The capital, Xizhimen, the city gate is closed.
Under the city tower, a luxurious carriage was parked not far from the moat. More than a dozen knights who looked like followers were guarding the surroundings. There was also a leading knight reining in his horse and standing at the moat nearest the city gate, shouting loudly.
"People on the city tower, listen, I'm warning you one last time. This is the chariot of Mr. Zhang Ge, a bachelor of the Wenhua Palace and an assistant minister of Gu Ming! Mr. Zhang Ge suffered a heatstroke from visiting the emperor's mausoleum in Daxing. He is coming back this time. Seeking medical treatment, if you don’t open the city gate, if something happens to the Pavilion Master, each one of you will be punished severely!”
On the city tower, a junior high school student in his thirties snorted coldly and responded loudly, "The country has its own regulations. Unless there are police at the border, the gates of the capital are not allowed to be opened at night! It is said that it is Mr. Zhang Ge, so he It’s the Holy Father who has come to call the door, and I don’t dare to disrupt the court system and open the door for you!”
"You!" The knight named Men was furious. He wished he could jump up to the city gate and slap the schoolmaster to death.
But no matter how angry he was, there was nothing he could do. The capital city gate was so majestic and the moat was so wide. Let alone jumping on it, even if he stood here and shot an arrow, he would still be out of reach.
"Okay, okay, just wait, there will be something good for you!"
After saying the harsh words, the knight turned his horse around angrily and ran to the front of the chariot. His face was both ashamed and angry, and he reported, "Master, this captain of the city gate has become determined after eating the weight, no matter what the little ones say, no matter what. He just refuses to open the door, please forgive me."
Zhang Juzheng in the carriage was already pale, and now he was even more ugly. After thinking for a while, he said, "Go south and go to Fuchengmen."
However, the knight seemed to have lost confidence and advised, "Master, don't be too talkative. Let's go to Deshengmen first. We were stopped and then turned to Andingmen. We were stopped again. Now Xizhimen is also blocked. I'm afraid to go there." Fuchengmen is useless, these idiots from the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division tonight may have lost their minds!"
"All of them?" Zhang Juzheng murmured, his face became even paler, and suddenly he lifted the car curtain, lifted up his robe, and got out of the car.
The knight was startled, stretched out his hand to stop him, and said hurriedly, "Master, you are in a coma due to heatstroke. This is reported to the emperor!"
The implication of this sentence is very simple. As soon as you get out of the car and leave, you will be suspected of deceiving the emperor.
But Zhang Juzheng turned a deaf ear and gently pushed the knight's hand away and said, "It doesn't matter. After tonight, I may not be able to bear one more crime of deceiving the emperor."
The knight was taken aback. He looked at Zhang Juzheng who had slowly got out of the car with surprise and uncertainty, and asked nervously, "Why do you say this, sir? You are a minister who cares about your life."
Zhang Juzheng did not answer, and even looked very calm. It was just because he had suffered from heatstroke before and suffered from bumps all day, and now his face did look a little sick.
"Help me come forward and take a look." Zhang Juzheng is a person who pays great attention to his manners. He actually asked someone to help him, which only shows that his body is really difficult to support at the moment. After all, no matter how luxurious the carriages of this era were, they did not have any useful shock-absorbing devices. He was suffering from heat stroke and forced the carriage to rush back. He was jolted so hard that he almost vomited out his internal organs.
The knight did not dare to neglect, so he could only help Zhang Juzheng and go forward to check.
Zhang Juzheng's eyesight was relatively average, and he didn't see clearly what was happening on the tower until he walked to the moat.
But he didn't take a closer look. He just took a brief look and sighed, as if saying to himself, "It's still too late. Will we see the outcome tonight? How can it be so fast?"
The knight couldn't help but asked, "Sir, what are you talking about?"
Zhang Juzheng had turned around at this time, walked slowly back towards the carriage, and said in a cold tone, "Can't you see how the top of the tower is different from usual times?"
When the knight heard this, he subconsciously looked back and said hesitantly, "It doesn't seem to be much different. It's just that, uh, there seem to be a little more people than usual?"
"Haha." Zhang Juzheng "laughed" tonelessly, and said calmly, "The torches are densely packed, the sentry posts are neatly arranged, and the dignified commanders go up to the tower to take charge. If in normal times, they would only be so nervous if the cavalry approached the Kinki area of the capital. .”
The knight opened his mouth wide with disbelief on his face, "I haven't heard that there are soldiers riding into the invaders? Now even Anda has become a vassal and pays tribute, and Qi Zongrong is in charge of Ji Town. It is impossible for the left and right banners of Mongolia to invade the invaders now." .”
"The captives are invading the invaders?" Zhang Juzheng sneered, his words taunting, "In the eyes of some people, our cabinet is probably a much higher threat than the captives. Speaking of which, I really should say thank you and show my love to them. "
The knight was stunned.
At the same time, the guard on the Xizhimen Tower also breathed a sigh of relief. Then he quickly turned down the tower, walked to a corner, knelt down on one knee and saluted a scribe in his thirties, and said respectfully, "Wu Zhangke, the matter is done."
The scribe known as Wu Zhangke accepted the salute of the guard who was wearing the uniform of a commander unceremoniously, and nodded slightly and said, "Yes, you did a good job. The imperial court has its own ancestral laws. No matter who it is, no one is allowed to do so." Exception." Then he paused and added, "You can not be afraid of power and stick to principles. Although it is the duty of a general, it is still rare. Well, in this year's evaluation, I think you should be able to get This is excellent."
Then the guard thought that you are also powerful!
However, there was a smile on his face, and he replied in a grateful tone, "Thank you, Wu Zhangke, for taking care of me."
Wu Zhangke didn't ask him to get up, but asked, "Oh, by the way, where did they go this time? Is it Fuchengmen?"
The guard said respectfully, "Haojiao Wu Zhangke learned that they don't seem to have any intention of leaving, so they are stopping outside the city gate now."
"Not leaving?" Wu Zhangke showed a hint of joy, but his tone was still quite reserved. He nodded and said, "Very good. Since they won't leave, we can't leave either. We'll just keep an eye on them from the tower tonight."
The guard was extremely surprised. He was stunned for a moment before asking, "Are we not going to leave? Then, if they have decided to sleep outside the city, we have to keep an eye on them all night?"
Wu Zhangke narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at the commander, "Why, Commander Han can't stand it? Or is there something else important?"
Commander Han was startled and hurriedly showed a flattering look and explained, "Wu Zhangke is joking. I am on duty today. I should have stayed here all night. There is nothing else to do. However, Wu Zhangke is just kidding." "Zhang Ke, you are of great importance, but this small place is very simple, so I'm afraid I might be neglecting Zhang Ke."
Wu Zhangke laughed and reached out to pat him on the shoulder, "To tell you the truth, as long as I keep an eye on this guy outside the city tonight, I'm sure you will get a top grade in this year's assessment and you will be my official." .”
Commander Han was patted on the shoulder by him, his face was flattered, and his smile became even more fawning, "Congratulations in advance to Wu Zhangke for making a further step!"
Wu Zhangke laughed, thinking that with today's skill, my junior brother should be able to help me put in a nice word in front of Enxiang, right? My military department has failed to achieve success, so it’s time to replace it with failure to achieve success!
