In the dead of night, outside the water gate in the south of Luoyang City, a team of guards completed a round of patrols, and they all left the city tower and returned to the yasho. Because the snow had just passed, it was very cold outside, and when I returned to the warm room, there was a burst of hot air.

"This bird day, it is estimated that there will be no sun tomorrow."

The captain of the guard took the kettle and said with a smile: "It's still good to have my mother-in-law, give me the boiling water, look at it, it's still hot." ”

"Lao Li, there seem to be three mothers-in-law in your house, which mother-in-law boiled the water for you?"

A question next to him made the room burst into laughter. Everyone knows that this "Lao Li" has the ability to marry three mothers-in-law, and he is an old man who stands up to the sky and takes good care of his brothers outside, but when he returns home, the three mothers-in-law and aunts are his fathers. He is afraid of his mother-in-law, and everyone in Chengnanwei knows about it. On weekdays, the brothers would make fun of him.

"It doesn't matter which aunt it is, if you have water, drink it, which of you will get some of it?" Lao Li said with a big grin.

"Don't need you, we burn it ourselves, and we can't spend any firewood, the firewood has just been delivered in the past two days, it's all fresh, look at the firewood in the backyard firewood room, I guess it doesn't have to be too cold to come to the vigil this winter."

Everyone sat down and made a fire together. Originally, it was the Qingshui Yamen in the south of the city, and it only came out to watch the night on weekdays, and it couldn't extract benefits from those caravans that passed through the city gate, because no one would ever go out of the city at night. Once the city gate is closed, it is difficult to get out.

"Lao Li, when do you think we can move to the daytime to guard the door? I heard that He Bantou and them, a month alone has more bonuses than Yulu. If the brothers can also go over together and follow Lao Li and you, wouldn't it be fragrant and spicy? ”

Lao Li pouted and said, "It's no fun." Don't look at what Lao He's background is, he has gone out to fight in the west with the East Wang Army, and I heard that he still has meritorious deeds. We're all the ones who guard the city gates all year round. I've been just guarding the city gate all my life, and it's good to come and guard the gate at night and get some money every month. ”

"Go, what hits the west. It's just that I went out for a walk with the Dongwang Army, and yes, we are Luoyang veterans. I'm afraid I won't have a chance to go out of the city to fight in my life. ”

A group of people were talking nonsense, all a little dissatisfied.

After all, those who are soldiers want to make meritorious contributions, but in these city gate guards, these things seem to be very far away. Luoyang has also experienced some things, but after all, the city gate guards are guarding the city gate, and it is not their turn to go out to kill the enemy.

"Lao Li, there is a convoy outside. Go out and check it out! ”

A recruit came in and shouted. Draw everyone's attention to the past.

"You stinky boy, you've only been here for a few days, and your name is Lao Li? Lao Li is also your name? It's called Li Bantou! Someone corrected immediately.

"Yes, Li Bantou, people from outside are here, why don't we go out and have a look?"

"Go out and take a look, brother, go out and see who you don't know. Want to get out of town in the middle of the night? It's also tired and crooked, so it's good to slaughter them well. ”

As soon as the voice fell. Everybody's coming up. Although they are not on duty at this hour, it is good to go out and have a look, and maybe this caravan will be more filial.

Outside, the light was dim, and the cold wind was still blowing, but this did not dampen the enthusiasm of the gatekeepers. That's a great thing. There is a caravan out of the city at night, needless to say, there is also a road guide, otherwise what kind of energy would you be trying to get out of the city, not looking for trouble yourself?

But he saw a group of people riding on horses, majestic. Just looking at this posture, it looked like a soldier, but when I got closer, I realized that it was just a group of caravan guards in tights.

"What people, dismount and dismount, and be examined!"

There were a lot of carriages in the caravan, and it seemed that they were carrying very important things, and if it weren't for the fact that the people on the horses were not wearing military uniforms, they really thought that the imperial court was going to transport something out of the city.

When Lao Li's group came over, the group on duty had already blocked the caravan's way. When Lao Li and the others came, they could only stand aside first, and if there was really any accident, they could do a favor. If there is really filial piety, after all, there are only two teams of people who take turns to be on duty at night, and they know each other, as long as they have his goodness, they can't run away.

"Open the gates!"

With a coquettish shout, a rider drove his horse forward and turned his horse's head, but it was a woman.

This surprised these soldiers.

No caravan will use a woman to escort it, this is the basic, not to mention that this woman seems to be very promising, and she can feel that her tone is very impulsive as soon as she speaks.

For the sake of prudence, the people of the city gate guards did not dare to come up and shout, they all knew that Luoyang was at the foot of the Son of Heaven, and if they accidentally offended some powerful people, then they would cry and mourn. Who knows what the origin of this woman who is going out of the city in the middle of the night?

"Is there a way?"

"There's no way." The woman replied directly.

"Then don't even think about going out of town! Don't understand the basic rules? Crashing into the south of the city, but you have to be squatted on the board, are you tired of being crooked? Hearing that there was no wayway, the guard's tone became louder. At this shout, I felt that the people below had begun to be eager to try, and some of them were ready to go up and take down this group of people, and the spears they held in their hands were also facing the people of this caravan, ready to stab out once these people broke the door.

Lao Li watched from the side, and the young man next to him asked, "Li Bantou, are you going up to help?" ”

"That's not right." Lao Li had an ominous premonition when he looked at this posture, he had never encountered this kind of thing, which was a bit strange.

"Lao Li, what's wrong? It's time for us to go down now. Look, I've already gone upstairs to transfer troops, I'm afraid something will happen. A veteran in his thirties said.

"Go, go down. No one should be moved! ”

Lao Li said, leading a group of people down the stairs under the office.

At this time, the woman shouted: "There is no Lu Yin, the warrant of the king of the east is here, open the city gate!" ”

This sentence startled the people present. Everyone immediately came up with an idea, what a big reason, it was directly the warrant of the East King.

The woman was indeed holding a token in her hand, but no one knew whether it was true or not.

"You wait, we'll call someone to check!" The captain of the guard on duty had no qualifications, and he couldn't be sure about this kind of thing, so he hurriedly came over to inquire about Lao Li.

"Brother Li, the woman said that she was holding the warrant of the King of the East, and she didn't know whether it was true or not. You go up and take a look! ”

Lao Li stepped forward at this time. But when he saw the woman on a horse, she didn't even bother to get off the horse, and she looked arrogant. When he saw his appearance clearly, Lao Li couldn't help but sigh, this is really a beautiful woman who came out of a picture.

"Keep your eyes open and see clearly. If you do not open the gates of the city again, you will hinder your work. Punishment is inevitable! The woman said in a tone that bordered on menacing.

Lao Li has seen the warrant, and it is indeed true, but he has only encountered this kind of thing twice, both of which were when he entered the city from the south guard of the city at night instead of leaving the city, and at that time they were all officers and soldiers rather than people in the caravan in front of him in civilian clothes.

"This Shangguan, I don't know what to call it?" Lao Li asked.

"What a word, open the door!"

The woman was impatient.

Lao Li turned around and said a few words to the captain on duty, and the captain was a little puzzled and said, "Brother Li, how does this matter feel strange." Or. Let's go up and check it? If there is any criminal hidden inside, or something important to transport out of the city, we will let it go like this, and I am afraid that the head will fall to the ground at that time. ”

Lao Li thought for a while and said, "According to the rules, we can escort us out of the city." ”

"Brother Li is meant?"

Lao Li said a few words in the captain's ear, and the captain also nodded and said, "What Brother Li said makes sense." Let's send a few people out with us! ”

After saying that, the captain stopped stopping him. Then the gates of the city were opened.

As the city gates slowly opened, the caravan hurriedly drove their horses out of the city. When passing by, Lao Li also took a closer look, and with his experience, he could see that this caravan didn't seem to be carrying anything very heavy out of the city, as if it was just a cover.

Wait for someone to go. As soon as Lao Li said to the captain of the guard, he immediately sent someone to follow secretly. Because after all, it is a caravan, there are horses and carriages, and it is not fast, even if it is two legs, it can keep up.

"Brother Li. Do you see a little bit of the doorway? ”

Lao Li shook his head and said, "I can't see it, I'll know what's going on when the brother returns." Anyway, there were patrolling soldiers and horses outside the city, and if there was any misdemeanour among these people, as long as the brothers informed the patrol battalion, it would be difficult for these people to fly with their wings plugged. ”

"So Lao Li, you have the ability, you can think of this. As long as we keep an eye on them, as long as they don't make any changes, we will be too peaceful. Alas! I thought I could get oil and water in the store, but I didn't expect it to be just an empty joy. ”

After speaking, Lao Li didn't stay anymore, after all, the weather was too cold, and it wasn't the time for him to be on duty at night, so it was better to go inside to warm up, and by the way, Lala often talked about it, and this day was also happy.

After about half an hour inside, the more Lao Li thought about it, the more wrong it became, and at this time, the young guard ran in again and said, "Big ...... Big things are not good. ”

"What's the matter?" The people in the room were nervous, thinking about the caravan that had just gone out, and if there was a problem with this group of people, it would be a big deal.

"Just go out and see."

Lao Li and his team went outside, but saw a wounded soldier coming back, and it could be seen that he was almost killed, because a flying arrow hit him in the chest, but it was only slightly off, otherwise he would have lost his life.

"What's going on?" Lao Li stepped forward and looked nervously.

The captain just now had already finished asking, and when he came over, he frowned and said, "Brother Li, I'm afraid we'll get into trouble this time." Of the four people who went out to follow the group, only one came back, and the other three were all killed by inexplicable arrows. It was also his fate, so that he could escape the catastrophe and come back to report the news. ”

"Who did it?" Lao Li hurriedly asked.

"I'm afraid not. The group didn't move at all, but someone was firing cold arrows. ”

Lao Li exhaled, this matter is terrible. It seems that his worries are right, the matter is very big, and if it ferments, they will all suffer.

"Brother Li, what do you think is good?"

"There's no way, hurry up and inform the city defense battalion, now only they can take care of this matter." Lao Li said nervously.

But then do we have to be negligent? At that point, we'll be afraid we'll ......"

Lao Li roared angrily: "Do you care about these at this time? If someone really wants to plot against Luoyang, do you think that these few of us, just guarding this waterfront gate, can prevent them from entering the gate of Luoyang? ”

As he spoke, the captain was obviously unwilling, because it might not be a matter of being dismissed, and he would probably be beheaded.

Just as I was thinking about it, suddenly there was a commotion outside.

"Open the gates!"

It was the woman's shouting again.

This sound startled the guards present.

"What's going on? Back again? ”

Lao Li listened carefully and said, "No, it doesn't seem to be just now." The sound sounds familiar. ”

At this time, another group of people on the city tower waved their hands inside, and said, "Open the city gate!" ”

"It's really rare, someone goes out of the city, and someone goes into the city? Turning this gate into a bazaar? ”

Lao Li didn't dare to open the door casually, so he climbed the city tower and looked down, and couldn't help but be startled, but saw that a group of people had stopped outside the moat, and there were many people in the dark. But the order flag in his hand is undoubtedly the order flag of the East Palace.

There was a carriage and a group of people, but none of them seemed to be in the costume of officers and soldiers.

"This is going to open the gates?"

Lao Li pondered for a moment and said, "It seems that it has to be opened." Anyway, after entering our water gate, it is not Luoyang City, and there are still a few checkpoints to pass. Even if we want to be investigated, it's not just our waterfront responsibility, what do you say? ”

"Okay, let's open the door!"

With that, the group went down to the city tower, opened the city gate, and the people outside came to the city gate.

When he entered the room, he saw a majestic female knight in front of him, and he came up and shouted, "But the people you sent? ”

"This is a bad guy? Ah, isn't this one...... General Dong? ”

When Lao Li saw it, he was startled, this woman was the famous "General Dong" under the command of the East Prince's Mansion. Lao Li didn't know anything about the origin of this woman, but he knew that General Dong was the right-hand man of the King of Dong, and he had encountered people entering the city at night twice before, and General Dong had brought people in.

But for some reason, this East General was actually dressed in an ordinary outfit, basically the same as the woman who went out of the city before.

But seeing that "General Dong" waved his hand, a carriage carrying three corpses came forward, and Lao Li saw that it was indeed the person he had just sent out. You'll know what's going on when you get there.

"Idle and unreasonable, don't even understand this reasoning?" General Dong scolded and said, "Get out of the way and let the convoy pass!" ”

Lao Li and the others hurriedly stepped aside, and the people outside passed the city gate one after another.

It doesn't matter if you look at it, the carriages that were brought out just now were almost "fully loaded", but they were corpses one by one. Together with the bodies of the three guards who had just followed, there were about twenty or thirty people, and some were bound to the carriage as if they were prisoners. I didn't see so many people when I went out.

"Don't be nosy in the future!"

Before the "East General" left, he made an accusation. Leaving the bodies of the three soldiers of the city gate guard, he confessed: "Tomorrow I will go to the former army to receive the pension money." ”

After saying that, General Dong led people into the city.

At this time, Lao Li was still a little confused. In the end, were these three soldiers killed by their own people, or were they killed by the enemy? (To be continued......)