Chapter 224 Xihua Gate

Zhao Yu rode his horse to the nearest palace gate, Xihua Gate, only to see that the gate of Xihua Gate was closed, and the brass nails covering the gate reflected a cold light in the jumping firelight.

The shadows on the city wall jumped suddenly, and there seemed to be countless soldiers moving, and as soon as Zhao Yu reined in the reins of his horse, two or three torches were thrown from the city to illuminate the below. Seeing Zhao Yu alone and one horse, the tense heartstrings relaxed a little.

"Who's coming?"

"The king of Changsha! Hearing the fire in the palace, lest there be thieves doing evil, I came to protect the official's house! Zhao Yu shouted.

"Come closer!" The head of the city shouted, and I don't know who it is, but listening to the voice, it is quite official, and I think it is one of the highest-ranking generals in the city.

Zhao Yu walked closer as he said, and the people at the head of the city carefully identified it, and saw that it was indeed Zhao Yu. However, they didn't dare to open the city gate, and now their eyes are black, no one knows what the situation is, if it weren't for Zhao Yu coming alone, maybe they wouldn't dare to let Zhao Yu in.

And when the men at the head of the city cried out in disgust, they laid down a basket at the head of the city. Although Zhao Yu was helpless, he had to obey. Put the Que Yue black horse on the tethered horse stake outside the palace gate, step on the basket, and someone on the city head pulls.

"I've seen the King of Changsha!"

"I've seen the prince!"

Zhao Yu had just gone to the city, and immediately two people came up to salute.

Zhao Yu took a closer look and found that one of them was still his own relative, and said with some tears and laughter: "Brother Chong, I didn't expect you to be on duty today!" ”

The general who called the heavy brother said helplessly: "No, I don't know what the situation is now, this fire will rise when I say it!" ”

"General Yang. You? The other general couldn't help but be a little surprised.

Brother Chong'er is happy in suffering. said: "General Li doesn't know anything. Why is this soldier and ruffian contaminated with the blessings of his ancestors, and he reluctantly became a relative of the king of Changsha. Ancestor Yang Zhixin, the little lady's uncle! ”

This heavy brother's full name is Yang Shouzhong, as he said, he is Yang Shufei's aunt and nephew, but the relationship is a little sparse, and the age gap is relatively large, Zhao Yu is not too familiar with him.

A little bit of a relationship. Zhao Yu shifted the topic to the main topic. "Brother Chong'er and this General Li ......"

"Don't dare to be! Don't dare to be! The last general is just a deputy marquis! General Li said with some flattery.

Zhao Yu waved his hand and said, "Don't talk about these false courtesies now, a general is nothing!" Now the most important thing is, what is the situation in the uterus? ”

"I don't know!" is probably familiar with Zhao Yu, Yang Shouzhong is not polite, his hands are spread, and he looks like a shopkeeper.

General Li was somewhat useful, thought for a while, and said, "What is the situation now, the last general really can't say a letter." just sent some people to inquire about some things from the palace and eunuchs. I just don't know how much of it is true or false. ”

Some is better than nothing, and Zhao Yu is not picky. Nodding his head, he said, "Say!" ”

General Li said: "It is said that a eunuch dropped an oil lamp and lit a gauze tent, which caused the fire. ”

Zhao Yu nodded slightly.

General Li continued: "Some people also say that the White Lotus Sect is causing a rebellion and is setting fire to the palace. ”

Zhao Yu frowned when he heard this, and said: "This is not reliable, the capital master is heavy, the White Lotus Sect is already powerful enough to make trouble once, how can it not be wary?" And Fan Xiwen is not a porridge eater, and he is able to suppress cults like the White Lotus Sect, although this White Lotus Sect does not dare to say that there are no followers in Bianliang City, but it is also sunset and dusk, how can he have the ability to make such a big move? ”

General Li shook his head and said, "This last general doesn't know either. There is also a saying that there are concubines who are jealous and set fire to the palace! ”

When Zhao Yu heard this, he didn't know why, but he thought of his cheap Eighth King Uncle Zhao Yuanyan. Why? Because when Zhao Yuanyan was young, he once set fire to the palace, and it is said that because of an awkward quarrel with Song Zhenzong, he set fire to the forbidden middle school. Of course, because he was Song Zhenzong's younger brother, he was not killed, but he was also degraded, and it was also because Zhao Yuanyan knew that he was powerful, every time he saw Song Zhenzong, he cried and said that he was wrong, so he was not under house arrest, otherwise he would not have known to be assigned to that wild corner.

At this time, General Li's face suddenly became solemn and said, "In addition, there are ...... And ......"

Zhao Yu looked at General Li suspiciously, and asked, "What else?" ”

General Li lowered his head, he didn't know what his expression was at the moment, and said in a strange voice: "There is also a saying that the official family oppressed the king of Changsha, and the first emperor sent down the heavenly fire. ”

Zhao Yu was stunned, a little crying and laughing, and a little dignified, this matter was involved in himself, I am afraid that he has to avoid suspicion. It's not good to enter the palace, so it's good to behave in front of Song Renzong.

Zhao Yu said: "This king is here in Xihua Gate, let's organize soldiers and horses to fight the fire!" ”

General Li shook his head decisively and said, "Lord Wang, this order, the general will not obey his fate!" ”

Zhao Yu was stunned, and then said with a dark face: "Why? Could it be that General Li suspects that this king will take the opportunity to seize the door? This king came alone, and the city gate was full of General Li's soldiers, is it necessary to do so? ”

General Li's face was embarrassed, and he didn't know what to say.

Or Yang Shouzhong came out to explain. "Lord Wang, you don't know something. This dynasty has always been on guard against warriors, so it is not allowed to leave the defense area without an order from the official. It's just enough to fight the fire, and the merits and demerits are offset by each other. If the firefighting is not effective, well, the punishment for both crimes will be combined. Who would dare to put out the fire at this time? ”

Seeing that Zhao Yu's face was softened, General Li also took the opportunity to defend himself. "Not only that, this is the harem to put out the fire, there will inevitably be valuables inside, and the general will naturally not be greedy. But he didn't dare to guarantee his subordinates, everyone was like this. In case something is lost inside, and someone even takes advantage of the black light to take advantage, the general really doesn't know who to talk to to reason with! ”

Zhao Yu was helpless, he didn't go in, he didn't go back to his home, so he stayed in the city.

Yang Shou saw that Zhao Yu's clothes were thin, so he asked someone to take a cloak and asked Zhao Yu to rest in the city tower. Zhao Yu thought about it, it was useless for him to stand stupidly outside, so he promised to come down, and Yang Shouzhong also went in to chat with Zhao Yu.

Not long after, Wang Qi and Zhao Yingwu also came, but General Li didn't dare to let them in. The palace guards are a small 300 people, which is enough to set off a lot of storms in the palace.

Zhao Yu didn't force it, so he ordered at the head of the city, and asked Wang Qi and Zhao Huanwu to take people to wait outside the palace gate. If it's cold, go to a nearby house and buy ready-to-wear clothes.

Under the orders one after another, reasonable and unhurried, General Li couldn't help but nod secretly, and sure enough, he was a man of great fame. Just thinking of Zhao Yu's background, General Li couldn't help but sigh secretly, the wrong emperor was born! (To be continued......)