Chapter 562: Don't call Lao Tzu
On the land of the Central Plains, there are countless cities, but the scale can be compared with Yanjing City, and only Qingguo Shangjing City, in addition, this huge city is unmatched.
Over the past few hundred years, Yanjing City has been expanded for several generations and has become a capital city that can accommodate hundreds of thousands of people.
In Han Mo's eyes, Donghai City, where he had lived for more than ten years, was just equivalent to a city district in Yanjing City.
Yanjing City is divided into four districts, southeast and northwest, the area of each district is extremely large, in comparison, the east district is naturally the most luxurious place, in this urban area, there are residences of dignitaries, according to the level of official positions, the closer to the imperial city in the center of the city, then the mansion is built naturally more luxurious atmosphere, and the identity of the owner of the mansion is more noble. . .
High-ranking officials' mansions such as Taishi's Mansion, Shangshu's Mansion, and General's Mansion were all built in blocks close to the imperial city, and they expanded in turn, and the smaller the official position, the smaller the mansion, and the farther away from the imperial city.
The guards in Dongcheng are heavily guarded, and those who walk in the streets of Dongcheng are either rich or expensive. And the Xicheng District, which is far away, is a different scene.
Xicheng District is the most complicated place in Yanjing City, and it is also the place with the largest number of people, hundreds of thousands of people in the entire Yanjing City, two-fifths of the people are gathered in this area, bustling and muttering every day, messy, three religions and nine streams, all-encompassing.
There are dozens of streets of all sizes, crisscrossed here, and it is naturally noisy during the day, and after nightfall, the noise is still in your ears...
One of the biggest responsibilities of the Yanjing Mansion Yamen is actually to maintain the normal order of Xicheng District, but when night falls, even those Yanjing Mansion officials are not willing to stay in this urban area for long.
This part of the city, where there are the most cases, almost every month, there are several homicides.
Beggars, peddlers, prostitutes, butchers...... Mixed here are all kinds of low-level people, although Xicheng District is chaotic, but for the provisions issued by the imperial court, they dare not violate it on the surface.
Although the people in Xicheng District often have infighting, they do not dare to make a big noise, which will affect the stability of the entire Yanjing City. . .
The old people here know that the imperial court is not letting this place go, after all, it is in the capital, once the movement here is big, the imperial court will not hesitate to send troops to pacify, for many years, as long as the movement here is big, affecting the safety of Yanjing City, then there will be a large number of royal forest troops rushed here, always to arrest a group of people, and then execute in public at the entrance of Xicheng City, in order to deter the people here, let them understand a very realistic truth--- this is the foot of the Son of Heaven, absolutely stable is needed.
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At this time, it was already late at night, and the dozens of streets within a radius of dozens of miles in Xicheng District were much quieter than the hustle and bustle during the day.
But this does not equal absolute silence ...
There is a lot of business in this part of the city, and it is only after nightfall that it really begins.
Han Mo was wearing a black strong suit with a black belt on his head, walking through a small street in Xicheng District, his brows furrowed, and behind him were Pei Yinghou, who exuded elegance, and Xue Hongsleeve, who was wearing a dragonfly suit.
It was a very dark street, lined with dilapidated houses, and on either side there were small canals dug with water, and the small canals emitted a disgusting stench of rancidity.
The dilapidated houses on both sides, if you look closely, you will know that these are messy, dirty and dilapidated small shops, and inside the shops, there are some messy, dirty and dilapidated weirdos...
The so-called weirdos, it's not that they are really weird, it's just that for Han Mo, who is a child of a family, he is used to seeing luxurious and clean things, but what appears in front of him now is people and things that are very different from what he usually sees, which will make Han Mo feel a little strange.
Dirty, messy, broken, dark, damp, rancid
This is the various feelings that Han Mo gradually gave birth to after entering this area, those big people who live in the palatial hinterland and have beautiful wives and concubines, it may be difficult to imagine that in Yanjing City, where they live in the same city, there is such a place and such a group of people.
In these dilapidated houses, those strange people were looking at Han Mo and his party slowly walking from the street with strange eyes...
When you walk to the intersection of this street, there is a fork in the road.
Han Mo stopped, turned his head, and looked at Pei Yinghou,
Pei Yinghou looked left and right, then pointed to the road on the right, and said in a low voice: "Go from this road" pointed to the corner of a house on the right, Han Mo followed his gesture and looked over, and saw a dead snake hanging in the corner of the house, if you don't look carefully, you think it's just a rope.
Han Mo smiled faintly: "It seems that ...... They are really very careful" turned his head and asked Pei Yinghou: "Master Pei, if they find out that we didn't keep the contract and secretly brought a lot of people over, wouldn't these marks appear?" β
Pei Yinghou said respectfully: "Lord Hui, they have sent a message that only a maximum of three of us are allowed to come, if we abide by this agreement, these signs will lead us to meet their snake king, if ...... If we find out that we have not kept our promises, these signs will definitely not appear, and the Snake King will not meet us, Li Gu ...... Surely we will die" leaned over and said in a low voice: "My lord, we have walked six streets, and among these six streets, there are naturally their eyes and ears, if we don't keep the agreement, even if we bring one more person, the snake king and they will get the news and stop this meeting."
Han Mo smiled: "They are so cautious, in the final analysis, it still proves that they are afraid of us in their hearts...... In their bones, they are still afraid of our West Flower Hall."
Pei Yinghou said: "If we really want to fight, they will naturally not be able to compete with us, their biggest advantage is ...... It's a disguise that disguises itselfγγγγγ At this time, the three of them had already turned to the new street, and Pei Yinghou said in a low voice as he walked: "Actually, along the way, not all of them are snake people in the underground black market, most of them are just ordinary people, and only a very small part of them are snake people who belong to the underground black market. But...... It's hard for us to see who the snake people are, but then again, even those ordinary people have something to do with the snake people...... sighed: "If we fight, we can't kill all these people"
Han Mo smiled indifferently and did not speak.
Far from changing, the environment of this street has deteriorated, and the smell of rot in the gutter has become stronger, stinking, and full of flies...
Han Mo couldn't bear it, and couldn't help but take out a strap from his arms and tie it horizontally around the end of his nose to slightly reduce the impact of the smell, but he was sighing a little in his heart, how did these people survive in such a place.
A thin man, with sharp beak and tattered clothes, walked up to him and looked like a dying patient.
Passing by, the man took a few steps, but Han Mo had already stopped, and he didn't look back, just smiled faintly: "Friend, you got the wrong thing......
The man didn't say a word, didn't pay attention to Han Mo's words at all, and raised his feet to run.
With his familiarity with this street and alley, as long as he turns into any alley, it is impossible for Han Mo and the others to find him, he obviously plans to do so, a few steps to the side of a branch alley, and he is about to rush into the black box, at this moment, he saw a flash of figure, but there was one more person blocking the way in front of him, this man didn't have time to see the other party clearly, but he felt a sharp pain in his lower abdomen, but he was kicked in the lower abdomen by the other party...
The sharp-beaked monkey-cheeked man was already thin and thin, and the force of this kick was really great, and his whole body flew out like a leaf, and then fell heavily to the ground.
The man was also stiff, and fell to the ground, blood spilling from the corners of his mouth, and it was evident that the kick had injured his internal organs, but he struggled on the ground and wanted to run away.
The figure that blocked him from entering the alley was still blocking his way very quickly, this time he didn't make a move, the man only saw a flash of cold light in front of him, his throat was cold, and he knew in his heart that his throat had been blocked by the dagger, and if he acted rashly, the other party would definitely unceremoniously stab the dagger into his throat.
What appeared in front of him was a very beautiful face, a very beautiful woman, but unfortunately that beautiful face was indifferent to the extreme, and those beautiful eyes were even more cold.
This is, of course, Xue Hongsleeve.
Red Sleeves stepped out to stop the man, and suddenly more eyes were staring at him, and many people came out of the dilapidated house, stood in front of the door, and glared at Han Mo and his party with hostility.
Han Mo put his hands behind his back, and did not affect his mood because of those countless pairs of hostile eyes, but walked slowly to the man's side, took the money bag from his hand and stuffed it into his waist, and said lightly: "The hand is fast, but the vision is not accurate...... I have something more valuable than silver, why don't you take it? Can't get it? β
The man was held to his throat with a dagger, but he was not very panicked, spit out a mouthful of blood in his mouth, and sneered: "There is nothing that Lao Tzu can't get...... If you have the ability, you will kill Lao Tzu, and Lao Tzu will guarantee that you will not be able to get out of this alley."
As soon as his words fell, Han Mo had already made a move, and the back of his right hand was like a big pu fan, and he was crazy at the man's mouth. Pumped up, pumped more than twenty times in a row, only to beat the man's mouth full of blood, and even lost a few teeth, Han Mo then withdrew his hand, took out a brocade handkerchief from his waist, wiped the blood stained on the back of his hand, elegant and slow, and said lightly: "Don't call Lao Tzu in front of me, my Lao Tzu...... There is only one "