When it was still dark, Li Tong had already stood up.
The gates of the capital open very early, but Mo Daojun went there early and there were many early travelers.
Li Tong led his three soldiers to clean the city gate, looked at the time, and ordered the city gate to be opened.
As soon as the city gate was pushed open, a carriage rushed in. It seemed that no one was in front of him.
Li Tong, who was standing aside, hurriedly avoided it, staggered and almost fell down.
"I'm blind and blocking the uncle's way!"
The man in the carriage walked away without saying a word.
A soldier here rushed to help Li Tong.
"Master Li, are you okay?" he asked carefully.
Li Tong smiled, clapped his hands and stood up.
"It's okay." He said.
Everyone quietly looked at his face, and indeed there was no resentment on his face, but it was still as calm as if nothing had happened.
As the sky became brighter, more and more people entered the city gate. Li Tong did not enter the pavilion on the side, but stood at the city gate dutifully and inspected the people coming in and out.
When the morning light fell, the person who took over the shift also arrived. There were seven people in total at the city gate, and at least four people were on duty at each time, so Li Tong had to act as a soldier on duty.
Four people were off work yesterday, but three came.
"Master Li, Tao Si asked me to ask you for leave." A soldier said carelessly.
You have to give a reason to ask for leave, but the soldier seemed to have forgotten it, and after finishing this sentence, there was no other sentence.
People around him looked at him quietly.
The soldier didn't care at all and walked slowly to the side and stood there.
Everyone looks at Li Tong again.
"You all go, have a meal and take a rest." Li Tong said lightly.
"Sir, I'll buy you some food later. What do you want to eat?" said a thin soldier.
Li Tong smiled.
"No, someone from my family will bring food," he said.
Then someone tugged at the soldier, who smiled and saluted Li Tong, and then they left in a hurry.
The three of them stood in front of the city gate, looking at the people passing by without a glance. The one they looked at the most was Li Tong, who was sitting in the pergola.
"Deng Liu, you and Tao Si are so brave." A person whispered, looking at the person who asked for leave, "This is the young master from Li Ge's hometown."
The man called Deng Liu curled his lips in disdain.
"Young master from a side branch," he said.
"That's also the young master." Another person laughed.
Everyone looked at Li Tong again.
Li Tong was sitting in the pergola holding a cup of tea, looking as calm as if he were taking a break in summer in the middle of winter.
"I heard they were beaten out of the palace," the man said.
"So, do you think the Li family will let him stay here?" Deng Liu said, looking at the sky, "Look, there's not even a person delivering food."
The low laughter and talking here reached Li Tong's ears, but Li Tong seemed not to hear it.
After all, under the emperor's feet, the city gate was very safe and there was no trouble.
Until noon, several horses galloped over. Immediately, the young men, all dressed in fine clothes, suddenly stopped in front of the city gate's pergola.
"It's convenient." One of the young men stopped the horse, looked at Li Tong and raised his chin and shouted, "Leave the horse here, keep an eye on it, we have something to do nearby."
Li Tong stood up.
"Brother Jin, horses are not allowed to stop here," he said hurriedly.
Several young people standing next to Li Jin looked at Li Tong laughing and joking.
"This is your brother who is ordered to guard the city gate."
"..Sure enough, a talented person has a bright future..."
Faced with these jokes, Li Tong looked calm, as if they were talking about the nice weather today.
Li Jin had some disappointment on his face and snorted angrily.
"You can't even do this, so what's the use of you?" he said, waving his whip.
While they were staying for a moment, the horse happened to poop, and the stench immediately spread.
"Hurry up, clean it up." Li Tong shouted happily.
Li Tong responded and hurriedly called for the soldiers to come over.
"Sir, we can't leave from here." Deng Liu said loudly.
Li Tong stopped talking.
Here, Li Jin and others were laughing and joking, watching as Li Tong brought the sweeping tools to clean up the horse manure.
Suddenly I heard a burst of excitement.
"What are you doing? What do you want to do in the crowd at the city gate?" shouted a sharp voice.
"Who doesn't have long eyes and talks in sleep?" Li Jin, who was not willing to be outdone, turned around and cursed.
He cursed for a while and watched Fan Yilin staggering over with a group of people.
"Hey, who is this? You are so arrogant." Fan Yilin raised his eyebrows and looked at Li Jin and said loudly.
"Mind your own business. Clay Bodhisattva should protect yourself first when crossing the river." Li Jin snorted and said.
But Fan Yilin was, after all, the legitimate son of the head of the Fan family, and his status was not comparable to his own. He didn't say anything more, and immediately drove away.
"Wait a minute." Fan Yilin called to him, pointing to the horse manure on the ground, "Is this your first time on the street?"
Li Jin was furious.
"Don't you know the rules set by Grandfather Taizu?" Fan Yilin asked.
When Taizu Ye shouted out, Li Jin quickly suppressed his anger.
"You are not allowed to spread filth on the streets. Do you know that livestock carry dung bags when traveling? Or have you forgotten?" Fan Yilin said with a snort, "Would you like to ask someone from the Wucheng Army and Horses Division to explain it to you?
"
There was indeed such a rule at the beginning, but would our nobles really do this?
Besides, there are also five full-time sweepers from the Military and Horse Divisions of the Five Cities.
No one really sticks to this point.
This Fan Yilin is deliberately looking for trouble!
Damn it, Li Tong has a good relationship with this young man! He still dares to speak for him at this time!
Li Jin glared angrily.
"Fan Yilin's father was recently promoted..." someone reminded in a low voice.
Li Jin whipped his whip angrily.
"Why are you still standing there? Waiting for me to go there in person, young master?" he scolded.
The boy who was following behind him realized what he was doing and hurriedly went to get the broom and dustpan in Li Tong's hand.
"I really made a mistake. It turns out that young master, you remember it very clearly. Grandpa Taizu didn't say that anyone who violated the rules would be punished personally." Fan Yilin said with a smile.
Li Jin's face turned red.
Li Tong shook his head.
"Master Fan, are you busy with official duties?" he said, finally clearing the air.
How could Li Jin be willing to stay here any longer?
"Good brothers, don't be too good to guard the city gate together!" he said with a flick of his whip and left.
Fan Yilin snorted as he watched these people huffing and puffing away.
"I'm not busy." He jumped off his horse, "I'm thirsty, please ask for a cup of tea."
Seeing him dismounting, the person behind him couldn't help coughing as a reminder.
It makes sense to keep the city gate clean, but if you sit down and talk to Li Tong again, it will be difficult if someone is provocative.
Fan Yilin waved his hands, ignored them, and walked to the pergola beside him to sit down.
"Why are you joining in the fun?" Li Tong handed a cup of tea to Fan Yilin and said with a smile.
Fan Yilin was sitting on the chair, naturally he would not drink the tea.
"Didn't your grandfather ask you to leave the capital?" he asked.
"Your Majesty asked me to guard the city gate and wait for others. I haven't waited yet, so how can I leave." Li Tong also sat down and looked outside the city gate with a firm expression.
Fan Yilin looked at him, reached out and slapped him hard.
"Good brother, I saw you right," he said, but he couldn't help but say, "Don't worry, Mrs. Qi never makes mistakes when doing things. She is right when she says it is right. Your Majesty is just far away and doesn't know. I'll see you later."
If you take care of Madam Qi, everything will be fine."
Li Tong smiled.
"No matter if something happens or not, she is still Miss Qi." He smiled.
They are also my benefactors, Li Tong.
Fan Yilin patted his shoulder heavily again, but this time he said nothing.
The two of them stopped talking and looked outside the city gate with firm expectation in their eyes.
"Madam, the grass has sprouted!" Ah Hao ran towards a carriage and shouted crisply.
The carriage opened the curtain, and Qi Yue looked at Ah Hao with a smile.
"Really?" she asked.
"Look." Ah Hao showed her the short, thin grass in his hand.
A Ru also lowered his head and came to take a look.
"Really." She sighed, looking up and looking around.
Approaching the capital city, the road is wide and clean, and willows are planted all around. At this time, when you look closely, it turns out that there is a faint green mist.
"We came with spring." Qi Yue said with a smile.
Horse hooves sounded behind me.
"Is there any fruit wine?" Chang Yuncheng asked.
Qi Yue looked at him with a smile.
"Have you finished drinking again?" she asked, getting out of the car.
Chang Yuncheng dismounted and supported her.
Then he took the small porcelain bottle that Aru handed from the car.
Qi Yue took it and walked towards the back quickly. In the prison car, Zhou Maochun was happily picking his teeth with straw.
"I said you can't do it. Your craftsmanship is too poor. This duck needs to be warm to taste." He said to the factory guards around him. Then he thought of something and spat out the straw. "But it's okay. After all, I
As a prisoner, you can't ask for too much."
The faces of the factory guards all around turned green.
Oh, you still know that you are a prisoner, and you still know that your demands are too much.
Look at this prison carriage. Apart from being a bit uglier than the carriage, which one of the pavilions is missing the incense burner?
Look at what you always have to eat and use. If you can do this as a prisoner, everyone in the world will cry and want to become a prisoner!
However, everyone said nothing. Seeing Chang Yuncheng approaching, they snorted and took a few steps away.
I know you have a high status, so we can talk about it later!
When we meet His Majesty, you, the military general, will be their guests. Then we will serve you well.
"Dad, this is the only bottle. Once you drink it, it will be gone." Qi Yue said, handing the porcelain bottle in.
Zhou Maochun happily took it.
"Come up and sit for a while?" he invited, patting the soft brocade cushion.
"Would you like to come down for a walk? Do some activities." Qi Yue said, "We have already arrived in the capital..."
Zhou Maochun sat up suddenly.
"Arrived in the capital?" he asked in surprise, looking around hurriedly, "How come it's so fast?"
Ah Hao, who was following me, couldn't help but giggle.
"Old Master, haven't you had enough rides in the prison car?" she asked.
The factory guards around him snorted.
I'm afraid it's not that I don't have enough seats in the prison car, but that I don't want to sit in a prison cell.
Zhou Maochun ignored her and began to hurriedly urge himself to quickly remove the bedding and charcoal stove tables.
"Sitting in a prison car looks like a prison car. I am a prisoner now, and I am very depressed." He said, reaching out to mess up his hair, and deliberately grabbed straw and sprinkled it on his head.
Qi Yue couldn't laugh or cry.
"Dad, you've become fat from eating too much. You can't even pretend to be like that now," she said with a smile.
"It doesn't look like it, but it has to look like it." Zhou Maochun glared, "I have to show them how miserable I am, and let everyone see the consequences of disobedience."
Qi Yue smiled.
"You're worrying too much, I guess no one wants to see it," she said, turning her head to look at the looming city gate.
They have received too much cold treatment along the way. If Chang Yuncheng hadn't been there to protect them, they would probably be no good now.
The capital was even stranger to Qi Yue than the other cities on the road.
"I've only been in the capital for a few days, and no one knows me. Even if someone comes to see me, they're here to see you, dad." She smiled.
Zhou Maochun laughed and drank from the small bottle of wine.
"Girl, people who want to see me probably don't care if they want to see me for a few more days. It doesn't matter if they want to see me now," he said.
When the dust settles, whether it is guilt or innocence, then those who should see it will naturally come to see it, and those who should not see it will not come to see it.
Qi Yue was silent, smiled and said nothing.
The costumes of the factory guards are all too familiar to the common people. The closer they get to the bustling place at the city gate, the fewer people there are. When they see the team coming from a distance, the crowd immediately disperses. When they arrive at the city gate, it is bustling.
In the afternoon, there was no one in front of the city gate.
Qi Yue sighed. It seemed that the matter was really big this time. Otherwise, with Zhou Maochun's decades of communication, how could no one come to visit him.
The factory guards looked at the silent city gate and were very satisfied. They finally felt domineering for the first time along the way.
Did you see, this is the fate of a guilty person, not to mention ordinary people, relatives and friends will avoid him.
They couldn't help but push their horses forward, and suddenly saw two people standing in the city gate, looking up.
"coming!"
Seeing them coming, one of them shouted loudly, and then ran out in disorder.
"Ms. Qi!"
"Ms. Qi, you are back!"
A loud voice suddenly sounded.
Everyone was stunned.
The factory guard was even more sullen. Who is this? Don’t you know who they are? I feel uncomfortable rushing to find them!
Qi Yue looked at the people running towards him with some disbelief.
"Ms. Qi, you've had a hard journey." Li Tong said cautiously and stopped a few steps ahead.
"Ms. Qi, you miss me so much..." Fan Yilin laughed so hard that his eyes closed and he rushed over.
Chang Yuncheng reached out and picked him up.
"Hey, why are you here too?" Fan Yilin just saw him and asked with a glare.
Qi Yue couldn't help laughing when she saw them, lowered her head and saluted them, but said nothing.
I heard another commotion and saw a horse running from the city first, followed by a few panicked people.
"Master, Master, you can't play. You can't go." They whispered in a hurry.
Qi Yue looked at the young man running towards him and couldn't help but feel a sore nose. Her smile became even wider.
"Why didn't you tell me the last time you came to Beijing?" Huang Ziqiao stopped his horse a few steps away and asked with a sullen face.
Qi Yue didn't expect that he would ask this. Before she could think of how to answer, Huang Ziqiao turned his horse's head.
"I will open the way for you," he said loudly, regardless of whether these people left or not, he took the lead in patting the horse and moving forward.
Where did this little brat come from! This is stealing business!
Fan Yilin didn't care about getting entangled with Chang Yuncheng, and hurriedly broke away and ran towards the city gate.
"Ms. Qi, I'll show you the way." He shouted, "The road is all ready, pine branches, braziers, firecrackers, whatever you want..."
Naturally, Li Tong would not be like the two of them. He respectfully stepped aside to give way.
"Ms. Qi, please." He said.
Qi Yue stretched out her hand to rub her nose and straightened her back.
"Okay, thank you very much for taking care of me!" She said loudly and stepped forward as expected.
What do people want in this life?
Damn, it’s worth it!
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