When the sun curtain was low, the sky and the earth were gradually shrouded in black veil, because it was already past summer, and there was no song of all kinds of insects and birds, and at this time the four fields were quiet, and after a day of operation, the whole world began to fall into a deep sleep.

The weather in late autumn has gradually become gloomy and cold, so at night, except for the temple fairs and festivals, most of the ordinary people in Chang'an have chosen to rest at this time. The gates of Chang'an were also closed at this time, and people who were not on official business could no longer enter and leave the city gates at this time.

At the city gate, which was open to the north, the captain of the gate guarded the castle tower and made a round round, and when he saw that there was nothing wrong, he planned to go to the castle tower to rest, and there was no need to blow the cold night wind.

As he was walking towards the castle tower, he suddenly heard a rapid sound of horses' hooves coming from outside the city, and the captain stopped his figure and looked out of the city gate.

Not far in front of the city gate, a group of three horsemen were running towards the city gate, the night was dim, although there were some lights on the city wall, the captain could not see the appearance of the person who came. But looking at the outfit, it's an ordinary person.

The captain snorted coldly, turned around and was about to leave, he was naturally in no mood to pay attention to this kind of flat-headed people, at this time, if it wasn't for the emergency military situation, if it wasn't for the minister's family, he wouldn't want to enter and exit this city gate. So the captain didn't plan to serve.

"Open the gates!" The people outside the city did not seem to be interested, and several people restrained their horses outside the city gate, and one of them shouted to the city tower with full of anger.

"The hour has passed, you must not enter the city today, and you will come back tomorrow tomorrow!" The guard on the tower replied.

"I'm waiting for the door, and I won't open the door quickly!" The man continued to shout.

"It's not going to work out, I'll come back tomorrow!" The lieutenant felt that the people outside the city were too arrogant, so he personally shouted coldly outside. Guan Mu is just an ordinary official document, but to call the city gate open at night is to guard the mood of the gatekeeper.

As soon as the lieutenant's words came out, several people outside the city really quieted down. Seeing that they didn't move anymore, the captain thought that they would retreat, so he smiled and scolded, "I really don't know how thick the sky is", and went back to rest.

"Captain, look, they look like they're about to release arrows!" The lieutenant was turning around, and immediately a sergeant shouted loudly.

"What? Are these people crazy? The lieutenant turned around in annoyance, and was about to see if these people really dared to shoot arrows at the head of Chang'an, when he felt a gust of wind fly past his ears as soon as his head stuck out of the wall.

The lieutenant was shocked, he already knew what was going on through the reactions of the surrounding sergeants, those dog-sun-ones actually shot an arrow at him, and they flew over with his face! The lieutenant reflexively turned his head to look back, and saw an iron arrow stuck in the wooden pillar of the castle tower behind, and the tail of the arrow was still trembling.

The lieutenant was furious, he didn't expect that someone would dare to be so rampant under the nose of the Son of Heaven, and was about to order these people to be shot with arrows, when the people below said coldly: "Open your dog's eyes wide, see that tooth brand brocade silk clearly!" ”

The lieutenant was angry and didn't want to pay attention to this person's words, but after being in Chang'an for a long time, he also knew that many privileged big people could not be provoked by himself, so out of caution, he still went to take off the tooth brand brocade silk tied to his iron arrow, and when he looked at it, he was so frightened that he trembled all over, and his eyes widened.

"If you don't open the door yet, can you afford to take responsibility for the delay?" The people outside urged.

"Everyone, wait a minute, the last general will open the city gates!" As soon as the captain came back to his senses, he quickly responded, then turned around and went down the tower, and shouted when he left: "Open the city gate, open the city gate quickly!" ”

The city gate opened, the three people and three horsemen entered the city, the captain held the tooth card brocade silk in his hand, respectfully guarded the door, saw those people entered, and hurriedly apologized: "The last general does not know the ...... of the horse"

"That's it!" The first young man interrupted the captain's words, leaned down and took the tooth card brocade from the captain's hand, and said, "You have never seen me today, and I have never seen you, understand?" If you leak the news, you can jump straight off the wall! ”

The captain understood what this man meant, and promised: "The last general understands, the last general understands!" ”

The three of them didn't stay long, they swept in front of the lieutenant, ran towards the depths of the sleeping Chang'an City, and disappeared into the night after a while, and no trace could be found, as if these people had never appeared.

"Captain, whose minister's person is this?" After those people left, a sergeant next to the captain complained for the captain and complained: "It's too arrogant!" ”

"Shut up!" The lieutenant did not give the sergeant a good color because he spoke for himself, but sharply admonished: "Remember, you didn't see anything today. If others knew about these people entering the city, you wouldn't have a good time waiting for me to die, understand? ”

"No!" The sergeants near the lieutenant agreed one after another, and began to warn themselves in their hearts that everything they had just done was an illusion and a dream.

The captain wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, looked back at the direction where the people disappeared, and sighed in his heart: Hussar Hou! I have seen the hussar today! Go and go, I didn't see anything, but there was a secret decree from His Majesty!

The three of them entered the city and hurried south, and after half an hour they arrived in front of the palace of Weiyang Palace. The three of them dismounted in front of the palace, showed their documents, and the palace guard took the lead to let people go in to report, and then led the three directly into the palace gate. Two of them stopped in the palace guard's room, and the other followed the general directly into the palace.

Weiyang Palace was brightly lit, but it was very quiet along the way, and the two walked quickly one after the other, only the shadow pulled out a long stretch on the floor. After some distance away, someone came to answer him, and the palace guard handed over the man to the guard, and he turned back.

The young man followed the guard for a long time, and stopped in front of a majestic pavilion, where the guard told the visitor to wait, and then went to report it.

After a short time, the guard came out and said to the young man, "Your Majesty has allowed you to see you immediately." ”

The young man answered, unsheathed his saber and handed it to the guards, and strode into the palace.

The young man entered the palace room, and when he arrived at a small room, he saw Liu Che sitting on the seat with a golden knife.

"Your Majesty!" The young man leaned over and bowed.

Liu Che saw the young man and smiled slightly, "Qin Cheng, you are really good at picking the time!" ”

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Except for a few people such as the palace guard general and the guard who answered, no one knew that someone was led into Weiyang Palace to meet Liu Che that night, and they didn't know what that person talked about with Liu Che that night, until the next day when the sky was shining, the person left Weiyang Palace and left Chang'an. And even those few who knew nothing were given the strictest gag orders.

That person came in a hurry and went quickly, but his trip of only staying in Chang'an for one night this time had a great impact on the subsequent historical process of the Han Dynasty.

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