Tianfu Mansion.
Tianfu Mansion has always been the capital of Haifu County and one of the six largest cities in the Song Dynasty. Its population has increased from 90,000 households in the early Song Dynasty to 220,000 households now.
Since Qian Yun, the first magistrate of Tianfu Prefecture in the early Song Dynasty, expanded the original Tianfu Prefecture City, the entire Tianfu Prefecture City had two additional southeastern two cities, which were regarded as outer cities.
Twenty years later, under the auspices of Cheng Meng, the third governor of Tianfufu City, the inner city of Tianfufu City was restored and expanded. At the same time, the entire moat of Tianfufu City was dredged and twelve bridges were built.
Subsequently, under the management of successive prefects, Tianfufu City successively overhauled water conservancy and promoted the system of household registration and planting banyan trees. As a result, the entire Tianfufu City was later covered with banyan trees.
Therefore, Tianfufu was called Rongcheng, and the current layout of Tianfufu was completely formed.
There are six places in Tianfu Fu that are the most famous, which are called three mountains, two towers and the first floor by Tianfu people.
They are Pingshan, Wushan and Yushan, which are located at the three commanding heights of Tianfufu City.
From the top of these three mountains, you can overlook the entire Tianfufu City, which is the place with the widest view of Tianfufu City.
The two towers are the Prison Tower located at the foothills of Wushan Mountain and the Dingguang Tower located at the foothills of Yushan Mountain.
The last floor is Zhenhai Tower located on the top of Pingshan Mountain.
The first floor of the Three Mountains and Two Towers has the highest view in the entire Tianfufu City, and it is also the most famous scenic spot and landmark.
Since the great chaos in the south, cities have been closed to protect themselves, and Tianfufu City is no exception.
Today, the once prosperous Tian Fu Mansion has also become somewhat depressed.
The bustling markets in the past are now full of closed shops. Only a few shops that provide entertainment for the wealthy are still open on the streets.
Yijin Pavilion is one of the few restaurants still open, and it is also one of the two largest pavilions in Tianfu City. It is deeply loved by literati and poets.
A young man dressed as a servant with a pockmarked face quickly walked into Yijin Pavilion from outside the door. He started shouting as soon as he entered.
"Waiter! As per the old rules, take away five dishes and five bowls! Hurry, my master is already waiting impatiently!"
When the waiter in Yijin Pavilion heard this familiar voice, a bright smile suddenly appeared on his face.
He had already heard who it was. Who could it be if he wasn't the packaged high-roller who had been coming to their Yijin Pavilion to order food during this period?
He hurried over to say hello and shouted loudly:
"Okay! Regular customers are here, five dishes and five bowls are packed!"
After reporting the guest's request, the waiter hurriedly ran to the young man and greeted him politely to sit aside and wait. At the same time, he quickly wiped the table again and poured tea for the guest.
"Sir, please wait a moment. The food will be ready soon. You have a sip of tea first. I will personally bring it to you as soon as the food is ready!"
"Well, okay, go ahead and get busy!"
The young man waved his hand and dismissed the waiter. The waiter nodded without being annoyed and went to work on other tables.
Soon, the dishes ordered by the young man were ready. The waiter, who had already calculated the time, immediately brought the dishes in the food box and put them on the young man's table and said with a smile:
"Sir, your five dishes and five bowls include Buddha jumping over the wall, sea mussels in chicken soup, light snail slices, lychee meat, drunken chicken and so on.
Five bowls of Tai Chi taro paste, Dingbian paste, meat balls, fish balls, and meat swallows are also ready. Do you see it? "
The young man looked up and nodded, then took out a ten-tael silver ingot from his pocket and threw it on the table. After saying "I'll reward you with the rest," he picked up the things and walked out the door.
The waiter happily put away the ten taels of silver, thinking that after paying for the meal, he would have at least half a tael of silver left, which was almost enough to cover his ten days' wages.
Putting aside the excitement of the waiter, the young man walked all the way to Yijinfang after coming out of Yijin Pavilion.
While walking, he looked left and right from time to time, as if he was afraid of being followed. When he reached the entrance of an alley, he ducked in and ran in. After several turns, he stopped in front of an ordinary small courtyard at noon.
After three long and one short knocks, the door opened and an old man welcomed the young man in.
"Why did you come back at this hour? Master and the others are all impatient and are getting angry!"
When the young man heard this, he immediately smiled bitterly and said:
"Uncle Fu, you also know what state we are in now. I'm not sure how I dare to come back without being followed.
Master, how are they feeling now? Nothing will happen if I go in now, right? "
The young man asked cautiously with fear in his eyes.
Snapped!
Uncle Fu slapped him on the back of the head angrily.
"You know that the master is angry and if you don't send him in quickly, will your kid's life be saved if the delay continues?"
"I'm going in right now! I'm going in right now!"
The young man smiled and hurried into the small courtyard, but did not stop here. He entered the courtyard and moved a large water tank next to the back wall. He opened the wooden board under the water tank and got in. Entering the large hole exposed underneath, we came to another courtyard next to the small courtyard.
As soon as he came out of the tunnel, the young man was slapped again on the back of the head.
"Why are you doing food? It's so slow! Send it to the master quickly!"
The young man did not dare to resist, so he responded obediently and left quickly.
This is a servant of the Ding family, and it is not something that a servant like him can offend.
When I entered the main hall of the courtyard, I immediately saw the impatient master - Ding Nie.
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"Eagle, the target has entered the destination! Do you want to arrest it?"
“Don’t worry, Cunning Rabbit has three caves, this may not be all their nests.
Let the people from the second team come closer and check all the houses around to see if there is anything strange! "
"promise!"
On the top of Pingshan Mountain, two men in black tied the latest order to Haidongqing and let it fly.
Next to him, a majestic middle-aged man in black was holding binoculars and carefully observing Tianfufu City below.
If someone could see the scene in his telescope at this time, they would be able to see that the scene where he looked was exactly the scene of the first courtyard and the second courtyard that the young man walked into just now.
Soon, Hai Dongqing, who had left, flew back again and brought the latest news.
"Report! The second team has explored all the surrounding areas. Recently, a dozen houses around the target have been bought by a wealthy businessman from out of town, but no one lives in them. The second team did not dare to enter those houses to investigate, for fear of alerting the enemy. .
But there is a high probability that there should be connecting passages between these houses to facilitate the target's escape! "
The middle-aged man named Eagle put down his telescope after hearing this, smiled and touched the golden auspicious cloud pattern on his chest, and said coldly:
“It’s really a cunning rabbit with three burrows.
Since there was no one around, there was nothing to worry about.
Don't they like to hide?
Then let them hide well, notify the third team, fourth team and fifth team to set fire to me from three places in the northeast and west. I will burn all the houses in those directions, leaving only the south as a way for them to survive.
Arrange people to ambush over there first, don't rush to take action, but keep an eye on everyone who comes out. I guess the mouse will not come out immediately, and will put out a bait first, but even if it is bait, we can't let it go.
Follow the established plan and carry out rodent control! "
"promise!"
This time, four or five seaweeds flew into the sky and flew towards the other two commanding heights of Tianfufu City.
But Ding Nie, who had just eaten, had no idea that the place where they were now was gradually surrounded.
A rat eradication operation against them is about to begin!
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(End of chapter)
