"Nine thousand years old, you have some tea."

Dazhou Imperial Palace, Yuhua Palace.

A young eunuch was holding a tea tray and said respectfully to the old eunuch sitting on the sandalwood chair in front of him.

The old eunuch was in his sixties, with horizontal wrinkles on his face, white powder on his face, and two thin lips painted red. He looked like a paper man, which was very scary.

But with this appearance, no matter how big or small the eunuchs, maids, and guards in the palace saw him, they all had to treat him with respect and did not dare to say a bad word.

Because he is nine thousand years old Fu Chengyang.

"Um."

Fu Chengyang pinched the orchid with his fingers, picked up the ceramic tea cup and brought it to his mouth, licking it lightly with the tip of his tongue.

"Too much tea leaves will make it astringent."

When the little eunuch heard this, he immediately fell to his knees with a thump and kept kowtowing.

"The slave deserves to die! The slave deserves to die!"

"You really deserve to die. You can't even make tea, so what else can you do? Tell me, how can we safely let you serve Concubine Jade?"

"This slave deserves to die! Give this slave another chance at Nine Thousand Years Old!"

The little eunuch's forehead was pressed tightly against the ground, not daring to raise it at all.

Just as Fu Chengyang was about to say something, a voice sounded outside the door.

"Nine thousand years old, urgent report from Northern Xinjiang."

"Bring it in."

A guard with a knife came in with a mailbox and handed it to Fu Chengyang with both hands.

Fu Chengyang opened the mailbox, casually glanced at the words "His Majesty has personally signed it, anyone who reads it without mercy" on the envelope, and took out the letter.

After a few glances, he was a little surprised and said: "He actually killed Princess Jiuyang. The eldest son Su Tufeng really didn't want to die."

After pondering for a moment, he thought to himself again: "When the Holy One learns about this, he will definitely raise an army. There is not much money in the Ministry of Finance... Let's delay it for a while."

After saying this, a ball of black energy burst out from Fu Chengyang's palm, and the letter in his hand was instantly swallowed up by the black energy, leaving no trace.

When the guard with the sword who delivered the letter saw this, he looked delighted: "Congratulations on the achievement of the nine thousand year old magic!"

"Okay, Yu Hu. Sweep your tail clean. Don't leave any post soldiers delivering messages or city gate guards."

"I understand, little one."

Before the sword-wielding guard named Yu Hu left, he glanced at the little eunuch kneeling on the ground.

"Nine thousand years old, how should he deal with it?"

"What do you think?"

"……yes."

Without saying anything, Yu Hu reached out and grabbed the little eunuch and walked out.

He is a sword-carrying guard in front of the emperor, so he naturally has great skills. He can easily lift a little eunuch weighing a hundred pounds with just one hand.

"Nine thousand years old, have mercy on me! Have mercy on me!"

Fu Chengyang turned a deaf ear to the cries of the young eunuch, and he didn't even care about Su Yuan's rebellion.

"Su Tufeng is such an incredible genius general. He doesn't even dare to have the slightest idea of ​​​​rebellion. His son is very promising." Fu Chengyang said with a smile, "But with the small land in Beifeng City, he can't achieve anything."

"In one month's time, Your Majesty will be celebrating his sixtieth birthday. Then I will tell His Majesty this matter... it can be regarded as a birthday gift from our family, haha."

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"Xu~"

Several fast horses stopped in front of the moat of Beifeng City.

The moat surrounds the city, and there is only a pontoon bridge due east. There is a wooden sign beside the pontoon bridge.

Cross the bridge and dismount!

"Humph, there are so many stinky rules!"

Chen Zilei snorted coldly, got off his horse, held the reins and walked forward.

His three junior brothers followed behind, and after two days of traveling, they finally arrived at Beifeng City.

As the four of them crossed the bridge, they kept looking towards the city gate and the top of the city tower.

One person whispered: "There are so many soldiers."

Since Su Yuan came to power, all defense work in the city has been done by his people.

Based on the principle that there is no use if there are too many people, Su Yuan placed a large number of soldiers at every opening. There were 80 people on duty inside and outside the city gate alone, and the scale was exaggerated compared to some large cities in the Central Plains.

There were hundreds of people standing on the city tower day and night, constantly monitoring. Even a sparrow trying to fly into the city could not escape the gaze of the soldiers.

Another person said: "And these soldiers look like elites!"

Chen Zilei, who was walking in front, said: "There are many people here, so don't say useless things."

"Yes, senior brother."

There were many people coming and going on the bridge. In order to hide their identities, the four of them also put on gray shirts and dressed like ordinary people.

But they didn't expect that as soon as they stepped onto the bridge, someone would already pay attention to them.

On top of the city tower, a young man dressed as an ordinary soldier looked at a few people and narrowed his eyes.

The four of them had arrived in front of the city gate, and the old man with a cart in front was being inspected.

"Master Jun, my car is full of local products, there is nothing prohibited."

"Routine inspection."

The city gate guard said that he was going to turn over the things in the car.

The old man's face changed slightly, and he quickly took out a piece of broken silver from his arms: "Master, please keep it, keep it..."

It was a good thing that the old man didn't take out the silver. As soon as he took out the silver, the other guards immediately put their hands on the handles of the knives at their waists.

"A warning! If you try to bribe me again, you will be arrested immediately!"

"This this……"

The old man was a little dumbfounded. At this time, another civilian next to him reminded: "Old man, you haven't returned to the city for a few days, right? Don't worry, the Zhenbei Army will not rob you of your goods. Just check."

"Really...really?" The old man couldn't believe it.

You must know that in the past, guards often made things difficult when entering and exiting the city. As the saying goes, "The king of hell is easy to meet, but the devil is difficult to deal with." Those who do business cannot do without preparing some money to clear the way.

The old man was in the mountain goods business, and every time he came and went, he had to prepare some "favor money" for the city gate guards. One time he forgot to give it, and as a result, a lot of mountain goods were deducted. From that time on, he had a long memory.

Unexpectedly now...

"There are no prohibited items." After checking, the guard immediately let him go.

The old man was a little confused, but then he was very happy. This guard was much stronger than before.

This was actually an order given by Su Yuan.

Instead of using real people, he called in soldiers to guard and do "security checks". Naturally, he would not charge any favors.

In this way, it would be completely unfeasible for some people with bad intentions and bringing contraband to sneak into the city by "managing" guards.

Moreover, Su Yuan's order is that once someone tries to bribe, he will immediately give a warning for the first time and arrest the person for a strict investigation the second time.

This policy has only been implemented for two days and has received a lot of praise... Although the people are worried about Su Yuan's rebellion, they can still say a few good words now that they are enjoying the benefits.

The old man pushed the cart in, and it was Chen Zilei's turn next.

"Routine inspection." The guard said expressionlessly.

"please."

Chen Zilei put down his burden, and so did his three junior brothers.

Before they came, they already knew that they would be inspected when entering the city, so they did not bring weapons with them.

Although the Zhou Dynasty did not prohibit people from carrying swords, Chen Zilei did not bring them to be on the safe side and avoid suspicion.

He planned to enter the city and make preparations. Then he could buy a few at the blacksmith shop, or take them from other soldiers.

After checking, the guards found that their bags contained some dry food and no prohibited items, so they let them into the city.

As soon as the four of them entered the city, they first found an inn to stay and rented a room.
Chapter completed!