That night, Wei Zheng knocked anxiously on the door of Li Jing's house.
Wei Zheng was invited into Li's house.
Li Jing came over wearing a piece of clothing and was a little surprised to see Wei Zheng's eager expression.
After all, Wei Zheng rarely showed such an expression.
"Why is Xuancheng so anxious? What happened?" Li Jing had a smile on his face.
Although the emperor asked him to handle the government affairs together with Wei Zheng and Fang Xuanling.
But Li Jing didn't want to spend his mind on those things.
Now he just wants to have a good rest for a few years, and when Zhao Chen and Li Ruoshuang's daughter is older, he will teach her to read and write.
Wei Zheng had come here several times before, inviting him to come out and inquire about the affairs of the court.
Li Jing rejected it directly.
Li Jing was a little surprised that Wei Zheng came to see him so late today.
"Mr. Wei, something big has happened." Wei Zheng had an angry look on his face.
This made Li Jing feel even more strange.
"Mr. Wei, something happened to Zhao Chen." Wei Zheng and Li Jing said.
"Something happened to Zhao Chen?"
"What happened?" Li Jing was quite calm before, but when he heard Wei Zheng say something happened to Zhao Chen, his expression turned cold and stern.
This time Zhao Chen followed the army to the front line, but Li Jing was not very supportive.
Li Jing understood that if the emperor was not in Chang'an City, there would be no one to suppress those with ulterior motives.
For example, Li Tai.
Wei Zheng and Fang Xuanling have good abilities, but they absolutely cannot be as intimidating as the emperor.
There is absolutely no way to deal with the prince Li Tai.
When Li Tai said he wanted to come out to learn how to deal with political affairs, Li Jing felt it was inappropriate.
But there is no way to deny this.
Now that Li Jing heard that Wei Zheng said something happened to Zhao Chen, he immediately thought of Li Tai.
"Just now, the Queen of the Palace sent someone to send a message, saying that the Crown Prince told him that Zhao Chen was bitten by a poisonous snake on the way to the front line with the transport team, and then fell into the cliff, leaving no trace of his body."
"The palace officials said that when the Queen heard the news, she fainted on the spot."
"I just woke up."
"Mr. Wei, something big has happened!" Wei Zheng and Li Jing said, their hands trembling slightly.
Li Jing also swayed slightly at this moment.
With both hands, he pinched a corner of the clothes hanging on his body.
"Where is it? Can we send someone to look for it?" Li Jing asked.
"Two hundred miles away from Puzhou City, it's late at night and the city gate has been closed." Wei Zheng shook his head.
As soon as he got the news, he came here immediately.
The gates of Chang'an City will be closed at night. Where can I send people out?
"Send the Xuanjia Army to find them. They are fast and they are all battle-hardened men. They will definitely go faster than others." Li Jing made a quick decision.
"Gong Wei, mobilize the Xuanjia Army to ask for the Silver Rabbit Xuanjia Talisman. Moreover, Ruoshuang girl wanted to lead the Xuanjia Army out of the city, but the prince sent someone to stop her."
"I was imprisoned in the house because I beat up that guy Kong Yingda." Wei Zheng and Li Jing said.
What Li Jing just said doesn't work at all.
Wei Zheng also took advantage of the darkness to sneak out of the back door.
"The Silver Rabbit Xuanjia Talisman is here with me. If Ruoshuang doesn't lead the Xuanjia Army out of the city, I will have it handed over to me."
"As for the city gate being closed, just let him open it!" Li Jing put on the clothes he was wearing, turned around and returned to the room.
"Let's go!" Within a moment, Li Jing came back again.
Also coming back together was the red-whisker girl holding a long sword.
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"stop!"
"The city gate has been closed, and it's curfew time now. What do you want to do?"
At the gate of Mingde Gate, Li Jing led the Xuanjia Army to the gate.
Then he was stopped by the guard at Mingde Gate.
From the tower with swaying torches, the guard's scolding could be heard.
"I, Li Jing!" Li Jing said lightly, and the guard on the tower who was still staring angrily suddenly changed his expression.
He quickly ran down from the tower.
"Mr. Wei, you... why are you here at this time?" When the guard saw that it was indeed Li Jing in front of him, he immediately held his hand deeply.
There was a look of surprise on his face.
Li Jing's status among the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty cannot be described in just one or two sentences.
"They are leaving the city, please open the city gate." Li Jing did not talk nonsense to the guard.
Now the news of Zhao Chen's accident has reached Chang'an.
Even if they couldn't save Zhao Chen, they would at least find the body.
What's more, his whereabouts, Li Ruoshuang, Li Jing's daughter, are also unknown.
At this moment, he was even more worried about his daughter's safety.
"This... Wei Gong, you also know that this city gate can only be opened until tomorrow morning. Moreover, any army that wants to leave the city must obtain the permission of His Highness the Crown Prince. The general will not dare..."
"Why, my words are useless now?" Li Jing stared at the guard.
The guard was trembling all over and did not even dare to speak.
"Open the city gate. I will only send them away. If the prince blames you, just let him come to me." Li Jing spoke again.
The guard looked troubled.
Even if Li Jing said so, he would not dare to open the city gate at will.
Just because the prince Li Tai didn't dare to deal with Li Jing, it didn't mean that he wouldn't deal with his little city gatekeeper.
"Open the door!" Hongfu Nu took out the sword in her hand and placed it on the guard's neck.
The sharp blade cut the guard's skin, and the cold touch made him shiver.
"Open...open the city gate!" the guard shouted with a pale face to the soldiers at the city gate.
The city gate slowly opened, and Hong Fu Nu took back her sword, crossed her hands with the guard, and got on her horse.
"Madam, bring them all back." Li Jing and Hongfu Nu shouted.
"I know." Hong Fu's female voice echoed under the city gate, and the sound of neat horse hooves instantly drowned it out.
"Alas!" Li Jing sighed softly as he looked at the knights outside the city gate who were gradually disappearing into the dark night.
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"Have you heard that Mingde Gate opened in the middle of the night last night?"
"What, how do you open the Mingde Gate? Unless something big happens, it is absolutely impossible to open the door in the middle of the night."
"Didn't something big happen?"
"Have you ever heard of that Wannian County Duke?"
"County Wannian? Is your name Zhao Chen?"
"Yes, yes, that's him. There is news that he went to the front line with the transport team a few days ago. An accident happened on the way and he fell off the cliff. Now his body has not been found."
"Those people who left the city yesterday seemed to have been sent by Duke Wei to look for Zhao Chen's body."
"Really or not, such a good person, how could something like this happen?"
"Hard, who knows!"
On Chang'an Street, people everywhere were talking about the sudden opening of the city gate last night.
They didn't know where they got the news, and they even knew a lot about Zhao Chen's accident.
"Sister, I heard that Zhao Chen..." Concubine Yang squatted beside Queen Changsun's bed in the Zhengzheng Palace.
"Sister, don't worry too much. We just got news and found nothing."
"And how could a perfectly good person suddenly fall off a cliff?"
"Sister, if you wait for two days, good news will come back." Concubine Yang whispered to Queen Changsun.
For Zhao Chen, Concubine Yang was grateful from the bottom of her heart.
If it weren't for Zhao Chen, how could Li Ke return to him, let alone stand out among the princes.