It was about seventeen miles from Wansonggang to the gate of Kyoto, and it didn't take long to travel by fast horse, but it still took Lin Shanshan and Mo Ye nearly half an hour to ride to the open land on the outskirts of the city, and the sky was almost completely dark.

This may be because the horses under their seats are really old, and they have been running for a long time when they were brought from the county seat to Manshogang by the subordinates of the forest cedar, so on the last leg of the journey to Kyoto, although they rode alone, they were actually even a little inferior in speed to the carriage just now.

However, the reason why Lin Shan finally changed his ride was not for speed, but because the appearance of his old horse from his pedigree was too eye-catching, and he was worried that there were still veterans from more than ten years ago on the castle tower, and he would see something. The transfer was just to get the peace of the first few days in the city, so he had time to prepare for the last few things, and it was worth paying some more time for this, in short, this little time would not affect his entry into the city today.

Because of the change in the sky, the sky is overcast during the day, and it seems to get darker in the evening. The city tower is majestic, the front of the building is empty, although Mo Ye can already see the city gate in front of him at this time, but there is actually a long distance between this person and the city, but Lin Shan has jumped off the horse in advance and led the horse on foot. Seeing this, Mo Ye also learned to do so, leading the horse to walk a step behind Lin Shan's side.

"The capital of the emperor is really magnificent!" As Mo Ye walked, she looked at the magnificent city towers in front of her that were fluttering with pennants fluttering and had been decorated with rows of bright city lights that could illuminate a hundred steps away, she first let out an exclamation of surprise, and then after a while, she turned around and asked, "Master, what are the different rules for the entrance to the city gate in Kyoto?" She finished. His eyes fell on the three city gates not far ahead.

The large, medium, and small gates of the Kyoto Castle Tower are slightly different in type from left to right, and although the gates opened by the Kyoto Castle Tower are also three, there are two middle gates except for the main gates, and there are no small gates. The opening and closing of the city gate is controlled by a fixed hour, and although the sky is nearly completely dark at this time, it is not really late in the hour. The guards at the city gate are still inspecting. There were also some people gathered in front of the three city gates.

Regarding Mo Ye's confusion, Lin Shan Wenyan explained: "The middle gate is the same as the industry, it is used for trade, and the difference is only in the two middle gates. When entering the city, people walk through the middle gate next to the gate. Horses or carrying instruments were separated from the people and led to the guò from the medium-sized gate on the side. ”

Mo Ye couldn't help but wonder, "Isn't this going to be very troublesome?" ”

"This is Kyoto, so it's normal to be strict." Lin Shan smiled slightly. "Advanced City."

When Mo Ye followed Lin Shan's side to approach the city gate, he saw that his horse was led away by a guard, and at the same time. She was given a wooden plaque. Because she had Lin Shan's prompt before, she didn't feel strange about it. It's just that when she saw that the wooden box that Lin Shan was carrying was also temporarily taken away, she couldn't help but be a little worried when she knew what the box contained.

But Lin Shan's timely glance made her quickly extinguish the anxiety in her heart.

Behind the medium-sized gate is a somewhat narrow corridor. Because of the high walls on both sides, although there are two rows of bright city lights on the left and right of the corridor that are the same as those on the castle tower, people will still feel a somewhat oppressive sense of crampedness when walking on this road. The sound of his own footsteps echoed in his ears. The accent could barely be distinguished, and even the breath of breath seemed to hit the wall next to him and bounce back into his face.

When Mo Ye was about to reach the end of the corridor between the city towers. About overhead, there was a dull sound of footsteps. The sound of the footsteps was not crisp, but it seemed that every time the person who made the footsteps took a step, there was a force that climbed down the city wall, and it was terrifying.

Mo Ye suddenly remembered that this kind of footsteps was somewhat similar to the sound made by her uncle when he walked, and she couldn't help but look up to find the source of the sound, at this moment, she suddenly felt a hand with a gentle but somewhat heavy force, pressing on her shoulder, and at the same time hearing Lin Shan's whispered words: "There are patrols on the city tower from time to time, we just need to take the road in front of us." ”

Hearing Lin Shan's prompt, Mo Ye's neck stiffened, and before he could think about it, he had already reached the end of the road and stepped into the door. There was no need for her to hide it, the shadow cast by the castle tower had already hidden the slight strangeness on her face.

After walking out of the corridor, Mo Ye subconsciously took a deep breath, Lin Shan took her wooden card and went to the guards to retrieve the horses and boxes, and when she came back, she saw her like this, and handed over the reins while laughing: "It's just a city, why are you nervous like this?" ”

After Mo Ye took the reins, he walked along a wide street with Lin Shan, rubbing the reins and muttering, "Just now, unconsciously, I had some feelings of fear in my heart. ”

Lin Shan, who had already walked to the front a little, said without looking back: "This is the momentum that a legion should have, and only when soldiers have this momentum can they form a human city and defend the country." When you first come to Kyoto, you will feel a sense of fear of them, but people who have lived here for generations will only feel a sense of security in their hearts when they hear that voice. ”

Mo Ye grew up in Xingjia Village, and entered Lizheng Academy at the age of five, so she had more opportunities to contact the open streets and various shops in the county, she originally thought that the county seat was the largest and most interesting town in the world, and after having the opportunity to read in the library of Lizheng Academy, she also read some of the handwritten notes left by her predecessors who traveled to the capital from the books, but after all, this is something written by others in words, far less detailed and shocking than when she saw and experienced it herself.

When she arrived at the first city of Yang County after leaving the county seat yesterday, the county seat in Mo Ye's heart immediately became smaller, but there was a business capital after Yang County, and the former Kyoto had pressed Yang County, which had established a little weak and majestic impression in her heart, and now it finally came to the brain of today's country, the genuine Kyoto Koyo, its towers seem to be inferior to the industry capital, less classical beauty, more square and a little cold and hard shape, but it has one more thing than the industry on the whole, that is- The power of the imperial capital.

Mo Ye felt this momentum, but with her current cognition, she couldn't describe it in detail, and after listening to what Lin Shan said, although she could understand the content was limited, she could determine the key point, this momentum came from this country, and she was a member of this country, so she had no reason to be afraid of anything.

This kind of momentum shows the majesty of a dynasty, and it also faintly reflects the strength of this country.

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The streets were so clean that you couldn't even see a single shop, and for good reason. Although the first place to enter the castle is the place where the most attention is gathered, there is also a vague taboo, and it is estimated that not many customers are willing to shop or enjoy anything in the iron-clad gaze of the neatly lined guards on the castle tower.

In addition, the area of several feet before and after the castle tower seems to be faintly included in the precautionary distance. The reason why the periphery of the city tower is flat naturally does not need to be detailed, and the inner perimeter is also flat within a range of more than ten zhang, although the emperor did not order this area to be a military place, and idle people can not stay in the clouds, but people with a little brain can figure out what the root cause of the empty space in the inner city is.

Mo Ye followed Lin Shan's walk like this, she had been exposed to too much new information in the past few days, and she was shocked by the reality of the imperial capital just now, and she forgot for a moment that the horse she was holding was for riding.

After walking through that section of the empty space in the city, you can gradually see some shops on the side of the street, in addition to the difference in size between the shops in Kyoto and the shops in the county town that Mo Ye is familiar with, the most obvious difference, or the difference in grade, is that the shops in Kyoto, no matter what type of shops, will hang a beautifully decorated plaque or even a plaque painted with gorgeous lacquer, that is, a signboard.

As you walk, the shops begin to become denser, and it is already dark, but the long-standing lanterns that were built at the expense of the national treasury on the streets, the lights lit up by the shops and houses along the streets, and the strings of lanterns hanging next to the doors, illuminate the wide streets without hesitation, and the so-called night seems to escape from the sky over Kyoto.

After walking through two long streets in a row, Mo Ye gradually felt dazzled, and it was only at this time that she felt the soreness and numbness in her legs, and realized that she had gone far this way, but Lin Shan, who was walking in front, didn't seem to have the intention of stopping.

Out of the corner of his eye, Mo Ye saw an inn with a signboard illuminated by several strings of lanterns with a faint red light, but his master ignored this and still walked in front of him, Mo Ye finally couldn't help but shout: "Master, where are we going?" Aren't you looking for an inn to stay? ”

Lin Shan replied without looking back: "It's not this one." ”

Just listening to this sentence, Mo Ye probably understood, she knew some of her master's habits, so it seemed that the location for the night should have been prepared.

It's just that from this, Mo Ye remembered another thing that she had forgotten for a long time, she walked behind Lin Shan, regardless of whether Lin Shan could see it or not, shook the reins in her hand, and said, "Master, this road is a bit far, let's ride for a while!" ”

Lin Shan turned his head at this time, looked at Mo Ye and smiled, and said, "For the sake of safety, the emperor has ordered that you should not walk on horseback at night, so let's walk, it's almost there." (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Biquge www.biquge.info to vote for recommendations and monthly passes, your support is my biggest motivation