"Take this token, it's already curfew time. If there are any left and right Xiao Guards checking, it can be said that they are acting on my king's orders!" Li Daozong said and threw his waist token directly to the leading Beiwei Guard. Soldier, the other party quickly caught the belt card
It wasn't until this moment that Li Daozong saw clearly who the Beiwei Guard soldier who had caught the waist badge was, "You are Shi Feng!" Li Daozong still had a fresh memory of Shi Feng. After all, his Hundred Refined Sword was the result of this boy's. The one with the curling blade on his back was "cut in two" in the end, so Li Daozong was deeply impressed by Shi Feng.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me for being in armor and unable to dismount from the horse and salute!" Seeing that Li Daozong recognized him, Shi Feng hurriedly saluted Li Daozong on his horse and said.
"Are you promoted now?" Li Daozong asked, looking at this honest-looking man with a smile.
"Thanks to my father-in-law's persistence, I am now the squad leader of the ninth squad of Beiwei Guards!" Although Shi Feng did not show it, his tone of voice was full of pride.
"Are you satisfied with being a small squad leader?" Looking at Shi Feng's proud look, Li Daozong said with a smile, "How about it? How about coming under my command? How about I give you a school captainship?" ?”
Hearing Li Daozong's recruitment, Shi Feng was not troubled by the question of whether to leave Beiwei Guard. He had the same answer to this question a hundred times. He would never leave Beiwei Guard because Shi Feng's family now lives in Lujiazhuang. It was very good. If his mother knew that he had directly joined Li Daozong, the king of Ren City, she could break his legs directly. He himself just wanted to follow Lu Chen for the rest of his life, and what Shi Feng was in trouble was how to refuse Li Daozong's solicitation. If it was because he made his father-in-law and Li Daozong unhappy, then Shi Feng might as well just die.
"Hey! My lord, this is not right! You are poaching people in front of me. Isn't this a bit unethical?" Lu Chen saw Shi Feng's somewhat embarrassed expression and directly spoke to Shi Feng to explain it. Around, Lu Chen looked directly at Li Daozong and said half-jokingly.
"Oops! Isn't this king a sincere lover?" Li Daozong also knew that Lu Chen was joking with him and had no intention of complaining, so he said in a joking tone.
"You guys go quickly!" Lu Chen waved directly to Shi Feng and others. Shi Feng and others saluted Lu Chen and Li Daozong, then shook the reins of their horses and took the guards directly to Prince Wu's Mansion.
"That's not right!" Looking at Shi Feng and others leaving, Lu Chen suddenly remembered something, "My lord, you said that the curfew is already over, can I still go back to Lujiazhuang?" After hearing what Li Daozong had just said to Shi Feng, Token, when the word "curfew" was mentioned, Lu Chen remembered that there was a curfew in Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty. It was different from the later generations who could still walk around the streets at two or three o'clock in the middle of the night. Of course, in the later generations, if you had a curfew at two or three o'clock in the middle of the night, If you disturb others, the other party will not only call the police, but may even give you a basin of water to wash your feet.
In this era, the curfew started at nine o'clock in the evening. You dared to wander around Chang'an City after nine o'clock. It is estimated that the left and right Xiaowei (the left and right Xiaowei were responsible for the defense of the capital at this time), and the Jinwu Guard appeared among the four newly added guards during the reign of Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty. (At this time, the Tang Dynasty only had the Twelve Guards inherited from the Sui Dynasty.) It’s time to take you to sit in the left and right Xiaowei prison. The lighter ones will be whipped a few times, and the more serious ones will be exiled or even beheaded. Of course, exile and beheading are targeted at If you are really causing trouble at night, if you are really drunk and wandering on the street, you will probably be whipped a few times and stay in the Xiaowei prison on the left and right until dawn. If there are people at home, come and pay the fine, and if there is no one, you will be fined. Stay there for ten days and a half and then let him out.
Although Li Daozong and Lu Chen both have titles, they probably wouldn't say anything even if they were met by the left and right guards, but that was in Chang'an City, and the gates of Chang'an City were closed at this time. Even with their status, If there is no ultimatum or the like, it will be difficult to leave the city.
"Don't look at me, I only have that token!" Looking at Lu Chen's questioning and doubtful eyes, Li Daozong directly spread his hands and said, his expression clearly said, have you ever seen any prince who was fine? Walking around the streets wearing tokens, what's the difference between that and being mentally ill?
"Then according to what the prince wants, we can't go back?" Lu Chen looked at the gate of Pingkangfang and said with a depressed look. At this time, many people passing by looked at Lu Chen and Li Daozong curiously. I don't know what it means that these people are riding horses and "standing guard" on Pingkangfang Street, especially Lian Xiude's horse has a "big cocoon" tied to its rear buttocks. This "big cocoon" "Cocoon and pupa" from time to time, two pupae, not to mention more eye-catching.
"Then what's my plan?" Li Daozong once again threw his hands at Lu Chen, "Of course, if we insist on returning to my palace, there will be no problem. Those brave guards on the left and right will also give me this face, but I'm afraid this matter It will reach the emperor's ears tomorrow..." Before Li Daozong finished speaking, Lu Chen understood.
A prince or a county magistrate took the lead in violating the curfew. Even if he was not punished by the left and right Xiaowei, the news would be spread out. Moreover, the two of them still went out from Pingkangfang. If this matter was investigated carefully, Lu Chen Whatever you want to do must be revealed, after all, there is Du Dejun tied to Lian Xiude's horse!
If an investigation were conducted, it would be found that a prince or a county magistrate went to Pingkangfang with a bodyguard, and not only violated the curfew, but also kidnapped the son of King Wu Du Fuwei. How could this be repaid?
Those officials from aristocratic families who had no dealings with Lu Chen were not allowed to try their best to interfere with Lu Chen! By the way, Li Daozong also had to follow suit.
At this moment, I saw that Li Daozong's eyes had glanced at Nanqu Alley, and at this time, many people were walking towards Nanqu Alley. Obviously, something seemed to have happened in Nanqu Alley. .
"Your Majesty, you don't want to..." As soon as he saw Li Daozong's curious eyes, Lu Chen knew that the young prince's gossipy heart was obviously restless again.
"Yeah! Yeah!" Li Daozong nodded directly before Lu Chen finished asking, saying that he was what Lu Chen thought and was going to see the excitement.
Seeing Li Daozong's expectant and longing eyes, Lu Chen could only sigh helplessly. To be honest, seeing so many people walking towards Nanqu Alley, Lu Chen was also very curious about what was going on there, and Lu Chen was also quite curious. I want to see what these Nanqu girls, who are known as "the best in the north", look like.
"How about we go over and take a look?" Lu Chen looked at Li Daozong and asked.
"Okay!" Li Daozong nodded quickly when he heard that Lu Chen also wanted to take a look.
"Let's not bring so many people there, right?" Lu Chen pointed directly at his Beiwei guards and Li Daozong's guards. If they brought so many guards there, they wouldn't be watching the fun, that would be Go destroy the place and clear it out.
"Yes! Yes! Let's take a few people and go over quietly!" Li Daozong nodded in agreement, and then continued: "Zhou Ke, Feng You, you two follow me and take a look!"
The two guards who were called by Li Daozong hurriedly responded, then got off their horses and stood beside Li Daozong's horse.
"You two accompany me to have a look, Lian Xiude, lead them to keep an eye on this guy!" Lu Chen also ordered two Beiwei guards to accompany him, while Lian Xiude was left behind by Lu Chen , responsible for guarding Du Dejun and commanding the Beiwei Guards.
Lian Xiude also accepted the order.
"Have a look!" Li Daozong and Lu Chen rode together to the entrance of Nanqu. When they arrived, Li Daozong and Lu Chen found that they couldn't get in on horseback. There was actually a feeling of overcrowding in Nanqu. Li Daozong He and Lu Chen had no choice but to dismount. One of them left a guard here to guard the horses, and the other walked into Nanqu Alley with a guard.
Under the protection of the guards, the two shuttled through the crowd, and finally came to the door of a house. Only then did they realize that there were two red lanterns on the left and right of the door of the house. The door of the house was wide open, and through the house's Opening the door, Lu Chen discovered that the courtyard where Nan Qu lived was actually much larger than that of Zhong Qu. This courtyard was at least a two-entry courtyard. At this time, there was a servant-looking person standing at the gate.
"What is this for?" Li Daozong asked Lu Chen curiously.
"Your Majesty, this is really embarrassing for me. This is your first time here, and I have never been here before. How could you know what he is going to do?" Lu Chen looked at Li Daozong and replied helplessly. He came here just like a big girl getting into a sedan chair. ——This was his first time, how could he know what this servant was going to do!
Just as Lu Chen was talking, he heard the servant say loudly: "Today my house is open to welcome guests. Anyone who can answer the question can take a seat!"
"I wonder what kind of question Luo Duzhi asked this time?" After the servant finished speaking, someone in the crowd asked loudly. Li Daozong and Lu Chen went straight to look for the name and saw a young man wearing a brocade robe. , also holding a folding fan in his hand, but his face was pale and the corners of his eyes were blue, obviously he looked like he was drunk too much.
"Brother, do you know what your position is?" Lu Chen directly tugged the arm of a fat man next to him who was also wearing a brocade fur coat.
The fat man, who was still eagerly looking towards the door of the house, was pulled by Lu Chen and turned to look at Lu Chen in displeasure. However, he saw how Lu Chen and Li Daozong were dressed, and the one behind them was fully armed. As a guard, the fat man's displeased expression suddenly disappeared, and his face turned into a smile.
"Is this your first time here?" The fat man did not immediately answer Lu Chen's question, but asked directly.
"We brothers came to Pingkangfang for the first time. Seeing that there were so many people here, we wanted to come over and have a look at the excitement. I hope you will give me some advice!" Lu Chen said, raising his hands to the fat man.
"You asked me, so you asked the right person!" The fat man said with a hint of complacency.
