Lieutenant Lu Junchen gave an order, and naturally some soldiers listened to the order and began to pull the gate gate used to open the city gate, this heavy city gate is naturally very laborious if it is only opened and closed by manpower, but with the level of equipment in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, it has long been equipped with such a mechanical device to open and close the city gate. It still takes a lot of strength to pull the gates, but it only takes the full strength of a master to open the gates from the walls.

At this time, a soldier with extraordinary strength naturally raised his hand and held the iron rod of the gate, and was about to pull it, but at this time, the knife flashed, and the blood splashed, and his hands were cut off by the people next to him!

"Ahh The soldier with his hands severed let out a wail, and then the long knife slashed through his neck.

Naturally, it was another soldier on the city wall who made the move, his eyes were resolute, and he shouted: "The lieutenant colluded with the prince to disobey the edict of the emperor, everyone... Yes! ”

There was another henchman of Lu Junchen next to him, and he did not hesitate when he saw this scene, and stabbed the back of the man's heart with a knife, stopping his words.

Immediately afterwards, the defenders of the city were divided into two factions in the blink of an eye, and many of them drew their knives and slashed at their comrades, shouting and screaming one after another.

After all, this is the White Deer Gate of Dongcheng, and many soldiers here have already fallen to Dazai's side under the bewitchment of the captain of Dongcheng, some of them do believe that the edict is true, and some of them are just seeking benefits by following Dazai and King Han.

"It's a shame." Lu Junchen looked at the chaotic city guards with some self-deprecation, and then a cold light flashed in his eyes, and he walked towards the gate.

A few soldiers wanted to draw their knives to stop them, but looking at their bosses, the hand holding the knife couldn't help but tremble, after all, Lu Junchen had been a lieutenant for so many years, but he was the commander-in-chief of the city guards, so they naturally couldn't bear it and didn't dare to do it.

But there are still some ruthless people, ignoring the old feelings, and with a shout, they drew their knives and slashed at Lu Junchen.

This person has the strength to turn the earth, and this sword is enough to cut off the iron plate. And just as the long knife fell, Lu Junchen didn't dodge or dodge, but raised his hand and grabbed the long knife in mid-air!

His hand was on the back of the knife, but no matter how hard the soldier tried, he couldn't let the long knife fall.

"Am I really getting old?" Lu Junchen said indifferently: "When I cut people on the battlefield, you still peed your pants!" ”

Lu Junchen raised his foot, and the speed was so fast that he slashed through an afterimage, and swept it on the man's chest, and suddenly the soldier's chest deflated, and then flew upside down and hit the battlements, his body was crooked, and he fell directly from the city wall.

Lu Junchen glanced coldly at the soldiers beside him who were holding knives with shocked and struggling faces, and snorted; "Put down the knife and let Lao Tzu get out of the way and kneel, forget who taught you to use the knife!?"

After that, Lu Junchen ignored them and raised his hand to pull the floodgate.

With the sound of the machine spring, the heavy city gate slowly opened.

Xiong Sanjia waved his hand lightly, signaling a part of the Jin Wuwei to enter first, in case there would be an ambush in the city. Then he personally escorted the prince and slowly entered the city.

Lu Junchen let go of his hand and looked at the city, and the prince hugged his fists to the city tower and said, "Thank you, General Lu." ”

Lu Junchen said: "Take care of the prince. ”

The prince nodded and led his troops towards the city.

Lu Junchen turned his head to look at the soldier who was about to walk down the city tower, and asked, "Who are you?" ”

Just now, the captain of Dongcheng attacked Lu Junchen from behind, and it was this young man in the costume of the city guard who blocked the fatal blow with a small flower, if he hadn't been there, Lu Junchen would have really died here. And the captain of Dongcheng has been stationed at Bailu Gate for a long time, and in the case of his death, there are still so many soldiers who violate the lieutenant's order, intending to prevent the prince from entering the city, if the captain of Dongcheng is alive and Lu Junchen is dead, then the city gate will not be so easy to open.

It can be said that this man appeared too timely, and if it was more evening, the situation would have changed completely.

So who is this man? Even if he was wearing the clothes of the city guards, Lu Junchen could naturally see that he was not from the city guards.

"I'm the Prince's man." The man replied and went down the tower.

After killing Hondo Jing'an and Wang Qilou, he rushed to the White Deer Gate, and then knocked out a city guard, changed into clothes, and walked quickly to the city tower, so that the city gate was opened smoothly. Then he naturally had to follow the prince secretly to ensure the prince's safety.

At this time, the situation was tense, and Chen Duxing knew that it was not easy for him to quickly gain the trust of the prince, so he did not show up in a hurry, but quietly followed behind the prince's team. Chen Duxing secretly thought to himself: "Since the task of the gatekeeper of the Imperial Garden has been completed, it means that one of my teammates is in the palace." At this time, the crown prince has entered the city, and whether the plot can develop in our favor depends mainly on whether the prince can reach the palace safely, and at that time, the palace will not be controlled by Dazai and Hanwang's people. ”

Thinking of this, Chen Duxing exhaled lightly and said, "The prince's journey back to the palace must be full of obstacles, and he must be more careful to find out the spies lurking around him. It's not going to be easy to come to the palace, so hopefully my teammate will live up to expectations. ”

A moment later, Chen Duxing looked up at the front, and the prince's men and horses were hurrying along the city lord's righteous path, but it didn't take long for them to stop.

The road ahead has been blocked.

The black pressed a group of people were waiting there.

.....

"General Lu, you are really bold." A voice rang out over the city walls.

Lu Junchen turned his head to look, and there was a person standing not far from him, it was the young master Kou Pei Qingyun.

Lu Junchen didn't have much affection for this young important member of the DPRK and China, but he also knew that he was a powerful person. Lu Junchen was in charge of the city guards to protect the imperial city, and Shao Sikou led the judicial deacon to patrol the city every day, and naturally they had a lot of contact with each other.

And Pei Qingyun also has the strength of the Heavenly Transformation Realm, Lu Junchen will not doubt that he has the strength to come to the city wall quietly, but wonders why he appeared on the city wall alone.

Pei Qingyun looked at Lu Junchen, who had just opened the city gate with his own hands, and said coldly: "You disobeyed Dazai's order, opened the city gate and let the prince enter the city, and no matter how kind Dazai is to you, if you act like this in this situation, you are not afraid of chaos in the imperial city!?" ”

In response to this remark, Lu Junchen calmly replied: "Dazai is indeed very kind to me, but after all, I am also a lieutenant appointed by the emperor, and the crown prince and Dazai are as important in my heart, so it is better to do nothing and treat it as if I didn't see anything." ”

"How can you choose not to see it?" Pei Qingyun shook his head and said: "You also know that you are the lieutenant of the Great Zhou, responsible for commanding the eight gates of the capital and ensuring the safety of the capital, but when the prince enters the city, he will inevitably compete with the King of Han, and then the capital will be in chaos, and you will be derelict in your duty." If the world is in turmoil because of this, you are a sinner for the ages! ”

Pei Qingyun's words were powerful and forceful, and they were thrown at Lu Junchen like a knife.

Lu Junchen was silent for a moment, and then he smiled and said, "I'm a rough man who walked down from the battlefield, but I don't know as much as you who are scholars. I can't understand the truth of the edict, and I can't see through the general trend of the world, I only know that I have a clear conscience when I do this. After today, I will resign as a lieutenant, and even if I am asked to apologize for my crimes, I will admit it, and I will be able to go to the Yellow Spring and ask His Majesty the Emperor to whom he has passed the throne. As for the sinners of the ages, heh, if the world is really in chaos after today, the name of the sinner of the ages will not fall on me. ”

No matter how the ending of today is that King Han or the crown prince put on that dragon robe, the sinner of the ages will only be detained by the victor to the head of the loser, but Lu Junchen knows this very well.

Pei Qingyun frowned slightly, and said, "Even if you lose your future and your life, you still need a clear conscience?" ”

Lu Junchen replied: "Yes, maybe you are a smart person who can't understand it. ”

"After all, you still believe that the emperor will pass the throne to the crown prince."

"Of course, Your Majesty is such a son, and the crown prince is not the kind of stupid person who is embarrassed by the big responsibility, on the contrary, he is humble and studious, familiar with the scriptures and history, and has a good reputation, if you were the emperor, you would give the throne to someone else's son?" Lu Junchen really didn't care about anything, so he said such disrespectful words directly, and he continued: "What's more, that's the son of King Han." ”

Pei Qingyun was also silent for a moment when he heard this, he understood the meaning of Lu Junchen's words, the Han King in his words was not the current Han King Ji Rulong, but the previous Han King, the eldest prince of the year.

His Majesty the Emperor is the third prince, but because of his outstanding learning and proficient in government affairs, he was favored by the old emperor, and when the eldest prince inspected the south, he was catching up with the heavy rain in the south, and the eldest prince mishandled it, so the old emperor cut off the name of the prince on the grounds of dereliction of duty and incompetence, and instead gave the throne to the third prince.

The eldest prince was named King Han, and three years later he was assassinated in a certain turmoil, although there is no tangible evidence that the assassination was premeditated, but after all, some people still suspect that the emperor is afraid that the eldest prince will accumulate strength and threaten his throne, so the eldest prince must die.

But later the emperor let Ji Rulong succeed him as King Han and gave him a lot of support, which is a lot less.

But in any case, the emperor's throne was taken from the old Han king, and the old Han king died in the territory of the feudal country, and this Ji Rulong is very likely to have hatred.

If King Han is really allowed to succeed to the throne, and the grudges of his father's generation are there, how can he treat the prince and princess well?

So even if he is capable, how can the emperor give him the throne?

Pei Qingyun sighed lightly, but instead asked, "I heard that Di Hang is dead?" ”

"That's right, in order to protect the crown prince, the previous young priest Kou specially rushed to the capital and died at the gate of the city." Lu Junchen deliberately added an accent to "the previous young secretary", and the irony was undisguised.

Pei Qingyun didn't say anything about it, but his eyes were a little complicated.

Lu Junchen was a little surprised: "You didn't come to arrest me and put me in prison?" ”

"I'm just coming to see it, and the view is better." Pei Qingyun opened his mouth like this, looked up at the two groups of people facing each other on the avenue in the city, and then asked, "Do you say that the prince can return to the palace alive?" ”

Lu Junchen nodded, then shook his head again, and finally said with some annoyance; "Look at it, so many words."