The method that Monkey Jian'er thought of was surprisingly simple, after a bag of silver was secretly stuffed into the hands of the guard general at the gate of the camp, Yang Yi and the three of them were already standing on the street of Xiguan, and the general also enthusiastically gave each of them a so-called certificate of goodness?

Although Xiguan is an important military fortress, it is also the only way to pass through the north and south, whether it is a civilian businessman, or a warrior and a scholar, it is difficult to bypass this checkpoint if you want to go from the capital to Saiwai or from the north to the Central Plains.

When there are more people walking, it will naturally become lively. Over the years, this pass between the two mountains has become a small town, and at the same time, it has also become a double important town of military and trade economy, and many travelers from the north and south will recuperate and replenish here.

Because of the narrow pass, the houses in Xiguanli were densely built than in the imperial capital, and except for the wide roads for the army to pass, every corner was crowded with buildings of different heights.

There are many small shops in the city, and although they are small, they can be seen from the side of almost all the buying and selling industries. Now Yang Yi understands why Xiguan can't accommodate so many refugees, how can the small refugee camp where Yang Yi and the others are staying can accommodate tens of thousands of refugees?

Now that the famine is spreading in various parts of Daguang, Yang Jie in the capital obviously does not want those refugees to enter the Central Plains and become an army of locusts that destroy the world, he can even turn away his own father, and it is more difficult to expect him to have compassion than to ascend to the sky.

What surprised Yang Yi was that outside Xiguan City was like a hell on earth, but inside Xiguan City it was like a world away. Seventy or eighty percent of the shops on both sides of the road are still open, and pedestrians continue as usual, because refugees are all concentrated in one place, and it is difficult to see beggars on the streets.

It's hard to tell that there was a great battle here just a few days ago, and the towering and strong walls seem to be a door of salvation, resolutely cutting off the link between earth and hell.

Maybe it's because the people here are reluctant to work hard all their lives to get out of the family business, or maybe the strong city wall of Xiguan has self-comforting confidence in them, in short, if it weren't for the soldiers who have been patrolling back and forth, Yang Yi wouldn't have seen that this is a city pass in the middle of a war.

"Temple... Childe, where are we going now? Monkey asked as she surveyed her surroundings.

Yang Yi stood on the side of the street and let a group of patrolling sergeants pass, thought about it, smeared a handful of wall ash on the wall of the house on the side, danced wildly on his face, and said, "Go to the City Lord's Mansion." ”

The city lord's mansion in Xiguan City is easy to find, and the buildings in the center of the city can be seen at a glance.

The three of them stopped and walked to the street of the City Lord's Mansion, and they were immediately worried. From a distance, around a small city lord's mansion, at least two thousand guards were crowded, and it was not an exaggeration to describe it as three steps, one sentry, five steps and one post, and the strength of the guards was comparable to that of the imperial palace.

Yang Yi looked around, and just saw a wine shop in business at the corner of the street opposite the City Lord's Mansion.

Yang Yi nodded to Monkey Jian'er and Tie Niu, and the three of them went straight to the wine shop.

As soon as he arrived at the door of the wine shop, the shopkeeper who was leaning on the door saw the three people in poor clothes and shoes, and the faces of the refugees were gray, and he secretly despised them in his heart.

Seeing the three of them walking towards the store, the store guy was not surprised, and he raised his hand to resist Yang Yi who was walking in front.

Yang Yi didn't have time to explain to him, and he didn't have the leisure to pretend to be forced, so he took out a dozen copper plates from his clothes belt as he walked, and casually stuffed them into the oil hand stretched out by the shop guy.

"I want a private room, on the second floor."

The shopkeeper raised his head one second ago, and the next second he bent down, stuffing the copper plate into his arms without a trace, waving the oily rag in his hand, and laughing loudly: "Three distinguished guests!" The second floor B elegant house! ”

"Three masters! Upstairs please! ”

Led by the enthusiastic shopkeeper, the three of them stepped on the wooden ladder to the second floor, and then entered the second room.

The three of them sat down, and the shopkeeper smiled earnestly: "What do the three masters want?" ”

"Three pots of wine, two catties of dried meat."

"Okay, sir, wait a minute!"

After the shopkeepers went out, Yang Yi and the others walked to the window facing the street and looked out, where they could see the scene at the gate of the city lord's mansion.

At this time, the gate of the City Lord's Mansion was changing sentry posts, and the time was very fast, and there were hardly any gaps to drill.

"It's too well guarded, it's hard to get in." Monkey Jian'er said softly.

At this time, the shouts of the shopkeepers came from outside the door: "Come on~~ three objective wine and food!" ”

Yang Yi and the three of them quietly returned to the table, watching the shop guy put the wine and meat on the table, Monkey Jian'er took the wine jug and gave it to Yang Yi and himself, and Tie Niu poured it separately.

Yang Yi raised his wine glass and took a sip, and said casually: "Little brother, I see that the outside world is so chaotic, but your family's business has never been neglected?" ”

The shop guy smiled enthusiastically: "Guest officer, this is your first time coming to Xiguan, right?" ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"Objectively, I don't know, our wine shop is a century-old signboard in Xiguan, as long as people who have lived in Xiguan will come to us for a drink or two in their spare time. You said that this war has no impact on us, but I don't know that the impact is great, if it is a normal day, our business is far more than that. ”

I don't know if this guy was originally a chatter, or he was rewarded by Yang Yi, and he was extremely enthusiastic.

Yang Yi suddenly took another sip of wine, tasted it carefully, nodded with satisfaction: "Hmm... Yes, it's a good wine, and it doesn't mix too much white water. ”

The shopkeeper said proudly: "That's not it, the entire Xiguan City is the most powerful wine in our place, and even the city lord's mansion drinks my family's wine!" ”

Yang Yi's heart lit up, and he said with a smile: "Little brother is exaggerating, the city lord's mansion is full of dignitaries, how can you drink your wine here?" ”

Hearing this, the shopkeeper feigned anger and said: "Guest officer, you don't care what you said about this, you can go out and inquire casually, just say recently, the city lord's mansion is full of powerful people living in the court today, and even the ladies in the palace also live in it, but they are all drinking our wine." ”

Yang Yi was a little unconvinced: "Huh? How could the lady in the palace be in Xiguan? I heard that the emperor has gone south to Tongzhou..."

"Shhhhh

Before Yang Yi finished speaking, the shopkeeper waved the rag in his hand, signaled Yang Yi to be quieter, looked at the room behind him, and then said softly: "Objectively, don't talk nonsense, the one who goes south to Tongzhou is the emperor, and the one sitting in the capital is the emperor!" ”

Yang Yi knew that the emperor in the capital was Yang Jie, the seventh prince, who was talking about in the shopkeeper's mouth, and a chill suddenly rose in his heart, but he smiled quietly: "I made a mistake in my mouth, and suddenly changed the sky, I am really not used to it." ”

The shopkeeper said seriously with a grim face: "This habit has to be changed immediately, but it's going to lose your head!" ”

Yang Yiyi smiled and said: "Yes, yes, the second brother reminded me!" After a pause, he then said, "Then the little second brother, have you seen the imperial concubine in the city lord's mansion?" I heard that the concubines of the Emperor Taishang are very beautiful. ”

The shopkeeper smiled knowingly and said: "Where does the little one have that blessing, but I heard the old Zheng Tou who goes in every day to deliver wine, but it is beautiful, but it seems to be a little older." ”

When Yang Yi heard this, he was more and more sure that the city lord's mansion was living in Concubine Ning, and he couldn't bear to go around in circles with the shopkeeper anymore, and said bluntly: "I want to go in and see if the concubine is really that beautiful, I don't know if the second brother has a way?" ”

As he spoke, Yang Yi took out a silver ingot from his arms and put it on the table gently.

The shopkeeper glanced at the silver on the table, the smile on his face gradually faded, and said softly: "What do a few guest officers want to do, I know in my heart, there are a lot of people who have broken into the city lord's mansion to find people in the past few days, but there are almost no who can come out alive, so I persuaded a few guest officers to give up..."

Yang Yi didn't speak, and took out a silver ingot from his arms and gently put it on the table.

The shopkeeper looked at the two ingots of dazzling silver, his face was a little embarrassed, and said: "Guest officer, don't be like this, now the three floors of the city lord's mansion and the outer three floors are surrounded by water, and it is difficult to get in." ”

Yang Yi smiled, simply put the entire money bag on the table, and said, "That's why we asked the little second brother for your help to think of a way." ”

Yang Yi was sure in his heart at this time that this guy must have a way to get in, otherwise he couldn't keep saying how difficult it was to enter the City Lord's Mansion, but he didn't say nowhere to refuse.

Sure enough, the shopkeeper looked at the bulging bag of silver on the table, and both eyes were about to pop out.

The shopkeeper glanced at Yang Yi, hesitated for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth, turned around and walked to the door, poked his head out and looked left and right, and then retreated into the house, closing the door.

Returning to Yang Yi, the shopkeeper reached out and scooped up the silver money bag on the table and put it in his pocket, then pulled over a wooden stool and sat next to Yang Yi and said softly: "The old Zheng Tou of our wine shop will send two truckloads of good wine into the city lord's mansion through the back door every evening, and every time he will bring a few guys to go with him." ”

"What do you mean?"

"I have some friendship with Lao Zheng Tou, if... If he can dredge it up, maybe he can take you inside. The shopkeeper blinked and didn't speak again.

Yang Yi stretched out his hand to Monkey Jian'er, Monkey Jian'er looked at the shopkeeper with an unkind face, and took out his money bag from his arms very unwillingly.

"Bang" Yang Yi threw the money bag in front of the shopkeeper, and the shopkeeper smiled embarrassedly and was about to reach out to take it.

Yang Yihu pressed the money bag and said with a smile: "Little second brother has to handle it properly, if we can't get in or there is something wrong with going in, our brother outside will give you an extra coffin." ”

The shopkeeper couldn't help but shudder when Yang Yi saw it, and said with an embarrassed smile: "Don't worry, the guest officer must be proper, it must be proper.."

Yang Yi let go of the money bag, took a sip of wine and said, "Go, we are waiting for your good news here, Monkey Jian'er, you go with the little second brother." ”

Monkey nodded and followed the shopkeeper out of the room.

When the two of them went out, Tie Niu on the side worried: "Is this person reliable?" ”

Yang Yi sighed and didn't speak, even if he entered the City Lord's Mansion in any other way now, he would not be so reckless, but what made Yang Yi more relieved was that this person was very greedy for money, and people who were greedy for money were even more greedy for their own lives, and he would not easily go to report him if he was not forced to do so.