Kanmeng'an's urn city is built in the north and south, facing the border of the defense in the north, which gathers tens of thousands of Xiong Zhen troops stationed in Kanmeng'an, Gu Xuan and Jinglong enter the city from the south gate in the direction of Liangguo, if you want to go to the urn city far in the north from this side, you have to pass through the entire city in a regular manner.

As the county seat of Hulan County, Yanzhou, Kanmeng'an is also a border city facing the enemy in the north, and it is also the starting point of the entire Yanzhou border defense line, and its importance is only under the gateway passes such as Juyong Pass, so the size of this city is not much different from the general state city, and it does take a lot of time to go through the entire city to the other end.

Except for emergencies such as passing on military information, no one is allowed to ride a horse on any road in the city, and the laws of Liangguo are extremely strict, and those who have always committed crimes in this rule will not be punished heavily, no matter how much power you have behind you.

Although in terms of Gu Xuan's identity, he can completely ignore this rule, there is a way that the law is not respectful, he is the son and son of the emperor of the dynasty, the sky is noble, and he is the prince officially canonized by the imperial court, that is, he is riding a horse and galloping on the streets of the capital, and few people can say that he is not, but he does not like to be public, this time he is in the spirit of begging for people, and it is not good to blatantly break the rules, so he took the initiative to choose to go on foot, with his hands behind his back, and walked forward slowly, but there were courteous soldiers in front of him, and in the end it still attracted the curious eyes of many people。

The two Hulan Divine Horses that caused a misunderstanding were led by others, and Gu Xuan was also happy, walking all the way, looking left and right, seriously appreciating the customs and customs that he had never seen before.

Although Kanmengan is also a border city, but the style of the whole city in all aspects is completely different from that side of Youzhou, Yanzhou is a prairie as a whole, blue sky and white clouds, the wind blows the grass low, you can see a herd of cattle and sheep, so the style here has a very obvious characteristics of the grassland people, there are shops selling beef and mutton everywhere, there is an iron pot next to it, in the milky white soup, there are big bones tumbling, and the meat is fragrant.

The people here are all dressed in thick and plush furs, and the colors are bright and bright, just like this vast land, where the grass grows and the warblers fly, and the sky is clear.

In this treasure land of Yanzhou, the people here are all raised very tall by nutritious dairy products and nourishing beef and mutton, and the boys have grown up on horseback since childhood, and they like to compete with each other to wrestle, and they are very robust, compared with the generally thin people in Youzhou, the style is very different.

Gu Xuan noticed the casually stacked skins on the roadside pavement, and asked with great interest the captain of the Xiong Zhenjun squad next to him, who had a misunderstanding at first, "Are these furs expensive?"

The captain of the team who accompanied and led the way was stunned for a moment, and only after reacting did he clasp his fists and said: "Lord Wang, where can these things be expensive, we have herds of cattle and sheep here, and I don't know how many are slaughtered in a day, these sheepskin wool or something, and they can't be eaten, they are not valuable, but it is cold at night here, and you have to rely on this thing to keep out the cold." ”

Gu Xuan thought simply, and said with a smile: "Youzhou is also cold, but Youzhou is barren, the cattle and sheep are definitely not as fat as here, and the wool is not as bright as here, but you can buy some back and take them back to Youzhou for sale." ”

He thought it was simple, after all, he was born in the royal family, pampered, and many things were not seen clearly by the people below, I don't know that the colder it is, the more animal hair will be haired, and there are a lot of sheep in Youzhou, how can it be possible to purchase the wool of Yanzhou?

However, the captain of this Xiong Zhenjun has not read for a few years, and he doesn't understand these things, but the focus is on the other side, and he tentatively asks at the moment: "The prince is in Youzhou?"

Gu Xuan knew what he wanted to ask, turned his face sideways, and said calmly: "This king is the king of Hedong County who is personally sealed by the imperial court, and the fief is naturally in Youzhou. ”

"I see. The squad leader nodded slightly, and suddenly found that his words seemed to have exceeded a little, so he quickly shut up, and then quietly pulled out of a position and quietly followed.

Gu Xuan glanced back at him, knowing that the identities and status of the two sides were different, and the people below would inevitably be more restrained, so they didn't say much, so they walked towards the front silently.

I walked forward a little further, until I passed through the market where the vendors gathered, and suddenly a person in official uniform came in front of him, just looking at the complement on his body, which was only an ordinary bird that only Jiupin officials would have, and it was obviously not a person who held real power.

This person is still quite young in appearance, with thin eyebrows and small eyes, and a slightly straight nose, he is a typical Jiangzhou person's small face and appearance, and he is bookish, and he can't even cover the official uniform on his body.

He was directly in the middle of the road, and the soldiers next to him obviously knew him, so they stood in place at the moment, and then cast an inquiring glance at the squad leader behind.

The young man had nothing to say about him, so he first took the initiative but saluted rigidly, and then said, "You are the defenders at the city gate today, why did you leave early, and who are these two, can you introduce one or two?"

The squad leader heard the other party take the initiative to ask, but he just pouted disdainfully, and didn't even bother to talk to him, let alone explain to him.

This kid was originally a scholar in Jiangzhou, after gaining fame, because in response to the prince's call, and the same batch of students on the list were sent by the imperial court to the border of You, Yan Erzhou, said that in order to better develop Yanzhou, to seek well-being for the people, Confucianism pays attention to self-cultivation and governing the country and leveling the world, and these young people want to find a suitable place to realize their ambitions.

His surname is Qingluo, and he is currently the chief bookkeeper of Kanmeng'an County, the official residence of Jiupin, although he belongs to the last stream of a country, but he can also be regarded as the confidant of the city lord, after all, this is a real cold window who has studied hard for more than ten years, and has obtained fame in the reader, with ink in his stomach, Although he is pedantic, but he has real skills.

In Jiangzhou, this level of reading people is a lot of money, but in this Yanzhou border pass, there are many rude men who can't read words, you want them to charge into battle with a big knife, but you want him to write his own name has to scratch his ears and cheeks for a while, and he can't write at all.

However, the county guard valued this kid, and they, the soldiers of the Xiong Zhen Army, who were born in the local natives, did not respect him at all.

First, everyone is a person on both sides, one is the army, the other is a local official, and they can't fight each other, but they just happen to be doing things in this Kanmeng'an, and second, they are locals, who have grown up on horseback since they were children, and grew up in wrestling and fighting, worship absolute force, and most despise this kind of scholar who is full of sour and rotten mouths and has no power to restrain chickens.

What's more, it has always been rumored that the general of the Xiong Zhen army stationed in Kanmeng'an is at odds with the local county guard, and with the support and acquiescence of the above, they have confidence, so they have never thought of respecting each other.

"What's the matter, do we still need you to teach us how to do things?" the squad leader said with a disdainful face, "If the city gate is lost, I can raise my head to see it, now that we are doing business, we won't bother you, get out of the way quickly, don't get in the way!"

Shang Qingluo, who was the chief bookkeeper of the county guard, suddenly became a little angry, Wufu looked down on literati, could it be that the literati who grew up reading the books of sages and sages could afford to be rude and ignorant of the teachings of the saints?

At the moment, I secretly said in my heart that in the future, I must treat these soldiers who have no one in my eyes, and if I am lucky enough to enter the Tianzi Hall in the future, I should add some rules that restrict these martial artists, so that we can save all day and night, and forget it if we who know etiquette and observe etiquette do not bow to it, and dare to be so presumptuous.

The anger in the young man's heart came up, and he was not polite: "Since you are soldiers guarding the city, you should be loyal to your duties, this is a border city, once there is a problem, the entire border will have problems, where can you be fooled?"

The squad leader was trying to argue, scolding that it was his own soldiers who defended the city to fight hard, and it was your business, Lou Vasi!

Seeing that the situation was not good, Gu Xuan hurriedly stopped the two sides who were angry, and preemptively saluted Shang Qingluo opposite: "Gu Xuan, the king of Xiahedong County, still doesn't know your name. ”

The scholar on the other side saw that the stranger in the other party's team was doing the orthodox Confucian salute, and he felt a little more intimate at the moment, and heard the words 'Hedong County King', plus the surname Gu, the whole person was shocked for a moment, and bowed down in panic: "Down, Xiaguan is the main book of the county guard's mansion, big 。。。。。。 My lord, oh no, the prince will see you!"

Gu Xuan smiled slightly, raised his hand with a pleasant face, and said, "You don't have to be so polite, get up." ”

Shang Qingluo slowly got up from the ground, stood up straight, and the whole person suddenly lost the momentum that he had just argued with the soldiers, and even his shoulders shrank a little, looking quite restrained, after thinking for a while, he couldn't help but take the initiative to ask carefully: "Wang, lord, forgive the official for taking the liberty of asking, the current prince 。。。。。。 ”

Before he finished asking, Gu Xuan had already nodded lightly and replied, "It is the second brother of this king." ”

After hearing this answer, Shang Qingluo's whole face showed a fanatical look, as if he had seen Gu Cang himself, and stepped forward very enthusiastically and said, "King, lord, please go to the county guard mansion with the lower officials to sit down!"

Gu Xuan was about to explain, but the leader of the Xiong Zhenjun squad behind him suddenly said loudly and dissatisfiedly: "Shut up for me! The prince is here to visit our general this time!"