A few days later.
"Sir, Xudu is ahead." Wang Kun happily pointed to the city in front of him and said.
"Young Master will first follow the carriage and horse to the residence arranged by the Prime Minister. I will rush back to the Prime Minister's Mansion to deliver the order. If you miss the time, I will be punished. After you have settled in, please come to the Prime Minister's Mansion as soon as possible."
Song Xin hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, please excuse me. I'll be here immediately."
Wang Kun said a few words to the coachman, and then left with a few guards.
"This is Xudu, it's really grand." Song Xin didn't realize that compared with Chaisang, which he had been to before, Chaisang was smaller than here. The walls of Xudu are taller and thicker. They are made of glutinous rice water mixed with hay and soil. They are very strong. After all, as the temporary capital of the Han Empire, it still had to have the necessary style.
However, besides being grand, it is also depressing. The aura of a power center exerts uncomfortable pressure on ordinary people. This reminded Song Xin of his first job before time travel. In a large multinational company, there was a clearly hierarchical relationship between employees. Supervisors could bully their subordinates unscrupulously, while newcomers could only swallow their anger. Many people could not see it at all. future.
Song Xin laughed at himself and said, "A-niang, a-sister, look, Xu Du is in front of you."
The mother and daughter had never seen such a big city. After the carriage and horses entered the city slowly, they entered a north-south avenue. The crowds on both sides of the street were bustling and lively.
The streets in the city have also been carefully repaired, and the main roads are paved with stone slabs. There are wells and a two-foot-high watchtower every few streets, and soldiers are stationed there to catch thieves and detect fires in time.
For Song Xin's mother and sister, the thought of living here is a bit exciting and nervous. It was the first time to see such a majestic and huge city. They couldn't help but look left and right, curiously watching.
Suddenly, there was a rapid sound of horse hooves in the distance, and the people on the street gave way.
"Get out of the way!" A woman on horseback shouted loudly, her voice a little panicked. Then a frightened horse rushed over with a young woman on its back.
It happened that when the horses passed by the car where Song Xin's family was, Ajaan was about to stretch his head and look out. The galloping horse suddenly raised its front hooves and neighed, knocking the woman off the horse, and then the beast crashed directly into the crowd on the street. Many people were unable to dodge and were knocked to the ground by it.
A child stood in the middle of the road and was stunned when he saw a frightened horse rushing towards him.
When Song Xin saw something bad, he jumped up, then rushed in front of the panicked horse with a few steps. He raised his hand to grab its neck, clasped the mane, turned over and got on the horse. Then he pulled the reins hard, and the frightened horse reared its head and neighed, almost standing upright. Then he tried his best to throw Song Xin off.
But how could it be difficult to stop Song Xin? He slapped the horse's neck with his palm, and a stream of spiritual power rushed into the beast's body. This spiritual power made Jing Ma calm down in an instant. He stood still obediently, lowered his head, panted heavily, and did not dare to resist at all.
Song Xin hurriedly jumped off the horse, checked on the child, and felt relieved to see that he was not injured. At this time, the child's mother-in-law came up and thanked her profusely. Song Xin comforted them a few words and was about to let them leave when he heard the woman's very dissatisfied voice scolding: "Who among you dared to scare my horse?"
Song Xin then turned around and saw that her sister and the coachman had gotten out of the car. The coachman helped the owner of the frightened horse. This woman was covered in dust and looked a little embarrassed, but her facial features were quite pretty, and the garb she wore made her even more charming. Song Xin hurried over, but after the woman stood up, she scolded angrily, then raised her hand and slapped the driver.
"You're blind! Blocking the road here!"
The driver's face turned red instantly after being beaten, and he wanted to get angry, but when he saw the woman in front of him clearly, he didn't dare to say a word to defend himself.
The woman looked at Ajaan again, pointed her riding crop at her and yelled angrily: "It's all your fault for suddenly sticking your head out and scaring my horse! Which family are you from!?"
Ajaan was also a little confused by what happened just now. He just looked out out of curiosity, but he didn't expect to encounter such a dispute.
When the woman saw Ajaan pursed her lips and said nothing, she thought she was resisting on purpose. She turned pale and raised her hand to hit him with a whip. But as soon as she raised her hand, she felt her wrist tighten. She turned her head angrily and saw Song Xin pinching her wrist and looking at him coldly.
"You...! Let me go!" The woman felt as if her wrist was caught in a beast's trap. She was angry, a little scared, and even more embarrassed. In this place, This was the first time I met someone who dared to pinch my wrist.
At this time, there were some street gangsters among the crowd of onlookers, all of whom looked like they were just watching the fun and not taking it too seriously. When they saw the opportunity coming, they all started to boo, "Hey, are the young couple flirting in the street?"
"Yeah, look at them, they really don't know how to avoid suspicion...tsk, tsk, tsk."
When Song Xin heard this, she felt it was inappropriate. She loosened her palms and cupped her hands and asked, "This girl..."
Pipi's words also made the girl blush with embarrassment. Seeing that the other party let go, she raised her hand and slapped Song Xin across the face, interrupting what Song Xin was about to say, "You frivolous fellow, you dare to pinch my wrist, I won't spare you today!"
Although Song Xin was slapped, he didn't take it seriously. He still smiled apologetically and said, "Is it because you are not allowed to hit people in the street?"
"You...do you know who I am?"
Song Xin looked at what she was wearing. Although it was in the style of Hufu, the fabric was exquisite and it was Shu brocade from Yizhou. At first glance, she didn't belong to an ordinary family. Thinking that he had just arrived in Xudu and it was difficult to make grudges with others, he smiled and said: "I don't know, why would the girl be so angry just because of a frightened beast?"
The woman's face turned pale, and Song Xin's words sounded like sarcasm with a gun and a stick to her ears. "It's because of you that my horse got spooked and made me fall."
Song Xin smiled and said, "Girl, your horse was frightened just now. What does it have to do with my sister?"
"Miss!" At this moment, a group of people who looked like servants hurried over. Seeing the girl covered in dust and the dejected look of the horse on the roadside, they guessed what had happened and immediately drove Song Xin and the car away aggressively. Surrounded.
When the girl saw her people coming, she stared at Song Xin coldly and said, "Boy, I won't be nice to you today. Teach him a lesson!"
As soon as she gave the order, seven or eight servants immediately surrounded Song Xin.
A cold light flashed in Song Xin's eyes. She wanted to calm down the matter and say a few words of comfort to let the matter go away, but she still couldn't escape it.
"If you really want to take action here, then don't blame me for being rude."
"Hmph! The young lady who bullied my family dares to speak so brazenly, come on!" A servant shouted and raised his hand to hit Song Xin in the face. But before his fist touched the opponent, he felt pain under his ribs, and then a soreness and numbness spread throughout his body, and then he took a few steps back and collapsed on the ground.
Everyone was stunned when they saw this change. They didn't even see clearly how Song Xin defeated this man. The woman was also stunned. She only felt Song Xin's sleeves swing slightly, and one of her servants was knocked down.
"Stop!" At this time, a majestic voice came from behind the crowd.
Then a middle-aged man came over,
When the woman saw this man coming, she immediately walked over with an aggrieved look, "Uncle! It's because of them that my horse was frightened and even knocked me off. I wanted to say something, but I didn't expect... Thinking of them..."
The middle-aged man first comforted her, and then looked at Song Xin. He saw that although he was dressed in ordinary clothes, he had an extraordinary bearing. When he looked at the car, he actually had the mark of the Prime Minister's Office. The middle-aged man obviously had seen the world, so he asked tentatively: "Are you from Xudu? I don't know which family you are from, so why are you riding in the Prime Minister's carriage?"
Song Xin shook his head and said, "I am an attendant of Young Master Cao Chong. I just arrived in Xudu today."
The middle-aged man's face changed, "I see, I'm disrespectful." The middle-aged man was secretly glad, and his mind was working rapidly. The people who can serve as servants of the young master now are all from high-ranking families with profound backgrounds. He also heard that , Cao Chong recently accepted two attendants, one of whom was from a prominent family in Jingzhou. The other one has a mysterious identity, and the one in front of him must be one of them. If I really beat this young man today, I'm afraid he will really get into trouble. When they gain power in the future, they will definitely take revenge on their own family.
Thinking of this, the middle-aged man asked again: "Don't you know your surname?"
Seeing that he was very polite and polite, Song Xin's anger also subsided a lot, "I'm Song Xin."
The young woman behind the middle-aged man frowned, as if she had heard this name before.
"Song Xin?" The middle-aged man thought to himself. He seemed to have never heard of the wealthy family named Song in Xudu. However, he still felt that it was better to be cautious, so he bowed respectfully and said: "Since the young master has to go to see the prime minister, I won't bother you. Please don't worry about today's events. I'm the Guo family of Yangzhai in Yingchuan. Qi, named Fengzhong."
"Yingchuan Yangzhai Guo family?" Song Xin was secretly surprised. Isn't this Guo Jia's family?
The middle-aged man said, "My niece has a bit of a shrewd personality. She was just a little angry because she fell off the horse. I will discipline her properly when I get back. I hope you don't take offense, sir."
The middle-aged man turned around and waved his hand to the woman, telling her not to be impulsive yet. Although this woman is angry, she is not irrational. It's just that people at this age are very competitive and have a pampered family. They don't want to admit defeat. They looked at Song Xin and said, "Humph, don't think that I will let you go if my uncle lets you go."
Song Xin responded: "Miss, you're welcome. If you want to find me, I'm always here for you. By the way, don't ride that fierce horse anymore. This beast is too wild and something will happen to him sooner or later."
"You! I want you to take care of it!" The woman blushed, and her words sounded more like she was scolding her. But Guo Qi stopped her and told the people around him: "Send the young lady back to rest, and go to the doctor to check if there is any damage to the young lady."
After watching them leave, Song Xin returned to the coachman and checked his injuries first. Seeing that he was a little aggrieved, he gave him a few strings of money.
After such an episode, the family was no longer in the mood to appreciate Xu Du's scenery and urged the coachman to move on.
Song Xin asked halfway: "Brother, do you know them?"
The coachman looked a little unhappy and said, "How can I not recognize her? No one in Xudu knows about her evil reputation."
Song Xin felt funny and curious, and asked: "A vicious name? How do you say this?"
"When the young master first came to Xudu, he didn't know that after Master Fengxiao passed away, only one son and one daughter were left, Guo Yi and Guo Miao. This woman is Guo Jia's youngest daughter Guo Miao, but although she is a girl, her personality is Unlike her father and brother, she likes to fly like an eagle and go on horseback, and her elders and brothers are very doting on her, which is why she has developed such a domineering and flamboyant temperament."
Song Xin nodded and said, "I see, but I think that Guo Qi is a reasonable person."
The coachman said: "That is Master Fengxiao's brother. After Master Fengxiao passed away, he was the one who took care of Master Fengxiao's children."
The coachman finally whispered: "If you hadn't announced your identity as Mr. Chong's attendant today, Mr. Chong, I'm afraid he wouldn't be so polite to you."
Song Xin nodded. As Brother Wei said, Xudu was really a place of right and wrong. He secretly told himself to be more careful here.
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