Chapter 166: The Door

The infantry yamen is in Chongwen Gate. Its chief official is commonly known as "Nine Gate Admiral". The full name is "the commander of the third battalion of the nine gate infantry police camp". It is a first-rank ruler, and the officers and soldiers of the eight banners of the Manchu and Mongolian infantry camps and the nine gates, and at the same time controls the third battalion of the Han army.

Because the infantry yamen guards Rong Jingcheng, in addition to being responsible for the guards and access controls inside and outside the inner cities of Zhengyang, Chongwen, Xuanwu, Anding, Desheng, Dongzhi, Xizhi, Chaoyang and Fucheng, they are also responsible for night patrols, bans, arrests, trials of cases, imprisonment of prisoners, etc.

Now the 12th Prince's mother uncle Tengheqi was now the 12th Prince's wife. Cao Yong came to the infantry yamen with Prince Yong's handwriting to find him so that he could follow their people to investigate the epidemic in the inner city. Unfortunately, when he arrived, he was told that Tengheqi had just gone to Fucheng Gate.

The person who greeted Cao Yong here was an acquaintance. Changling, the son of Fu Ding, stayed in Beijing after the New Year and served as the vice-camp of the infantry. Even though he rarely had any contact, he was a cousin after all, so Cao Yong had to patiently and politely say a few words.

Chang Ling's attitude was much more friendly than when he saw him a few years ago. He smiled and said, "I heard from the adults that Prince Yong would send us a helper today. It turned out to be my cousin! I don't know, my cousin and Prince Yong..." The words and conversations were all about searching.

Cao Yong smiled bitterly and said, "I am now working in the Ministry of Revenue. I am afraid that it is a labourer here. Prince Yong can't find anyone for a while, so he lifted me out!"

Chang Ling suddenly realized that no wonder this was the case. Apart from Prince Ping’s Mansion and Prince Chun’s Mansion, I had no news about the Cao family having contacts with any royal family. Prince Yong is now in trouble. Even the civil servants from the Ministry of Revenue were used, so they should have to borrow Cao Yong as the princess and prince.

After thinking about it, Changling still exhorted Cao Yong as a cousin, and then called two soldiers to take Cao Yong to Fuchengmen to find a tutor.

Speaking of which, Cao Yong was always very curious about his uncle's family in Beijing. It would be reasonable to say that it was because his uncle re-stringed relationship and his family were alienated. But Changling was the son of his elder aunt after all, so why hadn't he heard from his grandmother and his parents? He was still when he came to the capital to visit his relatives and friends in Beijing at the beginning of the previous year, and saw the order given to him by his father, and only then did he know that there was such a relative.

Cao Yong also asked his mother, but Li didn't know why. Because when she got married, Cao Yong's aunt had already passed away; while he asked his father tentatively, Cao Yin avoided talking about his brother-in-law's family.

In any case, since Cao Yin did not completely exclude this relative from the relative list, the relatives must also recognize him.

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Chongwen Gate is in the southeast and Fucheng Gate is in the west. After riding a horse for half an hour, Cao Yong arrived here.

In front of Fucheng Gate, there were swords and crossbows. The city gate guards and soldiers from the infantry yamen stood in front of the city gate and confronted a group of royal guards. Behind the guards were more than a dozen ornately decorated carriages.

Cao Yong did not go forward immediately, but looked around. Although people were away from them, there were many strong men on the streets and alleys staring at the city gate.

The head of the guard was a young man in his twenties. His eyebrows were slightly feminine, but his attitude was extremely arrogant. He stretched out his hand and pointed at the soldier opposite him and said, "Damn it, you have been brave enough to even stop our prince's car. Why don't you get out of here!"

The leader of the infantry yamen was a 40-year-old lieutenant with a slightly fat figure. He stepped forward and bowed: "This adult is really responsible and dare not let it go. I hope the emperor and the prince will be sympathetic!"

Because the infantry captain was a fifth-ranked officer, and the guard leader was wearing the second-ranked guard uniforms of the royal palace, but he was from the fourth-ranked officer, so he still had to hold a ritual.

The guards of the royal palace did not appreciate it, raised their hands and slapped them in the face, and angrily shouted: "Dog slave, don't you understand human words? What kind of thing are you? Even if you come, you dare not shirk our prince like this!"

The infantry captain was beaten back and there was something resentful among the soldiers behind him. He wanted to step forward, but he raised his arm to stop him. He turned around and looked at the city gate tower, and still looked respectfully, saying to the guard: "Mr. Hu Zhi, don't dare to neglect the prince. It's just that the imperial edict was issued. Unless the joint permission of Prince Cheng, Prince Yong, and Admiral, the nine gates prohibited the entry and exit of the military and civilians. Just now, Bei Zhi had already asked someone to invite Prince Cheng and Prince Yong to come here, and please wait for a moment!"

"Okay, you servants are not in. If the two princes don't come for a long time, we will have to wait for a long time!" The guard was not grateful and sneered: "You count three numbers, you can get out of here quickly, otherwise you will be charged with attacking the clan. Our knife is not a decoration!"

Cao Yong felt something was wrong, looked at the people in the corner of the street and whispered to Wei Hei: "Looking at their slowness and fearlessness, I am afraid that the person who sent the letter would have been stopped long ago. Brother Wei went to the Donghuamen Guardian Army Camp, Prince Yong should be there, informing the situation here and asking him to come here with an imperial edict!"

Wei Hei was worried about Cao Yong's side, so he asked the Wu brothers to go.

Cao Yong said: "If they had arranged people at these several intersections in front of them, Wu Mao and the others would probably not be able to reach Donghua Gate! I won't go forward, Brother Wei doesn't have to worry about me! But they can't let them succeed here, otherwise there will never be one or two people who follow them out of the city. If these people suffer from temporary epidemics, they will spread to the entire Zhili, and it will be difficult to curb them at that time. I don't know how many people will die!"

Wei Hei nodded and turned his horse's head. Cao Yong suddenly felt uneasy and said solemnly: "Brother Wei, if you really encounter someone who is intercepted, you don't have to take too much into consideration. Be careful first!"

Wei Hei turned around, raised the knife in his hand at Cao Yong, and smiled and said, "Young Master doesn't believe in Lao Hei's skills? Have I lost over the years?"

In front of the city gate, the guards had counted three numbers. After all, it was the capital city. Of course, they did not dare to commit a crime directly. Instead, they drove the prince's carriage and rushed towards the city gate guards and infantry battalions. Looking at this, as long as the other party dared to intercept the carriage, the crime of "attacking" the clan would not be able to escape, and then these guards could "counterattack" for granted.

Many city guards were so scared that they retreated to the sides, and the infantry soldiers also took a few steps back. The middle-aged captain not only did not move, but instead grabbed the reins, knelt down, and raised his head and said, "Why don't the prince know the reason why these nine gates are closed? Please take the people as your thoughts, and don't make things difficult for the slaves anymore!" After that, there were a series of kowtows, making a sound, and the blue-red face was already seen on the forehead.

Cao Yong looked up at the city gate tower and looked at it. When did Tuoheqi want to hide? Could it be that he was huddled in the city gate tower? What happened here had nothing to do with him?

A cold snorted from the carriage. The second-class guard seemed to be signaling, pulled out the sword from his waist, pointed it at the captain with a knife and said, "You're still putting your nose on? Why don't you let go?"

The captain seemed to have not heard of it and kept kowtowing.

The guard had a little bit of hostility on his face. He held the knife-making hand and heard someone say, "I don't know which prince is here. Please give me a reward and ask Cao Yong to invite him to have peace!"

Everyone turned their heads to look at each other, and saw a young man in the fifth-rank official uniform coming over with Changsui, who was Cao Yong.

After all, Cao Yong couldn't help it, and there was no way. He didn't show up. Should he let them break out of the city gate? What's more, he couldn't watch the lieutenant die. He was not a soft-hearted person, but the lieutenant was really admirable.

The escort of the royal palace had never seen Cao Yong, but seemed to have heard of this name in a daze and could not remember what his identity was. However, because Cao Yong was too young, he was in the fifth-rank official uniform, so the man dared not underestimate him too much.

Two slightly hoarse laughter came from the carriage. A little eunuch came out of the carriage and raised the curtain. A man in his forties was in his forties, with a smile on his face and said in a close tone: "Hahaha, it turns out to be Xiao Cao Yong! I met you here, which shows that this is the fate of me and you!" As he said that, he stretched out his hand with only agate ring and waved at Cao Yong: "Come on, come on, talk closer! Whether it is the argument of Nersu or the argument of the Seventh Prince, you must call me 'brother'!"

Those turbid eyes looked Cao Yong at him. Cao Yong felt his hair standing all over his body. He didn't know who the car was, but he made a breakthrough due to the urgent situation. But unfortunately, it was not good to meet a prince, but it was Bumuba, the prince of Shuncheng!!

This prince is famous for his male sex, and it is said that his hobbies are quite mixed. No matter how old or young you are, you can't help but feel like you can't help but pull them over. This rumor is really not beautiful, so Cao Yong has met the Prince Shuncheng twice in the past two years in the capital, but he always avoids it.

Cao Yong was not afraid of what he would do to him, but he was too lazy to cause trouble. If he had a deal with this prince, even if it was nothing, he would probably have a lot of trouble.

Cao Yong felt sick, and still smiled on his face, jumped off his horse, and said, "It turns out that it is the prince of the county, I wish you a blessing!" After that, he raised his head and whispered to the city gate tower: "Sir, Cao Yong is here for the humble position, and Prince Yong will arrive later. It is the prince of Shuncheng here. Don't you come down to greet him?"

The voice was really louder, and Bumuba only felt his ears sore, but when he heard that Prince Yong would arrive in a moment, he really couldn't care about this, so he picked up the corner of his mouth and said, "Cao Yong, isn't the Fourth Prince in the military camp today? Why do you have time to come here?"

There was no movement on the city tower, and Cao Yong felt very despised and said to the captain who was still kneeling on the ground: "I'll bother this lord to call the lord. If he asked the lord to take a nap like this, I'm afraid that Prince Yong will arrive, and it will be difficult for him to think about it again!"

Seeing the lieutenant coming up to the gatehouse, Cao Yong bowed to Prince Shuncheng and said casually: "I don't know this Cao Yong. Judging from Prince Yong's appearance, he didn't decide to come here temporarily. Perhaps he had an appointment with Lord Tuan!"

The face of the Prince Shuncheng County was pale and white, and hesitated in his heart.

"Prince, seeing that the prince and brother-in-law are the same, Cao Yong couldn't help but be troublesome and wanted to give him a word of advice!" Cao Yong lowered his voice and said, "Prince turned around and took a look!"

Prince Shuncheng looked back and saw nothing but his head that had no time to shrink back. He had arranged everything at the intersection, and there were not so many people. Even if he was stupid, he knew that something was wrong.

Prince Shuncheng had a gloomy face and said coldly: "You guys have a trap for me!"

After all, he was an iron-haired prince. Cao Yong didn't want to get himself in. He said in anger: "It seems that Cao Yong is really troublesome. If you can't say thank you, you will take the blame for others!"

Prince Shuncheng knew that he was thinking about it. He had no grudges with Cao Yong. He, a princess, designed what he would do. He couldn't help but whisper: "What a cold-faced prince. I want to use this king as a raft. I want to see if he can still kill this king!"

Cao Yong was really helpless in his heart. He couldn't blame him for not taking errands like other princes. He was really stupid. He couldn't let the two princes fight here. He wasn't worried about what Prince Shuncheng would do. If Prince Yong was convicted of this, then who would care about the epidemic in the capital?

Cao Yong frowned, thought about it carefully, and said, "Prince, something is wrong! Prince Yong has decided to come here long ago. Could it be that he has received the news from you? If that is the case, he will go directly to the royal palace to persuade the prince, why do you have to block the prince here? If you two princes have a dispute, it will be in the ears of the Emperor Long live, but they will not be able to fall into the good news. This can only make others laugh!" When talking about the three words "other people", Cao Yong deliberately aggravated his voice.

The Prince Shuncheng's face was still astonished, and he heard the "tick" footsteps. The nine-door admiral Tuoheqi walked down from the gatehouse.

Tuoheqi smiled all over his face, shook his sleeves, and called Prince Shuncheng: "I sent Heqi to pay tribute to the prince. I am really a slave. I slept a little late last night, so I couldn't help but take a nap on the city gate building. It's too late to get down. I hope you will forgive me!"

Prince Shuncheng sneered, "This is really time to take a nap? Why, the admiral has done a lot of nourishing work. I forgot that when Prince An led his horse, he didn't even recognize his master? Or do you think that when you arrived at the Interior Office, you could step on your old master?"

Tuoheqi was originally a robber of the An Prince's Mansion. Later, because his sister became the noble of Kangxi, she was transferred to the Internal Affairs Office. Starting from the 19th year of Kangxi, he served as the admiral of the Nine Gates. The Shuncheng Palace and the An Prince's Mansion were both Prince Li Daishan, so it was also considered the master family of Tuoheqi.

He has been living a pampered life for so many years, but how could he bear such ridicule? He hated him so much, but he still leaned over and said, "Don't dare," thinking about the scene just now, and couldn't help but complain about Cao Yong's troublesomeness.

If this is a big deal, I am afraid that the Prince Shuncheng will not have any good results even if he leaves the capital. Thinking that Prince Yong is about to arrive, he hopes that Prince Shuncheng will make trouble, so he is not so respectful. He straightened his back and said, "Just now, I seem to hear the noise downstairs, Prince, this is...

Prince Shuncheng was just told by Cao Yong that he was already suspicious. Seeing that Tuoheqi was so arrogant, he became more and more confirming that something was wrong. He was unable to make up his mind for a moment, and he didn't know whether to leave the city like this or find a way out. If it was a big deal, it would be impossible to fall. If he just went back like this, the epidemic would cause great consequences, but it would take human life.

He was still hesitating, and the sound of horse hooves came from afar. He finally breathed a sigh of relief. He laughed twice and said, "What else can I do? I'm just being idle in the mansion, and I'm just coming to you, the great admiral, for a cup of tea!"

However, when he turned his head to look, he found that the person who came was not Prince Yong, but the Thirteenth Prince who had not shown up for a long time, followed by fifty or sixty guards.

Everyone was surprised, and so was Cao Yong.

The Thirteenth Prince dismounted with a smile. He first glanced at Cao Yong, and felt relieved when he saw that he was not in a hindrance. Then he smiled at Prince Shuncheng and Tuoheqi, saying, "The fourth brother is busy and can't take off his body. He is afraid that he will not be able to delay your business, so he sent me over! I am confused. What kind of errands do I want me to do?"

It’s okay to entrust Qi, but Prince Shuncheng completely understood that he was plotted against him. Someone wanted to provoke a dispute with Prince Yong, and wanted to "benefit the fisherman."

"Haha!" The Thirteenth Prince looked at the faces of the two of them, smiled twice, looked at the sky, and said, "From today to the eighth day of the lunar month, the day when the imperial edict ordered us to pray for rain, it was a taboo to kill a chicken! It was so boring. The prince came here, but he was afraid that someone would go out of the city and could not be shocked by the support of the emperor. Brother Prince, don't worry, this Thirteenth Prince is here to take over your shift. I want to see who dares to underestimate the emperor's imperial edict!"

There are several meanings inside and outside the words. Prince Shuncheng smiled and said, "Who doesn't know this? The Thirteenth Prince is the most brave. I'm relieved to have you come here. Then I'll drink another day, and that's all for today!"

The Thirteenth Prince clasped his fists and said, "Greatly send me off to the Prince's brother!"
Chapter completed!