Chapter 24: The Truth

As the flow of people moved slowly, Wan Qiyang got closer and closer to Zuo'anmen, and saw that the sentries guarding on both sides of the city gate were holding spears with ten people on each side, and twenty people on both sides of the city, and there were also so many sentries in the city, because the number of people in the Beijing barracks could not be compared with the number of troops guarding the border pass, so the Wu people were in the army, the second army was in the army, and the outer Li was one long. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info three even for the team, a captain. Three teams for the whistle. A member of the Outer Sentinel. The five whistles are the general, and the external general is a member of the general. The five are battalions, all of which belong to the main general. The seven gates of the outer city were guarded by nearly 300 officers and soldiers, and a total of one battalion was stationed.

According to the speed of movement of the people, it will soon be Wan Qiyang's turn to enter the city gate, and the sentinel walks around outside the city gate, randomly checking on people he thinks are suspicious from time to time.

At this time, Wan Qiyang had already entered the city gate, and with the flow of people in front of him moving slowly, he suddenly heard the voice of the sentry behind him,

"Wait a minute, the guy who just passed?"

Immediately, the sentry standing in the city gate put a spear, and the flow of people stopped, Wan Qiyang also stopped, turned his head and looked back, the sentry pointed to his position,

"Come here!"

Wan Qiyang was stunned, are you calling me? But he still didn't speak, just pointed to his nose to indicate if the other party was calling him.

"It's not you, the one in front!" The sentinel waved his hand and said impatiently to Wan Qiyang.

The person standing in front of Wan Qiyang is not tall, but he is a little fat, wearing a set of robes made of ordinary fabrics, it seems that he must be a businessman, and it is impossible for ordinary civilians to have such a figure.

Wan Qiyang patted the man's shoulder with his hand and reminded him, and when the others turned around, they realized that the sentry was calling him, so he immediately changed his smile and walked over.

The sentry watched the man pass, then withdrew his spear, and the flow of people moved slowly. Thinking about it, I also know that there is oil and water when I look at the figure, and the sentries guarding the city gate have relied on these to get some oil and water, so can I let go of this opportunity, Wan Qiyang is thinking that it is good that this person is standing with him, compared to the situation, the chance of him being stopped for inspection is not great, otherwise he may have to break some money before he can enter the city!

Wan Qiyang naturally didn't care about how that person could get out, anyway, he had already entered the city safely. The first thing to do when he entered the city Wan Qiyang also thought about it, first find an inn to settle down, and then take the inn as the center to look around, and then go a little further, to have a good understanding of what the actual situation of the capital was like during the Ming Dynasty, you must know that it is impossible to know such a detailed situation in his study of historical research, including some materials of the Ming Dynasty time.

However, it can still be found in some historical records about the changes in the capital, in the Ming Dynasty, there are still ordinary people living in the inner city of the capital, such as Dongzhi Gate: Yuan Zhengren Gate, this gate is the poorest door of the nine gates of Beijing, with the suburban pot kiln vendors, daily miscellaneous goods occupy the urn city, but the statue of the medicine king in the urn city temple is extremely fine, and the city people call it "Dongzhi statue". Walking bricks and tiles, timber cars, the brick kilns in the past were all located outside Dongzhimen, and the timber transported from the south also entered the city from Dongzhimen. In fact, Dongzhimen is not just a brick and wood car, it takes all kinds of cars, if you give a name, that is, Dongzhimen takes the people's car. The earliest Dongzhimen Street is actually the current Dongzhimen Outer Street, the whole street is about three miles long, the ground is paved with stone pavement, there are more than 150 buying and selling shops, after the ice cellar mouth, tea, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar tea, as long as it is necessary for the daily life of the people, whether it is food or use, it can be found on this street.

However, since the Qing Dynasty replaced the Ming Dynasty, the Qing army occupied the city of Beijing, and after the officers and soldiers of the Eight Banners and their families were stationed in Beijing, the Qing court ordered the houses in the inner city to be occupied for the banner people to live in. The Han people and Hui people who used to be in the inner city all moved to the outer city. The inner city is centered on the imperial city, and is divided into four corners and eight directions by eight flags - two yellow flags in the north: the inlaid yellow flag is stationed in Anding Gate, and the yellow flag is stationed in Desheng Gate; Two white flags in the east: the inlaid white flag is stationed in Chaoyang Gate, and the white flag is stationed in Dongzhi Gate; Two red flags in the west: the red flag is stationed in Fuchengmen, and the red flag is stationed in Xizhimen; The two blue flags are located in the south: the blue flag is stationed in the Xuanwu Gate, and the blue flag is stationed in the Zhengwen Gate.

From this point of view, after all, the Ming Dynasty was still a regime under the rule of the Han people, and the Han people still had certain rights.

Wan Qiyang was walking on the streets of the outer city of the capital at this time, the ground was still a stone road, and because there were often vehicles passing by, some traces of being pressed by the wheels could still be seen on the road. The street on this side and the houses on both sides are still intact, and they were not destroyed in the mysterious explosion yesterday, in fact, until now, Wan Qiyang remembered the situation at that time, and he couldn't believe that the culprit of the explosion was actually the accidental result of the battle between two alien aircraft, and the air columns left in the sky at that time and the various colors of smoke caused by the laser weapons used when attacking each other, even if they were discovered by the people on the ground, it was impossible to tell what it was, and, The energy burst should be the sound of the photon wave explosion, and the gunpowder was detonated at the same time, but the explosion was not an explosion detonated with fire, but was detonated under strong pressure, so a vacuum was formed after the explosion in the center of the explosion at that time, and then a powerful shock wave was formed, so all the clothes on the surrounding people were shattered, and the corpses of people who were thrown everywhere or something heavy should be the phenomenon caused by the impact or similar sonic attacks used by alien spaceships.

Even in the twenty-first century, such phenomena cannot be fully explained, so it is impossible to say exactly what happened under conditions such as the seventeenth century.

Wan Qiyang's thoughts returned to the present, and after walking two streets, he really found an inn. This inn is located at an intersection, and occupies the façade of two street entrances at the same time, so as long as people walk on one of the streets, they can see the sign of the inn, from the upstairs hanging a green flag while writing "wine" and one side for "stay", and there is a green flag on each side of the street.

Take a closer look, the gate is open at the corner of the intersection, and a couplet is hung on both sides of the gate, "The food and wine are not drunk; Sincere guests often come. "It is very appropriate for this group of people who come and go from south to north that businessmen and civilians are the main consumer groups. A large plaque is erected outside the bay window on the second floor, and the words "Wanxiang Building" are very eye-catching. This restaurant is a three-story wooden building, the downstairs is a place to eat and drink, the second floor is a private room, and the third floor is a accommodation area.

(End of chapter)