Chapter 44: Return to Beijing
During the carriage rushing, the hermit also saw the beast fox, although he was surprised why the beast fox was here, but he couldn't ask, he could only watch the beast fox open his mouth in front of him and didn't know what he was talking about. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
In this way, Cao Zhuo drove the carriage non-stop, and the hermit kept lying down, eating all the beasts and foxes to feed him, and a few days passed like this.
Teleported to the capital through Luoyang City, that is, a flash of time.
The capital, the towering city walls, with teams of soldiers patrolling the city walls.
The teleportation array of the capital is set up outside the city, and there are two camps on the left and right sides of the city, which should be centered on the capital, and there are four camps arranged around the five elements; These four camps are the famous Four Guards of the Celestial Empire. Further outside the city, you can see countless small scattered villages.
Out of the teleportation array, Cao Zhuo rode his horse to the city gate.
At the city gate, there is also a registration office in the corner to record the way out of the city gate, and the city gate guards are about fifty or so soldiers, and at a glance you can see that the weapons are well-equipped, and all of them are particularly strong; As soon as Cao Zhuo's carriage was discovered, the soldiers at the city gate immediately became vigilant, and there were twenty soldiers lined up in the middle of the city gate, one on each side, which was a U-shaped horseshoe formation, opening an opening and waiting for the enemy to come in and surround it into a circle.
The most important reason why the soldiers were vigilant was because of the blood-stained bandages on Cao Zhuo's body.
When Cao Zhuo arrived at the city gate, he did not enter the formation of the city gate guards, but threw an iron card at the scribe sitting on the desk on the side.
The scribe was very familiar with the hand that caught the thrown iron card, looked at the iron card and read aloud: "Jinyi Wei Baihu Cao Zhuo." "Not only Cao Zhuo, but even other scribes will read it out so loudly, on the one hand, it is the scribe who can distinguish the authenticity of the token; On the one hand, it is to let the soldiers not look like they are drawing their bows and crossbows.
I don't know why, today's scribes are very slow; Seeing that the scribe had not been registered for a long time, and had not ordered the soldiers to retreat, the squad leader of the city guard took the scribe and asked, "My lord, haven't you found it yet?" ”
The sweaty scribe turned around and whispered, "There is no such person in the booklet of the Jinyi Guard here." ”
The face of the captain of the city guard changed, he turned around and drew his sword, pointing at Cao Zhuo and ordering: "Surround it." ”
In an instant, the soldiers surrounded the carriage and stretched out their halberds in their hands.
Cao Zhuo, who looked at the sharp halberd pointing at his various parts, did not get nervous, but smiled on the contrary.
When the captain of the city guard saw the one-armed man in the carriage, surrounded by him, he could still smile without changing his face, and immediately hesitated a little, then turned around and asked the registration clerk: "My lord, you are looking carefully." ”
But the scribe hadn't answered yet, but he heard Cao Zhuohao's voice laughing and talking: "You guys, will there be a file here from nineteen years ago?" ”
Nineteen years? The scribe and the captain of the city guard looked at each other, and a hundred households of Jinyi Wei would leave Beijing for nineteen years?
"Go into the city immediately and report to Lord Tobe." The scribe shouted at the soldiers on the side.
Without the slightest hesitation, the soldier immediately mounted a horse that he needed at any time and rushed into the city.
The captain of the city guard looked at Cao Zhuo, who was covered in scars and had a broken arm, and said to the scribe next to him: "My lord, it can't be the exiled Jinyi Guard, right?" ”
The scribe suddenly opened his mouth slightly, looked at the captain of the guard and then at Cao Zhuo, and was so surprised in his heart that he couldn't even speak, and his whole body was still trembling.
Seeing the appearance of the scribe, the captain of the guard was also shocked in his heart, seeing that Cao Zhuo was still sneering in the carriage, his scalp felt a little numb, if it was really the exile of the Jinyi Guard, it would be terrible.
Although no one in the capital will mention the exile of Jinyiwei, but it is all due to the fear of Jinyiwei's secret agents, after all, Jinyiwei has a quota for exile every year, and this exile is not a local position, but sent to carry out an impossible task, after a long time, the exile is said to be exile, and many people can't say exile openly, privately speaking, because there are many Beijing officials who died on these two words.
Many people in Jinyiwei are disgusted with other people saying the word "exile", the reason is very simple, that is, they don't know when the glorious quota will fall on them, so those Beijing officials are guilty or not, and they have never come out after entering Jinyiwei's edict.
The reason why a captain of the guards guarding the city dares to say it is also very simple, he is not a Beijing official, but a battalion soldier, and the four guards take turns to guard the city gate, and he is still a soldier of the four guards of the Celestial Empire; The Jinyi Guard would not casually move the soldiers and generals of the four guards of the Celestial Empire, because they all belonged to the emperor's own forces.
It didn't take long to find that a large number of people in the city rushed over, all in black panther clothes, with the Heavenly Dynasty guard sword, and the Heavenly Dynasty brocade guard; Behind him was a man in a red official uniform.
The captain of the city guard knew that the lowest position of the Jinyi guard who could be equipped with the Heavenly Dynasty guard sword was a hundred households, but he didn't expect that nearly hundreds of Jinyi guards jumped off their horses as soon as they arrived at the city gate, and collectively let out a crisp dragon groan, and the yellow Heavenly Dynasty guard knife was unsheathed and hung on the necks of the city gate guards one by one, so that the guards did not dare to move.
Then, the Jinyi guards directly took over the city gate guards, dispersed the guards to the guards, and no one was allowed to approach within 100 meters, but the Jinyi guards surrounded Cao Zhuo with fierce eyes.
Among these brocade guards, Cao Zhuo also saw a few familiar faces, but he didn't have any friendship.
The hermit also regained some consciousness, believing that the paralysis was gradually subsiding.
In front of Cao Zhuo, a man in his fifties with wrinkled faces stood up and said, "Cao Zhuo, when I see the commander, the Lord still doesn't get off his horse and salute." ”
Cao Zhuo jumped down from the carriage and said with a disdainful expression: "Don't tell me, you are now the commander of the capital, Wang Qi." ”
Wang Qi looked angry, and was about to scold Cao Zhuo, but was pulled by the people behind him, so he didn't scold.
A dignified man with a pale beard walked out and said to Cao Zhuo: "Cao Baihu, do you remember the old man?" ”
Looking at this old man, Cao Zhuo shook his head, he really couldn't think of it.
The old man laughed and said, "Do you remember the gold mine corruption case back then? ”
Being asked by the old man, Cao Zhuo was really impatient, who remembered the gold mine corruption case for so many years? It can't be an enemy, right?
"Don't talk nonsense with me, who are you?" Cao Zhuo said in a rough voice.
Daring.
All the brocade guards shouted out in unison, and an invisible thick bloody murderous aura spread out.
The hermit lying on the carriage actually felt it, and smiled coldly, since this murderous aura has the smell of blood?
didn't scare Cao Zhuo at all.
"I am the current commander of the capital, Xu Maoshan."
When Cao Zhuo heard this, he immediately knelt down and saluted: "Cao Zhuo has seen the commander of the hundred households of the Jinyi Guard. ”
Xu Maoshan didn't let Cao Zhuo get up, but asked in a cold voice: "You should know, what is the only pass you can go back to Beijing, right?" If not, I'm not going to show mercy and kill you on the spot. ”
Cao Zhuo knelt down and laughed loudly.
Bai raised his eyebrows and shouted angrily: "Don't laugh." ”
Cao Zhuo suddenly burst out, Bai Qi was suddenly startled and took a few steps back, and the Jinyi guard on the side immediately took a step forward.
"Don't you still laugh at you? You're niang. After Cao Zhuo got up, he said a word to Bai Qi, turned around and walked to the carriage, and touched something in the straw under the hermit.
I'm not going to lie down on the jade seal, am I? The hermit thought to himself.
Soon, Cao Zhuo raised the thing wrapped in a black cloth in his right hand, glanced at the captain of the city guard, and said loudly to Xu Maoshan: "In the future, Jinyi Wei will no longer have any exile missions. ”
After that, Jin Yiwei no longer had any exile missions......
Like thunder, this sentence kept echoing in the ears of the brocade guards.
Even Bai Qi's stunned expression showed a smile, staring at the thing in Cao Zhuo's right hand, and walked over in a distraction and said, "Can you let me take a look?" ”
was kicked out by Cao Zhuo.
After coming back to his senses because of the pain, Bai Qi yelled at Cao Zhuo: "Cao Zhuo, do you know what the crime of beating your boss is?" ”
"You niang, you are nothing in the eyes of Lao Tzu, you niang, don't force Lao Tzu to expose your ugly deeds back then." Cao Zhuo was not afraid at all.
But Bai Qi trembled and couldn't say a word.
"Master Cao, can I ask what you have in your hand?" This sentence was uttered by an official in a red robe.
The scribe on the side looked incredulous, when did Master Qu ever whisper so much?
Cao Zhuo glanced up and down at the officials who seemed to be the same age as him and said, "Old boy, why do you have a three-grade too?" ”
"The left waiter of the household department, is the third product, and the song is formed."
Cao Zhuo frowned and said, "What are you doing with a third-grade official and a brocade guard to me?" ”
Qu Cheng was not displeased by this, and continued: "Lord Cao, when I went out of the city back then, I registered for you. ”
"Go aside, don't get close to me, another one back then, who believes it? Nineteen years ago, a low-level scribe at the city gate could be a dignified and third-grade officer? can be put out to a place to be a magistrate, and everything is regarded as smoking from the ancestral tomb. Cao Zhuo knocked Qu Cheng aside, walked to Xu Maoshan, and handed over the things.
After opening the black cloth, Xu Maoshan's eyes lit up, and his hands were trembling.
Bai Qi in the back, his pupils dilated, and he couldn't help but say: "Jade seal, it's a jade seal, Xiliang jade seal." ”
Syllable.
A red slap mark suddenly appeared on Bai Qi's face.
Xu Maoshan glared at Bai Qi fiercely, put away his things and said, "Enter the city immediately, everyone is on strict guard." ”
The formalities for entering the city were quickly registered, and Qu Cheng personally brought Cao Zhuo's file out of the city; It is also recorded that Cao Zhuo brought back a seriously injured person, but did not ask Cao Zhuo in detail.
After watching the Jinyi guards and others enter the city, the city guards also took back to the city defense.
The captain of the city guard pulled a small soldier aside and said: "Go to the Governor's Mansion immediately and tell the Governor that the Jinyi Guard has brought back the Xiliang Jade Seal, and you must directly face the Governor, do you know?" ”
The scribe stood behind Qu Cheng and said, "My lord, this is not in accordance with the rules, the carriage is lying ......," but he was interrupted before he could finish speaking.
Qu Cheng returned to his usual state, and said to the scribe with a straight face: "Do you need you to teach you to do things?" Keep your mouth shut, don't lose your head and don't know what's going on. ”
Cao Zhuo is now riding a horse by himself, and the carriage is driven by a hundred households, and he said beside Xu Maoshan: "My lord, my brother is seriously injured, and he must immediately ask the imperial doctor for treatment. ”
Looking at Cao Zhuo, who was covered in scars and had a broken arm, Xu Maoshan nodded, and then said, "You really can't remember, who am I?" ”
You're not going to be done yet? Pull the relationship again? You're already a commander, and you don't have to be promoted.
And the hundreds and thousands of households were full of joy, happy in their hearts, and full of emotion. A moment ago, they were all blushing and thick-necked because of the list of people who were released, and they almost pulled out their knives to cut them.
No one wants to be on this honor list, everyone wants others to be glorified, because there is a list every year, and people are released every year, those who offend people have been completely released, and there is only a group of people left with smooth official careers; But at this time of trouble, a person who ended this honor roll appeared.