Late at night

"Brother Chi, it's really you!I thought they heard it wrong!"

"Brother Xian, the matter is really urgent, so I hope you will forgive me for disturbing me late at night. Chi Zhongtian said.

"Brother Chi, what are you talking about, come in!" said Yongmen Zidi, and then turned sideways and stepped aside.

"Brother Xian, my subordinates also followed me all the way, I don't want to go to the inn so late, see if you can arrange a few rooms for them to rest first, they have been on the road for several days. ”

Before Chi Zhongtian finished speaking, Yongmen Zidi immediately said: "Look at what you said, this is also a matter! Come on, hurry up and clean up a few clean guest rooms, and then let someone get some food and drink and send it over, quick!"

As soon as Yongmen Zidi finished speaking, two servants immediately ran inside.

"Brother Xian, thank you!" Chi Zhongtian said with a smile.

"Between the two of us, we don't need this word of thanks, come in. ”

After Chi Zhongtian followed Yongmen Zidi in, Yongmen Zidi first asked the servant to arrange for others to rest, he knew that Chi Zhongtian came in the middle of the night, and there must be something urgent, so he called Chi Zhongtian to the study alone.

After arriving at the study, Chi Zhongtian really looked nervous all of a sudden.

"Is the Yongmen Taifu here?"

Yongmen Zidi shook his head and said, "My father went out to look for it last night, and it is estimated that he will not come back until tomorrow night, what's wrong?"

"Alas, something is wrong. As soon as Chi Zhongtian heard that Yongmen Zhen was not there, he sat on the chair and said with a sad face.

"Something's wrong? What's wrong? By the way, where did you come from? Yongmen Zidi asked.

"From Lijiang City!" Chi Zhongtian replied.

"Lijiang City, oh, the emperor sent you, tell me quickly, how is the war?"

Chi Zhongtian smiled bitterly and said, "Do you know who the commander of the Southern Xinjiang Suppression Army is this time?"

"I know, His Royal Highness King Qing!" said Yongmen Zidi quickly.

"Well, it's His Royal Highness King Qing, he was robbed. Chi Zhongtian said silently.

"What!" Yongmen Zidi stood up suddenly, and his face immediately turned colored.

"King Qing was captured, and the person who captured him was a spy sent by the enemy army to Lijiang City. Chi Zhongtian repeated it again.

Yongmen Zidi listened to it again, and still felt as if he was dreaming, he stood up and walked back and forth in the house a few times, and after feeling almost awake, he asked rhetorically: "Is the news of King Qing's arrest accurate?"

Chi Zhongtian shook his head helplessly and said: "There is no exact or inexact name, many officers and soldiers have seen the capture of King Qing, and almost all the sergeants in Lijiang City know about it." ”

"Does the emperor know?" asked Yongmen Zidi.

"I don't know, we just arrived in the capital tonight, and we came to you immediately, and there are two generals who came back with me, one is called Lu Gui and the other is called Li Guang, do you know?" Chi Zhongtian said.

Yongmen Zidi nodded and said, "I know, Lu Gui is a fierce general." ”

"I came to you today, just to come to discuss with you, do you think I want to ventilate with the emperor in advance?"

After Chi Zhongtian said this, Yongmen Zidi immediately asked suspiciously: "What, you don't plan to say it when you go to court?"

"Brother Xian, King Qing was arrested, those soldiers in southern Xinjiang may not escape the blame, if you rashly tell the saint tomorrow in the morning, in that case, the saint may kill those two generals, so, I wonder if I should talk to the saint first, so as not to be difficult for the saint to accept. ”

As soon as Chi Zhongtian said this, Yongmenzi Didenshi's eyes widened, in his opinion, Chi Zhongtian, a person in the martial arts, how could he still think about these things now.

"Brother Chi, you are really thoughtful. Yongmen Zidi sighed.

"It's not thoughtful, this time in Lijiang City, I have seen a lot of things, and I know a lot of things, I can only tell you that King Qing was arrested, it is definitely not that those generals are incompetent, but the reason is really a little complicated, and I can't say it clearly for a while. Chi Zhongtian said.

"Then, Brother Chi, when are you going to see the Holy Lord?" asked Yongmen Zidi.

"Without further ado, I want to go now. Chi Zhongtian replied.

"Now?" Yongmen Zidi muttered for a while, stood up and came outside, glanced at the sky, and then turned his head and said, "It's almost time now, and the saint must have already rested." ”

"I can't take care of it now, I have to go, Brother Xian, my subordinates, I have to trouble you to take care of it more. As he spoke, Chi Zhongtian stood up, obviously having made up his mind.

"Brother Chi, don't worry, besides, I think you can go to His Royal Highness. Yongmen Zidi said.

"It's still not good, it's better to tell the saint alone about this matter, it's not a glorious thing after all. After Chi Zhongtian finished speaking, he quickly left.

He first found Ye Luo, changed into his general's uniform, and then rode a horse towards the imperial city alone.

When he was still a mile away from the Imperial City, Chi Zhongtian was stopped by the Imperial City's Praetorian Guards.

According to the rules, once the time passes, then the entire imperial city will be under martial law, and no one can approach.

Chi Zhongtian showed them his identity, and then said that he had something very urgent to tell the emperor.

Those Praetorian Guards don't care what Chi Zhongtian's identity is, no matter how urgent you are, it is impossible to let you in at this time.

Seeing that those Praetorian Guards were not allowed to do all the hard work, Chi Zhongtian had no choice but to take a step back and hand over the letter he had written on his body to those Praetorian Guards.

Maybe it was because of Chi Zhongtian's identity, or maybe these Praetorian Guards had already heard about it and knew what Chi Zhongtian's role was, so they agreed.

Chi Zhongtian waited until the Praetorian Guards left, and he didn't leave, but stayed where he was, he believed that as long as the emperor saw it, he would definitely let him face the saint.

Sure enough, Chi Zhongtian guessed correctly.

Half an hour later, just when Chi Zhongtian was about to despair, the Praetorian Guard sent a decree to let Chi Zhongtian go to the imperial study to meet him.

When Chi Zhongtian came to the imperial study, as soon as he entered the door, he suddenly saw the emperor sitting on the dragon chair, holding his head with his palm, and he couldn't see his face clearly.

At this moment, there was also a serving eunuch standing inside, and after the eunuch saw Chi Zhongtian, he turned around and whispered: "Your Majesty, General Chi is here." ”

Hearing this, the emperor raised his head slightly.

Chi Zhongtian hurriedly took the opportunity to walk in, knelt on the ground and said: "Long live my emperor, the minister Chi Zhongtian will meet you late at night, Wan Wang"

"You get up. The Emperor's voice seemed a little dull, and a hint of exhaustion was palpable.