Chapter 132 The missing prince
Jiang Chengcanon could hear the movement outside the city, and the old man outside the city heard one after another, his voice hoarse and difficult, and he sounded like he was exhausted.
But the soldier leader was reluctant to give in. Seeing that he could not drive the old man away, he pushed him up.
"Old man! If you don't leave again, don't blame me for being rude!"
The old man's weathered hands clutched the soldier's wrist and begged: "Mr. Jun... you don't let me enter the city... I... can only sleep in the woods... Jun. Jun. Please be fine, good. There is also an old woman in my family who needs my care... She can't live without me..."
"Are you annoyed, old man? If you say you don't let in, you won't let in! You can live anywhere, but you won't let in the city!" The soldier leader put on an ice-face and pushed hard, breaking away from the old man's hands.
The old man slipped under his feet and fell on the wet and cold mud.
The soldier on the side couldn't stand it, so he stepped forward and advised, "...Boss...it's really not possible, let's let him in."
The soldier looked back at him and said bluntly: "You can't bear to let him in. If something goes wrong in the city because of him, will your lord blame you or him?"
The soldier who was persuading him was choked and didn't know what to say.
The old man was still begging. Seeing that the soldier could not drive him away, he pulled out the military stick tied to his waist, raised his arm and scolded: "Old man! I warn you, if you don't leave, don't blame my subordinates for being ruthless!"
The old man was frightened by the slightly foot-long round wooden stick in his hand and took a few steps back and said in panic: "Mr. Jun. I...I don't mean to disturb you in performing military affairs. I...I just want to go home." As he begged, he stepped forward carefully again, knelt in front of these elite guards and kept kowtowing, hoping that they could let themselves into the city.
The soldier leader was very upset by his begging and said viciously: "Since you, old man, don't blame me!" He then raised his military stick and beat the old man.
A hoarse wail came from behind the city gate. The old man was hit hard on his shoulder and screamed in pain.
The soldier leader came up angry and chased the old man and scolded him while beating: "I won't listen to your advice!"
The old man was unable to move, so he naturally could not escape such a strong soldier. He shouted that he would not respond every day and that he would not work. None of the city guards standing guard at the city gate dared to go down to stop him. The three soldiers standing next to him did not dare to come forward to persuade him, for fear that he would cause trouble.
Jiang Chengjia, hiding in the alley, heard the movement and felt aching from the old man's wail.
If she didn't go out at this time, would she have to watch the old man be beaten by the damn soldier leader and stay outside the city for one night and be homeless?
Jiang Chengjia was filled with anger, regardless of whether she could enter the city after she left the city to save the old man. She kicked her feet and prepared to climb out of the city wall again.
At the same time, a tight and regular footsteps came from the street facing the West City Gate in front of the city gate, accompanied by the sound of iron clothes rubbing.
She immediately stopped and stood beside the wall and looked quietly on the street. She saw a team of patrol guards who were different from the military uniforms worn by the Jingshu in front of the door walking towards the city gate.
Jiang Chengjia hurriedly hid in the corner and observed with his breath.
The leader of the patrol seemed to hear the movement outside the city gate, and shouted out, "Who is making noise outside?"
The soldier who was beating the old man outside heard this shout and suddenly stumbled in his heart. He took the military stick and walked forward tremblingly across the city gate: "Sir, Chief Superintendent... It's nothing big. Someone wants to enter the city. My subordinate follows the order of Lord Taishou... and stops him. He doesn't listen to advice. My subordinate is teaching a lesson."
"Is that right?" the patrol leader asked darkly, and then rushed to the two little soldiers guarding the gate in the city, "Open the city gate."
The two soldiers in front of the door were a little stunned and stood there at a loss.
The leader glanced at them and said strangely: "What are you doing?"
The two soldiers immediately became panicked and said, "Yes! I obey the order."
They opened the city gate in a hurry. The patrol leader saw the old man who was beaten to death lying on the ground at a glance. He immediately emitted a cold light in his eyes. He looked at the trembling soldier leader who was trembling like a man, and asked: "What you call the lesson... is to beat an old man like this?"
The sudden sense of oppression made the soldier leader scared and immediately knelt down and said, "Subordinate...subordinate has no other intentions, just follow the orders of the prefect."
"Yu Er! Lord Yu is there an order for you to treat an old man like this?" The leader shouted: "You are just a little soldier officer. Have you learned to bully others now?"
The soldier wiped his cold sweat. When he heard that he was so angry, he knelt down on the ground and begged for mercy and said, "I... I know my mistake! Please forgive me if you are the Chief!"
The leader sneered and said nothing, stared at the old man who was shaking himself on the ground, waved to the Bingwei who followed him and ordered: "Please help the old man up and take some medicine to the military camp."
"Here." The soldiers behind him responded, and two people came out, and stepped forward to help the old man who was almost unconscious.
Seeing this, the soldier thought he had escaped. He was about to breathe a sigh of relief, but he heard the leader say coldly: "Come here! Drag Yu Er down! He was given sixty military sticks and beat him until he could not get out of bed!"
This gloomy anger made the soldier, known as Yu Er, tremble all over his body, and raised his head with a pale face to beg for mercy to the leader: "Governor! I will never dare to do it again...Governornor!"
Yu Er screamed, but his fate was like an old man who had no one to save him just now and could only be beaten. However, the people on the city wall were very relieved, and they were not as good as the feeling of being so blocked after watching the old man being beaten up.
"Let me know! Tonight, the outsiders are not allowed to take action! The prefect has set up military tents in the suburbs, so they can be placed there for the time being. If I know you bully others next time, don't blame me for being rude!" The leader ordered with a mighty command.
I heard a shout of unison from the city wall of Ximen: "Sir, please obey the order!" It spread throughout the suburbs of the city, deafening.
Jiang Chengjia breathed a sigh of relief for the old man. He looked at the leader's face carefully in the moonlight, looked him up and down again, and soon discovered the clue.
The knife on this man's waist was also a Qinglong sword... which means he was also a person who was a guard. The man slowly turned his face and Jiang Chengjia obviously found a layer of skin sticking marks on his neck.
This person is disguised.
Jiang Chengjia was shocked. Seeing that this person had dealt with Yu Er, he immediately ordered someone to close the city gate.
The Zhuqi gate slammed and she could no longer see the situation outside. She could only hear a sound of footsteps from the patrol heading to the east side of the west gate.
Who needs to disguise?
For the soldiers of Guangxin City, most of the soldiers who are supervising and guarding are strangers, and no one needs to use a leather mask. It is expensive, difficult to find and make things like leather masks.
Could it be that...that person is...Lu Xun?!
Jiang Chengjia's heart suddenly jumped, and he carefully compared it in his mind, feeling that the leading figure just now was indeed exactly the same as Lu Xun.
But...why is Lu Xun leaving the city at this time?
The current situation made her increasingly confused what Ning Nanyou was going to do. She sought an opportunity to go around another path from the alley she was staying there, and headed towards the east side of the city with the patrol outside the city that stepped up its pace along the city wall. Fortunately, under the leadership of Song Yang, she had familiarized herself with Guangxin City in the past two days. She remembered the terrain here and walked unimpeded through the path between the houses.
Soon, under her rush to speed, this originally quiet city suddenly fell into a land of fire.
A large piece of fire flashed in front of her eyes, so she hurriedly stopped, found a safe place to hide in the passing woods, and then looked forward.
I saw that the wasteland on the east side of the city was now surrounded by a group of masked men wearing dark green casual clothes holding torches. I don’t know who was surrounded by that group of people, but a faint voice was coming. However, because the crowd formed a circle, it affected Jiang Chengjia’s hearing. There were too many noises that made her unable to hear who was in the circle and what they were saying.
She could only get closer, and then she vaguely heard someone say, "I really didn't expect that... the Huaiyin Hou, who is scolded by everyone in the Great Wei Dynasty, and all the nobles look down on him, was so scheming... so strong?"
"What do you mean?" At this moment, she heard a familiar question, and the voice came from Meng Jian, which she could hear.
"King Wuhu... Have you never seen that... the matter tonight was not arranged by King Huai... King Huai is far away in Luoyang, how could it be possible to monitor the movements in Guangxin City in real time?" The man just sneered.
"It's time to go... I still want to provoke the relationship between Gu and Marquis of Huaiyin? It seems that Mr. Chen is right. If you don't catch you and control me, I'm afraid that we will be unable to deal with the subsequent things."
"Meng Jian! Don't blame me for not reminding you! If you blindly believe Ning Zheng's words, you will suffer a great loss sooner or later!"
"Shut your mouth! Gu Ruo didn't even have this insight, and would not have been on the throne back then!" Meng Huan couldn't hear anything and said viciously to the man.
From beginning to end, she never heard Ning Nanyou's voice.
Jiang Chengjia found it strange, could it be that the Lord and Hou are not here?
She thought about it carefully and continued to listen patiently.
"King, since this man hit the plot of King Dai and was captured by you and me... Can you please let the king out?" This voice seemed to come from Zhou Yuanmo who was disguised as Chen Xu.
Chapter completed!