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"Steal?" Such a word actually appeared in Ye Yueming's mouth, which shocked Emperor Xi to cry and laugh. Although Ye Yueming is not a person who abides by the constraints of etiquette and religion very much, there are still basic etiquette, righteousness and shame, which is good, and now this famous Liuli boy has actually started to do the trick of stealing things.

Ye Yueming himself was not ashamed, and after handing over the three customs clearance documents to the three of them, he said: "It is a coincidence that not far behind us, there is also a man and a woman with an old man, planning to enter the ancient city, Xiao Wang saw that they were basically the right number with us, so he sprinkled a handful of drugs to stun them." However, after we have passed the city defense, these three customs clearance documents will have to be returned to others, and after entering the city, we will have to trouble the county lord to return the customs clearance documents to them. ”

When Emperor Xi heard Ye Yueming's words, he couldn't cry or laugh: "Does Your Highness think I'm a dog?" Where do I go to find these three people in the middle of nowhere? ”

"It's easy to find, the old man is wearing a white suit, the woman has a good face, wearing an apricot dress, as for the man, wearing a cyan gown, looking like a scholar, and this bamboo box should be quite conspicuous in the crowd, Xiao Wang believes that the county lord will be able to return the document to them."

Emperor Xixin said that Ye Yueming was determined to eat himself, so he had no choice but to nod and reluctantly agree: "Okay, okay." We are now hurrying into the city, and after we have entered the city, I will return these things to the people, so as not to delay their journey. ”

"That's exactly how it should be." Ye Yueming responded to the emperor's words, and at the same time helped Fang Ying up from the wooden pier, and the two of them protected Fang Ying left and right, and entered the city together.

When passing through the checkpoint, sure enough, there were soldiers who wanted to check their identity documents, Fang Ying couldn't have imagined that he was helping Ye Yueming all day long, because of such a coincidence, let Ye Yueming steal three customs clearance documents from others.

Fang Ying's original plan was ruined by Providence.

The three of them walked into the ancient city unhindered, and when Emperor Xi saw the scene in front of him, he couldn't help but gasp.

The ancient city looks like a ghost town.

This is not to say that the people in the ancient city are ghosts, but that the atmosphere that pervades the whole city is like a haunting. The long white lanterns hanging along the street have not stopped as far as the eye can see. They walked through the streets and alleys along the way, and the pedestrians they saw on the road were all full of gloom, and even the cats and dogs in the ancient city were hardly angry.

Di Xi had a peculiar feeling in her heart, she felt that the entire city of Zhonggu City was like an old man entering his twilight years, slowly lacking strength and vitality.

The two of them looked at all this dumbfounded, turned their heads and asked Fang Yingdao, "Have the people of Zhonggu City always been like this?" ”

"The old man has been calling Zhonggu City since he called, and this is what he looks like. The people of the ancient city believe in gods, Buddhism and demons, and it can almost be said that they believe in everything, but there is only one point, they believe in everyone, but they don't believe in themselves. Because of the influence of these ideas and concepts, especially the heart of worshipping Buddha, it is widely spread in the ancient city, and over time, the whole city will have no combat effectiveness at all. The old man has been exposed to these things for many years, but he also believes in these things, but not as deeply as them. Fang Ying said, shaking his wrist specially.

On his thin wrists, there were clearly a few beautifully carved Buddhist beads, and the lines on them were a little smooth, presumably Fang Ying had been wearing this string of Buddhist beads for a long time. Emperor Xi thought to himself, if Praruo was here, he would be very happy, right? The whole city worships the Buddha, and he should have something to talk to them.

"Most of the people in the ancient city don't have any utilitarian intentions, why can't you, the city lord, let go of power, even if you have already lost your hair, you still have to take power into your own hands?" Ye Yueming looked at Fang Ying with some teasing.

Fang Ying was not annoyed by Ye Yueming's words, he just raised the corners of his eyebrows slightly, and his gray beard trembled: "What the prince said is ridiculous." Isn't this life just for fame and fortune? If there is no merit and no name, no profit and no luck, what is the point of living in this world? ”

Hearing such words for the first time, Ye Yueming couldn't help but sneer: "I didn't expect Lord Fang to be such a pedantic person, guarding one side for the imperial court, what he wanted was not to let the people live a good life, but how much power he had in his hands, how high his wealth was, and how much he was so patriarchal." ”

"The prince said with a smile, in this life, only if you have a handle in the hands of others, others can rest assured of you. Assuming that the old man is not greedy or dirty, who dares to reassure me? This ancient city has an advantage that the other five cities can't match, if the old man doesn't have a little stain, who would dare to hand it over to the old man. ”

"Strong words." Emperor Xi really disdained to talk to Fang Ying like this. The little goodwill he had when he first met Fang Ying was quickly lost by him.

However, when Ye Yueming heard Fang Ying's seemingly reasonable but unreasonable words, she didn't refute Fang Ying. Of course, he didn't agree with Fang Ying's words, he just felt that Fang Ying had gone dark on this road, and now everything in the Middle Ancient City would soon be mastered by him, so there was no need to have any entanglement with Fang Ying on his tongue.

"Where is the government of the ancient city?" Ye Yueming didn't plan to continue to wander around the ancient city, and he already had a general understanding of the customs and folklore here. The atmosphere of the whole city made him feel more and more depressed, if it wasn't for official business, Ye Yueming could be sure that he would never want to come to Zhonggu City for the second time.

He just wanted to get the seal letter belonging to Fang Ying as soon as possible, and then "raise" Fang Ying in the prison of Zhonggu City, so that he could be regarded as completing his mission to Zhonggu City.

Fang Ying heard this. He shook his head and said, "I don't have a government office in the ancient city. ”

"The daily office of the Lord is ......"

"There is no office." Fang Ying stretched his waist, pointed to the pedestrians coming and going in the ancient city, and said: "The prince also saw it with his own eyes, the people in this ancient city are all decadent, they don't want to eat or drink, they don't want to do anything, they don't have any pursuits, they eat and drink just to save their own needs." They don't know how to resist, and they don't know how to intrigue, I have never had a fight or anything like that in the ancient city of Zhongcheng over the years, what's the use of asking for a government? If there is a minister in the imperial court, it is a small gathering in the old man's mansion, and he will leave when he is full of wine and food. The atmosphere of the ancient city is like this, and no one can stay. ”

This last sentence Ye Yueming and the Emperor Xi agreed very much.

But if it is said that China's city roads are not forgotten, it is really an exaggeration, these five cities are often harassed by herdsmen, and there is not much surplus food in the mouths of each people. This is obviously impossible. It is human instinct to live.

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