As the largest city in the Central Plains and the center of the prosperous Shang Dynasty, the two huge oak gates wrapped in brass skins have always been opened early.

But Huang Gon, who received the news late at night, naturally did not open the door to thieves, and the city gate that was opened on the fifth watch day in the usual season has been tightly closed, indifferently and forcefully reflecting the slightly warm sunshine in early winter.

Until this moment.

The biggest reliance on the city of Chaoge and the safe pass to shield foreign enemies is like a treasure house with an open door, attracting the covetousness and prying eyes of countless people, and the white silver and yellow gold arouse the desire of countless people to loot.

There was a slight "creak" from the two gates, and the noose pulled slowly but firmly, like an unstoppable chariot that could not be stopped by any enemy in front of it.

Chenghou, who was standing on a large chariot, did not look surprised, as if he had known that the gate of Chaoge City would open on time when the sun would rise to the sky. There was only a smile on his slightly wrinkled face that the conspiracy had succeeded, and he reacted at the moment when the gate of Chaoge City was just opened, ignoring the stunned soldiers under him, he suddenly pulled out the long sword at his waist, pointed directly at Bigan and Huang Gon, who could not see clearly at the head of Chaoge City, and said in a loud voice:

"Defeat the rebels and thieves, and avenge Di Xin!

The high-ranking generals in the various military formations had been instructed before they set out on the expedition, knowing that there was an inner response in the castle to open the city gates, so they were not surprised, but they were surprised by the great energy of Chenghou and the depth of the veins in the court, and the hearts that were originally anxious because they might attack the first male city in the world were also relieved a lot, and they gave birth to some fanatical joy, and they were more sure of the outcome of this battle.

If today's thing is done and Chenghou ascends the throne, then we, the generals who are deeply trusted by Chenghou, are all ministers of the dragon, wouldn't it be much more nourishing than today's days?

Thinking of this, the people who had received Chenghou's instructions in advance were even more excited, shouting in response to Chenghou, and issued orders one after another, ordering his corporal to march into Chaoge City.

Today, the Marquis of Cheng led the princes of the Quartet to besiege the city on a total of eighteen routes, and the soldiers and horses led by each were different, with a total of 500,000 people, all of whom were personally commanded and dispatched by him.

There are city gates on all sides of Chaoge City, among which the main gate is the easiest to defend and difficult to attack, coupled with the town guard of the Zhuhuang array, the original princes' opinions are very unified, that is, only a few thousand people are arranged at the south gate for a slight deterrence, and the brigade of men and horses are all placed outside the east, west and north gates, and the soldiers outside the north gate are arranged at most 300,000 people, concentrated firepower to attack the north gate, and then led the army to drive directly to the Zhuhuang Palace, so the most secure.

Unexpectedly, the layout that had been discussed in advance by the princes of the other seventeen roads was denied by Chenghou, and he went against the will of everyone and directly arranged 400,000 armor soldiers outside the main gate of Chaoge City, that is, the south gate.

Originally, many of the princes of the Seventeenth Road were dissatisfied, but they were afraid of Chenghou's obscenity and did not dare to oppose it openly, after all, Chenghou's private army alone accounted for a terrifying number of 100,000 people in the princes' alliance.

It's just that they talked about it in private, and no one was optimistic about Chenghou's arrangement, and some even secretly slandered him, saying that Chenghou had been addicted to the gentle township of fat powder piles all these years, and even forgot the most basic rules of marching and fighting.

Chenghou didn't explain anything to them.

It wasn't until yesterday night that Mr. Lu Yuan, who was beside Chenghou, visited them one by one and told them about Chenghou's complete arrangement, and they were convinced by Chenghou's arrangement.

Since the gate of Chaoge City will be opened directly, then of course the main force should be placed at the south gate of Chaoge City, and as soon as the south gate is opened, it will directly enter the city and rush to Zhuhuang Palace.

They are even more scheming Chenghou Chengfu felt frightened, the City Gate Division has always been a strict yamen like an iron bucket in the Chaoge City, and it is full of confidants of the Shang King, Chenghou is actually so powerful that he can install people in the City Gate Division, and even that person is very likely to be the current City Gate Division.

Wait a minute, what's the name of the city gate priest?

Oh, it seems to be a person named Zhang Mo.

But with the heavy responsibility of opening and closing the gate of Chaoge City, it can be said that he holds the lifeblood of the dynasty, such a person must be very human, but why do the princes not even remember the name of this person when they hit the city?

Because just like his name, Zhang Mo is really an extremely silent, extremely low-key, extremely ordinary, and even a somewhat mediocre character.

Born in the old wealthy Zhang family, is the fifth son of the head of the Zhang family today, the ancestors of the clan have produced countless famous generals and virtuous ministers, passed down to this generation, once in charge of agricultural affairs of the big Si Nong Zhang old lady has long been old, now at home to raise fish and birds, very leisurely.

Mrs. Zhang has a total of five sons, the eldest son has a talent for cultivation, and he was born with an immortal master to practice, although he is not in the court, but he will also send some elixir spiritual materials home from time to time to help the old father prolong his life.

Zhang Mo's other brothers are also officials in the court, but I heard that he has always had a weak relationship with his father and brother, and there are even rumors that Mrs. Zhang and Zhang Mo's father and son are not in harmony in the officialdom of Chaoge City.

It stands to reason that among the sons of Mrs. Zhang, although Zhang Mo's official position is not high, he is in charge of the gate of Chaoge City, and he has the heaviest real power.

But looking back on Zhang Mo's official career, there were rumors of discord with his family when he first reached the crown, he stayed away from Chaoge early to join the army, and returned to Chaoge City after more than ten years of grinding in the Zhenxi Army, and did not even return home, directly took over the personal appointment of Di Yi, became the Si Zheng of the city gate, and bought a house to marry a wife and have children, which has been done for more than 20 years.

In the past 20 years, Zhang Mo has never interacted with his colleagues even during the New Year's holidays, let alone accepted bribes.

Zhang Mo never held banquets, never visited the Qinglou, and he was independent of the mansion outside the Zhang Mansion and never revealed what his habits were, and what kind of literary and elegant things he liked.

Businessmen can also drink alcohol if they are good at wine, but Zhang Sizheng, who was born in the army, actually does not drink a drop of alcohol, and goes to the city gate to the yamen every day on duty, and only returns to the house to rest at night, rain or shine for more than 20 years, with almost perverted self-discipline and self-control.

The only commendable thing is that since this Zhang Sizheng took office for more than 20 years, he has never made any mistakes in his duties, and he has always cooperated well with the forbidden army.

Every day, the gate of the city rises and falls on time, and countless people come and go, which has long become a habit.

Because of habit, so forget.

It's like breathing all the time, and if you don't think about it, you may not even notice it.

But breathing is a necessary function of the human body, one breath and one breath, any missing step, people will die.

Originally, when Zhang Mo had just taken over as the Si Zheng of the City Gate, there were still many people who came to visit and wanted to have a relationship with this Si Zheng, but when the housekeeper of the Zhang Mansion opened the door with a cold face and refused their greetings, there were fewer and fewer people who came to visit.

So the people who are proficient in the way of being an official in Chaogecheng know that this Zhang Sizheng is to be a "lonely minister".

Maybe it's because he holds the power of Chaoge City Defense so he wants to avoid suspicion, or maybe it's because Zhang Sizheng is by nature, he just doesn't want to interact with people.

Year after year, the officials who visited Zhang Mo in Chaoge City were promoted or demoted, and even committed crimes and were beheaded and their homes were raided, but Zhang Mo still sat firmly in the position of the head of the city gate as he did back then, and there was no change.

The Jingguan of flowing water, and Zhang Sizheng of iron.

This is a joke from a bigwig who ate Zhang Mo's closed-door soup back then, but now has become a big official in the capital.

It is said that when this sentence reached the ears of Zhang Mo, who was on duty in the City Gate Division, this old Si Zheng, who had already known the destiny of heaven, still had a black face, and he was not depressed, nor did he show any anger.

Now there are no more officials to visit Zhang Mo, after all, a city gate priest who has not been promoted for more than 20 years, the power in his hands does not affect the vast majority of people.

Why, a janitor who is incapable of being promoted can still control his master? Can he still not let his master go in and out?

As a result, Zhang Mo was forgotten more completely by the people in Chaoge City and even the officialdom of the world.

The mansion, which was ridiculed by Beijing officials as "Xiao Zhang's Mansion", is becoming more and more crowded.

He was on duty day after day, turning the Castle Gate Division into an iron bucket-like yamen led only by His Majesty the King of Shang and himself, and watched the opening and closing of the gate of Chaoge Castle day after day in the oblivion of the residents of Chaoge Castle until today.

Chenghou led 500,000 troops to the city, and the situation in Chaoge was in danger, Zhang Mo, who had been silent, was no longer silent, so he opened the gate of Chaoge City and opened his mind to the rebels.

If you don't sing, it's enough, and if you don't sing, the world repeats.

This is Zhang Mo.

At this moment, he was standing behind the mahogany table that had been sitting for more than twenty years, caressing the table top that had already been shiny, and watching the Chaoge City Gate slowly open from the best angle of the City Gate Division.

The gate of Chaoge City is being opened, and the gate of the city gate is also being opened.

It was kicked open by Huang Gon.

Huang Gon was the first person to feel the opening of the city gate above the city wall, when Bigan was still suffering from the endless slander and abuse of the rebels under the city, and the cousin had just put his mind at ease, and he and his cousin began to eat the second fragrant signature soup dumpling of the Immortal Mash Pavilion, and the thick noose of the city gate had just begun to turn, but it could no longer stop its steps.

Huang Gon's somewhat rickety figure had disappeared from the city and came to the city gate.

He knew that once the noose began to turn, it would be extremely difficult to stop, and in the current situation, only he could react, and one person could not stop the rotation of the heavy noose, and the top priority was to catch the culprit.

So Huang Gon used his true qi, and his legs, which looked a little slender, were instantly filled with brutal power, and he kicked and smashed the gate of the City Gate Division.

went directly to the room where Zhang Mo was on duty, and saw the colleague who had often met for more than 20 years, but always had a black face.

And behind him stood a swordsman with a hat at the peak of the Refining Realm.

The swordsman had already drawn his sword, and the tip of the knife was pointed at Huang Gon, who had just opened the door.