What they saw and heard after entering the city surprised Li Banghua and the others even more, who would have thought that the poor and cold places that the high-ranking officials and dignitaries in Beijing could avoid can now be so prosperous. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Li Banghua and his entourage passed through the two-story urn city, and walked for a long time before arriving at an urn city called 'Moon City' (similar to a crescent moon, so it was named Moon City).

These three urn cities are very large, and the markets, temples, and streets and alleys inside are intricate, but this is nothing, and what surprised Li Banghua and his party was that the three layers of the outer three layers of Datong City were tightly defended.

On the city wall, around the women's wall, and in the streets and alleys, there were teams of soldiers wearing helmets and armor.

Just on the way through a street, Li Banghua and other people from Beijing encountered five or six teams of soldiers wearing gray and black armor, which shows the strong defense of Datong City.

After passing through the urn city, he walked to the inner city of Datong City, which is the original Datong City, according to Li Banghua's estimation all the way, the results he got made him unbelievable.

The prosperity of this Datong city is not much different from that of Jingshi, and the streets are crowded with people, and there are small merchants and vendors selling along the streets.

The roadside is almost all the branches of the major businesses in the Central Plains, and many merchants are squeezed out of their heads and want to open a branch in Datong City, Dong Yinghua can't help but think, according to the current speed of development, I am afraid that in a few years, Datong City will surpass Daming Jingshi and become the largest business center in the Central Plains.

At this moment, standing outside a magnificent mansion, the power center of the whole city, looking at the glittering eight words on the plaque "The Mansion of the Former General of the Western Expedition", Li Banghua was suddenly a little at a loss.

This feeling is very peculiar, Li Banghua used to wring with Emperor Chongzhen in the court, even if Emperor Chongzhen was angry, he never had the slightest feeling of not knowing where to start, and often thought like a spring, but now this feeling Li Banghua can't explain.

It just so happened that a person in regular clothes came out of the door, looking like an official, Li Banghua hurriedly stepped forward and arched his hand: "This official is the Imperial History Li of the Metropolitan Procuratorate..."

Without waiting for Li Banghua to finish speaking, Dong Yinghua, who had just gone out, was moved, but remembering Xiao Yi's personal instructions to him a few days ago, he was also unfazed.

"It turned out to be Li Yushi, my family has been waiting for a long time, can you bring a famous post?"

Oh, Li Banghua turned his head to signal, and then the brocade-clothed guard Qianhu behind him raised his head and showed his name.

Dong Yinghua pretended to look at it a few times, nodded and handed back the name post, and said, "Li Yushi, wait here for a while, and wait for the official to inform the marshal." ”

Hearing Dong Yinghua's self-proclaim, the Jinyi Wei Qianhu was about to get angry, but as soon as he remembered what he had experienced at the city gate, he forcibly suppressed his anger and glanced at the guards around him.

The clothes and armor are all ironclad, and the appearance of the five big and three thick looks very difficult to mess with compared to those gatekeepers, I am afraid that Xiao Yi's family member, he has no idea of being angry at the moment, so he has to keep laughing.

Li Banghua was also angry, why don't the people in this Datong City know the etiquette? A mere official in the palace actually dared to call himself an official in front of his dignified Zuodu Yushi?

However, thinking of the purpose of coming this time, Li Banghua had to swallow this breath first, and wait until he saw Xiao Yi's face.

Looking inside the door, Li Banghua and a group of people from Beijing almost dropped their jaws in shock, and there was a column of people lined up outside the main hall of the Shuai Mansion, looking at their appearance, Li Banghua could know what these people were waiting for even if he thought with his toes.

If they were all poor households, Li Banghua would not be so surprised, although these people were all screaming, but at least they were in the big purple silk robe, holding a name card in their hands, and they looked like they were all rich and noble families, including merchants and wealthy families.

Dong Yinghua bypassed the crowded queue in front of the door, entered Xiao Yi's study through the side door, and arched his hand after entering: "Dashuai, the people from Jingshi have arrived." ”

Hearing this, Xiao Yi raised his head buried in the bookcase, and asked with interest: "But do you explain your identity?" ”

Dong Yinghua said: "It's Li Banghua, the left capital of the Imperial Palace, this time the emperor also kept an eye on it, and only said that Li Banghua came back to visit relatives." ”

"Li Banghua?"

Xiao Yi laughed after hearing this, Dong Yinghua didn't know why, and said softly: "Did you let him in through the side door?" It's handsome..."

saw Xiao Yi waved his hand, buried his head in the table again, and said lightly: "Since this Li Banghua is here to visit relatives, let me have a good visit in my marshal mansion and hang it." ”

Hearing this, Dong Yinghua didn't seem to react, and said in shock: "Dry.. Hanging? ”

Although it was not explicitly stated, everyone knew that this Li Banghua's name was to visit relatives, but in fact it represented the meaning of the imperial court, that is, the meaning of Emperor Chongzhen, and Dong Yinghua was afraid that Xiao would cause trouble if he did so.

Xiao Yi naturally Dong Yinghua's concerns, and he didn't say anything at the moment, just asked Dong Yinghua to convey it truthfully, but how could Dong Yinghua tell the truth, just under the pretext that Xiao Yi was busy with government affairs and had no time to take care of it.

You can imagine how violent Li Yushi, who was smooth sailing in Beijing, was like thunder after hearing this, but no matter how angry he was, Li Banghua could only break his teeth and swallow it in his stomach, and he couldn't say what he was suffering.

Li Banghua and his entourage walked through the crowded crowd under the guidance of the maid, walked to the spacious lobby and sat on the guest seats, waiting for Xiao Yi to come out to meet.

While waiting, Li Banghua frowned and looked at the people queuing outside the door, snorted coldly, and began to slowly observe the layout of the lobby.

Li Banghua had never been to Datong City before, so he didn't know how Han Shimeng arranged it, but he had been to other military attachés' homes a few times, and he also claimed to know about the layout in the military attaché's mansion.

Now I see the layout of Xiao Yi's mansion but I am a little puzzled, even the mansions of the general soldiers in those places are often hung with a few calligraphy and paintings in order to be contaminated with a little bit of literary and ink atmosphere, although they don't learn it like this, but it looks like it can also make them refreshed, it stands to reason that Xiao Yi's mansion should have more such things, and there should be a lot of valuables.

But after looking back and forth a few times, I didn't find any calligraphy and paintings deliberately hung up, and I couldn't see precious decorations such as jade.

On the contrary, there were several patterns around the lobby that he had never seen before, some of which were of a tiger with teeth and claws, some of which were of an eagle soaring with wings, and some of which were galloping horses.

Seeing that it was unknown in the eyes of Dong Yinghua and the others, the brocade-clothed guard Qianhu turned around a few times and asked curiously, "What do these patterns mean?" ”

Hearing this, the maid standing on the side was slightly blessed and replied respectfully: "A few adults didn't know that these patterns represent the banners of the battalions under the command of the marshal. Speaking of this, there was a look of admiration in the maid's eyes.

Nodding, Li Banghua said interestingly: "Then there are nine flags in this battalion, does it mean that there are nine battalions in the Yongan Army?" ”

"This fiery horse must represent the cavalry battalion, and what does this eagle flag represent?"

The maid looked at the wall, and because of Xiao Yi's earlier instructions, she didn't hesitate to explain them one by one.

"This spear flag is the first battalion of the deputy commander General Huang, this eagle flag is the second battalion of the trap led by General Shi Lu, and this tiger is the third battalion of General Shi Gang... The wheelbarrow in the shape of a sack is the baggage battalion commanded by General Gu Lin, but..."

Speaking of this, the maid's face was difficult, and she didn't say more.

Hearing this, Li Banghua and the others were nervous and sat down in a mutter.

Wei Cheng thought that Gu Lin, who had been detained by the Holy Lord in Jingshi, was so big, and he was actually one of the nine battalion officials under Xiao Yi, which is not difficult to explain why Xiao Yi was so disobedient to the imperial court because of this...

......

"When is this going to be?"

Finally, a Jinyi guard from Jingshi could no longer stand this endless wait, and when he saw that it was getting late outside the hall and those who were in a long line were gradually dispersed, he got up and shouted loudly.

The maid said in a low voice: "A few adults don't know, the handsome man has been busy lately, I'm afraid..."

"Smack!"

Before he finished speaking, the brocade guard slapped the maid's pink little face, leaving a red handprint, and due to the excessive force, the maid was directly thrown to the ground.

"Your Excellency atonements, maiden... Folk girl..."

The maid had tears in her eyes, and immediately kept buttoning her head on the ground.

But even so, the Jinyi guard of this Jingshi still did not give up, and wanted to kick out as soon as he glared.

At this moment, there was a loud shout from outside the door.

"Where did the wild dogs come from, barking in the territory of my Yong'an Army, I'm afraid that the emperor himself will not be able to save you!"

Hearing this, the brocade guard turned around and shouted angrily: "What are you!" Dare to shout in front of Uncle Ben? ”