A hairy moon, lonely hanging high in the western sky, the moonlight through the clouds, indifferently shining on the vast land, revealing a silence. With the white moon, the sky is filled with bursts of bleak autumn.

Under the chill, even if there is a lonely moon shining on the road, ordinary people will not set off at night, not to mention the recent intermittent rain. However, on the official road leading to Changsha, there was a sudden sound of "Dada" horses' hooves, and this team had about 100 people, led by the Jianghu Jiedu envoy, the deputy envoy of Jingnan Jiedu, and Ma Yun, the fifth prince of Dachu.

He looked anxious, and kept raising his whip to urge the horse to go quickly. After beating Li Gao hard, Ma Yun immediately set off and went straight to Changsha. It is one thing to be slandered and greedy, and it is another thing to beat Li Gao, the favorite minister of the king of Chu. When the anger came up, when he beat Li Gao, he didn't think much about it, but when he beat him, he felt quite angry. But except for the inn, Ma Yun couldn't help but feel worried in his heart, after all, the person who was beaten was not an ordinary person. Moreover, after beating Li Gao, Li Gao became the one who was wronged, if he let this bastard rush to the front and run to the king of Chu to complain about it, maybe, the king of Chu was preconceived, and he thought that he Ma Yun was really greedy for ink. So Ma Yun thought about it and decided that it was better to rush overnight.

Ziying on the side, looking at Ma Yun's face suddenly gloomy, couldn't help but explain: "Husband, don't worry, we ran all the way to Li Gao and them, besides, hehe, wasn't Li Gao beaten by you, plus he himself fell, he must not be able to ride a horse, so we will still go to Changsha City first." ”

Under the moonlight, looking at Ziying's tired look, Ma Yun said a little unbearably: "Ziying, it's really hard for you to let you follow me all night." ”

Ziying smiled and stopped him from continuing: "We are husband and wife, husband and wife are originally birds of the same forest, how can we throw it away when disaster comes." ”

Ma Yun looked at Ziying gratefully and stopped talking.

Wangcheng County is not far from Changsha, and you can reach it while talking.

The night was dark, and the gate of Changsha was already closed, and Li Ergou shouted loudly: "Listen to the people in the city, the envoy of the Jianghu Festival, the deputy envoy of the Jingnan Festival, and the five princes have been called back to the city, hurry up and open the door!" ”

Someone above stuck out his head and said lazily: "The city gate is finished, no matter who it is, you must wait under the city and wait for the dawn to go." ”

Ma Yun's face sank, and he asked the city tower in a long voice: "Who is in charge of guarding the West Gate today?" Let him come and talk. ”

The man stuck out his head again and said, "Xu Wei, Lord Xu is not here, Lord Wang, you still have to wait for tomorrow." ”

"Presumptuous, the gatekeeper is responsible, how can he slip away at will, isn't he afraid of death? Go and call Xu Wei. ”

"I'm sorry, Lord Wang, Lord Xu is not here, and I can't leave my post without permission."

The man actually only recognized the law and did not recognize human feelings, Ma Yun asked, "What's your name?" ”

The man didn't seem to realize that the lord under the city was not in a good tone, and said in that rigid voice: "Lord Bing, the villain's name is Pan Qi, and he is currently the head of the Ximen City Guarding Team (Tang System is in charge of 50 people). ”

Ma Yun snorted coldly, looked around impatiently, and Ziying next to him said: "Husband, it's late at night now, the king may have fallen asleep, and he is not in a hurry at this time." Wait until dawn tomorrow before you enter the city. ”

Ma Yun shook his head and said, "If Li Gao and the others knew that I was in such a hurry, what do you think they would do?" ”

"Naturally, they should follow, but now that the city gate is over, they can't enter the city if they want to."

Seeing his wife say this, Ma Yun smiled and said softly: "When I was serving in the forbidden army last year, this Xu Wei guarded the door for me and led the horse, if he is here now, do you think we won't be able to enter the city?" ”

"This..." Ziying looked at the ten-meter-high city wall and said, "Why don't I take you up with my flying claws." ”

Of course Ma Yun knows what this means, if it is usual, he may still want to play such a game, without so many people watching now, being brought up by his wife like that, Ma Yun is a little embarrassed.

Looking at Ma Yun's embarrassed expression, Ziying comforted: "Well, forget it, it's all like this, don't worry, even if Li Gao enters the city, what if you are the son of the King of Chu, at most I will scold you, right?" ”

The speaker has no intention, but the listener has the intention. Ma Yun's heart is like lightning: Lao Tzu has done a show all the way, and I haven't seen how much those magistrates love me, at this time, if I continue to be courteous like this, I may suffer a loss. As long as the preemptive King of Chu, even if he doesn't sue Li Gao for his crooked state, with the credit of laying down Nanping, the King of Chu will definitely not blame me heavily.

Ma Yun snorted suddenly, looked at the trees on the edge of the city, and said to Li Ergou: "Changsha City is not high, you lead 50 guards, cut down trees for ladders, I personally climb the wall, forgive them and don't dare to mess around." ”

Li Ergou went as promised, commanding people to cut down trees on one side, and sending people to find ropes on the other side. The sergeants guarding the city on the city wall also poked out their heads one after another, and whispered a little, "See, the tiger has flies on its head, our Pan team is going to be unlucky today." ”

Some people also said: "Otherwise, let's take a look and find Master Xu Weixu, so as not to make a big problem." Saying that, a few more people were eager to try.

But someone immediately pouted and said: "It will naturally be beneficial to find Lord Xu in the future, but after that, you can't pass this level in front of you, our Lord Pan is staring at it, with him, we have 50 people, and none of them can run." Hey, this credit must have been given to people from other squads. Gotcha. ”

Half an hour passed, the simple ladder was finally made, Ma Yun took the lead, Li Ergou wanted to stop it, looked at Ma Yun's face, and didn't dare to stop it.

Ma Yun climbed the ladder below, and Pan Qi and the others above naturally didn't dare to throw down the wooden stones like defending the city, but instead had to stretch out their hands and hold the ladder steadily. Even if Pan Qi doesn't help, there are more people under his command who are attentive.

Easy, Ma Yun climbed up and asked with a gloomy face, "Who is Pan Qi?" ”

"Lord Yu, the villain is here."

Just when others didn't dare to say anything, thinking that Pan Qi was going to be unlucky. Ma Yun suddenly smiled, stretched out his hand and patted Pan Qi's shoulder and said with a smile: "Yes, the order is forbidden, this is the true nature of being a soldier." Li Ergou rewarded them with five hanging money, and it was hard to guard the city at night. ”

As he spoke, he walked down the ladder of the city moat, but he didn't reach the city gate yet. Seeing a team of people running over with a whip, Ma Yun frowned, didn't there be a curfew at night in ancient times, who is this?

In the blink of an eye, that person was in front of him, and it was actually Ma Yun's fifth uncle, Ma Xiguang, the left general of Tiance Mansion. As soon as Ma Xiguang got off the horse, he recognized Ma Yun and asked in surprise: "Yun'er, why did you come down from above." ”

Ma Yun sorted out his mood and cried: "Fifth uncle, do you want to do it for your nephew?" ”

Ma Yun's sudden voice startled Ma Xiguang, he heard that Ma Yun tried Zhou Tingxu in Wangcheng County. For several days, I was uneasy. When I heard that Ma Yun was back, I immediately ran over to probe the wind, who would have thought that Ma Yun would come to such a show.

At that moment, Ma Xiguang asked puzzledly: "Yun'er, where did this start?" Which one ate the gall of the ambitious leopard and dared to bully our Ma children. ”

"It's Li Gao, this bastard... At that moment, Ma Yun carefully explained the ins and outs of Wangcheng County clearly, and insisted that Li Gao didn't know who he borrowed, and actually wanted to frame him on trumped-up charges, and also said that he beat Li Gao.

When he said this, Ma Xi's mouth on the other side was as big as a goose egg, and he said after a while: "You really beat Li Gao." ”

Ma Yun nodded, and said hatefully: "Who asked him to slander me, this bastard is talking nonsense, what is he saying is that I instructed Zhou Tingyu to do that." How is this possible. ”

Ma Xiguang was happy in his heart, this Li Gao is confused, and splashing dirty water is not like this, Zhou Tingxu's corruption has started since last year, at that time, the fifth prince in front of him was either learning poetry under the guidance of Tuoba Chang, or in his house, following a few masters to learn marksmanship, how could he have the opportunity to know this Zhou Tingxue. If this is investigated thoroughly, it will be clear at once.

At that moment, Ma Xiguang was relieved: "Don't be afraid of him, I will testify to you, you didn't know the surname Zhou at all in the past." By the way, which surname Zhou is dead? ”

Ma Yun didn't want to think about it and said: "I'm dead, I fucking committed suicide, really, I won't die sooner or later, otherwise I won't be wronged, by the way, Fifth Uncle, what should I do if I beat Li Gao?" This bastard is the king's favorite minister? ”

Ma Xiguang smiled: "He is a favored minister, aren't you still Brother Wang's beloved son." Don't say that you have just made a great achievement, even if you are nothing, you will beat him, my son of the Ma family, what is it to beat a civil official. ”

Looking at Ma Xiguang's bold appearance, Ma Yun is not stupid, but Ma Xiguang's words just now also reminded Ma Yun that Lao Tzu is the son of the King of Chu!

Because of the crossing, Ma Yun has never regarded the King of Chu as his father, so all his thoughts are based on his subordinates' thoughts about the king, but now he suddenly woke up, yes, Lao Tzu is a son. According to Zhao Pu's words, the king of Chu is not very good in other aspects, but there is only one thing, that is, he is quite good to the clan, especially the children of the near branches, and often enjoys flowers and moons with them, drinks and chats. You must know that the king of Chu does not hold banquets and drinks with his ministers.

At that moment, Ma Yun was slightly relieved.