At two quarters of a hour.

Looking back at Beijing, there are piles of embroidery, thousands of households and thousands of doors opening one after another.

Yinghua Avenue connects to Tianque, and green cattle and white horses fly back.

I saw two men galloping forward on horseback, galloping all the way through Yinghua Street, as fast as meteors and lightning, straight across more than a dozen neighborhood intersections, and rushed straight to the northernmost gate of Jinghua City.

A snowy night has just passed. Although the sun has risen as usual today, it is still warm and cold in Jinghua City.

What is surprising is that the two people looked as if they had just been washed in the Yinghe River. They were soaked to the bone, making people feel bitingly cold just looking at them!

The shiny white hair of the mounts under them was also wet with water. Following Dada's pace, it was mixed together and turned into curly hair balls.

The two people were still dripping with water, and as the long wind roared by, the bluestone slabs stepped on by the horses' hoofs were also wetted bit by bit. The bluestone slabs on Yinghua Street

A long water mark was left on the road.

"Hey! Drive!" Accompanied by two crisp sounds, the two fast horses were restrained with iron hooves at the city gate.

"Come here! How long has the city gate been open? Did you let anyone out just now?" Wu Jingmo shouted.

"It's Mr. Wu!" The little guard at the city gate took a closer look and immediately bowed, "Replying to my lord! I follow your instructions. No one is allowed to leave the city unless there are special circumstances!"

"Then what's going on with these people?" Lu Chengfeng pointed sideways at the long queue lined up by the city gate and asked.

"They are all ordinary people who are rushing out of the city. They didn't know that a ban on movement was issued overnight, and they are all here crying and begging for mercy! No matter how hard you persuade them, they refuse to leave!"

The little guard shook his head, glanced at the crowd a little impatiently, and replied.

"Be comforted, pay attention to your words, be sincere, and never be rude to the people!" Wu Jingmo suddenly straightened his face and ordered seriously.

"Yes!" said a row of small guards.

"I don't know which master it is? Can you tell us why the ban is imposed?" A middle-aged man with a voice as loud as a bell asked angrily.

"Yes, Lord Qi, I raise hundreds of chickens and ducks in the suburbs of Beijing. If I can't go over to feed them, they will starve to death in a few days!" The first person to come forward when I saw someone was a thin old man.

He also spoke up.

"I came to Beijing yesterday for my mother's sake

Looking for medical treatment, my old mother is seriously ill and is still waiting for me on the hospital bed three miles away!" After the young man finished speaking, he couldn't hold back his anxious tears and knelt down in tears, pleading.

Everyone present felt the same cry of begging and became filled with righteous indignation.

Someone shouted, "Why don't you let us out?"

"That's right! Why!"

"These dog officials raised by the imperial court all look the same to me!"

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There was an uproar at the gate of the city, and the situation was tense.

"Please be patient! I am Wu Jingmo from Jingzhao Yin Mansion! Today's ban on travel is to catch the thieves! Yesterday, Chengnan Jiang Mansion was massacred! We are searching the whole city! For the sake of everyone's safety, we have just taken this step

! We don’t mean any harm, please take a rest first, thank you for your hard work, fellow villagers!"

Wu Jingmo dismounted, took out the Jingzhao Mansion token, bowed deeply and apologized to the crowd of people gathered at the city gate.

"Catch a thief? What kind of thief? We are all ordinary people. Sir, look at us. Do we look like that kind of people?"

The middle-aged strong man raised his arms and shouted again.

The crowd that had just calmed down suddenly started boiling again like a pot that had not yet cooled down and another firewood was added to it! The voices of questioning became louder and louder!

"Everyone, calm down! Listen to me! I am the grandson of Emperor Dajing, and my name is Lu Chengfeng! Thank you for waiting here! I, Lu Chengfeng, promise you that within an hour, you will be released from the city! But

, before that, can you all cooperate a little and let our guards ask you a few questions first?"

Lu Chengfeng repeatedly put his hands in front of his shoulders and waved them several times, making a "stop" gesture.

The crowd heard the name of the royal family and did not dare to make any mistakes, so they slowly became quiet.

"First go to the right side of the city gate and line up in a column like just now!" Lu Chengfeng commanded, "Guards, continue to take the sea arrest documents and go over one by one to conduct an interrogation."

"After checking one, one can leave the city! So everyone must maintain order! Don't crowd! Don't make trouble!" Wu Jingmo added.

Lu Chengfeng finally breathed a sigh of relief. He had been busy all night and it was time to take a rest.

He saw that the people were lining up in an orderly manner to ask questions, and he remembered that the little guard just now was sure

The reply was that no one was leaving the city today, so he sat down at the foot of the city wall with peace of mind. Without caring about the dignity of the emperor's relatives, he folded his arms and prepared to take a nap.

Suddenly, he saw thin streams of white powder reflecting the sun at the foot of the city wall at the corner of the city gate, shining brightly, successfully attracting his attention.

Lu Chengfeng opened his eyes warily, dipped some fine white powder on the ground with his index finger, looked at it in the sun, and then tapped it lightly with the tip of his tongue.

"It's salt! Why is there salt here?" Lu Chengfeng licked his lips and asked in surprise.

Wu Jingmo quickly bent down, took a closer look, frowned and said, "It is indeed salt!"

"Speak quickly! What are you hiding?" Lu Chengfeng grabbed the little guard's collar and asked angrily.

"Your Majesty, please spare your life! The little one deserves to die!" The little guard repeatedly begged for mercy.

Lu Chengfeng and Wu Jingmo looked at each other, and suddenly an omen arose in their hearts at the same time! Not good! Someone is leaving the city!

"Speak quickly! Has anyone left the city gate? Who is that person? If you tell me, I will spare your life! Otherwise, your little life will not be saved!" Lu Chengfeng pinched the young guard's neck and said,

Said threateningly.

"I said! I said! They are from the Cao Gang! They said they were sending salt to the soldiers on the front line of Yunzhou! We didn't even dare to stop them!" Xiao Bing replied, breathing heavily.

Lu Chengfeng suddenly let go of his hand! It was the Cao Gang! No wonder they didn't dare to stop or say anything!

This group of people usually have their backs against big trees to enjoy the shade, but Jingzhao Mansion only dares to turn a blind eye, let alone a mere guard like them! If possible, they won't offend!

Moreover, they ran away blatantly under the guise of transporting military supplies!

This is really unreasonable! Lu Chengfeng was so angry that he punched the open city gate. The heavy copper gate made a loud clang, causing the crowd who had finally found peace to come here to join in the fun again.

"You! Report the truth to Jing Zhaoyin quickly!" Wu Jingmo pointed to the guard closest to him and said.

"Brother Jingmo, get on the horse quickly!" Lu Chengfeng was already on the horse and shouted loudly to Wu Jingmo.
Chapter completed!