Although it has only been a short period of more than a year, there have been several groups of people who have been caught by Li Mi and escorted into Beijing through this official road, all of whom are heroes.

Whether it is a thief like Asakusa and Ogasawara no Jo, or Cheng Yu and the like, they are all characters who are enough to cause turmoil.

And now, Li Mi himself has finally embarked on this road, although he hopes from the bottom of his heart that he can stay in Suzhou, investigate the case and wait for death.

But he knew that if he waited until that historical node to exert his strength, it would be too late, and he would enter Beijing early to lay out, so he didn't have so many worries in his heart.

In the past year, he has also traveled to many places, whether it is dry roads or waterways, he has adapted to them, so there is not much trouble for the journey.

Moreover, it was the official team that went to Beijing this time, and those martial artists also joined in the excitement and followed them into Beijing, and along the way, it was not only the Suzhou Mansion, the closer to the Beijing Division, the more martial artists were encountered on the road, and it was more lively.

At this time, the world is actually not peaceful, even on the official road, there are people blocking the road and cutting the way, sometimes it is the team of the government, the scale is a little smaller, and the thieves are still bold to start.

However, the Wuju people are all elites who are one in the crowd, and no thief's den is so bold, not to mention that the Wuju people walk in groups, and no one dares to harass them.

In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, commerce was already very developed, so that Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Suzhou, Hangzhou and other places occupied the most important and largest share of the economic role and status, and Suzhou, Hangzhou and other places were also famous all over the world rich and prosperous places.

Li Mi has seen the most representative local features of this era, but some places are famous for relying on the economy, but some places exist because of politics, such as Nanjing, and even more so the national capital Beijing!

Li Mi has already been to Nanjing, but Nanjing, as a companion capital, has lost most of its political value, and the rest is only symbolic, after all, it is the capital of Emperor Taizu, and it needs to be preserved after all.

The city of Beijing is relatively the best place in the world, and it occupies an absolutely important position in terms of politics, economy and even military.

The political and economic aspects are easy to understand, after all, it is the national capital, population and economy and other aspects, will not lose to other places, but in terms of military, many people may not understand well, but if you have heard that the Ming Dynasty was the Son of Heaven guarding the country, you should understand Beijing's important position in the military.

Gossip is also not mentioned, after arriving in Tongzhou, it is more and more lively, many martial arts people are also traveling the world to make friends, there is no shortage of fox friends and dog friends all over the world, many of them are the children of the generals, there are also world friends, they greet each other, whether it is a post house or a restaurant, it is lively and lively.

Tongzhou is already the territory of Shuntianfu, is the northernmost point of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, that is, the starting point of Beijing's southbound, is the east gate of Beijing City, there are more than a dozen large and small rivers in it, the water and land extend in all directions, the north-south road is nothing more than that, and it is also full of people.

Along the way, the places along the way also knew about this grand event, and every place it passed set off a wave of martial arts, and in the words of later generations, it was also an excellent patriotic education activity.

Everyone also has different mentalities about entering Beijing, Li Mi actually had the opportunity to enter Beijing a long time ago, when Shi Shiyong and Qi Chu and others escorted Zhou Yu into Beijing, they had considered this matter, but Li Mi failed to make the trip at that time.

Then there were several escort missions, and Li Mi, as the first meritorious minister, was also qualified to enter Beijing, but Li Mi did not come up after all.

Now that he entered Beijing because of the palace test of Wuju, it was a bit unexpected and even a little hasty, but considering the emperor's reward for Nanzhili and the officials of Suzhou Prefecture, Li Mi also knew how he had to enter Beijing this time.

Entering Beijing is not a casual thing, especially officials, but also to talk about the rules, after arriving in Tongzhou, they will begin to clean up the etiquette, Li Mi is an official, but also a martial arts person, it is said that there are more etiquette to learn than others.

However, after all, he was only asked from the Seventh Rank Deputy Teacher, and he was not qualified to enter the temple for an audience, so he could only wait for the palace to enter as a martial artist, of course, it was not ruled out that the Holy Lord would be summoned in advance.

Therefore, Mo Hengluan and the others were busy, discussing with those officials of the Ministry of Rites all day long, but Li Mi was idle.

Li Mi is still relatively unfamiliar with the capital, Tongzhou is a node between the north and the south, and it is most convenient to inquire about the news.

A few people stayed in Tongzhou for a few days, but they made it clear what they wanted to know, after all, Zhen Mi and the others were all old rivers and lakes, and Li Mi was the best at obtaining information, and he could achieve his goal without revealing traces.

I didn't bother to go out on this day, so Li Mi stayed in the post house, and the autumn and winter girls followed Zhen Mi and Zhang Huangting out to sweep the streets, after all, there was no shortage of silver, and they were people who loved to be lively.

Seeing that at noon, Li Mi was also hungry, in the end, he was used to serving the autumn and winter girl, and when he arrived at the meal, he didn't see anyone to deliver food, Li Mi woke up, this girl was out to play, and she could only go to the kitchen to forage for food by herself.

The kitchen of the post house is also in full swing, after all, the post house is full of local officials, and the Tongzhou post house is not like other small places, and the chefs from all over the world are invited to cater to the tastes of many officials, and the post house is more prosperous than the big restaurants in the capital.

Although Li Mi is also an official, he is a post house at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and his posture is also big, ordinary sesame petty officials, don't ignore you, the autumn and winter girl is with the head of the Governor's Mansion, and only opens a small stove every day.

Li Mi was unclear, he came to the kitchen by himself, but he saw that there was rubbing shoulders inside, whether it was a chef or a dishwasher, they were all like going to the battlefield, like facing a big enemy, speaking slowly, even wiping sweat had no time.

Li Mi was driven out when he arrived at the door, and these servants didn't look up at people, besides, the officials are all self-conscious, and they won't come to the kitchen, and those who come to the kitchen are all subordinates, so naturally no one will recognize Li Mi.

Li Mi was not so inflated that the kitchen was majestic, and after being kicked out, he only smiled bitterly, and was about to go to the street to eat something, but he heard two short-term workers who were washing vegetables complaining.

Although Li Mi often went out to inquire about the news, he didn't hear much about it in the post house, after all, Mo Hengluan and others were here, so it was not good to be too presumptuous.

Unexpectedly, the conversation between these two short-term workers attracted Li Mi's attention!

These short-term workers are all helping idle companions, coming to do things when they are busy, and their salaries are paid daily, they are all relatives in the post house, and they are all doing some chores at the beginning and tail, no better than those chefs, so they are naturally more leisurely.

The reason why Li Mi noticed their conversation was because the two were vaguely talking about how Suzhou Mansion was going, and when they listened carefully, they were even more puzzled.

"This south to the north, and Suzhou Mansion is the most troublesome, every time people come to Wuyang, a large group of Wuyang, those prisoners are okay, throwing pigsty firewood is not in the way, partial officials are all heads and faces, and they are particular about people, every time we have to work, we come over to help, and don't do other livelihoods."

"But isn't it, you said that those who wear black yarn are just fine, every time there are always a lot of people who have no name and no surname, and they are white, and they want to be offered by Bodhisattvas generally, there are no such rules in other places, and there are many things in his Suzhou Mansion."

"Suzhou is a land full of oil, and those who can come up are either rich or expensive, so I don't want to say anything, but I always bring forty or fifty followers every time, which is not very common......"

When Li Mi heard this, everything was normal, after all, he also knew very well that every time he was escorted, there were actually officers and soldiers to escort him, and there were forty or fifty people.

However, the next words of the two are a little suspicious.

"No, this officer and soldier of the army, it is rooted outside the post house, another stove, eating a big pot of rice, I have never seen any place, except for these officers and soldiers, there are dozens of long-term followers...... It's really powerful......"

"The officers and soldiers are placed in another place, and there are dozens of long-term followers? Unlikely, right? Li Mi listened carefully, and was also surprised, because he was involved in the formulation of the escort plan, and there shouldn't be so many talents.

Although there are rules of officialdom in officialdom, sometimes some relatives and friends will be brought along the way, but there are not dozens of people!

This ancient travel is not the most complete, otherwise there will be no worship before departure, etc., most of the outings are also partners, or invite the dart master to protect the whole, and those who go alone on the road are either bold artists or lack of tendons in their heads.

Before the escort team set off, Li Mi had already told him that this kind of entrainment must not happen.

But at this time, it sounds like they not only did this, but they also brought forty or fifty more people, this is forty or fifty people, not four or five!

Li Mi is also idle, with such doubts, he wanted to figure it out, so he found Yicheng.

Although Yi Cheng is only a nine-rank official, it also depends on the land boundary, if it is a place like Huang Ayayi, Yi Cheng is a servant.

But this is the boundary of Shuntianfu, Tongzhou is Tongquwang City, the post house is more magnificent than the largest restaurant in Tongzhou, many people even dredge the relationship to live here for a few nights, and the post is gradually arrogant.

However, Li Mi is the deputy manager after all, and he has the support of the captain of Qipin Zhongyong, and even the governor of Nanzhili has taken special care of him, and he has to treat Li Mi specially, and Yicheng can't be as eyeless as those dogs in the kitchen, so he welcomed Li Mi into the house affectionately.

Li Midao understood his intentions, and wanted to check the records of the past teams in Suzhou Prefecture, although Yicheng was a little embarrassed, he still complied with it.

After all, Li Mi is an official of the Nanzhili Institute, and the yamen is one level higher than the Suzhou Mansion, and it is enough to ask for accounts.

Li Mi was not ambiguous, spread out the thick account book, and searched the reception list of the last few times, but what puzzled Li Mi was that the account was clean and there was no record of too many people!

As Li Mi thought, these are the unwritten rules of officialdom, if it is only four or five relatives and friends, it will be fine, but if there are really forty or fifty people, it will be a little unsettling.

Li Mi is not distressed about the silver, let alone indignant at the private use of public weapons to fill his pockets, but every time he escorts a vital person, there is no room for the slightest mistake!

"It's all on the list?" Li Mi closed the list, and asked Yicheng like this, which was also unintentional, but when he heard Yicheng's ears, it changed its taste.

"Lord Liwen, is this questioning the lower official?"

If you change to a post house elsewhere, the post man should respond: "Yes, it's all on this." ”

But this post man of Shuntianfu is also arrogant, and asking Li Mi like this also makes Li Mi a little unhappy, but when he is under the eaves, Li Mi is not easy to cause trouble.

"The official is not questioning, but the escort team twice earlier, the official remembers that there are still forty or fifty supernumerary personnel, but there is no record in this account book, so I want to ask clearly, if there is an excess, I think I can find some to make up for the post Cheng, and it is not good to let the post Cheng suffer, right?"

When Li Mi said this, Yi Cheng also relaxed. After all, no one is at odds with silver, is there?