That night, Zhang Huang and the others rested on the bed in the underground secret room arranged for them by Ma Yuanyi.

And Ma Yuanyi did not return to live in the mansion on the ground, but continued to stand in the secret room with the armillary sphere, continuing to study this scientific and technological product developed and improved by Mo Ru.

I don't know how long later, there was a tuk-tuk knock outside the wooden door of the secret room.

"Come in." Ma Yuanyi replied softly.

As soon as the words fell, a young man of the same age as Tai Shici walked into the secret room, closed the wooden door and hugged his fist towards Ma Yuanyi.

"It's She Zhi......" Ma Yuanyi glanced at the person from the corner of his eye, continued to concentrate on the big pimple in front of him, and asked casually, "Did those little guys rest?" ”

The young man named She Zhi nodded and said, "It's been arranged." As he spoke, he paused and said with some hesitation, "That kid named Xu Fu may have become suspicious of me." ”

"Oh? How so? ”

"Just now, I wanted to arrange two secret rooms for them to live in, but that kid named Xu Fu said that they are used to huddled together...... Isn't this suspicious of us? ”

"Huh." Ma Yuanyi chuckled twice, his face full of disapproval.

Seeing this, She Zhi frowned and asked puzzledly, "Senior Brother Yuanyi, I don't understand, why are you so close to those kids?" Even the armillary sphere, a secret that must not be leaked, was revealed to them...... Senior Brother Yuanyi, you must know that these days, there are many more Jin Wuwei patrolling in Luoyang City than before, and it is nothing more than because I have knocked down an armillary sphere in the imperial court......"

"What do you want to say?" Stroking the armillary sphere. Ma Yuanyi looked at She Zhi with a smile.

I saw that She Zhi's face showed a bit of solemnity, and he said in a deep voice, "I'm afraid those boys can't be trusted!" …… This time, Master Venerable has entrusted us with an important matter, and if it is because of the sidelines, and our deeds are revealed, I am afraid it will be difficult to explain to Master Master......"

"Hahaha." Ma Yuanyi immediately smiled when he heard this, nodded and said, "Yes, as you said, that kid named Xu Fu is already doubting the identity of us." This is not surprising. If it is an ordinary businessman who comes to Luoyang to do business. Why build a secret room under your own mansion to hide people's eyes? How can you get the secret things of the Han court? ”

"That's ......" She Zhi's face changed slightly.

"Don't worry, that's the message I deliberately revealed to them......"

"Senior brother, ...... you" She Zhi looked at Ma Yuanyi in amazement, but saw Ma Yuanyi raise a finger to interrupt his words. Said mysteriously with a wink. "Since you can notice that the kid named Xu Fu is suspicious of me. Didn't you notice the look of those little guys? ”

"Looks?" She Zhi was stunned when he heard this, and immediately showed a look of doubt. "Speaking of which...... Some of them seemed to be familiar with each other, as if they had seen them somewhere......"

"The wanted warrant issued by the Xuzhou government three months ago!" Ma Yuanyi smiled and explained.

"That's right!" She Zhi suddenly realized, and said in shock, "I remember, it was that gang that attacked Fei County and Taishan County successively, killed Ma Yan, the governor of Fei County, and Wang Hu, the county governor of Taishan County, and killed Taishan Taishou He Ying, and robbed the strong men of the rice warehouse in the county!" …… The thief leader Zang Ba, and his two accomplices. "Fortunately, Zhang Huang and the others are not here at this time, otherwise they would definitely be half angry by She Zhi's words. After all, the reward was already a pain in the hearts of the rest of the people except Zang Ba and Tai Shici. Especially Zhang Huang and Xu Fu, compared to Zang Ba's two thousand taels of wanted silver, the 'high' bounty of fifty taels of them has been hanging over them like a nightmare for a long time.

"It turned out to be that group of 'righteous thieves', and they are really chivalrous people!" The suspicion of Zhang Huang and the others in She Zhi's eyes gradually receded, and he suddenly realized and said, "No wonder Senior Brother Yuanyi is close to them...... Such a character can be tried to recruit and see. ”

Unexpectedly, Ma Yuanyi shook his head when he heard this, and said with a chuckle, "If that's all, I won't look at those little ghosts differently......"

"Huh?" She Zhi was stunned and asked in surprise, "That's?" ”

I saw Ma Yuanyi let out a long breath and said in a low voice, "Fei County Governor Ma Yan...... It was killed by your senior brother Tang Zhou! As he said this, he couldn't help but think of the scene he had seen at that time, the scorched earth that was hundreds of feet long. That kind of scorched earth is not something that ordinary fire spells can do. In Ma Yuanyi's impression, only Tang Zhou could do it in the area of Mount Tai, because he used Taoism to drive an incomparably powerful 'soul'.

"It turned out to be Senior Brother Tang Zhou? …… Hey? She Zhi seemed to have guessed something, and said in surprise, "So, those boys actually know Senior Brother Tang Zhou?" ”

"I'm afraid it's still a good relationship." Ma Yuanyi said in a deep voice, "Otherwise, how could Tang Zhou risk being blamed by Shizun to help those boys attack Taishan County?" Is it just for a few rice warehouses in the county? ”

"I see." She Zhi seemed to understand Ma Yuanyi's thoughts, nodded and said, "I understand what Senior Brother meant...... If it is a boy who is favored by Senior Brother Tang Zhou, he can try to take a look. ”

Ma Yuanyi waved his hand and said with a smile, "Don't be anxious, try a few times first." …… Gradually reveal the identity of our Taiping Dao to them, and see the attitude of those kids. ”

"Hmm!" She Zhi nodded.

Early the next morning, after Zhang Huang and the others got up, they saw Ma Yuanyi in the hall of the underground secret room, except for Xu Fu, who was worried about whether Ma Yuanyi and the others would be unfavorable to them all night and did not sleep well, the rest of them slept quite well.

"Yo, up?" After saying hello, Ma Yuanyi, who was sitting in the hall, raised his hand and beckoned Zhang Huang and the others to sit at the table, ready to eat breakfast.

Breakfast is very simple, nothing more than pickled vegetables and rice porridge, but Zhang Huang and the others are not the slightest dissatisfied, after all, for them, it is really thankful to be able to eat, how can they expect anything else.

"What's next for the guys?" During the meal, Ma Yuanyi asked casually.

Zhang Huang didn't hide it, and said while drinking rice porridge. "We're going to visit a friend's clan first and send him a letter home. Well, let's just take a stroll around. ”

"A friend's clan?" Ma Yuanyi asked suspiciously, "Are you in Luoyang?" ”

"Well, as an official in Luoyang."

"Oh?" Ma Yuanyi's face showed a little surprise when he heard this, and he asked curiously, "Who is it?" ”

Swallowing the food in his mouth, Zhang Huang said truthfully, "It's the Yingchuan Xun clan, Xun You, Xun Gongda." …… It is said that this person held the position of the Yellow Gate Squire in the imperial court. (Yellow Gate Squire.) It is a subordinate of Shang Shutai. Responsible for delivering documents or delivering edicts to the emperor, and was held by scholars. Not to be confused with official positions such as the Little Yellow Gate and the Yellow Gate Order, the latter being held by eunuchs. ）

"The Yellow Gate Squire?" Ma Yuanyi's eyes were a little surprised, and he said in surprise. "That's a close minister of the Son of Heaven! …… Do you know this person? ”

"Not really. It's just that someone asked us to send a letter. Zhang Huang shrugged and said. 'Someone' in his mouth. refers to the next head of the Yingchuan Xun family, Xun Yu and Xun Wenruo.

"Oh, that's ......" Ma Yuanyi nodded. He immediately frowned and said, "Since you are going to send a letter to the Yellow Gate Squire, then you have to enter the 'inner city'......"

"The Inner City?" Zhang Huang looked at Ma Yuanyi puzzled.

I saw Ma Yuanyi stretch out three fingers and explain carefully, "The royal capital of Luoyang can be roughly divided into three pieces. One is the outer city, which can be entered through the east gate, the west gate, and the south gate. Most of the people who live here are ordinary people, and some of the rebels who came here with the intention of surrendering to the land also live here; The second is the inner city, along the eastern, western, and southern roads, the three main roads that connect the city gates, straight to the depths of the city, you can see the inner city wall of the royal capital of Luoyang, that is the inner city. Most of the houses living in the inner city are the homes of the famous and the rich, or the residences of the ministers of the imperial court; The inner city is the imperial city, which is the place where the emperor, relatives and eunuchs of the Han court live. …… Ordinary people have no way to enter the inner city. ”

Zhang Huang was stunned when he heard it, after all, they were entrusted by Xun Yu to send a letter to Xun Yu by the way, but according to Ma Yuanyi, they couldn't even enter the inner city.

"That'...... So what to do? It's not like we're going to climb over the wall to get in, right? Li Tong scratched his head and said in astonishment.

"Boy, I advise you not to mess around." Glancing at Li Tong, Ma Yuanyi warned, "Those who guard the gates of the inner city are all Imperial Forest Army. Although Jin Wuwei is also one of the Northern Army, the Royal Forest Army is the real elite of the Northern Army, if you dare to climb over the wall, I am afraid that you will be killed by random arrows in the blink of an eye. …… Don't forget, there are a lot of balls on our heads! ”

Thinking back to the countless armillary spheres suspended in the sky above the sun, Li Tong suddenly showed a bitter color. No matter how stupid he is, he knows that the team of Jin Wuwei yesterday was recruited by those round balls nine times out of ten. Think about the two scribes at that time, they were just drunk and scolded a few words to the court, and they were killed on the spot by Jin Wuwei, who arrived later.

Glancing at the pale Li Tong, Zhang Huang frowned and asked Ma Yuanyi, "How can I enter the inner city?" ”

Ma Yuanyi pondered for a while and said, "In the outer city, there is a Sili Lieutenant's Mansion, as long as you are qualified, the officials in the government will give you access to the ......."

"What qualifications do you want?"

Ma Yuanyi smiled and said, "What else can there be?" It's nothing more than money, fame, and status. ”

"......" The black feather crows looked at each other for a long time and remained silent.

Obviously, Ma Yuanyi's money, reputation, and status are not one of the three that the black feather crow is talking about today.

Thinking of this, even Zhang Huang couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, and asked Chi Chi, "If the qualifications are insufficient, there is no way at all?" ”

"Yes!" Ma Yuanyi smiled slightly.

"What's the solution?"

"Find someone qualified to take you in."

"......" Zhang Huang looked at Ma Yuanyi a little dumbfounded, and said in his heart, isn't this the same as not saying it, they are unfamiliar with life here when they first arrived in Luoyang, who do they want to find to help take them to the inner city?

But after thinking about it, Zhang Huang's frustrated mood suddenly changed, and he stared at Ma Yuanyi with wide eyes and asked, "Isn't it Brother Yuanyi...... Can you take us into the inner city? ”

Ma Yuanyi laughed and said, "If I can't take you into the inner city, what am I doing with all the nonsense with you?" ”

[Tricked ......]

The black feather crows looked helplessly at Ma Yuanyi, who was laughing, but in addition to this, they couldn't help but feel happy in their hearts, glad that they had met Ma Yuanyi, who was qualified to enter the inner city, when they first arrived in Luoyang, and. Ma Yuanyi also saved their lives.

"It just so happens that I am going to the inner city today to do some errands, you will enter the city with me later, and I will take you in by the way." Haha laughed a few times, Ma Yuanyi patted Zhang Huang on the shoulder, and immediately admonished, "But when you get to the inner city, you have to pay more attention." ”

Probably realizing something from Ma Yuanyi's tone, Zang Ba frowned and asked, "Isn't the inner city even more chaotic than the outer city?" ”

"Not really." Seeing that Zang Ba seemed to have misunderstood, Ma Yuanyi shook his head. Then he explained. "The inner city is only at the foot of the Son of Heaven, and there are several imperial court yamen such as Sili Xiaowei, Jing Zhaoyin, Guangluxun, and Weiwei Mansion to jointly rectify public security, how can it be chaotic? It's just ......"

"Just?" The black feather crows looked at Ma Yuanyi in confusion.

Ma Yuanyi glanced at Zhang Huang and the others a few times, and suddenly said with a smile. "So be it. I asked She Zhi to go with you. He will remind you on the way, the ...... of the inner city Propriety! As he spoke, he raised his hand and pointed to She Zhi, who was sitting down with him. Then he said to She Zhi, "She Zhi, these little brothers have just arrived in Luoyang, you have to take care of it, don't cause trouble." ”

After She Zhi talked with Ma Yuanyi yesterday, he wanted to try to recruit Zhang Huang and the others into Taiping Dao, and how could he let them be in any danger in the inner city, at this time, hearing Ma Yuanyi's words, he nodded and said, "Brother Yuanyi, don't worry, I look at them." …… However, Brother Yuanyi went alone, is it okay? ”

Ma Yuanyi waved his hand and said with a hearty smile: "It's okay, it's okay, it's just to send some property, those big people, I don't know if they will see me." ”

After breakfast, Ma Yuanyi led Zhang Huang and the others, as well as She Zhi and the rest of the Taiping Dao disciples who looked quite capable, to drive a carriage full of belongings and swayed towards the inner city together.

It was really a whole load of gold and silver treasures, Zhang Huang and the others saw with their own eyes that those Taiping Dao disciples carried the whole box of gold cakes, silver cakes, pearls, agate and other rare treasures from the underground secret room to the carriage, and Li Tong really didn't come back to his senses at that time.

"Brother Yuanyi, what are you doing with so much treasure?" On the way, Zhang Huang asked Ma Yuanyi in a whisper.

It may be that Zhang Huang and Tang Zhou may have a relationship, and the temperament of their little guys is also good, Ma Yuanyi did not hide it, and said truthfully, "I want to use them to make friends with a few big people...... Without these, you won't even be able to enter someone's house. ”

"So much?" Zhang Huang had a surprised expression on his face.

"That's more? I'm not afraid enough! Ma Yuanyi let out a long sigh. It could be seen that he had a lot of things to say in his heart, but he didn't dare to say them because of the armillary spheres suspended in the air.

And the same is true of those pedestrians who come and go on the road, they can only show a smile on their faces, and they dare not reveal the real thoughts in their hearts.

[The people of Zhou Li, it's not enough yet!] ]

Zhang Huang's ears seemed to remember the old man yesterday and sighed.

Not long after, Zhang Huang, Ma Yuanyi and other people came to the gate of the inner city, and sure enough, as Ma Yuanyi said, the guards on duty at the gate of the inner city were very strong and mighty, all of them were strong and strong, and their eyes were blazing.

[This is the Northern Army...... The Guards? ]

Feeling the strong pressure coming from those Royal Forest soldiers, the hearts of the Black Feather Crows couldn't help but sink. They originally thought that after the Battle of Guangling, their strength had improved by leaps and bounds, and they seemed to be close to the strength of Sun Jian's and other leading heroes, but after coming into close contact with the Imperial Forest Army at this moment, they were shocked to find that their current strength was not even as good as that of an ordinary soldier of the Northern Army. At least the coercion of those northern soldiers could still lightly affect their minds, making them tremble slightly.

"What for?"

The person on duty at the gate of the inner city seems to be a captain of the Imperial Forest Army, and the strong oppressive force that this person makes the black feather crows feel is obviously more than that of Yang Qi, Wei Fang and other generals of the Guangling Army. Even, it seems to be almost the same as Chang Hu, the leader of the Tiger Chang Army, who died tragically yesterday under the iron fist of the giant warriors.

[Is this the sun?] Pick someone out at random, that's what my black crow needs to look up to...... It is worthy of being a place where dragons and tigers gather! ]

Zhang Huang couldn't help but smile bitterly. I have to say that what I saw and heard in the past two days was an extremely heavy blow to the state of mind of him and the rest of the black crows. The powerful martial artists that sprung up one after another like mushrooms after a rain made their enthusiasm undeniably frustrated.

"Returning to the military master, the villain is a businessman who has come to Luoyang to do business......" Ma Yuanyi respectfully handed out the road guide issued by Captain Si Li.

The lieutenant glanced cursoryly, nodded at the carriage laden with gold and silver treasures, and asked, "What are those?" ”

"It's a gift from the people who are good at befriending the Kyoshi." Ma Yuanyi's undisguised words made Zhang Huang stunned.

[Just say it?] Is it appropriate? ]

Just as Zhang Huang was still muttering in his heart, the captain had already opened a box and glanced at it, and then closed it.

"Master Jun."

At this time, Ma Yuanyi handed over a piece of money containing a few silver cakes quite knowingly, and asked the captain to nod with satisfaction.

"Do you know the rules? It is necessary to leave the inner city before sunset, otherwise it will ...... once the curfew starts"

"He who knows the rules, he who knows the rules." Ma Yuanyi nodded again and again.

The lieutenant weighed the money bag in his hand, tilted his head and said, "Go!" …… Don't cause trouble! ”

"Thank you, Master Jun." Ma Yuanyi arched his hand, waved his hand and asked a few Taiping Dao disciples to drive the carriage slowly into the inner city.

[Such a blatant pull of gold and silver treasures to 'befriend' the big people in the city, these guards don't even ask?] ]

Zhang Huang looked at the two rows of Northern Army soldiers with some surprise, and couldn't help but have an illusion in his heart.

[Isn't it corruption and bribery, which has become a common practice in Luoyang?] Commonplace? ]

Zhang Huang guessed well, since the beating of Liu Hong, the son of the Han Dynasty, selling official porridge, corruption and bribery are nothing new in Luoyang, up to the Han Emperor, down to the small people in the market, up to the important ministers of the court, down to the petty officials on duty, only with money can the relationship be opened.

In this Luoyang, can money make ghosts grind?

No!

Money can make a grinding ghost!

PS: Who said that the heroine didn't come out? There's a heroine who has already appeared.,But I don't tell sù where it has appeared ^o^ (to be continued......