086 Old Husband and Young Wife (Yesterday's)
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At noon on the third day, Buye finally saw the Dongping Royal City from afar.
This city is majestic in the upper reaches of the confluence of the Zuo River and the Luotong River in the south of the Xiao Kingdom, at this time Buye and Hongyun stopped on a hill to look over there, the first thing they saw was the three majestic streams in the shape of the inverted "Ya", and the white sails of the large and small ships on the water surface and the dock, and then the tall city wall of the Dongping Wangcheng.
Between the east wall of the royal city and the Luotong River, which flows from southeast to northwest, there is the landmark building of the city, the 17-story vermilion wall and blue tile viewing tide pavilion. It is rumored that this Guanchao Pavilion was once only open to princes and ministers, but it was not until more than 200 years ago that the king of Dongping County opened the lower 16 floors of Guanchao Pavilion to the people, and the name of Guanchao Pavilion was truly achieved.
Buye looked at the tide viewing pavilion on the bank of the Luotong River from a distance, and couldn't help but be stunned. In his last life, he could be said to have longed for Tengwang Pavilion and Yueyang Tower for a long time, but in the end, he didn't have the opportunity to go to any of them. "The Preface to the Pavilion of the King of Vines" made Wang Bo, and "The Story of Yueyang Tower" made Fan Zhongyan, and the achievements of these two in Chinese literature are awe-inspiring. How many people who really like literature in modern times do not admire and admire them?
Buye once thought that if he was put in ancient times, he would definitely not be able to reach the same height as Wang Bo and Fan Zhongyu. However, if he can systematically study ancient texts in the way of ancient times, and read thousands of books to accumulate knowledge, he can at least get close to them little by little, instead of not even being able to see their backs from a distance.
I can't become Wang Bo and Fan Zhongyan, but I can work hard to become a witness when they write their masterpieces on the Tengwang Pavilion and Yueyang Tower, which is what Buye thought before.
And now, that is, after being patronized by cancer, Buye is more sympathetic and pitiful to them, even including Li Bai, who is better than them.
This is because those great poets and great writers, almost all of them have a common ideal that they want to achieve more than writing poems and articles, that is, they can expand their territory externally, hang their portraits on the Lingyan Pavilion, and they can make the world rule and be praised by the world. But how many can really be done? Wang Anshi has indeed achieved the position of prime minister, but the system implemented by him as soon as he comes to power will be in ruins. And Wang Anshi is already the farthest among the poets and writers known to Buye in politics and court.
So, those people are all losers when it comes to what they want to do the most, no matter how successful they are at what they want to do second......
Now Buno is very direct: I must do what I want to do the most, no matter what means I use.
He glanced at the poets and writers he once admired across time and space, and then flicked the reins of his horse, and the red cloud immediately rushed down the mountain, rushing towards the royal city.
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Half an hour later, Buye appeared outside the southern gate of the royal city.
He had already collected Hongyun, changed his clothes, and changed his disguise, looking like a poor scholar at this time. Yuezi Sword wanted to be included in the Jieyuan, but he couldn't, and the inventory at the city gate was strict, so he simply hid it outside the city.
Completely harmless to humans and animals, he finally entered the city gate, and there was a wide bluestone brick avenue with a tide of pedestrians. Listening to the noisy voices, smelling the smell of snacks wafting into his nose from time to time, and even occasionally being bumped into by children playing in the street, Buno hurried to the depths of the royal city.
In the past two days, he has rarely rested, and most of the time he is on the road, in order to get here before the news from Muyuan City arrives. As long as Wang Cheng hadn't gotten the news of Lu Yu's killing at this time, then he had quite a lot of room to maneuver.
The Dongping Wangcheng is boxy, divided into sixteen square grids by three horizontal and vertical three or six main roads, and the Dongping Wangfu is in the second row of the sixteen grids, the second from west to east. The palace and the government occupy that grid.
Because the royal castle was so large, and Buye entered the castle through the south gate, it was not until more than an hour later that he approached his destination.
Completely different from the noise of the other fifteen grids, the grid where the palace and the palace were located had few pedestrians, and it looked very solemn. The palace is in the south, and most of the buildings are tall and regular, which makes people a little breathless when they look at it from a distance; the palace is in the north, and it is much more magnificent, with the high roofs, the elaborately carved cornices, and even the cash cows that are higher than the walls, all of which stimulate people's eyes.
Looking at the sparse pedestrians on the road again, Buye couldn't help frowning, in this case, it was quite difficult for him to enter the palace unconsciously.
After a few moments, Buno simply left there and entered a restaurant on a nearby street.
I have to say that "so-and-so inadvertently learned something in a restaurant" often written in martial arts novels is quite reliable, and after a man is drunk, few of them are tight-lipped.
Buye sat by the window on the second floor of the restaurant for a while, and then heard a lot of information about Dongping Wangcheng. And when Xiao Er brought the food up again, Buye simply looked in the direction of the palace, and sighed with emotion: "This palace is really good, like me and other ordinary people, we can only look at one or two from afar." β
The little second was not yet twenty years old, he was a clever young man, and after putting a plate of bamboo shoots and bacon on the table, he said with a smile: "It's the first time the guest has come to this city, right?"
"Yes. Ayuno nodded.
The little two laughed "hey": "The guest officer will sigh today, after leaving the royal city, there will be nothing." We are the worst, we look at it every day, and we can't get in. β
Buye couldn't help but be happy, and asked again, "Is there really no way at all?"
"Yes, yes, I think the guest officer is a scholar, if you really want to go, you can try it at the beginning of each month when the palace recruits people. β
"Oh?"
The little second was also happy to have a guest ask him, and he could take the opportunity to take a break, so he simply stood at Buye's wine table and continued: "However, Mr. Tent or something, the palace recruits relatively few, and the most recruited are martial artists. There is a notice on the side of the government that has been valid for many years, as long as you are above the eight stars of the heart, you can apply for the palace at any time. β
Still recruiting people for many years?
Buye couldn't help but wonder, in a place like Dongping Palace, it is said that there should be no shortage of talents.
But at this moment, someone below greeted Xiao Er again, and the young man had to confess, and then hurriedly ran downstairs.
Fortunately, there were still many guests on the second floor of the restaurant, and after enduring it for a while, Buye simply asked a guest at the adjacent table: "This eldest brother, just now the second brother told me that there is a notice that the palace has been recruiting people for many years, and I am really curious, is there such a shortage of people in this county palace?"
The other party was obviously a local, and smiled generously, and then said, "Brother doesn't know anything......"
Then Buye heard a strange phenomenon in Dongping that only locals knew, and he was stunned on the spot.
It turns out that in recent years, the tyranny of Xiao Hong, the king of Dongping County, seems to have changed, no longer targeting civilians, but it has intensified against officials and people within the palace. In recent years, the officials and generals of Dongping County who died at his hands are unknown, and the subordinates and guards of the palace were executed by him at every turn. Originally, it was fat to work in the palace, but Xiao Hong was like this, so that those old people in the palace no longer dared to recommend relatives, friends, children and nephews to enter the palace, and the internal channels were all broken, so naturally they could only recruit people from the outside.
And because Xiao Hong kills too many people, there are naturally many enemies. Even if most of the people killed by him are not as powerful as him, there are still particularly loyal generals and staff, so the assassination of Xiao Hong has almost never been interrupted in recent years. This also increased the casualties of the palace guards and guards from another aspect, coupled with Xiao Hong's own thirst for killing, the effect of the two phases even caused the palace to have to draw people from the barracks as guards for a time. Now that the southern border of Xiao State is in full swing, and the front-line troops are also stretched, how can they be transferred to the palace?
Therefore, in the calm, peaceful and prosperous scene of Dongping Wangcheng, the palace is the most special place. In the palace, there are only three kinds of people who are really safe, the first is Wang Xiaohong of Dongping County and his family; the second is the two elite guards of the inner palace of the palace, one is the county king's personal guard composed of pure belly cloud powerhouses with no more than ten people, the other is the inner palace guard battalion with a number of about fifty composed of all the twelve star powerhouses of Xinyun; and the third is those old people who have worked in the palace for more than 20 years.
This information is like listening to a book review for Buye, and it is too much to say in his heart.
There is such a strong lineup of guards and guards in the palace, how can he be of any use if he mixes in?
However, when they all come, how can they be scared away like this?
The most important thing is that Xiao Hong is tyrannical, isn't it because he has such a strong foundation?
Just think about Lu Yu and Chai Yujing.
Ayuno smiled, then solemnly thanked the other party, and wanted to think about the next plan.
However, what Rang Buye didn't expect was that the guest's conversation was hooked, and the people at the same table were all locals, and they all knew about those things, so he naturally could only confide in Buye, an outsider. A moment later, Buno was invited to the table and listened to the guest pour beans.
It wasn't until more than an hour later that Buno left the restaurant, and remembered the name and address of the interesting guest, and said that if he didn't make trouble here in the future, he could have a good chat with the other party.
Then Buye didn't change his outfit, and walked directly towards the Wangcheng Mansion.
A moment later, in a small hall outside the mansion, Buye listened "cramped" to the question of an old man opposite.
"You said you were from Nanluo?" The old man was dressed in an official mansion, and Buye couldn't tell the grade, and his tone was always very strict.
"Yes. β
"But do you still have family?"
"No more. β
"Look at your outfit as a scholar, why did you apply for a guard?"
Buye said with some resentment: "I haven't come out after reading for so many years, and my life is getting harder and harder day by day." β
The old man couldn't help laughing "hey", and then said, "It's hard for you, I've already had ten stars in my heart, and I've just figured it out now." β
Buye couldn't help but feel in spirit, and said in surprise: "Adults are willing to hire me?"
"Well, what else are you doing with that notice?" the old man said angrily, since he had decided to hire Buye, his tone was much more relaxed, "You should have heard that when you are in the palace, you will lose your head at every turn." But I'm going to sue you, that's all. Although the prince loves to kill, he is not killing without asking for reason. After you go in, at most you will be a patrol of the outer house, maybe you won't see the prince all year round, so you can rest assured. β
"Thank you, sir. β
"Alright, do you have anything else to prepare?"
"It's gone. β
"Okay, you wait here, I'll find someone to take you into the house. β
"Yes. β
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If anyone does not offend me, I will not offend anyone, but if anyone sins against me, I will repay him tenfold!
This is Nie Ning's potential evaluation of Buye.
It can be seen from this that Nie Ning actually thinks that Buye is a person with a bottom line, because Buye's tenfold reward must always be based on the premise of "if someone offends me".
But what about the real situation?
The real situation is that Buye's bottom line is quite low, much lower than Nie Ning imagined.
Just like now, did Xiao Hong, the king of Dongping County, provoke Buye?
When he didn't know that there was a person in this world, Buno had already acted in advance and found him......
Ayuno thinks that he can't do such a thing as killing people indiscriminately and cutting down grass to prevent future troubles, but once he finds a small reason and excuse, he will do it.
And on Xiao Hong, the king of Dongping County, there are too many reasons and excuses that can be found by Buye.
And Xiao Hong is indeed very likely to deal with him and the villagers of Dongbi Village in the near future, so he came.
Led by a small official of the government, Buye entered the Dongping Palace.
Then he was handed over to a steward of the palace, and the steward took him to see You Yuan, a deputy guard commander of the outer palace of the palace.
You Yuan handed him over to a deputy team leader named Sun Shi, and the deputy team leader told him a few more words, and then handed him over to a steward in the palace who was responsible for guarding the logistics of the foreign government......
When Buno finally received the guard suit, the entry and exit tokens, and the weapon, and came to the door of his dormitory, to be honest, he was already dizzy......
At this point, he was just wandering around a corner of the palace, and how big did the whole palace be?
Ayuno deeply felt that his task was very difficult......
The dormitory was double, and the other bed was neatly furnished, apparently already occupied. Ayuno spread his futon on another bed and waited in the house.
A moment later, one of the palace guards ran up and called out his name from outside the door.
Buye hurriedly ran out and followed the guard who had been specially sent to help him get acquainted with his new job.
It soon became clear to Ayuno that since he had just entered the mansion now, his only task was to patrol. Moreover, tonight, he was lined up in a small team, with five other guards, a total of twenty-four squads, to inspect the first half of the night in the outer house. Anyway, there will be people to take him when the time comes, and more specifically, those five people will guide him.
Finally, when the guard was leaving, he solemnly told SΓΉ Buye: "There are so many rules that I can't think of them all for a while." In short, as long as I don't sue you, you should not be allowed to do so. β
"Good. β
"Remember, we can't go to the Inner Mansion, so it's best not to even look there. Otherwise, your own sin is small, but it will also affect everyone. The guard said solemnly.
"Remembered. "Buye is completely like a newcomer, and he agrees to everything the other party says.
"Okay, you can go back to the house and wait, someone will call you at dinner, and then take you on patrol. β
"Good. β
After the guard left, Ayuno returned to his dormitory, lay down on the bed, and closed his eyes.
It's a new environment, and there's no clue what to do next, but there's nothing to fear. He didn't use his real name, his mustache was sticky all the time, and when he really didn't work, he summoned the red cloud to escape. The degree of the red cloud, even the strong belly cloud can't catch up.
And now, as he lay in bed, he had actually remembered something else.
At this time, he tried his best to calm himself, and his mind sank into his mind, and he could see that Jie Yuan was quietly suspended there, and next to Jie Yuan, the original eighteen clouds of black qi were already the last one.
In other words, tomorrow morning he will be summoned by the red light again!
In the blink of an eye, he had been out of the red light for eighteen days.
In these eighteen days, it took three days to return to the village from the depths of Dongbi Mountain, ten days to Muyuan from Dongbi Village, he went to Wenyu Town to kill people on the night of the fourteenth day, and rushed back to Muyuan on the fifteenth day to kill Lu Yu and kidnap Chai Yujing, and then came to Dongping Wangcheng for more than two days......
Most of these 18 days were spent on the road.
Buye couldn't help but laugh secretly while lying on the bed, could it be that he was born to work hard in this world?
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While Ayuno was lying on the bed and thinking, the sun outside was gradually setting towards the western horizon.
In the royal city, there is a hill in the northeast, and there is the only star temple in the royal city on the mountain. The beliefs of the people of Xiao are the same as those of all countries in Qiaoxing, believing in the star god. The star gods, in short, are a bit like the gods and Buddhas on the earth, but the relationship between the star gods here and humans is a little bit more distant. In people's beliefs, star gods are more inclined to stay out of the way and let everything in one world unfold on their own. Therefore, few people in Qiaoxing say anything "Star God blesses", for them, Star God is more like a mysterious spiritual companion.
However, in many local beliefs, there are still subordinate gods that are one level lower than the co-main star god of the heavenly dome, that is, the constellation god that is specific to a certain constellation. The sky dome co-dominates the star god and does not care, but the god of the constellation may not care. Regardless of whether the spirit is spiritual or not, in short, when there is really something to ask for, the bridge star people still prefer those second-level constellation gods.
It is said that the source of this qiΔ is actually the incomparably powerful perception of the skull cloud powerhouse, but those who have not reached that realm will never be able to understand it, and those who have reached it are all secretive.
This in the Dongping Wangcheng is the most simple star temple, usually go to the majority of tourists, and there are few who really go to ask for anything.
It was almost evening, and the Star Temple on the top of the mountain should have been crowded with tourists, but it was quite quiet at this time.
It's not that there are no people, but there are quite a lot of people, there are palace maids, honor guards, and even officials and soldiers.
From a distance, I saw a figure in a luxurious black dress getting into a gorgeous carriage surrounded by several palace maids, and then the procession in front of the Star Temple slowly moved, and the pomp was huge.
The team slowly descended the mountain, and then drove all the way to the direction of the palace, clearing the road and martial law at every crossing.
Pedestrians on the road all took refuge in the alleys or into the shops on the side of the street, but this did not prevent them from looking into the long line.
Everyone's goal was only one, and that was the magnificent carriage pulled by four moonlight beasts.
The Moonlight Beast, a truly rare mount that is rarer than the Cloud Horse, is famous for its gentleness and noble temperament. They resemble horses, but have prettier eyes, longer manes, and white coats. When there is a moon at night, they will emit a strange silver light like substance, and when they run in the night, they will leave a long phantom behind them, which looks like a dream.
However, at this moment, the people on the street were certainly attracted by the four moonlight beasts, but their eyes were more often on the curtain of the luxurious carriage.
How they wished that the thick purple gold wire rust curtain would be blown open by the wind, so that they could see the side face of the man inside. Even, including all women, think so.
And it's no secret that many men come to Dongping Wangcheng just to take a look at the side face of the person in the car.
Zhuo Mansha is the name of the person in the car. In fact, she was not originally surnamed Zhuo, but a rather awkward compound surname, just because she was not a native of Xiao State, but from a small country established by a foreign race in the southwest of Xiao State, after coming here, she changed her surname to Zhuo.
In Dongping Wangcheng, the most famous is an old husband and young wife, the old husband is Xiao Hong, and the young wife is Zhuo Mansha.
Zhuo Mansha is from a different race, and her appearance is also different from that of the local women of Xiao Kingdom, but this "difference" is in a good direction.
It is rumored that when Zhuo Mansha came to Dongping Wangcheng, she quickly got two titles, one is the best-looking woman with a side face in the world, and the other is the woman with the best figure in the world.
There are deeper reasons for both of these points, and it is said that she is the most beautiful woman in the world because she has always worn a black veil on almost any occasion according to the habits of their clan, and she cannot see her face at all. Of course, the side face is not fully visible, but at least the side face makes it easier to see the outline.
said that she is the best woman in the world, not only because she has a devil's body, but also because she has devilish dancing skills. It's a pity that neither the former nor the latter is something that ordinary people can be lucky enough to see, they can only pass on their fascination by word of mouth, and look forward to it when Zhuo Mansha occasionally travels.
In the blink of an eye, nearly ten years have passed, and she is no longer twenty-eight years old, but her popularity has increased instead of decreasing.
Almost everyone believes that Xiao Hong's tyranny after fifty years has something to do with Zhuo Mansha.
Perhaps it is precisely because of this that the meaning of the name Zhuo Mansha has risen to another level, and people mention her in private, and even have a feeling of discussing the history of Dongping.
Xiao Hong and Zhuo Mansha, these two names are destined to be passed on.