Duan Tianming opened the door, and there were five or six guardsmen wearing armor and fully armed standing outside.
The one at the front, with a sword on his waist and a portrait in his hand, waved it in front of Duan Tianming: "Have you seen this person before?"
Duan Tianming looked at the portrait and couldn't help but frown.
The portrait showed a grinning man like Zhong Kui, tall and burly, with angry eyes. But the blue gown on his body made Duan Tianming understand that these people were probably looking for the murderer of the guard soldiers.
"Go back to me, sir, I have never seen this person before." Duan Tianming bowed slightly and replied respectfully.
"Baoding City has not been very peaceful recently. If nothing happens, close the door and don't go out." As if it was a routine matter, the leader heard Duan Tianming's answer, put away the portrait and prepared to leave.
The guard leader, who was just about to leave, accidentally glanced into the living room not far away, stopped immediately, and looked at Duan Tianming again.
"I remember this yard has been vacant for a long time. Did you just move in?"
"Go back to me, sir. Let's stay here for two or three days."
"What do you do, where do you come from, and how many of you are there?"
"Going back to the official, we are livestock traders from Gu'an, only twenty or thirty people." Duan Tianming replied with a smile.
Although I am not afraid of these guards, at this time, my identity cannot be exposed. As long as I can send them away, it doesn't matter if I lower my posture.
"Who is sitting in the living room? It seems to me that he is also wearing a blue shirt." The leader expressed his doubts.
"Oh." Duan Tianming looked back towards the living room and said with a smile, "That's my young master. He usually dresses very casually, but he happens to be wearing a blue gown today."
Ignoring Duan Tianming, the leader walked directly into the yard and walked towards the living room.
Xiao Chen didn't care at all about the other party's arrival.
Although the case at the city gate was committed by him, the two sergeants on duty at the time were both dead, and no one knew that he was responsible.
I also glanced at the portrait just now from a distance.
Everything was drawn out of imagination. Only the blue gown was probably provided to the guards by the common people passing by at that time.
"Where have you been today?" The leader came to Xiao Chen, bent his right fingers, and tapped on the table a few times.
"You're just in the courtyard today, not going anywhere?" Xiao Chen said calmly, still sitting.
It stands to reason that if a murder occurs at the city gate, even if the guards make routine inquiries, it is just a formality. After all, the entire Baoding City is so big, and if every family has to be carefully interrogated, they will be too busy.
Besides, even if a city-wide investigation is required regarding the murder case, Baoding Prefecture should be the one to take action. The guards are just a victim and cannot handle the case on behalf of the government.
Now, holding the portrait in hand, he knocked on his own door and came in for an investigation. Could it be that he was listening to the academy and knew that there were people living in this courtyard and wanted to find out the truth?
If this is the case, something happened to the guards just now, and they can use this as an excuse to come in and investigate. Could it be that the guards have contacts with the Auditing Academy, and are they high-level contacts?
Thinking of this, Xiao Chen couldn't help but become wary.
If the two are really related, then the other party has noticed me since I entered the city?
probably not!
The captains of the Shenji Service came to the city in several groups, and they probably didn't know that they were one group.
"Baoding is such a big place, why do you want to live here?" The guard leader finally showed his weakness.
"We are in the livestock business. This yard is relatively large and can accommodate a large number of livestock." Xiao Chen said.
Looking at the batches of military horses tied up in the yard, the leader lowered his head and thought for a while, then raised his head and said: "It's not safe in the city recently, so don't go out if you have nothing to do."
After saying that, he looked at it casually for a few times, then walked out of the living room and walked towards the door.
After everyone left, Duan Tianming hurriedly closed the door and came to Xiao Chen's side.
"What do you think about this?" Xiao Chen asked in a low voice.
"I feel that the other party came in to check the yard under the guise of looking for the murderer."
"You can see it too." Xiao Chen chuckled.
"The leader asked the question absent-mindedly, and his eyes were looking around. Fortunately, the place where we dug the hole was always covered in advance. Otherwise, if they were discovered, they would definitely scare the snake." Duan Tianming said.
Xiao Chen stood up: "It seems that the sound of digging holes has been heard by them. In other words, they are wary of us."
"Then what should we do? We are still not sure whether the prince is in the academy, and we don't dare to use force."
"Looking at the current situation, we can only use force." Xiao Chen's expression became serious.
"ah?!"
"Call Liu Rufeng over." Xiao Chen said.
"Well, okay." Duan Tianming responded and hurriedly ran out of the living room and towards the backyard.
Not long after, the two entered the living room together.
Looking at Xiao Chen with a serious face, Liu Rufeng asked in a low voice: "Is there any action?"
"You two, gather all the school captains. Duan Tianming leads the team and guards the front and back gates of the auditorium. No one is allowed to enter or leave. Liu Rufeng leads the team and guards the Baoding city gate. No one can enter or leave." Xiao Chen said loudly.
"In this case, it will be difficult to do it without revealing your identity." Liu Rufeng looked troubled.
"Take off your casual clothes and put on the Dongchang school captain's uniform."
"Yes." The two of them responded loudly.
There was a rush of footsteps in the yard. Everyone threw away their hoes and took off their casual clothes, revealing the soap-colored Dongchang school uniforms underneath.
Not long after, the soldiers divided into several groups and hurried out of the courtyard gate.
Picking up the herbal tea on the table, Xiao Chen drank it all in one gulp and slowly walked out of the door, taking them with him.
After observing around for a while, he headed in the direction of Daning Dusi.
The Daning Dusi was originally responsible for the military defense north of the Great Wall. In the first year of Yongle, Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty was worried that the Daning Dusi, which was 800 miles away from the capital, lacked supervision and was dominated by one family. Another more important reason was that Emperor Jianwen
His whereabouts are unknown, and there is a huge gap in the defense of southern Peiping.
After weighing the situation, the Daning Dusi was transferred to the south and placed in Baoding Prefecture.
Although today's Daning Dusi does not have as strong a force as before, as the southern defense of the capital, there are still many guard posts stationed around the capital.
Away from the war, Daning Dusi has been living an ordinary life in the past few years.
Apart from sitting together and chatting about the past, there was no heroic feat of galloping horses.
But even so, as the commander and envoy of one party, the Daning Commandery in Baoding City is someone that even the Baoding Prefecture does not dare to provoke easily.
Located in the west of the city, Daning Dusi has a sergeant on duty at the door. He is dressed in full armor and looks particularly majestic.
At this moment, on the street not far from Daning Dusi, a young blue figure walked slowly towards this side with his hands behind his back.
"Stop, this is an important military area, and no idlers are allowed to approach it." The sergeant at the door raised his left hand, made a blocking gesture, and shouted loudly towards Xiao Chen, who was walking slowly.
"Are you all here, sir?" Xiao Chen stopped and asked calmly.
"Who are you?" the guard sergeant couldn't help but ask.
A young man came to the gate of the capital looking for the commander of the capital. He had never seen such a situation before. He was not sure about the identity of the other party and did not dare to continue scolding him.
Xiao Chen smiled slightly, took out his purple plum blossom token from his waist, and held it in his hand.
From the day Dongchang was established, both the local government and the army received the emperor's edict to determine Dongchang's power. And this Plum Blossom Order was the identity of Dongchang.
All the plum blossom tokens in Dongchang are dark black. The only purple plum blossom token is owned by the famous purple-clad school captain.
"Lord Purple!" The two sergeants hurriedly knelt down on one knee, which was a standard military salute.
"I have something urgent, so these etiquettes are waived." Xiao Chen said.
"The commander is inside, Master Ziyi, please follow me." A sergeant stood up and said to Xiao Chen.
In the hall of Daning Dusi, the capital commander Wang Zheng was sitting at the table with a bowl of hot tea, chatting with two commanders and colleagues about recent events in the court.
