Chapter 49: Emperor Hongji (2)

As he was speaking, the sound of horses' hooves suddenly sounded outside the Huangji Gate, and gradually came to the door, and the sound of horses' hooves became louder. We immediately became alert, this is the forbidden place of the palace, who dares to gallop on horseback. We looked at each other, and I suddenly felt that there was no time to delay, drew my sword, and shouted, "Alert! "Twenty-eight people immediately gathered on the main road, I saw that the emperor was behind him, still talking to them unhurriedly, stubbornly, hurried over, knelt on one knee, and bowed deeply: "Zhang Ying, the chief banner of the Jinyi Guard Luan, was ordered to take care of the South Palace, and there are people in front of the palace who are coming on horseback, please return to the palace!" The emperor said "oh", seemed to look at me, didn't say more, but still talked to the marquis.

The sound of the horse's hooves is getting louder and louder, and it has already broken in, you must know that the noon gate is the strictest, Gu Dashou is in front, how can you let people in, presumably this person has done a good job, breaking through many obstacles, I am more and more nervous, but I can't care too much, after giving a salute, I will call Ning Boyang and Hardy to line up with a fan to block the comers.

The man rode a white horse, quite dazzling, followed by a short retinue. The horse's hooves fell on the gold bricks on the ground, and the cry was crisp, and I leaned out, stretched out my arms, and shouted: "The forbidden place in the palace, it is strictly forbidden to gallop horses, and those who violate the order will not be killed." Who dares to gallop on horseback and not get off the horse! "My voice was unusually loud, there was a faint echo, the man didn't expect me to come out to block, and shouted to stop him, I couldn't help but be startled, suddenly strangled the reins, the white horse neighed, the horse's hooves raised, before I could speak, the horsewhip had "whew" to hit, I dodged away, the whip "snapped" a crisp sound, whirring is three whips, I dodged, backhand holding the whip, about to pull the person on the horse, the man is also good strength, I dragged a few times, even did not move, I was trying to strength, The short fat man suddenly rushed over, drew his short knife and slashed. In the palace, no one is allowed to bring weapons except for us Jinyi Guard, and I became more and more nervous, thinking that there was really an assassin here? Don't dare to slack off, hurriedly let go of the whip, pulled out the knife, put on a posture, and waited for the opportunity to make the knife, the man's martial arts are not weak, but he didn't expect me to fight back, a little hesitation, I forced back, the person on the horse has been watching, and suddenly said: "Stop, who are you?" Dare to stop His Royal Highness from returning to the palace! ”

Hearing this, I was taken aback, and looked closely, the person immediately was a young man of the same age as me, thin and weak, gorgeously dressed, but with a wicked smile, looking at me, there was a lot of mockery in his expression, this person dared to call himself His Royal Highness, could it be the prince of the East Palace, I suddenly thought, and secretly screamed in my heart, but I still replied: "Zhang Ying, the chief banner of the Yiluan Division!" Ordered to take care of Nangong! The young man smiled and said, "It must be Lao Luo's subordinates, and his skills are not bad!" It's just that you don't know Taishan with eyes, you don't know this prince, new here, right? At some point, many little fathers-in-law came beside the young man, and when he heard the young man's words, he burst into laughter.

I hurriedly put the knife into the sheath, stiffened my head, gave a deep salute, and said: "Back to Your Highness, my subordinates have indeed just entered the palace, and I don't know His Royal Highness the Prince!" The prince smiled and said, "You don't even know the prince, so you entered the Yiluan Division, and came here to let a group of your people stop me, how did you get here?" How did Lao Luo train? ”

I secretly screamed in my heart that it was not good, it was the first time I entered the palace, and I felt that it was quite fresh, and I didn't want to cause a big disaster, and I didn't talk about it, I was afraid that my brothers would suffer. I plucked up my courage and arched my hand: "Today's events are all done by my subordinates in accordance with the palace rules, I don't want to offend His Royal Highness the Prince, but it has nothing to do with my subordinate brothers, I am willing to be punished, I hope His Royal Highness will forgive his subordinate brothers!" The crown prince sighed, looked at us, and said: "The forbidden place of the palace, every move is watched, if I were an assassin, I would have called the police a long time ago." He turned his head to Humpty Dumpty and said, "Shicai, this kid's knife skills look good, Li Risheng, you are the teacher of Ning Wangfu, why don't you compete with him?" Humpty Dumpty kept looking at me, and said with a smile: "Your Highness, can you use the knife?" The prince nodded, and Humpty Dumpty came over with a smirk.

The prince said to me again: "This is the teaching of King Ning's mansion, King Ning said that he is good at martial arts, and I want him to be my guard, I see that you also have some ability, and now I order you to compete with him!" I hurriedly answered, and the prince smiled and said, "I want to see who Lao Luo arranged!" Remember, if you lose, Lao Luo will have to get out! ”

My heart tightened, and I said: "My subordinates obey the order, it's just His Royal Highness the Prince, this is a forbidden place in the palace, no one is allowed to use weapons without authorization, disturb the emperor, and the subordinates can't afford to eat!" Please also ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to take back his fate. The prince shook his head and said, "It's okay, you can do what you want, and if something happens, I'll take care of it!" Then Li Risheng had slowly pulled out his knife and said: "King Ning dedicated a BMW to His Royal Highness the Prince, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince tried his strength, you don't have long eyes, you dare to stop it, see how I clean you up!" ”

After that, he raised his knife and slashed, the prince had already said it to the extreme, and I couldn't take too much care of it, before his blade fell, the embroidered spring knife was already out of the sheath, blocking his knife, and said: "Let's stop it!" Don't hurt the peace! Li Risheng sneered and said, "You are a little hairy child, can I still be afraid of you?" With that, he pushed hard, and we were separated from each other.

I saw him dance his sword like a flower, which provoked many people to applaud, the crown prince also opened his eyes wide, staring, Hardy and the others looked at me nervously, I took a deep breath, and secretly thought that this is the forbidden place of the palace, and it should be decided to fight quickly, not for a long time, so as not to cause trouble, so I decided to use the scattered people's free sword technique.

That Li Risheng suddenly moved forward, a silver light struck, I moved my right foot lightly, turned the knife into a sword, and cut his wrist, he was taken aback, backhand back knife, to block the embroidered spring knife, but I borrowed the strength to fight, the moment the two knives collided, the wrist turned, the embroidered spring knife slid down against the knife surface, only to hear the sound of "ah", at the same time the steel knife landed, the embroidered spring knife has cut his wrist, I didn't use too much strength, otherwise his hands have to be cut off, but also bloody.

Li Risheng covered his wrists, his face was pale, and he looked at me in disbelief, and said, "You use swordsmanship?" I nodded, and the prince was already laughing and applauding.

Li Risheng seemed to be unwilling, and said: "Your kung fu is too evil, and I am too careless." I put the knife in the sheath and arched my hand: "This is the palace, you are not allowed to use knives and guns without permission, please forgive me for any offense!" In addition, outsiders are not allowed to bring weapons inside. ”

When the prince heard this, he was displeased and said, "Don't be verbose about such a trivial matter." I see that you have some ability, and you hurt King Ning's people, what do I think you should do? I was stunned for a moment, and said in my heart: "You arranged the competition, why did you hurt people and blame me?" But he couldn't refute it, so he had to say: "My subordinates have no intention of offending, they just act according to the law, and I ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to be considerate!" ”

The prince smiled, pointed at the horsewhip, and said, "You are so bold! ”

At this moment, a group of people ran over out of breath, and there was Zhang Yong's father-in-law in the crowd, led by an elderly eunuch, with a pair of eagle eyes, very scary, he looked around us, already knew what was going on, just coughed lightly, that father-in-law Zhang had already come to me quickly, raised his hand and slapped him, and said: "Bold Zhang Ying, you dare to stop His Royal Highness the Prince, and you don't kneel down to ask for guilt!" ”

The slap was loud, I was slapped for the first time in my life, my face was hot, I was really ashamed, Zhang's father-in-law was full of murderous energy, I quickly knelt down, and Ning Boyang and others also knelt down.

"Yo, does Grandpa Zhang know this little cub?" The old eunuch suddenly laughed, but his voice was indifferent, and Zhang Gonggong said: "Gonggong Liu, he is the little cub in the brocade guard, and he is also my nephew, he has eyes and no beads, and he stopped His Royal Highness the Prince, he deserves death, His Royal Highness the Prince, you look at the hair!" That father-in-law Liu snorted and said in a long voice: "Oh, it's from my own family, forget it!" There was a middle-aged eunuch who smiled and said, "How can the rules of the palace be broken!" Zhang Zhong, for the sake of Father-in-law Zhang's face, reward this kid with a few slaps! Let him learn a lesson! Liu Gonggong said: "Father-in-law Qiu, why bother? The kid is a newcomer, and he doesn't know the prince, that's natural. Father-in-law Zhang hurriedly said: "Everything is handled according to the palace rules, Zhang Ying has committed the crime of great disrespect, even if he is executed, it is reasonable." Gonggong Liu glanced at the gloating prince and said: "Don't say it so evilly, the prince can't be so ruthless, our family looks like this, and does what Gonggong Qiu wants, so as to set an example." Keep a snack for the kid in the future! Zhang Zhong, go ahead! One of them answered, and walked up to me.

This man was born with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, and his eyes were bright. I looked up at him, and then at Father-in-law Zhang, Father-in-law Zhang's face was expressionless, although I knew that I had made a mistake, but I was really not convinced, but at this time no one interceded for me, and I was a little resentful in my heart, that Zhang Zhong walked up to me, smiled and put his hand on my shoulder, and said: "You are also surnamed Zhang, I think we are still a family!" You have some skills, don't worry, our family won't abolish you. His words sounded kind, but I could already feel that he was pinching my bones hard, and I didn't dare to exert myself, but the pain was immediate.

At this time, someone suddenly said behind him: "Do you think he did something wrong?" ”