A few days later, everyone arrived outside Daming Mansion. Qinbei Pavilion
"It is worthy of being a famous palace in Beijing, and its tall city walls are no less impressive than those in Tokyo."
Sun Lei looked at the Daming Mansion in the distance and said.
"This Daming Mansion can also be regarded as a companion capital. After the Yanyun Sixteenth Prefecture was occupied by the Liao Kingdom, the land of Hebei no longer had a barrier and could only rely on the city wall to defend it."
Gongsun Sheng said, the land of Hebei is already flat, and the Liao cavalry can come and go without hindrance, but now the only thing they can rely on is the city.
"Let's go, enter the city in batches."
Sun Lei saw that the city gate was indeed heavily guarded and interrogated, and he told everyone that there were about forty or fifty sergeants at the city gate, and there was an officer sitting in the middle.
Everyone had formal certificates in hand, which were issued by Tokyo. The guards at the city gate did not question them too much when they saw them. Sun Lei noticed that the people who were questioned the most were the people coming from the northern places.
"This city is so lively!"
Master Li looked at the lively streets curiously. Since leaving Tokyo, he has passed many cities along the way, but none of them can compare with Daming Mansion.
"Let's go and take a walk around the city!"
Sun Lei took Li Shishi's hand and started shopping in Daming Mansion. He was also a little curious about Daming Mansion. This place is also a famous place in Water Margin. The richest man in Beijing, Yu Qilin Lu Junyi, is here.
Daming Mansion is not as large as Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo, but the city also has majestic drum towers, bustling markets, densely populated areas, thousands of dancing pavilions and singing stages, and tens of thousands of Buddhist temples. It can be regarded as a super city of this era.
Master Li bought a lot of things, mostly specialty snacks, rouge gouache and some small jewelry, which Master Li could not afford before.
After wandering around until the afternoon, Li Shishi finally used up the five taels of silver in his hand, and happened to arrive at the Huihe Inn near Dong'anmen.
"Brother, here!"
When Ling Zhen saw Sun Lei, he quickly waved and called.
"Is everyone here?"
Sun Lei looked at Ling Zhen and asked.
"We are all here. Military Master Xiao and the others are out to look for someone. Taoist Master Gongsun also said to go out and have a look."
Ling Zhen replied.
"Brother, this Daming Mansion sergeant is not ordinary. The Sa family paid attention when they entered the city just now. They must have been trained diligently!"
Lu Zhishen looked at Sun Lei and said. Tang Bin and Hao Siwen beside him also nodded and agreed with Lu Zhishen's statement. The defenders of Daming Mansion were much stronger than those in Tokyo. They had to pay attention to this.
"After all, it is an important town in the north and one of the four capitals. It also has to defend the Liao Kingdom. The soldiers are elite. I heard Yang Zhi say that Daming Mansion has two governors. The soldiers and horses are both responsible for the sword and the military. Yang Zhi is very afraid of Li Tianwang and Li Cheng, both of whom are in charge of the capital. Although they have not fought each other, Yang Zhi said that he can tell that they have extraordinary martial arts skills and that they are able to run the army well and have great strategies!"
Sun Lei said, Yang Zhi had stayed in Daming Mansion for a few months, but the only ones he had fought against were Suo Chao, the vanguard of the Daming Mansion army, and Zhou Jin, the card soldier. Zhou Jin was average in martial arts, but Suo Chao was not simple, and Wen Da , Li Cheng's martial arts is even better than Suo Chao.
"My little brother has also heard of the reputation of those two people. They are the main guards of the Daming Palace. Even Liang Zhongshu listens to their opinions on the military affairs of the Daming Palace."
Xu Ning opened his mouth and said that he used to be a servant in the front office of the palace and knew a lot of news in the military. The reputation of Da Sword Wen Da and Heavenly King Li Cheng was not only famous in Daming Mansion, but also in Tokyo.
"So that's the case, but that's not important anymore. We're not here to fight against Daming Mansion. Don't worry."
Sun Lei looked at the crowd and smiled and said, "The number of soldiers in Daming Mansion, Guang Na, is another story. Anyway, he is not planning to attack Daming Mansion now."
At sunset, Xiao Jiasui and others returned.
"Military advisor, it doesn't look like everything went well?"
Sun Lei saw that Xiao Jiasui and Wen Huanzhang's faces were not very good, and knew that they must not have found Xu Guanzhong.
"Brother, I know too few people. Daming Palace is too big. It's too difficult to find someone."
Xiao Jiasui shook his head helplessly and said that he had been walking around in Jingnan all year round and didn't know many people in Hebei. The same was true for Wen Huanzhang. They searched several people but couldn't find Xu Guanzhong's whereabouts. Some people even didn't know that Xu Guanzhong existed.
"Thank you two military advisors for your hard work. We cannot force this matter, but I do know a place where someone may know Xu Guanzhong."
Sun Lei still felt a little sorry when he saw Xiao Jiasui and Wen Huanzhang, so he thought about it and said.
"Which one is going out?"
They asked quickly with joy on their faces.
"Goulan Tile!"
Sun Lei said four words, isn't Yan Qing's favorite place to go to Sanwa Liangshe.
"Hey! Why is this a place like this again!"
Lu Zhishen was furious and slapped the table. Why does Sun Lei always go to Goulan Wazili when searching for people?
"Go to the Taoist temple with the Taoist priest! Go to the nunnery with the master! Go to the temple with the monk! Don't normal people go to hang tiles for leisure and entertainment? Is it possible that all they have to do is knock wooden fish and chant sutras in the temple?"
Sun Lei looked at Lu Zhishen and asked, "You can't blame yourself for this. What can you do where Yan Qing likes to go?"
"Didn't you say you were looking for talented people? Talented people would go to that kind of place?"
Lu Zhishen said with an indignant look. He disagreed with Sun Lei finding those random people to go up the mountain.
"Who told you that talented people will not go there? The person we are looking for is proficient in the art of war, martial arts, and strategy. He knows everything about music, chess, calligraphy, and painting. He is also proficient in Khitan, Jurchen, Dangxiang, Tubo, and Mongolian languages. In the end, What’s rare is that he knows the geography of the world well, has traveled all over the famous mountains and rivers, and has even passed the martial arts examination. Isn’t this kind of person a master of all three religions? What’s so strange about going to Goulan Wazi?”
Sun Lei looked at Lu Zhishen and said, Xu Guanzhong is different from traditional talents. How can ordinary traditional talents learn so many foreign languages? In the current era of Confucian orthodoxy, learning foreign things would be considered deviant, and Tiantian Jingshi Ziji is the right way.
Lu Zhishen could only hum after hearing this. He understood, but he was still a little dissatisfied.
"Brother is right, that person is most likely to be there!"
Wen Huanzhang suddenly realized that he was looking for Xu Guanzhong based on his own preferences, but Xu Guanzhong was different from him. He went to more than just elegant places such as libraries and teahouses. Xu Guanzhong likes to travel, like to meet different people, and is even willing to learn about foreign races. Isn’t Goulan Wazi the right place to go?
"Brother, there's no need to go to all this trouble. Just tell me who it is and where it is, and I'll go catch it!"
Li Kui said, since you know where the person is, why bother.
"Brother Tieniu is right, I am willing to go with you!"
Tang Longzheng felt that he had not made any merit, so he spoke.
"Are you sure you can take that guy down?"
Sun Lei looked at Li Kui and laughed.
"Brother, don't look down on others. Are there any good men in this city? I'll go get it right now!"
Li Kui patted his chest and said.
"Okay, then it's up to you."
Sun Lei laughed.
"Brother, I'm afraid it's not good to use force!"
Xiao Jiasui hurriedly tried to persuade him that there was no way of recruiting talented people to go up the mountain with rough bundles. Although he didn't know Xu Guanzhong's character, most talented people were arrogant and could not be forced if they could be hired.
"Commander, don't say such depressing words. I won't beat him, so I will go and invite him!"
Li Kui looked at Xiao Jiasui and said.
However, what Li Kui showed off were big hands like cattail leaf fans. I'm afraid this was what he thought.
"Tieniu, don't make a fool of yourself! There are many masters in this famous mansion."
Jiao Ting looked at Li Kui and said, Li Kui made a fool of himself eight out of ten times.
"Yes, stop playing hero boxing, we Liangshan cannot afford to lose this guy."
Tang Bin also looked at Li Kui and said, Li Kui's crop-handling style cannot win against a real hero.
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