Chapter 164: The City Gate is Mighty
"Only allowed to enter and not to leave?" Meng Zhen was the first to ask, this kind of rule is usually only required when facing war, because the city guards need strong labor to repair the city walls. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
"Yes, this morning's new rule is that men are allowed 10 men in and 3 out every day, and merchants can enter 20 and leave 10. ”
The skinny outcaster looked up and responded. As soon as he spoke like this, his black and white face made Wang Mei see clearly, it was the "Ah Ying" that Meng Zhu brought that day, the one who spoke and acted extremely cautiously, and was dressed as a scholar.
Seeing Wang Mei's eyes, Ah Ying's face was red, and he didn't forget to continue: "I don't think you two are big businessmen, why should you go, this Nanyang City is now about to be merged under the command of the King of Henan!"
"Ha, when is it the turn of the beggar to put the beak in the Liang Dynasty!"
Just when Ah Ying's voice fell, a slightly sharp male voice suddenly sounded, and Wang Mei looked over, but saw that it was a thin man dressed as a businessman.
The thin man had one of the few beards, and as he spoke, he shook and moved, making people laugh when they looked at it.
It's just that his words gave Wang Mei a good step, although she knew that Ah Ying had good intentions, but she had to enter Nanyang, and she had to make sure that Yuan Fei and Changqing were safe.
"Exactly, thank you little brother for mentioning it, but it's better not to talk about the affairs of Daliang casually. ”
Wang Mei echoed the merchant, and then turned his head towards the city gate, Ah Ying looked complicated behind him, but he didn't stop more, but secretly reached out and grabbed the hem of Meng Seal's clothes - that Wang Xiaolang wanted to ask for death, he couldn't do it, but his eldest brother he must stop it.
Who knows, Meng Zhen turned his head, and while pulling down his hand holding him with great firmness, he said to him with a gentle face:
"There are a few copper coins here, and the little brother can use them to add some firewood to the house to keep warm. ”
After all, Ah Ying was just a scholar, and the moment Meng Zhan grabbed him, he knew that he could no longer stop the other party. But then Meng Zhu's words made his eyes shine - what did this code say?
He then took the copper coins, and walked happily towards the other homeless people at the base of the city wall, gradually blending in and disappearing. Seeing that he understood what he meant, Meng Zhan didn't linger any longer, and hurriedly lifted his steps and leaned towards Wang Mei.
However, a smile flashed in the eyes of the merchant who had spoken sarcastically before: "Interesting! Interesting! ”
At the same time, Wang Mei had already arrived at the Nanyang City Gate, she was dressed in luxurious purple satin, the clogs under her feet, and the momentum that was naturally superior, so that the guards at the city gate who originally wanted to come up and stop unconsciously restrained their arrogance in treating the common people:
"This little lang, there is a new order in the city today, and there are only ten people in Bai Ding who enter the city. ”
The guards naturally eliminated the identity of Wang Mei Shangjia and only mentioned the number of Bai Ding.
Wang Mei glanced at the guards lightly: "What if there is a sponsor from the city?"
The guards were stunned when they heard this, as if they didn't expect the other party to know about this exceptional rule, usually if a city is closed, but because of various needs, those big merchants, or high-ranking officials and nobles are allowed to sponsor, and people of insight are invited to come in to help plan and solve the dilemma.
"That's no problem, but I don't know what Xiaolang is sponsoring?"
The guard asked cautiously, the people who were usually qualified to sponsor were either the superior lieutenants or the big merchants who were supported by the scholars, no matter which one they were, it was not something that he could afford to offend a small city gatekeeper.
"Suzaku Street, Wang's treasure. ”
As soon as Wang Mei's voice came out, the guard had a sudden look on his face, and two laughing clouds quickly piled up on his face, and he said with some flattery:
"It turned out to be a distinguished guest of the Wang family, and I don't know the sponsorship ......"
"No, you directly notify the shopkeeper of the Wang family to pick me up. ”
Wang Mei did not mean to be embarrassed on his face, but asked confidently.
Who knows, when the guard heard that Wang Mei did not have a letter of sponsorship, the sneer on his face was closed, and his serious face was obviously disdainful and ridiculed, and he said to another guard beside him:
"Now the people who want to enter the city are called Hanako, and there are more and more tricks! Boy, where did you steal this brocade suit?! Even if you pretend, you have to pretend to be a little bit like it! Do you think you are a scholar when you wear brocade clothes?! Haha!
He looked defiantly at the flower child in front of him who was trying to sneak into the city in vain, and the words in his mouth were mixed with saliva and squirted out directly:
"You don't even make drafts for bragging! You still want Lao Tzu to run errands for you in vain?! I'm sorry! Just because you can let the big shopkeeper of the Wang family's treasure appraisal in the city pick up people? You are a descendant of the Wang family?!! you are ashamed to instruct your grandfather! ! You don't even have a servant, what kind of scholar do you pretend?!"
However, before he could finish speaking, he felt a flash of yellow light in front of him, and the guard flew out in an extremely distorted position, as if he had been fixed on the city wall by a huge nail.
This force directly crushed his internal organs, so that as soon as he fell onto the wall, he began to vomit blood, which was mixed with fragments of internal organs.
"If you are disrespectful to my Xiaolang, you will insult my Langya Wang clan and insult my Langya Wang clan, die!"
The sound of the seal echoed through the doorway of the city gate like a morning bell and a dusk drum, shaking the rest of the guards with bursts of gold stars in front of their eyes. But they couldn't even raise the spear in their hands at this time, and one of the more astute people in them hurriedly shouted:
"Xiao Lang is angry!! slave will go to ask the Wang shopkeeper!! Xiao Lang will be angry!!!"
As he spoke, he rushed into the city like wind under his feet. Wang Mei stood in the opening of the city gate, and the huge shadow blocked her face, making it impossible to see her expression. And not being able to see clearly makes people even more jealous.
Not long after, from the Qinglong Avenue facing the city gate, the sound of wheels was heard from a distance, and two green oxen pulled a blue-roofed caravan from a side street, gradually revealing the sturdy emperor on it.
The ox cart seemed slow, but it was extremely fast. After only five breaths, the car crossed a distance of three miles and stopped on the inside of the city gate.
It was only then that the people outside the city gate saw that it was not an ox cart that had come, but two or three ox carts of different colors that had followed.
After all, in this troubled era, the cost of supporting such an ox cart for one month is the ration of a small family for three years.
And just as everyone thought, after the ox cart stopped steadily, the middle-aged man who came out of it was indeed dressed in a brocade robe, and his tall figure was by no means something that a small family could grow up with a hungry meal.
The tiger's eyes on his face are not angry but mighty, and with a mouth, a mouthful of white teeth that are rare for ordinary people shine in the sun.
It's just that this man who is obviously dressed as a rich man, when he saw the young man in the cave of the city gate, who only reached his chest and abdomen, his majesty suddenly froze, and he looked at the young man in disbelief, as if he had seen a ghost, and his face turned white:
"Seventeen Sons?!!!!!"