them were armed with red tasseled spears, while others were swords hanging from their waists.

At this moment, they were all like wood carvings, standing majestically in place, but their eyes were staring at the front with fierce eyes.

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Behind these eight golden-armored soldiers were eight soldiers with swords at their waists.

These eight people are different from the eight people in front of them, and these eight people are all in tight black clothes, and they are wearing a light armor of Ugin on the outside.

The eight people behind this are not as burly as the eight in front.

And these eight people looked thin and capable, at this moment they held their heads high, their hands pressed on the hilt of their swords, and their sharp eyes were fierce.

And the eight people behind them, their eyes are constantly scanning, scanning everything around them.

They seemed to be able to draw the sharp sword at their waist at any time, and with just one breath, they could stab the enemy with a sharp sword. And this sword is enough to threaten the opponent.

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The two soldiers at the end of the line were wrapped in silver-white heavy armor.

The two men at the back of the line had no weapons in their hands.

At this moment, the two men at the back of the queue stood like a rock in a corner, but any carriage or goods entering or leaving the city gate had to be inspected by them.

In these two people, there is a faint green glow scattered from time to time, but in the daytime, the strong sunlight suddenly covers up the green glow on these two people, so it is difficult for anyone to notice that there is such a faint green glow on these two people, flickering and disappearing, and emitting from time to time.

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In the middle of these two rows of soldiers, there are two guards, one tall and one short, who are in charge of the south gate of the imperial capital.

But whenever there are idle people, etc., come to the south gate to make trouble, these two main and deputy guards have the right to cut first and then play.

No matter how high your official status is, or if you are a wealthy family and dare to come to the south gate of the imperial capital to cause trouble, these two small city gate guards have the right to punish you.

Of course, generally no one will deliberately come to the gate of the imperial capital to make trouble, after all, in the imperial capital, there are tens of thousands of imperial guards responsible for the security of the imperial capital, and they have all made trouble at the gate of the imperial capital, how can the imperial forest army stand idly by?

And it is rumored that the Praetorian Guards in the Royal Forest Army are all warriors who crawled out of the pile of dead people, they are all brave and good at fighting, and they are all masters with unique skills. If you provoke them on the head, then you can't tear people alive?

The world is so big, but there are no surprises, and there are really one or two gentlemen who are not afraid of death, and they want to break ground on Tai Sui's head.

It is said that more than 20 years ago, Liu Xiong, the eldest son of Liu Yong, the eldest son of Liu Yong, was arrogant and rude since he was a child.

On this day, Liu Xiong made an appointment with three or five children from rich families to go out of the city to the suburbs. Because Liu Xiong and others were attached to the scenery of the suburbs, when they returned, it happened to be the time when the city gate was closed.

Liu Xiong and the others returned more than ten seconds late, and the door guard refused to let them go according to the rules. The young and reckless Liu Xiong was suddenly annoyed, he humiliated the doorman, and kept throwing stones, smashing the city gate, and asked the doorman to open the door immediately.

Seeing this, the rich children who accompanied him stepped forward to persuade Liu Xiong, but the angry Liu Xiong not only couldn't listen to a word of persuasion, but he even vented his anger on those rich children.

Those rich children were originally well-intentioned to persuade them, but they didn't want to cause trouble, and they were violently beaten by the arrogant and domineering Liu Xiong. So those rich children climbed to the distance one after another.

Liu Xiong beat away the rich children, and his anger did not subside, but he still continued to smash the city gate and humiliate the gatekeepers.

Later, the doorkeeper was enraged and flew out directly with a sword, cutting off Liu Xiong's head.

Afterwards, the doorkeeper who killed Liu Xiong not only did not receive the king's punishment for this incident, but was named by the king and promoted to three levels in a row and given a heavy reward.

From then on, the king decreed that the gate guard of the imperial capital had the right to cut and play before the people who caused trouble at the gate of the imperial capital.

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At this moment, at the south gate of the imperial capital, the two gatekeepers looked up into the distance from time to time, and then shook their heads gently, looking preoccupied, they seemed to be eagerly waiting for something.

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Suddenly, a group of people rushed from a distance, rushing towards the south gate of the imperial capital.

The two gatekeepers, seeing this team of people from afar, instantly tightened their hearts.

They looked into the distance in a panic for a while, but it was difficult to see the faces of the group of men and horses because of the distance.

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The group of men and horses galloped very fast, and in only a few moments, they rushed to the city gate.

The two city gate guards saw the appearance of this group of men and horses clearly, and the two of them immediately greeted the team with a smile on their faces.

"The last general and others welcome the Great Sima, the Protector Mage, and the General of the Zhenguo to return to the capital. ”

The two gatekeepers saluted respectfully, and the compliments between their words were very strong.

Behind these two gatekeepers, twenty gatekeepers knelt on one knee neatly at the moment, and said in unison: "Welcome to the Great Sima, the Protector Master, and the General of Zhenguo to return to the capital." ”

Sima Mao took the lead, patted his horse and took a step forward, and hugged his fists to the twenty-two gatekeepers on horseback and said: "All the gatekeepers, you are fearless of the scorching sun, you are loyal to your duties, and you have worked hard to strictly control the south gate of the imperial capital of my Dagu.

You don't have to be so polite, you have a heavy task, please return to your posts and guard the south gate of my imperial capital. ”

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The 100,000 wolves of the Dagu Empire rode gold armor and retreated from the Northwest Desert Wilderness to their own territory, and they were ordered by Sima Mao to return to their original garrison under the leadership of the deputy commander.

And Sima Mao himself accompanied the Great Gu Protector Black Qilin, the general of the Zhenguo Kingdom, Dongfang Yufu, and his party of more than a dozen horses, fast horses, and rushed to the imperial capital Qucheng to restore the life of the Great Gu Emperor.

Of course, when the 100,000 wolves of the Dagu Empire rode the golden armor to return to the dynasty in triumph, Sima Mao arranged for the herald in advance and transmitted the news back to the imperial capital in advance.

Therefore, the city gate guards were able to learn about the fact that Da Sima and his party would return to the capital in the near future.

As a result, the heartstrings of the city gate guards have been tense for the past two days. From the opening of the city gate by the ring of the morning bell to the closing of the city gate at dusk, the city gate guards were all worried throughout the day, for fear of neglecting these famous magnates of the Dagu Empire.

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After all, in that kingdom, the strong can devour all the weak.

Like these two city gate guards, they are soft-spoken, and their official positions are very humble, and in front of the most powerful nobles in Dagu, how insignificant are their lives?

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If you want to live in peace and stability in the world, in front of the powerful, you can't be lazy at all.

As soon as Sima Mao said this, all the goalkeepers responded in unison without hesitation: "Yes." ”

The twenty-two gatekeepers immediately straightened their waists one after another, stood on both sides of the city gate, and watched Sima Mao and his party enter the city one by one.

After Sima Mao and his entourage had gone far away, the two city gate guards took a long breath, they wiped the beads of sweat from their foreheads, and secretly said in their hearts: "It's okay." ”

The main gate guard glanced sideways, and the people who were waiting on the side, preparing to enter and leave the capital, immediately breathed a sigh of relief and shouted to everyone: "You can let go." ”

Suddenly, the south gate of the imperial capital, which had been calm for a moment, returned to the hustle and bustle of the past in an instant.

The merchants, ordinary people, and some children of rich families who entered and exited the imperial capital consciously lined up and waited to be inspected

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In the central region of the country, on an official road in a suburb.

Yueye suddenly felt a little excited, pointed at the leopard that was gradually moving away, and shouted excitedly at Mu Sifan. "Leopard, that's right, it's Brother Meng's leopard!"

Mu Sifan nodded "um", then stared ahead with a puzzled expression, and muttered to himself, "Why did the leopard appear here?"

Yueye scratched his head, pondered for a moment, and suddenly said, "The leopard should have been captured by the Great Gu, why did it suddenly appear here?

When the moonlit night came to this, he slapped his head suddenly, and hurriedly galloped towards the horse, shouting to Mu Sifan: "Sifan, hurry up and get on the horse, let's ride up and find out." ”

The two of them rode their horses and galloped, but after a while, it was still difficult to catch up with the group of men and horses in front.

After all, the team of men and horses in front of them were all one person and one horse, and the load on the horses under their crotches was lighter, so they naturally ran faster.

And the moonlit night and Mu Sifan are riding on the same horse, not to mention, the horse is already carrying a lot of bags on its back, under such a heavy burden, the foot strength of the foal is naturally not comparable to the foot power of one person and one horse.

Along the official road in the suburbs, I ran all the way for a while. Suddenly, in front of the eyes of the moonlit night and Mu Sifan, there was a fork in the road, and the moonlit night hurriedly tightened the reins of the horse and stopped at the fork in the road.

Both of them looked blank, looking at the two paths that branched out in front of them, and were silent for a moment.

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"Brother Night, which of the two roads in front of us should we take?" Mu Sifan frowned and asked Yueye.

Yueye sighed, looked carefully at the two roads in front of her, and then shook her head lightly: "The road surface has been dry and hard for a long time, and there are shallow hoof prints on the two roads in front, so it is really difficult to tell which road they took from the team just now." ”

Mu Sifan's eyes widened, she stared at the fork in the road in front of her, with an anxious look on her face, and suddenly said, "Then which way should we go?"

Yueye smiled bitterly: "Right now, the wilderness is lonely, there is no one around, we can only take one step at a time, or just pick a road and walk to see!"

Mu Sifan nodded in agreement, then pointed to the wider road on the right, and said with a blank face: "Then let's take the road on the right, right?"

"Good!"

The moonlit night answered, and then the horse ran away to the road on the right.

Chapter Eighty-Five: The South Gate of the Imperial Capital