The capital of Anyang County is called Ancheng. It is a large city that has been prosperous for nine hundred years. It is recognized as the second city in Hanzhou that is almost as prosperous as Huaicheng.
Unlike Huaicheng, which only has an inner city wall, and the entire outer city is open, this Ancheng has three walls, from the innermost wall of the Taishou Palace, which is the most heavily guarded, to the middle wall that separates the inside and outside. Moving to the outermost outer city wall, each one is taller than the last, and each one is thicker than the last.
In this city, not only the city walls are used to divide the population as a whole, but both the inner city and the outer city are further divided into the four directions of east, west, north and south, basically dividing officials, businessmen, poor and rich. The postures clearly divide people into three, six or nine grades. For hundreds of years, although there are individual exceptions, most of the time there is no shortcut.
This is like giving everyone in Anyang County a clear path to promotion. Want to use one or two generations to make the entire family come from outside????????????? ?It is not impossible to move from the south city to the west city or the east city, but if you want to move directly to the north city or even the inner city, it is a pipe dream that you should not even think about.
The weather in Anseong was gloomy that day, and the air was filled with the sultry smell before the rain. It was filled with water vapor. When ordinary people walked around outside, they would be stained with something that could be water or sweat, which made people feel extremely uncomfortable, so they were assigned The officers and soldiers on duty at the north gate of the outer city lost their usual seriousness. They sat in small groups on the roots of the city wall to rest, leaving only a few people standing at the city gate. Most of them were aged. Not too young, he often just glances at the people entering the city without even showing interest in opening his mouth, so he just waves his hand and lets them go.
Only two young people who looked a little childish were arranged at the entrance to the carriage and horse inspection. Even though they were sweating profusely, they still stood there and carefully inspected every carriage entering the city.
In today's Anyang County, even if Nankou City has been destroyed and everything south of Yuan River has fallen into the hands of Nanyi, no one will believe that an impregnable city like Ancheng is not safe enough.
For the soldiers guarding the outer city gate, those people who can only hang out in the outer city at a glance know that even if they really have any problems, it has nothing to do with them. When the time comes, there will naturally be soldiers in the city responsible for maintaining law and order. Worry about it, but if those carriages that may go directly into the inner city are found to have problems at the middle city gate, they, the guards in the outer city, may be jointly punished, which is unbearable.
Just as a queue was forming at the city gate waiting to enter the city, the sound of horse hooves suddenly sounded on the official road in the distance. Two men in blue riding fast horses were galloping towards this direction without any intention of slowing down. I was shocked. People lining up at the city gate hurriedly evaded!
One of the two young gatekeepers who were inspecting an exquisite carriage was about to step forward to stop him when he saw it, but was suddenly stopped by something. He was startled and instinctively grabbed it. When he turned around to look, he saw something. Seeing the tall and thin old coachman standing next to the carriage, with just a moment of delay, the two fast horses had already rushed into the city gate.
The young soldier who was stopped chased him for two steps, but he could only look at the opponent's horse butt and was helpless. He turned back angrily, pointed at the old coachman and shouted, "You...!"
But before he could finish his sentence, he was suddenly slapped on the head. This hit even made him a little dizzy. He turned around and was about to draw his sword, but he saw a green face of the garrison commander of the city gate soldiers. Her face was almost touching his!
"What are you?! You're blind! Didn't you see what clothes those two people were wearing?!" The man with a full beard and a pair of bull's eyes stared at the young soldier's nose and shouted, "Just now you are like this If the dog really goes up to stop it, it will be chopped off by them with a knife. I have nothing to say, but don’t let me get in trouble! Remember this???????????????? Come on, the man in blue, you can’t stop him! Do you hear me?!”
The young soldier was immediately sweating profusely and nodded repeatedly. Only when the camp commander was pulled away by other soldiers and cursed and walked away did he dare to raise his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead and express his gratitude to the coachman who had stopped him with a riding crop. He nodded and waved to let the carriage pass.
The coachman didn't say much. He bowed to the young soldiers with a smile on his face, jumped on the carriage, waved his whip and entered the city.
The exquisite carriage entered the city and drove south toward the inner city. However, it turned around when it was about to enter the city gate checkpoint and turned into an alley near the middle city wall. It finally stopped at the back door of an inconspicuous courtyard. at.
The coachman opened the curtain, bent down and saluted with a smile on his face, "Master, we are here."
There was no response from the carriage, but two people stepped out one after another. The first one was dressed in black and had a slender figure. Only one pair of eyes was exposed. He could not distinguish between male and female. After getting off the carriage, he quickly looked around and then That is to say, it disappears.
The other person was a beautiful girl in gorgeous clothes. Her eyes were like water, her smile was like flowers, and her white skin was almost glowing in pink. She stepped out of the carriage and landed on the ground as soon as she looked back. The bent old coachman said, "Shopkeeper Liu, I didn't know you were a very kind-hearted person."
Hearing the girl's soft voice praising him, the old coachman who bent down to salute was not only not at all happy, but lowered his head even lower, "Young Master atones, old servant... I realize my mistake..." ."
"If you admit your mistake, at least it shows that you are not stupid enough." The girl opened the back door and walked in. "You and the people below you have all your salary this month gone."
"yes......"
The girl didn't look back at all, but the old coachman didn't dare to neglect at all. He responded obediently and quickly jumped out of the carriage and tied the horses. He entered the door and closed the door again. Then he trotted one step behind the girl and followed with his head lowered.
The two walked all the way through the backyard and entered the side hall. The old coachman opened a small door in an inconspicuous corner. After they entered, they discovered that three people had gathered here, two middle-aged men and a middle-aged man. young woman.
When the three of them saw the girl coming in, they all fell to their knees.
"I've met the young master!"
"Get up," the girl called Young Master passed through the three of them, sat on the only seat at the top of the secret room, and said directly, "Shopkeeper Liu has already told me about the things you three have done in the past. For us in Lijun, those things are not important. As long as you do well enough, you may even be able to reach the seat of the prefect of Lijun, with glory, wealth, and descendants. This straight road to the sky is the autumn wind."
The three of them heard the meaning of the girl's words and couldn't help but look up excitedly. However, they saw that out of nowhere, a tall man in black had appeared. In the secret room, he stood quietly behind the girl, who couldn't help but be shocked.
Only the middle-aged woman was shocked and then lowered her head, "I will die for the young master and be loyal to Li County!"
Only then did the other two people react and quickly lowered their heads, "I will die for the young master and be loyal to Li County!"
"Go down," the girl said with the same smile and a gentle voice.
The three people stood up quickly and walked away backwards.
When the secret room returned to silence, the girl asked again, "Are the most important people around them all under your control?"
"Everything I said to the young master is here. Not only that, but other people related to them are also in the sight of Qiu Feng and others," the old coachman said quickly with his head lowered.
"Very good." The girl reached out and took off a green jade pendant from her waist and threw it to the old coachman. "It is all thanks to your shopkeeper Liu that you are able to take root in Anyang County so quickly. This jade pendant is what I gave to your family just now." If your grandson is born, you must accept it."
The old coachman quickly caught the jade pendant and bent down deeply and said, "Thank you, Master, for the gift. Thank you, Master for the gift!"
"You deserve this. Besides," the girl smiled, looking at the slightly trembling cuffs of the old coachman with her bright eyes. She paused for a moment, and waited until the silence in the secret room became frightening. Then she slowly spoke again, her voice a little louder. Solemnly, "I want to use the line in your hand to send a message to Mr. Su who is about to arrive at Dan Port as quickly as possible."
The old coachman immediately said, "Don't worry, young master, my old servant will definitely do a good job in this matter. I wonder... what's the news?"
"Just one sentence," the girl snorted, "Yun Bailou has secretly arrived... Rice City...!"
