Chapter 361 – Come All the Way
Huo Xiu still didn’t move.
The generals under the car all got a little uncomfortable. After all, there weren’t many people under the Great Liang world who could mess with this master.
“Hou ……”
Just as the general was about to say a few more soft and conciliatory words, Huo Xiu had already lifted his foot down.
The general said thanks a lot and immediately waved his hand for people to go up and check.
There were still people coming and going under the city gates, but none of them could escape being searched as well as having their identities verified. As a result, there were a bunch of passersby who couldn’t produce household registration documents to prove their identities gathered at the side, waiting for someone to come to ransom them, or to further resolve the issue.
The searchers had already finished looking at the carriages and were ready to bend down to check the undercarriage.
Huo Xiu gave Yao Lin a wink, and Yao Lin instantly hid behind the people and raised his hand toward the gathered pile.
The sky was already dark, but it was illuminated by the lamps on the ground and the moonlight that made the sky somewhat faint. Those who gathered are squatting on the ground, a glance is a pressurized piece. Suddenly, a cold light flashed, with a bang, dust flying, countless shrieks rang out, just quietly crouching pile of people, immediately scattered, rushed in all directions.
The generals under the city gate were shocked and immediately drew their swords and rushed over to maintain order!
At this time in the city gate inside and outside the pedestrians waiting for the passage was disturbed, also have scattered. Inside the city gates, a few frightened horses galloped towards the city gates which could not be closed in time, the soldiers on the city tower started to sound the gong, the soldiers who were preparing to check the carriages were supposed to carefully check the carriages before they could leave the bottom of the carriages, but they subconsciously retreated at this time and went to assist in the process!
Huo Xiu’s carriage was also frightened, and the two horses raised their hooves high and neighing. If it wasn’t for a soldier pulling on the reins, it would have rushed towards the city gates!
Upstairs in the teahouse, Zhao Su and the emperor had been disturbed by the commotion, and when they saw this, they looked at each other and then hid themselves behind the window.
“This place is dangerous, please retreat for a while!”
The general who brought people here earlier strides up to Huo Xiu and arches his hand in front of him, “The matter is sudden, please suspend the traveling of the Marquis, and allow the subordinate officials to stop and discuss again!”
“General! A frightened carriage has rushed out of the city gates!”
Soldiers came this way to report.
The general loses his color and looks back at Huo Xiu. Huo Xiu blandly says, “General, go and pacify the chaos, I’ll wait here!” He also instructed the guards, “Come on, pull the carriage to the side, don’t block the generals from dealing with the emergency! Draw a few more men to the bottom of the city to help quell the chaos!”
Yao Lin immediately said yes and led the guards to pull the carriage to the side, and then a group of ten or so people marched to the city gates!
Huo Xiu looks at the slowly closing city gates, puts down his negative hands, boards the carriage, and sits on the brocade couch to rest his eyes.
Even if no one dares to search his carriage, he won’t take such a big risk to fight that half of the chance, Long San hides in other carriages, just now the chaos has just arisen, the frightened transportation of the cloth of a carriage on the carriages to carry him wildly ran out of the city gate. The plan is not difficult, the key is to calculate the time, he did.
With Long San gone, Zhao Su and the others couldn’t get any witnesses, so he could focus on exposing Empress Lu’s hypocrisy.
Under the city gates of the noise wave after wave, listen to the movement, as if alarmed to come to what high-ranking officials, not long after the noise have become organized.
He waited peacefully, waiting to finish the scene.
He looked at a beam of moonlight leaking in from the half-covered car door in front of him, and how much it looked like the light of vengeance in his heart.
He would succeed, he would get justice for his mother’s death. No matter what the outcome, this is his responsibility as a son.
Suddenly there was a creak in front of him, the car door opened, the light grew bigger, and a pair of feet appeared in front of him – a man bowed and walked in.
Huo Xiu saw from his clouded shoes to his brocade robe, then to the grouped flowers on his chest, then to his familiar face that seemed to be smiling.
“Qinglian, long time no see.” The visitor greeted him familiarly.
Huo Xiu involuntarily sat up straight, his gaze flickering slightly, “Zi Yan?”
He no longer expected it to be Marquis Qingyun’s son, Zhao Sum.
He looks at him again, “Didn’t you go to the imperial tomb?”
“Back.” Zhao Sum sat down in front of him, “I came back last night. Why are you here alone?”
Huo Xiu let out a cry and responded, “I was planning to go out of the city to enjoy the moon, but unexpectedly there was an accident and the city gates were blocked.”
“That’s a coincidence. However, my father is the one who came here tonight to solve the important matters, so it won’t be a problem for the two of us to accommodate each other. Why don’t I take your carriage out of the city?”
Huo Xiu has no intention of leaving the city. “I’d rather wait for–”
“Wait for what? If we wait any longer, the food will get cold. It’s settled, Su Tang, you drive the carriage!”
Zhao Sumi had already ordered his guards without any further ado.
Almost all of Huo Xiu’s sidekicks have gone with Yao Lin to the city gates, and there are only two of them left. He wanted to refuse, but when he saw that there were a dozen or so Marquis Qingyun’s horses beside the carriage, he shut his mouth.
Any fool can already tell that Zhao Sum has appeared suddenly. Huo Xiu looks at him, not uttering a word, listening to the carriage drive towards the city gates.
Looking through the window of the carriage, there are generals from the Chinese army battalion standing on both sides of the city gate, and the people who rioted earlier have been surrounded by layers of soldiers. The Marquis of Qingyun was sitting on his horse with his sword, and he was so powerful that he couldn’t speak.
Around him stood several generals from the capital. It had been less than half an hour since the accident, and they had appeared in such a timely manner.
Huo Xiu withdrew his gaze and swallowed his saliva.
When they reached under the city gates, they were barely stopped, and after Zhao Qian probed and looked out, the gates opened halfway, allowing them to pass through.
Once outside the city, the cacophony was left behind. The moonlight shone on the earth, and there were quite a few generals gathered on this side of the city gate.
The carriage’s speed slowed down, giving Huo Xiu enough time to get a good look at the leading general standing ten feet away from the city gate.
Han Jun.
Huo Xiu withdrew his gaze.
The hands resting on his knees unconsciously curled up.
As the emperor’s number one confidant, Han Jun’s appearance here at this moment is definitely not a coincidence.
He looks to Zhao Sumi: “The friend you came out to meet, isn’t he someone I also recognize?”
“Recognize.” Zhao Sum smiled, “So since I’ve come out, I’ll get together with them.”
After saying that, he said to the guard at the front of the car, “Stop at the mansion with the wine flag in the village ahead.”
The village ahead was only two miles away. It was just enough time to stabilize one’s thoughts before arriving.
In front of the mansion stood just two houseguards, but upon closer inspection these two houseguards had sharp gazes and quick movements, and when they looked at Huo Xiu, they bent down deeply, “Marquis, please come in. His Majesty has been waiting here for a long time.”
Huo Xiu purses his lips and looks at the already opened gate, lifting his steps and walking in.