Uehara Prefecture is located in the rich land of the Central Plains, and after the baptism of two dynasties, it is now a more prosperous country. On weekdays, the east and west markets were originally full of eating, drinking, drinking, dancing and music in the evening, but recently the imperial court imposed a curfew on the whole city early due to the news that foreign tribes had infiltrated the assassins.

It was midnight, and in addition to the huge torches burning at the city gates, all the houses had closed their homes, except for a few stray cats and dogs that sprang out from time to time on the deserted streets.

In the darkness of the night, a man and a horse rushed towards the city gate from a distance, and the galloping horses' hooves sounded clearly on the bluestone pavement above the empty market. The man of the horse refused to relax at all, and only a moment before he reached the bottom of the tower.

"Who's coming? The gates of the city are closed, and no one is allowed to enter or leave without permission. ”

A man and a horse were stopped at the gates by two armed soldiers, while the general on the tower shouted a warning to him.

The general looked down at the city with a torch in his hand as he spoke, but he could only see a man wearing a cloak on horseback, and he couldn't see the other party's face clearly.

The face half-covered by the cloak frowned and displeased for a moment, he didn't intend to force his way through, but he didn't mean to answer the question of the defender, he only closed his eyes as if he was thinking. It wasn't until the general defending the city had drawn his sword and walked to his side that he finally turned over and dismounted, and slowly took off his cloak with one hand.

"Presumptuous, this mansion is here, how dare you draw a sword!"

Under the cloak is none other than Yin Yuan, the city lord of Shangyuan Mansion. It stands to reason that the whole city of Shangyuan Mansion is his territory, although it is inconvenient to go out of the city late at night, but all aspects are also arranged in advance, everything should be smooth, but at this moment, the sergeant guarding the city is not the government soldiers he arranged a few days ago. His face was silent, but his heart was very cautious, and the steel whip in his sleeve was ready to be fired when he stood with his back hand.

"Knock on the city lord! The villain is ignorant and does not recognize the true face of the adult, please surrender the adult! ”

"That's it, let's all get up."

"Thank you, sir!"

"Why aren't the people who defend the city today the government soldiers group A? Where are you from? ”

"Your Excellency, my subordinate is the patrol guard of Group B of the outer edge, and I received an urgent order to support the city gate guards today, so I exchanged it with the government soldier group A."

"Emergency appointment? Why didn't the government know? Anyway, now I still have important things to do, so I should open the door and let me go quickly, otherwise it will delay the major events of the DPRK and China, which you can not afford! ”

The general defending the city said that he had received an urgent order, but Yin Yuan did not believe it. All the documents related to the defense of the city in the Uehara Mansion passed through his hands, and if there really was any secret emergency order, it was not handled by the emperor himself. However, at the moment, he was in a hurry to get out of the city, and seeing that the other party's words and deeds were indeed patrolling the city on the outer edge, he was not worried about some spy getting in, but only urged the other party to open the door and let him go quickly.

"This, adults still don't have to be embarrassed. At the time of today's succession, it was specifically written on the decree that 'after the curfew today and tomorrow, no one shall step out of the city gate unless there is a royal decree written by the Holy One.' At this time, it has been curfew for a long time, and the subordinate guards will never dare to disobey the military order to open the door and let them go at will, and I hope that the adults will understand! ”

"Shut up! Could it be that if I want to get out of the city gate, I have to go to the emperor to give the imperial decree? It's ridiculous! ”

"Adult, the little one didn't mean to stop it, it's really hard to disobey the military order!"

"Come on, arrest the city patrol guards who are guilty of this crime!"

Yin Yuan didn't see what was written on the order, but the current city patrol guard was really tricky for him, and no matter how much he coerced the other party, he refused to open the door under the order. In a hurry, Yin Yuan wanted to take down the other party's punishment first, and then investigate today's matter in detail after returning from outside the city, however, things did not go as smoothly as he expected.

There were more than a dozen sergeants at the city gate, and after hearing Yin Yuan's order to arrest people, they did not make any moves, and none of them even responded, but looked at him one by one with hideous faces. Obviously, everyone here is not at his mercy.

Lord Yin still listens to the advice of his subordinates. Don't go through the pass alone today, it's better to go home first, and it's not too late to leave the city after dawn tomorrow. ”

Although the general defending the city did not look good, his tone was still polite, and while he spoke, more than a dozen people around him suddenly echoed in unison with spears.

"Please Lord Yin go home!"

"Presumptuous! Are you going to rebel together? In that case, then don't blame this house for being ruthless! ”

As he spoke, Yin Yuan's steel whip flew out of his sleeve and headed straight for the two guards standing at the city gate. The steel whip had arrived, and the strong wind had left deep marks on the masonry of the city walls. Seeing that the two of them were in danger at the door, an ink-colored cane suddenly stretched out from the inside of the door, stopping the whip in the air. Immediately, a slightly clumsy figure slowly walked out from the shadow of the city gate.

"Lord Yin, why bother a few subordinates? This is not the usual style of adults! ”

The torches in the city tower were burning vigorously, and Yin Yuan recognized the person who blocked his whip and was still talking cool words at the first time was Zhang He, the prime minister of the dynasty.

Seeing Zhang He, Yin Yuan immediately thought of Zhang Shaoqing who made him angry, the old and the young, and Yin Yuan were both old enemies. Now that he saw that Zhang He was the mastermind behind ruining his plan to get out of the city, he was even more angry.

"Who should I dare to deceive and conceal in Shangyuan Mansion like this, and at will pretend to be a military order in a vain attempt to mobilize my people, it turns out to be Lord Zhang."

"Lord Yin is polite, it is the old decay."

"More deeply, Lord Zhang has the leisure and elegance to travel in this night, but Lord Zhang knows that this fake military order and borrowing talismans for troops is a capital crime?!"

The moment Zhang He appeared, Yin Yuan understood the origin of tonight's farce, what secret order, not to leave the city, it was just the Zhang family's calculation of themselves. Thinking that the other party's power had silently extended to the government soldiers and army, but he was still unaware of it, Yin Yuan's back immediately broke out in a cold sweat. The Prime Minister's Mansion of the Zhang family really underestimated it before.

Yin Yuan's anger was hidden between his lips and teeth, Zhang He came prepared, but he was not timid, listening to him scare himself with the military order capital crime for a while, he was not angry but happy, and then let out a burst of smug laughter. The old dry laughter sounded in the empty night, and it added a bit of horror and weirdness to the plainness.

"Lord Yin's steel whip is really powerful, and even this Shen Yin wooden cane can carve out a few dents. However, the thorn barbs outside the steel whip are also stained with the flower poison of Dripping Guanyin, if it weren't for the old man to come to the rescue, I'm afraid these little brothers would die here immediately. Does Lord Yin know that killing soldiers and pawns for no reason in the army is also a felony? ”