Five years of county magistrate, 100 million catties of grain shocked Li Shimin

Chapter 281 Li Shimin may have had an accident
Come out alone.

Gold and silver jewels are hung all over the body.

But looking at his appearance, instead of being surprised by the treasure, his face was full of horror.

"Go, there are monsters, there are monsters."

The man murmured and yelled in horror.

He wanted to escape here, but the soldiers had already attacked and contained him.

"What monster?!"

Cheng Yaojin stepped forward to question him.

But the other party was already delirious, and could only murmur that there was a monster in his mouth.

In the end, Cheng Yaojin asked people to search for the gold, silver and jewels on his body, and checked his body before he was taken away.
People will not let go, first take him back to Chang'an City, and ask about the situation after he has recuperated.

In the following time, apart from this person, no one else came out.

"Fang Shilang, Mrs. Fang, I'm old and I'll go back first."

The old Taoist priest said at this time.

"Daozhang, are you really just here to open the door?"

Fang Yuan asked in confusion.

Du Miaoyan also looked at the old Taoist curiously.

Quite strange, Liaozhou is thousands of miles away from here.

Is such a long journey just to open the door?

And both Fang Yuan and Du Miaoyan wonder why the key is on his body.

"Yes, according to the rules of our ancestors, we must come."

The old Taoist smiled bitterly.

"Then I won't send the Daoist off."

Fang Yuan and Du Miaoyan looked at each other and smiled, they didn't stop the old Taoist priest.

Both of them were together just now, and the old Taoist priest didn't have anything he wanted, so he could let it go.

"Goodbye by fate." The old Taoist nodded heavily, but turned back after taking two steps, and said, "Is your task to keep an eye on Yuxi?"

Fang Yuan and the others instantly became vigilant, and then looked at the old Taoist priest strangely.

Cheng Yaojin was even more prepared to forcibly keep the old Taoist leader behind.

"Looking at you, it should be."

"The old Taoist thought that the time for the jade seal to appear has not yet come, so there is no need for you to waste time."

The old Taoist said with a smile.

Said, looked at Fang Yuan and the others, and slowly backed away.

Cheng Yaojin frowned, looked at Fang Yuan, thinking about whether to force him to stay.

Fang Yuan shook his head, stopped Cheng Yaojin's thoughts, and watched the old Taoist leader leave.

The other party is an old magician. Whether he calculated it or just said a few words is an act of kindness, and there is no need to imprison the other party.

As for whether Li Shimin would be offended, who cares, anyway, Li Shimin only let himself stare at Yuxi and Prince Yin's treasure, and forget about other things.

"Fang Shilang, let him go like this?"

Cheng Yaojin approached Fang Yuan, stared at the direction of the old Taoist priest and said.

"If you keep him and offend the entire Taoist school, do you still want to force him to stay?"

Fang Yuan asked back.

When they were inside just now, Military Advisor Bishamon and Zhimo of Deng Ling's family did not kill the old Taoist priest to grab the key, which shows that their identities are unusual.

As for whether he can represent this Taoist school, Fang Yuan is not sure, but being able to master one of the three keys must have a background.

"That's fine."

Cheng Yaojin withdrew his gaze and said embarrassingly.

He has some doubts about Fang Yuan's words, but he will not pursue it.

Because before departure, the emperor said that he was only a deputy, and Fang Yuan was the person in charge.

Let go of the old Taoist priest, if the emperor wants to investigate, he will also pursue Fang Yuan, so there is no need to confront Fang Yuan.

"Husband, I think the old Taoist's words are worth pondering."

Du Miaoyan said.

She is full of trust in the old Taoist priest.

She also believed the old Taoist priest who said that there would be no jade seals.

So I thought, since there is no Yuxi, there is no need to stay here.

The main reason is that staying here without a concept of time makes people speechless.

"Send the news back to Chang'an City first."

Fang Yuan sighed.

Look at the sky, it's already afternoon.

Let Cheng Yaojin find a good place to set up camp, and he is going to stay here tonight.

Night falls.

Lishan at night is scary.

The temperature dropped several degrees directly, and the wind was blowing.

What's even more frightening is that the howling of wolves, tigers and leopards can be heard from time to time.

The sound was quite close, but it seemed that because of the firelight, it was only hovering nearby.

However, the fact that wild beasts dare not approach does not mean that people dare not approach. Occasionally, people approached not far away, and they were killed several times.

Several soldiers were killed, and several opponents were also killed. This night was considered safe and sound.

The next day, there was still no movement at the exit of the bronze gate.

From time to time, people broke into the entrance, and there were screams from time to time.

"Five brothers died last night. If this is the case tonight, our morale will plummet."

Cheng Yaojin said solemnly.

All the imperial palace guards present were all descended from the battlefield.

They either kill the enemy to serve the country, or protect the safety of the emperor, but doing these things now is still facing the people they once guarded.

The time is short, but if the time is long, the morale will be low, and the defense against being attacked at night will be greatly reduced.

"Wait for the feedback."

Fang Yuan also doesn't want to stay here, but what can he do?
Li Shimin's order was so strange that he forgot to ask for the time.

When people escorted that person back yesterday, they asked them to ask about the situation by the way.

"Oh, that's the only way to go."

Cheng Yaojin sighed.

He has marched and fought for many years, and has experienced any kind of war.

But guarding this crappy place all day, not to mention feeding the mosquitoes, but also being attacked by some people and killing them instead.

Until the afternoon, there was still no one at the exit of the bronze gate, and Fang Yuan's team was assassinated again.

The assassination this time was not a small number, but hundreds of well-trained teams appeared, and left after a wave of surprise attacks.

This wave of assassinations caused Fang Yuan and others to lose more than ten brothers, everyone was extremely annoyed.

"I finally understand why Lishan is so scary, and why Du Chuke and the others were defeated."

"In a situation like this, it's no wonder if it doesn't get defeated. Everyone gets it every day like this."

Cheng Yaojin complained.

But he was free to complain in front of Fang Yuan and the others.

When facing other soldiers, he was positive and encouraged everyone.

"Yes."

Fang Yuan echoed casually.

Because Du Chuke was not defeated because of this.

But my own family will definitely not expose the real problem.

"Husband, our people are back."

Suddenly, Du Miaoyan pointed in a direction and said.

That is the person sent back to Chang'an City yesterday, and now he has returned.

"General Cheng, Fang Shilang, my subordinates failed to see His Majesty, and only reported the problem to Wang Gonggong."

"but."

The soldiers reported respectfully.

When it came to the end, he was embarrassed and hesitated.

"Qizhiwuwu, are you a woman?"

Cheng Yaojin's temper was quite violent.

I can't see a soldier who is as indecisive as a woman.

"You all step back!"

"Brother, speak from your side!"

Fang Yuan frowned, and pushed back the nearby soldiers.

To be on the safe side, invite this soldier to the simple camp that was set up last night.

That is the place where Fang Yuan and Du Miaoyan rest at night, because there are women there, so it is naturally built more secretly and better.

"Go back!"

Cheng Yaojin frowned and ordered the other soldiers to retreat.

He looked at Fang Yuan's appearance, wondering if the soldier had something to hide.

Soon, everyone changed places, only Fang Yuan, Du Miaoyan, Cheng Yaojin, and Xue Rengui were left outside.

"I first entered the palace and waited for a long time, feeling a sense of panic."

"But the most frightening thing is that I saw blood on Wang Gonggong's sleeve, and it hadn't dried up. He was walking out of the imperial study at that time."

the soldier whispered.

"Did you read it right?"

Cheng Yaojin's expression suddenly became serious.

Wang De was the eunuch next to the emperor, and he was very particular about his appearance.

There was still undried blood on the sleeve, and it still came out of the imperial study.

This makes people have to wonder what happened to the emperor, or what happened in the imperial study.

"That's right!"

"I can still smell a faint smell of blood!"

The soldier immediately reassured him.

"Any other discoveries?"

Fang Yuan interrupted and asked.

"Nothing."

"I don't know what happened. I didn't dare to tell outsiders all the way."

The soldier shook his head.

This kind of thing can be big or small, and no one knows what happened.

In case of a palace change or something, as a small person like myself, he can't stop anything, it's best to pretend that he doesn't know.

But seeing Cheng Yaojin and Fang Yuan is different, you can tell Cheng Yaojin and Fang Yuan about the situation, making Cheng Yaojin and Fang Yuan a headache.

After explaining the situation, the soldier left.

"Your Majesty, something happened, right?"

Cheng Yaojin said worriedly.

Eat the king's salary, and worry about the king's worries.

In addition, Cheng Yaojin and Li Shimin not only have the courtesy of monarchs and ministers, but also the affection of friends.

Knowing that something may have happened to Li Shimin, Cheng Yaojin was very worried, worried that something unexpected would happen to him.

"probably not."

"But it's not impossible."

Fang Yuan thought for a while, shook his head and said.

But after thinking about it, I thought it was possible.

Both Liu Yichen and Mo Cailing said that there will be a rebellion in Chang'an City.

It is not impossible for the rebellion to occur from the palace, and it will be more deterrent.

"You think it's possible?!"

"Then let's return to Chang'an City immediately?!"

Cheng Yaojin was shocked.

He was worried about Li Shimin, but he didn't think anything would happen to Li Shimin.

But when Fang Yuan felt it was possible, he immediately became very worried.

Because Cheng Yaojin knew very well that he was a general, even though he looked down on civil officials in his heart, he admired the minds of civil officials.

Especially Fang Yuan, who is young and lightly relying on his own ability to sit on the position of the fourth rank, it can be seen that it is really not easy.

People like this say it's possible, and it's really possible, so don't worry.

"Husband, are you going back?"

Du Miaoyan also wanted to go back.

But she didn't want to go back because she was worried about Li Shimin.

On the contrary, she felt that it was impossible for Li Shimin to have an accident, at least not in the palace.

There are so many masters in the palace, even a mosquito from the outside would have to check heavily when entering, let alone an enemy.

"Leave a dozen or so smart soldiers, let's go back."

Fang Yuan pondered for a moment and made a decision.

If what the old Taoist priest said is believable, then it is useless to stay.

Let's go back to Chang'an City first, it won't take half a day to go back and forth, if there is no problem, we can come back again.

Of course, if there is no problem, Fang Yuan will ask himself not to come, the reasons Fang Yuan has already thought of.

"Okay, I'll go get ready and go back before dark!"

Cheng Yaojin nodded heavily.

It's getting late now, so I have to go down the mountain immediately.

Otherwise, what happened last night will happen to everyone again.

Go down the mountain earlier and with less danger.

"it is good."

Fang Yuan also nodded.

He and Du Miaoyan packed up the things in the room and went back down the mountain.

After the sky was about to completely darken, Fang Yuan and the others on horseback had already returned to the gate of Chang'an City.

But at this time, the city gate has been closed according to the normal time.

"People in the city listen up, I am Su Guogong Cheng Yaojin, next to me is Fang Yuan, Minister of the Household Department."

Cheng Yaojin shouted to the people on the city wall.

"General Cheng, Fang Shilang, wait a moment."

"There are new rules issued from above. Without the permission from above, the door is not allowed to be opened at night. I will report first."

Someone above replied.

No one can be seen, night has fallen.

"and many more!"

"When was the new regulation issued? Why was this new regulation issued?"

Fang Yuan was startled, and called the other party to stop.

Cheng Yaojin didn't feel anything at first, thinking it was normal.

After hearing Fang Yuan's question, he immediately became nervous, worried about Li Shimin's situation again.

"I forgot the exact time, it was about half a month ago."

"After the incident happened at Lishan, the higher-ups issued new rules."

"Whether it's a general, a minister, or even a prince, after closing the city gate, you need permission from the higher authorities before you can reopen it."

The person above answered again.

"Go and report."

After hearing this answer, Fang Yuan and the others breathed a sigh of relief.

It was not because of an accident in the palace or Li Shimin that the regulations on opening the city gates were strictly changed.

However, the time passed by one minute and one second, a quarter of an hour, two quarters of an hour, and half an hour passed.

For half an hour, there was no reply. Even the soldiers on foot had already returned, but the man just now hadn't come back to open the door.

"Who is in charge of the city now?"

Cheng Yaojin shouted again.

After calling three times in a row, no one answered.

"Return to General Cheng, my subordinate Zhao Guanglai, what orders does General Cheng have?"

The voice was different from before, and a different person responded to Cheng Yaojin.

"Open the door!"

Cheng Yaojin said directly.

"General Cheng, lower officials have no right to open the door."

"Lieutenant Lin has already gone to report, please wait a little longer, he will be back soon."

Zhao Guanglai said loudly.

It was so dark that they couldn't see where the other party was.

"Where to report?"

"Why haven't you come back in half an hour?"

Cheng Yaojin shouted.

I haven't come back for half an hour, where did I report it?

Under normal circumstances, with a horse by your side, it would be no problem to report back and forth in half an hour.

"Maybe it's getting dark, and the notification is a bit late. Please take care of General Cheng."

Zhao Guanglai answered loudly again.

"You open the door first, if anything happens, you can find General Ben!"

Cheng Yaojin frowned, and said even more impatiently.

It's getting dark, but it won't affect the communication too much, half an hour is enough.

"The lower official really doesn't have enough power to open the city gate for you. Please forgive me."

Zhao Guanglai continued.

It is not enough to say anything.

Cheng Yaojin had no choice but to hold back his anger and wait.

However, another half an hour passed, and the other party still hadn't come back to open the door.

(End of this chapter)