Chapter Seventy-Two: The Sixteenth Praetorian Guard
There were quite a few people who arrived in the dark night, nearly a hundred, but because the driving route was too long, these hundred or so people were very loose in it. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
One carriage after another in the convoy, each carriage was loaded with a very huge box, and the cart was pulled by demon beasts, some of which were similar to horses, but with horns on their heads, and some of them looked like rhinoceros, and some of them were like lizards, anyway, they were all demon beasts.
Although the goods in each carriage looked not small, the whole carriage seemed to be much heavier than it looked, the rut was more than two inches deep, and the nostrils of the demon beasts pulling the cart were steaming, which was obviously very difficult.
Although there are things like storage rings in this world, it is a pity that not everyone has this kind of thing, and the things in the storage ring are very limited, and some things are not suitable for them.
Although it seems that there are only about fifty carriages, the goods contained in them may not be able to fit even five hundred ordinary carriages. Or this itself is a kind of space magic weapon similar to a storage ring, but unfortunately this kind of thing does not open up a space like a storage ring, but only a little bit of space. What's even more deadly is that this method can only compress the volume, and the weight cannot be reduced, so although this carriage does not pull much things, but because its mass is too large, it is even heavier than the iron block that pulls a cart, if it is not pulled by a demon beast, this cart cannot be pulled at all.
Similarly, even because of the demon beast's traction, the carriage couldn't go fast.
"Hurry up!"
A urging voice was heard far away in the wilderness, but even so, the speed of the team did not increase much, it still looked slow, and I don't know how long they have been walking, and I don't know how long it will take to reach their destination.
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In front of the team, several people were quietly ambushing in the mountains and forests, each with a crossbow arrow shining with black light, and the blue on the arrow was obviously quenched.
"Ready!"
A small voice suddenly appeared in everyone's ears, and the man in black who received the jade slip silently aimed the crossbow arrow in his hand at the man riding a horse at the front of the line.
"Put!"
A high-pitched voice exploded in the sky, and in the midst of everyone's sudden startle, countless black lights fell from the sky......
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In Chang'an City, a hundred miles away, there was more than one person who took the jet-black jade slip in his hand at night, and many people had a burst of face after receiving the jade slip, as if they had waited for countless years of performance, and the curtain finally opened today.
In a remote part of the Imperial City, a grocery vendor was walking down the street carrying a basket of greens that had not yet dispersed the dew.
The Shangshu Mansion of the Criminal Department, unlike the glory of the mansions of several other Shangshu adults, the Shangshu of the Criminal Department is very withdrawn, and I don't know if it is because of his personality or because of the intensive study of the law, anyway, this person always has a feeling of not being able to enter the oil and salt.
Therefore, this Master Shangshu of the Criminal Department is also a diehard loyalist of Emperor Xuanyuan Yu, but the difference is that although some officials are loyal to the emperor, but it is just because they do not want to fall to Xuanyuan Tuo, if Xuanyuan Yu dies one day, if Xuanyuan Tuo and Xuanyuan Hao have a fight, a large part of these people will neither fall to Xuanyuan Tuo, but will not protect Xuanyuan Hao.
But this criminal department is different, this adult is very old-fashioned, and his loyalty is always the emperor, so when Xuanyuan Yu dies, this one is definitely firmly on Xuanyuan Hao's side, because Xuanyuan Hao is the crown prince, and inheriting the throne is orthodox, and if Xuanyuan Tuo has any ideas, in his eyes, it is not the prince competing for the throne, but a real rebellion.
Although as a sixth-department scholar, this criminal department scholar is also a second-grade official, Xuanyuan Tuo has no good way to deal with him, and it is not an easy thing to assassinate. Or this kind of Wenchen is more troublesome for Xuanyuan Tuo than a general. There are many people in the military who fall to Xuanyuan Tuo, many of them because they can't resist Xuanyuan Tuo's control supernatural powers, but as a Wenchen, that is, a monk who cultivates Shinto, if he really doesn't want to, he can only be killed, and it is almost impossible to be controlled by anyone.
And because Xuanyuan Yu's prestige is on, Xuanyuan Tuo can only stare at this adult, although he will not control it, but if there is any abnormal movement, this adult's head is estimated to be on Xuanyuan Tuo's table the next day.
And the man who bought vegetables walked on the street very calmly all the way, and when he came to the house of the criminal department Shangshu, he knocked lightly on the back door, and a head poked out of it, and after seeing the identity of the person, he put it in. Everything is very smooth, and the man is not an accident, because this person has been delivering food here for several years, and not only the Ministry of Criminal Affairs is here, but also many ministers' mansions are delivered by this shop, and it is said that the food in this shop is very good.
But today is different, after entering through the side door, the man first followed the person in charge of the kitchen into the back kitchen.
In the morning, everyone was asleep, and so was the whole mansion, so quiet that even the rooster didn't seem to have time to crow.
Sending the greensmith to the place where the vegetables were kept, the butler sat down with his usual face and began to flip through the table as if he was looking for silver, but for some reason, the butler seemed to feel particularly sleepy today, and couldn't help yawning.
Syllable!
"Uh......"
I saw that the vegetable seller appeared behind the butler at some point, and gently patted him on the shoulder at the moment when he yawned, but the butler didn't seem to react at all, and then fell asleep inexplicably.
"Humph......"
After seeing that the butler was asleep, the greengrocer suddenly disappeared from the room, and there seemed to be something missing from the basket for some reason.
Poof!
In the mansion of the Criminal Department Shangshu, in an ordinary room, a muffled sound did not attract anyone's attention.
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"Steward Zhao, Steward Zhao!"
"Ahh
The butler opened his eyes and saw the face of the vegetable seller, and when he looked at the fresh vegetables that had been placed next to him, the housekeeper suddenly looked embarrassed, obviously embarrassed that he would fall asleep like this.
Immediately handed the little loose silver he had prepared to the vegetable seller, "I'm asleep, I'm sorry!"
"Don't dare, don't dare! Thank you Zhao Lao, Zhao Lao, you drink tea!"
As he spoke, he suddenly changed his name, then picked out a relatively large piece of the loose silver and stuffed it into the butler's hand, and then walked out of the mansion with a smile on the butler's face.
"What a night of peace!"
After seeing the vegetable seller walk out, listening to the sound of chickens crowing in his ears, the housekeeper stretched his waist, and then said with emotion.
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It seems to be a peaceful and peaceful day, but the difference is that this situation is playing out today in the mansions of many ministers.
Although the vegetable vendors are different, and the people who fall asleep inexplicably are also different, the stories seem to be the same.
(To be continued.) )