Chapter 346: Find the City Lord

Chu Ruoyan is the king of Yan, specially sent by Chu Zhuangyan, after arriving in Chaoyang City, the city lord should naturally come out to greet them, and they should also live in the city lord's mansion, but there is no sign of greeting at the door, not only these are strange, but along the way, Chu Ruoyan is observing the surrounding situation.

There weren't many people on the road, and all of them had very bad faces, and many of their clothes were tattered, and everyone had horror in their eyes, especially for the new group of people, who cast hostile glances at them.

"Why are they looking at us like that?" Chu Ruoyao pointed to the people and asked.

The guard also turned his head to look at the people, with some apologies on his face: "King Yan, don't be surprised, the people here have always been like this, because Chaoyang City is very close to the northern frontier, and they are often harassed, and everyone is subconsciously full of hostility towards strangers. ”

After hearing this, Chu Ruoyan and Li Luobing glanced at each other, from the door they noticed the unusualness of Chaoyang City, until they looked at the surrounding environment on the way, and felt that their pressure this time was very great, Chu Zhuangyan could be said to have sent them to a very bad environment.

"King Yan, the City Lord's Mansion has arrived." The guard at the gate of the city stopped in front of a mansion, Chu Ruoyan looked up at the mansion, it felt quite big, but the appearance was very tattered, there was no appearance of the city lord's mansion at all, and there was not even a guard at the door.

"Are you sure this is the City Lord's Mansion?" Yang Zhen asked the guard. Not only did he not believe it, but the people accompanying him also felt very unbelievable, and the appearance of this city lord's mansion was really surprising.

The guard nodded: "This is indeed the City Lord's Mansion, the City Lord's surname is Li, and he should stay in this mansion all the time." ”

"You've been staying in this mansion, haven't you communicated with the city lord?"

Li Luobing wanted to ask from the beginning, whether it was the guard's description of the city lord, or the attitude of the city lord, so that after seeing the city lord's mansion here, the guard seemed to introduce normal people, without the slightest awe.

"Communication, but occasionally, it's nothing more than some festivals and sacrifices, and in normal times, it's mainly the head of the barracks who leads us." The guard scratched his head and replied.

The words of the guards refreshed people's perception of the City Lord's Mansion again and again, and they didn't know how many secrets there were in this Chaoyang City waiting for them to uncover.

"Knock on the door!" Chu Ruoyan didn't ask anymore, and motioned for the guards to knock on the door of the City Lord's Mansion.

The guard took a few steps forward, raised his hand and knocked on the gate of the City Lord's Mansion. After knocking a few times, the guard took a few steps back, trying to wait for someone to open the door, but the door did not move for a long time.

The guard looked at Chu Ruoyao with some embarrassment, and continued to step forward and knock a few times, but still no one opened the door. He was a little impatient, and just as he was about to knock a third time, the door of the City Lord's Mansion finally opened.

A servant poked his head out with sleepy eyes: "Who are you?" What do you do when you knock on the door? There was impatience in his words.

The guard pointed to Chu Ruoqi and the others behind him: "Go and call the city lord out, just say ......"

"The city lord is not free now, he is resting, and it is not the day of the sacrifice, what are you looking for the city lord for?" After saying that, the servant closed the door directly, and the guard touched his nose, and when he knocked on the door again, there was no one to open it for him.

Seeing that he didn't knock on the door, the guard could only come to Chu Ruoyao in a gloomy manner.

"King Yan, my subordinates have done their best, even if we usually look for the city lord, we have to knock many times before we come to open the door. This time, maybe he really didn't want to see people, so he became this attitude. ”

The guard said to Chu Ruoya and the others while considering the words.

"Your Highness, this city lord is too blind to see no one, we have all arrived here, he still didn't come out to greet him, and even let us wait outside, we can't be indulged like this." Guo Dong came to Chu Ruoyao's side and said.

Chu Ruoyao nodded: "Then you go and pry the door open, if you can't open it after knocking a few times, you will directly smash the door open to this king." ”

Smash open? After hearing this word, the guard next to him was stunned for a moment. When they came to find the city lord before, they never thought about smashing the door.

One is that they feel that it is unnecessary, and the other is that they feel that it is inappropriate, their relationship with the city lord is very ordinary, and even the people of the military camp and the city lord are divided into two groups, and it is easy to cause chaos on both sides if they slam the door directly.

This King Yan is the King of Yan in the end, and he doesn't care about such a thing at all, but in the eyes of the prince, this city lord is just a petty official with a sesame mung bean, even if the gate of the city lord's mansion is smashed, the city lord has to nod and thank King Yan.

"My subordinates understood." As soon as he heard that he was going to slam the door, Guo Dong became energetic and hurriedly ran to the gate and knocked on the door. After knocking a few times, no one paid attention, he beckoned to the guards beside him, and everyone directly smashed the gate of the City Lord's Mansion open.

With a loud bang, the gate of the City Lord's Mansion smashed directly to the ground, splashing a puff of dust, and the movement here also attracted the onlookers of the surrounding people.

"Isn't this the gate of the City Lord's Mansion? How did you fall to the ground? One of the people in the crowd asked.

After hearing his words, the people passing by also looked in the direction of his finger, and sure enough, they saw the gate of the City Lord's Mansion falling to the ground, and the scenery inside was unobstructed.

"I was just here, and the door was smashed open."

"Smashed? Who is so bold? "It's a remote place, and many people think that the city lord is their biggest official here, and they never thought that the city lord's mansion would have such a day.

"See a bunch of people over there? It was they who smashed open the gates of the city lord. After listening to the words of the people, everyone's eyes fell on Chu Ruoyan and Li Luobing.

"What the hell are these people coming from? If you make the City Lord's Mansion like this, aren't you afraid of being punished? ”

Someone in the crowd laughed disdainfully: "Punishment? No way. When have you ever seen the lord of the castle play his role? It doesn't matter if he doesn't show up in normal times, when people from northern Xinjiang come, he has been shrinking in his house and has never come out. ”

The voices of the people had also been heard by Chu Ruoyao, and before he could say anything, there was finally movement in the City Lord's Mansion.

The sleepy-eyed servant had already run over, but by this time he was very awake, pointing to the door on the ground and yelling outside.

"Who is it? Who did this? The people outside did not speak, but looked to the side, and when the servant saw their eyes, he finally noticed the group of people next to him.

"Who are you? Are you the ones who did this gate? Listening to the servant's attitude, the guard wanted to step forward and tell him the identity of Chu Ruoya and the others, but was stopped by Yang Zhen.

"Yes, I asked them to push it."

"Don't you know that this is the City Lord's Mansion?" The servant pointed to the three big words "City Lord's Mansion" on it and said to Chu Ruoyao.

But his tone was much better at the moment than just now, because he found that the clothes on these people were very elegant, either rich or expensive, and people like him could not afford to provoke them.

"Of course I know," Chu Ruoyan nodded, "I just had something to do with the city lord, but the city lord didn't open the door, so I could only open the door and go in by myself." Chu Ruoyao's expression was very calm.

"You ......" The servant was choked speechless by Chu Ruoyao's attitude for a while.

"Why hasn't it been solved yet?" While they were talking, a stocky middle-aged man approached.

"City Lord, look here......" The servant immediately nodded and said to the middle-aged man.

The stocky middle-aged man looked at the door on the ground and realized that the loud noise had just come from here.

"Do you know who did it?"

The servant nodded: "City Lord, they did it." ”

When the city lord looked at Chu Ruoyu and the others, his eyes moved, and then he narrowed again.

"Since it's not easy for them to do it? It would be nice for them to pay some money, and if they didn't, they would be arrested. When he had finished speaking, he wanted to go back to the house.

"City Lord, please stay." Chu Ruoyao opened her mouth and stopped him.

"What's the matter with me?" Although City Lord Li stopped, his eyes revealed impatience.

"Didn't you hear anything before?"

"Message?" City Lord Li shook his head, "I didn't receive any news before. Although he said this, there was some dodging in his eyes, and he didn't dare to look at Chu Ruoyan directly.

"Since I haven't received any news, then I won't stay here, and when I go back, I will tell the emperor about this matter, and I will say that the people in Chaoyang City are ......" Chu Ruoyan deliberately moved Chu Zhuangyan out, and sure enough, he saw that the face of the person in front of him changed.

"Wait a minute," Seeing that Chu Ruoyan was really about to turn around and leave, City Lord Li hurriedly stepped forward, "It turned out to be King Yan and Princess Yan, the villain has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, and he has offended the two, please come in quickly." ”

His attitude at this time was obviously different from just now, it seemed that Chu Zhuangyan's name was really quite useful, and of course Chu Ruoyan and the others did not shirk, and followed City Lord Li into the courtyard.

"You also hurry up and have the gate of the City Lord's Mansion repaired, don't let the gate stay open, what does this look like?" City Lord Li commanded the servant just now, and the man hurriedly ran away.

After speaking to the servant, City Lord Li changed his face, personally welcomed Chu Ruoyan and Li Luobing to the main hall, and served them excellent tea.

Chu Ruoyan didn't open his mouth when he watched his series of actions, just let him be busy, and he stopped talking after he finished saying the words just now.

City Lord Li looked at Chu Ruoyao with some apprehension: "His Royal Highness King Yan, the official is ......."