In the living room of General Wuhou's Mansion, Li Hanfeng was wearing a simple green robe, sitting on his lapsel, drinking tea, and was quite a respected writer. It's better than the defeated look a few days ago, but I don't know how many times better.

After Wang Mang washed, he came to the living room and bowed his hand and said, "The younger generation visited the old gentleman, I don't know what happened to the old gentleman this time?" ”

Li Hanfeng didn't dare to accept the salute, so he hurriedly put down the teacup in his hand and got up to return the salute, and said with a wry smile: "Lord Wang, you don't want to be old, but you can't afford to be a gift." Originally, I was supposed to come a few days ago, but because my mother's funeral had not yet been completed, I delayed it for a few days. ”

Wang Mang asked, "Old man, has the funeral of my mother been taken care of now?" But what's the problem? ”

"Back to my lord, I got you fifty taels that day, and I have buried my old mother beautifully. I know that my lord is going to the morning court this morning, so I came here to serve and accompany me. Although I don't have much ability, I can protect adults. Li Hanfeng replied.

Wang Mang smiled: "Old man, don't be so polite, otherwise I can't afford it." As for the guards, the old gentleman must not mention them again. You only need to live here for a year or two, take care of the flowers and plants in your spare time, teach me to recognize a few more words when you are busy, and teach me a self-defense martial arts or two. ”

"This is not good, you have a great kindness to me, how can I come here to enjoy happiness?" Li Hanfeng said: "Lord Wang, from today onwards, I will be your subordinate. Old and decrepit literary things can be done, martial arts can also be done, and even manor farm work is not indispensable.

If you put me on the table as one of those seniors, wouldn't I be tantamount to revenge? It's not too early now, you should leave for the palace to go to the early court, and I will accompany you to the Hanbai Gate. ”

Wang Mang saw that Li Hanfeng had a firm attitude, and put his posture very low, basically there was no way to change it. So he didn't say much, just nodded, straightened his official hat and uniform, got up and walked out.

Everyone has their own style and attitude. Wang Mang knew that if he forcibly changed, it would only backfire, and it was better to go with the flow. As long as you respect Li Hanfeng as an old-timer in your heart, you don't need to deliberately care about some etiquette.

Wang Mang walked out of the living room and came to the door of the General's Mansion.

The eight sedan chair bearers who had been on standby for a long time walked out of one and opened the curtain first.

When Wang Mang got into the car, the little guys shouted: "Get up the sedan car..."

Li Hanfeng was like a housekeeper, half-bowing his head and silently following behind, as if he was an ordinary old man's entourage, without the slightest specialty.

Of course, although he was half-bowed with his head, his ears beat with an inexplicable regularity. It seems that he is listening to the movements around him with his ears, and he is guarding it to the extreme.

If you receive a drop of water, you will repay it with a spring. As a great grandmaster, Li Hanfeng has deeply rooted this concept in his bone marrow and cannot change it.

From the palace of General Wuhou to the front gate of the palace, Hanbai Gate, you have to go through ten miles of long streets, and then pass through nine dragon gates to arrive.

These nine dragon gates are under the jurisdiction of the imperial family, and they are specially responsible for checking whether the people who are facing the saints in the court are carrying weapons, hidden weapons, poisons and other dangerous items.

Also, these nine portals, one is heavier than the other, and there are many soldiers, all of whom are first-class masters.

In layman's terms, they are the emperor's exclusive brocade guards.

Therefore, if an outsider wants to murder the emperor in the palace, unless he is a real master with great skills, he can't do it at all.

Even the Huo family and the Wei family, they can't do it either. It can only be done by forcibly breaking through the Nine Dragons Gate with a large number of soldiers, or by combining the inside and the outside.

In the early years, these soldiers guarding the Nine Dragons Gate were still relatively loose, and they did not dare to inspect those wealthy nobles with some forces.

But in the last year or two, especially when the power of Emperor Liu Xin of the Han Dynasty has increased slightly, these soldiers have returned to a trace of prosperity.

Although they still didn't dare to inspect the sedan chairs of the top families, they still dared to inspect some ordinary lieges.

The little servants carried Wang Mang for about forty minutes, crossed the ten-mile long street, and came to the first dragon gate.

A soldier with his hand at the door shouted, "Who is coming?" It can be dropped off the car for inspection. ”

When the leader heard this, he immediately raised his eyebrows and said coldly: "Bold, this is Lord Wang Mang, the general of Wuhou, you dare to stop it, and ask Lord Wang to get off the sedan chair for inspection?" Get out of the way quickly, don't delay the time for Lord Wang to go to the court. ”

"The king... Lord Wang? ”

As soon as the soldier heard the name, he was immediately shocked, where did he dare to stop it, and hurriedly got out of the way.

The current Wang Mang is like the sky, powerful all over the world, holding heavy power, and immeasurable. Behind him, there are hundreds of thousands of male soldiers supporting him, sitting on one side. Stomping your feet can make the world tremble.

Although this kind of power is still a little inferior to those old top families, but fortunately, the potential is extraordinary, which cannot be underestimated, which is equivalent to belonging to a quasi-first-class family.

The soldiers who handle the gantry have a scale in their hearts, and they know who can and can't.

"The subordinates didn't know that Lord Wang was coming, and they disturbed Lord Wang, and asked Lord Wang to atone for their sins." The soldier was sincerely frightened.

Wang Mang heard a voice in the sedan chair and sighed: "Hey, the majesty of the Son of Heaven is all gone." Anyway, no matter what, today is the first time I have gone to the morning court, and the majesty of the Son of Heaven should be upheld by me. ”

After that, he got out of the sedan chair, opened his hand to those soldiers and said: "The Dragon Gate is the gateway to the inner courtyard of the palace, and the guarantee of the majesty of the Son of Heaven. You may examine myself as usual. ”

"The subordinates don't dare, the subordinates don't dare, please come in, my lord." The soldier replied.

Wang Mang smiled: "It's okay, even if you check it, can I still embarrass you?" ”

The soldiers listened to the words and looked at each other.

Then they got up together and walked out one or two. They groped a little around the cuffs of Wang Mang's court clothes left and right, and walked through the motions before saying, "My lord, please come in!" ”

Wang Mang saw that these soldiers still didn't dare to search their bodies, but just walked through the motions, so he didn't impose embarrassment and returned to the sedan chair.

"Get up the sedan car...", the leader shouted.

The rest of the servants listened to the words, lifted the sedan chair again, and headed towards the depths of the dragon gate.

However, at this moment, Li Hanfeng, who was following behind the sedan chair, suddenly moved his ears, his face changed, and he shouted: "Lord Wang, be careful, there are assassins." ”

As he spoke, his withered hands shook violently, and five flying knives flashed with cold light rushed towards the assassin's hiding place.

Bell, bell, bell!

A fierce metal exchange sounded, and then I saw that the five flying knives that Li Hanfeng shot out were changed in the middle of the way, deeply embedded in the city wall, and were intercepted by the secret master with the same secret weapon technique.

After the flying knife settled, the black light flickered a few times, and immediately five masked black-clothed men flew out of the shadows.

Two of them pounced on Li Hanfeng, and three pounced on Wang Mang.

(End of chapter)