Volume 1: The Conquest of the Quartet Chapter 23: The Prince's Mansion
"The lord of the city has ordered that he shall not enter the city at night. A short and fat soldier stepped forward.
Ye Wu's face froze, and after looking back and forth for a moment, he raised his eyebrows.
"Are you going to give me a horse?" wouldn't you...... he looked suspicious, if that's the case, then this Jia Yu is just like that, don't take it to heart.
But after thinking about Jia Yu's actions in recent years, he denied this conjecture.
'Being able to get rid of so many city lords without revealing any tricks, this person is by no means an ordinary person, and from this point of view, this person is probably a stunned young man. Thinking like this, he couldn't help but secretly admire the other party's 'dedication'.
'It is not a good choice to swim around, and it is not a good choice to sleep here, so you must hurry into the city to avoid any mistakes. Thinking so, he took out his letter of appointment from his bosom and handed it to the soldier: "Please be accommodating." ”
The stocky soldier frowned.
"Lao Tzu is illiterate, the rules of the city, no one is allowed to enter the city at night. He crumpled the letter and threw it forward.
The smile on Ye Wu's face froze instantly, the lives of dozens of people were in his hands, and he said that he would go into the city tonight.
"And what about your sir? He's always literate, isn't he? Call him out. Ye Wu scolded.
Hearing this, the soldier looked back not far away, and then said to Ye Wuzhengse: "He's busy, he doesn't have time." ”
Sanxi, the little leader who guards the city gate tonight, looks like a thief with eyebrows and rat eyes, buck teeth and mouth, and pockmarked face, and at a glance he knows that he is not a serious person, at this time he is leaning against the city wall, yawning for a long time.
A tiger-headed man beside him patted his shoulder and smiled: "Xizi, why are you so sleepy, I don't know that you are on duty today?"
Sanxi said angrily: ", Xizi is your name? I tell you that my mother has never called me that." ”
"Come on, he, I guess I'm going to be there again during the day, you kid! The thin man quipped.
Sanxi glanced at the short and fat soldier in a daze, and this glance suddenly made him sleepy, only to see a group of people gathered at the city gate, led by a young man in noble clothes who was communicating with the short and fat soldier.
Seeing this, Sanxi was shocked, and he looked at Ye Wu carefully, this spirit ...... is definitely the son of a big family, and his background is not small.
Thinking in his heart, he hurriedly trotted all the way to Ye Wu, and pulled the short and fat soldier to the side.
"Xiaohu, what's the ...... What's going on?" Sanxi asked.
When the short and fat soldier named Xiaohu heard this, he immediately took the items in Ye Wu's hand and greeted Sanxi.
"Big brother, they're going into the city. He said respectfully.
Sanxi took the token in Xiaohu's hand, and when he saw that the token was engraved with the exclusive pattern of the empire, he immediately sank to the bottom of the valley with a sigh in his heart.
"Did he say what his name was?" he asked, the corners of his mouth twitching, and he asked in a trembling voice.
"Uh...... He said that his name was Ye Cheng, and his father was Ye Dai, so how did the eldest brother know?" said the Humpty Dumpty Monk.
As soon as these words came out, I saw that this person's legs were suddenly weak, broken, and in trouble.
But on the surface, it is still pretending to be calm.
"Maybe it's just the same name, yes, the empire is so big, there are so many families, and there are not a few duplicate names, it's not surprising," he thought to himself, and with a fluke mentality, he asked, "Yes...... Is there a token?"
Xiaohu heard this and hurriedly handed over the token in his hand.
"Yes, but I can't read or write. “
Sanxi took the token with some apprehension, although he knew some words, but not much, he looked at the crumpled letter in his hand, there were not many words on this letter, it happened to be that he knew, after repeatedly confirming the authenticity of the letter, Sanxi was so frightened that he almost didn't sit on the ground.
"Can you go and report it?" Ye Wu asked.
"Tong ...... Briefing, Okay, I'll go right away! I'll go right away, you wait a minute, little tiger is ready to get on horse, come with me!" The man nodded hurriedly, shuddered, straightened the letter into his bosom, and trotted all the way to the city gate.
"Hurry the fuck!" Sanxi urged.
"Oh......"
The two got on their horses, and then they heard the neighing of the horses, and the two disappeared into the night.
"You said you, you're in trouble this time, damn it. In the wind, Sanxi said angrily at Xiaohu with an anxious face.
The young man named Xiaohu touched his head and asked a little puzzled, "Didn't you say that no one is allowed to enter the city at night?"
As soon as he heard this, Sanxi was furious, and he opened his mouth and roared: "I told you, it depends on people?"
When Xiaohu heard this, he was immediately aggrieved.
"But aren't you sleeping......" he murmured
Sanxi was angry by this sentence because his lips trembled, and the horsewhip in his hand was raised, but when it was raised above his head, his hand trembled slightly.
Looking at the honest appearance of the man behind him, Sanxi sighed helplessly, his parents died early, leaving him and such a stupid brother to rely on each other, and he couldn't do it.
I saw that the horsewhip in his hand was falling down fiercely, and only to hear the neighing of the horse, his speed was several times faster.
The two of them galloped all the way along the straight avenue, passing by several official post stations, and the horses were changed one after another, and then they came to the city lord's mansion.
In the city lord's mansion, a middle-aged man dressed as a servant was pacing along the bluestone road, and came to a house with a twist and turn, only to see him gently buckle the door panel, and a man's voice came from inside.
"Come in. The man's voice was deep, deep and magnetic.
Seeing this, the servant quietly pushed open the door, and then looked around and then gently closed the door, only to see him kneeling respectfully on the ground is a great etiquette, and then slowly spoke: "My lord, I just stopped a guard from the outer city, his face is a little anxious, obviously there is something to report."
Hearing this, the man slowly put down the scroll in his hand, stroked his chin with one hand, pondered for a while, and then said, "Call him over and tell him that I have something to ask him." ”
"Yes. The servant answered, and then withdrew.
After a while, I saw that he led a person to the door, and this person was none other than Sanxi.
As soon as Sanxi entered the door, there was a smell of books coming to his face, which made him sneeze a few times, and as soon as he sneezed, he apologized repeatedly, as if he was afraid of offending this person.
"Alright. The man didn't mean to blame, he spread his hand, "Bring the things." ”
Sanxi hesitated.
"Huh?" the man frowned.
Seeing that the other party looked a little displeased, Sanxi gritted his teeth, held the letter with both hands, and said respectfully: "Please also take a look." ”
The man nodded, took the letter and opened his mouth to look at it, and a moment later he wrote the letter.
"It's a bit of a father's air, but I'm curious, why is this letter so wrinkled?" he folded his fan, shook his head and chuckled.
"This ......" Sanxi's eyes flickered back and forth, and his expression was extremely unnatural.
"Looking at the night, it is estimated that I will not be able to reach the City Lord's Mansion...... If you can't get in today, you won't have this opportunity in the future. The third prince said to himself.
"Did he say where he stayed?" he looked at Sanxi.
"Yes! He said he would be at the Mok Family Blacksmith in Central for the time being. Sanxi hurriedly replied.
"Okay, it's none of your business. The man threw the letter to Sanxi and waved his hand.
Sanxi took the letter and walked away, but just as he was about to walk out the door, the voice of the man behind him sounded again.
"By the way, have you shown this letter to Deputy City Lord Jia?"
"As soon as I entered the city lord's mansion, I was stopped by my lord's servants, and I ......," Sanxi said.
"Very well, you go. The man nodded with satisfaction and urged Sanxi to leave.
"The little one is gone. Sanxi said, and then left in a hurry.
The third prince's fingers tapped on the tabletop, his eyes staring into the distance, his eyes narrowing slightly.
"Jia Yu, Jia Yu, you kill the city lord sent by the Yue Wangfu, you dare to kill the city lord sent by the prince's mansion, and even the hand-picked court officials are killed, and what you do is not leaking...... Oh, I want to see if you have the ability to kill this person. He said coldly.
"My lord, what are we going to do next?" asked a maidservant.
The man didn't look back, and wrote lightly: "Prepare a horse for me, I'm going to the Mo family's blacksmith shop." ”