Liu Changlin looked at the back of Li Zhutou leaving, and then looked at the two paintings in his hand, and his brows couldn't help frowning.

Liu Changlin was guarding the team at the west gate, and he was on duty last night.

Although he heard that someone had rescued the people who were locked up in the yamen last night, he didn't take it seriously.

There are a total of 4 city gates in Nanjun City, how could those gangsters come to the West City Gate so coincidentally?

More importantly, the direction of the West City Gate is the direction to Lingnan, which can be regarded as the city gate with the least number of people among the four city gates of Nanjun City.

It is precisely for this reason that Liu Changlin does not feel nervous.

I can see that the two paintings just sent today, all of a sudden, I suddenly have a nervous feeling in my heart.

These two paintings, according to the people who came to deliver the paintings, the people on these paintings are Ge Feiying and Zhang Nanhao who were rescued.

and instructed him to be careful and not let these two people go.

According to the instructions above, the gates can be opened, but they must be strictly checked.

A seventeen or eighteen-year-old soldier saw Liu Changlin standing there in a daze, and hurriedly stepped forward with a smile and asked, "Team Zheng, are these two people the two people who were rescued yesterday?" ”

Hearing Xiao Qi's question, Liu Changlin woke up in shock, stretched out his hand to hand the two paintings to Xiao Qi, and said in a deep voice.

"You go and put these two paintings on the wall, so that everyone notices, and you must not let these two people go."

After hearing Liu Changlin's words, Xiao Qi was stunned for a moment, then took the two paintings and turned to leave.

Liu Changlin waited until Xiao Qi finished pasting the painting, and then came to the soldiers and said loudly.

"Brothers, we will open the gates in a moment, but you must pay attention to the two men in the painting, and you must not let them go."

When all the soldiers heard this, they responded one after another.

Liu Changlin turned his head to look at the people who were about to leave the city, then looked at his subordinates, frowned, and then waved his hand at everyone and said loudly.

"Open the gates."

After saying this, Liu Changlin turned around and walked towards the side of the city gate, the passage leading to the city wall.

Along the steps of the city wall, before Liu Changlin walked up the city wall, a middle-aged man standing on the city wall and looking down greeted him.

"Lao Liu, why are you here?"

When Liu Changlin heard this, he hurriedly walked a few steps, came to the middle-aged man's side, and said in a low voice, "Lao Li, there are too many people out of the city, I want to borrow some people from here to go down." ”

Li Dali nodded, "No problem, I'll let the brothers go to the bottom of the passage to guard, and by the way, I will help you guard the city gate." ”

When Liu Changlin heard this, he hugged his fists, "Thank you!" ”

Li Dali was not polite, and directly divided 20 of his 50 subordinates into 20 people to guard the bottom of the passage, while the remaining 30 subordinates continued to hold on to the city wall.

Although these 20 men will not come to the gate to help defend the city, due to the close distance between the two sides, if the gate detects a problem, these 20 soldiers will immediately join the battle in a short time.

With these 20 more soldiers, Liu Changlin was a little relieved, and after a few polite words with Li Dali, he immediately returned to the city gate.

The heavy gates of the city have been opened, and the people have gathered around them.

Liu Changlin looked at the people who were in a hurry to go out, his brows didn't need to wrinkle, and then he shouted loudly.

"Don't crowd, everyone queue up to get out of the city."

Speaking of this, Liu Changlin's tone paused before continuing, "If anyone dares to trespass, don't blame us for being polite!" ”

When the people saw Liu Changlin's awe-inspiring expression, they couldn't help but be shocked in their hearts, plus the noisy night last night, they naturally knew that something big had happened.

Seeing that the people were no longer crowding around, Liu Changlin was a little relieved, and waved his hand vigorously, "After the inspection, you can go out of the city." ”

At the city gate, there are not only people who want to leave the city, but outside the city gate, there are many people waiting to enter the city.

As soon as the city gate opened, the city gate immediately became lively.

Liu Changlin and the others did not dare to slack off, and immediately began to check the people in the past.

The portraits of Ge Feiying and Zhang Nanhao were pasted on the wall, and the soldiers kept looking at the portraits on the wall, and comparing them with the passers-by.

Those who enter and exit alone, just a simple interrogation, those carriages that can hide people, but the soldiers will never dare to be careless, they will carefully check, and only after confirming that they are correct, they dare to let them go.

For most of the hour, the people who were waiting inside and outside the city gate were leaving and entering the city one after another.

After this large wave of people was released, there were suddenly a lot fewer pedestrians passing by.

Seeing that there were not many people anymore, Liu Changlin was a little relieved, and let his soldiers check the passers-by, while he returned to the table by the city gate and did it.

Time passed bit by bit, and the morning was spent in tension.

After Liu Changlin had eaten lunch, his heart rose again.

Because after eating, there should still be a large number of people coming in and out.

After a while, the number of passers-by at the gate began to increase.

Although Liu Changlin sat at the table, his eyes were always firmly fixed on the people who left the city.

The gangsters are still in the city, and now the main order is to prevent them from leaving the city.

Suddenly, Liu Changlin's brows furrowed tighter and tighter, and his gaze became sharper.

In the distance, with the sound of hurried horses' hooves, two carriages were galloping towards this direction.

When the two carriages came behind the people, they slowed down, and the coachmen jumped out of the carriage and led the horses towards the city gates.

Looking at the two carriages, Liu Changlin stood up abruptly, his eyes staring at the two carriages tightly.

These two carriages were carriages carrying passengers, and the carports on the carriages were tightly covered, making it difficult to see who was sitting in the carriages.

Soon, the people in front of the carriage had left the city one after another, and two coachmen also led the two carriages to the soldiers who were inspecting.

Xiao Qi looked at the carriage and said loudly, "Open the curtain of the carriage, who is sitting inside?" ”

The driver who drove the car was a middle-aged man with a strong physique, and when he heard Xiao Qi's question, he said with a smile.

"Of course, the carriage is filled with guests."

As he spoke, the coachman took out a piece of silver, quietly handed it to Xiao Qi, and said with a smile, "The guest is sick and doesn't want to see the light, so listen to the eldest brother's accommodation." ”

When Xiao Qi heard this, he stretched out his hand to push away the silver handed over by the coachman, and snorted coldly, "I don't think I'm sick...... ”

Speaking of this, Xiao Qi's tone paused, and he said loudly, "Hurry up and open the door curtain, do you hear?" ”

Seeing that Xiao Qi didn't give face, the coachman's face couldn't help but change, he gritted his teeth, turned around and gently lifted the corner of the curtain, "Look, it's really just a guest inside!" ”

Seeing this, Xiao Qi was a little impatient, stepped forward and grabbed the door curtain, pulled it upwards suddenly, and the door curtain was completely opened.

There were three guests sitting in the carriage, all wearing large hats that covered almost their entire foreheads, and their heads were very low.

Seeing this, Xiao Qi turned his head to look at the two portraits posted on the city wall, and then looked back at the three people in the carriage.

Since the curtains of the carriage were not opened, the carriage was very dark, and the three guests all lowered their heads, Xiao Qi couldn't even see the appearance of the three people, and he felt a little annoyed in his heart, and said loudly.

"You three put your heads up and show me!"

After Xiao Qi said this, he saw that the three of them were shocked, and his heart suddenly became suspicious, and he suddenly pulled out his waist knife and shouted.

"Did you three hear me, why don't you hurry up and raise your head for me to see?"

When the coachman heard this, he hurriedly came to Xiao Qi's side, and before he could speak, he took out an ingot of silver with 10 taels and quietly handed it over.

"This little brother, my guests are afraid of ......."

Before the coachman finished speaking, he was interrupted by Xiao Qi, "You three hurry up and raise your heads ......." ”

At this time, several soldiers around him also hurriedly came over and shouted loudly.

Seeing this, the coachman could only whisper helplessly to the carriage.

"A few guests, since they want to see it, then let them see it!"

The three guests in the carriage, after hearing the coachman's words, muttered, slowly raised their heads, and at the same time, covered their eyes with their hands.

"What a hassle!"

Although the three of them raised their heads and covered most of their faces with their hands, they still couldn't see clearly.

Xiao Qi knocked the carriage with the back of his knife and shouted, "Put your hands down!" ”

The three guests in the carriage were helpless, so they could only slowly put their hands down.

Xiao Qi was suspicious in his heart, staring at the three guests in the carriage tightly, and kept turning his head to look at the two portraits on the wall, compared with the three people in the carriage.

After a while, Xiao Qi put away the matching knife, turned his head and whispered to several soldiers, "No, there is no person on the portrait in the carriage!" ”

After saying this, Xiao Qi waved his hand at the coachman, "Go over!" ”

When the coachman heard this, he pulled his horse and walked out of the city.

Seeing this, the coachman of the second carriage also hurriedly pulled the carriage and wanted to go out of the city with the first carriage, but was stopped by Xiao Qi again.

"Lift the curtain and I'll see who's inside?"

After hearing Xiao Qi's words, the driver of the second carriage couldn't help but change his face, but he quickly returned to normal, and said with a smile.

"Little brother, the people sitting in the carriage are the same as the people in front, they are afraid of ......."

The more the coachman said this, the more suspicious Xiao Qi became, and without waiting for the coachman to finish speaking, he interrupted him sharply.

"Hurry up and lift the curtain and stop talking nonsense......."

As Xiao Qi spoke, a soldier beside him was already a little impatient, and without waiting for the coachman to answer, he immediately stepped forward, reached out and grabbed the door curtain, and pulled it hard, and the door curtain was opened.

The curtain had just been halfway opened, when suddenly, a streamer flew out of the carriage and hit the soldier who lifted the curtain.

Before the soldier could scream, he was knocked out by the streamer, slammed into the body of the soldier behind him, and fell to the ground, and now he is not moving.

The mutation protruded, and all the soldiers defending the city were stunned for a moment, and at this time, a voice came from inside the carriage.

"Let's go!"

As the sound fell, the carriage rushed out of the city gate along the passage of the carriage in front of it.

"Stop them!"

Liu Changlin shouted, directly pulled out his waist knife, jumped up, and slashed towards the carriage that had just started.

Liu Changlin's knife just slashed the curtain of the carriage, and a knife stabbed out of the curtain first, blocking his knife, and then, without putting away the knife, he directly pulled out a knife flower and slashed towards Liu Changlin obliquely.

Liu Changlin castrated too fast, it was too late to dodge, and before he could react, the long knife slashed at his shoulder.

"Ahh

Liu Changlin screamed miserably, and was slashed aside by this knife.

When the soldiers defending the city in front saw the situation here, they immediately rushed forward with their blades brandished, trying to stop the carriage.

"Get out of here!"

At this time, a white-clothed scholar had already stepped out of the carriage, and before he could stand up straight, the sword in his hand turned into a streamer, waving layers of light curtains, exuding dazzling light, and slashed towards the soldiers in front of him.

"Ahh

"Ahh

As the sword light of the white-clothed scholar flashed, the dozen or so soldiers who intercepted in front were knocked out in response.

With a single sword, the white-clothed scholar swept away the soldiers who had intercepted in front, and without the slightest pause, the carriage rushed out along the city gate.

Liu Changlin covered his injured arm and shouted, "Stop them, stop them......." ”

While speaking, Liu Changlin reluctantly got up and chased after the carriage.

But alas, the two carriages had already rushed out of the city, and gradually accelerated their pace, running faster and faster.

Although Liu Changlin and the others desperately chased after them, the distance between the two sides became farther and farther, and it didn't take long for the two carriages to turn into a small black spot on the straight official road, in the sight of everyone.

Seeing that he had already run away from the carriage, Liu Changlin didn't care about the pain in his arm, and hurriedly turned his head to Xiao Qi and shouted, "Go and call someone, go and tell your lordship, they ran ......." ”

Hearing Liu Changlin's words, Xiao Qi immediately turned around and ran, came to the city gate, and immediately jumped on the back of the war horse used to deliver the news, and ran towards the city.

The speed of the horse was very fast, and in a blink of an eye, he came to the north and south streets in front of him, and was about to move forward, but suddenly saw a familiar figure, hurriedly reined in the war horse, and rushed towards the figure.

"Li Zhutou, it's not good, those thieves have run away!"

……

Originally, seeing the war horse running towards this side, Li Zhutou already had some premonitions in his heart, and after hearing Xiao Qi's shout, he was suddenly taken aback, and turned his head to look at Lu Dashi.

"Lu catches the head ......."

Lu Dashi waved his hand, "Li Zhutou, let's hurry up and take a look!" ”

Only then did Li Zhutou turn around and wave his hand at the catcher behind him, "Brothers, work harder, let's go over and have a look." ”

When Xiao Qi saw that Li Zhutou was leaving, he didn't say a word, turned the horse's head directly, and rushed towards the city.

Lu Dashi and Li Zhutou rushed to the gate of the city, and saw Liu Changlin, who was injured in the arm, and more than a dozen soldiers lying on the ground.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Yidong, who was walking behind Li Zhutou, was taken aback, hurriedly walked to Liu Changlin's side, and asked loudly.

"Brother, where did those gangsters go?"

Liu Changlin shook his head with a wry smile, stretched out his hand and pointed in the direction where the official road extended, "Their carriage ran directly in that direction." ”

Looking at the straight official road, Zhang Yidong gritted his teeth, turned his head to look at Li Zhutou, and asked loudly.

"Li Zhutou, I'll go back and get the war horses and see if I can catch up with them?"

Li Zhutou nodded, "Lao Zhang, you guys hurry up, you have to ...... quickly." ”

Speaking of this, Li Zhutou's tone paused, and then he continued, "They are carriages, and the speed is not as fast as the war horse, we try our best to chase them, maybe we can catch up with them!" ”

After hearing Li Zhutou's words, Zhang Yidong just nodded slightly, and immediately waved his hand to a few people behind him, "Let's go, we'll go back to get the war horse now!" ”