Chapter 33: The County Town
"Stop, check, pay the entrance fee!"
The carriage braked sharply, and someone stopped the road ahead.
"Master, it's the beginning of the arrival. The medicine boy reminded.
The county doctor let out an "um" and lifted the curtain.
Xiang Yue is overjoyed, great, isn't the place where she is coming is Shixin.
Through the curtain lifted, I saw a tall city gate in front of me, and I couldn't see how high the city gate was, so I saw that on both sides of the city gate, there were three soldiers in armor and pointed spears, and there was a long line of people on the left, who were being inspected one by one to enter the city.
"Lord Bo, you can be regarded as coming, we have been waiting for you for a long time, let go, let you go. From the shade of the city gate ran out a weak middle-aged man with a mustache and a scarf on his head.
"Let's go. ”
The county doctor regained his proud appearance, and without paying attention to the future, he lowered the curtain.
The weak middle-aged man was not angry at all, and agreed very politely: "I will lead the way in front, and when I get to the Taishou Mansion, I will call you Lord Bo." ”
"Master military doctor, do you have to check when you enter the city, and you have to pay the entrance fee?" Xiang Yue came to this era, and it was the first time he entered the county town, and he didn't know that there were soldiers guarding him.
"It's really ignorant, Shixin is the county town of Xin'an County, how can anyone enter and exit, if it weren't for our county doctor, a little flower like you wouldn't have been able to enter at all. ”
The medicine boy had long held a grudge against her, and when he saw her chatting with the county doctor along the way, he became even more jealous and ridiculed her coldly.
Xiang Yue noticed the medicine boy's unkind gaze, and she didn't care, just a child, in her eyes, even the county doctor was just a little brother.
Her mind retains most of the memories of her previous life, and she never feels that she is only fifteen years old, but always feels that she is still twenty-nine years old, and naturally those who are less than twenty-nine years old are little brothers and little sisters.
In the past, when I was collecting medicine, I even climbed up the cliffs, and I was afraid that I would not be able to climb the city wall?
There is nothing wrong with good people having good rewards.
If it weren't for the intention to help the little sister get out of danger, she wouldn't have entered the Xin'an County City so smoothly, Xiang Yue was glad in her heart, but fortunately she took a ride with the county doctor, so that she learned a lot of martial arts knowledge and benefited a lot.
"Lord Doctor, no beggars can enter the city, and there is not a single beggar in the county?"
Xiang Yue was a little curious, just now when the curtain of the car was lifted, he saw several beggars squatting outside the city wall, and they seemed to be stopped and could not enter the city.
"It's just that beggars from outside can't get in, so how can there be no beggars in the city?"
The county doctor was very ridiculous about the question she asked, "You just stay in the carriage, wait for the diagnosis and treatment of Lord Taishou's condition, and follow me back to Changshan in Dongyang County, during which you can think about it again, has your master told you about the Pulp Cleansing Pill......
Before he finished speaking, he heard a strange "grunt" suddenly sounded in the carriage, as if it came from Xiang Yue's body.
"Master Doctor, I haven't eaten for a few days, have you eaten, I'm hungry and hurt. Xiang Yue stroked his abdomen, so painful.
"Uh...... There is nothing to eat. The county doctor's handsome face was a little helpless.
The medicine boy almost didn't laugh, and the little sister silently cast pity and worried glances at her.
"Master military doctor, you go to treat Taishou, you can't delay, you let me get out of the car, I'll go and find something to eat myself, I'll go to the gate of Taishou Mansion and wait for you later." Xiang Yue winked pitifully.
"Well, don't get lost. ”
The county doctor ordered the groom to stop and Xiang Yue quickly drove away, it was true that he was hungry, and it was true that he was hungry and painful, but the ultimate purpose was to get out and slip away.
It wasn't until he walked a long way that Xiang Yue paid attention to this county town.
Eye-catching, an antique house, row upon row, a thick and long-standing ancient atmosphere, instantly invaded her entire body, making her feel as if she was in an ancient painting, which is difficult to understand, but intoxicating.
On a road where seven or eight carriages could run side by side, a sedan chair was carried by four big men, followed by a string of maid attendants, and passed towards the moon.
The wheels rumbled, a two-wheeled carriage drove from the back to the front, and several high-headed horses walked slowly, and the people on horseback led them lightly, walking to watch the scenery.
Pedestrians on the road come and go, there are people in the rivers and lakes with swords at their waists, there are weak scholars with polite qualities, there are aunts carrying bamboo baskets and barefoot farmers with legs full of mud, there are also children playing and playing, and there are vendors carrying goods to sell along the street, bustling, a prosperous and lively scene.
The "big road" in the first new city is naturally not comparable with the wide and flat cement road of the modern city, it is actually a road paved with bluestone slabs, the irregular stone slabs are uneven, and there is mud in the gaps between the stone slabs, but Xiang Yue walks calmly, and she has unconsciously integrated into this era.
After asking five or six pedestrians in a row, Xiang Yue inquired about the direction of the Tianxing Restaurant.
In the meantime, you will pass by wine shops, cloth shops, and shoe stores...... The scene is prosperous, and when passing by a luxurious building decorated with colorful decorations, you can also hear the melodious sound of musical instruments, the sound of women's warblers and swallows, and the men's drunken laughter.
The difference between inside and outside the county is not ordinarily big, the white bones outside the city, and the prosperity inside the city, making people feel like they are in two worlds.
Walked to the northwest corner of the county seat, where the flow of people was significantly less, the shops were scarce, and the houses were far apart.
When he saw the signboard with four big black characters of "Tianxing Dining Building", Xiang Yue was speechless for a while, the so-called dining house was just a bungalow covering an area of no more than 100 square meters......
Tianxing Restaurant is the only place in Tianxingmen that is bright and profitable, with a total of three, operating in Changshan City, Dongyang County, Shixin City, Xin'an County and Shixing City, Shixing County.
The reason why Xiang Yue came to the new Tianxing Restaurant is that according to Zhang Dexing of the Kuocang faction, the Changshan Tianxing Restaurant has been lost, and there is no use in going there.
She is now lonely and unable to speak, and she has no way of knowing the situation of Tianxing Gate, and the first Tianxing Restaurant may be an entry point, so she hurried over, hoping that there was no accident here.
Tianxingmen is located in the depths of the peaks of Dongqiao Mountain, the mountain range is Shixing County to the east, three Tianxing Restaurant, Shixin Tianxing Restaurant is the farthest, Changshan Tianxing Restaurant has been lost, how can there be no reason to lose the nearest Shixing Tianxing Restaurant.
Xiang Yue planned in her heart that if the First New Tianxing Dining House was no longer guaranteed, she could only go directly to the Tianxing Gate. Tianxingmen must be gone, and it must be taken back, no matter how slim the road ahead is, she will not give up until the end.
At this time, the sky was dark, and there were ten oil lamps lit in the store, the faint light was dim and unknown, Xiang Yue shook his head, would he eat the rice in his nose?
With a sweep of the eyes, the whole store can be seen clearly.
There were a total of eight square tables, and at the entrance there was a counter, and there was an old woman, dressed in brown clothes and trousers, who obviously belonged to the Brown Palace Hall. Two other young women, dressed in the same clothes, went in and out of the back door, coming out from time to time with steaming meals, presumably running to the back door, and the kitchen was on the back door.
There were people sitting at each of the eight old square tables, and Xiang Yue saw that there were only two people sitting at the table at the back door, and there were still vacant seats, so he sat down, and now he didn't know whether he was or herself, so he couldn't ask them rashly.