Li Yuanliang was under the supervision of the Youtun guards, returned according to the original way, crossed the Baqiao, and arrived at the Chunming Gate, only to find that the suspension bridge had been hoisted high, and the lanterns hung at the head of the city were swaying in the night wind.

Curfew.

Gao Kan glanced at the city gate tower with human figures, and encouraged: "Lord, it has just been curfew, and the soldiers have not yet started patrolling, you are the prince, and this time it is a major case of human life, you might as well come forward and call for the city gate to be opened, no one dares to stop you from entering the city." ”

Li Yuanliang glanced at Gao Kan and snorted coldly.

Why am you stupid?

As a prince, leaving the fiefdom without permission and returning to Beijing without permission has already committed the crime of trespassing, and His Majesty will not pursue it, otherwise he will be escorted to the Zongren Mansion and severely punished. If you open the city gate and enter the city at night, it is no longer a question of transgression or not, but ill-intentioned, and its heart can be punished!

Strictly investigated, it is possible to cut off the knighthood and be imprisoned for a lifetime......

"If it weren't for the king's refusal to cooperate, it was really the beginning of the curfew in Chang'an, and he couldn't enter the city, and the snow disaster in Xuzhou was serious, so the king had to rush back immediately to organize disaster relief. This king will leave two personal guards in this matter, and cooperate with you to go to Jingzhao Mansion tomorrow morning, no matter how the punishment is awarded, this king will admit it. Now, get out of the way of me! ”

He didn't have the patience to follow a group of soldiers from the right guard to talk nonsense here, since the curfew has begun, then he must not be able to enter the city, is it possible to open the city gate for such a small thing?

It is even more impossible to stay here overnight.

Gao Kan did not give in: "Lord Wang, it's better not to be embarrassed." According to this, there is Xinfeng Post Station, the prince can rest for a night, open the city tomorrow morning, and the end will accompany the prince to Jingzhao Mansion. ”

Li Yuanliang was furious, raised his horsewhip on the horse, and whipped it towards Gao Kan fiercely, scolding: "Bastard! I am the Prince of the Tang Dynasty, a noble man, and you dare to humiliate me again and again, is it really a death? This king reads that the law of the country cannot be blasphemed, so he abandons the respect of the prince and voluntarily goes to the court to make an explanation. Something like a pig and a dog, damn it! ”

As he spoke, he kept pumping the whip in his hand.

One side is the prince's honor, and the other side is just a school captain, even if he is beaten, he doesn't dare to hide!

Gao Kan stood so straight and straight, letting the horsewhip split his head and cover his face, the leather armor on his shoulder blades was crackled, and his cheeks were also hit, and the red blood edges instantly swollen......

The soldiers of the right guard were all furious, but they dared not speak.

The status gap is too great.

Do you really dare to use the strong bow and crossbow in your hand to shoot this His Royal Highness King Huo into a hedgehog?

Li Yuanliang's personal guards are all raising their eyebrows, but they are just a group of big-headed soldiers, and they dare to argue with the prince, they are tired of being crooked, right?

I can't wait for the prince to beat this hateful captain to death......

Li Yuanliang is not crazy, so naturally he will not whip Gao Kan to death. If he is killed like this, he can't imagine how the imperial historian will impeach him madly after getting up early tomorrow.

After a few lashes, Li Yuanliang shouted angrily: "Quickly retreat to this king!" ”

Gao Kan is also a bastard, stalking his neck, raising his face, under the dim light of the lantern at the head of the city, those few flesh edges are oozing blood, but he still has a stubborn face: "The prince hit the farmer with a horse, and human life is at stake, which is a big crime!" The last general was ordered to patrol the boundary of Lishan Mountain, at the right time, how dare he disobey the military order and stay out of the matter? If the prince wants to leave today, then please walk over the corpse of the last general! ”

The soldiers of the right guard also shouted in unison: "If the prince wants to leave, please walk over with our corpse!" ”

These people shouted loudly, and they all stepped forward in unison, faintly blocking Li Yuanliang by the moat, if Li Yuanliang wanted to leave, he really had to step on these soldiers!

Li Yuanliang's face was pale, and his liver was vigorous. Just as he was about to scold, he suddenly heard a short sound of breaking the wind in his ears, and he was so frightened that he lowered his head, and a white-feathered wolf's tooth arrow shot down from the city gate, nailed straight to the crowd not far away, the arrow cluster submerged into the frozen land, and the white feathers at the end of the arrow buzzed and trembled.

Frightened, everyone fell silent and took a step back.

At the time of the curfew, if the guards of the city thought that they were suspected of storming the city gate, and shot down with arrows, it would be really wronged......

"Who is under the city? Xiao gathered at the city gate, and wanted to rebel? ”

Li Yuanliang hurriedly said in a loud voice: "I am the king of Huo, I have something important and want to return to the city, but I found that the city gate has fallen into the key, and I don't know how to advance or retreat for a while, so don't be impatient!" ”

He didn't dare not explain, and he didn't dare to move, Chang'an City after the curfew was a forbidden place, especially the city gate, palace gate and other sensitive places, not to mention him, even if the prince stood here, once the guards thought that there was an intention to impact the access control, and then was shot on the spot, then killed and killed, not only not guilty, but meritorious.

At any time, the safety of the imperial capital is the top priority!

"Stand there, don't move!"

The guards on the city shouted, and then led the soldiers to go down from the city, stepped on the war horse, put down the drawbridge, the city gate opened a gap, dozens of horsemen with helmets and armor rushed out, and the rows of crossbowmen on the city wall were waiting for them, and once they found that the situation was wrong, they would immediately shoot Huo Wang and others.

If you come to the city gate at night, not only will you not be allowed to enter the city without a valid reason, but you will not be able to leave if you want to, and you must control it and find out the true situation before you can leave.

Dozens of horsemen came to Li Yuanliang and the others, and one of them jumped off the horse, stepped forward and saluted: "Zhao Xiaozu, the last general of Chunming Gate, see His Royal Highness King Huo." The duty of the last general is not negligent, there is an offense between the words just now, and I hope that the prince Haihan. ”

Li Yuanliang quietly breathed a sigh of relief on horseback, and said with a pleasant face: "Soldiers should be loyal to their duties, what is wrong?" Not only is there no mistake, but later this king will give advice to His Majesty to praise Captain Zhao. ”

Zhao Xiaozu got up and said solemnly: "Thank you, Lord Wang...... It's just that the good teacher learned that Chang'an has its own rules and regulations, and those who lock the door late at night should be taken into custody if there is no urgent matter, and they can only leave until the investigation is clear and there is no wrongdoing. At the moment, I am afraid that I will be wronged His Royal Highness, and please stay with me at Xinfeng Station for a while, and stay until the end of tomorrow in the Ming Palace, and respectfully ask for the Holy Judgment. ”

Li Yuanliang was full of displeasure, but how dare he insist on leaving?

The prince is outside, words and deeds are the most careful, otherwise once there is a madness to be targeted, not to die will have to shed the skin, so after he went to Xuzhou, he changed the original temperament of acting arbitrarily in Chang'an, and stayed in the mansion all day, either to make friends with scribes to gather and talk, or to visit Taoism to cultivate oneself, so well-behaved as a little white rabbit......

"Captain Zhao is serious, this king knows."

"So, ladies and gentlemen, please!"

Zhao Xiaozu didn't even ask why these people got to the city gate, so he took the people directly to the Xinfeng Post Station at the foot of Lishan Mountain, personally led people to guard the door, and reported to Shangguan after dawn, and then dealt with it.

At that time, there will be nothing to do with him......

*****

Nothing was said all night.

The next day, the sky will be bright, the drums will sound a few times, all the doors in Chang'an City will be opened, and the flow of people will gradually surge, as if a dormant giant beast has woken up from hibernation, full of infinite vitality.

Liu Xun got up early, washed up, had breakfast under the service of the maid, and then changed into official robes, intending to go to the imperial history platform.

A house slave hurriedly ran in outside the door, handed an envelope in his hand to Liu Xun, and said, "The master of the house, I just found a letter at the door, I think someone threw it in. ”

Liu Xun is very much in the imperial history, representing all the officials in the court, and has the responsibility of reporting officials, so I don't know how many anonymous letters such as Pingsu have received. I didn't think about it at the moment, I took it with my hand, looked at the envelope and saw that there was no handwriting on it, so I opened it, took out the letter paper, and read it at a glance.

His eyebrows jumped......

Last night, King Huo rode his horse outside the city and killed the farmer on the road?

He thought about it, it seemed that King Huo did return from Xuzhou yesterday, and it was rumored that it was to relieve the snow disaster in Xuzhou, and asked His Majesty and the Ministry of War to write to the Xuzhou garrison, allowing him to obey King Huo's dispatch and participate in the disaster relief. Then, for some reason, he was asked by the emperor in the palace, and before the curfew, he went south out of the palace and returned to Xuzhou.

If there was really a matter of killing the farmer, it would have been after leaving Chang'an......

As for whether this is true or not, there is almost no doubt, who would be idle and idle to make such a joke? No matter how stupid he is, he won't do any investigation without doing any investigation, so he stupidly took such a letter of accusation and ran to impeach a prince.

Do you have any brains?

Looking down further, Liu Xun's eyes narrowed......

After reading it, he stuffed the letter back into his faith, sat back in his chair, closed his eyes and pondered, considering the gains and losses.

After a long time, he opened his eyes, ordered someone to call a Qing guest in the mansion, and instructed: "Take my name to assassinate, go to Jingzhao Mansion, and listen to the case of King Huo killing a farmer, if this is indeed the case, no matter how Jingzhao Mansion deals with it, immediately rush to Yushitai and inform Yu Wu." ”

When the Qing guest left, Liu Xun rushed to the imperial history platform in a carriage and gathered a group of idle imperial historians...... Let's start reaping a wave of prestige!