AWB Chapter 479 Entering Chang'an, someone stole the horse? !
Chapter 479 Entering Chang'an, someone stole the horse? !
When Shen Qiu mounted the horse and sat behind Ye Chen, their bodies were tightly touching.
Shen Qiu's face turned slightly red, and her heart beat faster involuntarily. Her cold temperament was mixed with a hint of little girl's shyness.
Ye Chen felt the contact from behind, and a strange ripple arose in his heart, but he quickly calmed down.
Focus on learning horse riding.
Shen Qiu took a deep breath and began to teach calmly. Her voice was cold but with a hint of tenderness as she explained the essentials of horse riding in detail.
Ye Chen listened carefully and quickly mastered the skills.
There would be no need for Shen Qiu to teach me.
He galloped over a hundred miles a day.
Early the next morning, we arrived at Tongguan.
When the commander of Tongguan saw Ye Chen and his party, he initially closed the gate tightly.
The guard shouted, "Who are you? No one can pass without a letter from the Secretariat."
Ye Chen rode on his horse and slowly took out the imperial edict, saying: "This is the imperial edict, open the city gate immediately!"
Hearing this, the garrison commander, Wang Hong, was startled, but still wanted to resist. He said timidly, "Sir, this... this is against the rules. We need a letter from the Secretariat."
"You only listen to the Secretariat and not the imperial edict. How many heads do you have? How many heads do your subordinates have? How many heads do your family and the families of your subordinates have?"
Ye Chen's eyes were cold and his voice was like a bell.
On the city wall, Wang Hong trembled all over and quickly looked around.
But he found that the soldiers around him were looking at him.
There was silence.
"Someone, open the door."
Wang Hong finally had to say.
It is true that he is Yang Dechang's man, but he dare not disobey his orders.
Even if he dares, his men won't dare!
Ye Chen led his men into Tongguan for rest and found that after a day of galloping, more than ten war horses had blood on their hooves.
You still have to nail the horseshoes.
Ye Chen frowned and decided to get the horseshoe out in the future.
When he left Tongguan, he deliberately left three imperial guards to watch over Wang Hong, the commander of Tongguan.
Then, Ye Chen led the cavalry and galloped towards Chang'an City. The dust raised by the horses' hooves rolled like waves.
One day later.
When Chang'an City came into view, Ye Chen discovered that the scale of the city wall was in no way inferior to that of the capital.
It really deserves to be the ancient capital of the previous dynasty.
Ye Chen pulled the reins, thought for a moment, and then signaled to Shen Qiu beside him to let her lead dozens of cavalrymen into the city first.
Shen Qiu took the order and rushed into the city with his cavalry in a nimble manner.
After entering the city, she quickly took out the imperial edict.
When the soldiers guarding the city gate saw the imperial edict, they did not dare to stop it.
Shen Qiu didn't stop at all and led the cavalry directly to the prefectural government.
Not long after, when Ye Chen arrived at the front of Chang'an City, Chang'an Prefect Guo Xing had already come out of the city to greet him.
Ye Chen, riding on his horse, looked down at Guo Xing and said, "Since I have come here, someone will temporarily take over the post of Chang'an prefect."
Upon hearing this, Guo Xing frowned and said, "Sir, this... this is probably inappropriate. After all, I am an official appointed by the court. And although the imperial edict instructs me to obey your orders, it does not give you the right to dismiss me."
Hearing this, Ye Chen didn't say anything, but just waved his hand. The more than a thousand cavalrymen behind him took a step forward, making a neat sound of horse hooves, as if responding to him.
When Guo Xing saw this scene, he knew that he was powerless to resist and could only grit his teeth and admit defeat.
"Then I will obey your orders, sir."
Ye Chen snorted coldly and then led his men into the city.
He then ordered the cavalry to enter the city and rest for three days.
It's not that he's not in a hurry.
But he had to wait for Yun Fuyao to come over.
After all, he only knew that the princess of Dayuan would arrive in the capital in four days at most, and he didn't know her current exact location.
For example, he had no idea about the situation of the soldiers disguised as merchants entering the capital area.
He still needs more accurate intelligence.
Yun Fuyao also needs to mobilize the intelligence organization.
After settling the cavalry, Ye Chen began to patrol Chang'an City out of boredom.
He found that the scale, layout and population of Chang'an City were much different from those of the capital, but the people in the city were all pale and thin, and their appearance was much worse than that of the people in the capital.
While observing, Shen Qiu hurried over.
"Your Majesty, three Imperial Guards disguised as ordinary civilians were surrounded by the city guards. It is said that the guards attempted to seize the Imperial Guards' horses."
Hearing this, a trace of anger flashed in Ye Chen's eyes.
"Qiu'er, lead the way."
"promise!"
Ye Chen walked quickly towards the scene of the incident.
It was an alley at the corner of the city wall, where three imperial guards were surrounded by a group of well-armored soldiers.
Three guards were holding weapons, with two horses behind them. They leaned back on their horses and looked around vigilantly.
The leader of the group of city defense soldiers was a young man in brocade clothes who was tall, handsome, but had an arrogant look on his face.
The three surrounded imperial guards had angry expressions on their faces. Although they held weapons in their hands, they did not dare to act rashly, after all, the other side had more people and more power.
And because of the mission, they cannot reveal their true identities unless their lives are threatened.
At this moment, the young man in brocade clothes was arrogantly shouting at the imperial guards, "Drop your weapons and hand over your horses! I suspect you are spies from the barbarians. You must be arrested, searched, and interrogated!"
Ye Chen heard these words as soon as he arrived.
He is so confident in his words, I'm sure he has done a lot of robbery.
Ye Chen stepped forward and asked, "Barbarian spy, do you have evidence?"
At this moment, Ye Chen's voice was as loud as thunder and carried supreme majesty.
Hearing this, the young man in brocade clothes was slightly stunned. He turned his head and looked at Ye Chen with arrogance in his eyes: "What a joke! What evidence do I need to arrest someone?"
Then, he looked Ye Chen up and down and asked, "Who are you?"
Suddenly, his eyes fell on Shen Qiu, who was wearing a veil behind Ye Chen.
Even though Shen Qiu was wearing a veil, it was difficult to conceal her cold and peerless grace.
The young man in brocade clothes was simply amazed.
A look of fanaticism immediately appeared on his face.
Ye Chen did not answer his question, but asked in return: "Who are you?"
The young man in brocade clothes puffed out his chest and said proudly, "I am Dong Ning, and the commander of the city defense army is my brother-in-law."
"What about you? Are you the commander of the city defense army?"
"no!"
"So what's your position?"
"I'm not an official now!"
Hearing this, Ye Chen frowned and asked, "Just because you don't have an official position, can you arrest people at will?"
He had noticed that most of the people around him pretended not to see anything, and he knew in his heart that Dong Ning must be used to being domineering in his daily life.
But I didn’t expect that this guy is not even an official?
Dong Ning said as if it was a matter of course: "So what? What's wrong with me arresting people on behalf of my brother-in-law?"
He looked at Shen Qiu again, his eyes full of greed, and then said to Ye Chen: "I think you are suspicious too. You and your female guard must go with me to the City Defense Department Yamen for interrogation!"
Hearing this, Ye Chen's face darkened. He clearly saw that Dong Ning's eyes were not right when he looked at Shen Qiu.
At this moment, the anger in his heart suddenly rose up and he could no longer bear it.
He moved his body and rushed forward like a flash of lightning. He raised his arm quickly and slapped Dong Ning with a smooth movement.
Dong Ning was still holding a spiked horsewhip in his hand, but before he could react, he was slapped away by Ye Chen's powerful slap.
His whole body drew an arc in the air and fell heavily more than ten feet away.
At that moment, there was dead silence all around, and everyone was shocked by Ye Chen's sudden action.