Chapter 5 Persuading the king to cherish the time of prosperity
The majestic giant city stands on the riverside.
Su Qi stood under the city, raised his head, the city wall seemed to be connected to the sky, after staring at it for a long time, the wall seemed to be collapsing, he shook his head, and saw that the civilians lining up to enter the city in front of him were talking and laughing, and seven or eight soldiers were holding spears in their hands and were checking one by one.
"Is it so strict? Last time?"
Su Qi turned his head and asked Zhao Riyue.
She looked confused and scratched her head, "It doesn't seem like ......"
Su Qi didn't speak, and looked from afar, those soldiers had all cultivated, and there was a faint aura in their bodies, although they were only forging the body realm, they were also out of the mortal realm.
"It's almost the same as those black-armored people...... Su Qinian muttered.
"Those who defend the city?" Zhao Riyue measured their breath, "Put them down quickly." ”
Su Qi glanced at her, "In the future, I will learn less from Lu Celadon and Tian Tianjing want to fight!"
Zhao Riyue stuck out her tongue and stretched out her hand again, "What are they doing?"
Su Qi looked over and found that those soldiers were aiming a piece of talisman at a child who was only eight or nine years old, that child had seen this formation, he was frightened, grinning and crying, and his parents were watching from the sidelines, not daring to obstruct it, nor daring to come forward to comfort him, with a worried face.
The soldier holding the rune paper gestured for a while, but nothing happened, so he waved his hand and let a few people pass.
The team continued to move forward, and Su Qi was only ten meters away from the city gate.
When he got closer, Su Qi discovered an interesting thing, although those soldiers would also inspect goods and cars, they paid more attention to those children, especially those who were only about ten years old, and for those adults, they were not interested, just asked a few words casually and let them go.
It's interesting.
Su Qi secretly guessed the purpose of the soldiers, and unconsciously arrived at them.
"What's in the car?"
A soldier with a scar on his face said as he reached for the curtain.
"Some books. ”
After Su Qi had already hidden his armor in the stack of books, he replied gently, and then curiously pointed to the soldier with the talisman in his hand and asked, "This big brother, what are you doing?"
The scar soldier glanced back, didn't speak, and looked carefully at the contents of the carriage, "There are quite a lot of books, what's the matter, it's a reader?"
Su Qi nodded, "I've been reading for a few years." ”
The scar soldier glanced at Zhao Riyue a few more times and asked, "How old is she?"
"XIV. ”
Scar Soldier nodded, "It looks like it's about the same age, okay, you guys can go over!"
Su Qi clenched his fists in thanks, and asked again, "She doesn't need to use that rune paper to check?"
The scar soldier looked at Su Qi and smiled, "You are a ...... It's easy to get into trouble if you're curious!"
This is indeed a problem, I don't know how many times I have been scolded by my father since I was a child. Su Qi seemed a little ashamed.
"Actually, there's nothing to talk about," Scar Soldier shook his head, "We just did what we were told, and the people from the City Lord's Mansion explained that all children under the age ......of twelve had to use that talisman paper to test, and I don't know what it was for!
"Hey! The soldier on the side reminded.
"I'm afraid of a fart," the Scar Soldier muttered in a low voice, "Could it be that the people from the City Lord's Mansion will come here to break the city gate?"
"Entertaining distinguished guests, is there anything important in this Lin'an City recently?" asked Su Qi curiously.
"How do I know," the scar soldier said angrily, "In the past two days, I have been carrying more than ten carts of wine and food to the city lord's mansion! The ghost knows who to entertain! Maybe the emperor of the Great Li Dynasty is here! Okay, okay, you hurry over!"
Su Qi and Zhao Riyue hurriedly led the horses and walked towards the city.
This Lin'an City is really prosperous.
The straight avenue leads straight to the center of the city, the strange trees of more than ten meters high are planted on both sides, the branches are luxuriant, the greenery is verdant, there are flower buds to be released, there are insects and birds, the shops on both sides of the road are also people coming and going, the sound of selling and the sound of cars and horses are mixed together, just like the most red and dusty music in the world, composing it, and it is life in the eyes.
Su Qi took a big breath, the fragrance of the pastry shop in the distance was absent, and the trace of sweetness didn't know whether it came from it or from the flowers to be released, in short, Su Qi was very happy.
In the past eleven years, he has only briefly left Qishan a few times, and he has never seen the big city of this world, and he has never been to a prosperous place like Lin'an, which can be called the first of a state, and he has only seen those descriptions in the book, and has a general impression.
The last time Zhao Riyue came was four years ago, and it was with Lu Celadon that the two of them only had to run around the sword pavilion and blacksmith shop in the city, where did they enjoy this Lin'an street scene?
So the excited two led the carriage and hurried to the pile of shops.
Zhao Riyue bought a bunch of pastries and snacks, while Su Qi picked and picked up, looking for those things that he had never seen before, such as a painting depicting the topography of Qingzhou, which is said to be the work of a great painter in Lin'an City three hundred years ago, and the painting was vivid, costing Su Qi a full 20,000 taels of silver.
Another example is a strange stone, it is said to be from the Lingxu Mountain in the east, it is engraved with strange scratches, no one can understand, no one can understand, Su Qi pondered for a while, confirmed that it was not any of the ancient characters he mastered, and he was very interested, so he simply bought it.
Ten thousand taels.
Su Qi didn't feel distressed, after all, he had just robbed hundreds of thousands of dollars on that golden armor man!
The two of them bought it in vain, and they thought that the carriage was in the way, so they simply inquired with an antique shop owner about the best inn in the city, left the carriage there, and booked two Tianzi rooms, and told the boss to prepare a table of good wine and food, and bring them into the room when they came back after dark.
The whole afternoon was spent sweeping the goods.
Su Qi has not had the addiction of shopping for more than ten years, and in his previous life, he hated shopping, at that time he would rather find a bookstore to squat for most of the day, rather than listen to the perseverance and persuasion of the shopping guide among the dazzling goods.
But after more than ten years of hard life in Qishan, Su Qi thought about the big city almost crazy, and even the shopping he had always hated gradually became full of fun in his memories.
Persuade the monarch to cherish the prosperity of the time.
Su Qi seized the opportunity and planned to squander the money in his hand.
And that Zhao Riyue is also a heartless person, what to see, buy, what is delicious, buy, what is fun, buy!
Therefore, when the day was slanting to the west and the moon was rising tomorrow, the two of them felt a little tired.
At this time, they already have big bags and small bags in their hands.
There were clothes that Zhao Riyue liked, and there were also sundries that Su Qi liked, they talked and laughed, and walked towards the inn.
On Ningyuan Street, not far from them, a group of black-armored soldiers were galloping past, and one of the men had a cold face and was not wearing an inch.