Chapter 1168: gossip

In the morning, the first ray of morning light appeared on the horizon.
As soon as the gate of Beiping City was opened, there were already people lining up to leave the city.
Usually, the gates of the city are not too crowded at such an early time, but since these two days, the guards in the city have been strengthened, and even going out of the city is much stricter than usual. Everyone has to be cross-examined, and vehicles and horses have to be checked. .
So, early, there was a long queue at the gate of the city.
Soon the sun will come out.
The entrance to the city was illuminated, and the faces of the people in line were seen with anxious expressions, and the tea huts on the street were also set up. The people sitting in the tea huts drinking tea are rather leisurely and chatting.
At this time, a carriage came slowly from the avenue.
This carriage is spacious and comfortable. You can tell at a glance that the people sitting in it must be rich or expensive, so people on both sides of the avenue have retreated, but when they walked to a place near the city gate, the people here are queuing, so they can’t give up. Up.
The carriage stopped.
An old and steady voice came from the carriage: "What's the matter?"
The attendant sitting in front of the carriage looked forward eagerly, and then said: "Guo Gong, it is the people who are checking and interrogating at the gate of the city."
"Oh?"
The people inside stopped talking.
The attendant jumped off the frame and said, "Please wait a minute, the man will go and tell them."
Obviously, it is necessary to pass these people and leave the city early.
"Hey," the person in the car stopped, "Don't be impatient, we are not in a hurry."
"..."
"Besides, at this time, don't have any more disputes."
The attendant was a little surprised when he heard it. He opened his eyes and looked at the carriage that hadn't even moved the curtain.
Then said: "Yes."
As a result, the carriage followed the team in front, moving forward little by little, just next to Chaliao.
In the tea room, a few seemingly idle people are bragging.
After chatting for a while, a person suddenly lowered his voice and said, "Do you know that King Ning is dead."
Someone next to him said: "Who doesn't know this?"
"Then do you know who killed King Ning?"
"He rebelled, who else killed him? Of course the emperor ordered it to kill."
"You are wrong," the man looked mysterious, and said, "I tell you, it was not the emperor who ordered the killing, it was the emperor-he killed it himself!"
"what?!"
Everyone was stunned.
Immediately someone said, "How is this possible? That is a real brother? Even if rebellion is a serious crime, it is impossible for the emperor to kill his own brother himself."
The man sneered and said, "You don't understand this. It was not the charge of rebelling that made King Ning die. Think about it, a few years ago, King Jing also rebelled on the border of Yongzhou, but now He was still locked up. The emperor hadn't killed him for so many years. Why did King Ning rebel and kill him within a few days of being caught?"
Everyone also heard interest at this time, and hurriedly asked: "Why?"
"Because--"
The man looked around, then stretched out his hand to cover his mouth, using a very low voice, but it happened that everyone could hear: "Because King Ning's rebellion this time, the banner is orthodox."
"Orthodox? What do you mean? Isn't the emperor orthodox?"
"That's right, even if the emperor's throne is-grabbed, he is also the son of Emperor Gao."
The man said, "That's the problem."
His voice was lowered, and he said: "I heard that on the first day of the emperor's transfer of the capital, when the Great Sacrifice Altar was sacrificed, King Ning proposed that the emperor was not born of Empress Chen."
"what?!"
There was an uproar around.
Everyone opened their eyes wide and looked at the man in disbelief. The man went on to say: "This time King Ning rebelled and was killed. It is said that this was the reason. There is news from the Changqing City, Crane City, and Chao Dynasty. It came out from the middle that the current emperor was not only born of Empress Chen, or even Gao—"
Speaking of this, the owner of Chaliao came over and said, "Don't talk nonsense, behead your head!"
The man sneered: "What are you afraid of? Now everyone knows this."
"really?"
"If you don't believe me, go into the city and have a look, you are talking about it everywhere."
"Who said this, is it credible?"
"I heard it came from the court, otherwise, how can we know that King Ning was killed by the emperor himself?"
The person said vividly, and the people around were skeptical and talked.
The breeze was blowing, causing the curtain on the car window to shake.
At this moment, a hand stretched out from the inside and pressed the curtain down a bit. Although the curtain was pressed down, it could not hide the chuckle in the carriage.
The front line finally started to move, and the carriage drove forward.
In a short while, the carriage arrived at the gate of the city. When the soldiers guarding the city saw the carriage, they realized that there was a big figure coming, and hurriedly surrounded it.
"Who is in the car?"
"Get out of the car for inspection."
When the attendant sitting on the frame heard this, he immediately showed an angry face and said: "You are so bold, do you know who the person in the car is?"
One of the soldiers who defended the city was relatively young and didn't know the severity, and said directly: "Who cares about you? We are ordered to check here, no matter who it is, get out of the car!"
"you--"
Just as they were about to quarrel, an old voice came from the carriage: "Don't mess around."
When everyone looked up, they saw that the curtain on the carriage was lifted a little by one hand, revealing a wrinkled face, which was exactly what Cheng Guogong Wu requested!
"Guo Duke?!"
When the soldiers who guarded the city saw him, they were shocked, and hurriedly knelt down: "Meet the Lord."
"Don't be polite."
Wu Yingqiu looked at them with a smile and said, "Do you want to check me?"
The soldier was also upright, kneeling on the ground and said: "Please forgive me, I will be here to guard the city. Anyone who enters or exits the city must be checked."
The attendant on the side immediately became angry and pointed at him and said angrily: "You are so bold that you have to check the National Duke's carriage? Do you know that this time King Ning rebelled and the Duke’s was effective, and even the emperor praised the Duke. , The Grand Duke is granted the right to freely enter and exit the palace. Even the palace and the Grand Duke can enter and go freely. You, a small gate guard, dare to interrogate the Duke?!"
The soldier was robbed of white by him, and his face flushed.
At this time, the guard leader on the side also came forward, and said with a smile: "Who doesn't know the loyalty of the country, no one can find the head of the country. Let it go, let it go!"
Everyone hurriedly backed away.
Wu Yingqiu smiled and said, "Then, I'll go. If there is the person you are looking for in this carriage, you won't find it."
The leader said with a smile: "Guo Duke laughed."
Wu Ying begged to lower the curtain.
The carriage swayed past those people's eyes, and soon disappeared outside the city gate.