One evening a few days later......

"Sister Ruyan, is there Nanzhou City in front?" Ye Ming poked his head out of the carriage, and he pointed to the faint city wall not far ahead.

Jiang Ruyan heard the prestige, and at this time, Ye Ming's face was gray and black, but he looked a little delicate.

"Hmm. She pursed her lips and smiled, nodding, "Ming'er's eyesight is really good, and she will definitely be able to be a marksman in the future." ”

Hearing this, Ye Ming grinned, revealing the row of teeth that were as white as snow.

"What is a marksman, I want to be a general!" he said, this is his dream all along.

"The general is not so easy to be. Ye Wu poured cold water.

"You ......" Jiang Ruyan glanced at him, and then a helpless expression appeared on his face, "You really haven't changed at all." ”

Qiu Kui, who was outside the carriage, suddenly sneezed.

"The weather in this Nanzhou city is really cold, I really don't know how the people here live. He grumbled, hunching his arms.

Shi Youshan looked at Qiu Kui's appearance and said with a smile: "Haha, call you Woose, I asked you to wear my coat before, but you didn't do it, now you have seen it, right? ”

After that, Shi Youshan threw the shawl on his body towards Qiu Kui, and Qiu Kui subconsciously reached out and caught the thick leather jacket.

"What are you going to do?" Qiu Kui put on his coat, and although he felt a little warm, he was still a little trembling.

"Do you think I'll be afraid of this temperature?" Shi Youshan patted the muscles on his body, "I'm telling you that this is not the coldest time. ”

When Qiu Kui heard this, his eyes suddenly changed.

"What, it's not the coldest?" he said, incredulously.

"I'll tell you ......," Shi Youshan began to speak at length.

Listening to the conversation between the two outside the carriage, Ye Wu slightly opened the corner of the curtain beside him, and the cold wind outside the window gusted, blowing into the car through this gap in Ye Wukai.

The cold wind hit Ye Wu's face, making him tremble.

"Youshan, have you been here?" he asked, closing the curtain

Hearing this, Shi Youshan snorted and said: "Not to mention coming, I was born here when I was a child, don't look at this Nanzhou City, the total area is only one hundred square kilometers, and it ranks last among all the cities in the dynasty, but it is indeed the oldest city in the dynasty, and it is said that the origin of the dynasty is in this city...... Looking back at the Jiang Dynasty more than 30 years ago, it is simply incomparable to the present. ”

"Oh, what was the dynasty like thirty years ago?" Ye Wu said with interest.

Hearing Ye Wu's words, Shi Youshan suddenly came to his senses, only to see him lick his somewhat chapped lips that were blown by the wind and said: "Compared with thirty years ago, the current climate in Nanzhou City is already good, you must know that at that time, even the rich children who were rich and powerful, and had a stove at home, could freeze to death at home." ”

He paused and said with emotion: "Your Majesty's talent and intelligence when he was young, coupled with General Yu Ye's mutual support, he quickly opened up the gap with other brothers and became the heir to the throne. ”

Jiang Ruyan listened to Shi Youshan's words, these things are usually not told to her by her father, and today is a rare opportunity, how could she miss it.

"And after that?" she asked.

Shi Youshan came back to his senses, and he continued.

"After that, His Majesty and the commander traveled around the country to collect information, and they returned to the country after about three or four years, and the first thing His Majesty did after returning home was to recruit soldiers, and I happened to be the first batch of soldiers to be recruited at that time. He said, his eyes full of pride.

The other brothers here were also in the army at that time. He pointed to Qi Yun and the others on the left.

Qi Yun and the others saluted to the carriage.

"Your Majesty and the general fought everywhere, Your Majesty presided over the government, and the foreign affairs were fully under the responsibility of Ye Tong, so it took more than 30 years to lay down this great river and mountain. Shi Youshan looked around and sighed.

"Then why don't you settle in the north and come back instead?" Jiang Ruyan asked like a curious baby.

Shi Youshan sighed when he heard this, and said with a lonely expression: "As the saying goes, the fallen leaves return to the roots, this person is more homesick the more he lives, it just so happened that I was kicked out of the barracks, and I was going to be depressed, but I was entrusted by Commander Ye to protect the young master to Nanzhou City, so I simply came back." ”

"That's the case......" Jiang Ruyan realized that he had said the wrong thing and immediately ended the topic.

After a moment of convoy movement, Shi Youshan pointed ahead and said, "Not far in front of the young master is the outer city wall of Nanzhou City." ”

Ye Wuyi was slightly puzzled when he heard this.

"The outer walls, what does that mean?"

Shi Youshan hurriedly explained: "Oh, I forgot to tell you before, there are three checkpoints in this Nanzhou City, which divides Nanzhou City into three rings, the outer ring is inhabited by those in the army, most of the people in the middle ring live in some poor families, and the inner ring is where the rich and noble children and city lords live. ”

"Yes, this layout makes sense for the terrain here...... It would be nice if there was another ambush outside the city, in case the enemy attacked the outer city and the soldiers on the periphery were defeated, they could withdraw to the inner city, and finally combine the ambushes outside to catch the enemy by surprise. Ye Wu said with some pity.

Shi Youshan looked at Ye Wu strangely.

Ye Wu groaned a little, and seeing that Shi Youshan didn't speak, he raised his head and said uncertainly: "What?

Shi Youshan was dumbfounded, there was indeed an ambush on the periphery, in order to highlight its surprise, except for a few generals in the government and the opposition, no one knew, and he also heard it from General Ye by chance, so he set up a confidentiality regulation.

"Okay, young master, you can get ready, you're about to enter the customs. Shi Youshan ended the previous conversation and reminded.

"I see. Ye Wuwu was embarrassing the other party.

"Like smoke, we're about to enter the city, let's go out for a while, don't lose your manners. He put on the long coat that Shi Youshan came in before he was next to him, which was given to him by Shi Youshan in advance when he set off at the inn before.

"What about me?" Ye Ming looked at Ye Wu.

"It's too cold outside for you to follow us. Ye Wu said, and handed one to Jiang Ruyan.

Jiang Ruyan nodded in agreement: "There is no winter coat suitable for you to wear, you should wait here obediently." ”

The two got out of the carriage side by side, and at this moment, Shi Youshan's whispering came from ahead.

"It's strange, I sent a messenger before, at this time, Deputy City Lord Jia should have received the news of our arrival and came out to greet him, why is there only a sentry post at the city gate, and I didn't see the person who greeted me?"

"What's wrong?" Ye Wu stepped forward.

As soon as Shi Youshan heard this, he instantly came back to his senses, and said with some shame: "Oh, it's such a young master, this ......"

"Lord Shi!" a man's shout came from the city gate not far away.

Shi Youshan looked closely, it was the messenger who was filmed before, and when he saw this scene, his brows couldn't help frowning.

"What's going on?" Shi Youshan's face turned pale, and he stepped forward and asked.

"That's right, I told them about my identity and told them to report to the city lord, but they didn't believe me, saying that I didn't have anything on me that could prove my identity, and stopped me outside. The messenger, seeing this, hurriedly dismounted, and replied respectfully.

"Alright, you can get back to the team. Ye Wu's face was calm, and he waved his hand.

Seeing this, the scout led his horse and stood behind Ye Wu.

Ye Wu walked a few steps quickly and shouted loudly: "I am Ye Cheng, the eldest son of General Ye, I have come to Nanzhou City to serve as the city lord, and I also ask this little brother to report it." ”