Chang'an was the largest city in the world at that time, with a population of more than one million, and the semi-military management made Chang'an like a huge precision machine, constantly pushing Datang forward, and it was all kinds of law enforcement officers in the city who made this machine move forward smoothly and orderly.

Xu Changgeng is one of the law enforcement officers.

Unlike ordinary law enforcement officers, Xu Changgeng, who served as a brave lieutenant, came from Wancai, the most elite and most trusted army in Chang'an, and his main duty was to guard the gates of Xingqing Palace.

Ten thousand cavalry was originally a personal cavalry and archery unit organized by Tang Taizong, and there were only about 100 people at first, known as 100 cavalry. These people were carefully selected from the official slaves and ethnic minorities, dressed differently, usually wearing tiger skin clothes, straddled the saddle decorated with leopard prints, and followed the emperor all day long, specially responsible for accompanying the emperor when he went out hunting, hunting prey. Later, with the gradual strengthening of imperial power, the size of this team also expanded, reaching about 1,000 people. He defected before the coup d'état and allowed Zhongzong to tide over the crisis, and Zhongzong later expanded the size of his team to about 10,000 people, known as 10,000 horsemen.

Guarding the palace gate, this is an honorable duty, Xu Changgeng also likes this job, he was preparing to take a turn on duty this day, but he didn't expect to see a eunuch coming over in the corridor, subconsciously stopped, and retreated to the side to make way.

Ordinary eunuch Xu Changgeng didn't put it in his eyes, but the object was changed to Gao Lishi, and Xu Changgeng didn't dare to slack off.

"I've seen Grandpa Gao." Xu Changgeng respectfully saluted Gao Lishi.

Gao Lishi glanced at Xu Changgeng and said, "It turned out to be Captain Xu, please get up, you can't afford to be a sprinkler." ”

"Where, Grandpa Gao has worked hard and made great achievements, and he has always admired Grandpa Gao." Xu Changgeng said with some flattery.

Gao Lishi is a popular person around the emperor, a hot figure in Chang'an, Xu Changgeng didn't expect Gao Lishi to actually know him, and he was surprised and a little secretly happy.

It is not easy to get into the eyes of such a big man.

"Admiration?" Gao Lishi smiled: "Captain Xu, if you want others to admire, why don't you give you that knife, how about it?" ”

Xu Changgeng was so frightened that his legs shrank unconsciously, and he said with some embarrassment: "This... This..."

If you say that admiration is just polite, who would put it aside and run to be a eunuch?

Gao Lishi patted Xu Changgeng on the shoulder, and said with some seriousness: "As a heavy responsibility, you can't relax, let alone bully, otherwise, I'm afraid that there will be a place for you in the clean room in the palace." ”

Without waiting for Xu Changgeng to reply, Gao Lishi walked away with his hands behind his back, leaving Xu Changgeng who was constantly breaking out in a cold sweat.

Officialdom is like a battlefield, what does it mean that Colliers said that the clean room has its own place?

The sentence "domineering" in the words is very meaningful, is it possible that when guarding on weekdays, the attitude towards the ministers or the people who enter and leave is too arrogant?

It seems that too, Wan Qi is a soldier of the Son of Heaven, and he is a sideways character in Chang'an on weekdays, and he is quite obedient, but it is inevitable that some of his subordinates have misbehaved, and they have been a little indulgent recently, so it seems that they can find a time to beat them.

When Xu Changgeng came back to his senses, he found that Gao Lishi had already gone away, so he could only salute his back, wipe the cold sweat on his forehead, and prepare to take a turn at the palace gate.

When I walked, I found that my back was cold and swishing, and I found that my back was also full of cold sweat.

After the changing of the guard, Xu Changgeng held the handle of the knife to make an inspection, correcting the standing posture of his subordinates from time to time.

"One spirit point at a time, we are ten thousand horses, the most elite ten thousand horses in Chang'an, let others take a good look at our spirit." Xu Changgeng said loudly.

Chang'an is the center of the Tang Dynasty, the imperial palace is the center of Chang'an, Xingqing Palace is Li Longji's favorite place to live, and guarding Xingqing Palace is the treatment that only the Son of Heaven's own soldiers have, and Xu Changgeng also cherishes this honor.

While on patrol, suddenly a subordinate gently touched Xu Changgeng: "Head, look, wounded soldiers." ”

Xu Changgeng looked in the direction of his subordinates, and sure enough, several wounded soldiers were in the square next to the palace, looking at Xingqing Palace curiously.

"Isn't it just a few wounded soldiers? There is a war going on in the Western Regions, and it is normal for there to be wounded soldiers, so let them go. Xu Changgeng said disapprovingly.

"Yes, yes, the head said yes." The subordinates repeatedly said yes.

It didn't take long for Xu Changgeng's brows to furrow, because he saw that as if an appointment, wounded soldiers continued to come from all directions, all of them gathered in the square in front of Xingqing Palace, and in less than a quarter of an hour, dozens of wounded soldiers gathered in front, and the number was still increasing.

There were so many wounded soldiers here at the same time, obviously coming prepared, Xu Changgeng was a little dumbfounded all of a sudden.

"Head, these wounded soldiers, do you want to blow them away?" The men came over and asked for instructions.

The square in front of Xingqing Palace is the place where the emperor holds various celebrations, and suddenly a group of wounded soldiers gathered, these wounded soldiers are wearing some shabby cloth armor, some people have injured their hands, some people have broken legs, some people are blind, they support each other, and they gather in the square without making noise, which looks a little tragic and a little obstructive.

Xu Changgeng waved his hand: "Don't worry, let me think about it first." ”

At this time, Wu Gui, the shop chief of the Wuhou Shop in the Daozheng Fang, who was in charge of daily security, came over with a smile, saluted Xu Changgeng, and said flatteringly: "I have seen Captain Xu." ”

"It turned out to be Wu Puchang, free of courtesy."

Wu Gui pointed to the wounded soldiers and said, "Captain Xu, there are so many wounded soldiers all of a sudden, is there any activity held in the palace?" ”

"Activities? No, I haven't heard anything about that. Xu Changgeng denied.

"I see, Captain Xu, I'm going to blast them away, so as not to look weird."

When the wounded soldiers first came, Wu Hou, who was on patrol, noticed that Wu Gui wanted to act, but he saw that Wan Cai, who was guarding in front of the palace, did not say anything, and asked if these wounded soldiers were participating in some kind of activity before acting.

"Wait a minute," Xu Changgeng said suddenly.

Wu Gui immediately stopped and turned around: "What else does Captain Xu command?" ”

Xu Changgeng patted Wu Gui's shoulder and said, "Boom what? Isn't it just a group of wounded soldiers, it's inconvenient to move, people just stand here and watch, bombard them what they're doing, just watch closely, don't bully others. ”

In the past, Xu Changgeng had already sent someone to blow them away, but he suddenly remembered what Gao Lishi said to himself, which seemed to mean something, you must know that a character like Gao Lishi would not be untargeted, so Xu Changgeng not only did not take action, but also persuaded Wu Gui not to act rashly.

Xingqing Palace is Li Longji's permanent residence, heavily guarded, as soon as there is a wind and grass, the nearby guards are poured into, and the ten thousand cavalry responsible for guarding are the elite of the elite, not to mention that there are only dozens of wounded soldiers in the square, even if there are a hundred times more robust soldiers, they will not want to shake the defense system of Xingqing Palace.

Taizong Li Shimin sought the throne through the Xuanwumen Change, and since then, each generation of emperors of the Tang Dynasty has strengthened the guards of the palace, and Xu Changgeng is very confident in his subordinates.

Wu Guileng paused for a moment, and quickly responded: "What Captain Xu said is that the small ones make people look closer. ”

That little wounded soldier Wu Gui didn't put it in his eyes, he was confident that he couldn't shoot ten thousand horses, and the strength of Wuhoupu alone was easily subdued, seeing Xu Changgeng's statement, he had the mentality that more things are better than less.

Anyway, I asked for instructions, and the accident was carried by this Captain Xu.

The wounded soldiers continued to increase, and soon gathered nearly two hundred, Xu Changgeng's brows slowly furrowed, and his hand unconsciously rested on the hilt of the knife.

I didn't look at the yellow calendar when I went out, but I looked at the situation. Something is going to happen, I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing, I feel a little on my forehead, touch it with my hand, Xu Changgeng takes it down and takes a look: one hand is sweat.

A team member surnamed Qian stepped forward and whispered: "Head, something is going to happen, should we act?" ”

Thinking of Gao Lishi's words "You have a place in the clean room", Xu Changgeng couldn't help but shudder, gritted his teeth and said, "Look again, don't worry." ”

Xu Changgeng secretly thought in his heart: There can't be more people, if there are more people, even if there are many people, they will disperse these people even if they are stubborn, Li Longji is in the Xingqing Palace, and he must not go on any errands.

As if hearing Xu Changgeng's words in his heart, the wounded soldiers did not increase any further, however, the more than ten wounded soldiers who stood at the front and seemed to be the most seriously injured suddenly all knelt down.

As soon as the wounded soldiers in front knelt down, the wounded soldiers in the back also knelt, and in the blink of an eye, there were wounded soldiers kneeling in Xingqing Palace Square.

Xu Changgeng was startled, and was thinking about how to deal with it, when two wounded soldiers with injured hands came out and opened a long banner, which was full of blood-red characters.

Oh no, this is a blood book.

Wan Qi is mostly composed of Xun Gui's children, in addition to being proficient in martial arts, but also literate and hyphenated, Xu Changgeng's side Qian team is beginning to read in a whisper: "We are soldiers of the Western Regions, all of them are wounded on the battlefield, disabled and retired home, passing through Chang'an and were beaten by the founder of Fengyu County, Sima Yao Yi of Tingzhou, for no reason, Zheng Peng, the deputy supervisor of the Western Regions, saw that he was unjustly imprisoned, and knelt down to beg for justice......

When Xu Changgeng heard this, his eyes darkened, his body shook, and he almost fainted.

Big deal, big thing!

Yao Yi is the eldest son of Prime Minister Yao Chong, Zheng Peng is the deputy supervisor of the Western Regions of His Majesty's imperial seal, and the most terrifying thing is that there is a mysterious Gaolishi in the middle.

There is a saying in the market that the Tang Dynasty has two phases, Yao Chong on the outside, Gao Lishi on the inside, Yao Chong outside the palace, and Gao Lishi on the palace, it seems that this is the "external minister" and the "internal minister" are fighting.

At this time, the square was already surrounded by curious people, and the wounded soldiers who ran on the ground bowed their heads one by one and did not speak, but the onlookers talked like a frying pot:

"That Yao Yi is really not a thing, he relies on his father Yao Xiang to run rampant in Chang'an."

"Yes, last time he drank flower wine in Pingkangfang, and he had to go out of the workshop after the curfew, but the doorman didn't obey, so he broke people's heads."

"I heard that Yao Yi runs a green building in Pingkangfang, and he is a scum, he really reads poetry books in vain."

"What is that, who doesn't know that if you want to be promoted, it's right to run Yao Yi's back door."

"It's really inhumane, go to the Western Regions to fight and die for a lifetime, I heard someone say, there is a wounded soldier boiling medicine, Yao Yi thinks the smell is bad, so he led people to beat the more than ten wounded soldiers, that is to the death, standing in the front of the one to see it, it is the one with a white cloth wrapped around his leg, and he directly stepped on his injured leg with his foot, even if he heard it, it was cold."

"Is there such a thing? It's simply the anger of people and gods. ”

"A loving mother has many defeated children, and a loving father is a demon, alas."

......

Looking at the bloody and shocking blood book, and then looking at the wounded soldiers who were running on the ground, lacking hands and feet, hurting their eyes, and looking sad and angry, especially the expression of humiliation and grief over death, all of a sudden infected the kind people who were onlookers, and public opinion suddenly fell to the wounded soldiers.