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The guards at the west gate are also Wujingwei. Wujingwei has a total of six to seven thousand soldiers and horses, and most of them are distributed among the gates of the capital.

But there is a very special group of people among them. Although they also belong to Wu Jingwei, they are also on duty at the department. Moreover, although their highest chief is only a chief, the commander of Wu Jingwei is unable to command this capital. The command of the capital is directly under His Majesty the Emperor.

This team is the Shimen Dusi Mansion, which is specially used to guard the ten gates of the capital. The highest officer of the Dusi Mansion is the Shimen Dusi. The Dusi Mansion is like the Shenyiwei Bailou, which also directly obeys the emperor's orders.

There are not many troops in the capital of the ten gates, and the total number is only a thousand. The ten gates are guarded, and almost all of their camps are stationed near the city gates.

As one of the four main gates of the capital, the West City Gate has more guards. There are 60 people at all times, 30 guarding the top of the city, and the other 30 guarding under the gate.

Every day, their main duty, apart from inspecting pedestrians and vehicles, is to open the city gate early and close the city gate late. Although it looks very boring, it is an extremely important yamen.

The cold wind howled, under the west city gate, a guard came over staggeringly, yawned, walked to the edge of the city gate, and saw dozens of people gathered under the city gate.

These people are all going out of the city, but there is still some time before the second quarter of Chenshi, so they can only wait.

The soldiers guarding the city opened and closed the city gates strictly according to the time. There should be no carelessness in this. There are special soldiers who are responsible for checking the time. The guard stretched his waist and asked, "What time is it?"

"Returning to my lord, it's already a quarter of an hour, and it's still a quarter away."

The guard nodded, and looked up at the sky. It was late in winter, but it was already dim at this time. He waved his hand, and a soldier shouted loudly: "Everything is lined up, and the city gate will be opened immediately. Come one, don't grab it."

The people waiting to get out of the city immediately lined up. Suddenly, they heard the sound of horseshoes from behind. They saw a few horsemen guarding a carriage approaching quickly. The guard took a look and smiled at the soldiers beside him. : "Whose car do you think that is?"

"The little one doesn't know, Master Wei Xiao, do you know?"

"You donkey head." The guard yawned and scolded: "You are here on duty for a day or two? You have no vision. It is the car of Mr. Gu, the right servant of the Criminal Department. How many times did you beat us to the west gate? This time, I remember it clearly."

"Adults have sharp eyesight, and young ones admire it." The soldier next to him laughed and said.

The guard raised his foot and kicked it, then smiled and said: "A few times before, I didn't see Gu Shilang go out so early. Do you know that the criminal department has been arresting people everywhere recently, both in Beijing and outside Beijing, but this Arresting people in the local area is indispensable, so why are these grown-ups getting up so early?"

While speaking, the carriage approached.

The health school had already stepped forward, took a look at Ma Zhongheng who was in the lead, cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Master Gu is going out of Beijing?"

Ma Zhongheng didn't speak, just nodded.

The health school walked to the side of the carriage, respectfully said into the carriage: "Master Gu, the city gate is not open yet, we have to wait for a while, sir, don't blame me."

There was just a "hmm" in the car, and there was not much to say.

The guard said to the coachman again: "Brothers, Mr. Gu's official business is urgent, so don't wait here, go to the front first, and when the city gate is opened, you will be the first to go out of the city, so don't delay Mr. Minister's important business !"

The coachman laughed and shook the reins of the horse. Immediately, soldiers in front shouted for the team to step back. Ma Zhongheng and others stepped forward and lined up at the front of the city gate.

People who lined up saw that it was an official car, so naturally they didn't dare to say much.

The guard school of the city gate knew that it was difficult to establish a relationship with the servant of the Ministry of Punishment, so it was easy to let the carriage to the front, but he was thinking that one day the servant would be happy, and thinking of himself, he might not give himself a better future.

King Qi and the others in the carriage were extremely nervous at this moment.

Through the gap in the curtain, he could see that the heavy city gate was ahead, as long as the gate was opened and the carriage went out, it would be considered as a temporary escape from the cage.

The more at this time, the more nervous he is.

This night was truly soul-stirring, and what happened is something he will never forget in his life. Now he is only one step away from getting out. In less than a quarter of an hour, the city gate will open and he can go out. He only hopes to survive this short time safely. In his throat, he was afraid that at the last moment, if the prince's troops suddenly caught up, all previous efforts would be in vain.

Time goes by, in fact, a quarter of an hour is really not a long time, but not only King Qi feels that the days are like years, but everyone else feels that time is still, and there are soldiers from the Wujing Guard all around, but there is a slight flaw, and the consequences are unimaginable. He clenched his fists tightly, closed his eyes, and breathed very lightly, but very shortly. It was obvious that he was extremely nervous.

Suddenly there was a sound of horseshoes, there were not a few horseshoes, there were more than a dozen riders, and the sound of rumbling horseshoes came from behind, like thunder.

Ma Zhongheng and the others outside the car, and Qi Wang and the others inside the car felt tense. Qiu Ruxue had already stepped forward and fled to the back of the car. This car was specially designed with a small hole in the back. At the scene behind the carriage, Qiu Ruxue moved his eyes to the hole, and saw people queuing out of the city behind, and in the distance, a group of people galloped towards them like wolves and tigers.

Qiu Ruxue had already clenched the handle of the knife, and the others in the car felt that something had changed when they saw Qiu Ruxue like this. King Qi's face suddenly turned pale, and Lu Haosheng frowned.

That group of people came so fast that they ignored the people queuing up and rode directly to the gate of the city. They stopped their horses one after another beside the carriage. Ma Zhongheng remained calm and did not look sideways.

This group of people are all wearing ordinary cotton-padded clothes and cotton caps, but their waists are slightly protruding. Ma Zhongheng can tell at a glance that these people have sabers around their waists, but they are just covered under the cotton-padded robes. It was deliberately not to let people see that they were wearing swords.

Ma Zhongheng was born in the army, not only can you tell at a glance that these people are wearing knives, but also that they are all soldiers. People who have been in the army are absolutely different from ordinary people. Ma Zhongheng is also a soldier, and he can keenly recognize them Smell the breath of soldiers.

The leader turned his head to look at Ma Zhongheng, and didn't say much. At this time, the City Gate Guard School had already stepped forward, and asked in a deep voice, "Who are you? I don't know if you have to queue up when you leave the city?"

The leader glanced at the health school, his eyes were full of disdain, and he said lightly: "There is an urgent matter, I can't wait."

At this time, King Qi and the others in the carriage tensed their nerves. They wondered if this group of people were pursuers sent by the prince, but if they were pursuers, why didn't the soldiers take action?

The guard school saw that the leader of the cavalry was quite arrogant, but he was a little annoyed. Although he was only in charge of this city gate, at least he had the final say on this three-acre land. This group of soldiers rushed straight to the gate of the city, and they were all a little stunned. It is rare to see such an arrogant person. Seeing the guard holding the handle of the knife, this group of soldiers also has eyesight, and immediately pointed their spears forward, aiming at them. This group of cavalry.

Seeing that Wu Jingwei was going to use force, more than a dozen cavalrymen were unambiguous, and touched their waists one after another. Some people had already lifted their robes, revealing the weapons inside.

The people who were waiting to leave the city behind were startled when they saw this, fearing that it would harm the fish in the pond, they retreated one after another and distanced themselves from the city gate, only King Qi's carriage remained motionless.

"What, you want to use force?" The cavalry leader laughed, full of teasing intentions.

"Who the hell are you guys?" The guard school saw that the cavalry leader was so arrogant, but he didn't dare to act rashly. It's rare to see people who dare to be so presumptuous here. There are many high-ranking officials in the capital, and there are many Bodhisattvas. They don't know where these people are The Bodhisattva's subordinates, if the Bodhisattva behind him is too big and accidentally offends them, they can't afford to go around.

The leader of the cavalry didn't say much. He reached into his arms, took a black sign, and flashed it in front of the guard. When the guard saw the sign, his face changed slightly. He turned around and waved his hand, signaling everyone to back off. The leader of the cavalry smiled disdainfully. Ignore the health school.

It's just that his badge flashed, but Ma Zhongheng saw it very clearly. He was born in the army, so of course he could see that it was a military badge, and he could tell at a glance that it was an officer's badge of the Tunwei Army. This person was at least a general flag .

The main general of the Twelve Tunwei Army is Lei Guheng, the general of the town, and the Twelve Tunwei Army is divided into left and right Tunwei Army, each with a Tunwei General. There was also a commanding envoy, and under the commanding envoy, there were also officials such as the general banner, the capital division, and the guard school. Today, there are five garrison guards stationed on the east and west sides of the capital. Ma Zhongheng immediately guessed that these dozens of cavalry In all likelihood, it is the officers and soldiers of which village.

He is in the capital, so he naturally knows some secrets. Several garrison troops are stationed in the barracks. To guard the safety of the imperial capital, soldiers and horses must not be easily transferred. However, in the garrison army, occasionally some generals secretly leave the barracks. It is a secret that many people know to go to the capital to enjoy some gentle flowers, especially after Lei Guheng went to the southeast, this kind of situation is not uncommon, but this kind of thing can't be done with great fanfare after all, so the generals of the Tunwei Army went to the city When buying spring, they will dress up in disguise.

Ma Zhongheng knew that these people should be the generals of the Tunwei Army who went to Beijing to buy sex.

"My lord, the time has come to open the city gate!"

The sound came into the carriage like the sound of heaven, and King Qi and the others were immediately excited. The guard school did not delay, and waved people to lift down the crossbar of the city gate, and opened the city gate. Amidst the rattling sound, the city gate opened , before it was fully opened, the cavalry of the guards had already urged their horses up one after another, whizzing away like the wind, the guards chased outside the city gate, watched the cavalry go away, and spat fiercely behind a mouthful.

When he turned his head, Ma Zhongheng had already left with the carriage, and the guard stepped aside, saying very politely: "Mr. Minister, have a good journey, and I will send you off, Mr. Minister!"

After watching the carriage leave, he turned around and said loudly, "Everyone line up, come one by one."

People who leave the city will be checked by soldiers, but for a short while, there is another sound of horseshoes, thunderous, and this time more than twenty horsemen came, all of them are armored by Wu Jingwei. He frowned, but he had already heard the group of people yelling loudly: "Don't let anyone out of the city, close the city gate, strictly forbid leaving the city, close the city gate quickly, close the city gate quickly...!"

The city gate guard school didn't know what happened for a while, everyone looked over, at this time Yuan Dusi led more than twenty flying horses to gallop, like lightning, they arrived at the city gate in an instant, the cavalry stopped the city gate, The blade pointed forward, and said in a deep voice: "Everyone stop, don't go out of the city... Where is the city guard school, it will be Yuan Ang, the capital of Wujing Weixi City!"

Seeing the momentum, the health school knew it was true, and hurried forward, "I've seen Yuan Dusi before!"

"When did the city gate open?"

"Chenshi two quarters." The health school replied, "I don't know what advice Yuan Dusi has?"

"There are important criminals who want to escape from the city, and they have already reported to the supervisor." Yuan Dusi said in a deep voice, "Immediately seal the city gates. Without the order of the supervisor, not a single fly can fly out of the city."

Seeing this, the health school was about to order his subordinates to close the city gate, when Yuan Dusi asked again: "How many people have gone out?"

"My lord, it's been a while since the city gate was opened, and hundreds of people have left...!"

"Can you find any suspicious people?" Yuan Dusi stared at the guard school, "I suspect that the main criminal is pretending to be a fake identity, and sneaked out of the city."

"Fake identity?" The guard frowned slightly, then raised his eyebrows and said, "Yuan Dusi, there is indeed a group of people who are very suspicious."

"Oh?" Yuan Dusi tensed up, "How many people are there and what are they like?"

"There are more than a dozen people, all riding horses, wearing ordinary cotton-padded clothes, but under the cotton-padded clothes, there are hidden blades." The health school actively reported: "They showed signs, saying that they are members of the Tunwei Army."

"Tenwei Army? More than a dozen riders...!" Yuan Dusi clenched his saber, turned his horse's head, walked out of the city gate, and asked, "Which direction are they going?"

The guard pointed to the south and said, "My lord, they went that way. They rode fast and walked in a hurry."

"Close the city gates first, and the supervisor will send people over soon. Before the supervisor's order is conveyed, the city gates will be sealed and no one can enter or leave." Yuan Dusi waved his sword, "Come with me, catch up with them !” Leading the people under his command, they roared and chased towards the south.

When Yuan Dusi led his people to leave, the guard school immediately ordered his subordinates to close the city gates. Those who could not get out of the city gates complained, and some soldiers couldn't help asking the guard school: "My lord, is there a criminal going out of the city? What kind of criminal is it? It seems to be very serious." .”

"I don't know what to commit." The guard said triumphantly, "But I can tell at a glance that there is something wrong with the cavalry just now. They must be committing crimes... people pretending to be the guards, those gangs have the courage to commit crimes." It's big enough!"