In the morning, the first ray of morning light appeared on the horizon.
As soon as the city gates of Beiping opened, there were already people queuing up to leave the city.
Usually, the gates of the city are not too crowded at such an early hour, but starting from these two days, the patrols in the city have been strengthened, and even going out of the city is much stricter than usual. .
So, early on, there was a long queue at the gate of the city.
Soon the sun came out.
The gate of the city was illuminated, and one could see anxious expressions on the faces of the people queuing up, and teahouses were set up on the side of the street, and the people sitting in the teahouses drinking tea were leisurely and chatting.
At this time, a carriage came slowly from the road.
This carriage is spacious and comfortable, and one can tell at a glance that the people sitting in it must be either rich or noble, so people on both sides of the avenue backed down one after another, but when they came to the place near the city gate, the common people here were queuing, so they really couldn't back down up.
The carriage stopped.
An old and steady voice came from the carriage: "What's going on?"
The attendant sitting in front of the carriage looked forward, and then said: "Master, it is the gate of the city who is checking and interrogating the people who come and go."
"oh?"
The people inside stopped talking.
The attendant jumped down from the frame and said: "Please wait a moment, the prince, the villain will go and tell them."
Obviously, it is to pass these people and leave the city early.
"Hey," the person in the car stopped, saying, "Don't worry, we're not in a hurry."
"..."
"Besides, at this time, don't have any more disputes."
The attendant was a little surprised when he heard this, he opened his eyes wide and looked at the carriage that didn't even move the curtains.
Then said: "Yes."
So, the carriage moved forward bit by bit, following the team in front of it, and it happened to move to the side of the teahouse.
In the teahouse, a few seemingly idle people were bragging.
After chatting all over the place for a while, a person suddenly lowered his voice and said, "Do you know that King Ning is dead?"
Someone next to him said: "Well, who doesn't know?"
"Then do you know who killed King Ning?"
"He rebelled, who else could have killed him? Of course the emperor ordered him to be killed."
"You're wrong," the man leaned forward with a mysterious face and said, "I tell you, the emperor didn't order the killing, but the emperor—his own hands!"
"What?!"
Everyone was stunned.
Immediately someone said: "How is this possible? That is a real brother? Even if rebellion is a serious crime, it is impossible for the emperor to kill his brother himself."
The man sneered and said, "You don't understand that. It wasn't the charge of rebellion that caused King Ning to die. Think about it, a few years ago, King Jing also rebelled on the border of Yongzhou, but now He is still locked up, the emperor has not killed him for so many years, why this time King Ning rebelled, he was arrested and killed within a few days?"
At this time, everyone also heard the interest, and hurriedly asked: "Why why?"
"Because-"
The man looked around, then covered his mouth with his hand, and said in a low voice that happened to be heard by everyone: "Because, King Ning's rebellion this time is under the banner of orthodoxy."
"Orthodox? What do you mean? Isn't the emperor orthodox?"
"That's right, even if the emperor's throne was stolen, he is still the son of Emperor Gao."
The man said, "That's the problem."
He lowered his voice a bit, and said: "I heard that on the first day the emperor moved the capital, when offering sacrifices at the altar, King Ning proposed that the emperor was not born to Empress Chen first."
"What?!"
There was an uproar around.
Everyone opened their eyes wide and looked at that person in disbelief. The person went on to say: "This time King Ning rebelled and was killed. It is said that this is also the reason. There are news from Changqing City, Crane City, and Chao According to rumors, not only was the current emperor not born to Empress Chen, he was not even Gao—"
Speaking of this, the owner of the teahouse came over and said, "Don't talk nonsense, be careful to cut off your head!"
The man sneered: "What are you afraid of? Now everyone knows about it."
"Really?"
"If you don't believe me, go into the city and have a look, it's being talked about everywhere."
"Who said this, is it credible?"
"I heard that it was reported by the court, otherwise, how would we know that King Ning was killed by the emperor himself?"
The man spoke so vividly that the people around him were skeptical and talked about it one after another.
The breeze was blowing, and the curtains on the car windows were constantly shaking.
At this time, a hand stretched out from the inside and pushed down the curtain. Although the curtain was pressed down, it couldn't hide a chuckle from inside the carriage.
The team in front finally started to move, and the carriage moved forward.
After a while, the carriage arrived at the gate of the city. As soon as the soldiers guarding the city saw the carriage, they realized that a big man was coming, and hurriedly surrounded him.
"Who's in the car?"
"Get out of the car for inspection."
When the attendant sitting on the carriage heard this, he immediately revealed an angry expression, and said, "You guys are so courageous, do you know who is in the carriage?"
One of the soldiers guarding the city was relatively young, and he didn't know the severity, so he said directly: "Whoever you are? We are ordered to check here, no matter who it is, we must get out of the car!"
"you-"
Just when they were about to quarrel, an old voice came from the carriage: "Don't mess around."
Everyone looked up, only to see that the curtain on the carriage was raised a little by one hand, revealing a wrinkled face, it was Cheng Guogong Wu Yingqiu!
"Duke?!"
When the soldiers guarding the city saw him, they were stunned, and hurriedly knelt down: "I pay my respects to the Duke."
"You don't have to be polite."
Wu Yingqiu looked at them with a smile and said, "Do you want to investigate me?"
The little soldier was also upright, knelt on the ground and said: "Please forgive me, I am ordered to guard the city here. Anyone who enters or exits with a car or horse will be interrogated."
The attendant on the side immediately became angry, pointed at him and said angrily: "You are so brave, you even have to check the Duke's carriage? Do you know that this time King Ning's rebellion, the Duke's escort was meritorious, and even the emperor praised the Duke , to grant the Duke the right to freely enter and exit the palace. Even the Duke can come and go freely in the palace. You, a small city gate guard, dare to interrogate the Duke?!"
The little soldier blushed immediately after being robbed by him.
At this time, the leader of the guards on the side also came forward, and said with a smile: "Who doesn't know the Duke's loyalty, and we can't find anyone on the Duke's head. Let it go, let it go!"
Everyone hurriedly retreated.
Wu Yingqiu said with a smile: "Then, I'll go. If there is someone you're looking for in this carriage, you won't be able to find it."
The leader of the army laughed and said: "The Duke is joking."
Wu Yingqiu then lowered the curtain.
The carriage wobbled past those people, and soon disappeared outside the city gate.