Chapter 1330 Chasing Soldiers
The guards of the West City Gate are also all Wujing Guards. The Wujing Guards have a total of six or seven thousand soldiers, most of which are divided among the various gates of the capital. The highest chief executive is naturally the commander of Wujing Guards.
But there is one of them that is extremely special. Although they are also affiliated with Wujingwei, they are not on duty at the office. Moreover, although their highest commander is only a Dusi, the commander of Wujingwei cannot command this Dusi. The command of this Dusi is directly affiliated with His Majesty the Emperor.
This team is the Ten-Sect Dusi Mansion, which is specially used to guard the Ten Gates of the Capital City. The highest commander of the Ten-Sect Dusi Mansion is the Ten-Sect Dusi Mansion. Although it is organized in the Wujing Guard, it does not belong to the commander of the Wujing Guard. They have absolute autonomy. The Ten-Sect Dusi Mansion is like the White Tower of the Shenyiwei, and it also directly obeys the emperor.
There are not many people in the Ten Gate Dusi Mansion, and the total number is only a thousand people. The ten Gate guards and their camps are almost all stationed near the city gate.
As one of the four main gates of the capital, the Xicheng Gate naturally has more troops. It always has sixty people, thirty people guarding the city top, and the other thirty people guarding under the city gate.
On a daily basis, their main responsibilities are to check pedestrians and vehicles, to open the city gate early and close the city gate late. Although it looks very boring, it is an extremely important yamen.
The cold wind whistled, and under the west city gate, a medical officer came over staggeringly, yawned, walked to the city gate, and saw dozens of people gathered under the city gate.
These people are all going to leave the city, but there is still some time before Chen Shi Er, so they can only wait.
The soldiers guarding the city strictly opened and closed the city gate according to the time. There should be no sloppy. There are soldiers who are responsible for watching the time. The medical school stretched and asked, "When is it?"
"Sir, it's already been a moment, and it's still a moment away."
The medical school nodded and looked up at the sky. It was dark in winter, but it was already dark at this time. He waved his hand and a soldier shouted loudly: "All line up, open the city gate immediately, come one by one, don't rob it."
People waiting to leave the city immediately lined up, and suddenly heard the sound of horse hooves coming from behind. They saw several horse-riding entourages guarding a carriage and approaching quickly. The medical school glanced at the soldiers beside them and smiled, "Guess whose car it is?"
"I don't know, Master of the Medical School, do you know?"
"You donkey's head." The medical school yawned and cursed: "You are here for one day or two days? You have no eyesight. It's the car of Lord Gu, the Right Minister of the Ministry of Justice. I've hit our Xicheng Gate many times, but I remember it clearly."
"The adults have a sharp eye, and the young are admired." The soldier next to him laughed.
The medical school raised his foot and kicked it, then smiled and said, "I didn't see Mr. Gu going out so early in the past few times. Do you know that the Ministry of Justice has arrested people everywhere recently, from the capital, and from outside the capital. However, when I get to the local area, I can't lose any effort. Can these adults get up so early?"
While speaking, the carriage was approaching.
The medical school had already come forward, looked at Ma Zhongheng, who was leading the way, bowed and smiled, "Sir Gu is going to leave Beijing?"
Ma Zhongheng didn't say anything, just nodded.
The medical school walked to the side of the carriage and respectfully said to the carriage: "Sir Gu, the city gate has not opened yet. You have to wait for a while, please don't blame me."
He just said "um" in the car without saying much.
The medical school said to the coachman again: "Brothers, Mr. Gu's official duties are important. Don't wait behind here. Go ahead first. When the city gate is opened, you are the first to go out of the city. Don't delay the major affairs of Lord Minister!"
The coachman smiled and shook the reins of the horse. A soldier immediately shouted in front of him to ask the team to retreat. Ma Zhongheng and others went forward and lined up at the front of the city gate.
When the people in line saw that it was an official car, they naturally didn't dare to say much.
The Chengmen Medical School knew it would be difficult to get in touch with the Minister of Justice, so that the carriage was in front of the front, and it was a small task, but in my heart he was thinking that one day the Minister would be happy and that he might not be able to give himself a better future.
The King of Qi and others in the carriage were extremely nervous at this time.
Through the gap in the curtain, he could see the thick city gate in front of him. As soon as the city gate opened and the carriage went out, he would temporarily escape from the cage.
The more this time, the more nervous he became.
This night was really thrilling. He was unforgettable for what happened in his life. Now he is only one step away from escaping. Less than a quarter of an hour later, the city gate opened and he could go out. He only hoped to survive this short time safely. His heart was in his throat, fearing that at this last moment, the prince's men suddenly caught up, and everything would be wasted.
Time passed, and a quarter of an hour was not long. But not only King Qi felt that life was like years, but others also felt that time was like stillness. There were soldiers from Wu Jingwei around them, but there was a flaw and the consequences were unimaginable. Ling Shuang clenched her pink fists, closed her eyes, breathing very lightly, but very shortly, and obviously she was extremely nervous.
I suddenly heard a sound of horse hooves. There were quite a few sounds of horse hooves, with more than a dozen riders. The rumbling sound of horse hooves came from behind, like thunder.
Ma Zhongheng and others outside the car, and King Qi and others inside the car were all nervous. Qiu Ruxue had already bullied her body and rushed to the rear compartment of the car. The car was specially designed with a small hole behind it. From the hole, you can see the scene behind the carriage. Qiu Ruxue's eyes were approaching the hole, and he saw people lined up to leave the city behind. In the distance, a group of people rushed towards the wolf or tiger.
Qiu Ruxue had already grasped the hilt of the knife. When the others in the car saw Qiu Ruxue, they felt something happened. The King of Qi's face suddenly turned pale, and Lu Haosheng was already frowning.
The team of people came so fast that they ignored the people in line. They rode their horses directly under the city gate and strangled the horses next to the carriage. Ma Zhongheng remained silent and looked squinting.
This team of people were wearing ordinary cotton coats and cotton hats, but their waists were slightly amplified. Ma Zhongheng could tell at a glance that these people had swords around their waists, but they were hidden under the cotton robe. It was obvious that they deliberately did not let people see that they were wearing swords on their bodies.
Ma Zhongheng was born in the army. Not only did he see that these people were wearing swords at first sight, but he also saw that they were all soldiers. Those who have lived in the army were absolutely different from ordinary people. Ma Zhongheng was also a soldier and could keenly smell the breath of soldiers from them.
The leader turned his head and looked at Ma Zhongheng without saying anything. At this time, the city gate medical school had already stepped forward and asked in a deep voice: "Who are you? Don't know if you have to queue up when you leave the city?"
The leader glanced at the medical school, his eyes full of disdain, and said lightly: "I am in urgent need of things, I can't wait."
At this time, the King of Qi and others in the car box were nervous. I wonder if these people were pursuers sent by the prince, but if they were pursuers, why didn’t the soldiers take action?
The medical school was a little angry when he saw that the cavalry leader was quite arrogant. Although he was only in charge of this city gate, he had the final say on this acre of three-point ground. He held the hilt of the knife. When Wu Jingwei at the city gate saw the group of troops rushing straight to the city gate, he was also a little surprised. He rarely saw such arrogant people. When he saw the medical school holding the hilt of the knife, the soldiers also had the ability to see them, and immediately pointed their spear forward and pointed at the group of cavalry.
When more than ten cavalrymen saw that Wu Jingwei was about to use force, they were not vague and touched their hands to their waists. Someone had already lifted his robe and revealed the weapons inside.
The people waiting to leave the city behind were shocked to see this, fearing that the fish in the pond would cause trouble, so they retreated one after another, setting a distance from the city gate, and only the King of Qi's carriage did not move.
"Why, do you want to use force?" The cavalry leader smiled, full of teasing.
"Who are you?" Seeing that the cavalry leader is so arrogant, he did not dare to act rashly. It is rare to see that he dared to be so arrogant here. There are many high-ranking officials in the capital and there are many Bodhisattvas. I don't know which Bodhisattva these people are. If the Bodhisattva behind them is too big and accidentally offends them, they will not be able to take advantage of them.
The cavalry leader didn't say much, reached into his arms, took a black sign, and lit it in front of the medical school. When the medical school saw the sign, his face changed slightly, turned around and waved, signaling everyone to retreat. The cavalry leader smiled disdainfully and ignored the medical school.
But when his sign was lit up, Ma Zhongheng saw it very clearly. He was from a rank, of course he could tell that it was a military sign, and he could tell at a glance that it was an officer token of the Tunwei Army, and this person was at least a general flag.
The head of the Twelve Twelve Treasure Guards was Lei Guheng, the general of the Zhenguo. The Twelve Treasure Guards were divided into the left and right guards, each with a treasure general, each with six treasure soldiers under the left and right guards. Each treasure has a commander, and under the commander, there are also official positions such as the general flag, the chief minister, the chief military officer, and the medical school. Now, there are five treasure guards stationed on the east and west sides of the capital. Ma Zhongheng immediately guessed that these dozen cavalrymen were probably from which treasure soldiers.
He was in the capital, so he naturally knew some secret things. Several guards were stationed in the military camps. The security of the garrison imperial capital should not be easily mobilized. However, in the guards, some generals secretly left the military camp and came to the capital to enjoy some gentle fragrance of flowers. This is a secret that many people know, especially after Lei Guheng went to the southeast, this situation is common, but this kind of thing cannot be made big. Therefore, the generals of the guards would disguise themselves when they went to the city to buy spring.
Ma Zhongheng knew that these people should be the generals of the Tun Guards who went to Maichun to Beijing.
"Sir, the time has come, you can open the city gate!"
The sound came into the carriage like a sound of nature. The King of Qi and others were very excited. The Medical School did not delay. They waved their hands to lift the crossbar of the city gate and opened the city gate. With the rattle, the city gate opened. Before it was completely opened, the cavalry of the guards had already urged their horses to rise up and whistled like the wind. The Medical School chased outside the city gate and looked at the cavalry's backs as they were leaving, spat fiercely behind.
When he turned around, Ma Zhongheng had already taken the carriage out. The medical school went to the side and said politely: "Mr. Assistant Lord, I will give you a happy journey!"
After watching the carriage leave, he turned around and shouted: "Everyone line up and come one by one."
People who left the city were going to be inspected by the soldiers, but for a moment, suddenly there was another sound of horse hooves, rumbling like thunder. This time, more than twenty cavalry came, all of them were armored by Wujing Guards. The city gate guards frowned slightly, but they heard the team of people shouting loudly: "Don't let anyone out of the city, close the city gate, strictly prohibit leaving the city gate, close the city gate quickly, close the city gate quickly...!"
The city gate security school did not know what happened for a moment, and everyone looked over. At this time, Yuan Dusi led more than 20 horses to arrive, and instantly arrived at the city gate like lightning. The cavalry stopped the city gate, pointed the blade forward, and said in a deep voice: "Everyone stopped, no one was allowed to leave the city... Where is the city guarding guard? I was Yuan Ang, the west city gate of Wujingwei!"
The medical school saw the momentum and knew it was true, so they hurried forward, "I have met Yuan Dusi!"
"When will the city gate be opened?"
"Chen Shi Er." The Medical School replied: "I wonder what Yuan Dusi has to give me?"
"There are important criminals who want to escape from the city and have reported to the governor." Yuan Dusi said in a deep voice: "The city gate is immediately blocked. Without the order to supervise, a fly cannot fly out of the city."
Seeing this, the medical school was about to instruct his subordinates to close the city gate, Yuan Dusi asked again: "How many people have gone out?"
"Sir, I've been opening the city gate for a while, and there are hundreds of people out...!"
"Why did you find a suspicious person?" Yuan Dusi stared at the medical school. "I suspect that the main criminal was pretending to be a fake identity and secretly left the city."
"Fake identity?" The medical school frowned slightly, then spread his eyebrows and said, "Yuan Dusi, there is indeed a team of people who are very suspicious."
"Oh?" Yuan Dusi tightened his spirits, "How many people are there, what do they look like?"
"There are more than a dozen people, all riding horses and wearing ordinary cotton coats, but there are blades hidden under the cotton coats." The medical school actively reported: "They showed their signs and said they were from the guards."
"Tun Guards? More than a dozen cavalry..." Yuan Dusi clasped his knife, turned his horse's head, left the city gate, and shouted, "Which direction did they go?"
The medical school pointed to the south and said, "Sir, they went there, rode their horses fast and walked in a hurry."
"You close the city gate first, and the governor will send people here soon. Before the governor's order is conveyed, block the city gate and no one is allowed to enter and exit." Yuan Dusi waved his big sword, "Come with me and catch up with them!" He led his subordinates and roared to chase southward.
When Yuan Dusi led his people to leave, the health school immediately ordered his subordinates to close the city gate. Those who could not leave the city gate were complaining. Some soldiers couldn't help but ask the health school: "Sir, is there a criminal who is going out of the city? What kind of criminal is it? It seems very serious."
"I don't know what the criminal is going to do." The medical school said proudly: "But I could see that there was something wrong with the cavalry team just now. They must be disguised... pretending to be the guards, and those criminals are really brave enough!"
Chapter completed!