On a crisp morning in August and autumn, Chen Yu rented a carriage and a coachman, and left Chen Village with Yu Mei to meet the king at the palace.

The coachman arrived early in the morning with a carriage and came to the door of Chen Yu's house to wait for departure, and the sturdy black horse flicked its tail behind its buttocks angrily, kept driving away flies, and hissed in its mouth.

A total of three people with the coachman swayed on the white dirt road, and walked into the bustling area in the sound of bumps, which is the prosperity center of Bian Guo.

All the streets in the outer city of Changsheng are made of lime and ash mixed and hardened, even if they are wide and smooth. Riding in a carriage makes you feel a lot more comfortable.

Yu Mei heard the noise outside the car, so she reached out and lifted the curtain on the small window on the side, and carved beams along the roadside, wooden buildings of different heights, and continuous green tile backbones.

The carriage and horses swayed to another street, with three lime-hardened side streets on the left and right, and three streets each extending three miles to the east and west.

Chen Yu told Yu Mei that this place is the center of the outer city of Changsheng, and that going north is Changning Gate, followed by the palace Changchun Palace, where the king lives.

The carriage and horses slowly entered the most prosperous area of Changsheng, and there was a bustle outside the car from time to time, and a bargaining word from a grocery store on the side of the road attracted her attention and stayed here for a long time.

In a tea shop not far ahead, everyone is talking unabashedly, and there is an endless stream of people entering and leaving the wine shop.

From the tailor's shop, a few women quarreled over the topic, the storyteller in the library read aloud, and Qin Shi Huang burned books and pit Confucianism.

On the side of the road, there is also a Lang Zhong carrying a sack bag on his shoulder, selling along the street on foot, selling all kinds of elixirs for miscellaneous diseases, curing all kinds of diseases and trying all kinds of cures.

The coachman drove the carriage skillfully around the pedestrians, all the way through the crowded city, and Yu Mei remembered all the scenes of the streets, because it was the first time she had seen so many people and things, and such beautiful houses and streets, all of which were strange to her.

The carriage continued to walk forward for a short distance, and Chen Yu stretched his head out of the window, and in front of him was the tall, dark red city wall, which separated the outer city of the imperial city at both ends.

Legend has it that Gaozu Yimao personally named this place as Changsheng, cloth clothes and Shanshan appeared here to supervise the construction of Changji Gate and Changning Gate, and after the completion of the city wall, it was named Changning Gate.

The Changning City Gate is wide open, there are several lookouts and three beacon towers on the city tower, whenever the Changning Gate encounters a crisis, only need to light the emergency plan of the South Changsheng Gate of the three beacons to start immediately.

The tent on the side in front of the city gate is crowded with a group of imperial forbidden troops, which is responsible for managing the security and security work in and out of the imperial city.

Before the people arrived at the gate of the city, two forbidden army captains came up from afar, holding big swords and spears and drank Chen Yu's carriage.

What are you here for? Idlers are not allowed to approach the Changning Gate, and the people in the car immediately come down for inspection. The captain questioned Chen Yu's coachman with a dark face and an expressionless face.

Chen Yu heard that the captain was blocked, and then he and Yu Mei got out of the carriage one after another, jumped on the ground and told the soldiers the truth, Xiaosheng Chen Yu entered Beijing to face the saint in response to the order, and asked the official brother to pass it on his behalf, and Xiaosheng and Yu Girl were willing to wait here.

Yu Mei stood behind Chen Yu in a daze, looking at the towering red city wall, silently listening to the soldiers ask Chen Yu.

What are the credentials for entering the palace? For example, the handwriting of a courtier. The two lieutenants asked Chen Yu about the legitimacy of entering the palace.

I don't have this credential, but yesterday the official of Changsheng Mansion informed Xiaosheng to enter the palace to face the saint today, so I don't have any credentials now, does the official brother want Xiaosheng to go back to Changsheng Mansion to get it?

When the captain heard this, he was silent, and one of them turned to leave, walked to the tent under the city gate, and after a while turned around and came back to tell Chen Yu,

This is not necessary, you go to the tea house in front of you and wait for the result, and someone will come later to inform you if you can enter the Changning Gate.

After hearing this, Chen Yu felt relieved, and said casually to the two, that Xiaosheng went to the tea house to wait for the communication of the official brother.