"Do I want to be checked too?" Princess Zhou Shuyi lifted the curtain on the side of the sedan chair.
"Who are you?"
A soldier guarding the city did not know Princess Shu. He had only been recruited to take up the post in the past year. Princess Zhou Shuyi had never been to the palace in the past year, so it was normal that he did not know her. In ancient times, there was no Internet to search for photos of all the emperor's family members.
"Princess Shu, please come in!" Another soldier obviously knew Zhou Shuyi and immediately bowed.
Wang Xiaohai, Lin Cun and others immediately followed the sedan chair.
"Wait a moment!" said a man outside the city gate who looked like the captain of the guards. "The princess can go in, but everyone else stay!"
"Are you kidding me? We are the princess's guards, why can't we come in?" Li Wu asked loudly with his chest puffed out. He glared at the other party, scaring him back a step.
"You can't enter, you can't enter. Do you have any identification?" The captain of the city gate guards replied unyieldingly, "We're under martial law right now. You can't enter without proof."
Everyone on the city wall was looking at the city gate, and several soldiers guarding the city drew their bows and arrows.
"We don't need the sedan bearers. I have to bring people in." Princess Zhou Shuyi got off the sedan and said to the captain of the city gate guards.
Li Wu saw a man nearby also bring two guards in, and immediately became furious, cursing: "You stopped us and let them in, what's the matter?"
The captain of the city gate guards glanced at the person who entered and said, "That's the Minister of War, our Imperial Guard's superior. I know the two people he brought in. They are not people of low status."
"If you know him, there's no need to check his identity?" Li Wu stepped forward and grabbed the captain of the city guard by the collar, "Don't you know me? I'm this year's top martial arts student! Why can the minister's men enter, but the princess's can't?" He thought it was too abnormal, and such a thing would certainly not happen in other countries!
"Let...let me go!" said the captain of the city gate guards. "I tell you the truth, not only the princess, but all the princes and nobles outside are not allowed to bring any of their men in."
"Who made this rule?" Wang Xiaohai stepped forward and asked.
"Who are you? This is the order from our commander. The commander said it was an order from the higher-ups." The captain of the guard pushed Li Wu's wrist hard, but found that the other party's hand was as hard as an iron hoop. No matter how hard he tried, it was useless.
"Do you want to live or die? If you want to live, let us and the princess in, or I'll break your neck," Li Wu said. "Also, don't let the archers on the city wall point at us, or I'll use you as a shield when the arrows come down!"
"Everyone stop and stop shooting arrows!" the captain of the guard shouted to the soldiers on the city wall.
The guards on the city wall lowered their bows, which were held at shoulder level.
"I really don't understand what you want to do by stopping all the princes and princes!" Wang Xiaohai said, "Are you trying to rebel?" He knew without asking that there was movement in the imperial city.
"I can let the princess take two people in. This is the limit of my authority. Like the minister just now, no more than that. Even if they kill me, they can't!" The captain of the city gate guards finally relented. He also wanted to save his life. "I'll just consider it as confirming the identities of the two guards."
Lin Cun thought that this guy would not behave himself unless he was taught a lesson.
Then Princess Shu whispered with everyone at the city gate about who should be allowed in.
Li Wu volunteered, "I'll go in first, and I guarantee I can get that thing." The thing he was referring to was of course the tiger talisman, but there were quite a few people around, so he didn't dare to say it out loud.
"Get lost!" Lincun said, "You're a clueless bastard. It would be much more useful for me and Captain Wang Xiaohai to go in together."
"Although you are powerful, you are not as willing to risk your life for the princess as I am!" said Li Wu.
"Do you like Princess Shu's appearance or her family background?" Lin Cun asked back.
"I like her as a person, there is no other reason." Li Wu couldn't think of a reason.
"You don't even know what it means to like her. You're either a hypocrite or a fool." Lincun snorted coldly, "If she were the daughter of a poor family, sitting in the fields, her face covered in dust and mud, would you still like her?"
Li Wu was stunned, and the scene suddenly appeared in his mind. Then he said firmly: "I still like it."
"What if her face becomes covered with pockmarks, she looks like a centipede, with a black face and an upturned nose, will you still like her?" Lincun continued to ask.
"I..." Li Wu hesitated.
"Alright, you just like her looks." Lincun concluded, "The spiritual satisfaction you get is based on her beautiful appearance, so it's not true love! So don't compete with us for the spot."
Li Wu was unable to refute for a moment - he could not win the argument with Lin Cun at all!
"Alright, you can't even argue with Lin Cun. With a brain like yours, you'll get killed if you go into the palace." Wang Xiaohai said, "It's settled. Lin Cun and I will go in. I'll protect the princess, and Lin Cun will go find that thing."
The two black-clad guards were excluded. They couldn't even beat the martial arts champion alone, and their intelligence was slightly higher than that of ordinary people. Apart from their loyalty, they had no other advantages.
After making the decision, Wang Xiaohai walked on the left side of Princess Shu, and Lin Cun walked on the right side of Princess Shu, and they walked into the palace.
Li Wuze stood there staring fiercely at the captain of the city gate guards, as if he would break his neck if the captain just spoke.
"The Zhou Imperial Palace is so big. Without a map, I think I will get lost!" said Lincun.
The three of them were now walking in the middle of the marble road, with high walls on both sides and many forks in the road ahead, like a huge maze.
"Princess Shu, do you know where the tiger talisman is?" Wang Xiaohai asked.
"Just turn right at the fork ahead." Princess Shu thought for a moment and said, "That's the Minister of War's residence. He owns half of it, and the other half is with my father. I don't know who has it now."
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