On the official road of Zizhou, a fast horse galloped quickly, and on the back of the horse rode a person in a black cloak, his body rose and fell with the rhythm of the fast horse, and the cloak floated up and could faintly see the iron armor.

The rider stopped his horse, jumped down, drove the horse over to graze, and took out a piece of bread from his bosom and nibbled on it, and took out a cloth bag and poured a mouthful of water.

About half an hour later, the rider stepped back on the horse and shouted "Ride"! The sound startled the birds perched next to them, and they fluttered and flew into the distance. In the blink of an eye, the rider had disappeared and the bird had flown back. Silence reigned all around.

A city appeared in front of him, and the rider galloped by, and the soldier by the door was just about to intercept him, when the rider raised a red pennant and shouted: "Red Order Arrow Messenger, there is an important military situation to go to the imperial city!" ”

The soldiers at the gate understood and hurriedly dispersed the people who came in and out of the city gate. The rider bowed down and went out of the city gate. The people at the gate praised the rider for his skill, and then turned to their own business, as if no rider had crossed the gate.

The riders hurried north, and as soon as they heard that the passing city was a red order arrow messenger, they let them go. This is the most urgent time after the Black Order Arrow Messenger, and along the way, except for the Imperial City will be checked, other places only need to be directly released.

The Black Order Arrow Messenger is generally only used when there is a military situation or something related to the fall of the dynasty, and the Red Order Arrow Messenger often carries the news that officials and generals have died. Now that they suddenly saw this red arrow messenger, passers-by talked about the official who died somewhere.

But these things don't seem to matter much to them, so not many people pay attention to them.

Nearly 20 days passed, and the envoy finally arrived at the imperial city. At the end of the day, the gates of the imperial city were opened, and the riders jumped off their horses, led their horses, and went to the city.

Su Ang was patrolling the city with a group of forbidden troops when he happened to meet a rider. Su Ang stared at it for a while, stepped forward to block the way, and said, "Where did the envoy come from, but what is there to report to the imperial court?" ”

The rider looked Su Ang up and down, clasped his fists and said, "This general, I came from the Silent Prison Pass, and I was just about to go to the imperial city to meet the emperor. I wonder what the general has to say? ”

"I don't dare to give advice. I think you came from the silent prison, so naturally I don't know that now the emperor asked him to hand over all the folding coefficients to the young master Huang first, and then report to the emperor after being verified by Huang Daren. ”

The rider bowed again and said, "Thank you for telling me the general, I will go to Lord Huang's mansion." ”

After the rider finished speaking, he was about to leave, and Su Ang said, "Wait a while, I will go with you to Lord Huang's mansion, and I will go too." ”

Su Ang and the rider came to the Huang Mansion, and the housekeeper came out, "It's the general who is back, please." ”

"Lord Yue, can you go to the house?" Su Ang asked as he walked.

"Yes, my lord has been in the study today. The general went to the study to find it," the butler looked at the person following behind Su Ang, and didn't know whether to ask or not.

Su Ang saw the housekeeper's intentions and said, "This is the Red Order Arrow Messenger from the Silent Prison Pass, and I have something important to see Lord Yue." Go ahead and get busy, I'll take him there. ”

The butler replied and withdrew. The rider saluted again: "I didn't expect the general to be Lord Huang's son-in-law, disrespectful and disrespectful." The general's strong arrest of the young son of Yan Mansion on the street some time ago has reached the Silent Prison Pass, and I also admire the general. ”

"It's all some false names, don't mention it, because of this incident, it has caused the Yan Mansion to hate me very much. I guess I didn't do something I shouldn't have done. Let's go, go to the study. ”

Huang Gongfu was sitting on the mat and didn't know what he was thinking, when he suddenly heard someone come in, looked up, and it turned out to be Su Ang.

Su Ang saluted, "Lord Yue, the Red Order Arrow Messenger has arrived, saying that there is something important to report." ”

"Let him in." Huang Gongfu should arrive. Suang went out and called the rider in. The rider bowed and saluted, "I've seen Lord Huang." This is a recital written by General Zhao Fangzhao, a silent guard, please take a look at it. As he spoke, he took out a piece of cloth from his arms and handed it over, and Su Ang took it and presented it to Huang Gongfu.

Huang Gongfu unfolded it and saw that it was written: Minister Zhao Fang kowtowed to a hundred Bai long live my emperor, recently a thief slaughtered Jiaozhou assassin Shi Tang He, causing him to be killed, and only one person escaped to report the news. When the minister heard the news, he didn't dare to get tired a little, so he sent a messenger of red arrows to bring a book to the emperor. In order to judge the imperial court. The ministers worship our emperor again, long live, long live.

"What do you think should be done about this?" Huang Gongfu handed the letter to Su Ang, Su Ang read it, and returned: "This matter is related to the imperial court, the son-in-law does not dare to say anything, inform the emperor tomorrow morning, let the emperor deal with it." ”

"Okay, you can arrange for the messenger to stay first, and we'll talk about it tomorrow."

Suang went out with the messenger and arranged for him to stay in the wing, and then returned to his house. These days, because of Yan Shang's affairs, the relationship between the Huang Mansion and the Yan Mansion is quite incompatible. However, Su Ang's reputation in the court has improved a lot, and many officials have come to visit him in private.

Huang Yuyan looked at Su Ang's solemn face and asked, "What's wrong with my husband, but I'm a little unwell?" ”

Su Ang took his wife's tender hand and said, "Today, there is a red order arrow messenger coming, for some reason, I have some faint bad premonitions, I am afraid that something big will happen. ”

Huang Yuyan smiled and comforted: "Husband may have been too tired recently, it is better to rest for a while." I'll go and add some incense to calm your mind. ”

"Okay." Huang Yuyan went out, Su Ang was just about to go to bed, a noisy footsteps came in outside, and after a while, Huang Yuyan walked in with an incense burner.

"What's going on out there?"

"It seems that someone else has hurried in to see his father. The man also appeared to be holding a black flag. Huang Yuyan put the incense burner and sat on the edge of the bed.

Su Ang got up suddenly. "Husband, what's the matter, but doesn't this smell good? I'll change it again. ”

"That person is the Black Order Arrow Messenger, and sure enough, something big has happened!" Su Ang quickly picked up his coat from the side and put it on and went out. Huang Yuyan pouted, a little puzzled, she didn't know what this Black Order Arrow Messenger meant, she just thought it was an ordinary messenger.

Su Ang rushed to the study, only to see a person standing in the room holding a black order flag in his arms, who was the black order arrow messenger.

"Father-in-law......"

"It's coming, Jiaozhou is in rebellion, and troops have been sent to the silent pass, and the silent guard will send Zhao Fang to ask for help. I want to go into the palace to meet the emperor, and you can go with me. Su Ang nodded yes.

The two hurriedly went out, Huang Gongfu got into the car, and Su Ang rode a horse and walked in front.

Su Ang and Huang Gongfu came to the palace gate, and the armor soldiers on both sides saluted and let them go. Su Ang followed Huang Gongfu to the inner palace, which was the first time Su Ang entered the inner palace of the palace.

I saw that the glazed tiles on the roof shone brightly in the sun, and everywhere was painted vermilion, and the undried oil paint on the thick pillars exuded a charming fragrance. Bronze bells hang from the cornices of the pavilions, playing melodious music in the wind. Several beautiful palace maids bowed their heads, and hurriedly walked over in a neat line with small steps, holding delicate food boxes in their hands. This kind of food box is all made of sandalwood, and if you put it outside, you are afraid that it will only cost five taels of silver to buy it.

I entered the courtyard again, and it was full of precious fragrant trees, and the melodious fragrance attracted many butterflies and bees. The corridor was covered with silk as thin as a cicada's wings, and the sound of a girl's laughter could be faintly heard from inside. Su Ang just lowered his head, not daring to look inside.

Finally, the last courtyard arrived, and this is where the emperor's study and bedroom are located. The courtyard seemed much quieter, and there were no trees outside, and only a few eunuchs were cleaning carefully with their heads down. The flowers in the flower garden are very delicate, and the flowers are one after the other, white, yellow, pink, you name it. Looking at these flowers, Su Ang's heart couldn't help but think of his wife Huang Yuyan.

"Lord Huang and General Su are here, I'll go to report to the emperor." Suddenly, a shrill voice came, and Su Ang looked up and saw that it was the father-in-law Liu who was next to the emperor.

"I'm tired of my father-in-law." Huang Gongfu made a move.

Gonggong Liu went in, and after a while, he came out, bowed slightly, and said, "The emperor let you in." ”