Tianyou followed the team to move slowly, all the way, and there were some small snacks in his hand, which was relaxed and freehand, but this good mood was almost over.

The procession walked through the bustling outer city and crossed a wide stone bridge. Under the bridge is an artificial river more than two feet wide, but the buildings on both sides of the river bank are very different. On the other side of the river are small buildings, one family next to each other, while on the other side are all large houses, the smallest of which is larger than the size of the school playground.

Obviously, on the other side of the bridge was the wealthy area, where only the dignitaries lived, and the outside of the river was the residence of the common people. Tianyou had been following the team, and such a large group of people were not afraid of losing it, but when he crossed the bridge, he was delayed when he asked for the price because he liked some gadgets, and he was separated from the large army at a certain distance, and when he chased over, he was stopped by two messengers at the head of the bridge.

"Stop. ”

Tianyou looked at the two people in front of him and was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that it should be the community security guard. After all, this is a rich area, and the people living in it are either high-ranking officials or big businessmen, and it is strange if there is no security guard.

"Two big brothers, I was in front of me together, and I just went to buy some things, and I fell behind. As he spoke, he raised the snack in his hand.

It's okay if Tianyou doesn't say it, but the two of them are even more suspicious of this statement.

Tianyou is obviously not a nobleman, so he can only be a subordinate. Those who can live on this side of the river are not ordinary people, ordinary people who are rich or can be petty officials can't do it, they must be particularly rich or have a very high official position. The servants in this kind of person's house all have uniform clothing, how can they be dressed as hunters?

Take a step back. Even if Tianyou is really a temporary hunter hired by a large family. If you don't follow the team, how can you run around on your own halfway?

Take a step back, even if Tianyou buys something casually, saying that it is the master who wants to buy it, then it can be confused, after all, these two are just errand soldiers, and they are not palace gate guards, it is impossible to check so strictly, as long as it is said in the past. Tianyou said that it was a delay in buying things, but it turned out that he caught up with a bunch of snacks while eating. The master asks you to buy something, and you eat it yourself, is this like words?

The two officers found so many suspicious points, of course, they would not let them go easily. Besides, if Tianyou was dressed in cloth, it would be fine, but he was dressed in leather armor, with two swords across his waist, and a bow and arrow behind his back. It's all armed to the teeth, and the officer can come and ask patiently, and it's polite enough that he didn't pull out a knife directly.

The errand officer did not let him pass, but Tianyou was in a hurry, because the team in front was separating. The crowd that had originally gathered together suddenly divided into several small groups of people and went in different directions, and some scattered officials left with their own servants, and there was still a bunch of people left in the center who continued to walk forward, but the distance was already far away. Tianyou could vaguely see that only Bai Bingyu, Ying Ying and Qin Bo were left in the team, and the others were gone.

Tianyou wanted to get out of the situation as soon as he saw this, but he was not in a hurry, because he knew that the more times like this, the more he had to use his brain, and brute force would only be self-defeating.

"Two big brothers, I really didn't lie to you. I really came back with the princess. But the two of you should also be able to see that I am a hunter, and the princess said that she had an urgent matter to return to the royal city, and wanted to take a shortcut, but she was not familiar with the road, so she hired me as a guide. On the way, the princess noticed that I had good hunting skills and wanted to introduce me to the army, so I followed all the way back. Who knew that so many adults were surrounding the princess just now, and I didn't dare to fight with the adults......! And you saw it, and that's it. ”

This is the truth, but some information has been simplified by God's blessing, and it naturally sounds reasonable. It just so happened that news came out in the palace in the past few days that the king was critically ill, so it was reasonable to think that the ninth princess would take a shortcut to return to the city.

Since the matter is right, the two are no longer entangled, but it is not a matter for a person like Tianyou to run around in the inner city, so it was decided to separate one person to accompany Tianyou to catch up, which can be regarded as temporarily guarding Tianyou to prevent him from being an assassin or something.

To put it bluntly, these two people are so accommodating, mainly because they are not regular guards, and the nature of these two errand guards is actually similar to that of community security, and the main role of their existence is to prevent idle people from running into the rich area, and it is not their turn to catch assassins. There are guards at the city gates, and there are thousands of guards and people from the inspection department on the streets, and that is the regular army.

Tianyou used to be often left outside by Xiyan alone, who has not been in contact with anyone in the three religions and nine streams? The so-called reach out and don't hit the smiling person, say more nice things, others will always be polite and polite to you, and you will become familiar with each other in three or two. From the bridge to the position of Ying Ying and the others is less than sixty meters, and the two have begun to call themselves brothers.

"Big brother, it's still a good day for you, at least it's safe! We drill in the mountains all day long, and we can't eat a few full meals a year, and occasionally we encounter monsters, even if we give it out, we can't compare with you. ”

People love to compare, and if you give him a sense of superiority, people will naturally be happy. The officer's mouth was modest, but his face was as smiling as a flower. "How can it be as good as you say? We also live by looking at people's eyes, and it's difficult!"

The two were talking, and suddenly a rider came from behind, holding a small pennant in his hand. The flag is black on a black background and white on edge, and in the center is an abstract image of a tiger, hunting in the wind.

Seeing this person, passers-by dodged one after another, obviously the flag was very particular.

The front also noticed the movement here, and the crowd parted for a while, and immediately the knight suddenly turned over and jumped off the horse after seeing Bai Bingyu, and knelt down on one knee in front of Bai Bingyu. The distance was too far to hear what was said, only to see Bai Bingyu frowning and Ying Ying said something, Ying Ying patted Bai Bingyu on the shoulder, and then Bai Bingyu took out the horse soul to summon his spirit horse, turned over and followed the knight to turn around and run back, Ying Ying was surrounded by the crowd again.

Originally, she was surrounded by the crowd and didn't think about it, but this time Bai Bingyu immediately found Tianyou who was left behind, but the matter was urgent, she didn't dare to delay in the slightest, she just rode on the spirit horse and shouted at Tianyou: "You stay first, I'll look for you when I turn back." ”

When he said the first half of the sentence, Bai Bingyu was still in front of Tianyou, and when the second half of the sentence came, he had already crossed the bridge, and it was not an exaggeration to say that it was galloping.

Looking at Bai Bingyu who was rushing away, it took a long time for the errand to react, looked around, and found that there was no third person around except him and Tianyou, and immediately said in surprise: "It turns out that you really came back with the princess?

"Where, where!" Tianyou was polite, and when he turned around, he felt a chuckle in his heart. "Boom!"

Just now, his eyes had been following Bai Bingyu, Tianyou and the messenger had already turned to the side of the stone bridge, but now when they turned around, they found that Ying Ying and Qin Bo were actually riding on the spirit horse, rushing towards the city gate, and those officials who were originally surrounding them were also scattered, and a few people were chasing in the direction of the palace gate with their robes without any image.

The officer was also stunned. He and Tianyou both knew that Ying Ying's sudden rush to the palace gate must have been due to an emergency, but Tianyou now found that he was hanging here.

Lu Meng and the others had already left, and Tianyou didn't know where they lived. Bai Bingyu had just left the city, and he was expecting Ying Ying or Qin Bo to arrange a place, but these two were good and went directly to the palace. Nima, Lao Tzu has to be interrogated when he enters a rich area, how is the palace gate tidy? Those guards can let him in.

After staying where he was for a while, the officer suddenly said, "Otherwise, brother." Anyway, I know that you and Miss Bai know each other, so how about I arrange for you to be in the post house first?"

"Then thank you, brother. I really have to rely on my friends when I'm away from home!"

"Where, help each other, help each other. The two of them touted all the way back to the bridge, and another officer also greeted them quite warmly. He also heard Bai Bingyu's words before. This one knows Miss Bai, and he may be prosperous in the future, of course this kind of person should be close and close.

The two messengers couldn't leave together, and in the end, the messenger led Tianyou to the front of the inn.

Through chatting with the errand along the way, Tianyou already knew that his previous guess was correct. This royal city is divided into three layers, and the middle is the royal palace, which is protected by a ring of walls outside, called Miyagi. Outside the palace is a very wide road, and this is actually the first ring road, which is the so-called inner ring. Beyond the first ring is a number of high-gate compounds, which are where the princes and nobles lived. However, there is no residence outside the main gate of the palace, that is, the south gate, and this side is a place where the government and various official institutions are concentrated.

The inner circle of these official institutions and the mansions of the princes and nobles is still a mansion on the outside, but the area of the mansion is gradually decreasing, the proportion of luxury and other proportions is decreasing, and the official position of the occupants is also gradually decreasing. The outermost circle near the river is basically the mansions of middle-level officials and big merchants, but because the merchants are rich, some of their mansions are not small, but they generally do not exceed those princes and nobles in the innermost circle, and at most they are more luxurious than the mansions of middle-level officials.

The part of the river is collectively called the inner city. The outer side of the river is a circle of courtyards with a large area, but this should be regarded as commercial land, which is basically some consumption items for dignitaries, such as some high-end clothing, antique shops, calligraphy and painting shops, as well as Fengyue places and high-end restaurants that men like, which are basically concentrated in the outer circle of the river.

Further periphery of this circle of shops, there is a ring road, and Tianyou thinks that this is the second ring road. Outside the Second Ring Road, it is still commercial land, but it is obviously one level lower than the shops on the inside of the Second Ring Road.

Outside the second ring road, there are basically mixed commercial and residential areas, except for a market in each of the four directions that is set and cannot be moved, basically follow the rule that there are shops along the street and people in the alley. However, it is said that there are very few residents in the northern part of the city, because it is an industrial area. Of course, this was determined by Tianyou himself based on the description of the errand officer, and there was no such thing as an industrial zone at this time.

On the inner side of the city wall, there is also a ring road near the city wall, that is, the third ring road. The road did not stretch close to the city walls, but was spaced some distance apart. Most of the area between the Third Ring Road and the city wall is open space, and some of the cantonments and military offices are located, including the armory room and a small number of generals' workshops are also concentrated in this area. As for the rest of the area, some of it was used as a place for training soldiers, and some of it became a free place. Large caravans from outside use it as a transit point for temporary supplies, refugees and the like set up tents here, and it's also a great place for children to play. In short, as long as you don't build a house here, no one will care about it for a while.

The post house where the messenger brought Tianyou is located between the second ring and the third ring, but it is very close to the third ring road, and the door face is very small, it is similar to the door of ordinary people's homes, the only special thing is that the door of the post house is facing the street, which is still a little different from ordinary people's homes.

Looking at this narrow face, the errand officer was also a little embarrassed.

"Little brother, I'm sorry! brother, that's what I'm capable of. Those inns in the inner city must have official certificates, and I am an errand officer, so I don't have that qualification. I can only wronged you. This is a post house specially prepared for errands who come to work from other places, the condition is that it is almost, but there should be everything, that is, the food is almost there, no, my brother invites you to the restaurant tonight. "In order to tie up God's blessing, this one is also bloody.

"No, no, I'm also a hunter, I usually can't go back when I get in trouble in the mountains, and it's good to have a cave cat for one night. I don't pay attention to food, and I tell you, once I was trapped in the mountains, and I even gnawed raw meat. ”

"Little brother can't see it, he has suffered such a crime at such a young age!"

The two of them blew and entered the post station, and the errand officer really knew some contacts, and after a few words with the post man, Tianyou settled down. Because he was still on an errand, he didn't want to stay long, so he left after two sentences.

Yi Cheng waited for the errand to leave, then arranged for a servant to help Tianyou clean up the room, and then left as well. Although he and the errand officer knew each other, they were not close friends, and the other party didn't say anything about Bai Bingyu, only that he was a friend, and this Yicheng naturally didn't take it to heart. He is an official, there is no need to bother with the Orion of God, it would be good to let him live.