Tongguan is not just a city gate, but also a city, there are two city gates in the east and west, in the middle is an urn city that covers an area of quite a large area, thousands of troops can be stationed, there are barracks, warehouses, tax depots and other buildings, the past inventory is extremely strict.

In addition to the normal security inspection of the army, there are also government arresters checking thieves, and tax collectors checking tax payment vouchers and goods, so the caravan is extremely slow to pass through the customs, if Li Zhen and they don't go through the small gate, they will have to queue for at least a day and a night to pass the city.

Li Zhen and they have been wanted by the government, if they want to go to Luoyang, Tongguan is the only way, if they don't wear masks and makeup, it is easy to be seen by the sharp-eyed catchers, and they will be specially taken down for investigation, it will be difficult for them to escape, if they draw their swords to resist, the crime is even greater, and the army will kill them on the spot.

Therefore, many criminals end up in the grass, and the reason is that it is difficult for them to escape the arrest of the government.

Wu Shun is the false son of Wu Chenghe, the king of Wei, and also the representative of some of Wu Chengsi's interests in Chang'an.

On the day after Wushun was killed, Jingzhao Mansion distributed bounty notices to all parts of Guanzhong, especially the four major passes in Guanzhong, which were to be strictly investigated.

There are two narrow roads in the urn city with wooden fences, one for trade and one for people, and the two sides are full of spear-wielding soldiers, and the atmosphere is very tense.

The people waiting to pass the inspection lined up in the corridor, and in the past few days, the number of government arresters in Tongguan has doubled, and every person who has passed through the customs has carefully checked.

The Tang Dynasty did not implement the armor protection law, went out relatively freely, did not need the village to open a certificate of departure or road guidance, etc., usually only need to report their name and hometown, where they came from, and the catcher compared the appearance, there is no flaw to pass the customs.

But today it is not only necessary to be carefully interrogated, but also to search and check luggage, even for women.

As soon as Li Zhen and the three of them paid the money and entered the urn city to line up, they saw more than a dozen family members of Wushun Mansion at a glance, who were also wearing the soap suits of the catchers, staring vigilantly at everyone's faces.

Li Zhen secretly complained in his heart, he recognized one of the men in a soap scarf robe, his hand pressed to the hilt of his sword, his eyes were sharp, it was none other than his enemy Lan Zhenyu.

Lan Zhenyu was also in Tongguan, Li Zhen's heart jumped violently, with Lan Zhenyu's familiarity with him, they might be very difficult to pass today.

"Next!"

The catcher shouted in front, the team moved slowly, and it was about to be the turn of the three of them to pass the level, at this time, Yan Xiao said in a low voice: "Let me come first!"

Li Zhen nodded, and let Yan Xiao in front of him, this was the plan they had discussed in advance, if they were unfortunately recognized, then Yan Xiao would make a move, and they would take advantage of the chaos to get out of Tongguan.

At this moment, there was a slight commotion in front of him, and someone shouted: "Catch them!"

Jiu Zhi behind him was taken aback, he thought he had been recognized, turned around and was about to run, but was firmly grabbed by Li Zhen, "It's not us!"

In front of them, seven or eight catchers had pressed a man to the ground and tied him up with ropes, only to hear the catcher smile and say: "Good luck today, I caught the Xianyang flower thief, and the thirty rewards are in hand, so let's have a drink in the evening." ”

Jiu Zhichang breathed a long sigh of relief, only to feel that his legs were weak, and he almost sat down on the ground, Li Zhenxun glanced at Lan Zhenyu, who was obviously also attracted by this Xianyang flower thief, and was asking a catcher next to him in a low voice.

Li Zhen had gradually calmed down at this time, and his eyes swept over his face several times, but his gaze did not stop, indicating that his mask was very successful, and Lan Zhenyu did not see the flaws.

When they went into the city to pay two hundred wen just now, several sergeants did not realize that they were wearing masks at all.

In fact, they have repeatedly identified before, the old Daogu's disguise methods are very clever, and the mask made is seamless, unless you reach out and peel off your face, you can't see that they are wearing a mask, as long as you pass the test with a normal heart, there should be no problem.

The only drawback is that you can't wear it for a long time, and it will deform if you wear it for a long time.

Order was quickly restored, and a few more people were checked, and finally it was their turn.

"Next!" With the shout of the catcher, Jiu Zhi's legs trembled with nervousness, and he was about to collapse, but he was held up by Li Zhen, and whispered in his ear: "Jiu Zhi, if you are caught, your two thousand guan will belong to me!"

Jiu Zhi's spirit perked up, thinking of his two thousand yuan, thinking that he had not been to the Qinglou Teaching Workshop, it was a great loss to be caught like this, he had a kind of unwillingness in his heart, and his courage suddenly rose, he broke free of Li Zhen's hand, and said in a muffled voice: "I'm fine!"

At this time, the catcher pointed to Yan Xiao at the front, "Come and listen!"

Yan Xiao was not nervous, led the horse forward, and said to the catcher sitting on the stool in pure Luoyang official dialect: "I don't have to check!"

The first few women were searched by the arresters when they passed the customs, how could Yan Xiao let these arresters touch her body.

The head catcher glanced at her, they are all human spirits, and not every woman has to be searched, those village girls and peasant women can be strictly investigated, but this woman actually spoke Luoyang official dialect, and her tone was quite hard, so he didn't dare to despise it.

The head catcher laughed dryly, "There is an order from above, both men and women must check, unless the girl can prove her identity, otherwise the blame from above, we can't afford it!"

He was suggesting that Yan Xiao take out his identity certificate, if he didn't have the identity certificate of the official, he could have money, but if he didn't have status, he didn't have money

Li Zhen, who was walking behind, also understood Yan Xiao's situation, he had given Yan Xiao twenty gold coins before, which was equivalent to more than 20 yuan, which was enough to bribe these catchers not to embarrass Yan Xiao.

He thought that Yan Xiao would take out a few gold coins for the head catcher, but Yan Xiao actually took out a fish card from the bag and handed it to the head catcher.

Li Zhen was stunned, he knew this kind of fish brand, this is the identity of an official in the Tang Dynasty, with names, official positions, etc., how could Yan Xiao have a fish brand, could she be the daughter of an official family?

The head catcher was also startled, he slowly took the fish card and looked at it, and immediately stood in awe, and hurriedly presented the fish card to Yan Xiao with both hands, and said respectfully: "The villain has no eyes, offended the girl, I hope the girl will not be surprised!"

"It's okay, can I go?"

"Girl, please!"

Yan Xiao turned back to Li Zhen and Jiuzhi and shouted, "You two, what are you doing slowly, don't you keep up quickly!"

Li Zhen couldn't care about Yan Xiao's true identity, he knew that Yan Xiao regarded himself and Jiuzhi as her entourage, so he didn't have to speak.

Li Zhen hurriedly pulled a handful of wine, and the two led the horse forward, caught their heads and were stunned, and hurriedly asked, "Girl, are they?"

"They are my domestic servants, do you think I will come out alone?"

"Don't dare!"

The head catcher hesitated, then waved his hand and ordered: "Let them pass!"

Several trappers got out of the way, Li Zhen secretly breathed a sigh of relief, hurriedly led the horse quickly, and went to the outer city gate, they had nothing to do with the tax collectors, through the security inspection of the guò army and the thief inspection of the arresters, even if the inventory was over, as long as they walked out of the outer city gate, they would go out of Tongguan.

But things are often like this, and when they are still more than 20 steps away from the outer city gate, only someone behind them shouts: "Stop the two people in front!"

This was actually Lan Zhenyu's voice, Li Zhen only felt a 'buzz!' in his head, and they were still seen by Lan Zhenyu.

At this moment, Li Zhen was almost about to draw his sword and rush out of Tongguan, but reason told him that he couldn't do this, there must be an army outside the city, and they couldn't rush out.

Li Zhen restrained his urge to draw his sword, held down Jiuzhi's hand, and shouted sharply: "Don't panic, otherwise we will die!"

He grabbed the wine spirit that was almost collapsing, and turned to face this final test, only to see Lan Zhenyu running briskly with more than a dozen Wushun Mansion Ding, and Li Zhen slowly clenched the hilt of his sword.

The loophole is not in Li Zhen's face, Lan Zhenyu has been staring at him, and his current figure is very similar to Li Zhen, which makes him can't help but look at Li Zhen a few more times.

Finally, his gaze fell on Li Zhen's bow, which impressed him with his archery skills, and the half-cut bow exposed in the man's bow pouch made him feel very familiar, much like Li Zhen's bow.

He was suspicious in his heart, and immediately shouted, at this time, the army guarding the outer city gate was also alarmed, and rushed forward one after another, surrounding Li Zhen and the three of them.

Yan Xiao greeted her without hesitation, she glared at Lan Zhenyu with great dissatisfaction, "What else do you have to do?"

The head catcher had already told Lan Zhenyu the identity of the woman, so that Lan Zhenyu did not dare to be rude, he stepped forward and arched his hand: "There is no problem with the girl, but your entourage, I want to ask again." ”

"You deceive people too much!" Yan Xiao said through gritted teeth.

Lan Zhenyu stiffened his head and pointed at Li Zhen's bow, "Can I take a look at his bow?"

Later, Li Zhen suddenly realized that Lan Zhenyu recognized his bow, and he was secretly annoyed in his heart that he had neglected this detail.

Where will Yan Xiao give him a chance, turned around and waved his hand, "Let's go!"

The three turned to leave, but the soldiers had already surrounded them, and they could not release them at will without the order of the commander.

Lan Zhenyu stared at Li Zhen's bow, both in color and appearance, it was very similar to the bow he had seen, and he was even more suspicious in his heart, he must investigate this person carefully today.

At this moment, the Zhonglang guarding Tongguan urged the horse to rush forward and asked in a loud voice, "What happened?"

The supreme general guarding Tongguan is Pei Yong, the general of the Left Guard, but Pei Yong will not ask about the trivial matters of guarding the pass, and generally the three Zhonglang generals under him are in charge of daily chores.

One of them was Jiang Zhu, who was responsible for maintaining the daily order of Tongguan, and the thousand soldiers in the city were all his subordinates.

Lan Zhenyu pointed at Li Zhen, "I think the identity of this strong man is a little suspicious, I want to check it carefully." ”

Jiang Zhu hesitated a little, just now he whispered to him that the woman in front of him was Xiangguo's family, and the two were the woman's entourage, and he was also afraid of offending the high-ranking officials of the imperial court, so he came forward to ask, but this Lan Zhenyu is the person of King Wei, just in case

So Jiang Zhu was a little in a dilemma, he thought about it, and asked Yan Xiaodao: "May I ask the girl, do your entourage have any identity certificates?"

Li Zhen didn't know how many thoughts turned in his mind in just a moment, he still had one last life talisman, because it was too risky, he wouldn't take it out until he had to, but now, he had no choice.

Li Zhen took out the letter of recommendation from Wang Xiaojie from his arms and handed it to Yan Xiao, Yan Xiao was also slightly stunned in her heart, but she didn't think much about it, and then gave the letter to General Zhonglang, "General, please see!"

Jiang Zhu took the letter and looked at it, and was immediately startled, it turned out to be a letter from Wang Xiaojie, the general of the Left Guard, to the Ministry of War. Wang Xiaojie had just been named the Xia Guanshangshu and the head of the Hanhaidao march because of the defeat of the Tubo Turkic coalition army, and his reputation in the army was skyrocketing.

And the man in front of him actually carried Wang Xiaojie's letter, where did he dare to slack off, so he hurriedly returned the letter to Yan Xiao, hugged his fists and said: "It's disrespectful." ”

Jiang Zhu no longer hesitated, and said to Lan Zhenyu: "This person is from my military, not a suspicious bandit, please let them go!"

Although Li Zhen's name was written in Wang Xiaojie's letter, the letter was sealed by a seal, and Li Zhen bet that the general would not dare to open the letter without authorization, and at the same time bet that Lan Zhenyu did not know the relationship between Wang Xiaojie and him.

Lan Zhenyu really didn't know the relationship between Li Zhen and Wang Xiaojie, he only stayed in Dunhuang for three days, at that time the Wuju Township Test had already ended, and the Suo family was extremely taboo about this matter because they didn't get Wang Xiaojie's letter of recommendation, no one in the Suo Mansion dared to mention it, and Lan Zhenyu didn't know at all.

Lan Zhenyu was stunned, the other party turned out to be from the military, Yan Xiao glared at Lan Zhenyu fiercely, saluted Jiang Zhu, turned around and walked out of the city with Li Zhen and Jiuzhi.

It wasn't until they were far away that Lan Zhenyu asked, "General Jiang, who is he?"

"He's General Wang's person, you're worrying too much. ”

Jiang Zhu snorted extremely dissatisfied, urging the horse to go, Lan Zhenyu stayed there, and he didn't come back for a long time, he was actually negligent a little, from beginning to end, Li Zhen didn't say a word

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