When they arrived outside the Meridian Gate, the two entered a small hut not far away and waited for their execution.

Someone had prepared the food and drinks, and they would have some free time. If in the past, the relatives of the divine master would come to them during this period. They were also beheading. If the executioner failed to do it or did it on purpose, the divine master would not kill it, and he would have to make another one, which would cause the prisoner to be punished twice, so they would give some money so that the executioner would be happy. Xuanyuan had been fighting for so many years and never failed, but he never refused this kind of money.

But the person who was executed today traitor Li Chuntie. He has no elders, no descendants, and no one in the capital. He has only a junior brother who has been raised since childhood, so no one comes to take care of his relationship.

Xuanyuan handed over a glass of wine and smiled, "The first time I'm inevitably a little nervous. I'll drink a glass of wine to enhance my courage. Three days later, I'll cut three thousand swords today. I have to prepare first to avoid excessive blood loss and inability to complete the task."

Xiao Jinyan took the wine and watched Xuanyuan busy and put the prepared fish scale net, tourniquet, and hemostatic powder on the table. He also checked the various knives used for execution to ensure that they were intact. He was very serious in his work and had a sense of ritual. It seemed that this butcher who killed pigs was outstanding in some aspects.

...

The Dragon's birthday is also the birthday of the Birthday.

After Zhao Langjiang got up, under Yang Xiaoxiao's service, he changed into the dress sent by the Ministry of Rites. After everything was ready, Yang Xiaoxiao said, "My husband dressed up like this, looks like a general in the play."

Zhao Langjiang is used to loose clothes on weekdays, but this dress is a bit restrained, but it is not as comfortable as a battle robe. He took the golden sword and hung it around his waist. Back then, Zhu Liye gave Yinyang King and brought the golden sword into the hall. Today, his good friend Xiao Jinyan was going to rob the court, so he brought it with him, just in case.

A white horse Yicong said, "City Lord, the horse is ready."

The celebration will be held one hour later. At that time, His Majesty the Emperor will accept the congratulations of the ministers in the Taiji Hall, offer a message to the foreign countries, and then set up the newly built Wanshou Palace to reward the "Wannian Hou" who had just entered the city a few days ago. Finally, he climbed the Wanshou Palace Tower, had a banquet with the ministers, and watched Li Chuntie Lingchi outside the Meridian Gate.

According to convention, slaughtering is prohibited on the birthday of the Birthday and the world is amnesty, but today is different. Your Majesty decided to be a civil and military official, the people of the capital, and the envoys of foreign countries to impose a terror punishment on Li Chuntie, one to shock the whole night, the other to show his eternal emperor's heart, and the third to prove to Li Chuntie that he is the real winner.

Baima Yi led his horse out of Anguo Duke's Mansion.

From here to the capital, there are only three or four streets. However, at this moment, the long street is full of people, with lanterns and colorful buildings along the street. The floats presented by the Eighteenth Road State are also crossing the road. These floats are often several feet long. Officials from all over the country are making their own thoughts and dig three feet into the ground to search for people's fat and paste. At that time, they will drive by the downstairs of Wanshou Palace in turn, accept the emperor's inspection, and make the emperor smile.

When King Yinyang was traveling, there were three cars and five carriages and thirty-six personal soldiers escorted him. Zhao Lianjiang did not want to mobilize the troops, so he only brought one white horse Yisong. The two rode horses, one in front and one behind, and drove towards the palace. When passing by Dong'anmen, Zhao Lianjiang saw Dongfang Nuannuan, holding two piccolos in his hand, mixed in the crowd. When he saw him, he shook his hand with her, and was immediately dispersed by the crowd.

It seems that the defense in the capital is not very good.

Zhao Langjiang thought.

An extremely dangerous person like Dongfang Nuannuan has mixed into the capital with an intention of making a mistake in the emperor. The Jinyiwei and the Red Cavalry Army should have received information early. However, in the past few days, in addition to arresting a few spies from Northern Zhou and Western Chu, and destroying a cult that deceived believers into incense money.

, not much news came out.

Before entering the palace, he glanced at the execution place.

Coincidentally, Xiao Jinyan was also standing at the door. The two of them looked at each other for a moment. Seeing that his eyes were firm, Zhao Lianjiang nodded and entered the palace. The emperor attended the morning court for the first time today. It was now over and was returning to Qianyuan Palace to change his clothes. Zhao Lianjiang was a foreign minister and did not need to attend the morning court. He came to Wuying Palace and waited with the other ministers.

Zhao Langjiang realized that the martial law level in the palace today was extraordinary. Outside Wuying Hall alone, there were five masters of Tongxiang Realm, who were both open and secretly, protecting all officials. There were three steps and one whistle in the palace, and three thousand imperial guards in the palace were stationed in various places, and patrolers could be seen everywhere.

This kind of vigilance is hard to fly even if it is assassins.

When several military officers saw him coming, they came over to greet him. Of course, a leader like Xue Huai, went to a separate room in the inner room, but Zhao Langjiang did not see him. While the greetings were being exchanged, Mr. Ping led a team of tiger guards to pass by him and suddenly stopped.

An official from the Ministry of War introduced, "This is Mr. Ping, one of the inner guards that His Majesty trusts the most. Mr. Ping, this is Yinyang City, Zhao Langjiang Prince Zhao."

Although Mr. Ping has no official position, he has a high status in the palace. He looked at Zhao Langjiang up and down with his eyes, but thought of the night when he entered the Wenyuan not long ago. He killed dozens of tiger guards overnight and took away the masked man at the head of Vancouver. This case has not been solved yet, and it is still a unsolved case.

Although the masked man did not see clearly, his figure and the momentum emitted by his body cannot be faked.

He squinted his eyes and asked, "Prince Zhao looks so familiar."

Zhao Langjiang knew that he might have recognized him, and had known that he had killed him with one knife that day. However, he was the lord of a city and the emperor personally named the prince. There was no evidence. Even if he recognized him, he could veto him. As for the future, he would talk about it later. Thinking of this, he smiled and said, "This is the first time I have seen Mr. Ping. Mr. Ping feels like this. I am very pleased. When I have time to have time, I might as well get closer."

If it were before, Zhao Langjiang would not have been involved in such bird affairs, but now he has been in the position of the city lord for a long time. His ability to speak humans and speak lies at ghosts has long been perfect.

Mr. Ping refused to give in, "Have you ever been to Dengwenyuan?"

Zhao Langjiang said, "I heard that a murder occurred in that place not long ago and it has become a ghost house. I have always been afraid of causing trouble and are afraid of avoiding it. How could I do things in the melon field and plum trees?"

Mr. Ping said again, "That's strange. I heard that you are close friends with Xiao Jinyan, the junior brother of Li Chuntie, the traitor of Dengwenyuan. Now he is a criminal offender in the imperial court. He just killed someone and escaped from prison not long ago. I wonder if you have ever seen him?"

Zhao Langjiang's face darkened, "Why did Mr. Ping say this?"

"The responsibility is just a question."

Zhao Langjiang took a step forward and came to Mr. Ping. He was burly and more than one head higher than Mr. Ping. From above, his eyes were cold. He looked at him and said, "If Mr. Ping suspects me, please go to His Majesty to ask for an order. Zhao should cooperate with the investigation. You are so sarcastic about your words today. Don't blame me for being rude."

Mr. Ping usually relies on his favor and is very skilled in martial arts. He is used to being domineering in the capital. He did not expect that Zhao Langjiang would get angry in front of all officials, and would not hesitate to use his martial arts to oppress himself. This feeling was also the same in Dengwenyuan that night. He was 100% sure that the person who committed the murder in Dengwenyuan that night was Zhao Langjiang. Because that night, Xiao Jinyan did not go to Dengwenyuan, but was arrested in the palace.

But he had no evidence. Facing Zhao Langjiang's momentum, Mr. Ping retreated a little.

Bu said toughly, "I am just a loyal official to the country and ask."

Before Zhao Langjiang could speak, he heard a cold snorkeling from the wing room next to him.

The door opened, Xue Huai, the King of Dingbei, walked out of the door, and the other generals hurriedly saluted, "I've seen the prince."

Xue Huai came to Mr. Ping and looked at him coldly. Mr. Ping felt chill all over. In terms of martial arts, Xue Huai was not as good as him, and in terms of age, Xue Huai did not have the advantage, but the fierce aura emitted by this veteran who has been in the battlefield is beyond the reach of ordinary people. Mr. Ping said, "See... I've seen the prince."

Xue Huai snorted again and said, "General Zhao has made contributions to the enemy in Western Xinjiang. This is called loyalty to the country. You rely on your skin to be rampant in the capital. Where can you do your loyalty to the country? What qualifications do you have to doubt our military?"

Upon hearing this, Mr. Ping quickly knelt down on the ground, "The Insider knew his mistake."

Xue Huai said angrily, "Get out."

Upon hearing this, Mr. Ping stood up and took everyone away from Wuying Palace.

On that day, outside Yongding Gate, Xue Huai rescued him. Today, in Wuying Hall, Xue Huai helped him again. Zhao Langjiang was grateful and saluted Xue Huai. Xue Huaiwei turned around and said, "The celebration will take a moment,? Come and sit in the inner room." In front of everyone, Zhao Langjiang followed Xue Huai into the inner room.

Wuying Palace is extremely large, and Xue Huai’s office is also extremely luxurious.

After Zhao Langjiang became the city lord, his vision also improved a lot. When he looked at it casually, he knew that these in the office were rare treasures. It seemed that the rumors that Xue Huai's life was extremely luxurious and not false. However, Xue Huai was disdainful of these things at all. In front of his desk, there was a map of the Ming border, which was densely covered with the defense situation of the Ming border. Zhao Langjiang noticed that even a five-person outpost on the western border was marked on it, with the names, hometowns and resume information of the outpost guards on it.

Xue Huai asked, "Why haven't you come to see me in the past half month after coming to Beijing?"

Zhao Langjiang said respectfully, "I am afraid that the old prince is busy with official duties, so I dare not bother you."

"What a dare not bother me." Xue Huai looked at him with great meaning, "Are you afraid that the ministers in the court will talk nonsense?"

Zhao Langjiang nodded, "That's right."

Xue Huai laughed, "No, I'm young and quite mature. I'm not as good as you when I'm as old as you."

Zhao Langjiang said, "The prince is a senior of three dynasties. How dare Zhao Langjiang compare with the prince?"

Xue Huai nodded and said, "Do you know that I am a veteran of the three dynasties?"

Zhao Laijiang didn't know how to answer this sentence, but he couldn't understand the meaning of Xue Huai's words. He hesitated and didn't know how to answer. Xue Huai waved his hand and summoned him to his side, pointing to the Wanshou Palace not far away. "This Wanshou Palace was built for half a year and cost 11 million taels of silver." He also pointed to the "Wannian Hou" who stood in front of the Wanshou Palace and almost climbed up with the palace. "This stone was transported from Jiangnan to the capital and was placed here three days ago, costing two million taels of silver."

Zhao Langjiang listened quietly.

Xue Huai said, "Do you know, last year, the Dingbei Army spent a total of how much money did it cost to station the northern border and attack Shenxiangou?"

Zhao Langjiang shook his head, "I don't know."

"No more, no less, 13 million taels!" Xue Huai said, "Hundreds of thousands of border soldiers have fought for the country for a year. In the end, it is better to spend Zhang Houzi building a palace and transporting a stone."

As he spoke, Xue Huai felt a little dissatisfied. Zhao Laijiang didn't know whether he was testing him or showing his true feelings, so he didn't dare to speak randomly.
Chapter completed!