The man walked into the courtyard, scooped up a scoop of water with a scoop of water, drank it all, looked at the old shopkeeper standing at the door and said, "Dad, why don't you speak, I didn't know what wanted criminals were pursued in the city last night, in short, I ordered that the city gate should not be opened without the emperor's order." Last night, two groups of people rushed out of Xizhimen, and the generals defending the city did not stop them, and I heard that they were all beheaded just now. As he spoke, he walked towards the house, and the old shopkeeper gave him a look, but he didn't see it, but he just walked into the house quickly, but saw Zhu Jianwen, Gao Huai, Fang Qingze, and the three of them standing up in the house, he couldn't help but be stunned, and turned back to the old shopkeeper and asked, "Dad, who are these people?" ”

"This is our family's great benefactor, Mr. Fang Qingze Fang, who lent us money last time." The old shopkeeper stood in front of his son and introduced Fang Qingze, his father's love was boundless, and he stood in front of his son to prevent the three of them from rioting and hurting people. How smart Fang Qingze is, Zhu Jianwen, Gao Huai is also a master of power, so he naturally knew what the old shopkeeper thought, and hid his weapons one after another, not letting the old shopkeeper's son see it.

The old shopkeeper's son hugged his fists and said: "It turned out to be Engong, I have been looking up for a long time, please accept Zhang Gu's worship." After speaking, he was about to bow down, Fang Qingze hurriedly supported him and said: "Don't be polite, dare to ask Brother Zhang where he is on an errand, I went to the field a few days ago to do business, and when I came back, I happened to see the lights on in the old shopkeeper's house, so I came over to be a guest, it's really annoying, but can you tell me what happened in our city?" ”

Zhang Gu put down the saber on his waist, threw it on the table, and said, "I don't know the specific situation, I am the head of the city guard at the east gate of Nancheng, that is, Chongwen Gate. Last night it seemed as if there had been some military action, but in any case I heard the cannon being fired in the city, and we received an order that no one should open the gates except for the edict sent by the emperor himself. Obediently, thanks to yesterday's gang of rebels did not escape from Chongwenmen, I happened to meet a fellow townsman patrolling the city when I came back today, he told me that last night General Qu Xiang Tianqu escaped from Xizhimen, at that time, those who defended the city saw that it was the commander of the five military camps, General Qu dared to stop him and let him go, as a result, General Qu just left on the front foot and a eunuch came on the back foot and scolded the sergeant guarding the city. Before he finished scolding, a pair of cavalry came, and the combat strength was called a strong one, and there were already a large number of people, plus each of them was one enemy and ten, and they rushed out of Xizhimen directly. You say that these Xizhimen are unlucky enough, and they came twice in one night. ”

When Fang Qingze heard this, he looked at Zhu Jianwen and Gao Huai, and the two of them were happy, knowing that Qu Xiangtian had escaped. "This is not the end, just now I heard my fellow villager say that in the morning all the generals of Xizhimen were beheaded, in order to set an example, after that, there is no emperor imperial history plus the imperial decree is the king of heaven Laozi, we dare not open the door." Really, those guys in Xizhimen are really wronged, who knew that General Qu would be hunted down and killed if he was so prosperous? ”

The three of them looked at each other and knew that it was even more difficult to get out of the city at this moment, so they naturally frowned and didn't know what to do, but Gao Huai laughed, startling the old shopkeeper and his son Zhang Gu, and looked at Gao Huai in confusion, Zhu Jianwen and Fang Qingze didn't know what was going on, so they could only pretend to be calm and watch Gao Huai's performance.

Gao Huai smiled and said, "Old shopkeeper, do you know why we were covered in blood when we first came? The old shopkeeper shook his head, but Zhang Gu nervously touched the waist knife on the table and looked at a few people, Gao Huai waved his hand so that Zhang Gu didn't have to be nervous and said: "Qu Xiangtian, a traitor, rebelled against the country, we just led a small group of people to attack them, but I didn't expect this guy to be very stubborn, and we were weak alone, but they broke through and we were full of the blood of these traitors." After speaking, Gao Huai pointed to the pile of bloody clothes in the corner.

Gao Huai saw that Zhang Gu didn't believe it, and he was not in a hurry, and pointed at Zhu Jianwen and said, "Do you know who he is?" Zhang Gu looked at Zhu Jianwen, and saw that although Zhu Jianwen had changed his clothes, he was extremely simple but also very noble, and at a glance he knew that he was not an ordinary family, and he had a royal style. Zhang Gu is guarding the city, and naturally sees a lot of dignitaries in and out of Beijing every day, and he still has a set of knowledgeable people, so he hurriedly bowed down and said: "Dare to ask, who is this adult?" ”

Zhu Jianwen already knew which trick Gao Huai wanted to play, and hurriedly said: "Brother Zhang doesn't have to be polite, I am Zhu Jianwen, the son of King Wu, who was ordered by the emperor to go out of the city to recruit troops to fight against the rebels, and happened to meet Brother Fang, I knew each other in the early years, so I didn't expect to meet the rebels for a while, so I chased and killed the rebels all the way with Lord Gao, and I was covered in blood, and I happened to be near your house, Brother Fang said that I knew the old lady and came in to ask for a glass of water to drink, and changed into clean clothes to facilitate the journey. ”

Although Zhang Gu was still a little skeptical, it was reasonable to see Zhu Jianwen talking so eloquently, not like he was busy bowing down: "The little one doesn't dare, I don't know that the prince of Wu Wang has arrived, and it is rude." Zhu Jianwen said with a smile: "No need to be polite. Gao Huai was about to say something, but he heard the sound of weapons colliding and shouting outside the door, and the three of them hurriedly picked up their weapons and ran out.

Outside the door, more than a dozen officers and soldiers were besieging Shi Wentian, Lin Qianru and his wife, and Yingzi was also fighting with the officers and soldiers, closely guarding Shi Yuting behind him. Shi Yuting's face turned pale with fright, but she didn't dare to shout, before she shouted all the way to attract the pursuers, although her heart was beating at the moment, she closed her teeth tightly, and only let out a low whine in her throat.

Zhang Gu also came out, a scene like a knife to help, to capture a few people besieged by the officers and soldiers, but three figures passed by, a few people came out and Shi Wentian and others will fight a family, like chopping melons and vegetables, quickly kill these officers and soldiers, one of them is a commander Seeing that the general trend has gone, he ran away but was chased by Fang Qingze and cut down to the ground. Without saying hello, several people quickly dragged the corpse into the old shopkeeper's water shop, and then took lime and water, and sprinkled mud to cover it up, and when everything was cleaned up, they heard that another officer and soldier were coming, and hurriedly hid in the courtyard and closed the courtyard door.

Zhang Gu was stunned there, holding down the handle of his knife with his right hand but not pulling the knife out of the sheath, the old shopkeeper snatched his son Zhang Gu's knife with force, threw it on the ground, and then knelt on the ground with a thud, and said in a low voice: "Uncles, I am such an only son, I beg you to spare his life." ”

Fang Qingze hurriedly picked up the old shopkeeper and said: "Shopkeeper Zhang, we are just trying to escape for our lives, we are not bloodthirsty murderers, where will we kill people indiscriminately, please don't make a noise with your son." Gao Huai pulled out his knife and said viciously: "Old Fang, don't be kind to women, Zhang Gu, your kid listen to me, and when the garrison is relaxed, send us out of the city, otherwise you will kill your family." ”