A carriage drove slowly from the inner city to the outer city.
The old man in the car frowned and held the book in his hand. He glanced at it from time to time but turned his head and sighed again, obviously absent-minded.
Suddenly I felt some vibrations in the car. I slowly opened the curtain on the car and looked outside. It turned out that I had penetrated deep into the outer city boundary, and the flat stone road turned into a dirt road.
There are also local gangsters joking on both sides of the road.
The old man's frown deepened and he couldn't help but sigh.
The carriage continued to move forward, and after walking for a while, there was a sudden clang, and a large piece of the carriage's shaft and the horse were tilted up.
The old man in the car was also miserable. His head hit the roof of the car with a thud.
Fortunately, the tilt was not too great and the carriage did not flip over.
After the carriage returned to normal, the coachman came to the carriage with an apologetic look and shouted: "Master, are you okay? We just hit a big hole!"
The old man rubbed the top of his head, holding back the anger in his heart, and said: "It's okay, just be careful!"
fine! The coachman smiled when he heard this, and then went back to driving.
The carriage began to move forward slowly, but the road ahead was not easy to walk, and it still kept bumping. Although the amplitude was not large, the pain in the top of his head made the old man upset.
He got out of the carriage and asked the coachman: "Where is this place?"
The driver answered honestly: "Sir, this is Pingkangfang, not far away is Banshanfang."
"Stop! Stop!"
The carriage stopped on the side of the road. The old man jumped out of the carriage holding on to the frame and told the coachman: "You go to Banshanfang first, I will walk there by myself!"
The coachman didn't say anything else, he responded and drove towards Banshanfang.
The old man walked slowly on the street, with a gloomy look on his face.
The scene on the street is really not very beautiful, in short, it is a mess.
I saw someone making it easy for the elderly to cover their eyes with their sleeves, and they looked like they couldn't bear to look at them.
Suddenly, another carriage passed by behind, and two old men appeared in the window. They stretched out their hands and waved at the old man, shouting: "Mr. Li! Mr. Li!"
Li Yansong looked back and saw that it was Zheng Qiao and Zhang Dongxiang.
His brows couldn't help but spread, and he couldn't help but ask: "Why are you here?"
Zhang Dongxiang said: "We also met on the way. If I hadn't caught up with Xiu Mu, I haven't seen the prince for a while. I couldn't bear to go and have a look!"
Zheng Qiao responded: "Exactly!"
Then the two got out of the car directly, and the three old men walked side by side on the road.
Zheng Qiao asked: "Mr. Li, why are you here?"
Li Yansong stroked his beard and smiled: "Like you, I want to see how the prince is doing. His Majesty did not discuss with us such a big matter as the prince managing a land."
"Fangzheng is not upright all the way. I'm worried. I came here to take a look."
Zhang Dongxiang had a look of hatred on his face: "How can your majesty rest assured!? The prince has mistakenly made friends with a gangster, and Fang Zheng's clever words and seduction will definitely lead the prince into bad ways!"
"Not necessarily! His Majesty has been to Taoyuan County and was full of praise for Fang Zhengyi. This shows that Fang Zhengyi's governance ability is outstanding. I think the prince might be able to learn something." Zheng Qiao disagreed. look like.
"Haha, I think most likely I can only learn from his shamelessness! Don't I know what the prince is like? He has the same temperament! Mr. Zheng!" Zhang Dongxiang said sadly.
Li Yansong hurriedly smoothed things over: "Okay, okay, you two, when we meet later, the truth will be revealed! What's there to argue about?"
"However, in my opinion, no matter how good it is, it is only like Pingkangfang. What results can be achieved in less than a month... Sigh..."
Zheng Qiao said with a smile: "I visited the outer city last year and found that Banshanfang was even worse than Pingkangfang. It would be great if Fang Zhengyi and the Crown Prince could manage Banshanfang like this."
The three old men continued to walk while observing their surroundings.
However, several pavilion elders have obviously stayed in the inner city and the palace for a long time, and the environment in Pingkangfang still seems to them to be dirty and messy.
Especially during this time I saw many people urinating and defecating everywhere.
Scenes like this are very rare in the inner city! There is definitely no such thing in the palace.
As Zhang Dongxiang walked, he began to beat his chest and stamp his feet: "The son of a rich man cannot sit down in court! Founder has ruined the country!!"
"Look! Look! What the hell is this! There's no shame! It's so painful!"
The two of them looked at Zhang Dongxiang with disdain, and Zheng Qiao said with a smile: "Look at you! You're so pretentious. It's not like I've never seen you before. I've never seen you so particular before!"
Zhang Dongxiang said proudly: "It was the past! Now the world must be pacified by educating all the people. Is it true that the people defecate everywhere?"
Li Yansong sighed: "It's really outrageous... It's really heart-wrenching for the prince to be in such an environment, and Banshanfang is even worse... I don't know how bad it will be!"
Approaching Banshanfang, Zheng Qiao suddenly stretched out his arms, stopped Zhang Dongxiang and Li Yansong, and said in a low voice: "Be careful, you two! Public security in Banshanfang is extremely poor, and there are many thieves and thieves. Watch your money, don't get ripped off!"
The two looked at each other and nodded with heavy expressions.
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Finally entering the boundary of Banshanfang, the flow of people obviously began to increase.
The ground also looked cleaner and smoother. There were small trees planted on both sides of the road, and the walls were painted with white paint, and there seemed to be some words written on them.
Li Yansong blinked and asked Zheng Qiao doubtfully: "This is...Banshanfang?"
Zheng Qiao frowned... hesitantly said: "We went to the wrong place... It wasn't like this before, and why are there so many people here."
Suddenly, a group of officers and soldiers wearing official uniforms appeared, holding the knife on their waist with one hand, walking neatly on the street, the leather boots on their feet stepping on the ground, making a neat sound, and there was an inexplicable chill. Qi.
Li Yansong's mind immediately pictured the scene of people seeing such a group of people taking a detour.
He has been in the capital for so many years, whether it is in the inner city or the outer city, the presence of such people will definitely arouse the vigilance and awe of the people.
But the three of them were immediately surprised to find that the passers-by around them were indifferent!
The officers and soldiers walked quickly and hurriedly, and soon passed by Li Yansong and others.
The three of them were stunned... These are ordinary officers and soldiers. When did they become so disciplined?
The people in Banshanfang seemed to be accustomed to this and didn't care. In the past, they would have stayed away...but there didn't seem to be anything strange here.
Li Yansong asked curiously: "This place can be said to be in good order. Could it be that we really went wrong?"
Zhang Dongxiang was impatient and spoke quickly. He was very curious about this strange phenomenon. He strode inside and said, "Whatever! There is such a market in the outer city. Let's go and have a look!"
The three of them started walking in together.
It doesn't matter if you don't leave now, the more you look at it, the more frightened you become.
There seemed to be no idlers here, but there were many stalls and merchants selling their products hard, and the number of people was beyond their imagination.
Flags and flags of various colors were hung out, and vendors selling snacks, handicrafts, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, and tea were all available, and there were constant shouts.
But the amazing thing is that so many people can still maintain order, and there is not a trace of garbage on the ground.
This should be due to the large number of officers and soldiers... But what are those old people with red cloth on their sleeves doing?
Such an idea came to the minds of the three of them.
Then Zheng Qiao went straight to a tea shop and asked the waiter: "Waiter! Is this Banshanfang?!"
The waiter was happy when he saw the three old men staring at him curiously: "Hey! Three gentlemen, have you just come from somewhere else?"
"Are you here to poop?"
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