Midsummer.

In the northern capital, the streets are deserted. The royal road paved with blue bricks on the street seems to have a layer of heat floating in it. Occasionally, a hawker wearing a hat and carrying a flat pole passed by, but he only lowered the brim of his hat, for fear of being poisoned by the scorching sun.

The soldiers guarding the city gate were already exhausted, and took advantage of the time when the patrol chief had left to hide in the dark corner of the wall to cool off, but they did not want to come from the side road outside the city gate at this moment. The cow was too hot to walk, as if it was going to faint at any moment. In the back, there was an unroofed flatbed truck, and two people in tattered clothes sat on the car.

A wrinkled face, an old mother. The other wore a hat and hung his head, unable to see clearly. But look at the figure, dressed like a teenage girl.

"Where did you come from, what are you doing in the city?" One of the guards was reluctantly pushed out, holding a spear in his hand, and asked lazily.

"We came from Xuancheng and came to seek refuge with relatives." The old mother trembled.

The guard raised his eyes, swept his gaze over the girl, and said disdainfully, "Who are you going to, report your address and name." ”

The capital city is at the foot of the Son of Heaven, and outsiders cannot be allowed to live in it casually, so as not to disturb the peace. When the guard saw the people dressed in the ox cart, he had already concluded that they were ordinary people. According to common sense, they can't be allowed to go to the city to settle down, but they can't arrange people casually, in case it is a royal family member of a noble family, wouldn't they snub others?

Although he guarded the city gate for a short time, he still understood that everything had to be asked and understood.

Sure enough, the little girl who had never spoken raised her head, looked at the guard with a pair of impressive, light gray pupils, and said, "We are here to join the family of Ning Xiangye in the capital, he is my maternal grandfather." ”