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    Welcome to:

    As the most benevolent area at the foot of the emperor, the city gate of Luoyang, the sacred capital, has been as stable as Mount Tai since the pre-Tang Dynasty. Few people dare to act wild in this place, which is called the "gate of the country", let alone break through the gate.  Over time, although the guards at this gate looked great every day on duty and displayed the might of a great nation, their hearts had long since relaxed.

    It is this mentality, coupled with the time to change the guard on duty, Karamatsu took the lead and successfully passed the test.

    There was a loud echo in the city gate cave. These dozen horses came galloping towards them. The sound of their hoofbeats sounded like muffled thunder. In the blink of an eye, they had already rushed through the city gate cave.

    The rapid sound of horse hooves then broke the silence that enveloped the main street of Shendu on a cold night, and they rushed all the way like strong wind and heavy rain towards the end of the long street, the highest palace in the city.

    Behind them, the city gate guards who had just reacted quickly led their horses, and then divided into two groups, those who reported the news, and those who chased.

    Although their speed was also very fast, they were still slower after all. By the time they started to chase after them, the shadows of Karamatsu and others could not be seen in the dark night.

    After all, the long streets of Shendu are no different from other places. The leader, Karamatsu, ran all the way and almost hit passers-by several times. However, despite this, he did not make any move to rein in his horse and slow down, just one word - rush!

    Fortunately, it was already night, and it was extremely cold today. There were very few people on the long street. In addition, the sound of the hooves of their dozens of horses galloping was the best alarm bell. People in front did not need to be reminded to stay away.  It was lucky that no one was killed.

    Seeing that he had arrived at the imperial city, Karamatsu began to slow down, and finally the horse stopped about ten steps away from the city gate, snorting rapidly.

    Tang Song got off his horse, took out the inner palace pass badge he carried with him and walked towards the imperial guard at the gate of the imperial city.  After walking only a few steps, I heard a rush of stairs descending from the city gate in front of me.

    He is extremely sensitive at this time, this voice is wrong!  When he looked up, he could see a figure flashing through the light of the palace lantern held at the gate of the imperial city. What was more conspicuous was the reflection on the arrowhead of the military's standard long arrow.

    Turn around and bow your waist.  Karamatsu shouted loudly as he ran: "There is an ambush."

    As soon as he turned around, Shangguan Jin had already driven his horse forward, leaned over and picked up the tail of Tang Song's tart.  He threw it in front of his saddle, then pulled the reins to the left, and the healthy horse turned around.

    This set of movements was performed smoothly, without any lag in time.  A slight difference.  The cold arrow shot from the tower failed to hit Tang Song, but hit the buttocks of Shangguan Jin's strong horse.

    The strong horse neighed sadly and suddenly accelerated forward. The fifteen guards pointed by Chen Xuanli protected the woman in the middle and followed.

    With one arrow missing, the Imperial Guards who had just rushed down from the gate tower of the Imperial City immediately led their horses and chased after them.  The imperial guards who were chasing from Luoyang City Gate were already within a stone's throw. At this moment, the situation was extremely critical.

    Tang Song knew that their group must not stop. The people chasing them at Luoyang City Gate were better, and even those chasing them from the Imperial City Gate were real life-threatening ghosts. Once they were stopped, they would lose their lives.  Once you lose your freedom, you will be attacked by swords and arrows in an instant.

    "Go left" guided Shangguan Jin to lead a dozen cavalrymen to turn into the square road on the left in front of the imperial city to temporarily avoid the pursuing troops from both sides. Tang Song was thinking anxiously about where to go next.

    It¡¯s definitely not possible to go home, this is too big a deal.  Wu Sansi is already prepared.  Then they will definitely be hunted to the end. If they go home at this time, it is very likely that the whole family will be slaughtered and burned in the end.

    It is impossible to go back home. For Karamatsu and others, in such a dark night.  There is no safe place to stay in such a huge city.

    There was a cracking sound coming from behind, which was still sparse before.  Soon the sound of breaking through the air gradually became denser.  Tang Song also heard the sound of a horse falling behind him. It was clear that someone among the fifteen guards pointed out by Chen Xuanli had been injured or killed.

    Although it is night.  But if they dare to use bows and arrows on the streets of Shendu, the pursuing soldiers' determination to kill them quickly has been fully exposed.  Without long-range ordnance to counterattack, even such an escape would be a dead end.

    Between life and death, Karamatsu pointed to the right, "Go in"

    The mansion that Karamatsu pointed to was splendid and splendid. As one of the symbols of status, it was so late. There were still eight tough guards on both sides of the door. These eight people were frightened and surprised by the noise made by Karamatsu and others when they looked over.  , but unexpectedly, the riders turned their horses' heads and ran straight towards the gate of the mansion, without slowing down at all.

    Firstly, the incident happened too fast and the eight guards could not react in time; secondly, the eight of them did not dare to use their flesh and blood to block the charging horses. Almost in the blink of an eye, Tang Song and more than a dozen horsemen rushed into the gate of the house.  The eight guards who reacted at this time hurriedly closed the door, locking Karamatsu and others inside while also blocking the people behind them.??'s pursuers.

    The pursuers who came down from the imperial city gate came the fastest. When the knight was about to rush in through the still open side door, he was stopped by the people behind him.

    The knight suddenly turned his head, and the man behind him didn¡¯t say anything. He just raised his hand and pointed upward. Under the illumination of the palace lantern under the eaves in front of the palace gate, the five golden characters of Princess Taiping Palace on the plaque shone brightly.

    To flush or not to flush, that¡¯s the big question!

    The man at first stopped his horse, thought for a moment, then turned over and walked towards the concierge of the Princess Mansion.

    Not to mention them, inside, separated by a wall, the eight guards who had just closed the door turned around and surrounded Karamatsu and others. Although they were few in number and under the horse, their momentum was not lost at all.  Many people were coming around the screen wall nearby.

    "I am Karamatsu, as your princess has told me, take me to see her quickly."

    The guard leader was about to say harsh words when the concierge in charge happened to come in. Hearing Karamatsu's words and seeing Karamatsu's people, he hurriedly took a few steps forward to stop him, and then whispered something to him.

    Immediately, the guard leader led his men out of the side door. The concierge asked Karamatsu to wait before walking inside.

    After taking a look, Tang Song found out that he knew this concierge. He came here once before to find Princess Taiping. The concierge was very arrogant at first, but later he was extremely polite after hearing his name.  At that time, Karamatsu wondered if Taiping had told the concierge something.

    It was at that time that the two sat in the carriage in front of the mansion for a long time. Taiping also asked him to find the monk Fazang to settle the matter. Was his surname Xue in his previous life?

    At this time, Tang Song had the time and thought to wait, so he followed the concierge and walked in. Shangguan Jin and others naturally followed him.

    After the previous experience, even though Karamatsu¡¯s behavior was very rude, the concierge couldn¡¯t stop him.  After walking around several times and attracting surprised looks from many servants in the Princess Mansion, we finally arrived at the door of Taiping's room.

    ¡°Take good care of my brothers,¡± Tang Song left a message to the concierge.  Then he took the haggard-looking woman and broke into Taiping's room.

    When I opened the door, I saw five or six people in this luxurious room talking around Taiping. As soon as the door opened, they all looked over in unison.

    "Who" An angry Taiping turned around and saw Karamatsu.  His face calmed down, and with a slight wave of his hand, the five or six people immediately retreated silently from the other side door of the room.

    At this time, Karamatsu had no time or thought to play tricks with her and asked directly: "Can you enter the palace now?"

    Taiping took a deep look at the woman.  "You just came back from the palace?"

    "I didn't go in. Someone shot an arrow at the entrance of the imperial city. The imperial army chasing me is now outside your house."

    Taiping was suddenly shocked, "You said that the imperial army at the gate of the imperial city shot you with an arrow? Are they still chasing you?"

    Karamatsu was worried about another thing, "Can you enter the palace?"

    "It's really hard to say if this is the case. I'll give it a try."

    Tang Song stretched out his hand and pointed at the woman who came in, "Wu Sansi was the one who murdered Wu Chengsi through her. If you want to know the details, ask her on the way. I hope you can successfully enter the palace to expose the matter. If you can't enter the palace, you must also  Protect her and come back safely. Also, arrange a car to take me somewhere."

    "Where are you going?"

    "You and I will act separately. If you can't enter the palace smoothly, come back quickly and we will meet again. By the way, if you have any confidants in the army, send someone to contact them now to prepare for contingency. In addition, my family  Their safety is also entrusted to you. It¡¯s best to find a new place for them to settle.¡±

    Before Taiping could ask again, Tang Song had already said in a deep voice: "I don't know how serious the matter is now, but everything will be done if you are prepared, and if you are not prepared, it will be ruined. Liaison with the army is just for advance preparation, and it may not be able to be used. Now  Hurry up, hurry up!¡±

    After only half a stick of incense.  Tang Song had already boarded Taiping's daily travel car and left the house through a very secluded small door. She herself used the Princess Luanjia, which she had never driven lightly.  There are more than a hundred people accompanying him, which can be said to be an impressive display of chariots and horses.

    As for the imperial troops in front of the palace who claim to arrest the rebels, one housekeeper of the princess palace is enough to deal with them.

    Taiping is not only the princess of the Li Tang royal family, but also the official wife of the King of Chu among the Wu clan. This special status is enough to make those who pursue the imperial army dare not act recklessly.

    "The pursuing imperial troops did not dare to rush into the princess's palace at that time, which made Tang Song feel relieved that the matter had not reached the worst stage he expected.

    After a smooth ride in Taiping¡¯s car, Tang Song finally arrived in front of a very ordinary house in Nancheng, Luoyang.  This was one of the escape routes arranged by Shangguan Wan'er, and it was also the first place where he returned to Beijing from Jiangnan last time.A place where I had a tryst with Shangguan Wan'er one day.

    Tang Song got out of the car and knocked on the door. After a while, the door silently opened a crack, allowing only one person to step in.

    As soon as Tang Song entered, the door was closed silently. From the beginning to the end, the charioteer of Princess Taiping Mansion never saw what the person inside the door looked like.

    After about half the time of burning the incense, the door opened a crack again, and Karamatsu stepped out from inside.

    On the way back to Princess Taiping's Mansion, Tang Song's heart, which had been agitated since the attack outside the city, finally calmed down a lot, so he ordered the charioteer to go around to the door of his house.

    When they arrived, they happened to see Tang Yuan leading Chen Xuanli's two sons into the carriage. The carriage also had the emblem of the Princess Palace on it.

    Seeing that they had already boarded the car, Tang Song did not get out anymore and ordered the charioteer to go directly back to his house.

    Taiping hadn¡¯t come back yet, so Tang Song first went to Shangguan Jin and asked about what happened in the past few days.

    Brothers Shangguan Jin and Shangguan Ming stared at Wu Sansi for a period of time with no results, and then decided to change their target and keep an eye on Wu Hui. Although they were exhausted every day at the beginning, they did not gain much.

    After the heir position was decided, they finally discovered that Wu Hui had made several mysterious and unprecedented moves, and the person he went to see just an ordinary family was the one who took such great pains to hide his whereabouts.

    This unusual behavior attracted the attention of Shangguan brothers, and then they discovered that this family was under strict control, and the neighbors were all arranged by Wu Hui.

    After a torturous investigation, they finally understood the value of this family. What was valuable was not the couple and their only son, but the daughter who had long been sold into slavery.

    This girl was originally bought by Qiao Zhizhi, the former right-hand builder. Because of her beauty and extremely high talent in singing and dancing, Qiao Zhizhi regarded her as a treasure and devoted all her efforts in training her, and her singing and dancing skills became more and more outstanding.

    Later, when Wu Chengsi heard about it, he borrowed the girl from Qiao Zhizhi on the pretext of teaching Ji Ren how to dress.  After seeing the loan, Wu Chengsi could no longer bear to return it, so he took the girl by force. In order to avoid future trouble, he even had his minions frame him and accuse Qiao Zhizhi of her crime. In the end, Qiao Zhizhi was beheaded in Nanshi and his family property was confiscated.

    Somehow Wu Sansi found out about this matter, and also got the "Green Pearl Resentment" written by Qiao Zhizhi after the woman was kidnapped. With the safety of her family and this poem, Wu Chengsi finally  His beloved Ji Ren became Wu Sansi's trump card against him.

    That night, the woman drugged Wu Chengsi as Wu Sansi had told her to do. After avenging Qiao Zhizhi, she wanted to leave the house quietly, but she was targeted by three groups of people as soon as she left the house.

    One group was naturally Shangguan Jin and others, the other group was later found to be sent by Wu Hui, and Shangguan Jin still does not know who the last group was.

    In the fight that night, although Shangguan Jin finally grabbed the man, it also cost Shangguan Ming his life.

    But it was Shangguan Ming's actions of sacrificing his life to protect everyone that made the sixteen retired guardsmen who were also from the border army begin to actively cooperate with Shangguan Jin.  After that, just as Tang Song had guessed, endless pursuits followed. Wu Hui, who had been negligent before, mobilized more and more people to participate. When he saw that he couldn't control it for a while, he set up a large-scale net to force them out of the city.  , and then there was the trap and sneak attack in the grove.

    Although he already knew it in his heart, when he actually heard about Shangguan Ming's death, Tang Song's body was shocked and his hands instantly clenched into fists.

    After listening in silence, Tang Song lowered his head and pondered for a long time, "I am sorry for fifth brother, but please rest assured, brother, this revenge will be avenged."

    Shangguan Jin couldn't see any sadness on his face, let alone tears. Hearing this, he smiled indifferently, filled with murderous intent.

    At this moment, someone from the princess's mansion came to inform him that Taiping had returned to the mansion.

    "How about it?"

    Taiping shook his head, "I didn't go to the imperial city, but went around to Xuanhui Gate. The guard on duty only said that it was getting late, the palace order had been issued, and I received an order from above not to enter the palace tonight. The captain on duty said  The captain also said that if I have something to do, I can come to the palace early tomorrow morning. I can't see anything unusual from them."

    The command above!  Who does this "above" refer to?  "Has this situation ever happened before?"

    Taiping nodded, "This happens whenever the Queen Mother is in a bad mood. The purpose is not to disturb those royal ladies."

    Tang Song sat down slowly, feeling something was wrong. After a moment, he suddenly said quickly: "Quick, send someone to find out where Wu Sansi is at this moment."  .  )¡ª¡ª

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