() The imperial city, which has not been seen for a long time, is still so lively.

Mandarin ducks do not often go out of the city gate, so they rarely come to the city gate, many street scenes along the street are unfamiliar to the mandarin ducks, but the appearance of this person coming and going, it is indeed no different from before.

"The Imperial City is really lively." Twig craned her neck and looked around, "Did Miss live here before?" Sure enough, the Imperial City feels different! ”

"After all, this is the closest city to the Son of Heaven, so it is naturally lively. It's just that the place where I live is not as lively as this in the most remote part of the entire Imperial City. ”

"Miss's father is obviously a general, so why do you live in such a remote place? Won't it be inconvenient? Twig asked with some curiosity.

"Naturally, it will be inconvenient, when I was in the palace in the past, I had to walk for a long time to go back to the general's mansion, and sometimes I set off at noon, and I couldn't get to my house until the evening, because my father liked to be quiet, and he was not used to living in such a lively place as in the imperial city, so he built the house there. It's much quieter than here. ”

"I see."

Since the carriage drove up the streets, there were more people walking on the streets, and Twig had to drive the carriage very slowly to avoid hitting them. It's just that after the carriage went around the imperial city a few times, I didn't see a mansion similar to the Xu Mansion.

"Miss, you wait here now, I'll go to the inn and ask." Twig pulled the carriage to the edge of the inn.

"Well, okay, you can come back soon." The mandarin duck felt the carriage sink slightly, and soon returned to its original state. She lifted the curtain and watched Twig walk to the inn looking left and right.

"Oh, guest officer, please inside, do you want to play the tip or stay in the hotel?" Xiaozhi just dangled around the door twice, and immediately a shopkeeper came out, smiling and about to take him to the store.

"No need, just talk about it here, I just want to ask, where is the Xu Mansion in this imperial city."

"Xufu? Is it Imperial Doctor Xu's Xu Mansion? The shopkeeper stopped continuing to bring the twig in, frowned, touched his chin with his hand, and looked over the twig's shoulder and landed on the carriage behind him.

"If there are no other Xu mansions in the imperial city, then it is."

"Speaking of the Xu Mansion, the first thing that the people in the imperial city will think of is the Xu Mansion of Imperial Physician Xu."

"Can you tell me where to go?"

"Turn in from there and keep walking."

"There? I see, thank you. Xiao Zhi turned his head sideways and looked along the alley pointed by the shopkeeper, and always felt that this alley seemed to be a little too narrow, and the carriage seemed to be unable to pass there.

"You're welcome." The shopkeeper took down the tea towel on his shoulder, twisted it, shook it again, put it back on his shoulder, and walked into the inn.

"Miss!" The twig made his way through the crowd and ran towards the carriage.

"What's wrong? Asked? The mandarin duck lifted the curtain of the carriage and watched Xiaozhi pant as he climbed into the carriage.

"I asked, but I took a look and felt that the alley was a little narrow, and the carriage might not be able to pass, so we had to walk to Xufu."

"That's fine." The mandarin duck got out of the carriage, "Let's walk over." ”

"Well, okay, listen to Miss, then I'll go and leave the carriage first." Twig took the reins, "Miss, you can wait for me here." ”

"I'll go with you."

"Miss still wait for me here, I'll go back as soon as I go."

"It's okay, anyway, even if you come over later, you'll have to go over there and go over, so let's go over together now to save time."

"That'...... That's fine. Xiaozhi bit his lip, "Then Miss, you must follow me, I promised Chu Gu to protect you." ”

"Master asked you to protect me?" The mandarin duck was amused by Xiaozhi's words, obviously the person in front of him was not as tall as himself, but he still said with a serious face to protect himself, "Then should I also protect you?" ”

"Miss, don't believe me, I can not only protect myself, but also protect you."

"Yes, yes, how could I not believe it?"

"Where do you look like you believe?" Xiao Zhi looked at the mandarin duck's smile, his face was a little red, and he hurriedly turned his head to look at the street on the side.

"Is that so?" The mandarin duck found it interesting, so he turned in the direction of the twig and grimaced at him.

"That's not the case." Xiaozhi couldn't help but glance at it, but laughed out loud, "Miss, don't laugh like that, it's ugly." ”

The mandarin duck touched his face: "Is it really that ugly?" ”

"How can you be ugly, Miss, you look the best."

"Scare me."

"Miss, let's go over first, don't get in the way of others." The twig took the reins and went around to the stable behind the inn, where a groom came out and took the reins from the twig.

Twig took out a small bag of silver and put it in the groom's hand. After seeing the silver in the bag, the groom smiled with a wrinkle on his face, "Hehe, don't worry, guest officer, the little one will definitely take care of your horse." ”

"Well, then please, I'll come and get the carriage in a few days."

"Okay, guest officer, you can rest assured to play, you don't have to worry about the horses, the small ones must be fed alive." The groom waved at their backs, and the horse let out a long snort beside him, kicked its hooves, and seemed to say goodbye to them.

......

Approaching the alley, the mandarin duck looked at the width that was almost only for one person, and couldn't help but sigh: "There is such a narrow road in the imperial city?" ”

"Hasn't the young lady ever walked before?"

"No, I didn't." The mandarin duck shook his head, "In my memory, there has never been such a narrow road. I didn't expect Xu Mansion to be in such a remote place. ”

"Miss, I'll go ahead first, you must follow behind me."

"Got it, little guard."

"Miss! You're making fun of me again! ”

"Why, let's go." The mandarin duck gently pushed Xiaozhi's shoulders and obediently followed closely behind him.

After only a few steps, the alley became wider, and there were a few mansions scattered in the open space at the end, which looked like an ancient and scholarly house, which made the mandarin duck like it very much, and it seemed that as long as you walked into a room at random, you could see a shelf full of ancient books against the wall.

"Miss! Found Xu's Mansion! Xiaozhi ran a few steps forward, pointed to the plaque of a mansion in the distance, and shouted loudly at the mandarin duck.

"Here we are."

A little further on, you can see that the Xu Mansion is connected to another street, that street is indeed lively, but not as good as the main road at the city gate, the strange thing is that the house gate is not facing the street, but facing due south, it seems that the owner is for the prosperity of the family, as well as the reputation of the family, painstaking.

It's just that before they walked outside the gate, the two could already see an old man sweeping the ground with a broom outside the door of Xu's mansion.

When the old man heard the sound of them approaching, he raised his head, and after confirming that the two of them had no malicious intent, he said slowly: "Are you here to find someone in Xu Mansion?" ”