Jincheng, located in the center of the Guangjun Plain, is an important transportation link from north to south and east to west.
In the eyes of merchants from the poor three counties of Hanzhou in southwest China, whether a city has developed business transactions only depends on one indicator - whether there is a smooth official road that can eventually lead directly to Jincheng.
Cam City is very different from Hoai City, or in other words, the urban development of Guang County is very different from that of Hanoi County.
Most of the cities in Hanoi County tend to be free. They are prosperous because of the port and wharf, and all the houses and pavilions in commercial districts are built around the port and wharf, eventually forming irregular semi-concentric circles; those are prosperous because of the official road freight. Inns, warehouses and shops all extend along the official road, and eventually it can become a long and endless group of small towns.
The cities in Guangjun are more regular. Each city is the only center in the entire radiation area. All commercial, economic, agricultural and animal husbandry transactions in the area are concentrated here. At the same time, each city is also a fortress. Not only are the city walls neat and tidy, but compared to Hanoi County's loose control, Guang County's urban control is also extremely strictly enforced, including the daily city gate opening hours.
Jincheng is not divided into inner and outer cities like Huaicheng, but is planned as one. Different areas correspond to different urban functions. Naturally, the circles of wealthy people and the circles of poor people are derived from this, but they are not absolutely isolated.
The roads in the city are smooth, the houses on both sides are neat, and the whole city looks square and regular. It can be seen that the thinking of the people who originally built and planned it is still very clear.
On this night, when most of Jincheng was immersed in night, one of the prosperous commercial streets in the western region was still brightly lit. Here, the bluestone paved roads and the buildings depended on each other. Some women with heavy makeup gathered in front of the door in twos and threes, rushing in and out. People were laughing and joking around, and most of the people coming in and out were neatly dressed, spending money generously, and looking very cool.
At midnight, a young man wearing a large cloak staggered out of the largest building in this area. Two petite women around him struggled to support him, fearing that he would fall.
The young man staggered down the steps. He touched the women who were approaching the door through the women beside him. He also coaxed the women to happiness with some sweet talk under the influence of wine. Then he turned around with satisfaction. Go far away.
Until he walked far away, the woman who sent him out looked a little worried after all. She stared at his leaving figure for a long time, then turned around and rushed back into the building, put on a cloak, and trotted after him.
The young man didn't walk very fast. When he left the area of Qingshi Road, he turned into a dark alley in the night. After shaking his head and mumbling for a while, his figure stopped shaking!
He ducked and stuck to the wall on the side of the alley, glanced around quickly again, lowered his body and ran forward close to the wall like a black cat walking on the eaves!
But before he could walk out of a short alley, a sudden dark yellow light pierced his right leg, causing him to lose his footing and fall to the ground!
The young man was shocked and angry. He looked around but found nothing but silence and darkness. He could only lower his voice and said, "Who is it?!"
"You are very smart," a low voice came from the darkness, and it was impossible to identify the source. "Answer my questions honestly, and I will give you a pleasure."
The young man quickly glanced around while reaching out and tearing off the cloth strip from his inner clothes, and tied the injured right leg from the root with the cloth strip. "If you die anyway, then why bother answering questions."
"Believe me, when it comes time to seek death, you will know that the greatest pain in this world is far from death," the voice in the darkness was hoarse and deformed like the whisper of death, "Tell me what you know about the layout of northern Yongchang County."
"What is the layout of Yongchang County? Are you here to ask about my family's affairs? You have found the wrong person!" The young man's face was full of anger, but his voice was still low.
The voice in the darkness did not speak again, but a delicate female voice came from the alley, "Du Guanren, are you there?"
"Hurry up...!" The young man's eager voice suddenly stopped, because the soil in front of him suddenly flew up like running water, with a dark yellow light wrapping around his neck, and he It can only make a hoarse low cry!
He tore with both hands, unable to destroy even half of the mud flow!
"Du Guanren!" The woman at the alley exclaimed and ran over when she heard the young man's voice. When she saw a circle on the man's neck that shimmered in the dark, she became at a loss and her voice was filled with emotion. Crying, "What's going on, what's going on?!"
The voice in the darkness sounded again, "Tell me what I want to know and I will let her go..."
As he spoke, the ring around the young man's neck turned into a puddle of soil and fell.
The young man kept coughing, grabbing the woman's wrist with one hand, and his eyes were bloodshot, "You...what are you doing here?!" Seeing the tears on the woman's face and the eager eyes, he suddenly Her face was soft, and she reached out to wipe away the tears on her face, "Now... we are really going to die together..."
The woman was stunned for a moment, a little frightened at first, then looked at the smiling face of the young man, and gradually calmed down, "In this world, a woman like me is lucky to die with an official..."
The young man suddenly no longer lowered his tone, laughed happily and shouted to the sky, "Mr. Li...!"
Before he could finish speaking, the dark yellow light flashed again, streaking through the darkness, leaving two young heads rolling down...
After a while, lights came on in the alley, and someone approached cautiously, followed by a series of exclamations. No one noticed that in the darkness, at the top of the house next to the alley, a figure in black tights sighed and flew away. Go away.
The figure of the man in black is like a civet cat. He bends over and walks on the top of the house without making any sound. However, his speed is extremely fast. Even if someone stares at the roof, they probably won't be able to understand what the passing black shadow is. thing.
Away from the noisy streets of the city, the man in black took a few turns in the darkness, and finally returned to a restaurant not far from the lively neighborhood. Once here, the man in black seemed to be a little more cautious, walking around and stopping. , kept getting close to every shadow, and it took a while to sneak into an independent courtyard behind the restaurant. After observing carefully for a while, he carefully took out a small bamboo tube from his sleeve, tied it to a short arrow and shot it into the courtyard. There was a flick in the room, which was still dimly lit.
The arrow shot out with a whoosh and passed through the window of the room without any hindrance, but there was no sound of the arrow nailing into the wall as expected.
The man in black immediately turned around and ran away without any hesitation.
Behind him, the door of the room opened and closed quickly, and a figure flew towards him!
The man in black looked back and saw an iron sword floating out of thin air behind the man, glowing with a faint blue light!
The man in black shook his right hand and threw out several hidden weapons. At the same time, he pulled out a short soft sword with his left hand at his waist. The dark yellow light in his hand flashed, and the soft sword flashed with huge light. He jumped and stepped on it. On the sword, soaring into the sky!
The iron sword behind the man circled around and knocked down all the hidden weapons, and then the same light increased and was held at his feet, followed closely, chasing towards the sky...
