Chapter 90: The Prince and the Thief
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It was the sound of horses' hooves at a gallop
The bustling crowd at the city gate was alarmed by the sudden sound of horses' hooves, and it became quiet. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
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The ears were already able to hear the neighing of the horses, and then the ground began to tremble slightly, and I saw a guard running to the city gate officer and saying something in his ear, and the pot-bellied city gate officer hurriedly adjusted his clothes.
Before he could finish tidying up, a group of knights had already rushed to the city gate.
The first one hung the Seven Treasure Sword on his waist, and a divine horse on his crotch was very snowflake green horse, wearing a bright yellow samurai robe, and the scarlet cloak behind his back was waving in the wind.
Before the man could stop his steed, the gate officer had already taken three steps and ran up to the front in two steps, trying to grab the reins for the knight on the horse, and shouted busily, "I have seen His Royal Highness the Great Prince." ”
The knight, whom the city gate officials called the Great Prince, was so agile that he turned over and jumped off his horse before his mount could be firm.
Seeing this, the dozens of horsemen who followed behind also flew off their horses at the same time, and the movements of the entire team were uniform, and the military appearance was very neat, and at first glance, it was a well-trained force.
After the eldest prince dismounted, the first thing he saw was not the groveling city gate official in front of him, but at the somewhat congested city gate, his brows furrowed and he said unhappily: "Why are there still people blocking the city gate, haven't you received your father's order, why haven't you closed the city gate until now!"
The city gate official trembled, and quickly explained: "Back to His Royal Highness the Great Prince, His Majesty's previous decree is not to allow anyone to leave the city, and the search for people entering the city will be strengthened, so the lower officials do not dare to close the city gate without authorization. ”
The eldest prince glanced at the noisy and chaotic city gate, and saw that there were still many people on the side of the city who refused to disperse, and the procession into the city was not neat, and even the position of some of them was intersecting with the people waiting to leave the city.
As soon as he stretched out his hand, he called one of the guards and commanded: "Pass my order, close the city gate immediately, and now all the people gathered at the city gate will be handed over to the guards for careful examination, and no one is allowed to leave without my order." ”
The guard nodded, and with a wave of his hand, several more came up and took over the city gates, while the others began to expel the crowd and prepare to do as the prince had commanded.
The city gate official was a little panicked, and said anxiously: "Your Royal Highness, the eldest prince, but ...... But Your Majesty ...... there."
The eldest prince glared at the city gate official, took out a jet-black token from his arms, and shouted: "All the soldiers listen to the order, my father has issued an order, ordering me to be fully responsible for the defense of today's national capital, and anyone who obstructs it will be killed!"
As soon as the city gate official saw the black token, he fell to his knees in fright and did not dare to say another word.
The black-armored knights took the place of the original guards, and introduced the people blocked at the city gate into the city first, and then isolated and guarded them.
The city gate, which had been a little calmer, was noisy again, and some of them noticed that the situation was not good, and said that they were about to quit the group if they were not ready to enter the city, but they were surrounded by the black-armored knights and could not escape.
At this moment, in the crowd that was about to enter the city, a man with most of his head and face wrapped in black cloth suddenly rushed out of the crowd and ran desperately outside the city gate.
Several black-armored knights shouted and chased after him, and the eldest prince saw this scene from a distance, untied a large gold-painted bow from his mount on the side, bent the bow and arrows, and slightly aimed at the bowstring.
The black-clothed masked man was suddenly hit by an arrow in his ankle while running wildly, and fell to the spot in severe pain, and was held down by several black-armored knights who followed him.
A moment later, a black-armored knight walked up to the eldest prince with a bag of things.
The eldest prince opened the bag, only to see that it was full of gold and silver, and a merchant who was being searched by the soldiers saw this scene, and suddenly shouted: "Oh my God! That's my burden~"
It turned out that the person who wanted to escape was just a thief who was mixed in the procession into the city.
The prince casually tossed the bag of gold and silver to his men, commanded them to do it fairly, and turned to one of the attendants behind him.
The squire nodded, and took a long strip of wrapping from his back, which he opened to reveal several rolls of drawing paper.
It wasn't until these rolls of flower paper were unfolded and pasted on the city gate that people realized that the paper was painted with the same portrait, and the bare head was obviously a young monk, but his eyes were sharp and kind, not like the kind eyes of ordinary monks.
Wukong's gaze was also drawn to the portrait, and he somehow felt a little familiar when he looked at the face on the portrait, especially the sharp eyes, as if he always wanted to evoke some memories of him.
However, what he didn't notice at all was that the bustling crowd around him and Qu Qingyan was quietly retreating.
Qu Qingyan was the first to notice that the atmosphere was wrong, and pulled the monk's robe on Wukong's body.
Wukong was looking at the portrait, and he was not happy to be dragged by her like this, "What are you dragging me for?" ”
When I turned around, I found that the people around me were far away, and this was not even a few people who were still pointing at themselves, saying strange things such as "monk", "thief" and "prisoner".
At this time, he didn't understand even more, and asked Qu Qingyan: "What's wrong with these people, why are they standing so far away, and what are they talking about." ”
Qu Qingyan was a little speechless and pointed to the portrait posted on the wall, and then pointed to Wukong himself, seeing that Wukong still didn't seem to understand, he simply compared his head.
The monkey followed Qu Qingyan's posture, reached out and touched his bare head, and finally came to his senses, and looked at the eyes of some people, from the frightened eyes of these people, he finally saw his current appearance, which was clearly the same as the monk in the portrait.
At the same time, the monkey finally remembered that one of the questions that had been bothering him just now was why he felt that the monk in the portrait was familiar, because he had never seen the monk's deity before.
Although the meeting time was very short at that time, because of the ruthlessness and unreasonableness of the monk's action, the face of the little monk was clearly and profoundly imprinted in his mind.
Even today, when he performs the Transfiguration Technique, the appearance of the monk he conjures up is the same as that of the little monk who still remembers in his memory.
The commotion in the crowd quickly attracted the attention of the black-armored knights.
As the black-armored knights gradually gathered around, the eldest prince's eyes finally fell on this place......