On December 14th, it was already freezing cold in the north. After inspecting Guangyang County, the emperor's patrol team had traveled thousands of miles to Suidu City. The hundreds of thousands of troops accompanying them could only camp nearby outside the city and could not follow them. The Emperor's guard of honor all entered the city.
In Suidu City, on both sides of the streets, thousands of lieutenants from the front army were guarding the emperor's honor to clear the way. Afterwards, hundreds of vehicles and horses passed through the streets and went straight to the emperor's palace in the city. In the cold weather, people knelt on both sides of the streets to welcome the emperor's holy drive. of local people.
When the emperor arrived, they all shouted long live the mountain in unison. The emperor's honor guard quickly disappeared at the end of the street without any pause. When the people saw the emperor's honor guard walking away, they got up one after another and went about their own business.
Some people cursed secretly and went home to warm themselves by the fire. The weather in the north was really freezing and unbearable. If the local officials hadn't forced them to kneel on both sides of the street to greet the Holy Prophet, they wouldn't have gone out to endure the cold. Of course, In addition to these scolding factions, there are also many spectators in the welcoming team. Even if the officials don't press them, they still want to go out to see the legendary emperor's guard of honor. This grand occasion is rare.
At this time, in the imperial carriage, Mu Sheng opened the window and looked out of the carriage, taking in the ancient city of Suidu.
Suidu was the capital of the Chen State during the Warring States Period. In addition to the Jin State located in the west, the largest country in the east was the Chen State. During the Chen State and King Zhuang's era, the Chen State relied on its strong national power. , a vast geographical area, once dominated the Central Plains for decades, and was also the strongest stumbling block for the Jin State to annex the world. However, as time went by, no matter how strong the Chen State was, it could not resist it on its own. It was even more powerful than it. The Jin State could not escape the fate of being destroyed in the end.
At this time, people and horses outside the carriage neighed, and the imperial carriage gradually stopped.
Yang Jin, the general manager of the inner court, entered the Royal Chariot Hui and reported: "Your Majesty, the palace has arrived. Please move your Majesty."
Mu Sheng hummed casually, indicating that he understood, then got off the carriage and looked in the direction of the palace. With Yang Jin's help, he went to the palace.
This so-called emperor's palace was not a new one after the unification of the world. In fact, it was a slightly renovated old palace where the Chen family lived. Whenever the emperor passed by Suidu during his tour, he would definitely stay here and rest.
The old palace of Chen State covers a rather spectacular area, with tall and thick palace walls. Behind it, there are towers and palaces rising one after another. There are pavilions every ten steps and winding corridors. Although its scale cannot be compared with the current Qingyang Palace, it is still far behind. Not too much, after all, Chen State was also a vassal state at the level of the Eastern Overlord at that time, so this aspect must still be there.
After entering the palace, Mu Sheng wandered around to visit the old palace, and was a little shocked. Chen Guo was really rich back then, and the decoration of the palace was really expensive. The small decorations of many buildings outside the palace were actually made of gold plating. It looks sparkling and resplendent, and the decorations in the hall show the background and wealth of the Chen State. If the Jin State had not risen sharply and annexed the world, the Chen State would have most likely ended the Warring States Period in this other world. The most powerful vassal state.
Mu Sheng looked at the splendid palace in front of him and sighed. After all, it was like a passing cloud. This once extremely powerful vassal state no longer existed. Only the palace in front of him still seemed to silently tell the glorious past of Chen State.
Zhang Lin and Hong Ze, who were following Mu Sheng, were also stunned by the grand palace complex of the Chen Kingdom's Old Palace for a while, and were amazed along the way.
Hong Ze was surprised for a moment: "Wow! It's so big here! It's bigger than our Yuzhen Sect..."
Zhang Lin said thoughtfully: "Speaking of which, my ancestors of the Zhang family were also from the Chen State, but they have never seen what the Chen State's palace is like!"
Hong Ze curled his lips and said, "Senior sister must have never seen this before. By the time you were born, the Chen Kingdom would have been dead."
Zhang Lin heard this and said with emotion: "That's right."
Mu Sheng smiled and said: "To be honest, this is my first time here. Now that we are here, let's take a good look."
Mu Sheng waved to the attendants behind him and said, "You don't have to follow me, just go down."
All the attendants accepted the promise and retreated one after another. The three of them walked through the empty palace complex and passed through the corridors. They also broadened their horizons along the way.
Zhang Lin took Mu Sheng's arm and said, "Brother, I haven't noticed anything about this place for the first time, but I always feel that it's too empty here. I haven't seen a single person. It's weird."
Mu Sheng patted her jade hand gently and said: "That's right, except for being used as a parade palace, no one usually lives here. It has been abandoned for more than 20 years. Of course it feels scary, otherwise, How about we change our outfit and go to the city for a tour? The city is much more lively than here."
When Hong Ze heard this, he jumped at Lao Gao and cheered: "Okay, senior brother, can we leave the palace now?"
Zhang Lin also nodded excitedly.
The trio quietly slipped out of the palace and came to the street. At this time, the cold wind in early winter made people feel chilly. There were still many pedestrians in a hurry on both sides of the street. There were vendors walking through the streets and people walking in the street. A stall selling food.
The three of them came to a stall selling rice cakes. Hong Ze stared at the steaming rice cakes and couldn't walk away. There were many customers coming and going to buy rice cakes at this stall, which showed that the boss's craftsmanship was indeed good.
Seeing this, Mu Sheng smiled slightly and took out fifteen copper coins and handed them to the vendor and said: "Seller, here are three rice cakes."
The vendor smiled and said, "Okay, I'll wrap it up for a few of you. Please wait a moment."
After saying that, the vendor quickly took out three clean large leaves, and immediately wrapped three portions of steaming rice cakes and served them.
Mu Sheng took the rice cake and smelled it. The aroma of rice went straight to his nose. The rice cake was dotted with a few bright red dried fruits. Although it was not as exquisite as the pastries in the palace, it looked extremely delicious.
The three of them ate the rice cakes while walking. After one bite, they tasted soft, sweet but not greasy.
Mu Sheng praised: "It's really good craftsmanship. Even the royal chefs in the palace may not have such skills."
Hong Ze looked very experienced and said: "Senior brother, I have lived in the inner palace for a long time. You may not know that if you want to eat the most authentic local food, you have to look for street food stalls like this. The craftsmanship and the taste are absolutely unmissable. .”
Zhang Lin also had a look of enjoyment on his face and said: "You are really good at picking places. Every time I take you on a trip, there will always be surprises. Are you a dog-nose? You can always find the most delicious local snacks accurately. "
Hong Ze chuckled and said: "That's right, my talent in practicing martial arts is indeed not as good as yours, senior sister, but when it comes to tasting food, I really can't find anyone in the Yuzhen Sect who is worse than me."
Several people were talking and laughing, and Mu Sheng also enjoyed the rare fireworks in this world.
The three of them finished their delicious food and walked to a wine shop. Hong Ze stopped again. He sniffed the faint aroma wafting from the wine shop, swallowed dryly for a few times and said, "Senior brother, senior sister, as expected, this Another great place…”
Before Hong Ze finished speaking, he turned around and saw that the two people ignored him at all. Zhang Lin and Mu Sheng were selecting silk and satin in a nearby clothing store.
Zhang Lin looked at the dazzling array of fine silks and satins in the store, touching them here and taking a look there. The boss saw that although the two men were dressed in ordinary clothes, they had extraordinary temperament. Recommend these satins with Mu Sheng.
Zhang Lin turned around a few times, took a fancy to a piece of silk, and asked, "Boss, give me one."
The shop owner smiled and said: "Okay, girl, you really have a good eye. This is the best purple cloud brocade, produced in Yunzhong County, thousands of miles away. It is worth thousands of gold and is comparable to tribute. How many feet does the girl want?"
Zhang Lin thought for a moment and then looked back at Mu Sheng and said, "Just give me one foot."
The boss smiled and said: "Okay, Ziyun brocade is fifty gold and one zhang, and the money and goods are clear."
Without thinking, Zhang Lin took out a piece of gold leaf and handed it to the boss. Seeing that Zhang Lin paid so happily, the boss quickly wrapped the purple cloud brocade and presented it to him.
Zhang Lin called Hong Ze over, threw the silk to him, and said, "Hong Ze, go on."
Hong Ze reluctantly took the package thrown by Miss Zhang. Every time Zhang Lin went out to play, he would go shopping like crazy. He was responsible for carrying the goods like a servant, but when he thought of Zhang Lin's fierce appearance, I still suppressed my unhappiness, but fortunately, every time I went out to eat, drink, have fun, and have food, clothing, housing, and transportation, my senior sister paid for it, and I followed behind to eat and drink, so this physical labor was nothing.
Seeing this, Mu Sheng smiled and said, "Junior sister, it looks like you want to make me some clothes?"
Zhang Lin nodded and said, "Yeah."
Zhang Ze was surprised when he heard this: "Senior sister, when did you learn this craft?"
Zhang Lin said angrily: "What? In your eyes, together with senior sister, I can only wield a knife or a stick?"
Hong Ze nodded extremely seriously and said, "Yes, I really think that you, senior sister, may not be able to do such delicate work."
In Hong Ze's mind, Zhang Lin was just a rough warrior wearing a woman's skin.
Zhang Lin snorted coldly and said: "From now on, I will let you see your senior sister's craftsmanship. In other words, only senior brother is worthy of letting me show off my skills, huh."
Mu Sheng watched the two of them bickering with a wry smile, and there was constant joy along the way.
The three of them wandered around the city, going around and around, Zhang Lin went on a shopping spree, and Hong Ze was carrying a mountain of goods on his back, and seemed to be unable to walk.
Mu Sheng couldn't bear it and said, "Junior brother Hong, give me a few packages and I'll hold them for you."
Zhang Lin waved his hand, took Mu Sheng's stretched out hand, and said: "Brother, I'm just following you. This guy is just pretending. It's nothing for a cultivator to just carry this little thing. Let him be lazy in his usual practice. This time it’s just time for him to get more exercise.”
Zhang Lin turned to Hong Ze and said, "Hong Ze, if there is any magical weapon that catches your eye at the next auction in Quancheng, I will make the decision to win it for you, senior sister."
When Hong Ze heard this, he immediately jumped three feet high. He was instantly energetic. His waist no longer hurt and his legs stopped shaking. It was as if the pile of packages behind him didn't exist.
Hong Ze stepped forward and took Zhang Lin's hand, and said with a flattering smile: "I know that senior sister loves me the most..."
Zhang Lin turned to Mu Sheng, spread his hands, and said, "Brother, look at this brat. He is born with this kind of virtue. He will not be able to get up early without any benefit."
Seeing this, Mu Sheng could only shake his head helplessly.
Hong Ze curled his lips when he heard this. Having learned from the past, he didn't dare to reveal Zhang Lin's background in public.
Hong Ze could only complain secretly in his heart, among the inner disciples of the entire Yuzhen Sect, who can be as rich as you, Miss Zhang? This small amount of money is just a drop of money. Your grandfather Xuanjing is not only an elder of the Yuzhen Sect, but also a Marquis of Ten Thousand Households granted by the imperial court.
You, Miss Zhang, are the only descendant of the Zhang family who can practice Taoism. Naturally, you are favored by Master Xuanjing. You spend money lavishly on weekdays. With your little inner disciple's monthly income, you have spent so much that you have gone to the streets to beg for food. , can I compare with you? Can't afford to go early if there is no profit? Tsk...it's so irritating that people are so different from each other!
However, Hong Ze felt happy when he thought of Zhang Lin's promise, and he had already been thinking about when he would be able to buy a new magic weapon...
