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Dawn came very late in winter, and just after dawn, the servants of King Qi’s Mansion had already brought their luggage to the main gate. King Qi gave everyone severance pay, and everyone knew that it was already sunset in King Qi’s mansion. King Qi ordered everyone to leave, and everyone could only go their separate ways.

Ma Zhongheng had been waiting in front of the door for a long time, and when more than a dozen servants gathered in front of the door, he stepped forward and opened the door himself. As the door was opened, the Wujing guards guarding the door immediately became alert, holding knives and guns , staring at the gate.

Ma Zhongheng opened the door and stood in front of it. He was a tall man, glanced at Wu Jingwei in front of the door, and said in a deep voice, "Who is in charge here?"

A Wujing guard stepped forward, glanced at the group of servants behind Ma Zhongheng, then stared at Ma Zhongheng, cupped his hands and said, "Commander Ma, is a humble job!"

Wujingwei is divided into four banners according to the urban area, and the four cities in the southeast, northwest, and four cities all have a general banner to command the various departments in the city.

Ma Zhongheng had just served as the General Banner of the Wujing Guard Xicheng before. Although it was not long, he had left his name in the Wujing Guard anyway. The Wujing Guards in the West City would not be too rude when they saw Ma Zhongheng.

"Yuan Dusi." Ma Zhongheng glanced at Wu Jingwei in front of him, and immediately recognized him, "You are on duty today?"

Yuan Dusi nodded and smiled, "It's a humble job. Commander Ma, what do you want?" He raised his finger and pointed behind Ma Zhongheng.

"The lord has an order to let them go free and return to their hometowns." Ma Zhongheng said in a deep voice, "Yuan Dusi, it's not like they won't be allowed to leave?"

Yuan Dusi immediately smiled and said: "The above means that as long as the prince is in the mansion, other people can leave as long as they check. Commander Ma, are all these people going to leave?"

Ma Zhongheng nodded.

"Commander Ma, after the inspection, they can be allowed to leave." Yuan Dusi said solemnly, "But if you go out of this door and want to go in again, there is nothing you can do."

"The prince let them go free, and they will naturally not come back."

Yuan Dusi nodded and said: "In this case, the commander can let them come out one by one. Let's check and register, and then we can leave."

According to Wu Jingwei's request, more than a dozen domestic servants of Prince Qi's Mansion went up one by one to be inspected. In the cold winter weather, they even had to take off their coats. Even women had to be inspected carefully. Ma Zhongheng watched coldly until these people were all inspected. After registering their names and places of origin, they asked, "Can they leave?"

Yuan Dusi nodded and smiled and said: "No problem, you can go." He told everyone: "You have left the Qi Palace today, but you must bear in mind that you can't come closer. If you are like Wei Kang, you will have to be arrested. Don't blame us for not showing affection at that time."

Everyone tidied up their clothes and packages, looked back at Zhumen Palace, all of them looked sad, and then slowly left under Wu Jingwei's urging.

Ma Zhongheng watched the crowd go away, then turned around and entered the mansion, closing the gate.

When Ma Zhongheng entered the house, Yuan Dusi immediately called someone over, "Send someone to follow them, don't disturb them, I'll report to Master Zongqi."

After Ma Zhongheng was transferred from the position of the Xicheng General Banner to Qi Wangfu, the Xicheng General Banner was replaced by a newcomer.

"Lord Du Si, it's almost dawn, shall we wait here for your return, or shall we take turns on our own when the time comes?" the subordinate asked.

Yuan Dusi said: "Everything is as usual, and the shift will be on duty. After staying overnight, if you change back to rest, go back to rest. Hongwei School, when you are on duty later, you must be careful. When the brothers on duty are on duty, Only those who are on rotation can be withdrawn, and there must be no mistakes."

Most of the soldiers who control the Qi Palace are Wujing Guards dispatched from various departments in the Xicheng District. They guard several gates of the Qi Palace according to two shifts. There are also soldiers patrolling around the Qi Palace at any time to ensure nothing goes wrong.

It wasn't too long after Yuan Dusi left. The Wu Jingwei on duty came at the prescribed time, and Principal Hong Wei was not allowed to make arrangements. After all the Wu Jing guards on duty were on duty, he ordered the Wu Jingwei on duty to go back to rest.

Wang Fu, the head of the Ximen Department, stayed up all night, his body really couldn't bear it, he was really sleepy, and he returned with a dozen or so Ximen Department brothers under his command.

There are four cities in Kyoto, six squares in the west city, and [-] departments have been established. The Ximen department is the closest to the west gate of the imperial city, so it is called Ximen department.

The Ximen Office was originally the most lucrative yamen in the 30th Office of the West City. There were more than [-] people in it, mainly patrolling the west gate of the imperial city and the streets near the west gate of the imperial city.

These few streets are all the mansions of dignitaries, and the mansion of King Qi's Mansion happens to be within the scope of the Ximen Office. It is natural for the Ximen Office to call Wu Jingwei to guard Qi Wang's mansion.

Wu Jingwei, who guards the palace of Prince Qi, has more than 70 people at all times. There are more than 20 people at the main entrance and the back door, and more than a dozen people at the two side doors. It is the small gate specially used to transport dirt out of the palace. Four or five people guarded.

Each department is also responsible for the security of the area every day. Naturally, it is impossible to call all the personnel from any department. Therefore, the more than 70 people are usually transferred from seven or eight Wujing departments. Those who are farther away are on duty during the day. However, those who are close at hand like the Ximen Department can only be responsible for night duty.

This Ximen Office was also the place where Chu Huan stayed. When Chu Huan first arrived in the capital, the first yamen he entered was the Wujing Wei Ximen Office. After the death of Zhao Yang, the head of the Ximen Office, Wang Fu was considered the oldest member of the Ximen Office. Yes, and the Ximen Office was Qingshui Yamen, even if it was the head of the office, no one would be interested, so in the end Wang Fu was referred to the position of the head of the Ximen Office.

There is no money for this position, but the responsibility is huge. Wang Fu has no choice but to look around the entire Ximen Office. Others do not fight for this position. He is old and can only take it.

It was freezing cold, and he insisted on staying outside the palace all night. After his shift, he was walking on the road. He was really cold and hungry. The soldiers under him were clamoring for a place to eat breakfast. Wang Fu knew what these guys were thinking. It was agreed that everyone would eat their own food, but when they really arrived at the early shop, they were full and drunk, and everyone praised Wang Fu. In the end, it was nothing more than him paying for it.

After suffering two losses, Wang Fu was no longer fooled. Hearing the people around him clamoring for breakfast, Wang Fu said that he was too sleepy, so he asked his subordinates to go by themselves, and went back without waiting for them to say more.

The bosses of the crowd were bored, but the weather was cold, and it was freezing cold when they returned to the office, so it was better to go to the shop to drink a bowl of hot soybean milk, so Wang Fu was allowed to go back, and gathered to have breakfast.

Wang Fu also wanted to drink a bowl of hot soy milk, but for a bowl of hot soy milk, he had to pay more than a dozen bowls of hot soy milk. Wang Fu was unwilling to do so. It was not because he was stingy, although he was paid every month. But his son is seriously ill and has been relying on medicines to survive. His annual salary is only enough to buy medicines for his son.

Wang Fu would not be in such a tight situation if he were the head of any department in the [-]th Department of the West City, but he happened to be the head of the Ximen Department, and there was no change for him.

Stepping on the snow in the place, the sky has not yet fully brightened, and the surroundings are still quite dark. Suddenly, I heard the sound of "clicking" stepping on the snow behind me.

Based on his experience, Wang Fu knew that although there was only one person behind him, he wondered if someone else hadn't eaten breakfast and followed him back. When he turned his head, he saw a person wearing a bamboo hat and a coir raincoat, with his hands crossed across his chest. , followed behind him.

Seeing that the person was not dressed as Wu Jingwei, Wang Fu frowned immediately, and walked a short distance, the person behind him followed all the time, and the sound of "clicking, clicking" was continuous.

Wang Fu suddenly stopped, and the voice behind him also stopped abruptly. Wang Fu turned his head again, and stopped when he saw that person. Face, Wang Fu couldn't help frowning, couldn't help reaching out to his waist, holding the handle of the saber, hesitated for a while, and finally asked: "Who are you? Why have you been following me?"

The man in the bamboo hat was silent for a moment, and finally asked, "Are you Wang Fu?"

Wang Fu was taken aback, and asked, "You know me?"

"Although it's been a long time since I've seen you, I've always remembered Wang Shutou's voice and smile." The man in the bamboo hat raised his head slightly. In the darkness, Wang Fu still couldn't see the face of the person who came. He only heard the person continue: " The nobleman Wang Shutou forgets so much, I'm afraid I can't hear my voice anymore."

Wang Fu saw that the other party seemed to be very familiar with each other, so he couldn't help but took a few steps forward, frowned, and looked up and down, "We...know each other?"

The man in the bamboo hat raised his hand and raised the hat slightly, revealing most of his face, "Wang Shutou, why don't you take a good look, you really don't remember me?"

Wang Fu held the saber tightly in one hand, and approached cautiously. He was a few steps away, and he could see a lot at this time. Seeing that the man was wearing an eye patch on his left eye, and the corner of his mouth was slightly curved upwards, Wang Fu frowned. Frowning, his expression suddenly changed, his body shook, and he lost his voice: "You are...you are...!" Opening his mouth, he was speechless for a while.

The man in the bamboo hat took two steps forward, moved closer, raised his head, and said with a smile, "Wang Shutou, do you still remember me as a blind man?"

Wang Fu looked horrified, and said: "Bai... Bai blind, is it really you?" He immediately looked around, stretched out his hand, grabbed Bai Xia's arm, and pulled it to the alley next to him, then let go, saying : "Bai Xiazi, didn't you go to the northwest with Master Chu? Why... why did you return to the capital?" Frowning, "You have been following me, you... what do you want to do?"

The white blind man stared at Wang Fu with one eye, and said with a light smile, "Shutou Wang, Governor Chu asked me to bring you good news. You will be very happy to hear this news!"

"What... what news?"

"Your son's illness is not an incurable disease." The blind man smiled and said, "Chu Du is willing to help Wang Shutou to cure your son's illness!"