Chapter 21: I can't do it, brother
Xu Boyi held the emperor, the scholar and the three generals on duty of the Jinyi Guard, the Fifth Military Battalion, and the Three Thousand Battalions stamped the opening order of the seal, and rushed all the way to the Qianqing Gate.
This is the palace, it's not close to any place, Xu Boyi can't care about the rules of the palace, he really rushed all the way to Qianqingmen, and said to General Xiong Weixiong, who was guarding Qianqingmen, "General Xiong, this is ...... This is our opening order! ”
Xiong Wei took the order to open the door, walked into the next room, took out the seals reserved by all parties under the lamp, compared them carefully, and came out with a smile and said to Xu Boyi: "Yes, the seals are compliant, you can open the palace door!" ”
Xu Boyi's nose was sour, tears almost fell, in order to get out of this palace gate, he had been running for two hours, and now it was midnight. Xu Boyi hurriedly said: "Then please open the door quickly!" ”
Xiong Wei said: "Don't worry, Xiong is the general of the guard, and you need to ask the general of the prison gate to come and open the palace gate together." ”
Xu Boyi said in a trembling voice: "General Jianmen...... Which one again? ”
He didn't want to cry, he was angry.
Xiong Wei said: "Don't be in a hurry, Li Xinggang, the general of the prison gate, is not far away, you will come soon!" ”
Xiong Wei said to a guard: "You go, quickly invite General Li Xinggang to come here to investigate the Fu!" ”
The soldier said yes and hurried away.
Xiong Wei gave Xu Boyi a thumbs up and praised: "Father-in-law is really good, since this official served as the palace guard, no one has ever been able to open the palace gate in the middle of the night, father-in-law, you are the first one!" ”
Xu Boyi waited anxiously for that General Li, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "So, it's quite smooth for our family to leave the palace?" ”
Xiong Wei said: "That's nature! Father-in-law, do you know that Emperor Wuzong toured the south back then, arrived in Nanjing, visited Niushou Mountain, and returned to the city late at night. The edict opened the door to welcome the driver, but the gate guard ignored it at all, and Emperor Wuzong had to spend the night in the Dabao'en Temple outside the city gate! That was Nanjing, which was already the capital at that time, not as important as Beijing, and it was the emperor who wanted to enter the city! ”
Xu Boyi squeezed out a smile that was more ugly than crying, and said, "In this way, our family should really feel lucky, haha...... Hehe...... Heh......"
General Li came really quickly, about three pillars of incense. General Li finally arrived, he brought the tiger talisman, General Xiong also had half a tiger talisman in his hand, the two of them checked the tiger talisman, tightly fitted, not bad at all, General Xiong waved his big hand, shouted: "Open the door!" ”
Eight wrestlers stepped forward and lowered the heavy latch. Xu Boyi raised his heels, ready to rush out, but ...... The huge copper lock was still hanging firmly on the door, and Xu Boyi couldn't help but look at Xiong Wei in surprise.
Xiong Wei and Li Xinggang were standing on the side chatting. Listening to what they were chatting about, it was probably comparing the topic of who would be more able to serve men, the bewitching girl and the Guo'er girl in the alley. This kind of thing is a matter of opinion, how can it be distinguished.
Xu Boyi couldn't help but ask: "Two generals, this lock hasn't been opened yet!" ”
Xiong Wei turned his head to look. Suddenly, he said, "Ah! Father-in-law, please wait, the key is not in our hands, and there is another person on duty in the cabinet for safekeeping. Xiong has already sent someone to pick it up with an opening order. ”
Xu Boyi was already sweating in a hurry, but remembering that Emperor Zhengde wanted to go back to the palace in the middle of the night and ate a closed door, Xu Boyi was comforted a little, so he had to wait patiently.
After a while, the person on duty checked the door opening order, came with the key, and the big key more than two feet long and like jade Ruyi was inserted into the copper lock, and the lock was opened with a "click". The two men on duty took off the lock and stepped aside, and several guards and warriors stepped forward to open the heavy palace door.
As soon as the palace door opened, Xu Boyi's heart flew out, and he was just about to pull out his feet and run out, but he was pulled by Xiong Wei again. Xu Boyi looked at Xiong Wei worriedly: "What else is the matter with the general?" ”
Xiong Wei said: "Father-in-law goes out like this, be careful of being poked with a few transparent holes on your body!" ”
Xu Boyi: "Huh? ”
Li Xinggang waved his hand, and a soldier walked up the stone steps next to the palace gate and came to a railing. There are lanterns under the palace gate, which are clearly illuminated, and there are ornamental stone pillars on the balustrade on the stone steps every three feet, and there is a round ball at the top of the column.
Xu Boyi has seen this thing, he used to be the eunuch in charge of sprinkling and sweeping, and he wiped that thing, the ball at the top of the stone fence is close to the palace gate, and it has many small holes at the top, but Xu Boyi has never known why it is different from other places and what it does.
Then the soldier came up to the stone ball, put his mouth together, and blew hard. This thing is actually called "Shibela", which is a stone alarm, and once it is blown, it can make a very loud whining sound.
Moreover, even if there is a strong wind, there is no need to worry about blowing the ball by mistake, it must be blown in a special way, and only some special guard samurai or the guard eunuchs of the inner court know how to blow it.
The guard blew Shi Bela in a special rhythm, and after a while, there was a whining sound of the same rhythm coming from the side of the Baohe Palace. Xiong Wei smiled at Xu Boyi and said, "It's done!" Father-in-law, please! Father-in-law has a good trip! ”
Xiong Wei's words were said after Xu Boyi, because when Xu Boyi said "It's done", he had already lifted his robe and flew out like an arrow.
Baohe Palace, Zhonghe Palace, Taihe Palace, Taihe Gate, Noon Gate, although the access control is not as strict as the Qianqing Gate, but it is not ordered to open immediately, each place needs two generals to investigate the character, and then the person on duty opens the lock.
It's just that this process is much faster than the process of going to the cabinet and convening all parties to lead the collegial approval. When Xu Boyi walked out of the palace city quickly, the evening breeze blew, and his bones were cold, and he found that he was sweating.
Xu Boyi let out a long breath and said in his heart: "In this case, I don't know how long it will take for me to arrive at Xia Yingying's residence, and I have to have a horse to travel on my behalf before I can go back quickly!" ”
Thinking of this, Xu Boyi pulled his feet and left, he planned to go to the military department to borrow a horse. Xu Boyi went to the military department twice for the emperor to pass the message, and felt that the official on duty in the military department might still know him, so he could borrow a fast horse.
I didn't want Xu Boyi to hurry out not far away, and before he reached the location of the Yamen of the Sixth Ministry, a row of soldiers flashed out on the side of the road in front of him, and shouted: "Stop!" What kind of person, common name and surname! ”
Xu Boyi was startled, and hurriedly shouted: "Don't release arrows, your own people!" Your own people! ”
Those soldiers have bows and arrows, they are all waist swords and spears. More than a dozen soldiers came up, lifted the lantern and took a photo, and saw that he was dressed in a eunuch robe, and the tone of the small leader led by him softened slightly: "Why is this father-in-law walking here in the middle of the night?" ”
The little leader looked at Xu Boyi's eyes and was still vigilant, thinking that he was a eunuch who had escaped from the palace illegally, or that he had stolen something in the palace, and looked up and down with a pair of eyes, like a thief.
Xu Boyi took out the edict and handed it to the little leader, and said, "Our family is ordered to leave the palace, and there is something urgent." Here is the emperor's edict. The general can take it and inspect it! ”
The little leader looked at it, and it looked like it was true, but with a petty official of his level, how could he tell the truth from the false. The little boss looked at the lantern seriously, and said politely to Xu Boyi: "In this case, please ask this father-in-law to go with the little one and meet our general Wang!" ”
Xu Boyi really couldn't bear it anymore, and said angrily: "It's past midnight now, and our family is ordered." There is indeed an urgent matter, what else do you want to see to change officials? ”
The little leader didn't dare to be angry at him, but just politely explained: "Don't worry, father-in-law, there are flag bearers and feather forest guards patrolling and arching guards in this imperial city." Each is responsible for a thousand households and a hundred households with a governor, and if there is no pass order issued by them, the small ones will never dare to let them go! ”
Xu Boyi had just raised his command, and the little leader had already said, "The little one has never seen his fate." Only recognize military orders! ”
This is really a show to meet a soldier, it is unreasonable, Xu Boyi put down his hand in a dejected manner. The little leader kindly reminded: "Father-in-law had better go to Jinwuwei again and stamp a seal, because there is still Jinwuwei patrolling in the capital, and without the seal of General Jinwu, father-in-law still can't do it." ”
Xu Boyi stomped his feet and said, "In that case, take me to see them quickly!" ”
Palace, Imperial City, Beijing, each has a guard, Yongle 17 years, Yongle Emperor Zhu Di once ordered the Ministry of Engineering to cast a bronze talisman for guarding the door and the bronze medal of the night patrol, the inspector holds the left half, the guard holds the right half, as the patrol and the passage of the inquest object.
When Xu Boyi arrived at Jin Wuwei, he was already stumbling and weak. King Haiyu, the rotating governor of Jinwuwei, is a man who can do things, look at this father-in-law like a soft-footed shrimp, since he is a walking eunuch in front of the emperor, he is clearly a red man in front of the emperor, so he gave him a horse and sent eight escorts to escort him.
Xu Boyi just wanted to go outside the palace to pick up a beauty, and the edict in his hand was covered with red seals, the front could not be covered, and the back was covered with two, so this procedure could be regarded as a complete work.
Eight guards accompanied Xu Boyi to gallop at midnight, rode out of the imperial city, and went straight to the west city. Along the way, he kept encountering the officers and soldiers on patrol duty of the Jinwuwei, but Xu Boyi had complete procedures, and there were personal guards sent by the Governor of Jinwuwei, so he did not delay too long along the way.
It's just that...... The capital is too big, and when Xu Boyi rushed to the residence of Xia Yingying's mother and daughter in Xicheng, there was already a white fish belly in the east.
Xia Yingying and her mother could have lived in the pavilion, but they were women, and it was inconvenient to live in the pavilion. The place in Guizhou is much poorer than the Central Plains, but the Tusi people there are richer than most of the wealthy families in the Central Plains, and it is naturally easy to rent a house, so they rented a house, the house is elegant, and the surrounding scenery is also beautiful.
Xu Boyi had already found out where she lived, and as soon as she arrived at the door, she asked someone to come forward and call the door, Xia Yingying waited until late and didn't see her mother come back, so she knew that she must have been left in the palace by Concubine Chen. The palace can be said to be the safest place, what else can happen? Yingying slept peacefully.
The guard warrior of the Xia family heard that the lady was seriously ill, and the palace sent someone to pick up the young lady, so he was so shocked that he hurriedly rushed to the back house to report the news, Xia Yingying got up with sleepy eyes, and was also anxious when she heard this, so she hurriedly dressed and hurried to the front house.
Xu Boyi has never dealt with Xia Yingying head-on, and after he became a eunuch, his beard has fallen off, his muscles have relaxed, and his face has changed a lot, unless he is very familiar with people, it is impossible to recognize him, but Xu Boyi is still afraid that Xia Yingying will see his identity, and he immediately lowered his head when he saw Xia Yingying.
Yingying didn't care, one was worried about her mother's condition, and when she entered the palace, she looked at those eunuchs, all of them nodded and bowed, and they really hadn't seen it when they raised their faces to see people, thinking that they had always been like this.
Yingying hurriedly said: "This father-in-law, what's wrong with my mother?" ”
Xu Boyi lowered his head and said: "Girl, the concubine and Ling Tang chatted very happily, so I stayed in the palace tonight, who expected ......"
Xu Boyi twisted his face to look at the sky, and said: "Who would have expected that in the middle of the night, Ling Tang suddenly felt that his abdomen was not stopping, and the palace had already called the imperial doctor for diagnosis and treatment, but looking at Ling Tang's condition, it was really ......, so the emperor sent a slave maid to pick up the girl into the palace, so that it was convenient to take care of it nearby!" ”
Yingying was so anxious that she was sweating down, and hurriedly said, "Okay! Let's go, hurry up and ......."
When the Xia Mansion guards informed her, they had already prepared the horses to drive, and at this time the gate was opened, the threshold was raised, and the carriages and horses drove out, Yingying hurriedly boarded the car, and hurriedly ordered: "Go quickly, enter the palace immediately!" ”
Xu Boyi pulled the saddle and got on the horse, unabashedly revealing a sinister and smug smile in the night, and raised his voice: "Set off, go back to the palace!" ”
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(To be continued......)