Chapter Twenty-Six: Encountering the Ancients
As the national capital of Dayan for more than 300 years, the current population of King's Landing City is about 8 million, and it is the political, cultural and economic center of Dayan, attracting many businessmen and students from all over the world.
It can be said that as the capital, its vitality and vigorous vigor also demonstrate the grand atmosphere of Dayan, which is magnificent, inclusive of the world, and encompasses the four seas.
In the early morning of the next day, Ji Qingchen, who had just had breakfast, beckoned Zhang Rang to change into ordinary clothes, and the two walked out of the house, and began to wander around the streets of King's Landing.
Ten years ago, when Ji Qingchen left the country as a hostage, he deliberately went shopping once accompanied by his uncle Ye Qingchen, and today, ten years later, he once again stepped on the wide street of King's Landing, and saw the pedestrians coming and going on the open street.
Because the street market in front of me has not changed much from ten years ago, teahouses, shops, taverns, restaurants, and workshops are all over the street, and the construction is magnificent, and the antique style exudes a restrained elegance and luxury. The bustling flow of people seems to converge into a crowded "ocean", some sit in a sedan chair, some ride a horse, some carry a burden, some carry baskets, some are swords, some are carrying guns, and all kinds of people are passing through the flow into a busy scene. The open spaces on both sides of the street are lined with small vendors, some selling fruits, some selling vegetables, some buying daily necessities, some selling bone-setting plasters, some sharpening kitchen knives with scissors, and fortune tellers, shouting endlessly.
"Your Highness, where should we go?" After wandering around aimlessly like this for a while, Zhang Rang was a little unsure of what Ji Qingchen wanted to do, so he couldn't help but ask.
"It's been ten years since I left the Yan Kingdom, and when I came back this time, I found that the market in King's Landing was still the same. Zhang Rang, it's been a long time since I've been shopping quietly like today, let's just walk like this! Ji Qingchen said with emotion.
Zhang Rang didn't say anything more when he heard Ji Qingchen's emotion, nodded slightly, and quietly followed his side.
The two continued to wander for a while, turned the street, and suddenly found a large group of people gathered at the intersection in front of them, and there was a laughing and angry scolding voice from the crowd, "Little girl, if you follow this son and eat and drink spicy food every day, why do you have to suffer from performing here all day long like now?" ”
"What are you, this girl is not uncommon with you? Hmph——! If you don't have anything to do, hurry up and get out of here, and don't delay our business. A little girl's shout rang out from the crowd.
"Little girl, don't be ashamed of your mother, just a girl like you Tianxianglou has it, it's just that our son Li can take a fancy to you, it's your blessing, don't think that you know how to do kung fu and we're afraid of you, I advise you two to know each other and follow our son-in-law, otherwise don't blame our son-in-law for not giving you a chance to be prosperous and rich." From the crowd, there was another arrogant and threatening voice from the entourage of the young man who had just spoken.
"Li Gongzi is difficult to fall in love with the little sister, it is indeed the blessing of the little sister, but the little sister is still young and not yet at the age of marriage, it may be to disappoint Li Gongzi, we are outsiders, the first time we came to King's Landing is to find relatives, only because we spent the money to go home, I will think of the cost of selling art on the street to make money to go home, I don't know how to offend Li Gongzi and ask for forgiveness, and I hope that Li Gongzi can raise his noble hand and let us go, Guo ......" A man's voice came from the crowd, and he said very kindly, But the tone is neither humble nor arrogant. But before he finished his words, he was stopped by his sister and said, "Brother, don't be inferior to them, this is King's Landing City, the capital of Dayan, I don't believe what they can do with us?" Could it be that they still want to rob the people's girls in broad daylight? Isn't there a royal law? ”
The little girl in the crowd didn't have a loud voice, but she was right, not afraid of power, and very passionate.
"Little sister—"
"Oops—this little mouth is really spicy! I like this, my son, it's hard enough, Wang Gongzi, don't you say? Ha Lu Ha-" The light voice of Li Gongzi, who was laughing and scolding just now, came from the crowd.
"Hmph—what two hillbillies they don't know each other! I don't want to inquire myself, who are our King's Landing Seven Tigers? As long as we King's Landing Seven Tigers have something in their sights, who would dare not give it? What else can't you get? Yes, this is the Imperial Capital King's Landing at the foot of the Son of Heaven, but what can it do? Wang Fa? Robbing people's daughters in broad daylight? We are the king, and we really like to rob people's girls in broad daylight. Are you not convinced? That's what you have to do. If you want the royal law, then I will let you see what the royal law is. This voice was extremely arrogant, obviously what Wang Gongzi said in Li Gongzi's mouth, he continued with a little displeasure, "I said Li Gongzi, what nonsense are you talking about her, if you like it, you can grab it home, if you really care about Wang Fa, don't blame me Wang Yin for being polite." ”
“……”
After listening to it for a long time, I found that it was a group of prodigal children who were molesting women from good families, and Ji Qingchen, who wanted to continue to watch the excitement, was not interested, and began to turn around and leave. He felt that such things like this kind of bullying men and women were handled by the prefect of King's Landing, and now it was not his turn to be a prince who had no power or office, because he thought in his heart the same as the little girl who was talking in the crowd just now, thinking that this was the military city, the imperial capital of Dayan, and the place where there was a king's law. However, after taking a few steps forward, he suddenly asked Zhang Rang on the side, "The two people who spoke just now seem to be children of the family, I don't know if you recognize them?" And in the past few days, has there been a lot of bullying men and women and robbing women in King's Landing? Doesn't the prefect of King's Landing care? ”
Zhang Rang replied in a low voice, "Your Highness, the tone in which the slave listened to these two people just now seems to be the children of the Hou of Pingyang and the Hou of Anyang, whether it is the nephew of Li Muzhi and Wang You or the great-great-grandchildren - this slave is not very clear. ”
After considering his answer, he glanced sideways at Ji Qingchen, and found that Ji Qingchen's brows were frowning and silent, he groaned for a while, and continued, "As for the Pang nationality of the Prefect of King's Landing, the Li family and the Wang family are big families, and the title of any son and nephew is even higher than the official rank of the fourth rank of his King's Landing Prefect, and there are big backers like Pingyang Hou and Anyang Hou in the family, what can he manage, he can only turn a blind eye." ”
The Pingyang Hou and Anyang Hou in Zhang Rang's mouth are none other than Li Muzhi and Wang You, the patriarchs of the Li and Wang clans, Li Muzhi, the Marquis of Pingyang, is now the deputy privy envoy of the Privy Council, and Wang You, the Marquis of Anyang, is the secretary of the ministry, both of them are in the ruling position, equivalent to the deputy prime minister, if they go further, they will be ranked as the prime minister, and they are the most important ministers in the Great Yan court.
Pacing slowly, quietly listening to Zhang Rang's explanation, Ji Qingchen was still silent, he seemed to have heard the voices of the two brothers and sisters who spoke just now, and felt a little familiar, but he couldn't remember it for a while.
At this time, the pedestrians on the street were in a panic, and a team of Yulin riders suddenly appeared in front of them, and they were rushing towards Ji Qingchen in a hurry. Ji Qingchen was awakened by the sound of the horse's hooves, and immediately hid to the side, so that he could avoid Yu Lin Lang, who was galloping on horseback, and let this team of twenty Yu Lin riders rush to the place where he was molesting the women of the good family just now.
"Isn't the Yulin Rider guarding the Nine Gates of the Imperial City? Why would you appear on the street, and dare to go on such a rampage? Looking at the back of the galloping Yulin rider, Ji Qingchen frowned and asked.
Zhang Rang gloated and said, "Maybe the children of the Li family and the Wang family are in trouble!" ”
"Do they need to send out the Feather Forest Ride when they are in trouble?" Ji Qingchen was a little puzzled and asked lightly. His tone was flat, and he couldn't tell whether he was happy or dissatisfied, but if Zhang Rang was careful, he would definitely see a hint of gloom flashing in Ji Qingchen's eyes when he asked this sentence, which was not noticeable to outsiders.
"Your Highness, the general who commands the six thousand Yulin Cavalry is Li Muzhi, the Marquis of Pingyang, and most of the children of the Yulin Cavalry are the children of the family, and many of the children of the Li family are serving in the Yulin Lang, and now that the children of the Li family and the Wang family are in trouble, how can they let go of such an excellent opportunity to realize?" Zhang Rang calmly explained, it seems that he has long been familiar with this kind of thing.
"Humph! Their courage is not small, and they really regard Dayan's Yulin Cavalry as their own private soldiers! Ji Qingchen snorted coldly and said.
"Your Highness, it's not once or twice like today, there have often been cases where the children of the Li family have caused trouble in King's Landing City and the Yulin Ride has been resolved." Zhang Rang replied cautiously.
However, Zhang Rang didn't just answer the question, there was another deep meaning in his words, that is, he wanted to tell Ji Qingchen that Yulin Qi had done this before, but His Majesty didn't care about them, which meant that now they are doing this, so that Ji Qingchen should not be nosy, so as not to provoke the Li family and the Wang family to his disadvantage.
But Ji Qingchen didn't think so, he didn't care about it just now because he thought that King's Landing Mansion would take care of it, but now he has known that King's Landing Mansion doesn't care, and they can't manage it, and the matter has reached the point where Yu Linqi needs to come forward to solve it, which shows that the two brothers and sisters of the Li family and the Wang family are not simple, and these two children of the family have encountered hard stubble. He had just returned to King's Landing, and he was not a nosy person, but since he had encountered such a vicious bullying of men and women in front of him, he couldn't ignore it. Aren't your Li and Wang's children bullying people and like to fight for their father? The last thing he worries about now is to fight his father.
So he said to Zhang Rang in a stern tone, "In broad daylight, we robbed the people's daughters in the imperial capital, and let the Yulin Rider, whom Dayan is proud of, come forward to help the abuse, Zhang Rang, do you think we can still ignore it?" Let's go, go over and see! Ignoring Zhang Rang, who wanted to dissuade him, he turned around and walked back.
Zhang Rang saw that he was still gentle and elegant just now, and His Royal Highness Jiu's eyes suddenly became sharp, and a cold murderous aura suddenly emanated from his body, his figure paused slightly, and he was slightly stunned, so he immediately came back to his senses and trotted to follow.
Ji Qingchen was not far from the street just now, and then he strode forward again, and returned to the street after a few steps. When he arrived at the entrance of the street, he found that the crowd of onlookers on the street had already dispersed into birds and beasts, and the twenty Yu Lin Lang who had come in a hurry just now and the twenty officials of the King's Landing Mansion who appeared at some point had already surrounded the street entrance tightly. Through the gap left between Yu Linlang and the officials, he saw the situation inside, and saw a girl in red holding a long sword against the neck of a child of a family who had already turned pale with fright, and a young man who was no more than twenty years old and tall next to the girl in red was holding a sword in one hand, and was tightly protecting the girl in red by his side, vigilantly watching Yu Linlang and the officials around him.
The two sides are facing off like this!
As soon as he arrived at the street, Ji Qingchen saw a scene, his steps suddenly paused, and then his face showed surprise. Because he recognized that the besieged brother and sister were none other than Guo Quan and Guo Xiang, who had helped him in the battle with the Eastern Wilderness Iron Sword in Qiaoshan. He didn't know what trouble his brother and sister had encountered, and he didn't go to his uncle who served in the Dali Temple in Junlin, and was reduced to the point of selling art on the street to make a living. But now that the two of them have kidnapped the children of the Li family and the Wang family and are against Yulin, this crime is big, specifically it is a conspiracy, it is to kill the head and destroy the nine clans, he can't help but stop it immediately, so as not to make a big deal about it, so he strode forward to the besieged Guo Quan and Guo Xiang two brothers and sisters!