Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 2539 Fear of crime and absconding

But even so, Fang Jun still took the matter to himself without hesitation. This man seemed to never care about fame and fortune. He was oppressed and even treated unfairly many times in his official career, but he was calm and didn't care.

Changsun Wuji couldn't help feeling emotional.

Which emperor would not like such courtiers?

He lowered his head and saw Changsun Huan kneeling on the ground blankly, with a look of utter horror on his face.

There was another sigh in my heart.

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The moon is in the middle of the sky, and everything is silent.

The hustle and bustle of Chang'an City gradually quieted down. Even though there was no curfew, the pedestrians on the streets had already gradually disappeared. In the whole city, only the east and west cities and Pingkangfang were still lively, and the rest of the city was already busy. into the dark night.

The evening wind blew gently, and Hou Mo Chenlin, the gatekeeper of the Golden Light Gate, stood on the gate tower, wearing a cloak, looking up at the bright moon like a jade plate in the sky.

On the long street, the sound of the night watchman's clapper rang out again and again, fluttering leisurely in the silent night sky, spreading far away.

The deputy next to him stood with his helmet on his armor and his waist knife in his hand, silently standing to one side, looking at the officer quite strangely.

Until it was time to stand for a cup of tea, Hou Mo and Chen Lin still stared at the night sky blankly, without saying a word, the deputy finally couldn't bear it anymore and asked: "Captain, the night leak is deeper, it's getting late, how about Rest early, shall we?"

Like Hou Mo and Chen Lin, the gate guard captains, spend half of the time in a month on duty at the city gate. Naturally, it is impossible to stay up all night every time. In the first half of the night, you have to keep up your spirits, but in the second half of the night, you basically have to stay up all night. You can squint for a while.

Upon hearing this, Hou Mo and Chen Lin turned to look at the deputy beside him, and said calmly, "Rest? I'm afraid I won't be able to rest tonight."

Turning his head and continuing to look at the night sky, he quietly added: "There will be more opportunities to rest in the future, even if you sleep late every day in this life, it doesn't matter."

The deputy was confused and inexplicable.

This tone sounds a bit full of resentment...

Just as he was about to open his mouth to ask, suddenly, the sound of horseshoes came clearly in the silent night. The deputy followed the sound, and as the sound of horseshoes got closer, several torches came from all over the city and gradually gathered in one place. , gathered under the Golden Light Gate.

Why did so many people leave the city in the middle of the night?
The deputy held the handle of the waist knife, a little nervous, stepped forward two steps and leaned on the arrow stack, and shouted at the people below: "Who is here, and what is his intention?"

More than a dozen horses gathered in one place under the city, and the torches reflected the shadows of people, and someone shouted: "We will leave the city immediately, open the door quickly!"

The deputy felt more and more inappropriate. It was extremely rare for so many people to go out of the city together in the middle of the night. They must be strictly interrogated, and there must be no omissions.

"Submit a warrant to leave the city immediately!"

Following the shout of the deputy, the city guards who were on duty in the guard rooms on both sides of the city gate had already come out and asked for the warrant to leave the city.

Immediately someone picked up a torch and shouted: "I don't have a fart warrant! Where is Hou Mo and Chen Lin? Let him come out and talk to me!"

When the deputy heard this, he immediately became angry and scolded: "Where is the madman, dare to go out of the city at night without a warrant, do you want to court death? Come, take all these people down!"

Immediately, more soldiers ran out from the duty rooms on both sides of the city gate, wearing helmets and armour, holding weapons, and surrounded these people.These people were shocked and flustered, shouting and cursing all over the place.

The deputy became more and more angry, who would dare to come to the city gate to make trouble?Just go down from the gate of the city, tidy up these people, and then escort them to Jingzhao Mansion.

Hou Mo and Chen Lin reached out to stop him and said, "Open the city gate and let them go out."

The assistant stopped in his tracks, and said in surprise: "Captain, absolutely not! Since these people don't have a warrant to leave the city, they can't be released anyway. Besides, the general heard that some clan children were beaten in the evening, so it's hard to guarantee that they will go out." It wasn’t these people who wanted to escape from the city at night.”

Hou Mo and Chen Lin just said indifferently: "I said open the city gate and let them go out. I will bear any consequences."

The deputy was anxious, and advised: "Captain, be careful! Kui Ye opens the city gates and releases suspicious people privately. No one can afford this responsibility!"

Just kidding, what is this place?
Chang'an City!
At the foot of the Son of Heaven, the capital is the most important place, and the gate is the most important in the world. Every captain guarding the city has an extremely heavy responsibility. A slight omission may cause an earth-shaking change. In the past, Yang Jian, the powerful minister of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, entered the city overnight to change the dynasty. After the establishment of the Great Sui Dynasty and the recent Nine Years of Wude, His Majesty led the army from the Xuanwu Gate to the Taiji Palace after sealing off the gates of Chang'an...

So it seems that the official position of the guarding school lieutenant is not big, but the responsibility is very important!

No matter who is under the city, since there is no warrant to leave the city, they must not be released. Otherwise, after investigation, the lightest soldier guarding the city is dismissed from the army.
Hou Mo and Chen Lin stared fixedly at this deputy who had a close relationship with him, expressionless, nodded after a while, and said: "Well, go down and arrest them all, and escort them to Jingzhao Mansion."

The deputy then breathed a sigh of relief.

Since people from Hou Mochen's family saw the captain just now, the captain looked out of his mind, and he had a premonition that something was going to happen, and now he was really afraid that Hou Mo Chenlin was ordered by his family to let these people out of the city. It's not just Hou Mo and Chen Lin who can't escape the blame, but they, the defenders of the city, can't afford it either.

Hou Mo and Chen Lin watched his deputy turn around, intending to go down the sidewalk on the side of the city gate to the city wall, quickly drew out the horizontal knife at his waist, turned the blade around, and looked fiercely at the deputy's neck with the back of the knife.

The deputy was caught off guard and was cut down on the spot. His life was safe, but he passed out.

Hou Mo and Chen Lin put the knife back into its sheath, looked at the deputy on the ground, sighed softly, and said in a low voice: "Brother, I'm sorry, brother can't help himself..."

Turn around and walk down the city.

There was chaos in front of the city gate, and the city guards wanted to take these people down, but how could these people agree?They resisted one after another, swearing uncleanly in their mouths.

"stop!"

Hou Mo and Chen Lin stopped the two sides with a loud shout.

A soldier ran up to him, panting heavily: "Lieutenant, these people act suspiciously, they should all be captured and escorted to Jingzhao Mansion for interrogation..."

Before he finished speaking, Hou Mo and Chen Lin interrupted him, saying: "Open the city gate wide."

The soldier was stunned, and subconsciously said: "Lieutenant, these people don't have a warrant to leave the city, and they must not be released from the city without permission..."

"I told you to open it!"

Hou Mo and Chen Lin gave a loud shout.

The soldier was so frightened that he went to look at his captain again, only to find that the lieutenant's eyes were red and his face was full of anger at some point, he didn't dare to say anything, so he quickly called a few people to open the city gate.

The city gate was opened, and the group of people rode horses and held torches and passed in front of Hou Mo Chen Lin who was standing at the gate of the city. Someone laughed and said, "It must be our own family, so accommodating! Today's Brother accepts the love, I will go back to Chang'an some other day and ask my brother to drink a few cups, if you don't get drunk, you won't return!"

Hou Mo and Chen Lin's face was so gloomy that it seemed that water could drip, he bit his lip and said nothing.

My brother?

Fuck your mother, my brother!

You got into trouble and had to flee to the end of the world, but let me take the blame, what are you called your own brothers?

I am a remote house of Hou Mochen's family, and I climbed to the position of the guarding captain with my own ability. The family did not give the slightest help, but I fell into this position and entered the family's sight. And he ordered himself time and time again to sacrifice the positions he had accumulated through military exploits so hard to fight for the interests of the family.

It was like this when Dugu Lan went out of the city last time, and it's like this again now!

Although I have the blood of the Hou Mochen family flowing in my body, what does the Hou Mochen family think of me?
I dismiss it when I don’t have it, I squeeze it when it’s useful, and when I lose my job in the future, it’s useless, so I’ll throw it away like a shoestring?
Hehe, this girl is a family, a powerful family!

Except for those bloodlines of the direct branch, it seems that the remote branches like him are completely stepping stones one by one, using his blood and life to achieve the promotion of the bloodline of the direct branch!

motherfucker!

Hou Mo and Chen Lin were filled with indignation, watching a group of Guanlong disciples who had caused a catastrophe enter the city gate on fast horses and holding lanterns, and quickly disappeared into the night outside the city. spit out a mouthful of saliva.

This time, he knew that the matter was of great importance, and if he released these people privately from the city, he would inevitably be responsible for returning. Losing the official position of the school lieutenant would be light, and if he failed, he would be killed.

But what can he do?
My mother's brothers and sisters are all under the control of the family, if he dares to disobey at this moment, the whole family will have to accompany him in the underworld...

The anger in his heart has not yet subsided, and he was directing the soldiers to close the open city gate, when there was another sound of horseshoes behind him.

"You Tunwei is ordered to leave the city, open the door quickly!"

(End of this chapter)