Chapter 233: When the Great Ceremony is in progress
When the first rays of the morning sun passed through the walls of Anyi City, waking up the sleeping men and women, the breath of peace had never been stronger.
People who want to go out into the streets squint their sleepy eyes, because their freshly washed faces still have residual heat, and they look especially cold and biting in the cold wind, like pins and needles.
But despite this, the cold still couldn't stop countless burning hearts, because they clearly knew that the military parade, which had been prepared for several days, was going to be held today. It is on the West Street of Anyi City, in the open area of the square in front of the Imperial Palace.
They have to get up early and go to occupy a favorable position first, even if they can't enter the center without an invitation, but they can take a look from a distance, it is also a blessing for Sansheng.
Such a grand event, not to mention the past and present, at least it has never been before, has finally opened a historical precedent, and if you can't attend the meeting in person, wouldn't it be a waste of heaven's arrangement!
However, when the early risers come to the streets, they find that there are many checkpoints set up at every intersection.
At each checkpoint, there are no less than 20 guards stationed, ten steps and one sentry and one hundred steps and one card, which strictly controls the entire long street, and does not allow idle people to lead to the West Market at all.
Only those with invitations are allowed to pass through the checkpoint, and groups that are alive and led by people will be able to pass through without any problems. And if you don't have an invitation, no matter how noble your status is, the guards won't open the net.
Just now, a few noble relatives who were stopped by the guards wanted to mix in the group and get by, but they were caught by the guards who counted the number of people, and they were directly beaten out with sticks.
Therefore, the early risers can only watch the late arrivals come in groups one after another, passing through many levels, and throwing off their high-spirited eyes.
In the downtown area of the West Market, the market was swept away, and there were no obstacles left in the streets, only empty streets, which was completely different from the scene of the crowd in the past. At the end of the long street, until the west gate of Anyi, there were countless phalanxes waiting in place.
After a night of rehearsals, they had moved from the original south gate to the west gate to standby. As soon as the time for the celebration arrives, the parade troops will go all the way east from Xishi Street, pass the review stand behind the palace gate, be reviewed by the prime minister and the emperor, and then return to the Nanyuan station from the south gate.
In addition to the troops under review, some of the troops who were ordered to protect the law and order are also patrolling the places to prevent people with ill intentions from disrupting the celebration.
And in the corner between the two alleys of the West Market, there is a team of about twenty or thirty people, all of them are mighty and hardcovered, and they are not ordinary people at first glance, but they are not ordinary people with strong muscles, which ordinary people can afford.
And such a muscular man is not just one, but a group of not all, there are twenty or thirty.
The leader is none other than Zhang Hu, who Ruyi had only dealt with once in Anyi some time ago, that is, Zhang Liao's son. Zhang Hu was particularly cautious at the moment, he didn't know how much stronger than a few days ago, and he was instructing this group of followers: "This assassination can only succeed and not fail, you are all veterans who have followed my father many times, and loyalty to me is loyalty to him." Now, my sister, as the queen, is under house arrest within the walls of the palace, and she can't even set a foot in it. Many of you grew up with him, and you don't want to see her suffer like this, do you? ”
A man with a dark face said: "Childe doesn't need to say much, since I have been ordered to come, I am ready to face all air crashes, and I know what I need to do this time, no matter whether I succeed or fail, I will not implicate the general and the son, Zhang Wei said goodbye." ”
Zhang Hu shook his head and said: "On this trip, remember that if you don't have a chance to get nine out of ten, you must not act without permission, if you miss a blow, with Lu Bu's means, you will naturally be able to follow the vine and find the person behind the scenes, my father and I will definitely not be able to escape, so you either don't move, you must be as fast as a thunderbolt and hit with a blow." ”
Zhang Wei nodded and said: "We know, son, let's go, if I am seen by Lu Bucheng's eyeliner, I am afraid that my whereabouts will be exposed." ”
"Take care, everyone, everything depends on you." Zhang Hu made a big salute and wanted to retreat.
Suddenly, there was a sound of breaking through the air, and a small arrow shot into the wall behind everyone, making a muffled sound of metal entering the earth.
The faces of the people standing there all changed greatly, Zhang Hu walked out of the alley in a few steps and looked around, only to see that the sentries on the street were heavily guarded, and there were no other suspicious people, where did the arrow come from?
When Zhang Hu returned with a while, Zhang Wei had already pulled out the small arrow on the wall.
"Childe, there is a letter tied to the arrow."
Zhang Hu took the letter, opened it and looked at it carefully, only to see that there were only a few big words scribbled on it: The plan is canceled, you have been exposed!
The atmosphere was solemn for a while, Zhang Hu didn't know who was secretly helping, but the intention couldn't be more obvious, this person was definitely his friend, otherwise he wouldn't have reminded himself that he had been exposed.
"The plan is canceled, you still follow the previous order, for the sake of protecting the law and order on the street, since the assassination has been exposed, you must not act rashly, as long as you don't give Lu Bu a handle, he can't do anything to us."
"It's just that there aren't many opportunities like this, I was ordered to protect the security of the city, and when it comes to the military parade, I will also be responsible for the vigilance of the city tower, which is the opportunity to get close to Lu Bu, if I don't do it now, it will be difficult to find an opportunity in the future." Zhang Wei said solemnly.
He has been following Zhang Liao for more than ten years, almost watching Zhang Hu's sister and brother grow up, this time Zhang Yingying, who is the queen, was placed under house arrest by Lu Bu in the palace walls, and Zhang Hu's actions were also monitored by secret guards, only Zhang Liao, who was an important minister, was not affected.
Zhang Wei once asked Zhang Liao, but Zhang Liao seemed to have lost his previous ambitions, and just said earnestly: "The prime minister's divine power is unpredictable, and it is easy to shake it, and your actions like this are just a mantis arm as a car." Yingying's fate as a queen is her fate, she can't help herself, Zhang Hu is different from me, my Zhang family is not a prominent gatekeeper, there is no deep foundation, once you make a mistake, it will be a place of no return, Yingying's fate is doomed, and I will never let the Zhang family become the funeral of the royal family. ”
Zhang Wei knew that persuading Zhang Liao again would only make things worse, he had followed Zhang Liao for many years, knew his character, and once he made a decision, no one could make him change his mind.
But Zhang Wei is different from others, as a guard in Zhang Liao's Mansion, he has been on an errand in Zhang's Mansion for many years, and he has different feelings for Zhang Yingying's sister and brother, especially for Zhang Yingying, in addition to the love for watching her grow up, there seems to be a special emotion that even he doesn't want to admit.
Therefore, he will never sit idly by and watch Zhang Yingying fall in the palace and be isolated and slaughtered.
This time, Zhang Hu privately transferred them here, and just as he wished, he summoned 20 comrades who were born and died on weekdays to meet to do an earth-shattering event.
I didn't expect to get out of the division, I have already received a surprise report from a friendly army, although he has the heart to die, but he will not know that he will lose his life in vain, since it is not today, and then slowly plan in the future.
Fang Cai's words were just momentary emotion.
At the moment, Zhang Hu, Zhang Wei and others were divided into zero, they had already received the task of guarding public order, they all had warrants in hand, and they could pass unimpeded at all checkpoints, and they disappeared at various intersections in Xishi for a while.
On the watchtower of a high-rise building, Yang Xiu crossed Erlang's legs, waiting for the moment to close the net.
After a few days of tracking and looking for the big fish, he finally got a clue, and knew that the place where they gathered today and the task of this trip, just when they formed a group to go to the West Market Square, it was the day to collect the net and arrest it!
"Strategist, Zhang Hu seems to have run away!" A soldier standing on a watchtower watching the movement of accounts and others in the alley shouted.
"What!" Yang Xiu was taken aback, he had worked hard for many days, as early as when he was still in Shouchun, he planted along the line beside Zhang Liao, but he didn't find anything abnormal. The prince believed in his generals, but as the eyes and ears of the prince, he had the responsibility to distinguish between loyalty and treachery for him, and clear all hidden dangers of instability.
Zhang Liao is a front-line commander and general, but he is the emperor's father-in-law, if it comes to intimacy, the prince Lu Bu does not know how many times he is intimate, and the queen Zhang and the emperor are of one heart and one mind, and they have been enemies of the prime minister several times, which has reached the point of incompatibility. Zhang Liao didn't seem to have any changes, but Yang Xiu didn't believe it, he had always licked calves deeply, and he didn't care about the situation of his children.
So Yang Xiu ordered people to secretly investigate Zhang Liao's mansion in Anyi City, and finally found some clues, and he had to wait until the time to close the net, but he didn't expect such a change to happen.
"But someone alerted him?" Yang Xiu's face was gloomy and terrifying, this time it made the Zhang people vigilant, I am afraid that they will be more cautious in the future, and it may not be easy to catch such an obvious clue again.
"Someone shot a letter at the gathering place of Zhang Hu and others, and after Zhang Hu saw the letter, he ordered people to be dismissed."
"Can you see the face of the person who shoots the arrow?"
"This man was dressed in cloth and covered his face with a hat, and he couldn't see his face clearly, but he knew that he was a man of great martial arts, and after shooting an arrow, he disappeared along the roof at the end of the long street in a few steps, and even the guards on the street did not notice it."
"Heh, it's interesting, there are even people who are in accomplices with the Zhang family, it seems that I still underestimate these ill-intentioned people. Immediately ordered a thorough investigation, this person is suspicious, the costume is very eye-catching, he can't stay on the roof forever, strictly check the checkpoints everywhere through the list, she can be like the Xishi neighborhood, it is necessary to pass through the Xishi Fangmen, and those who can enter the Fangmen must have a list of invitations, I don't believe that his whereabouts cannot be found. ”
Yang Xiu sent a person to immediately rush to the West Market Fangmen to investigate the past directory.
At this moment, the sound of the trumpet sounded, followed by the rhythmic sound of the drums, and this was the signal that the ceremony was about to begin.
"I'll go to the palace gate first, and you will continue to monitor carefully, and if there is anything suspicious, report it to me immediately."
When Yang Xiu came to the palace gate square, Lu Bu and the emperor were already standing on the review stand of the palace gate tower, accompanied by several important ministers.
Just under the city tower, there is also a huge viewing platform, the viewing platform stretches for dozens of zhang, enough to accommodate thousands of people, among them are invited to the city in the head of the important figures, there are the heads of the official government, there are also the heads of the family of the scholars, there are also the rich businessmen, the famous Confucian talents.
Among these people, the most striking are some cloth peasantry, who seem to come from a poor place, and would never have had the opportunity to appear on such an important occasion in the past.
When inviting everyone to attend the meeting, Prime Minister Lu Bu clearly instructed that it was necessary to invite representatives of the typical people in the surrounding area, not only the nobles and wealthy people, but also the common people, so as not to turn this grand meeting into a small-scale gathering with only the participation of nobles.
Only by involving the people can we maximize the significance of this grand ceremony and not let everyone's hard work go to waste.
However, due to the limited space, the competition for places was very fierce, and after learning that there was a quota limit, countless people with ways were either bright or covert, and some were separated from the list, and the places were sold out at the beginning.
This includes Wei Yue and his sworn friends, Wei Yue actually placed nearly 100 relatives and friends around him, taking up a large part of the quota. If it's just a few people, Lu Buyuan can turn a blind eye, but Wei Yue and these people are so excessive, how can they not let Lu Bu get angry, the quota is occupied by them, how can this people's representative invite, just parade in the barracks, only these generals, you can look at it however you want.
When Lu Bu learned about it, he was furious and disqualified nearly half of the people on the list, even Wei Yue and other unruly generals were no exception.
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