Compared with Shengjing, Yongzhou can only be regarded as a medium-sized city. Guancheng is a typical triple city, there is a city in the city, there is a moat outside the city, in the middle of the city wall is a three-storey three-eaves rest hilltop type high platform pavilion type construction, the lintel is inscribed with "Yongzhou" two strong and powerful big characters.

Like all state cities, there are three or two officers and soldiers guarding the gate in front of the city gate, because it is close to the end of the year, people come and go at the city gate, it is very lively, and the impact of the war on Yongzhou cannot be seen. It can even be said that after entering the Yan Land, I didn't see any strange people or things.

When they saw their carriage entering the city, the officers and soldiers guarding the gate were briefly panicked, but they quickly calmed down, and they evacuated the people entering the city to make way for them, and the crowd of people who were bustling and noisy into the city saw their carriages and took the initiative to line up on both sides of the city gate, quietly bowing their heads to let them pass first, and even a few people kneeling on the ground and kowtowing to their carriage appeared.

Gu Xiyan suddenly remembered the scene of Qi Yuzhi riding out of the city in Shengjing that day.

Living in such an environment for a long time, no matter who it is, it will also develop a sense of superiority like Qi Yuzhi!

The streets in Yongzhou City are very spacious, similar to the street layout of Shengjing, only the scale is much smaller, and the streets are lined with towering trees, although in this season only the branches are left, and the branches are also full of ice, but it is still difficult to hide the majestic atmosphere.

Yanguo Mansion is located in the center of Yongzhou, which has a history of 600 years. During the time of the Wanji Dynasty and the Taichu Dynasty, it was the Beiting Governor's Mansion. After Li Chaoyang's disappearance, the Taichu Dynasty quickly collapsed, and Qi Ji, who was a small hundred elders in the Beiting Governor's Mansion at the time, and two sworn brothers rose up, all the way north, occupying Kwantung County and Lianyun County successively. became the largest warlord in the north at that time, and later worshiped the fiefdom with 100,000 iron horsemen in his hands. He became one of the five princes of Xizhao Wangxi.

may be due to his humble background, after Qi Ji became the Duke of Yan, he did not relocate the Kaifu like the other four princes. Instead, the original Beiting Governor's Mansion was renovated and moved in. In the past three hundred years, after several generations of Yanguo Mansion slowly cultivated food, the current scale was formed.

It is a typical northern courtyard building, divided into two parts. The front is commonly known as the front yard, which is the place where the Yan Guogong deals with government affairs, and it is also the highest administrative body of the Yan land, and it also maintains the pattern of the Beiting Governor's Mansion during the Wanji Dynasty six hundred years ago. ^^ first Jun Zi Tang In front of the ^^ mansion is a stone road about ten meters wide, and four red lacquer and gilt doors are open. You can faintly see the soldiers on patrol, and there are more than ten meters of stone lions on the left and right. There is a bluestone tethered horse stone next to the stone lion on the right.

Liu Mei'er took advantage of their carriage to pass by the gate of the Yanguo Mansion and quietly introduced to Gu Xiyan: "...... I haven't been to the front yard, but the backyard is relatively familiar. It is divided into two parts, east and west, and we call the east courtyard the east courtyard and the western courtyard the west courtyard according to their direction. The east courtyard is adjacent to the outer courtyard is Songzhen Temple, where the Yan Guogong lived in the past dynasties. Directly behind Shoshyin Temple is the Tokushin Temple, where Mrs. Chang lives, and there is a garden behind the Deshin-in Temple. At the other end of the garden is the Xianji Courtyard where the ladies live. To the east of Songzhen-in and Deshin-in is a rectangular courtyard called Seonghee-in, which is the courtyard where the grandfather of the country raised the tigers......

Gu Xiyan pursed her lips and smiled when she heard this.

"However, I haven't been in that courtyard, and I heard that there are nine entrances in total, which are specially for underage sons. The courtyard on the west side is called Gongshun-in. There are nine small gardens in it. They are called Huai Garden, Banyan Garden, Cypress Garden, Pine Garden, Maple Garden, Gui Garden, Plum Garden, Tea Garden and Qiao Garden. There is a spacious bluestone corridor between the east and west courtyards, and there are two red lacquer doors at the end of the corridor. Behind the door is the grandmothers on duty in the inner courtyard and the rough mother-in-law who temporarily settled in the corner......"

Sure enough, it was hierarchical.

The serious master is in the east, called the East Courtyard, and the name of the courtyard takes three characters. The concubine and the subordinate live in the west, and they are given a unified name, and the place where they live is called "garden", and the name of the two characters is taken, and the place where the subordinates live is called Ju...... Look at this name again, what kind of respect, obedience, chastity, virtue and so on!

"Now in the entire Guogong Mansion, only Songzhen-in, Xianji-in and Gongshun Yuan-in, Huaiyuan are inhabited, and the rest of the place is empty......"

Gu Xiyan nodded hurriedly: "You told me last time." ”

Liu Mei'er's bright face had a hint of gloom: "We are relatives of Mrs. Wei, so we have to enter the mansion through the side door next to us, and first go to meet Mrs. Xu from Xianji Courtyard, she agreed, and we can go to Huaiyuan in the West Courtyard to see Mrs. Wei......"

A little surprised, Gu Xiyan said, "If she doesn't agree......"

"Naturally, you won't see it. =Junzitang's first hair=" There was a hint of bitterness in Liu Mei'er's smile, "So, don't be a concubine, even if he is ...... Emperor. ”

Gu Xiyan nodded approvingly.

Liu Mei'er smiled reluctantly: "However, after all, the master is Mrs. Wei's biological son, and Mrs. Xu can't just refute her aunt's face......"

In other words, if you find a reason, you can refute it!

In a few words, the carriage stopped in front of a bright gate. Unlike the normal side door, it has four soldiers guarding in front of it.

Seeing their carriage, one of the soldiers guarding the door came over, Siping also hurried up to meet them, the two stood in front of the door and negotiated for a long time, Gu Xiyan hid behind the curtain of the carriage and peeped, she found that Siping also took something out of his arms to show the soldier, and the soldier turned around and said a few words in a low voice.

The two bright doors were wide open, just in time for their carriage to pass through.

Tian Jing, who escorted them all the way to Yongzhou, hurriedly said a few words to Siping and separated, Siping followed the carriage into Guangliang Gate, while Tian Jing stayed outside Guangliang Gate and negotiated something with the officers and soldiers guarding the door.

Inside the Guangliang Gate, it is a square more than 20 meters wide, cleaned cleanly, without a little debris, paved with large pieces of bluestone, not a single inch of grass grows, not a tree is planted, you can see the square at a glance against the high white powder green tiles and another closed Guangliang Gate.

Siping stepped forward and knocked on a corner door next to Guangliang Gate, the door soon opened, and the "squeak" of opening the door spread far and wide in the empty square, with a desolate atmosphere, Gu Xiyan's mind suddenly surfaced the poem "The courtyard is deep and deep".

Because the person who opened the door was standing inside the door, Gu Xiyan and the others couldn't see it. I could only see Siping negotiating with the person who opened the door in a low voice.

After a while, the Guangliang door opened. A few women with a large figure appeared, and Siping also walked quickly to the carriage where Gu Xiyan and the others were sitting: "Miss Liu, I will escort you here." ”

Liu Meier thinks she comes often. is already very familiar with this set, and said "hard work" very dignified and elegant, Qiu Gui handed a small purse to Siping at the right time.

Gu Xiyan raised her eyebrows towards Duan Yingluo, meaning to say, do you see, this is what a maidservant girl should do!

Duan Yingluo smiled faintly at Gu Xiyan.

The two of them were there squeezing eyebrows.

Siping looked at the little purse, with an embarrassed look on his face, and said, "I understand the girl's kindness." It's just that the master is most taboo about the little guys in the outer courtyard and the ladies in the inner courtyard, this is a gift of favor. That's even more unyielding. Miss Liu is a newcomer, so she should pay more attention in the future. As he spoke, he hurried away with the coachman who was driving the car, leaving Liu Meier with a puzzled face: "What's wrong with Brother Siping, is it too little?" There are two identical Dongzhu in it, and they are worth two or three thousand gold on the market...... "Speaking of which." Her face changed as if she had suddenly remembered something.

Could it be that Grandpa Guo asked him something when he came back, so he didn't dare to accept her gift......

This is like the attending adult does not accept the red envelope of the patient who is about to undergo surgery, how can Liu Meier not be afraid.

Gu Xiyan also faintly guessed a few of Liu Mei'er's thoughts, and couldn't help but secretly sigh in her heart.

Qi Maosheng's personal servant has a good income!

I don't know if anyone has given gifts to Qi Maosheng...... I guess not. Speaking of which. This is a feudal society, logically speaking. Everything that is swallow is his...... His personal servant accepts bribes, well, is it considered an outflow of fat water......

Gu Xiyan was thinking wildly there, and a woman had already jumped into the carriage and drove the car into Guangliang Gate.

Behind the Guangliang door, it was another scene.

Inside is a large courtyard, on the left neatly placed a few carriages, on the right there is a stable, a few horses and mules are parked, there are a few large stone pillars for horses on the side of the wall, and facing the Guangliang Gate is a hanging flower door, two red lacquer doors, copper ground door knockers, standing on a high threshold.

Duan Yingluo opened the curtain of the carriage, and looked at a woman standing on the ground next to the horse pillar on the right with a somewhat confused gaze.

The woman was tall and muscular, standing as straight as a spear, her white hair meticulously combed back in a bun, and the wrinkles on her face were like washed silk, crepe, except for the eyes, as clear and pure as a baby.

Gu Xiyan leaned over and looked at Duan Yingluo's gaze: "That's, that senior sister of yours......"

Duan Yingluo nodded a little excitedly.

"Would you like to say hello?" Gu Xiyan asked.

Duan Yingluo thought for a moment and shook his head: "Forget it, we are now doing our own duties, and sometimes...... On the contrary, it is inconvenient. ”

Gu Xiyan was slightly stunned.

The top martial arts masters guard the second gate of the inner courtyard, is it to protect them, or to imprison them?

Gu Xiyan couldn't help but feel cold in her heart, her eyelids drooped slightly, and she glanced at Duan Yingluo.

"Apart from your senior sister, are there any other Shura Sect people in the backyard of the Yan Guo Mansion?"

Duan Yingluo smiled: "Yes." That time, I returned with my senior sister, as well as my three teachers and two apprentices. ”

There are six of them...... If you collude with some people with ulterior motives...... Killing people and setting fires, stealing beams and changing pillars, nothing can be done! And Qi Hao is obviously a very shrewd person, but why...... also sent Duan Yingluo to accompany her to live in the inner courtyard. How sure could he be that the people of the Shuramin would obey him and be loyal?

The most important thing is that when did the people of the Shura Gate start to guard the second gate?

She shuddered and said, "With your sister's identity and skills, how could you come to the Yanguo Mansion to be a nurse?" ”

Duan Yingluo said with a smile: "My senior sister and a few fellow disciples don't want to wander on the rivers and lakes anymore, and want to find a place to spend their old age in peace, and it just so happens that the Yanguo Mansion lacks a mother-in-law in the backyard, so I recommended my senior sister." ”

"When was that?"

"It seems like it's been a long time, and I don't know exactly how many years. It must have been more than ten years. He was still alive at the time...... It's been seven or eight years since I've been gone! ”

"Who was in charge of the backyard door before this?"

"I don't know very well, it should be the rough envoy of the Yanguo Mansion!"