Because the war had just ended, the imperial court soldiers and horses were still very strict along the way, and when they saw such a large group of men and horses galloping on the main road in a hurry, it was inevitable that some guards would come forward to stop and interrogate.

Qiu Yizhi didn't have time to tear them apart, and if he could get rid of it with the speed of a fast horse, he would throw it off directly; couldn't get rid of it, so he asked Zhao Chengxiao to use his identity as a hand-picked lieutenant general, saying that he had been ordered by the Holy Order, and there were important confidential tasks to be handled, so he sent it away.

In this way, one of the people of Qiuyi galloped all the way to the bottom of Tongguan, and it was only two days after they landed on the north bank of the Yangtze River, and the action was not unfast.

However, Qiu Yizhi still did not dare to delay.

He didn't know how many times he had been in and out of Tongguan, so he naturally knew the rules here, and when he saw that the soldiers under his command were exhausted from hurrying, he let them rest on the spot, and he went to the pass with Lin Shuhan and Zhao Chengxiao.

After a few steps, I saw a group of soldiers trotting over, led by a hundred households, shouting at Qiu Yizhi: "Where are you from?" What do you want to do when you run to the bottom of Tongguan with such fanfare? ”

Qiu Yizhi was about to speak, but Zhao Chengxiao flashed in front of him, pushed the hundred households away, and said, "Don't you see the official uniform on my body?" I am Zhao Chengxiao, the general of Zhonglang appointed by the emperor, and I am ordered to go to Luoyang, the capital, to do business. As he spoke, he took out his name card and shook it in front of the hundred households.

The hundred households saw that Zhao Chengxiao was wearing an authentic Zhonglang general's robe, and although the name card on his hand was not seen clearly, it didn't look like a fake, so he hurriedly called a thousand and said: "The little one has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, and he still looks at General Haihan." ”

Zhao Chengxiao didn't bother to talk to him more, so he said, "You are an officer at this pass, right?" Now that you know the identity of us, don't hurry up and lead us into the customs! ”

The hundred households showed a flattering expression on their faces and said, "It's easy to say, it's easy to say." The general also coincidentally, yesterday he ordered that Tongguan should be closed, no matter who wants to pass the pass, there must be the emperor's will. Since the general came here to do things by order, he must have brought the emperor's will with him. Then bother the general to invite the holy decree out, let the small cloudy eyes glance, and the small one will lead the general through the test. ”

"Fart!" Qiu Yizhi couldn't bear it anymore, "What kind of rule is this?" You Tongguan has such a big spectrum, and after passing a pass, you still have to work for the emperor's decree, are you crazy? ”

When the hundred households heard someone scolding him, they were angry in their chests, but when they saw Qiu Yizhi's expression was firm and untimid, they didn't dare to underestimate it, so they quickly calmed down and said: "This one, please don't be impatient, this is an order from above, a figure the size of a small sesame mung bean......"

The hundred households are still chattering endlessly, but Qiu Yizhi is full of suspicions: the old emperor Zheng Rong has died, and the "order" in his mouth is already an edict, where does the holy decree of "you must rely on the holy decree to pass" come from?

"Could it be Zheng Xin's will in the name of Emperor Daxing?" Qiu Yizhi almost exclaimed, "This is terrible. Since Zheng Xin has sent someone over to pretend to pass on the holy decree, it is natural that his people have already passed the customs and gone to Luoyang, so that the Third Highness Zheng Miao will also ......"

Thinking of this, Qiu Yizhi was already panicked, and hurriedly said to the hundred households: "Shut up!" Let me ask you, which general is in charge of your side? ”

The hundred households were in charge of Tongguan customs clearance, and which of the merchants who came and went did not go his way or pat his ass, was suddenly scolded by people in person, but he didn't react, and replied casually: "It's General Wang, General Wang Shijie." ”

When Qiu Yi heard this name, he knew that this Wang Shijie was also a general from Lao Youyan Dao, and said: "Okay, then you can call Wang Shijie over, and say that Qiu Yizhi has something to tell him." ”

Only then did the hundred households react and asked, "Who are you?" Want to see General Wang when you open your mouth? Dizzy? ”

At this time, Qiu Yizhi really regretted that he didn't bring out the emperor's "gold medal order arrow", otherwise he would have been able to use this thing to order Tong to close and open the door, so why talk nonsense with him here.

However, he had to enter the customs, Qiu Yizhi could only grit his teeth, took out his name card from his arms, and asked for Zhao Chengxiao's name card, stuffed it in the hands of the hundred households, and said: "You just hand it over to Wang Shijie, he naturally knows what things should do." ”

The hundred households can also recognize a few words, and when they saw the words "Shanyin County Order Qiu Yizhi" written on Qiu Yizhi's name post, they couldn't help but laugh dumbly: "You are so angry, who should I be." It turned out to be just a small county order, and General Wang actually wanted to see it, did he think he was Lord Qincha? It's not impossible to see General Wang, it's just that General Wang is very busy now, if you want to see him, you have to line up! ”

Qiu Yizhi was just about to get angry, but Lin Shuhan preemptively said: "Line up, line up, you lead us first!" ”

After that, he whispered in Qiu Yizhi's ear: "Finally we can go to this General Wang's yamen, and when the time comes, we will make a fuss and let Wang Shijie know the identity of Lord Qiu, and things will be easy to do." ”

Qiu Yizhi nodded in agreement, and then said to the hundred households: "It's okay, you can lead us to General Wang Shijie." ”

After all, Qiu Yizhi and Zhao Chengxiao are also civil and military officials appointed by the imperial court, although the hundred households are dissatisfied in their hearts, they don't dare to offend too much, and when they see that there are steps, they immediately climb down, glance at Lin Shuhan and say, "This is the master, right?" In the end, he is a reader, and his words are measured. Okay, let's go with me. ”

In this way, Qiu Yizhi, Lin Shuhan, Zhao Chengxiao and Wei Chi Lianghong followed the hundred households and walked in the direction of Tongguan.

After a while, bypassing a section of the high wall, I arrived at the Yamen, the general of Tongguan Guard, but unexpectedly, the small square in front of the Yamen was densely surrounded by people.

Qiu Yizhi is a smart person, and when he saw such a scene, he had already guessed that Tongguan must have suddenly closed the retreat, and this group of merchants could not pass the pass, so they gathered in front of the yamen of the general guarding the pass to ask for an explanation.

Sure enough, I heard the hundred households say, "See, right? These are all people waiting to pass the test, and General Wang will deal with them one by one, and I don't know when he will be able to finish it. ”

Qiu Yizhi's appeal was actually no different from that of these merchants, but he was 10,000 times more anxious than them, took two famous posts from the hands of the hundred households, shouted "go", and led Zhao Chengxiao and Wei Chi Lianghong into the crowd.

His squeeze was terrible, and the team, which was originally slightly orderly, suddenly became chaotic, and several businessmen who were waiting for him to be impetuous immediately scolded and scolded: "What is the squeeze? Rushing to reincarnate? Lao Tzu has been here for three hours, and he hasn't even seen the face of the guard! ”

Qiu Yizhi was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, and he didn't bother to explain more to them, so he immediately pulled out the treasure knife on his waist and shouted: "The government is doing things, and the idle people are out of the way, if it is injured by mistake, it will not be responsible!" ”

The businessman, who was already of low status, saw that Qiu Yizhi and the others were fierce and convincing, so he consciously and voluntarily dodged a passage, and let Qiu Yizhi and the others calmly walk through the crowd and walk to the front of the government office.

At the entrance of the palace, there was an officer wearing a school uniform who was responsible for answering everyone, and when he saw Qiu Yizhi squeezing forward under the guard, he couldn't tell what path he was, so he stretched out his hand to block Qiu Yizhi's chest and asked, "Who is coming?" Please provide your name. ”

This person has a short figure, but he is extremely stocky, with a beard on his face, eyes widened, and his mouth open, which is really quite scary.

But Qiu Yizhi was frightened by him, and said: "Don't ask me who I am, I was ordered by the emperor to pass through Tongguan and enter Beijing to handle important affairs......"

As soon as the inspector heard the reason, he immediately interrupted Qiu Yizhi's words: "Since you have been sent by the emperor, there must be a holy purpose, if you take it and show me, I can let you pass the test immediately." ”

Qiu Yizhi replied: "I waited early, and I was given the emperor's edict, and I didn't bring the holy decree with me. You let me go first, and when I finish my mission, it's not too late to make up for you. ”

The inspector was obviously annoyed by the merchants who were blocked at the entrance of the yamen and clamoring to pass the customs, and without thinking, he refused directly: "No, no one can enter without a holy decree." If you have urgent matters to do, it is better to return to Jiangnan and ask for the holy decree before passing the customs. Let's go back! ”

When Qiu Yizhi heard this, he immediately became anxious - the old emperor is dead, and the new emperor has not yet landed, where can he go to ask for the holy decree?

Qiu Yi had a brain fever at one time, and the treasure knife that had just been put back into the scabbard was pulled out by him again, and it was placed on the neck of the inspector, and he scolded: "Can you let me pass?" If you don't let go, I'll kill you on the spot! ”

A few soldiers behind the inspector hurriedly drew their sabers and were about to come over to rescue the commander. Seeing this, Zhao Chengxiao and Wei Chi Lianghong, who were beside Qiu Yizhi, also rushed out quickly, knocking those soldiers to the ground in the blink of an eye and taking away the blades.

The inspector was also quite backbone, but he was not afraid at all when the knife was on his neck, and he scolded: "You do it, Lao Tzu is doing things according to orders." If you are let go, then you will be guilty of resisting the decree and deceiving the king, the same is death, what is the difference? You're done! ”

When Qiu Yizhi heard this, he suddenly grinned: "There is a kind!" Balls! I have already committed a serious crime by hitting the officials and soldiers on my head in front of the yamen, and according to the law, I should be arrested and imprisoned immediately. It's a pity that you are useless and not my opponent. You hurry into the door, go to General Wang Shijie, gather a large team of men and horses to arrest us, we don't leave, just wait here. With that, Qiu Yizhi removed the treasure knife from the inspector's neck.

"Those who violate the order to pass the customs have always been sneaky, how can there be a big fanfare and ask the court to mobilize an army?" Thinking of this, the inspector was stunned for a moment, feeling that Qiu Yi's actions were strange and elusive, no matter what, the only way to control him first and ask carefully was the only correct way.

So he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, okay, you wait, I'll lead the troops back to arrest you." ”

He was just about to turn around and enter the yamen, but out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of countless businessmen looking at him blankly, his face suddenly turned red, and he shouted: "Get out, get back to Lao Tzu!" Lao Tzu is going to arrest someone, the knife and gun have no eyes, be careful to splash your blood! ”

When the group of merchants heard that the government was going to make a big move, they immediately panicked and scattered in a hurry, not knowing where to go.

It turned out that although the principal of the inspector had to be rude, he was a rough and delicate character, deliberately reprimanding everyone, and also making time to use his means. Therefore he was glad to see that the merchants were scattered, and the corners of his mouth were raised, and he called out to a few soldiers who had been knocked to the ground, and pushed open the gate to go in and call for men.

Qiu Yizhi stopped him and said, "You take my name card and go to Wang Shijie in the yamen to see it, lest he scold you for making a fuss and doing things ridiculously." ”

The inspector heard that Qiu Yizhi really made some sense, and hurriedly reached out to take Qiu Yizhi's name card, glanced at it, and didn't know if he could see the words written on it, so he entered the yamen.