As usual, Du Rui did not sit in the carriage, but still rode the dragon horse.

He was not wearing a dragon robe that represented his identity, but a green shirt, like Xu Xinyan on his side, he was dressed as a scribe, and there were no gold threads embroidered on his clothes, as well as dragon patterns and other things.

Riding on the dragon horse, Du Rui looked at both sides of the street from time to time.

Suzaku Street is about three or four zhang wide, the middle is the horse lane, there are street trees to isolate the horse lane and the sidewalks on both sides, the street trees are common birch trees in the northern Central Plains, straight up, the branches are not scattered to the sides, most of them are also straight up, like lampposts, each birch tree is about one zhang apart, people can walk through the street through the spacing of the birch trees.

From time to time, pedestrians cross the carriageway, and the timid will look left and right, while the bold will walk on their own regardless of the sides......

Therefore, whether it is a carriage or a cavalry team, they can't gallop on horseback, they can only move forward in small steps, and some of the teams that look like wealthy families are like Du Rui's own fleet, still abiding by the rules and not galloping wantonly.

On the side, Xu Xinyan was whispering to Du Rui about the customs of Handan City.

Handan City is different from most cities, and Chang'an City is also different, in this city, there is no gang, there is no so-called underground rules, there is no set of underground rules that are completely different from the rules of the government but are also implemented, here, there may be gray existence, but there is no underworld law, of course, this does not mean that the laws of this government are above everything.

In Handan, the laws and decrees of the government are still superficial, and most ordinary people will not turn to the government yamen unless they are forced to do so, and the conflicts between warriors are even more so, and they also do not want to be involved with the government and the court.

In Handan, above everything is the rules of the Li clan of Zhaojun.

It's just that all of this is built on a variety of tooth lines and township covenant rules, on the surface, Zhao County Li's business house also follows the rules, and the Li family also follows the township rules and regulations, and does not go beyond these regulations, if the Li family violates the rules or the people's covenant, they will also be punished, and they can't stay out of it and transcend it.

The prince committed the same crime as the common people, and it seems to exist in Handan City.

However, the so-called Yaxing, the person in charge is either surnamed Li, or related to the Li family, is the agent of the Li family, those rules and township covenants, the formulators are inseparable from the Li family, in fact, these rules and township covenants that are revised every ten years are the embodiment of the will of the Li family, and 90% of the population of Handan City act in accordance with these rules and township covenants, that is, the people are under the will of the Li family.

The decree of the government?

If it deviates from the will of the Li family, it is just a dead letter.

However, the irony is that Handan, which acts according to the rules of the Li family's rules and villages, is far more stable and prosperous than most cities under the rule of the Tang Empire, where it is rare to see private fights and warriors entangled in groups fighting with each other, and there are no clans fighting in the countryside for the sake of resources, all the fights are on the table, and they are handed over to the Yahang or the village elders to judge and adjudicate, and everything is in accordance with the rules of the township contract.

Even those who are rampant in the mountains and lakes, if they come to Handan City, they also abide by the rules one by one, even if they have grudges against each other, and there are conflicts on their tongues at most, and the female relatives who greet each other will never dare to draw their swords against each other.

Xu Xinyan lived in Handan City for a period of time when he was young, and according to him, Handan was not much different from that time.

Even in the period of war, there was only a little disturbance in the outer city, but those troops who crossed the border or were stationed here rarely went out of the barracks to disturb the people, and the common large-scale killings and looting were even more unheard of.

It is said that the Li family and the armies of all parties have an agreement that large-scale disturbance of the people will not be allowed in Handan.

The Jingbian Army is strong enough, the four admirals have their own secret methods, Liang Fengzhi is a strong man at the grandmaster level, and the mage Landu is in charge of the mage battalion of the Jingbian Army, with the existence of a mage, the combat effectiveness of an army can be guaranteed, whether it is logistics or on the battlefield, and the combat effectiveness of Landu's single person is not worse than that of the grandmaster warrior, as for Guo Hui, who was born in the Fengxiang Guo family, although he is a congenital martial artist, he has a strong grandmaster to guard on one side.

However, if the Li family of Zhaojun poured out, the Jingbian army would definitely not be an opponent.

More than ten years ago, Handan rebelled, and ten years later, it returned to the rule of the imperial court.

Xu Xinyan said one thing to Du Rui, that is, when Feng Li Xue went to Handan at night, it was a military miracle on the surface, after all, the inner city of Handan was guarded by a rune array, and the operation of the rune array was in the hands of the rebels.

However, Feng Li led more than 1,000 elites to capture Handan.

Because of its incredibleness, this has achieved the prestige of Feng Li's famous general.

In fact, the reason why Feng Li was able to take Handan City without a battalion was because of the internal response, when the army appeared under the city, the rune array in the city could not be activated, and the leader of the rebel army had no time to separate, and a grandmaster-level powerhouse under his command suddenly rebelled, although the rebel commander was also a strong grandmaster, but he was entangled and could not get out, and finally, he was killed by Feng Li and the rebel.

As a grandmaster-level martial artist, even if you can't beat it, you can escape, and like a grandmaster-level martial artist, you have the magical power of the golden wind before the cicada, and if the danger is coming, you have some sense.

However, the rebel leader's sense of the heavenly machine was covered by the divine power of a certain existence at the beginning, and before the battle, he was trapped in an unknown space by the rune array, entangled by the renegade warriors, and could not get out, so he was killed by a combined attack.

The reason why this is so is that the Li family of Zhaojun made a move.

Handan Town was originally a family of Hebei Domain, and it has always been inseparable from the central court, ostensibly under the rule of the Tang Empire, but in fact, it is a semi-independent state, and the Li family of Zhaojun is acquiesced in this.

Initially, the commander of Handan Town was someone else, fifteen years ago, died in a rebellion, the rebel was the rebel commander, after the rebellion was successful, he set himself up as the envoy of Handan Town, but he has not been recognized by the imperial court. The reason is very simple, although the previous Jiedu envoy was independent of the central court, he did not completely cut off the relationship with the central court, and there was no shortage of taxes and tributes in Handan Town.

After this one came to power, all the taxes and tributes should be cut off, and he wanted the court to recognize him before he could discuss issues such as taxes and tributes with the court, otherwise, there would be no negotiations at all.

His rebellion was very sudden, and you must know that he was the righteous son of the Jiedu envoy who was assassinated by him, and he had always relied on it very much.

If he didn't have that stepfather, he would have been a white bone on the side of the road, just like the leader of the Scarlet Battalion Nangong, his father-in-law was as kind to him as a mountain, but he also stabbed him in the back, which was really cold.

In the face of the rebellion, the Li clan of Zhao County did not estimate it.

In the end, the Li family pinched their noses and admitted it, because the rebels were respectful to the Li clan of Zhao County, and their tentacles did not extend to the rule of Zhao County Li, and made some concessions and gave up many benefits.

Later, the rebels and the imperial court could not get along, and in the end, they even pulled up the anti-flag, openly rebelled, and the army went south, and even wanted to cross the river and attack the Henan hinterland of the Tang Empire.

In this regard, the Li family of Zhaojun was opposed, however, the guy insisted on going his own way.

Therefore, Feng Lixue's night trip to Handan was so smooth, among them, it must have been the support of the Li family, and even, the Li family of Zhaojun must have made a move in secret, otherwise, the grandmaster-level martial artist who was valued by that guy would not suddenly rebel.

Of course, Xu Xinyan didn't know the reason why the Li family really made a move.

That is definitely a big secret, Xu Xinyan can't find out, and it's impossible to speculate at will.

Du Rui naturally couldn't deduce, after all, there were not many clues, he didn't know the magic of heaven, and it was impossible for him to know the truth.

After a while, the group passed through Suzaku Street and came to Suzaku Gate.

There is a moat between the inner city and the outer city, the moat is not wide, it is only three or four zhang of the situation, the water flow is gentle, but it is still relatively clear, it is a living water, many river sections are natural, only a small part of the river section is artificially excavated, this moat is also engraved with runes, and the big array in the city is connected, once it is activated, it is full of lethality.

There was a drawbridge in front of the gate, which was naturally not hoisted now, but built over the moat.

The suspension bridge is relatively wide and heavy, and it should have a rune array, otherwise, even if there is a mechanism, it will be difficult to rise and fall with those two iron chains alone.

Keep to the right, and this is the same as in most places.

Although the drawbridge is wide, it can only accommodate two carriages in parallel, when Du Rui and his party came to the drawbridge, there happened to be a convoy coming out of the city gate, in fact, Du Rui and his party can also go up to the drawbridge, staggered, Du Rui did not do this, but strangled the mount, and the group stopped in front of the drawbridge, waiting for the convoy to pass by, before going on the bridge.

"This is the Li family's ...... team"

Xu Xinyan whispered in Du Rui's ear.

The family symbol of Zhaojun Li is the blue bird, and this carriage has a blue bird pattern, if it were not for the Li family, he would never dare to embroider the blue bird pattern, just like no one dared to embroider the dragon pattern except for the Du family.

On the other side, as on this side, there were three carriages, but they were surrounded by more than a dozen guards, and those guards rode tall dragon horses, and as on this side, all the mounts and saddles were engraved with runes, and they marched extremely briskly.

The convoy passed by Du Rui, and the escort led by him bowed slightly.

His gaze fell on Yue Chong.

The other party was also innate, so he sensed Yue Chong's cultivation.

There was a fragrant breeze blowing in the nose, not a rouge scent, but a very natural fragrance, accompanied by the woman's chuckle.

In the lead carriage, someone lifted the curtain and looked out.