The old capital is located in the center of Middle Earth, and there is a big river to the north over a hill, and there are seven peaks in the south around it.

A short distance to the east is the plain washed by the river, and to the west is located at the end of the main road into Fengxiang Road.

In addition, the previous dynasties hundreds of years before the Taisho Dynasty also connected the great rivers in the south with the great rivers in the north and the great rivers in the north by building the North-South Canal.

In fact, this has turned the old capital into a transportation hub connecting the north and the south.

military and economic importance is significant,

The capital of the previous dynasty is located here, and after the founding of this dynasty, the capital was set in the capital, and it became the old capital.

But even if it is no longer a political center, it is also an important city in the north of Taisho, coupled with the construction of the old capital by successive dynasties, the old capital is now vast, the city walls are high, and there are more than 800,000 residents in the city alone.

There is no city in the north that is more prosperous than this city, where merchants and tourists from all over the country gather during the day, where all kinds of rare treasures are exchanged, bought and sold and then shipped to all parts of the country.

Lan Ziyi and the Tao brothers hurried into the old capital before the sun set.

As soon as the four of them entered the city gate, a group of soldiers guarding the city rushed out of the city overnight, presumably to deal with the food robbery incident that occurred during the day.

Lan Ziyi was tired all the way on the saddle horse, and he only felt tired at this time when he encountered things during the day.

So he asked Tao Zhuhu to find an inn near the city gate to stay.

The four of them handed over the horses to the shopkeeper and came to the inn to register their identity documents.

Lan Ziyi was tired and sleepy, and when he remembered the scene he bumped into during the day, he felt aggrieved, and sat at the table without saying a word, sullen.

On the side, Tao Zhutu asked the shopkeeper who came to serve the food:

"Xiao Er, let me ask you, where is the most fun in the old capital?"

Xiao Er said that while serving food on the table, he said:

"This lord, if you talk about the old capital, it should be the most prosperous in the east and west cities, the things in the world, you can't think of it, you can buy it in the two cities if you have seen it or not, but the two cities are only open during the day, and you can't go shopping at night."

Peach Rabbit then asked:

"I'm not talking about places to buy things, I'm asking about places where you can play at night."

Hearing the "I understand" expression on the face of this shopkeeper, he nodded and said:

"Where to play at night? Lord, there are many places to play at night in this old capital, and the two main roads in the city that run through the north and south, east and west divide the old capital into four large blocks, each with a place to play, and each piece has its own characteristics. There are many opera singers in our "pear orchard" in the northwest block, and there are teams of various opera genres in Tiannan and Haibei, and there are both leather and meat businesses and private gambling houses near the garden where the drama is watched, but they are not the best in the city. If you want to try your luck or find a girl, you'll have to go somewhere else, it's just ......"

Hearing that it was just a peach chasing rabbit, he seemed anxious, and hurriedly asked

"Just what?"

The shopkeeper smiled and said:

"It's just that there has always been a rule in the old capital, and when you are still walking on the avenue after Haihai, you must have a document issued by the government or a waist card in the yamen. And since the beginning of the expedition to the north, a curfew has been implemented in the old capital, as soon as the sun sets, the city gate is closed, not to mention the main road, except for these four parks, no idle people are allowed to walk around on the streets of other places. So a few masters, if you want to play tomorrow, choose a good place, rush over during the day, find a store to live in so that you can come out at night to have fun, today, you can only stay in our store and sleep. A few masters, the dishes are ready, you use them first, please tell me if you have something. “

Then he saluted and went to the other tables.

Tao Zhutu listened to the beating of his chest, and said on the side:

"Chase rabbits, don't mess around, we came out to send the young master to the capital, not for you to come out to play."

Tao Zhutu said:

"Big brother, it's hard to come to the old capital, wouldn't it be a disadvantage to yourself if you don't have a good time. If it weren't for this faint curfew, I would have gone out tonight and won all the gambling houses in the old capital. “

On the side, the peach chased the deer and ate the meat and said:

"I'm afraid that if I lose cleanly, I'll ask the young master to borrow money to find flowers and willows."

Seeing that he was carefully thinking about being exposed by the second brother, Tao Zhutu was not ashamed of his thick skin, but said:

"Yo, the second brother still understands me."

Then he pestle Lan Ziyi said:

"Young master, let's go out together tomorrow, I'll take you to have a good time."

However, Lan Ziyi obviously didn't put his mind on chatting, and only reacted after being clubbed, and asked:

"Third brother, what did you say?"

Seeing that Lan Ziyi was not in high spirits, Tao Zhutu snorted, poured a cup of tea for Lan Ziyi, and said jokingly:

"Could it be that the young master was frightened by that mob today? When you met a horse thief on the grassland, you didn't see the young master, you were scared, why did you become less bold today? ”

Lan Ziyi took a sip of water and said:

"I'm not afraid, but I'm shocked. The sage said, 'Some people have land, and there is land and wealth', 'The virtuous are the first, the rich are the end, the outer is the end, the inner is the end, and the people are fighting for the people'. “

Peach Rabbit retorted:

"Young master, you can't say that, you can't just collect taxes and store grain, right? How can you raise soldiers if you don't collect taxes? How can you defend the frontier without raising troops, and how can you prevent the enemy from plundering? “

Lan Ziyi said:

"I'm just wondering, if we had collected less taxes and used the grain in the warehouse to help the poor homeless, would there not be the situation of looting today?"

Tao Zhuhu said:

"The reason why the displaced people are poor is because they don't have the land to produce food, and if they use the grain stored in the warehouse to feed them, it is equivalent to collecting taxes from the people who work hard to feed the people who don't farm.

Lan Ziyi said:

"The man who stood in the way today said, "Why should their grain feed the people of the north?" The tax is indeed theirs. “

Peach Rabbit scolded:

"Phew! If we hadn't spilled our blood in the north, they would have had time to farm properly? When Nuno went south, they didn't even have their lives. Now that the people's livelihood in the north is withering, what happened to the past? It's not that we're stealing surplus grain from them now, it's a tax collected last year. “

桃淚虎 says:

"Well, this is, don't think about it. The public said that the public was reasonable, and the mother-in-law said that the mother-in-law was reasonable, but in the end, the grain was not transported back to the place where it was changed. “

Lan Ziyi said:

"Seeing that a team of soldiers and horses drove out when they entered the city just now, it seems that they went to arrest the peasants who were stealing grain overnight."

At this time, Tao Zhulu, who had been eating silently beside him, said:

"Young master, let's hurry back to the room to rest, I'm tired enough on the road today."

Saying that, he handed over his eyes to signal everyone to pay attention to the atmosphere in the store,

A few people glanced at the store out of the corner of their eyes, and found that the people in the store seemed to be paying attention to their conversation, especially the shopkeeper, who looked at their table intentionally or unintentionally.

So the few people stopped talking, and after eating, they went back to their rooms to rest.

Lan Ziyi asked for a room alone, and after returning to the room, he was still thinking about the things during the day, according to the teachings of the sage, he should indeed distribute food to the people in exchange for the hearts of the people, but after dividing it, he had no way to support the army and defend the frontier. Couldn't the words of the saints solve the problems that arise in this world?

Thinking about Lan Ziyi's thoughts, he drifted into the distance, and he was too tired, so he fell asleep deeply.

Lan Ziyi felt that he had just fallen asleep, and although his body was in bed, his soul had already gone to heaven and earth, and he was flying without a trace.

At the moment of the sweet dream, there seemed to be a noise downstairs, the sound was getting louder and louder, and it was getting closer and closer to him.

Until Lan Ziyi's door was kicked open,

This completely woke up Lan Ziyi, but it didn't make him sober up,

In a daze, he was picked up from the bed by the two and dragged out of the guest room.

Outside the guest room, there were many servants standing in their hands, everyone holding torches, and coupled with the lights of the inn, Lan Ziyi, who was shaking, couldn't open his eyes at all.

Lan Ziyi, who was in a daze, heard Tao Zhutu shouting beside him:

"Let go of you dogs, do you know who I am? You have eaten the bear's heart, and the leopard dares to catch us! “

Then there was a muffled thud, like the sound of a fist hitting the face.

This completely woke up Lan Ziyi.

Looking up, it turned out that he and the Tao brothers had been escorted to the inn lobby, and Tao Zhutu was punched, and blood was spitting in his mouth.

A leading catcher asked the shopkeeper

"They're all the northerners in your store?"

The shopkeeper nodded,

Take the lead and ask quickly:

"You just said that this group of people participated in the daytime food grabbing?"

The shopkeeper nodded again.

At this time, Tao Zhuhu scolded sharply:

"Nonsense! I am the general of the acting public account, escorting the son of the acting father, the young master of Weiting Houlan to the capital, there are our customs clearance documents and identity in the luggage, you are not afraid of violating the king's law here? “

took the lead in catching a quick cold snort and said:

"The Northern Army's partial general? Escorting Hou Ye to Beijing? It's a shame you can make this nonsense! If it is really Hou Ye, there must be more than a dozen carriages to pull luggage, and inform the yamen of hospitality in various places along the way, how can you stay in an inn like you, I think you are clearly meticulous. When you get to prison and are sentenced, I think you dare to be so hard-mouthed. ”

Peach chased the tiger and stared at the catch and drank quickly:

"You dare!"

Seeing this, the catcher was about to step forward to smoke the peach and chase the tiger, when a servant walked up to the catcher with a document and whispered:

"My lord, it seems that there are really documents?"

took the lead and quickly took the paperwork, flipped through a few pages randomly, and looked impatient, but it was obviously restrained,

I saw him close the paperwork and say:

"Too observant, arrest all the people in the north of the city, in case of conspiracy and rebellion, the food grabbing during the day is the ghost of the thief, I will naturally submit your documents to the yamen, but that can't wash away the evil in you. Come on, take them back to prison first! ”

With a wave of his hand, the servants tied up the four of them and retreated out of the door.

Lan Ziyi couldn't believe his ears when he heard the reason why he took the lead in catching quickly, where did he come from to make a conspiracy to rebel after the battle was over. Is this old capital too shou filled with water in his head?

Behind him, the Tao brothers struggled while practicing and shouting "Young Master"

However, Lan Ziyi has been arrested, and he is too lazy to talk nonsense with this group of officials, Lan Ziyi wants to wait for Taishou to read the documents and Du Mu, so naturally he does not dare to make a mistake.

Then the four of them were pushed and shoved, escorted out of the inn, and the group walked to the prison under the light of torches.

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