Li Yuan is a city gate captain, although it is surnamed Li, but it is not a child of the family, it is the limit of its ability to climb to the position of the city gate captain, he enlisted in the army at the age of sixteen, and participated in the battle to suppress the riots in the southern region at the age of twenty-six, and now he is thirty-six years old before sitting on the guard of the city gate captain, a full twenty planting, it is not easy, although it is only a small city gate captain, it is with its unusual cherishment, but on the day he sits in the hall, all the things in and out of the city gate he guards must be personally investigated and verified.

Early this morning, the sky is slightly bright, under the fish-white sky, the city gate has already been full of long queues, most of them are some small traders transporting fresh vegetables and fruits, they go out of the city before dawn every day, buy fresh vegetables and fruits from the nearby croppers, and then return to the city to sell, of course, there are also many vegetable farmers who drive their own carts and ox carts to sell at the city gate, such prices are often more than the vendors who come to buy can sell a few copper plates.

At the gate of the city, everyone lined up in an orderly line to wait for the inspection to enter the city, and Li Yuanzheng, the captain of the city gate, was personally at the sentry post, personally checking the materials entering the city one by one, "You don't hide anything else in this melon, right?" ”

At this moment, a melon and fruit vendor was carrying a load of melons and fruits freshly picked this morning into the city for inspection, and Lord Li, the captain of the city gate, picked one up casually, rolled up the corner of his sleeve, wiped the epidermis, and put it in his mouth with a "click", crisp and refreshing, "Well, it's really fresh, let's go in!" Then he dropped two copper coins into the basket, which was his daily work, although simple, but very enjoyable.

The vendors who entered the city were obviously not new, and they were obviously very familiar with the guards at the city gate, and the work was smooth, if it weren't for the fact that the city gate was only so large, it was not enough to set up more checkpoints, and I believe that the speed of entering and leaving the city would be faster.

Li Yuan looked at the city wall on the left that had just been repaired a few days ago, and really couldn't understand who could have such great ability, and actually broke a seven-foot hole in the city wall, the movement of the fight that night was very loud, but it ended quickly, and when the city gate guards arrived, the battle was over, except for the corpse nailed high to the wall, only a large circular hole was left, the world of the masters, we can only look up.

Just when Li Yuan regretted that he could not witness the battle of the world that night, there was a commotion outside the city gate, "let go, let go", a whole train of carriages was galloping from the official road, more than a dozen military horses opened the way, hundreds of soldiers wearing light armor, carrying Han swords on their waists, escorting these hundreds of carriages to follow closely, and the vigorous scene suddenly attracted the attention of everyone queuing at the city gate.

Li Yuan, the captain of the city gate, walked forward quickly, dozens of generals who opened the way took the reins and stopped their horses, and the leader was a person who was gorgeously dressed, wearing a scarf on his head, and a long sword at his waist, only to see that he did not dismount, so proudly on the military horse, and waited for the captain of the city gate to walk in front of the horse, and then said to him, "The Taishou Mansion of the Prefecture is escorting the materials into Beijing with the order of the Ministry of Rites, and I am asked to clear the lane and let me wait to enter the city." ”

Li Yuan, the captain of the city gate, frowned, who is this guy, so unruly, talking to people, not getting off the horse, so condescending, it is really annoying, so he replied with an indifferent face, "Who are you, so ignorant of etiquette, talking to people, you don't know how to dismount, everything is done according to the rules, and please bring the transportation documents and lists, and will naturally arrange for personnel to inspect them one by one." ”

The people on the horse traveled all the way, relying on their identity as the son of the Taishou, and the things transported this time were prepared by the Ministry of Rites of the Imperial Court, all the way, regardless of the major cities and post stations were good for their courtesy, I never thought that today at the gate of Kyoto was reprimanded by a small city gate captain, I couldn't help but be a little annoyed, "In the lower and the state of the Taishou Sima Ru's son, the things transported this time are the things prepared by the Ministry of Rites for the birthday of the Taishou, you act like this, delaying the birthday of the Queen Mother, you can afford this responsibility?" ”

Li Yuan, the captain of the city gate, squinted his eyes, "Which adult is my Dao, it turned out to be the son of the Taishou of Bingzhou" The tone did not improve, but emphasized the word "son", obviously as a military background, he has always been unaccustomed to this kind of battle, and then said, "No matter where you come and what you escort, anyone who enters the city must act in accordance with the rules." ”

Sima Yan heard the sarcasm in his words, the most annoying thing in his life was that someone was talking about his identity, after all, young people have a heart that wants to prove themselves, at the time of merging the state, everyone was hindered by his father's identity, and no one dared to say it so blatantly, today, he couldn't help but be angry, and directly raised the long whip in his hand, and whipped it over.

Li Yuan, the captain of the city gate, himself is from a military background, although he has not stayed in the military camp for a long time, but he is also a person who fights and lives on the battlefield, watching the long whip coming, grabbing it, squatting for half a horse, and then pulling it down with his hand, Sima Yan on the horse did not notice it for a while, and was directly pulled down by this force, and fell off the horse.

"Hahahaha......"

The people lining up to enter the city around saw this, they all laughed, just to see its martial arts, everyone was afraid of its identity, did not dare to speak, at this moment to see its tragic situation, can not help but a little schadenfreude, anyway, offend people is not themselves, laughing and laughing.

Sima Yan fell on all fours, and the gorgeous clothes on his body were also full of dust, and when he heard the laughter around him, he directly pulled out the long sword from his waist, gritted his teeth and ordered his subordinates, "Give a certain person, take this person down, a certain person is better than death!" ”

Immediately, everyone was originally the guards in the Taishou Mansion of the Annex, although they also knew that this place was not a merger, and it was not a place to move, but when they saw that the young master was humiliated, they were still ready to listen to the order to arrest people, such as more than a dozen soldiers pulled out their long knives one by one, ready to kill the generals.

Inside the city gate, several city gate guards saw this, and they rushed with spears one after another, and the two sides were tense!

"Wait!"

Suddenly, a scolding came from the carriage behind him, and he saw a person dressed in gorgeous satin, with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, lifted the curtain, walked down from the carriage, walked in front of Li Yuan, and bowed his hand and said, "In Xia Si Tudeng, it is not to drive in the Taishou Mansion of the Prefecture, this time it is my lack of etiquette, if there is any offense, please bear with me." ”

Then, he turned around, waved his hand to the people behind him, and walked to Sima Yan's side, and he didn't see his words, a look, which made people shudder, "This is the capital, don't make trouble!" ”

After that, the transportation documents and the list of items were handed over to the city gate captain one by one, and Sima Yan, who was extremely arrogant before, suddenly withered, and it was obvious that the real person in charge of this group was the master of the Taishou Mansion.

Seeing this, Li Yuan, the captain of the city gate, also waved his hand, signaled everyone to put down their weapons, then took the paperwork, read it carefully, and handed the list to his subordinates, asking them to check the carriages one by one.

Situ Deng, the fourth on the list of people in the world, is about thirty and six, and is the son of the Situ family in Bingzhou, and Shangguan Jin and Nangong Rui have long held the top three on the literati list, if it were not for Xu Jianping's sudden rise, I am afraid that this list would last for many years.

Situ Deng pursed his mouth, walked forward to stop everyone, and said slowly, "My lord, this is an application product on the Queen Mother's birthday night, so if you inspect it like this, if you damage one or two, I'm afraid it will be inappropriate." ”

Li Yuan, the captain of the city gate, gathered his attention, looked at the huge convoy, and sighed in his heart, "There are a total of eight gates to enter the city in Kyoto, why do you just take this way, this is not good to check, and it is not good to check", after thinking about it again and again, Li Yuan still decided to do everything according to the rules, if there is a mistake, there is a law of the Han Dynasty on the top, at most he will do a crime of being careless, and if he does not check today, if this batch of items is disclosed, it will be a crime of dereliction of duty, and it will be a crime of dereliction of duty, and it will be difficult to protect his own head. So he still waved his hand and motioned to his subordinates to go and check, "Lord Situ, where the duty lies, we will definitely be careful when we inspect it, and if there is any omission, we will be punished." ”

So the guards of the city gate rushed up, and several guards on the opposite side also stood in a pile, each blocking their way, so that the atmosphere of relaxation was scorched here.

Before it was over, Situ Deng still shook his hand and motioned for the escort soldiers to get out of the way, after all, everything in Kyoto is still according to Kyoto's order.

Li Yuan, the captain of the city gate, bowed his hand, "Thank you Lord Situ for your cooperation!"

The guards of the state gave way to the official road, and let the city gate guards go to check, because of the large number of convoys, it takes some time to check, and it coincides with the peak period of entering the city in the early morning, outside the city gate, more and more people gather to watch.

Suddenly, a small vendor dressed in gray linen stumbled all the way over, shouting loudly, "Official, official, no, something is wrong, eighteen, eighteen, eighteen ......"

Li Yuan, the captain of the city gate, hurriedly moved over, and the small trader rushed directly to the ground, out of breath, and muttered Nan Nan, "Eighteen people, eighteen people were hanged, eighteen lives!" ”