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Hearing Yu Chigong's reminder, Li Shimin also reacted immediately.

Indeed, it is impossible for these small pawns to become such a big master. The problem probably lies with the gatekeepers and guards here.

With a slight cough to cover up his embarrassment, Li Shimin looked at the old pawn in front of him and asked:

"Who is the city gatekeeper here? Where is he now? Who is the guard? Why has he not come out to see me for so long?"

Hearing Li Shimin's words, the old soldier showed a wry smile on his face:

"Your Majesty, our city gatekeeper here was originally Master Cheng Chu Mo Cheng. However, he was injured in a fight with others a few days ago, so he has been sick at home."

"Although a new city gatekeeper has arrived in the past few days, I have only seen him twice, and he has disappeared since then."

Having said this, the old pawn paused for a moment, raised his wrinkled old face, and took a sneak peek at Li Shimin, only to find that his face was full of anger.

He shrank his neck pretending to be scared, and then continued:

"As for the guard here, he just, just now..."

"What happened just now?"

Seeing that the old soldier was hesitant and hesitant to speak, Yu Chigong on the side was worried that His Majesty the Emperor would be angry, so he hurriedly asked.

"Just now, General him just now... After fighting with His Majesty, he fled in a hurry with his people."

When he heard that he had escaped after fighting with him, Li Shimin's pupils suddenly opened, and then he said in cold words:

"The person you're talking about fighting with me, are you talking about Zhang Taixin?"

"The guard here is Zhang Taixin, isn't he?"

Li Shimin was breathing rapidly and looked at the old soldier with gritted teeth and asked.

"Yes, Your Majesty, here...the guard here is that traitor Zhang Taixin."

When he heard that it was indeed Zhang Taixin, the suppressed anger suddenly started to burn again.

"Then do you know where the traitor is fleeing to now?"

"Your Majesty, we know that that person is a traitor, and we also know that Your Majesty will definitely bring order to the chaos. Therefore, when they left, I sent my grandson to follow them all the way."

After saying that, he pointed to the direction Zhang Taixin and the others left and said:

"Your Majesty, if you follow this road now and pursue them all the way, you may be able to catch up with them."

Li Shimin simply ignored the second half of Lao Peng's sentence. He was interested in the first half.

"You said that when Zhang Taixin left, you sent someone to follow him?"

The old pawn nodded:

"Yes, Your Majesty, the villain's grandson went with him personally."

"Well, Jingde, give him a horse and let him lead the way. If he really catches up with those rebellious people, I will give you a great credit."

"Thank you, Your Majesty Ron."

As soon as the old soldier heard that he could get meritorious service if he showed the way, he immediately knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing.

"Okay, okay, get up quickly and lead the way."

When Yuchi Gong saw the old soldier kowtow non-stop, he immediately stopped him.

Upon hearing this, the old soldier immediately stopped kowtowing.

However, although the old soldier stopped kowtowing, he did not get up. Instead, he looked at Li Shimin as if he was hesitant to speak.

When Li Shimin saw this, he knew that the other party had something to say, so he asked patiently:

"Old man, do you still have something to say?"

"Your Majesty, I have one more request, please forgive me."

Li Shimin raised his eyebrows. He originally just wanted to be polite, but he didn't expect this old guy to crawl along the pole.

However, he couldn't go back on what he just said in front of so many people, so he nodded dissatisfied and said:

"Okay, if you have anything to say, just say it."

The old soldier swallowed his saliva, and then said tremblingly:

"Your Majesty, I have one more request, and I hope your Majesty will agree to it."

"That is, although we are all Zhang Taixin's subordinates and soldiers guarding the gate here, we did not participate in the rebellion. Everything was just following orders."

"I know that even so, we will definitely be implicated after this incident. Therefore, I would like to ask your Majesty to give us a chance to make up for our mistakes."

Li Shimin originally thought that the other party proposed these things to absolve them of their guilt, but he did not expect that the last thing the other party said was to make up for their mistakes.

He looked around, at the thin figures and the pleading eyes on their faces, and then at the devastated shops behind him, as well as the smoldering shops everywhere.

Li Shimin relented.

He nodded and said:

"Since you have this intention, then I will help you. Tell me, how are you going to make up for it?"

Seeing Li Shimin let go, the old soldier immediately said happily:

"Your Majesty, I am willing to lead the way for Your Majesty to find those traitors, and these villains are willing to fight to the death for Your Majesty. I also hope that Your Majesty can give us a chance to pursue those traitors with the army and use military merit to offset our guilt."

Li Shimin raised his eyebrows after hearing what the old pawn said.

Just kidding, you old, weak, sick and disabled people still want to go to the battlefield and fight to the death?

If it weren't for today's special situation, if I found out that there were people like you in the army, I would have immediately killed your boss and expelled you from the army.

However, before the words of rejection were spoken, he met those pleading eyes again, and then looked at the soldiers around him, looking at them with the same pity.

Li Shimin sighed softly in his heart.

Although the other party did not actually participate in the rebellion, as Zhang Taixin's subordinates, they would definitely be punished.

Even he, the emperor, cannot pardon their crimes for no reason.

If this is the case, I am afraid that the saliva of those censors will drown me.

Since they cannot be forgiven for their sins without reason, then give them a chance to make amends.

Thinking of this, Li Shimin nodded and said:

"Okay, if that's the case, then I promise you and agree to let you go out with the army."

"No matter how many enemies you kill, as long as you keep up with the speed of the team, I will consider you to have made a meritorious service. But if you dare to hold me back, you will be punished for both crimes."

After saying that, Li Shimin said respectfully to Yuchi beside him:

"You should send a few people to keep an eye on them and ask them to follow the team so that no accidents happen."

Upon hearing Li Shimin's order, Yuchi Gong immediately bowed to accept the order, and then gave a few instructions to a school captain.

After everything was arranged, the old soldier mounted the horse specially assigned to him by Yuchi Gong, led the army, and chased Zhang Taixin all the way in the direction of his escape.

What everyone didn't know was that as soon as their army left the city, countless soldiers poured out from around Mingde Gate. The few soldiers who had been left behind by Yu Chigong to take care of and follow them were stunned for a while.

However, before they could react, some people followed the team and continued moving forward, while others surrounded them and dragged them into the crowd.