On the afternoon of the twelfth day of the twelfth lunar month, the sun was scorching, the weather was clear, it was a rare good weather in recent days without the cold wind howling, and in such a good weather, the two carriages swayed and approached Shen'an City, Huangjing County.

Shen'an City covers an extremely wide area, majestic atmosphere, and is the first city of the Yang Dynasty. It has three gates in the east and west, and a total of 12 imperial gates. The city gate of the south is from east to west, and there are three city gates of Qixia, Mingde, and Anhua respectively, among which Mingde is the city gate of the highest grade among the twelve city gates in the periphery of the imperial capital, and it is not open when it is idle; and Qixia and Mingde, which are listed on its left and right respectively, have used the use of entering the city every day.

The carriage approached from the south and slowly came to the Anhua Gate in the west. At the gate of the city, there were guards guarding the Imperial Palace and Gyeonggi for routine inspections, and although it was a cold season and time, the people who wanted to enter the Imperial Palace were already lined up at the gate of Jin'an Fortress.

Two modest carriages slowly approached the long queue to the west, blending inconspicuously in the middle.

Approaching the end of the year, the inventory of entering the city is very careful, and it takes a long time for the long line to move a few steps forward, and it takes less than a hundred zhang to walk for half a day before reaching the door.

There are three doorways in Anhua Gate, and the two carriages go to the west, which is a passage specially opened for ordinary people. Approaching the door, he was stopped by the guards at the door, and five guards stood guard in front of and behind the doorway to prevent accidents, and four guards stepped forward to check the two carriages respectively.

It was close to evening, and the light was a little dark, but there was still some time before the time of the lantern. When the light is dim, it is easier to fish in troubled waters and sneak into Shen'an Castle, so the guards guarding the gate are more and more cautious.

Xu Heng has his own identity in Shen'an City, but he is not in a hurry and does not want to go through the central doorway specially opened for powerful and high-ranking officials or urgent orders, and his carriage is also bought casually in Pingdong County, which is inconspicuous.

So when he was checked and registered by the guard, when he said that he wanted to go back to the Qi Palace, even if he took out the token, the young guard still raised his eyes vigilantly to look at Xu Heng, the brush in his hand was hanging in the air, and a ball of ink gathered on the tip of the pen, crumbling.

According to the usual practice, if the people in the palace can take out the tokens of the palace, they can be exempted from inspection. But it is a little strange that there is a token of the palace, but it does not take the central doorway. The plan that he didn't want to publicize was even more troublesome, but it was unexpected by Xu Heng.

But the guard in front of him looked very cautious,

The three guards walked back and stood behind the guards, looking like they were not going to inspect the carriage as usual, but the young guards were not at ease, and asked again before letting go: "The prince of Qi's mansion is quite angry, and I don't know what to do with going to the palace of Qi?"

"I am a friend of Prince Heng of the Qi Prince's Mansion," since he had already made up his mind to quietly enter the city, then there was no need to bring out his identity at this time, so Xu Heng thought about it casually and came up with a reason, "This time, I and a few other friends were entrusted by Prince Heng to send his relatives to Shen'an City to spend New Year's Day together." ”

"Friend, dear?" When the young old guard heard this, his brows immediately furrowed, "You, and the man in black in the other carriage are friends of Heng Gongzi?"

They had already checked the carriage before they knew that it was the palace carriage, so they were very clear about the people in the carriage, and the guards looked at the list they had written down, "So are the remaining three men and two women all relatives of Prince Heng?"

"No, I and Pu Feng, the man in black in the other car, Chen Changsheng, Xu Zhen, and Jiang Zuo in the latter car are all friends of Heng Shizi, and the two daughters in the carriage behind me, Su Su and Shangguan Tingxue, are relatives of Gongzi. ”

"Childe's relatives?" Su Wei's expression became more and more serious, looking at Xu Heng, who was calm and calm, "Is there a token?"

"Do you want a token here?" Xu Heng smiled dumbly, "One of those two women is Heng Gongzi's fiancée, and the other is the righteous sister he recognizes outside. ”

For a character like Shizi, going out to find a few beautiful maids or something is not a matter at all. So this kind of thing Gongzimen said yes, said no, no, it's really difficult to find any tokens.

These people in front of them are a little suspicious, but after all, there are tokens, and if they really offend King Qi's Heng Gongzi, it will also be a little troublesome.

Just when the young guard was thinking, the people in the back team were already a little impatient, and most of the people who were still rushing into the city were the residents of the establishment, seeing that the two carriages were blocked at the door and did not move, which made the people behind more and more dissatisfied, but it was a big crime to make noise here at the city gate, and no one was noisy for the time being, but there were more and more dissatisfied eyes from the rear.

Xu Heng was still smiling, his heart was calm, and he was interested in seeing what the young guard who was thinking about would deal with.

The young guard thought for a little too long, which attracted the attention of the chief of the guard in the main doorway on the right, and it happened that no one passed through the central doorway for the time being, so the chief walked over directly, and after asking the veteran next to the young guard chief about the situation, he was afraid that this newly transferred young man would not be able to think about it again, so he glanced at it and walked over and patted him on the shoulder, and whispered in his ear:

"Xiao Du, since the other party has a token of the palace and can tell the calendar, then register it and let it go, Lord Chen will come to inspect at the moment, you block the left road, and you have to scold." ”

"Well, that's right," the young guard chief nodded, revealing a thoughtful look, just when the chief of the guard on the central road just thought that the other party was about to open his mind, the young guard named Du Xinran had already made up his mind, he put away the brush and book of the record, made a gesture towards the carriage where Xu Heng was, and said respectfully, "The junior official thinks that there is a slight problem with the adult's carriage, please lean to the left, and then invite the adult into the city after we solve the problem." ”

As soon as these words came out, the elder Su Wei Shi Chang was dumbfounded: No matter whether the carriage in front of him is the car of Prince Heng of Qi or not, this clearly shows that it does not give Gongzi Heng face. It didn't matter if the two carriages in front of him were delayed, but once those princes and nobles felt that they had lost face, things would suddenly become big.

The older guards were surprised, and Xu Heng was also a little surprised, he was surprised that he didn't expect that there was such a talent among the guards.

Defy power and enforce the law impartially.

Although Xu Heng decided that he was not considered a power, or that he had not yet started to be powerful, the other party had also been a little too strong in law enforcement.

However, he decided to follow the guard first to see what the other party was going to do.

The elder Shi Chang originally thought that the man in front of him would be furious because of this, showing the temper of the people in the palace, but in fact he did not, and the young man who was driving in the carriage obediently drove the carriage to the place on the left that did not affect the passage of the doorway, and did not look angry.

With this kind of bearing, I'm afraid the hornet's nest is getting bigger and bigger...... The elder Su Wei deduced the follow-up development based on his own experience, and became more and more disapproving of Du Xinran's approach, but he couldn't change it if he had already done it. Seeing someone coming on the central official road, he returned to his position, and he didn't even have the idea of persuading young Su Wei.

Xu Heng looked at the young guard's actions and behaviors to check the passing vehicles next, and thought thoughtfully.

(End of chapter)