Come out alone.

There were gold, silver and jewels hanging from all over his body.

But looking at his appearance, instead of being surprised by the treasure, his face was full of horror.

"Hurry up, there's monsters, there's monsters."

The man muttered, screaming in terror.

He was about to flee, but the soldiers had already struck and restrained him.

"What kind of monster?!"

Cheng Yanjin stepped forward and asked.

But the other party is already delirious, and only mutters monsters in his mouth.

In the end, Cheng Biting Jin asked people to snatch the gold, silver and jewelry off his body, and then checked his body before letting people take it down.

People will not let him go, take him back to Chang'an City first, and ask about the situation after recuperation.

For the rest of the year, no one came out but this man.

"Fang Shilang, Mrs. Fang, I'll go back first."

The old Taoist said at this time.

"Dao Chief, are you really just here to open the door?"

Fang Yuan asked puzzled.

Du Miaoyan also looked at the old Taoist priest curiously.

It's strange that Liaozhou is thousands of miles away from here.

Is it just to open the door for such a long way?

Moreover, Fang Yuan and Du Miaoyan both wondered why the key was on his body.

"Yes, the rules of the ancestors, I can't help but come."

The old Taoist elder smiled bitterly.

"Then I won't send the Taoist chief."

Fang Yuan and Du Miaoyan looked at each other and smiled, not stopping the old Dao Leader.

Both sides were together just now, and the old Taoist chief didn't have anything he wanted, so he could let it go.

"See you soon." The old Taoist nodded heavily, but after just two steps, he turned back and said, "Is your task to keep an eye on the jade seal?" ”

Fang Yuan and the others instantly became vigilant, and then looked at the old Dao Elder strangely.

Cheng Yanjin was even more prepared to forcibly leave the old Taoist leader.

"It looks like you, it should be."

"Lao Dao thinks that the time for the jade seal to come out has not yet come, and there is no need for you to waste time."

The old Taoist elder smiled and said.

As he spoke, he looked at Fang Yuan and the others, and slowly retreated.

Cheng Yanjin frowned, looked at Fang Yuan, and considered whether to forcibly leave the other party behind.

Fang Yuan shook his head, stopping Cheng Biting Jin's thoughts, and watched the old Daoist leave.

The other party is an old god stick, whether it is calculated or a few blind words, it is all a well-intentioned move, there is no need to imprison the other party.

As for whether Li Shimin will be surprised, whatever, anyway, Li Shimin only let himself stare at the treasure of the Jade Seal and the Hidden Prince, and forget about the rest.

"Fang Shilang, let him go like this?"

Cheng Yanjin approached Fang Yuan, stared at the direction of the old Taoist and said.

"If you leave him and offend the entire Taoist, do you still want to forcibly stay?"

Fang Yuan asked rhetorically.

When they were inside just now, the military division of Bishamen and the Mo of the Deng Ling clan did not kill the old Taoist priest to grab the key, which shows that the identity is not ordinary.

As for whether he can represent this Taoist, Fang Yuan is uncertain, but if he can master one of the three keys, he must have a background.

"That's it."

Cheng Yanjin retracted his gaze and said.

He was a little skeptical of Fang Yuan's words, but he wouldn't pursue it.

Because before leaving, the emperor had said that he was only a deputy, and Fang Yuan was the person in charge.

Let go of the old Taoist, if the emperor wants to pursue it, he will also pursue Fang Yuan, so there is no need to go against Fang Yuan.

"Husband, I think the words of the old Taoist priest are worth pondering."

Du Miaoyan said.

She is full of trust in the old Taoist.

For the old Taoist chief to say that there would be no jade seal, she also believed it.

Therefore, I thought, since there is no jade seal, is there no need to stay here.

The main thing is that staying here without a concept of time is quite speechless.

"Let's pass the news back to Chang'an City first."

Fang Yuan sighed.

Look at the sky, it's already afternoon.

Let Cheng Yanjin find a good place to set up camp, and he is going to stay here tonight.

Night falls.

Lishan at night is terrifying.

The temperature dropped several degrees directly, and the wind gusted.

What's even more terrifying is that you can still hear the howling of jackals, tigers and leopards from time to time.

The sound was quite close, but it seemed to be just lingering nearby because of the firelight.

However, the beast did not dare to approach, it did not mean that people did not dare to approach, and the occasional figure approached not far away, and it was killed several times.

The soldiers were killed a few times, and they also killed several of the other party, and this night can be regarded as a safe and secure pass.

The next day, there was still no movement at the exit of the bronze door.

And at the entrance, from time to time, someone broke in, and from time to time there were screams from inside.

"Five brothers died last night, and if this is the case tonight, our morale will plummet."

Cheng Yanjin said with a solemn expression.

All present were the forbidden troops of the Imperial Palace, all of whom came down from the battlefield.

They either kill the enemy to serve the country, or protect the emperor's safety, but now they are doing these things, or against the people they once guarded.

It's good that the time is short, but after a long time, morale will definitely be low, and the prevention of sneak attacks at night will be greatly reduced.

"Wait for the news."

Fang Yuan didn't want to stay here either, but what could he do?

Li Shimin's order was so strange that he forgot to ask the time at that time.

When I had already asked someone to escort that person back yesterday, I had already asked them to ask about the situation by the way.

"Well, that's all it can be."

Cheng Yanjin sighed.

He has been marching and fighting for many years, and he has experienced any kind of war.

But staying in this place all day, not to mention feeding mosquitoes, but also being attacked by some people and killing them.

Until the afternoon, there was still no one at the exit of the bronze gate, and Fang Yuan's team was assassinated again.

This assassination was not a small number, but hundreds of well-trained teams appeared, sneaked up on a wave and then left.

This wave of assassinations caused Fang Yuan and the others to lose more than a dozen brothers, and everyone was extremely annoyed.

"I finally understand why Lishan is so terrifying, and why Du Chuke and they were defeated."

"In a situation like this, it's no wonder if it's not defeated, everyone can get it like this every day."

Cheng Yanjin complained.

But he was free to complain in front of Fang Yuan and a few others.

When facing other soldiers, he was positive and encouraging.

"Yes."

Fang Yuan casually echoed.

Because Du Chuke was not defeated because of this.

But his own family will certainly not expose the real problem.

"Husband, our people are back."

Suddenly, Du Miaoyan pointed in one direction and said.

That's the person who was sent back to Chang'an City yesterday, and now he's back to his life.

"General Cheng, Fang Shilang, my subordinates didn't see Your Majesty, and only gave feedback to the prince."

"But."

The soldier grew.

When it came to the end, he looked embarrassed and stumbled.

"Squeak, are you a mother-in-law?"

Cheng Yanjin's temper is still quite short-tempered.

Seeing that a person who cannot be a soldier is as indecisive as a mother-in-law.

"You all stand down!"

"Brother, come here!"

Fang Yuan's brows furrowed, and he retreated from the nearby soldiers.

To be on the safe side, the soldier was invited to the simple tent that had been set up last night.

That was the place where Fang Yuan and Du Miaoyan rested at night, because there were women there, it was naturally built more secretly and well.

"Stand down!"

Cheng Yanjin frowned and ordered the other soldiers to retreat.

He looked at Fang Yuan's appearance and wondered if there was something unspeakable about this soldier.

Soon, everyone changed places, only Fang Yuan, Du Miaoyan and Cheng Yanjin, and Xue Rengui was also left outside.

"I first entered the palace and waited for a long time, and I felt like I was in the wind."

"But the most terrible thing is that I saw that the sleeves of the prince's coat were bloody, and they had not dried up, and he was walking out of the imperial study at that time."

The soldier whispered.

"Aren't you right?"

Cheng Yanjin's expression suddenly became solemn.

Wang De is a eunuch beside the emperor, and his appearance is very exquisite.

There was still blood on his sleeves that hadn't dried up, and he still came out of the imperial study.

This makes one wonder if something happened to the emperor or if something happened in the imperial study.

"That's right!"

"I still smell a faint smell of blood!"

The soldier immediately reassured.

"Anything else you've discovered?"

Fang Yuan interjected and asked.

"Nope."

"I don't know what's going on, I didn't dare to tell outsiders anything along the way."

The soldier shook his head.

This kind of thing can be big or small, and no one knows what's going on.

In case something happens in the palace, and such a small person as himself can't stop anything, it's best to treat it as if he doesn't know.

But seeing Cheng Biting Jin and Fang Yuan is different, you can tell Cheng Biting Jin and Fang Yuan about the situation, and let Cheng Biting Jin and Fang Yuan have a headache.

After explaining the situation, the soldier left.

"Your Majesty can't have happened, right?"

Cheng Yanjin said worriedly.

Eat the king's lu, bear the king's worries.

In addition, Cheng Yanjin and Li Shimin not only have the gift of monarchs and ministers, but also the love of friends.

Knowing that Li Shimin may have had an accident, Cheng Yanjin was very worried, worried about whether there would be any accidents for him.

"Probably not."

"But it's not impossible."

Fang Yuan thought for a moment and shook his head.

But after thinking about it, I thought it was possible.

Liu Yichen and Mo Cailing both said that there would be a rebellion in Chang'an City next.

It is not impossible for a rebellion to occur from the palace, and it is more of a deterrent.

"Do you think it's possible?!"

"Then let's return to Chang'an City immediately?!"

Cheng Yanjin was suddenly shocked.

He was worried about Li Shimin, but he didn't think that Li Shimin would be in trouble.

But when Fang Yuan felt that it was possible, he immediately became very worried.

Because Cheng Yanjin knows that he is a military general, although he looks down on civil officials in his heart, he admires the minds of civil officials.

Especially Fang Yuan, who relied on his own ability to sit in the position of the fourth grade when he was young, it can be seen that it is really not simple.

Such people say that it is possible, then it is really possible, and it is not possible to worry about it.

"Husband, are you going back?"

Du Miaoyan also wanted to go back.

But she didn't want to go back because she was worried about Li Shimin.

On the contrary, she felt that it was impossible for Li Shimin to have an accident, at least not in the palace.

The palace is full of masters, and a mosquito from the outside has to be checked heavily when it enters the inside, not to mention the enemy.

"Leave a dozen savvy soldiers behind, and we'll go back."

Fang Yuan pondered for a moment and made a decision.

If what the old Taoist said was credible, it would be useless to stay.

Let's go back to Chang'an City first, it won't take half a day to go back and forth, and if there is no problem, you can come back again.

Of course, if there was no problem, Fang Yuan would ask himself not to come, the reason Fang Yuan had already thought about it.

"Okay, I'll go get ready and go back before dark!"

Cheng Yanjin nodded heavily.

It's getting dark now, so you have to go down the mountain immediately.

Otherwise, what happened last night will happen to everyone again.

Get down the mountain early, be less dangerous.

"Okay."

Fang Yuan also nodded.

and Du Miaoyan cleaned up the things in the room and went back down the mountain.

After the sky was about to get completely dark, Fang Yuan and the others had already returned to the gate of Chang'an City on horseback.

But by this time, the city gates had been closed at the normal time.

"Listen to the people in the city, I am the prince of the country and bite the gold, and next to me is Fang Yuan, the servant of the household department."

Cheng Yanjin shouted to the people on the city wall.

"General Cheng, Fang Shilang, you wait a minute."

"There are new rules issued from above, and no more doors can be opened at night without permission from above, so I will report first."

Someone up there replied.

I couldn't see the human form, and night had fallen.

"Wait!"

"When will the new rules be issued? Why is this new regulation being issued? ”

Fang Yuan was shocked in his heart and called out to the other party.

Cheng Yanjin didn't feel anything at first, thinking it was normal.

After hearing Fang Yuan's question, he suddenly became nervous, and he was worried about Li Shimin's situation again.

"I forgot the specific time, it was about half a month ago."

"At that time, after the accident on the Lishan side, new rules were issued from above."

"Whether it's a general, a minister, or even a prince, you have to open the city gate with permission from above after you close it."

The person above replied again.

"You go and report it."

After hearing this answer, Fang Yuan and the others breathed a sigh of relief.

It was not because of the palace or Li Shimin's accident that the rules for opening the city gate were strictly changed.

However, time passed minute by minute, quarter of an hour, two quarter of an hour, half an hour passed.

For half an hour, there was no reply, and even the soldiers on foot had returned, and the man had not yet returned to open the door.

"Who's in charge of the city now?"

Cheng Yanjin shouted again.

It took three calls in a row before someone answered.

"Return to General Cheng, subordinate Zhao Guanglai, what are General Cheng's orders?"

The voice was different from just now, and a different person responded to Cheng Biting Jin.

"Open the door!"

Cheng Yanjin said directly.

"General Cheng, the lower officials have no right to open the door."

"Captain Lin has already gone to report, you wait a while, he will be back soon."

Zhao Guanglai said loudly.

It's dark, and you can't see where the other party is.

"Where to report?"

"Why haven't you come back in half an hour?"

Cheng Yanjin shouted.

I haven't come back for half an hour, where did I go to report?

Under normal circumstances, with a horse by your side, it is perfectly fine to report back and forth for half an hour.

"It may be that it is dark, and the briefing is a little late, so I ask General Cheng to bear with me."

Zhao Guanglai replied loudly again.

"You open the door first, if anything happens, you look for General Ben!"

Cheng Yanjin frowned, and said even more impatiently.

It's dark, but it won't affect the report too much, and half an hour is completely enough.

"The lower officials really don't have enough power and don't have the right to open the city gate for you, please forgive me."

Zhao Guanglai continued.

It is not enough to answer anything.

Cheng Yanjin had no choice but to wait with anger.

However, another half an hour passed, and the other party had not come back to open the door.

(End of chapter)