Xiang Tian is a middle-aged man, in his thirties, with a burly body, eyebrows and eyes, the biggest feature is black, black like a piece of charcoal, people can't help but wonder if his ancestors were too romantic when they were young, and what after women of different nationalities and different species.

At the gate of Xizhou City, Jiang Quan and Xiang Tian took a photo, the two looked at each other expressionlessly for a moment, the picture is very interesting, Jiang Quan has big ears, Xiang Tian looks black, and the two of them are like a cute rabbit meeting a blind bear......

"Jingyang County, Xizhou don't drive Li Su, I was ordered to go to Xizhou, this general Chang'an Right Wuwei Guoyi Du Lieutenant Jiang Quan, this is the order document of the three provinces of Chang'an, please General Xiang check!" Jiang Quan handed over the paperwork.

Xiang Tian took it with one hand, his eyes only glanced at the document, he didn't look at the content on it, and saw that the document was covered with the seal of the left servant of Shangshu Province shooting Fang Qiao, and there was no doubt at the moment, he nodded slightly at Jiang Quan as a greeting, and then turned sideways towards Li Su.

"The last general respectfully asks Li not to drive into the city!"

Li Su glanced at the city gate and found that in addition to the more than 1,000 soldiers under Xiang Tian's command, none of the officials of the Xizhou Assassin's Mansion were gone.

Li Su frowned slightly, and then quickly returned to normal.

Xizhou Don't drive is the second-in-command, the highest official in addition to the history of the assassin, although Li Su does not like pomp, but the officialdom has rules, don't drive to the post, the history of the assassin is not coming, after all, it is one level higher than him, but the officials below the history of the assassin should go out of the city to greet each other anyway, this is the rule of officialdom, in this era of respect and humility, the subordinate officials do not come out to greet the boss, it is simply rude.

Even a martial artist like Jiang Quan saw that something was wrong, his brows furrowed tighter than Li Su, and he said to Xiang Tian unhappily: "Don't go to work, why don't you see the officials to greet you?" ”

Xiang Tian said lightly: "Li Beijia came suddenly, and the officials in the city didn't know about it yet. Please don't excuse me. ”

Li Su nodded: "Don't pay attention to these false courtesies, let's go to the city." ”

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Passing through the dilapidated city gate, Li Su deliberately glanced at it more, and then pouted, before people entered the city, the city gate became the first thing he disliked.

in its bits. Seeking his government, Li Su is already a driver in Xizhou, the big and small affairs in Xizhou City must be taken to heart, this city gate must be changed, and the city wall, this kind of earthen wall that can be washed down with a soak of urine, even the furnishings are not as good, and it must be changed, but changing the city wall is a big project. Not to mention how much manpower is consumed, in this vast desert, the transportation of bluestone bricks needed for the city wall is a very troublesome problem.

Xiang Tian led the way in front, Li Su took Xu Mingzhu, Wang Zhu, Jiang Quan and others to follow silently, and the cavalry soldiers were arranged to camp outside the city, and Na Yan led the caravan into the city. After saying goodbye to Li Su for a while, Na Yan led the caravan to find a place to stay.

As soon as he entered the city, Li Su looked around. All the scenes of Xizhou City are in full view.

Just now, ten miles away, Li Su's first impression of this city was that it was too dilapidated, and now that he entered the city, Li Su immediately had a second impression of it, that is...... It was really dilapidated.

Entering from the north gate, you will find a straight street after entering the city. The layout of the city is not much different from all the cities in Datang, the city is very dirty, so dirty that it is unbearable to see, all kinds of horse dung and camel dung are piled up everywhere, exuding a foul smell. I don't see anyone cleaning, there are more than a dozen shops scattered on both sides of the street, there are two markets on both sides of the road, talk about the east and west markets, the market is quite lively, many merchants who look like Hu people and Han people are squatting or sitting on both sides of the avenue, drinking wine leisurely, passers-by pass by and they don't bother to look up, occasionally someone takes a fancy to their goods and asks a price, the merchants only look up lazily, absent-mindedly quote a price at will.

There are two inns on the street, which are called pavilions, but in fact they are just a few small earthen houses fenced off, with a few camels tied to the wooden stakes at the door, and the shops are empty, and the men doze off with their heads propped up by their hands, and a bunch of flies humming and buzzing with happy songs.

There are not many people in the city, there are only about 10,000 or 20,000 people in the huge city, most of them are the descendants of the Han people after the Gaochang Kan clan, because Xizhou is located in the Western Regions, the local Han people mostly intermarry with the Hu people, so it is said that it is the descendants of the Han people, in fact, they all have some Hu blood, and they look at the mixed race on the street, in addition to this, there are many ethnic groups in the Western Regions such as Xianbei, Turkic, Gaoche and other ethnic groups living in this city.

It can be seen from the dress that the people in the city are very poor, everyone is dressed in different colors, their clothes are ragged and their faces are haggard and walking on the street, Li Su deliberately looked at the things they were carrying, Hu cakes, bracken, bran...... After observing for a long time, Li Su understood that these were roughly the daily food of the people, and as for meat, he really hadn't found it.

It's a bit strange, Xizhou is located in the center of the desert, the Silk Road must pass through, merchants from all over the world settle down to supplement the intermediate station of grain and water, such a geographical location, and born with investment attributes, it stands to reason that this place should be very prosperous, although it is the center of the desert, but after all, it is a place where businessmen gather, and it is also a border town in the west of the Tang Dynasty, where there are many merchants, they must not be poor, but Xizhou is poor like this, looking at it, it is like entering the rudder of the beggar gang, and the people walking around the street are like three bags and four bags of disciples in the gang......

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"You shouldn't be so poor...... Li Su muttered to himself, frowning.

"What did Li Beijia say?" Xiang Tian vaguely heard a few words, and couldn't help but turn his head and ask.

"It's nothing ......," Li Su shook his head.

Unexpectedly, Xiang Tian led Li Su to the outside of a small mansion made of solid soil in the west of the city, and then smiled with a little apology: "Li Beijia should have seen it, Xizhou is quite barren, so he had to wronged Li Beijia and his entourage to live here temporarily, and in the future, Cao Zhuoshi should build another mansion for Beijia." ”

Looking at the cave-like mansion, Li Su's brows furrowed deeper and deeper: "I don't know where the Thorn Mansion is?" The new official is the first to pay a visit to Cao Tingshi. ”

Xiang Tian said with a smile: "Cao Tingshi is not in the city, the day before yesterday, I don't know which way of bandits ransacked Jiaohe County under the jurisdiction of Xizhou, Cao Tingshi heard the news and led the troops to rush to the city overnight, so far has not returned to the city, don't drive a boat and car, it is better to rest for a few days, and after Cao Tingshi returns to the city, the last general should lead him to say goodbye." ”

After saying that, Xiang Tian retired, from beginning to end Xiang Tian was very polite, and never exceeded the rules at all, the words were subordinate to the general's courtesy, and the etiquette was so thoughtful that even the readers could not reach it.

After Xiang Tian left, Jiang Quan showed anger on his face, and snorted heavily: "Li Beijia, there is such a big demon wind in this Xizhou City!" ”

Li Su raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Oh? Why did General Chiang say this? ”

Jiang Quan sneered: "This Tian Li is very comprehensive, and he can't find the slightest mistake in teaching people, but his words are not all untrue, not like an honest person, and what Cao Tingshi led the troops to Jiaohe, I don't know if I can believe it, there are bandits in the subordinate counties, even if Xizhou leads the troops to rescue, it should be this Xiangtian who leads the troops, Cao Tingshi is a civil official, and he has the heavy responsibility of guarding Xizhou City, how can he easily lead the troops out of the city?" There is a problem with this in itself! Look at the house arranged for us by this field, hum, I waited for a group of five people, including men and women, but only gave us a simple earthen house, not even a single domestic servant and miscellaneous servants, and we didn't care about the food and lodging of the cavalry soldiers under our command, it was too deceitful! ”

Li Su smiled: "Have you ever wondered why this Xiang Tian is disrespectful to us?" ”

Jiang Quan snorted and said, "The devil knows what's going on here!" ”

Li Su sighed: "The ghost doesn't know, but I seem to know something......"

Jiang Quan straightened up and said strangely: "Don't drive, you know? ”

"I only know that this Xizhou city has actually formed a whole, and they ...... Foreign officials like me are not welcome, because my arrival is bound to upset the balance of interests in the Western State......"

Jiang Quan, Wang Zhu and the others looked at him blankly, with a look that was neither clear nor conscious.

Li Su smiled and said, "I don't understand, right?" It doesn't matter if you don't understand, you just have to shout loudly and shout 'Don't be a good driver, I can't do it' and something like that, it will make me feel very happy." ”

Jiang Quan's face was a little ugly: "Don't drive...... Don't make a fuss, it's all in such a situation, can you be serious? ”

"Okay, to be serious, it's still early before sunset at this time, I won't live in this small earthen house anyway, let's go outside the city tonight to camp with the soldiers......"

"This ...... Why? ”

Li Su smiled bitterly: "You just said, there is a big demon wind in Xizhou City, and besides, I am very afraid of death, and I can't wait to tie thousands of troops and horses to run around, if I live in the city, what if I am confused and my head is chopped off in the middle of the night?" You're going to pay me? ”

Jiang Quan thought for a while and nodded: "Don't be reasonable, we can't live in the city, we must live with the soldiers under our command!" ”

Li Su pondered for a moment, and then said: "Since Cao Tingshi is not in the city, there is nothing to do in the past few days, let's go around the city for a while, get acquainted with the people, merchants, and soldiers guarding the city in the city, make friends with them, and chat......"

"Making friends?" Jiang Quan was confused.

"Yes, make friends...... Li Su sighed: "In this life, there are never too many friends, how sad is life without friends, in the dead of night, don't you feel empty, lonely, and cold?" Cold or not? ”

"It's okay...... Right? Jiang Quan hesitated for a moment.

Li Su sighed lonely: "I feel cold, especially in the dead of night......"

Li Su's appearance made Jiang Quan, Wang Zhu and the others panic, and after swallowing their saliva, the two turned around and left.

"Where are you going?" Li Su stopped them.

"We ...... Make friends and go. ”

"You're wrong again...... Li Su sighed, "We should go out of the city and camp first, and then make friends tomorrow...... Strange, is there something wrong with my Guanzhong accent? ”

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PS: Today's holiday, I took my wife to a movie in the evening, and I was too tired to come back, forget it, and continue tomorrow night...... (To be continued......)