The colonel was ambushed and was about to explode, but he caught something remarkable.
"Lu?" He turned around, his mind frantically recalling the nobleman named Lu in the capital. Could this be the son of a prince or duke? That would be a disaster!
The soldier next to him picked up the token, handed it to the colonel, and was very glad that he did not confront this group of people directly today, otherwise he would be the one in trouble.
The officer carefully examined the token with the help of a lantern. It was indeed the pass token of their City Defense Department. Although it was old and badly worn, it was genuine.
Oh no! I really hit a wall today!
The officer put on a smile that looked uglier than tears. "Mr. Lu, I apologize for the offense I just caused you... I'm just wondering where you got this token."
Seeing that he was scared, Lu Ziming felt more confident and whipped him with the horsewhip in front of the officer. It didn't cause any actual harm, just humiliation.
"It has nothing to do with you! Can this young master leave this door today?"
Seeing his arrogant demeanor, the officer groaned inwardly. "What bad luck today! I thought I'd just scare off a few drunken idiots, but why did they have to call me Lu?" And seeing that there was a group of people following him, could there be a distinguished person among them?
"Yes, yes, open the city gate!" The colonel handed the token back, shouted, and opened the city gate.
Lu Ziming waved to the people behind him, and everyone walked out of the city gate in a swagger.
"Hey! Brother Xu, your token is really useful! Where did you get it? Can you make one for me too?" Although Mr. Guo didn't dare to challenge him directly in the capital, he was very envious when he saw that the token was so useful.
"This, hahaha, I picked it up." Of course he couldn't tell the truth. No matter how many people asked, Xu Yiwen said that he picked it up, with an unfathomable look.
"Well, your knife belongs to me now, right?"
The group stood outside the city, in the dark, with nowhere to go. However, Master Feng still felt bad. He would have avoided the competition if he had known earlier. Everyone knew that the second daughter of the Xu family was about to marry the prince, so it was not surprising that she could get a token.
As Master Feng's most loyal follower, Master Lu certainly couldn't bear to see him lose like this, so he quickly tried to smooth things over:
"Brother Xu, our bet is called Opening the Eight Gates of the Capital. You only have one, so you can't be considered a winner!"
The three of them looked at Lu Ziming at the same time, each with a different expression.
Xu Yiwen: Are you crazy? I only have one token. Do you think you're going to show it to eight city guards at the same time? Then I guess my body will be divided into eight parts and buried tomorrow.
Mr. Feng: What are you doing, you idiot? You think the situation isn't big enough? If you can get rid of one person, you can get rid of eight, idiot!
Mr. Guo: Huh? As expected of a Beijing native, you're playing it so big!
Master Feng knew that he was trying to save face, so he spoke with difficulty: "Forget it, Ziming, it's already late. I accept the bet and this knife belongs to Brother Xu!"
After saying that, he took out the knife very happily and handed it to Xu Yiwen with blood dripping from his heart.
Xu Yiwen put away the knife and swung it twice happily. Although the matter was accomplished today, it was not a big enough commotion. Forget it, saving your life is more important. It is better to go back and face the beating from your father.
"Well! All right, but it's getting late, and it wouldn't be nice for us to stay outside the city. Wait for me to get the gates opened so we can go home."
Hahahaha! Xu Yiwen laughed inwardly. This guy was clearly just showing off and not having enough fun. Now he wanted to go back. This time, if something went wrong, the biggest blame wouldn't be on him.
Master Feng wanted to stop him, but Lu Ziming whipped his horse whip and rushed back to the gate, leaving him no time to say a word.
The colonel had been standing on the city wall observing this group of people. He saw them mumbling a lot, and now they were back?
Despite being overwhelmed, he still went down the city wall, opened the door a little, and came out sideways.
"Master Lu, do you have any further instructions?"
"This young master suddenly doesn't want to go out today. Open the city gate and we want to enter the city." After saying that, he shook the token in his hand vigorously with a sly smile on his face.
The officer hesitated to speak, opening his mouth several times but swallowing his words. He held back his anger and shouted, "Open the city gate!"
So the group returned to the city, whipped their horses, and headed home. But before their horses even started running, Lu Ziming suddenly began groping around in his clothes, searching for something.
"My apologies, brothers. I seem to have left my belongings outside the city. Brother Xu, could you lend me your token for a while? I'll be back soon!"
Xu Yiwen thought to himself, "What a fool!" but he calmly handed the token back to him. Master Feng was truly furious this time. This Lu Ziming truly treated the City Defense Division like his servants. He'd done it once, twice, and how could he expect a third time? This was going to be a disaster.
"Ziming, what is that thing? How about I have my servants help you find it after we open the city gates tomorrow?"
"It's my mother's relic, it's very important!" Lu Ziming's eyes showed anxiety. He secretly glanced back and confirmed that the city gate was closed again before returning to the city.
"Hey, Master, I left something outside the city. Open the door and let me out."
The school officer's face twitched three times. He knew that the person in front of him was playing tricks on him, but there was nothing he could do because the other person's surname was Lu.
Just as he was about to fire again, a rocket suddenly shot down from the city wall and hit Lu Ziming's horse right in front of him. The horse was startled and shook violently, almost falling off.
"Which bastard dares to attack me?! Do you have any manners?! Do you even know who I am?"
"No matter who you are, anyone who breaks into the city gate will be killed!" A voice floated down from the city wall. A young general in white clothes held a large bow with the second rocket in his hand, aiming at Lu Ziming.
Xu Yiwen looked up. The others might not recognize this man, but he did. This was Wu Songjin, the eldest son of the Wu family, who worked in the City Defense Department. Wu Xueyan's older brother, Wu Songjin, had followed in his father's footsteps and was also training in the City Defense Department. He hadn't expected to run into him tonight.
"Master Wu! Master! We didn't mean it!" Xu Yiwen shouted from afar, but did not come closer. He was also afraid that Wu Songjin would shoot him to death with an arrow.
Since Wu Songjin is here, the matter of the token cannot be concealed. We should stop while we are ahead and not let him break into the city gate and rebel.
Wu Songjin heard someone shouting, released his arrows, and walked down the city gate. However, he did not look at these people directly, but directly questioned the officer:
"Why did you open the door to these people? Don't you know it's curfew?"
"Your Excellency, they have our pass token."
Wu Songjin frowned, snatched the token from Lu Ziming's hand and looked at it.
"It's so worn out and the style is old, it's obviously an obsolete token. I don't know where you stole it from!"
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