Through the palace of the king of subjugation

White Gull took off the gorgeous army silk armor, and used the scattered silver on his body to change into a cloth in a nearby village; then he returned to Jiangning City according to the method he heard in the forest, and put the silk armor on The valuable items were dismantled and sent to the pawn shop, and everything was ready.

In front of him, he had done meritorious service in the palace in a daze, and received many rewards, but he didn't think about going out of the palace, and he didn't bring any of them with him.

That's all, the key is that he didn't take the household registration paperwork that Xiao Yao sent him a few days ago, he already has the money in his pocket now, but looking at the city gate not far away, he still feels shaken.

When he just entered the door, because of his attire, the guards at the city gate came in without questioning him; now he is dressed in civilian clothes, and he has no household registration and no guides. How useful at most.

He squeezed through the crowd leaving the city with a feeling of apprehension. Seeing that the few people in front of him only asked a few questions before letting them go, he felt at ease.

But when it was his turn, he was stopped in the end.

Regardless of his height, figure, appearance and temperament, Bai Gu did not look like an ordinary farmer, but he was wearing coarse clothes, so it was hard not to attract attention.

The gate guard raised his head and looked him up and down. He frowned and asked, "Are you from Jiangning, household registration, road guide, and documents? Are you going out or returning home? Where did you come from, where are you going?"

Bai Ou is from the north, and everyone in the palace speaks official language. He doesn't know the dialect of Jiangning City, and he doesn't have an accent at all, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and say, "I'm not from Jiangning, I'm here to visit my relatives."

The city gate guard narrowed his eyes and stretched out his hand, "Where's the thing?"

"This..." Bai Guu didn't have the fault of lying, he felt a little guilty in his dawdling movements, he took out the sign from his sleeve pocket, and asked tentatively, "Is this okay?"

The guard at the city gate was much shorter than the white gull, but he kept his head up and squinted his eyes, as if looking at people with his nostrils; but when the white gull tentatively handed out the sign, the man almost stared at him Into a copper bell.

Bai Gu looked suspicious at the way the other party didn't even dare to reach out to pick up the sign, but before he asked any more questions, the man ran away after saying a few words to the left and right.

The guards on the left and right didn't say anything, they just politely told him to wait.

The people behind were being slowly let go, and Bai Gu was waiting beside him, watching with suspicion that the man ran away in a panic just now, and fell nervously halfway, as if he had seen a ghost.

Not long after, he saw the man go and come back, following a man who looked like an officer.

"Where am I lucky to have seen that thing, that is, I have heard people talk about its general appearance..."

"Look at your worthless look! I haven't seen it either!"

"Didn't your lord have seen the pattern?"

"It's just a drawing on paper, so you can't be sure!"

Until the two approached, Bai Gu could still hear the two whispering to each other.

"Ah... this young man, I am the Chengmen Lang who guards the east Yuyang Gate of Jiangning City..." The man who looked like an officer said and cupped his fists at Baiou, "I wonder if it is possible to take another look at that signboard of yours. ?”

According to the records in the history books about the official system of Shangning, the city gate Lang Guanju who is in charge of the entry and exit of one city gate is from the sixth rank. …

Bai Ou didn't want to cause trouble at this time, since the other party gave the courtesy first, he quickly cupped his fists in return, took out a sign and offered it.

The city gatekeeper took the sign with both hands, carefully held it in his palm, looked at it over and over for a long time, then turned around and whispered a few words to the gate guard just now.

"That..." Chengmen Lang smiled all over his face, "May I ask your surname? Who is it from? Or... who is your father-in-law?"

This made Bai Gu feel difficult.

Although I don't know my own father very well, I still know his name. His father's name is Bai Jin, and he is a good diplomat, but it's useless to say it here...

I haven't heard that before I go out, I have to check the [-]th generation of my ancestors!

Is it because I didn't bring my household registration certificate?

This instantly gave him an idea.

"Father's surname is Chen—" He tried his best to make his lying look natural, "One name for each."

Wang Zhuojin?

Now it is Chengmen Lang's turn to stare bigger than the gate guard just now, "But the elder of the three dynasties, the former emperor's mentor, the personal minister of Gu Ming, Chen Yu, old Chen Ge?"

"Hehe—" Bai Gu smiled awkwardly, "It's him..."

He looked at the other person with shock in his eyes, but he still tried his best to put on a smile on his face, which always felt a little familiar.

"I heard that Mr. Chen Ge returned to Jiangning today, and His Majesty greeted him with a half-prince's guard of honor. What a sight!"

"Mr. Chen is going out of the city to greet you in person? Would you like me to prepare a good horse for you? It's too hot today, why don't you prepare a sedan chair..."

Chengmen Lang was talking, the gate guard behind him tugged at his sleeve, he turned his head and glared at him angrily, and the two of them continued to murmur for a long time.

In the end, it was the city gatekeeper who kicked the opponent's ass, and the guard retreated despondently.

"Mr. Chen?" Cheng Menlang turned his head and immediately changed his face, smiling all over his face, "Where did we just talk about..."

"Oh! That's right! Prepare the sedan chair!" He immediately turned his head and ordered loudly: "Go and pass on a good soft sedan chair! Put a basin of ice cubes in it!"

Prepare sedan chair?

Then carry yourself back to the post road to pick up Chen Yu?

Isn't that wasted work!

"Hey——" Bai Gu quickly waved his hand to refuse, "No need, no need..."

"Looking at Mr. Chen's tall, handsome, and personable demeanor, he must be..."

Seeing that the other party flattered him even more than Gao Xian, Bai Ou really had a headache, especially the "Mr. Chen"...

He couldn't listen anymore, and he didn't want to waste time with the other party.

I don't know when Chen Jin will arrive at the edge of the city, someone will probably notice that he is missing.

He can't wait.

If there is a fast horse, it seems to be really good...

Besides, he really couldn't listen anymore!

Goosebumps all over...

"Let's prepare the horse..." He finally interrupted the other party unbearably.

"Yes, yes, yes. Little one, let's go and lead a good horse!"

He said to his subordinates that he would arrange for the white gull to rest in a gazebo made of bamboo mats by the road, and ran off carrying the person he kicked just now.

"My lord!" The guard said aggrievedly as he ran, "What are you kicking me for! Where did Lord Chen get his son! Who does Quan Shangning know that Mr. Chen Ge only has one married daughter!"

"Nonsense! How can I not know! But that brand—" Chengmen Lang glanced at the other party, "It's real."

"How can the matter of the noble man teach us people to understand the way? If you ask a few more words, you will die in a corner tomorrow morning!"

Chengmen Lang gave the little guard another threatening look, "Even if he is not Chen Ge's son, as long as the sign is real, he must be from the Zhou family. Have you seen that man's clothes? What are you going to do!"

"If you can give someone of this status a chance to flatter you, you and I may not be able to meet the next one in this life... Stop talking nonsense!" He said and slapped the other person on the back of the head, "Lead the horse!"

Not long after, the white gull led a group of high-quality maroon horses and was sent out of the gate by a line.

When he arrived, he didn't figure out whether it was because the brand was good or because Chen Zhen had face.

The horses let go of their hooves, and the lanterns in Guangming Palace were first lit.

Hearing the sound of the door opening from outside, Li Yu's hand holding the pen dipped in ink slightly froze.

Xiao Yao bowed his body and entered the door to salute, and when he raised his eyes, he saw rice paper balls thrown all over the desk.

"Master Chen has already returned home." He squatted down and picked up the balls of paper on the ground, "It's too hot today, Mr. Chen is getting old, I think it's because of the heat, people don't look good, so I go back first The mansion is resting, and he said that he will enter the palace early tomorrow morning to pay his respects to His Majesty."

Li Yu took back the Xuan pen soaked in ink, hovered over the rice paper, his wrist trembled slightly, and was speechless for a long time.

Both he and Xiao Yao tacitly did not mention Bai Gu's name.

Xiao Yao tidied up the balls of paper on the ground and stood up, seeing the painting that Li Yu was working on——

The boy in the spring shirt was holding the paper airplane picked up in the rain, and looked up at a gull circling in midair.

Although the young man was just a back view, he seemed to be able to see his smile just by looking at him like this.

Xiao Yao sighed softly.

He has been by Li Yu's side for ten years, and he has never seen the emperor as happy as he was a while ago, and he doesn't even take medicine when he sleeps at night, but...

"The imperial guards who went out of the city to greet him have also returned." He said softly.

Li Yu looked down at the Xuan brush in his hand, watching the ink that had been dipped just now gradually gather at the tip of the pen, and finally dripped with a "click", ruining the only painting he was satisfied with all day.

He looked up at Xiao Yao who was beside him, "He..."

He didn't continue, and Xiao Yao didn't say anything, just shook his head gently.

He looked down again at the group of ink blots slowly blurring on the rice paper, which just covered the gull bird hovering above the young man's head, as if to remind him——

The "what if" he was looking forward to and fearing still didn't happen.

His brother Baiou was gone, never to be seen again.

From now on, his brother Baiou can only remain in his heart, like the blob of ink on rice paper that can never be wiped away.