Concubine Hanhan's Concubine Gongdou

Chapter 592 Close the city gate

These days, this old man has been elusive and often appears in front of him. His behavior is weird, which makes him feel funny and helpless.

If his guess is correct, this old man is one of his judges, that's why he will leave when he approaches, and he will not talk to him, this is to avoid suspicion.

It would be even better to drop the lone copy specifically, and wait for him to pick it up. Presumably, it was intended to attract his attention, and since the lone copy is such a precious thing, this move is to show his favor to him.

This old man, Guozijian is free to come and go. Looking at it this way, it has an extraordinary relationship with Qin Jijiu, and it seems to be an old man. Such an old man in the dynasty, he should be that person...

Think about it and there will be results soon.

Lian Musu didn't think about it any more, he looked to the south, and sighed in his heart, although he knew that there was no need to rush, but being trapped in the Imperial Prison, he could only come here from time to time through Wusheng to know some of the situation at home, he still felt uneasy.

I don't know what happened to my parents and two younger brothers, I don't know what happened to the little sister in the palace...

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At night, at four quarters of Xu time, at the South City Gate.

At the beginning of the founding of the dynasty, the capital city used drumming as a sign. The city gates opened at Maoshi and closed at Shenshi. There was a curfew and soldiers patrolled to guard against curfew. The gates of the frontier towns opened later and closed earlier.

Gradually, after the political situation stabilized, in prosperous places like Beijing and Luoyang, the opening and closing hours of the city gates were relaxed a lot, and the curfew was gradually less strict.

A few years after the current emperor ascended the throne, there was a constant flow of people from Beijing and China, the market was prosperous, the city gates opened earlier, and opened before dawn at the end of Yinshi. On such a day of universal celebration, it will be closed even later.

Of course, the border towns still continue to open late and close early, as well as strict curfews.

At five o'clock approaching, the officers and soldiers guarding the city beat the closed door drum to remind the people who wanted to enter and leave the city to step up and pass quickly.

All the people who come and go are in a hurry, rushing towards the gate of the city. If it is late and the gate of the city is closed, they will spend the night in a hotel outside the city.

Not far outside the city, there are also hotels, medical clinics and restaurants. They are doing business for those business travelers who can’t make it back to the city in time. .

Among the people, there are a few people, wearing dark gray clothes and old-colored gowns, and wearing bamboo hats, hurriedly following the people to the city gate. If you get closer, you can faintly smell a bloody smell from their bodies. .

The wounds they hid under their robes slowly ooze blood, which melts onto the dark robes, like a dark stain that is inconspicuous.

These people are exactly Guo Shun and the others who fled.

Before entering the city, several of them specially changed their attire and mixed with ordinary people.

He took the dead men with him, and his plan was seen through at the Maxiapo post station, and he failed to kill the He family father and son. The fat man among the men in black was extremely skilled, and they were completely helpless to fight back.

He knew in his heart that he had encountered a tough problem, and that there was no hope of killing anyone to silence him, so he retreated immediately.

There were more than a dozen people when they went, and when he returned, there were only three people left. The loss was extremely heavy.

At this moment, he was so worried that he rushed back desperately, wanting to be ahead of those people, enter the city as soon as possible, report the matter to the young master, and protect his young master to escape from the wrong place.

This group of men in black has extraordinary skills, and they can move and kill. The three of them can form an formation, attack and defend. He has never seen such well-trained people in his life, and they ride the fastest horses. It was sent by a big shot they couldn't afford to mess with, probably a big shot that even the Xue family couldn't catch up with.

Now that the two sides have formed a deadly feud, and the He family and his son are in their hands again, when they return to the city, they will be able to find out the Guo family in less than a night, and the Guo family will be in danger by then.

Therefore, he had to rush back as soon as possible, tell the young master about this matter, take people away and hide, and wait for the Xue family's plan to succeed in the future, or there may be a chance.

When he was about to enter the city gate, Guo Shun tensed his nerves, but he didn't show any clues on his face. He was betting that those men in black would clean up the mess at the Maxiapo Station, and they would not return as quickly as they did.

At this time, the officers and soldiers guarding the city gate walked out of the city gate, dispersed, and walked towards them.

The bodies of Guo Shun and the others tensed instantly, their hands were put on their waists, and their steps slowed down.

Seeing this, a soldier at the head of the city immediately shouted loudly: "What are you waiting for, the city gate is closed, why not hurry up? Can you enter the city yet?"

The leader of the city yelled at a few of them, passed by them, and immediately yelled at other people who came from a distance.

It used to be a daily routine for the officers and soldiers guarding the city gate. When the gate was finally closed, the officers and soldiers came out and told the people who were approaching the gate to be quicker. When the last group of people passed through the gate, they turned around and returned. Close the city gate directly.

Guo Shun secretly breathed a sigh of relief, passed through the city gate without any risk, and walked dozens of steps. He looked towards the city gate, and heard a voice from the top of the city:
"Close the gate!"

After the door-closing drum beat the final sound, there was a rumbling sound of closing the door, and the city gate slowly closed.

Guo Shun breathed a sigh of relief, and when he was far away from the city gate, he and the other two ran quickly when they reached a safe place.

In order not to attract attention, they abandoned their horses before entering the city. At this moment, in order to hurry, they had no time to get any more horses, so they had to hurry on foot.

The Guo family is rich, and the location of the house is superior. It is located in the northeast of the imperial palace. As a merchant, it lives in a place where dignitaries gather.

The house in this place is not something ordinary people can get. It is close to the imperial palace and surrounded by the residences of aristocratic families, high-ranking officials and relatives of the emperor.

It is said that the house of the Guo family was the place where the residence of the Marquis of Zhenyuan was located. After the Marquis of Zhenyuan was confiscated and exterminated by Emperor Taizong, the house was abandoned and empty. As time went by, the house was covered with weeds. During the period of the first emperor, the first emperor gave this house to Xue flat.

Xue Ping thought the house was unlucky, so he gave it to the Guo family as a gift in exchange for great benefits. Later, the Guo family was renovated and rebuilt to form a new Guo mansion.

Entering from the south gate, it is not close to Guo's mansion, Guo Shun and others didn't care about the fatigue and injuries all over their bodies, so they hurried forward, and they finally arrived at Guo's mansion when it was almost Haishi.

He looked around vigilantly, and when there was nothing abnormal, he hurried in through the small gate with the remaining two dead men.

At the same time, not long after they entered the city, a group of men in black riding tall horses ushered in outside the city gate. In the lead was a fat man with a happy smile on his horse, who was riding an exceptionally tall and strong horse.

The two horses behind the big fat man each tied a pig cage to the side of the horse. In the pig cages were placed two dull-eyed and listless people, one old and one young, their bodies and heads covered with vomit. things.

(End of this chapter)