The county horse is a medicine jar

In the 42nd year of Qingde, on the day of Jiazi in the month of Gengxu, it is recorded in the almanac that there are no taboos and everything is suitable for good luck.

The guard at the south gate of the capital wrote the first letter on the document of the day: the city gate was closed at night, and Lin Sishen, the servant of the Ministry of War, left the city alone with the token of the second prince, so he let him go.

It snowed all night, and when dawn broke, a thick layer of snow was piled up on the city tower. A group of soldiers guarding the city had already been frozen to death, and finally waited until the hour when another group of people took turns. Substitute post.

The new group of guards was a bit strange, their expressions were serious and their armor was shining brightly. They each stood in their positions without saying a word. coming manpower.

The replaced soldiers lined up with their heads drooping, rubbing their frozen hands and passing by them, and they couldn't help muttering to themselves, these recruits—it seems like they haven't suffered much, look at their energetic demeanor, I don't know if I can survive two hours if I stand on the city tower where the wind is biting.

The sun slowly rose from the east, and its scorching light pierced through the blockade of the cold night. When the time came, the gates of the city opened wide, and the people waiting to enter the city early in the morning came in one after another, pushing goods and driving carriages. A normal day.

But there seems to be an unusual aura in the ordinary, and no one seems to notice. When I got up early this morning, many officials suddenly hung up new lanterns in front of the gates of the mansions. The door was hastily closed, leaving the lantern swaying slowly in the cold wind, and the gauze cover was embroidered with gold silk and Clivia was lifelike.

At the gate of the city, the crowd waiting in line to enter the city could hardly see the end, and it meandered until it reached the official road. Xu Jin, the deputy general in charge of guarding the city, stretched his neck and looked around, and murmured to his subordinates: "It's strange, today Why are there so many more people entering the city than yesterday?"

The subordinate smiled and replied: "Don't you know General Xu? Today is a rare and good day. Many people deliberately wait until today to enter the city. Those who start work, do business, and get married are all hoping for an auspicious day. "

After hearing the answer from his subordinates, Xu Jin frowned, and ordered seriously: "If there are too many people, I am afraid that something will go wrong. Watch carefully, and don't let people who shouldn't be released into the city."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Jin suddenly caught a glimpse of a thin man with mustache and sly eyebrows, wandering around in the crowd.Xu Jin snorted coldly, stepped forward and pulled the man out of the crowd, staring and questioning in a deep voice: "It's you again, last time someone said that the money bag was stolen when I entered the city , did you do it?"

The man was taken aback, his face turned pale and he hurriedly defended: "The official is wronged, villain... villain follows the rules..."

Xu Jin didn't wait for him to finish, and impatiently pushed him to his subordinates: "Search him, every time this kid appears at the city gate, someone's purse is stolen, there must be something wrong with him."

The subordinates had to follow the man's order, and began to search him. Xu Jin walked around in front of the city gate with a sullen face, his sharp eyes swept back and forth among the crowd, and no one dared to look directly at him.

But at this moment, the long queue outside the city suddenly became chaotic, and people began to flee in all directions in the distance. Accompanied by sudden and terrified screams, many people turned their heads to look around.

"what happened?"

Xu Jin pushed aside the crowd and tiptoed to look into the distance, but he could only see the people running away as if fleeing for their lives, and he couldn't see what happened at all. If you can see it, someone should come back to report it, but there is no movement on the tower because of the chaos outside.

"Stay here and don't let anyone enter the city. I'll go and see the situation."

Xu Jin walked back resolutely. He ordered his subordinates to guard the gate, and ran quickly up the tower with a sullen face. When he ran up the gate, he saw the soldiers guarding the tower standing still, staring straight at Looking outside the city, it seems that nothing unusual was found.

"There was a riot outside the city, why didn't you report it in time?"

Xu Jin suddenly lost his temper. He first scolded the person closest to him angrily, then walked quickly through the aisle, leaned against the wall and looked out of the city.

It doesn't matter if you don't look at it, Xu Jin, who was frightened by this look, turned pale and his legs were weak, and saw a group of black and black troops appearing on the snowy ground all over the sky, they were well-trained and aggressive. Come, there is a team of cavalry commanding in front of the army, as if the magic soldiers descended from the sky, frightening the people to flee for their lives wherever they went.

How can this be?

Xu Jin stared blankly, his heart immediately hung in his throat, his legs seemed to be filled with lead, he couldn't believe what he saw, and he couldn't help but wiped his eyes fiercely, thinking that I was wrong.

But he was not mistaken, the black patch in front of him was really a team of well-trained elite soldiers.

Why is there no sign at all, why is the army approaching the capital, but no one reports, where did they come from?

The blood in his veins was frozen in an instant, Xu Jin didn't have the heart to think about it anymore, he took two steps back with his whole body turned upside down like dead ashes, he opened his mouth and wanted to call out loudly, but before he could make a sound, suddenly behind him A hand covered his mouth, then tripped him to the ground, and then a gleaming sharp knife pierced his chest fiercely.

The soldier who was riding on him was the soldier in charge of guarding the tower. Under Xu Jin's blank and fearful eyes, the man drew out his knife and stabbed him again. One knife, two knife, under the severe pain, Xu Jin suddenly woke up. , He opened his mouth and bit the man's tiger's mouth tightly, with such force that he tore off a piece of the man's flesh with his teeth.

Taking advantage of the man's pain and howling withdrew his hand, Xu Jin spat out the meat in his mouth, and seeing another person rushing towards him, he screamed and mourned with his last breath in despair: "Close the city gate, there are rebels, close the city gate! The city gate..."

The sharp knife pierced his throat, and the sound turned into a hoarse and harsh grunt. Blood gushed out of his throat continuously. Xu Jin's eyes widened in resignation, and he was still shouting unwillingly: "Close the city gate."

until death.

Xu Jin's dying cry pierced the sky, not only the guards at the city gate heard it, but even many common people could hear it clearly, all of a sudden there was a mess in front of the city gate, and the people who hadn't entered the city Instinctively swarming into the city, stampede crowded and chaotic, no one can stop them.

The soldiers guarding the city didn't care about the people who were desperately trying to squeeze into the city, and began to work together to close the city gate, but the city gate weighed a thousand catties, so it was not so easy to close it immediately.

The sound of horseshoes broke through the hustle and bustle, and the rebel army that Xu Jin had mentioned really appeared in front of his eyes. The soldiers exhausted all their strength, and many people who ran into the city also turned around and pushed the door together. Click on it.

But just at this time, among some common people who ran into the city taking advantage of the chaos, more than a dozen people stopped inside the city gate. They tore off their sleeves to reveal the veils embroidered with Clivia orchids tied around their wrists, and approached the city gate. The soldiers who pushed the door, taking advantage of their unpreparedness, took out the dagger they had hidden in advance and stabbed them violently.

All of a sudden, the blood was splashed and shouts shook the sky, and there was chaos inside the city gate outside the city gate. Whether those people were soldiers or civilians, as long as someone approached the city gate and caught someone, they would start to frenzy. Pushing the door and wanting to come in, the city gate that was about to close was abruptly pushed halfway open again.

The rebels galloping on horseback outside the city gate first entered the city. They slashed and killed those soldiers who tried to resist, and then dispersed the people in front of the city gate. They completely guarded the city gate and put all the troops outside the city into the capital.

Soon, the news of the rebels entering the city spread throughout the capital. The imperial palace was the first to close the palace gates, and the imperial guards invaded the nest to guard against death, waiting for the rebels to force the palace.And the mansions of those high-ranking officials usually have many guards, and this time it just came in handy. The dead horse is a living horse doctor, and he will guard the gate of the mansion first.

The same is true of General Weiyuan's Mansion. Many of the guards in the mansion are General Lin's personal soldiers. They are elites who have actually fought on the battlefield with one enemy ten. As soon as they get wind, they will guard the entrances in an orderly manner.

General Lin entered the study room early in the morning. He was sitting alone in front of the desk, staring at the desk as if in a daze, and in front of him were two soldier talismans combined into one.

As early as half a month ago, the emperor secretly summoned him, and the other half of the soldier talisman was given to him by the emperor.At that time, the emperor was very worried, saying that he often dreamed of blood light recently, which might be an ominous sign, so he gave him the military talisman for emergency needs.

Now it seems that the emperor should have known that there would be today.

The gate of the palace was tightly guarded by the imperial guards. Even if the rebels occupied the capital, they did not enter the palace so quickly.The Habayashi Guard in Gyeongju is the closest army to the capital. As long as the army is waved with a soldier talisman, the army will immediately set off to the capital to rescue him, and they can reach the capital by marching in three days.

But the number of rebels seems to be several times that of Habayashi Guards. Could it be... the emperor is not afraid that the palace gate will be broken, and Habayashi Guards will not be able to break through the blockade of the rebels?

He doesn't seem like such a careless person, or does he really trust himself as a veteran so much?

General Lin stood up slowly, the most urgent thing he could do was to leave the capital and rush to Gyeongju to command the Habayashi guards before the rebels took full control of the capital, hoping that he could lead the Habayashi guards to stop the palace gate before it was broken Rebel bar.

Just as General Lin walked to the door and was about to open it, the door was suddenly pushed open. Liu Qingyun hurried in with a panicked expression, took General Lin's hand and cried tremblingly: "Lin Ying, what should I do carefully?" She's gone."

General Lin's expression changed upon hearing this: "Isn't Shen'er at the residence?"

Liu Qingyun was already in tears: "I heard from the people in the house that there are rebels everywhere in the city now, I wanted to find Shen'er, but... But Mo Zhu said that Shen'er had long since disappeared."

General Lin's expression changed several times, and finally he sighed faintly. He comforted Liu Qingyun in a low voice: "It's okay, I think Shen'er will be fine."

After speaking, General Lin told her seriously: "I still have things to do, you stay at the mansion well, don't take half a step out of the mansion."

With just one sentence left, General Lin walked out in stride, leaving Liu Qingyun looking around in a daze, and still speaking unfinished words: "But..."

However, in just half a day, the originally bustling capital suddenly fell into depression. The doors of every house were locked, and the people huddled up and shivered at home, for fear that the rebels would rush in and kill innocent people indiscriminately.

But fortunately, the rebels seem to have no intention of attacking the people. They guard the streets of the capital, and there are people who keep going back and forth along the road and loudly proclaim: "Everyone, don't panic. The emperor's stupidity has caused the wrath of the heavens and the people's resentment. The Divine Soldiers are dedicated to the heavens, and they only come to help the Lord to protect the way of heaven. You only need to lock your doors and leave, and we will not harm the lives of innocent people. Lock your doors, and those who do not leave will not be killed."