C68 Gui Hou entered the capital and entered the palace late into the night

Late at night, Gui Hou relied on the "Ghost Suppression Token" to enter the city.

After he entered the city, he rode his horse to the city. The Guanyin Sect, however, was not Ying Tian City, but rather the capital city's outer city. This was why he was able to smoothly pass through.

Li Wenyuan galloped on his horse, passing through Outer Guo City and bypassing the Black Tortoise Lake, only then did he arrive at the Pingping Sect. The walls of the capital were also much larger than the outer city's.

Under the peace gate, Li Wenyuan anxiously shouted to the patrolling soldiers on the city wall: "Soldiers, listen up, I am Gui Hou from the city, the Emperor has summoned me, quickly open the city gates for me, I want to enter the city.

On top of the city wall, there was a small stool. On the stool, there was a guard general who seemed to be in his thirties.

Hearing someone shouting from below, he hurriedly stood up and said to his subordinates, "Quick, give me the torch!"

The subordinate hurriedly passed it over. Holding a torch, he leaned against the city wall with one hand and carefully looked outside the city gate. He then asked, "Who is beneath the city?"

Li Wenyuan said: "I am Li Wenyuan Zhen."

When the middle ranked officer heard this, he was shocked, because he had followed the Swallow King since a long time ago and was a personal soldier of the Swallow King. Furthermore, Li Wenyuan had accompanied the Swallow King for protection all year round, so how could he not know Gui Hou's name?

Then, he hurriedly said to his men, "Quick, open the gate."

The city guards hastily agreed and went down the city wall. He followed behind them.

Not long after, the city gate creaked and slowly approached. Li Wenyuan pressed on the horse's belly for a bit, and then entered the city, the general anxiously knelt down, the rest of the soldiers did not dare delay, and kneeled on the ground.

"This lowly subordinate pays respect to Master Gui Hou!" The middle-aged man clasped his hands and said.

"No need to stand up!" "Follow me to the palace!" From time to time, there would be soldiers patrolling the streets. It was already night time, if he were to enter the city by himself, encountering the soldiers, he would definitely be interrogated by the people, and not to mention the time delay, if someone did not recognize his "Phantom Suppression Order", it would be very troublesome, which was why he had the guards follow him to the city gate.

The guard agreed, his subordinates helped him lead the horses and followed Li Wenyuan. Not long after the two walked along the city walls, they arrived outside the gates of the imperial city. Inside was the palace. In his early years, he was a personal guard commander of the Swallow King. When he was in a difficult situation, he obtained military merits and thus became a general, and on this night, he was on duty at the Great Door of the Imperial City. Borrowing the light of the lamp, he instantly recognized Gui Hou, and wondered why Gui Hou had not retired for so many years. He then asked loudly, "Is Master Li outside the door?"

Li Wenyuan then told the guard to return, and the guard naturally agreed, he turned his horse and rushed back. He rode on his horse and loudly replied, "It is indeed this marquis. The emperor urgently summoned this marquis, and this marquis also has important matters to attend to overnight. I'll be meeting with Your Majesty."

This imperial palace was an important place to the capital, so the representative naturally did not dare to agree so easily, let alone this late at night, he was well aware of the relationship between Gui Hou and his Majesty. Back then, Gui Hou accompanied the Swallow King and risked his life many times to save the Swallow King. Thus, before he went into seclusion, the Emperor bestowed upon him a "Ghost Suppression Token." Presumably, late at night, he suddenly entered the palace. He must have some important matters to take care of, so he did not dare slight him, but he still needed to go through some formalities, and asked: "Does Master Gui Hou have an order to meet with me?"

Li Wenyuan answered: "Yes, in my embrace."

The gatekeeper anxiously jumped down from the city wall, not long later, he heard the sound of the doors of the Hong Wu Sect creaking as they opened a gap for one person. Seeing that, Li Wenyuan anxiously dismounted and walked over, the two of them looked at each other through the gap between the doors. Upon seeing this, Li Wenyuan threw the torch in his hand to the side and retrieved a roll of yellow silk from his chest pocket. Only then did he manage to read it clearly. The words written on the silk did not contain much information, as it implied that Li Wenyuan should quickly enter the capital to see His Majesty. However, he did not mention anything about it, and stopped worrying about it. He then handed the yellow silk back to Li Wenyuan, and ordered the city gates to be opened wide, only then did Li Wenyuan lead the horses into the imperial city, which was an important place to the royal family, to prevent people from trespassing, of course they would not ride on horses, so how could Li Wenyuan not know the rules, and hand the horses over to the city guards.

The consul general dropped to one knee and said, "This humble general greets the duke. Master Hou has always been well. I wonder if I can still remember him."

Li Wenyuan took a careful look and immediately recognized it, "Could it be that you're Commander Duan Hao who followed me back then?"

I followed you to attack Li Jinglong's rear camp a long time ago. I still remember the time when the Marquis borrowed the power of the wind to cut down the flag. "

Li Wenyuan anxiously supported him with one hand, and said: "Quickly get up, this is not the time for reminiscence, General Duan, quickly bring me to the palace to see the Sage."

When General Duan saw Gui Hou's anxious expression, he knew that something big was going on in Gui Hou's heart. Naturally, he did not dare to slight him and led Gui Hou inside the palace.

In the Imperial City, squadrons of the Imperial City constantly patrolled back and forth with torches in hand and armors in hand. Tonight, the guard in charge of the Imperial Palace was this General Duan; therefore, the soldiers naturally recognized him. It was already late into the night.

The imperial city was huge, but how could Li Wenyuan not recognize him? He walked quickly, naturally because he was anxious, the two of them walked closely behind him with torches in his hands, and after less than an hour, they arrived at the entrance of the palace hall. The captain of the Imperial Guard Army who was in charge of the Imperial Palace's defensive perimeter recognized Gui Hou, and after Gui Hou stated his purpose in coming, he did not stop him, but at the most important place in the palace, he did not dare leave without permission, and sent one of his field officers to follow Li Wenyuan into the palace.

Li Wenyuan's heart was already burning with anxiety. As he walked deeper in, he became more and more uneasy, afraid that the emperor would make a mistake and the world would fall into chaos again. This way, he would be able to quicken his pace, and the field officer behind him would be able to quickly follow after him.

Li Wenyuan led the field officer and crossed the Five Dragon Bridge. The field officer showed his hand and no one blocked him. After the commander of the imperial guards saw the warrant and Gui Hou's "Evil Suppression Order", he opened the gates and followed Li Wenyuan into the palace. After a short while, the two of them passed through the "Hall of Heaven's Tribute", "Hall of Huaguai" and "Hall of Honor" in the Forbidden City and headed for the backyard, which was the imperial palace.

The two of them went to the front hall. Just as Gui Hou walked over, he was stopped by a Jinyiwei dressed in a red embroidered robe, Gui Hou indicated for the commander to return and he said to the Jinyiwei: "I am Gui Hou Zhen, Li Wenyuan. Please inform your family's commander that I have something important to discuss with His Majesty!"

When the Jinyiwei heard this, he replied, "Just wait, I'll go report it to him." Then she carried a lantern and walked inside, shaking her head as she talked to herself, "What do you mean by suppressing Gui Hou? How come I've never heard of it before!"