Prosperous Kyoto seems to be undisturbed by the night, the Suzaku Avenue next to the restaurant, the teahouse is full of people, today is the queen mother's 70th birthday night, the palace has already made an order, to have fun with the people, celebrate this bright night, the palace will bloom the most brilliant fireworks feast tonight, is that the people who should have rested at this time have lit the lights, or waiting at the table, or sitting in the courtyard, or clustered on the street, waiting for this most brilliant night.

A brown rider came with a deep sound kicking, "Get out of the way, get out of the way......"

City Gate Lieutenant Li Yuan clamped the horse's belly between his legs, held the horse's reins firmly with his left hand, and whipped the military horse's butt with the leather whip in his right hand.

"Stop, it's strictly forbidden to ride a horse at night in the capital, hurry, hurry, stop it!" This is already the fourth checkpoint, and if you rush through this checkpoint, you will enter the patrol range of the Praetorian Guard, if the patrol team outside is just ordinary warriors, then the Praetorian Guard in the Imperial City will definitely not be able to break through safely.

"Li Yuan, the captain of the city gate of the garrison army in the east of the city, has something important to say, get out of the way, get out of the way......" The voice did not fall,

"Whoosh".

An arrow feather whistled past Li Yuan's ear, and with a "ding" sound, it was heavily inserted into the courtyard wall behind him, and then a heavily armed soldier brandished a spear, stepped directly on the spot, and flew straight to stab, Li Yuan was on top of the horse, and he didn't have time to dodge at all, so he could only use a one-handed horizontal knife, and with a "bang", the powerful impact instantly rushed Li Yuan off the horse.

"Wow", Li Yuan, the captain of the city gate, dragged a few meters backwards on his back, and spit out a mouthful of blood, this is the strength of the Imperial City Praetorian Guard, in an instant, the rest of the patrol Praetorian Guards surrounded him, Li Yuan hurriedly stretched out his hand, shook desperately, and shouted loudly, "My own people, my own people......"

At this time, the gun-wielding soldier who shot Li Yuan off his horse came over and asked in a solemn tone, "Who are you, and why did you trespass on the palace?" ”

Li Yuan, the captain of the city gate, glared at the spear in his hand, with a little envy in his eyes, once upon a time, he dreamed of not being able to join the ranks of the Imperial City Praetorian Guard, "Li Yuan, the captain of the city gate in the Lower East City, this is a certain token, the imperial city is in trouble, it is in danger, it is only tonight that I will break into the imperial city at night!" ”

"Hugh is talking nonsense, tonight is the night of the Queen Mother's birthday banquet, the imperial city is full of patrols inside and out, even if it is a fly, don't want to go in, where is the danger, I think you are impatient!" When a patrolling Praetorian guard beside him heard this, the green tendons in his hands were exposed, and he drew a long knife and made a gesture to cut down.

Li Yuan hurriedly took two steps back with his buttocks, and said, "What I said below is absolutely true, every sentence is true, and I ask you to believe it, and quickly let someone enter the palace to report!" ”

How could the Praetorian Guards have time to listen to his nonsense, and directly surrounded the generals, and wanted to tie up Li Yuan and send him to the yamen.

Li Yuan was very anxious, he knew that Xu Jianping rushed back to the city so desperately, and told him the news, it would definitely not be false, if this news was terminated in his own hands, then Xu Yushi's efforts would not be in vain, and although he did not listen to his specific words, but Xu Jianping's tone also knew that this matter was only big and not small, and he was in a hurry, and he directly burst out, snatched the long knife of one of the Praetorian Guards with his backhand, and took advantage of his unpreparedness, rolled on the spot, dodged the encirclement of everyone, and jumped on the horse, and rushed towards the imperial city.

At this moment, a cloud-piercing arrow suddenly flashed in front of his eyes, and Li Yuan, the captain of the city gate, was directly in place, no longer recovering the courage of the right talent, because a man in a Yunnan red military uniform was standing proudly on the imperial city gate, with a longbow in his hand, buzzing, this is the only two eight-rank powerhouses of the Han Dynasty, the general of Zhengbei Wei Jing.

The originally restless horses were also standing on the spot under the pressure of Wei Jing's powerful momentum, once the breath of the eight-rank powerhouse was locked, let alone a city gate captain, even if it was Ji Wusheng, who was known as the invincible of the younger generation, he had been killed by one of his arrows in Qingcheng Mountain for half a year three years ago.

Li Yuan sighed, and muttered silently in his heart, "It's over, Lord Xu, your entrustment, Li can't do it!" ”

The people behind him took the opportunity to chase after him, and pulled him off the horse, Xu was just now he grabbed the knife and fled, causing the Praetorian Guards to lose face, this time they did not save face, four or five Praetorian Guards did not say a word, punched and kicked, and directly beat them to the ground and could not move.

"Okay, okay, don't get killed, after all, it's the people of the city gate garrison, send it to the yamen" The patrol leader walked over and stopped his subordinates.

Li Yuan's whole body was sore, and he let the two Praetorian Guards hold his body, his eyes were full of disappointment, how to face the former Engong if he went back like this, it was better to die than to count the ball. Looking back at the palace that was close at hand, he was angry in his heart, and turned back to the palace and shouted, "Lord Xu, Li is incompetent and failed to complete the entrustment, so I will apologize with death today!" With that, he was ruthless, broke free from the person next to him, and slammed into the patrol leader's bright spear.

"Bang".

An arrow feather struck again, but this time the target was not Li Yuan, but the patrol captain's spear, the arrow directly hit the head of the gun, and the steel gun in the hand of the five-grade patrol leader actually "bang" directly, and exploded, and the surrounding people were swept to the ground by the air wave of this arrow, and a red armor floated in.

"You Shicai said Lord Xu, but Xu Jianping of the Imperial History Mansion?"

Li Yuan, who was originally like ashes, was shocked when he heard this, and he didn't know what the relationship between General Wei and Xu Jianping was, whether they were friends or enemies, so he didn't know whether to answer or not, and his eyes wandered for a while.

Wei Jing saw it sincerely, and said again, "Don't worry, I have had a few encounters with Xu Yushi." ”

Only then did Li Yuan understand that this was called the willow and the flowers, and hurriedly said, "General Hui, it is indeed Lord Xu Jianping Xu of the Imperial History Mansion, and Lord Xu of the Imperial History Mansion entrusted this news to Zaixia, saying that the imperial city is in trouble, the Queen Mother's birthday banquet is terminated, and everyone withdraws from Weiyang Palace." ”

When Wei Jing heard this, his face was shocked, he just saw that there was chaos here, and saw that someone rode into the palace, so he stopped it, and never thought of getting this news, although he had little contact with Xu Jianping, but what he had done in recent years had already been investigated clearly under the instruction of Lord Huo, and he knew that Xu Jianping was by no means a targeted person, he knew that General Huo and himself would definitely attend the birthday banquet tonight, and knew that the entire palace was heavily guarded, and he could let him say that the imperial city was in trouble, and everyone withdrew from Weiyang Palace. Presumably, this danger may be as strong as Jiupin General Huo, who has not been spared, so it seems that this matter is worse......

Wei Jing didn't talk nonsense, he jumped directly and rushed towards the palace, "The whole city is under martial law!" ”