Before dawn, the imperial capital is densely walled, and the well-armored defenders stand here.
Suddenly I heard the sound of horseshoes, rolling like thunder, and cavalrymen came from not far from the long street.
There were too many people to see at a glance, but they didn't hear the slightest noise.
The all-claret horses are fat and healthy, and the soldiers on the horses have straight backs and look like a rainbow.
Such an elite army is rare in the imperial capital, only—
The man leading the army was young and handsome, and there was a young girl sitting in front of the horse, wrapped tightly in a thick fox fur cloak and unable to see her face.
The man galloped forward and showed a shining golden order in his hand. The general guarding the city took a closer look and immediately knelt down on the ground.
"See Lord Gu!"
Guhou Jinling has always been unwilling to take it lightly, there must be a major event in the country.
"I am the second son of the Marquis Gu's Mansion. I was ordered by my father to lead five hundred cavalry out of the city and open the city gate quickly!"
"Quick! Open the city gate!"
The guard shouted loudly, seven or eight soldiers pushed open the tall city gate from both sides, and Gu Jiuge galloped out first.
Behind him, five hundred elite soldiers followed closely behind in an orderly manner.
After everyone left, the deputy general asked: "General, the transfer of more than 500 cavalry requires the approval of the Ministry of War. Why didn't you ask the second son for approval from the Ministry of War?"
The guard squinted his eyes and watched the team of soldiers and horses, "If there is an approval from the Ministry of War, how could we not have been notified in advance of such a major event as five hundred cavalry leaving the city?"
"You mean... no approval? Then you—"
The guard glanced at him, "So what if there is no approval? That is a first-rank general. Once his Guhou Jinling comes out, let alone mobilize 500 cavalry. Even if he mobilizes 5,000, 50,000, no one can stop him."
…
It was dawn, outside the palace city, the carriage of Guhou Mansion had been waiting for a long time.
The gate of the palace opened, General Meng Fei of the Imperial Forest Army personally went to the side of the carriage, cupped his hands and confessed, "Master Gu, I'm really sorry, according to the law, the gate of the palace can only be opened at this point, please wait for a long time."
Gu Huaijiang got off the carriage, "It's okay, the palace rules cannot be abolished, it's because the Marquis came early, and it has nothing to do with Lord Meng."
Meng Fei became more respectful, "Your Majesty is talkative, does Hou Ye have something important to talk to His Majesty? His Majesty once said that if Gu Hou Ye enters the palace to look for His Majesty, it is not necessary to observe the opening and closing of the palace gate."
"Master Meng has already said this, and this Marquis has explained it to Lord Meng. Your Majesty said this because he is afraid that there will be an emergency during the war and it will be delayed. Now that it is not a war, this privilege cannot be lightly used by this Marquis. "
After finishing speaking, he nodded towards him, Meng Fei understood, and saluted respectfully, "Send Gu Hou Ye a respectful farewell."
On the vast snow field, his back looks so small and so tall that people dare not look directly at him.
"It snowed heavily all night, Gu Hou Ye is already old, and he has to wait outside the palace gate like this. After waiting for an hour without saying anything, his Majesty allowed him to enter the palace in a carriage, but he wants to walk in, alas."
Only such a person who never takes credit for pride can sit firmly in the position of the great general, right
The subordinate at the side said: "Yes, Master Gu has never entered the palace in a carriage. From the time he arrived outside the palace gate, the adults have been persuading him to report to him, and His Majesty will definitely open the palace gate to see him. He just If you don’t want to, you can’t blame the adults, His Majesty will definitely not blame the adults.”
"Nonsense, am I afraid that His Majesty will blame me?"
Meng Fei rolled his eyes at him, "You have to practice for at least another twenty years to understand Gu Houye's lofty integrity!"
Gu Huaijiang went outside Emperor Ning's bedroom, and was invited by Eunuch Gao beside Emperor Ning to wait in the side hall.
"Your Majesty just got up and is changing clothes after a while, Lord Hou."
He brought the tea himself, and Gu Huaijiang took it with both hands, "Please trouble Eunuch Gao. It was the Marquis who came too early and disturbed His Majesty's sleep. Your Majesty's sleep has not been as good as before, and I was surprised."
"Because the sleep is not as good as before, His Majesty woke up early and was not startled by Lord Hou."
Behind the beaded curtain rang, Gu Huaijiang stood up from his seat, and Emperor Ning came in a hurry, "Huijiang, what happened? I heard that you waited outside the palace gate for an hour. What urgent matter makes you so anxious?"
With a flick of the corner of Gu Huaijiang's robe, he immediately knelt on the ground, and Emperor Ning couldn't help him up.
"I ordered five hundred cavalry to go out of the city to Changzhou. The life and death of my son Shubai was attacked in Changzhou, and only one of his young generals escaped. Because of the emergency, I failed to inform the Ministry of War. I asked my second son Jiuge to hold the gold order. out of town."
Emperor Ning opened his mouth, "When did it happen?"
"It's not yet dawn this morning."
Emperor Ning said urgently: "I didn't ask this, I was talking about when something happened to Shubai? I heard that he and Gu Yi escorted my aunt and Miss Biao back to Jinling, why was he suddenly attacked, who would dare to attack him? "
Gu Huaijiang was supported by Emperor Ning himself, there was no way to avoid it, so he could only stand up.
"According to Yan Zheng, the young general who escaped, on the return journey to the woods in the north of Changzhou, all the forty people led by Shu Bai were poisoned with poisonous needles. He rushed out of the siege and came back to seek help. After arriving at Guhou's mansion, he fell into a coma soon. He came back."
"Why didn't you tell me about such a big thing? Jiuge has already left? I will send someone to escort a few imperial physicians to chase after them. What if they are poisoned and there is no imperial physician?"
"No need, Your Majesty, You Yufu will follow Jiuge."