Although he encountered the robbed thieves this time, Zhao Hongrun was not panicked. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Don't think that his two-horse carriage is just for showmanship, in fact, the carriages of the Suwang Mansion are all built by the Smelting Bureau, which seems to be made of solid wood, but in fact there are iron plates inside, once the mobilization mechanism closes the doors and windows, the entire carriage is a big iron box, unless it is to encounter those heavy crossbows developed by the Smelting Bureau, otherwise ordinary bows and crossbows cannot shoot through the embedded iron plates that are nearly a knuckle thick.

In contrast, Zhao Hongrun was more worried about the member of the murderous party who was in another carriage - Xu Pu, the autumn judge of the Criminal Department.

At this time, in the carriage, Zongwei Lu Mu and Mu Qing began to rummage through boxes and cabinets to find things.

Under the stunned eyes of the two elders of Dali Temple, Qingzheng Xu Rong and Daliang Mansion Zheng Chu Shuli, they turned out a box from the carriage.

Xu Rong and Chu Shuli glanced at each other curiously, only to find that there were several strangely shaped hand crossbows in the box.

Probably noticing the curiosity of the two bosses, Lu Mu slapped the crossbow in his hand and said with a smile: "The smelting bureau's private goods will probably become my Great Wei's military-made weapons next year." ”

Xu Rong and Chu Shuli were stunned for a moment, and then they were relieved, after all, His Royal Highness King Su was in charge of the Smelting Bureau, and it was normal to have this kind of weapon.

On the contrary, Wen Qi, a guest of the Suwang Mansion, widened his eyes in surprise, perhaps because with his original identity, he had no chance to come into contact with military-made weapons, so he was even more curious.

"Wei Jiao, go on."

Lu Mu quickly distributed those crossbows to the guards on this carriage, in fact, they were just Wei Jiao, Mu Qing, Zhou Pu and a few others, and for Chu Heng, who was strong but not very easy to use, this kind of private goods was not as good as the sword on his waist.

In addition to the hand crossbow, there were also some hidden arrows in the box, which the guards quickly wore on their arms, after all, they could be used to save their lives at critical times.

"Your Highness."

Lu Mu handed a pair of sleeve arrows to Zhao Hongrun.

Zhao Hongrun took it and put it on his right arm, but his eyes were still staring out the window.

I saw that on the street outside the car window, two groups of people dressed as civilians were fighting fiercely, which made Zhao Hongrun a little confused.

If the former group of people was trying to rob their companion Xu Pu, then the latter group ...... Who are they?

Just when Zhao Hongrun was muttering to himself, except for Chu Heng, the rest of the Zongwei got out of the carriage and joined the Zongwei Gao Kuo, Chong Zhao, Zhu Gui, and He Miao on the other carriage next to him, and the eight Zongwei swords were unsheathed and quickly protected the two carriages.

The guards did not rashly intervene in the melee ahead, because the fighting of the two groups of people in front also made the guards feel a little surprised, so they just passively protected the carriage, raised their crossbows, and held their swords on guard.

"Who the hell are these guys?" Mu Qing frowned and asked Zong Wei Jiao.

Wei Jiao shook his head slowly.

The battle presented in front of the guards at this moment seemed to be the previous group of people trying to attack the carriage, and the latter group seemed to be protecting the carriage.

The previous group of people, they were all civilians, but looking at their movements of swinging their blades, they didn't look like ordinary people at all, at least these people were not afraid of life and death; Then there was a group of people, there were all dressed up in everything, all peddling goods along the street, farmers selling wild fruits on the roadside, hunters picking up game, passers-by, and even guys who seemed to be white and pure as scholars.

The latter group of people could see that they were a little cringe, not as fearless as the other group, but even so, they still desperately protected the two carriages, so that the guards temporarily regarded them as their own people, so they used their crossbows to shoot the other group of people from a distance as cover.

Under the joint efforts of these people and the sect guards, the previous group of people left behind a dozen corpses and retreated decisively after rushing a few times.

Seeing this, the latter group of people quickly chased after them, and only one of them put away the blade in his hand and walked slowly towards the two carriages.

"Stop!"

Zongwei Changwei shouted arrogantly, aimed the crossbow in his hand at the comer, squinted his eyes and asked, "Who are you?" ”

I saw that the person who came unloaded his weapon, raised his hands, and showed that he had no malicious intent, and at the same time he said: "Several Zongwei lords are not impulsive, they are not thieves. …… I have a token in my arms that identifies me. ”

Despicable?

Wei Jiao frowned slightly, and motioned to Mu Qingdao: "Go search him." ”

Mu Qing nodded, and slowly approached the man with a wary expression.

However, the man did not move in the slightest, and let Mu Qing come to his side and grope around him for a while.

"He didn't have a weapon on him."

While opening his mouth to say a word to Wei Jiao and the others, Mu Qing took out a token from the man and glanced down.

However, the inscription on this token made Mu Qing's eyes widen in shock--Yan Shun was the commander of the Imperial Court Guard of the Vertical Arch Palace.

"Hanging ...... Suspend...... You ......"

Pointing to the token in his hand, and then to the man in front of him, Mu Qing was shocked and speechless.

Although he had never heard of any imperial court guards, because the prefix had the words "Vertical Arch Palace", it was enough for him not to dare to make a claim.

Probably guessing Mu Qing's thoughts, the man said in a low voice: "Lord Zongwei, this is not the place to speak, and the status of the lowly position is not easy to make a big show...... His Royal Highness King Su is in the carriage in front of him, and he hopes to meet His Highness. ”

Mu Qing glanced at the man deeply, nodded and said in a low voice: "This lord, and wait here, let me report to His Royal Highness King Su first......"

Before the words fell, Zhao Hongrun's voice came from the carriage: "Mu Qing, let him come over." ”

Hearing this, Mu Qing did not hesitate any longer, took the man and took him to the carriage of the Suwang Mansion.

At this time, Zhao Hongrun had moved to sit near the car door and looked the man up and down.

Seeing this, the man clasped his fists without hesitation and said in a low voice: "Imperial Guard Yanshun, meet His Royal Highness King Su." ”

At the same time, Mu Qing also handed this person's identity token to Zhao Hongrun.

Like Mu Qing, Zhao Hongrun was also stunned for a moment after seeing the inscription on the token, because he had never heard of any imperial court guards, but when he carefully looked at the wooden token in his hand, he found that the texture and handiwork of this token were of the highest quality, and the style of the carving was very similar to that of the palace construction bureau in charge of the inner chamberlain.

After pondering for a moment, Zhao Hongrun shook his head and said in a deep voice: "This king has never heard of the Imperial Court Guard of the Vertical Arch Palace......"

Hearing this, Yan Shun didn't care, and said with a chuckle: "His Royal Highness King Su has never heard of it, this is not surprising, in fact, there are nine adults in the imperial court who don't know about us...... After all, we haven't been waiting for a long time, so it's ...... for the time being For the time being, I can only be attached to the inner warden......"

As soon as he heard the three words of the inner guard, Zhao Hongrun's heart couldn't help but move slightly.

Because he suddenly remembered one thing: in the nearly year that he left Daliang to lead the army to fight against Chu and returned to Daliang at the end of May this year, the monitoring of Daliang by the inner attendant has been greatly strengthened, so that even the Shangshui Green Crow under his Zhao Hongrun was known to his father who was in the Vertical Arch Palace, and was nicknamed the little crow.

……

After taking a few deep glances at Yan Shun, Zhao Hongrun had already believed nine points in his heart.

At this time, a group of people walked back from a distance, roughly counting about five people, and walked towards Zhao Hongrun's side - it was the person who had just helped protect the carriage with Yan Shun.

Therefore, Zhao Hongrun waved his hand to signal that the guards did not need to stop, and waited for those people to come.

But before he could ask, Yan Shun asked the other party first: "Tong Xin, have you ever been caught?" ”

A man named Tong Xin shook his head and said with a bit of resentment: "I have mobilized the guards to intercept the front, but those rats still jumped into the ditch and escaped. ”

"Have you ever caught a live mouth?" Yan Shun asked again.

Tong Xin shook his head and said hatefully: "But whoever thinks that he can't escape will kill himself by taking poison." ”

A trace of chagrin flashed in Yan Shun's eyes, and then, as if he remembered something, he hurriedly reminded: "Don't talk about this, let's visit His Royal Highness King Su first." ”

"Hmm!" Tong Xin nodded, and under the eyes of the guards who still had a little vigilance, he walked to Zhao Hongrun's carriage, took out a token from his arms, offered it with both hands, and respectfully handed it to Zhao Hongrun, and said in a low voice: "Imperial guard Tong Xin, meet His Royal Highness King Su." ”

Zhao Hongrun took the token and glanced at it twice, only to see that a line of words was also engraved on the token: Tong Xin, the right commander of the imperial court guard of the Vertical Arch Palace.

Compared with Fang Cai Yanshun's token, the two tokens are almost identical except for the slight difference in lettering, and their patterns are almost identical.

The workmanship is so fine...... In addition to my smelting bureau, I'm afraid that only the palace bureau has this habit......

Handing the two tokens in his hand to Yan Shun and Tong Xin respectively, Zhao Hongrun pondered for a moment and asked, "Why are the two adults here?" ”

Yan Shun and Tong Xin glanced at each other, and then, Yan Shun lowered his voice and said: "His Royal Highness King Su, forgive me for being presumptuous, in fact, Your Royal Highness, as well as Xu Rong of Dali Temple, and Chu Shuli of Daliang Mansion, the whereabouts of the three of you in the past two days are all under the protection of my Gong Wei Division, and we also know that the three of you have just captured a key criminal...... Speaking of this, he glanced at another carriage, and then continued to finish the second half of the sentence: "...... The original criminal department punished Kulang official, Yu Yan. ”

……

Zhao Hongrun subconsciously frowned, and then gradually relaxed.

It's really amazing, the inner attendant is now monitoring the beams......

He couldn't help but be a little surprised, after all, they caught Yu Yan only an hour or so ago, but he didn't expect that this Gong Wei Division had already mastered this information.

It seems that the criminal department not only has the spies of the murderous party, but also the eyes of the father......

Thinking of this, Zhao Hongrun asked in a deep voice: "Father has also learned about this?" ”

Hearing this, Yan Shun hugged his fists and said in a low voice: "According to the news from the palace, Your Majesty is already on the way to Dali Temple......"

Belch?

Zhao Hongrun's eyes widened in surprise. (To be continued.) )