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The night is heavy, the cold wind on the outskirts of the city is blowing, and the night is endless. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

The black horses galloped through the wind, and the gravel under the horses' hooves cleaved a path through the night mist, followed by a march of armoured horsemen, followed by the generals led by the front.

Huang Fuyan whipped the black horse with such force that the horse's snort became heavier and heavier, and he went straight to the gate of the city not far away, which was about to be revealed, as if he were mad by the whipping of his master.

The West Coast port is not far from the city, but it is also a distance. Huang Fuyan received an urgent report from the dragoon guard general and learned that the prisoner Mei Yuehan had been rescued, and the prince immediately sent him to the city to control Dongzi in the shortest possible time, and not to let the rebels escape from Dongzi.

Although it is not known how the rebels knew where the prisoners were being held, and how they rescued Mei Yuehan from the hands of Dragoon Guards and Ye Qianliu, the top priority was to catch them again before they escaped from Dongzi.

Thinking of the sad scene on the prince's face when he heard that the prisoner was rescued, Huangfu Yan faintly felt that this matter was quite strange, and there seemed to be a murderous motive behind it.

He was anxious and felt that the situation was urgent, so he ordered the marches to the left and right: "After entering the city, they will be divided into two teams, one team will go to the general's mansion to bring out men and horses to guard the gates of Dongzi, and the other team will follow me to assist the dragoons to guard the city. ”

"Yes. “

The marches responded in unison, and soon divided into two groups and quickly ran in different directions before entering the city.

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In the alleyway near the west gate of the city, six figures gathered together, making a noise, as if the creatures under the sea were whispering.......

"Is that okay?"

"Zihui is about to leave the city, so she can only take a risk. “

"I said, don't be bold enough to get involved with me, an innocent citizen. If you fail, I will put the sin on you. “

"Are you still a friend of Master Yan? “

"Little girl, I'm just an old man who sells wine, and it's already my best to help with this, don't pick and choose, you think it's a game of playing housework." “

"Old man Hua, you are an old immortal who is over half a hundred years old, what are you talking about with a girl, didn't you say that you want to take us out of the city?

"You are embarrassed to say, Zihui said that you will rescue people soon, I have been waiting here for a long time, the people from the General's Mansion have already blocked the city gate, only the west gate has not been closed"

"Aren't we here? “

"But Zihui hasn't come yet, and the carriage is with him. “

"What the hell is going on? That's not the plan, Han Liangxue! What kind of plan are you thinking, the West Gate is about to be closed, if the city is closed, no one can escape. “

"What's the use of you yelling at me? Without a master of words, without a carriage, no matter how good a plan is, it won't help. “

"The Dragoon Guard and Huangfu Yan are almost here, if Master Yan doesn't come, we will kill them. “

"Uncle Xu, your martial arts are the best among us, you can kill if you say so, but you also have to consider those of us who are weak and weak. “

"Stinky little ghost, who do you say is weak chicken? Sister, I also have two brushes. “

"You ......"

"Don't make a noise, listen, there's movement. “

The alleyway was silent and silent.

Three

The west gate of the city is much more remote than the other city gates in Dongzi, but because Dongzi is prosperous and prosperous, there are more merchants from all walks of life in and out of Dongzi, so the city gate is generally closed very late, and the curfew in the city is much later than other places.

At this moment, a group of people and horses rushed from the center of the city to the west gate.

The sound of horses' hooves alarmed the nearby residents.

"The general has an order, now anyone who goes out of the city must be strictly searched before leaving the city, and the city gate will be closed after half an hour!"

The leader man tightened the reins, and the next one shouted the order to ban the city.

When the merchants who entered and exited the city gate heard this order, they were all surprised and asked: "It is not yet curfew! Why are the gates closed? What is going on?"

The man did not answer, but paid a cold eye to the people gathered around the city gate. He dismounted neatly, handed the horse rope to the hand of the person who had just ordered, and the silver-white armor on his body emitted the same cold light as his eyes, which stabbed the merchants so that they did not dare to ask questions, and they lost their dissatisfaction with closing the city gate, and according to the order of the military master, they lined up in an orderly manner and searched out of the city.

Seeing this rare scene, the curious people began to talk in whispers.......

"What's going on? “

"I don't know. “

"The city gates must be closed in half an hour, and if you want to get out of the city, you must hurry up, don't lose time. “

"There have always been incidents in the city in recent months, rare unrest, and now the military master is going to close the city gate, and I don't know what major things have happened?"

"That is, since that strange big ship came here, there has been no stop, and there are many more soldiers in the county governor's mansion. “

"When will I be able to leave? These military masters ......."

The noisy voice reached the man's ears, and his already irritable mood was suddenly disturbed, and he squinted at his subordinates beside him, and said, "Everyone who goes out of the city must search carefully, and must catch those rebellious ministers and thieves." The other gates were closed, and now only the west gate was passable, and they would definitely come here. In any case, take down anyone suspicious. “

"Yes. The men retreated to the gate and searched for the people who had left the city one by one.

A modest carriage approached slowly, and the subordinates brought two men forward to let the coachman dismount and facilitate the search. I don't know who was sitting in the carriage, and the coachman said in embarrassment: "Ladies and gentlemen, the guests on the carriage have urgent matters and need to leave the city immediately, please go well, let us go out of the city." “

When the subordinates heard this, they thought that the carriage was strange, and they were about to ignore the coachman's desire to take someone to search the car, when the man next to him came over and stopped them.

"General, this person looks flustered, and the carriage does not allow people to approach, which is strange. The subordinate replied truthfully.

When the man heard this, he stared at the carriage with cold eyes, and approached step by step, and when the coachman saw this, his panicked forehead sweated, and he wanted to stop it, but he was drawn by the military master and pointed at his neck, and he did not dare to act rashly.

Every step the man took was like walking on the tip of a knife, influencing everyone.

The subordinates all looked serious, ready to use their swords to catch the murderer.

The air instantly condensed a layer of murderous aura of warriors who slaughtered wolves and drank blood, which shocked the people and merchants to dare not breathe.

"I don't know if there is someone sitting in the car, the last general is acting on orders, please get out of the car and search, can you?" After a while, the man spoke, his words were full of respect, and then, the cold tone and the action of drawing his sword and picking the door showed the true colors of the general.

As soon as he opened the seemingly fragile and ordinary door, a young man's voice came from inside - "It is his duty for the dragoon general to lead his troops to defend the city, and it is his duty to search the car." “

The action of raising the sword paused for a moment, and when he saw who was sitting inside, the dragoon guard general immediately withdrew his sword, hugged his fist slightly respectfully, and saluted the car: "The last general doesn't know that Fu Zi and Mr. Yan are here, and they are too lazy to look at Haihan." “

Sitting in the car was the world-famous sage Xun Fu Zi and his students.

Xun Fuzi stroked his white beard, narrowed his eyes into a line, smiled amiably, and smiled humbly at the words and deeds of the person sitting next to him, and bowed his hand to the general, saying: "The teacher has been back to the city for several months, thinking of the field life outside the city, and specially let him send his old man back to continue to retire to the mountains and forests to live a life of idle clouds and wild cranes, I wanted to hide from the senior brother and brother, but I met the general, I was offended just now, and I hope the general will forgive me." “

One sentence explained the reason, pointed out the way, and solved the doubts and doubts in the heart of the dragoon guard.

I thought that they must have a strange dragoon guard general when they went out of the city late at night, but at this time they had to let down their guard and let Xun Fuzi and his words and deeds go out of the city.

It's just that before the carriage left the city, a silver and red-edged fireworks suddenly burst out over a certain place in the city.

Originally, it was just a casual glance, but it evoked the memories of the Dragoon General: the people of the Long clan and Yunwu ordered his acupoint to rescue the prisoner, and when he used his internal force to forcibly unravel the acupoint out of the dark prison, he accidentally saw a firework flickering in the sky, he didn't care, but now he saw the same fireworks, he had to think about whether this fireworks would be a signal from the rebels. What's more, the city gate has been sealed, and the fireworks are ignited at this time, which further confirms his conjecture - the Long clan and Yunwu are still in the city.

"Leave ten people to guard the city gate with me, and the rest of the people will hurry to the general's mansion to send people to search the city!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone present was stunned, no one expected that the dragoon guard general would order someone to search the city, the famous city of Huanghuang, the lights of thousands of homes, and the search of the city is equivalent to a darker layer of curtain on the night sky of Dongzi.

However, his subordinates did not pretend to him, and acted according to orders, and soon, Ximen was missing half of his men, and only the dragoon guard general and more than ten subordinates guarded the city gate. Although there are many fewer military masters, the people who go out of the city still do not dare to act rashly, and the soldiers who have been on the battlefield have a strong aura of slaughter, even if they do not say anything, they still shock people's hearts and make people dare not slack off.

"General, it's getting late at night, my husband is in a hurry, can you let us out of the city?" asked the coachman, who had been confined to the spot, in a whisper. It was really too important for the two people in the car that he didn't dare to delay.

The Dragoon Guard knew what the coachman was facing, and although there was nothing wrong with the carriage, he still felt a faint uneasiness in his heart, as if there was a hidden water snake lurking under the calm water, and he fled without his eyes.

He thought quickly in his mind, and replied: "Xun Fuzi is the face of the world's wise men, and he should be respected with courtesy. Now there are thieves lurking in Dongzi City, and I have given orders to act, which has many offensive intentions, and I hope that His Holiness will forgive me. He raised his hand and saluted again, turned to his subordinates and ordered: "Open the city gate and let Xun Fuzi's predecessors and Mr. Yan go out of the city." “

"Thank you, General. Before closing the car door, Yan Xingyi thanked him with a light smile.

However, no sooner had the carriage passed the city gate than a noise rang out from all sides.

The coachman stopped his horse, puzzled, and as soon as he looked back, he was immediately stunned.

Like the coachman, it was not only the common people who were shocked, but even the dragoon guard general, who had been in a hundred battles and was not shocked, also changed his expression.

"What's that?" the young general's unwavering heart shook for the first time.

Under the dark clouds of the night, four bright "lanterns" flew in the air. If it is an ordinary lantern, it is not enough to be amazed, Kong Ming lanterns are all things to enjoy everywhere, but the hanging lanterns above Dongzi are not ordinary lanterns, let alone Kong Ming lanterns can be compared. They are very large, big enough to fit a house, they are so bright that you can look up on the ground and see the burning open flame, and the shape is peculiar, not as square and tangible as the Kong Ming lantern, they are round, like a lot of cloth spliced together into a huge "egg". Underneath the "eggs" was a rope hanging a large basket that could hold a person, and an open flame was burning in the "eggs".

Because the four big "lanterns" flying in the air are too eye-catching, everyone in Dongzi City who sees them is surprised and curious. In a short time, many streets were filled with people, looking up at the strange things in the sky.

Everyone wonders what the strange thing is, and everyone has different opinions, which are very different.

Some people say that it is the masterpiece of the Heavenly Family, and a ship as big as Xinghai Yuelou will naturally make such a big Kong Ming lantern; some people say that this is deliberately done by someone to disrupt the royal family's strict control over Dongzi for nearly half a year; and even more, it is said that the Dragon King of the Sea has come to Dongzi again to bring disaster to Dongzi and release treasures to collect Dongzi guarded by Liuyue and the Dragon Maiden.

As a result, all kinds of incredible speculations spread like autumn wind blowing off leaves, and the city boiled like a pot of boiling water, shrouding this famous city in an uproar and panic.