Like a towering mountain, like a steep cliff.

The city walls, which were built hundreds of years ago, are now also fences to prevent border people from entering.

The sundial tower was built in the middle of the inner city, and the setting sun shone on the sundial tower, so it pulled out a long blurred shadow and fell to the world. The glorious building falls to the ground, but it is only a path of shadows.

A small team came from the shadow of the sundial tower along the main road in the lower Huai district, among the two rows of glowing trees. Outside the glowing tree, in the buildings in Xiahuai District, several pairs of eyes were staring at the people on the ground.

"It's a rare thing."

The citizens upstairs were talking to themselves.

The team downstairs was already very close to the inner city walls.

When serving Mr. De, Gu Chuan also overlooked the inner city wall several times, only to see a bleak and solemn, cold fence that seemed to isolate the world.

According to the concave-faced merchants, when the border people enter the inner city, they must have a citizen as the guide. Gu Chuan didn't ask the concave-faced merchant to guide him, but found the man surnamed Ta who sold the building. The man surnamed Ta lived in a daze, and when he heard that he had money, he readily agreed.

It's just that when the young man surnamed Ta really walked here, he was inexplicably ashamed and unwilling to get out of the carriage.

"This road, the people in the inner city call it Shangyun Avenue, why it is called so no one knows, at least I don't know, maybe it means to climb the clouds."

Said the guide with the surname Ta.

Gu Chuan was in the same carriage with him. There were no other young people in Rizhao Village on this trip. It is important to maintain the overall situation of the bank, and it is also important to meet the crown. Gu Chuan picked the most important thing to do.

"I heard you say that you were also a guest in the inner city of Sunset City when you were a child, you must have a lot of memories, right?"

"yes."

The man surnamed Ta was infinitely melancholy.

But that's just in the past. In the end, he was kicked out of the inner city, and it was this way to get out of the way.

"The road has a history, but what about this glowing tree?"

The glow trees on both sides dimmed in the daylight.

"According to the records of the family history, it was the hundredth city founding festival, and His Majesty said that the road outside the city was too monotonous, so the Weihuai family and the Yuanta family combined to plant glow trees here. So every time I go out on the city building festival later, the Xiahuai District will be extremely bright, as straight as the inner city. ”

The carriage contained the gifts to be presented to His Majesty, and the sheep and horses carried the cart step by step, through the shadows, before the sun disappeared behind the clouds, to the inner city walls.

Gu Chuan raised his head and saw countless eye symbols painted on the inner wall. The symbol of the gray eyes has no look, monotonous and terrifying.

The guards of Sunset City were lined up at the gates.

They had already seen the people from the walls, and now they had to come down to check their identities and the offerings they had brought into the city.

The man surnamed Ta got out of the car and bowed to the guards, acting as a guarantor, and took out the paperwork that Gu Chuan had already prepared to get through with money, and then stuffed some money into them.

"Correct."

Even the carefully selected citizens of Sunset City's inner city were accustomed to bribery.

"Correct."

Several people said in unison.

The captain of the guard said:

"Please come down to this distinguished guest, and we will finish our business."

Only then did Gu Chuan get out of the car, be guided by the soldiers, and walk into the city wall. There was a door in the wall, and a path in the door that led to the room they used to check on passing people. There is a glow tree lamp in the room, which is brightly lit. He was asked to take off his clothes one by one. Gu Chuan did it one by one, revealing the young man's tough figure, leaving only a short silk wrapped around his crotch. The person who checked inside was an old soldier, and after putting away Gu Chuan's clothes, he was inspecting, and then looked at Gu Chuan with his eyes open for a while, his face was expressionless, as if he was distracted.

Gu Chuan only felt that his scalp was numb when he stayed here, and after waiting for a while, he couldn't help but ask:

"Okay? A couple of old gentlemen. ”

"Open your hands and take a spin."

Gu Chuan did as he pleased.

"Hmm...... It's a personal sample. ”

One of them returned the clothes they had flipped through to Gu Chuan. Then several old men nodded:

"No problem, you can pass it."

Gu Chuan put on all his clothes and hurriedly left the inspection room. The citizen's vetting process does not require undressing, and the man surnamed Ta is already waiting outside.

"It's too strict, I'm afraid they'll tear off all my shortcomings!"

He couldn't help but complain.

Who knew that the face of the man surnamed Ta immediately became serious, and he said seriously:

"Little boss, you don't know, I don't blame you, but the inner city is the core area of Sunset City, and it is not allowed for ordinary border residents to enter and exit at will, and it must be so strict with border people. It's Sunset City's rule. Propriety! ”

His loudness startled Gu Chuan.

"You must have a lot of affection for the inner city."

Gu Chuan said.

The man's face was full of pride and he was about to speak, but suddenly he thought that he was no longer from the inner city, and could only live in the outer city and sell his ancestral house, so why should he be proud?

He felt the pain and did not speak.

"Has Sunset City ever had any assassinations or anything like that because of the border people?"

Gu Chuan asked.

There was no such thing written in the encyclopedia, and Gu Chuan made an association.

The man surnamed Ta shook his head.

"I don't know, this rule has been in place since the beginning of the construction of the wall."

As he said this, several hired citizens loaded the wagon out. Gu Chuan hurriedly got into the carriage and checked the goods, he checked them one by one, there was no mistake, everything was still there, and then he was relieved.

"How did they check?"

Gu Chuan asked the hired worker.

The hired man said:

"Little boss, we showed your list, and they read it one by one and let them go."

"It seems that my things still don't enter the eyes of the city guard!"

Gu Chuan smiled and put his mind at ease.

So the group was on the road again.

This was the first time Gu Chuan had seen the inner city of Sunset City.

The inner city is quiet, not as noisy as the outer city, so the sound of the wind and water becomes louder and louder, and it is eye-catching.

The outer city is vast, and the inner city is equally vast, but the buildings are much more sparse. The avenues lined with glowing trees on both sides lead in all directions, and a large number of walls cover all the buildings so tightly that at a glance, it is as if walking through a maze of high walls.

Eyes are also painted on all the walls.

Gu Chuan looked up and saw that there were tall towers behind some walls, some of them were square polygonal buildings behind them, and there was nothing to see behind some of the walls—indicating that the buildings were too low and completely enclosed by the walls. Behind the walls of others, there are ordinary high-rise buildings visible in the outer city.

There are thousands of shapes, but none of them are similar. The architecture of each family is different. But when it comes to an overall style, Gu Chuan suddenly thought of Mrs. Ogiri-

Lady Ogiri's mansion is also in the same style.

"I've seen a lot of light here outside, and it's the first time I've been in it."

As soon as the man surnamed Ta entered the inner city, he hid in the carriage and never looked outside. When he heard Gu Chuan's words, he raised his head and said triumphantly:

"There's a lot of good things going on in the inner city. There's more to it than you haven't seen. ”

"Oh, what's there?"

Gu Chuan asked with interest.

"Lantern Festival, have you seen it?" The man surnamed Ta was confused, lifted the curtain, and from the gap, only a pair of eyes were revealed, looking at the various walls in the distance, and said nostalgically and wistfully, "Every summer solar term, the inner city of Sunset City will hold a citizens' lantern festival. The lanterns will be beautiful! Each family would take out a large number of lanterns to decorate the wall, and would put the lanterns into the Rizhao River. So countless points of light drifted down the river, reflecting the river...... Like, like a river of milk, no, like a river made of silver! The lights don't go out, and the lights don't go out...... The night was bright until the sun returned, and all the ashes were in the dust. The families rested, closed, and didn't do anything, so they patronized and stayed with their wives and children. Pity...... It's a pity ......"

At this point, he fell silent again.

Gu Chuan knew that he thought of his own experience again. No matter how beautiful the lantern festival is, it has nothing to do with these citizens who have been driven out of the inner city, or even the current border residents who have been stripped of their citizenship.

At the right time for the night, the clouds cover the day. Everything sank into darkness, and all the glowing trees emitted drops of light to illuminate the way ahead, and for a moment the time and shadow changed, and the magic was blurred.

Enter the city today, not meet today.

"We'll first roost in the council's guest house."

The man surnamed Ta said.

"I know it's something I've agreed with the Council's Foreign Affairs Division."

This was also the first time Gu Chuan saw the building where the council was located.

There is no end in sight, as if you are in the grassland.

It was a group of semicircles with large inner circles and small outer rings, like pots and bowls buckled upside down on the earth. Dozens of hemispherical buildings form an array, and form a larger circle, like a huge yurt.

When he got closer, Gu Chuan realized that this ball was not so ball, the traces and gaps of the bricks were still visible, and for the sake of structural stability, it was closer to the shape of the pyramid.

The council is in the center of the circle.

And here, a large number of guards formed a human wall, guarding day and night.

There were still a few hundred meters away, and some guards hurriedly stepped forward and told them to stop.

The man surnamed Ta got out of the car again, announced his request, and showed his paperwork. The guard nodded and said:

"It turned out to be a guest who asked for an audience, so please come with me, and trouble a few people to stay in the reception house first. The Chief of the Foreign Affairs Department has been preparing to see you since the morning. ”

The chief officer of the Foreign Affairs Department was a fat man with a big belly and no work, and when Gu Chuan entered his independent study in the Foreign Affairs Department, a fat face brought a smile.

"Is this the new star among the people of the outer city?"

And the adjutant of the Foreign Affairs Department, with whom he had communicated and also stuffed money, stood aside.

"It's me, my lord."

Gu Chuan bowed.

"Then please take a seat."

"Your Excellency. I'm just standing. ”

"That's good. Speaking of which...... Did you know that the council quarreled over you? ”

This made Gu Chuan's eyes widen, and he felt a little uneasy in this unfamiliar environment.

"Chief, I don't know."

"Haha, I don't know if that's right. If you know, you will have a problem. But I can tell you that your bank has caused the council to quarrel so many times, whether such a property can be in Sunset City? The chief officer said with a smile.

Gu Chuan was in a cold sweat behind his back, and said quietly on the surface:

"It's all for the prosperity of Sunset City."

"Yes! You can know that at that time, the Medicine Stone Family of the Primitive Eight Families also put forward such a point of view, you may not know the Medicine Stone Family, this is a great family, and the medicine you usually use for accidental bruises and injuries is probably planted by the Medicine Stone Family. They also said that they were also going to build a bank, which made the council abandon many of its actions. Now that this Yaoshi Bank has been built, it makes other families even more curious, and even my family is wondering what will happen to this bank? And tell me to ask you more! ”

This made Gu Chuan's head turn quickly.

Does this mean that the Yaoshi family saved their own lives instead?

"Director, this bank is a simple business, I can say whatever you want. If outsiders don't understand, you must understand it as soon as you hear it. ”

"Haha, this is exempt, the adjutant has analyzed it with me, and I said that it is simple. However, the Yaoshi family said that they also wanted to join the banking business. And the chief officer continued, "That's interesting! Some time ago, I also alarmed His Majesty, wanting to see what this bank is, why does this quiet old family, the Yaoshi family, want to do it after changing the patriarch? ”

Gu Chuan didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in the chief official's gourd, so he only gave his adjutant a look to get through with his ability to use money, and wanted to get some hints without a trace.

Who knew that the adjutant looked at his nose and his nose, his head hung down, and he acted as if he didn't exist.

And the chief officer took Gu Chuan's eyes in his eyes and said with a smile:

"Don't be nervous, I just want to tell you, after I informed Your Majesty that you want to present your Crown, Your Majesty asked me what kind of person you are! I said that you are a border citizen, but the actual inventor of the bicycle and the founder of the bank, Your Majesty said that it was interesting, and I would like to meet you, and ask you about the bicycle and the bank. ”

"That's a privilege for civilians like me, of course."

Gu Chuan lowered his head.

The chief officer smiled and said coldly:

"That's true, since you want to meet His Majesty, and His Majesty has agreed, I hope you will behave well."

Gu Chuan was puzzled by the change in this chief official. Doesn't this ruler want him to be crowned? It's just that the chief officer didn't wait for Gu Chuan to say more, and said coldly:

"Adjutant, send off the guest, let him go to the reception house."

Gu Chuan left in a daze.

When I walked outside, the hired men were waiting outside, but the man surnamed Ta was gone. The hired man said to Gu Chuan:

"Little boss, that guy met an old man and was pulled away by the old man. Don't worry! ”

"Oh...... I'm not worried. ”

Gu Chuan frowned, and came to the hospitality mansion with the hired man, the hired man was one room, and he was the other room. In his room stood a beautiful girl.

This made Gu Chuan startled.

"What do you do?"

"I'm the maid of the Guest House, and I'm in charge of your lordship's stay this night. If you have any needs, you can tell me and I'll be waiting outside the door. ”

The maid lowered her eyebrows:

"In addition, my lord, before you go to the crown, you need to shower, change your clothes, and fast for a day to remove all odors from your body."

That's what Sunset City is all about.

"I owe it to me."

Gu Chuan also bowed his head to show his respect, so as to cover up all the recklessness and disrespect in his heart.