Chapter Twenty-Three: The Mansion

Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, Liu Ji stood for a quarter of an hour under this building, which symbolized the supreme ruling body of the Western Regions.

In later generations, there was no trace of it, and even the location was full of controversy, because fifty years later, it was captured by the Tubo, and then all traces of the Tang Dynasty were erased, and in more than 1,200 years, there were countless owners here, but it never returned to the hands of the Han people.

At this time, standing under the stone steps that are more than seven times high, looking at the huge main hall above, the shape of the four flats and eight stables is simple and atmospheric, square and thick, the main body is supported by sixty-four pillars that are difficult for one person to surround, the four corners of the eaves are decorated with the inverted cloud dragon pattern, and there is a Pixiu that looks up to the sky and roars on the tile, which is just right.

The meaning of protecting the four provinces and the eight directions of the town.

Outside the festival hall, the neatly armored guards stood solemnly with guns, and a boundless coercion rushed to the face, this stone step, I don't know how many kings and envoys of small countries in the Western Regions have left, trembling footprints, but those who are a little timid, I am afraid that they will not even dare to raise their heads.

In its last moments, when Qiuzi was breached, and the tide of Tibetans swarmed in, this may be the last fortress, the white-haired Anxi veterans, holding blood-stained horizontal knives, guarding the family behind them, fighting to the death layer by layer, until there was no one left, the desperate family members lit a fire, and disappeared with it in the long river of history.

Liu Ji sighed silently, handed over his mount to his fellow men, and took Zhang Wuyuan and Xu Guangjing to stand in front of the hall.

"Liu Ji, the lord of the Qiankeng, is the same as his subordinates, and he has been ordered to go to the mansion, please report it."

"Wait." A guard took the confession and document disc he handed over, turned around and walked in, and after a while, Li Qiyun came out and greeted him warmly.

"Gorou came so quickly, I thought you would stay a few more days."

"Jun life is in his body, how dare you delay, besides, I will leave sooner, won't you also feel at ease sooner?"

For his jokes, Li Qiyun didn't dare to take it, who knew if it was true or not, the two of them snorted, and the latter took the two of them from the corridor to the side hall.

The side halls on both sides, according to Kongmu, Bing Cao, Si Cao, Tuntian, Cangyu, etc., were temporarily led by Li Qiyun, the judge of the festival, and at the moment it was crowded with people, almost busy, and the latter explained to them apologetically.

"Zhongcheng has taken away a lot of subordinates, and there is a shortage of manpower in a certain place, if Gorou sets a return date, he will do his best to cooperate, and if there is something else, he might as well put it forward together."

"Then there's the labor judge." Liu Ji thanked him first, and then said: "I plan to set off tomorrow, there are hundreds of servants in the two provinces, plus the soldiers and horses in the garrison, it should be enough, and I hope you will bother more on the itinerary." ”

"In such a hurry?" Li Qiyun was taken aback, you must know that the city he only entered yesterday is equivalent to staying for only one day.

"Have you ever been there?"

Liu Ji knew that he was referring to the Feng Mansion, and nodded: "I was about to visit." ”

"It's tight, so let's handle it for you personally." Li Qiyun estimated the number of people needed and replied, "You report the number of people, horses, and things you are carrying, and you don't need to pay attention to the people who are around." ”

"That's very good." Liu Ji knew that he was doing it conveniently, otherwise he would have to pay bail for so many people, and it would never be possible to do it in one day.

"The sergeant accompanying him in the military will be explained by this deputy Xu Shu, and the people of Liu Fuzhong will be assigned by the old steward when he is young, as for this deputy Zhang Shu, he will not go to Beijing with me, he will be transferred to Xizhou, and I also ask the judge to handle it together."

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say." Li Qiyun said hello to Zhang and Xu, pulled Liu Ji aside, and said a little mysteriously: "Did you invite you to the Governor's Mansion?" ”

He didn't say it, Liu Ji had forgotten it a long time ago, but at this time, he remembered that when he entered the city, Bai Xiaoyi did say what he had said about the house, and more than once, so he nodded.

"Then you might as well take a trip, maybe they don't have something to ask for."

Liu Ji was slightly stunned and wanted to ask more, but Li Qiyun had no intention of speaking, so he just ordered a small official in the house to take him to the backyard, of course, the two places are not connected, but separated.

Between the two is also a garden, but it is not as delicate as Liu's Mansion, it is still a very atmospheric arrangement, most of it is a place to hold a large-scale banquet, through the garden, the front suddenly opens up, it is a grassland covering an extremely wide area.

"This is the horse farm in the house, specially used for playing ball, when the former high school was there, he would often invite clubs from all over the world to play, and in the past two years, there has been nothing to do, and it has been abandoned a lot."

The little official who led the way saw that he was a little interested, and introduced it on the side.

It turned out to be a polo field, no wonder he saw two small door frames in front of and behind, this sport originated in the Western Regions, and now it should be the most enthusiastic among the powerful in Chang'an City, it is said that even women have a special ball club, he slightly bowed his head, and walked along the grass that was already a little yellow, at this moment, a black shadow swooped over, as fast as lightning.

"Ahh The little official beside him involuntarily let out an exclamation, and the two warfronts neither dared to run nor move.

Rao is Liu Ji had been mentally prepared, and he was also pounced on by this sudden suddenness, and for a while he didn't even see where it came from.

"Ahri."

Liu Ji called it, the black panther winked at it, and sure enough, he understood his call, taking advantage of this opportunity, he grabbed the opponent's front legs, turned over hard, and flipped the unstable leopard body to the ground, and then rode to its belly, and before he could sit firmly, he was flipped over by the black panther under him, and one person and one leopard rolled around on the grass like this, having a lot of fun.

The little official who led the way looked straight at it, and who in the city didn't know that this leopard only listened to the words of a few people, but he had such a tame moment, like an enlarged black cat.

"Ahri!"

After a while, a man rode a horse and galloped over, saw that the panther was entangled with a person, and scolded him, the panther let go of Liu Ji very obediently, but he was a little reluctant to rub his head against him.

Liu Ji grabbed the leopard's leg and stood up, patted the broken grass on his body, and immediately the man looked at him, jumped off the horse, and stepped forward in surprise.

"Goro!"

Liu Ji raised his eyes and saw that the man was about thirty years old, with a white complexion, no beard under his chin, wearing a mink hat, a collared fox fur, and a pair of long boots on his feet, which was a typical Hu people's attire.

He arched his hand and said, "Da Lang." ”

"When did you become so polite, Ah Feng said it yesterday, and he still didn't believe it, but today he saw that it was so." The person who came unceremoniously punched him, and Liu Ji understood that he had not guessed wrong.

"The little one has seen Hao Lang-kun." The little official on the side held his hand and saluted.

The man is Feng Changqing's eldest man, he should be twenty-six years old at this time, his name is Feng Hao, the word is like Han, the strange thing is that his face is somewhat similar to Feng Hanyue, and he has never left any traces of Feng Changqing.

Liu Ji began to worry about his heirs.

Feng Hao didn't think as much as he did, and was obviously in a very good mood: "You're here to see your mother, right, she and your sister-in-law are behind, I don't know what they're discussing, but they kicked someone out, I'm afraid that this time I'm not free, why don't we go out for a walk?" ”

"That's not good, is it?"

It is extremely rude to go over the house without greeting, Liu Ji still understands some etiquette, but Feng Hao pushed him without caring and went straight outside.

"What is the relationship between you and me, how can you still talk about those false courtesies, I won't tell you, you are not here these days, and you are suffocated in this Qiuzi City, and you are about to go to Beijing, why don't you hurry up and play a trick?"

As he spoke, he squeezed his eyebrows at him, and with a look you understand, Liu Ji was still at a loss until he was pushed out of the house.

This thing can't be trying to harm the people, right? Who are the four evils in the end.