"I... It doesn't matter who I am. What is important is that I have intercepted an urgent message, which is related to the life and death of His Royal Highness the King of Wei and hundreds of thousands of people in Taiyuan City. Please open the city gate quickly, general, and don't delay the military plane." ~!"
In Taiyuan City, outside the west gate, the big man in coarse brown clothes stood at the foot of the city, looking at the captain of Bingzhou Daying on the tower, and shouted loudly.
"Is it related to the life and death of His Royal Highness the King of Wei and hundreds of thousands of people in Taiyuan City~? Haha~! What a loud tone!"
The captain originally thought that the old man had important information and needed to go to the city to report it, but after hearing what the old man said, he immediately sneered.
Among other things, Taiyuan City is the largest city in the north of the Tang Dynasty. The city walls are high and thick, and there are tens of thousands of elite soldiers in the city. The most important thing is that Taiyuan City is not located on the border, and there are other states and counties around it. Well, once Taiyuan City encounters an emergency, soldiers and horses from other prefectures and counties will rush to rescue. Under such circumstances, the captain really does not believe that anyone can threaten the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in Taiyuan City. !
"Go back now! I think that because of your age, you are different from ordinary people! If you dare to shout and make trouble in the city again, don't blame me. I will have you arrested and punished. The crime of collaborating with the enemy!"
The captain on the tower looked cold and pointed at the old man below the tower and said loudly.
"Collaborating with the enemy~? When did I collaborate with the enemy? Let me enter the city and take me to see His Highness the King of Wei. When the time comes, whether I collaborate with the enemy or not, Your Highness will be able to decide for himself!"
The old man was immediately labeled as a collaborator for no reason, but he also understood what was most important at this time, so he resisted the urge to curse and shouted loudly to the captain.
"Hmph! Can you see His Highness just as long as you want? Don't make any noise here. Do you believe that I will really have you arrested?"
The captain of the city tower said coldly.
Although his words were a bit rude, there was actually nothing wrong with them. Not to mention the current emergency situation in the city, even in ordinary times, you couldn't just say that there was something important to see Li Tai and just take him there. Bar? If the other party wants to harm Li Tai, he can't bear that responsibility!
So he just wanted to scare the old man and drive him away. He didn't want to cause more trouble!
The old man was not afraid at all. He raised his head and shouted angrily: "I do have urgent information to report to King Wei. If you don't believe it, just arrest me. If the military plane is delayed, how can His Highness spare you?" How can the hundreds of thousands of people in Taiyuan City spare you~?"
Seeing that the old man was not scared away by him, but instead refused to give in, he said angrily: "Okay! Okay! Come here, arrest this man, take him to the governor's house, and hand him over to the governor to deal with him!"
"Captain, if this happens..."
The sergeant next to the captain of the city tower was a little hesitant. After all, if the old man really had important information and they caught him, then they would suffer!
"What? You didn't listen to what I said? This is a military order! Take this person down!"
The captain's eyes widened, and the sergeant immediately did not dare to say any more. He quickly clasped his fists and accepted the order: "Here~!"
After a while, the city gate opened wide, and four or five sergeants came out of the gate and came to the old man. What was strange was that from the time when the sergeants came down from the city tower to when they opened the city gate, the old man had time to directly He left, but he did not choose to do so, but stood motionless.
At this time, he was surrounded by several sergeants. The old man's eyes widened, and a fierce aura spread out. Everyone couldn't help being a little surprised. They didn't expect that this old man was still a practitioner!
"Keng~!"
Everyone drew out their sabers from their waists and stared at the old man with wary expressions. The sergeant beside the captain said now: "Old man, if you leave like this, we can pretend that nothing happened. Taiyuan City today is different from the past. , We are acting under orders and have our responsibilities, and we really cannot let outsiders into the city easily!"
The old man's clothes were not luxurious, and he looked like he was from a farmer's family. The sergeant didn't want to embarrass himself too much. If it weren't for his superior's orders, he wouldn't even want to leave the city.
The old man didn't speak when he heard the words. After he glanced at the people in front of him, the fierce aura on his body suddenly disappeared. Then, he said: "Come on! Capture me and take me to the Governor's Mansion!"
From the old man's point of view, he entered the city when he walked into the city gate, and he entered the city when he was arrested. Since he couldn't reach an agreement with the officer on the city tower, there was no need to waste time here, and he simply got arrested and entered the city. You might as well take it to the Governor's Mansion! At least you might be able to meet some sensible people in the Governor's Mansion! And if you're lucky, you might be able to meet Li Tai directly in the Governor's Mansion!
Everyone was stunned when they heard this. A moment ago, they thought that the old man was going to attack them, and they all set up their postures to defend. But who knew that the old man was voluntarily captured by them and sent to the Governor's Mansion? Is this guy out of his mind
Everyone couldn't help but think to themselves.
"Ahem! Dad, have you thought about it? The Governor's Mansion is not a good place. After you are sent there, you will be imprisoned. If you are found guilty of collaborating with the enemy, you will most likely be beheaded. "
The sergeant who spoke earlier was stunned for a moment, then reminded the old man kindly.
"You don't have to say much, young general. Take me into the city quickly. Oh, no, take me to the governor's mansion quickly!"
Although the old man was somewhat grateful, he flatly rejected the sergeant's kindness.
The sergeant had no choice but to wave to his men and said, "Take them away!"
The two sergeants swarmed up, first briefly checked whether there were any hidden weapons on the old man, and then escorted the old man towards the city gate, one on the left and the other on the right.
Of course, from beginning to end, the old man made no resistance.
Seeing the old man's cooperation, the sergeants were quite polite during the escort. After entering the city gate, the group headed straight towards the Governor's Mansion in the center of the city.
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Let’s talk about Li Tai and Dugu Feiying. After the group descended from Longshan, at Dugu Feiying’s insistence, the team did not choose to return to the inn via the nearest road to the south of the city, but came with Li Tai first. The route in Longshan is the same, so we choose to take a long way back to the inn from the west of the city!
The reason given by Dugu Feiying was that the alleyway in the south of the city was too long and narrow. If the enemy attacked with fire attacks from two directions before, their team could not guarantee Li Tai's safety no matter how powerful they were, so For the sake of safety, he still chose the route Li Tai took when he came to Longshan. Li Tai was a little dissatisfied with this. After all, he didn't think the assassin would be so stupid and would use the same method to attack "him" in the same place. Two attacks.
Although he disagreed, Li Tai finally followed Dugu Feiying's suggestion and chose to take a long way back to the post house. Anyway, the assassin was under the guard of the Forbidden Army at this time, so there would be no accidents. It didn't matter if he went back earlier or later. the difference.
When the group passed the West City Gate, they saw four or five sergeants escorting an old man in his forties heading east. Li Taizheng, who was sitting on a tall horse, was looking around in boredom, and happened to see this man. In one scene, he was thinking about what crime the old man had committed and why he was escorted by four or five sergeants. Suddenly, he felt that the old man's back seemed a little familiar. His heart moved and he quickly kicked the horse's belly.
"Drive~!"
Li Tai, who was originally protected in the center of the team, suddenly jumped out of the crowd and headed towards the four or five sergeants in front. Dugu Feiying couldn't help being stunned when he saw this. After he reacted, he quickly said : "Your Highness, slow down!"
As he spoke, he quickly mobilized his horse and chased Li Tai.
Although this is in Taiyuan City, and although there are many patrolling soldiers on the streets in the city, Dugu Feiying does not dare to let Li Tai leave his sight at all. After all, just over half an hour ago, there were still people who wanted him. Take Li Tai away!
"Uu~!"
Since the four or five sergeants and the old man were not riding horses, Li Tai quickly caught up with them and quickly reined in the tall horse in front of those people. He turned around and saw the old man's face. He was stunned, and then he was overjoyed: "Han... Mr. Han, why did you come to Taiyuan~?"
After saying this, Li Tai immediately got off his horse and faced the old man!
That's right, this old man is none other than Li Zexuan's father-in-law, Han Tianhu!
When Li Zexuan got married, he went to Hanjiazhuang to welcome his bride. Li Chengqian, Cheng Chumo, Qin Huaiyu, Yuchi Baolin, Li Tai, etc. These nobles and princes who were very close to Li Zexuan all went to Hanjiazhuang together, so Li Tai must have met him at that time. Han Tianhu's. Besides, after the establishment of Yanhuang Academy, Han Tianhu also visited Yunshan many times, and Li Taike met him more than once.
At the beginning of this year, he heard that Han Tianhu went to Yifang County and bought three villages there, intending to live there for a long time. At this time, when he saw Han Tianhu in Taiyuan City, how could Li Tai not be surprised
The sergeants escorting Han Tianhu saw a young man blocking the way on horseback and were about to yell at him. Then they saw the young man dismounted and came over to greet him. He was obviously acquainted with the old man. The leading sergeant was about to step forward and ask Li Tai. At this time, Dugu Feiying, who was chasing after him, almost made the leading sergeant kneel down with his words.
"Your Highness, why did you suddenly speed up your horse?"
Dugu Feiying chased after him. Before he could figure out the situation, he subconsciously asked.
"Your Highness~?"
The sergeants escorting Han Tianhu looked at each other in shock when they heard this, but when they saw Dugu Feiying wearing black armor, the sergeant in charge suddenly shrank his pupils, because he understood that this was the equipment of the Forbidden Army, which meant that the little fat man in front of him was indeed the current generation. There is no doubt about King Wei!
"I have met His Highness King Wei!"
After understanding this, the leading sergeant quickly bowed to Li Tai and cupped his fists.
The other sergeants were stunned for a moment, and then quickly followed suit and bowed.
"Your Highness, it's so great to meet you here!"
When Han Tianhu saw that the person coming was Li Tai, his eyes flashed with surprise. Taking advantage of the sergeant beside him to bow and salute, he walked directly to Li Tai and said with a serious face: "I unexpectedly received a piece of information this morning. , it is related to the safety of Taiyuan City, so I came here without stopping! There are many people here, please find a secluded place, Your Highness, I have an urgent military report!"
"Military emergency?"
Li Tai's face tightened when he heard this. Being familiar with Han Tianhu, he naturally wouldn't think that Han Tianhu was lying or making a fuss. He glanced at the government soldiers who had their heads lowered and were dripping with sweat, and suddenly said coldly: "Mr. Han, the military situation is certainly It’s important, but Xiao Wang also wants to know why these people are so rude to you~?”
Obviously, he realized at this time that the government soldiers in front of him were escorting Han Tianhu to a certain place in the city. As expected, it should be the state prison!
Li Zexuan is not only the headmaster of Yanhuang Academy, but also one of the people Li Tai admires most in his life. Although he usually refuses to admit defeat to Li Zexuan, and sometimes even wants to surpass Li Zexuan in some aspects, this does not prevent him from expressing his gratitude to Li Zexuan. Li Zexuan’s admiration. And Han Tianhu is Li Zexuan's father-in-law. In terms of seniority, he can be regarded as half of his elders. Even his elders who have to be polite and polite are now being escorted like prisoners. How can Li Tai not be angry?
"Your Highness, please forgive me. Earlier, this old man said that he had urgent military information to report outside the city. Colonel Chu thought that he had lied about the military information, so he asked the villain to arrest him and put him in the prison of the state capital. The villain is blind and cannot recognize Mount Tai. Please, Your Highness Forgive me!"
No matter how slow the reaction of the leading sergeant was at this time, he still understood that they were in trouble. The old man in front of him, who was plainly dressed and unimpressive, obviously had a good background. Even the current King of Wei was polite to him. How could it be that? Is it something they can afford to offend~
"Hmph! Lying about military information~? You asserted that he lied about military information without verification? Do you know who he is? How could he lie about military information?"
When Li Tai heard this, he was immediately furious. He pointed at the sergeant and cursed angrily, and then he was about to reveal Han Tianhu's identity. Han Tianhu quickly said: "Your Highness, please calm down. I didn't reveal my identity to them. These few Little brother is just doing things impartially, business matters are more important now, let’s find a secluded place to talk about business matters!”
Dugu Feiying didn't know Han Tianhu, but when he saw Li Tai being so polite to Han Tianhu, he didn't say anything and just watched quietly. When he heard what Han Tianhu said, he also followed: "Your Highness, the situation in the city is We don’t know, so let’s go back to the post house as soon as possible! The crime of neglect of these sergeants can be left to Inspector Wang to investigate!”
Hearing this, Li Tai thought for a while, nodded and said: "Okay! Let's go back to the post house quickly! General Feiying, give Mr. Han a horse!"
"Here~!"
Dugu Feiying nodded naturally.
Li Tai glared at the sergeant fiercely at this time and said: "You can go to the governor's office later to receive your punishment! One person has ten army sticks. By the way, by the way, you will also arrest Captain Chu of yours who arrests people indiscriminately." Call him over, and he will receive thirty military sticks by himself, so that he can remember it for a long time!"
Although Han Tianhu did not intend to hold these people responsible for their crimes, he could not swallow this breath. He did not need a big punishment, but a small punishment was still okay.
"Here~!"
When the sergeants heard this, they all secretly breathed a sigh of relief, felt lucky, and quickly clasped their fists.
Fortunately, Han Tianhu did not take the opportunity to add insult to injury and retaliate against them, otherwise it would not be as simple as a stick for them!
Of course, if they learn about Han Tianhu's true identity, they will only be more grateful and regretful.
After teaching these sergeants a lesson, Li Tai and his entourage galloped towards the post house on horseback.
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