But dawn does not mean that the city gate has been opened, the time of opening and closing the door in Chang'an City every day is set, and the time is set by the Son of Heaven high in the imperial city.

Today's time to open the city gate is set at the hour, which is not too early, so before the door is opened, there are already many people waiting in line in front of the city gate to enter the city.

"It's still a moment before the hour," chatted a few vendors who were carrying vegetables and sold them, "it's almost there, and I don't know if I can make it early today." ”

They are always in the morning market, and they are also familiar faces, and a few hawkers around immediately smiled and said a few words.

The front position is almost all the vendors waiting to catch the morning market, after all, the morning market and the morning market are rushing to catch an early word.

However, there are no exceptions, such as a few people on horseback, who seem to be pedestrians in a hurry.

It is not uncommon for pedestrians to rush in this way, and it is natural to see a lot of peddlers who rush early every day. It's just that there are some exceptions to these people.

"At such an age, can you afford to ride a horse?" A hawker was puzzled, "The family is also embarrassed, they don't deserve a carriage or anything when they go out at such an age." ”

After all, riding a horse has to be bumpy all the way, which is still a bit difficult for the elderly.

A few old men who were riding on horses not far away seemed to hear the conversation here, and looked over here, and saw that it was a few ordinary vendors, but they didn't care, and one of them smiled, and there was a look of emotion in his tone: "It's the children in the family who are ignorant and cause trouble, so I have to rush into the city so early." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a thump behind the gate, the sound of the gate opening and closing, and the hawkers, who were already familiar with the sound, picked up their burdens and prepared to enter the city.

Several of the old man's companions who replied over there also called him out at this time: "Lao Yuan, let's go!" ”

When the city gate slowly opened, several horsemen and horses drove quickly past the city gate and then disappeared from everyone's field of vision.

The vendors who had lined up into the city with melons and fruits couldn't help but open their mouths wide in surprise when they saw this: "Don't they all need to look at the warrant?" ”

The guards guarding the city gate did not stop them, and began to inspect and release them day after day as if they had not seen them.

"What are you doing in a daze?" The melon seller behind him pushed him and said, "It's not ordinary people who can enter the city without a warrant, it's almost up to you." ”

"It's not an ordinary person!" The hawker who was pushed nodded, hurriedly followed the movement of the team, and his eyes were withdrawn from the direction of the city gate, and he couldn't help muttering, "It's not ordinary people, and the children in the family will be ignorant and cause trouble." ”

It is no different from them, there are children who have a good future, there are those who are not, and there are obedient people who are disobedient.

"Yes, the children of these people's families are in much more trouble than the petty fights in our family." The melon seller behind him sighed with emotion and urged again, "You go quickly, enter the city early, so you can hurry up!" ”

How many high-ranking clans are there in Chang'an City? If you want to see these people, you can run to the vicinity of the imperial city and take a slow look while you are in the upper and lower courts. But no matter how good you look, the life of others is not yours, for ordinary people like them, it is still the most important thing to live every day and do a good job every day.

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Even though it was the fastest horse, the streets were very idle in the morning, which was conducive to riding the horses, but even so, it was already a quarter of an hour when everyone arrived at the Heavenly Master Dao.

Several old men returned with a body of wind and dust, dismounted at the entrance of the Heavenly Master's Road, and then walked this way.

As the news said, the people of the Criminal Department supervised Jiao and Yuan, and the officials were patrolling outside at this time.

Seeing this, several old men couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief: It's okay if they weren't brought into the criminal department. Moreover, with so many officials outside, it seems that the Criminal Department still cares about their Jiao and Yuan families, and at this time they just fenced off their homes and did nothing else.

Zhou Dong has always been measured in his work.

"This lord," the old ancestor of the original family walked up to the official who was walking back and forth in front of the original family's mansion, raised his hand and saluted, "The old man Yuan Zhu is the master of this family. ”

The official was not arrogant or sluggish, let alone flattering, he just took a step back when he heard the words, raised his hand to return his salute, and then said without humility or arrogance: "Xiaguan Zhou Liang is ordered to supervise here." ”

"Well, my original family will definitely do their best to cooperate with the affairs of the Criminal Department." The ancestor of the original family smiled as he spoke, glanced at the door of the house as if he didn't care, and said, "I've been here all the way, and I haven't seen those unsuccessful children in the family for several days, I wonder if I can see them before?" ”

The elders who hurried back in a hurry wanted to meet the children in the family, which was naturally human nature, and there was nothing wrong with it.

Zhou Liang said: "Yes, you can enter with the warrant of Lord Zhou." ”

This Lord Zhou naturally refers to Zhou Dong, the secretary of the Criminal Department.

The answer was not unexpected, the ancestor of the original family looked back at the few people behind him, and then breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "It's still too early, wait until the time comes, and then go to Zhou Dong's ......."

"No need." But at this moment, a voice came, and someone walked over from the entrance of the Heavenly Master's Dao and said, "The original Heavenly Master can go if he wants to." ”

The ancestor of the original family nodded, looked at Zhou Dong who came over, and then ...... His eyes fell on the girl behind him.

It was probably the first time he had confronted the girl. Even though I haven't seen that girl with my own eyes, that face ...... How could he admit his mistake? How did she end up here?

At the moment, she did not continue to lie on the bed, but appeared behind Yuan Zhu.

She woke up.

The ancestor of the original family frowned unconsciously, and then saw the girl speak: "Thank you for the medicine sent by the original heavenly master, the little girl has woken up, there is no big problem." ”

The attitude is neither humble nor arrogant, and the gestures are also polite, and there seems to be nothing wrong with it.

The ancestor of the original family squinted slightly, and then heard Zhou Dong beside him speak: "A misunderstanding, let's withdraw it!" ”

They withdrew as soon as they returned? Several old men who hurried back were a little surprised.

Zhou Dong explained on the side: "It is a major crime of rebellion, and this is a last resort, so please don't be surprised." ”

Naturally, they already knew the reason for the sudden attack of the Criminal Department, otherwise they would not have rushed back so quickly.

Who dares to rebel? Moreover, Zhou Dong also acted according to the rules.

So several people glanced at each other and hurriedly said, "Don't dare."

Isn't it a good thing that a misunderstanding is opened, and that such a misunderstanding can be resolved before they can take action?

Compared with the relief of everyone behind her, the ancestor of the original family glanced at the girl behind Zhou Dong with some suspicion: It is naturally a good thing that she woke up, but I don't know how she appeared here at such a time.

But now is not the time to explain these questions, the officials of the Criminal Department were also summoned back at this time, Zhou Dong raised his hand, made a "please" gesture, and said to everyone: "Surrounded for a few days, please don't be surprised." ”

"How?" The old man replied with a smile, and then stepped into the door.