There was a sudden sound in the dark alley, King Qi was startled, even Lu Haosheng suddenly changed color, Ma Zhongheng had already drawn his knife out of the sheath, took two steps forward, and protected King Qi.

Although King Qi was frightened, he still turned sideways in front of Ling Shuang.

Qiu Ruxue has already said in a deep voice: "The mountain is the mountain, and the wind is the wind!" As he spoke, his arm was already pressed against the hilt of his sword.

The voice on the other side has already said: "The wind is the wind, the mountain is the mountain, Qiu Daxia, you have finally arrived." Footsteps were heard, and two figures were hurrying towards them.

Qiu Ruxue turned around and said, "Lord Wang, it's our people." When King Qi heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief.

The two people who came over in the dark, one was a one-eyed dragon white blind man, and the other was a short and fat middle-aged man, less than fifty years old, dressed in brocade clothes, and looked quite shrewd.

"Qiu Daxia is really good." The blind man smiled, "We have been waiting here for a long time, and we are anxious. ”

Qiu Ruxue said: "This is not a place to stay for a long time, the car is ready?" ”

The short and fat middle-aged man said: "It's ready, it's according to the design of the official car, and it's parked in the alley." ”

King Qi knew the white blind man, but he didn't know the middle-aged man, and asked, "Who is this?" ”

"Lord Wang, this is Gu Diexuan's shopkeeper Shen." The white blind man explained: "When Chu Du was in Beijing, he bought a few shops on Jinyu Street and opened them, one of which was Gu Diexuan, who was the shopkeeper of Shen, specializing in selling antique calligraphy and paintings. ”

Shen Wansi, a short and fat middle-aged man, had already bowed his hand to King Qi and said, "Grass people Shen Wansi, meet the prince!" ”

King Qi was surprised: "Chu Huan still has a shop in the capital?" He really couldn't imagine that Chu Huan was far away in the northwest, but there was still his potential in the capital, and he was a dignified prince in times of crisis, looking around, and there was no help, but Chu Huan was far away in the northwest, but he could still call on the power of the capital.

He naturally didn't know that when An Guogong Huang Ju fell, the family wealth was confiscated, and all the houses and shops in Anyi's hometown were sold at low prices, and the confiscated money was paid to the treasury.

The Huang family, this is the leading family of Anyi, Huang Ju later became the Duke of Anguo, in charge of the household, but also the ability to collect money, the wealth of the Huang family, can be called the rich rival country, the money confiscated from the Huang family, not only part of the military expenses for the southeast war, but also part of the transportation to the northwest support.

His house in Beijing was also confiscated, Luo'an Capital is the most developed place in the entire empire, and Jinyu Street is the most developed place in Luo'an City, every shop in Jinyu Street is worth a thousand gold, the Huang family has more than a dozen shops in Jinyu Street, but these shops have been secretly operated, and Chu Huan and others secretly divided them at a low price, Chu Huan got a few shops, one of which was handed over to Shen Wansi to operate an antique shop.

After Chu Huan left Beijing, the antique shop was still kept, not to make money, he was far away in the northwest, leaving an antique shop in the capital, and when he first arrived, he planned to leave an ear in the capital, and told him that there was something big in the capital, so he sent the news to the northwest.

At the beginning, the shop was run by Ma Hong, the household department, which was very secretive, and there were not many people Chu Huan who had a shop in Beijing.

Everyone entered the depths of the alley, only to find that there was a carriage parked in the alley, look at the style of the carriage, it is the official car, the carriage that the officials of the Qin State are riding, and the ordinary carriage is quite incompatible, the official carriage is usually very spacious, and the edges and corners of the carport have patterns, the edges and corners of the ordinary carriage can not be carved with patterns, and there is no silver, there is no official position, and it is not allowed to have a carriage that can ride more than six people.

This carriage, squeezed together, can accommodate eight people, and on the side of the carriage are four middle-aged men who are tall and tall, but these four people are wearing the clothes of the criminal department.

In addition to the carriage, five other horses were tied up in the alley, and the mouths of the horses were wrapped in cotton cloth, and even the hooves of the horses were wrapped in cotton cloth.

"This is made in the style of the carriage of Gu Liangxiu, the right attendant of the Criminal Department." Shen Wansi said with a smile: "We have carefully forged an official order from the right attendant of the Criminal Department, and next, we will rush to the West City Gate as Gu Liangxiu ......!" Pointing to the four people beside the car: "These four are all our people, they are definitely trustworthy, they pretended to be officers of the Criminal Department to escort Gu Liangxiu out of the city." ”

King Qi breathed a sigh of relief, understanding that the other party had indeed made careful arrangements.

"Shopkeeper Shen, do you mean to fake Gu Liangxiu to go out of the city?" Lu Haosheng asked.

Shen Wansi nodded and said, "Exactly." Gu Liangxiu's reasons for leaving the city are very sufficient, and recently, the Criminal Department has wantonly arrested officials, not only in the capital, but also in the local government to arrest and investigate. Qiu Junxi, the secretary of the Criminal Department, mainly sits in the Criminal Department, and does not personally lead the troops to arrest people, and the arrest of officials in Beijing is led by Zhang Yuanda, the left attendant of the Criminal Department, and the locality, when it comes to important personnel, they all send this right attendant of the Criminal Department, Gu Liangxiu, to take the horse...... Gu Liangxiu had just come back the day before yesterday, and he went out of the city today, and there was nothing suspicious. Pointing to the carriageway: "Lord Wang, the cotton clothes you have changed have been prepared on the car, you can change them now, without further ado, we can set off now." ”

"Are you going northwest too?"

Shen Wansi nodded with a smile and said: "Governor Chu ordered to come over, once the prince wants to leave the capital, we will do our best, just yesterday, Gu Diexuan has quietly closed the door, and the people who should be evacuated have all been withdrawn, we are the last batch, after leaving the city, we will escort the prince all the way to the northwest." ”

King Qi didn't hesitate any longer, several people got into the carriage, this carriage can accommodate seven or eight people is not a problem, but Shen Wansi has already asked Ma Zhongheng: "Commander Ma, you have served as the general banner of Xicheng, I don't know how many people know you in Xicheng Wu Jingwei?" ”

"I haven't been in the position of the Xicheng General Banner for long, and I don't know many people." Ma Zhongheng said: "Why does Shopkeeper Shen ask like this? ”

Shen Wansi said: "That's fine." That's the case, although these four brothers are wearing the clothes of the criminal department, but they know too little about the affairs of the yamen, if they meet a patrol on the way, ask down, I am afraid that they will have flaws, so here is specially prepared for the commander of the criminal department of the clothes of the criminal department, but also to bother the commander of the horse to change, lead the team to the west gate, if you meet a patrol on the way, you need to come forward to negotiate, the commander of the horse knows the affairs of the army and the yamen better than us, so ......! ”

Ma Zhongheng nodded, understanding what Shen Wansi meant.

Ma Zhongheng changed into the clothes of the criminal department's errand officer, which was very compatible, Lu Haosheng saw it in his eyes, but he was really surprised in his heart, secretly thinking that Chu Huan's subordinates were really good, and the work was so delicate, and Ma Zhongheng's clothes were so well-fitted, it was no accident that he must have known Ma Zhongheng's body shape before.

King Qi, Ling Shuang, Lu Haosheng, White Blind, Qiu Ruxue and Shen Wansi were all sitting in the carriage, which did not look crowded, Ma Zhongheng took four men and untied the cotton cloth that covered the horse's mouth and hooves, the four men who followed him plus Ma Zhongheng, it was exactly five people, and the five horses were just right, Shen Wansi poked his head out and said to Ma Zhongheng: "Commander Ma, the coachman knows the road route, you just follow him." ”

Che Fu, who was sitting at the head of the carriage to catch the car, was only thirty-six years old, looked very honest, smiled at Ma Zhongheng, did not speak, shook the reins of the horse, the carriage moved slowly, walked down the alley to the end, turned to the street, Ma Zhongheng and others rode horses to follow, divided on both sides of the carriage, and the group continued to advance towards the west city gate in the cold winter night.

In fact, the most stringent patrol in Xicheng District is the residential area of the officials, the farther away from that area, the fewer the patrol team, after all, such a cold winter night, every household is closed early, and no one can still haunt the street after the hour, even the soldiers of the patrol team, but also can patrol less once less patrol.

In the west of the city turned around and walked for more than half an hour, everyone tried to keep as fast as possible, but not too fast, the carriage walked too fast, too much movement, maybe it would attract people's attention, at this time, naturally the less attention the better.

Just turned into a street, not far away, from a nearby street suddenly appeared a group of patrolmen, there were more than a dozen soldiers, the leader saw the carriage, already holding the hilt of the sword, and shouted in a deep voice: "Stop! ”

Ma Zhongheng held the saber in his hand, the coachman had already reined in the horse, stopped the carriage, and the patrol quickly stepped forward, speared forward, and surrounded the carriage in an instant.

Seeing Ma Zhongheng and others wearing the clothes of the criminal department, they immediately smiled on their faces, and arched their hands: "It turned out to be the brothers of the criminal department, it was still early before dawn, I don't know where the brothers of the Dao are going?" ”

Ma Zhongheng glanced at the first sign early, and made sure that he didn't know it, so he said in a deep voice: "Go out of Beijing on an errand!" ”

"On an errand?" The head of the department swept his eyes around the carriage, but he still kept smiling and said: "Cold Winter Layue, you are really hard, this city gate has not been opened yet, you are going to leave the city?" ”

"When we get to the other side of the city gate, it will naturally open." Ma Zhongheng's face was expressionless, "We have to leave Beijing immediately when we open the city, and we can't delay here." He raised his hand and said, "Go!" ”

"Wait!" The head of the carriage stopped, still with a smiling face, "May I ask who is in the carriage?" ”

"What, are you going to interrogate us?" Ma Zhongheng sneered: "Even if you Lord Zongqi are here, you don't dare to be so rude." ”

"Misunderstanding," said the head with a smile, "It's not a humble, the Commander has already issued an order to strictly inspect their respective areas, especially at night, and be even more cautious." As mentioned above, Tianmen Dao is pervasive, and it is very likely that there are Tianmen Dao disciples mixed in the capital, so we have to be careful to beware of ......! ”

"Bold!" Ma Zhongheng said sharply: "Do you think that there are Tianmen Daoists in the carriage?" In the carriage is Lord Gu, the right attendant of the Criminal Department, how dare you be so presumptuous? ”

The head of the department smiled and said, "Rest the anger and anger, you mean that there is only Master Gu in the carriage?" ”

Ma Zhongheng frowned and asked, "What do you mean?" ”

The head of the department stared at the wheels with his eyes, and said calmly: "The lowly duty often leads the patrol team, and the carriages I see are as many as cow's hair, and the lowly duty has not never seen such a big carriage...... It's just that the snow on this wheel is very deep, and I'm afraid there is more than one person in it, right? As he spoke, he had already pressed his saber in his hand, and the other Wujing guards were also clenching their spears and staring at them.