Chapter 385: Why bother

Amber opened the curtain before entering the hall, and saw Zhang Yue wearing a big coat, as if he was about to go out, and Du Juan was standing next to him. Although she panicked in her heart, when she saw this scene, she still swallowed back the words that came to her mouth, and hurriedly took two steps forward and asked, "Young master, it's so late, you still want to go out?" ”

"Well, I just remembered something important, so I need to go out quickly!" Zhang Yue tied up the thick sable fur in twos and twos, and seeing that Amber's face was not good-looking, he didn't have time to ask more, so he only ordered, "It's not early, you should go to bed early, if there is anything or something difficult, you can tell the young grandmother directly, she is the same as me." I may not be able to come back for a while this time, so I will leave it to you at home. ”

Seeing that Qiu Zhen also poked his head out of the west suite, Zhang Yue had no time to say more, nodded at her, took the lantern handed over by Du Juan, put on a warm hat and hurried out. At this time, it was already two o'clock in the evening, and most of the people in the Zhang family had already slept, and the backyard was naturally quiet. There was a layer of snow on the ground, and his boots creaked when he stepped on it, and just after he got out of the second gate, he saw someone carrying a lantern not far away, and then there was a shouting and questioning from there.

"Who's still walking around at such a late hour?"

"It's me!"

Due to the recent events in Beijing, Gao Quan personally took a few strong family members to work in the middle of the night for several days. Hearing this familiar voice at this time, he couldn't help but raise the lantern, and seeing that it was really Zhang Yue, he hurriedly led someone to greet him: "Third Young Master, is there something wrong with going out so late?" If I really want to go out, I'll send someone to prepare the horse! ”

"Executive, I have something urgent to go out, you hurry up and go to the stable of the South Courtyard to prepare two horses...... No, five horses, and then call Hu Qi and the four of them, let them wear thicker, and they won't need to be alive and tiger. ”

Knowing that Zhang Yue was in such a hurry, there must be a reason, Gao Quan didn't care about patrolling the night, and hurriedly ordered the people who followed him to do their own things, and he personally took the lantern in Zhang Yue's hand to lead the way. When they arrived at the East Corner Gate, the five horses had already been led outside, and Hu Qi and Zhao Hu had already put on thick yellow-brown cotton robes, and followed Zhang Yue to get on the horse and gallop away without asking. When the person disappeared into the night, Gao Quanfang had a straight face and beckoned a small servant.

"Go to the second gate to see if your sister-in-law Linglong is there, if she is in the hurry, let her go to the master to report it. said that the third young master didn't know what happened suddenly, and went out again with four entourages at night, and asked him to show him. Hurry up! ”

In the past, when Beiping was not upgraded to Beijing, there was a curfew, and now it has become a Beijing teacher, which is no exception. Zhang Yuecai turned onto Qianmen Street and met the night patrol guards of the Five Cities Terracotta Division, and after showing the official seal, the leading team raised his hand to let him go, but still reminded: "My lord, thieves are rampant this night, please be careful." ”

Zhang Yue was already about to leave with a horse's belly in his arms, but when he heard this, he immediately stopped, and asked, "Are you saying that today's Jingshi is rampant with thieves at night?" ”

The team was not afraid that Zhang Yue was so concerned, and was stunned for a moment before he said honestly: "The Jingshi is close to the north, and it has been built for many years, and now there are both craftsmen and convicts living in the city, as well as a group of people who have migrated from all over the city. Adults don't go out at night? In fact, large families have family members to patrol, and those thieves certainly dare not patronize, and many small families now have wooden fences in their yards, so thieves are often in gangs. ”

Because of the curfew, Zhang Yue naturally wouldn't go out at night, but at this time, it was the first time he had heard that the security of the dignified Jingshi was so bad. After thanking the team for reminding, he took Hu Qi and others to hurry up, but fortunately he didn't meet any thieves who didn't have long eyes on the way, and soon arrived at the barracks behind Bei'anmen. After jumping off his horse and walking a few steps inside, he saw Hai Shou, the young eunuch of the Imperial Horse Prison, come out of a room with a few eunuchs.

"Grandpa Hai!"

When Hai Shou saw that it was Zhang Yue, he couldn't help but widen his eyes, and then greeted him in surprise: "Lord Xiao Zhang? Didn't Zhou Bailing say that the emperor sent you back? Why are you here again...... Ah, I see, you're really careful in what you do. Don't worry, the garrison arrangement is carried by Father-in-law Liu and me, and nothing can happen. The Imperial Horse Guard's pro-army is in charge of Gonggong Liu, and this is me. We've followed the emperor to the north, so this is not a problem......"

Ordered a few eunuchs behind him to step back a little, he thought he had guessed Zhang Yue's concerns, so he stepped forward and said with a smile: "Our family knows what you are worried about, the imperial horse is in charge of the Son of Heaven's personal guard, which is of course loyal to the emperor and the East Palace from the inside out." The emperor is just because he has been in poor health recently, and the main reason for transferring troops is to prepare, not to fight, and you are a civilian official, so you are in charge this time, but the emperor remembered that there was no civilian official in the middle of the military department, so he thought of you, and he didn't really let you go to war. ”

Because he was convinced that the eunuch's message from Zhu Ning was a trap, Zhang Yue decided to take a trip after thinking about it again and again. After all, Hai Shou preached the holy decree in the Beijing camp, and the latter was an oracle - although he firmly believed that others dared to fake Zhu Ning's oral message, and would never dare to falsely transmit the holy decree, but according to Zhu Di's temperament that is now moody and tossing and turning, it is very likely that he will forget the oracle the next morning, and it will inevitably turn his face and blame him for leaving his post without permission. But Haishou deliberately showed his heart and betrayed favors, which was not something he could have expected.

It seems that in this palace, there are not only the vassal party of Zhu Gaoxu, Zhu Gaosui and others, but also the Donggong faction who are interested in the East Palace, and it is not a powerful eunuch who covers the sky with one hand. That being the case, the likelihood of certain events occurring should be low.

After talking for a while, he learned that Zhang Yue was going to stay here at night, so Hai Shou didn't say much, and explained that Zhou Bailing should listen to Zhang Yue. Because Zhang Yue mentioned that this place was close to the imperial city of Bei'anmen, he simply said that he would personally come to pick him up from Bei'anmen to enter the palace at two o'clock in the morning, and then took a few eunuchs to leave. As soon as he walked on the front foot, Zhang Yue, who entered the barracks on the back foot, said to Zhou Bailing: "This matter of guarding the town is an old business for you, not so much that you should listen to me, it is better to say that I should listen to you." Lao Zhou, we are old friends, since An Yuanhou picked you this time, do you know what this means? ”

Zhou Bailing had already made this preparation when Liu Sheng picked himself, and he didn't say anything thank you at this time, just patted his chest and nodded heavily: "Lord Hou trusts the adult, and I will live up to my expectations." ”

The heavy snow stopped in the second half of the night, but the interior of the capital was still covered in snow, and the deepest part of the ground was even half a foot of snow. Due to the drop out of the dynasty, the ministers did not have to brave the pain of the wind and snow, and the left and right gates of Chang'an, where officials gathered in the past, showed a little bit of a decline early in the morning. However, the eunuchs who served in the miscellaneous servants had already gotten up early and cleared the snow along the noon gate, and even in such a cold and freezing weather, they were still sweating like rain. By the time they swept out of the central avenue, officials had already come in one after another at the end of the avenue near the left gate of the imperial city of Chang'an.

Seeing a wave of officials walking by, or going to Wenyuan Pavilion, or to the Liuke Corridor, or to Guanglu Temple, the young eunuch who had been waiting at the noon gate for half an hour gradually became anxious. Although it was not snowing in the sky, his feet were covered with snow, and not long after he stood on it, his feet were completely frozen, and he was so cold that he even lost feeling in his hands, and his thin crewneck shirt could not withstand the cold wind at all. In this kind of place, he can't rub his hands and stomp his feet to keep warm, so he has to stand up. From early morning to noon, he was stunned that he didn't wait for the person he was waiting for, and everyone was about to freeze into icicles.

It wasn't until noon that he saw Huang Yan, dressed in a brocade robe, walking over with a few entourage. Seeing such a savior, he hurriedly ran up, his face full of resentment and grievances, because he said in a low voice: "Huang Gonggong, that Zhang is more daring, the little one waited at the noon gate all morning, but he didn't come!" He actually ignored the emperor's dictation, and this time he didn't need to find any excuse to put him to death......"

Before he finished speaking, he felt a hot pain in his face when he heard the snapping sound, and then he staggered out two steps away. Seeing Huang Yan standing there with a frosty face, no matter how stupid he was, he knew that he had said the wrong thing, but he didn't know where the fault was, so he had to stand there in a daze, and he didn't even dare to cover his numb face with his hand.

"There is no fool like you in the world!" Seeing that several guards on the other side of the noon gate were sticking their heads out to poke their brains, Huang Yan didn't want to make too much trouble here, so he said sharply, "Don't be there, come with me!" ”

Out of the Donghua Gate, walked along the moat for a while, until the pedestrians gradually decreased, and after the Beihuafang, Huang Yan stopped, stared at the eunuch behind him with half of his face swollen and scolded: "Fool, how dare Zhang Yue not listen to the emperor's dictation?" People have long been brought into the palace by Haishou from the Xuanwu Gate behind the imperial city, you idiot has been waiting at the noon gate, you don't know how to send someone back to ask? Also, what do we want him to die? What our family wants is a living Zhang Yue who can hold on! I wanted to take this opportunity for our family to beg for mercy to protect him, and by the way, let the emperor send a fire to get Lord Chen Liu out of the palace, so as to save her from getting in the way, but what have you done! If it weren't for the fact that you are the godson of our family, we should have thrown you into the moat right now to feed Wang Ba! ”

Knowing that things had changed like this, the young eunuch couldn't help but be stunned, and even thought of the most important one. Seeing that Huang Yan was furious, he couldn't help but ask in a chilling voice: "Father-in-law, is this incident unintentional by Father-in-law Hai, or do they already know about it, so they have the intention to trick us?" ”

"How do we know about this!" Huang Yan gritted his teeth and glared at him, and then took a deep breath, "I shouldn't know, the person Haishou personally picked up early in the morning, and besides, the camp is in the north, and it is not strange to enter from Xuanwu Gate from Bei'anmen." The half of your face is swollen, I'll find someone to do your errand, and you can hide for two days! ”

At this moment, Huang Yan deeply regretted that he went to beg Zhu Ning with Zhang Qian, Liu Yongcheng and others that day - at that time, it was to resist the emperor's anger, but now it is impossible to do anything to bypass her in the Qianqing Palace, what a bother!