Zhang Erzhen smiled bitterly and quickened her pace. The soldiers on both sides stood with knives and guns to see the first female prisoner on the Fengyang high wall enter, and then closed the heavy city gate with a "snap". As the city gate was closed, the tears of Jin Qiu Yinqiu fell down, and the pain in his heart was incomparable. Zhang Erzhen knew what they were worried about, and said with relief: "And me, you guys are crying first, what are you sad about, maybe it's much better than the life in the palace." There are fewer people, and the environment is cleaner. ”

"Concubine Fang, don't lie to us. It's not that we haven't endured hardships, and we're ready to endure hardships, but the thought of ...... forever" Yinqiu wiped her tears and whispered, being pulled by Jinqiu and didn't dare to say more.

Cao Shun couldn't look at the small movements of the two girls behind their backs, and said dissatisfied: "The masters are all good, you are more squeamish than the masters? Cao thinks that if you can't stand this crime, forget it as soon as possible! I'll find a few more people to serve!"

Zhang Erzhen replied with a smile: "Thank you for your kindness, the two of them are not squeamish people, but they feel sorry for me." ”

"That's okay, Cao likes loyalty the most, but he doesn't like the appearance of such a cheating villain, he has too many eyes, like a lotus pod. With them, I'm tired and panicked. So Lao Cao thinks it's better to be refreshed, haha!"

Cao Shun's voice was hearty and atmospheric, and the gloom in Zhang Erzhen's heart was swept away, and he said with a smile: "With a cheerful person like an adult, life must not be too boring." ”

"Hey! Guarding the high wall here, if you can't think about opening a point, you're going to die early! Bah! So you also have to want to open a point, with Lao Cao here, you can only ensure that you don't suffer much, and the rest can only look at yourself, just want to open a point, just want to open a point. ”

The group entered the first thick gate, and the second gate could be seen from a distance. The second wall was not as high as the outer wall, and it was still a road wall made of gray blue bricks, and there was not the slightest peculiarity to be seen from the outside. After entering the first city wall, Zhang Erzhen's most obvious feeling was that it was a little colder, obviously it was a hot summer, but he didn't feel any warmth here.

Cao Shun, who was wearing a helmet and armor, said: "This gate is a two-pole gate, two feet thick, and it isolates any sound outside the city. Even the artillery fire outside is endless, and you can't hear it when you stand in the two-pole gate. ”

There were still four soldiers guarding the gate, shouting "one or two" to open the city gate, and the guards on both sides bent down, waiting for Zhang Erzhen and his party to enter solemnly.

Entering the polar gate, there is a deep tunnel, and there is an oil fire on the walls on both sides of the wall at a distance of three feet, even in the daytime, the tunnel is dark, and the cold feeling is like walking a path to death. Not far away, the light appeared, and in front of me was the third gate, which was different from the first two majestic gates, and the third gate was divided into several small gates, stretching dozens from east to west. Cao Shun began to walk to the east, and said as he walked: "The further west, the worse the environment inside is, and these houses in the east can still get the sun, I'll take you to this side." ”

The third small gate that Zhang Erzhen went to was vermilion, and there were two mighty stone lions on both sides of the door, and Cao Shun said proudly: "This is the best place for the high wall of Fengyang." There are only two people guarding the city gate, the vermilion gate is not so heavy, but it is a little old, the sound of "crunch" sounded, the door was opened, and there was a white jade paved intestine in front of him, and there were green trees on both sides, and when he walked out of the third gate, he finally ushered in a breeze, as if he climbed to the ground in an instant from the ground, and returned to the world It feels very comfortable, and the group is relieved, Cao Shun said: "It's like Lao Cao, I don't feel comfortable through those two gates, you don't feel it?"

"How do you feel...... , I think this place is not bad, quiet and empty. Master Cao, I don't know where I will live in the future?"

"Haha, this place is just a lot of houses, you can live wherever you value that place. These are all yours!" Lao Cao pointed to the red-tiled and yellow-walled buildings in front of him, and Zhang Erzhen thought he was saying: Look, this is the country I have laid for you!

It was only at this time that Zhang Erzhen knew why the Fengyang High Wall was so terrifying, making those royal ancestors in high positions change color on the wall. Human beings are social animals, and living alone without the popularity of the crowd is not more terrible than the death penalty. Zhang Erzhen can also bring two people to serve in, and the children who were sent in before, except for a full body of clothes, are as naked as newborns, and there is no one to speak...... It's scary.

The construction of these houses in the high walls of Fengyang was not originally to detain criminals, at first Fengyang was used as a companion capital, and Zhu Yuanzhang built the city wall in case of emergency, simply put, his hometown is Fengyang, build a good palace for his own retirement in the future, or escape here after an accident. But Zhu Yuanzhang finally succeeded in becoming a great treasure and sat firmly on the throne, and the palace of Fengyang became increasingly abandoned. The house in front of Zhang Erzhen, the cliff cornices, the red bricks and yellow tiles, and the red beech wood pillars sprinkled with gold dust on the two chic sentences, "The song platform is warm, the spring is melting; the dance hall is cold, and the wind and rain are sad" Zhang Erzhen knows that these two poems are "A Fang Gong Fu" The sentence in the translation is: the singing voice from the high platform makes people feel warm, as warm as spring, and the dancing sleeves in the hall flutter, make people feel cold, as if the wind and rain are so cold, and the hearts of the people who come here are perfectly integrated, heaven and earth, sharp contrast!

On the plaque of black golden silk nanmu, there are three big characters inscribed on the dragon flying and phoenix dancing on the top 'Feng Ya Stream', Zhang Erzhen's sharp eyes saw the east side of Feng Ya Stream, a fat and industrious big spider is working diligently, and its huge spider web is covered with a corner of the plaque. This is a good place to live with the main room and a big yard, five rooms on the house, the top is the tile loach ridge, the door and the window, are all fine carved fresh patterns, and no vermilion paint, a color of the water mill group wall, below the white stone platform, chiseled into passionflower patternsFrom the depths of the flowers and trees zigzag under the stone gap.Further a few steps,Gradually to the north,Flat and wide,Flying buildings on both sides are hollow,Carved beams and embroidered sills,All are hidden between the mountains and trees.Looking down,Then the clear stream is pouring snow,The stone stone pierces the clouds,The white stone is the railing,Surrounding the pond,The stone bridge is three ports,The beast face is spit.There is a pavilion on the bridge.A woman in gray cloth clothes in the courtyard is sweeping the floor,She saw that someone is coming and just a blank look,Cao Shun explained:"The people here are all guilty slaves, the kind that can't speak. ”

Does that mean it was poisoned?

Zhang Erzhen smiled at the woman, and then turned her head to look elsewhere.

"This is where you will live in the future, and there will be only two meals a day on the high wall, but you can eat three meals, and I will send for that meal in the evening. I'll have to write a letter to my life, so you can clean up after yourself. Cao Shun, who had completed the task, ran away with his two men in a blink of an eye, pushed open the vermilion door and disappeared around the corner, leaving the three masters and servants looking at each other.

Zhang Erzhen's trip was light and simple, but he didn't bring out a piece of clothing, and he was still wearing clothes in the small baggage of golden autumn and silver autumn these days, so he pushed open the door to see if there were any soft clothes inside, but a stream of dust flew in, choking a few people coughing, Zhang Erzhen covered his mouth and nose and sighed: "How many years have there been no people living here, there will be no rats in it, right?"

Jin Qiu Yinqiu pulled Zhang Erzhen back a few steps, "Concubine Fang, you are waiting outside now, the slaves and maids go in to clean up and clean up before you go in." ”

"Where is it so squeamish, let's do it together. Zhang Erzhen rolled up her sleeves and stepped into the high threshold. The room is indeed luxurious and meticulous, the faint sandalwood fragrance is filled around, the hollow carved window is shining into the speckled and fragmented sunlight, now it is the time of Shen, the little bit of daylight ripples up a slight warmth, one side of the mahogany chaise longue is placed on the marble table, on which there are all kinds of celebrity law, and dozens of square treasure inkstones, all kinds of pen holders, the pen sea interpolated pen like a forest. It's just that the dust on it is as thick as that, Zhang Erzhen picked up a pen and sighed: "It's really a tyrannical thing." ”

Jin Qiu was holding a feather duster to sweep the dust on the screen, she pulled a piece of cloth out of nowhere and handed it to Zhang Erzhen and said, "Concubine Fang, use this to cover your mouth and nose, this is really dirty." ”

Yinqiu had already gone to the house inside to make the bed, dragging a few thick and soft quilts high to block her view, and muttered as she walked: "You have to dry these things first, or how can you sleep at night." ”

Zhang Erzhen saw her crooked appearance, and hurriedly went up to help take the top bed of the aqua blue brocade sprinkling quilt, and said with emotion: "Let's depend on each other." ”

"The slave maid thought that there would be someone here to take care of us, and we had to do everything to endure hardships and hardships, but now it seems that it is just a small thing, and it looks better than life in the capital. Yin Qiu was busy making those beds, with the brightest smile on her face in the past few days. Jin Qiu carefully cleaned the half-human-high white jade vase with flower arrangement in the corner, and looked at the concubine Zhen who was busy moving the quilt and sighed: "It's just a bitter concubine, how can you do such rough work in the past, if you see it for the nurse, maybe it will be more distressing." ”

Zhang Erzhen was doing happily and said with a smile: "It's not all like this in the future, just the three of us, you don't have to be so clear, the biggest credit of the two of you is to accompany me, if I live alone in the wall here, no matter how rich I am, I will suffocate people." ”

A few people laughed and quickly tidied up the bedroom and the front hall, Jin Qiu and Yinqiu went to the side of the hugging building to see, Zhang Erzhen wiped a handful of sweat and sat on the chair, she picked up the kettle on the table and shook it, there was not a drop of water in it, licked some dry lips, Zhang Erzhen took the kettle outside, the woman who was sweeping the floor saw her come out, Zhang Erzhen pointed to the kettle, and then pointed to her mouth, the woman walked away after reading it expressionlessly. Zhang Erzhen watched her walk towards a room not far away, guessing that it was the kitchen.