Outside the gate of the Imperial City Palace, a group of patrolling forbidden soldiers came in unison, and from a distance, they saw Lord Tongzhi standing in front of him wearing a flying fish suit and embroidering a spring knife on his waist, and the leader of the team slowed down slightly.

Hearing the footsteps of the forbidden army behind him, the Jinyi Guard Tongzhi also turned around, he was the same age as Commander Meng, and now he was over half a hundred years old, but he still had black and bright hair, and his resolute face showed a little bit of anger and self-authority.

This person's name is Qiu Qingyun, and he is the right-hand man of Commander Meng.

"Lord Qiu, how can you have time to come here today." The leader of the forbidden army came forward to greet him.

Qiu Qingyun looked at the tall and burly, golden-armored and iron-faced forbidden army, and said with a slight smile: "It turned out to be Commander Wen, please forgive me for my long greetings." ”

The forbidden army of Suwei Miyagi has four commanders in the south, east, west, and northwest, as well as the commander in charge of the whole army.

Jinyi Guard and the Forbidden Army are two pro-armies directly under His Majesty the Emperor, as the commanders of the two guards, Meng Yuan and Wen Kongheng are the emperor's most trusted people, in fact, the three of them have also known each other since childhood, but it is probably due to their personalities, Commander Meng and Commander Wen have always been at odds.

Both of them are children of the family, but Meng Yuan has been rebellious since he was a child, he doesn't like the rules and regulations of the world, and prefers to fight swords and rivers and lakes to travel in all directions.

Wen Kongheng is not, he is simply a model under the secular etiquette, he studied and learned martial arts when he was young, joined the army as an adult, did not smile on weekdays, his words and deeds were well-behaved, never out of line, and rigidly intimidating.

Although the positions of Commander Meng and Wen Kongheng were directly appointed by the emperor after he ascended the throne, Wen Kongheng was the commander of the forbidden army before, and his promotion to the rank of commander was beyond reproach except for his younger age.

But Meng Yuan is different, before His Majesty ascended the throne, Meng Yuan had no position or power, he was a prodigal, and he didn't do his job every day.

Even sometimes took His Majesty, who was still the prince at the time, to sneak out of the capital together, wandering around the rivers and lakes, and occasionally helping the knights of the rivers and lakes to kill some so-called "dog officials" of the imperial court, which is outrageous.

But after His Majesty ascended the throne, Meng Yuan ascended to the sky in one step and was directly promoted to the commander of the Jinyi Guard.

His Majesty did not play cards according to the routine, and the hundred officials were very dissatisfied, but it only took less than a year, and the dissatisfaction of the hundred officials became fear, because Meng Yuan had his hands and eyes all over the sky, and suppressed the riots within Jinyiwei in a few months, and in the following days, he sent the hundred officials to the edict prison one by one.

If there is no charge, there will be a crime, and if you refuse to draw a charge, you will be beaten into a trick, Jinyiwei is so lawless, and the hundred officials are angry, but it is useless, because the emperor favors him.

Just after most of the hundred officials in the court were imprisoned, everyone was in danger, and finally someone stood up to uphold justice, and that person was Wen Kongheng, the commander of the forbidden army.

He and Meng Yuan had a big quarrel in the court, and afterwards, although His Majesty did not express his position, Jinyiwei did not continue to act against the hundred officials and ministers.

Because of this matter, many officials were grateful for Wen Kong's righteous speech, but at the same time, the Liangzi of the Jinyi Guard and the forbidden army was also completely concluded.

Although today's Jinyiwei has achieved great momentum, and the power is unstoppable, but this is the efforts of countless Jinyiwei brothers for decades, if it weren't for this damn Wen Kong's intervention, they would have reached the top as early as the beginning of His Majesty's accession to the throne, so why spend all this effort.

But the opinion of the forbidden army is just the opposite, they feel that the Jinyi Guard is too domineering, lawless, and the rise of the edict and prison does not know how many good people have been harmed, and they came out to stop it, which is to do justice.

Anyway, the Jinyi guard and the forbidden army insist on their own words, and they can't look at each other, Your Majesty is slack in the government and does not go to court all year round, so except for celebrations such as birthday banquets on weekdays, Qiu Qingyun and these people will never come to find trouble with the forbidden army.

In the past, even if there was something, it was Meng Yuan who came in person, after all, his sister was a concubine in the palace, and no one dared to stop him as a commander, but it was Qiu Qingyun who came today.

Wen Kongheng's brows furrowed slightly, and he looked at Qiu Qingyun and said, "Lord Qiu knows the rules. ”

"Don't worry, the commander, the lower officials are not here to find fault." Qiu Qingyun pointed to his feet, and then pointed to the palace gate three zhang away.

"That's fine."

Wen Kongheng didn't say much, and he didn't have a personal relationship with Qiu Qingyun, so if he had nothing to say, he didn't say anything, he took people to continue to inspect other places.

Looking at the back of Commander Wen leaving, Qiu Qingyun's eyes became colder, but he only glanced at it, and then withdrew his gaze.

He waited under the palace gate for a while, Ah Xiu appeared, and when the two met, Qiu Qingyun spoke first: "Take a step to speak." ”

Ah Xiu swept over him with cold eyes, followed to the side, and after avoiding the guards, she said indifferently: "Qiu Tongzhi has something to say, if it is a public matter, the harem does not interfere in politics, and the concubine is powerless, if it is a private matter, I and you Jinyiwei are selfless." ”

“.”

Qiu Qingyun sneered, but he didn't dare to argue with Ah Xiu about this matter, in the final analysis, this is a romantic debt caused by Lord Meng, and it is really difficult for them to intervene as subordinates.

Besides, the people who are still following Meng Yuan now are all old people who have come over for decades, and no one can remember how powerful the Jade Maiden Sword was in the entire Northern Demon Dao.

Kill one person in ten steps, don't stay for thousands of miles, the jade girl sword is famous, hundreds of demon gates in the north, all open their eyes and become blind, stunned that no one dares to provoke Ah Xiu, that demeanor, to this day, Qiu Qingyun still remembers it vividly.

Qiu Qingyun coughed twice, and said, "I'm here, I really have something urgent to inform you, and I just sent it to the north for eight hundred miles, and Master Meng is missing." ”

"Missing?" Ah Xiu's face changed, and she said sharply: "What does it mean to be missing?" ”

Qiu Qingyun took a deep breath and said, "I'll make a long story short, a few days ago, the Xuantian Sect in the Northern Land was in turmoil, and when I heard that the Xuantian Sect Master was out of the customs, Lord Meng decided to go in person, but who knew but accidentally fell into an ambush."

"Wait."

Ah Xiu frowned, and immediately realized that something was wrong, she asked: "Meng Yuan has been cautious all his life, and he doesn't forget to make up two more knives after killing people, how can he be ambushed so easily, what about the people around him, what are you Jinyi guards for?" ”

Qiu Qingyun said ashamedly: "This matter is our carelessness, I didn't expect the Xuantian Sect to dare to make a move against Lord Meng, and what I didn't expect was that Lord Meng actually risked his life this time and infiltrated the Xuantian Sect alone." ”

Ah Xiu knew Meng Yuan very well, and she immediately tasted the strange thing, and she immediately said: "Meng Yuan deliberately used his body as bait to lure the Xuantian Sect Master to make a move?" ”

"Don't dare to hide it, I think so too," Qiu Qingyun said in a deep voice: "Master Meng said before leaving that this matter is extraordinary, and he must confirm it with his own eyes, so he never let us go along." ”

"Since that's the case, then don't worry, with his ability, he will leave a way back." Ah Xiu's tone was a little slower, but the solemn look in her eyes did not dissipate.

"Having said that, but a few days have passed, there is still no news from Lord Meng, although we have confidence in Lord Meng, it is difficult to guarantee that some people with ulterior motives are making trouble at this time."

Qiu Qingyun said solemnly: "So I came here this time to inform you of this matter, be careful that someone chews the root of the tongue in the ear of the concubine these days, since the Xuantian Sect dares to attack Lord Meng, there may not be no means left in the capital." ”

"I am here for the affairs of the palace, so I don't bother you." Ah Xiu said coldly.

"So, please." Qiu Qingyun clenched his fists and saluted.

(End of chapter)