As the bodyguard team of the Chu family slowly approached Lingxi Town, Zhang Xiuchen ordered "horse wrap hooves", and everyone wrapped the horse's hooves in cloth and continued to head towards Lingxi Town. Li Tang was still guarding the rear of the car, replacing Cheng Chutang's identity followed suit.
According to the rules of the past, Zhang Xiuchen stepped forward to negotiate, took out the silver in his pocket and gave them a drink, the gate of Lingxi Town opened suddenly, and a group of people quickly entered Lingxi Town, but unfortunately, when Li Tang passed by the gate, But was stopped.
"Stop, inspect according to order!"
Zhang Xiuchen, who has been escorting dark escorts all year round, has never encountered such a thing. It is always like this. When he leaves the city, he thanks the sentry inside the gate, and when he enters the city, he thanks the sentry outside the gate. The family has a large bodyguard team, and it is not uncommon for the Chu family to enter and leave the city gate more than a dozen times in a month. Whether it is day or night, the Chu family will take out some scattered silver to manage the gatekeepers. Why did the guards not play cards according to the rules today? Zhang Xiuchen hurried forward to negotiate.
"My military lord, shouldn't you be on duty during the day? Why are you still on duty here today?"
Zhang Xiuchen stepped forward and asked that this person was none other than Zhao Xiaowu who also stopped the car when he was leaving the city that day. Li Tang immediately looked around at the other three guard posts inside the gate when he was leaving the city. Everyone is dead, but Zhao Xiaowu is still on duty here.
"I advise you not to talk too much about the affairs of the court, and inspect it according to the order!"
The other three veterans saw Zhao Xiaowu messing around, and stepped forward to stop him, but Zhao Xiaowu broke free, checked each box, asked Zhang Xiuchen for the roster, and compared it with each other, and walked to Li Tang In front of him, he looked carefully at the text description of each person's appearance on the roster.
"Chu Tang, you should be Li Tang."
Li Tang was startled, lowered his head slightly and said, "This military master has identified the wrong person. Li Tang is an imperial convict exiled by the imperial court. How could he have the opportunity to leave the city? In Xia Chu Tang, he is just a bodyguard of the Chu family carrying darts." .¡±
"Really?" Zhao Xiaowu looked at Li Tang viciously, and grabbed Li Tang's wrist.
Seeing the situation was not good, Zhang Xiuchen stepped forward to make a rescue, "Master, our Chu family has always done business according to our duties, how could we have any relationship with the imperial court? I'm afraid the Lord can't see clearly at night, Let¡¯s admit the wrong person for a while.¡±
"Hmph, how could I admit the wrong person!"
As Zhao Xiaowu said that, he took out a portrait from his bosom. It was Li Tang himself, and there were a few lines of small characters on the side that clearly stated his background. Zhang Xiuchen picked up the portrait and looked at it. , Frowning tightly, he carefully compared the text of Chu and Tang on his roster, and the painting on it was indeed almost the same as the writing.
However, Zhang Xiuchen smiled and said: "Master Jun, look, our family Chu Tang and Li Tang look roughly the same, Master Jun must have recognized the wrong person, how about this, the old man still has some scattered silver in his arms, give it to me." Master Jun took it to drink tea."
Zhang Xiuchen leaned into Zhao Xiaowu's ear and whispered that he had already paid a share of the money, and this kind of extra money that needs to be handed over to individuals should either not be heard by the third person, or another copy should be distributed to everyone. However, Zhang Xiuchen, who has been escorting his bodyguards for many years, was stopped by the same person every time he went in and out of Lingxi Town. Zhao Xiaowu.
"I don't want your money!"
Zhao Xiaowu pushed Zhang Xiuchen's hand, and the cloth bag wrapped with silver fell to the ground, and the silver inside rolled out. Zhang Xiuchen immediately picked it up, and said to the other watching sentries: "Everyone! Jun Ye, I'm sorry to cause you trouble, this little money is given to the military men for tea, please accept it."
The rest of the sentinels immediately came forward to get the silver with joyful smiles. The old soldiers knew what to do after taking the money, and they all tried to persuade Zhao Xiaowu, but Zhao Xiaowu refused to accept it, and had to target everything he said. Li Tang, the old soldiers saw that it was of no avail, they glanced at the poor Zhang Xiuchen, sighed and returned to their posts, and the gate was closed at this time.
"So, are you deliberately targeting me, Chu Tang?"
There is a limit to a person's patience. Li Tang saw everything he did just now. At this moment, he looked at the stubborn Zhao Xiaowu viciously, and broke free from the grasped wrist. Come on, at the same time, a qi was drawn from the body towards the saber on Zhao Xiaowu's waist. Zhao Xiaowu suddenly felt that something hit his waist, and hurriedly drew the saber, only to find that the waist saber had been broken in two. Zhao Xiaowu took a few steps back in surprise and stood still.
Zhao Xiaowu, who became angry from embarrassment, twitched his veins and yelled at Li Tang: "You want to fight against the government, don't you!"
Zhang Xiuchen on the side hastily stepped upHe stopped before, but was told by Li Tang that he had his own sense of propriety, and that polite attitude appeared again, and he said to Zhao Xiaowu: "No, no, Mr. Jun wrongly blamed me, I just want to go home quickly and be with my family." I don¡¯t know why the military master is blocking the reunion of my relatives. No matter how good my temper is, I can¡¯t endure this unreasonable questioning. If I offend the military master in any way, please forgive me. Chief Zhang, let¡¯s go Bar."
Zhang Xiuchen looked at Zhao Xiaowu, then at Li Tang, the two of them were silent at the moment, the scene was terribly cold for a while, so he had to order the bodyguards to leave this place of right and wrong, Li Tang was stunned Without looking back, he followed the convoy and strode forward.
After the bodyguard team turned around at an intersection, Zhao Xiaowu, who had just recovered from his shock, immediately went after him. Xiao Wu caught up with Li Tang, and Zhang Xiuchen and his party were no longer afraid of him. They would be punished according to the law for leaving without permission. People are afraid of having a braid in their hands, no matter how powerful you are. , in the end you have to give in. Zhao Xiaowu immediately stopped in front of everyone without daring to move.
"Hehe, Brother Zhang, take the brothers back to rest, I can handle it by myself." Seeing Zhang Xiuchen and the others standing in front of him, Li Tang immediately understood what it meant, but he didn't let these People help the situation for themselves, but choose to face it by themselves.
"Okay, little brother, if there is any danger, shout loudly, our brothers will not sleep for a while, brothers, let's go!"
Everyone walked back sparsely, only Li Tang and Zhao Xiaowu were left at the gate of Chu's house, Zhao Xiaowu's knife was broken, but he was still holding the knife handle tightly, Li Tang could see his nervousness And desperately wanting to confirm his determination, he couldn't help but smile.
"Brother Zhao, why are you so serious?"
"How did you know that my surname is Zhao? Could it be that you have secretly investigated me!" Zhao Xiaowu was taken aback, and his hand gripping the handle of the knife tightened even more.
"Leave this alone for now. Did the old man next door tell you that he met a young man on Changsheng Mountain that day and helped him up the mountain to ask for a lottery?"
Zhao Xiaowu was suspicious. Sister Qinger invited me to her house for dinner these few days. The prospective father-in-law at the dinner table happily drank a few more glasses, and then told himself about going up the mountain to ask for a lottery. Excited, the old man took advantage of the wine to talk about the adventures he had encountered since he went up the mountain, including that when the sky was dark, there was a gentle young man who helped him up the mountain. If you make money and find a job, you can marry Qing'er as soon as possible.
Seeing Zhao Xiaowu lower his head and think, this also made Li Tang confirm that he is the young man from the Zhao family that the old man said. At first he didn't dare to confirm it, so he just threw out a few words to test, but he didn't expect to be hit.
"Don't talk nonsense, are you Li Tang?"
"Whether I'm Li Tang or not Li Tang, now that I'm standing in Lingxi Town, the Heavenly King and I can't do anything about me, don't you think so, besides, you can't beat me, and you can't come alone Take me, I also asked Brother Zhang in detail just now, and he said that he has never met a person like you, nor has he encountered such a thing, are you under the instigation of others?"
Zhao Xiaowu didn't speak. Pei Yuanying had found him that day in Huayue Tower. When Pei Yuanying told him that he had let the imperial court offend Li Tang last night, he suddenly became sober from his hazy drunkenness. He knelt down and begged for mercy, but Pei Yuanying didn't blame him. , just let him take another night shift as a punishment, and pay attention to when the team will come back. According to the rules of the Chu family, the bodyguard team that goes out of the city during the day will still enter the city during the day, and the team that goes out of the city at night will also enter the city at night. In the city, Pei Yuanying's purpose was to make this stunned youth bother the Chu family's bodyguard team again, so that they could improve their memory.
"I¡¡"
Zhao Xiaowu said the word "I", and then said nothing. Li Tang thought about the previous things together, and vaguely guessed who the manipulator behind this was. Zhao Xiaowu was just a The insignificant person who was pushed in front of the screen, maybe Pei Yuanying was really going to attack the Chu family, but he just used the Chu family's bodyguard team to go out of the city as a pretext, and there were some small frictions as a precursor, but I don't know his specific details. When will you do it.
"It's fine for you to act according to the agreement with that person this month, but I hope you don't have to stand guard at the door next month. The Chu family will arrange a position for you, and the salary will be much higher than you used to. In this way As a result, you can also marry that favorite sister next door as soon as possible."
Zhao Xiaowu left, with his answers and expectations, dragged his tired body and walked towards the west gate step by step in a dejected manner. His saber was broken, and he also broke his respect for the current job with a meager salary. Looking forward to the sentry, breaking my trust in myself.
Looking at his back, Li Tang couldn't help sighing, he is really an infatuated type, he dared to put his head on his belt in order to make money and marry a wife, and he would sacrifice his life for the people behind the scenes in exchange for money at all costs. After he couldn't see anymore, Li Tang returned to the guest room of the Chu family where he was staying, and he also thought of the beautiful image of Sister Sheng'er standing on the top of the mountain waving goodbye to him in the evening.The sentry expectation of a thin salary broke my trust in my persistence.
Looking at his back, Li Tang couldn't help sighing, he is really an infatuated type, he dared to put his head on his belt in order to make money and marry a wife, and he would sacrifice his life for the people behind the scenes in exchange for money at all costs. After he couldn't see anymore, Li Tang returned to the guest room of the Chu family where he was staying, and he also thought of the beautiful image of Sister Sheng'er standing on the top of the mountain waving goodbye to him in the evening.