The three of them drove the carriage back on the road, and sure enough, there were no more mass assassinations, and no one bothered them.

However, along the way, I saw many people dressed in black, their eyes like searchlights, staring at passers-by from time to time, as if they were looking for something and confirming something.

In addition to the man in black, Li Ziyu sensitively noticed that there were also people dressed as ordinary people around him, seemingly leisurely staring at passers-by. This feeling becomes stronger the closer you get to the capital, and a dignified and tense atmosphere is like an invisible net silently enveloping pedestrians.

After all, Chai Bin has also been a secret guard for many years, and he has long been aware of the abnormalities on the road. But there was no difference on his face, and he still drove the carriage as if nothing had happened.

Approaching the city gates, the carriage stopped. There was a queue of people waiting in front of them to be inspected, and the officers and soldiers guarding the city gate checked very carefully, and the slightest abnormality was arrested by the Praetorian Guards waiting on the side.

The merchants and people who entered the city may have also felt the different atmosphere around them, and they all stared at the officials and soldiers checking at the city gate with anxiety, lest they themselves become the ones who were suddenly arrested.

Li Ziyu quietly lifted the curtain of the car and looked around carefully.

It was found that this is the west gate of the capital, and the two big characters of "Yicheng" on the tower of the city gate are shining in the sun shining close to noon.

The tall and thick walls have become mottled and obsolete over the years, but they have not detracted from their majesty, solidity and magnificence.

Li Ziyu still doesn't know where this so-called capital or Yidu is? Now that I see the word "Yicheng", I suddenly understand in my heart. Isn't this the capital of the early Yan Kingdom? The location of the capital of Yan State, "Yicheng", should be in Yi County, Hebei Province, no wonder there are mountains and mountains along the way, and the terrain is steep. I see.

Li Ziyu has really heard of this place. She had been there in modern times and had the privilege of learning about the history of the development of the capital city of Yanguo.

According to the "Tianfu Guangji. The situation records: "Youyan has been dominant since the past, the left is surrounded by the sea, the right is Taihang, the south is the river, and the north is the earliest name known in Beijing.

The capital of the ancient Yan Kingdom is divided into the upper capital, the middle capital, and the lower capital.

The earliest capital was the ancient city of Dongjialin in Liulihe Town, and later annexed thistle. moved the capital to Jicheng. The ancient Jicheng, according to archaeological experts, is in the southwest of today's Beijing City, Xuanwu Gate to Heping Gate.

Zhongdu. According to the record of "Taiping Huanyu Ji": "Liangxiang is in Yanwei Zhongdu". The capital city is the Doudian Tucheng adjacent to the Liuli River.

Shangdu and Zhongdu are the predecessors of the capital Beijing.

Yanxia is in the southeast of the city of today's Yi County, between the North Yishui and the Middle Yishui. It is adjacent to Taihang Mountain in the west, Yishui in the south, and connected to the Hebei Plain in the east, with dangerous terrain. Condescending. Easy to defend.

When she thought about it, she realized that after the previous level, there was still a moat around Yicheng. Only after passing the inspection can you enter the city through the drawbridge over the moat.

Li Ziyu, who was secretly thinking to herself, was awakened by the noise in front of her, and when she looked closely, it turned out to be a rich lady who was forcibly dragged out of the carriage and pushed into a tent by two mothers-in-law for inspection.

The young lady was crying and crying with shame and indignation, but she couldn't resist power. I had to accept the examination aggrievedly.

Seeing this, Li Ziyu hurriedly hid the dagger in his arms, the leather bag containing the darts and the letter written by Ren Changqing in the secret compartment of the carriage. The secret compartment in the carriage was later when she bought the carriage. Let the sons of Mi Laohan make it on purpose.

At that time, it was also to use this dark compartment to install some small bits and pieces to be more convenient, but I didn't expect it to come in handy now.

This compartment is designed on the side wall of the carriage, and is no different from a normal chariot. If you didn't know in advance, no one would have guessed that there was another mechanism inside.

When he inspected the people entering the city before, Li Ziyu noticed it. The officers and soldiers guarding the city inspected the people who entered the city separately for men and women, and the woman sent two mothers-in-law to touch them all over their bodies, even their shoes, and no one was spared.

All the people who entered the city waited nervously for the inspection, and no one said a word. Because some people who refused to accept the inspection were arrested without saying a word, and after a beating and kicking, all the people became people who knew the times, and no one dared to argue with the officials and soldiers anymore.

Finally it was Li Ziyu's turn to take the carriage, Chai Bin drove the carriage to the front of the official army, nodded and said, "Official, please take a look." ”

When the two soldiers saw that he was interested, they lifted the curtain of the carriage and said, "Who is in the carriage?" What are you doing in the city? All come down and get checked. ”

Chai Bin bent down to the two soldiers, quickly handed over a money bag, and said with a smile: "Official, my young lady is in the car, and she went to the city to join her family." Let's see if you can be accommodating."

"No way!" One of the soldiers changed his face suddenly, "Captain Meng has an order, those who enter the city must be strictly checked, and if they disobey, they will be killed!" ”

Chai Bin shrunk his neck in fright, and Nuo Nuo didn't dare to say anything anymore.

The soldier who had collected the money bag made a round and said, "Okay, get out of the car early, finish the inspection early, and enter the city early." ”

"Yes, yes, yes! The small one let my lady get off the car. Chai Bin said, opened the curtain of the car, and said with a smile, "Miss, get out of the car, the official will not embarrass you." ”

Li Ziyu snorted, and on the surface, she reluctantly got out of the carriage with Wang Qiuyue's support and stood aside.

The two soldiers stepped forward and checked the inside and outside of the carriage, and when they saw that there was nothing unusual, they stepped aside.

And someone else next to him touched Chai Bin up and down, and the shoes on his feet were also taken off, and when he saw that there was nothing suspicious, he let him go.

Li Ziyu and Wang Qiuyue were also called to the temporary tent by the two mothers-in-law for some inspection. Because Li Ziyu had been prepared, of course she didn't check anything out.

After such an inspection, the three were released. The carriage passed the suspension bridge over the moat and entered the city along the street of the West City Gate, and Li Ziyu quietly lifted the curtain in the car, looking at this ancient city thousands of years ago.

Since entering the city, Li Ziyu has been secretly strange. As far as she knew, the walls here should be made of rammed earth, not blue bricks.

Could it be that the ancestors of the Daye Dynasty or earlier dynasties could not rebuild the city walls? Also, how did this Daye Dynasty come about? There is no such Daye Dynasty in Chinese dynasties, is there really another time and space?

Thinking that I came here inexplicably, I can understand all the unbelievable.

Li Ziyu found that although there were inns, shops, and restaurants in this western city, it didn't feel like the prosperity that a capital city should have.

There were also much fewer people on the streets, and most of them were hurried and unsmiling, and it was rare to see anyone talking in private.

Moreover, there are two streets in the north-south direction of the streets of Xicheng, and there are many small streets and alleys in the east-west direction. Most of the residents here are also poor commoners, and it is rare to see nobles and merchants in fresh clothes and angry horses on the streets.

And she found that there was only one passage to the east that led to the east of the city. There is not only a river between the east and west cities that runs through the north and south, but also a tall and majestic city wall parallel to the river on the east bank of the river. (To be continued.) )