When Ye Feng and the others came to the Xuanwu Gate, the sun was already slightly slanting to the west.

Along the way, I didn't meet a single sergeant from the capital patrol battalion, and the whole capital seemed to be undefended suddenly, and the streets were full of people who were helping the old and the young, and wanted to escape from the capital to avoid trouble.

From the mouths of these people, the capital patrol battalion has gathered outside the noon gate of the main gate of the palace, waving flags, I don't know how many military horses, and the forbidden army guarding the palace city formed a confrontation situation, seeing that the war is about to break out.

Looking at these people who fled in panic, Master Lifan sighed: "After these Jinling people have just passed a few years of peace after the Battle of Jingjing, they can't imagine that they will face military disasters again, which is really sad and lamentable!"

Ye Feng nodded, I don't know when the people of the world will be able to live a peaceful life of peace and contentment forever, and they will no longer be displaced like now, and they will flee in a panic.

He also secretly felt a little strange in his heart, the patrol battalion of the capital was only 10,000 horses at best, how could he dare to face to face with the tens of thousands of forbidden troops guarding the imperial city, and actually chose to storm the noon gate?

Li Feihu is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg, is his brain broken?

Just thinking about it, I arrived at the Xuanwu Gate in front.

Xuanwu Gate is in the north of the palace city, and it is also called "Houzai Gate" when it is first established, and its name is taken from the "Kun" hexagram of the Book of Changes: "The terrain is Kun, and the gentleman carries things with virtue".

Usually the officials enter and exit from the main gate of the south of the palace and the left and right doors next to the entrance and exit, the chariots and horses also mostly enter and exit from the east and west gates on both sides of the palace, this Xuanwu Gate is located in the north of the entire capital, close to Zhongshan, there are few people in and out at ordinary times, just some carriages that pull goods for the palace pass through here, relatively secluded.

This is also the reason why Ye Feng chose to meet Qiu Fu, the Duke of Qiguo.

But today, Ye Feng vaguely felt that something was wrong.

The palace city is in the imperial city, and it is the last barrier to protect the palace, and it has always been heavily guarded.

Even if this Xuanwu Gate is located in a remote area and few people go in and out, it is usually full of guards and forbidden soldiers.

But now the Xuanwu Gate is open, and there are only a few forbidden soldiers armed with spears on duty, and there is not even a single person on the palace wall that is usually full of people.

The guards were so lax, which made Ye Feng feel a little uneasy in his heart.

When they came to the Xuanwu Gate, the soldiers of the forbidden army on duty saw that the three of them were monks and laymen, and the had a strange face and felt suspicious, so he picked up his spear and stepped forward to stop them and ask for their identity.

Ye Feng took out the waist card of Jinyiwei from his waist and lit up, and said to them: "This official is a hundred households of Jinyiwei, and he and Qi Guogong made an appointment to meet here, so they are waiting here." ”

The forbidden soldier looked at the waist tag that was indeed the brocade guard, gave a salute, and then returned to the door to guard, ignoring the three men no more.

Ye Feng looked up at the sky, estimating that Zhang Idiot and Qi Guogong Qiu Fu should have arrived at this time, but they were still nowhere to be seen, and he didn't know if something had changed, so he couldn't help but worry in his heart.

When I turned around, I saw Master Fan sitting down by the river in front of the door.

Miyagi was surrounded by the Imperial River, and Master Lifan leaned against the stone railing of the Imperial River, sat casually on the ground, and took out an oil-soaked cloth bag from his arms.

When he opened the cloth bag, there was actually half a burnt yellow and tender roast chicken inside, and Master Lifan held the chicken leg in one hand as if no one was around, and gnawed it in a big gulp, seeing Ye Feng and the a little dumbfounded.

Isn't he a monk from Shaolin Temple?

Master Lifan looked up and saw the two of them looking at him intently, smiled, and asked, "Why, haven't you seen a monk eat meat?"

The two shook their heads together, this wine and meat is the first major precept of Buddhism, the rules of Shaolin Temple are strict, and the disciples of the sect are even more strict in abiding by the rules, I don't know how the master dares to break the precept?

Master Lifan sighed and said, "Lao Qu's family has been poor since he was a child, and he entered Shaolin as a monk in order to make a living. It's a pity that this mouth has never been angry, and I can't quit the pleasure of this mouthful, but it's just this mouthful. So he was later expelled from the Shaolin Gate Wall, also for this mouth. ”

said regret in his mouth, but there was no pity on his face, he opened his mouth and took a big bite of chicken, chewing with a mouthful of oil, with a satisfied face.

Ye Feng shook his head, glanced back at the empty palace city wall, and suddenly moved in his heart, and walked towards the few forbidden soldiers on duty at the door.

Approaching the soldier, he asked, "Which guard of the Forbidden Army are you?"

The soldier replied, "The Xuanwu Gate is guarded by the Jin Wuwei, and we are all under the command of the left commander of the Jin Wuwei. ”

Ye Feng frowned, this left commander heard that he had just been transferred to the command envoy of Jin Wuwei, and he didn't know it, and he hadn't even heard of this person's past deeds.

He asked again, "Why are there only a few of you on duty in the Xuanwu Gate today, and the other sergeants?"

The soldier said: "I heard that the people of the capital patrol battalion gathered in front of the noon gate to make a disturbance, with bad intentions, the left commander ordered that except for a few of us, the other Jinwuwei sergeants have all been led by him to go to the noon gate to guard, in case there is a change. ”

Didn't they all go to the noon gate?

Ye Feng blinked his eyes a few times, and suddenly remembered what Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Han, had said to him at the beginning, if there was any problem in the forbidden army guarding the palace, the consequences would be unimaginable.

That's why he handed over the jade plate to Ye Feng and asked him to send a message to Qiu Fu, the Duke of Qiguo, and immediately enter the palace to face the saint and take over the command of the forbidden army.

Could it be that the current situation of this Xuanwu Gate is the problem mentioned by King Han?

Ye Feng's face changed.

Before he could react, he heard the black ghost Helian Tie behind him shout: "Coming, they are coming!"

Ye Feng looked back, and saw two figures running towards the Xuanwu Gate from a distance.

Getting closer and closer, it is clearly recognizable that it is the righteous brother Zhang Idiot Zhang Fatzi, and the other person wearing a crimson court dress must be Qiu Fu, the Duke of Qi Kingdom.

But why did they run so fast? When they got closer, they saw that there was still anxiety and panic on their faces?

Ye Feng took a few steps forward towards them, and he heard Zhang Fatzi shouting at the top of his voice: "Hurry up, go in, the rebels, the rebels are coming!"

Rebels? What rebels?

Ye Feng was shocked in his heart, weren't all the troops of the capital patrol battalion gathered outside the noon gate in the south of the palace? Where are there any rebels?

Just as they were confused, they saw a group of black crowds behind them from a distance, surging in the direction of Xuanwu Gate. Between the banners, it can be vaguely recognized that it is the banner of the Beijing patrol battalion.

How could there be an army patrolling battalion here? Could it be that there were just some suspicious soldiers before the noon gate, and the Xuanwu Gate was their real target?

Ye Feng didn't have time to think about it, so he turned around and ran towards the Xuanwu Gate.

Several Jinwuwei soldiers on duty at the gate saw the patrol battalion troops coming like a black pressure tide from a distance, and they were so frightened that their legs were weak, and they threw away the spears in their hands, turned around and ran in all directions, Ye Feng couldn't stop screaming a few times, and ran away in a moment.

The nigger was so angry that he scolded his mother, Ye Feng stopped him, and then Zhang Fatzi ran over with a strange scream: "My good man, so many rebels are behind the ass, I'm scared to death grandpa!"

When Qiu Fu and Zhang Fatzi ran into the door, several people hurriedly worked together to push the heavy two doors to cover them, trying to block the progress of the rebels. When I turned around, I couldn't find the latch that inserted the door.

The sergeants of Jin Wuwei have long been gone, and they can't find anyone if they want to ask, Ye Feng suddenly understood at this time, it seems that this Xuanwu Gate was originally deliberately left for the patrol battalion in the capital, and the left commander of Jin Wuwei must have colluded with Li Feihu and them.

Now there are thousands of patrol battalions outside the door, but there are only five of them Ye Feng inside, what should I do?

Qiu Fu, the Duke of Qiguo, gasped and said: "For today's plan, the fastest thing is for us to go to the face of the saint immediately and bring the nearest standard-bearer guard to the emperor's side here, so as to stop the rebels." However, someone must be able to hold this place first and support it until reinforcements come. ”

A few people looked at each other and joked, five people had to block thousands of heavily armed sergeants?

Just when everyone was at a loss, only to hear the sound of "Du", the surprisingly heavy wooden staff in Master Lifan's hand hit the ground heavily, he sighed, and said slowly: "I don't know how long the old man can guard?"

Ye Feng was startled, and immediately stopped: "Master can't be in danger, maybe we have other ways." ”

When he said this, he actually understood in his heart that what Qiu Fu said was the only and fastest way at present, but he must not watch Master Fan take risks, no matter how high a person's martial arts are, in the face of an army of thousands of people, it will be difficult to escape the end of exhaustion and death.

Shaolin passed on his Yijin Sutra and was kind to him, and Master Lifan even saved him under Murong Haohua, how could he watch this Shaolin monk die for his mistakes?

He had already begun to hate himself in his heart, why did he choose Xuanwu Gate to meet Qiu Fu? Why didn't he choose Donghua Gate or Xihua Gate?

Master Lifan shook his head, he knew that there was no better way at the moment, he said calmly: "You guys hurry up, the sooner you bring reinforcements, the better, this old bone won't last long." ”

The stepped forward and said, "I'll stay and fight the enemy with the master!"

Master Lifan sighed: "The old man is not here, only you can protect Ye Gongzi, you must follow him every step of the way." ”

He pretended to smile lightly again: "Besides, if you die, where will the old man go to find a successor with such good qualifications as you?"

Ye Feng looked at Master Fan, who had always been sloppy, and suddenly felt that his heart was incomparably bright, and he asked with some puzzlement: "Why, Master, why did you take such a risk for us?"

Master Lifan looked at Ye Feng, with a resolute look on his face, and said, "Even though Lao Qu is no longer in Shaolin, he will always be a Shaolin disciple. Since my brother entrusted your safety to me, I will protect you even if I fight for my life, I don't know if it is for you, but also for Shaolin. ”

Only then did Ye Feng know that he had been entrusted by the master of reform to protect his safety. No wonder he has always appeared at critical times, and it seems that he has been secretly following him.

He felt tears in his eyes, and asked in a trembling voice, "I don't know how to repay the master's kindness in the future?"

Master Lifan raised the half of the fat chicken in his hand and said with a smile: "Next time we meet, buy the most delicious chicken and invite me to eat it!"

Ye Feng felt that tears were already rolling in his eyes, and responded: "Definitely!"

When the shouts of the rebel sergeants outside the door were clearly audible, Master Lifan's face turned pale, and he shouted: "Hurry up!"

Ye Feng took one last look at Master Fan, turned his head and began to run wildly. He didn't dare to look back, he was afraid that the tears in his eyes would not stop falling, Master Fan, who had never known him, was willing to give his life to keep him safe because of a promise.

At that glance just now, he suddenly felt that Master Fan's originally somewhat gauntlet body was unusually tall, like a tall Buddha statue, incomparably sacred.

Master Lifan stood in place, watching Ye Feng and them walk away, and behind him, the sound of the rebel sergeants slapping on the heavy wooden door had already sounded.

He lowered his head and took one last bite of the fat chicken in his hand, then discarded it aside, clutched the wooden staff, and strode into the doorway of the city gate.

In front of him, the two heavy doors were pushed open, and in front of him were full of hideous roaring faces and countless bright blades.

Master Lifan stood in place, stretched out his hand and raised the wooden staff in his hand, pointing straight to the sky, at that moment, his momentum was like a god!