Strange Events of the Tang Dynasty

The heavy rain was like a curtain, and even though it was as prosperous as Luoyang, the city gate, which was always full of traffic, seemed very deserted at this moment, and not many people passed by.

From far to near, a carriage slowly broke into the guard's field of vision. The sound of "da da" horseshoes was covered by the noisy rainstorm, and the coachman dressed in black linen was skillfully driving the carriage in front.

The guards naturally knew Ye Jingyan's reminder. Seeing the carriage approaching at this moment, they knew in their hearts that the murderer was in the carriage.When the carriage approached, Ye Jingyan stood loudly in front of the city gate, hurriedly asked the left and right guards to stop him, and asked in a deep voice: "Stop the visitor, the city gate is being strictly guarded at this moment, and you still have to get out of the car to accept interrogation!"

Through the heavy rain, the driver's face could not be seen clearly. After stopping the carriage, the driver reached out and took out something from his waist. He shouted to the guard at the city gate in a calm voice, "This is Ling Changfeng, the special envoy for investigating the case." You have no right to review the carriage of His Majesty’s special envoy, and you have to go out of the city to deal with urgent matters. You have to step back quickly!”

From a long distance away, it was natural that he couldn't tell whether the token in the driver's hand was real or not. Fortunately, Ling Changfeng didn't hear this, otherwise he would definitely be itchy with anger.This daring lunatic dared to pretend to be himself, and dared to put a big black pot on his head!
Ye Jingyan had just been taught a lesson by Ling Changfeng, and now knowing that Ling Changfeng was watching from the city gate tower, the person in front of him must be a fake.So he remained calm and signaled the guards with his hands behind his back to check in front of the carriage.

Seeing this, the coachman knew that the counterfeiting had been discovered, but he seemed to have expected this situation, so he jumped up and jumped off the carriage.Before the guards surrounded him, he hurried to the small houses next to him, trying to escape under the cover of the rain.

Seeing his extraordinary skills, the city gate guards were sure that this person must be the murderer who was arrested. How could he stand the suspect running away in a fair manner under his watchful eyes at this moment? That was his half-year salary.Without ordering, a group of people immediately followed after him.

Standing on the top of the city gate, Ling Changfeng and his party were silently watching the scene where the guards were chasing the fugitive.Seeing that the suspect escaped, except for Ling Changfeng, the rest of the people felt very nervous.

Seeing that her young master still had a calm and composed expression, Xiaolan asked, "Master, are you not afraid that the suspect has escaped? Do you want me to catch him back?"

Shaking his head, Ling Changfeng said indifferently: "This is just a bait, don't fall into the trick of the real murderer to lure the tiger away from the mountain! The suspect abandoned the car and fled so easily, there must be something in the carriage. We Just wait and see!"

County Magistrate Qin listened silently at the side. He was extremely anxious when he saw the suspect run away, but seeing that Ling Changfeng was already confident, he didn't dare to urge him.

The remaining guards at the city gate approached the carriage slowly, and lifted the curtain with their tasseled spears to see that there was no one inside, but a big wooden box.The copper lock that originally locked the wooden box was nowhere to be seen. Looking through the cracks of the box, a faint light could be seen.

When the guards saw this, they were overjoyed, thinking that the murderer had abandoned a box of jewels, so they hurriedly lifted the heavy wooden box out of the carriage, and let the rain wet their clothes, opened the wooden box, and caught their eyes. There are no imaginary treasures, but the light reflected from some polished and broken iron objects.

As the wooden box was opened, there was an open clay pot in the middle of the wooden box.The originally sealed pottery pot was sealed with a hemp rope to the top cover of the wooden box. As the wooden box was lifted by the guards, the pottery pot was also opened, and a blue-gray smoke spread out. What is it.

The faces and hands of the surrounding guards, which were originally drenched, immediately turned red when they came into contact with the smoke, and instantly became extremely itchy, which was uncontrollable.The leader, at this moment, was moaning again and again, and fell to the ground and rolled.

Seeing this situation, Ye Jingyan hurriedly shouted: "It's poisonous, back away!" The rest of the guards who were about to step forward to investigate were stopped by him.They retreated several feet away.Fortunately, it was raining heavily now, and the poisonous smoke did not spread very far, and was gradually carried away by the rain. If it continued to spread, the consequences would be disastrous.

Ling Changfeng, who was watching all this from the upstairs, thought to himself: "What a vicious scheme! The strength of the guards has been greatly reduced this time. If I hadn't expected it, I am afraid that this person will really overthrow all the guards and let them escape. gone."

Looking sideways at the crowd, seeing the tense expressions of the county magistrate Qin and the patrols, Ling Changfeng comforted him: "You don't have to worry, the smoke will only take effect when it comes into contact with water. poisoned by this."

Ye Jingyan, who was standing at the gate of the city, was at a loss for what to do, and a carriage came into the sight of the guards again.The guard at this moment was no longer as excited as before, and there was a hint of nervousness in his eyes.

The carriage stopped far away on the street in front of the city gate, and a coachman on it shouted: "Master Xu, Governor of Luoyang Mansion, has arrived! Where is Captain Ye?"

Ye Jingyan had learned from the past a long time ago, so he didn't dare to be careless. He just stood there and said nervously, "Here Ye Jingyan is! Is it really Mr. Xu in the car?"

However, a corner of the curtain of the carriage was gently lifted, and Fuyin Xu's face was revealed, his brows frowned, and he asked, "Captain Ye, what's going on? The suspect I asked you to arrest is now where?"

Ye Jingyan was overjoyed when he heard Mr. Xu's voice, and hurriedly approached the carriage in the heavy rain, and said eagerly: "Report to Mr. Xu, the suspect was scheming. He used poison to wound the guard of the city gate and then escaped. At this moment, the official is sending someone over there." I have been hunted down. Please forgive me, my lord!"

"Humph, it's not enough to succeed, but more to fail! Fortunately, the old man came here, otherwise the guard must have died of poison! Now, this is the antidote I found from Baicaotang. You can distribute it to them and take it. Fu Yin Xu looked angry, and slowly took out a small white bottle and threw it to Ye Jingyan.

Ye Jingyan hurriedly thanked him, took the vial immediately, and ordered his subordinates to feed it to the guards who were lying on the ground at the moment.After all the guards took the antidote, their faces were no longer red and gradually improved.After getting up, the guards thanked Mr. Xu for saving his life.

Seeing this, Xu Fuyin calmed down, waved his hands, and said, "Since the suspect is cheating, I won't blame you. But the city gate must be strengthened. It's getting late, Ye Duwei, you go immediately Inform Mr. Meng about this. I have to go outside the city to handle errands, and you will be the gatekeeper here! Remember not to be negligent!" After speaking, he lowered the curtain and asked the coachman to drive the carriage out of the city gate.

Ye Jingyan originally wanted to say that Ling Changfeng was also waiting for the murderer here, but seeing Xu Fu Yin's expression was in a hurry, he naturally stopped talking.As for the inspection of the carriage, I dare not.After all, he had just been forgiven for his dereliction of duty, and with the grace of saving the guard's life, everyone saluted and let the carriage enter the city gate.