"Yes, Your subordinate obeys!"
Gu Hu obeyed Sun Jian's words as if they were imperial edicts and immediately made the arrangements.
Sun Jian couldn't help but feel a surge of secret joy.
We're currently short-handed, and with three shops already open, plus the backyard workshop also needing workers.
These more than a thousand armored soldiers do not need to pay their own food and salary, but they can use the soldiers at will, and they can also receive a salary and extra silver from the imperial court every month.
This is absolutely amazing!
After arranging everything, Sun Jian, accompanied by Gu Hu, rode two horses towards the imperial estate.
The Sun family mansion was located in the northeast corner of Chang'an, not far from the imperial estate. Once you left the Chang'an Gate of the capital, you would be almost at the imperial estate.
Unfortunately, when Sun Jian and Gu Hu rode through Chang Le Gate, they were stopped.
The city gate guard, though he did not recognize Sun Jian, immediately recognized Gu Hu.
"Oh ho ho, isn't this Captain Gu?"
"Long time no see, Captain Gu."
The city gate guard first stood in front of the two men, blocking their path. Then, he looked Sun Jian and Gu Hu up and down with disdain, his eyes full of provocation and contempt.
Sun Jian frowned, displeased at being looked at like that.
Although this man was burly and strong, he had the appearance of a sleazy traitor.
At first glance, you can tell he's the kind of guy who's all brawn and no brains, a bully who picks on the weak and fears the strong.
Sun Jian turned to ask Gu Hu.
"You recognize this guy?"
Gu Hu's expression was complicated as he whispered, "My benefactor, we're more than just acquaintances; we're practically sworn enemies..."
Upon hearing this, Sun Jian understood the general meaning without needing to ask further questions.
It seems the other party is deliberately using this as an opportunity to cause trouble.
"What? You two, are you trying to leave the city?" The city gate guard had a smirk on his face that made one want to vomit.
"Yes!"
Gu Hu, with a cold face, tugged at the reins in his hand.
"General Xu, I have important business to attend to. There's no need for reminiscing. Please let us through; we need to leave the city."
Gu Hucai was too lazy to waste words with this kind of person, and too lazy to chatter with him any longer.
"Oh dear, Captain Gu, what are you saying?"
“You belong to the Left Guard Army, and I, Xu Jiang, belong to the Right Guard Army. We have served in the army for many years and are like brothers.”
"We brothers haven't seen each other for years, why is there such coldness when we meet again?"
"I hadn't seen you for a year, and I thought you had died along with the remnants of the Gu family's rebel army."
Although General Xu spoke very politely, it was not hard to see that his words were full of malice.
Gu Hu's face twitched with anger, but since it was not the right time to make a move, he could only suppress his rage. "I'm not dead. Thanks to you, His Majesty has only transferred me to a sinecure."
"General Xu, we need to leave the city."
"Heh, leaving the city? Leaving the city is easy. Just show me your official documents and travel permits, and I'll let you through."
When the city gate guard surnamed Xu heard Gu Hu speak so rudely, his face immediately turned cold.
Sun Jian remained silent, wanting to see how Gu Hu would respond.
Gu Hu sneered, "Why do those people only need a travel permit to leave the city, while we need an official document?"
“I’m sorry, but you are different from them. You are the Captain of the Left Guard Army. Although you have fallen so low that you only command those old generals and soldiers and are idle in a corner, you are still an important figure in the army. According to the law, military officers of the rank of Captain and above need official documents and travel permits to go out.”
"Without official documents, you will not be able to leave."
"You can try it if you don't believe me."
After Xu Jiang finished speaking, he glared at Gu Hu and Sun Jian, his words full of threat.
This is clearly a deliberate attempt to make things difficult.
It's true that you need to show a travel permit to enter or leave the city, but that's basically only for ordinary people.
Kyoto is a city with a large and diverse population, and providing travel permits is for the purpose of proving identity and facilitating movement.
Gu Hu was personally appointed by His Majesty as the Left Guard Cavalry Commandant, so his identity did not need to be verified, let alone a travel permit.
As for official documents, there is such a rule.
But that was something only used when taking soldiers or armored men out of the city on official business.
For example, when Lord Liu of the Hanlin Academy was about to escort Sun Jian's entourage out of the city, he did indeed need to provide an official document to prove it.
At this moment, Sun Jian and his companions clearly only consisted of two people and two riders.
What the hell do you need an official document for?
At that moment, Gu Hu's face turned red with anger. "Xu Jiang! So many officials leave the city every day, why don't you ask them for their official documents?"
Xu Jiang retorted sarcastically, "I can do whatever I want, it's none of your business."
Gu Hu tried to reason with him again: "Xu Jiang, official documents are only used by officials or soldiers when they travel. We only have two riders, so we don't need to provide official documents."
“We have a grudge against each other, but it was only because we were each serving our own masters. Please let us pass.”
"Oh……"
Hearing this, Xu Jiang snorted coldly and waved his hand, "Impossible!"
"Gu Hu, Gu Hu, I finally got a chance, how could I possibly let you go..."
"you!"
"You're using your position to settle personal scores and abusing your power!"
Gu Hu clenched his fists, his brows furrowed and his eyes flashing with anger.
General Xu, the city gate guard, said coldly, "So what if it is?"
Gu Hu originally wanted to take action, but he didn't want to cause trouble for Sun Jian, so he could only suppress his anger and turn to Sun Jian in a low voice, "My benefactor, why don't we go out through another city gate?"
Before Sun Jian could even speak, Xu Jiang became even more arrogant upon hearing this.
"Want to leave? Sorry! Now that you're here, you're not leaving!"
"Can't leave?"
Gu Hu was furious, his hand gripping the reins cracking as he said, "What? You won't even let us turn back now?"
"Yes!"
Xu Jiang said coldly, "Today I am on duty. You have neither official documents nor travel permits, and you have trespassed through the city gates. I suspect you are spies from an enemy country. Now I will enforce the law and search you!"
Upon hearing this, Sun Jian couldn't help but sneer.
This Xu Jiang is really audacious! Not only is he using his position to settle personal scores and deliberately making things difficult for others, but now he's not even allowed to leave the city. If you can't afford to offend him, you can at least avoid him. But now he won't even let you change the city gate?
They won't even let me leave.
They even want to search you...tsk tsk!
Body search? You try it.
"You! Xu Jiang! You dare to search me and see what happens!"
Before Sun Jian could speak, Gu Hu finally couldn't hold back any longer. He angrily placed his hand on the sword at his waist, about to draw it, but Sun Jian pressed him down.
Sun Jian simply gave him a look that said "Don't worry," indicating that he would handle everything from now on.
Xu Jiang was just waiting for Gu Hu to draw his sword.
The suggestion to search him was just to provoke him; you can't just search a captain or general without a reason.
Even though Gu Hu was never valued and was ostracized everywhere, he still had a military rank.
Even if Xu Jiang wanted to make things difficult, he had to prioritize...
If the other party had drawn their sword first, the situation would have been very different.
Seeing that Gu Hu had taken the bait, Xu Jiang didn't hesitate and immediately shouted behind him, "Help! Someone is trying to assassinate me!"
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