"You just know?" Zhao Junsheng scolded Lu Xuanbo, and his tone changed: "Don't say anything about this, don't let Mulan know!" If I let her know, I'm going to be finished! Besides, it's impossible for me to be with Miss Wan, you know this, but Miss Wan has affection for me, and there is such a big thing in their family, I can't watch it, otherwise I will feel guilty for the rest of my life! ”

Lu Xuanbo smiled: "Young master, don't worry, I've always been tight-lipped!" ”

Early the next morning, Zhao Junsheng took Lu Xuanbo, Li Bao and a few personal soldiers to Pingcheng on fast horses.

Along the way, the spring breeze blows, the sun shines, and the fields passed along the way are decorated with wheat and other crops that are green and verdant.

Pingcheng is close to the outside of the Saiwai, sometimes there are the cavalry outside the Saiwai Rouran through the various Yinshan passes to the south of the Koubian, plundering the people, grain and livestock, the Northern Wei court in order to protect the safety of Pingcheng, set up Guanjin in the east, west, north and south four directions, by the east, south, west, north four Lang generals to lead the army to guard, under the command of the general of the guard, in order to defend the Beijing division.

Zhao Junsheng and others traveled lightly, speeding up their horses along the way, passing through several passes, and arrived in Pingcheng in the afternoon of the next day.

Several people rode horses and stood on the top of a mountain looking at a huge city in the distance, Guo Yi looked stupid: "I'm a mother, it's such a big city!" ”

Lu Xuanbo hugged the sword and said, "Young Master, this is Pingcheng, I came here once in ten years." I heard that this flat city was built on the order of Tuoba Jue in imitation of Chang'an, Luoyang and Yecheng! ”

Although in later generations, Zhao Junsheng saw all the high-rise buildings, but standing here to see the capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty when the feeling is completely different, it is boxy, protected by the outer city wall with a circumference of more than 30 miles, between the outer city wall and the outer city wall is uninhabited, the length of the outer city wall is about 20 miles.

The streets and alleys of the outer city are straight and criss-crossed, like well fields, these streets and alleys divide the outer city into many large and small shops, four or five hundred large squares, and sixty or seventy small squares······

Zhao Junsheng was shocked in his heart and asked out loud: "Does this look like a big chessboard?" ”

"Like, too much!"

Lu Xuanbo said: "Young master, are you scared?" How do I feel like a hillbilly? If you go to Jiankang, you will know that the houses in Jiankang City are much more beautiful and magnificent than those in this Pingcheng! ”

"Is Jiankang as big as this Pingcheng?"

Lu Xuanbo shook his head: "That's not true, Pingcheng is a lot bigger!" ”

"That's the end of it! As the capital, it must be big, big, magnificent, and magnificent! No matter what, as long as it is big, the momentum will rise, and we stand here and look at this city, don't you feel your own insignificance? From this city, you can see the pattern and spirit in the heart of Tuoba, who ordered it to be built! ”

The crowd was silent for a long time.

"Let's go, let's go into town!"

First passed through the outer city wall, and then passed through the outer city wall gate into the outer city, Zhao Junsheng, Lu Xuanbo, Li Bao and others walked through the street with the flow of people.

On both sides of the street, there are constant shouts of selling, gongs and juggling, stalls one after another, and cars and horses flow endlessly.

Zhao Junsheng couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Looking at this kind of population density, there are at least 800,000 people in this Pingcheng!" ”

After walking a few streets into the city, it was not early, and Lu Xuanbo suggested to Zhao Junsheng: "Young master, let's find a place to live first, right?" After settling down, I can inquire about Miss Wan's whereabouts again! ”

Zhao Junsheng nodded: "Well, let's go find an inn to live in first!" ”

After walking a few steps, I saw an inn next to it, and people came in and out from time to time, Zhao Junsheng and others entered the store and asked for three rooms to live in, and asked the shopkeeper to send water to wash up.

The image of Zhao Junsheng and others wearing armor and hanging swords from their waists attracted the attention of many guests in the inn, and they couldn't understand why these soldiers would stay in the inn if they didn't live in a good inn, and they should know that the soldiers were free to stay in the post house and post station for business, and the guest house would cost money.

Zhao Junsheng chose the guest house to inquire about the news, the inn, the restaurant and these places are complicated, the news spreads quickly, and most of the people who live in the post house are foreign officials and soldiers, and the news is definitely not well-informed.

After a few people finished washing, they went to the front hall to find a table and sat down, and asked the shopkeeper to send a table of dishes, Zhao Junsheng asked the shopkeeper to bring a food box, he put a few dishes and a pot of wine in the food box, patted Li Bao's shoulder and ordered: "You guys are allowed to eat here, you are not allowed to eat wine, and you are not allowed to run around after eating, go back to the room to rest and wait for the captain of Bendu to come back!" ”

Li Bao stood up: "Captain, why don't we go with you!" ”

"No, I'll do something and I'll be back soon, you don't have to be careful, eat well!"

After Zhao Junsheng finished speaking, he walked to the counter and asked the shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper, let me ask you, do you know where the prison under the Sandu officials is?" ”

"Oh? Is it possible that the military master is going to visit the prison if he asks about this? This is not difficult to find, you go all the way to the east from here, as soon as you walk to the East Wufang Street, and then go north through two streets to arrive! ”

"Thank you, shopkeeper!"

The judicial system of the Northern Wei Dynasty was divided into two, the three capital officials were the ministers of justice who managed the ethnic minorities, and the ministers of justice who managed the Han people were Tingwei, each with a prison; There is also the Pingcheng County Ya's Prison and the Pingcheng Government Prison, so if you want to visit the prison, you must first find out which prison the person is locked in.

Coming out of the inn, Zhao Junsheng and Lu Xuanbo rode towards East Wufang Street, and Lu Xuanbo asked, "Young Master, are you going to visit General Wan in prison?" Inquire about Miss Wan's whereabouts from him? How do you know he's locked up there? ”

Zhao Junsheng said: "Before I came, General Pi told me that General Wan was locked up in a prison under the jurisdiction of the Sandu officials, and the case was tried by Tuoba Su, a senior official from the outer capital! First, I will visit General Wan to see if he needs help, and then ask him if I know Miss Wan's whereabouts! ”

The sky gradually darkened, the lights were on, the shops on both sides of the street, the front of the houses were lit with lanterns, there was no curfew at night in Heijo, the forbidden troops patrolling the streets came and went frequently, and the public order situation was quite good.

After some inquiry, Zhao Junsheng and Lu Xuanbo rode horses to find the prison of the subordinates of the Sandu officials, which was called Fanjiao.

It stands to reason that Wandu is a Han Chinese, and he should be locked up in the prison of Tingweifu, but he is Tuoba Tao's guard and a domestic slave of the Tuoba family, but he is not a member of the emperor's ten surnames, so he can only be locked up in the prison and sit in the big official to try the case.

The two got off the horse, Zhao Junsheng handed the horse to Lu Xuanbo, walked to the gate of the prison with the food box and hugged his fist at one of the soldiers standing guard: "Brothers, the former general of Huaishuo Town Wandu is locked up here, right?" I want to go in and visit the prison, so please ask a few brothers to do it! With that, he handed over a piece of broken gold.

The soldiers standing guard were a few soldiers, and they couldn't tell which clan they were from, and the soldiers opposite Zhao Junsheng quickly took the broken gold and said: "You have to report this matter to the cell boss, you wait!" ”

"Excuse me, drive it!"

Every once in a while, a strong man with a scumbag beard wore a soapy coat, wore an official hat, and walked out with the hilt of a knife in his hand, and the head of the soldier pointed at Zhao Junsheng and said: "The head of the cell, he is going to visit the prison Wandu!" ”

Zhao Junsheng clenched his fists at the cell head: "Be polite below!" ”

The cell boss looked at Zhao Junsheng, waved his hand and said, "If it's late today, it's past the time to visit the prison, you can come early tomorrow!" ”

"Wait, the cell boss waits for a while, General Wan is in the former Shangguan, and he has the grace of promotion and knowledge in the Xia, and he heard the news that he was imprisoned and specially rushed over from the Jinling camp, and please see that it is not easy for me to come here, no matter what, please be accommodating!" After Zhao Junsheng finished speaking, he stuffed a golden cake.

The cell boss quietly hid the golden cake, "Okay, you are still affectionate and righteous, I respect people like you, and I will make an exception for you to go in and visit the prison for this point!" However, you can go in, but you can't take food and drink, that's the rule! If you want Wandu to have a good meal, this is also easy, take some money and let my brother go to the restaurant, and soon he can get a few drinks and food! ”

What else could Zhao Junsheng say, he immediately handed the food box to the cell leader: "This wine and food will honor the cell leader and a few brothers, and this, bother the cell boss to send a brother to run!" Then he handed over a piece of broken gold.

The cell boss took the food box and threw the broken gold to one of the soldiers: "Go to the restaurant and get some good food and wine!" ”

The head of the soldier took the broken gold and ran out.

Under the guidance of the cell leader, Zhao Junsheng followed him into the prison, which was dark and damp, and a strong moldy and stench spread.

After a few turns, through several corridors, we came to the door of a cell, where the jailer leading the way hung a lantern on the outer wall, and the light illuminated the inside of the cell, and a man in a disheveled hair and a trumpet was curled up in the corner of the wall covered with wheat straw.

The cell boss shouted: "Wandu is back, someone is coming to visit the prison, get up quickly!" ”

The man huddled in the corner reacted, and slowly got up, and as he moved, the chains on his hands and feet clanged.

The cell head turned to Zhao Junsheng and said: "At most, wine and food will be delivered, give you two quarters of an hour, try to make a long story short, if someone from above comes to inspect, this official will not be easy to explain!" ”

Zhao Junsheng handed over another piece of broken gold, "Thank you, thank you!" ”

The cell boss took the gold, turned around and beckoned the jailer, and soon left the cell.

"Captain!"

"Junsheng? You ······ What are you doing here? Wan Dugui's expression looked extremely haggard, his face was full of scruff, his eye sockets and cheeks were sunken a lot, and the whole person was reduced a lot, he was extremely surprised to see Zhao Junsheng appear here, and there was a little relief in his eyes.

Zhao Junsheng hugged his fists and said: "My subordinates heard General Pi say that the military master was imprisoned, and it happened that he went to Shanwu County to escort grain and grass materials in the past few days, so he took the time to hurry up and rushed to Pingcheng!" ”

Wan Dugui sighed in his heart, he is now in his early forties, and he has been a general for more than ten years, and there are many young people who have been promoted over the years, and there are many colleagues who have good friendships, but since his accident, no one has ever come to visit the prison, and Zhao Junsheng is the first.

"Come, there's no place to sit here, if you don't dislike it, just sit on this straw!" After Wan Dugui finished speaking, he bent down and grabbed two handfuls of straw and spread them on the ground for Zhao Junsheng to sit on.

Both of them sat cross-legged on the wheat straw, and Zhao Junsheng asked: "Military master, didn't you say that His Majesty the Emperor transferred the military master back to Pingcheng for another appointment?" Why did this put you in jail again? Your subordinates know that you are quite strict in governing the army and never exceed the system, so Your Majesty has no reason to put you in prison! ”